Playing with fantasy beasts in the martial arts world

Chapter 153 The White-Haired Witch Without Gray Hair

So, on the not-so-spacious deck, the two men began a childish drinking contest.

Lu Xiaofeng's internal energy was used to an extremely high degree. He could use various tricks to bring out the wine in the wine pot and then drink it in a beautiful way.

He could even do a rapid somersault on the deck while tilting his head back to slurp up the wine that jumped out of the jug without spilling a drop.

Cha Nan, on the other hand, has the advantage of being able to control water flow with his Heavenly Water Divine Skill, using his exquisite and detailed manipulation to complete some imagined ways of drinking.

For example, the liquor swirls around you in thin lines, then flows into your mouth and is swallowed in one gulp!
After all, alcohol is still water!
Since that's the case, it's now under the control of the Heavenly Water Divine Skill.

After drinking ten jugs of wine, Cha Nan racked his brains and used twenty-one different ways of drinking. Although he lost to Lu Xiaofeng, he won against Chu Liuxiang.

Now, Cha Nan has moved up one place in Lu Xiaofeng's friend rankings, now ahead of Chu Liuxiang.

Since they were friends, Lu Xiaofeng frankly told Chu Liuxiang about his plans.

In short, it was a two-pronged attack, using a feint to covertly advance while secretly advancing.

Princess Jade Sword followed Chu Liuxiang, acting in a high-profile manner to attract the attention of King Shi.

Lu Xiaofeng, accompanied by a friend, disguised himself as Princess Jade Sword and set sail on the boat prepared for them by Mr. Du. They were heading towards Shi Tianwang's lair, presenting themselves as if they were delivering goods to his doorstep. This was intended to keep Shi Tianwang in check and prevent him from becoming too aggressive, while also dispersing the experts under Shi Tianwang's command.

The two sides were essentially working together, covering for each other.

Of course, nominally, Lu Xiaofeng has nothing to do with this; it's all Chu Liuxiang who gets to steal the spotlight.

In other words, not long after, Lu Xiaofeng will shave his beard and disguise himself as Chu Liuxiang.

After all, although Chu Liuxiang's name is famous, not many people have actually seen him. And coincidentally, Lu Xiaofeng has many similarities with Chu Liuxiang. If he were to impersonate Chu Liuxiang, no one who truly knows Chu Liuxiang would be able to tell the difference.

"Don't you think there's a loophole in your plan?" Cha Nan asked after thinking for a moment.

Lu Xiaofeng asked, "What loophole?"

"Do Heavenly King Shi and Princess Jade Sword have feelings for each other?"

"That's definitely not the case!"

"If you do it this way, how can you guarantee that King Shi will definitely send someone to kill Chu Liuxiang?"

Lu Xiaofeng remained silent!
They were so excited about the plan that they inevitably made some miscalculations regarding the details.

After all, he and Chu Liuxiang are good at deciphering secrets, but they are not particularly strong in terms of proactive scheming.

In Mr. Du's plan, Shi Tianwang wanted to kill "Chu Liuxiang" because Chu Liuxiang eloped with Princess Yujian, giving Shi Tianwang a huge cuckold's horns.

To make this elopement a grand spectacle, Mr. Du even went so far as to burn down the entire Jade Sword Manor.

Because of the towering flames that night, countless people will know about this incident, and this romantic affair will spread throughout the martial arts world at an unimaginable speed.

However, Lu Xiaofeng's actions completely provided Shi Tianwang with another 'possibility'.

He could have completely ignored the real Princess Jade Sword and taken the fake one back to marry her.

Shi Tianwang, who can roam the seven seas and has mastered the art of cunning, is definitely not a fool. He would never let such a good opportunity slip by.

In short, it doesn't matter who the princess is; what matters is whether or not you marry her.

When Shi Tianwang married the princess, it not only meant that he accepted the imperial court's 'amnesty,' but also that the court recognized his status and power. From then on, he was equivalent to escaping the quagmire of the martial arts world and had room to continue to rise.

Before truly gaining this 'recognition,' Shi Tianwang must value his reputation and maintain his power, mystery, and inviolability. That's why, even though he knew there was a trap when Chu Liuxiang eloped with Princess Yujian, he still sent people to intercept and kill them. If he didn't react, he would be looked down upon, and many people would leave him.

However, once he gains this recognition, many constraints and rules of the martial world will vanish, as if a shackle has been removed. The pirates at sea will have an official status, and because of this special status, countless people will still crowd under Shi Tianwang's command and obey his orders. Because the core essence of maintaining power and status has changed.

The imperial court could accept either the fact that King Shi died from assassination or that he surrendered and served the emperor.

They merely bestowed a title upon a princess of the martial arts world, throwing a 'bone of meat' between two major martial arts forces.

Princess Jade Sword is not actually a person, but a symbol of power.

Whoever obtains the 'Jade Sword' in the end will become the overlord of the martial arts world!

that is it!

Cha Nan isn't particularly intelligent, but he comes from an era of information overload, which allows him to view many issues from a broader perspective, rather than being blinded by superficial notions of 'good' and 'evil' or 'good' and 'bad'.

This is different from the Mongol attack on Xiangyang, which was a clear case of invasion and counter-invasion.

King Shi and his pirates are definitely not good people; they all deserve to die.

But are Mr. Du and his gang of monsters really righteous?

I'm afraid that's not necessarily true!
Unlike the Jin-style martial arts world, where the imperial court and the martial arts world are clearly separated and rarely intersect, the ancient-style martial arts world is where the imperial court is the martial arts world and the martial arts world is the imperial court. They are essentially one entity. Many masters and grandmasters who are brought to the forefront have a hidden imperial court force behind them.

Of course, there's no need to look for historical traces in the ancient martial arts world. It's different from the Jin-style martial arts world and can be seen as a completely new ancient martial arts world.

"It seems... we were wrong!"

"Fortunately, it hasn't been implemented yet!" Lu Xiaofeng patted his chest and said.

He didn't think as deeply as Cha Nan, but he could understand the first two layers and knew that there was no room for ambiguity on the path of deceiving Shi Tianwang; he could only go all the way down this path.

"If that's the case... does that mean I can stop being stuck in this box?" A muffled voice came from the box in the cabin.

The two then remembered that there was a third person on the boat.

Lu Xiaofeng immediately rushed over, reached out and cut the copper lock on the box, and then opened the box.

Then a beautiful young girl emerged from the box, her eyes fixed on Lu Xiaofeng with hostility, while Lu Xiaofeng smiled obsequiously and kept bowing and apologizing.

Cha Nan also sized up the girl. She was dressed in an apricot-yellow shirt with a white silk sash around her waist. Her eyes were like autumn water, and her long eyebrows reached her temples. She smiled and had a kind of dashing and bright spirit that seemed like a man. Her temperament was somewhat similar to Yang Bamei, but she was closer to the rough and tumble of the martial arts world.

"This is Lian Ni Chang, my... good friend! She came at my invitation to impersonate Princess Jade Sword!" Lu Xiaofeng introduced.

Lian Ni Chang said, "You should have listened to me earlier. I would have disguised myself as a princess and gone to Tianwang Island. When I met this Shi Tianwang, I would have just poked a few holes in him, and then nothing would have happened!"

"Lian Ni Chang?"

"Who?"

"Wait... this looks like the White-Haired Witch?" Cha Nan's gaze involuntarily drifted towards the girl's beautiful, jet-black hair.

Although there are many famous white-haired characters in the anime and manga era, for Cha Nan, there are only two white-haired women who left the deepest impression on him: one is Xi'er, and the other is the white-haired witch Lian Ni Chang.

Lian Ni Chang, born from the breasts of a she-wolf, grew up playing on the summit of Mount Hua. Her lightness skill was unparalleled, the best in the martial arts world. In her world, even Tie Feilong, Honghua Guimu, and Yue Mingke were slightly inferior to her in lightness skill; she was almost invisible.

Because she had been a bandit for a period of time, she had a nickname in the martial arts world before she became the White-Haired Witch: 'Jade Rakshasa'.

"Wait a minute! How did these two get involved together?"

"Judging from Lu Xiaofeng's appearance, he obviously wants to pursue Lian Ni Chang... As for Zhuo Yihang... Forget it, let Zhuo Yihang die. Although Lu Xiaofeng is a bit of a womanizer, in terms of responsibility, he surpasses Zhuo Yihang by countless margins."

(End of this chapter)