Zongwu: Eavesdropping on the inner voices, the female warriors have become strange

"That's right," Ah Zhu said, "I wonder who the master is? In which temple does he practice?"

"Amitabha, I am a third-generation disciple of Shaolin Temple, my Buddhist name is Xuzhu, and I would like to greet the three female donors. My hands and feet are tied, so I cannot pay my respects completely. Please don't blame me, the three female donors." Chen Liu said.

"Pfft!" Ah Bi's laughter was a bit low. She said, "Master, I've only heard of people calling themselves 'old monk', 'poor monk' or 'little monk'. This is the first time I've heard of it."

Wang Yuyan and Azhu also found it a little funny. The monk spoke in a strange tone, and they might be a fake monk.

"The old monk calls himself 'old monk', and I feel that I am still quite young. It should not be an exaggeration to call me 'young monk', right?" Chen Liu said with a smile.

A-Bi found it very funny and couldn't help giggling. Her laughter sounded like a lark singing, very nice.

"It turns out that the master is a senior monk from Shaolin Temple."

"I can't call myself a high monk, I'm just trying to make a living."

Wang Yuyan: ...

Ah Zhu and Ah Bi: ...

This monk must be a fake. Shaolin Temple is a well-known and upright sect in the martial arts world, and its rules are very strict. It is absolutely impossible for a monk who speaks so rudely to appear here. Even if he is not a fake monk, this person is definitely not a monk from Shaolin Temple.

"Why did the master appear in Jiangnan? And was he captured by bandits?" Ah Zhu asked.

"I, ahem, was ordered by my master to return to Jiangnan to take care of some family matters, and asked my senior brother to accompany me back. My senior brother had to leave for a while for something, and asked me to wait for him there, but we ran into bandits. Not only did they steal my package, they also kidnapped me without thinking."

Chen Liu muttered to himself, "This should work, right? It should be okay, right? This Wang Yuyan is a love-brained person, and she doesn't seem very bright either."

Wang Yuyan pouted, a little annoyed. Who was not very smart? And what did "love-brain" mean? This person had already said twice that she was love-brained.

"Abi is also quite simple, so she should be easy to deceive."

Ah Bi also glared at Chen Liu secretly. "You lied to me? Don't you know that you've already revealed all your secrets?"

"Azhu is the smartest and has the most ideas. When these three girls are together, it's usually Azhu who makes the decisions."

Ah Zhu felt a little proud, thinking that this fake monk knew me quite well!

"Forget it, forget it. After I finish the show with the boss tonight, I'll rescue these three girls and see if I can get a martial arts manual or two from Wang Yuyan. If that doesn't work, I'll just run away and quickly go to Langhuan Blessed Land to take the Beiming Divine Art and Lingbo Weibu to prevent Duan Yu from stealing them."

Chapter 4 The Bald Thief

Chen Liu would never have thought his thoughts would be overheard. After all, such things cannot be seen unless the other party actively tells him. And Lin Pingan himself has a system. After all, he is a time traveler. Isn't it standard for time travelers to have a system? Rings are no longer popular now. What's popular now is systems. If you travel through time without a system, you'd be embarrassed to say hello to people when you go out.

Because he already had a system, Chen Liu hadn't considered any other unique features. What frustrated him was that his system wasn't a system that offered free gifts and cultivation, like sign-in, simulations, or diary entries. It was just a useless panel. No newbie gift packs, no system mall, and no pretty system elves to flirt with. Chen Liu studied it for a long time, finally confirming it was just a system panel, and gave up.

Even though it was just a system panel, it was better than nothing. And after Chen Liu realized this was the world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, he figured his system panel wasn't useless; he just hadn't figured out how to use it. For example, it should have a function for recording martial arts skills, right? If it didn't even have that function, then he was a complete Muggle. He couldn't even read martial arts manuals, considering he was wearing a mask. But Chen Liu didn't have any martial arts manuals, so he couldn't conduct experiments.

Now Chen Liu only hoped that his system panel would have the function of recording martial arts skills. If even this function was not available, then he would have no choice but to honestly find a sect to become a disciple. After all, he would not be willing to come to the world of martial arts without learning a few skills.

While Chen Liu was still trying to pry two martial arts manuals from Wang Yuyan for testing, Wang Yuyan, Ah Zhu, and Ah Bi were already in a state of panic. What did this fake monk mean? Was he going to stage a rescue with the head monk at night? Was he actually in league with the bandits? Was he trying to steal the martial arts manuals from her (her cousin's) family?

Fortunately, they were able to hear the villain's inner voice, otherwise they would have been deceived without even realizing it. Furthermore, from the name of Langhuan Blessed Land, Wang Yuyan guessed that the thief had likely been eyeing the martial arts secrets of their Mantuo Villa for a long time, and had abducted them back to the mountain stronghold in order to play the hero-saving-the-beauty role and win their favor.

This was truly wicked. Wang Yuyan couldn't help but glare at Chen Liu fiercely. Even though the place where their Mantuo Villa stored martial arts secrets was called the Langhuan Jade Cave, not the Langhuan Blessed Land, Wang Yuyan simply assumed Chen Liu had misnamed it. But what puzzled Wang Yuyan was: what were the Beiming Divine Art and Lingbo Weibu? She had read all the martial arts secrets in the Langhuan Jade Cave, so why didn't he know about these two? And who was Duan Yu? The thief had already mentioned that name once.

Chen Liu also noticed Wang Yuyan glaring at him fiercely, and he couldn't help but feel a little confused. He thought to himself, "What's wrong with this little girl Wang Yuyan? I just told them how I was kidnapped by bandits, why did her attitude towards me suddenly change drastically? Is it because she's having her period? That's why her mood is like a rainy day in June, so changeable?"

Hearing Chen Liu's thoughts, Wang Yuyan's heart trembled, and she immediately suppressed her emotions. She absolutely couldn't let this thief see that they could hear his thoughts, otherwise he would know that their plan had been leaked, and he would definitely turn against them immediately. Now they were still in their mountain stronghold, they couldn't let them see the problem, otherwise they would be doomed.

Ah Zhu's expression couldn't help but change slightly. She immediately diverted Chen Liu's attention and covered up for Wang Yuyan. She started chatting with Chen Liu and said, "Master Xu Zhu, Shaolin Temple has countless martial arts, and its seventy-two unique skills are world-famous. Even you can't beat those bandits?"

"Shaolin Temple has many martial arts, and if you learn Shaolin martial arts well, you will become very powerful. It's a pity that I have never learned martial arts." Chen Liu said helplessly.

Ah Zhu looked surprised and asked, "Master Xu Zhu, you have never learned martial arts?"

"No." Chen Liu opened his mouth and lied, "My master said that my earthly ties are not yet complete and he is unwilling to teach me martial arts."

"Oh? Master, your earthly ties are still unfinished? What earthly ties?"

"Alas!" Chen Liuwei sighed and said, "My master told me a few days ago that my family had arranged a marriage for me since I was a child. Later, my family encountered misfortune and was visited by enemies. My old servant risked his life to rescue me and sent me to the Shaolin Temple to a master who had a connection with my father. The master took me in, and so I became a monk in Shaolin Temple. This time I returned to Jiangnan just to resolve the engagement with her. It's rare to have the best of both worlds. I will not let down the Tathagata and you. I have dedicated my body and mind to the Buddha. I can't ruin a girl's life, right?"

Wang Yuyan: ...

Ah Zhu and Ah Bi: ...

Although they knew the thief was lying, the three women were stunned by Chen Liu's words, "It's rare to have the best of both worlds. I won't let down the Tathagata, and I won't let you down." They hadn't expected this thief to be a brilliant scholar. If you're so talented, why not do anything else? Why choose a career as a bandit, a promising... ah, dead end career?

Ah Zhu pursed her lips and said, "So the master is also from a wealthy family in Gusu."

"We can't be called a wealthy family, but just a small one. We can't be compared with your Gusu Murong and Mantuo Villa at all." Chen Liu said.

"Who is the master's wife who has not yet married? Maybe we will get to know each other if you tell us," Ah Zhu continued.

"You won't understand even if I tell you. We are just from a humble family." Chen Liu quickly declined.

"How would we know if you don't tell us?" Ah Zhu said with a smile: "If you tell us, maybe we will know each other?"

Chen Liu felt like he'd been screwed. He thought to himself, "I didn't expect Ah Zhu to be so fond of gossip. If I had known, I wouldn't have made it up. I should have just said that Master sent my senior brother and I to Jiangnan on business. Now I have to think of a way to cover it up. What should I do? It seems I'll just have to make up a name."

Keep making it up. Wang Yuyan, Azhu, and Abi couldn't help but smile. Now they weren't too worried about their safety. Since this bald thief and the bandit leader were trying to trick them, they would definitely take the initiative to send them back to Yanziwu or Mantuo Villa in order to obtain the martial arts secrets. Once they returned to their home turf, they wouldn't be afraid of them anymore with their cousin (young master) around.

"Well, the girl my family arranged for me to be married to as a child is called Shen Bijun."

Chen Liu thought, "Now I'm going to bring up Shen Bijun, the most beautiful woman in Jiangnan, from Gu Long's novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes. You wouldn't recognize her, would you?"

"But there is Shen Bijun in Shenjiazhuang in Jiangnan, who is known as the most beautiful woman in Jiangnan? I didn't expect that she is the master's fiancée." Ah Zhu said.

"Ah?" Chen Liu's eyes almost bulged into goldfish eyes, and he was completely stunned.

Chapter 5 The World of Mixed Martial Arts

"You know Shen Bijun?" Chen Liu was stunned. Honestly, even if he knew he'd arrived in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Chen Liu wouldn't have been this surprised. But when he learned that this world not only had Wang Yuyan, played by Jin Da, but also Shen Bijun, played by Gu Da, how could he not be shocked? Could it be that he'd traveled to more than just Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils? Or a world of martial arts?

"I know her. She's the eldest daughter of Shenjia Village." Ah Zhu said with a sly smile in her eyes.

Ah Bi said indignantly, "Although Shen Bijun is also very beautiful, it is too much to say that she is the most beautiful woman in Jiangnan. Our cousin is even more beautiful than her."

"Abi, don't talk nonsense. Miss Shen is also very beautiful." Wang Yuyan felt a little embarrassed.

"Do you know Shen Lang?" Chen Liu asked in a hurried tone.

"I know, he is Shen Bijun's brother." Ah Zhu said.

"It's over, it's all messed up." Chen Liu was a little stunned, thinking to himself, "In Gu Long's Xiao Shiyilang, Shen Bijun should have been Shen Lang's descendant, but now she's become Shen Lang's sister. These two people are not from the same era at all. Moreover, they are both characters in Gu Long's novels, while Wang Yuyan and Azhu and Abi are characters in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. I really have traveled to the world of Zongwu."

A world of martial arts? Shen Bijun was a descendant of Shen Lang? Wang Yuyan, Ah Zhu, and Ah Bi glanced at the stunned Chen Liu, then exchanged a quiet glance, each feeling a sense of shock. From the information the thief bald man had revealed, they came to a shocking conclusion: he didn't seem to be from their world, and they shouldn't have appeared at the same time as Shen Lang and Shen Bijun. But was that even possible? Now the three women were even thinking the thief bald man might be crazy. If he wasn't crazy, could it be that the world itself was?

"Um, Master Xuzhu, I heard that the person who was engaged to Shen Bijun was Lian Chengbi from the Lian family? Could it be that Master is Lian Chengbi, the young master of the Lian family?" Ah Zhu blinked.

"Ahem, you heard wrong. The Shen Bijun I'm talking about isn't that Shen Bijun, but Shen Bijun. Bi is the Bi from A-Bi, and Jun is the Jun from Zuo Wang You Jun." Chen Liu quickly patched it up and said, "Shen Family Manor isn't the Shen Family Manor of the Jinzhen Shen family, but another less famous Shen Family Manor. You wouldn't know it even if I told you."

"Oh, so that's how it is. It seems we misunderstood." Ah Zhu said with a smile.

"Hey, Miss Ah Zhu, can you tell me about any famous masters in the world?" Chen Liu wanted to find out from Ah Zhu what other masters there were in the world, and see what other worlds had merged together besides Gu Long's "The Swordsman" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", so that Ah Zhu wouldn't keep pestering Shen Bijun.

"A martial arts master?"

"Yes, I'm very interested in the affairs of the martial arts world." Chen Liu nodded repeatedly and said, "It's just that when I was in Shaolin Temple, my master made me chant scriptures every day and didn't let me practice martial arts, so I don't know much about the current martial arts world."

Ah Zhu secretly rolled her eyes. "I don't believe you, you evil thief." But Ah Zhu also wanted to hear Chen Liu's true feelings to confirm his origins. After a moment's thought, she said, "If we're talking about martial arts masters, let's start with those from the Song Dynasty. I'll start with the more famous martial arts masters from the Song Dynasty. The most famous ones are naturally our young masters Murong Nan and Qiao Feng Bei..."

"Qiao Feng is naturally a master, but as for your Murong Fu, forget it." Chen Liu secretly rolled his eyes and couldn't help muttering in his heart, thinking: "Not to mention that this is the world of comprehensive martial arts, with countless masters, even if we only count the Eight Immortals, there are at least ten who can pin Murfu to the ground and rub him repeatedly! One monk, two hangings, three old men, and four absolutes are not Murong Fu. Even outside of the ten great masters of the Eight Immortals, there are many who are as bad as Murong Fu."

Ah Zhu's face stiffened slightly. Chen Liu's silent complaints nearly stifled her. "Is their young master so shameless? At least ten masters could pin their young master to the ground and rub him repeatedly? Who were those monks, two hangers-on, three old masters, and four masters? Why haven't I heard of them?"

Wang Yuyan couldn't help but have a dark thought. She had always believed that her cousin, even if not the best, was at least one of the top few. She wanted to refute it, but since they had secretly overheard this information from Chen Liu's thoughts, there was no way to refute it. She could only sulk inwardly, and at the same time, her dislike for Chen Liu grew even worse.

"In addition, there is Mr. Lian Chengbi from Wuqi Villa, who is also the fiancé of Miss Shen Bijun." Ah Zhu glanced at Chen Liu.

Chen Liu felt slightly embarrassed. It wasn't over yet, was it? I should have come up with a more popular name, like Ruhua... Ugh, Liu Yifei or Reba.

"Young Master Lian was already known as a child prodigy at the age of six. By the age of ten, he had mastered the art of swordsmanship. At the age of eleven, he was able to fight Taixuan Xinji, the head of the Japanese Ittoryu school, for three hundred moves without being defeated. He is a rare young master in our Great Song Dynasty."

"Lian Chengbi is indeed a master, but unfortunately he is a little narrow-minded and was cuckolded by Xiao Shiyilang. Moreover, he married Shen Bijun mainly for the Shen family's Deer-Cutting Knife." Chen Liu thought to himself.

Ah Zhu almost got stuck again and paused before continuing, "Young Master Shen Lang of the Jinzhen Shen family. He's been known as a child prodigy since childhood, and is said to be no less talented than Lian Chengbi, if not more so. However, Young Master Shen enjoys traveling and rarely stays in the Song Dynasty. Therefore, his fame in the Song Dynasty isn't as great as that of Lian Chengbi."

"Not in Song Dynasty? Then where did Shen Lang go?"

"Ming Dynasty!"

Chen Liu:......

Chen Liu nearly spat out a mouthful of blood, unable to help but secretly complain: "Damn, the Ming Dynasty and the Song Dynasty existed at the same time, what the hell is this? The Ming Dynasty was the dynasty after the Song Dynasty. Fine! This is the Zongwu World, and the dynasties that Gu Long's novels take place in are basically based on the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty is reasonable... right?"

Wang Yuyan and Ah Zhu and Ah Bi's expressions were a little awkward. Was the Ming dynasty the dynasty after the Song? And that Gu Long was a novelist? That thief had previously said that Shen Lang and Shen Bijun were characters from Gu Long's novels. Were they just characters in the novel? Then weren't we also characters in a novel called Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils? But how was that even possible?

"Are there any other masters?"

"Yes! My cousin's brother, Wang Linghua, is also a well-known martial arts master of the younger generation."

"What the hell? Wang Linghua became Wang Yuyan's cousin? One is a character created by Gu Long, and the other is a character created by Jin Yong. How can they be put together? This is too ridiculous, right?" Chen Liu couldn't help but roar in his heart.

Wang Yuyan, Ah Zhu, and Ah Bi exchanged a silent glance, their hearts filled with even greater uncertainty. Could it be that they were truly just characters in someone else's novel? This was a difficult situation for the three women to accept. After all, they were living people. Furthermore, they had met Wang Linghua and Shen Bijun before; they were also living people. How could they possibly be just characters in someone else's novel?

Chapter 6: Lovers in the World Finally Become Brothers and Sisters

"Three of the Five Great Masters, the East Evil, the North Beggar, and the Central Divine Power, are also masters of the martial arts world of our Great Song Dynasty."

"Huang Yaoshi, Hong Qigong, and Wang Chongyang?"

"You know a lot of masters." Ah Zhu said with a smile.

"Well, I heard my senior brother mention it occasionally on the road." Chen Liu hurriedly explained.

"Oh, the characters from The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes have also appeared. Does that mean Huang Rong and Xiaolongnu will also appear?" Chen Liu sighed inwardly and thought to himself, "Tsk tsk, Huang Rong is one of the most famous wives in the universe. As the saying goes, Huang Rong is permanent, but Cao Cao is ever-changing. I must go and see Huang Rong if I get a chance."

Wang Yuyan saw Chen Liu's fantasies whenever he thought of Huang Rong, and she felt a little annoyed. What's the point? When you see me, you tell me I'm a love-brained person and I'm not your type, but when you think of Huang Rong, you want to see her. Is Huang Rong really beautiful? More beautiful than me? Wang Yuyan couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied. Wang Yuyan has always been very confident in her appearance. Although she had spoken up for Shen Bijun when Ah Bi stood up for her before, she was still a little dissatisfied with Shen Bijun's reputation as the most beautiful woman in Jiangnan. If it weren't for her family's strict control, she wouldn't be able to show up in public like Shen Bijun. How could she have been the most beautiful woman in Jiangnan?

"I wonder if Huang Rong is married now." Chen Liu thought to himself, "Who cares if she's married or not? Anyway, I'm just going to take a look and admire the wives of all the worlds. It can satisfy my curiosity."

Wang Yuyan: ...

Ah Zhu and Ah Bi: ...

"Huang Rong is too smart. A woman who is too smart can only be tamed by a fool. Let's leave her to that fool Guo Jing. Besides, Huang Rong pursues a lifelong partnership, which I can't do. Now that we have come to the Zongwu world, there are so many beauties. I can't just hang myself on a tree, right? I have to marry three or two wives and find three or five beautiful maids. Huang Rong is not for me."