Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 30 Wrong cause and effect, set the direction

There was a bloodbath and in a blink of an eye, the blood flowed like a river.

Qiu Chuji raised his sword and swung it down, moving through the chaos without any hesitation.

When there were no enemies under his feet, he turned around and saw that the iron sword in his hand had been replaced by a scimitar used by the Jin soldiers, which also had cracks and gaps on it.

As for the original iron sword, of course it was broken because it was chopped too hard.

"I'm missing a good sword!" Qiu Chuji was thinking about when he could go to Dugu Qiubai's tomb and take out a good sword.

"However, at this time, it is still unknown whether Dugu Qiubai is alive or dead."

“After all, if we follow the original timeline, Yang Guo’s accidental entry into Dugu Qiubai’s sword tomb would have happened at least 40 or 50 years later. The Divine Condor was only born with supernatural powers, it didn’t really become a monster. Its life span was longer, but it couldn’t be too extraordinary. The fact that it could learn swordsmanship from Dugu Qiubai means that it had been following Dugu Qiubai for a long time. This also indirectly proves that Dugu Qiubai couldn’t be a person from a hundred years ago.”

"Dugu Qiubai is known as the Sword Demon, and he was also a ruthless person when he was young. If I rush in rashly, with my swordsmanship and martial arts, he might challenge me to a duel if he is still alive. What if I am just a little strong, but not strong enough...wouldn't my life and death be controlled by others?" Qiu Chuji thought to himself, and the thought became increasingly difficult to suppress, and he even felt a little excited.

Thinking that the sword master Dugu Qiubai might still be alive, Qiu Chuji had an irresistible urge to fight him.

Qiu Chuji was full of curiosity about this character, who was portrayed in profile in The Return of the Condor Heroes and The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, but never actually appeared on the stage.

However, we will not elevate him infinitely or regard him as an unattainable person.

The world itself has limitations. In contemporary times, there is Wang Chongyang, and in the past there were the Three Elders of Xiaoyao and the Sweeping Monk, and in the past there was Zhang Sanfeng. These characters are basically the ceiling of martial arts value. Of course, if you search up and down, you can still find traces of Dog Brother's existence, so perhaps the upper limit will have to be raised even higher.

No matter what, my master Wang Chongyang can serve as a reference.

For example, Ouyang Feng has about 0.9 or 0.8 Wang Chongyangs, Zhou Botong now has 0.5, and Qiu Chuji thinks he should have 0.3 to 0.4. Of course, it is impossible to quantify the specific situation in detail, but it can be used as a means of comparison to have a rough idea.

"Senior Brother! Senior Brother!" Hao Datong, his face covered in blood, shook Qiu Chuji's shoulder.

Qiu Chuji turned his head and looked over, wondering, "How did you get into this state?"

Hao Datong: "The Golden Dog chased me fiercely just now. I didn't have enough internal strength and couldn't run fast, so I smeared some blood on my body and fell to the ground pretending to be dead. They were in a hurry to chase and kill others and didn't have time to finish them off, so I was able to get away with it."

Qiu Chuji couldn't help but sigh that none of the Seven Quanzhen Masters were just there to make up the numbers. From The Return of the Condor Heroes to The Legend of the Condor Heroes, they were just supporting roles most of the time and looked a bit lackluster. That was entirely because they were fighting against the top masters of the time. In fact, even with Wang Chongyang's early death and Zhou Botong's imprisonment, the Quanzhen Sect was able to maintain its reputation as the number one sect in the world. Each of the Seven Quanzhen Masters is definitely not a bad person.

Hao Datong's way of saving his life seems a bit cowardly, but in that situation, it is difficult for most people to make rational judgments. However, he was able to think of a way and implement it quickly, which is already very good.

"Okay! Go get two horses and we'll take a longer route first." Qiu Chuji has confirmed that this is a trap, but he doesn't know why this matter could eventually expand to the entire martial arts world and even be decided through the Huashan Sword Contest to determine who is number one in the world and who owns the Nine Yin Scriptures.

"Perhaps there was a mistake in my previous inference."

At this moment, Qiu Chuji began to reflect on his previous guess and then considered another possibility.

"I may have misjudged Qiu Qianren's real purpose in provoking me."

"If that's the case, then I can't just wait in Huashan for Qiu Qianren to show up. Do I have to go to Dali?"

"That's too far!"

While Qiu Chuji was thinking, Hao Datong had already brought two unarmored war horses.

"Brother! Can you ride a horse?" Hao Datong asked Qiu Chuji.

Qiu Chuji was stunned: "This... is about the same as riding a donkey?"

Hao Datong: “...!” “Okay! Brother, you ride with me first, and when you get used to it, you can ride alone.”

"You are so good at martial arts. As long as you are not afraid of falling, you will learn to ride a horse very quickly."

Qiu Chuji looked at the short and fat Hao Datong and rejected his proposal: "I am good at Qinggong. I will use the horsepower for a while first. After I get familiar with it, I will naturally learn it!"

After saying that, Qiu Chuji jumped directly onto the horse's back without worrying about the posture. Once the horse started moving, he could easily remove the forces that were against him and ensure that he would not fall off the horse.

The two men and two horses left the woods and headed in the opposite direction of Mount Hua.

After running for most of the day, when they dismounted to rest, Hao Datong asked, "Brother! Since we are not staying in Huashan, we must have a specific place to go next!"

Qiu Chuji had already thought it through and said directly: "Let's go find the Iron Palm Gang. The monk may escape, but the temple cannot."

We must go to the Iron Palm Gang. First, to seek revenge on Qiu Qianren. Second, to go to the forbidden area of ​​the Iron Palm Gang to take away Wu Mu's posthumous letter. Third, we must decide whether to look for the place where Dugu Qiubai retired.

"I really have to go!"

"I heard that the people in the Iron Palm Gang are all heroes who fought against the Jin army. Is there any misunderstanding here?" asked Hao Datong.

The previous leader of the Iron Palm Gang, Shangguan Jiannan, once served under Han Shizhong. After retiring from the army, he and a group of brothers became bandits, and then joined the Iron Palm Gang to continue fighting against the Jin army.

Although Shangguan Jiannan passed away due to illness last year, the Iron Palm Gang is still one of the anti-Jin forces in the martial arts world.

"Maybe it was before, but now... maybe not!" Qiu Chuji responded.

Previously, he was influenced by the original novel, so he believed that Qiu Qianren attacked the Quanzhen Taoist in order to seize the number one in the world and the Nine Yin Scriptures.

But when they were in the forest, Qiu Chuji realized that perhaps Qiu Qianren had received benefits from the Jin people and had secretly reached a cooperation with them. That was why he deliberately stirred up trouble in the martial arts world, tying the Nine Yin Scriptures to the fight for the number one in the world, causing even greater disturbances.

Only this can explain why he traveled thousands of miles to Dali to attack Zhou Botong and Yinggu's son.

Qiu Qianren didn't have a God's perspective, so how could he know that it was the son of Zhou Botong and Yinggu? In his opinion, it was the son of Dali King Duan Zhixing.

His son was seriously injured. Even though Duan Zhixing had expended a lot of his energy to save him, he would definitely go to the Central Plains to meet with the heroes of the world, find out the real murderer, and avenge his son.

If Duan Zhixing died on Mount Hua in this state, the alliance between Dali and the Song court would be completely broken, and the Jin people would have the opportunity to march south again.

At the moment, Qiu Qianren's sneak attack on the Quanzhen Taoist priests was intended to provoke Wang Chongyang into this dispute, and to strangle Wang Chongyang and his rebel army in Huashan, which would also solve a problem for the Jin people.

"If we follow this inference, then Master and Ouyang Feng should have fought each other before."

"Because the master originally went to find Duan Zhixing in order to exchange the One Yang Finger to break the Toad Skill. This also triggered the fate between Yinggu and Zhou Botong."

"If Ouyang Feng has already surrendered to the Jin people, then the situation in Huashan will be even more dangerous. I showed my ability before, which might attract the attention of this Western Poison."

The fog before his eyes was peeled away layer by layer, and Qiu Chuji's hesitation and confusion when going down the mountain had completely dissipated.

Qiu Qianren, Ouyang Feng, Dugu Qiubai...they are really good opponents!
Don’t be in a hurry, come one by one!

Qiu Chuji didn't know whether Wang Chongyang's title of the best in the world was real or not. After all, there were at least Dugu Qiubai and the Drunken Monk who Wang Chongyang had never been better than. But Qiu Chuji wanted to be the undisputed best in the world, like Zhang Sanfeng a hundred years later, and dominate the martial arts world alone. So he had to start with this Huashan Sword Contest.

(End of this chapter)