Chapter 125: The Original Aspiration of the Martial Arts Academy

Zhu Wushi made no effort to hide his dissatisfaction.

Before, on the one hand, he trusted Zuo Lengchan's ability, and on the other hand, he underestimated Li Ming. He didn't expect that he was so strong, so he cooperated with Zuo Lengchan to make arrangements.

Who could have imagined that this would be the final outcome?
Not only did he lose the Songshan Sect as a chess piece, but he also lost twelve of his thirty-six Tiangang men.

You have to know that these are the elites that Zhu Wusi has cultivated with a lot of resources and efforts. Apart from anything else, their Phantom Magic Skills are enough to deal with masters at the Grandmaster level.

This time, one third of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Beings were gone. How could Zhu Wusi not be angry?
Not to mention, two masters, Li Zhenzhen and Jing Wuming, were also lost.

After the previous battle, it even affected his relationship with the leader of the Jinqian Gang, Shangguan Jinhong.

After all, Shangguan Jinhong directly lost one of his right-hand men, and the subsequent series of chain reactions caused the Jinqian Gang to suffer setbacks one after another, resulting in heavy losses. Shangguan Jinhong was of course unhappy.

Originally, the Money Gang was willing to cooperate secretly with Tiedan Shenhou in the hope of achieving mutual benefit and expanding its influence with the help of the Huolong Villa.

In Zhu Wusi's imagination, he would usurp the throne and become the emperor in the future. Naturally, he would have to rectify the martial arts world and bring all forces in the martial arts world under his control.

Among them, the general sect forces will be managed by Zuo Lengchan, who was supported by himself and unified the Five Mountains Sword Sect, while the secular gang forces will be integrated by Shangguan Jinhong for himself, which will ensure that the Jinqian Gang will be the only dominant force in the Ming Dynasty.

It was precisely because of such conditions that Shangguan Jinhong was willing to cooperate with him.

But after this failure, Shangguan Jinhong became cold towards Zhu Wusi. Zhu Wusi sent people to communicate with him many times, but was rejected by Shangguan Jinhong with the excuse of seclusion and cultivation.

This made Zhu Wusi very unhappy.

In the final analysis, the problem lies with the Songshan School.

Therefore, Zhu Wusi gets angry whenever he sees people from the Songshan School.

Hearing the extreme dissatisfaction in Zhu Wusi's tone, Tang Ying'e hurriedly explained: "Shen Hou, please calm down. Although our Songshan Sect has suffered a great change, its foundation is still there. From now on, we are willing to completely submit to Shen Hou and follow his lead. I beg Shen Hou to give us a chance."

As Tang Ying'e spoke, he took out from his arms the sword manual of Songshan swordsmanship, as well as the many skills that the Songshan School had collected over the years under the leadership of Zuo Lengchan.

Even the icy true qi that Zuo Lengchan practiced and was so proud of was included in it!
Tang Ying'e also knew that the Songshan Sect was now in a mess. It had a lot of assets before, but most of them were looted during the previous civil strife.

Now the only thing that can attract Zhu Wusi is the martial arts skills in his hands.

These things were previously hidden in a secret room specially opened by Zuo Lengchan. After his death, only Tang Ying'e knew how to enter, so he survived.

Zhu Wusi took a quick look and had no interest in most of the techniques.

After all, what kind of skills can compare to his own energy-absorbing technique?

But when his eyes swept over the icy true qi, he paused.

After thinking for a moment, a hint of gloom flashed across Zhu Wusi's eyes.

"There is indeed something that I need you to do. If your Songshan Sect can handle this matter well, then you can be given a chance to join the Hulong Villa."

Tang Ying'e was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately nodded heavily.

"God, please give us your orders. We, the Songshan Sect, will do our best and will never let you down!"

Tang Ying'e's tone was very firm, and it was obvious that he was trying desperately to seize this opportunity.

When Zuo Lengchan of their Songshan Sect was the leader of the Five Mountains, he was too strong and offended many people. Not only the other four sword sects, but even many martial arts sects outside had grudges against them.

Now that he has suddenly lost his power, Tang Ying'e is of course afraid that someone will take advantage of the opportunity to settle accounts with him.

Moreover, if the Songshan School lost its status among the Five Mountains Sword Schools from now on, the gap would be too huge, which he naturally could not accept.

Therefore, his only choice was to stick with Zhu Wusi and get help from the Huolong Villa.

"Row."

Zhu Wusi narrowed his eyes.

"The East Factory and the West Factory are going to take action near Juxian Manor recently, and my Hulong Manor cannot fall behind. You just do as I tell you, and I will naturally send people to cooperate with you. Once the matter is accomplished, it will be a credit to your Songshan Sect."

Upon hearing this, Tang Ying'e's expression became slightly nervous.

He had heard related rumors before, that the imperial court was preparing to clean up the underworld. Now it seems that the rumors are true.

Zhu Wushi was also thinking about the relevant situation in his heart.

His plan failed last time, and after becoming famous in a battle with Li Ming, he did not immediately take action to retaliate.

It’s not that Zhu Wusi is open-minded or is willing to help, but that he was temporarily held up by other things.

That was the internal fight between the East and West Factories and the Hulong Villa.

The East Factory was already enough of a headache, and recently the emperor has favored Yu Huatian, causing the power of the West Factory to expand rapidly.

Hulong Villa was established by the previous emperor. It also has the function of monitoring the world, but it is relatively independent and not subject to the control of the court. It is reasonable that it is at odds with the East and West Factories.

Zhu Wusi even felt that the current emperor must have doubted him, and therefore condoned Wan Yulou and Yu Huatian to constantly make trouble for Hulong Villa, and even secretly investigated some of Hulong Villa's actions.

The three parties fought secretly and consumed a lot of energy.

This time the industry is being cleaned up, and both the East and West factories are gearing up to make contributions and enhance their own importance.

After considering it, Zhu Wusi decided to cooperate.

Although Zhu Wusi also planned to rectify the martial arts world, it was not for the current emperor, but to accomplish his own great cause, something he would do after ascending the throne.

Before that, he didn't mind making some trouble secretly to see if he could weaken the power of the East and West factories and reduce some resistance to his future actions.

Seeing Tang Ying'e suddenly coming to him, Zhu Wusi suddenly came up with an idea.

Then, the voice of Zhu Wusi's instructions to Tang Ying'e echoed in the room.

In the town of Seven Heroes——

Li Ming has returned to the martial arts hall. As soon as he entered, he saw that all the disciples of the Martial Arts Hall were already sitting obediently, eagerly waiting for him to come and teach them martial arts.

Zhou Botong and Xuan Cheng were also present.

This was also specially arranged by Li Ming. Although the two of them were not disciples of the Yanwu Hall, after spending some time together, Li Ming had figured out their personalities and relaxed his guard against them.

Although Xuan Cheng is still thinking about learning more martial arts for his master Shaolin, he is actually a bit stubborn, but strictly speaking, he is not a bad person. His aptitude for martial arts is surprisingly high, and he is worthy of being recognized by the previous generation of Shaolin monks as the most appreciative Shaolin monk in the past 200 years.

Not to mention Zhou Botong, he has absolutely no feelings towards Quanzhen Sect and only cares about having fun.

"I called you here today not to teach you martial arts, but to discuss some martial arts related issues with you."

As Li Ming spoke, he distributed a portion of the selected content of the Nine Yin Scriptures to everyone present.

"From now on, this will be the first textbook of our Martial Arts Academy. Please take a look at it and share your insights from the martial arts you have practiced. Submit it to me after you have compiled it."

"Ok?"

The disciples of the Martial Arts Hall who were present all looked at each other in bewilderment. Since they entered the martial arts hall, they had mostly passively accepted Li Ming's teachings, and they learned whatever the master taught them.

However, this was the first time they were asked to summarize their experiences and insights on their own, so they were more or less not used to it.

Why does it feel inexplicably like a teacher teaching students in a school instead of practicing martial arts?
"Master, if we want to learn something, can't you just teach us directly? Our thoughts and insights are just like showing off in front of you, Master? Besides, what's the point of doing this?"

One of the Yanwu Hall disciples raised his hand and said.

The others also nodded.

"Do you know why you are called Yanwu Hall?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"The original intention of the Martial Arts Hall is to study. The martial arts you are practicing now were also invented by our predecessors. However, martial arts is not just about following in the footsteps of others, but also about exploration and invention. You have learned the martial arts of your predecessors the best and have the highest understanding, but you cannot limit yourself to this. Instead, you must have a solid foundation in martial arts and a wide range of knowledge before you have a better understanding of martial arts. Only then can you reach a higher ceiling."

"Since the martial arts you practice were all invented by our predecessors, and you present here all have strong aptitude and understanding, why can't you create new martial arts techniques on your own?"

"Ah? Can we...?"

Li Ming's statement was too bold, and most of the disciples had never considered it.

Among those present, except Xuan Cheng and Zhou Botong, only Li Ming's three direct disciples were in the innate realm, and the rest were in the acquired realm and had never thought about these things in their dreams.

"Why not? In the future, there will be more and more disciples in our Qianming Martial Arts School. What they learn will not only be the various martial arts that we have collected, but also the unique skills and techniques invented by our martial arts school. We can even combine all of these into a system for the disciples to practice together. And you will be the creators of these in the future, and also the people who are at the forefront of martial arts."

After Li Ming said this, many disciples in the martial arts hall imagined the scene and couldn't help but get excited.

Even the three direct disciples showed varying degrees of excitement on their faces.

Just thinking about this picture gives me a sense of accomplishment.

If someone said this to them, they would definitely think that the other person was crazy and had unrealistic ideas.

But when Li Ming said this to them, the disciples believed it unconditionally.

Xuan Cheng next to him opened his mouth wide, thinking about what Li Ming had just said.

Xuan Cheng himself already has the strength of a grandmaster, and has been practicing martial arts in the Shaolin Dharma Academy for many years, but he has never had such an idea.

In Xuan Cheng's opinion, the martial arts invented by the Shaolin monks of all generations are already advanced enough, and he just needs to learn as much as possible.

But Xuan Cheng thought about it carefully, weren't the Shaolin Bodhidharma Academy and Arhat Hall originally established for the purpose that Li Ming mentioned?
They gathered together specifically to study martial arts in depth and constantly bring forth new ideas.

However, ever since the formation of the 72 Shaolin unique skills, Luohan Hall and Damo Academy seem to have lost their original intention, and for hundreds of years they have been obsessed with who can master more unique skills.

Even if Xuan Cheng himself joined Qianming Martial Arts School, it was to learn more lost Shaolin martial arts and then bring them back to his master.

Now, after hearing what Li Ming said, Xuan Cheng's thoughts suddenly opened up and his expression became different.

Zhou Botong was the opposite of Xuan Cheng. He didn't think there was anything wrong and nodded repeatedly.

After all, Zhou Botong himself had great creativity and he had successively mastered the Kongming Fist and the Zuoye Huwushu Technique.

Now when he heard what Li Ming said, he immediately agreed.

But as soon as he opened the booklet that Li Ming gave him, his expression changed immediately.

"Nine Yin Manual!"

Zhou Botong was very familiar with the Nine Yin Scriptures and recognized its contents at a glance.

The opening chapter contains part of the general outline of the Nine Yin Scriptures, followed by chapters on Yi Jin Gu and Fei Xu Jin.

"How could it be? How could he have the Nine Yin Manual in his hand?!"

Zhou Botong stood up suddenly and looked at the book in his hand in disbelief.

"This is the Nine Yin Manual! Where did you steal it from..."

Li Ming interrupted Zhou Botong before he finished his question.

"What do you mean by stealing? You are not the creator of the Nine Yin Manual, so where did the Nine Yin Manual come from?"

"This……"

Zhou Botong was speechless for a moment.

Li Ming continued, "It's not like there's only one copy of the Nine Yin Manual handed down from generation to generation. Our martial arts school collects martial arts from all over the world, so it's not unusual to have one in our hands."

"But how can we teach such a unique skill casually?"

Zhou Botong still found it a little hard to accept.

After all, his senior brother Wang Chongyang fought for seven days and seven nights on Mount Huashan for the Nine Yin Scriptures before he got them.

For the sake of the Nine Yin Scriptures, Zhou Botong was imprisoned on Peach Blossom Island for many years and made great sacrifices.

As a result, among Li Ming's disciples, some of them in the acquired realm can practice the Nine Yin Scriptures?
It was a little hard for him to accept.

"Martial arts are meant to be practiced by people. If they are kept hidden, their value will not be brought into play. And think about it, you can invent such interesting martial arts as Kongming Fist and Zuoyou Huba. If you mobilize others to join in, everyone's martial arts level will be improved. How many more interesting martial arts can you invent?"

Upon hearing what Li Ming said, Zhou Botong, who was worried just now, suddenly brightened up his eyes.

"Yeah, why didn't I think of this?"

Zhou Botong was also very interested in interesting martial arts, but he had already practiced most of the martial arts in the world, so there was no surprise.

If it really has the effect that Li Ming said, it is not impossible...

"Nine Yin Manual!"

The other disciples present were obviously surprised when they heard this name.

He quickly flipped through the booklet in his hand.

Soon, many people had different insights into the content.

Especially Xuan Cheng, after taking a few glances, he was immediately addicted to it and couldn't extricate himself.

He was clearly practicing Buddhist martial arts, but he felt that it could be corroborated with the contents of the Nine Yin Scriptures.

Li Ming looked at Yang Guo again, and saw that he was also completely immersed in it.

Li Ming nodded with satisfaction.

In the original novel, Yang Guo is the guy who invented the Desolate and Sorrowful One. He has extraordinary talent. As long as he is provided with sufficient conditions, he will definitely achieve good results.

(End of this chapter)