Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 188: Lian appears in Zuixianlou

In mid-June, the temperature had begun to rise, and Zuixianlou had become even hotter. Almost all the well-known figures in the Jiangnan area had gathered here.

Although the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan were stranded in the desert for eighteen years, they did not completely lose contact with their fellow travelers in Jiangnan. In addition to correspondence, the Horse God Han Baoju traveled back and forth between the two places many times, bringing back some fine horses from Mongolia to sell in Jiangnan and to do favors.

Therefore, in the past eighteen years, although the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan have been less active in Jiangnan, their reputation has become even more famous.

After all, who wouldn’t like the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan, who make cakes but don’t share them and don’t meddle in other people’s business?

Now, the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan are going to work with Qiu Chuji to resolve the agreement made eighteen years ago. Inexplicably, it has turned into a competition between the northern and southern martial arts worlds, giving this competition more definitions.

Among the many Jiangnan martial artists who came upon hearing the news, there was Master Ku Mu, the abbot of Yunqi Temple. He was also one of the "participants" in the old incident eighteen years ago. Master Jiao Mu, the abbot of Fahua Temple, was entrusted by him to help protect Duan Tiande, and he was also deceived by his "nephew" Duan Tiande, so he wrote to Jiao Mu and asked Jiao Mu to help Duan Tiande.

This led to a conflict between Jiao Mu and Qiu Chuji, which in turn led to the invitation of the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan to act as peacemakers. It was at Zuixian Tower that Qiu Chuji determined that Jiao Mu and Duan Tiande were in cahoots, and he challenged the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan to a drinking contest using his internal energy, and both sides showed off their magical powers and fought each other.

This is also the origin of the relationship between Qiu Chuji and the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan, and also the root of the eighteen-year gambling fight.

Although Jiao Mu was dead, Ku Mu appeared here, not only as a witness to the duel, but also to put an end to the past grudge.

Right next to Master Kurumu, there was a young man with a rather heroic appearance and somewhat dark skin. The young man was escorting a short and fat middle-aged man. They tied him up tightly and sealed his mouth so that he could not speak.

This short and fat middle-aged man was Duan Tiande.

The "insider" of the Song Dynasty who met Wanyan Kang on Taihu Lake that day had a share of this heavenly virtue.

After the Taihu Lake bandits hijacked the boat, Wanyan Kang escaped, but Duan Tiande was captured by Lu Guanying, the young master of Guiyun Villa.

It happened that Lu Guanying was a disciple of Master Kurumu, and had heard his master mention this old incident. Now the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan wanted to settle the old incident from eighteen years ago with Qiu Chuji in Zuixian Tower, and invited prominent people in the Jiangnan martial arts world to be witnesses. Lu Guanying brought up this matter and went to the Zuixian Tower with his master Kurumu.

In the middle of the already prepared hall, Qiu Chuji and the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan stood facing each other, while Guo Jing and Wanyan Kang also followed behind their respective masters.

There is a table in the middle, which is filled with drinks.

"Eighteen years! In the blink of an eye, it's been eighteen years, and we've all grown old!" Ke Zhen'e smiled bitterly and shook his head, wondering if he was recalling many past events in his mind.

Han Xiaoying followed behind her elder brother and swallowed some words that were on the tip of her tongue.

Ever since Qiu Chuji's original spirit descended upon his body and his cultivation advanced greatly, he has gradually shown signs of 'rejuvenation'. Now if he shaves off his beard, he looks only about 27 or 28 years old, which is far from being old... The only old ones are the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan.

"We originally agreed to settle our feud in Zuixian Tower on March 14th, but something unexpected happened, so we agreed with Sha Tongtian, Liang Ziweng, Lingzhi Shangren and Peng Lianhu to fight to the death in Zuixian Tower on August 15th."

"I don't want to go around in circles and end up back here. Let's decide the winner first. Then, no matter what the result is, we must join forces on August 15 to deal with those four people." Ke Zhen'e continued, as if he was sorting out the order and sequence.

Eighteen years ago, the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan traveled to the desert in search of Guo Jing. They were gone for eighteen years, and missed all their best years. This was because a gentleman's promise is as good as a thousand pounds, and also because the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan were all very proud. If they couldn't get their face back, they would have no face to stay in the martial arts world again.

In Zhongdu, although Qiu Chuji admitted defeat, how could such a light sentence outweigh the pain and hard work of the past eighteen years?

It has to be said that Qiu Chuji was too arrogant, to the point that he even took the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan's efforts for granted.

"No need to wait until August 15th, we're already here!" A voice interrupted Ke Zhenwu's recollection.

But Ouyang Ke led the way, and Sha Tongtian, Master Lingzhi and Liang Ziweng, along with a group of subordinates, entered the venue one after another.

As for Peng Lianhu...he had been crippled by Wanyan Kang and could only stay in Zhongdu to "recuperate". He had no ability to participate in this duel.

Zhu Cong whispered the situation to Ke Zhenwu.

At almost the same time, Hao Datong and Tan Churui, who were active in Jiangnan, also led a number of Quanzhen disciples into the venue and spontaneously stood behind Qiu Chuji. Although they did not say a word, their sharp aura was already released.

Today, Quanzhen Sect is undoubtedly the largest sect in the world, having replaced Shaolin as the leader of the righteous path.

Many people think that the Seven Masters of Quanzhen are very "weak", but is there a possibility that the Five Supremes are too strong? That's why the Seven Masters of Quanzhen seem weak.

If the Seven True Immortals were not strong enough, without Wang Chongyang and with Zhou Botong trapped on Peach Blossom Island, how could they support the world's largest sect?

"Now that I'm here, I can deal with you first. It can also be used as a snack." Zhu Cong said to Sha Tongtian and others.

Upon hearing this, Sha Tongtian and the others immediately glared at her, only Ouyang Ke stared at Huang Rong without blinking, and even started to move towards the camp of the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan.

"Mr. Ouyang!" Master Lingzhi reminded him quickly.

They were all gangsters who didn't really care about their reputation. Their purpose in coming here was to "rescue" Wanyan Kang as entrusted by Wanyan Honglie.

It is best to muddy the situation at this moment, and then enter the game and take action.

Ouyang Ke came to his senses after being reminded. He gave Huang Rong a smile that he thought was elegant, but he only saw the back of Huang Rong's head. He couldn't help feeling disappointed. Then he looked at that stupid boy Guo Jing and became furious. He completely forgot the task assigned by Wanyan Honglie.

Ouyang Feng made a mistake when he was young. He was obsessed with beauty and ruined the friendship between brothers. Therefore, when he was teaching Ouyang Ke, he deliberately arranged a large number of beauties for him, trying to use this method to make Ouyang Ke indifferent to matters between men and women and no longer be confused by them.

But he never expected that Ouyang Ke, who was used to smooth sailing, would fall in love with a thorny person. A good pervert, he turned into a licking dog. In the original story line, Huang Rong almost killed him and broke his legs, but he didn't tell Ouyang Feng the truth, and only said that he was careless.

"Want to deal with us first? Then give it a try!"

"Young prince, just wait and see how we take down all these hypocritical guys." Sha Tongtian looked like a rough and reckless man, but he was very smart. On the one hand, he responded to Zhu Cong's provocation, on the other hand, he diverted the blame to Wanyan Kang who was behind Qiu Chuji.

Sure enough, when these words were spoken, many people in the Jiangnan martial arts world who were unaware of the situation became indignant.

When they saw that Wanyan Kang did not refute, these people in the Jiangnan martial arts world immediately became furious.

"Is the Quanzhen Sect still colluding with the Jin thieves?"

"Sure enough, there is not a single good person in the Northern Wulin!"

"Everyone wait and see the situation. If things don't go well, we will fight together and never let our own people suffer." All the Jiangnan martial artists stood up for the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan.

When the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan were still active in Jiangnan, they were actually not very likable and not very sociable.

After a long time, I feel better.

"Everyone! Don't be impulsive. I believe that the Taoist priests of Quanzhen Sect are definitely not the kind of people who are in league with bandits."

"Of course, if there really is something going on, I, Wan Zhenshan, will be the first one to disagree." A middle-aged man with a decent look stood up and spoke on behalf of the Jiangnan martial arts world.

Someone immediately said, "Since Senior Wan of Wuyun Hands is guaranteeing us, we can take a look at what is going on."

There was a lively commotion all around. Many of the famous martial arts masters in Jiangnan saw that Wan Zhenshan took the opportunity to show off his reputation, and they all thought about when to interrupt and get some benefits.

This is what they mean when they say you build the stage and I perform.

Although Guo Jing and Wanyan Kang both learned the magic of wedding dress, when it comes to using it best, it has to be these old hands in the martial arts world.

"Today is about settling an old matter from eighteen years ago."

"Since we are bringing up old matters again, this guy is indispensable!" Lu Guanying kicked Duan Tiande out, then pulled out the coarse cloth stuffed in his mouth. There were a few unpeeled walnuts in the cloth. With this thing stuffed in his mouth, Duan Tiande wanted to push the cloth out with his tongue, but he couldn't do it.

The unpeeled walnuts were very numbing to the mouth. Duan Tiande drooled and kept rolling and squirming towards Wanyan Kang, saying reluctantly: "Little... Little Bowl... Dimple!"

Wanyan Kang didn't even look at Duan Tiande.

Lu Guanying glanced at Wanyan Kang with a gloomy look, then stepped on Duan Tiande's chest with his foot, and put a sharp ox horn knife against Duan Tiande's heart.

"You may not know this, but this is Duan Tiande, a military officer of our Song Dynasty. Eighteen years ago, he colluded with the Jin people, killed our Song compatriots, kidnapped our Han sisters, and committed countless evil deeds."

"The original cause of this Zuixianlou martial arts competition was instigated by this villain." Lu Guanying briefly explained the whole story.

Guo Jing was so excited when he heard this that he couldn't help but stride forward and asked, "Is this man Duan Tiande?"

Lu Guanying nodded again to confirm.

Guo Jing rushed to Duan Tiande in two steps, grabbed him up, compared his appearance with his mother's description, and then let out a long roar: "It is indeed this evil villain!"

"Evil villain! Give me back my father's life!"

After saying this, he was about to send this piece of Tiande to hell with one punch.

Guo Jing is also a warrior who has been on the battlefield. He seems to be a gentle person on weekdays, but when it comes to killing, he will not show any mercy.

"Brother Guo, wait a minute!"

"This evil villain certainly deserves to be put to death, but he still needs to explain an old story first."

"He is not the mastermind behind the affairs between the Guo and Yang families!" Lu Guanying stopped Guo Jing and said.

Many years later, Lu Guanying was just a supporting role to Guo and Huang, and an almost unknown supporter of them. But at this time, he was worthy of being a young hero. He led more than a dozen bandits in Taihu Lake, killed the Jin thieves, refused the imperial court's call for amnesty, and his martial arts skills were considered the best among the younger generation.

Even though he knew that this game was originally a stage for Wanyan Kang and Guo Jing, he still insisted on rushing in.

Even when he had seen Guo Jing and Wanyan Kang fight on the merchant ship and knew that their martial arts were far superior to his own, he still felt the same way.

Everyone has a youth.

And those who are young and frivolous are... those who refuse to submit to the arrogance of heaven.

(End of this chapter)