Chapter 193: Huashan Past
Zhao Shilin fell to his knees and could not get up. Apart from Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze who looked at each other in astonishment and solemnity, the Huashan Sect disciples also exchanged various looks.

All the disciples of Huashan Sect knew that the little sister was a pretty girl with outstanding appearance, and that she and the eldest brother Linghu Chong were in love with each other.

They are a recognized couple in Huashan Sect.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Shilin, the teacher in Huashan, suddenly became the apprentice of the world's number one master, Fu'an Hou, and even said that the little junior sister is his sweetheart.

This…

Is that a mistake?

The teacher Zhao Shilin is now over thirty years old, while their junior sister Yue Lingshan is less than twenty years old.

When he said that Junior Sister was his sweetheart, where did he put Senior Brother Linghu Chong?
Could it be that he wanted to rely on Fu'an Marquis Zhu Chengwu to force his master, his mistress, and his junior sister to agree?
During the eye contact, these Huashan disciples were secretly complaining in their hearts, and at the same time they deliberately avoided the fiery expression of their eldest brother Linghu Chong.

As for Junior Sister Yue Lingshan, these Huashan disciples glanced at her out of the corner of their eyes and were surprised to find that Junior Sister Yue Lingshan's face was not full of anger and dissatisfaction, but actually revealed a hint of hesitation and shyness.

This…

Could it be that Junior Sister Yue Lingshan really has some romantic feelings for this teacher who is more than a generation older than her?
What about the eldest brother Linghu Chong?
Many Huashan disciples had mixed thoughts.

After Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze looked at each other, they looked at Zhu Chengwu with different expressions and moods.

Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze had already vaguely discovered Zhao Shilin's feelings.

In the past, Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze opposed it with hesitation.

Now, Zhu Chengwu has reappeared, but their ideas have changed and diverged...

"I didn't expect it. I really didn't expect it!"

Looking at Zhao Shilin, his nominal eldest disciple in front of him, and then looking at Gongsun Lei, his nominal second disciple beside the eldest disciple, Zhu Chengwu felt an inexplicable emotion rising in his heart.

Zhu Chengwu never expected that Feng Qingyang died young for the sake of Fu'an Marquis Mansion, but his two disciples were recruited by Huashan Sect to serve Huashan.

It is true that every bite and every drink is destined by heaven.

No, maybe it’s not that every bite and every drink is destined by heaven, but that Feng Qingyang has a “long-term vision”.

If Zhu Chengwu reappears, he will definitely be more powerful. Zhao Shilin and Gongsun Lei are the bridges for Huashan Sect to reestablish relationship with Zhu Chengwu, and are the key for Huashan Sect to once again become an important member of Zhu Chengwu's power system.

If Zhu Chengwu were no longer alive, Zhao Shilin and Gongsun Lei would be the foundation and guarantee of the Huashan Sect for the next few decades.

Zhu Chengwu could sense that his two cheap disciples were quite powerful, and their internal energy had reached a first-rate level!
Although they are far inferior to Zhu Chengwu and have not achieved the status of a grandmaster, for ordinary martial arts sects, the two of them are enough to become the foundation of the sect.

Especially his cheap second disciple whom he met for the first time today.

"careful!"

Zhu Chengwu's mind was turning. With a reminder, the true energy in his body began to surge, and he directly knocked Zhao Shilin off the ground.

As Zhu Chengwu's true energy surged, Zhao Shilin and Gongsun Lei's warrior spiritual senses suddenly sensed a huge threat approaching.

Under this huge threat, Zhao Shilin, who stood up again, was trembling slightly, but he was still able to suppress the fear in his heart with reason. However, Gongsun Lei, who was only six or seven years old, could not use reason to control his body instincts like Zhao Shilin. At the warning of his spiritual sense, Gongsun Lei directly threw the cotton ball in his hand, which was the size of Zhu Chengwu's football in his previous life, and hit it at the source of the threat in his spiritual sense - Zhu Chengwu.

Two streams of true energy left Zhu Chengwu's body. One stream hit the cotton ball thrown by Gongsun Lei, knocking the cotton ball back to Gongsun Lei, and the other stream hit Zhao Shilin, whose body was shaking with fear but trying hard to stand still.

"Shilin, don't resist, don't hold back, let me see your current strength and condition."

Seeing Zhu Chengwu's true energy coming at him, Zhao Shilin was confused and frightened when Zhu Chengwu's voice appeared in his ears.

Hearing Zhu Chengwu's voice, Zhao Shilin reacted instantly.

The purpose of Zhu Chengwu releasing these two streams of true energy was not for any other purpose but just to test the strength of Zhao Shilin and Gongsun Lei.

Although he didn't know why Master Zhu Chengwu suddenly acted like this, Zhao Shilin knew that there must be a deeper meaning behind Master Zhu Chengwu's actions.

He should no longer force his body not to respond.

By the time Zhao Shilin blocked a weak stream of true energy from Zhu Chengwu and took three steps back to barely regain his balance, the next stream of true energy from Zhu Chengwu had already attacked him again.

Gongsun Lei on the side was facing a similar situation as Zhao Shilin. When he had just received the cotton ball that was knocked back by Zhu Chengwu's true qi and used rotation to unload the huge force on the cotton ball, the next true qi emitted by Zhu Chengwu was already in sight.

However, although Zhao Shilin and Gongsun Lei seemed to be surrounded by danger and had a very difficult time dealing with the situation, they were never seriously injured. Instead, their strength was fully exerted under the stimulation and guidance of Zhu Chengwu's true qi.

This made Zhao Shilin and Gongsun Lei fight with all their might, but it was just a test for Zhu Chengwu to find out their background.

"Middle first-class! Ordinary first-class! My departure prevented Shilin's natural talent from being fully utilized! However, Shilin has worked extremely hard to cultivate to this point despite the severe damage to his talent!"

After ten or so moves, Zhu Chengwu had already tested Zhao Shilin's full strength.

"You can master Taiyi Mysterious Art and Yinfeng Dusha Palm. You are indeed worthy of being the grandson of Gongsun Yiyang and the son of Gongsun Da Niang, the Red Flower Ghost Mother! And you can also master my magical art of the same name - Xiantian Gangqi.

It seems that Zhao Shilin taught him!

Although the foundation method Taiyi Xuan Gong has not reached the master level, the unique attacking skill Yin Feng Du Sha Palm and the unique defensive skill Xiantian Gang Qi have both reached perfection!

Such strength is not weak among the minor masters, and is comparable to the former Wudang chief - Taoist Zi Yang!
Compared to Zhao Shilin, whose bones were severely damaged and who would never reach the Grandmaster level in his lifetime, perhaps Gongsun Lei, who listened very much to Zhao Shilin, was the real reason why Feng Qingyang and Huashan Sect were always willing to take the risk to keep Zhao Shilin and Gongsun Lei in Huashan!"

After a few more moves, Zhu Chengwu had completely understood Gongsun Lei's martial arts abilities.

Although warriors cultivate themselves, they can only confirm the strength of others through fighting, and it is difficult to find out the details of others' background.

But all of this is not a difficult task for Zhu Chengwu, the current supreme grandmaster.

After finding out the current strength of Gongsun Lei and Zhao Shilin, Zhu Chengwu looked at Yue Buqun who was standing beside him meaningfully.

Although Zhao Shilin and Gongsun Lei could not come out in the open due to the royal Zhu family and Wudang and Shaolin, this just happened to avoid the possibility of Zhao Shilin and Gongsun Lei controlling the Huashan Sect and turning it into a branch of the Fu'an Marquis Mansion.

Normally they can only be the foundation hidden in the dark, but when the Huashan Sect encounters a major crisis, Zhao Shilin and Gongsun Lei can become the last gate and the last insurance.

Such a good thing is no wonder that the Huashan Sect has been spending its efforts for more than 20 years to keep Zhao Shilin and Gongsun Lei in Huashan.

Seeing Zhu Chengwu's strange look, Yue Buqun seemed a little flustered and guilty.

Yue Buqun didn't know what Zhu Chengwu's eyes meant, but Yue Buqun couldn't help but think of what Feng Qingyang had said to him before he passed away.

As Zhu Chengwu thought, Feng Qingyang's final arrangement was that if Zhu Chengwu reappeared, Huashan Sect would rely on Zhao Shilin and Gongsun Lei who were saved by Feng Qingyang to re-establish the relationship with Zhu Chengwu. If Zhu Chengwu never reappeared, then Gongsun Lei, who was at the level of a junior master, would be the foundation of Huashan Sect for decades to come. This was different from the film and television drama in Zhu Chengwu's previous life, because of the interweaving of various characters.

Although the number of masters in this world is far greater than that in the TV series and film in Zhu Chengwu's previous life, Yue Buqun's pressure is much less.

Because there are so many masters, Feng Qingyang cannot live in seclusion and has to step onto the stage.

Even after his death, Feng Qingyang left Yue Buqun with a powerful enough backup plan.

Even though after Feng Qingyang's death, in the past twenty years, only a few big cats and small cats are left in the Huashan Sect, and the Songshan Sect has also been very active during this period, but honestly speaking, the pressure on Yue Buqun is far less than that in the TV series and film in Zhu Chengwu's previous life.

Because not long after Feng Qingyang passed away, Gongsun Lei, who was simple-minded and focused on martial arts, became a junior grandmaster. In recent years, he has even perfected his second unique martial art and become a strong one among the junior grandmasters.

Judging from the strength on paper alone, Gongsun Lei's strength is even stronger than that of Zuo Lengchan, the hero of the Songshan School.

With such a trump card in hand, the Huashan Sect is more than capable of protecting itself. How could Yue Buqun have the tremendous pressure that Zhu Chengwu felt in the TV series and film in his previous life, where he couldn't sleep that night?

Over the past few years, every time he saw Gongsun Lei in Huashan, Yue Buqun couldn't help but feel at ease, and he developed a strong sense of admiration for his uncle Feng Qingyang.

However, the current situation in which Yue Buqun feels much less pressure than in the TV series or film about Zhu Chengwu's previous life did not come without a price.

Zhao Shilin, who has a profound influence on Gongsun Lei, is the most troublesome among them.

At the beginning, after being rescued by Feng Qingyang, Zhao Shilin, who had just arrived at Huashan, thought about revenge and going down the mountain every day.

At that time, Zhu Chengwu disappeared and the Fu'an Marquisate was in an absolute disadvantage.

Gongsun Lei listens to Zhao Shilin the most!
Feng Qingyang and Yue Buqun suffered a lot and put in a lot of effort before they trapped Zhao Shilin and Gongsun Lei in Huashan.

Afterwards, in order to let Zhao Shilin and Gongsun Lei stay in Huashan with peace of mind, Feng Qingyang and Yue Buqun thought of many ways to increase the bond and concern between Zhao Shilin and Gongsun Lei in Huashan.

Including but not limited to finding a playmate and a wife for Gongsun Lei, and making Zhao Shilin a guest official and teacher of Huashan Sect...

With his bones half-broken, Zhao Shilin placed most of his hopes of becoming a master, improving his combat power, and taking revenge on his junior brother, Gongsun Lei.

Gongsun Lei comes first in everything and Gongsun Lei is the most important in everything.

As time goes by, the relationship between Gongsun Lei and Zhao Shilin becomes better and better.

Children aged six or seven are most able to sense who is truly good to them. This is also the time when children will be good to whoever is good to them.

Later, although Gongsun Lei mastered the Yin Wind Poison Sand Palm, he was unable to make a breakthrough in the basic Taiyi Xuan Gong.

Zhao Shilin was very angry, both at Gongsun Lei and at himself.

But gradually Zhao Shilin figured it out. With Gongsun Lei's mental state at the age of six or seven, it was too difficult for him to become a true master!

After all, he is not a martial arts legend like his master Zhu Chengwu.

Slowly, Zhao Shilin accepted the reality.

At this time, Cui Shuyun and Zhu Xiumin also returned to Xuzhou City to rebuild the Fu'an Marquis Mansion.

After the relevant news reached Huashan, Zhao Shilin began to feel that the revenge for Fu'an Marquis's Mansion had been borne by someone with greater power and position, and he could let it go a little.

With this idea in mind, Zhao Shilin began to indulge in mountains and rivers. Out of boredom, he even began to give Gongsun Lei advice on her bridal chamber.

It took nearly a year for Zhao Shilin to finally teach Gongsun Lei how to have a wedding night. Gongsun Lei's playmate wife, who had been married for more than ten years but had always been a virgin, finally became a woman.

After learning how to prepare for the bridal chamber, Gongsun Lei actually came to like this way of "playing around", and made his playmate's wife give birth to a son and a daughter in succession.

As Zhao Shilin was indulging himself in the beauty of nature, he became closer and closer to the youthful, cheerful and lively Yue Lingshan, and even developed a covetous feeling for Yue Lingshan, who was more than ten years younger than him.

However, compared to Zhao Shilin, who has no hope of becoming a master in this life and can only be forced to live in the dark, Linghu Chong, as a sword-do genius, obviously has more development prospects.

After discovering that Zhao Shilin seemed to have feelings for Yue Lingshan, Yue Buqun and the Ning Zhongze couple privately approached Zhao Shilin, who was almost of the same generation as Feng Qingyang and Zhu Chengwu, and expressed their thoughts and opinions, in both explicit and implicit ways, that they would rather Yue Lingshan be with Linghu Chong, their designated successor to the Huashan Sect.

Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze were against it. In addition, Yue Lingshan grew up with Linghu Chong, the eldest disciple adopted by Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze. They were childhood sweethearts and had a deep relationship.

Zhao Shilin had no choice but to slowly look for opportunities in secret and take his time.

Zhao Shilin once thought of relying on Gongsun Lei's current strongest military force in Huashan to force Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze to agree to marry Yue Lingshan to him.

However, during their more than 20 years of getting along, Gongsun Lei also developed feelings for the Huashan Sect and Yue Buqun, Ning Zhongze and others.

Although Zhao Shilin is still the person who can influence Gongsun Lei the most, it is too risky to rely on Gongsun Lei's military force to force Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze to agree to marry Yue Lingshan to him.

It would also cause great disgust to Yue Lingshan.

In the end, Zhao Shilin gave up the idea.

However, as Yue Lingshan grew older and became more beautiful, Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze also began to put the marriage of Yue Lingshan and Linghu Chong on the agenda, and Zhao Shilin became more and more anxious.

Although in this process, with Zhao Shilin's deliberate flattery and various routines, Zhao Shilin's weight in Yue Lingshan's heart became more and more important, almost catching up with Linghu Chong. Yue Lingshan also began to regard Zhao Shilin, the elder and gentleman at the beginning, as a man of the same generation.

But catching up is not the same as surpassing, and there are also Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze, two obstacles that stand in Linghu Chong's favor.

Just when Zhao Shilin had no other choice and was about to pick up the idea he had once given up and try to make a desperate attempt relying on Gongsun Lei's number one military force in Huashan, news came that Zhu Chengwu had reappeared.

After hearing the news that Zhu Chengwu had reappeared, Zhao Shilin knew that the opportunity he had been waiting for had finally come.

He doesn't have to put all his eggs in one basket!

Zhao Shilin had been thinking about how to use Zhu Chengwu's power to make Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze agree to marry Yue Lingshan to him without causing Yue Lingshan too much resentment.

Until today, Ning Zhongze came to the back mountain of Huashan to call Zhao Shilin and Gongsun Lei and tell them that Zhu Chengwu had arrived at Huashan.

Zhu Chengwu's unexpected arrival surprised Zhao Shilin, but also made him panic, because Zhao Shilin had not yet decided how to use Zhu Chengwu's influence to force Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze to agree to marry Yue Lingshan to him.

But time waits for no one!
Finally, on the way to the front square, Zhao Shilin made his decision!
In this way, with the help of Zhu Chengwu's power, he was "forced" to say in public that he liked Yue Lingshan.

Zhao Shilin thought that Yue Lingshan would not be too disgusted by such an "unexpected" development and "forced" confession of her true feelings.

(End of this chapter)