Gao Wu: You have science, and I have magic!

Chapter 175 Cremation, a new environmental protection concept
In order to test the characteristics of the Red Roar Sword, Liu Yiming personally went down to fight with his younger brother Liu Dingjian in the martial arts arena, and the two of them each occupied a corner of the arena.

"Pay attention."

"Brother, you make your move."

Zheng~
Liu Yiming drew his sword from its sheath, and as the sword energy was released instantly, there were bursts of thundering sounds. It was the famous sword energy and thundering sound skill among the high-level martial arts.

This move is based on Yin force and Thunder force. The sword energy is soft yet hard, hard yet soft. The sword energy flickers and it is difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake. It requires extremely high skills and the lethality is also extremely amazing.

Liu Dingjian knew very well how powerful this move was. He shouted in a deep voice and then carried the door-like Chihou sword on his shoulder, posing as if Erlang carrying a mountain.

At this moment, his feet stood on the ground, his strength came from the ground, and the aura around him was condensed on his body, as heavy as a mountain and as lush as a forest. It can be said that he was a combination of movement and stillness, and the power was flowing smoothly and freely as he pleased. It was obvious that he had already mastered the intermediate martial arts and practiced it to the great level.

Dang~
Liu Dingjian used his sword as a shield and steadily blocked Liu Yiming's sword energy and thunder sound attack.

Suddenly, one light and one dark, two forces hit the blade of the Red Roar Sword, intending to pass through the blade and hilt and into Liu Dingjian's body.

In the sword energy and thundering sound, the thunder force is in the light, and its force shakes the qi and blood; the yin force is in the dark, and its force penetrates the lungs. This is the truly terrifying thing about the sword energy and thundering sound.

Even if one successfully blocks an ordinary martial arts move, the body will still suffer secondary damage, and this damage goes directly to the internal organs, ignoring armor and defense, which is extremely terrifying.

If it was a normal fight, Liu Dingjian would have been injured by now.

However, the Red Roar Sword suddenly emitted a sword light at this moment, and then the sword body emitted a suction force, which absorbed all of Liu Yiming's sword energy and thunder sound attacks into the blade and locked them tightly.

Afterwards, Liu Dingjian switched from offense to defense and swung his sword towards Liu Yiming.

buzz~
The Red Roar Sword suddenly vibrated at a high speed, and as the slashing attack began, the power that had just been absorbed was now transformed into blazing flames and returned in full.

Super shock slash!

Amid the flames rising into the sky, explosions sounded continuously, directly shattering most of the martial arts field. The aftermath was unabated, and even a section of the wall behind Liu Yiming was chopped down.

Finally, the smoke and dust cleared, and Liu Yiming's unharmed figure slowly emerged and appeared in front of Liu Dingjian again.

At this moment, Liu Yiming was also amazed: "The Red Roar Sword can withstand the attack of the master level, and can even absorb the power and bounce it back completely. It's incredible."

Liu Haochi watched the test results and felt that the Red Howl Sword was truly extraordinary: "In this way, the Red Howl Sword is an integrated offense and defense, and can be used with many martial arts moves. It can be fully applied to most battlefield environments in the Cave Heaven Secret Realm. The weapon's characteristics are very practical."

Liu Haochi, who is a famous swordsmith himself, naturally knows the true value of the Red Roar Sword.

With these four characteristics, it is undoubtedly a top-grade sword.

But even the best swords are divided into different grades. The highest grade is like the Red Roar Sword. By combining several characteristics, it can form a variety of tactical routines to deal with complex and changeable actual battles.

Liu Dingjian took the opportunity to suggest to Liu Haochi: "Father, why don't we send an invitation to Ye Qingzhou in the name of Mingjian Group."

"Ye Qingzhou doesn't even think highly of Zhao Zhiyi's recruitment, how can he think highly of our Mingjian Group?"

It’s not that Liu Haochi didn’t want to invite him, the key point is that he didn’t think Ye Qingzhou was the kind of person who would be willing to work for others.

Liu Dingjian smiled and said, "Father, it is naturally impossible to invite Ye Qingzhou to Mingjian Group as a master craftsman, but we can invite him to be a consultant."

To put it bluntly, a consultant is a guest official who takes money but does no work and at most offers occasional advice.

This binding of interests is not tight but just right for both parties.

After all, Ye Qingzhou now has the strength to kill a master-level martial artist. Even if he only relies on the power of a magic weapon, he is worthy of Xingcheng Liu's efforts to win him over and make friends with him.

But Liu Haochi still had some concerns and hesitations in his heart: "But what about Junshan Club..."

Liu Yiming smiled coldly, his tone quite disdainful: "They are just a bunch of remnants of the old times. Our Xingcheng Liu family has long been transformed, so why should we care about their ideas?"

Liu Haochi thought about it and felt that what his eldest son said made sense.

Although everyone belongs to the martial arts family camp, now facing the new situation, someone has to be willing to make changes and embrace the future.

Of course, there are always people in this world who are unwilling to give up their vested interests. When change comes, they still cling to the old ways and refuse to make changes.

It is obvious that the Liu family of Xingcheng has been a reformist faction within the martial arts family who are willing to make changes over the years, and Mingjian Group is the best example.

Rather than directly monopolizing and exploiting others, the Xingcheng Liu family would rather participate in the official reform plan for the martial arts world, continuously expanding the base of martial artists in Dongji Country and giving civilians the opportunity to practice martial arts.

In this way, Mingjian Group's weapons business can also grow bigger and stronger, and obtain huge profits from it. This is a true win-win model.

But the members of Junshan Society are obviously unwilling to accept this change. After all, they are used to making money without doing anything. Now they are asked to do it and compete with a group of "rootless and untouchables"?

They don't agree!
In short, this is a group of remnants of the old era who cling to the "laws of their ancestors" and refuse any changes that are unfavorable to them.

Although this group of remnants were numerous, well-connected, and not weak in strength, Liu Yiming still looked down on them and regarded them like a group of rats.

In the end, Liu Haochi decided to invite Ye Qingzhou to serve as the technical consultant of Mingjian Group with an annual salary of one million.

"Is there such a good thing?"

When Ye Qingzhou heard that he could get paid without working, he immediately agreed happily.

Afterwards, Liu Yiming reminded Ye Qingzhou seriously on the phone: "Be careful of Junshan Society."

"Why? Have I ever offended them?"

Ye Qingzhou was completely confused. He had never even heard of the name of Junshan Club.

Liu Yiming then explained to Ye Qingzhou: "The members of Junshan Society are basically all martial arts families in Hunan Province, and Li Yaoping is one of the core members of Junshan Society. Now that you have killed Li Yaoping, Junshan Society will definitely not let it go."

After hearing this, Ye Qingzhou instantly understood what kind of organization Junshan would be.

To put it bluntly, it is the trust of the martial arts world. A group of vested interests who have risen to prominence by relying on the prosperity of martial arts have formed an alliance and want to monopolize martial arts moves and rare treasures, so as to maintain their superior monopoly position forever.

This group of people, refusing to accept competition and excluding civilian martial artists, are almost madly going against the development trend of the current Dongji country's martial arts world, moving against the trend and going against the current in various ways.

"They are just a bunch of fools trying to stop the chariot with their bare hands. They are not worth my concern."

Ye Qingzhou obviously didn't look down on this bunch of trash.

The so-called martial arts family, claiming to be noble, is actually a group of parasites in the martial arts world. They clearly have a huge first-mover advantage, but they dare not even compete head-on with civilian martial artists.

How strong can such a group of trash be and what future do they have?

Although Liu Yiming came from a martial arts family and was the eldest son of the Liu family in Xingcheng, as a genius, he naturally had the arrogance of a genius, so Ye Qingzhou's words were very much to his liking.

Liu Yiming laughed loudly and agreed with Ye Qingzhou's words: "That's right, we are martial artists who fight against the sky for our lives. If we don't even have the courage to fight against people, what qualifications do we have to fight against the earth and the sky?"

The two chatted for a moment and then hung up the phone.

Yingyue came close to Ye Qingzhou, gently pinched his shoulders, and asked in a flattering tone: "My dear, this Junshan Society is nothing but a bunch of rats. Do you want me to go and destroy them all?"

Recently, Ye Qingzhou has been feeding her the innate Jiamu Qi and the innate Yimu Qi every day, bringing her closer and closer to her goal of transforming into a dragon body.

The more this happened, the more Yingyue became dependent on Ye Qingzhou, and she tried her best to please him every day.

Ye Qingzhou shook his head to stop him: "Hey, we are civilized people now, don't always think about fighting and killing, we should be harmonious and friendly, understand?"

"You say one thing and mean another." Yingyue giggled. She didn't believe that Ye Qingzhou was a civilized person. There were two snakes in his family, and he was the most violent one. He would scatter people's ashes at any time, and yet he insisted that he was a civilized person.

Ye Qingzhou defended his behavior with a plausible argument, "What do you know? Cremation is an important symbol of modern civilization. It comes from heaven and earth and returns to heaven and earth. This is a very new environmental protection concept. I think you don't understand it at all. Anyway, you should stay out of our human affairs."

"Yes, yes, what you said is right."

Yingyue did not argue, but smiled and continued to massage Ye Qingzhou's shoulders.

…………

On the shore of Dongting Lake, in a pavilion shrouded in mist, ten people were having a tea party around a fire in the bitter cold wind.

He Guoxing, Wei Yong, Li Shulan, Yu Dabin, Fu Wei, Chen Yuezhi, Zhang Xinping, Luo Haifeng, and Zou Xiulan, ten of the twelve Junshan families are here today.

The remaining two families did not show up because they would never be able to come.

"Just yesterday, someone broke into the ancestral home of the Li family in Liancheng, shot Li Weifeng to death, then tortured and killed Li Wei, and finally even set the entire home on fire before leaving."

"It must have been done by Ye Qingzhou! He was so young, but he was so vicious that he actually killed everyone and brought disaster to his family! This matter must be reported to the Martial Arts Association and he must be severely punished!"

"Come on, Ye Qingzhou used a sword, and he has a good alibi."

"What on earth is Zhao Zhiyi doing? A few months ago, the Linjiang Song family was wiped out, and we haven't been given an explanation yet. Now he has wiped out the Liancheng Li family. If he continues to do this, how many of our Junshan Twelve Families will be left?"

Everyone was very indignant. They had made contributions and shed blood for the Dongji Kingdom in the past, but now they were being abandoned. How could they not be angry?
"Yes, Zhao Zhiyi must give us an explanation!"

"Last time, the murderer of the Song family was not found, but this time the murderer has been identified. Why hasn't Zhao Zhiyi arrested him yet?"

"If we don't take care of this matter today, who will stand up for us if the same thing happens to us in the future?"

"We must unite, otherwise we will be defeated one by one. Where will our Junshan Society have a foothold in the future?"

The official suppression, both overt and covert, had long made these old remnants of the martial arts world extremely dissatisfied. They even suspected that the Linjiang Song family was wiped out by Zhao Zhiyi and his men.

After all, Song Yanhai is an old master, and the Song family's "Six Wonders of Wind and Thunder" are extraordinary and powerful. Without a master-level expert, who can destroy the Song family quietly?

In a province as big as Hunan, there are only a handful of masters at the grandmaster level. Apart from Zhao Zhiyi, other martial arts masters have no reason to take action.

He Guoxing looked at the other nine people and said, "There seems to be some unusual movement in Jiuli Cave Heaven. After ten years, a new beast tide may be about to begin. Since Zhao Zhiyi is unkind to us, don't blame us for being unjust to him. Let him arrange his own people to guard this dangerous place."

"Haha, what Old He said is right. He wants us to work hard and he also wants our lives. Do you really think we are vegetarians and have no temper?"

The other nine people agreed upon hearing this, and the pressure soon came to Zhao Zhiyi.

Star City Martial Arts Association, President's Office.

Bang~Crack~
The valuable office desk was smashed to pieces. The red-veined ironwood, which was as hard as iron, was not much harder than tofu under the power of the grandmaster's fist.

At this moment, the office was filled with flying sawdust and documents scattered all over the floor.

Zhao Zhiyi's rage caused the martial arts association members passing by the corridor to walk more lightly, fearing that they would be implicated.

"What is the Junshan Society trying to do? How dare they threaten me with the safety of 17 million soldiers and civilians in Xiangxi?"

Governor Wang Anyuan sighed and said, "President, what should we do now? He Guoxing and others refused to go to guard Jiuli Cave Heaven on the grounds that they were worried about their own safety. They demanded that the Wushu Association must give an explanation for the destruction of the Linjiang Song family and the Liancheng Li family, otherwise..."

"Explain, explain. They're asking me for an explanation. Who should I ask for an explanation?"

Zhao Zhiyi is very angry now. Things have been going wrong for him recently, and several of them are directly or indirectly related to Ye Qingzhou.

Finally, Zhao Zhiyi thought about it and instructed Wang Anyuan: "The trouble was caused by Ye Qingzhou, so let him solve it. Jiuli Cave Heaven cannot be left unguarded. Doesn't he have a magic weapon and master-level combat power? Let him fill this hole for me!"

Jiangshan Dijing, No. 168.

Facing Wang Anyuan who came in person, Ye Qingzhou was speechless after hearing his request: "Let me guard Jiuli Cave Heaven?"

"I just asked you to guard the place for a month. The original candidate for rotation was Li Yaoping, but he died in your hands, so this is your responsibility."

Wang Anyuan also wanted to use the greater good to pressure Ye Qingzhou and make him submit.

But Ye Qingzhou didn't buy it at all: "According to Governor Wang's logic, if I kill you, does that mean I have to shoulder the governor's burden as well?"

As Ye Qingzhou's sharp eyes fell on Wang Anyuan's neck, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine and broke out in a cold sweat: "Ye... Ye Qingzhou, I'm warning you not to mess around!"

"Look, you're anxious again. I didn't say I wanted to be the governor, did I?"

Ye Qingzhou sneered. He would not be fooled by Wang Anyuan's funny logic.

Wang Anyuan's old face turned red and he felt embarrassed, but it was Zhao Zhiyi's order after all, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to fool Ye Qingzhou, trying to get him to accept the arrangement of the Martial Arts Association.

"Ye Qingzhou, you must know that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. Jiuli Cave Heaven involves the safety of Xiangxi. Do you really intend to stand idly by? If you hadn't killed Li Yaoping, things wouldn't have developed to this point. If those 17 million soldiers and civilians died because of you, would you be able to rest in peace?"

"sure."

"..."

Ye Qingzhou's answer silenced Wang Anyuan. In the past, whenever Wang Anyuan used justice to pressure others, he was always successful.

Unexpectedly, Ye Qingzhou didn't care about this kind of moral kidnapping at all, and acted like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water: "If something goes wrong, the first person responsible is also President Zhao. It's because you are just sitting there doing nothing that so many people died. What does it have to do with me? Do you know what it means to not meddle in other people's business?"

Ye Qingzhou was dismissive of Wang Anyuan's words: "I find you guys really funny. This one can't die, and that one can't die either. So, I'm the only one who can die, right?"

It was like this with Xing Jiansong last time, and it was like this with Li Yaoping this time too. They did so many evil things, but nothing happened to them. The most they did was to drink three glasses of wine as punishment.

why?
It's nothing more than a mount, with a Bodhisattva protecting it, so people don't look at the monk's face but the Buddha's face, lift him up high, put him down gently, and in the end only human relationships are left.

But Ye Qingzhou didn't care about these. Even if the Bodhisattva himself came down to earth and blocked his way, he would kill him.

Who cares whether there will be a flood after the death of Bodhisattva?
If the world is guarded by a group of things like this, then it might as well be destroyed and then a new one created, breaking down and then rebuilding.

Wang Anyuan's face darkened after being confronted by Ye Qingzhou: "Ye Qingzhou, are you really going to sit back and watch the safety of Xiangxi go to waste? Do you know how many people will die if something really happens?"

Ye Qingzhou's eyes flashed with coldness: "Don't put accusations on me. I only know that the greater the ability, the greater the power. If you want me to guard Jiuli Dongtian, it's not impossible, but you have to give me the same benefits as you gave Li Yaoping in the past, not a penny less."

After saying that, he served the guest tea.

Anyway, the conditions are here, and Ye Qingzhou will definitely not let others order him around for nothing.

"This is outrageous! How can this person have no vision at all!"

Wang Anyuan had no choice but to call Zhao Zhiyi and repeat Ye Qingzhou's request.

After hearing this, Zhao Zhiyi was unhappy, but he was short of manpower at the moment, so he still gave Wang Anyuan an order: "Promise him, the Li family in Liancheng is finished anyway, give him the things that were supposed to be given to the Li family."

"Yes, President."

Wang Anyuan felt very distressed. Originally, these benefits could have gone into the department's small treasury, but now they could only go to Ye Qingzhou for nothing.

He cursed in his heart: "What's wrong with the young people nowadays? They don't have the spirit of sacrifice and dedication! They talk about profit all the time. Is the goal of struggle for profit? It's really outrageous!"

(End of this chapter)