The Villain's Counterattack

Chapter 452 Accidentally Stabbed Him

Xu Zhu's martial arts skills are naturally slightly inferior to Jiumozhi's, and he is just half a step away from the top. What he has learned is quite good. The "Yi Jin Jing" can be regarded as the best of Shaolin's unique skills. The 108-style Arhat Fist created by Murong Fu condenses the essence of Shaolin's unique skills. Later, he also had the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu" to strengthen his body. However, he started learning martial arts late, and could not compare with Jiumozhi's decades of hard practice.

But he was incredibly gifted, his comprehension was quite impressive, and the Buddhist martial arts he had learned were quite compatible with his own. Since meeting Murong Fu, his cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds. Aside from being unaware of it, there were no other major problems. Today's battle, with its three-year silence and sudden resurgence, had stunned the entire Shaolin Temple. Only then did the Shaolin monks understand why the arrogant Nan Murong had such a different eye for this ugly young monk.

Jiumozhi stabbed Xuzhu with a knife, and Xuzhu took the opportunity to grab his right hand and compete with him in internal strength. He was unable to move for a while. Several monks of the Xuan generation rushed out and surrounded him. He still retorted shamelessly, mocking Shaolin for bullying the weak with its numbers. This made many monks around him speechless. The status of this Tibetan national master fell to the ground in an instant.

Seeing that he could not gain an advantage in martial arts moves, Jiumozhi studied all 72 Shaolin secret techniques, but he only learned half of them, and most of them were just imitations, without really memorizing them. Even so, with his martial arts attainments as a top master, his display was not comparable to that of an ordinary first-class master who has mastered a single secret technique.

Unfortunately, he met an opponent who was half a step away from the peak, and what he had learned was able to restrain the Shaolin skills in every way, leaving him unable to use his skills. In this case, Jiumozhi successfully launched a sneak attack and stabbed Xu Zhu's arm, and planned to use his powerful internal force to destroy Xu Zhu, the future enemy.

Yes, in Jiumozhi's eyes, this young monk was destined to be his biggest enemy in life. If he could not be eliminated early and allowed to truly grow up, it would be difficult for him to plot against Shaolin in the future.

While Jiumozhi was arguing with several high monks of the Xuan generation, he was also madly using his internal energy to attack Xuzhu's tendons. However, the "Yi Jin Jing" that Xuzhu practiced was of great help to his body's tendons. Although his internal energy was not as good as Jiumozhi's, it was more resilient and mellow. Xuzhu's face was full of pain and blood was rushing up, but his tendons were never damaged.

Abbot Xuanci and others were no ordinary people either. They quickly discovered Xu Zhu's predicament and Jiumozhi's plan, and took a step forward together to force Jiumozhi to let go of Xu Zhu. They had a ready-made excuse, as there was a dagger stuck in Xu Zhu's shoulder.

The young monk Xuzhu was a down-to-earth man, and he would obey the orders of the abbot, but who was Jiumozhi? He was an absolute pragmatic egoist. He did not stop immediately, but changed his attack to a defensive one, and fiercely transferred a wave of his internal force into Xuzhu's body. If the abbot Xuanci had not taken action in time, he would have added another palm to try to kill Xuzhu in one fell swoop.

Even so, the young monk Xuzhu took a few steps back and sat down on the ground. He closed his eyes and sat cross-legged in meditation. His face was distorted, sweat rolled down his forehead, and his body made crackling sounds. It was obvious that he had been ambushed by Jiumozhi.

Jiumozhi laughed heartily and said, "Young Master said that all his knowledge came from Shaolin, so it is reasonable for me to pass on Shaolin internal energy to you. I hope you can make good use of it."

The Shaolin monks were horrified upon hearing this. Only Abbot Xuanci had a slightly strange expression. Others, such as the Master of Shenshan and the two Indian monks, looked slightly happy. However, senior monks like Juexian and Daoqing kept saying in their hearts, "What a pity! What a pity!"

At this moment, a monk hurried into the hall, holding a large stack of visiting cards. He raised them with both hands and handed them to Xuanci, saying, "Abbot, the heroes of Heshuo are here to pay their respects to you."

The Shaolin monks suddenly realized that today was not an ordinary day. It was the day of the martial arts conference. A month ago, the Liao Kingdom launched a large-scale attack. Yanmen Pass and Taiyuan were successively lost. The Liao cavalry marched straight into the country and traveled thousands of miles in half a month. Now they have reached the border of Henan. In the west, Xixia and Tubo are ready to make a move. At this time, the Beggar Gang sent a message to Shaolin, preparing to hold a martial arts conference to pool resources to deal with this major change.

Another significant event was the Liao vanguard commander, who was none other than Qiao Feng, the former leader of the Beggars' Sect and now the Southern Court King, Xiao Feng. As leader of the Beggars' Sect, he was intimately familiar with the sect's methods and personnel, which had made the Liao invasion exceptionally smooth. The Beggars' Sect's intelligence systems largely inoperable, and the role of martial artists in the martial arts world was declining.

In addition, the news of Deputy Gang Leader Ma's death outside the Great Wall was inevitably leaked. It seemed that Deputy Gang Leader Ma had something particularly important to investigate, which involved many people, so he hid many notes on his body before leaving. After his death, he was holding two notes in his hands, one of which read "The one who killed me was Qiao Feng" and the other read "The one who killed me was Murong".

But unfortunately, he had other notes in his arms, some of which said "The one who killed me was Shaolin", "The one who killed me was Liao Kingdom", and the most outrageous one was "The one who killed me was Beggar Gang". But judging from the handwriting, it was indeed written by Ma Dayuan himself.

The Beggar Gang was a little confused about the truth for a while, so they could only investigate slowly and carefully. Due to the civil unrest in Liao Dynasty and the border blockade, the investigation was once deadlocked. It was not until recently that Xiao Feng was named King of the Southern Courtyard and personally led an army of 100,000 to invade the Central Plains that the top leaders of the Beggar Gang suddenly realized the truth.

It turns out that Deputy Gang Leader Ma discovered Xiao Feng's true identity and knew that he would rise to power and offer the Central Plains as a gift to the Liao Emperor, which is why he was killed. Based on the idea that whoever benefits is the murderer, Xiao Feng became the biggest suspect. After all, how could Murong Fu, who was facing a dilemma of being surrounded by enemies and struggling to cope with the situation, and with such a huge foundation under his control, go all the way to hunt down Deputy Gang Leader Ma?

Abbot Xuanci took a look at the name cards, there were more than thirty of them, all of which listed the names of famous heroes in the northern area. Knowing that it was the work of the Beggar Gang, he hurriedly ordered Master Xuansheng to go and greet them. However, at that time, Xu Zhu was at a critical moment in the main hall healing his injuries, so it was not advisable to move rashly. It would be inappropriate to invite the heroes of Heshuo into the main hall.

If they asked why there was a little monk sitting in the center of the hall, how would they answer?

If we tell the truth, when the Tibetan state master Mahalin Vajra King was teaching the young Shaolin monk Xu the Arhat Fist and he accidentally stabbed him, I'm afraid the Tibetan monk would explode on the spot and die with Shaolin.

Abbot Xuanci left two senior monks of the Xuan generation to guard Xuzhu and Master Xuandu while they were healing, and the others followed him out to meet the enemy. Just as they met the heroes of Heshuo, the monk in charge of reception came in to report that dozens of martial arts figures from Shandong and Huainan had come to pay their respects, and soon the heroes from Sichuan and Shaanxi also arrived, but the last to arrive were the Beggars' Sect.

Ever since Qiao Feng was expelled, Bai Shijing committed suicide, and Ma Dayuan passed away, the Beggars' Sect was leaderless. Elder Xu was able to return to the martial arts world, but he was old after all. Although he had deep internal strength, he could not withstand long battles and was unable to compete with young and strong masters of the same level. The situation of the Beggars' Sect was getting worse and worse.

The main culprit for Qiao Feng's expulsion was Kang Min, but the root cause was Qiao Feng's Khitan origin. His departure had a huge impact on the Beggars' Sect, and nearly half of the senior leaders in the sect could accept it. However, Ma Dayuan's death was different.

The Beggars' Sect's leaders had their suspicions about Qiao Feng and Murong Fu due to Ma Dayuan's final words, but they both had clear alibis, leaving them somewhat unsure. Murong Fu was in Taihu Lake during a time when many of the Song Dynasty's wealthy families were targeting the Murong Trading Company. His whereabouts could not be kept secret, and he truly had never left Gusu.

As a member of the Liao Kingdom's Royal Guard, Qiao Feng was required to be on duty. Besides his duties, he always kept in touch with the Beggars' Sect and Murong Trading Company. The Beggars' Sect disciples themselves could testify for him that during the time when Deputy Sect Leader Ma was killed, Qiao Feng had never left Shangjing.

The case had already reached a stalemate, but a few months later, Qiao Feng suddenly became the Southern Court King of the Liao Kingdom and led a 100,000-man army to capture Yanmen and Taiyuan, heading straight for Henan. This made the Beggars' Sect's leaders uneasy. It can be said that the Beggars' Sect was large in number and powerful. Even without the leader and deputy leader, it still had some strength. The elders were still able to barely hold on and operate, and they had some resistance against the Western Xia and Tubo.

However, facing Qiao Feng, they really didn't have much ability to fight back. It was because they were too familiar with him!

At this time they could only ask for help from Shaolin, which led to the hasty holding of this conference. Because it was too hasty, the heroes from Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong and Guangxi, and Jiangnan were unable to participate in time. Most of the participants were martial arts heroes from the northern part of the Song Dynasty.

"His Royal Highness Duan, the King of Zhennan of the Dali Kingdom, has arrived."

And where there is Duan Zhengchun, there is naturally a high possibility that Duan Yanqing is also there. After Yun Zhonghe was killed, only three evil men were left among the four evil men. They chased Duan Zhengchun all the way to Shaolin, and met Duan Yu halfway. They wanted to capture him, but found that they could not defeat him in a head-on fight.

After fighting and playing all the way, they finally arrived at Shaolin. Duan Yu and Duan Zhengchun, father and son, worked together to beat Duan Yanqing back, but they were unable to suppress him. Duan Yanqing knew Duan Zhengchun's romantic nature, so he decided to follow him until he was left alone.