Sword from Songshan

Chapter 166 Join forces
"Master Ren, Miss Ren, long time no see."

Lu Nanxing glanced at the three of them and couldn't help but smile.

"We have been apart for a long time. Even if we don't drink and chat about the past, there is no need to arrest me."

"Little boy, what past stories do I want to tell you?"

"That's not right. The fact that Master Ren was able to free the trapped dragon was all thanks to my efforts."

"That's true. Now that you've learned the secret manual of magical skills that I left in the dungeon at the bottom of the lake, we're even now."

Ren Woxing snorted lightly, and then his face suddenly became gloomy.

"But you attacked various halls of the Holy Church, absorbed the power of the followers, and put the blame on me. I have to settle this account with you!"

"Isn't this unfair? All those followers I recruited were traitors who betrayed you, Master Ren! As for framing me, I have never claimed to be Ren Woxing."

"Smooth tongue!"

Ren Woxing's eyes became fierce and his voice became low.

"Since you are a talented person, if you know what's best for you and surrender, I can spare your life."

"Why does this sound so familiar?"

Lu Nanxing smiled and then waved his hand.

"Since Master Ren is not looking for me to reminisce about the past, I don't want to settle any grievances with Master Ren, so we'll say goodbye now."

"Want to leave? Forget it!"

Ren Woxing roared, his eyebrows raised, and he raised his palm to slap over.

Lu Nanxing's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he faced forward with claws.

There were a few muffled thuds, and fists and palms collided, and the two men hit each other directly.

Before Dongfang Bubai mastered the Sunflower Manual, Ren Woxing was already a great demon feared by the righteous in the martial arts world, and he could compete with Master Fang Zheng and Feng Qingyang for the title of the best in the world.

In the original novel, the Four Friends of Meizhuang lost to Linghu Chong, so they arranged for Ren Woxing to duel with him, and were confident that he could win, which shows how high Ren Woxing's attainments in swordsmanship were.

During the three battles at Shaolin Temple, Ren Woxing competed with Master Fangzheng in palm techniques. Although he won in the end by relying on conspiracy and trickery, in terms of palm techniques alone, his palm techniques were not much weaker than Master Fangzheng's Thousand-Handed Tathagata Palm.

Zuo Lengchan, who was watching from the sidelines, thought that his Great Songyang Divine Palm was better than his.

From this we can see that Ren Woxing was able to dominate the martial arts world more than a decade ago not only by relying on the Star-Absorbing Art, but also because he had already reached the pinnacle of both internal and external skills.

"As expected of the former leader of the Demon Cult."

After fighting for dozens of rounds, even with the indestructible Sky-Tearing Claws, Lu Nanxing was unable to gain any advantage. He secretly sighed, feeling quite helpless.

He had fought with Ren Woxing once before, and although he won, he used a trick and poison to hurt him.

No one will fall into the same trap twice, let alone Ren Woxing. This time, not only did he decide not to absorb Lu Nanxing's internal energy, he didn't even give Lu Nanxing a chance to compete with him in internal energy. He just used fists, kicks and palms to deal with him.

Lu Nanxing didn't know what palm technique Ren Woxing used. The moves were not complicated or fancy, but sharp and clean, with a sense of returning to basics. The palm power was also extremely strong.

After breaking dozens of these moves, Lu Nanxing deeply realized the value of the former leader of the Demon Cult, who was truly impeccable.

"Good boy!"

Compared to the convinced Lu Nanxing, Ren Woxing was also shocked.

Having also practiced the Star-Absorbing Technique, Lu Nanxing has absorbed so many people during this period of time, and his internal strength is indeed not inferior to his. This is actually nothing.

The key is Lu Nanxing's claw technique, which consists of some grappling tiger claws and eagle claws. Although it is considered to be top-notch, it is not difficult to crack.

The key is the power of this claw technique, it is so strong!
At first, not knowing the details, Ren Woxing and Lu Nanxing collided head-on. He wanted to suppress Lu Nanxing with the force of his palm, but instead of repelling Lu Nanxing, his palm felt as if it was grabbed by steel. Although no blood was seen, it was painful as if it was torn apart.

After trying twice more, Ren Woxing finally realized how powerful the Sky-Tearing God Claw was. He didn't dare to confront Lu Nanxing's claws head-on anymore and just relied on his other moves to deal with the opponent.

Although Lu Nanxing's moves were ordinary, he could often attack Ren Woxing by "rushing forward" with his claws. In this way, even if Ren Woxing had exquisite moves, they were useless for a while and he could not hurt Lu Nanxing.

The two fought back and forth for seventy or eighty rounds, but there was no winner or loser, and it was unclear who was better.

Ren Yingying and Xiang Wentian were standing by and couldn't help but frown when they saw this.

Lu Nanxing's current reputation in the righteous way is almost as high as that of Taoist Chongxu. It is said that a great reputation is hard to live up to, but looking at the competition between Lu Nanxing and Ren Woxing at this time, I am afraid that the rumors are too conservative.

The two were truly shocked as to how Lu Nanxing's martial arts had improved so much in such a short period of time, to the point that even Ren Woxing couldn't defeat him for a while.

They wanted to step forward to help, but without Ren Woxing's permission, they did not dare to act rashly, for fear of embarrassing Ren Woxing and being reprimanded.

"Good boy! You do have some skills."

After fighting for more than ten rounds, Ren Woxing snorted softly, suddenly jumped back two steps, put some distance between them and stopped temporarily.

Lu Nanxing didn't want to fight anymore. Although he was not afraid of Ren Woxing now, it was still difficult for him to be able to defeat Ren Woxing.

In fact, when martial arts are practiced to their level, it is difficult to determine the winner in a short period of time. It is like the five great masters fighting on Mount Huashan, which took seven days and seven nights to determine the winner.

It's just right to stop like this.

"Boy, your martial arts skills are pretty good. You have passed my test."

"test?"

Lu Nanxing was slightly stunned, then smiled again. The old man really knew how to save face.

"What kind of test? Is the teacher looking for a son-in-law?"

"What nonsense!"

"Daddy! Why waste your time talking to him? Just kill him!"

Ren Yingying was so angry that her face turned red. If it weren't for her lack of martial arts skills, she would have stabbed Lu Nanxing twice.

Lu Nanxing curled his lips. It was called a demon cult, but they were so conservative that they couldn't even make a joke.

"Boy, don't be so slick with me."

Ren Woxing's face darkened, and he paused for a moment before speaking again.

"With your martial arts skills, you are qualified to fight Dongfang Bubai together with me!"

"To deal with Dongfang Bubai..."

Lu Nanxing's expression froze and he stopped joking.

"How to deal with it?"

"It's very simple."

Ren Woxing said directly with a serious expression.

"Just continue what you've been doing recently!"

"What have you done recently?"

"That's right. Continue to attack the various branches of the Holy Church. When Dongfang Bubai realizes that the situation is getting serious, he will definitely come down the cliff to capture you."

"Luring the snake out of its hole?"

Lu Nanxing understood and sneered again.

Dongfang Bubai is the best martial artist in the world, and the Sun Moon Sect is the most powerful force in the martial arts world. To want to kill Dongfang Bubai at the Black Wood Cliff is nothing but a foolish dream.

This was already demonstrated by the fact that the righteous forces had gathered together before but ended up suffering heavy casualties.

If Dongfang Bubai leaves Black Wood Cliff, although he is still the best martial artist in the world, two fists cannot beat four hands. As long as a large number of masters are gathered to besiege him, it may be possible to kill him!

As long as Dongfang Bubai dies, Lu Nanxing will no longer have anyone to fear in this world.

The matter is very simple, but how could Dongfang Bubai not know this, so he would not leave Black Wood Cliff easily.

But if the various branches of the Sun-Moon Divine Sect are constantly being destroyed and the elders sent down never return, can he still sit still?
Therefore, although this trick of luring the snake out of its hole is crude, it is indeed a feasible method.

"Master Ren is really calculating."

Lu Nanxing snorted lightly, looking displeased.

The only thing is that Lu Nanxing is acting as bait to lure the snake, and if he is not careful, he may be swallowed by the snake!

Ren Woxing's method undoubtedly put Lu Nanxing in danger.

"You do not have to worry about."

Seeing Lu Nanxing's concerns, Ren Woxing explained.

"I have spies at Blackwood Cliff. Once Dongfang Bubai comes down the cliff, he will notify me. Then you and I can ambush him on the way and work together to get rid of him. What else is there to worry about?" "Forget it."

Although Lu Nanxing was interested in getting rid of Dongfang Bubai, there were too many problems.

The most important point is that he and Ren Woxing alone may not be a match for Dongfang Bubai.

As for Ren Woxing's spies, apart from Shangguan Yun, Ren Woxing must have gathered some other old subordinates after being out of trouble for so long, so there should be no problem in passing on the message.

But things are unpredictable, and Lu Nanxing still doesn't feel comfortable handing his life over to other people.

To put it bluntly, he doesn't trust Ren Woxing!
The two of them were fighting just now, so how could Lu Nanxing trust him?

"If you go against my wishes, you may not survive past the next month!"

Seeing that Lu Nanxing did not agree, Ren Woxing said in a deep voice.

Lu Nanxing looked at Ren Woxing and smiled again.

"Master Ren is indeed a master of martial arts, but I am not so easy to defeat with my limited martial arts skills. If Master Ren doesn't believe me, you three can come together and continue the competition."

"There's no need for any competition."

Ren Woxing spoke leisurely, looking confident.

"You secretly learned my magic skills in the West Lake Dungeon, thinking you were getting an advantage, but you didn't know that your life was in danger!"

"Master Ren, please don't take advantage of my youth and scare me with random words."

"Humph, you ignorant boy, my magic skills are not so easy to learn."

Ren Woxing snorted coldly, looked quite disdainful, and spoke directly.

"The Star Absorbing Technique can absorb people's internal energy, which makes it invincible in the world. However, little do people know that everything has its pros and cons. If the Star Absorbing Technique cannot merge the internal energy of others into one, it will backfire!"

"Really?"

Lu Nanxing pretended not to know, but asked despite knowing the answer.

"If that's the case, how can Master Ren be alright?"

"I have been practicing in seclusion for many years and have already figured out the method of integrating true qi."

Master Ren showed pride on his face and then sneered.

"In just this one month, you have absorbed the energy of hundreds of people. You have accumulated so much alien energy in your body. Once it explodes, you will definitely die!"

"So that's it."

Lu Nanxing nodded, then turned and left.

How could he not know the dangers of the Star Absorbing Art? Even if the true energy was not consumed by him, it could be integrated with the Shenzhao Gong, so there was no need to worry at all.

He was too lazy to continue teasing Ren Woxing, so he just left.

"and many more!"

Seeing that Lu Nanxing was about to leave, Ren Woxing quickly stopped him, not knowing whether he didn't believe it or was just bluffing.

"As long as you help me kill Dongfang Bubai, I can help you dissolve the alien Qi in your body and save your life!"

"No need."

Lu Nanxing said something but didn't even turn his head.

Ren Woxing showed doubt on his face. It was impossible for Lu Nanxing to absorb so much inner energy in such a short period of time without feeling anything.

Since he already knew the problem, he still looked uninterested. Could it be that he already had a way to resolve it?

Ren Woxing frowned instantly. Even for him, it took him several years to research the solution.

How did Lu Nanxing know?
Or maybe Lu Nanxing has other ways to rescue him, such as Shaolin Yi Jin Jing.

But how could the Shaolin secret skills be passed on to an outsider like him?

He couldn't figure it out for a moment, and seeing Lu Nanxing was about to walk away, Ren Woxing didn't have time to think about it and shouted again.

"Don't you want to kill Dongfang Bubai?"

"...Of course I do."

Lu Nanxing stopped, turned around again, and looked at Ren Woxing with his eyes.

"But unfortunately, I don't trust you."

"really."

Ren Woxing nodded slightly. If it were him, he would not have believed Lu Nanxing.

After a slight hesitation, he asked directly.

"What do you need to do to believe it?"

"I should ask Master Ren what he is willing to do to make me believe."

"In this case."

Ren Woxing lowered his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly pushed Ren Yingying out.

"My daughter has been with you all these days! If I wanted to harm you, I would never disregard my daughter's life!"

"Daddy..."

He actually took her as a hostage. Ren Yingying glanced at Ren Woxing and called out softly. Seeing that Ren Woxing had no reaction, she said no more.

Then he put away his gloomy expression, still looking at Lu Nanxing aggressively.

"In this case……"

After looking at Ren Yingying and then at Ren Woxing, Lu Nanxing pondered for a while.

It is true that Ren Yingying is Ren Woxing’s daughter, but they have been separated for sixteen years. How much affection is there between them?
In fact, if Ren Yingying had not been ostracized by Yang Lianting and gradually lost power in the Sun Moon Sect, she would probably not have thought of saving this father who had disappeared since childhood and whom she did not have much impression of.

As for Ren Woxing, he only regarded Ren Yingying as a tool and at most trusted her more than an ordinary subordinate.

If the critical moment comes, they will also give up.

After all, Ren Woxing, as the former leader of the Demon Cult, is a top-notch hero. He would probably abandon even the children he had watched grow up, let alone a daughter he hadn't seen for more than ten years.

"it is good!"

However, Ren Yingying is Ren Woxing's blood after all, and can illustrate Ren Woxing's sincerity.

Moreover, whether considering the original work or the current situation, Ren Woxing’s top priority is to get rid of Dongfang Bubai.

They have the same goal, and with Ren Yingying as a hostage, the two can cooperate.

"Haha~! That's great."

Seeing that Lu Nanxing finally agreed, Ren Woxing laughed out loud, his face full of joy.

Then, the two of them discussed in detail, such as how to communicate with each other and the time when Lu Nanxing would attack various locations of the Sun Moon Sect.

Two hours later, everything was discussed and Ren Woxing and Xiang Wentian left, leaving Ren Yingying behind.

"Miss Ren."

Looking at Ren Yingying who had a cold face in front of him, Lu Nanxing smiled.

"I'm sorry that you have to stay with me for a while."

"Hmph~!"

Ren Yingying snorted coldly. Although she was dissatisfied, she could do nothing about it.

After a moment, he asked again.

"Where to go next?"

"Shaolin!"

Lu Nanxing's face was serious and he said two words lightly.

I'm afraid that just him and Ren Woxing are not enough to defeat Dongfang Bubai, they need other helpers!
Ordinary first-rate masters are useless. We need top masters. Ren Woxing cannot invite them, but with Lu Nanxing's face, he should be able to persuade Master Fangzheng and Taoist Chongxu.

(End of this chapter)