The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 244 Success Through People
His spies exchanged glances, and it was Number Four who finally answered.

"Reporting to the leader, I have heard of this Innate Skill before. It is said to be Wang Chongyang's unique skill, but after all, it was a battle in the martial arts world decades ago. We have never paid attention to the martial arts people. Now that I think about it, it is very likely that we have overlooked this martial art."

Since Qiu Qianren emphasized the Innate Skill, I've been by his side these past few days, specifically trying to gauge his opinion.

According to him, this Innate Skill is the number one divine skill in the world, and no one can defeat it. Back then, Wang Chongyang defeated several others with this martial art and obtained the title of Central Divine.

Even Hong Qigong, the leader of the Beggars' Sect, whom we have always struggled to overcome, was defeated by this divine skill.

Since the higher-ups have started paying attention to these martial arts forces after Shi Miyuan's death, as long as we obtain the Innate Skill, we can cultivate many true masters.

However, this Qiu Qianren is probably also after the Innate Skill. He doesn't dare go to Zhongnan Mountain alone, so he's relying on our help.

The leader tapped the table lightly, listened to his subordinate's explanation, and nodded, saying, "I know exactly what Qiu Qianren is planning."

Originally, Wanyan Qing's infiltration plan failed, and I was also questioned by my superiors. So, if I really obtain the Innate Skill, I can give my superiors an explanation.

"Very well, since that's the case, let's cooperate with Qiu Qianren and find a way to lure the other members of the Seven Masters of Quanzhen to Chang'an. As long as we capture a few, we won't have to worry about the Quanzhen Sect being unwilling to exchange their Innate Skills for them."

Hearing this, Wu Chengyu finally had his doubts resolved.

Originally, the matter was quite obvious, and given the current situation, neither the Quanzhen Sect nor the Jin Dynasty's secret agents wanted to escalate the situation.

The Quanzhen Sect delivered the corpses of Wanyan Qing and his brothers to the Jin Dynasty spies as a warning. The Jin spies then ambushed Qiu Chuji as a response, and the matter should have ended there.

But the reason there was a sequel is ultimately due to the appearance of Wu Chengyu and Qiu Qianren.

If Wu Chengyu hadn't assassinated Shi Miyuan, the Jin dynasty's upper echelons wouldn't have paid much attention to martial arts figures, and this incident of sending spies to steal martial arts skills wouldn't have happened.

After Qiu Chuji was seriously injured, if Wu Chengyu, a guy with extremely high martial arts skills, hadn't happened to be at Chongyang Palace, even if he wanted to take revenge, he would have been temporarily helpless. He wouldn't have let his fellow disciples take risks, after all, the martial arts skills of the other members of the Seven Masters of Quanzhen were not as good as his.

Ultimately, over time, the matter had to be abandoned.

As for the Jin Kingdom, they wouldn't have set up any more ambushes anyway. Once the Quanzhen Sect members arrived, the gathered experts would disperse.

The real reason was Qiu Qianren's sudden and repeated emphasis on the Innate Skill, indicating his desire to join forces with them to defeat the Seven Masters of Quanzhen.

With Qiu Qianren's help, the success rate of the plan increased greatly. The leader was also held accountable by his superiors for the previous plan's failure, so he decided to go for another big one.

Many plans actually came to fruition because of the people involved; without Wu Chengyu and Qiu Qianren, none of these subsequent developments would have occurred.

This is why the ambush at Da Ci'en Temple still exists, and why Liu Laoman, the traitor from the oil shop, waits for the Quanzhen Sect to come knocking every day.

However, before the Jin Dynasty's secret agents could even formulate a plan to lure the Seven Masters of Quanzhen down the mountain, Wu Chengyu had already walked right into their trap.

But now that Qiu Qianren has appeared, Wu Chengyu really can't act rashly.

Not counting Zhou Botong, who is currently trapped on Peach Blossom Island, nor those other potential masters who were never mentioned in the original work, Qiu Qianren is indeed the most powerful person in the martial arts world below the Five Greats.

With Wu Chengyu's current martial arts skills, combined with his lightness skills and other techniques, he would definitely not be at a disadvantage in a one-on-one fight with Qiu Qianren, and might even have a chance to defeat him, since he has already reached the threshold of the microscopic realm.

However, killing a master of Qiu Qianren's caliber would not be so easy.

If he were to walk headlong into the ambush, Qiu Qianren would face him head-on, surrounded by at least a dozen skilled fighters, five or six of whom would be comparable to Qiu Chuji. These fighters would swarm him, along with archers and other reinforcements already deployed by Jin spies. Even Wu Chengyu would likely only be able to escape using his light-footed skills.

If that's the case, then why did Wu Chengyu even make this trip? Since he transmigrated here, apart from his initial setting of having a broken leg, when has he ever truly suffered a loss?

Although he narrowly escaped death when he assassinated Shi Miyuan, he also caused the deaths of many experts, and in the end, he turned misfortune into a blessing and was reborn.

Therefore, if Wu Chengyu were to fight Qiu Qianren and be forced to flee in the end, he would truly lose his reputation as the unparalleled ruler of the Nine Provinces.

At this moment, the leader's gaze turned to the last spy, the one who had failed to track Wu Chengyu and had brought him here.

"Number Five, I assigned you to keep an eye on the oil shop. Now that you've suddenly come here, does it mean there's been some activity at the oil shop?"

"Reporting to the chief, this evening, a man suddenly came to the oil shop, spoke a coded message to Old Liu, and produced Ma Yu's token."

"Is it really Ma Yu's keepsake?"

“I asked Liu Laoman, and he definitely wouldn’t be wrong.”

"This person is no ordinary individual who was able to obtain the token of the Quanzhen Sect Leader."

What does he look like exactly? Has Liu Laoman seen him before?

"He had an ordinary appearance, but looked somewhat dejected. He appeared to be about thirty years old. His clothes and appearance were those of an ordinary江湖人 (jianghu person, a person from the martial arts world). If he hadn't suddenly entered the oil shop, we wouldn't have noticed him at all."

Liu Laoman also said that among the core disciples of the Quanzhen Sect, there had never been such a person, and the other party also stated in his tone that he had nothing to do with the Quanzhen Sect, but was merely a friend of Qiu Chuji.

"Qiu Chuji's friends? That's interesting. Qiu Chuji is said to have friends all over the world. It's impossible to know how many friends he has, but they are all just commoners."

Qiu Chuji is seriously injured, and his sudden appearance at this time might be a sign he's here to cause trouble for us. Have we kept an eye on him?

"Please forgive us, Chief, that man was very slippery. We lost him after he left the oil shop only a short while ago."

"You're all useless. What use are you? I'll make a note of this for now, and you'll be punished later."

"My lord, please calm your anger. I am willing to accept the punishment."

"Put this matter aside for now. Liu Laoman can reveal the news about Da Ci'en Temple to him as we requested."

“Liu Laoman’s grandson is still in our hands, so he dares not disobey. We have already diverted this man’s attention to the Great Ci’en Temple.”

"Very good. Number Four and Number Five, the most crucial thing right now is the ambush at Da Ci'en Temple. You two need to work together."

Number Four, you need to speed up the setup of the ambush and keep those people on high alert at all times.

Number Five, now that you know what that person looks like, send out your men these next few days to find him all over Chang'an.

Since he's not one of the Seven Immortals of Quanzhen, he couldn't be alone; he must have accomplices. You must be careful; this plan absolutely cannot fail.

(End of this chapter)