Bat Prince, roaming the heavens

Chapter 88 Matters of This World

Yuan Suiyun nodded, his expression calm: "Brother Mu's prediction is correct."

Upon hearing this, a strange expression flashed across Mu Daoren's face, a struggle of wanting to speak but holding back.

He thought to himself: If this "Bat Prince" were to get mixed up with a kind-hearted gentleman like Hua Manlou, even a blank sheet of paper would be stained with ink.

However, upon further reflection, he realized that he was still in the shadows, so why bother with that damned Hua family brat? In the end, he swallowed his words.

"This is simple. I will personally escort Brother Yuan down the mountain to Jiangnan tomorrow," Master Mu readily agreed.

"Brother Mu's decisive actions are like sending away a plague god," Yuan Suiyun shook his head and chuckled.

Master Mu smiled wryly and said, "It's because my manor is too small to accommodate such a great figure as Brother Yuan."

"Very well, then thank you for your kindness, Brother Mu," Yuan Suiyun said. "I have been away from the Central Plains for too long and have been isolated from the world. I have become quite unfamiliar with the ever-changing affairs of the martial world. I wonder if Brother Mu could help me sort out the old scores of the past few decades?"

The wooden Taoist gave him a deep look, his gaze distant, and then began to speak slowly and deliberately.

As Mu Daoren narrated, the landscape of the martial arts world over the past forty years gradually became clear in Yuan Suiyun's mind.

What he didn't expect was that this Lu Xiaofeng world was not only related to the Chu Liuxiang world, but also that the most famous person in the martial arts world twenty years ago was named Li Xunhuan!

"Could this not actually be a new world, but rather the 'future' of a second world?" Yuan Suiyun couldn't help but ponder.

However, judging from the anchor point where the fairy island landed, this should be a completely new world.

Perhaps this is just a parallel world of Lu Xiaofeng's legend, which happens to intersect with two other timelines.

Unlike the Metal-based world, which has an "orderly lineage," the ancient world has many chapters that exist independently.

However, in his later years, Gu Long proposed the concept of the "Great Wuxia Era," attempting to connect all these works and integrate them into a Gu Long Wuxia universe.

It's a pity that Master Gu passed away too early, and this universe wasn't fully established. Some plot holes were left unfilled, and some loopholes were left uncorrected, which is why so many parallel universes have formed.

On second thought, Yuan Suiyun found it reasonable, after all, there was a legend that Ximen Chuixue had seen the elderly Chu Liuxiang when he was young!

"I wonder how Xiang Shuai is doing now?" Yuan Suiyun asked, thinking to himself.

"I don't know." Master Mu shook his head. "It's been more than ten years since Chu Xiangshuai last appeared in the martial world. Nobody knows where he went."

"Is it possible that Dazhi Datong knows?" Yuan Suiyun thought of the world's biggest information broker.

"Then we'll have to ask them," said the wooden Taoist.

Yuan Suiyun nodded. He did have some questions to ask Dazhi Datong, since Mu Daoren had spent most of his time traveling between Wudang and Ghost Manor in recent years and didn't know much about other things in the martial arts world.

"Thank you very much, Brother Mu, for clearing up my doubts." Yuan Suiyun bowed in thanks.

"Brother Yuan, you're too kind. It's just something that everyone in the martial arts world knows." Master Mu waved his hand with a smile.

"However, there is one thing I don't understand," Yuan Suiyun suddenly said.

The Wood Taoist said, "Brother, please speak freely."

"With Brother Mu and your disciple's martial arts skills, why don't you just kill Shi Yan and take back the position of sect leader?" Yuan Suiyun was indeed puzzled. No matter how high Shi Yan's martial arts skills were, he would never be a match for Daoist Mu, let alone with Shi He added to the mix.

Upon hearing this, Master Mu's expression darkened, and after a moment of contemplation, he said, "This is an internal matter of the Wudang Sect, and I am not in a position to discuss it with outsiders. However, since Brother Yuan has asked, I will tell you about it."

In fact, upon hearing Yuan Suiyun's question, he knew that the other party knew many secrets, but he had no intention of turning against him, and even had the idea of ​​recruiting Yuan Suiyun into his group.

Regardless of how well Yuan Suiyun fits the "corporate culture" of Ghost Manor, his martial arts skills and his once significant position in the martial arts world make him a worthy candidate for Mu Daoren's patronage.

With Yuan Suiyun's strong support, his plan to seize the throne would have been able to proceed sooner and more smoothly.

"Shi Yan is extremely cautious and never acts alone. Even if I wanted to, I would be powerless to stop him," Mu Daoren said helplessly.

He certainly wanted to solve the problem in the simplest way, but Shi Yan was hiding on Wudang Mountain like a tortoise. He and Shi He couldn't just cover their faces and storm Wudang.

Regardless of whether he and Shi He have the strength, even if he really wipes out Wudang, it will be Wudang's strength that is depleted.

He didn't want to become the sect leader only to find himself in the position of a Wudang sect riddled with problems.

Yuan Suiyun really didn't expect the reason to be so simple and direct. It turned out that Shi Yan had been guarding against Mu Daoren's decapitation operation all along.

"I remember that Wudang has always practiced both the Zhengyi and Quanzhen schools, so why is it like this?" Yuan Suiyun asked again.

"Brother Yuan, you are unaware of this. About forty years ago, the Happy King Chai Yuguan ambushed us at Hengshan. Almost all the masters of the Wudang Zhengyi lineage died in that bloody battle, and since then, Quanzhen has been the dominant force," sighed the Wood Taoist.

In reality, he was originally from the Quanzhen lineage. Even if the Zhengyi lineage still existed, they would never support him as the sect leader just because he got married and had children.

Yuan Suiyun was speechless again. How could this be Chai Yuguan's fault?

After a long silence, Yuan Suiyun couldn't help but pat Mu Daoren on the shoulder, thinking that this old brother was just born at the wrong time.

"However, if Brother Yuan is willing to lend me a hand, I think it shouldn't be too difficult," Mu Daoren suddenly said with a smile.

"Oh? What are your plans, Brother Mu?" Yuan Suiyun couldn't help but ask curiously.

We can't exactly have him do the work of Lu Xiaofeng from the original story.

In the original story, the reason why Master Mu was willing to let Lu Xiaofeng join Ghost Manor was because he valued Lu Xiaofeng's superb lightness skill.

Lu Xiaofeng was able to use his superb skills to help Mu Daoren remove the purple-gold crown from Shi Yan's head, while he himself could take the opportunity to seize the Seven Star Sword, which contained Shi Yan's greatest weakness.

In terms of lightness skill, Yuan Suiyun was comparable to Chu Liuxiang, let alone Lu Xiaofeng.

Moreover, this operation was carried out in the dark.

Even if Chu Liuxiang were thirty years younger now, he would still find it difficult to compare with Yuan Suiyun, who has an innate advantage.

Faced with Yuan Suiyun's question, Mu Daoren chuckled but did not explain. He simply said, "I will keep the specifics confidential for now. As long as Brother Yuan agrees, this matter will surely be accomplished."

"Brother Mu, you flatter me," Yuan Suiyun said. "Now I am all alone and need your help."

"Definitely, definitely." Master Mu immediately beamed with joy, having understood Yuan Suiyun's meaning.

Yuan Suiyun returned alone this time, and since he was blind, he had many difficulties moving around, and many things indeed required...

Rely on him or his men.

Thus, the collaboration between the two was reached tacitly.