Chapter 194 Cang Ling's Sword Discussion (Part 9)

()    After dealing with this encounter, the five people did not continue to move towards the center of the town, but turned into a street next to it. After walking for a while, they found a house and pushed the door open.

This Cangling Town is not big, but it is called a "town" after all, and it is not a small place. Otherwise, the fight just now would have attracted onlookers. After the town was abandoned for many years, there were many empty thatched houses in the town, with no people or valuables in them. If you can tolerate some snakes, insects, rats and ants in the house, it would be good to go in and find a roof over your head.

According to the information provided by Meng Jiu earlier, except for the disciples of the major sects who lived in the inn in the center of the town, other wanderers or those from second- and third-rate sects could only find such houses near the inn. Of course, Meng Jiu and his Beggar Gang elders never considered this problem. Beggars are used to sleeping on the street.

As players, Feng Bujue and his friends can ignore basic physiological needs such as eating, drinking, defecating, urinating and sleeping in the script. They only need to pay attention to their physical value and whether their concentration can be maintained.

At this moment, there is about an hour left before dawn. Feng Bujue's plan is for everyone to hide for another two or three hours, and then go to the inn in the town around seven in the morning. Use this time to let the survival value and physical value recover naturally, and by the way, he will talk about the situation and countermeasures after dawn.

Because this script is very flexible, there are no restrictions on time, map, and tasks for players, so there is no need to worry about being judged as a passive game by the system, and everyone can correct it with peace of mind.

Of course, Feng Bujue was very efficient. He finished instilling everything he wanted to convey in half an hour. The next two hours turned into a game of word chain and Xiao Tan was thrown snacks by the sad spirit... During the two hours when the players hid in the dark to kill time, Shi Yanran and the square-faced man were not idle. The two of them would soon get together and start discussing the details of the blame. They did know each other. Just now, Shi Yanran took a quick glance from a distance and recognized that the man was Gongsun Li, the second in command of Wanxia Tower.

Although this Gongsun Li also had the surname Gongsun, he had no blood relationship with Gongsun Qian. The two just happened to have the same surname. Gongsun Qian entered the sect ten years earlier than Gongsun Li and was ten years older. The brothers had called each other brothers since they were young. Moreover, both of them were very talented in martial arts and were outstanding talents among their peers. So decades later, they became the top two talents in Wanxia Tower.

In Wanxia Tower, Gongsun Qian is the best in martial arts, but Gongsun Li is far more cunning than his head brother. Take the matter between Shi Yanran and Wang Ao for example. Gongsun Qian was kept in the dark, but Gongsun Li knew everything. The strength of this person is that he knows, but he doesn't say it... and he can pretend that he doesn't know anything at all.

He neither threatens anyone with this matter nor tries to predict the development of the situation. Gongsun Li's principle is four words-"secretly guard against", so he is always prepared when facing emergencies. It is this style of acting like a thief that allows him to turn the tide at a critical moment like today.

Gongsun Li helped Shi Yanran this time, not because he had a good relationship with this woman or had any intentions towards her. He had to take action purely to save the face of Wanxia Tower. He also knew that once the killing was exposed, the collusion would definitely be exposed. If the incident happened somewhere else, it would be fine, but it happened here. Now, the Cangling Town is more lively than the martial arts conference. If the scandal of their Wanxia Tower is exposed here and now... Then wherever they go in the future, they will be pointed at by people and said, "The headmaster's wife is having an affair with the disciple." How can the disciples of Wanxia Tower walk in the martial arts world in the future?

There are not many upright gentlemen and chivalrous people who can help the right and not the relatives at this moment. At this point, Gongsun Li will not talk about the truth, morality, etc., so let's put it all on those outsiders. Anyway, looking at the appearance of Feng Bujue's group, they are all in their twenties, and none of them are familiar faces. Even if they do have some kung fu, they are new to the martial arts world. With his status as the second in command of Wanxia Tower and the headmaster's wife Shi Yanran, it is a foregone conclusion to frame the five people for the crime of killing Wang Ao, right?

That night, after discussing their words, Gongsun Li and Shi Yanran immediately went to find Gongsun Qian. The two said that they accidentally discovered Wang Ao going out at night and felt something was wrong, so they followed him secretly. After following for a while, they found that Wang Ao had died tragically in the middle of the street, and five strange kung fu masters stood beside his body. After fighting, they found that the opponent was really powerful. They were afraid of being outnumbered by two against five, so they could only escape back to report the news.

Although Gongsun Qian felt that there were several flaws in this statement, he did not think much about it in a hurry. He immediately left the inn with more than ten disciples and rushed to the scene of the incident under the guidance of Shi Yanran and Gongsun Li. As a result, they found Wang Ao's broken body lying on the street. Judging from the number of footprints at the scene and the darts scattered on the ground, there was indeed a fight involving many people here.

However, in the current situation, they did not know how to kill the five people for a while, so they had to collect the body in disappointment, go home, and make long-term plans.

This group of people marched in and out of the inn, and came and went. Naturally, they were noticed by many people. Before dawn, the news spread, and almost all martial arts sects and martial arts practitioners heard that... Wang Ao of Wanxia Tower was killed by the warriors, and the ones who killed him seemed to be five mysterious masters who were never known in the world. .

.........The next morning, Cangling Inn.

The cooks and waiters in the inn were busy before dawn. By now, cages of snow-white steamed buns and pots of brewed fragrant tea are already ready, waiting for guests to come in and greet them.

Even the staff at the inn in Cangling Town couldn't tell when exactly it reopened. Anyway, in mid-July, when everyone heard the news about the duel between Xie San and Ye Cheng and rushed to the town, the inn was already open for business.

As long as those people in the world inquire about the ins and outs of the inn from the waiters in the shop, they will get a response that they are incomprehensible. Because the waiters in this inn don't know anything about martial arts or political affairs. They are all ordinary people from several nearby counties. Someone gave them a considerable amount of money and told them that they only had to stay here for a thousand months. After August 15th, the inn would be closed, the money would be cleared, and everyone would go their separate ways.

As for the innkeeper... he doesn't appear often. He was a man in his forties, with a soft appearance, and his face was extremely pale 24 hours a day. Bai Yao felt like a ghost when he saw him, and he couldn't be seen at night. It was really said that he was an injustice in the town. So, maybe there is also a letter.

After talking about the owner of the inn, let’s talk about the guests in the inn... In the martial arts world of this script, the most powerful martial arts in the martial arts world are "one house, two floors, three sects and four sects", which adds up to ten sects.

The first house is Ye Mansion in Xi'an; the second floor is Wanxia Tower and Bafang Tower; the three sects are Shaolin, Renwu, and Xiaoyao; the four gates are Kaifeng Wuji Gate, Xiyu Jingang Gate, Luoyang Zhengyi Gate, and Shuzhong Tang Gate. .

Among these sects, Ye Fu is the supreme martial artist, Yuan Ting Yue Zhi. The combat power of its top masters is recognized as the strongest in the martial arts world. Except for Ye Cheng, who is known as the Sword God, the "Six Swordsmen of Flower Shadow" in the mansion are all first-class masters at the master level. Lu Qingning, the Luomei Sword mentioned in the previous article, is one of these six masters. Of course, yesterday, She also disappeared at night... And the second floor, Wanxia Tower and Bafang Tower, are both sects that are flourishing today. Each of the two sects has a unique secret book passed down from generation to generation, which is Wanxia Divine Art and the Eight Directions Supreme Mental Technique. Their leaders are all masters second only to Ye Cheng. Looking at the martial arts world, even if their kung fu is not among the top ten, they still cannot be among the top twenty. Therefore, there are many disciples of these two sects, and the quality of the masters in the building is not bad.

Let’s talk about the three sects, the Shaolin sect, the Renwu sect, and the Xiaoyao sect. Each of them respects the principles of “Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism.” In addition to martial arts, they also teach ideas. The spirit followed by these three sects all has a bit of a "transition" meaning, so there are many disciples, and the disciples are accepted regardless of their qualifications. Anyway, the three sects all have profound foundations and a wide range of martial arts. The apprentices with low qualifications will practice some superficial kung fu, while the apprentices with high qualifications will practice more advanced ones, and they will have good skills in martial arts. Take Shaolin's seventy-two stunts as an example. It's good if a person can master one of them in a lifetime. Since ancient times, the only one who is proficient in all seventy-two skills is Bodhidharma. No one will compete with this kind of god.

The last four sects are considered to be the lowest among the first-line sects. However, Wuji Sect's Wuji Technique, Vajra Sect's Dragon-Elephant Prajna Technique, Zhengyi Sect's Dangyao Sword Technique, and Tang Sect's Poison Sect's stunts are all unique and have their own strengths. In some specific situations, Wanxia is the best. The martial arts of Lou or Bafanglou may not be their opponents.

For example, the Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu is quoted from Jin Yong's setting in The Divine Condor - "It is the supreme Dharma-protecting magical kung fu of Tantric Buddhism. It is divided into thirteen levels. The first level of kung fu is very simple. Even if it is a fool, as long as it is taught, It can be completed in one or two years. The second level will be twice as deep as the first level, which will take three to four years. The third level will be twice as deep as the second level, which will increase exponentially. It becomes more difficult to progress after the fifth level, and it often takes more than thirty years of hard work to go deeper."

In theory, this Kung Fu means that even a person with low qualifications can reach the thirteenth level as long as he progresses step by step. Of course, that person will have a lifespan of more than 300 years... From the actual situation Let's see... From ancient times to the present, only the unparalleled geniuses like Jin Lun Dharma King, who studied hard and advanced very quickly, could reach the tenth level in their lifetime. According to the [Dragon and Elephant Prajna Sutra], every palm strike at this time has the power of ten dragons and ten elephants.

Therefore, it is impossible to tell the strength or weakness of martial arts. In some martial arts, you can quickly reach a certain level by cutting off a certain organ on your body. However, in some martial arts, even if you practice it for a lifetime, you will not have enough resources. Not very powerful.

Above, the situation of the first-line sects is roughly the same.

And the Beggar Clan... can only be regarded as the boss of a second-rate sect in this world. At Meng Jiu's age, although he has a high seniority, his kung fu... is probably about the same as Ye Hai's. Let alone comparing him to Ye Cheng or the other two posters, even if it is against the heads of three sects and four sects. Meng Jiu didn't dare to say there was any chance of winning. The elders and Gu Qian disciples in the Beggar Clan are also far behind in strength compared to the masters of the first-line sects.

Some members may ask, doesn’t the largest gang in the world also have the unique skill of Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms? Yes, Meng Jiu also learned the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, but not everyone can practice this to Xiao Feng's level. In the final analysis, it is still a question of entry. If Xiao Feng had been practicing Prajna Palm since he was a child, and he could live to be sixty years old, then he could probably beat all the previous Beggar Clan leaders to ashes with one palm.

Let’s talk about the other second-tier gangs, such as Diancang, Emei, Huashan, Kongtong, etc... There have not been any particularly eye-catching talents in the past few years. It is a bit of a "decline in inheritance, inheritance in decline" "the taste of.

The rest are some third-tier and low-level gangs, such as the Giant Whale Gang, Qinghai Jianmen, or XX Escort Bureau. You can say that these guys are people in the world, or you can say that they are smugglers of salt, farmers, and security companies... When it comes to martial arts, their leaders may only be average, but when it comes to swordsmanship, Cangling, With the whole world attracting attention, these guys naturally came to help, as if they were involved in this kind of thing, their sect would be on a higher level. You can also brag about it in the future: I think back then, when Ye Cheng and Xie San were dueling in Cangling Town, I was right next to them... As for those stragglers without any sect, this part of them is actually not that big. So far, the number of masters who have successfully entered the town by taking small roads is only seventeen or eighty, and those who have come in by taking the main road are all famous heroes and masters who have good relations with various sects and have only entered in the thirty or so.

By August 13th, the inn was already occupied by the heads and disciples of the ten sects. Only a few lone travelers who arrived early and had high social status and martial arts attainments could occupy some rooms in the inn.

The members of the second and third tier sects and other martial arts scholars who came in twos and threes all lived in abandoned houses around the inn. Nowadays, as long as a bamboo is planted in front of the house in the vicinity, it means that it has been occupied. If there is no bamboo planted in front of the door, please do as you please. Anyway, this town belongs to the third party, and things that everyone agrees on become the rules.

To sum up, the current situation in Cangling Town is basically this.

However, the two protagonists of the duel, Ye Cheng and Xie San, have not yet appeared in the town.

.........The autumn sky is clear with cold dew, and distant mountains are in sight.

The autumn morning in the small town in the mountains does give me a very soothing feeling.

Every morning, the leaders of each faction (including those who live outside the inn) will bring one or two confidants in, sit down at a table on the first floor of the inn, and have tea and dinner. They will definitely chat with each other intentionally or unintentionally. On the surface they are polite, but in fact they are testing each other.

The most talked about topic in Yao today is naturally the death of Wang Ao, a disciple of Wanxia Tower... "Master Gongsun, when it was still dark, you and your disciples were working hard, what were you arguing about?" The person who asked this was Shen Kuan. A fat and oily monk, he held a wine jar early in the morning. Instead of sitting at the table, he leaned against the side of the stairs leading to the second floor of the inn and sat directly on the floor. His face was red and he looked slightly drunk. His cassock was open and a string of Buddhist beads hung on his chest. The beads were each as big as a fist.

This monk's name is Lu Shan. Although he is a disciple of Buddhism, Lu Shan is obviously not a Shaolin disciple. I don’t know which wild temple this meat-and-wine monk came from, and I don’t know where he learned a rather advanced set of boxing skills - the Drunken Arhat. He just made a name for himself in the world. For more than ten years, he has traveled around the world and done many righteous deeds, and he can be regarded as a hero.

"Hmph... Monk Lu, could it be that you were drunk and heard it wrong?" Gongsun Qian snorted coldly and put on airs, neither admitting nor denying.

The drunken monk Lu Shan was known to everyone in the world for his ability to act as if he were confused. If it is difficult for others to say something, Lu Shan can say whatever he wants. Anyway, as long as he acts like he is drunk, he is not afraid of offending others. If the other party is really angry, the monk will say that he is drunk and talking nonsense, so that both parties can step down.

"Oh? Could it be that I, the monk, am dreaming? No...why do I seem to smell blood in my dream?" Lu Shan pretended to ask again.

"Perhaps your monk's nose was also ruined by the wine?" Shi Yanran was sitting next to Gongsun Qian. When she heard this, she turned her head and replied angrily.

"Master Gongsun, I heard the noise too." A tall, thin man in his forties or fifties interrupted and said with a smile: "Did you take your disciples up the mountain to hunt game in the middle of the night? Haha... that's the call. The stuff tastes quite strong!”

This person is Ji Tong, the master of Bafang Tower, who has a long-standing grudge with Gongsun Qian, so it is normal for him to make sarcastic and sarcastic remarks at this time.

Gongsun Qian did not bury Wang Ao's body last night, but ordered his disciples to wrap it in straw mats and take it back to the inn. The corpse is currently placed in a room belonging to them, guarded by two disciples. As for the smell... he has treated it with special medicine, which can temporarily suppress the smell of corpses overnight.

"Hehehe... Louzhu Ji's nose is really smart." Gongsun Qian was not to be outdone, he cursed with a hint of laughter while laughing.

Gongsun Li, Shi Yanran, and the other two disciples beside him all laughed cooperatively, as if these words were so funny.

"Hmph!" Ji Tong slapped the table, "You haven't wiped it clean, so you fart with your mouth?"

"say what!"

"Hahaha..." Ji Tong also laughed: "Master Gongsun, if your apprentice is dead and you don't bury him, then you haven't found the murderer, right? Haha... I, Ji Tong, have some knowledge, why don't you let me help you take a look at the body?" So that you can find enemies."

"Hmph... I appreciate the kindness of the Ji Louzhu." Gongsun Qian snorted coldly: "This is not my first day in the martial arts world, I am not afraid of your presence!"

The two of them were talking at cross-purposes, while the leaders of other sects and martial artists around them were watching the excitement in silence.

At this moment, several figures appeared at the gate of the inn. It turned out to be Feng Bujue and his teammates, who just walked in from the main gate...