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

Chapter 441 Clues
Yuhang, bordered by Tianmu Mountain to the west and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to the east, is a place some distance from the main urban area of ​​Hangzhou, but it is also a prosperous area.

The Weihu Sect in Yuhang is led by Zhao Hu, who specializes in Tiger Form Fist and is proficient in all forms of Tiger Form Fist in the martial arts world. Later, he was taught internal energy cultivation techniques by a mysterious person, which complemented his Tiger Form Fist and created a unique martial art called Weihu Battle Qi.

Zhao Hu thus became the number one martial arts master in Yuhang. It is said that he once fought to a draw with the elder of the Beggar Clan, making him one of the few first-class masters in the Jiangnan martial arts world.

Under Zhao Hu's leadership, the Wei Hu Sect has grown stronger in recent years, driving other sects out of Yuhang. Even the Beggars' Sect has little presence in Yuhang.

Unfortunately, in recent years, Weihumen has colluded with some unscrupulous merchants and corrupt officials to seize nearby mines, forcibly conscript men to mine, causing countless families to be ruined and people to die. Countless corpses have accumulated below the cliff where the mine is located.

But at this moment, Zhao Hu was drenched in sweat and covered in wounds. He had pushed his Tiger Warrior Qi to its limit, but he still couldn't break through the enemy's encirclement.

No matter how many killing moves he used, he could deflect the sword formations of the youths in front of him one by one. His skill was far superior to that of these youths. However, every time he struck with all his might, the youths would simply put their arms together, and his force would be like hitting a thick soft shield, making his own arms feel weak.

A top-tier master, facing seven or eight teenagers, was entangled and helpless, and could only watch as his disciples under the Mighty Tiger Sect, those little tigers he was so proud of, were devoured by the remaining thirty or forty teenagers.

He no longer saw himself as a tiger, a tiger king, but as a pitiful insect. The array of blades opposite him was like a spider web, preventing him from escaping and leaving him to face death step by step.

Among Wu Chengyu's Beiwei Army, only Xiao Lu, Li Geda, and Song Mu can be considered first-rate masters, more than a hundred others have reached the second-rate level, and the rest are all above the third-rate level.

However, in Jin Yong's martial arts world, no one has ever learned advanced martial arts while simultaneously receiving the most orthodox military training, the training methods passed down from Yue Fei's army.

Their Dragon City Heart Sutra allows them to transmit internal energy among themselves, and the sword formation formed by the Hengjiang Sword Technique integrates everyone's attacks into one.

Zhao Hu's skill level was definitely above that of the youths. Those who attacked him were all second-rate, but as long as the youths connected their internal energy, they could easily withstand all of Zhao Hu's killing moves.

No matter how hard Zhao Hu fought, he could not escape the entanglement of the sword formation. Just then, the screams around him gradually subsided, and he could no longer see a single Wei Hu Sect disciple standing in his peripheral vision.

"Who exactly are you people? Why did you suddenly attack my Weihu Sect? What deep-seated grudge do we have?"

The boys didn't answer him, but the leader suddenly ordered, "Change people."

The youths who had previously besieged Zhao Hu launched a fierce attack, leaving Zhao Hu struggling to defend himself. Then, the youths used their lightness skills to retreat, and another group of youths surrounded Zhao Hu. This time, the youths were of varying skill levels, with some being second-rate and others third-rate, so their numbers reached ten. However, the Hengjiang Blade Formation still firmly trapped Zhao Hu.

Zhao Hu was now in despair. He understood that his opponent was both exhausting his strength and using him as a training ground to improve the combat experience of these young men, but he was powerless to resist.

Finally, exhausted, Zhao Hu's tendons in his hands and feet were severed, yet he continued to question why his Weihu Gate had been attacked.

"My master said that evil must be eradicated completely, so you are destined to die today. If you want a quick death, answer a few questions for me..."

Within just a few days, all the martial arts forces in Hangzhou and the surrounding areas suffered annihilation.

In Sanjia Village at the foot of Xiaoshan, the Liu, Lü, and Li families lived together in harmony. Every year during the off-season, they would go out and become horse bandits.

The Tianmu Sect of Tianmu Mountain appears to be a prestigious and righteous sect, but in reality, it engages in the dirty business of human trafficking.

Lin, a philanthropist from Fuyang, had been distributing porridge and doing good deeds for many years. In reality, he was in cahoots with the Jin Dynasty, secretly assassinating anti-Jin figures, engaging in smuggling, and committing all sorts of evil deeds.

There were also some small factions entrenched on various mountains or rivers, all of whom were approached by a group of teenagers.

There might have been top-tier experts here, or five or six second-tier experts, but all of them were wiped out without any surprise, and the ringleaders were all executed.

In an instant, the martial arts world in Hangzhou and the surrounding areas was thrown into chaos, with everyone feeling insecure. The black-clad youth, carrying a long sword, was already like a deadly demon. The banner of the Beiwei Army had not yet been raised, but the name of the Asura Clan had spread throughout Jiangnan.

These days, Wu Chengyu has been keeping a close watch on the Beggars' Sect branch, which is the Clean Clothes Faction. Wu Chengyu has always distrusted the Clean Clothes Faction. It is not normal that A-Ku, Hong Qigong's only disciple, has run into trouble and the local gang's branch has no clues.

Unfortunately, the leader of the guild was very thorough. He still sent his disciples out every day to inquire about the situation, but they still found nothing, and A-Ku was still nowhere to be found.

At this moment, the young man with the backs of his back, who had just received the title of Shura, regrouped. The forces around Hangzhou had been swept through, and each group sent two people to the Yunlai Inn.

"Come in," Wu Chengyu said, still anxious, but he knew that being anxious wouldn't help. He managed to calm himself down, but his face remained ashen.

"We have met the Master of the Manor."

"You've done well these past few days. Have you suffered any losses?"

"Reporting to the Master, a few brothers were careless and suffered some knife wounds. Also, that philanthropist Lin's skill exceeded our expectations. When we took the blow head-on, a few brothers suffered internal injuries, but they are all out of danger now."

Where are you currently stationed?

"When we were chasing the bandits from Sanxing Village, we discovered that they had a secret cave in Daming Mountain with abundant facilities and resources, which was just right for us brothers to rest."

In addition, we recovered approximately 200,000 taels of silver from these groups; these were all liquid assets, and their land and property could not be dealt with at the moment.

"As expected of a gang near the capital of the Song Kingdom, you are indeed richer than those mountain bandits in the wilderness. But that's not what I want to hear. Tell me about your haul."

"Reporting to the Master, I have severely tortured the three leaders of the Flying Fish Society. They revealed that someone had used their Flying Fish Society's ships to gather people. A group of men in black, wearing bamboo hats, came to Hangzhou from different places by waterway."

"They can tell you where these people came from, or how they found them."

"The Flying Fish Society said that a person with extremely high martial arts skills first approached their leader, Jiang Xiaoyu, without revealing his name or background. He gave him a lot of gold. Jiang Xiaoyu originally wanted to take the gold and not do anything, but he was easily defeated by this person, and then he obediently listened to him."

However, Jiang Xiaoyu couldn't say exactly where these people came from. He only knew that they had gathered from different directions, and their accents were all from the Jiangnan region, but with slight differences. It could be said that they came from Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang and other places.

There were more than thirty people in total, with varying levels of martial arts skills. However, the one who was better than Jiang Xiaoyu must be a first-rate master. The others were also not mediocre, and they carried different weapons, so they should not be from the same school.

These people arrived in Hangzhou on the Flying Fish Society's boat and left immediately. Jiang Xiaoyu didn't dare to follow, so she didn't know their whereabouts afterward. "It seems that the people who ambushed A-Ku came from different forces, or at least from different places. It's strange. A-Ku was just inspecting the various branches of the Beggars' Sect. How could she have so many different enemies who wanted to kill her at the same time?"

What other discoveries were made?

"In addition, the bandits from Sanxing Village also confessed that it is winter now, which is the time when they go out to plunder."

These people had witnessed a group of men in black attacking a girl when they raided a village. The girl was extremely skilled in martial arts, with powerful and terrifying palm strikes, and she was also very tall. She must have been their martial arts master.

It is said that the nun was injured at the time. After killing several people, she immediately fled, and the men in black pursued her relentlessly.

These bandits only dared to bully the weak and feared the strong. Seeing how skilled these people were, they were afraid of being silenced and, relying on their horses, escaped first. So, they didn't know where their master and the assassins had gone.

Wu Chengyu remained silent, his fingers lightly tapping the table. For him, the lack of news was actually good news; at least he hadn't heard that A-Ku had been captured or had lost his life.

"Tell me anything else you have to say."

"Other martial arts forces haven't found any clues either, but the great philanthropist Lin from the Lin Family Manor in Fuyang is exceptionally skilled in martial arts. He cultivates internal martial arts techniques, and his palm strikes are terrifying, somewhat like the Iron Palm that the Manor Master mentioned when explaining various martial arts techniques to us."

"Iron Palm Clan, Qiu Qianren?"

"I only had suspicions. After all, I had never seen the real Iron Palm. That Lin Dashanren's martial arts have already surpassed the first-class level. My brothers and I fought continuously, and many of us were injured, but we still couldn't capture him. In the critical moment, we had no choice but to kill him instead of capturing him alive."

Later, during the interrogation of several managers of the Lin Family Manor, it was learned that some men in black had come to the manor, and the benevolent Lin had taken them in for a few days before they all left.

It is said that the philanthropist Lin chartered a boat for them, which was traveling along the Yangtze River to Hubei. However, Lin was extremely secretive in his dealings, and even the managers below did not know the origins of these people.

One of the stewards overheard them saying that the "little bitch" was bound to return to the Junshan headquarters in Hunan, and that they had to ambush her before she left, otherwise it would ruin everything.

Wu Chengyu immediately stood up: "In that case, A-Ku must have also traveled by boat to Hubei, and then went south from Hubei back to Junshan, while these people are still chasing her."

Wu Chengyu felt a little relieved. His efforts had not been in vain. The entire martial arts world in Hangzhou was in chaos, but he had finally found out where A-Ku was.

"Song Mu, go back immediately and gather your brothers. Bury the ill-gotten gains, then take them to the dock, charter a few boats, and we'll head south right away."

I'll head over to the Beggars' Sect branch and deal with those idiots, then we'll meet up at the dock.

"I obey my orders."

After Song Mu and the others left, Wu Chengyu returned to the Beggars' Sect branch and resumed his original appearance. Before he even entered the branch, he heard that there were many more people inside than usual, and they were talking very loudly. One of the voices sounded somewhat familiar.

Wu Chengyu frowned. So, the future leader of the Beggars' Sect, who seemed to be incompatible with him from birth, had arrived.

Wu Chengyu pushed open the door and entered. The people inside immediately looked over, and the leader of the guild, Zhou Quan, came to greet him.

"So it's Brother Wu who's here. Look, our Beggars' Sect was worried about Inspector Mo, so we sent a group of experts from Junshan without stopping. With them, we will surely be able to rescue Inspector Mo in time."

Wu Chengyu ignored him and looked at his nemesis, Lu Youjiao. After not seeing him for several years, the disciple with seven bags back then now had another bag on his body. He would probably become the nine-bag elder who appeared in the original work before long.

Putting aside everything else, this guy rose through the ranks of beggars very quickly, but he's still a beggar, even darker and uglier than before. The Beggar Clan experts who came to help this time should be led by Lu Youjiao.

Zhou Quan was also introducing Wu Chengyu to Lu Youjiao, but Lu Youjiao pushed him aside and rolled his eyes at him.

"You're that young Wu from the Wu family. It's been so many years, and you've become even more of a pretty boy."

Lu Youjiao's impression of Wu Chengyu was still from when he was in Gushan. At that time, Wu Chengyu went to say goodbye to him, and they ended up having a conflict and parting on bad terms.

Later, Shi Miyuan set a trap, and Lu Youjiao was betrayed by the leader of the Suzhou branch. It was Wu Chengyu who saved him. However, Wu Chengyu had changed his appearance at that time, and Lu Youjiao had no idea that Wu Chengyu had saved his life.

As for his identity after saving people, it has already been determined in the Beggars' Sect that he is a descendant of the Murong family. After all, Wu Chengyu used the same face when he sprinkled aphrodisiac on Hong Qigong in the brothel and when he fought against Qiu Qianren and other masters with Hong Qigong.

Even after the assassination of Shi Miyuan, when the Beggars' Sect gathered information and, based on Wu Chengyu's fighting style, focused their attention on the descendants of the Murong family, Hong Qigong still failed to connect Wu Chengyu with the descendants of the Murong family.

Hong Qigong himself knew that Wu Chengyu was no ordinary person, but Wu Chengyu had been gone for several years, and apart from Aku and the third branch of the Wu family, no one paid attention to him anymore.

Therefore, when Lu Youjiao saw Wu Chengyu's handsome face, his first thought was that he was a useless pretty boy, and he expressed his disdain without any attempt to hide it.

Wu Chengyu was no longer the boy he once was, and he had no intention of arguing with Lu Youjiao, but since it concerned Aku, he couldn't help but complain.

"The Beggars' Sect truly lives up to its reputation as the number one sect in the world. The sect leader's disciple, the Inspector, had an incident more than a month ago. Not only can we not find any trace of him, but you still don't know who was behind it."

And you so-called experts, you arrived way too fast. Expecting you to save A-Ku? I must have been out of my mind.

"Kid, what do you know? The Beggars' Sect members are too scattered. We've been traveling day and night to get here so quickly."

"Fine, you are Mo's brother after all. I won't argue with you. Leave Mo's affairs to me; you don't need to meddle."

Wu Chengyu turned to look at the helmsman Zhou Quan: "You've been investigating for so many days, have you found anything?"

Zhou Quan shook his head with a bitter face: "These past few days, a bunch of bandits have appeared out of nowhere, burning, killing, and looting everywhere. How dare the disciples of my branch go out?"

(End of this chapter)