Chapter 297: I'm Still Feeling Wronged
Nanjiangzhou!
Many warriors have gathered at the foot of Nanyun Mountain outside the provincial capital.
These warriors are all warriors from Nanjiangzhou. They came here because of the invitation from Zhenwu Palace.
The head of Zhenwu Temple invited them to Nanyun Mountain, and then jointly attacked the Divine-level Sect.
Although all the warriors present knew that the Zhenwu Palace's invitation to them to attack the Divine-level Sect was just an excuse, its real purpose was to take control of Nanjiang Province and annex it.
But just because of this excuse, many warriors came.
Some of them wanted to curry favor with the Zhenwu Temple. After all, the Zhenwu Temple was the largest martial arts sect in Qingzhou, and was even more powerful than the god-level sects at their peak.
For some warriors, their elders or fellow disciples were harmed by the divine sect. Although Zhao Yichun gave them an explanation at the beginning, the resentment in their hearts was not eliminated.
Some others came just to join in the fun. They didn't want to offend the Zhenwu Palace, so in response to the Zhenwu Palace's invitation, they sent their disciples over.
"Master, there are more than two hundred warriors here now."
In a courtyard at the foot of the mountain, a middle-aged man was reporting the situation of the arriving warriors to an old man.
This courtyard was originally a place for the disciples who were responsible for guarding the mountain gate to rest and rotate at night.
"What about Shen Yun Gate?"
"The people from Shen Yun Sect haven't arrived yet." After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he continued, "Master, why do you care about Shen Yun Sect? The relationship between Shen Yun Sect and Shen Ji Sect is obvious. If we destroy Shen Ji Sect, we must also destroy Shen Yun Sect together."
In Zhang Liang's eyes, his master seemed to care too much about the Shenyun Sect. The Shenyun Sect was just a second-rate sect. In their Qingzhou, there were at least eight or ten sects like the Shenyun Sect.
"The God-level sect has existed in Nanjiangzhou for so many years. Even though the God-level sect has now angered the warriors of Nanjiangzhou, there are still many sects that have received favors from the God-level sect. This time Master sent invitations to all 43 martial arts sects in Nanjiangzhou, but only 21 came. Among them, six sects only sent their disciples."
Xu Liben looked back at his apprentice and explained, "The area of Nanjiangzhou is twice the size of Qingzhou. If our Zhenwu Palace cannot quickly take over Nanjiangzhou, other states will definitely intervene in Nanjiangzhou."
"If we want to quickly take over Nanjiangzhou, the first step is to eliminate the influence of the Divine Level Sect in Nanjiangzhou over the years. The relationship between the Divine Level Sect and the Divine Level Sect is known to the entire Nanjiangzhou martial arts community. If the Divine Level Sect stands up and turns against them, the Divine Level Sect will be completely abandoned by the Nanjiangzhou martial artists, and the Zhenwu Palace will be able to rule the Nanjiangzhou martial arts community as quickly as possible."
"So that's how it is, Master, I understand."
Zhang Liang nodded, his thoughts were still not as comprehensive as his master's.
"Then Master, do you want me to put some pressure on Shen Yun Sect?"
"Go ahead, Shen Yun Men must come."
Xu Liben nodded, and Zhang Liang walked out of the yard quickly. Just then, a middle-aged man was walking towards him quickly at the gate.
"Second Brother, why are you in such a hurry?"
Zhang Liang looked at his man and spoke with some confusion. This time when he came to Nanjiangzhou, his master only brought himself and his second brother.
"It's Fourth Junior Brother. There's a message coming from the palace via a carrier pigeon. I need to send a letter to Master."
"Okay, Master has assigned me a task, so I'll leave first."
Zhang Liang didn't talk much. He saw the rolled-up letter paper in the second senior brother's hand, but he thought that there should be nothing big happening in the hall. It was just according to the convention that the eldest senior brother would report the situation in the hall to the master every few days.
"Fourth Master, this is the list of all the martial arts sects from Nanjiang Province that we just collected."
Zhang Liang had not walked far when a disciple from the Zhenwu Hall who was responsible for counting the names of warriors present came over and told Zhang Liang the latest list.
"There are three more sects. Hmm, that's good... Are people from Shen Yun Sect here too?"
Seeing the words "Shen Yun Men" at the end of the list, Zhang Liang was stunned for a moment, and then immediately asked: "Where are the people from Shen Yun Men?"
"Right over there?"
Following the direction of the disciple's finger, Zhang Liang saw a middle-aged man who was smiling and greeting the warriors around him. Judging from how popular the other party was, Zhang Liang had more admiration for his master.
Master is right. If we want to eliminate the influence of the god-level sects, the Shenyun Sect is the best target.
"Keep an eye on the people from Shen Yun Sect. I'll report to the Sect Master."
Holding the new list, Zhang Liang quickly walked back to the courtyard, but after entering the courtyard, Zhang Liang found that the atmosphere in the courtyard was a bit solemn.
The master had a gloomy look on his face, while the second brother had an angry expression on his face.
Something happened in the palace?
Zhang Liang's heart skipped a beat, but what could possibly happen in the palace? With the steady eldest senior brother in charge of the palace affairs, and the great uncle master in charge, there was no way that an external enemy could invade.
"Master, the people from Shen Yun Sect are here."
After thinking about it, Zhang Liang reported the situation. He felt that maybe something small happened in the temple, and the news he brought would make the master happy.
However, Zhang Liang was disappointed. After hearing what he said, the master's expression did not change at all and he remained gloomy.
"Fourth Brother, the next meeting will be hosted by you and Second Brother. Since someone from Shen Yun Sect has come, promote Shen Yun Sect and support Shen Yun Sect to become the new leading sect in the martial arts world of Nanjiang Province."
"master?"
Zhang Liang was shocked by his master. He promoted Shenyunmen to become a new martial arts holy land in Nanjiangzhou. Then, wouldn't all the management of the temple in Nanjiangzhou during this period of time be wasted?
"Second brother, I leave this to you. I am leaving first."
"Yes, I will do it well." Zhou Yuanchun nodded.
Xu Liben left in a hurry. Zhang Liang looked at his master's departing back and couldn't help asking, "Second Senior Brother, why would Master do that?"
"Take a look at this."
Zhou Yuanchun handed the letter to Zhang Liang, who took it with a puzzled look on his face. However, after reading the contents on the letter, his expression turned very ugly.
"How could this happen? How dare Lin Ye do this!"
The content on the letter was written by the uncle-master. A major incident occurred in Qingzhou. The sixth uncle-master died, the entire mansion was burned down, the eldest uncle-master and the third uncle-master were also dead, and the one who killed the two uncles-master and the younger uncle-master was called Lin Ye, the owner of the Dahan Trading Company.
"It has already happened." Zhou Yuanchun spoke. When he first saw the contents of the letter, he felt the same as his fourth junior brother.
"That's not right, Second Senior Brother. Even if Lin Ye has the strength of the Great Perfection of the Jingzhe Realm, with Grand Senior Uncle around, Lin Ye can't survive. Why does Master want to go back now, and even push Shenyun Sect out?"
Zhou Yuanchun's eyes were a little complicated. There were some things that Fourth Junior Brother didn't know. The master only told himself and the eldest senior brother. But now the eldest senior brother and the third senior brother were dead, so it seemed that the master would not hide it from Fourth Junior Brother anymore.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yuanchun lowered his voice and said, "Fourth Junior Brother, Sixth Junior Brother is the consort of the current emperor. Sixth Junior Brother and our Zhenwu Hall are working together to seize the Dahan Commercial Company. This is a taboo in the martial arts world."
Zhang Liang was shocked. He understood what his second senior brother meant.
In order not to cause taboo, the master had to go back and give a reasonable explanation to the man from Dahan Trading Company.
"As for why we pushed Shenyun Sect out, it's because those sects that chose to be loyal to our Zhenwu Temple, if we push them out, other martial arts sects in Nanjiang Province will not be convinced. Our Zhenwu Temple took advantage of the terrain and entered Nanjiang Province first. Now that this has happened, martial arts sects in other states will also get the news and will definitely intervene. What Master has to do is not give these sects the opportunity to intervene."
"If we promote Shen Yun Sect, the martial arts sects in Nanjiang Province will be able to accept it. Nanjiang Province will have its own new martial arts holy land, and other states will have no excuse to intervene, at least they cannot intervene openly. Shen Yun Sect does not have many disciples, so even if it is promoted to a holy land, it will not be able to develop in a short period of time. As long as we solve the problem of Dahan Commercial Bank, our Zhenwu Palace can fight back."
Listening to his second senior brother's explanation and thinking about the conversation he had just seen between the man from Shenyun Sect and the various warriors, Zhang Liang knew that his master's decision was right.
Only the Shenyun Sect can now convince other warriors in Nanjiang Province and will not give martial arts sects from other states the opportunity to intervene.
"Second Brother, what should we do now?"
"Gather the people first, and I'll go out and announce it later."
"good."
Zhang Liang walked out of the yard again and asked the disciples of Zhenwu Hall to gather all the warriors who had come, while he himself walked towards the Shenyun Gate.
"You must be Sect Master Zhang, right? I have heard of your great name a long time ago. You are a gentleman and kind-hearted. Judging from the attitudes of the others present towards you, I can be sure that the rumors are true."
Zhang Wuji looked at Zhang Liang who was walking towards him, curled his lips, and asked, "Who are you?"
Zhang Liang: …
Suppressing his inner anger, Zhang Liang kept smiling and said, "I am Zhang Liang from Zhenwu Palace."
"Zhang Liang? Who is Zhang Liang? I've never heard of him. I only know that the leader of Zhenwu Temple is Xu Liben. After all, I'm the leader of Shenyun Sect, so I only care about people of the same status as me."
Zhang Wuji's words really deserved a beating. Several warriors nearby looked at Zhang Liang with strange expressions. They knew that Zhang Wuji said this on purpose. Perhaps before the incident at the Shenji Sect, Zhang Wuji really didn't know Zhang Liang, the fourth disciple of the Zhenwu Palace's leader.
But in recent years, Zhenwu Palace has been very active in Nanjiangzhou, and Zhang Liang has had more contact with Nanjiangzhou's martial arts in recent years. It is impossible for Zhang Wuji not to know this.
"If there hadn't been an accident, why would I have to endure your anger, Zhang Wuji!"
Zhang Liang wanted to chop Zhang Wuji with a sword at this moment, but he knew he couldn't. However, the smile on his face disappeared, and he said coldly: "Master Zhang, Second Brother invites you to come over for a gathering."
"No need. I'm here just to catch up with a few friends. As for your Zhenwu Palace, there's nothing much to say." Zhang Wuji didn't give Zhang Liang any face. After saying this, he waved his hand and said, "My dear friends, I'm leaving first. You can continue with your meeting. Come visit me at Shenyun Sect when you have time."
"Master Zhang left so soon?"
"Brother Zhang, please stay a little longer."
"Okay, when things are done here, I will definitely visit Shen Yun Gate."
The warriors present also responded enthusiastically to Zhang Wuji's words, which made Zhang Liang's expression even colder.
The ones who responded were the tough guys whom he failed to bribe in Nanjiangzhou, and they were also thorns in his eyes.
"Oh, Master Zhang is so majestic. Master Zhang should know what the Zhenwu Temple is planning to do by inviting everyone here. But they come and go, maybe they want to be a sign and establish a name."
A weird and old voice sounded. It was an old man who was speaking. When Zhang Liang saw the old man, he felt somewhat satisfied.
Lin Chaobing, the leader of the Three Sword Sect, was the first sect that he joined after coming to Nanjiangzhou and joining the Zhenwu Temple.
When other warriors at the scene saw Lin Chaobing standing up, some looked disdainful, some were dissatisfied, and some were envious.
"Master Zhang, the Zhenwu Temple has summoned our Nanjiangzhou warriors this time to uphold justice for our Nanjiangzhou martial arts and eradicate the cancerous sect Shenji Sect. Unfortunately, Master Zhang, your Shenyun Sect has a close relationship with the Shenji Sect."
Lin Chaobing walked out of the crowd and looked at Zhang Wuji with a sneer. He chose to join the Zhenwu Temple, and the Sect Master Xu of the Zhenwu Temple also promised him that after he solved the Shenji Sect, he would support his Sanda Sect.
Now that Zhang Wuji is so arrogant and is even confronting Zhang Liang, he naturally has to stand up and let Zhenwu Palace see his attitude.
"Master Zhang is afraid that if he doesn't come, he will offend Zhenwu Temple and many of our sects, and he will not be able to gain a foothold in Nanjiangzhou in the future. But if he comes, he is afraid that people will say he is ungrateful. After all, your Shenyun Sect can only be what it is today without the help of the Shenji Sect."
"So the best solution for Patriarch Zhang is to come here and show up, then leave. This way, he can gain a foothold in Nanjiangzhou without being branded as ungrateful. This is a really good plan."
Lin Chaobing's words made many warriors present look at Zhang Wuji with suspicion. Did this Sect Leader Zhang really think so?
"Bah, I am not as mean as you think. It is true that the Divine Sect was wrong, but the Divine Sect harmed my disciples of the Divine Yun Sect. The grudge between the two sects is now written off. The Divine Yun Sect no longer owes the Divine Sect anything. I came here this time to see how many sects that have received favors from the Divine Sect are ungrateful and are here to add insult to injury."
As soon as Zhang Wuji said this, the expressions of many people at the scene changed, because they were the ungrateful objects in Zhang Wuji's eyes.
The God-level sect assassinated some Jingzhe realm strongmen at the beginning, but it was only a small part. Most sects were not involved. However, if we talk about the favors received from the God-level sect, most of the sects in the entire Nanjiang Province have received them.
"Brother Zhang, did you hear what Zhang Wuji said? Zhang Wuji doesn't take the Zhenwu Palace and the warriors of Nanjiangzhou seriously."
Lin Chaobing was very excited. It was obvious that Zhang Wuji's words were meant to undermine the Zhenwu Palace. There was no way the Zhenwu Palace would tolerate Zhang Wuji. As long as the Zhenwu Palace took action against Zhang Wuji, without Zhang Wuji and Shenyun Sect, the rise of his Sanda Sect would be unstoppable.
"nonsense!"
Zhang Liang didn't respond. Lin Chaobing was a little stunned. Just as he was about to say something else, he heard a scolding from not far away.
Everyone looked in the direction where the voice came from, and Zhou Yuanchun walked over surrounded by disciples from the Zhenwu Palace.
Lin Chaobing looked at Zhou Yuanchun with some uncertainty. Was this what Zhou Yuanchun just said to him?
Not only Lin Chaobing was uncertain, the people around him also suspected that there was something wrong with their ears. Most people at the scene knew that Lin Chaobing had defected to the Zhenwu Palace. Even if they didn't know, Zhang Wuji's words were clearly against the Zhenwu Palace, and Zhou Yuanchun shouldn't have scolded Lin Chaobing.
Zhang Wuji looked at the reactions of the people around him, but he was happy in his heart. Brother Lin was really a genius. All this was within his calculations.
I really don’t know how Brother Lin did it?
"Ahem..." Seeing Lin Chaobing's suspicious and slightly aggrieved look, Zhou Yuanchun knew what Lin Chaobing was aggrieved about, but there was nothing he could do. This was the decision made by his master, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "Master Zhang is a distinguished guest of my Zhenwu Hall. Master Lin, please be careful."
puff!
Several warriors at the scene couldn't help but laugh quietly. Patriarch Zhang is a distinguished guest of the Zhenwu Palace?
If they were unaware, they might have really believed it, but they know the truth.
Master Lin, please be careful...
Patriarch Lin has taken refuge in the Zhenwu Palace.
Could it be that the soul of Zhou Yuanchun, the second disciple of the head of Zhenwu Temple, was replaced by someone? That doesn't make sense. Looking at Zhang Liang's previous attitude towards the head of the sect, it's impossible that both of these brothers had their souls taken away by someone.
This... They couldn't understand the situation before them.
The warriors watching couldn't understand it, and Lin Chaobing was completely dumbfounded at this moment.
He, who had taken refuge in Zhenwu Temple, was scolded by Zhou Yuanchun and his two fellow apprentices. However, Zhang Wuji, who had come to dismantle the Zhenwu Temple, became an honored guest of the Zhenwu Temple.
The feeling of grievance instantly filled my heart.
