The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

Helian Tieshu, who had initially doubted Ma Guangzuo's sincerity, now glared at him angrily: "You good-for-nothing! You wait... eat, eat, eat, and sooner or later I'll cook you up and feed you to the dogs!"

"I didn't... You, you're the good-for-nothing!" Ma Guangzuo hurriedly explained, but didn't forget to curse back.

"Enough! Third Brother, take his antidote and use it to detoxify Big Brother first!" Chu Luren hurriedly instructed.

Upon hearing this, Duan Yu, though somewhat resentful of being called a "mistress," did not hesitate. He stepped forward, patted the shoulder of the person who had just cured Helian Tieshu's poison, and then arrogantly extended his hand towards him...

The Western Xia man hesitated for a moment, but after glancing at Helian Tieshu, he handed the antidote in his hand to Duan Yu as well.

This time, Duan Yu was very careful with his footing and delivered the antidote to Qiao Feng without any major incident. Seeing that Qiao Feng was completely cured and could now fight with all his might, Chu Luren also breathed a sigh of relief.

at the same time……

Helian Tieshu also breathed a sigh of relief!

After all, Chu Luren was not threatened by the hostages at all. Fortunately, Qiao Feng has recovered now. Otherwise, if Chu Luren had killed him, what would have been the use of giving up the lives of those beggars?

"Good! As expected of Qiao Feng of the North!" Helian Tieshu said hurriedly.

Qiao Feng: ? ? ?

You can tell from the way I smelled the antidote that I "truly deserve to be called Qiao Feng of the North"?

"Ahem, since Chief Qiao... no, Hero Qiao has some misunderstanding about my Yipintang, then this general will not force you. This general will let your Beggar Clan leave." Helian Tieshu said with a stern face.

Although Helian Tieshu was sweating profusely with anxiety, he still pretended not to be worried.

Qiao Feng glanced at Helian Tieshu, then at the Beggars' Clan brothers, Master Zhiguang, the Shan family father and son, and others, before calling out to Chu Luren, "Second Brother..."

Chu Luren looked at the Beggars' Sect members and interrupted, "Heroes of the Beggars' Sect, Sixth Master of the Shan family, Master Zhiguang of the Wan family, the righteous and awe-inspiring Tan Gong and Tan Po... This Helian Tieshu is a pillar of strength in Western Xia, a golden beam supporting the sea. With him around, the Song Dynasty is in grave danger. Even the Divine Marquis loses his appetite and feels like he's walking on thin ice every day when he thinks of him! I want to exchange his life for the lives of you great heroes. Do you agree?"

As for Chu Luren? He wasn't poisoned. Now that Xiao Xiangzi and the others have been poisoned, even without hostages, the Western Xia people can't hold him back at all!

Helian Tieshu wanted to punch someone after hearing this—how come I didn't even know I was this important?

The Beggars' Sect elders remained silent, with only Master Zhiguang chanting Buddhist prayers. They all understood that Chu Luren was talking nonsense, but... if they argued with him, wouldn't it make them seem like they were afraid of death?

Chapter Ninety-Eight: Both Sides Cease Fighting

"Third brother! Let it go." Qiao Feng knew that Chu Luren was just speaking up for him.

"Hmph, when it comes to their own lives, they do think things through... We'll cure their poison, and leave this big oaf to us too!" Chu Luren said sarcastically before starting to negotiate with Helian Tieshu.

“Then… Master Xiaoxiangzi also needs to be detoxified first.” Helian Tieshu was relatively confident in Qiao Feng, but he was very worried about Chu Luren.

What if I release the Beggars' Sect members, but they don't release me?

Chu Luren wanted to take this opportunity to demand the "Longevity Technique of Longevity Wood," but he knew that Xiao Xiangzi would definitely not give him the real one. Even with Helian Tieshu as a hostage, it was hard to say how much of a threat he would pose to Xiao Xiangzi.

Although he could tell whether the secret manual was genuine or not, he was afraid that going back and forth would lead to unforeseen problems, so he only thought about it.

Even now, it took a lot of back-and-forth pulling and bargaining before the two sides finally exchanged hostages...

By this time, all the members of the Beggars' Sect had been cured of the poison, and Xiao Xiangzi and the others had also recovered. However, the Beggars' Sect was clearly unwilling to break its promise at this time.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the Western Xia people also prepared to leave...

"Wait! Let's leave." Chu Luren stopped Helian Tieshu and specifically reminded him, "Let's head towards the upwind side!"

This was clearly to guard against the Western Xia people releasing poison again.

However, it was no longer of much use, since the Beggars' Sect members had taken away several bottles of the antidote.

"You big oaf! Why don't you come too? Yipintang doesn't want you anymore," Chu Luren called out to Ma Guangzuo.

Ma Guangzu glared at him and said, "I'm not going!"

"You won't get any meat if you stay here. Come on, I'll take you to get some meat," Chu Luren tempted.

Upon hearing this, Ma Guangzuo hesitated for a moment, then looked at Helian Tieshu, who snorted coldly...

Clearly, Helian Tieshu was also wondering whether Ma Guangzuo had actually fallen for the trap and had not been bribed. If he calmed down and thought about it carefully, it would indeed be difficult for Ma Guangzuo, with his intelligence, to do something like "spying"!

However, since there had already been a rift between them, Helian Tieshu did not want to keep him. Moreover, only if Ma Guangzuo left on his own now could he report to the Empress Dowager and pin the blame on Ma Guangzuo, thus shirking all responsibility himself.

“Then… treat me to some meat first, and then I’ll beat you up!” Ma Guangzu said, and strode after him.

"Silly disciple, will you leave with your master?" Chu Luren asked Yue Laosan again.

"I won't go, I won't go!" Upon hearing this, Yue Laosan turned his head away immediately.

"That's right, Crocodile God, don't be fooled." Helian Tieshu said, trying to persuade him to stay, not wanting Yipintang to suffer too much loss.

Seeing that Yue Laosan didn't come over, Chu Luren didn't press the matter...

After everyone left the area of ​​Tianning Temple, Wu Changfeng took the lead in breaking the awkward atmosphere and said to Qiao Feng, "Chief Qiao! We were confused before. I, Wu Changfeng, only admire you now. I hope you can forgive us and come back to continue being our chief!"

Seeing that Kang Min was not around, Bai Shijing returned to normal and was the first to chime in, "That's right! If it weren't for Chief Qiao, our Beggars' Sect would be finished!"

"Ha! The Beggars' Sect won't be finished. At most, it's your Southern Beggars' Sect that will be finished! But if Chief Qiao is willing to take back the position of Chief, then the Northern Beggars' Sect will still respect this Chief's Order!" Lu Youjiao took out the Chief's Order that he had "snatched" back earlier.

After being shouted by a few people, many Beggar Clan disciples also started to make a fuss. However, Elder Xu, who was the most senior, as well as the people from Chen Youliang's Dazhi branch, Chen Guyan, and some branch leaders and hall masters remained silent.

Clearly, I disagree!

Even some of the lower-ranking disciples were arguing – how could a Jurchen be our leader? You traitors!

It's just that people of Xu Chongxiao's status, having just had their lives saved, couldn't directly refute him at this moment. However... it's easy to imagine that they would definitely not cooperate.

Seeing this, Chu Luren specifically asked, "Brother, did you really trust the people from Yipintang that much before? Didn't you send anyone to keep an eye on those two or three hundred people?"

"This matter... is naturally being watched by someone." Qiao Feng didn't want to comment further on the Beggars' Sect's affairs.

At this moment, Jiang, the leader of the Righteousness Branch, said, "That's right! I originally sent some brothers from the gang to keep an eye on things... Elder Xu! What exactly was that secret letter you intercepted? Take it out, don't let the brothers be wronged!" His tone was full of resentment.

Originally, Chief Jiang was inclined to support Qiao Feng, and he now strongly suspected that the urgent secret report was about Yipintang.

However, as soon as Xu Chongxiao arrived, he was so eager to strip Qiao Feng of all his authority as the leader of the gang that he took the secret letter directly...

"This..." Xu Chongxiao hesitated for a moment before taking out the wax pill, but Lu Youjiao snatched it away from him.

The members of the Southern Beggars' Sect were hesitant to do this due to seniority, but Lu Youjiao had no such taboos—seniority? The Northern and Southern Beggars' Sects had been separated for so long that their seniority had long since diverged.

Crushing the wax pellet in one swift motion, Lu Youjiao saw what was written on it and snorted angrily, saying, "The brothers who carried out the task below were quite dutiful, what a pity!" With that, he tossed the letter to Wu Changfeng.

As expected, the report on it was about the unusual activities of Yipintang. If they had seen it before, the Beggars' Clan wouldn't have been "wiped out".

Qiao Feng also glared at Elder Xu, but seeing that many people clearly wanted to object but were too embarrassed to say so, he finally clasped his hands in a fist salute: "Thank you for your kind words, brothers, but as for the matter of the leader, let's find someone else!"

After saying this, Qiao Feng turned and left. Chu Luren and Duan Yu naturally had nothing to say to the Beggars' Clan.

"Hey big oaf, what are you doing with that stinky beggar? Eating coarse food and wild vegetables?" Chu Luren called out to Ma Guangzuo.

The Beggars' Sect members were used to Chu Luren's insults; it seemed that only when he was about to crush them and Helian Tieshu to death did he call them "Heroes of the Beggars' Sect," otherwise they were just "stinking beggars"...

However, Chu Luren had just saved them, so he was inevitably a step below them and embarrassed to retort.

When Qiao Feng saw the burly man surnamed Ma follow, he smiled, completely disregarding the life-or-death struggle they had just fought. Instead, he patted the man's shoulder, which was even thicker than his own, and asked, "Brother, where are you from? How did you get tricked by that Yipintang?"

Previously, when Qiao Feng was poisoned, Ma Guangzuo did not take advantage of him, which left a deep impression on Qiao Feng. Although... he was ultimately defeated by the whole roasted ox, it can still be seen that Ma Guangzuo was not a bad person at heart.

Or rather... a blank sheet of paper!

“They didn’t lie to me! They really did provide meals, and they even offered to introduce me to girls!” Ma Guangzuo retorted.

"Haha, we don't have any girls, but if you want to drink, you can come with us," Qiao Feng laughed.

There are no true bishops or anything like that in Xinjiang now. To be precise, the Hui ethnic group has not yet been formed, and there is no such thing as "Huijiang". The eastern part is generally called "Hexi", while the central and western parts are in the category of "Western Regions". Ma Guangzuo is from Hexi and does not abstain from alcohol.

"If there's meat, I can drink with you..." Ma Guangzuo was clearly still interested in meat.

Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Heaven-Mending Technique

"Snoring...drinking...hmm?" Chu Luren woke up from his hangover, looked at the antique-style room, and it took him a while to finally regain his senses.

Although he had been in the world for a year, Chu Luren had rarely slept so soundly since he had mastered his internal martial arts, and he even had a headache when he woke up.

I drank too much last night...

After returning to Wuxi with Qiao Feng and Duan Yu, they first met up with Wang Yuyan, A Zhu, and A Bi to let them know they were safe. Then, the three brothers and Ma Guangzuo, who had come to the party, got drunk at Songhelou Restaurant.

After two days and one night, including being poisoned and evading pursuit, and venturing into the dangerous Tianning Temple, Chu Luren was exhausted.

Duan Yu was forbidden from using his internal energy to force the wine, and in the end, all four of them got very drunk. Fortunately, Ma Guangzuo was there, otherwise, even if Qiao Feng used a bowl, Chu Luren used a cup, and Duan Yu used a cup, they probably wouldn't have been able to keep up!

Ma Guangzuo didn't like drinking alcohol; he would just eat meat to help him swallow some. However, he was truly "gifted" when it came to eating and drinking.

Therefore, the restaurant owner was even happier yesterday, as the meat sales were also booming after the wine inventory was cleared out.

In a daze, Chu Luren remembered asking Ma Guangzuo at the dinner table that his appetite seemed to be related to his internal strength training...

Chu Luren silently channeled his inner energy to dissipate the lingering smell of alcohol.

Just then, a knock sounded at the door. The footsteps sounded like Wang Yuyan's, but Chu Luren wasn't sure, since he didn't have any martial arts techniques that specifically enhanced his perception.

"Brother Chu, are you awake?" Wang Yuyan's low voice came from outside the door.

"Just woke up, come in." Chu Luren said as he stepped forward to open the door.

Chu Luren had already noticed that his clothes no longer smelled of alcohol, indicating he had changed into new ones. Thinking back to his drunken state, it was unlikely he had changed them himself; it was probably...

"Last night's clothes..."

"I was worried you wouldn't sleep well at night, so I specially bought you a new outfit, paid extra for it, and had two old women help you change." Wang Yuyan seemed very thoughtful.

Chu Luren: ...

Hmm, that makes sense when you think about it. She smelled so strongly of alcohol, Wang Yuyan would be trying to avoid her. Besides... Wang Yuyan isn't short of money, so of course she would hire someone!

"Am I the last one to wake up? Where are Duan Xiaosan and Brother Qiao?" Chu Luren asked.

"Young Master Duan is still having lunch downstairs. Chief Qiao... said goodbye to me, Azhu, and Abi early this morning, saying he was going to Shanhaiguan to take a look. He said he would find out about his background himself and that we didn't need to wake you up." Wang Yuyan said, recounting the events of the morning. And now... it was already afternoon.

Upon hearing this, Chu Luren's heart skipped a beat!

With Qiao Feng's martial arts skills, he could travel anywhere in this vast martial arts world, but...

Once he leaves, the bloodshed and turmoil in the martial arts world, as well as the blame he'll be placed on his father and other people's fathers, will come rolling in!

Chu Luren originally wanted to give Qiao Feng some advice, urging him not to let any flaws be found, but unexpectedly... it was all just a matter of timing and luck, and Qiao Feng left without saying goodbye.

Most of the day has passed, and it's too late to catch up now.

Chu Luren went downstairs to find Duan Yu, and coincidentally, A Zhu and A Bi also noticed that Chu Luren had woken up. They took the opportunity to say goodbye to him and Duan Yu.