The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 62: Fifth in the World: Let Me Go
Grab the iron ring, use your arms to lift the iron plate on the bed, and put it aside.

Xu Xingchen carried the food box and jumped into the tunnel below.

The tunnel was long and narrow, with oil lamps lit in the small pits on the walls on both sides, while some had been extinguished.

After walking less than ten feet, we encountered the first stone door with a mechanism.

According to Huang Zhonggong's description, after opening the heavy stone door, there was a steep stone staircase leading downwards.

Following the stone steps all the way down, we passed through several stone doors along the way and went hundreds of feet underground before turning parallel again.

When we got here, the air became extremely stuffy and humid, and the surrounding walls, cave ceiling, and ground became wet.

This place has reached the bottom of West Lake. Even if someone wants to open up a channel here from the outside, they will be able to draw lake water for irrigation. Then, no one can escape.

After walking for a while, they passed through a corridor that could only be passed by bending over, and finally opened a huge stone door made of three layers of stone and straw mats, and came to a steel door.

The iron gate was embedded in the stone wall. There was a small window one foot square on the gate, and a small door half a foot high underneath.

The small window on top is used to observe the situation inside; the small door on the bottom is used to deliver food!
Xu Xingchen looked inside from the window. It was pitch black inside, without a trace of light. Even with his eyesight, he could not see anything.

He fetched an oil lamp from nearby, moved it to the gap, and looked inside. He could only barely make out the outline of a small stone chamber and a vague figure sitting cross-legged on the ground.

After thinking about it, Xu Xingchen took out the food from the food box and put it in through the small movable door at the bottom.

Wow!
Behind the fine steel door, there was the sound of chains, and a shadow shot out from the darkness. When it arrived in front of the bowls and plates containing food, it suddenly became extremely gentle, like a woman's slender hand, and swiftly and gently brought the ceramic bowls and plates back into the darkness.

Using something as hard as an iron chain to perform such a gentle whip technique, the person inside has gone a long way in martial arts attainment in combining both hardness and softness.

Xu Xingchen, who was holding an oil lamp and watching through a small window, was amazed when he saw this scene.

"My swordsmanship is swift and fierce, but the Exorcism Swordsmanship is superior to it, so I won't mention it!"

"As for the transformation between hard and soft moves, you are not as good as Ren Woxing behind the iron gate!"

".When I think about it this way, my martial arts skills are actually useless."

Xu Xingchen suddenly sighed in frustration, feeling that he still needed to practice his swordsmanship!
He is also belittling himself, and doesn't even consider what kind of martial arts and people he is comparing himself with.

The sword technique of exorcism was once invincible in the world.
The former leader of the Sun Moon Sect, Ren Woxing, has been active in the martial arts world for decades and is also a top-notch figure.
This is just like a discussion in the previous life, the comparison between our country's things and foreign things, we, alone, are challenging all the countries in the world.

Definitely in Versailles!!!
Inside the steel door, Ren Woxing, who was eating, suddenly stopped and yelled, "Is the person outside the door a newcomer? Why are you sighing and groaning when you see me eating? You've ruined my mood!"

Xu Xingchen's dull voice came in through the window: "Mr. Ren, I didn't expect that after being imprisoned in the underground of West Lake for so many years, you haven't gone crazy yet, and you can still curse people so energetically. It's really amazing and admirable!"

Ordinary people can't stand being locked up in a small dark room for three days; but Ren Woxing has been locked up for ten years and he has not gone crazy. He is still conscious and speaks normally.
When Xu Xingchen read this part of the book in his previous life, he felt that this plot treatment was one of the unreasonable parts in the old man's writing.

Now that he has come to the world of the book and faced with such magical characters and events, he can only tentatively believe that in this abnormal world, it should be normal to have more strange people and strange events.
"Humph, you want me to go crazy? I won't go crazy. I will break out of this cage and settle accounts with Dongfang Bubai!" Ren Woxing yelled in high spirits, then turned and asked in confusion: "The people who usually deliver meals are those deaf and dumb old men. Why are they replaced now? And they are still like Huang Zhonggong and those useless people, hiding their heads and faces, looking as shameful as a person."

"Oh, is that so? When the Four Friends of Jiangnan came down, they also wore headgear?" Xu Xingchen could not quite remember this part.

Ren Woxing snorted coldly and cursed: "Whether you change people or not, don't disturb my rest. I get annoyed when I hear your voices. If I hear them too much, I will want to kill you."

Xu Xingchen said: "Mr. Ren has rested for ten years, haven't you rested enough?"

Ren Woxing's voice immediately became serious, yet with a hint of mockery: "What do you mean by that? Could it be that Dongfang Bubai has finally lost his mind and wants to let me go?"

Xu Xingchen said: "The Eastern Patriarch does have this plan."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Ren Woxing, who said in a firm voice: "This is impossible, absolutely impossible! Although Dongfang Bubai is vicious and cruel, he is also a decisive person. He will never let me, his great enemy, go out to fight against him and seek revenge on him!" "So, who are you?"

"Ah, Ren Woxing's reaction is really quick and his brain is quite useful. I wonder if my next trick can still fool him."

Xu Xingchen's mind was spinning rapidly, and he continued in a dull voice: "Whether you believe it or not, it doesn't matter. The reason why I asked Dongfang Jiaozhu for this job is that I want to see with my own eyes what kind of person Ren Woxing, the fifth in the world, is. Mr. Ren!"

Although Ren Woxing didn't believe the lies of outsiders, the words "the fifth best Ren Woxing in the world" still touched him.

Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second!
People who practice martial arts have vigorous blood and vigor, and their fighting spirit is ten times stronger than that of ordinary people. They fight for who is stronger and who has the bigger fist.
Ren Woxing, a top figure in the martial arts world, is conceited and confident, and it is impossible for him to easily admit that his martial arts skills are not as good as others.

Now that he heard that he was ranked fifth in the world, how could he endure it? He immediately roared in anger.

"Ridiculous! Absurd! I was the leader of the Sun Moon Sect and dominated the world for decades. I admit that there are one or two top figures in the martial arts world who can be my opponents; but there is absolutely no one who dares to say that he can defeat me."

"Who in the world is so stupid as to rank me fifth?"

"When I get out of this cage, I will definitely find that person, cut off his troublesome tongue, blind his eyes, deafen his ears, break his limbs, and make him a useless person who can't hear anything, can't see the outside world, and can't speak."

Listening to Ren Woxing's crazy roar from the window, Xu Xingchen thought to himself: "Ren Woxing is indeed vicious and cruel."

After waiting for Ren Woxing's voice to die down, he said dully: "Mr. Ren, don't be unconvinced. You have been imprisoned here for ten years. The outside world has already turned upside down and many changes have taken place. Mr. Ren, the world is no longer your era!"

"Hahahahahaha."

Ren Woxing laughed wildly in the darkness. With the help of his incredibly deep inner strength, his laughter made the entire cell vibrate and tremble. The laughter spread to the corridor outside, causing water droplets on the stone walls and the ceiling of the cave to fall. The accumulated water in the corners bounced and splashed, and the scene was extremely horrifying.

"What a terrifying level of internal strength!" Xu Xingchen quickly took a deep breath and blocked the only gap between his ear and the earplug, blocking out the deafening sound.

After a while, Ren Woxing stopped laughing wildly, his tone full of mockery and sarcasm: "I have not been in the martial arts world for many years, but I am looked down upon by the world. There are no heroes in the world, so it is up to the scoundrels to become famous! Humph!"

Xu Xingchen touched his forehead and felt that even with the earplugs to isolate it, his brain was still affected to some extent.

Then, he continued to tease, "Mr. Ren, there is a saying that goes, every generation has its own talented people, and each of them leads the trend for hundreds of years. The same is true in the martial arts world. Your time has passed, so let go of what you should let go."

Ren Woxing yelled, "Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit, what do you mean my time is over? What do you mean I should let go of what I should let go of? I will always remember the blood feud of Dongfang Bubai for betraying me. When I get out, I will kill him, kill him!"

Xu Xingchen shook his head and sighed, "Mr. Ren, why do you have to do this? Once, after getting drunk, Dongfang Sect Leader was in high spirits and boasted that he had cultivated the Sunflower Manual to the highest level and that even Mr. Ren would not be his opponent in ten rounds. The Sect Leader alone could beat five Ren Woxings!"

"Dongfang Bubai is practicing the Sunflower Manual?" Ren Woxing was surprised at first, and then he laughed wildly again. This time his laughter was mixed with endless joy: "Hahahahahahahaha, Dongfang Bubai was able to successfully practice the Sunflower Manual, he must have castrated that thing of his."

"Hahahaha, he is no longer a man, but a eunuch without a penis, hahahahaha."

After laughing, his tone turned cold: "You guys actually took the words of a dead eunuch who has no complete body seriously? It seems that the current Sun Moon Divine Cult, from top to bottom, is a bunch of fools!"

"Come on, keep talking. Does Dongfang Bubai claim to be the best martial artist in the world?" At this point, Ren Woxing wanted to continue listening: "Then who is the second-ranked martial artist in the martial arts world?"

Xu Xingchen's tone was solemn but serious: "Whether Mr. Ren believes it or not, Dongfang Jiaozhu's martial arts are recognized by all martial artists as the best in the world. He is known as: 'The sun rises in the east, and I am the only one who is invincible.'"

"As for the second best in the world, it should have belonged to the Huashan Sect's great swordsman Feng Qingyang, but he has been in seclusion for many years and his whereabouts are unknown, so he was excluded and replaced by the Sun Moon Sect's chief steward Yang Lianting!"

Ren Woxing said, "Feng Qingyang? I have heard of this man's reputation, but unfortunately I have never met him. If he is ranked second, it would be appropriate. But who is Yang Lianting, the chief steward of the Sun and Moon Sect? How come I have never heard of this name?"

Xu Xingchen made up a story on the spot: "The chief steward is tall and mighty, full of heroic spirit. In the current Sun Moon Divine Sect, his status is only second to the Eastern Sect Leader and above everyone else. His origins are a mystery, and his martial arts are unfathomable. In short, anyone who has seen the chief steward take action is no longer in this world."

After saying these nonsense, Xu Xingchen added another sentence that really deserved a beating: "Oh, by the way, the chief steward's martial arts is equivalent to three Mr. Rens. This is what the Eastern Sect Leader said himself!"

In the cell, I laughed angrily
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