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

Chapter 728 I am a thief

On the water, in thick fog.

A raft slowly approached.

On the raft stood an old man with white hair and beard.

The old man leaned on a bamboo pole and recited poems to the moon, acting like a profound hermit in the mountains, which immediately attracted the attention of the wolf.

This young, ignorant, simple and kind prince met such a pretentious old man for the first time.

"It seems that this old man should be a master who lives in seclusion nearby."

Canglang watched quietly for a while, and suddenly thought of the news he had heard in the nearby village today. Suddenly, a guess emerged in his mind: "Could it be... that this old man is the master that the villagers are talking about?"

Without waiting for others to come up with ideas, he immediately added: "That should be it! In such a remote place, there won't be many people who fit the image of the master that the villagers talk about."

Everyone nodded, obviously having the same idea.

However, the warriors' keen awareness made them realize that the elderly man in front of them might not be just a teacher.

The most outspoken Chaba warned directly: "Prince, be careful. I think this old man is more like a liar who is deliberately trying to be mysterious!"

Canglang was stunned when he heard that, then he calmed down and looked at the old man again. He saw that the raft he was riding on had reached the shore and he was walking slowly up the shore with the help of a cane. There was no hostility on his face, so he felt relieved.

"You must be too nervous."

"Now in Miao territory, Prince Canglang is dead. I am just an ordinary person. What is there for anyone to worry about me?"

Canglang thought his logic was already very rigorous.

Unfortunately, he never thought about the possibility that the other party knew that Prince Canglang was not dead and came to him on his own initiative, and was very useful.

He never even considered that the other party might be a pervert who disregarded human life and liked to kill people indiscriminately, or an old hooligan with some special sexual interests.

Soon, the old man came in front of everyone.

"I didn't expect that there would be so many visitors in Yue Ning Bay today."

"My name is Yuan Cangming. I wonder what your name is, old man? Are you a resident nearby?"

Yuan Cangming is the pseudonym that Lu Ping gave to Canglang, which means: Cangyue is alone and crying far away from Miao territory.

"I am not an old man who has forgotten the present, but a teacher in a nearby village."

Since escaping from the Dao Realm decades ago, Wang Jinyan came to Miaojiang. Relying on his own means and connections, he established the Lone Blood Fighting Arena here, trained killers, and sent these killers to various forces from time to time in exchange for other resources.

In this process, not only did they have the help of the former Miao King Haoqiong Guming, but even Tieqiong Qiuyi also contributed a part of his efforts.

Although the latter was not directly involved, they always maintained an attitude of connivance and turning a blind eye.

"It turned out to be Mr. Wang!"

"I wonder why you went out and came back so late at night?"

Wang Jinyan stroked his beard and smiled: "It's just that I have nothing to do, so I just travel around."

Lu Ping said "Oh" and interrupted, "Mr. Old, you are already old, but you are traveling alone in the middle of the night, without even a friend, guard, or follower. Aren't you afraid of encountering pirates or falling into the water by accident?"

Wang Jinyan laughed, not at all embarrassed: "When I was young, I learned some basic martial arts. If I encounter an ordinary small thief, I should be able to protect myself."

"Hmm... from what the old gentleman said, are there really pirates causing trouble here?"

Can this be understood in this way?

Before Wang Jinyan could respond, Lu Ping's expression suddenly changed, and he shook his head and said, "I heard that after King Bei Jing ascended the throne, he vigorously promoted benevolent policies and wise laws. Wherever his policies were implemented, the people in the territory were grateful for his virtues."

"The Miao region today is peaceful and tranquil. Where are the pirates?"

"Old sir, please don't say anything that is detrimental to the unity of the Miao region!"

Wang Jinyan was speechless by Lu Ping's sudden remarks and couldn't help asking, "What is this gentleman's name?"

"Thieves are born."

"Um?!"

The three casual words made Wang Jinyan's eyes widen instantly, his breathing became rapid, his heartbeat quickened, and under the conditioned reflex of his body, the uncontrollable hostility turned into internal strength and overflowed. Although this change was very secretive and only lasted for a short moment, it immediately alerted the royal guards, who stepped forward to protect Canglang behind them.

"Old man, what are you doing..."

Canglang's puzzled voice suddenly woke Wang Jinyan up.

Oh no, the secret is exposed!

Wang Jinyan secretly cried out that he was careless, and he regretted it so much that he quickly restrained his killing intent. However, it was too late, so he could only bite the bullet and explain: "Ahem... everyone, there is no need to panic."

"I just have a slight impression of the name 'Dao Caisheng'..."

Others did not know the meaning behind this name and just thought that Lu Ping did not want to reveal his identity and just made up a pseudonym. But Wang Jinyan was different. He was very familiar with this name.

It can even be said that this name is a nightmare to him.

Because the name 'Dao Caisheng' was Mo Cangli's first alias, and it was also his name when he was in the Mohist School!

In the past years, Wang Jinyan had no idea how many nights he had been troubled by this name, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, and terrified. Even if he finally fell asleep, he would be awakened again by the three words "Dao Caisheng".

Lu Ping laughed and said, "This is the name of the author that I saw in a book. I thought it sounded nice, so I used it. Maybe the old man has read the same book before, so he has an impression of it, right?"

This so-called book refers to "Yi Guo Zhi Yi".

Dao Caisheng is the author of this book.

Apart from this, this name has never appeared in any other books.

“Hehehe… maybe…”

Wang Jinyan forced himself to smile, but his heart sank.

Just use it casually?
No one would believe this!
He knew in his heart that Lu Ping had chosen this name as an alias deliberately because he already knew his background and might even have a connection with Dao Caisheng himself.

Since his identity has been exposed, Wang Jinyan certainly doesn't want to face a pseudonym.

"The one who hides the truth will not know it. Why would you lie to an old man like me?"

"The young hero who established the Sword Discussion Forum in Sifang Mountain some time ago and invited swordsmen from all over the world to discuss swords, wasn't it you, Lu Ping, Master Lu?"

Although Wang Jinyan was worried that Lu Ping and Mo Cangli had some connection, he was not worried that he was the heir chosen by Mo Cangli.

Because based on his understanding of Mo Cangli, the other party would not choose someone with such strong martial arts skills as the next leader.

The reason is that Mo Cangli has always adhered to the idea of ​​'Mohism hides itself from the world and does not control power'.

And force is a 'poison' similar to power.

Once you are addicted, it is almost impossible to give it up, and it will gradually erode your original nature over time, making you more and more dependent on it, and eventually corrupt and degenerate.

——This is also the reason why Mo Cangli did not learn martial arts.

"I remember that I didn't invite the old gentleman to the Sword Sea event a few days ago, right?"

"I never thought that even though you live in a remote place like Miaojiang, you can know what's going on in the world and have heard of this?"

"It seems that you, old man, have a wide range of sources of information!"

First he claimed that he knew martial arts, and then he pointed out that he had an intelligence network. What on earth does this guy want to do?
Although Wang Jinyan said nothing, his heart was already in turmoil, and he racked his brains to think about Lu Ping's purpose -

Could it be that this guy was sent by that person to deal with me?
No no no...

If he really wants to deal with me, he can just attack me directly. With his ability, I can't last more than ten moves.

Now he deliberately revealed that he knew about the Mohist situation, clearly trying to provoke me and force me to take action against him!

I must keep calm and not be fooled!
But what is his purpose in doing so?
Is it just for fun, to make fun of me?
Is there really someone in the world that boring...

That is to say, Lu Ping could not hear Wang Jinyan's inner voice, otherwise he would definitely say:
Some are old, some are!
There really are people like me in the world who like to hang out with others when they have nothing to do, and I am not alone.

At least, there is one more in Huanzhu Tower.

(End of this chapter)