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Chapter 224 - 31 The world’s turmoil arises from our generation; once entering the Jianghu, time urges us on (Won’t split this - , no monthly ticket for rolls?)_3

Chapter 224: Chapter 31 The world’s turmoil arises from our generation; once entering the Jianghu, time urges us on (Won’t split this Chapter, no monthly ticket for rolls?)_3

You gave him a large sum of money, asking him to teach you martial arts,

"You think bribing me with money? You take me, Feng Chongyang, for what? Take your filthy money and scram! Even if it kills me, even if I starve or jump off this cliff, I won’t take a copper from your court!" he told you to get lost quickly and not to disturb his peace.

After contemplating for a while, you returned to Chang’an City and took the opportunity to see your mother. She was busy with state affairs, reorganizing the government structure, proclaiming that imperial power would no longer be granted by heaven. Particularly, the appointment and dismissal of local officials should add a rule of examination and voting to the imperial examination system, to be people-oriented, allowing the public the power to veto, preventing those with ill intentions from rising to power.

Only through such measures can corrupt officials be eradicated, and that’s what makes a good government. The people have faith, the people have power, and she took yet another crucial step on the path of a great unity in the world.

This action naturally caused a storm of blood and fury. In front of the Golden Throne Hall, who knows how many scholars collided with pillars to their death, and there was no time to clean up. When you returned to see her, there happened to be a longtime serving scholar being carried out with his head bleeding.

You had a brief meeting with your mother. She had to attend to important matters, but still, she asked if you had suffered, if you felt your time of trial was enough to return to the capital. Even she, a pioneer sage, possessed the bonds of kinship. You were her only family.

Yet you, obsessed with leveling up, had no time to talk much with your mother. You took away a group of royal chefs, and she could only enjoin you to be careful in everything.

These chefs were all masters of unique skills, all having won awards in culinary contests. You went straight back to Hua Mountain and gave Feng Chongyang a life of luxury and delicacies. In less than two days, he was crying to accept you as his sworn disciple.

"Ah, delicious!"

You learned the Dugu Nine Swords, but you were not satisfied with just that. You began to descend the mountain to perform chivalrous deeds. With your unique insights into martial arts, you built upon the foundation of the Dugu Nine Swords, "Breaking the sword, breaking the Qi, breaking all the laws under the heavens," and you took it one step further. You conceived the philosophy, "Better to break the move than to counter, better to destroy the move than to break it, better to destroy your opponent than the move."

All the laws in the world, different paths to the same destination, isn’t it just about the word ’kill’?

You realized your own ultimate skill, refining the "Dugu Nine Swords" successfully, and you acquired the "Destruction Path."

Wow! Astonishing wisdom!

In the 21st year of Qingli, you, a prodigy, perfected your Purple Mist Divine Skill, reaching the pinnacle of your abilities, vaguely about to break through limits, and officially you attained the Martial Arts First Rank: Martial Novice!

Furthermore, in the realm of the Martial Novice, you had already gone who knows how far beyond, and reaching the Second Rank seemed imminent.

You speculated about the day your divine skill would be perfected, the time when you would breach the Second Rank.

Awesome!

Seeing this, Xu Shu couldn’t help but excitedly clench his fist.

The so-called Martial Novice is one of the three paths in martial arts, the ancient term for "Martial Artist."

In this aspect, he had once obtained confirmation in the legend [Ancient Martial Dynasty·Wang Teng], which goes without saying.

"That said, the world of martial arts in this world still holds some secrets. Since touching upon the edge of the Transcendent First Rank, there must surely exist even deeper realms."

"Moreover, my fated ’Purple Ash Extreme Yang’ has not yet been triggered. In the end, what is the key?"

Xu Shu continued the legend:...

You had been practicing for two and a half years, and now, there was no one on the whole Hua Mountain who could match you.

One day, your master Yue Chaoqun suddenly found you and told you that the world was in turmoil. The former number one sect of Jianghu, the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, had undergone a major change. The old sect leader Ren Qiankun had been killed, and the new sect leader Dongfang Wucan had risen to power.

Ever since Dongfang Wucan took his position, the Sun and Moon Divine Sect went through a transformation, no longer worshipping the sun, only the moon. They vigorously promoted the Moon Worship Sect among the commoners at the foot of the mountain, infuriating the imperial court, which labeled it a Demon Sect.

[Originally, this matter was the internal concern of another, unrelated to the vast majority of martial artists in Jianghu. However, the Five Mountains Sword Sect, led by the Songshan and Hua Mountain Sects, was bound by common cause. Following the imperial edict and the command of Alliance Leader Zuo, they decided to embark on an investigation to uncover the truth.]

["Rumor has it that Dongfang Wucan’s martial arts are peerless, invincible, that with one closed eye he could extinguish the heavens and earth, and with one drop of blood, slay the sun, moon, and stars! Our journey is fraught with peril, and life or death is unpredictable. But as people of Jianghu take the world as their responsibility, and with the imperial command, we cannot refuse. My good disciple, should I not return, the Hua Mountain Sect will be in your hands," Yue Chaoqun said to you.]

["Yes, Master, I will take good care of Junior Sister and Mistress," you promised.]

[Not long after, the three Taoist sects of the Wudang Dragon Tiger Celestial Master, the four Buddhist temples including Shaolin and White Horse Lingyin Han Mountain, as well as the Five Mountains Sword Sect formed an alliance. All the experts gathered, and they confronted the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, now the Moon Worship Sect, at Black Tomb Cliff in a drawn-out battle.]

[The forces of the Righteous Path mobilized in full, stirring up the waters of Jianghu. Various small sects and gangs, eager to seize the opportunity, sprang into action, resulting in countless casualties and conflations.]

[As for you, you knew you were still far from strong enough. You worked hard to push the Purple Mist Divine Skill to an unprecedented next level. Night and day, you trained, while your little ladies and the Mistress and Junior Sister found daily ways to comfort you, urging you not to rush.]

[How could you not rush?]

[The barrier of the Second Rank was like a thin membrane within reach.]

[Yet you seemed to have hit a bottleneck, and the True Qi in your body was so abundant that it was almost unmanageable. Only by relying on their exceptional skills could they barely help you manage it and lighten your burden, prompting you to start seeking alternative methods.]

[It was during these days that you suddenly received a covert dispatch from the Ministry of Justice, which had been delivered secretly. The order read:]

["The Lin Family’s Fuwei Escort Agency, descendant of the former chief steward Lin Yuantu, has suffered a massacre. The local government office has failed to identify the true culprit, and special permission has been granted for someone from the Five Mountains Sword Sect to assist the Dali Temple in resolving this matter."]

[You originally did not want to go. However, the letter bore the private seal of your mother—a secret code known only between the two of you.]

[Your mother, despite her busy political duties, was exceedingly affectionate towards you, maternal love as profound as mountains. After much deliberation, feeling that you could not refuse, you set out, taking only the Mistress and Junior Sister, whose martial arts were quite decent, and headed via waterway to Jiangnan Road.]

[Old friends bid farewell to the Terracotta Army, and amidst the March flowers, descend upon Fuzhou. On both banks, the unceasing cries of monkeys, as the light boat has already sailed past the countless towering mountains.]

[Standing at the head of the bridge, with your left arm around Junior Sister and the Mistress sitting in your embrace, a Great Tang Blade strapped at your waist, you watch the distant landscapes retreat and feel a surge of pride well up inside you, and you can’t help but sing:]

["A sigh from the depths of blue seas~"]

["The rolling waves clash on either bank~"]

["Tossed and turned~drifting with the waves~let go~let go~let go~~"] (Note 1)

[During the Qingming Festival, you arrived in Fuzhou, at the Fuwei Escort Agency, only to find it crowded with people, the public watching on. Over two hundred people from the escort agency had been heartlessly murdered, and the government office had already cordoned off the area.]

[You met your contact person, a burly man dressed in a black robe and hood, carrying two ivory-white Great Tang Blades crossed behind his back.]

["Young Master, you’ve finally arrived. Lord has sent me to wait for you for a long time," he greeted you with a fist salute.]

["You are?" you asked, somewhat confused, but the man before you seemed very formidable.]

["Officially, I am the Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice, but in reality, I am from the Night Watchman Office..."]

[The man spoke and lifted his hood, revealing long red hair; his whole presence was fiery and commanding, like a thunderbolt. He then said to you:——]

["I am, the harbinger, Wen Ren Xiongzhao!"]