The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

Chu Luren immediately wanted to reward him with two stones, the kind that can be launched into the air...

However, this time, Li Mochou held his arm down, and seeing Li Mochou's mocking gaze, Chu Luren had no choice but to endure it.

"Right now, the Quanzhen Sect probably won't dare to make any moves. How about... we go to Mount Hua? It's a bit farther than Chongyang Palace, but it's still a major sect in Guanzhong. Moreover, Sect Leader Yue is highly respected and public-spirited; he certainly won't stand idly by and watch Tian Boguang wreak havoc in Guanzhong! Besides..."

To be honest, I have some connection with Sect Leader Yue. My uncle's senior brother's wife's master's sworn brother's sister, and Sect Leader Yue's... wife, once fought alongside him against a band of bandits in northern Shaanxi when they were young!

"Very good, let's set off now."

"Old man, keep the change for the tea!"

The bearded man at the head of the group took out the exact amount of tea money from his pocket, glanced at the two tables next door, thought for a moment, then added two more coins, shouted a message, and then called his companions to leave.

"What do you mean 'just talk'? Does he know how hard I worked when I fought Yu the Dwarf for five hundred rounds? I... I even rescued a woman in the wild! Do you think those guys were hired by Zuo Lengchan to smear me?" Chu Luren said in a low voice, unconvinced.

Li Mochou scoffed, and even Wang Yuyan didn't say anything this time...

"And what about the Red and White Tai Sui... Who came up with these nicknames? Couldn't they be a little more sophisticated! By the way, can we fill out these ourselves at the Tianxia Tower? What do you guys think of 'Proud Sky Hero' or 'Heavenly Sword'?" Chu Luren seriously considered it.

However, Li Mochou interrupted his fantasy this time: "Nicknames are all recognized by everyone. Do you think you can change them whenever you want? Actually... I think Red and White Tai Sui is not bad either."

That's right. It's because Chu Luren has been obsessed with the background music ever since he started listening to the Fragrance Pavilion in Yanziwu that his character is quite well established, but the direction is somewhat different from what Chu Luren had in mind!

"Red and White" is, on the one hand, a simple description of the musical instruments of the Chu Lu people, and on the other hand... isn't it also an allusion to the mystery of the Chu Lu people's mechanism of action?

If that's not obvious enough, just listen to the suffix—Tai Sui!

Although it sounds intimidating, it doesn't quite fit the image of a pure chivalrous hero.

The main problem stems from his sworn brotherhood with Qiao Feng and his travels with Li Mochou...

Chu Luren felt helpless and wronged about this. After he and Qiao Feng became sworn brothers, he risked being besieged to go to Tianning Temple to save people. The reason he explained to Li Mochou was because he wanted to completely resolve the matter after relieving the crisis at Luzhuang.

As a result, Qiao Feng was wronged, and Chu Luren was also caught in the crossfire. There were also many criticisms about the Lu Manor incident—rumors circulated that Chu Luren pleaded with the Eastern Heretic to release Li Mochou.

Anyone who didn't know better would think that Huang Yaoshi, the Eastern Heretic, saved Lu Liding's family, and that Chu Luren was just there to mediate...

Besides the rumors circulating in the martial arts world, which are inherently based on misinformation, Chu Luren sensed that the "Number One Manor Under Heaven" was also stirring up trouble by using the chivalry rankings and various gossip magazines, especially regarding Qiao Feng's affairs!

The only good news is that, for some reason, Qiao Feng suddenly became intelligent and didn't go south to Putian Shaolin to find his master and adoptive parents to verify the situation. Instead, he stayed in the north in a big way. As a result, Xuanku and the Qiao couple are temporarily safe.

"Does Chu Tai Sui think Tian Boguang will stay near Chang'an after this?" Li Mochou deliberately used a nickname that Chu Luren disliked.

"Let's ignore him for now, there's nowhere to find him. Let's go to the Tomb of the Living Dead first." Chu Luren said, taking a big bite of the salted fish before spitting out the fish bones.

The tea stall owner was also helpless – "My tea stall is so small, and you're bringing in takeout food?"

"Hehe, we're not in a hurry..." Li Mochou said coldly.

"Now the news of your arrival in Chang'an has spread throughout the martial world. Why aren't you returning to the Ancient Tomb? Aren't you afraid people will think you're nervous? Are you perhaps feeling apprehensive about returning home?" Chu Luren was halfway through his sentence when he noticed Li Mochou taking out several Ice Soul Silver Needles and dipping them one by one into a small bottle.

The intricate openwork pattern of the Ice Soul Silver Needle is so clever that it can draw in venom, and when thrown out using a special technique, it can even result in the injection of venom through a burst of energy.

Chu Luren: ...

"That's good, so my junior sister won't be left trembling with fear in the ancient tomb knowing I've come and haven't gone back!" Li Mochou felt that Chu Luren's first half of the sentence made some sense.

"You all help me take care of Yu Yan for a while, and I'll go see if I can arrange a funeral for Tian Boguang!" Chu Luren said casually, but a murderous glint appeared in his eyes.

Wang Yuyan was terrified in Chang'an City. After all, she had never left Mantuo Manor most of the time. The most vicious person she had ever seen was her mother. She had never seen anything as terrifying as a lecherous thief.

"I don't intend to stay in that godforsaken place forever... Fine! For Yu Yan's sake, I can reluctantly agree. No matter how unreasonable my junior sister is, I'll just let Yu Yan come with me first." Li Mochou's words implied that her junior sister was always a shrew and a green tea bitch, and Wang Yu Yan was almost convinced.

Chu Luren had begun to understand why Tian Boguang was so audacious and why his performance in Chang'an was so subpar—he hadn't even carefully chosen his target and had directly provoked Li Mochou.

It's probably the section from the original work where "Monk Bujie threatens Tian Boguang to invite Linghu Chong to Hengshan to meet his daughter Yilin."

Tian Boguang dared not go directly to Mount Hua, lest Yue Buqun eliminate him for the sake of the people. So he devised a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. In the original work, he first stayed in Chang'an, and then wandered around northern and eastern Shaanxi. He was very close to Mount Hua, but it was not something he could reach in a day or two. Gradually, the distance widened. Only after Yue Buqun and his wife came down the mountain did he return to Mount Hua and meet Linghu Chong, who was "reflecting on his mistakes in meditation"...

Therefore, Chu Luren doesn't need to know where Tian Boguang is going. As long as he hears the news that Yue Buqun is going down the mountain, he can head straight to Mount Hua and definitely catch him in the act!

As for when Yue Buqun will descend the mountain?

It's easy to imagine that, given Junzijian's personality, when he's doing his chivalrous deeds, he'll definitely "not want to be so high-profile, but someone just happens to spread the word," and Chu Luren won't even need to inquire too much!

Chapter 121 "No, No, No" Evolution

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A weak thumping sound echoed from the stone door of the ancient tomb.

After patting the rock a few times, Chu Luren looked at Li Mochou helplessly: "Doesn't the ancient tomb have a doorbell or something? This big rock doesn't make a sound when you hit it!"

"No." Li Mochou's face was almost frosty, just like it had been since she arrived at Zhongnan Mountain.

"How about... we try burning paper money?" Chu Luren looked at the tomb door, then at Li Mochou, and then tried to ease the atmosphere.

Li Mochou almost laughed, but she suppressed it with a twitch of her face and forced a cold smile as she said, "Are you planning to wake Lin Chaoying up to open the door for you?"

Chu Luren thought for a moment, then took the suona from his waist and played a tune at the entrance of the ancient tomb—not "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer," but "Su Wu Herding Sheep," which he had learned quite well before.

Playing "Su Wu Herding Sheep" at the tomb entrance is just right, perfectly fitting!

Of course, the "Su Wu herding sheep" scenario doesn't have any special mental enhancement; it's just a normal transmission of the "unyielding spirit" into the tomb.

After playing "Su Wu Herding Sheep," the Chu deer man played "Crying at Seven Passes." Just as he was about to play "A Thousand Sheets of Paper," a sound finally came from the tomb entrance.

"Blow, blow, blow! The mourning has gone to the wrong place, it's too far away to blow!" An old voice, with a heavy echo, came out.

Upon hearing the sound, Chu Luren immediately understood—the people inside had deliberately not responded before. The ancient tomb's stone door looked heavy, but there were other mechanisms around it that allowed sound to travel in and out with minimal attenuation…

Chu Luren hadn't noticed it before, but as soon as the person inside made a sound, the sound waves interfered with Chu Luren's "Unwavering Sound Soul," and Chu Luren immediately located it in the opposite direction. He even figured out the location and shape of the transmission channel!

This is also inherited from the "Soul-Searching Technique of Sound Transmission". In the original work, Li Qiushui used this technique to find Tong Lao and Xu Zhu in the ice cellar.

Seeing that Li Mochou did not intend to answer, Chu Luren took the initiative to call out, "Is that Granny Sun? Mochou is back."

Normally, Chu Luren wouldn't address someone so intimately; this was being said to Granny Sun.

"Li Mochou? You dare to come back! As long as I'm alive, you can forget about..." Granny Sun was furious when she heard this name.

Hong Lingbo keenly noticed that her master's body visibly trembled, but his expression remained unchanged.

Granny Sun stopped talking halfway through her sentence, seemingly interrupted by someone. Chu Luren vaguely heard a faint female voice.

After waiting a while, the stone gate rose up with a rumbling sound.

Two figures, one old and one young, appeared. The old one was probably Granny Sun, who glared angrily at Chu Luren, Li Mochou, Wang Yuyan, and Hong Lingbo.

After glaring at everyone, she turned her gaze back to Li Mochou, but Li Mochou paid no attention to her and instead stared at the young girl in white.

This other young woman, about sixteen or seventeen years old, had skin so pale it was almost bloodless, perhaps because she had been living in the Tomb of the Living Dead for many years without sunlight. However, she was exceptionally beautiful, with long black hair cascading down her shoulders and wearing a white cloth dress. She was elegant and graceful, almost too beautiful to look at directly. In terms of appearance, she was comparable to Wang Yuyan.

However, the woman's expression was cold and indifferent, truly as pure as ice and snow, yet also as cold as ice and snow. It was impossible to tell whether she was happy or angry, sorrowful or joyful.

In contrast, while Wang Yuyan also rarely shows intense emotions, she is more like a "good girl" who is strictly controlled and dares not cry or laugh out loud. Li Mochou, on the other hand, is usually cold and indifferent with a murderous aura, and only beneath that lies a stubbornness that seems like passion or flames...

The woman who emerged from the ancient tomb was truly cold and indifferent, as if she had no interest in anything outside.

When Chu Luren first saw him, he felt that his temperament was somewhat familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that he looked a lot like Hua Wuque!

Although Hua Wuque was not good at opening his heart to people, he was skilled at dealing with people and appeared humble and polite. This woman, on the other hand, didn't even bother with dealing with people and was cold inside and out.

After the woman came out, she didn't look at anyone else, not even Chu Luren, a man, or Wang Yuyan, whose appearance was no less than hers. She only looked at Li Mochou and said, "Senior sister, it's been six or seven years since we last saw each other after Master died, hasn't it? What brings you back this time?" Her tone was indifferent, not aloof, but it also lacked warmth.

This woman is none other than Li Mochou's junior sister, Xiaolongnu!

“Girl! Don’t forget who killed your master back then… This person is probably back for the Ancient Tomb Sect’s secret manual!” Granny Sun interrupted without waiting for a reply.

Li Mochou felt annoyed again upon hearing this, but after hearing the words "the secret manual of the Ancient Tomb Sect," she was indeed tempted. However, Li Mochou was currently studying the "Five Poisons Secret Manual," and with the mutual verification of what she had learned before, her martial arts were still growing rapidly. Therefore, her resentment towards the martial arts of the Ancient Tomb Sect was not as strong as it was a few years later in the original work.

Chu Luren then interrupted, "No way, no way? There really isn't anyone who doesn't know that many unique martial arts techniques can't be countered by acupoint striking?"

Upon hearing this, not only did Granny Sun glare at her angrily, but even Wang Yuyan felt physically uncomfortable. Even... Little Dragon Girl, whose martial arts skills were not up to par, was somewhat overwhelmed and frowned slightly.

“Brother Chu… Bao San’s words are unsettling enough; don’t try to imitate everything he says!” Wang Yuyan couldn’t help but advise.

The use of "No way, no way" is even more annoying than "No way, no way".

Granny Sun felt a lump in her throat and remained silent for a long time. It was Little Dragon Girl who took the initiative to ask, "Does such a skill really exist in the world?"

As for Chu Luren's statement about "many," it was directly filtered out by Xiaolongnu.

“Girl, don’t listen to their nonsense… You say there’s such a skill in the world, how can you prove it?” Granny Sun questioned as soon as she caught her breath.

“Coincidentally, I know this kind of skill. You are welcome to try it, young lady.” Chu Luren said, spreading his arms slightly, looking completely unguarded.

"Okay." Little Dragon Girl didn't stand on ceremony.

Since Chu Luren said she could try, there was nothing wrong with her immediately taking action. With a wave of her white sleeves, an even whiter hand quietly emerged—she had already put on the "platinum silk gloves"!

He attacked with all his might, seemingly fearing that Chu Luren might try to retaliate, but he wasn't aiming for any major acupoints, only a point for speech. It's unclear whether it was because he found Chu Luren's words "unpleasant to hear."

After he was hit, both Xiaolongnu and Granny Sun looked at him. The former remained calm, while the latter was somewhat nervous. After all, Granny Sun was unwilling to admit that she had misunderstood Li Mochou all these years, and even... Chu Luren vaguely sensed that Li Mochou, who knew that nothing would happen, was also a little nervous at this moment, but she did not show it on her face. Her hand holding the whisk was obviously stiff.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Chu Luren exhaled and spoke softly...

"That's it?"

Chapter 122 Wang Yuyan's Determination

"That's it?"

The words "Chu Luren" made Xiaolongnu frown slightly again, but she quickly regained her composure...

"What is your relationship with that madman from back then?" Granny Sun asked warily.

“It’s alright… I don’t even know who that person was back then, and their martial arts style is different from mine, right?” Chu Luren said, looking at Li Mochou.

Six or seven years ago, Xiaolongnu was still young, and Li Mochou had told Chu Luren about what happened back then.

Indeed, she was being chased by a crazy but lecherous villain, and later, due to a misunderstanding, she was completely expelled from her sect.

As for who that person was, Li Mochou didn't know either, and he couldn't even be matched with any of the evil masters in the martial arts world. Chu Luren was also puzzled, but judging from his age and condition, it was clearly not Ouyang Feng!

After thinking for a moment, Li Mochou gritted her teeth, hardened her heart, and stared at her junior sister and Granny Sun, saying, "No way, no way? Surely there are people who can't see that he's not the same kind of person as that one from back then?"

Chu Luren: ...

Although Li Mochou's tone sounded sarcastic, Granny Sun wasn't overly indignant this time. Instead, she seemed somewhat embarrassed and conflicted. Xiaolongnu also remained expressionless and said indifferently, "Since that's the case, then I think Senior Sister is probably really wronged... Senior Sister, what are your plans now? If you want to be the leader of the Ancient Tomb Sect, I can give it to you."

“Young lady…sigh! Perhaps we really wronged the eldest young lady about what happened back then, but in the end she has already left the Ancient Tomb, how can she become the sect leader?” Granny Sun’s hostility towards Li Mochou had greatly decreased at this time, but she still did not believe that someone who did not abide by the rules of the Ancient Tomb could become the sect leader.

"Hmph! This ghost sect that never sees the light of day, with only two cats and a dilapidated tomb, who would want to be its leader!" Li Mochou sneered directly.