Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 490: A thought of grudge
Even though Wu Mingzi is not a person who shows everything on his face, he is so concerned about the situation on Du Zun's side that he is bound to reveal some flaws.

At this moment, at least three people had noticed Wu Mingzi's gaze, which was pretending to be casual but was actually wandering too frequently.

The first person is the abbot. We have mentioned this in the previous article. Today, he basically focused all his attention on Wu Mingzi, so much so that he was lax about other people.

The second person was Murong Xiao. This was easy to understand. After all, he was the one who invited the person, so naturally he had to keep an eye on him.

And the third person who noticed Wu Mingzi's gaze... was Dugu Sheng.

Of course, Dugu Sheng did not discover this by relying on his intuition as a veteran or his keen observation. It was simply because he cared a lot about Wu Mingzi.

So why care?

This undoubtedly involves the "hatred" between Wu Mingzi and Dugu Sheng.

This story started more than 20 years ago...

At that time, Dugu Sheng was in his prime, his "Dragon-Seeking Sword" was at its peak, and the Sword King Palace was at its peak.

So at that time, he moved around the world more frequently.

On weekdays, in addition to participating in various martial arts gatherings and performing heroic deeds, Dugu Sheng also often receives invitations from some martial arts sects to "give some advice".

This kind of "guidance" is definitely different from the "exchange" that you actively go to someone and ask for... If someone invites you, it is called academic exchange and you are making friends. If you come uninvited, it is called challenging the other person and you are making enemies.

Everyone has seen many "challenges", so I won't go into details here. As for the "guidance and exchange" invited to the door, the process is roughly like this -

The host will write a letter or send someone to invite you first.

After you arrive, a group of sect managers will come to welcome you and treat you to delicious food and drinks. If it is convenient, they will also invite you to stay for a few days and tour their sect.

The day before you leave, they will pick a free time and send one or several juniors who they want to train to "compete with you".

Of course, the focus of this competition is not the competition itself, but to make you leave an impression on these young people.

At that time, as an elder, you should let them go a little and never knock them down in a few moves. It is best to wait until they fight well before ending the fight, and be sure to stop when necessary.

After the fight is over, no matter whether it is true or not, you can just praise the other person a few words, and the other person will also take the opportunity to praise you.

Then, we will go to the banquet together in the evening and have a great time for both the guests and the hosts. You can say goodbye and set off tomorrow.

At this point, the process is complete.

If you happen to meet these juniors again on some occasion in the future, and you have "taught" them before, then you should be closer to them than those who have only heard of their names, right? It's not too much to give each other face when things happen, right?
In the more distant future, these juniors who have been "guided" by you will most likely become the new management of their sect. By that time, perhaps the juniors in your family will also be on the road, and perhaps he/she will encounter some difficulties. At that time, won't these uncles and aunts come out to say a few "fair words" for your juniors?

I guess you all understand by now that, with Dugu Yong's character, he can live to this day not only by relying on martial arts, but also by his father's "activities" in the past. Their family's long-standing friendship with the Huangmen was also established in this way.

But Dugu Sheng had never expected that more than 20 years ago, a "visit for guidance" that seemed very ordinary to him would bring him an unexpected feud.

That time, he received a letter from several elders of the Kunlun Sect, inviting him to visit them. He didn't think much about it and just went.

After arriving there, Dugu Sheng didn't notice anything unusual. He ate, drank and lived as usual in the first few days.

But when the day of "exchange and guidance" came, something unexpected happened.

The person who came to fight with him was not a junior, but someone who was a few years older than him.

This man was called "Han Guangzi". In terms of seniority, he was the sect leader's nephew. At that time, the only people older than him in the entire Kunlun were the sect leader who was already over 70 years old and a group of elders.

Although Han Guangzi's martial arts skills are only average among his peers, he is upright and loyal, and teaches his disciples diligently and responsibly, which earns him the favor of the headmaster.

Considering the age of the headmaster, it is estimated that in a few years, the old headmaster will consider passing the position to Han Guangzi.

But...it is precisely because of this that Han Guangzi's participation in the battle seems strange.

Logically speaking, given his seniority, he should be one of the management members responsible for entertaining Dugu Sheng, while the tasks of "asking for advice" and "taking charge" should be done by his apprentice Wu Mingzi.

Wu Mingzi has been traveling recently, so it’s time to replace him with a young person of the same generation as Wu Mingzi.

But in the past few days, Dugu Sheng had met many elders of Kunlun and Han Guangzi's peers, but he had never seen Han Guangzi. It was not until the battle was about to start that he realized that his opponent was actually this old man.

So obviously, there is something fishy going on here...

Of course, this is not a very complicated conspiracy. To put it simply, since the current leader of Kunlun is old and a little confused, several of Han Guangzi's fellow disciples took the opportunity to collude with the elders of the sect and want to make Han Guangzi withdraw from the competition for the position of leader.

So they planned this invitation by deceiving their superiors and subordinates, and then when it was time to nominate a younger generation to fight against the other party, they falsely conveyed the leader's order, saying that Han Guangzi should go and fight with the "Dragon-Seeking Sword", and also asked him to "not lose face for our Kunlun."

This is very strange...

Han Guangzi thought: This Dugu Sheng is here, and you don't let me go to socialize. I understand. I didn't like this in the first place, but now I hear this... Is the head master asking me to fight with all my strength? Or even to win?
Han Guangzi's martial arts skills are not bad. After all, he is a high-ranking member of a powerful sect. His age is also there. In terms of internal strength alone, he may be as good as Dugu Sheng. But if his swordsmanship is taken into account, his chances of winning are probably less than 20%.

What's more, these fellow martial artists who were invited to "give advice" should not fight with people of my generation, let alone fight seriously. What is going on now?
But when the time came, he had no time to ask the headmaster for instructions. Even if he did, those who wanted to harm him would use various methods to stop him.

As a result, Han Guangzi had no choice but to go on stage.

He originally thought that after the fight, he would go to the head master to ask for clarification, but he didn't know that before going into battle, one of his senior brothers had put some "fighting-stimulating" powder in the tea he drank.

Han Guangzi hadn't taken a few moves when his internal force caused a surge of Qi and blood, and the effect of the medicine spread rapidly, and the situation quickly got out of control...

Dugu Sheng, who originally just wanted to go through the motions and didn't fight seriously, never expected that Han Guangzi would suddenly launch an all-out attack on him, and was injured on the spot.

At that moment, Dugu Sheng looked around, only to find that those people who had greeted him with smiles a few days ago were now all staring at the stage with sinister eyes, and no one spoke out to stop.

From Dugu Sheng's perspective, he must have felt that he had fallen into a trap. He deduced that the Kunlun Sect had set up a trap and wanted the future leader Han Guangzi to defeat him here so as to establish his prestige in the martial arts world.

Thinking of this, Dugu Sheng became angry, and immediately thought to himself: You want to use my Dragon Seeking Sword as a stepping stone? I'm afraid you Kunlun people don't have that ability yet!
Thus, this "competition" from then on became a real contest, and in the end, Dugu naturally won.

Of course, even in such a situation, Dugu Sheng did not kill him. After all, this was on someone else's mountain, surrounded by hundreds of Kunlun disciples. If someone died, he might not be able to escape...

After Dugu Sheng defeated Han Guangzi, the group of people who invited him came over and pretended to be good people, talking nonsense like "Let's have a discussion and don't hurt the harmony", as if they had been offline when it was their turn to speak a few minutes ago.

Han Guangzi, who had been beaten unconscious, was quickly carried away by their disciples, who were prepared to "report to the sect leader and punish him" afterwards.

After this battle, Dugu Sheng would not stay any longer and he left Kunlun that day.

And a few days after he left, Wu Mingzi, who "happened" to be away from the sect during those days, came back.

As soon as he came back, he heard from several of his fellow disciples that his master had been seriously injured, and he also heard a story compiled by his uncles and aunts about the "exchange" that had taken place a few days ago.

In this version, his master who was "ignorant of the overall situation" and "took the first step to hurt others but still lost" was simply a piece of shit, and he almost brought shame to Kunlun.

Of course Wu Mingzi didn't believe this, and he hurried to find his master, but Han Guangzi's injuries were indeed quite serious, and he even had difficulty speaking. Besides, Han Guangzi was not that smart, and he couldn't understand why he was being plotted against, and he couldn't explain himself even if he had a reason.

As for the fact that the tea was tampered with, it was many years later that Wu Mingzi found out from an insider using some "special means". At that time, the effect of the medicine had worn off for several days, so there was no evidence at all.

However, Wu Mingzi was much smarter than his master. He immediately thought of someone who could help his master, and that was Dugu Sheng.

Wu Mingzi deduced that in this matter, Dugu Sheng was most likely being used by someone. As long as he could explain the matter clearly to Dugu Sheng and appeal to his emotions, and ask Dugu Sheng, as the direct party involved, to come again and say a few good words for his master, then there would be a chance for this matter to turn around.

However, in this situation, if he leaves Han Guangzi again, he may not be able to see his master next time he comes back...

As for his fellow disciples, judging from what he saw and heard after he came back, they had either sided with his uncles or had been led astray by public opinion, and were difficult to trust.

In this situation, Wu Mingzi could only write a letter and send it through the nearest carrier pigeons to catch up with Dugu Sheng who was still on the journey, asking Dugu Sheng to come back and help.

Unfortunately, his letter, which was sincere, reasonable, and almost pleading, was not taken seriously by Dugu Sheng at all.

This is not hard to understand... Because in Dugu Sheng's opinion, he was already tricked when he came to Kunlun, but fortunately he was strong enough to prevent the other party from succeeding. Now his injuries have not healed yet, and his anger has not subsided. Halfway through the journey, you sent me a letter asking me to go back? Are you trying to trick me again?

Even if what you said in the letter is true, it's just your sect's internal fighting, what does it have to do with me? I've been used as a gun by you once, and I'm coming here to plead for your master? Why?
Of course, Dugu Sheng was not the kind of person who would pretend that he had not received the letter and then put the blame on the Fei Ge Gang or a waiter. He wrote a reply letter in the inn and sent it back. There were four simple words on it - "It has nothing to do with me."

Everyone, put yourself in his shoes. There is actually nothing wrong with what Dugu Sheng did. If you were in his shoes, you would probably handle it the same way.

There are very few people who would actually choose to go back and plead for someone like Han Guangzi who is a complete stranger to them.

But there are some things in this world that, to one person, are just a piece of cake, or a little troublesome, and can be considered "commuting". But to another person, if others don't do this thing, don't make this "effort", the butterfly effect it triggers may change his life.

Wu Mingzi's life was changed by Dugu Sheng's words "It has nothing to do with me".

Since he did not ask Dugu Sheng for help, when Han Guangzi was later "held accountable", it was just him and his master who had to face the siege of a group of jackals, tigers and leopards, and they were completely powerless to resist.

It is easy to imagine that how could a righteous and honest man like Han Guangzi, with a disciple who was not present at the time of the incident, argue with his fellow disciples and elders who colluded with each other to plot against him in front of the already somewhat confused master?
The final scene was more of a humiliation than a debate.

A few days after the meeting, which was similar to political bullying, Han Guangzi, who suffered injustice and felt ashamed to face people, went to extremes. He left a suicide note and wanted to prove himself by dying.

Unfortunately, this action only brought pain to the loved ones and joy to the enemies.

Those who harmed him would feel at ease as long as they said a few words to each other, "He just lost the trust of the leader, why did he commit suicide?" It seemed that although they had some problems, Han Guangzi himself had a bigger problem.

That year, a passionate young man named Wu Mingzi also died along with his master.

Instead, we have this crazy person whose scheming is so deep that he has gone too far.

Wu Mingzi wanted everyone involved in this incident to pay the price... His uncles and aunts, the elders in the sect must die, and his uncles and aunts' disciples would also die.

Of course, Dugu Sheng couldn't escape either.

Wu Mingzi would not let go of anyone who he felt had wronged himself and his master; his heart had long been twisted, and he even arranged the death of each of his enemies. Among them... Dugu Sheng could be considered to have "died very comfortably". The arrangements Wu Mingzi made for his fellow disciples were truly cruel.

Some people may ask, since Wu Mingzi has been dormant for more than 20 years, why did he take action now? Why not earlier, or later? He wants to use the True Hero Order to ask Du Zun to do something, but he could have asked for the True Hero Order before. Is it just because he got the Canxia Sword?

Well, we can reveal a little bit here.

What you have seen now is just the tip of the iceberg. What really enables Wu Mingzi to start his revenge plan is more than just a sword.

But it is a sect.

Wu Mingzi was able to obtain the Chanxia Sword and take the Three Sky into his own hands thanks to the matchmaking of this sect.

Wu Mingzi was able to find out the whereabouts of the True Hero Order because of the information provided by this sect.

And Wu Mingzi used the True Hero Order as a reward to ask Shadowless Poison Master to do something, and it was directly instructed by the people of that sect that he did it.

To the people of this sect, in this matter, "Poison Lord killing Dugu Sheng" was just a favor done to Wu Mingzi.

What is really important is... what Poison Lord will do after getting the True Hero Order.

Once their grand plan is launched, the entire Central Plains martial arts world will face drastic changes. By then, the position of the head of Kunlun, which they had promised to Wu Mingzi long ago, will be his.

At that time, Wu Mingzi could deal with his fellow enemies however he wanted, and the people from that sect would not care.

Of course, this is all in the past. Now let’s get back to Dugu Sheng…

When he learned of Han Guangzi's death, he came to his senses a little bit, and he felt a little regretful. Because of his momentary thought, a life that could have been saved was lost.

But now that things have come to this, he is powerless and can no longer face Wu Mingzi.

This incident became a knot in Dugu Sheng's heart, but as time passed, it gradually faded away... After all, people in the martial arts world are involved in so many life and death situations, and this one incident didn't even involve him, so how long can he remember it?

But today, when he met Wu Mingzi backstage, Dugu Sheng recalled the past again.

But what can he say?
Even when Han Guangzi just died, Dugu Sheng immediately rushed over to mourn and shouted something like "It's all my fault that I was impulsive and didn't come to say a word to help you" at the grave, Wu Mingzi was unlikely to forgive him.

Now that so many years have passed, it is even more difficult for Dugu Sheng to speak, because no matter what he says to Wu Mingzi now, it all sounds hypocritical, and the other party can only give him an even more hypocritical response.

In this state, Dugu Sheng would definitely be more or less concerned about Wu Mingzi's gaze.

In the morning, everyone was watching the game, and Du Zun didn't take any action, so Wu Mingzi didn't pay much attention to Dugu Sheng, and everything was peaceful.

But now it was time for dinner, and Wu Mingzi, who was paying attention to Du Zun's movements, glanced at Dugu Sheng from time to time, and Dugu Sheng noticed it.

After discovering this...he found it difficult to eat.

Especially after Sun and Huang sat at the same table with the Shao father and son, Wu Mingzi's glances became more frequent, which made Dugu Sheng more uncomfortable.

Moreover, in order to compete with Sun Huang, the Shao father and son staged a very corny "passing food to each other" scene, which ruined the last bit of Dugu Sheng's appetite.

"Everyone, I... feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach. I'm going to go outside for a walk. You guys take your time eating." Dugu Sheng found an excuse to get up, wanting to leave the backstage and out of Wu Mingzi's sight.

"Dad, are you okay?" Dugu Yongke didn't know anything about all this. He thought his father had a stomach upset.

"It's okay, you sit down and greet everyone." Dugu Sheng gently pressed his son's shoulder to reassure the latter, then he clasped his fists and greeted the others, trying to get away.

Unexpectedly, Sun Yixie took the opportunity to stand up, trying to use the old man to help him get out of this situation: "Hey! Uncle, you are being too polite! Actually, you just want to go to the toilet, right? We don't have to be so reserved when we are among family. I also want to go, so let's go together."

Snapped--

The next second, Huang Donglai slapped the table and stood up, slapping his nose and saying proudly, "How can I be missing when going to the toilet? Come on, come on, let's go together."

Shao Shanhu took a look and thought: Good fellow, these two shameless people are going to run away after giving them drugs, right? Who wouldn't do that?
"Dad! This is a rare opportunity, let's go together!" Shao Shanhu was really desperate.

When Shao Dejin heard his son's passionate "invitation to five people in a row", he was also licking his teeth, thinking to himself: "What do you mean by 'rare opportunity'? Five old men squatting in the toilet together is a spectacle, right?"

"Son...this...I..." Two seconds later, Shao Dejin responded hesitantly and gestured around with his eyes with an embarrassed look on his face.

At this moment, hundreds of people who were eating backstage were looking at this group of guys who were shouting that they wanted to go take a shit with strange eyes. It was difficult to describe the atmosphere.

"You didn't?" Shao Shanhu misunderstood and continued, "It's okay, let's go to the hospital together, maybe the hospital will come out."

After he said this, I don’t know if his father could “control it”, but at least many people at the scene vomited the food in their mouths.

In the end, these five people, regardless of whether they were willing or unwilling, whether they wanted to go or not, whether they didn't want to go at first but wanted to go very much after going... after much persuasion, they all went.

Du Zun, who had been watching the show, saw that these people had gone to such lengths to avoid being "tricked", so he thought that the show was almost over and estimated that they would not touch the things on the table again.

So, after satisfying his desire to "play around", he, who was indifferent to human life, left a mess behind and prepared to retreat.

It can be said that Du Zun did not care how many people would eat the food and wine, how they would eat, or whether they would live or die in the end.

His thoughts now flew to how to use the True Hero Order to torture "that person" in the future.