The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

Chu Luren cautiously pushed open the door with a palm strike and found a woman in a light gold dress sitting on the bed with her back to him.

"You were arrested..." Chu Luren stepped forward to ask.

Because Chu Luren had been in a dream god state, his sense of danger was extremely acute. The moment he saw this woman, the hairs on his entire body stood on end...

Before he could react, Chu Luren wondered why this woman was giving him such a great sense of danger. Just as he instinctively wanted to retreat, a strong gust of wind suddenly came from a corner to the side!

Yuzhenzi...

This shameless guy actually lay on the ground to ambush Chu Luren.

Chu Luren never expected that this guy, who usually portrayed himself as a virtuous and genuine cultivator, would resort to such a shameless ambush method against a young man like him. How could this martial arts world possibly be any better?

In the rush, Chu Luren could only raise his hand to block, not having time to enter a state of enlightenment...

Chu Luren thought he was going to suffer a loss, but unexpectedly Yu Zhenzi was weaker than he had imagined. Chu Luren, who was not in the Dream God body after enlightenment, used the "Tianshan Six Yang Palm" to fight him, but he did not suffer any loss.

Could it be that Wang Chuyi actually injured Yu Zhenzi before?

Surprisingly, it was Yu Zhenzi who flew backward after the blow, smashing open a window and escaping. Perhaps because of his pride, Chu Luren didn't hear his cries for help...

That's it?

The skill of using good water!

"Was the young lady captured by that evil Taoist?" Chu Luren didn't rush to give chase, after all, they were in Wu Sangui's palace, and it would be terrible if they were surrounded and attacked if they chased after them.

Chu Luren faintly heard a soft sob, so he apologized and didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he said, "I can't take you away. Go to the southwest corner of the inner courtyard and find the Princess to seek justice for you! Even if the Princess can't punish that evil Taoist, she will send you home!"

Chu Luren vaguely heard a soft female voice telling him that she also knew some martial arts and could leave on her own. She also said that the evil Taoist priest was practicing a terrible poison technique and that the medicine bottle he used was on the back of the bookshelf, warning Chu Luren not to be poisoned.

Upon hearing this, Chu Luren's eyes lit up. He quickly went behind the bookshelf and swept away all the hidden medicine bottles. After that... after thinking for a moment, Chu Luren took off his night clothes and threw them on the bed: "Miss, you can leave in the chaos."

As for Chu Luren himself, he was wearing a brown short-sleeved shirt underneath, which wasn't too much of a hindrance. But this young lady... was dressed quite elegantly, and she would definitely be a target if she went out!

However, the Prince's mansion is in chaos right now, and everyone is rushing to the inner quarters. If she knows some martial arts, it shouldn't be difficult for her to sneak out in the chaos.

Before leaving, Chu Luren vaguely heard a "thank you".

At the same time, Chu Luren sighed inwardly. In the north, especially in the Qing Dynasty's territory, the traditional moral code was indeed becoming increasingly cannibalistic. Although this woman clearly appeared to be a victim and did not seem to have been defiled, she still did not want him to recognize her identity, so she kept her back to him.

Fortunately, I didn't see it, otherwise, if the person had felt humiliated and committed suicide, it would have been terrible...

Chu Luren was unaware that after he left, the woman didn't change into her night clothes; she merely picked them up and examined them. Meanwhile, Yu Zhenzi, who had previously escaped, cautiously climbed back in, but remained silent and timidly kneeling at her previous "ambush" position...

Chapter 183 The Martial World Is Better Again

"Huh? Where are your clothes?" Huang Rong asked in surprise when she saw Chu Luren.

She had just heard the sounds of fighting, but it was too brief for Huang Rong to react. While she was still wondering what was happening inside, she saw Chu Luren, whose night clothes were gone, climb over the wall.

"That shameless Yu Zhenzi actually ambushed me, and I even found a girl in his room..." Chu Luren explained briefly.

"I didn't see Yu Zhenzi escape from the courtyard..." Huang Rong felt that something was wrong.

"Maybe they came out from somewhere! Keep these, and then you can get out of here quickly while things are in chaos. I'll go look for Liang Ziweng's treasure snake. If I can't find it, it'll be easy for me to leave on my own." Chu Luren said, stuffing the few small bottles he had collected earlier into Huang Rong's hands.

Huang Rong knew the importance of the matter and quickly took it, then instructed, "Don't be too greedy. Once the experts and guards in the manor calm down, even if you have another bottle of Beisu Qingfeng, you won't be able to get out."

That makes perfect sense. Even if there were another bottle of Beisu Qingfeng, it wouldn't have any effect unless someone got within a few feet of Chu Luren. Without proper technique, Beisu Qingfeng's effect is very limited and evaporates very quickly!

Hanging at a distance, the Chu Lu people will eventually reach their breaking point.

"I'm not one to waste time!" Chu Luren gave a thumbs up.

After seeing this, Huang Rong thought for a moment and then asked, "You also know the sign language of the Kingdom of Fulin?"

Chu Luren: ? ? ?

"Never mind, I'll leave first!" Huang Rong, carrying a few small porcelain bottles, took advantage of the chaos in the Prince's mansion to leave.

The unassuming Chu Luren chose between the remaining two courtyards—he was immediately captivated. Upon entering, he found no Tantric implements, but instead smelled a complex medicinal fragrance…

Chu Luren knew this should be Liang Ziweng's residence, so he tiptoed to find the basket of the precious snake.

Although Chu Luren estimated that with his strength, the giant snake wouldn't be able to cause any trouble, since Chu Luren wanted to take it all away, rather than just sucking its blood like Guo Jing did, it was best not to alarm it.

"Is this it? It's quite heavy...wait, what is this..."

Chu Luren was tying up the huge snake basket and then carrying it on his back. Feeling its incredible weight and the slight friction inside, he was about to leave when he noticed a secret book on the table that looked like a rare copy, along with a transcription... It seemed to be being transcribed?

Could it be... that Liang Ziweng is the rare type who would leave his secret manual on a table?

Having just encountered the wicked Taoist who lay in ambush on the ground to ambush him, a young man, Chu Luren immediately met a simpleton who placed a secret manual on the table. Chu Luren suddenly felt that the martial arts world was getting better again!

Although Liang Ziweng probably didn't have any impressive skills, Chu Luren still picked it up and took a look, thinking that any freebie was a bonus.

Chu Luren picked it up and glanced at it, discovering that it wasn't being copied. The paper was also quite old, but the two versions were indeed identical, so it must be... being checked?

After glancing at the contents briefly, Chu Luren understood why Liang Ziweng was so simple-minded...

This isn't about martial arts; it's a record about raising and using precious snakes!

Then I remembered that in the original work, Liang Ziweng was furious after Guo Jing drank the snake blood—because this precious snake would be fully mature in a few days, and he had originally planned to use it to improve his skills.

As a result, Guo Jing took the peach...

Soon to ripen!

After more than twenty years of hard work, it was about to bear fruit. Therefore, Liang Ziweng recently reorganized and corrected the methods of raising and using snakes. Fearing that there might be problems with the previous copy, he took out the original version for comparison.

However, they were all stuffed into Chu Luren's arms now—well, in the original work, it was a bit of a waste for Guo Jing to drink snake blood, after all, it wasn't fully mature yet. Although it was said that "the work will be completed in a few days," the last leg of a journey is the hardest, and this was a bit short, so the effect would probably be much weaker.

After taking everything, Chu Luren calmly left.

Although carrying a snake basket that was almost as tall as a person and heavier than an adult man was inconvenient, the palace was in chaos at the moment, with many guards in the inner quarters poisoned, and suspected attacks by the Heaven and Earth Society or the Western Xia people... so naturally, they all rushed to the inner quarters to help!

Chu Luren fought his way out of the Pingxi Prince's Mansion through the main gate without much effort. Not only was he masked, but he also used the Songshan Sword Technique in a dreamlike state.

When Chu Luren used the Five Mountains True Explanation before, because the Five Mountains were combined into one, ordinary people from the Five Mountains Sword Sect could only feel that there were familiar traces in his swordsmanship. People who were not from the Five Mountains Sword Sect and did not know much about it could not make the connection at all.

However, at this moment, Chu Luren's Songshan sword technique was so skillful and perfect that each move was executed with consummate skill, it was simply beyond description...

Whether they were guards or low-class江湖人士 (jianghu figures) who had joined Wu Sangui, they were all killed and scattered by the Chu Lu people!

After leaving the Prince of Pingxi's residence, Chu Luren used his Kun to travel through the void and ran wildly, deliberately not returning to the direction of the inn, but instead wandering around everywhere.

Once they were certain that no one was chasing them, Chu Luren, with his patience and the low energy consumption of Kunyou Void, was already quite excited from running.

And the snake basket on his back was almost too heavy to bear!

This snake basket isn't an iron cage. The reason the precious snake stayed obediently inside was due to Liang Ziweng's method of raising and controlling snakes. However, after being jostled around by the Chu Lu people all the way, the precious snake was probably already quite annoyed...

It was the early hours of the morning, and the streets of Luoyang were deserted. Chu Luren had specifically chosen a location with a herbal medicine shop when he ran.

The snake was becoming increasingly agitated; if it really got serious, a snake basket wouldn't be of any use!

Chu Luren had never learned how to train snakes, so he found the largest pharmacy and used the hidden force of the Dragon Crane Great Capturing Technique to knock off the latch from the outside. After entering, he went straight to the backyard—since the latch was on, it meant that someone lived inside!

After Chu Luren broke into the backyard, he went straight to the largest room and captured the old man who was probably the shopkeeper...

"I am Chu Luren, a young man from Songshan. I would like to borrow your courtyard for a moment and buy some medicine from you. Is that alright?" Chu Luren said, taking out all of his Robin Hood-style savings.

"This... what are you selling? If you want it, sir, we'll gladly offer it to you..."

"Shut up! Do you think we disciples of Mount Song are the kind of people who would take your herbs for free?"

As Chu Luren spoke, he took out several more fragments of the original manuscript—the ones Liang Ziweng had obtained were probably incomplete.

He quickly scanned the page to the section on "Later Medicinal Herb Needs," tore off half a page, and handed it to the shopkeeper, saying, "Take whatever amount you have! I'm just buying medicine; you're just doing business, don't try anything funny!"

"Yes, yes... Don't worry, great hero, the medicine here is the best... Ah!" The shopkeeper exclaimed, almost choking on his own breath.

The snake basket, which was tied up on Chu Luren's back and had steel wire woven into it, suddenly ripped apart like a tattered rag after a violent tremor. A huge, crimson viper, as thick as a thigh, even as thick as Ma Guangzuo's thigh, stood upright inside!

"Go get your medicine. And don't get any funny ideas, you little buddy who's hiding. Either help me get the medicine, or you help me train the snakes..."

Chapter 184 The Two Snakes

After being awakened by Chu Luren, the young shop assistant who had been hiding in the pharmacy, upon hearing Chu Luren's words, obediently went to help the old shopkeeper get medicine, instead of staying there to feed the snakes with Chu Luren...

Actually, he would prefer to escape through the back door, since that crimson snake looked more threatening than the martial arts expert!

However, the experienced manager stopped him in time.

"What's the panic? If that wandering swordsman wins against that snake, and you escape, you'll definitely make things difficult for us!" the old shopkeeper said displeasedly.

"What if he gets eaten?"

The old shopkeeper smacked his lips and said, "No matter how big that snake is, one person is enough for it to eat for several days. Once it's full, it won't be so dangerous. Besides, big snakes swallow their prey alive, so they don't crawl very fast right after swallowing. We can just report it to the authorities later!"

The young shopkeeper was amazed by the old shopkeeper's closed-loop logic...

The old shopkeeper led him and meticulously prepared the medicine according to the prescription—preparing it exactly like a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner would prepare for the giant snake.

Looking at the prescription, the old shopkeeper cursed inwardly, "This is utter nonsense!" and "It's bound to kill someone!" while secretly feeling a pang of heartache, as it did contain several precious medicinal herbs!

Another century-old ginseng, another musk deer antler...

Ironically, he actually had them all. After all, it was one of the top pharmacies in Luoyang, and its owner and the Prince of Pingxi's mansion were related to it.

That's why the shopkeeper later vaguely felt that the prescription looked familiar, but he was sure he had never seen it before. However, some of the less common medicinal herbs seemed to be... something the owner had asked for before, saying that they were for the Prince of Pingxi's mansion and that they had to be the best!

Is it...

The shopkeeper shuddered and didn't dare to think any further.

After getting the medicine, the shopkeeper and his assistant cautiously returned to the front yard. The expected giant, red serpent that bulged out into a human shape was not there; instead, Chu Luren was standing in the same spot!

At this moment, Chu Luren was tightly gripping the snake's head under his right armpit, while the crimson snake's body was coiled around him, showing that the large serpent was making a concerted effort to coil...

No matter how hard they tried, they could only tear Chu Luren's clothes and even cause some bloodstains, but they could never change Chu Luren's firm stance, which remained stubbornly upright.

The other two had no intention of "profiting from the chaos" whatsoever. Chu Luren's left hand was still holding a few pages of paper, which he was looking at with a frown by the moonlight!

That's right. Chu Luren didn't know any snake taming techniques. He only knew that this thing was extremely poisonous. Even with the "Minor Chaos Skill" on his side, he didn't want to be bitten by it, so he first restrained the snake's head.

Afterwards, although the snake coiled around him, its strength... was enough to snap a tree that was as thick as two or three people could hug. In terms of sheer strength, it was probably comparable to Ma Guangzuo—striking and kicking are two different things.

However, Chu Luren neutralized the snake's power with his "Minor Return to Emptiness Force," which in turn caused the snake to restrain Chu Luren's power, making it difficult for the snake to move against him!

If such a powerful slash came down, Chu Luren would definitely not be able to withstand it. However, such a large force, like the internal energy shock, is a strength of the "Minor Returning to Emptiness Force".

At this moment, it would have been very easy for Chu Luren to kill the snake. He could have done it by slashing it with his sword or tearing it apart with his bare hands. However, he was only about as strong as Chu Luren, and was much weaker than Ma Guangzuo.