Ah Zhu nodded and said, "Master Qin, I took a closer look many years ago."

Qin Bin asked again, "Then how do you understand this?"

Qin Bin turned to a page of the secret book and pointed to a paragraph.

Although Ah Zhu didn't understand why Qin Bin asked such basic and simple questions about the meridian analysis, she still explained in detail what she had learned and understood.

After listening to this, Qin Bin pondered for a moment, then pointed to the seat opposite the square table and motioned her to sit down.

Ah Zhu hesitated for a moment and then sat on it.

Qin Bin then began to ask about various basic contents in the secret book, and even talked about his personal understanding of these to verify and compare with her.

Listening to Qin Bin's unique insights, Ah Zhu couldn't help but sigh inwardly that Qin Bin's knowledge was profound and his insights were unique, which were rare in the world. Even when she asked herself about her own extraordinary attainments in miscellaneous studies, she felt far inferior to him.

Just like that, after a long while, Ah Zhu, who had been actively cooperating, was not only surprised at the strength of the person in front of him, but also gradually understood what was going on. So she asked in a gap, "Master Qin, are you comparing the martial arts concepts of different factions to gather the best of all?"

Qin Bin smiled and nodded, "Yes, in the field of martial arts, not to mention that the martial arts concepts of different sects are very different, even different people see, hear, understand, and think about the same secret book, and they get different results, or even go against the trend. So if we can discard the dross and keep the essence, and all the books belong to me, it may be half an inch of the great way. Even if it is not that effective, it can broaden our horizons, enrich our knowledge, and make the road less bumpy."

Ah Zhu was stunned for a moment. Although she agreed with this, she couldn't help but say, "I think that everything is about quality rather than quantity, and sharpness rather than dispersion - Mr. Qin, please forgive me for making fun of you..."

Qin Bin shook his head. "It's okay. What you said is a fact. However, it varies from person to person. People have different paths in life. Some people master one thing and can understand a hundred things. Some people learn from a hundred schools of thought and can return to the origin of all things. Some people spend half their lives in vain and suddenly look back to find that they have gray hair but have achieved nothing.

The half-way road I was fortunate enough to cultivate was just a result of my ignorant and random mistakes, and I just luckily took the right path."

Ah Zhu's eyes lit up when she listened. Although her experience was limited, she had seen from Murong Fu the bitter consequences of being too eccentric but not specialized. She had also seen from servants and outsiders that being specialized but not sharp led to fruitless efforts. She had also seen from the notes of their ancestors that most people in the world are ordinary mortals, and it is rare for one person to stand out.

But no matter what the situation is, as long as they have achieved a little success, they cannot get rid of their arrogance and self-righteousness. This is a common problem among most people who practice martial arts, but I have never seen such a successful person who is humble and cautious.

Chapter 491: Not All of Them Are Good People

"Which one did Master Qin practice?"

Ah Zhu's sudden question made Qin Bin pause for a moment and then he shook his head.

"I am stumped by your question. I don't even know what path I am practicing."

Qin Bin's answer also made Ah Zhu stunned, but she asked out of curiosity.

"If you don't know, how can you achieve enlightenment?"

Qin Bin glanced at her, then moved closer and said softly, "It was purely a search for the truth. Suddenly I found a place that I could walk to, so I walked there with my eyes closed, and it really worked. It's that simple, and there's no profound knowledge involved."

Ah Zhu was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Isn't this what the saying goes, a blind cat catches a dead mouse?"

"Correct."

"Hehe... Sir, please stop joking. Although I don't know how many ways there are to martial arts, I don't think it's that easy to get through."

"It's not necessarily simple. I used the most tedious exhaustive method to seek the truth. The process can't really be called simple."

"Exhaustive method?"

"To put it bluntly, no matter how many possibilities there are, try them one by one until you succeed."

"If that's the case..."

While Qin Bin and Ah Zhu were talking, Ah Bi, who had sent a message to the head of the family, wanted to come over to see what was going on in the outer corridor in the distance. However, she was stunned to see Qin Bin and Ah Zhu talking and laughing at the table by the window from a distance.

But A-Bi was relieved immediately, because she remembered that when she was walking with Qin Bin before, she had asked many questions, and Qin Bin basically answered every question, which showed that he was a more talkative person.

Of course, the fact that Ah Zhu could talk to him so well, coupled with Ah Zhu's smile that came from the heart, also made Ah Bi unable to help but think about him.

"I heard from the Buddhists that everything is predestined by heaven. If this is the fate predestined by heaven... I don't know if this is a good thing for Sister Ah Zhu..."

"Of course it's a good thing."

“But I don’t think so—?!!”

A'Bi's expression froze, and she quickly turned to look at the source of the sound, only to see Xiaobai appear two steps behind her at some point, holding a box of unknown substance in his hand, pointing it towards the first-floor window of the Shui Pavilion, where Qin Bin and A'zhu were.

Of course, what surprised A-Bi even more was that Wang Yuyan was also there, and was standing beside Xiaobai with tears in her eyes. When she looked at her, it was as if she wanted to say something but couldn't, or just couldn't say it.

This reminded A-Bi of the time when she was controlled before.

Xiao Bai held the phone in his hand and said with a smile, "I know what you are worried about. Are you worried that your Ah Zhu has been given to the wrong person?"

"This... Madam Qin..." A-Bi's thoughts were revealed, and she didn't know how to respond for a moment. After all, if she nodded, it would mean that she had some opinion about Qin Bin. If she shook her head, Madam Qin, who could see through people's hearts, might think she was fooling people.

Seeing her like this, Xiaobai said, "You will know later whether Ah Zhu has chosen the wrong person. By the way, what about you? My man is good, right? He has good looks, a good figure, and a good temperament. He is definitely rare in the world. How about you come and be my man's concubine together with Ah Zhu?"

"Uh...ah, Madam Qin, please don't make fun of me. How can a weak and fragile girl like me be worthy of a handsome man like Yu..." A-Bi was startled, but she said it quickly.

A-Bi felt that this was a test with jealousy, and she had to distance herself from it.

The reason why she had this idea was because A-Bi had a certain understanding of Wang Yuyan's mother Li Qingluo, and knew some secrets, and she knew how terrible a jealous woman was.

"I'm not as twisted as Li Qingluo. I killed the heartless man, but I actually dug out his eyes and cut off his nose to torture him. Tsk tsk, I just killed people, but I never took pleasure in the suffering of others, and I don't have the hobby of using human corpses to plant flowers. It's ironic that the mother is an unforgivable evil, but the daughter is pure and innocent. It would be a shame if I didn't give her a Mao Dun Literature Award."

When Xiaobai said this, A-Bi was also stunned. As long as she didn't understand the meaning of the second half of the sentence, she subconsciously looked at Wang Yuyan, but Wang Yuyan couldn't help but look away.

From this we can also see that Wang Yuyan did not agree with her mother's cruel behavior.

At this time, the two girls listened to Xiaobai continue speaking.

"And I don't care how many concubines my man has. Of course, the premise is that these concubines recognize me as their principal wife. Otherwise, there is no point in discussing this. So, A-Bi, what do you think? Do you want to come?"

Ah Bi was really confused by Xiao Bai's words, but she said, "How can such matters be handled carelessly? Besides, I am just a servant in the manor..."

"Okay, I'll go find your master Kang Guangling in a few days. If that little dog Murong Fu dares to object, I'll kill him."

"?!" x2

While A-Bi and Wang Yuyan were astonished, Xiaobai waved his hand and a small mountain of the serialized version of "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" written in traditional Song Dynasty Li script appeared on the open space next to the outer corridor, and next to the books there was a small mountain of silver.

Such a miraculous scene made A-Bi even more dazed.

Wang Yuyan, on the other hand, was not that surprised. This was because she had seen it before in Mantuo Villa. When her mother was kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, this terrifying existence waved his hand and produced the same thing, and handed over the matter, saying that if Mantuo Villa could not be built, there was no need for it to exist.

At this time, Xiaobai said, "Abi, let the people of Chanhe Village sell this set of books to the whole territory of Song State, 1 cent per set. At the same time, let as many storytellers as possible tell this set of books, so that the contents of the books can be known to the world as quickly as possible. These silvers are the expenses and rewards."

"..."

"Abi?"

"Ah, Madam Qin, A-Bi can't make the decision on this matter..."

"Are you sure?" Xiaobai looked at A-Bi with a malicious smile.

A-Bi felt a chill in her heart, and at the same time she discovered that Wang Yuyan was winking at her, as if to tell her not to resist.

"...Madam Qin, I will go and make the arrangements."

In fact, A-Bi knew that she couldn't refuse this matter, but she just held on to a glimmer of hope. However, at this moment, she was also sure that Madam Qin was not as easy to talk to as Master Qin.

Or maybe, Master Qin is just a show-off?

"Very good. He who knows the current affairs is a hero." Xiaobai said so and continued to look at his phone.

Seeing Xiaobai ignoring her, A-Bi suppressed the emotions in her heart and glanced at Wang Yuyan. Wang Yuyan gave her a frightened look in return, and A-Bi knew that the situation at Mantuo Villa must be very serious.

A'Bi did not dare to neglect it. She bowed to Xiaobai and arranged for the servants to get the books and silver and do as requested.

However, after arranging the servants, A Bi saw the person who went to investigate the situation in Mantuo Villa coming back, so she called him over and asked him in detail. She found out that Madam Qin seemed to have killed many people in Mantuo Villa, but because she did not dare to get close to investigate, the details were not clear.

Ah Bi was a little scared about this. If she had delayed earlier, blood might have been shed in the village. This was the last thing she wanted to see...

Chapter 492: Prelude to Farce - Part

After a few days, the story of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" gradually spread from Gusu City, and naturally caused a huge wave.

At first people thought it was just an interesting gossip story, but gradually they realized that the well-known characters in the martial arts world were all real. In addition, the story involved many conspiracies and even a plot to overthrow the court, which made people terrified. However, most people did not believe it and thought that the author was too bold to slander the heroes from all sides.

But when the news of the death of Ma Dayuan of the Beggar Gang gradually spread, people had no choice but to believe it more.

Some of the Beggars' Sect members who were investigating Ma Dayuan's death gradually learned the contents of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. They were horrified and quickly reported it.

At this time, Qiao Feng, who was investigating whether Ma Dayuan's death was related to Murong Fu, happened to arrive in Changzhou and Wuxi on the Liangzhe Road. He was soon found by local gang members and presented with the complete set of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" he had purchased.

Although Qiao Feng was puzzled, he still started to read it. After he had read it briefly, he finally understood why the disciples from the branch looked at him with strange eyes.

Qiao Feng was unwilling to believe what was said in the book, but was worried about the Qiao couple and his mentor, so he asked his trusted disciples of the Beggar Gang to set out overnight to Songshan to protect the Qiao couple and notify his mentor. He also sent someone to inform the gang that Qiao Feng himself would go to Chanhe Manor first to investigate the truth.

This is true for Qiao Feng and other high-ranking members of the Beggars' Sect.

After the spread of "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", Quan Guanqing and Kang Min were so excited that they said that everything in the book was slander. Bai Shijing was the only one who remained silent out of guilt.

The senior elders of the Beggars' Sect were not stupid, so they took control of Quan Guanqing, Kang Min and Bai Shijing, but did not execute them directly. Instead, they took them to Chanhe Village for confrontation.

When the Beggars' Sect almost came out in full force to Chanhe Village, various sects from Jiangnan also came to Gusu one after another, and their destination was also Chanhe Village.

Murong Bo, who had been secretly manipulating the relationships among the various martial arts sects, and Xiao Yuanshan, who was about to implement his plan but was afraid that his son would make a fool of himself and fall into the hands of the Beggars' Sect, were both in Jiangnan at this time. They learned about "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", which had not yet been spread to the north, and were horrified when they saw it.

Murong Bo was so surprised that he had to put everything aside and go back to Chanhe Village.

After Xiao Yuanshan calmed down from his fury, he thought about it carefully and decided to hire someone to send the purchased copies of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils to Songshan Mountain in a hurry. This was to lure Xuanci out of Shaolin. Only when Xuanci left Shaolin could he take revenge. After all, the Sweeping Monk was no joke. He took the initiative to send the books because he didn't know when the books would spread to Henan.

Xiao Yuanshan also guessed that Murong Bo would either retire from the world because of this book, or return to Chanhe Manor to investigate the situation, so he went to Gusu alone.

When the martial arts heroes rushed to Gusu one after another, Duan Zhengchun, Dao Baifeng, Qin Hongmian, Gan Baobao and others also saw "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils". It was not that the book had already reached Dali, but that Duan Yu was upset after learning the truth from his mother, so he left Dali to relax, but met the four evil men on the way. The family generals sent by Duan Zhengchun to follow Duan Yu were defeated, and Duan Yu was captured by Duan Yanqing. Duan Zhengchun and Dao Baifeng led people to chase the four evil men to the south of the Song Dynasty, and learned about "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils".

Qin Hongmian and Gan Baobao left because Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling actually left letters behind, and the letters clearly stated that they were going to be concubines or something. How could this be acceptable?

Qin Hongmian and Gan Baobao certainly couldn't bear to watch their daughter jump into the fire pit, so they went to Song to look for her. That's how they learned about "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils".

So at this time Duan Zhengchun, Dao Baifeng, Qin Hongmian, Gan Baobao and others were on their way to Chanhe Village.

Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing originally planned to go directly to Bianliang, the capital of the Song Dynasty, but halfway there they heard a storyteller talking about "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils". After learning more about it, the two decided to change their route and head east to Gusu.

Duan Yanqing, one of the four evil men, had originally been planning on how to torture his enemy’s nephew, but after entering the southern part of the Song Dynasty, he soon saw "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils".

After knowing that Duan Yu was his son, Duan Yanqing was overjoyed. However, after calming down, he had complicated feelings towards the author of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils". If the book had not been known to the world, his son would definitely be the next emperor of Dali. But it was thanks to the book, otherwise Duan Yanqing might have killed his own son by mistake.

But no matter what, Duan Yanqing finally decided to go to Chanhezhuang. Not to mention that they had cooperation with the Gusu Murong family and were originally going to Liangzhe Road, he also wanted to find out who the author of this book was.

As for Duan Yu, Duan Yanqing did not forbid Duan Yu to watch "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils". After all, it was known to the world, so he might as well try to see if he could recognize him.

Duan Yu seemed very calm after reading the book. Although he did not recognize Duan Yanqing, he just said that he wanted to go to Chanhe Manor.

Duan Yanqing was surprised, but seeing his son's indifferent look, he was afraid that something might go wrong, so he didn't ask any more questions and took the remaining three of the four evil men to Chanhe Village.

During this period, Ye Erniang actually wanted to go to Shaolin, but Duan Yanqing said that if Shaolin knew about the book, they would definitely go to Chanhe Village to verify it. With the speed of the book's spread, it would definitely reach Henan in a short time. Even if it could not be spread under normal circumstances, there would be people who were willing to laugh at Shaolin and give a hand. So as long as Ye Erniang went to Chanhe Village at this time, she could see the person she wanted to see.

At this point, the four evil men and Duan Yu rushed to Chanhe Village.

And just as Duan Yanqing said, before the "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" sent by Xiao Yuanshan arrived at Shaolin, several groups of "kind-hearted people" helped deliver it.

Naturally, Shaolin was in chaos, but most people did not believe it and thought it was a slander. However, soon the Shaolin monks no longer wanted to believe it because the Sweeping Monk really existed.

After reading the original novel, the Sweeping Monk only said that he wanted to go to Chanhe Village. Xuan Ci and others certainly did not dare to neglect him, and they quickly arranged everything. They also took Xu Zhu with them, and a group of Shaolin monks traveled south day and night.

In addition to Shaolin, Wuyazi of the Xiaoyao Sect also secretly went to Chanhe Village under the protection of a group of disciples.

This was not what Wuyazi wanted to do, but his disciple Su Xinghe had a good disciple who urgently brought a copy of "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" and a handwritten letter, saying that a god could save the great master.

Although Wuyazi didn't dare to believe it completely, but when he thought that his daughter and granddaughter were in Gusu, he dragged his broken body and headed south.

As for the Zhenlong chess game? What kind of "era" is this now? Wouldn't it be a joke if we still tried to play it?

Wuyazi had also let it go and even planned to end everything. He sent messages to Lingjiu Palace and Xixia respectively, asking Wu Xingyun and Li Qiushui to meet at Chanhe Manor.

Just like that, it was not only the Xiaoyao Sect that urgently headed south, but also the Lingjiu Palace and Li Qiu Shui.

The Central Plains martial arts world was in turmoil, which also made the Song court nervous. Zhao Xu, who had just taken power, immediately ordered all local troops to be on high alert, and also ordered the imperial guards to prepare for war. After all, no one knew what kind of trouble these martial artists would cause.

However, Zhao Xu soon found out the reason. After all, official information transmission was countless times faster than that of the people. In an emergency, the transmission of information from Gusu to Bianliang could reach a round trip of five days. So Zhao Xu soon saw "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils". When he learned that Gusu Murong had been planning a rebellion, he was furious. However, Zhao Xu did not take any drastic action immediately. Instead, he asked people to verify it. At the same time, he sent an imperial envoy to Chanhezhuang to invite the author of "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" to Beijing.

In Zhao Xu's opinion, if everything described in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" is true, then the author is at least a strange man who can predict the future. If he can get him to work for the Song court, that would be the best. If not, he will do his best to make friends with him. Zhao Xu also wants to meet this strange man.

Just like that, an official from the Song court also rushed to Chanhezhuang.

A few days later, an announcement was made in Gusu City that the 15th day of the next month would be the official opening day of Chanhe Manor for the martial arts conference. Before that, the manor would only receive Qiao Feng, members of the Xiaoyao Sect, the imperial envoy, Zhong Ling, and Mu Wanqing. The rest of the people had to wait until the 15th of the next month to enter the manor, otherwise, anyone who trespassed would be killed without mercy.

When this announcement came out, there was an uproar among the crowd.

There were also some stubborn martial artists who refused to believe it. Then, on the next morning, there were more than a hundred corpses outside Gusu City, including many famous martial artists. At the same time, Murong Fu of Chanhe Manor went to the city personally to post a notice, warning martial artists staying in Gusu City not to disturb the residents, otherwise they would be killed without mercy.

Then, two thousand soldiers wearing Han armor 'friendly' assisted Gusu's city defense and public security.

Each of these warriors was a strong fighter. Those martial arts masters who refused to believe in evil were basically subdued in one move and then thrown into jail.

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