Chapter 81 Who says good and evil cannot coexist!
The visitors were none other than Yue Buqun and his wife from the Huashan Sect.

Chu Yuan observed Yue Buqun.

After not seeing him for a while, I found that every move of my father-in-law was filled with the feminine feeling that only women have.

While he was talking, he tried to make a orchid finger gesture.

However, he realized that it was inappropriate to do so in public.

Then she put her raised index finger down again.

But after all this time, he was filled with a sense of contradiction.

In Chu Yuan's opinion, the feminine feeling of Yue Buqun is different from that of his good brother Dongfang Bubai.

Dongfang Bubai's whole body, even his voice, changed like a woman's. He accepted his identity and changes.

Combined with his own unique heroic spirit, it gave him a feeling of being unique and unrivaled.

Yue Buqun is a type of person who clearly has strong feminine features, but he dares not show them and still maintains his identity as Yue Buqun, the leader of the Huashan Sect, which gives him a certain air of affectation.

"Master Yue is here!"

Seeing Yue Buqun show up, Nun Dingxian, Taoist Tianmen and others greeted him with smiles.

They did not notice anything unusual about Yue Buqun, because the changes that Yue Buqun suffered from practicing the "Sword Manual of Exorcism" were not as great as those caused by Dongfang Bubai.

His voice is still his own, his appearance is still the same, and he even has a male beard, but no one knows whether this beard is his own or a fake one.

It's just that sometimes, the movements become a little unconsciously feminine.

"Master Dingxian!"

"Master Tianmen!"

After Yue Buqun responded to Master Dingxian and Taoist Tianmen, he turned his gaze to Yu Canghai and Chu Yuan.

"Master Yu and Qingcheng Sword Immortal are here too."

Yue Buqun said.

"I've met Master Yue."

Yu Canghai responded.

He looked at Yue Buqun with surprise.

Instead, he noticed that something was wrong with Yue Buqun.

Yue Buqun once went to Qingcheng Mountain for a period of time and lived there for a while, but he didn't know what he did there.

He only knew that during that period, Yue Buqun went to the courtyard where his junior fellow lived every day.

Neither Chu Yuan nor Yue Buqun told him why Yue Buqun was going to Qingcheng Mountain.

But he had some vague guesses in his mind.

Noticing the changes in Yue Buqun at this time, he became more certain of his guess.

Yu Canghai secretly admired Yue Buqun and felt that he was a ruthless person.

If I were to replace him with myself, I wouldn't be able to make up my mind just to practice martial arts.

"Congratulations to Sect Leader Yue for his great accomplishment."

Chu Yuan bowed to Yue Buqun.

Chu Yuan's words confused the martial artists present, and they had no idea what Chu Yuan was talking about.

"We have to thank the Qingcheng Sword Immortal for his help."

Yue Buqun, who had been swinging his sword for a long time and had mastered the "Bixie Sword Manual", clasped his fists and bowed to Chu Yuan.

He was very grateful to Chu Yuan. Without Chu Yuan's generosity and magnanimity, he would not be where he is today.

The other people present looked at the two of them in confusion, not knowing what they were talking about.

"Humph!"

At this moment, Ning Zhongze glared fiercely at Chu Yuan, who was talking to her husband not far away, with a cold look.

Of course Chu Yuan knew why the other party was glaring at him.

She probably thought that it was because she gave the "Bixie Sword Manual" to her senior brother that made her and her husband become sisters.

"But this can't be blamed on me, right?"

"Your husband wanted the "Sword Manual of Exorcism" so much, so I kindly gave it to him, and it also prevented the tragedy between your daughter and Lin Pingzhi. It seems that your daughter and your eldest disciple will become a couple in the future. I brought your daughter and your eldest disciple together in disguise, Miss Ning, you should say thank you to me."

Chu Yuan said secretly in his heart.

However, he could only say this in his heart.

"Master Chu!"

"Senior Chu!"

Linghu Chong and Yue Lingshan, who were completely unaware of the situation, saw Chu Yuan as if they had seen a friend they hadn't seen for years. Amid the gloomy look on Lady Ning's face, they walked up to Chu Yuan and greeted him.

"Young Master Linghu, Miss Yue, long time no see, you have all grown up!"

Chu Yuan greeted the two with a smile.

"Thanks to Senior Chu for teaching me swordsmanship when we were in Huashan, otherwise I might not be a match for that lecherous villain Tian Boguang."

Linghu Chong said gratefully.

Although he couldn't defeat Tian Boguang in his previous fight with Tian Boguang, Tian Boguang couldn't beat him in a short period of time either.

In the martial arts world, he is considered a young master.

"See, you two are together?"

Chu Yuan looked back and forth between the two of them.

"Master arranged a marriage for me and my junior sister three years ago."

When Linghu Chong heard Chu Yuan mention his junior sister, his face was filled with happiness.

It can be seen that his junior sister has always been his white moonlight.

When Yue Lingshan heard this, a blush appeared on her face.

Without her father Yue Buqun interfering, Linghu Chong finally got what he wanted.

"Since we have made an engagement, let's get married sooner rather than later. Otherwise, things might change."

Chu Yuan said.

With Lao Yue's temper, who knows what he will want to do, whether he will suddenly go crazy, especially when he is still practicing the "Bixie Sword Manual".

"By the way, if you have nothing to do, go to the back mountain of Huashan Sect more often. As far as I know, there is an old senior from your Huashan Sect living in seclusion there. Maybe you will get something unexpected."

Chu Yuan immediately reminded.

Linghu Chong, who had not learned the "Nine Swords of Dugu", was still too weak and could not even defeat the rapist Tian Boguang.

When they heard Chu Yuan talking about the back mountain of Huashan Sect, both Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze, who were not far away, changed their expressions.

However, what is different from the original plot is that perhaps Lao Yue decided to marry his daughter to Linghu Chong, and wanted to use his daughter Yue Lingshan to tie Linghu Chong to his warship.

Even though he knew that if Linghu Chong obtained the inheritance from that old senior, it would pose a threat to him, he did not feel afraid of Linghu Chong.

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior Chu."

Linghu Chong thanked him.

He admired Chu Yuan very much.

Not only is he extremely skilled in martial arts, he also knows a lot.

Just like eight years ago, when he discovered the Five Mountains Sword Sect's sword techniques and the method to crack them in the cave at Siguo Cliff in the back mountain of Huashan Sect, Chu Yuan said that he discovered it by chance.

Now that I think about it carefully, it is very likely that the other party had known about the cave on the Cliff of Repentance for a long time.

Otherwise, why would he deliberately ask his master and his mistress to complain that there was nowhere to go after he had visited the entire Huashan Mountain? He let his mistress take the initiative to ask them to take him to the Siguo Cliff in the back mountain for fun, and then they discovered the cave by chance.

But this was just his guess, he couldn't be sure, let alone ask.

Because if he asked, even if his guess was true, Chu Yuan would definitely not admit it.

Afterwards, Linghu Chong brought his junior sister Yue Lingshan to the side and they went to be affectionate with each other.

Seeing this scene, the little nun Yi Lin, who had been looking at Linghu Chong with light in her eyes because he had saved her, suddenly had the light extinguished in her eyes. She could only return to stand behind her master, Master Ding Xian, in a daze.

"Master Yu, Qingcheng Sword Immortal, my disciple just said that it was a disciple of Qingcheng Sect who saved her. Thank you for your help..."

At this time, Master Ding Xian walked up to Chu Yuan and Yu Canghai and thanked them.

"It just happened to be the right time."

"Don't take it to heart."

Chu Yuan and Yu Canghai said.

"My fellow apprentice and I saved the man. If you want to thank someone, go thank them."

Chu Yuan said again.

"Don't worry, both of you. Although there were some misunderstandings between Hengshan Sect and Qingcheng Sect before, there is no personal hatred between our two sects. Hengshan Sect will repay a favor. We will remember this matter and find a chance to repay Qingcheng Sect."

After saying this, Master Dingxian turned and left, finding a throne near the positions of the leaders of various sects and sitting down.

After observing for a while, Chu Yuan still didn't see the head of the Songshan School, Zuo Lengchan, nor the people from Wudang and Shaolin.

There was no sign of the Hengshan Sect's leader, Mo Da, showing up behind him either.

"Are you the Qingcheng Sword Immortal?"

Chu Yuan found an empty seat in the Liu Mansion reserved for senior martial arts masters and sat down.

Sitting next to him, an old man wearing a black cloth robe and looking like a street vendor looked at him for a few seconds and then spoke to him.

"Who is the senior?"

Chu Yuan looked at the old man next to him and felt very curious.

Since this person can appear here, he must not be a street vendor.

He should be a senior in the martial arts world, but I have never heard of him before.

"I am He Sanqi, but I am not worthy of the title of senior in front of the Qingcheng Sword Immortal."

The old man smiled.

Strength is respected in the martial arts world. Although Chu Yuan is not very old, his combat record and martial arts skills are the best among the current group of people.

"Master Chu, this is He Sanqi, a master from Yandang Mountain in southern Zhejiang."

Master Dingyi, who was sitting next to him and had just come in, seemed to know this He Sanqi and introduced him to Chu Yuan.

"It turns out he is a master from southern Zhejiang."

Chu Yuan suddenly realized.

After a conversation, Chu Yuan learned that He Sanqi was a hermit in Jianghu. He had been selling wontons since he was young. After learning martial arts, he still traveled around Jianghu carrying a wonton basket. The wonton basket was his symbol.

Although he is skilled in martial arts, he is content with a simple life and makes a living with small business. People in the martial arts world all admire him.

There are tens of millions of wonton sellers in the streets and alleys of the world, but if a wonton seller is also a martial artist, then he must be He Sanqi.

As we chatted and talked, it was soon noon.

"Seniors and masters, please move."

The servants from Liu's house came to invite Da Nian and Mi Weiyi.

Yue Buqun, Yu Canghai, Chu Yuan and others followed the servants and arrived at a lobby.

Five or six hundred distant guests came in a stream, and banquets were set up in several nearby halls and courtyards, with about two hundred tables. Everywhere was crowded with people and the sound of noisy voices.

Chu Yuan and his friends finally found Lin Pingzhi, Qu Feiyan and their group in the crowd.

They were occupying the original table and not allowing anyone else to sit, offending many guests who couldn't find a seat.

"So he's a Taoist from the Qingcheng Sect!"

"Since you are young, I will not bother with you!"

When Chu Yuan and Yu Canghai came back, they just saw two people flicking their sleeves and leaving with indignant looks.

Although they looked indignant, they did not dare to take action after learning that the Taoists at this table were all disciples of the Qingcheng Sect, and could only leave in shame.

"The old bully the young, and the dog bites the young."

Qu Feiyan looked at the two people leaving, and she mocked them with a rhyme she made up.

After hearing Qu Feiyan's words, although the two men were extremely angry, they walked faster.

"Master, Uncle, why did you take so long?"

Turning around, Qu Feiyan said happily when she saw Chu Yuan and Yu Canghai coming back.

"I had a few words with the senior leaders there."

Chu Yuan replied.

At this moment, the sounds of gongs and drums and firecrackers came from outside.

Then Liu Zhengfeng, wearing a brand new silk robe, walked in from outside, meeting a court official in a scarlet official robe.

Everyone did not find it strange to see this, because it was said that Liu Zhengfeng loved to make friends with officials, so it was reasonable for officials to come and celebrate his retirement.

The official in the scarlet robe came in, looked around, and stood in the center of the venue. Immediately, a servant came to his side and presented a tray covered with yellow satin with a scroll on it.

The official took the scroll from the tray, held it high in his hand and said, "The imperial edict has arrived. Liu Zhengfeng, please accept it."

"I, Liu Zhengfeng, accept the order. Long live the emperor." Liu Zhengfeng bent his legs, knelt in front of the official in the scarlet robe, and kowtowed three times to the official.

The official in scarlet robes unrolled the scroll and read: "The Emperor, in accordance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims: According to the report of the Governor of Hunan Province, Liu Zhengfeng, a commoner from Hengshan County, is public-spirited and righteous, has made contributions to his hometown, is skilled in archery and horsemanship, and is a man of great potential. He is hereby appointed as a lieutenant general. He shall serve the court in the future and live up to my expectations. I decree this."

Liu Zhengfeng kowtowed three more times, took the imperial edict, stood up, bowed to the official in red robes and said, "Thank you, Lord Zhang, for your training and promotion."

The official in the red robe twirled his beard and smiled, saying, "Congratulations, General Liu. From now on, you and I will serve under the same roof. Why should we be so polite?"

……

Not to mention Liu Zhengfeng, there were a series of rewards and greetings between officials.

The heroes from the martial arts world who came to the banquet saw this scene and began to discuss it in low voices.

Many people felt that Liu Zhengfeng, as a veteran of the Hengshan School, was trying to curry favor with the imperial court, which seemed like he was currying favor with the powerful.

Some people think that Liu Zhengfeng gave the official a reward of silver when he was leaving, and that this official was bought, which was a blatant bribe.

It is rumored that Liu Zhengfeng is known as a chivalrous and upright person in the martial arts world.

It seems that most of the rumors are exaggerated, and Liu Zhengfeng is actually a greedy person.

"Junior brother, the reason why Liu Zhengfeng bought the position is probably because he wanted to use the name of the court to intimidate some people and prevent them from retiring, right?"

Yu Canghai suddenly said.

Although he was not very smart, he could see some tricks.

Otherwise, why would Liu Zhengfeng do such a thing and cut himself off from the world?

"That's right. Liu Zhengfeng was afraid that some people didn't want him to leave the underworld, so he wanted to use the official position he obtained from the court to intimidate others."

Chu Yuan nodded.

"Master, you killed Japanese pirates in Fuzhou Prefecture before. Didn't the prefect say that he would ask the emperor to reward you? Why has the court been so slow to respond?"

Qu Feiyan, Chu Yuan's apprentice, saw this scene and thought of another matter concerning his master.

"The court must be concerned!"

Chu Yuan was also a little confused.

Eight years had passed since this incident and he had almost forgotten about it, but he didn't expect that his disciple still remembered it.

"It can't be possible that I didn't give money to the court officials, right?"

Chu Yuan joked.

The administration had already begun to deteriorate in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, but it couldn't have been so corrupt, right?

"Maybe it's really possible."

After thinking for a while, Yu Canghai said seriously.

While Chu Yuan, Yu Canghai and Qu Feiyan were talking.

After receiving the imperial edict, Liu Zhengfeng held it, smiled, clasped his fists and bowed: "Everyone!"

Those martial artists who had just been whispering about Liu Zhengfeng and felt that Liu Zhengfeng's behavior was despicable, all stood up at once and saluted Lin Zhengfeng in return.

Liu Zhengfeng handed the imperial edict to a disciple beside him and said loudly: "I am grateful for the support of all my fellow practitioners who have come from afar and praised me. After retiring today, I will no longer be involved in the affairs of the martial arts world. I will be content to be a small official and only want to get promoted and make money. From now on, Liu Zhengfeng will withdraw from the martial arts world. If my disciples are willing to switch to other sects, they can do so. I invited you all here to be a witness. When you come to Hengshan City in the future, you will naturally still be my good friends, but I will not ask about the various grievances and disputes in the martial arts world."

Then he bowed again.

As he was talking, two disciples brought in a table, and another disciple brought in a golden basin.

There was clear water in the golden basin, and a white towel was placed on the edge of the basin.

Liu Zhengfeng walked to the golden basin and looked towards the Hengshan Sect. "I was accepted as a disciple by my benevolent master and taught martial arts. I am ashamed that I have not been able to bring glory to the Hengshan Sect. Fortunately, we have Senior Brother Mo to lead the sect. Liu Zhengfeng is mediocre. One more Liu will not make much difference, and one less Liu will not make much difference. From now on, Liu will retire from martial arts and concentrate on officialdom. However, he is determined not to use the master's martial arts to seek promotion. As for the grudges and disputes in the martial arts world, Liu Zhengfeng will never interfere."

After saying this, he was about to reach into the golden basin.

"Wait a minute!"

Just when Liu Zhengfeng was about to retire, a voice came from outside the house.

Then a dozen men in yellow shirts came in from the door and stood on both sides of the door. Then two more men in yellow shirts came in.

One is younger, probably in his early twenties.

He looks to be in his forties.

He didn’t recognize the younger one, but the one in his forties was an old acquaintance of Chu Yuan.

It was Fei Bin, the Great Songyang Master who had suffered at the hands of Chu Yuan.

Fei Bin held high in his hand a five-colored silk flag dotted with pearls and gems. When it was unfurled, it emitted brilliant light.

"That's the Five Mountains Banner of the Five Mountains Alliance Leader!"

someone in the crowd shouted.

"Uncle Liu, I have received an order from the Left Alliance Leader of the Five Mountains Sword Sect: Please postpone Uncle Liu's retirement from martial arts for now."

Fei Bin said while holding the banner in his hand.

"Fei Bin, what are you going to do?"

Liu Zhengfeng's face darkened.

He miscalculated!

He thought that he had bought a small official position and had an official status in the court. The Songshan School and Zuo Lengchan would not dare to take action against him for the sake of the court's face.

Without the Songshan Sect, there would be no law and order like this!

"Uncle Liu, we have found out that you have colluded with the Demon Cult. Until these things are investigated thoroughly, it is better for you to postpone your retirement."

Fei Bin said calmly.

Liu Zhengfeng's face changed. What he was worried about finally happened.

However, the martial arts heroes who came to participate in the Jin Pen Retirement Conference were in an uproar. They did not expect that Liu Zhengfeng, who was so famous in the martial arts world, would actually collude with the Demon Cult.

"What if I really want to retire today?"

Liu Zhengfeng said in a deep voice.

"I'm afraid this matter is beyond the control of Master Liu!"

Fei Bin sneered.

"Bring them in!"

Fei Bin waved his hand toward the outside of the door, and immediately another group of six Songshan Sect disciples wearing yellow vests, accompanied by nearly ten restrained women and children, walked in from outside the door.

"father!"

"Husband!"

"help me!"

"I don't want to die!"

When these women and children saw Liu Zhengfeng, they felt like they saw hope and asked him for help.

Liu Zhengfeng finally changed color.

Because these were his first wife's family members, and they were captured by the Songshan Sect at some point in time.

"If Uncle Liu insists on retiring today, your wife, children and elders will probably die in front of you."

Fei Bin glanced around.

Two of the Songshan Sect disciples who escorted them in understood what was going on and immediately drew their swords, pressing the blades of their swords against the necks of Liu Zhengfeng's family members.

"Fei Bin, you Songshan Sect are unworthy of being righteous people, and you are threatening me with the lives of my wife, children and elders."

Liu Zhengfeng said weakly but angrily.

"Good and evil cannot coexist. Liu Zhengfeng, since you have the guts to collude with the Demon Cult, you must be prepared for what will happen today."

Fei Bin said.

The surrounding martial arts heroes felt that the Songshan Sect was too despicable to threaten Liu Zhengfeng with the life of his wife and children, but no one dared to speak out because the Songshan Sect was so powerful.

"Who says good and evil can't coexist?"

Just then, a calm voice sounded in the yard, attracting everyone's attention.

(End of this chapter)