Volume 1: The Swordsman of the East Chapter 35: Retire from the Underworld
Two days later, at Liu Mansion.
“Clatter…”
The strong wind blew, and the high-flying flags fluttered.
The rising sun hangs high in the sky, and the rolling clouds are like mountains, suppressing the world.
One by one, martial artists, holding swords, guns, sticks, and various strange weapons, walked into the front yard of Liu's mansion, talking and laughing.
This is the courtyard of the Liu Mansion, which is like a square, with tables and chairs scattered around it. There is also a small attic in the center of the courtyard, connected to a high platform.
Around the attic, large bronze tripods stood, with red incense sticks as thick as arms inserted into the tripods one by one.
The strong smell of incense and candles filled the entire courtyard with the strong wind.
Heroes of the martial arts world sat down one by one on the rows of chairs, with servants constantly serving tea and water. The aroma of cakes blended with the scent of incense and candles.
"Master Liu, I am Xu Yuan, a swordsman from Hebei. Three years ago, I received your kindness and I saved my family from danger. Today, I have come to witness your retirement and wish you continued success."
"Master Liu, I am Xiang Xing, the swordsman from Longchuan. I received a favor from you five years ago, so I came here to congratulate you!"
"Mr. Liu San, I am..."
“…”
One by one, the heroes of the martial arts world congratulated Liu Zhengfeng in a loud voice.
Mr. Liu Zhengfeng, also known as Mr. Liu Sanye, is kind and generous, with a sense of justice, and is well-known in the world.
There are countless martial artists who have received favors from Liu Zhengfeng, and they are spread all over the world.
Although not all of them have arrived yet, there are at least close to a thousand people who have come to Liu's mansion.
Everyone was sitting in the guest seats. At first glance, it was a sea of people, whispering to each other, and it was very lively.
"Brother Liu, Yue Buqun of the Huashan Sect would like to congratulate you!"
"Brother Liu, Dingyi and Dingxian from Hengshan Sect congratulate you."
"Brother Liu, I am the Taoist priest of Tianmen of Taishan Sect. I congratulate you."
“…”
After the people in the martial arts world congratulated, the leaders walked out of their seats one by one, congratulated loudly, and presented congratulatory cards.
Although retiring from the underworld is not a big happy event, it is also a big deal for people in the underworld.
Anyone who lives in the underworld, even those who are extremely vicious, hopes that when they are old and weak, they can retire from the underworld and enjoy their old age.
To some extent, this is indeed a big event, a happy event.
Congratulations are never too strong.
In front of the huge cauldron filled with incense, Liu Zhengfeng, dressed in a blue robe, walked out of the attic step by step and bowed solemnly to the many people from the martial arts world.
"I am Liu Zhengfeng. I am deeply grateful to all my fellow martial artists for coming here from afar. I cannot thank you enough!"
"Bring the wine! Liu Zhengfeng would like to toast to all the fellow martial artists."
Liu Zhengfeng picked up the wine bowl, walked up to the high platform, and said to the martial artists, "My fellow martial artists, please drink this cup to the full!"
"please!"
"please!"
The sounds came one after another, with such momentum that it felt like a martial arts conference.
After a series of noises, Liu Zhengfeng bowed again and said, "I'm sure all of you fellow martial artists already know that I was granted a small official position by the imperial court."
"As the saying goes, one should be loyal to his master when he pays his salary! In the underworld, righteousness is the most important thing, but in national affairs, one must abide by the law."
"In the future, these two things will inevitably conflict with each other, which will cause difficulties for all of you fellow martial artists."
"Therefore, from today onwards, Liu Zhengfeng will retire from the underworld and no longer interfere in the affairs of the martial arts world!"
"Of course, if you all come to Hengyang City, you are still my friends. However, please forgive me for not interfering in the grudges in the martial arts world."
After saying this, Liu Zhengfeng bowed three times respectfully to his fellow martial artists.
The people watching the ceremony bowed in return, but no one said anything.
Retiring from martial arts, after all, is a matter of courtesy and compliance with the rules of the martial arts world. Most of the martial artists have received favors from the martial arts world, so naturally they will not stop it.
Liu Zhengfeng is kind and generous, and he upholds the moral code of the underworld without overstepping the mark.
The same is true for all major sects, who watch the ceremony to witness it.
A delicious treat, no one will mess up at this moment.
After saying this, Liu Zhengfeng knelt down solemnly in front of the tablet on the platform.
That is the tablet of the successive leaders of the Hengshan Sect.
To retire from the underworld, one needs to be witnessed by fellow underworld people, and one also needs to report to the elders in the underworld.
"The ancestors of the Hengshan Sect, I, Liu Zhengfeng, am grateful to my master for accepting me into the sect. I feel so ashamed for not being able to bring glory to the Hengshan Sect!"
"Fortunately, we have Senior Brother Mo, the head of our sect, in charge. Hengshan Sect has great hopes of prosperity. We have many disciples, and there are many outstanding ones!"
"My disciple Liu Zhengfeng has lived a mediocre life and has made almost no achievements. One more of me won't make much difference, and one less of me won't make much difference either!"
"Therefore, today, I, the disciple Liu Zhengfeng, will retire from the martial arts world and swear here that I will never use the martial arts of this sect to seek promotion or rank, and I will not use the martial arts of this sect to endanger fellow martial artists. If I break my oath, I will be punished by this sword. Please bear witness to this, fellow martial artists!"
As he spoke, Liu Zhengfeng drew out his sword, held his palm as a blade, and cut it off with one stroke.
Just after the sword broke, a servant came respectfully carrying a golden basin filled with clean water.
"My fellow martial artists, today Liu Zhengfeng officially retires from the martial arts world!"
“Tatta…”
Liu Zhengfeng paced over and came to the golden basin. He bowed to everyone again, then stretched out his hand and put it into the golden basin, intending to complete the ceremony of washing his hands with the golden basin.
Just at this moment, a huge voice, mixed with internal force, resounded throughout Liu Mansion.
"Wait a minute!"
Following the sound, Fei Bin, one of the Thirteen Guardians of the Songshan Sect, came walking over from a distance, holding the Five Mountains Flag and leading his disciples.
As he walked, he said, "Following the order of the Left Alliance Leader, please ask Senior Brother Liu Zhengfeng to postpone the matter of retiring from the underworld for the time being!"
"I'm coming!"
Outside the Liu residence, on the top of a tall building, Dongfang Qing, dressed in green, sat on the eaves, eating melon seeds comfortably while watching from afar.
At the right time, a cold mechanical sound rang out in Dongfang Qing's mind.
"Ding! Go to Hengyang City, witness Liu Zhengfeng's retirement ceremony, and save Linghu Chong's life. Mission points +50, failure means death (completed)"
"Ding! Mission 8 unlocked!"
"Mission 8: External influence detected, host, please set things right, eliminate external forces within one year, and reshape the heavenly order! Mission points +300, failure means death."
Seeing this task prompt, Dongfang Qing, who was originally at ease, suddenly paused, and then his face changed drastically.
External forces actually affected the general trend of the universe. This is undoubtedly a big deal.
The system in his body carries the destiny of heaven for him, which is also the destiny of Dongfang Bubai.
Therefore, his tasks are all systematically organized tasks that can advance the general trend of the Way of Heaven.
Every step is to ensure the stable progress of the great trend of Heaven, to completely complete this catastrophe in the martial arts world, and to cooperate in cleansing the sins of the martial arts world.
Completing the mission is equivalent to what the original Dongfang Bubai had to do.
But now, with a free soul, the system carries the destiny and completes the tasks step by step, so that it can collect its own rewards from the trend of heaven.
Through system transformation, it becomes a task point that can be directly used.
To put it bluntly, they are workers who follow the will of heaven.
Once he fails and disrupts the trend of Heaven's Way, he will inevitably face Heaven's purge and even the crisis of wiping out his fate.
Losing destiny is equivalent to losing identity, losing destiny and love. Even with the help of the system, crises will continue until death.
Unless he can escape from this world, he will eventually fall into various fatal disasters.
Moreover, once he loses the luck and favor of Heaven , how can he still have a mission?
Without missions, there will be no mission points, and no way to improve qualifications. Even if you are invincible, how can you become an immortal?
"Interference from external forces? What kind of force can interfere with the great trend of heaven?"
For some reason, Dongfang Qing thought of the immortal things from more than ten years ago.
In this world of martial arts, only immortals or items left behind by immortals have the potential to interfere with the general trend of heaven.
"Could it be the Iron-Hearted Divine Prince Zhu Wusi?" Dongfang Qing pondered.
Just at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded again from below.
The voice is clear and pleasant, and it is hard to tell whether it is male or female, and it seems very neutral.
"The imperial edict has arrived!"
