Chapter 138 Grandmaster's Seat
Several Shaolin monks walked out of the room and reached a high place inside Yantai Pass in the blink of an eye.

Several pairs of eyes looked in the direction where the vibration came from.

Since it is certain that Marquis Fu'an has discovered something wrong, and there is even a high probability that Marquis Fu'an has already determined that it was their Shaolin Temple that intervened, then there is naturally no need for them to hide it any longer.

Although the conversation just now has not yet reached a final result, when it comes to that point, the few of them have almost reached a majority consensus.

That is to go out of the pass and kill Marquis Fu'an.

Under such circumstances, they naturally don't need to hide their bodies.

And the vibration just now was very obvious and unusual.

Several eminent monks were all masters or junior masters. They could feel the violent fluctuations in the vital energy of heaven and earth when the vibration came.

The vibration just now was not caused naturally by heaven and earth, but was man-made.

as predicted.

When they reached a higher place and looked in the direction where the vibration came from, several monks discovered the shadow of a female deity with a compassionate face.

Combined with the previous intelligence, several monks knew clearly what the phantom of the female deity was and what it represented.

That was clearly the Earth Mother Goddess that Marquis Fu'an used when he fought Duke Yan and Marquis Xibei in Xuzhou City.

Didn't the Marquis of Fu'an discover something was wrong with Yantai Pass and why he didn't enter it? Why is it now...

After several monks discovered the huge phantom of the Mother Earth Goddess, they retracted their gaze and looked at each other with some doubt in their eyes.

Zhu Chengwu did find something wrong inside Yantai Pass, and even guessed the arrival of the Shaolin monks. But it was precisely because he guessed the arrival of the Shaolin monks that Zhu Chengwu made such a big fuss outside the Yantai Pass wall.

Although he didn't know how many tricks the Shaolin monks had deployed inside Yantai Pass, he knew it was very complicated and Zhu Chengwu couldn't get in.

Because he could not enter Yantai Pass, Zhu Chengwu could only use some means outside Yantai Pass to force the Shaolin monks out.

The Shaolin monks were afraid of Zhu Chengwu decades later, so they mobilized the most forces to try to eliminate the possible threat in the bud and achieve their goal in one fell swoop.

Zhu Chengwu was also worried that the current Shaolin monks would join forces with Ming Wang.

Moreover, the reason why Zhu Chengwu can now form such a momentum and allow Queen Zhao and the Zhao family to initially gain the power to compete with King Ming and the Crown Prince without showing up in person is simply because everyone is optimistic about Zhu Chengwu's future and fears his future.

The great achievements of the previous martial arts legend, Taoist Sanfeng, and the previous martial arts legend, Taoist Sanfeng's sixty years of demon-slaying, both make people respect and fear him.

In addition, Zhu Chengwu first suppressed the Duke of Yan and the Marquis of the Northwest in Xuzhou City, and then fought a tie with the older generation of Wudang Sect's master, Taoist Qingfeng, outside of Sun City.

When Zhu Chengwu was alive, everyone had to consider Zhu Chengwu's existence and Zhu Chengwu's face when facing people from Zhu Chengwu's faction.

But this is under the condition that Zhu Chengwu's reputation remains intact. Once Zhu Chengwu's halo is shattered and he shows signs of decline, backlash may come immediately.

Along the way, most of the cities and passes surrendered, and the few that resisted were quickly taken down by Zhu Chengwu and the Fu'an Marquisate. Zhu Chengwu did not disappoint others' imagination of him as a martial arts legend.

But if they were blocked at Yantai Pass for a long time, and Zhu Chengwu still "dared not" take action, then maybe there would be problems with Zhu Chengwu's aura...

Moreover, Zhu Chengwu felt that since he had not yet entered Yantai Pass, the Shaolin monks might have noticed that something was wrong.

Rather than letting Shaolin Temple continue to attack secretly, it would be better for Zhu Chengwu to take the initiative and choose the time and place of the battle.

Ok!

In fact, as long as Zhu Chengwu doesn't fail too badly, there won't be any major problems with the aura around him.

After all, the previous achievements are already there!

The above is just an excuse Zhu Chengwu gave himself to take action.

Having been suppressed all his life, Zhu Chengwu fought without reservation only when he fought against the Duke of Yan and Marquis of Xibei in Xuzhou City and the Taoist Qingfeng outside Taiyang City!

However, even at those two times, because of his own insufficient strength and incomplete preparations, Zhu Chengwu did not dare to launch a life-and-death battle without reservation and kill the Duke of Yan, the Marquis of Xibei or the Taoist Qingfeng.

But today is different.

Zhu Chengwu made another breakthrough in strength and became a master.

The preparations for the forces have also been completed.

Zhu Chengwu was fearless.

All the reasons and excuses were simply because Zhu Chengwu didn't want to be cautious anymore and didn't want to swallow his anger anymore.

The villain dies because he talks too much!

It’s not that the villain wants to talk too much, but he has suppressed too much before.

Having finally gained an advantage, it is natural for one to vent out the long-term repression in a retaliatory manner.

And if he fails, it means the villain dies because of his talkativeness, but if he succeeds, it means the protagonist’s “mouth-to-mouth” is a great success!

"I don't know what the relationship is between Yantai Pass and Shaolin Temple, and which monks from Shaolin Temple have arrived! Instead of hiding and guessing each other, why not go out and fight!"

Zhu Chengwu floated on the chest of the Mother Earth Goddess, and while controlling the Mother Earth Goddess to cause an earthquake and destroy the city wall, he challenged her to a fight.

With Zhu Chengwu's current skills, his steady voice is enough to echo over a radius of more than ten miles.

To transmit sound over thousands of miles, one needs to have the strength of a master to display its true colors.

"Marquis Fu'an sincerely invites us. If we don't accept the invitation, it would make us look stingy!"

Hearing Zhu Chengwu's invitation to fight, the three great monks Wu Se, Wu Xiang and Wu Wo, who were standing on a high place inside Yantai Pass, and the two Zen masters Fang Yuan and Fang Zheng, took a look at the pass wall that had a long section destroyed by the Earth Mother Goddess controlled by Zhu Chengwu, retracted their gaze, looked at each other, and finally the monk Wu Se accepted the invitation by using the Buddhist Lion's Roar, which was similar to the function of transmitting sound over a thousand miles.

It turned out that the violent vibration they felt at the beginning was caused when Zhu Chengwu controlled the Mother Goddess of the Earth to begin destroying the city wall of Yantai Pass.

Because the formation of the Mother Goddess of the Earth's Core requires a large amount of earth-attributed energy, when the vibration comes, they will feel the violent fluctuations in the energy of heaven and earth.

Following the invitation of the Colorless Divine Monk, the three great monks, Colorless, Formless and Wo, led the way, followed by the two Zen masters, Fangyuan and Fangzheng, and came towards the Earth Core Mother Goddess who had stopped what she was doing.

"The three great monks have arrived, who are the two behind them?

It turned out to be Zen Master Fang Yuan and Zen Master Fang Zheng!

Chengwu was lucky enough to be able to alert the Shaolin abbot and the four temple masters!"

The senior monks of Shaolin Temple did not hide their tracks, so Zhu Chengwu easily spotted the five people coming upstream. There was exclamation in his words but no surprise.

As the tens-meter-high Mother Earth Goddess took shape, the city wall of Yantai Pass was destroyed, and all the soldiers and civilians near the section of the city wall where Zhu Chengwu was located fled in the direction away from the Mother Earth Goddess.

Only Wu Se, Wu Xiang, Wu Wo, Fang Yuan and Fang Zheng came against the current and were very conspicuous.

Moreover, grandmasters and junior grandmasters have their own demeanor. Unless they try to hide their temperament, masters of the same level can easily discover each other's presence through the interaction of their auras.

This time, the Shaolin Temple's colorless monk and others did not deliberately hide their tracks.

Although the arrival of the Shaolin abbot and four masters was beyond Zhu Chengwu's expectations, it was also reasonable.

Zhu Chengwu's record is amazing. If he wants to achieve success in one battle, a lineup like Shaolin Temple is not too exaggerated.

After all, Zhu Chengwu was able to fight to a draw with Wudang Qingfeng Taoist before he became a master.

Rumor has it that twelve years ago, the Wudang Taoist Qingfeng single-handedly held off the combined attacks of the Shaolin monks Wu Se and Wu Xiang for a whole day and night until the leaders of the four Wudang sects arrived.

There are more Shaolin masters than Wudang, but there are more Wudang junior masters than Shaolin Temple.

Because of the battle twelve years ago, the Colorless Divine Monk and the Qingfeng Taoist were originally equally famous, and both were ranked among the top five masters of the Ming Dynasty.

But later, most people in the martial arts world recognized that Taoist Qingfeng ranked among the top three masters of the Ming Dynasty, and the Colorless Monk fell back to the top ten.

There are nearly thirty Grandmasters in the Ming Dynasty, and each Grandmaster is the foundation of a major force. No force has the ability to rank the Grandmasters. No force's ranking can be recognized by everyone.

You said that your nuclear weapons are more powerful than mine, and I said that my family's foundation is deeper than yours!
Moreover, the Grandmaster is the last resort, and it is impossible for the Grandmasters to fight to the death over a ranking dispute.

Therefore, the recognized ranking of masters in the world is only divided into top three, top five, top ten and ordinary masters.

But even with such a division, no single statement can be recognized by everyone.

Everyone has their own opinion on the strength of masters, and there are few battles between masters. Also, being inferior to others for a while does not mean that you will always be inferior to others.

However, there is still a statement that is recognized by most people in the world.

For example, Taoist Qingfeng is a master of the top three levels.

For example, the Colorless Monk, the Selfless Monk, and Zhao Yugang all have the combat power of the top ten masters.

After the death of Taoist Sanfeng, there have been different opinions on who is the number one master of the Ming Dynasty, and no one can be recognized by the majority of people.

There are different candidates in each sphere of influence and in each time period.

After Taoist Qingfeng single-handedly withstood the combined attacks of the two great monks Wu Se and Wu Xiang twelve years ago, Taoist Qingfeng was a strong candidate for the top combat force of the Great Ming Grandmaster for a period of time.

However, in the past two or three years, it has been generally recognized who will be the future top fighting force of the Ming Dynasty.

That is Zhu Chengwu, Marquis of Fu'an.

After all, he was the one who defeated Taoist Qingfeng before he became a grandmaster.

In Xuzhou City, he suppressed the Duke of Yan and the Marquis of the Northwest. Because there was no grandmaster killed in the battle, and with Zhu Chengwu's identities as the Duke of Yan and the Marquis of the Northwest, it was actually a bit of a stretch for Zhu Chengwu to become a martial arts legend.

But after fighting with Taoist Qingfeng for three days and three nights outside Sun City without losing the upper hand, Zhu Chengwu's status as a martial arts legend was truly secured.

Because of the identities of Wudang and Taoist Qingfeng, 99% of the people in the Ming Dynasty martial arts world would not believe that Taoist Qingfeng would help Zhu Chengwu to fix the match at the cost of damaging Wudang and his own reputation.

Moreover, unlike the Duke of Yan and the Marquis of Xibei, Taoist Qingfeng is recognized as one of the top three masters in terms of combat power in the martial arts world. In the minds of many people, he is even a strong candidate for the strongest combat power among the masters.

Taoist Qingfeng's weight is not something that two ordinary masters, Duke of Yan and Marquis of Xibei, can challenge.

In fact, before the fight with Zhu Chengwu, because of his frequent appearances in the northwestern frontier, Xibei Hou had begun to be considered by some people as one of the top ten masters.

The opinion that the Marquis of Northwest China is surely in the top ten and hopefully in the top five among the great masters of the Ming Dynasty is the mainstream opinion in the Northwest border.

However, because of the battle of Xuzhou City, the gradually rising momentum of the Northwest Marquis was completely suppressed by Zhu Chengwu.

Not only the Northwest Marquis, but even the Wudang legend Qingfeng Taoist, had a great reputation after the battle with Zhu Chengwu outside the Sun City.

Directly from sitting third and looking at first, to sitting fifth and looking at third.

This is the weight of Zhu Chengwu’s martial arts legend.

A true martial arts legend will lower or even destroy the historical status of his contemporaries, even the previous generation, and the generation before that.

Just like Taoist Sanfeng hundreds of years ago.

He was able to defeat Taoist Qingfeng before he achieved the status of a master, not to mention that Zhu Chengwu has already achieved the status of a master.

It is no wonder that for the sake of safety and to eliminate possible threats in the future, the Shaolin Temple, intending to accomplish the goal in one fell swoop, would mobilize the four great masters and the Shaolin abbot.

Moreover, the three great monks of the older generation also painstakingly practiced the Great Wheel Vajra King Formation and the forbidden technique of mutual destruction.

"Marquis Fu'an is too modest!
Who doesn't know that Marquis Fu'an is extremely talented, even surpassing the founder of Wudang, Taoist Sanfeng!

Before he became a Grandmaster, he was able to fight Taoist Qingfeng to a draw, and now he has become a Grandmaster...

Facing the Marquis of Fu'an, we mediocre monks should do our best!"

After a few rises and falls, the Colorless Divine Monk and five others were already standing on the roof fifty feet in front of Zhu Chengwu.

With the skills of Zhu Chengwu, the Colorless Monk and others, fifty feet is already a very dangerous distance.

Not to mention the size of the Earth Mother Goddess...

If we get any closer, we’ll be at fighting distance.

"A mediocre monk?
If you, the colorless monk, consider yourself a mediocre monk, then are there any monks in the entire Ming Dynasty who are not mediocre?
Since the monks are so mediocre, is there any need for Shaolin Temple and Buddhism to continue to exist?"

Zhu Chengwu narrowed his eyes and spoke fiercely.

Since he had decided to have a good fight and vent his anger, Zhu Chengwu would naturally no longer give any face to the monks of Shaolin Temple and would do whatever he could to irritate them.

Since the colorless monk wants to be "modest", Zhu Chengwu will "help him do so"!

As expected, when hearing Zhu Chengwu's question "Is there any need for Shaolin Temple and Buddhism to continue to exist", the faces of the five people including the Colorless Monk instantly darkened by several dimensions.

"Marquis Fu'an, who comes from a royal family, really doesn't like Buddhism!" Wu Se, Wu Xiang, Wu Wo, Fang Yuan and Fang Zheng sighed inwardly.

At the same time, any doubts in the minds of the Colorless Monk and the other five people about standing against Zhu Chengwu also disappeared.

Judging from Zhu Chengwu’s current statements, once he comes to power, it will pose a great threat to Buddhism.

It is right to take precautions!

But the Colorless Divine Monk and the others were overthinking it. Zhu Chengwu had no particular likes or dislikes towards Shaolin, Wudang, Buddhism, or Taoism.

Otherwise, Zhu Chengwu would not have directly confronted Wudang Qingfeng Taoist for the sake of the evil master Red Flower Ghost Mother.

It's all about interests, positions and preferences.

For the Red Flower Ghost Mother who stood on his side, Zhu Chengwu was able to attend a party with the Taoist leader Wudang.

In order to make himself at peace and accumulate more experience in fighting with the Grandmaster, Zhu Chengwu can naturally fight hard with the Shaolin Temple, the first in Buddhism.

Moreover, even if the people in front of him were the three great monks and two Zen masters of Shaolin Temple, Zhu Chengwu believed that he was not unable to fight.

At least, just like the battle with Qingfeng Taoist of Wudang Sect outside Sun City more than two years ago, there is still a chance of escaping unscathed.

This is the real reason why Zhu Chengwu dared to speak so firmly and was not afraid of completely angering the monks of Shaolin Temple.

Before you have enough power to protect yourself, you will be timid and submissive. After you have enough power to protect yourself, you will naturally strike hard and everything will go smoothly.

"Since Marquis Fu'an said so, then I and others are determined to learn your skills today!" Because of Zhu Chengwu's words, the colorless monk, whose face turned gloomy, challenged him to a fight.

"That's exactly what I want! Come on!" Zhu Chengwu was equally impatient.

Zhu Chengwu has been looking forward to a battle that is more intense and unreserved than the one with Taoist Qingfeng for a long time.

Although Taoist Qingfeng is strong, he specializes in Tai Chi internal strength and Tai Chi boxing and sword, and he is a representative of defending the strong and attacking the weak.

Therefore, twelve years ago, Taoist Qingfeng was able to withstand the combined attack of Shaolin's two monks, Wu Se and Wu Xiang, for a day and a night. More than two years ago, Zhu Chengwu was able to fight Taoist Qingfeng for three days and three nights, and finally draw.

But the Shaolin monks like the Colorless Divine Monk are different. They are not like the Taoist Qingfeng who defends the strong and attacks the weak, and are extremely unbalanced.

Although with Taoist Qingfeng's strength, even a relatively weaker attack is still above the level of an ordinary grandmaster, the Colorless Divine Monk and the Wo-less Divine Monk are not ordinary grandmasters, but are among the top ten grandmasters of the Ming Dynasty.

And this time it was not a one-on-one fight, but Zhu Chengwu alone was fighting against several Shaolin master-level monks.

This will inevitably bring greater pressure to Zhu Chengwu.

It will also allow Zhu Chengwu to fight more happily and absorb more useful things.

(End of this chapter)