Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 82: Heroes by Idea
"Wow! Who are you, you bastard? How dare you slander my magic?" Qiao Yuanzi became even angrier when he heard this. Under the rolling dark clouds, the five dragons became more and more vivid.

But in Qiu Chuji's eyes, these were clearly just five painted ribbons hovering under a cloud of black smoke. The five dragons looked majestic, but in fact they had no spirituality at all and were no better than the bigger black fish in the water.

"Your technique is magic, then what is mine?" Qiu Chuji stretched out his hand, without using his usual long mace, and a blade of grass on the ground flew up, then accelerated in mid-air and flew towards the black cloud.

The grass blade entered the black cloud and immediately turned into a huge whale.

Its size is even more ferocious and majestic than the five dragons combined.

Soon, the whale was seen rising into the air again. Its body looked even bigger and bigger, rising up as if it was going to fly straight into the sky and turn into a huge roc.

Then the big roc opened its mouth and ate the five dragons one by one as if eating spicy strips, tearing the black cloud apart completely.

When the black clouds dispersed, there was no Dapeng or Shenlong anywhere. The grass leaves were still grass leaves, but the Shenlong turned into five colorful ribbons and were shredded by the sharp sword energy carried by the grass leaves.

Seeing this outcome, most of the spectators were extremely shocked.

They didn't expect that behind such a magnificent fight, there would be such a simple reality.

"Made from a mixture of some strange hallucinogenic drugs, the datura flowers are ground into powder and scattered in the black smoke. This is the basis of your magic trick. It's... quite interesting." Qiu Chuji revealed Qiao Yuanzi's method.

When Lin Chaoying was traveling around the world, she had seen even more powerful ones. When they made hand seals, it was like thunder rolling in the sky, which was really scary.

In fact, they are all some underworld acrobatics, which are nothing more than hallucinogenic drugs, visual deception, and assisted by some specific martial arts and techniques. The more powerful ones can also use ventriloquism, ventriloquism, etc., combined with simulated sound effects, to actively guide people to present hallucination images after inhaling the powder.

Just like Qiao Yuanzi, he used ribbons to disguise himself as a dragon, which was similar in appearance, and used ventriloquy to simulate the dragon's roar, which was to achieve a similar spirit.

At least many people were led by the dragon's roar to think in the direction of the dragon, and then the hallucinogenic drugs presented the picture that Qiao Yuanzi wanted them to see in their eyes.

Looking at Qiao Yuanzi, who looked a little distraught after his illusion was broken by one blow, Qiu Chuji was actually more disappointed than him.

How he wished that the guy in front of him really had the magical power to call the wind and rain.

But after actually meeting an illusion master like Qiao Yuanzi, Qiu Chuji began to think that Gongsun Sheng, the Tianxianxing and Ruyunlong of Liangshanpo, was probably a person like Qiao Yuanzi, except that his methods were more sophisticated.

Of course, Qiao Yuanzi's method is not completely without merit.

The reason why we say it is fancy is because his actual attack power is not strong enough. If it is strong enough, what does it matter whether it is fake or real?
If you can deceive others and yourself and stimulate your potential, that would be even more amazing.

"I am Qiu Chuji. What do you think of this sword?"

Qiao Yuanzi's lips trembled when he heard this, then he lowered his head slightly: "Very...very good!"

"I...I mean you are very good, better than me."

"Can I learn from you? If I learn your skills, my illusions will surely become real."

Qiao Yuanzi asked, with an expectant look on his face.

"If you can abide by the rules of our Quanzhen Sect, you can join the sect first!" Qiu Chuji said.

Qiao Yuanzi immediately showed his delight: "Okay! Okay! I am willing to join the sect. I am originally a Taoist priest, and I have inherited the magic arts from my family."

"That's right! I was invited to come down the mountain. He arranged for me to challenge you."

"It's not that I want to cause trouble!"

Qiao Yuanzi seemed to be still worried that Qiu Chuji was still holding on to what happened before, so he opened his mouth and told the hidden story behind it.

Before Qiu Chuji could ask who had invited Qiao Yuanzi, he heard a loud laugh coming from the woods: "Brother Qiu! It's been a while since we last met!"

"We parted that day, and now we meet again, I wonder if you still welcome me!"

"Ouyang Feng?"

"I thought you would hide and dare not come to see me!" Qiu Chuji smiled. Anyone would be happy when seeing the poisonous insects that they originally wanted to clean up suddenly appear and become easier to clean up.

"I have helped Brother Qiu so much, why don't I dare to come to see you?" Ouyang Feng walked out of the woods holding a snake staff. He did not look well. In the battle of the Grand Tutor's Mansion, Wang Chongyang had newly acquired body-protecting Qigong and did not suffer any injuries. However, he was besieged in the core area for several hours, and he survived only because of his many tricks and good luck.

Now, I have been recuperating for more than half a month. Although there is no obvious external injury, the internal injury is not so easy to heal.

Behind Ouyang Feng were a number of people, dressed in various styles, and they all looked like masters from outside the Central Plains.

They should all be people from the Jin Kingdom's Academy of Extraordinary People.

Qiu Chuji's eyes gradually became colder.

Ouyang Feng brought the people from the Yiren Academy here, which means that he has sided with the Jin people again... This is not surprising.

But given his cunning and sophistication, the fact that he dared to appear so blatantly in such an identity showed that he had the confidence to do so.

"Is this your confidence?" Qiu Chuji looked at the strange people following behind Ouyang Feng with disdain on his face. He could see that these people were all strong and were first-rate in the martial arts world, but in his hands, they were no different from chickens and dogs.

"Of course! Of course it's not just them. There are still five thousand elite cavalry at the foot of Mount Zhongnan. They can't go up the mountain. But if you people on the mountain go down the mountain, I'm afraid you won't be able to return to your hometown." Ouyang Feng said in a calm tone.

"It's just five thousand cavalry. I can give it a try!"

"They are all light cavalry, one person has two horses, and they come and go like the wind."

"When you go down the mountain, they will retreat in six directions. When you go up the mountain, they will gather together to deal with your guests. What do you think?" Ouyang Feng smiled cunningly. His method was like a toad falling on the instep of the foot. The damage was not that big, but it was disgusting enough.

"Five thousand elite cavalry... It seems that you have done a lot of good things recently." Qiu Chuji's expression became calm instead.

Ouyang Feng was willing to take the risk and go up the mountain, which meant he was definitely not giving up.

In that case, just wait and see!
"Thanks to you!" Ouyang Feng said.

Qiu Chuji knew that Ouyang Feng went to Zhongdu to detoxify Jin Wushu and might even have presented him with some elixirs to help Jin Wushu temporarily stabilize his condition, so he was valued and had these five thousand elite cavalry to help him during his trip.

Of course, this is only part of the reason.

There was no way the Jin people would just let it go after the Quanzhen Sect led thousands of heroes to rob the city of Chang'an.

If they went up the mountain to encircle and suppress the enemy, it would be too disadvantageous for the Jin people. They were also afraid of angering Qiu Chuji and Wang Chongyang, who would directly assassinate the king.

However, it would be inappropriate to completely ignore it and pretend nothing happened, which would greatly undermine the dignity of the Jin Dynasty.

After much thought, he decided to hand the matter over to Ouyang Feng, the head of the Academy of Extraordinary People, and at the same time sent five thousand elite cavalry to support him, so that Qiu Chuji would be cautious.

"Since you are here, then stay well. I hope you like it here and find a good place for yourself."

"If you really don't know how to choose, I can help you. We know each other for a long time, and I can't just not help you with this small favor." Qiu Chuji said to Ouyang Feng with a gentle smile.

Ouyang Feng nodded: "It's always a good idea to choose a good place first. Remember to choose a few more so that you can choose from them. In case of an accident, you won't be in a rush!"

"Oh right! You said that at this Heroes Conference, you would share some of your hidden magical skills with heroes all over the world."

"I wonder if you would be willing to share the protective Qigong you used in the Song Dynasty palace?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Qiu Chuji with burning eyes.

The Quanzhen Sect had just been established, and Qiu Chuji's status as the best in the world had not yet been fully recognized. The leaders and elders of various sects were willing to come and show their support, of course, not because they admired Qiu Chuji, but for his martial arts that were unrivaled in the world.

"Of course! Of course... As long as someone can give me enough surprises, I will teach this martial art to them."

After saying this, Qiu Chuji announced another theme of this Heroes Conference to everyone.

"This time, in addition to offering Qin Hui's head to Marshal Yue, we also want to discuss martial arts in the world and sort out a smooth path for everyone to practice martial arts."

"This time, I don't want to see whose knife is sharper, whose sword is more powerful, whose inner strength is deeper, whose hidden weapon is more skillful... I want to see ideas, feasible creativity. This time... let's judge heroes by their ideas."

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other.

Sitting and discussing Taoism, or debating scriptures and giving lectures, these are things that monks, Taoists and even Confucian scholars often do. The style of martial artists is very clear. They go on the field to compete, the winner stands and the loser lies down. The martial arts practiced by the person lying down are definitely not good.

Since when did warriors have to use their tongues to compete with each other?
"good, very good!"

"I don't think you would be so stingy as to not let me participate!" Ouyang Feng asked with a smile.

"How could that be! As long as your insights are clear and have high practical value, I will accept it!" Qiu Chuji said very sincerely.

"Then... see you in two days!" Ouyang Feng bowed, then led a group of people from the Yiren Academy and retreated into the mountains and forests.

"Brother, do you want to arrange someone to follow?" Liu Chuxuan asked in a low voice beside Qiu Chuji.

Qiu Chuji shook his head: "No, he won't hide his whereabouts. He will directly blend in with the Jin cavalry at the foot of the mountain to prevent my sneak attack."

"If I don't go down the mountain, they will be waiting at the foot of the mountain. If I go down the mountain, they will immediately scatter and disrupt my heroic meeting."

"Then there's nothing we can do about them?" Liu Chuxuan said worriedly.

Qiu Chuji smiled faintly and said, "How could that be? It would be fine if I could use the clone technique!"

"The art of clones?" Liu Chuxuan looked at Qiu Chuji and scratched the back of his head in confusion.

Qiu Chuji waved at Qiao Yuanzi, intending to ask him in detail about his illusion techniques and methods.

Qiao Yuanzi smiled and trotted forward, standing beside Qiu Chuji, looking like he was ready to tell him everything he knew.

(End of this chapter)