All the heavens, starting with Little Li Flying Dagger

Chapter 143 Lu Xiaofeng Discovers the Key Point
Yingchun Pavilion
A handsome man with a small mustache walked in and spoke familiarly to the madam who was coming towards him.

"Arrange a private seat for Miss Ouyang Qing!"

The madam looked embarrassed.
"Hey, sir, you're out of luck. Miss Ouyang Qing has been booked out."

The man's eyes widened.
"Doesn't Miss Ouyang Qing always only care about money and not people?"

"Besides, I've been at Yingchun Pavilion for so long, and I've never heard of anyone being able to book Miss Ouyang's entire place!!"

The madam chuckled smugly.
"Sir, this was all Miss Ouyang Qing's idea; we had no idea about it."

"However, I heard that the gentleman's identity is quite extraordinary."

The man immediately burst out laughing.

"Do you know who I am? I'm not someone you can just call an ordinary person."

The madam nodded as a matter of course.

"I know him, Lu Xiaofeng with four eyebrows!"

Lu Xiaofeng's eyes widened.

"You know my reputation!?"

"Then tell me, how is that person's identity unusual?!"

Lu Xiaofeng boasted that he possessed three unique talents in the martial arts world: unparalleled intelligence, exceptional friendships, and superb lightness skills.

While not exactly renowned in the martial arts world, he had certainly gained considerable fame.
His status is no less than that of the top sect leaders; in the martial arts world, no one dares to claim that their status surpasses his.

"You, Lu Xiaofeng, only ranked eighth, while that gentleman ranked first!"

Lu Xiaofeng was even more confused.
What eighth or first place? He was just drunk for seven days and seven nights, how come he doesn't understand anything about the martial arts world?!

"Wow, this weapon ranking is truly extraordinary!"

"Who can disagree? He can actually rank the top masters in the martial arts world so clearly. It's hard to say how skilled this Young Master Tianji is in martial arts, but his wisdom and intelligence are probably unparalleled in the martial arts world."

"I don't even recognize many of them. How can they be ranked on the weapons list?"

"I don't know, but there doesn't seem to be much disagreement in the martial arts world, so I suppose they are quite convinced."

Lu Xiaofeng's ears twitched. With his hearing, he could clearly hear every falling flower and leaf within a radius of several dozen feet.

With a flash, Lu Xiaofeng appeared in front of the speaker.

"What weapon ranking list?"

Lu Xiaofeng became even more curious.

"Weapon Ranking? Don't you know? That's the hottest thing in the martial arts world right now!"

The speaker looked up and saw...
"Hey, isn't this Lu Xiaofeng, the eighth on the Weapon Ranking, known as 'Lingxi Finger'?!"

Lu Xiaofeng found it amusing; he wasn't called Lu Xiaofeng with four eyebrows anymore.
With a flick of his wrist, he picked up the book opposite him and tossed a silver coin over.

Lu Xiaofeng looked at the cover with curiosity. It had three big characters written on it: "Weapon Ranking".

Then comes the author's name—Tianji Gongzi, Wang Gan.

"Young Master Tianji...Wang Gan?!"

Lu Xiaofeng searched his memory thoroughly and confirmed that there was no such person among those who had risen to fame in the martial arts world over the past few decades.

He opened the weapons catalog.

"In literature there is no first place, but in martial arts there is no second; in the struggle for supremacy, the river is stained with blood."

"All the schemes of heaven and the battles of war are no match for the chilling power of the human heart."

hiss.
Lu Xiaofeng became somewhat interested.
This weapon ranking is supposed to be about ranking martial arts skills, but it also points out that no matter how high your martial arts skills are, they are not as dangerous as the human heart. This coincides with Lu Xiaofeng's own thoughts.

If the author of this book were here, he would certainly drink a great toast.

Lu Xiaofeng continued reading.
"The tenth on the Weapon Ranking is Huo Xiu, the 'richest man in the land.' He keeps his wealth hidden and his martial arts skills are unfathomable. His mastery of the 'Boyhood Kung Fu' is superb, and his internal strength is among the best in the martial arts world."

Lu Xiaofeng nodded in agreement.

He did have a ranking of martial arts skills in his mind, and in his opinion, there were six people in the world with the highest martial arts skills.

Huo Xiu was one of them, but not many people knew Huo Xiu, and even fewer could become his friends. Lu Xiaofeng was one of them.

"High internal strength but shallow mind, good at scheming but bad at fighting. Compared with masters of the same level, if they lose even a bit of the ferocity to fight, life and death are just a hair's breadth apart."

Lu Xiaofeng's pupils contracted.
While the knowledge of virginity training might be gleaned from information circulating in the martial arts world, such conclusions could only be drawn by someone intimately familiar with Huo Xiu. Interesting!
Lu Xiaofeng was even more curious. If Huo Xiu could only be ranked tenth, then how could the top ten be ranked?

"Ninth on the Weapon Ranking, Abbot of Shaolin Temple, Zen Master Dabei."

"Eighth on the Weapon Ranking, 'Lingxi Finger' Lu Xiaofeng is a meddlesome genius. His Lingxi Finger is unparalleled in the martial arts world. If he is proficient in martial arts, he may be able to compete for the top five in the world."

Lu Xiaofeng laughed heartily.
This young master Tianji is truly interesting; he saw through him so clearly!

"Seventh on the Weapon Ranking, 'Master of Both Sword and Saber' Dugu Yihe, excels in both sword and saber, fierce and unconventional, possessing both the elegance of Emei and the dangers of the South. Within thirty moves, no one can defeat him; beyond thirty moves, his only weakness is his internal energy."

"Sixth on the Weapon Ranking: 'Sword God' Ximen Chuixue. The way of the sword is ruthless, but people are compassionate. His sword has come from the west and is not yet finished. A born swordsman, he may be able to compete for the title of the number one swordsman in the world within five years."

"Fifth on the Weapon Ranking, 'Sword Demon' Gong Jiu, a born genius, proficient in everything, there is only a fine line between genius and madness."

"The fourth on the Weapon Ranking is 'Elder Mu of Wudang,' whose internal and external skills have both reached a state of perfection, and whose martial arts have reached the point of being 'invincible.'"

"Third on the Weapon Ranking is Ye Gucheng, the 'Sword Immortal,' who possesses the ultimate technique, a flawless sword that is immaculate, unsolvable, and invincible."

"Second on the Weapon Ranking, 'Little Old Man' Wu Ming, is a master of martial arts, unmatched in the world."

Lu Xiaofeng took a deep breath and finished flipping through the weapon manual.
I was shocked, utterly shocked.

How wise and cunning was the person who compiled this weapons ranking list, that they could speak so eloquently and logically about so many of the top masters in the martial arts world?!
Lu Xiaofeng prides himself on having the most friends and the most timely intelligence in the martial arts world, so it's hard to say that he could compile such a weapon ranking.

Not to mention, there are many of them whom Lu Xiaofeng has never even heard of!

"Who are the top five on this weapons ranking? What abilities does this Young Master Tianji possess that make him dare to rank himself first?!"

Lu Xiaofeng's eyes widened.

"Number one on the Weapon Ranking: 'Heavenly Secret Staff' - Wang Gan. Under the Heavenly Secret Staff, everyone is equal, all things under heaven are known, invincible, and enemies come from the heavens!"

"At the pinnacle of martial arts, who stands atop? Upon seeing Wang Gandao, all talk vanishes!"

hiss.
Lu Xiaofeng gasped.

He felt that even if he took ten deep breaths, it wouldn't be as loud as 'Wang Gan's' tone.

Lu Xiaofeng flipped through the weapon ranking list again and found that some characters outside the top ten were listed. However, he did not rank them in detail, only mentioning that people like Hua Manlou, Honest Monk, and Jin Jiuling could be classified as second-tier masters in the martial arts world.

"This Wang Gan is so arrogant. Doesn't anyone question him?"

Lu Xiaofeng returned the weapon manual to the original person and couldn't help but ask.

"Who says no one has any doubts?!"

The man sighed.

"The others on the weapons ranking list are all established masters, so there are relatively few people who question them. But Wang Gan appeared out of nowhere and was ranked first. Who would accept that?!"

"The martial arts world is full of arrogant and reckless people, not to mention those who are vying for the title of the best in the world!"

"But at first, some people went to challenge Wang Gan, but later no one went anymore."

Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but press for an answer.

"So everyone who went there was killed?"

The man shook his head.

"No, everyone who went there is still alive."

"However... Young Master Tianji will defeat the challenger with his strongest martial arts. If that person uses palm techniques, Young Master Tianji will defeat him with palm techniques; if he uses finger techniques, he will defeat him with finger techniques!"

"Moreover, Young Master Tianji will point out all the flaws in your martial arts and put them on the weapon ranking list, belittling you without any mercy."

"Over time, those who were defeated became ashamed and embarrassed to face others."

hiss..
Lu Xiaofeng felt that if he kept inhaling the cold air like this, he would become Lu Xiaofeng.

Defeating someone by using their strongest point sounds difficult, and it's not easy to do either!
This is an idea that can only be confidently put into practice if one has mastered all the martial arts in the world to the extreme!

"Something's not right!?"

Lu Xiaofeng discovered the key point.

"Didn't Young Master Tianji say he would use the Heavenly Secret Staff?"

"What kind of weapon is that Heavenly Secret Staff?"

The man shook his head again.
"No one can get Young Master Tianji to use the Heavenly Mystery Staff. What exactly is this Heavenly Mystery Staff? It's incredibly mysterious. It's said that if someone can see the Heavenly Mystery Staff, they can ask Young Master Tianji to help them once, or learn a secret that no one in the martial arts world knows!"

(End of this chapter)