What a lucky world!

Chapter 152 Breaking into the mountains

Chapter 152 Breaking into the mountains
The drumbeats weren't earth-shattering, but rather carried all the way up the mountain from Crescent Lake at the foot of the mountain. In sync with the drumbeats, streaks of fire lit up, like a game of pass the flower, forming a fiery dragon that flew straight into the mountain stronghold.

Zhang Mu came out of the courtyard and frowned slightly when he saw this scene.

Wuzhai was formed by the founding emperor Taizu of Dayun, who split up the various sects in the world. It has its own rules. If a powerful enemy attacks the mountain, the defeat bell will be rung. This bell can shake the Qi and luck, temporarily increasing the abilities of the Wuzhai people.

The sound of war drums now does not mean an enemy attack, but someone is breaking into the mountains.

Chuangshan is similar to the street fights in the market, it is a challenge to someone in person.

The businesses run by Wuzhai are numerous and diverse, each with its own merits. But if you look at the source, they all rely on the land for their livelihood, eliminating local monsters, occupying key transportation routes, and collecting tolls and travel expenses. For example, the escort agency Zhang Mu previously worked for regularly paid tribute to Qianyuan Wuzhai.

But there are many heroes in the world, and some people are just unwilling to pay this money.

Thus, the rule of "mountain drum and water call" came into being.

If someone really doesn't want to pay the money, he can just beat the drum to seal off the mountain, which is called "Chuangshan"; and blow the horn when encountering water, which is called "Crossing the River"; at that time, the people in the martial arts camp will weigh the person's weight. If he is really the "Chuangshan Tiger" or "Crossing the River Dragon", not only will he be exempted from the filial piety money, but the martial arts camp will also have to hold a banquet to stage a drama of heroes respecting heroes.

The Jianghu is not all about fighting and killing, there are also human relationships and worldly wisdom~
After quickly going over the rule in his mind, Zhang Mu still frowned.

Rules are dead, people are alive.

Even a young man would know that he would beat the drum and cross the mountain in broad daylight, but what time is it now?
The moon is at its zenith and all is quiet.

This is quite provocative.

The person who came here is not kind!

Just as Zhang Mu was thinking, a figure floated into Zhang Mu's courtyard. When Zhang Mu saw the person, he hurried forward and bowed.

"Master Wei."

The person who came was the stronghold’s military advisor, Wei Wuyou.

"You were startled by the drumming, weren't you?" Wei Wuyou opened the paper fan in his hand and shook it. "It's time to come."

"Can you help me?"

Zhang Mu nodded, then asked, "Is the person coming here at the Yangye realm?"

Zhang Mu naturally knew the people who would face the Chuangshan Drum. They were all veterans of the Wuzhai, with cultivation levels of eleventh or even twelfth level. Because the Wuzhai often fought against mountain demons, these people's ferocious combat skills were even higher than their cultivation levels. For ordinary people of the same level to defeat them, they either had to inherit the legacy or had natural luck.

Faced with such an opponent, Qianyuan Village would not be in a difficult position and would naturally take a step back.

But Wei Wuyou came personally and asked him to take action, which meant that those old men from Wuzhai were obviously no match for the people who came from the mountains. Apart from the fact that they were of different levels, Zhang Mu could not think of any other explanation.

But this brings up new problems.

If the visitor is at the Yangye realm, then why would he go through the mountains? He can just hand over a visiting card.

After all, Qianyuan Wuzhai is currently only at the Yangye level of strength, and they will still give this little face to the masters of the Yangye level.

It's just some money for passing through.

Zhang Mu knew very well how much Lin Jinglong and Wei Wuyou valued him. If he were to take action under these circumstances, it meant that a battle was inevitable.

Combined with the time spent beating the drums in the mountains...

The person coming is an enemy, not a friend!

"Let's talk while we walk..." Wei Wuyou sighed lightly and walked out. Zhang Mu hurriedly followed.

……

"Do you know how many martial arts strongholds there are in Taiping County where we are?" Wei Wuyou suddenly asked as he walked out of the courtyard.

Before Zhang Mu could reply, Wei Wuyou gave the answer himself: "Thirteen places!"

"There are thirteen martial arts villages, the most powerful of which is called Shuangyue Martial Village, located on Shuangyue Mountain. The headmaster is called Sha Tonghai."

"I just recently broke through the Concentrated Gallbladder Realm."

Zhang Mu raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this.

The state of gathering courage?
The last person he remembered who was at the Gathering Gallbladder Realm was Ye Hanzhou’s father, the Grandmaster of the Broken Gallbladder Realm, Ye Suifeng!

"Do we have a grudge against him?" Zhang Mu asked.

There is no hatred or resentment between us, so why would Wei Wuyou bring up these things with me at this time?

"There's a grudge!" Wei Wuyou grinned, "Back then, our Great Leader Lin went down the mountain to gain experience, and he had a dispute with Sha Tonghai and broke his leg."

Zhang Mu: ヽ(ー_ー)ノNo, Master Wei, the one who came to the mountain to challenge the enemy wouldn’t be this Sha Tonghai, right?
I'm afraid I can't win!

"It's just some old story, don't take it to heart." Wei Wuyou twirled his mustache and said lightly.

Zhang Mu: You said you don’t care about it, so you don’t care about it?
They are victims!
"Don't worry, even though your father is only at the Perfection of the Yangye Realm, if he puts up a desperate fight, Sha Tonghai won't be able to gain any advantage against him unless he dares to lose his nerve."

Zhang Mu was a little surprised when he heard this and asked in confusion: "Then what's the situation now..."

"Times have changed..." Wei Wuyou said meaningfully.

Zhang Mu seemed to have thought of something and looked at Wei Wuyou. Wei Wuyou did not hide it and explained, "Sha Tonghai was recruited by someone."

"We haven't found out who's behind this yet, but it's clear they're quite powerful and have their eyes on Wuzhai."

"In the past year, Sha Tonghai has been making frequent moves, trying to promote the Thirteen Martial Village Alliance."

"If it were a peaceful and prosperous time, and we could form a mountain band alliance like the Yiqi League, where the brothers could have food to eat and wine to drink, that would be fine."

"But Frost Moon Mountain is clearly recruiting soldiers for the person behind the scenes. We are willing to be a knife in their hands, and our life and death are controlled by them."

"We absolutely cannot agree to this."

"We have fought against the Frost Moon Village many times, with both sides winning and losing."

"This time, we went into the mountains to test them."

Zhang Mu's face turned solemn when he heard this. He asked, "Does the person who went into the mountains have any information?"

"The man who came here calls himself Feiyu," Wei Wuyou said solemnly. "He is two or three years older than you estimated, and about the same age as Ye Hanzhou, whom you brought up the mountain."

"Half a year ago, I broke into Chixia Wuzhai and defeated three of Chixia Wuzhai's Twelfth-level Tongmai."

"Three months ago, he broke into Changqing Wuzhai again and injured a leader of Changqing Wuzhai who was in the early stage of nourishing liquid."

"A month ago, I broke into Yanlin Wuzhai again and fought a draw with the Yanlin Wuzhai leader who was in the middle stage of nourishing liquid."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Mu commented, "Show off!"

"It's a show-off, but also a threat." Wei Wuyou nodded. "When did Frost Moon Village produce such a genius?"

"It shows the energy of the person behind him."

"That Feiyu must have a family heritage!"

“But it really works.”

"Many martial arts villages are shaken!"

"The current situation is that if the other strongholds all side with us, even if Sha Tonghai has someone helping him behind the scenes, he won't dare to force his way in. But if he were to take some of them with him, the environment our Qianyuan Stronghold would face would be much worse."

"So, this time when we go into the mountains, we have to take it and win."

"But you can't let me or your father go into battle. We're too far apart in generations."

"Shisanniang is barely suitable, but she went down the mountain for something and hasn't returned yet."

"Luckily, you'll be back."

Zhang Mu was about to say something humble when he heard Wei Wuyou wave his hand and say, "Don't worry, I will make arrangements."

"You should fight him for a few rounds first, then find an opportunity to use the Cold Dragon to kill Spring!"

"Regardless of whether he has any way to resist, I will stop you and declare you a draw."

"As long as we can break Feiyu's momentum, we can even win this round."

"Then I'll discreetly reveal your age to others, and we'll see who's better!"

Zhang Mu looked at Wei Wuyou with some disdain.

So dirty!
but……

Are you so unconfident in yourself?
Zhang Mu raised his eyebrows.