Is this NPC even playable if it's not nerfed?

Chapter 76 Dragon and Tiger Master, The New Five Tiger Mountain

Five Tiger Mountain.

Although it is called a mountain, it is actually a slightly higher hill, consisting of five hills of varying heights. It is named Five Tiger Ridge because tigers once plagued this area.

Hundreds of years ago, the Venerable Longhu passed through this place and, seeing its beautiful scenery, settled here with his disciples, leaving behind some of his teachings.

A century later, the sect was founded.

The sect was named after the location, Wuhu Ridge, but later, because the character "Ling" (ridge) was not imposing enough, it was renamed Wuhu Mountain.

Despite its centuries-old heritage, the sect has a relatively shallow foundation, but it has a considerable number of disciples.

Before Master Zhang left, there were still more than two thousand disciples at Five Tiger Mountain, but according to information from this period, most of them have run away.

When Master Zhang left, he took his disciples with him.

Later, unable to bear it any longer, he wrote letters to many disciples of the sect, and another batch of disciples left the already small number of disciples.

Currently, those who remain in the sect are all direct descendants of the elders.

There weren't many people, only three or four hundred.

In terms of high-end combat capabilities.

Wuhu Mountain has no high-end combat power whatsoever.

Five Tiger Mountain is only a third-rate martial arts force. Although it has many disciples, the strength of its leaders is not high.

One sect leader and four elders.

The sect leader and the elders were roughly equal in strength, both at the fifth rank, making them roughly equal to the Black Mountain Stronghold.

It is also because the sect leader's martial arts level is not much different from that of the elders that the sect leader of Five Tiger Mountain has little say.

Above the sect leader, there is a Supreme Elder.

This Supreme Elder is the sect leader's uncle, and his strength is slightly higher, at the peak of the fifth rank. However, he went into seclusion ten years ago, and it is unknown whether his cultivation has made any breakthroughs.

However, even if he breaks through, it won't mean much.

After all, there's not much difference between fourth-rank and fifth-rank officials in front of Lu Yuan.

They're all the kind of guys who would die with one punch.

These messages came from Zhang Daneng, the former leader of Wuhu Mountain.

Several days before Lu Yuan issued the notice to Five Tiger Mountain, this powerful figure had already arrived in Wangyou County and declared to many fellow martial artists that he was severing all ties with Five Tiger Mountain.

The intelligence about Wuhu Mountain also came from him.

After all, cutting something isn't something you can do just by opening your mouth and saying it.

You've severed ties with Wuhu Mountain, you should at least prove it.

Revealing information about Wuhu Mountain is proof of Zhang Daneng's abilities.

……

"I'm so excited, so excited."

"I heard that there are Earth-level martial arts techniques at Five Tiger Mountain."

"I wonder if it's possible to reveal this?"

Several constable players were whispering among themselves.

"Five Tiger Mountain has a regional-level martial arts technique? Who spread this rumor? I don't know anything about it?"

An old face suddenly appeared, startling the group.

"Old Zhang, you scared me to death."

"Do you know that people can be so scary that they can scare you to death?"

The player was so startled that he almost fell off the horse.

That old face naturally belonged to Zhang Daneng, the former leader of Five Tiger Mountain.

To show his loyalty, Zhang Daneng even took the initiative to lead the way for Lu Yuan.

"What are you trying to scare me with? Where did you hear these rumors from?"

"What Earth-level cultivation technique? I don't know anything about it."

"I've been the sect leader for at least twenty years. How come I didn't know that Five Tiger Mountain had a level-one martial arts technique?"

Zhang Daneng was very confused.

Am I the sect leader, or are you two the sect leaders?
Do you two know more about Wuhu Mountain than I do?
Is that right, my friend?

……

"what?"

"You do not know?"

"How could you not know? You yourself said that you have been the sect leader of Five Tiger Mountain for more than 20 years. There is no reason why you would not know that Five Tiger Mountain has a level-one martial arts technique."

This insider information comes from a very reliable source: the legendary Jingye.

Who exactly is the Boss Jingye?
Jingye, a prominent figure in the industry, would not fabricate fake news out of thin air.

If she says it exists at Wuhu Mountain, then it must exist.

"There has never been any so-called Earth-level martial arts technique in Wuhu Mountain."

"Whether it's mental cultivation techniques or other martial arts, there has never been anything like it before." "If Five Tiger Mountain had any Earth-level martial arts, it would certainly not be a third-rate force today."

No one knew the ins and outs of Wuhu Mountain better than him.

It's absolutely impossible for a martial art of Earth-level quality.

"Haha, Lao Zhang, you're not a very competent former leader of Five Tiger Mountain."

"The founder of Five Tiger Mountain was Master Longhu. Master Longhu was a master from the Lingnan region hundreds of years ago, a second-rank master. How could he not have a Earth-level martial arts inheritance?"

"Old Zhang, you can fool others, but you can't fool us Extraordinary People."

Five Tiger Mountain has been exposed by the expert Jingye several times a long time ago. Otherwise, how could so many players join such a third-rate force as Five Tiger Mountain?
"Master Longhu..."

Zhang Daneng paused for a moment, then hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but stopped himself.

Master Longhu is indeed the patriarch of their Five Tiger Mountain. On the first and fifteenth of each lunar month, and during festivals, the entire mountain community worships him.

But who told you that the founder of their Five Tiger Mountain sect was Master Longhu?
Master Longhu and his disciples settled in Wuhu Ridge, but only left behind the lineage of Taoism and did not establish a sect.

The true founder of the sect was a disciple of Master Longhu.

The Five Tigers Sect also did not receive the complete martial arts inheritance of Master Longhu.

The claim of "earth-level martial arts" is pure rumor.

"That's all I have to say."

The player-turned-police officer was smug.

"I really have nothing to say."

"Good luck to you."

Zhang Daneng shook his head and caught up with the group.

The other players continued to discuss how to make their move, how to do their best to steal kills from Lu Yuan, or how to kill a few people before Lu Yuan's fists arrived.

"Five Tiger Mountain, sigh."

Zhang Daneng looked at the mountain gate not far away and sighed.

Five Tiger Mountain ceases to exist today.

Thinking about it, Zhang Daneng felt quite sad.

However, the thought of those mentally challenged elders being beaten to death by Lu Yuan made Zhang Daneng feel much better.

"Although Wuhu Mountain has passed away, I will lead the Wuhu Sect."

……

At the foot of Wuhu Mountain.

"Oh no! Oh no! Blood Hand Butcher is here! That Demon Lord Lu has brought his men!"

"Master, Master, that demon has really come."

"Waaaaah, what do I do? He really came! Didn't he say he wouldn't come?"

"I'm only sixteen years old, I don't want to die."

At the mountain gate, several disciples of Five Tiger Mountain looked at the person in front of them and trembled with fear.

She didn't even dare to look up at Lu Yuan.

"Kid, are you from Five Tiger Mountain?"

Lu Yuan lowered his head, his gaze calmly fixed on the Five Tiger Mountain disciples below who were huddled together, trembling.

"Yes, we are."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"Do you want to die?"

"No, we don't want to die yet."

The disciples of Wuhu Mountain nodded frantically.

"Then why didn't you leave? Did no one notify you?"

“We have nowhere to go. Our parents died of illness, our land was taken away, and the village can't take us in. We really have nowhere else to go but here.”

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"Please don't kill us."

Lu Yuan didn't speak, but instead looked at Zhang Daneng behind him.

"Old Zhang, take your disciple back yourself."

"Yes Yes Yes."

"You two, come here right now."

"Sect Master, it's the Sect Master."

"Sect Leader, you're finally back."

……

(End of this chapter)