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His senior brother has been away for a few months and has become stronger again...

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Chapter 118: July 7 Incident, bad news continues, secretly leaving the mountain! (Subscribe!)

In the blink of an eye, several more years passed.

A lot of things have happened in the underworld in recent years.

Ghost Hand Wang Yaozu died of old age, the evil boy Li Muxuan caused trouble, the white owl Liang Ting massacred a certain sect, Wu Gensheng and Li Muxuan broke into the Sanyi Sect, and so on.

The most famous and shocking of these was the defeat of Daying Immortal Zuo Rutong by Wu Gensheng.

According to legend, the opponent broke into the Trinity Gate alone and fought with Zuo Ruotong for three days and three nights, and finally defeated Zuo Ruotong by using his unique skills.

The gossips in the underworld are happy to re-process this matter over and over again.

Each time is more outrageous than the last.

When everyone on Mount Longhu learned about this, they were also extremely shocked.

Zhang Jingqing even went to ask Zuo Rutong directly what was going on.

But Zuo Rutong just remained silent.

And more than a year after this incident.

Immortal Daying, Zuo Rutong is dead.

This incident caused the world of martial arts, which had been quiet for a long time, to suddenly become boiling.

Then came the rumors.

It is said that Zuo Rutong's death had an indelible cause with Wu Gensheng.

No one knows the details of this matter.

But everyone in the martial arts world saw the attitude of the Trinity Sect members.

They tracked and hunted Wu Gensheng desperately.

So people in the world took the rumors seriously.

After Zuo Rutong's death, the Trinity Sect was disbanded.

Although there were some stubborn Trinity disciples who persisted, they eventually became a loose group.

A major sect that was once as famous and prestigious as the Longhu Mountain and other major sects just disappeared just like that.

This is bound to make people sigh and sigh.

But what happened next made everyone forget all these trivial matters.

July 36, 1937.

The Japanese provoked the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, announcing the beginning of their full-scale invasion of China.

On July 16 and 17, the "Lushan Anti-Japanese War Declaration" was issued, and its doctrine called on the entire nation to fight the war.

On July 31, the "Letter to All Soldiers in the War of Resistance" was published, declaring that the war had broken out.

On July 28, the Japanese army launched a fierce attack on Nanyuan in Beijing.

The next day, Peking fell.

On the 30th, Tianjin fell.

In August, the main divisions of the Japanese army began to concentrate off the coast of Shanghai, with a total of 500,000 people. After our government learned of this, it dispatched a large-scale military and ground force to fight against them, with a total of 700,000 people.

The Battle of Shanghai broke out.

The Magic City has become a veritable meat grinder.

The battle lasted three months.

The Magic City was reduced to ruins, with over 9 Japanese casualties and over 25 Chinese casualties....

Longhu Mountain was very quiet at this time.

Compared with the past, Longhu Mountain now looks like a dead mountain.

There are no more pilgrims visiting the mountain gate.

They all ran for their lives.

More than half of the Longhu Mountain sect members were missing from the courtyard inside the gate.

They all went down the mountain.

Since the Lugou Bridge Incident on July 7, there are only 143 disciples left out of the total 674 on Mount Longhu.

And the number is still decreasing.

It has been a long time since Zhang Jingqing had a smile on her face...

On this day, Zhang Jianxi came to the hall again.

He is thirty years old now.

His appearance also showed that of a middle-aged man, but his eyes were still clear and bright.

But today, these clear eyes are filled with pain and sorrow.

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Zhang Jianxi knelt down heavily towards the person in the hall who had his back to him.

He kowtowed vigorously and said:

"Master, please let me go down the mountain!"

"No."

Zhang Jingqing said coldly.

Zhang Jianxi's eyes were red, and he continued:

"Are you going to let your disciples watch helplessly as their fellow disciples go down the mountain one after another and then never hear from them again?!"

"Master, I grew up in the mountains. Ever since I became an official, I've been surrounded by you and my many senior brothers. To me, you and my brothers are my family. Now, I've watched with my own eyes as my brothers descended the mountain and were thrown into purgatory. I've been crying day and night for this. Please allow me to go down the mountain and fight the enemy together with my brothers!"

"Besides, you taught me since childhood to slay demons and uphold justice. Now that the country is in crisis and demons are rampant, how can you expect your disciple to just stand by and watch?"

For Zhang Jianxi, Longhu Mountain is his home.

He grew up without a father or mother and was fortunately raised with the care of his fellow brothers.

He still remembers his childhood.

A group of men, young or mature, would always try their best to make him happy.

Some brothers bought toys for him, some brothers coaxed him to sleep day and night, and some brothers washed his clothes and bathed him...

It can be said that they are his biological brothers!

And now.

More than half of these brothers have already gone down the mountain.

Nearly half of them have no news since then.

Whenever Zhang Jianxi thought of this, his heart ached and he couldn't fall asleep.

For him.

Hundreds of his relatives died!

So it's no wonder that he was so emotional at the age of thirty.

Anyone with a heart would cry for this.

There is more than just sadness in these tears.

There is also endless anger and hatred!

But after hearing this, Zhang Jingqing still coldly rejected Zhang Jianxi's request to go down the mountain.

He always had his back to Zhang Jianxi, as if he didn't even want to see Zhang Jianxi.

Zhang Jianxi wanted to say something else, but Zhang Jingqing drove him out.

When the hall returned to peace again.

Zhang Jingqing, who was facing the statue of the ancestor alone, had red eyes and grabbed his thighs with his big hands, as if he was trying to stop himself.

Finally, his tears fell...

After Zhang Jianxi left the hall, he walked alone on the now extremely quiet Longhu Mountain. Looking at the stone tables and chairs, he suddenly seemed to see the scene of his fellow disciples sitting around and laughing.

His mouth was grinning, but his eyes were filled with immense sadness.

At this time, Tian Jinzhong came to Zhang Jianxi's side. Looking at Zhang Jianxi's red eyes, he felt a pain in his heart.

"Jianxi, Master didn't let you go down the mountain for a reason. You have to understand Master..."

Zhang Jianxi did not say anything in response to this comfort. He just sighed deeply.

After a long while, he finally spoke:

"Last week, Senior Brother Mingyue died. The week before that, Senior Brothers Sanbao, Songmu, and Langde died. The week before that, eighteen Senior Brothers, including Qingfeng, Routai, Songzhi, Tingyu, and Guiji, died. The month before that..."

Zhang Jianxi said a series of names one by one.

After hearing this, Tian Jinzhong was speechless.

When Zhang Jianxi finished speaking, he said in a hoarse voice:

"These brothers have been by my side since I can remember. Brother Mingyue once carried me fishing, Brother Songmu once made a kite for me, Brother Qingfeng once took me to the market, Brother Guiji once taught me to read and write, and Brother Langde once took me hunting in the mountains..."

"Now they are all gone..."

"Brother Jinzhong, I can't let go, and I can't calm down..."

December 13th of that year.

Nanjing fell.

Then six weeks later, tragedy struck.

While the whole country was shocked, a major event also happened in Longhu Mountain.

Zhang Jianxi left under the cover of night.

When he left, he took his sword with him and left a letter.

The content of the letter stated that he voluntarily gave up the position of Heavenly Master and begged Zhang Jingqing to forgive his unfilial behavior.

Zhang Jingqing was furious.

He originally wanted to send Zhang Zhiwei and Zhang Huaiyi down the mountain to look for Zhang Jianxi.

But after a long silence, he gave up...

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Chapter 119: Two Years, Mianshan, Biheshan, Tang Sect! (Subscribe!)

June 1940.

Zhang Jianxi's figure appeared on the edge of a mountain in Shanxi Province.

Three years have passed since he secretly left Longhu Mountain.

He is now 33 years old.

Compared to the past, his face now shows more traces of weathering, his eyes have become dull and vicissitudes, and there is a faint stubble on his chin.