Chapter 84 Xiang Wentian (Wishing all the readers a happy new year and all the best!!!! Wow!)

Xin Zhen and Ren Yingying went all the way west to Zhengzhou, where they parted in tears. Ren Yingying returned to Luoyang, while Xin Zhen went to Songshan.

On this day, Xin Zhen went to Songshan, carrying a horse, a flute and a sword, looking quite elegant.

By the afternoon, we were almost at Songshan. Our horses were tired and we were very hungry. We thought, "Where can we find some food?"

I had learned from the experience of being unable to sleep due to hunger the last time I stayed in a temple. I knew that most temples do not allow food after noon, and I did not want to go to Shaolin Temple and starve, so I thought it would not be too late to go up the mountain after eating.

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps was heard, and seven or eight people came running from the west. They were all dressed in tight clothes, carrying weapons, and running very fast.

Xin Zhen thought to himself, "Could it be that my whereabouts have been exposed, and the Songshan Sect has sent people to kill me?"

But he saw that the seven or eight people looked at him, then rode past him on their horses, and ran away in a moment.

The footsteps of the seven or eight people had just stopped when the sound of horse hooves came from the west. Seven or eight people on horseback galloped towards him like the wind and passed by him.

After galloping for more than ten feet, a horseman suddenly came around. It was a middle-aged woman on horseback. She said, "Excuse me, sir. Have you seen an old man in a white robe? He is tall and thin, with a sword on his waist."

Xin Zhen suddenly thought of someone and thought, "It can't be such a coincidence, right?"

The middle-aged woman saw Xin Zhen was deep in thought and asked happily, "Have you seen it?"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "You are talking about Xiang Wentian, right?"

The middle-aged woman said happily: "It's him, have you seen him?"

Xin Zhen nodded and said, "It's just in front."

The middle-aged woman turned the horse's head quickly and said, "Thank you."

Xin Zhen thought about it, turned his horse around and followed them. In just a cup of tea, they arrived at a three-way intersection and galloped away along with the middle-aged woman and her group.

After following for a few miles and passing through a pine forest, we suddenly came to a plain where a lot of people were standing, at least six or seven hundred people. However, the wilderness was so large that six or seven hundred people only occupied a small group in the middle.

A straight road led to the crowd, and Xin Zhen walked along the road.

When we got closer, we saw a small pavilion among the crowd. It was a place for pedestrians to rest on the mountain road. It was of a very simple structure. The group of people surrounded the pavilion, about a few feet away, but did not get close.

Xin Zhen dismounted and approached. There was an old man in a white robe in the pavilion. He was tall and thin, with a scimitar hanging from his waist. He was sitting alone at the table drinking. Although he was sitting, he was still the height of an ordinary person.

This person is Xiang Wentian.

Seeing that everyone was staring at Xiang Wentian and had no time to pay attention to anything else, Xin Zhen walked into the crowd, folded his arms and watched the fun. It was a pity that there were no stools or melon seeds, otherwise it would have been very comfortable.

Just when Xin Zhen was enjoying the excitement, someone suddenly called out from the east, "Xin Tanhua, come this way. Our noble family's seat is here. You've come to the wrong place."

Xin Zhen looked towards the east and found that the person who was speaking was Hou Renying from the Qingcheng Sect, and many people from the Five Mountains Sword Sect were standing next to him.

A Taoist priest shouted, "Is that Xin Zhen from the Huashan Sect? Come over here quickly, or else the evil spirits will harm you."

At this time, everyone around him looked at Xin Zhen, even Xiang Wentian in the pavilion looked at Xin Zhen.

Xin Zhen cursed inwardly that it was bad luck. He originally just wanted to watch the fun, but he didn't expect to become the focus of the crowd.

Xin Zhen reluctantly headed east. Not far from the pavilion, Xiang Wentian suddenly asked, "Are you Xin Tanhua, the famous scholar who has recently become famous in the martial arts world?"

Xin Zhen didn't want to pay attention to him and kept walking towards the east.

Seeing that he ignored him, Xiang Wentian said "Hey", raised his glass and took a sip of wine, but there was a choking sound.

Xin Zhen looked at Xiang Wentian, but saw that there was an iron chain tied between his hands.

Xiang Wentian smiled and said, "As a person of the righteous path, when you see us evil demons, don't you plan to kill the demons and exorcise the evil?"

Hou Renying shouted, "Xin Tanhua, this man is the great demon of the Demon Cult, Xiang Wentian. He has amazing skills and many of his righteous friends have died at his hands. Don't go face him alone. We will join forces to kill him later."

Xin Zhen smiled and nodded.

Unexpectedly, someone shouted, "Xin Zhen, arrest Xiang Wentian immediately. I can ask Alliance Leader Zuo for a lighter sentence on your behalf."

Xin Zhen looked at the person who was speaking. This person was Le Hou, the Great Yin-Yang Hand, whom he had met before. He couldn't help but smile and said, "It's Senior Brother Le. What crime did I, Xin Zhen, commit that I have to apologize to you, Songshan?"

Le Hou shouted, "On Huashan Mountain, you brazenly killed Taoist Master Yu Jizi of Taishan Sect, Senior Brother Lu of Hengshan Sect, and Senior Brother Lu of Songshan Sect. Moreover, you also mixed with a group of evil spirits on Wubagang. The Five Mountains Sword Sect and the Demon Sect are sworn enemies, and you actually mixed with people from the evil sect. Aren't you afraid of being expelled from Huashan Sect?"

Xin Zhen laughed and said, "Brother Le, do you really want me to talk about the Huashan Zhengqi Hall here?"

Le Hou's face changed and he said, "You can talk to Alliance Leader Zuo about this matter yourself. What about you being mixed up with the evil spirits?"

Xin Zhen laughed and said, "Master Fang Sheng from Shaolin was there at the time. Could it be that Master Fang Sheng was also involved with the demons from the Demon Cult?"

Le Hou snorted and said, "There are rumors in the martial arts world that you are having an affair with the Saint of the Demon Cult..."

"How dare you! How dare you say bad things about the Saint of my religion, Le Hou, are you looking for death?"

"This man deserves to be killed!"

"Kill Xiang Wentian, then attack the Songshan Sect!"

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Although the people from the Sun and Moon Sect came to arrest Xiang Wentian, they were still furious when they heard Le Hou slandering Ren Yingying.

Seeing that he had provoked the public, Le Hou was not afraid and sneered: "You bunch of evil spirits are entangled at the foot of Songshan Mountain. Do you think that my Songshan Sect and Shaolin Sect can't kill you? I already have a large number of masters from Songshan on the way. It's not certain who will kill whom by then!"

Seeing that Le Hou was targeting him, Xin Zhen was unwilling to stand with the people from the Five Mountains Sword Sect. Instead, he turned around and walked towards the pavilion, sat down at the table, and said to Xiang Wentian, "Xiang Zuoshi, I'm hungry. I see you're about to fight. Don't waste these dried meat strips and drinks. Why don't you give them to me?"

Xiang Wentian said: "Please do as you please."

Xin Zhen smiled, picked up the wine pot, poured wine into the cup in front of Xiang Wentian, and then poured wine into another cup, raised his glass and said, "Please!"

With a gulp, he drank the wine. The wine was extremely strong, and it felt like a knife cutting it in the mouth. Then it flowed into his stomach like countless burning coals. He praised loudly, "Good wine." Then he grabbed the dried meat strips with his hands and started chewing them.

All they heard was a big man outside the pavilion shouting in a rough voice, "Hey, kid, come out quickly! We are going to fight Xiang Wentian to the death, don't get in the way here!"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "You can retreat now. If Xiang Zuoshi comes to the foot of Mount Song, he will be mine. I will capture him and present him to Master Fang Zheng and Master Fang Sheng of Shaolin as a gift."

(End of this chapter)