Chapter 43: The Eight Trigrams are Human Nature
Chapter 43: The Eight Trigrams are Human Nature
Li Ping said he wasn't being sarcastic, but to the members of the Five Mountains Sword Sect, his words sounded extremely sarcastic.
If it were in the past, and Li Ping had said that, no matter how high your martial arts skills were, these masters from the Five Mountains Sword Sect would have fought Li Ping to the death.
But after Li Ping exposed the ulterior motives of Yu Canghai, Zuo Lengchan, and even Yue Buqun, these masters of the Five Mountains Sword Sect were extremely ashamed and speechless for a moment!
Only Abbess Dingyi said, "Zuo Lengchan is ambitious and acts perversely, while Yu Canghai is despicable, shameless, vicious, and cunning. They are both despicable. They are indeed the righteous ones, but if Hero Li equates us with the demonic path because of them, it would be biased."
Li Ping sighed: "Perhaps, at least I know you're a good person, Master."
"I just feel it's a real shame."
"In my opinion, martial arts should be the most magical thing in the world. It can break the original limits of the human body and do all sorts of incredible things."
"It is the key to unlocking the evolution of life, with infinite possibilities."
"But among you, those ambitious individuals like Zuo Lengchan only desire to unify the Five Mountains Sword Sects..."
"It's too small; its scope has really become too narrow."
He was speaking from the heart. In his hometown, people discovered the wonders of steam and electricity, and on these two, they developed an incomparably brilliant civilization.
But in a magical world where martial arts and internal energy exist, these two things do not help the development of the world and civilization at all, which is a real pity.
If this world weren't so short-lived, and could explode at any moment along with the river of time, he would definitely have spread martial arts throughout the world and vigorously developed martial arts civilization.
Right now, Li Ping doesn't know how much time he and this world have left, so he only wants to greatly improve his cultivation in order to survive when the river of time collapses to "this time".
Furthermore, if possible, he would like to peek into the secrets of the collapse of the River of Time, to see what kind of people could do such a thing, and why they would do it!
The others were shocked. You think unifying the Five Mountains Sword Sects is too small a goal?
What is your perspective?
To unify the martial arts world?
Li Ping continued, "After decades of feuds with the Sun Moon Sect, you probably can't even explain what you've been fighting over."
"However, now that Dongfang Bubai is dead, Leader Ren has become the new leader of the Sun Moon Cult. Leader Ren intends to reorganize the cult and eliminate its abuses and reforms."
"I simply cannot bear to see you continue like this!"
Now everyone from the Five Mountains Sword Sect finally understood: Li Ping wanted to act as a peacemaker, suggesting a reconciliation between the Five Mountains Sword Sect and the Sun Moon Sect!
The main problem is that the Sun Moon Cult has now sided with Li Ping. If something really happens to the Sun Moon Cult, can he really just stand by and do nothing?
All he wants now is to obtain the secret martial arts of the Sun Moon Sect and practice them intensively. He doesn't want to deal with these trivial matters, so he wants to give it his all.
Master Tianmen said, "Hero Li, I admire you greatly for killing Dongfang Bubai, but the enmity between my Mount Tai Sect and the Sun Moon Cult runs deep. How can I let it go so easily with just a few words?!"
Abbess Dingyi also said, "Master Li is compassionate and kind-hearted; I admire him greatly!"
"But the Sun Moon Cult has committed countless evils and its crimes are beyond redemption. Does it mean that just because the leader wants to eliminate its abuses and reform, all those past events have never happened?"
Li Ping said, "Don't you Buddhists preach the idea of 'laying down the butcher's knife and instantly becoming a Buddha'?"
Master Dingyi said, "That would require them to truly lay down their weapons. If Hero Li could really get them to lay down their weapons, that would be an immeasurable act of merit!"
"This humble nun also hopes that day will come!"
Fei Bin said, "Hero Li truly has the heart of a bodhisattva, but the Demonic Sect is adept at being two-faced, saying one thing to your face and another behind your back. If Hero Li trusts them too easily, be careful of the backlash!"
At this point, Ren Yingying and Lan Fenghuang couldn't hold back any longer.
Ren Yingying said, "Are we, the Divine Sect, villains, and you, the Five Mountains Sword Sect, gentlemen?"
"Leaving aside the fact that he lost the Huashan Sword Competition back then and used traps to trap and kill my sect's predecessors, how dare you say such things about the despicable things Zuo Lengchan did?"
Fei Bin asked, "And who are you?"
Lan Fenghuang proudly declared, "This is the new leader of the Sun Moon Divine Sect, Ren Yingying, Leader Ren."
At this moment, the people from the Five Mountains Sword Sect had strange expressions on their faces, and then they understood!
"I see!"
"I've heard that Ren Yingying is the daughter of Ren Woxing and the Holy Maiden of the Sun Moon Sect. With Dongfang Bubai dead, she is indeed qualified to succeed him as the sect leader."
"Now I finally understand why Master Li spoke up for the Sun Moon Cult!"
"So, Master Li is a lecherous man!"
"You can't blame him, after all, Master Li is so young, and it's natural for him to be attracted to young women!"
"The legendary swordsman Feng Qingyang was like that back then, is it possible that Master Li is going to follow in his footsteps!?"
"How pathetic! How lamentable! How regrettable!"
Hearing the whispers of these disciples from the five sects, Ren Yingying immediately blushed.
Is it...
Could it be...
Did Master Li push me to the position of sect leader because he likes me?
This……
That's not a good idea.
Master Li already has two female confidantes by his side...
But why is my heart beating so fast?
Li Ping: "..."
Damn it, when I get down to business, not many of you say a word, but once you start gossiping, you never stop!
It seems that reconciliation is out of the question!
Count the ball!
Whatever!
"Rong'er, Xiaoying, let's go home!"
After Li Ping and the others left and learned of Zuo Lengchan's intentions, the other factions naturally wouldn't stand by and watch the Songshan Sect destroy Liu Zhengfeng's family. In the end, the matter was left unresolved!
The news that Li Ping killed Dongfang Bubai and Ren Yingying took over as the leader of the Sun Moon Sect immediately caused a huge uproar in the martial arts world.
After all, Dongfang Bubai was once recognized as the number one martial arts master!
……
Songshan Sect!
When Zuo Lengchan heard Fei Bin and the other two's report, his face turned extremely ugly!
How could Li Ping possibly know about my plans? Could there be a spy from the Sun Moon Cult among my people?
With these things exposed, it will be difficult for me to reconcile the Five Sacred Mountains!
more importantly……
He looked at Fei Bin and asked, "Did Li Ping really kill Dongfang Bubai? What was his martial arts skill like?"
In the world of martial arts, in the end, it's all about fists!
Fei Bin immediately demonstrated the battle between Li Ping and Dongfang Bubai with Lu Bai, who was known for his Pine Crane Hand technique!
After the demonstration, Fei Bin said, "The two have very similar martial arts styles. I suspect that the Sunflower Manual and the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique originated from the same source."
"Most importantly, Li Ping and Dongfang Bubai are at least three times faster than the two of us!"
Cold sweat trickled down Zuo Lengchan's forehead. Three times faster?
This is still human!
He originally thought that his martial arts skills had greatly improved over the years, and he had even cultivated the Frost True Qi, so he was no longer afraid of Dongfang Bubai!
Unexpectedly, Dongfang Bubai's martial arts skills had improved to such an extent.
This speed... is beyond human capability to withstand.
He pondered for a moment: "Li Ping isn't a member of the Sun Moon Cult. Is it possible for us to win him over?"
Fei Bin said, "That's quite possible. Li Ping is a lecherous man. He only spoke up for Ren Yingying because she's so beautiful!"
"In that case, we can use our femininity as a weapon!"
Zuo Lengchan said, "Where would we get a beauty?"
Fei Bin said, "My senior brother's daughter..."
Zuo Lengchan roared in fury: "You're courting death!"
Fei Bin immediately fell silent.
Zuo Lengchan thought for a moment and said, "In that case, go and find a beautiful woman. As long as you can bring Li Ping to Mount Song, it's worth any amount of money!"
Fei Bin said, "I actually have someone in mind. I heard that Senior Brother Tang saved a beauty before, and he's been running around taking care of her every day, so much so that he doesn't want anyone to see her. He's even neglected his martial arts!"
"Why not offer this woman to Li Ping?"
"I heard she's a bit older, but young men might actually like older women like that—they're caring!"
Zuo Lengchan was taken aback, only then realizing that he hadn't seen Tang Ying'e for some time. Had he actually become obsessed with beautiful women?
"Alright, you take care of it! Hmm, if it weren't for this, I would have killed this slut with a single sword stroke. She actually used her beauty to bewitch my junior brother."
"It's no wonder, Junior Brother Tang. I've heard that this beauty is absolutely stunning, like Guanyin descended to earth..."
"Could it be that you...?"
"Ahem, I'm just curious, what kind of beauty could captivate Junior Brother Tang? I've never seen this beauty named Li Qi before!"
He didn't know that Li Qi came from another timeline, and that she had another name: Shi Guanyin!
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