The Villain's Counterattack

The Huashan Sword Contest and the Songshan Martial Arts Contest, a farce caused by the merger of the Five Great Sword Sects, has finally come to an end. For six whole days, all the participants in the martial arts world had a great time. As expected, Linghu Chong topped the Hidden Dragon List, the second place was taken by Ren Yingying, Yue Lingshan was in third place, and Lan Fenghuang was in fourth place. Many people were excited that the righteous sect had defeated the evil sect.

However, the results of the comparison between the top masters did not make the Five Mountains Sword Sect happy. Lin Pingzhi almost crushed everyone in the way, defeating Yue Buqun, Master Fangzheng, Taoist Chongxu, Zuo Lengchan, and Ren Woxing in succession, and finally won the title of the world's number one master.

This kid was really too much. On the first day, he used the Huashan swordsmanship to defeat Yue Buqun. On the second day, he used the "Turning Sky Palm" to defeat Master Fangzheng. On the third day, he used the "Nine Swords of Dugu" to defeat Taoist Chongxu. On the fourth day, he defeated Zuo Lengchan with the "Bixie Swordsmanship" which was a combination of the fast and slow swordsmanship of Songshan. On the last day, he fought against Ren Woxing and actually won by relying on hidden weapons, which reminded everyone of the last of the three unique skills of the Lin family, the "Silver Feather Arrow".

So Lin Pingzhi, the best master in the world, was given the title of the master of swordsmanship, palm skills and hidden weapons, and perfectly reproduced the glory of his ancestor Lin Yuantu. However, the most shocking thing was his lightness skill. After winning the title of the best master in the world, this kid directly used his lightness skill to escape under the noses of thousands of masters of the Demon Sect, and no one could catch up with him.

The twenty flying knights under his command had secretly slipped away during the competition, but because the competition was so exciting, no one noticed their departure.

Zuo Lengchan became the biggest loser. Apart from Master Fangzheng and Taoist Chongxu, who humbly gave way to him, he lost to Ren Woxing, Lin Pingzhi, and Yue Buqun in succession, and was excluded from the Five Great Masters.

Lin Pingzhi is known as the Sword Master of the East China Sea and is ranked number one in the world. Ren Woxing is known as the Old Demon of the North Cliff and is ranked number two in the world. He first defeated Zuo Lengchan, then defeated Taoist Chongxu, and tied with Yue Buqun and Master Fangzheng. He only lost to Lin Pingzhi, so being second is acceptable.

Ranked third is Yue Buqun. After being defeated by Lin Ping, he defeated Zuo Lengchan. In the following battles, he defended himself tightly and dragged the other people to the point where they could not bear it anymore. In the end, they had to draw. His duel with Master Fang Zheng was a classic. The two were a little too polite. They exchanged moves, and at the same time, they did not forget to comment on each other, which perfectly interpreted what it means to make friends through martial arts.

Master Fang Zheng ranked fourth, losing only to Lin Pingzhi, achieving a record of four draws. He clearly had the ability to defeat Zuo Lengchan but he resisted the urge to do so. He was also overly humble when fighting with Yue Buqun. However, it is estimated that even if he tried his best, it would be difficult to break through Yue Buqun's layers of defense within 500 moves.

As each competition progressed, Yue Buqun continued to advance on the path to becoming a top master. After pretending to be a hypocrite for a long time, he became more and more of a gentleman, and his skills perfectly matched the spirit of the "Yangwu Sword Technique", and his defense was also greatly enhanced.

Fifth-placed Taoist Chongxu lost twice. His second defeat was somewhat unfair. If Lin Pingzhi hadn't broken his swordsmanship the day before, alerting Ren Woxing, how could he have suffered a second defeat? Fortunately, there was Zuo Lengchan at the bottom of the list, otherwise he would have been forced to defeat him personally to escape the humiliation of being eliminated.

Yue Buqun is respected as the Gentleman of Xiyue, which means that he is polite and an upright gentleman.

Master Fang Zheng is revered as the Zhongyue Vajra. His palm technique is so superb that he can suppress demons and evil spirits like a Vajra and guard the Central Plains.

Taoist Master Chongxu was respected as Taoist Master Nanshan, which meant that Taoism regarded him as the leader. However, he brought shame to Taoism. He was actually at the bottom and was almost eliminated.

Not only did Zuo Lengchan lose miserably in the competition among top masters at Songshan, he was almost wiped out in the competition for the Hidden Dragon List, which made Huashan steal the limelight. Lin Pingzhi, the world's number one martial artist, fled as soon as the competition was over, but no one dared to approach the old monster on Beiya because the demonic energy was too strong and would shorten his lifespan.

In the end, Yue Buqun, who was ranked third in the world, became the focus of everyone's attention and attracted countless people's flattery. However, Yue Buqun knew that he actually did not win a single match. However, under the pressure of so many top masters, "Yangwu Sword Technique" made another breakthrough and his defense became stronger, which made him quite satisfied.

The current Ming Dynasty is severely suppressing warriors. I use martial arts to cultivate myself and I don’t seek to be competitive. You can’t do anything to me, right?

Having failed to capture Lin Pingzhi and only gotten the second place in the world, Ren Woxing could only return home in a bad mood. The more he thought about it on the way, the angrier he became. He fainted without catching his breath. Ren Yingying, Xiang Wentian and others were shocked. Later, Ping Yizhi diagnosed Ren Woxing, but he still couldn't let this old man who loved to commit suicide live too long. He passed away three months later.

Ren Woxing's death caused some minor troubles. The elders got together and decided to push Ren Yingying out to become the leader. At the same time, they secretly found Lin Pingzhi to assist Ren Yingying as the chief.

Lin Pingzhi, sadly, discovered he was incredibly busy. First, he worked with Yue Buqun and Feng Qingyang to create the "Yangwu Internal Skill," a technique truly compatible with the "Yangwu Sword Technique." While merely a basic internal skill, it possessed boundless potential, only slightly inferior to the Huashan Foundation's basic elements. Lin Pingzhi presented this internal skill and a streamlined version of the "Yangwu Sword Technique" to the current emperor. Using the "Sunflower Manual" as an example, he briefly explained the impact of martial arts on human nature. If this internal skill wasn't cultivated well, and the swordsmanship wasn't practiced with great vigor, it simply indicated a person's heart wasn't right.

When the Emperor heard that there was such a method, he asked the great scholar of the time to examine it carefully. He found that this internal skill had a good effect on Confucian self-cultivation. The real great scholar learned it in three days, achieved some success in one month, and became a third-rate master after three months. You know, he was an old man over sixty years old.

reward!

The Emperor awarded Huashan's Yue Buqun the title of Gentleman Sword, and personally wrote the plaque "Gentleman Sword". At the same time, he made "Yangwu Neigong" and "Basic Yangwu Sword Technique" compulsory subjects for Confucian disciples. Without mastering Yangwu Neigong, they were not allowed to take the imperial examinations, and without mastering "Yangwu Sword Technique", they were not allowed to enter the officialdom. For a time, Huashan's Yue Buqun was famous throughout the world.

Yue Buqun, this cunning old fellow, was very smart to retreat at the right time and directly passed the throne to his son-in-law Linghu Chong. Then he devoted himself to reading books of sages and cultivating his own noble spirit. When he had nothing to do, he traveled around and gave lectures, looking like an old scholar. At the same time, he thought happily in his heart that our Huashan Qi Sect is indeed the right way, and His Majesty the Emperor himself certified it.

The Huashan Sect received a plaque personally bestowed by the Emperor. Zuo Lengchan concocted countless schemes, but ultimately had to give up. Just then, word spread that the Demonic Cult had launched a massive attack, establishing over a dozen strongholds, large and small, outside the Great Wall, and making a killing. They were using various dishonorable tactics against foreigners, yet surprisingly, few people complained. Instead, they gained support from the border troops, helped with their business, and made a fortune. Those who returned from the Great Wall were lavishly wealthy.

Soon after, news came from Shaolin that the Japanese country in the East China Sea advocated Buddhism, and several eminent monks from Shaolin Temple went to Japan to spread Buddhism. In order to invite these dozen eminent monks, Japan paid a cart of gold and two carts of silver.

That’s right, it’s not by the pound, but directly by the truckload.

Then a branch of the Wudang Sect went to the Ryukyu Oshima Island and is said to have become the state religion of the Ryukyu Lin Kingdom. Lin Pingzhi also hired some Taoists who were proficient in alchemy with a large sum of money, intending to achieve immortality (in the end they all went to research explosives).

Heimu Cliff issued a ban, prohibiting evil deeds. Those who did evil would be exiled to the frontier or overseas. As a result, there were people stealing and then turning themselves in all day long and requesting to go to the frontier to make a fortune. The entire Central Plains was peaceful. The evil people found that they would be severely punished if they caused trouble in the Central Plains, but they could get rewards if they caused trouble outside the frontier or overseas, so they all ran away as fast as they could.

Anyway, I can come back after playing enough outside, and then I will be covered in gold and silver and free to spend it. I never dared to think of such a wonderful thing before.

The current principle of the Demon Cult can be summed up in one sentence: be well behaved at home, play as you please when you go out, and eat anything, but you cannot suffer any loss.

There is a saying in the Ming Dynasty: At home, you and I are enemies, but outside, you and I are brothers. No matter whether we are from a famous and upright family or a crooked and evil one, Han people are Han people.