Martial God Development Plan

"So, are you hot?"

"Are you stupid? I don't feel hot even when I walk around in this outfit with the sun shining brightly during the day, let alone at night."

"Then..." Gu Zhibai stretched out the last syllable and then spoke lightly, "Are you lonely?"

"......" Ji Zhao was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed and said, "If I say 'a little bit', will you reply 'ok'? Then I will say 'ok what? I haven't said anything yet'. This is quite interesting."

Gu Zhibai was angry and scolded, but there was still a smile in her voice, as if she had never stopped smiling since she met Ji Zhao: "Then why didn't you say that? Now you say it all by yourself, which is meaningless."

"Because I'm not lonely." Ji Zhao responded, "If I were alone, I might feel a little lonely. After all, it's late at night and if people can't sleep, they will always have random thoughts. But now that you're chatting with me like this, I don't feel lonely anymore. Maybe it's filled with other things."

"..."

This time, the person who fell silent was Gu Zhibai. For a long time, she didn't know what to say, and until the very end she couldn't think of how to respond. In the end, all that emerged was a smile that seemed to rise from the depths of her soul and could not be suppressed no matter what.

"You know what, Ji Zhao." Gu Zhibai spoke again, with a happy smile on her face, "I don't hate the Taoist Dong so much now."

"Why?" Ji Zhao said, "I hate that guy so much."

......Although I can understand him and agree with him, this does not prevent Ji Zhao from hating this mad dog-like guy.

"Because he connected us together." Gu Zhibai said, "Do you remember the first time we met? It was February 19th of a year ago, the day of the Great Demon-Subduing Emperor's descent. We met for the first time on the ring. If nothing unexpected happened, we would have just met by chance. However, Taoist Dong showed up. Although the price was a bit heavy, he connected us together and we became a community of shared destiny. So when we met later, we were able to fight side by side like that, just to deal with the mad Taoist Dong... and his followers."

Ji Zhao smiled and said, "Just because of this reason?"

"Well... that's why." Gu Zhibai lowered her eyes slightly, "I think so now too. I'm really lucky to have met you. If it's just because of meeting you, I'm willing to forgive all the misfortunes that have befallen me because of this."

Volume 6: White Horse and Silver Spear Shining on the Moon and Snow: Chapter 15: Casual Talk Before the Meeting

The next morning, Ji Zhao woke up from his sleep and subconsciously looked in the direction of the bed. It was rare that Gu Zhibai was still asleep, so he did not disturb Gu Zhibai. He quietly left the room and got some water outside to wash up. Coincidentally, Liu Hanying also got up at this time, so they went to have breakfast together. Then, having nothing to do, he went to the venue of the martial arts conference in advance.

The venue was not decorated too luxuriously...Speaking of which, with the financial resources and mobilization capabilities of the Canggu family, there would definitely be no problem in decorating the venue of the martial arts conference more luxuriously. However, there is a war in the north and Taixuan City has just suffered an earthquake. At a time like this, it is better to minimize extravagance and waste.

It was still early at this time, but many people had already arrived at the venue and were waiting in advance. Among them, many disciples and masters from different sects would wear the same attire and stand there. No matter what their cultivation level was, they would definitely look presentable... In contrast, the disciples and masters from Luohe Pavilion who went out this time were completely undisciplined.

Liu Hanying always wears a white robe, while Mo Yu wears black clothes and long boots.

Fu Caige changes clothes frequently, almost every day he wears a different outfit.

In order to cover up the scarlet robe, Ji Zhao's dressing style has become the most flamboyant in Luohe Pavilion. As for Gu Qu, she used to wear the disciple's clothes properly, but recently, I don't know if it's because she started to develop there, so in order to cover it up, she changed into other clothes... That's right, none of the five people wore uniforms. If they were separated and stood there, no one would guess that they were from Luohe Pavilion - except Fu Caige, as a world-famous and rare beauty, coupled with her temperament, it is not difficult to guess her background.

Liu Hanying's arrival caused some waves. Many people came to chat with Liu Hanying, and Ji Zhao who came with him also received some attention... However, his popularity is still the same as before. Almost everyone knows that 'a disciple from Luohe activated Qingshan Bugai', but when asked who it was, most people don't know. It's like everyone knows that there was an old man who gave Xiang Yu directions, but he took the wrong road and the Overlord of Western Chu died, but if you ask him what his name is, no one will know.

Not long after, Mo Yu and Fu Caige also arrived, dragging along Gu Qu who looked like he hadn't gotten enough sleep.

"What's wrong? You look listless." Ji Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly and said to Gu Qu, "You've been looking forward to it, why do you look like this now that the time has come?"

"I was too excited last night...I couldn't fall asleep." Gu Qu sighed, "I was thinking about going to talk to you, Brother Ji, since I couldn't fall asleep anyway, but then I changed my mind and thought, what if you were asleep, it would be bad to disturb you, so I didn't go."

These words made Ji Zhao break out in a cold sweat...Gu Zhibai's fantasy yesterday almost came true!

The group chatted and found their seats to sit down. Luohe Pavilion was still prestigious, and the Nie family had prepared fixed seats for them in advance.

clap clap!

Gu Qu patted her cheeks, as if trying to force herself to turn on, but it had little effect. She had no choice but to use her internal energy to stimulate several specific acupoints to stimulate her meridians. This method really worked, and Gu Qu immediately became much more sober.

"Heh... let your meridians pay for your wrong lifestyle habits?" Mo Yu scolded, "It's better to use this method less often. It's not a good habit to stimulate the meridian master."

Using internal energy to stimulate the meridian master is like skipping breakfast, staying up all night, and overeating. It is not particularly serious, and it is not a serious illness, but it is definitely not good, and it will cause various problems. However, because it is so convenient to use, many warriors still like to do this, so that in the later stages of practice, the meridian master backfires and emotions become difficult to control.

The backlash of the pulse master is an eternal topic in the martial arts world. Many martial artists are always extremely emotional because of the backlash of their pulse masters, so much so that they make childish and willful choices at critical moments in history, just like the gods in third-rate fairy tales who destroy the world for love.

"I know... I'm doing this because today is really important." Gu Qu responded, and added, "Besides, maybe I'll have to go up and fight later!"

I'm not talking nonsense... Most of the warriors who participate in the martial arts conference are well-known figures, standing at the top of the world. It would be inappropriate to ask them to just go up and fight like the youngsters who participate in the Young Heroes Conference, so sometimes they choose to let their disciples fight first... Of course, it's not absolute, it's just a transitional method.

It should be noted that there are only a few martial arts conferences of this scale in the entire China. No one can predict how things will develop. We can only cross the river by feeling the stones.

"You will only get a beating at your level." However, Mo Yu was really merciless. "Your internal energy is in place. Judging from your aura, your internal energy is probably greater than mine. However, your blood battle physique is too weak, and you are not proficient in any martial arts. Your reaction is slow, and you are just a show-off."

"Gu... Master Mo, you are so ruthless."

Mo Yu said coldly: "Lies don't hurt people, the truth is the sharpest knife."

"Eh?" Gu Qu recalled a little after hearing this, and then showed a funny expression, "I remember that Brother Ji said this first... Master Mo, like Master Qiu, has he become a scholar?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Fu Caige, who had other intentions, immediately looked over, and Ji Zhao, who was called out, also looked over.

"......" Mo Yu looked calm, but her tone changed slightly. She said expressionlessly, "Does it mean that if he tells me, I can't tell him?"

Gu Qu had been scolded by Mo Yu so many times that he could already keenly sense the signs that Mo Yu was getting angry. He immediately shut up and just shook his head quickly, looking well-behaved.

"It's not strange to imitate Junior Brother Ji's way of speaking, because Junior Brother Ji always says something very interesting." Fu Caige said calmly, "By the way, Master Qiu was misusing that sentence. It was obviously not an appropriate occasion, but he insisted on saying it. However, I personally think that Master Mo's sentence just now was quite appropriate. How can you compare Master Mo and Master Qiu together?"

Upon hearing this, although Mo Yu showed no expression, he was quite satisfied in his heart, and even his breathing became relaxed, a bit like a furry cat being smoothed down.

But Gu Qu, upon hearing this, squinted his eyes and said, "Senior Sister Fu, what do you mean?"

"Heh..." Ji Zhao chuckled at this time, "You already understand."

"...Please don't let Master Qiu hear this."

Volume 6: White Horse and Silver Spear Shining on the Snow and Moon: Chapter 16: Martial Arts Conference!

As time passed, warriors from various sects and families took their seats one after another, and the outside was also surrounded by warriors.

"Zongzi, it's almost time..."

A warrior from the Nie family came to Nie Canghai. Nie Canghai looked up and saw thousands of warriors crowded in this huge square. Some were wearing the same uniform of their sects, while others had their family emblems embroidered on their clothes, which symbolized glory. A rough estimate showed that most of the heroes in the world had come to attend this martial arts conference. Under normal circumstances, even though the Nie family had a wide range of friends and was admired by everyone, they definitely did not have the ability to mobilize such people. It was only because China was in danger that so many heroes came.

Even so, there were still many empty seats among those reserved by the Nie family... After so many days, these people still hadn't arrived, so I guess they just didn't want to come.

————As for the possibility of being late, it is not impossible, but it has not arrived in the past few months, and it is impossible to choose to wait at this time.

"No wait."

There was a gleam in Nie Canghai's eyes. He used his internal energy and flew to the center of the square. The warriors around him then quieted down.

Nie Canghai opened his mouth, and with the stimulation of his internal energy, his voice rang clearly in everyone's ears.

"I am Nie Canghai, the head of the Nie family. When my father was seriously ill, he said that the Ning people were brutal and barren wherever they passed, and that the land of Shenzhou must not fall into the hands of the Ning people. He ordered me to do my best to resist foreign enemies after I take over the position of the eldest son. Over the past few years, I have not dared to forget my words, fearing that I would make a mistake... Among the heroes of the world, there should be many who share the same opinion as my father. How can the great land of Shenzhou fall into the hands of barbarians like the Ning people who eat raw meat and drink blood?"

After these words were spoken, warriors in the field responded one after another. The people of Yan had suffered from the people of Ning for a long time, and that was why warriors all over the world responded one after another when the Nie family took the lead.

Nie Canghai then said, "I think among all the heroes, many of you have the heart to serve the country, but you don't know what to do specifically. Going north to join the army is certainly a good plan, but when two countries are at war, there are millions of troops on the battlefield. If one person goes in, it's like throwing a stone into the Huanglong River, not even a wave can be raised. The ancients said that if you want to resist foreign aggression, you must first stabilize the country, and to stabilize the country, you can't do without a leader. As the ancients said: a snake cannot survive without a head, and a bird cannot fly without wings. Today, all the heroes who are willing to work for Dayan have gathered here. You might as well elect a hero who is both talented and virtuous and who is trusted by everyone, and let him lead the heroes of the world to fight against the barbarians!"

The heroes below responded one after another.

Nie Canghai paused for a moment, and after the noises from the crowd died down, he spoke again, saying, "In terms of martial arts, reputation, and moral character, in the vast land of China, no one can compare to Master Hua of Zhenwu Mountain and Saint Monk Xuanpu of Shaolin Temple. However, the two seniors are already old, and they are shouldering the heavy responsibility of fighting the Phoenix. They may not have the energy to instruct on the trivial matters of the martial arts world one by one. As for the other martial artists in the martial arts world, I'm sorry to say that they are not as convincing as the two seniors... Since this is a martial arts matter, nothing can be more convincing than fists. Today, all the heroes will be witnesses. Let's make friends through martial arts and select a person with outstanding strength, high moral character, and who is qualified to be the leader of the martial arts world to lead the Central Plains martial arts world to fight against Man Ning!"

The many warriors below had no objection when they heard this. The martial arts world is a place where fists speak. It is simply ridiculous to say that one can become the leader of the martial arts world by having high morals.

At this time, a voice suddenly rang out from the crowd: "Patriarch Nie is an outstanding martial artist, and he is superior in virtue and ability. He is also located in Taixuan City, the center of Shenzhou. It is very convenient for him to receive information and handle things. He also has experience in ruling the Canggu family. Who else can be qualified for the position of leader of the martial arts world except Patriarch Nie?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice. The person who spoke was nine feet tall, with a deep and loud voice, a cross-shaped scar on his face, and a fierce look. There were many martial artists in the field, and someone recognized him immediately. This person was a hero from the Qingzhou martial arts world, called 'Nine-foot Ghost' Tang Zheng. He was very good at boxing and kicking, and had received favors from Nie Canghai in his early years. Therefore, he was the first to jump out and wanted to build momentum for Nie Canghai... However, this man was too straightforward. You have to know that at this time, the first person to step onto the stage will inevitably suffer a great loss. Now that all the heroes in the world are here, is there anyone who can fight from beginning to end?

————Of course, unless the situation goes too smoothly, this martial arts conference will definitely not end in one day. Even if I am defeated today, it doesn’t matter. But I will be the first one to appear on the stage and my moves will be seen by others. How can I get away with it in the next few days?

However, Nie Canghai did not blame Tang Zheng. He smiled heartily and said loudly, "To be honest with you, brother Tang, I have the same intention. A real man should act uprightly. I, Nie, do want to become the leader of the martial arts world. Let me be the first to do so today!"

After saying this, he looked around and said with a bow, "Which hero would like to come up and fight with me?"

Now is the beginning of the martial arts conference. For those who aspire to be the leader of the martial arts world, going on stage at this time is not a good choice rationally. But for a martial artist who wants to be famous, it is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. How many chances like this can you have to show your face in front of heroes all over the world?

Therefore, as soon as Nie Canghai finished speaking, a warrior who was close by took advantage of his proximity and jumped onto the stage first. Nie Canghai looked and saw that the man had a family crest embroidered on his clothes. Before, Nie Canghai might not have had any impression of him, but in recent days, he had received many people and remembered many family crests by relying on his memory. Now he recognized him immediately. This man was Wu Liuxing, the eldest son of the Chengfeng family. As for cultivation, he must have some, but now on the stage... haha.

"Wu Liuxing from the Chengfeng family in Cangzhou." The man clasped his fists towards Nie Canghai and said with a smile, "I know that my cultivation is shallow and I am definitely not a match for Patriarch Nie. However, in today's battle, someone has to take the lead, so I will be the clown. I hope Patriarch Nie can give me some advice."

Nie Canghai was about to respond when a voice suddenly rang out from the side. It was three short sneers, which were full of amusement and drowned out the voices of the entire audience.

“Ha, ha, ha.”

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and found that it actually came from the Yishan Sect. The person who spoke was wearing a green robe and had a handsome face, but his eyes were filled with mockery.

"You've already decided you can't win before the fight even starts, and you've found an excuse for your failure... Oh, if you don't have the determination to win, why bother going on stage?"

Volume 6: White Horse and Silver Spear Shining on the Snow and Moon: Chapter 17: The Dust-Free Sword

There are some strange anecdotes circulating in the martial arts world, such as that a disciple of Luohe Pavilion is the reincarnation of Wu'an Duke Wei Huo, and that...Yishan Sect is a place of great natural beauty, gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and thus producing many handsome men.

That’s right, not a beautiful woman, but a handsome man.

The reason why this anecdote spread inexplicably is closely related to the two generations of Sword Masters of Yishan School. Needless to say, Xiu Yiyin was an absolutely handsome man, with a face as sharp as a knife and an axe, full of sharpness, and incredibly handsome. During the time he was in Luohe Pavilion, there were female disciples who were crazy about him every day, and the Sword Master before him was also very good-looking.

That’s right, the person who spoke was none other than the invincible junior uncle of Yishan School, the previous generation sword master of Yishan School, Jing Zhan, who was known as the number one person in Yuzhou!

This person was dressed in a green robe with fluttering sleeves, and his long black hair was unkempt and casually draped behind his back. If it was on a normal person, this hairstyle alone would be enough to label him a primitive man and sentence him to death in activities such as blind dates. However, on Jing Zhan, he looked elegant and free and unrestrained. Many female disciples in the field had their eyes sparkling when they saw Jing Zhan, which showed how beautiful he was. He was obviously in his thirties and almost forty, but his appearance and temperament were still like a young man in his early twenties.

A man's reputation is like the shadow of a tree. If an ordinary warrior had said that, Wu Liuxing would probably have retorted. However, the junior master from the Yishan School was well-known and had been famous in Yuzhou for more than ten years. He was a warrior who could be ranked among the best in the whole of Shenzhou. What's more, this man loved to retort and had a bad temper. It was obviously not a wise move to confront him head-on. But if he just swallowed his anger in front of the heroes of the world, wouldn't he make himself look like a joke?

While Wu Liuxing was hesitating, the junior master from the Yishan School, who was known as the best in Yuzhou, moved. He stood up and walked towards the center of the square step by step. His movements seemed slow but were actually fast. Before Wu Liuxing could make a decision, he was already on the stage and said lazily, "Go down... So many people are waiting. Wouldn't it be better to let someone who can win come up?"

No one had expected that Jing Zhan would attack so directly at the very beginning of the martial arts conference. These words put Wu Liuxing in a rage. Now he could neither advance nor retreat and was in an extremely awkward situation.

Fortunately, Nie Canghai was a smart man. He spoke at this moment to give Wu Liuxing a way out.

"Since Juechen Sword wants to learn something, how can I refuse... Wu Zongzi, you can leave today. If you need advice in the future, I will never refuse."

Wu Liuxing sighed inwardly, without trying to gain any advantage through arguments, he clasped his fist towards Nie Canghai and walked off the stage.

Jing Zhan's eyes wandered as he casually glanced at Nie Canghai, and his tone was calm: "Do you remember, Nie Canghai, we met 23 years ago... Heh, you were still a playboy back then, and you looked completely different from now. I can't believe that these two Nie Canghai are the same person."

Although he was on the stage, Jing Zhan did not attack immediately. This is not surprising. As we all know, pre-match trash talk is the most classic tactic throughout the ages and it is a feature that must be tasted in the martial arts world.

Nie Canghai responded calmly: "People always change. Besides, more than 20 years have passed, and I have experienced so much."

"Things in life are unpredictable... huh?" Jing Zhan smiled softly, with a playful tone in his smile, "Well, let me see... how much gold this prodigal son who has returned is worth."

Nie Canghai narrowed his eyes slightly... It's strange to say, the age difference between these two people is actually less than five years, but when standing together, they look like father and son.

"please."

Finally, Nie Canghai slowly opened his mouth and uttered these words, which marked the temporary end of the trash talk stage.

"please!"

In comparison, Jing Zhan's attitude was much more casual. He casually lowered one hand and placed it on the hilt of his sword, but did not draw the sword immediately. He just set his eyes on Nie Canghai.

The two men stood in place, their internal energy constantly surging, but they just walked slowly around each other, and neither of them took the initiative to attack.

If a street performer wasted the audience's time in this way, people would have probably started scolding him. However, Jing Zhan and Nie Canghai were both top martial artists in the world, and no one dared to complain about them. Many martial artists even held their breath nervously.

At this moment, light footsteps were heard. Ji Zhao turned around and saw that the person coming was Gu Zhibai. She had changed into a sky blue dress at some point. She looked bright and charming, and had the kind of youthful vitality unique to young girls. People couldn't take their eyes off her at first glance... The evidence was that in such a solemn occasion, many people's eyes shifted from the confrontation between the two top warriors on the field to Gu Zhibai.

"What a coincidence." Gu Zhibai said with a smile, "Master Liu, can you let me sit here for a while to avoid those adventurous people?"

Liu Hanying nodded slightly and chuckled, "Miss Gu has done a favor to Luohe Pavilion. How can I refuse such a request? Just go ahead."

"Thank you, Pavilion Master Liu." Gu Zhibai responded, and then naturally sat down next to Ji Zhao, smiling and waving his hand, "Long time no see, Young Master Ji."

"Long time no see..." Ji Zhao chuckled, "I feel like we just separated. Miss Gu's every smile is still in front of me."

"Really?" Gu Zhibai pushed her black hair behind her ears. "But I feel like it's been three years since we last met. It's been a long time."

Doesn't it feel like a long time since we last met?... But it's clear that we haven't been apart for even a day.

Ji Zhao had this thought in his mind, and was about to respond when he heard Fu Caige suddenly say in her calm tone: "Junior Brother Ji, can you come sit next to me? I have some questions about martial arts that I would like to discuss with you."

Before Ji Zhao opened his mouth, Gu Zhibai beside him said with a smile: "Miss Fu, now that two warriors are fighting on the stage, you'd better not be distracted. You should figure out why your Pavilion Master came all the way here to bring you here. Don't lose sight of the big picture. Besides, when it comes to discussing martial arts, since the two masters are here, it's not your turn to ask Young Hero Ji, right?"

【“…!”】

Fu Caige spoke in a hurry without thinking too much. She was naturally beautiful and her requests were almost never rejected, so she didn't put too much thought into this aspect. Who knew that she would meet such a powerful guy this time? She just made a move and was caught by Gu Zhibai and beaten up!

Volume 6: White Horse and Silver Spear Shining on the Snow and Moon: Chapter 18: Peerless Divine Skill

Extremely strong... Although they only exchanged one sentence after this meeting, Fu Caige could feel that this guy was extremely strong just from this one sentence.

"That makes sense...I didn't think it through enough." The situation was stronger than the person, Fu Caige had to swallow the bitter fruit of his mistake and give up this game for the time being.

"Hehe..." Gu Zhibai chuckled and didn't say much, but in the eyes of the loser, she was indeed showing the attitude of a winner. Take the two words "hehe" for example, when different people say them in different situations, the meanings are completely different.

While the two were talking, Jing Zhan, who had been confronting Nie Canghai, suddenly moved without any warning. He was clearly pacing a second ago and had even taken a step forward, but he suddenly turned around and released his internal energy. His entire body turned into a stream of silver-white light and rushed straight towards Nie Canghai!

If an ordinary warrior was here, facing such a fast charge from Jing Zhan, he would probably lose his head before he could react. However, Nie Canghai had amazing cultivation, and he knew that Jing Zhan was particularly good at sudden and rapid attacks, so how could he not be prepared? Although he was secretly surprised by Jing Zhan's speed, he still reacted quickly and his internal energy surged rapidly!

The Canggu family inherited the peerless martial arts "Death and Life" created by Nie Yihen. This is an extremely strange martial arts. Practitioners need to continuously take the Turbid Flame Pill, and then bathe their entire body in the blood of the melt-eating beasts living near the volcano, and then use some special means to transfuse their blood. The survival rate is about 15%. After the blood transfusion is completed, their meridians will be destroyed, and the special means of the Canggu family will be used to convert the meridian attributes to fire attributes as much as possible, and change some of the meridian masters. After all this is completed, they will be able to practice this peerless martial arts.

【Death and Life】

(After losing his beloved, the ancient swordsman Nie Yihen was disheartened and wrote this astonishing work in a state of gloom and sadness. It is extremely difficult to comprehend. Ordinary people would find it like reading a heavenly book. The conditions for practicing it are extremely harsh and the side effects are huge)

[Practice requirements: Possess unique characteristics 'Heart Fire Turned to Ashes' or 'Soul-destroying', innate level 7, understanding level 7, root bone level 6, more than % of the meridians in the body are of fire attribute]

[Cultivation Level: Completely Clueless (0/120000000)]

[Practice formula: X*Y*(C+1)*(D+1)]