Chapter 140 Undercurrents Beneath the Calm

Who is Master Fang Sheng? He is the number one person under Master Fang Zheng of Shaolin Temple. His strength is not inferior to that of the leaders of major sects.

In other words, the strength of eighteen-year-old Ren Yingying is actually not much worse than that of the leaders of the major sects.

This shows that Ren Yingying has excellent talent. On the other hand, it also shows that the martial arts that Ren Yingying learned are all unique skills, which is why she can be on par with the leaders of major sects at the age of eighteen.

That's why Xin Zhen came up with the idea that "the six female disciples are blessed."

No other sects were invited to the apprenticeship ceremony, but all the people from the Qi Sect were present. Yue Buqun and his companions came to give lectures, and the other disciples came here to exchange ideas, so they were all present and performed the ceremony of coming of age together.

Three or four hundred disciples lined up in the square. Sitting at the top were Feng Qingyang, Xin Zhen, Yue Buqun, Feng Ping and others. The one presiding over the ceremony today was Cheng Buyou.

Cheng Buyou first brought out the tablet of the ancestor, and everyone present paid homage to it together, and then he got down to business.

Cheng Buyou shouted out the names loudly, asking the selected disciples to come up one by one and become his disciple.

These twenty true disciples became the envy of the other three or four hundred disciples. However, they would have opportunities in the future, and they all vowed in their hearts to become true disciples.

In addition to selecting twenty true disciples, this apprenticeship conference also selected about one hundred and twenty inner disciples. These inner disciples did not have a specific discipleship and were all taught uniformly.

However, these inner disciples can already enter the next stage. High-level sword techniques such as Xiyi Sword Technique, Yangwu Sword Technique, Xuanwu Sword Technique, and Xiaotianxia Sword Technique have already opened the door to them.

They can choose to practice these sword techniques according to their own interests. If they don’t understand something, they can ask the teachers for advice.

The teachers will continue to observe them, and once they like them, they can accept them as their disciples at any time.

As for the remaining outer disciples, there is no need to rush. Most of them are too young. As long as they are older and their comprehension and athletic abilities improve, they will have a high probability of becoming inner disciples.

Of course, there are some people who are really dull, and there is nothing we can do about them.

After studying for some time, they will return to the various escort agencies. Even if they have only learned the basic Huashan swordsmanship, they will still be good fighters in the world.

However, it is unknown whether they can truly accept their fate if they return to that environment after witnessing the true top-notch martial arts.

But there is no need to worry. Once people reach a certain age, they will accept their fate.

While the Sword Sect was being built, disciples were being recruited, and the Fuwei Escort Agency was reopening on a large scale, the martial arts world seemed to be entering a turbulent period.

Lin Zhennan, Ji Wushi and others continued to send back to Huashan the information collected by escort agencies from various places.

Ren Woxing and Xiang Wentian seemed to have disappeared from the martial arts world, and the Songshan Sect has also been staying at home recently, as if they had really been defeated.

Other major sects also gradually shrank back and recalled their disciples who were still wandering around the world.

Blackwood Cliff has become unusually quiet recently.

The world seemed to have fallen into a rare silence.

But it is this kind of silence that makes people feel that a storm is about to come.

Because the escort agencies in various provinces have gradually started to move, some minor disputes that were not noticed by others have also been noticed by Xin Zhen. Although the major factions seem to have gone dormant, various small struggles have occurred one after another in the martial arts world recently, and they are much more intense than ever before.

Xin Zhen noticed that recently, small gangs in various parts of Henan Province have been undergoing various changes. Some gang leaders' wives have collaborated with gang elders to murder their gang leaders and seize the opportunity to seize the power of the gang members.

There are also gangs from outside that have established themselves and are competing fiercely with the original gangs for territory;

There were also independent people in the martial arts world who gathered together and formed various groups such as the Two Heroes of Xiangfu, the Seven Evils of Gushi, and the Six Monsters of Fugu.

In addition, revenge killings, love killings, and disputes over territory also occur frequently.

These things are insignificant in the eyes of the major factions and are considered some small local matters, but in Xin Zhen's opinion, this may not be the case.

These conflicts may seem like small matters, but they are spillovers of various conflicts between the major factions and between good and evil.

For example, there was the case where the gang leader's wife collaborated with the gang elders to murder the gang leader and took the opportunity to seize power in the gang. It seemed like an adulterous couple murdering their husband, but in fact, the gang leader was born a beggar, so he was naturally supported by the beggars, while the elder had some relationship with the Sun Moon Sect. A closer look revealed that it was actually the Sun Moon Sect that was encroaching on the territory of the Beggars' Sect.

As for the matter of the Longli gang across the river fighting with the local gang for territory, it was actually the people sent by Songshan going to seize the territory of the local gang in Luoyang. Coincidentally, the local gang was called the Golden Sword Sect.

It is the Golden Sword Gate of Lin Ping's grandfather.

It is said that Wang Jiaju was seriously injured by a sword strike from a Songshan disciple. In the end, the situation was finally settled only after Old Man Wang ran to apologize and gave up a large piece of land.

It was Lin Pingzhi who came and told Xin Zhen about this matter. Mrs. Lin asked Lin Pingzhi to help his father settle the matter, but after Lin Pingzhi learned that his uncle and grandfather forced Xin Zhen to take out the Sword Manual of Exorcism, he was unwilling to pay attention to them anymore.

Lin Pingzhi said to Mrs. Lin: "Our Lin family was forced to move north by Yu the Dwarf. Do my grandfather and uncles have any concerns?

They didn't send any letters, nor did they send their children to visit, so it was you, mother, who asked my senior brother to deliver the letter.

But what did they do to force the senior brother to take out the Sword Manual of Exorcism?

If it weren't for my senior brother's mastery of swordsmanship, wouldn't he have been thrown into a cell, tortured, and forced to hand over the sword manual?

Now that they are being bullied by the Songshan School, they finally remembered me, their nephew?

Tsk! What a joke! Mom, it’s not that I don’t care about family affection, it’s just that this family is too cold and heartless, and they only care about their own interests! "

Moreover, although this incident seems like the new gang is fighting for territory, the territory they are fighting for is from the local gangs in Luoyang, but there is a deeper story behind it.

Although the Golden Sword Sect does not officially belong to the Shaolin Temple, when Grandpa Wang first established the Golden Sword Sect, he received help from a Shaolin disciple. The Golden Sword Sect has also been paying tribute to the Shaolin Temple every year over the years, so there is some connection between them.

In Xin Zhen's view, this was also a test of Shaolin Temple by the Songshan School to some extent.

In other similar incidents, big or small, these major sects are always behind them. Although most of the conflicts are between the Sun Moon Sect and the major righteous sects, there are also many frictions between the major righteous sects. However, the disciples of the righteous sects generally do not get involved personally, and only maintain a superficial balance.

But everyone should know that the current calm is just a sign of the coming storm.

(End of this chapter)