The Villain's Counterattack

Chapter 446 The Murong family is so terrifying!

Three top-notch masters, one half-step to the top, and one top-level master. If this kind of formation were placed in the Central Plains martial arts world, even Shaolin would be wary. After all, there is only one top-level master in the entire Shaolin, the Sweeping Monk, and the only other top-notch master is Abbot Xuanci. The rest of the strong side has more than a dozen first-rate masters. Facing the joint attack of five top-notch masters, I am afraid they will be in a mess for a while.

The most important of these was the Sweeping Monk's reluctance to meet others. However, besides him and Abbot Xuanci, Shaolin now boasted another exceptionally skilled master: the young monk Xuzhu. Ever since learning Murong Fu's 108-style Arhat Fist, his martial arts had improved rapidly, and he had since diligently practiced the Dragon Elephant Prajnaparamita Technique, a form of martial arts known only to the fool, possessing virtually no weaknesses.

You mean enemy experience?

Haha, the master Murong Fu personally taught him moves, so the young monk Xu Zhu was not too afraid of the so-called master. Although he would be defeated in a few moves every time, he must have a lot of experience. It's just that he has a gentle personality and almost never fights with others. The only one who fought with him was Murong Fu, so maybe he would not hold back when he attacked.

Deep down, Xu Zhu had never considered himself that powerful. After all, he was always defeated in a few moves, so it was hard to cultivate confidence. However, there were many Shaolin monks, and even casually, he could see many of them. Gradually, he realized that while their moves looked beautiful, their speed, strength, and skill were far inferior to Master Murong's. After a few more glances, he could actually find countermeasures for most of them from the 108 Arhat Fists.

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Xu Zhu suppressed it himself. He chanted the Buddha's name in his heart and quickly retreated. He thought that he was not experienced enough to see the subtleties. In fact, they were much stronger than him. So he practiced harder after returning. His martial arts advanced rapidly without stopping under the impetus of the "Yi Jin Jing". However, thanks to the extraordinary nature of the "Yi Jin Jing", his extraordinary nature was concealed. Except for the Sweeping Monk, no one in the entire Shaolin could see through it.

It is said that Murong Fu was surrounded by five masters on Taihu Lake. In addition to the four major wealthy families of Wang, Xie, Chen and Lu, even the government intervened. Originally, people thought that this was a sign of respect for Murong Fu, but they never expected that they still underestimated him.

Wang Yuyan, Azhu and Aqing are all top-notch masters. Although Abi's martial arts skills are slightly inferior, she still has first-class strength. The other twenty or thirty guards are all second-rate masters, and are proficient in combined attack tactics. In addition, they are also excellent in swimming. There are also many weapons and equipment on the boat, at least bows and crossbows are always available.

Wang Yuyan and Azhu were born with wisdom. Their memories were awakened after they met Murong Fu. Their martial arts were top-notch and they were not the worst. Their combat experience was not bad at all. Aqing was a martial arts fanatic, especially fond of swordsmanship. She had obtained Murong Fu's Dugu Nine Swords before, and with the help of Lingbo Weibu, she could fight against the top masters.

The three women each chose a top-notch master, while Murong Fu directly boarded the boat of the middle-aged man and the old eunuch, fighting alone against the two with the strongest martial arts skills. Naturally, he won a great victory.

This was not originally a battle of encounter. Both sides had their own calculations. Gusu City was the territory of the Murong family, and Taihu Lake was their base. They had been in Murong Fu's sight since they entered Gusu City. This encounter in Taihu Lake was a calculation of both the five masters and Murong Fu.

However, compared with the five masters, Murong Fu's information was more detailed, and even left some margin, that is, Wang Erlang hiding in the big ship had never really appeared.

Among the five masters, the old eunuch was the first to die. The middle-aged man wore Confucian clothes but used Taoist kung fu. If an ordinary top master met him, even if he could defeat him, he might not be able to kill him. However, Murong Fu was not an ordinary top master. He mastered the three unique skills of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, and his Taoist kung fu alone was better than his. In the end, the middle-aged man's martial arts were taken away by the "Northern Divine Art", and the whole person instantly aged by dozens of years.

Wang, Xie, and Lu, three top-tier masters, possessed extraordinary internal strength, but their advanced age made them unable to gain the upper hand against the three delicate young women. When Murong Fu killed the old eunuch and crippled the middle-aged man's martial arts, the situation took a turn for the worse. They wanted to defeat their opponents to protect themselves, but they found that the longer the battle lasted, the more they lost ground.

Wang Yuyan has a photographic memory and the martial arts in her mind may not be less than Murong Fu's. She has practiced the "Tianshan Plum Blossom Hand", which allows her to master all the martial arts in the world and see through her opponent's martial arts. If the opponent was not wearing armor, he would not be able to withstand her thirty or fifty moves. Even so, she was beaten quite badly and suffered internal injuries from the heavy blows.

Ah Zhu's martial arts knowledge is not as good as Wang Yuyan's, but she has learned "Lingbo Weibu", "Xiao Wuxiang Gong" and "Tai Chi Shengong", and she has worn down her opponent. After all, Ah Zhu is young and the opponent is old. The old are not good at using muscles and bones, which is not conducive to a long battle. As long as Ah Zhu is not defeated, she can win.

The one who fought the most fiercely was Ah Qing. She had no innate wisdom and only learned swordsmanship. She had a very strong personality and was really willing to fight to the death. If she was not very good at swordsmanship and had the Lingbo Weibu technique at her disposal, she would have been covered in blood. Even so, the small boat she was on was in a mess and full of blood, although the blood was all from her opponent.

Only four of the five invading masters returned. The middle-aged man lost all his martial arts and did not return to his hometown, but returned to the sect. A letter was sent to his brother, asking him not to be enemies with the Murong family anymore. The Murong family was powerful in business and amazing in academics, but they were still martial artists at heart, and fighting was their forte. His own family really could not defeat them.

Wang, Xie, and Lu, three top-tier masters, returned home gravely wounded and passed away within two weeks. Upon learning of the situation, the four great families, as well as those who had instigated them, were in an uproar. They had expected Nan Murong to be powerful, but not to this degree. They had already detained Madam Murong, the pillar of the Murong family, and closely monitored Gusu Academy to prevent their involvement, yet in the end, they were defeated by Murong Fu and his companions.

The Murong family is so terrifying!

Naturally, the news of the four great families could not be concealed from the emperor, and they would not think of hiding it from the emperor, and even took the initiative to send the information. After all, the only one of the five masters who died in the battle was the old eunuch. The imperial edict in his hand was a trouble. After Murong Fu killed him, he did not even touch his body and the things on his body, but threw them directly on the boat and sank it into Taihu Lake.

The emperor remained silent for a long time, looking at the intelligence in his hand. Then he slowly rubbed his temples and muttered to himself, "After this battle, the crisis of the Murong family will be greatly alleviated. After witnessing the Murong family's unmatched military strength, those wealthy families will surely stop pursuing the Murong Commercial Bank and seek cooperation instead. The Murong family will truly become one of the most affluent families in the Song Dynasty. Murong Fu, Murong Fu, will you eventually become the person you hate? Become a mainstream family? When that happens, what will become of Gusu College? I am really looking forward to it."

"How are we going to pay this year's tribute after all this trouble? I originally thought we could defeat the Murong family and plunder their billions of wealth, and then we could live a better life for ten or twenty years. I never imagined those wealthy families would be such useless people, truly more trouble than help. The Murong family survived, but the Murong Commercial Bank suffered heavy losses, and my tax revenue has also shrunk significantly. Who should I ask to fill the gap?"

Imperial treasury? Haha, you're overthinking this. The emperor's money wasn't enough for food, drink, and entertainment, so how could he possibly spend it on other things? The emperor was so focused on money that he didn't say a word about the eunuch who died in battle. It didn't even stay in his mind for more than three seconds.

As for the so-called imperial edict, it was written by his eunuchs and did not even have a seal or stamp on it. He did not want to leave any handle for those wealthy families, so he could deny the document without a seal or stamp.

Not only will the emperor himself not admit it, the imperial court will not admit it either.