Chapter 43: Retirement
The day before, Yue Buqun agreed to accept Lin Pingzhi as his disciple in Qun Yuyuan, but asked Lin Pingzhi to ask his parents first. Naturally... Yue Buqun also agreed and helped Lin Pingzhi get his captured parents back.
But Yu Canghai was not stupid either, he had left long ago. Yue Buqun also advised Lin Pingzhi not to worry, as he would definitely see him again at the hand-washing ceremony tomorrow.
Lin Pingzhi and Chu Luren also thanked each other. After that, Liu Zhengfeng invited Chu Luren to stay at Liu's mansion. Shui Sheng also wanted to visit Liu's mansion. She didn't care about anything. However, Wang Xiaofeng, who had originally agreed, was a little shocked by Chu Luren's swordsmanship. He regretted it for a while and went to the inn anyway...
Starting early the next morning, people from the martial arts world came to Liu's mansion one after another. Those with names and surnames came in to pay their respects to the protagonist Liu Zhengfeng, while those without names and surnames, who came uninvited, also took their seats outside.
There were more than three hundred tables, and about two to three thousand people came!
Of course, with Liu Zhengfeng's identity, the people with the highest status are only Yue Buqun, the head of Mount Hua, and Tianmen Taoist, the head of Mount Tai - mostly because of the Five Mountains Sword Sects and their common bloodline.
The embarrassing thing is that Mr. Mo Da, the head of the Hengshan School, was not present, which made people secretly speculate that the discord among the Hengshan brothers seemed to be true.
Moreover, no one from Songshan Sect showed up, which made Liu Zhengfeng even more depressed...
As soon as the meeting started, there was a loud sound of gongs and drums outside. It was the imperial procession that arrived to announce the imperial decree. Liu Zhengfeng had previously "donated" a military position of a lieutenant general from Ling Tuisi.
Everyone was smiling on the surface, but most of them were laughing at him behind his back. How could Liu Zhengfeng, now that he is old, become obsessed with power?
But in the end, no one criticized him. After all, after retiring from the underworld, Liu Zhengfeng was considered "dismissed".
However, it would not be so smooth after all. Just when Liu Zhengfeng was about to retire after seeing off the ceremonial procession announcing the decree, Zuo Lengchan's Five Mountains Flag arrived!
This Five Mountains Sword Alliance's leader's order was more impressive than an imperial edict in the martial arts world, attracting the attention of many onlookers...
The one who brought the command flag was Shi Dengda, a disciple of Zuo Lengchan. Although he was a junior, he ordered Liu Zhengfeng to stop his underground activities in a domineering manner. Liu Zhengfeng used the excuse that he never wanted to get involved in the affairs of the underworld again and disobeyed the order.
At this time, Zuo Lengchan's disciple Shi Dengda directly threatened Liu Zhengfeng, saying that disobeying the leader's orders would be considered treason. Seeing this, the guests couldn't help but frown.
Just when the stalemate was happening, there was a noise coming from the inner courtyard of Liu Mansion. Liu Zhengfeng looked unhappy. The next moment, several people from Liu Mansion, as well as Mi Weiyi and Xiang Danian's disciples, were captured and escorted out by more than 20 people dressed in Songshan Sect costumes!
I also saw that four of the Thirteen Guardians of Songshan were also present...
After that, Shi Dengda revealed the relationship between Liu Zhengfeng and the evil cult elder Qu Yang, while Liu Zhengfeng talked about his gentlemanly friendship with Qu Yang.
Shi Dengda conveyed Zuo Lengchan's intention and asked Liu Zhengfeng to trick Qu Yang into killing him in order to clear his name, but Liu Zhengfeng was unwilling to do so, so he vowed to retire overseas and never get involved in the underworld again.
Yue Buqun, Master Dingyi, and Taoist Tianmen all saw his sincerity and wanted to smooth things over, so they accepted his statement in their hearts.
However, the Songshan Sect came here to establish its prestige, so how could they go back like this?
He threatened Liu Zhengfeng that if he didn't agree, he would execute his entire family on the spot...
When these words were spoken, the visiting martial artists from Hunan were in an uproar. In order to calm the situation, Fei Bin, one of the Thirteen Guardians known as "The Great Songyang Hand", boiled the water in the copper basin with his palm power in public!
Chu Lu Ren: ???
However, when everyone was intimidated...
"Is the Songshan Sect the evil sect? They want to kill whole families at every turn?"
"Don't even mention that Manor Master Liu is fine. Even if they are members of the Demon Sect, when have we ever harmed their wives and children?"
"The Demonic Sect? The Sun and Moon Divine Sect is at odds with your Five Mountains Sword Sect, so why would they care about our Sanxiang martial arts world?"
"Zuo Lengchan wants to unite the Five Mountains and show off his power to the martial arts community in Sanxiang..."
"Stop it, mom! What the hell? Are the Thirteen Protectors so great?"
"Great, you can't beat me."
"When fighting this kind of evil heretic, what's the point of talking about the rules of the underworld? Let's fight together!"
There were bursts of voices from passers-by in the crowd!
Fei Bin, Yue Buqun and other masters of the inner world did hear something, but they could not find the culprit for a while. However, the atmosphere among the people in the martial arts world present was really provocative. They began to talk among themselves, and some even stood up and slammed the table.
That’s right, it was Chu Lu Ren who was using “ventriloquism” to pretend to be passerby... No, he was speaking for passersby!
At the same time, Chu Lu Ren was also anxious, thinking: Why haven't those two real white jade pillars arrived yet?
In order to avoid attracting hatred from Songshan, Chu Lu Ren did not remind Liu Zhengfeng so as not to expose himself.
After all, Songshan Sect and Qingcheng Sect are different, especially after the Five Mountains Sword Alliance...
If the five sects really merge into one, their influence will be comparable to that of Shaolin, Wudang, Mingjiao, Sun and Moon, Quanzhen, Beggars' Sect...all the truly top sects and gangs, and they may even be in the top ten!
Even though it has not been completely merged yet, Zuo Lengchan has been ranked on the Heavenly Ranking.
"How dare you! I want to see who wants to meddle in the internal affairs of our Five Mountains Sword Sect!" Ding Mian stood up and shouted.
Ding Mian's nickname is "Tower-Bearing Hand", just like the tall and sturdy statue of the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King. And even though Fei Bin is the one who speaks mostly to the outside world, in fact, in Songshan School, Ding Mian is the one whose martial arts skills are second only to Zuo Lengchan.
After hearing Ding Mian's words, the surroundings couldn't help but quiet down for a moment. Chu Lu Ren also knew that this guy was deliberately eliminating interference and was listening attentively at this time. If he opened his mouth again, he would be in danger of being exposed.
Chu Lu Ren was just "not wanting to offend" and was about to give him another passerby...
At this moment, a burst of laughter came from outside the door: "Hahaha, Brother Liu, this is not very considerate! Why didn't you send me a special invitation?"
Ding Mian and other Songshan masters looked towards the gate with grim expressions, wanting to see who was so disrespectful to Songshan.
It was Tie Wushuang who walked in with the gait of a dragon and a tiger, and Leng Yuejian and Shui Dai were also beside him!
In terms of martial arts, Tie Wushuang is far inferior to Shui Dai. In fact... in a one-on-one fight, the weakest of the four great guards present can fight him 70% to 30% - the Songshan Sect is 70% to 30%.
However, as soon as Tie Wushuang arrived, the people from the Sanxiang martial arts world present seemed to have found their backbone. They all stood up to greet the old hero and senior Tie, and those with names and surnames also came forward to say hello.
When Tie Wushuang saw the Songshan disciples, he couldn't help but frown: "What does Alliance Leader Zuo mean? Why did you instruct the disciples to bully the women and children in Brother Liu's family?"
"Brother Tie, you don't know that Liu Zhengfeng..."
Before Fei Bin could finish his words, Tie Wushuang interrupted him and said, "To act like this in front of the men of Sanxiang... Could it be that Alliance Leader Zuo is bullying the Sanxiang martial arts world... because there is no one there?"
Compared with the internal martial arts masters, Tie Wushuang's voice was not actually that loud, but at this moment he walked a few steps closer to Fei Bin. Even Fei Bin, whose martial arts skills were better than Tie Wushuang's, was frightened by his aura!
At this time, Tie Wushuang was only two feet away from Fei Bin. If Fei Bin suddenly attacked, Tie Wushuang might not be able to stop him. However...
Fei Bin knew very well that if he really dared to attack Tie Wushuang, all the disciples from Songshan Sect present would be chopped up and fed to dogs!
Even if today Yue Buqun, Tianmen Taoist, and Master Dingyi were all truly of the same blood as his Songshan Sect, the most they could do was to let the dog eat more.
