Zongwu: Yue Lao System, grab Huang Rong

Although their situation was not good, when they thought of the centenarian on Mountain 5.2, their anxious hearts calmed down, as if they had found a backbone.

A journey of a hundred miles begins with a single step. In order to avoid any trouble, the few of them decided not to stay at the foot of the mountain and to go straight up the mountain.

Only when they actually reach Wudang Mountain can they feel completely at ease.

However, at this moment, six masked assassins in black suddenly appeared from all directions, each holding a long sword in their hands, and stabbed Zhang Wuji and his group as fast as lightning.

When Zhang Wuji and his party saw Wudang Mountain, although they relaxed a little, they were not unprepared and immediately engaged in battle to meet the enemy.

However, what was incredible was that the Ming Cult suffered a crushing defeat as soon as they came into contact.

In just one encounter, more than 20 people from the Ming Cult died, including "Mr. Cold-Faced" Leng Qian, one of the Five Scattered Cultists.

Without time to grieve, Zhang Wuji cried out in shock, "Grandmaster!"

Six, all six of them are grandmasters, and they are in the late stage of grandmaster!

Zhang Wuji was shocked. He never expected that six late-stage grandmasters would join forces to ambush him at the foot of Wudang Mountain.

Moreover, these people have exactly the same martial arts skills, and they obviously have the same origin. Which force could be so powerful?

Not only can he send out six late-stage grandmasters, but he also wants to kill Zhang Sanfeng's apprentice under his nose. It is obvious that he wants to slap him in the face.

Zhang Wuji was not the only one who was shocked. All the women in the carriage exclaimed in surprise: "The Exorcism Sword Technique?!"

Chapter 131: Sunflower Past, Southern Shaolin's Conspiracy

The six assassins were incredibly fast, their sword styles were bizarre and varied, their angles were fierce and tricky, and they used risky moves, but they were able to escape danger every time and kill their opponents before others.

It was as if their brains were sophisticated supercomputers, and every time they drew their swords, they had gone through countless deductions and calculations.

It seems that the fighting style is a lose-lose situation or even a mutual destruction, but in fact it is a powerful killing move of "you die and I am unharmed".

The women were no strangers to this kind of martial arts, because except for Shui Sheng and a few others who had not practiced the "Liang Yi Xian Jing", they had already learned this skill.

It was the Evil-Defeating Sword Technique!

Li Yu heard this, but shook his head and corrected: "It's not the Exorcism Sword Technique, it's the Sunflower Manual, and it's the complete Sunflower Manual!"

The complete Sunflower Manual?

Huang Rong and the other girls, who knew the details, were shocked. "So, back then, Master Hongye of Southern Shaolin really didn't burn it, but instead played a trick and deceived everyone in the world?"

Li Yu pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know if it was Zen Master Hongye himself who did it, but Southern Shaolin Temple definitely knew about it, and the Sunflower Manual has always been in Southern Shaolin Temple."

"They dispatched six late-stage Grandmasters at once. Tsk tsk, I wonder how many masters Southern Shaolin has secretly cultivated over the past few decades."

The Sunflower Manual is a holy-level martial art, and Li Yu was unable to deduce any information directly related to it.

Qu Feiyan was born in the Sun Moon Sect, and had always been an enemy of Southern Shaolin. She was curious and asked, "Could there be a Martial Saint?"

Li Yu laughed dumbly: "Martial Saint? How can it be that easy!"

"The Saint Realm represents the limits of humankind. Becoming a Martial Saint isn't something you can achieve simply by learning a Saint-level technique. There are many obstacles along the way."

"For example, the Iron-hearted Divine Marquis, whose cultivation method of absorbing energy is also Saint-level, has absorbed countless people's energy in the past twenty years, yet he is still blocked at the threshold, outside the service road?"

"Xie Xiaofeng's father, Xie Xiaofeng's father, the owner of the Divine Sword Villa, Prince Xie 15, once reached the limit of the Grandmaster, but he was never able to take that step."

"There were also the Yihua Palace Grand Master Yao Yue, the Beicihang Zhai Master Fan Qinghui, and the Yingui Sect's Headmaster Zhu Yuyan two months ago..."

"Which of these people isn't the leader of a sect? Who doesn't have incredible martial arts talent? Aren't they stuck at the late Grandmaster stage for years, unable to break through?"

"To enter the Saint Realm, talent, resources, luck, opportunity, and character are all essential."

After hearing this, Qu Feiyan realized that she had taken things for granted.

After spending a long time with Li Yu, she came into contact with masters in the martial arts world, and even met grand masters every day. This not only broadened her horizons and mind, but also changed her mentality.

The Martial Saint who was once unattainable no longer seems so far away.

It's not just her, several women around Li Yu are like this.

Li Yu noticed it, but did not ask them to correct it.

Because this isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Li Yu was not afraid of them being too ambitious, because he had the "Liangyi Xianjing", a martial art that could evolve to the immortal level, and the holy realm was not out of reach.

What Li Yu was afraid of was that they didn't dare to think, didn't dare to broaden their thoughts and minds, couldn't open up their horizons, and felt that they were not good enough before they even started doing things.

This is what it means to not have the "heart of a strong person".

It is always better to be overconfident than to be underconfident.

If they hit a wall, Li Yu could still help them tear it down. But if they didn't even dare to charge and hesitated to move forward, it would be tiring to lead them.

Suddenly remembering something, Li Yu looked at Yue Lingshan and said, "Now that we have confirmed that the Sunflower Manual was not burned by Southern Shaolin, we have the answer to the culprit who designed the conflict between the Sun Moon Sect and the Five Mountains Sword Sect."

Seeing Li Yu looking at her and mentioning the Five Mountains Sword Sect, Yue Lingshan couldn't help but feel nervous: "What do you mean by 4% off for purchasing on behalf of others?"

Li Yu said slowly, "Decades ago, Yue Su and Cai Zifeng of the Huashan Sect secretly read the Sunflower Manual in the Southern Shaolin Sutra Library and hurried back to Huashan afterwards."

"Because time was tight, the two of them agreed to each record half."

"However, when they compared their written works, they found that the content was inconsistent and did not flow smoothly. They thought that the other party was deliberately concealing something, and thus the disagreement arose."

"After that, the conflict between the two intensified."

"At the same time, the factions to which the two men belonged, in order to fight for power, used a lame excuse to split Huashan into the Sword Sect and the Qi Sect."

"A few years later, Huashan suddenly received news that the Sun Moon Divine Cult was about to attack Huashan!"

"At that time, the Huashan Sect was not as powerful as it would be decades later when the Sword Sect and the Qi Sect engaged in internal strife. Upon hearing the news, they were horrified and invited the Songshan Sect, Taishan Sect, Hengshan Sect, and Hengshan Sect to come and help."

"The Sun and Moon Divine Cult is indeed attacking, and the two sides are fighting fiercely."

"The end result was that the five sects suffered heavy losses, and the Sun Moon Divine Sect also lost ten elders. It can be said that both sides suffered losses."

"From then on, a deep and irreconcilable hatred was formed between the two sides."

"The reason the Sun Moon Cult attacked Mount Hua was because they received news that Mount Hua had the Sunflower Manual."

"As for the result, I'm sure you've all thought of it."

"The Sun Moon Divine Cult stole most of the secret manual that Yue Su and Cai Zifeng copied. This is the incomplete version of the Sunflower Manual that Dongfang Bubai is currently practicing."

"Here comes a question. The existence of the Sunflower Manual on Mount Hua is a secret. Who leaked it to the Sun Moon Sect?"

"Yue Su? Cai Zifeng?"

"Although these two don't get along, they're both powerful elders in Huashan. How could they possibly dig their own graves? And they both died in that battle."

"Then there are only two suspects left: Lin Yuantu and Southern Shaolin."

"Lin Yuantu?" Yue Lingshan suddenly had an idea. "Junior Brother Lin's great-grandfather seems to be named Lin Yuantu... Oh right, the Sunflower Manual and the Exorcism Sword Technique are so similar, they must be related."

Just as he was thinking about this, he heard Li Yu say, "Lin Yuantu's original name was Monk Du Yuan. He came from Southern Shaolin Temple and was a favorite student of Zen Master Hongye."

"After Yue and Cai were discovered secretly reading the Sunflower Manual, Zen Master Hongye sent Monk Duyuan to Mount Hua to investigate the matter."

"When they arrived at Mount Hua, Yue and Cai apologized and asked him to teach them the martial arts contained in the Sunflower Manual."

"Monk Du Yuan had never read the Sunflower Manual. After seeing the martial arts contained in it, he secretly memorized them and casually explained them to Yue and Cai."

"For several days thereafter, Monk Du Yuan feigned friendship with Yue and Cai until he had memorized most of the contents of the treasure book and then left Huashan."

"Furthermore, he combined the contents of the treasure book with his own insights to create a bizarre and extraordinary martial art—the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique—and inscribed it on his own cassock."

"By this time, Monk Du Yuan's worldly desires were no longer repressed, and he decided to return to secular life. So, after writing a letter to the Southern Shaolin Temple, he reversed his Dharma name and took the name 'Yuan Tu'."

"I was originally wondering if Lin Yuantu, grateful for the kindness shown to him by Southern Shaolin, leaked this matter to the Sun Moon Divine Sect to divert the blame."

"After all, if this were to succeed, it would not only weaken the Five Great Sects and the Sun Moon Sect, suppressing their momentum for revival, but would also create an irreconcilable feud between the two sides, leading to generations of conflict. It would also divert those with ulterior motives from Southern Shaolin and focus on Mount Hua instead."

“It’s like killing three birds with one stone!”

"But now it seems that this was not done by Lin Yuantu, but by Nan Shaolin."

"Even Yue and Cai secretly reading the Sunflower Manual might have been the work of those monks."

"Otherwise, the Sutra Library is such a crucial place, how could they just enter and exit so easily?"

Upon hearing this, the women looked at each other in bewilderment.

If this is true, then Southern Shaolin is really far-sighted.

And the six killers in the mirror are the best evidence.

Yue Lingshan, a native of Mount Hua, clenched her fists in anger upon learning her family had been plotted against. "These bald asses! They are unworthy of being the leaders of the righteous path!"

She had been with Li Yu for some time, and had been with Huang Rong and other girls every day. Through what she saw and heard, she had come to understand that "black is not black, white is not white" in many cases.

Therefore, although she was angry about what Southern Shaolin did, she did not find it unbelievable or unacceptable.

"Southern Shaolin is so determined that in order to eliminate the scourge of Zhang Wuji, they are not hesitant to risk being exposed and send a master who practices the Sunflower Manual to kill him."

Huang Rong warned, "Brother Yu, we have to be careful too. Given the vengeful nature of these bald donkeys, I'm afraid they won't let us go. It's just that they can't find anyone right now."

Huang Rong didn't care much about offending Southern Shaolin because they were already grandmasters and had no rivals in the world.

Even if there is a martial saint hidden in Southern Shaolin, he is unable to split himself into two and is not to be feared.

But it's different now.

Southern Shaolin has confirmed the fact that it has the Sunflower Manual. Over the past few decades, no one knows how many masters have been secretly trained there. They can no longer take it lightly.

Putting aside other things, just considering the strength of the six assassins revealed in the mirror, Huang Rong believed that she could only fight three of them without being defeated. If she faced six at the same time, she would die if she didn't run away!

If these people resorted to sneak attacks and assassinations again, or if there were more of them, Huang Rong felt that she could report to the King of Hell.

If she is like this, then Tie Xinlan, Yue Lingshan and others are even more out of place.

So Huang Rong had to give a reminder.

Li Yu's eyes flashed, and he nodded slightly: "Rong'er is right, I will pay attention to it."

Then he instructed the women, "The same goes for you. There are always people better than you. Don't be careless. Don't underestimate the warriors of the world just because you have a little strength."

All the women responded in unison.

Shui Sheng's beautiful eyes revealed a look of confusion. "I've heard that Master Zhang of Wudang is the unrivaled leader of the Ming Dynasty martial arts world, with unparalleled martial arts skills," she asked, "Why did Southern Shaolin insist on attacking Zhang Wuji at the foot of Wudang Mountain? Isn't that very risky?"

"Maybe they thought that the Ming Cult members would relax their vigilance when they arrived at Wudang Mountain?" Tie Xinlan guessed.

Ren Yingying smiled and shook her head: "Under the overwhelming strength, the opponent's mental state actually has no impact on the outcome of the battle."

"Why is that?" Han Ji also interjected.