Liver into a martial arts legend: starting with Embroidered Spring Blade

Chapter 167 The Netherworld makes its move, shaking all sects; encountering Liu Sheng again! [Part 2 combined, first update]

People from all over Jiangnan gathered from various martial arts sects.

Since Shangguan Jin Hong's death and the split of the Money Gang, in order to protect themselves, the leaders of the Money Gang in various places have sought other ways and joined the various forces that wanted to take over Jiangnan.

Currently, the main forces are the Supreme Alliance, Sea Shark Palace, Sword Casting City in Shandong and Henan provinces, the Angry Dragon Gang in Hubei and Hunan provinces, and the Giant Whale Gang along the coast of Guangdong.

Various sects sent large groups of people to seize territory and establish their presence in Jiangnan.

However, before they could even make a move, the Murong family of Hangzhou Prefecture had already taken action. With the assistance of a mysterious force, they occupied several areas in just a few days, keeping the people from all factions out.

Jinhua Prefecture City is a wealthy region controlled by the Money Gang.

People from the Supreme Alliance and the Angry Dragon Gang arrived one after another.

Both sides had their eyes on this territory, but both were extremely domineering and unwilling to give an inch. As soon as they entered the city, they immediately entered a standoff, and the atmosphere was tense and ready to fight.

"Ren Qianxing, this place was first set on by my Angry Flood Dragon Gang, and we were the first to arrive. You want to snatch it from the tiger's mouth?!"

Standing in front of the Angry Dragon Gang members was a tall, handsome young man with a face like jade, holding a strangely shaped longsword and coldly staring at Ren Qianxing.

This person was none other than Qi Changzheng, the chief expert under Shangguan Ying, the current leader of the Angry Dragon Gang.

Over the years, he fought for Shangguan Ying in battles across the north and south, conquering almost half of the Huguang region. He was renowned and known as "Quick Blade".

"If you see something you like first, then it's yours?"

Ren Qianxing remained cold and fearless.

The influence of the Money Gang is mainly concentrated in Wenzhou, Jinhua, Quzhou, Jiaxing and other places.

If the Supreme Alliance wants to take over Jiangnan, it must at least seize a prefecture. Coincidentally, it has its eye on Jinhua Prefecture.

If the Angry Dragon Gang had already occupied this place, he would have turned around and left without saying a word. But the Angry Dragon Gang had only just arrived and had not yet established themselves. How could he give in?
This is not only about interests, but also about the prestige of the Supreme Alliance.

If we retreat now, wouldn't that prove that the Supreme Alliance is afraid of the Angry Dragon Gang?
How will the Supreme Alliance maintain its standing in the martial arts world after this?!

The Angry Dragon Gang had roughly the same idea.

At this moment, whether for profit or reputation, there is no way to back down even a step.

"Very well. I have long heard that you, Ren Qianxing, have been adopted by Guan Yutian as his godson and are highly regarded. You are considered the number one young martial artist in the Lu Yu martial arts world. Today, I, Qi, would like to learn a thing or two from you!"

Qi Changzheng said coldly, slowly drawing his long sword. A sharp sword aura slowly spread from the arena, its sharpness full of power, captivating the soul.

"This master of the hall is also eager to experience your 'swift blade'!"

Ren Qianxing sneered, and as he spoke, he also drew his long sword, which exuded a sharp sword aura as he confronted it.

Both sides were on the verge of battle, revealing their murderous intent.

A fierce battle between top-tier forces is about to unfold in Jinhua Prefecture. The officials of the prefectural government turn a blind eye, while the surrounding people keep their distance, fearing that they will get into trouble.

In this era where martial arts masters abound, it is not uncommon for martial arts sects to fight each other for territory.

Local governments have long reached a consensus that as long as the infighting between sects does not affect ordinary people and cause public outrage, they will generally not intervene.

The people have long been used to it, and if they can't afford to offend them, they can only choose to stay away.

Tread...  

Just then, another group of people wielding weapons slowly emerged from the street, breaking the tense atmosphere.

"Both of you are prominent figures in the martial arts world. Why make such a fuss over a mere territory in Jinhua Prefecture?" The young man in brocade robes, who was leading the group, smiled and bowed to Qi Changzheng and Ren Qianxing respectively.

Upon seeing the group's clothing and weapons, Qi Changzheng frowned. Recalling the situation in Jiangnan that he had learned over the past few days, he vaguely guessed the group's identities and said, "Hangzhou Prefecture, the Murong family?"

"Master Qi has discerning eyes. I am Zhu Yeqing, the steward of Murong Manor." Zhu Yeqing smiled and nodded.

Qi Changzheng narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "What? Is it not enough for your Murong family to occupy Quzhou? Do you also want to covet Jinhua?"

In the past few days, the Murong family has seized all the businesses and territories of the Golden Money Gang in Quzhou Prefecture. They have even appeared in some other counties and towns, deterring many small and medium-sized sects from making any rash moves.

But the Angry Dragon Gang is a top-tier power, so why would it fear a mere Murong family?
"You, the Murong family, think you can monopolize the Golden Money Gang's territory? You're not worthy! Get out!"

Ren Qianxing also spoke up to rebuke him. He said that Nu Jiao didn't even give him face, let alone a mere Murong family.
Zhu Yeqing's face was somewhat unpleasant. He hadn't expected that before he could even speak, these two had already understood his purpose, and their words were so domineering that they didn't give him a chance to speak at all.

At that moment, another indifferent voice rang out.

"Face is something you earn yourself. You think you can make others give up the meat that's about to be in your mouth just by opening and closing your teeth? That's not how you negotiate."

Yan Shisan, dressed in a black robe and wearing a ghost mask, stepped out from behind, glanced at Zhu Yeqing, and then looked at Qi Changzheng and Ren Qianxing, saying indifferently, "We want the territory of Jinhua Prefecture. If you don't want to die, get out!"

Zhu Yeqing was taken aback. "This is the negotiation you're talking about?"

The Supreme Alliance and the Angry Dragon Gang were immediately shocked and enraged. How dare they!

How dare the mere Murong family be so domineering?!

"presumptuous……"

Just as Ren Qianxing opened his mouth, a sword light suddenly appeared, and the killing aura enveloped the entire scene, making everyone feel an overwhelming sense of powerlessness.

Ding!
A murderous sword light surged forth, instantly breaking the longsword in Ren Qianxing's hand. He was then caught in the sword energy, felt a tightness in his chest, and immediately coughed up blood as he flew backward.

The room fell into a deathly silence.

This sudden turn of events caught everyone off guard.

No one expected that this person would be so ruthless and decisive, without uttering a single word of nonsense, and acted without hesitation.

and……

"Sword intent?!" Qi Changzheng's pupils shrank sharply, and his hand, which was about to draw his sword, stopped abruptly, a look of horror appearing on his face.

How could the Murong family possibly have such a master?!
"You think you're worthy of using a sword?"

Yan Shisan pointed his longsword at Ren Qianxing, his eyes filled with disdain. Then, as if sensing something, his gaze shifted to the young man carrying a bow and arrow behind Ren Qianxing. His eyes narrowed slightly, sensing a hint of threat, but his expression remained indifferent. He did not back down and said, "You're not bad! How about it, want to come down and have some fun?"

The young man's eyes flickered, and he remained silent. There was an aura about him that seemed to pierce the sky, but he suppressed it and did not unleash it.

Ren Qianxing had blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, his face was pale, and his eyes were filled with humiliation, but he dared not make any more rash moves.

Although it was only a single exchange, he already understood that even if everyone attacked together, they would not be a match for this person.

"You're not from the Murong family?!" Ren Qianxing stared intently at Yan Shisan.

"What? Not convinced?"

Yan Shisan sneered: "I never change my name or surname. I am the First Branch Hall Master of 'Netherworld,' King Qin Guang!"

"Go back and tell Guan Yutian that the territory conquered by my 'Netherworld' is not for the Supreme Alliance to take over. If they dare to interfere again, be careful, we'll chop off their claws!"

"And your Angry Dragon Gang is the same!"

Yan Shisan then looked at Qi Changzheng and said, "If Shangguan Ying is not satisfied, let him come here in person!"

After that, he turned and left.

"Excuse me, gentlemen."

Zhu Yeqing felt a surge of satisfaction. He feigned a cupped-hand salute to the two men, then waved and left with his entourage.

"Netherworld!"

Ren Qianxing's face was extremely ugly. He then turned to look at the young man carrying a bow and arrows behind him and questioned, "Why didn't you make a move just now?!"

After a moment of silence, Jian Yin said, "He has already reached the second level of swordsmanship. I am not confident that I can defeat him."

Ren Qianxing's heart trembled, his eyes widened, and then he lowered his head in shame, realizing that his defeat was not unjust.

"The second realm of swordsmanship, Heavenly Sword?"

Beside him, Qi Changzheng's expression also changed slightly upon hearing this. He looked in the direction Yan Shisan had left, somewhat incredulous: "Youming actually has two experts at the second level of swordsmanship?!"

……

In Jiaxing, a cold-looking woman dressed in black arrived with her entourage.

"Your subordinate greets the Holy Maiden!" A spy was already waiting at the city gate to greet her, speaking with great respect.

As the aloof and beautiful woman rode her horse into the city, she asked, "I heard that the people from Sword Forging City have also arrived?"

"Yes!"

The undercover agent nodded: "Reporting to the Holy Maiden, the people from Sword Forging City have already arrived at the branch of the Money Gang within the city."

The aloof woman nodded and said, "Let's make our move tonight!"

"Our godfather has ordered us to seize Jiaxing at all costs. Jiangnan is rich and prosperous, and this is the best time for us to take over and establish our dominance there!"

"Yes!"

The crowd solemnly clasped their hands and walked into the city, intending to take direct action, defeat the Sword Forging City, and occupy Jiaxing Prefecture.

But before she had gone far, the aloof woman stopped, looking at the group of men in black who had appeared opposite her, her brows furrowing slightly. "The Holy Maiden of the Sea Shark Palace, Bai Yu'er?"

The masked woman at the head spoke, her voice tinged with doubt, but her eyes held a firm and indifferent gaze, clearly recognizing the cold and beautiful woman's identity.

Saintess of the Sea Shark Palace, Bai Yu'er!
Bai Yu'er wasn't surprised that her identity had been exposed. Her gaze swept over the group of men in black, a serious look flashing in her eyes, and she asked, "Who are you people?"

"The Tenth Court of the Underworld, King of Reincarnation."

Xi Yu calmly said, "The territory of the Money Gang is not something your Sea Shark Palace can touch. Go back."

People from the underworld?

Bai Yu'er's expression changed slightly as she stared intently at Xi Yu and asked, "Is Youming going to take over the Golden Money Gang's territory?"

"Youming only does business, takes money and does things. They are not interested in fighting for territory, but if someone makes a bid first, anyone who dares to interfere will be killed by Youming!"

"It's drizzling," she said softly.

Bai Yu'er frowned, remained silent for a moment, and then said, "Let's go."

After that, she turned and left.

"The Holy Maiden?" A group of experts from the Sea Shark Palace looked at her with suspicion.

"Holy Maiden, even if the Netherworld intervenes, we may still have a chance of winning. We've come all this way, are we just going to retreat like this?" one person asked, puzzled.

Bai Yu'er glanced at him and said, "So you know you've come all this way?"

“This is not our territory after all. If we were facing other forces, we might have a chance of winning, but if the Netherworld makes a move, unless my adoptive father comes in person, who can stop the Netherworld Lord who killed Shangguan Jin Hong?”

Upon hearing this, the others also fell silent.

They originally thought that Youming would not take over the territory of the Money Gang, so they wanted to take advantage of the chaos in Jiangnan to enter the market, grab a share of the pie, and expand their influence to Jiangnan.

Unexpectedly, someone asked Youming to help seize territory.

Bai Yu'er's eyes flickered, and she ordered, "Go and find out which faction is Youming's 'employer'!"

……

In Quzhou, Xia Xueyi, wearing a black and gold cloak and a gold mask covering half of her face, held a golden snake sword and coldly stared at the Xiahou family experts who had also come from Hangzhou.

This time, the Money Gang split up, and those eyeing its business territory included not only outside forces but also many local forces in Jiangnan.

The Xiahou family of Red Cloud Valley in Flaming Mountain is one of them.

Xiahou Xing, who led the team, was originally full of confidence and wanted to take the opportunity to get a share of the pie and expand the Xiahou family's sphere of influence. However, as soon as he arrived in Quzhou, he was blocked by the Murong family.

As one of the four great families of Jiangnan, Xiahou Xing did not take the Murong family seriously. However, as soon as he made a move, he was defeated by the mysterious man wielding a snake-shaped sword.

At this moment, even the most foolish man could guess the identity of these men in black—Youming!
His face was grim, filled with resentment. He never expected that the vile woman from the Murong family would collude with the people of Youming. No wonder she dared to encroach on the territory of the Money Gang.

With just one strike, his sword was broken, and his palms were trembling, with crimson blood seeping from his fingertips.

He stared intently at Xia Xueyi, then glanced at the Murong family members beside him, and gritted his teeth, spitting out a single word: "Withdraw!"

Those who know the current affairs are handsome.

With the help of the Netherworld beings, the Murong family is no longer someone they can withstand.

Soon, the members of the Xiahou family left one after another, arriving full of vigor and leaving indignant and dejected, creating a stark contrast.

The head of the Murong family breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and bowed respectfully to Xia Xueyi, saying with his hands clasped in thanks: "Thank you for your help, 'King Biancheng'. The Murong family is deeply grateful."

He was unaware of Xia Xueyi's identity. Miss Murong Qiudi only told him that this person was the 'King of Biancheng,' one of the Ten Kings of Hell in the Underworld, and asked him to treat him well.

He hadn't taken it seriously at first, but now that he had witnessed the man's strength firsthand, he was completely convinced.

Xia Xueyi glanced at him and said indifferently, "Just tell your young lady not to forget the agreement."

After saying this, Xia Xueyi took her sword and left, and the group of Netherworld assassins behind her quickly disappeared into the mountains and forests.

……

Wenzhou Prefecture.

A group of martial arts practitioners, dressed in costumes embroidered with giant whales, had just arrived in the city. They were none other than the Giant Whale Gang.

The leader was Li Tianhao, the managing elder of the Giant Whale Gang, and also the uncle of Li Zhengkai, the current leader of the Giant Whale Gang.

Beside him was a middle-aged man of similar age, holding a samurai sword, who did not appear to be from the Central Plains.

"Mr. Liusheng, whether we can seize the Golden Money Gang's territory in Wenzhou Prefecture this time depends entirely on your help!"

Li Tianhao showed great respect to the Japanese man and said with his hands clasped, "As long as we can seize the territory and business of the Money Gang and plant the flag of our Giant Whale Gang in Jiangnan, I can force Li Zhengkai to hand over the position of gang leader based on this achievement."

"When the time comes, our Giant Whale Gang will do everything in our power to help Mr. Yagyu unify Japan and achieve great things together!"

This Japanese man was none other than Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, the head of the Yagyu Shinkage school of Japan.

In fact, three years ago, Yagyu Tajima-no-kami led the Shinkage-ha to the Central Plains. Ostensibly, Li Tianhao invited them to teach the disciples of the Giant Whale Gang martial arts, but in reality, the two colluded and had far-reaching schemes.

This time, the two seized the opportunity presented by the split within the Money Gang, intending to establish a foothold in Jiangnan, grab a share of the pie, and thereby seize the leadership of the Giant Whale Gang.

Yagyu Tajima-no-kami nodded slightly and said, "Brother Li, rest assured, I have already received news that the Supreme Alliance, Sea Shark Palace, Sword Casting City in Luyu, and the Angry Dragon Gang in Huguang have all set their sights on the lucrative Golden Coin Gang."

"With so many top forces involved, no one can possibly monopolize the Money Gang's territory."

"While they are fighting each other, it will be no problem for us to seize a portion of their territory."

A hint of worry flashed in Li Tianhao's eyes as he said, "What I'm afraid of is that Guan Yutian and Helian Ba ​​will come in person. These people are all renowned grandmasters in the martial arts world, and they are very ambitious. If they join the fray, I'm afraid my Giant Whale Gang will have a hard time resisting them."

The Giant Whale Gang has developed a salt and iron business along the coast of Guangdong, with over ten thousand members. They are only a hair's breadth away from becoming a top-tier power.

However, it still cannot compare with top-tier forces like the Supreme Alliance and the Sea Shark Palace, which are truly led by Grandmasters.

Yagyu Tajima-no-kami shook his head and said, "Brother Li, there's no need to worry. Guan Yutian and the others can't possibly take action personally. After all, their power is mainly concentrated in places like Shandong and Henan, and they each have their own rivals. Once they transfer all their people to Jiangnan, their internal situation will be vulnerable, and their rivals will take advantage of the situation."

"In my opinion, at most they will send their own capable disciples or subordinates, such as Ren Qianxing, the hall master of the Supreme Alliance's 'Illuminating Paradise', Bai Yu'er, the holy maiden of the Sea Shark Palace, and Qi Changzheng, the chief expert of the Angry Dragon Gang."

"With just these people, it would be a piece of cake for me to deal with them. They are no match for us."

"As for the three top local powers in Jiangnan, only the Sky Eagle Sect and the Divine Sword Manor remain now."

"The son of Yin Tianzheng, the White-browed Eagle King, the leader of the Sky Eagle Sect, died at the hands of the Netherworld. He is busy with revenge and has no time to take care of himself. After Xie Xiaofeng disappeared, the Divine Sword Manor had already closed its doors and stopped caring about worldly affairs."

"As long as these two major powers don't make a move, the remaining first-rate powers are even less likely to be our match."

Yagyu Tajima-no-kami was quite confident.

With his martial arts skills, he would be hard to beat in the Central Plains martial arts world, except for those established grandmasters.

"is it?"

Suddenly, a voice came from afar.

"Who?!"

Yagyu Tajima-no-kami and Li Tianhao were startled and turned around to see a group of men in black slowly walking towards them.

The once bustling and lively street suddenly became deserted, pedestrians hurriedly disappeared at the street corner, and shops and vendors on both sides closed their doors and packed up.

The entire street was filled with countless men in black, who surrounded Yagyu Tajima-no-kami and his companions.

"People from the Netherworld? They haven't left yet?!"

Yagyu Tajima-no-kami's expression changed drastically as he recognized the group of people.

"How could this be?!" Li Tianhao was also shocked. He had clearly received news that the Netherworld people had already transported away a large amount of gold and silver treasures and left Wenzhou, obviously not intending to take over the Money Gang's territory.

Otherwise, why would he dare to come here?!
"After waiting for so long, I didn't expect that the people from the Eagle Sect and Emei Sect would not arrive, but you would come first."

Jiang Xuan led his men forward slowly, looked at Li Tianhao, Yagyu Tajima no Kami and the others, and said calmly.

Li Tianhao's face was grim. He forced a bow and said, "We were unaware that you were still here. We had no intention of offending you. Please forgive us. We will leave now."

Judging from this demeanor alone, he could guess without even thinking that this person was most likely the mysterious Lord of the Underworld—the Underworld Emperor.

Faced with someone capable of single-handedly killing Shangguan Jin Hong, how could he dare to be presumptuous? Therefore, he adopted an extremely humble attitude, wanting to settle the matter peacefully and abandon Wenzhou.

However, Jiang Xuan remained unmoved. He glanced at him and then looked at Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, saying, "How can the Central Plains allow people from such a small country to act so presumptuously?"

"Now that you're here, stay."

He had already recognized Yagyu Tajima-no-kami's identity. Last time, when he rescued the envoy from the Kingdom of Kumo, the envoy escaped. He didn't expect to meet him again so soon.

Since he had encountered him, Jiang Xuan didn't mind killing him while he was at it.

"killed!"

With a wave of his hand, Jiang Xuan coldly issued the order.

(End of this chapter)