Chapter 155: Rebellion
Lu Sen naturally wouldn't say too much to his two disciples. After all, he himself didn't understand the ins and outs of the system.
Besides, the more you talk, the more mistakes you make. It’s better to let them fill in the blanks themselves.
After all, humans trust their own judgment the most!
It is early autumn in Hangzhou, and rice fields are everywhere in the suburbs. It should be the time to harvest rice, but most of the giant rice fields have already been harvested, and only a few ordinary rice fields are still being prepared for harvesting. The golden rice ears dance in the breeze, like golden waves.
Lu Sen and Pang Meir walked side by side on the ridge of the field, with a white paper umbrella covering their heads.
The paper umbrella was held by Pang Meir. In this era, when a couple travels, it is normal for the wife to hold the umbrella for her husband.
Especially when there are outsiders around.
Because most of the rice fields have been harvested, fewer people come to these places. Occasionally, you can see shepherds leading buffaloes slowly walking in the distance.
A scene of peaceful and tranquil time.
Lu Sen followed the ridge of the field and walked slowly towards the foot of the mountain in the distance with Pang Meir.
Then at the entrance to the mountain, I saw a small stone path.
Moss could be seen on the bricks and stones of the stone path. The two walked up the winding path. Above their heads was a lush green tree canopy, casting beams of slanting light.
As we went higher, the sounds of birds singing and insects chirping became more and more frequent.
The mountains and forests seem even more quiet.
The two of them were not walking slowly, but during the process, neither of them showed any signs of fatigue, nor did they sweat.
When you walk deep into the mountain, you will see a gray-tiled ancestral hall at the end of the stone path, in a flat area.
The walls of the entire ancestral hall are mottled and look particularly old.
At the door, there was a man standing against the wall with his arms folded across his chest. He immediately became alert when he heard the noise, turned around, and when he saw it was Lu Sen, his eyes lit up with joy. He patted his clothes, trotted over, clasped his fists and said with a smile, "Long time no see, Master Lu."
Lu Sen also clasped his fists and smiled back, "Yes, it's been a long time, Brother Han."
"Please come this way." Han Zhang also bowed slightly to Pang Mei'er and pointed to the entrance of the ancestral hall: "The other four brothers are waiting for you inside, and the goods are also inside."
Lu Sen followed Han Zhang into the ancestral hall. Because it was an abandoned building, it was filled with broken wooden furniture and cobwebs, and there was a lot of dust on the ground, so it looked particularly dilapidated.
After passing through the second hall door, in the innermost hall, four men were seen chatting around a prisoner. As Lu Sen came in, the four of them also cast their eyes over.
"Master Lu!"
The four of them clasped their fists together.
Lu Sen also clasped his fists and returned the greetings one by one: "Xu Jian is gone, Brother Lu, Brother Jiang, Brother Xu, Brother Bai."
These people are the Five Rats of Xiankong Island. After Lu Sen walked over, he looked at the man on the ground who was tied up with a rotten towel stuffed in his mouth, and smiled and said, "Is this one of the elders of the Penglai Sect of the East China Sea?"
"Yes." Bai Yuting, dressed in black, was still handsome and unparalleled.
His appearance is extremely attractive to women.
Even Pang Meir felt that the man was very handsome, though a little feminine, and not as upright and generous as her husband.
When the tied prisoner saw Lu Sen, a look of fear appeared in his eyes. He struggled constantly, and made moaning sounds through his mouth which was stuffed with a rotten towel.
Lu Sen squatted down, pulled the towel out of the man's mouth, and asked with a smile: "Would you like to introduce yourself?"
"Are you the legendary Lu Zhenren?" The captive was a middle-aged man with a very strong body. He had practiced external skills since childhood and had already entered the ranks of masters. "I am Luo Tai, an elder of the Penglai Sect of the East China Sea. I am known as the Thousand Jin Bronze Arm. I don't want to be an enemy of Lu Zhenren. It is the order of the sect leader. As long as Lu Zhenren is willing to spare my life, I am willing to do anything."
Those who have been in the martial arts world for many years will not live to middle age unless they are a little smart. This man is the same. He was captured by the Five Rats and transported here from the outer periphery of the Penglai Sect in the East China Sea. He was frightened all the way, but he also had time to think about why the Five Rats wanted to capture him.
Combining the rumors in the martial arts world with seeing Lu Sen himself, you will know what is going on.
"You know what's best for the times." Lu Sen nodded with satisfaction. "I have some tricks that I've been thinking of trying. It's great that Brother Luo knows what's best for me."
Looking at Lu Sen, who was smiling and had no murderous or aggressive attitude, the others felt a chill in their backs.
As the saying goes, when a person's "status" is high, what he says, even if it is false, is easily taken as true.
Moreover, when Lu Sen spoke, he mostly joked, which seemed very normal. However, based on other people's preconceived notions, they would definitely feel that there was a sense of contradiction and disconnection between this person's words and deeds and his actual behavior.
Then there's a slight 'uncanny valley' effect.
It felt like this person wasn't a real person, which was a bit scary.
But in fact, Lu Sen was just talking big.
Especially the elder of the Penglai sect of the East China Sea, whose face was almost pale with fear. He swallowed his saliva subconsciously and said, "Master Lu, please feel free to ask me anything. I will tell you everything I know."
"How strong is your leader, Martial Saint Yu He?"
“Of course, I am not as good as Master Lu, but I am definitely in the top three in the martial arts world.”
"Has he any family?"
"No, he has been fond of martial arts since he was young. He spends most of his time practicing. He has never married, but he has three disciples."
"Why would the Penglai Sect of the East China Sea want to get involved with me?"
"The headmaster once said that all cultivators in the world are from the same family, and all come from the same sect, so it is only natural for Penglai in the East China Sea to bear the name of Master Lu."
"A derivative faction?"
"The headmaster once mentioned that it was a cultivation sect founded by Zou Zi in his later years to seek immortality."
Hearing this, Lu Sen laughed: "How can the Yin-Yang School seek to understand the natural operation of the universe, so why would they seek immortality... Wait, it seems that it is not impossible."
Seeing Lu Sen frowning, Luo Tai nodded vigorously and said, "I thought so at first, but the master has practiced a skill called "forgetting both the self and the world", which is extremely powerful and magical, and not like human martial arts."
"How powerful is it?" Lu Sen was quite curious.
He now has a certain understanding of this world, especially after returning from Mount Li, he understands that even if there are no real gods in this world, there are also a group of pioneers exploring the path to survival.
Apart from anything else, the 'cultivation techniques' of the Lishan School alone are already quite powerful.
As for the Shushan clan that was wiped out, the sword-wielding technique had been perfected by Bilian.
So after hearing that the Martial Saint Yu He seemed to be involved with the immortal cultivation sect, he had to take it seriously.
Elder Luo saw that Lu Sen was very interested, so he said, "The master's skill of forgetting both the self and the world can often make people ignore him when he is practicing. Sometimes he is clearly standing next to us, but we often fail to notice him. If he hadn't suddenly spoken, we would have thought he was not there."
Lu Sen frowned.
Luo Tai continued, "Moreover, the master's Kung Fu is extremely strange. When he is practicing Kung Fu, his eyes are often lifeless. It doesn't seem like a human being is moving, but more like a wooden puppet being controlled by someone."
When Lu Sen heard this, he was in deep thought.
"So what is his strength?" Lu Sen asked again.
"Very strong. From 5 meters away, he can smash hundreds of pounds of stone into pieces with one palm."
Lu Sen clicked his tongue and turned to look at Bai Yutang beside him: "Can you do it?"
Bai Yutang shook his head slightly: "I can't do it. From five feet away, I used my internal energy to hit him. It's good enough to leave a handprint. It's impossible to smash a stone weighing hundreds of kilograms into pieces."
At this time, Luo Tai on the ground hurriedly said, "Fifth Master, Fifth Master, I really didn't lie to you. I saw this with my own eyes, and more than once or twice. Whenever the head of the sect started to practice martial arts, there were no intact large stones around."
Bai Yutang still didn't quite believe it.
If Yu He was really that powerful, he would almost be a demigod. The five brothers would probably have been discovered when they went to Penglai Island in the East China Sea, and it would have been impossible for them to secretly kidnap Luo Tai.
But Lu Sen did believe it a little, because his own Bilian could almost do this, but she could only command the sword to cut the stone ten feet away into square pieces.
"I understand." Lu Sen chuckled and said, "Leave me a topographic map of Penglai Island in the East China Sea and a route map, and then you can leave."
Luo Tai was overjoyed: "Really?"
In fact, Lotai did not hold much hope for his own fate. Under normal circumstances, after asking all the prisoners about their situation, they would most likely be killed.
After all, if he were in the other's shoes, he would do the same.
Moreover, he was kidnapped and brought to this deep mountain forest, where it was extremely convenient to kill people and abandon their bodies.
But people are living dead, and have a strong desire to survive. They will not let go of even a glimmer of hope.
It was because of this mentality that Luo Tai told all the information and took a gamble.
Then he felt as if he had made the right bet.
"Don't play tricks on the map." Bai Yutang squatted down and cut the rope on Luo Tai. "Master Lu is kind-hearted and can't stand the sight of blood. But the five of us brothers are different. If we , we can always find you, including your relatives and family, even if it is at the end of the world. Do you understand?"
Luo Tai nodded vigorously, not daring to hesitate for the moment.
He knew that if he dared to do anything wrong, Bai Yuting's dagger would stab into his heart.
Lu Sen stood up and said to Bai Yutang, "Sorry to bother you this time, Brother Bai. This is the reward we agreed on before. Please accept it."
Bai Yutang took a small cloth bag, lifted it, and was a little surprised: "It seems to be more."
"Thank you for your hard work, the extra money will be considered as money for running errands."
If it was ordinary money, Bai Yutang would not ask for more, he would only ask for his share.
But what Lu Sen gave out was jade bee jelly, which was an extremely rare good thing. If he had one more bottle, it would be a huge bargain.
He could be noble and do his best to have a clear conscience, but he could not represent his other four brothers in rejecting this opportunity.
The other four brothers were far inferior to him in martial arts talent. They needed all kinds of rare treasures to forcibly improve their qualifications, otherwise this would be their upper limit.
If it were just for himself, Bai Yutang would be willing to work for nothing, but for the sake of his four brothers, he was willing to be a greedy villain all his life.
"Thank you very much, Master Lu." Bai Yutang clasped his fists, his pretty face full of gratitude.
"You're welcome. Actually, I gave you two extra bottles because Zhan Zhao's power has greatly increased recently." Lu Sen chuckled, "The fight between cat and mouse is an elegant thing in the martial arts world, but if the cat is too strong and the mouse is too weak, this trick will be meaningless."
"What, the stinky cat has become stronger again?" Bai Yutang couldn't control his emotions when talking about Zhan Zhao. His fair face seemed to turn slightly red because of excitement: "How strong is he?"
"I'm not too clear about the specific realms of martial arts. But the sword energy he swung out can already fly seven feet away." Lu Sen thought for a moment and said, "This was when he showed it before I left the capital. More than a year has passed, and his strength has probably increased a bit."
"Stinky cat!" Bai Yutang gnashed his teeth and said, "I won't let you be so proud."
The sword energy that Bai Yuting swung out now was exactly five meters away, so in terms of strength, Bai Yuting was indeed far behind Zhan Zhao.
Lu Sen looked at Bai Yutang's angry expression, nodded, and said with a smile: "Brother Bai, I just happen to have something else and need your help."
"Please say."
"Spread the news in the martial arts world that I, Lu Sen, will attack the Penglai Sect in the East China Sea in three months. All irrelevant people on Penglai Island must evacuate. Otherwise, I will not be responsible for any accidental injuries."
Hearing this, Bai Yutang was stunned at first, then his eyes smiled: "Master Lu, can we five brothers help us?"
"I couldn't ask for more." Lu Sen said with a smile.
At this time, Luo Tai was drawing a topographic map with the paper and pen given by Lu Fang, the Rat. He would take the time to glance at Lu Sen from time to time. When he heard this, he was so scared that he almost threw the pen away.
He quickly turned around and clasped his fists and said, "Master Lu, Master Lu, my family is still on the island, please show mercy."
Lu Sen blinked and said, "Isn't there still three months left? Can't you just go back and move the people away?"
Luo Tai bowed repeatedly: "Master Lu, it's not that I don't want to take my relatives away, but the master has sent gang members to manage them. They say they are helping, but in fact they are monitoring them."
"That's your business." Lu Sen said with a smile, "When I lead my men to the island, I can only try my best not to harm ordinary people. If something unexpected happens, I can only say... it's fate."
Luo Tai turned pale when he heard this, but he also knew that it was very kind of Lu Sen to make such a guarantee.
It's just... when I think of the cold-blooded character of my own leader, if a war really breaks out, it would be strange if he doesn't pull out his gang members and their relatives and put them in the front as pawns to stop the enemy.
Luo Tai was very anxious. Thinking of that situation, he was sweating all over. Suddenly, he thought of an idea and said, "Master Lu, can you extend the time for attacking Penglai by one month? Give me one more month, and I will be able to take away most of the ordinary people on the island."
Lu Sen was quite surprised: "Can you do it?"
“Yes!” Luo Tai nodded vigorously: “Although the headmaster is cold, he loves martial arts and usually doesn’t manage to help. If you give me more time, I can unite with the other elders…”
There was no need to explain everything, Lu Sen understood what Luo Tai meant.
"Okay, then let's postpone it for a month!"
