Chapter 103 The arena is not about fighting and killing
"Swordsman. What a great song!"

On the river, Ren Yingying shifted her gaze from the music composition to Qu Yang, who was kneeling opposite her. She asked seriously, "Elder Qu, are you really not going with us?"

Qu Yang smiled amiably, like an old man next door: "Thank you for your concern, Saint Aunt. I am already this old, and I don't want to go into battle anymore. Now, I am really looking forward to playing the zither and flute with Brother Liu."

"Okay, I won't make things difficult for you." Ren Yingying nodded, and at this time another small boat approached.

Qu Yang stood up, bowed and said, "I am here to wish Saint Aunt all the best. Bye."

"Elder Qu, take care."

Watching Qu Yang change to a small boat and leave, Ren Yingying felt inexplicably annoyed.

After all, Qu Yang is a master at the level of an elder of the Divine Religion, and a rare high-end combat force for her, but in the end he can only achieve this level.

Green Bamboo Elder, who was in control of the boat, said, "Aunt, recently many disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect have been saying that Huashan Linghu Chong is the second best after Ou Zanghua. According to our investigation, Linghu Chong likes wine."

"Huashan." Ren Yingying frowned slightly, thinking of her previous plan with Xiang Wentian, and felt helpless again.

That old fox, if he can't make him feel at ease, he will never cooperate with me.
At the same time, Ou Zanghua received Zuo Lengchan in Wu Garden.

Zuo Lengchan looked solemn. He would rather talk to Liu Zhengfeng than communicate with Ou Zanghua.

Although this nephew did not take much action, Zuo Lengchan had already found out from Yi Lin about the scene in which he killed Tian Boguang.

Sitting in the carriage at a distance of several feet, he fought with sword energy and was even able to transform sword energy into fists. This was enough to show that this nephew might be even better than him in internal strength.

After all, he himself couldn't transform sword energy into fist.

If they were only talking about martial arts, Zuo Lengchan would be wary but not frightened.

Mainly another identity.
He really didn't know how to face it.

"Uncle Zuo, there are only you and me here today, why don't we have a frank talk."

Ou Zanghua poured a cup of tea for Zuo Lengchan and said gently, "The Five Mountains Sword Sects are of the same origin. Only by cooperating with each other can we gain a foothold in the martial arts world. I agree with Master Zuo on this point."

Zuo Lengchan's eyes lit up. It seemed that Ou Zanghua had a better view of the overall situation than he thought!

He took a sip of tea, which still had the aroma of Hengshan clouds, and then he slowly said, "Master Ou is so frank, it would be inappropriate for me to be fussy."

"In my opinion, the Five Mountains Sword Sects should be integrated. Only in this way can we gain an advantage in the confrontation with the Demon Sect."

"Uncle Zuo, have you ever thought about this question?" Ou Zanghua asked with a smile, "Why has the Demon Cult been so peaceful in recent years?"

"calm?"

Zuo Lengchan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head, saying, "Junior Brother Ou's focus is on studying, and he doesn't pay much attention to the affairs of the martial arts world, so he has this illusion! The Demon Cult has committed many evil deeds, and there is no peace for a moment."

"Sixty-two years ago, the Demon Cult attacked Wudang and stole the Zhenwu Sword and the Tai Chi Boxing Manual."

"Fifty-four years ago, the ten great elders of the Demon Cult attacked Huashan, and the other four mountains came to Huashan's aid, which almost led to the extinction of the Five Mountains Sword Sect's inheritance."

"After that, the Demon Cult stopped such large-scale actions and started to commit evil on a small scale, which seemed to be fragmented. Later, Ren Woxing came to power, and the martial arts world fell into the shadow of the Demon Cult again. He himself absorbed the inner strength of more than a dozen masters of both good and evil, and the Demon Cult became arrogant again."

"Am I right, Uncle Zuo?"

Ou Zanghua said calmly while making tea.

Zuo Lengchan opened his mouth and recalled what happened. It seemed to be true.

Why did he want to study the Ice Qi? Wasn't it because Ren Woxing's energy-absorbing technique was too terrifying that he created this internal energy to resist it?

During that period, the entire martial arts world was caught in the panic created by Ren Woxing, because no one wanted the internal skills they had worked so hard to cultivate to become nourishment for others.

"Then Ren Woxing disappeared and Dongfang Bubai came to power."

Speaking of this, Ou Zanghua asked curiously, "Speaking of this, I don't quite understand. How can Master Zuo tolerate this person with such an arrogant name?"

Zuo Lengchan's old face turned red, and after a while he said, "Master Fang Zheng of Shaolin and Taoist Chongxu of Wudang didn't think there was anything wrong, so I naturally won't ask for trouble."

"Uncle Zuo, where is the promise of honesty?"

Zuo Lengchan took two deep breaths, and after calming down, he spoke: "Many years ago, I met a man in Songshan. His body movements were so ghostly that he was worthy of the title of unparalleled in the world. I fought with him for dozens of rounds without a clear winner, and let him leave Songshan safely."

"Oh!~" Ou Zanghua understood. It turned out that he had been beaten before. No wonder no one in the world objected when he was declared the best in the world.

"Junior Brother Ou, why are you saying all this?" Zuo Lengchan saw Ou Zanghua's expression of 'I understand' and brought the topic back to the topic somewhat stiffly.

"This is the information I asked Wei Yi to collect about the Demon Cult's behavior over the past twenty years. There is one very obvious thing: the Demon Cult's behavior changed a little about twelve years ago."

"Master Zuo, please take a look at the family of Master Yu from Jiangxi, the dragon and phoenix swords from Jinan, the Hao family from Hanyang, the ambush in Zhengzhou, etc. Do you feel like you are hitting the target with a hammer here and a club there?"

"So, I guess that although the Demon Cult continues to commit evil in the martial arts world, it is more like a personal interest. It has lost its previous goal and coordination, and is scattered. Therefore, when we, the righteous martial arts world, defeated them one by one, there was no support, and no high-level demon cult members came forward to avenge their followers."

"This situation shouldn't happen in a sect with a clear path to promotion. So there is only one possibility. Something went wrong with the upper echelons of the Demon Sect, causing the connection between the upper and lower levels to be severed."

"It is this kind of environment that gave Master Zuo the time and energy to think about the Five Mountains Unification Sect."

"Shaolin and Wudang also have time to provide guidance to the various sects."

"If the Demon Cult is as united as it was fifty years ago, then the Five Mountains Sword Sect, whose inheritance has not been interrupted, may be in vain."

Zuo Lengchan looked at the information collected by Mi Weiyi, and his mind suddenly exploded. Why didn't he find such an obvious clue? !

Over the years, Shaolin and Wudang have been promoting the idea that evil cannot prevail over good, so even though the Demon Sect has the best warrior in the world, Dongfang Bubai, the righteous martial arts world still has the upper hand.

That's why he began to integrate the Five Mountains Sword Sects, preparing to compete with Shaolin and Wudang for the right to speak in the martial arts world.

But now his nephew told him that the reason why he let you hold him down was because he was doing something else and didn't care what your toothpick was doing.
This is impossible!

"Hehehehe."

Zuo Lengchan sneered and said, "Brother Ou, you are encouraging others too much. Don't be so arrogant! Even if the Demon Sect is united, why don't they go and fight Shaolin and Wudang?"

"Doesn't Master Zuo already know the answer?"

Ou Zanghua took a sip of tea and said slowly, "The Wudang Zhenwu Sword and the Tai Chi Boxing Classic have been stolen for 62 years. Have they shown up? Now, apart from some older predecessors, who among the younger generation still remembers them?"

"To fight against demons, it's enough to just shout slogans. If we really charge forward, who will be the unlucky one? Sixty years ago it was Wudang, fifty years ago it was Huashan, and fifty years later it was Huashan."

Zuo Lengchan's face darkened immediately. It was said that the martial arts world was full of chivalry, with the world of mortals as companions and the joy of revenge. Is this how the Shaolin and Wudang gangs play it? !
But he quickly calmed down and asked the most crucial question: "Why did they do this?"

Shaolin and Wudang promoted Songshan, but aren’t they afraid that Songshan will become too big and threaten their status?
"This one"

Ou Zanghua continued, "The Monk Registration Office, an organization for managing monks set up by Emperor Taizu of our dynasty in Henan Prefecture, has always had monks from Shaolin Temple working part-time. Emperor Taizong once named Wudang as the Great Mountain, which is higher than the Five Mountains. The original intention was to respect Shaolin in the north and Wudang in the south, and to regard these two as one or two of the righteous ways in the world, and to set an example and restrain the martial arts world."

"It is indeed true. During the Hongwu, Yongle, Hongxi and Xuande dynasties, the martial world was in good order. So, when did the martial world start to become chaotic?"

(End of this chapter)