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

Chapter 572 Xiao Feng: He is blackmailing me morally! !
As the saying goes: If people do not get involved in the worldly affairs, the worldly affairs will involve them.

Another saying is: I have experienced all kinds of ups and downs in my life, and there is no end to the journey in the world of martial arts.

Although Xiao Feng sent his parents and wife to a safe place, he could not escape the whirlpool of the martial arts world.

Since the Shaolin monks’ first visit to him and their request to become chess warriors in the Southern Song camp was rejected, lobbyists from the Southern Song court would visit him again every three days.

This day was their third visit.

"Master Xiao, we have declined and requested three times, which is considered to be sufficient sincerity. Will you just obey us?"

"Our Lord has already said that as long as you are willing to fight on behalf of the Southern Song Dynasty, you can ask for money and power."

The people who came to lobby were a Shaolin monk and a court official.

Since the "chess fight" incident, these people have been ordered to lobby masters all over the martial arts world, hoping that they will contribute to the country, and Xiao Feng is one of their targets.

Compared to other hermits in the mountains, Xiao Feng's reputation is undoubtedly greater, so their "sincerity" is also greater.

Money, official position, beauty...

All possible means were used, but Xiao Feng was like a stone from beginning to end and remained unmoved.

Looking at the officials in front of him, Xiao Feng's expression remained unchanged: "Please go back, everyone!"

"Xiao has said many times that he has no intention of getting involved in political and public affairs again. Money and power are like floating clouds to me."

"Moreover, you should know some rumors about me. I am a descendant of a foreign race, and I have foreign blood flowing in my veins. If I were to be involved in a game that determines the fate of the country, I don't think anyone in the world would be convinced!"

After several days of hard thinking, Xiao Feng finally came up with this "plausible" reason.

He originally thought that after he said this, the other party would retreat no matter what. However, he did not expect that the lobbyists in front of him were all shrewd people. When they heard Xiao Feng belittling his life experience, their eyes suddenly lit up and they seized this opportunity to make a crazy breakthrough.

"Master Xiao, what you said is wrong!"

"It is precisely because you are a descendant of a foreign race that we want to recruit you even more!"

"It has been decades since the Zhao Song Dynasty expelled the Tartars and restored the country. Now, the nation has been integrated and the country has been unified. The people under heaven are all subjects of the Zhao Song royal family. How can there be any distinction between Han and foreign races?"

"Your participation in the war on behalf of the Southern Song Dynasty is a manifestation of your majesty's magnanimity in letting go of past hatreds and his determination to promote national unity. It is of great symbolic significance!"

"And you should know that even though decades have passed, there are still many descendants of alien races like you in the world."

"They have done nothing wrong, but because of their bloodline, they can only live in anonymity and in a submissive manner for the rest of their lives. If their background is discovered, they will be looked down upon and bullied by others."

"Don't you want to change this situation?"

"Even if you don't consider yourself, when you see and hear the miserable plight of those people, can your chivalrous heart allow you to turn a blind eye and a deaf ear?"

"If you can make great contributions in this chess game, His Majesty can take this opportunity to clean up the atmosphere in the court and the country in one fell swoop, and restore peace and order to the world..."

The lobbying official was eloquent and used moral blackmail to make Xiao Feng, an uneducated man, dizzy and confused, with his thoughts as tangled as a rope.

"Yes, I am able to maintain my current life thanks to my martial arts skills and my past reputation in the martial arts world, but others are not as lucky as me. How miserable are their lives?"

"It would be fine if I didn't know about those circumstances, but now that I know about them, how can I just turn a blind eye to them?"

Thinking of this, I felt conflicted again.

"Let me think about this for three more days."

The official visited the palace several times before and the answer he got was "no" without exception, so both parties ended up parting on bad terms.

But this time, Xiao Feng did not say "I won't go" but "I'll consider it", which showed that he had been persuaded and had made great progress compared to before. The official was overjoyed, knowing that this trip would be successful and that his efforts in recent days would not be in vain.

"Then I will go back right away and await Mr. Xiao's reply."

For the next three days, Xiao Feng was always frowning. He tossed and turned at night, and he felt like there were two villains quarreling in his mind.

One said: "What does the life and death of others have to do with you? Think about your parents, think about Ah Zhu, and think about the unborn child. Can they withstand the coming storm?"

Another said: "Being chivalrous and righteous is what martial artists should do. If you don't stand up at this moment, what's the point of learning all these skills? You will be ashamed of your master's teachings..."

After careful consideration, Xiao Feng finally made a decision.

He planned to agree to become a chess warrior and fight for an opportunity for the descendants of other races like himself to become an "ordinary citizen" like everyone else in the world.

Having made up his mind, Xiao Feng felt that his whole body and mind suddenly became clear.

On the third day, he sat quietly at home, waiting for the lobbying officials to arrive.

But he waited from day to sunset, but the other party never came to his door. He couldn't help but wonder: "Strange... He said he would give me a reply today. Even if the official regretted it, he should have sent someone to inform me. Why didn't he hear any news all day?"

Knowing that the situation was different, Xiao Feng had a bad feeling in his heart and went out to look for someone immediately.

The lobbying officials lived in an inn not far from the Xiao family. They told Xiao Feng where they lived when they visited on the first day, so Xiao Feng found the place easily.

"Waiter, are the two guests staying in Room A here?"

"Master, do you recognize them?"

"He's an acquaintance. We had planned to meet today, but they haven't been seen all day, so I came here."

The waiter looked surprised and explained, "It's strange, three days ago, after those guests came back from going out, they seemed to have encountered something good and got drunk in the store."

"But the next day, they suddenly disappeared. I didn't see them go out or come back. They didn't even check out of the room. To this day, there is still no trace of them..."

When Xiao Feng heard this, he immediately realized that something was fishy.

If there was any happy event three days ago, it was nothing more than that I was persuaded and the other party drank to celebrate, which was reasonable. But he suddenly disappeared the next day, which was very wrong.

Xiao Feng simply ignored the question of 'Shaolin monks drinking' and asked, "Can you take me to their room to have a look?"

"This is against the rules..."

Seeing the waiter's hesitation, Xiao Feng took out a few pieces of silver from his pocket and said, "Please help me, little brother."

“Convenient… Absolutely convenient!!”

The waiter took the money, and the hesitation on his face disappeared instantly, and he greeted Xiao Feng with a smile on his face.

The room was empty, but there was no sign of disorder. Instead, everything was in good order. The officials' bags and luggage were still there. At first glance, there was really no clue.

The waiter added, "We didn't see them during the day the next day, so we just assumed they were hungover from the night before and didn't bother them."

"But when I came to ask for food that night, I saw that there was no light in the room, and no one responded when I called out. I pushed the door open and saw that they were not in the room, but their things were still there. I thought they had all gone out, but they never came back..."

While listening to the waiter's description of what happened, Xiao Feng started to check the room.

Tables, chairs, teacups, screens, beds...all places were checked carefully, leaving no corner untouched, and finally a small hole and a thin bloodstain were found beside the bed.

(End of this chapter)