Comprehensive Martial Arts: Relying on Pili Martial Arts to Achieve Dimensionality Reduction Attack

Chapter 549: New Beggars' Sect

Looking north towards the south peak.

After the "jianghu meeting" that day, this place has become the center of the martial arts world. Many people come here every day to "check in", stay, and are reluctant to leave for a long time.

Some people even brought bedding and slept here overnight despite the cold wind on the mountain.

Although there was nothing on the stone platform except a carved chessboard, these people had apparently thrown their own health to the winds in order to get the latest developments in the martial arts world.

It was noon and the sun was shining brightly.

But at the edge of the stone platform, there was a group of burly men who were huddled in their bedding, shivering and sneezing, as if they had caught a cold.

It's strange to say, looking at the appearance of these people, they are obviously martial artists. Logically speaking, with the support of internal strength, their physical fitness should be stronger than that of ordinary people.

But they still caught a cold, which means they had stayed in the cold wind for too long.

Not far away, two young figures looked at this group of people with sighs on their faces.

"I didn't expect that someone would actually spend the night here..."

"They should all be from the big powers in the martial arts world, and they were sent here to guard so as to grasp the latest developments."

The two people who were talking were Duan Yu and Wang Xiaoshi.

Of course, the two of them also came here after hearing the news, but they arrived a few days late. Unexpectedly, they met each other by chance and ended up traveling together.

Duan Yu couldn't help but sigh: "How miserable they are. How much money do those gang leaders give them every month? They are willing to risk their lives..."

This stone platform is more than 300 feet above the ground and there is no shelter around it. When the temperature drops at night, the cold wind will blow all night long, or even for several nights. Even if you have a body made of iron, you probably can't stand it!

Wang Xiaoshi disagreed: "Whether it's money or life, that's the path they chose themselves. There's no need to be too sympathetic."

As he spoke, he lifted his foot and stepped on the ground. The stone platform made a dull 'dong dong' sound, and it was obviously quite solid.

"I came here more than half a year ago. At that time, there was no mountain here. I didn't expect that in just half a year, this place has changed so much..."

Duan Yu's face was distorted when he heard this: "So the rumors are true? Did Brother Lu really create this mountain out of thin air?"

“Looking at the unique shape of this mountain, everyone knows that it is not simple to form. However, since it is related to Brother Lu, I will not be surprised no matter what happens.”

Wang Xiaoshi raised his head, and Duan Yu followed his gaze and looked upwards, and saw an octagonal star-shaped shadow.

"When I went up the mountain just now, I heard someone say that Brother Lu lives on the 'Eight Star Terrace' up here?"

"I guess so……"

The two were silent for a long while, their eyes simultaneously following the edge of the Eight Star Terrace and looking down along the four stone chains.

Duan Yu was like a curious baby at this moment, and asked again: "Brother Wang, with your Qinggong, can you get up there?"

"Of course...I can't go up!"

Wang Xiaoshi seemed to have anticipated that Duan Yu would ask this question, and his answer came out without hesitation.

"I heard that at least three hundred people have tried to climb the stone chain in the past few days, but without exception, all of them ended in failure."

Duan Yu was surprised: "Is it so difficult?"

Wang Xiaoshi nodded and pointed, "Look, if you want to climb onto the Eight Stars Terrace, you have to reach those 'stone chains' first."

"But the bottom of the stone chain is estimated to be about fifty feet away from the stone platform we are on. No one can jump up in one go. If someone can climb up, then that person must be a top-notch Qinggong master."

Duan Yu asked in confusion: "Why do you have to jump up instead of climbing the cliff?"

Although the mountain wall is steep and smooth, it is not completely without leverage.

If you are an expert, it should not be difficult to climb up.

"Take a closer look at the mountain wall. What's on it?"

Duan Yu was completely confused at the moment, but he still did as he was told and turned his head back to look up.

He paused, took a few steps back, frowned, and carefully identified the mountain wall between the stone chain and the stone platform for several seconds, then said uncertainly: "There seems to be words on it?"

"Looking... north?"

On the Wangbei Chaonan Peak, there are four characters "Wangbei Chaonan" engraved, among which "Wangbei" is engraved between Baxingtai and Hunyuantai, and "Chaonan" is engraved below Hunyuantai.

Wang Xiaoshi nodded: "These four words 'looking north and facing south' are the reason why people can't climb it."

"There is residual energy on those words. If nothing goes wrong, they should have been left by Lu Ping. If anyone climbs near there, they will be knocked down by the energy there."

"So that's it..."

While the two were talking, a singing voice suddenly came from behind them -

"The sun is blazing, and people are concerned about their lives.

Holding a broken rice bowl in his hand, Ruan is a lovely old beggar..."

The song is neither the soft Wu dialect of Jiangnan, nor the passionate and enthusiastic style of Yanzhao, but the tune is light and cheerful, and the lyrics are open-minded and free and easy.

Just a few sentences are enough to arouse the interest of those martial artists who are caught up in the love, hatred and vengeance of the martial arts world.

What’s even more amazing is that the song seems to contain a mysterious power that makes people feel an unknown warmth.

Those who had been huddled in their blankets, shivering and sneezing because of several nights of cold wind, suddenly felt the coldness dissipate, their strength gradually recovered, and they crawled out from their blankets one after another.

Such a peculiar character naturally attracted the attention of everyone on the Hunyuan Stage.

Duan Yu and Wang Xiaoshi also looked over when they heard the sound and discovered that the person singing was a beggar with ragged clothes, a broken bowl in his hand, and unkempt hair and a dirty face.

The beggar was seen singing and dancing, gesticulating as he walked along the stone bridge all the way up to the Hunyuan Terrace, completely ignoring the strange looks from the people around him.

"Wangbei Chaonan Peak has really become the center of the martial arts world. Now even beggars come here to beg for food..."

"Even mosquito legs are rare in this place, how can you get a meal? At most, you can only get some loose coins! But even if you take the money, there is nothing to buy for him..."

"The tune is quite good, pleasant and catchy."

When the beggar came closer, everyone realized that he was not old, and could even be said to be very young, appearing to be in his twenties. However, he looked a little haggard, perhaps because he had been hanging around in the underworld for so many years and had neglected to take care of himself.

When the song ended, the beggar also came to the foot of the mountain wall, stood not far from Duan Yu and Wang Xiaoshi, and looked up quietly at the sky.

It seems that this beggar is also a gangster?

Everyone suddenly realized it, and a question popped up in their minds: "Could it be the remnants of the Northern Beggars' Gang?"

Suddenly someone shouted, "No, I recognize him!"

"This man is the leader of the New Beggars' Sect, the 'Beggar of Beggars', begging for alms on a white horse."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was another uproar among the crowd.

Strange title!
Weird name!
But... New Beggars' Sect?

Duan Yu heard the voices of the people around him and looked at Wang Xiaoshi curiously: "Brother Wang, what is this 'New Beggars' Sect'?"

In the past six months, Duan Yu has been living in Dali and doesn't know much about the affairs of the martial arts world in the two Song dynasties.

But Wang Xiaoshi was different. He had always stayed in the territory of the two Song dynasties and interacted with low-level people, so he knew more.

"That is a new force that has emerged in the martial arts world in recent times."

"Do you still remember that more than half a year ago, the leader of the Northern Beggars' Sect, Xiao Feng, was expelled from the sect because his background was exposed?"

Duan Yu nodded.

Wang Xiaoshi continued, "In the three months since then, the elders of the Northern Beggars' Sect were killed one after another by the assassin 'Number Seven Under Heaven'. The Northern Beggars' Sect became a mess and completely declined."

"After that, most of the members of the Northern Beggars' Sect chose to move south and join the Southern Beggars' Sect. This was another way to achieve the original plan of 'unifying the Beggars' Sects'."

"But there were still some Beggars' Sect disciples who didn't want the 'Northern and Southern Beggars' Sects to be unified,' so they united together, drove away those who didn't agree with their beliefs, and absorbed a group of new beggars to form the so-called 'New Beggars' Sect.'"

"It has only been three or four months since the establishment of the New Beggars' Sect, but it has developed very rapidly. I heard that its current size is already 70% of the original Northern Beggars' Sect."

Duan Yu was surprised when he heard this: "So 70% of the Northern Beggars' Sect?! Doesn't that mean there are more than 2,000 people? Where did they find so many in such a short time..."

At this point, his voice stopped abruptly, because he had figured out the doubts in his mind, and his tone suddenly changed.

"I understand, because of the war between the two Song dynasties!"

"This war has caused many people to become refugees, so the number of beggars has naturally increased. The New Beggars' Sect is relying on these people to grow stronger!"

Wang Xiaoshi nodded: "That's right."

Duan Yu felt that this was absurd and yet he couldn't bear it. He turned around and glanced at the strange beggar, and asked in a low voice, "Then... what is the style of the new Beggars' Sect?"

This time, Wang Xiaoshi did not answer directly. Instead, he was silent for a few seconds and then gave an unexpected answer.

“Radical and extreme!”

In the face of Duan Yu's puzzled gaze, Wang Xiaoshi explained: "In fact, their overall reputation is quite good. After all, most of the members of the New Beggars' Sect are poor people who have been persecuted by the war, so they are more helpful to ordinary people, poor people, and people in distress who have similar experiences to themselves."

"It's just that their attitude towards the Song Dynasty court that provoked the war, as well as those corrupt officials and wealthy businessmen who took advantage of the hardship to make a fortune, was not very good."

"You can even say that we regard them as enemies and kill them on sight!"

"Ah?! This..."

Duan Yu was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say, and in the end he could only sigh helplessly.

"Oh...I can understand that."

(End of this chapter)