Myths Begin From Boys' Gong

After leaving the Divine Sword Hall, Meng Zhao did not rush back to the capital of Yanzhou, but began to relax and travel.

The long period of mental tension and the continuous occurrence of major events made him look a little tired.

Therefore, he took advantage of this brief time to have a leisurely trip.

Watch the sunrise on the top of the mountain, dance with the huge beast at the bottom of the lake, transform into a righteous knight, punish evil and promote good, pretend to be a martial arts genius, casually throw away a piece of opportunity, and bring a chance to change the fate of the destined person...

This experience lasted for more than half a month. Meng Zhao just learned from a random person in the martial arts world that the barbarian from the polar ice world, Tong Lie, who had defeated the grandmaster Xie Wanzhi, had actually issued a letter of challenge to him.

This made him confused and he immediately decided to return to the Tan family.

Because if this really happened, Lingwu City would definitely send someone to inform me. Even if Liang Muchu had my trust, he would not dare to make a rash decision on this matter.

Of course, this also allowed Meng Zhao to discover a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, an opportunity that would allow him to truly establish roots in the northern land and even among the human race, and consolidate his influence and reputation.

Not long after, Meng Zhao returned to the Tan family in Yanzhou city, and saw Lu Le, who had been waiting for a long time and had a much thinner round face.

Although the time apart was not too long, Meng Zhao still felt as if a lifetime had passed. However, the short few months in Yanzhou seemed like many years had passed.

Of course, all the changes were positive and tended to develop in a direction that was beneficial to Meng Zhao. Therefore, when he saw Lu Le, Meng Zhao seemed very happy. He patted Lu Le's shoulder and said,

"How is it? Is everything okay at home? Is there anything special going on?"

When Lu Le saw Meng Zhao, he was also excited, his eyes were red, and he quickly repeated the information he had learned.

In fact, there is nothing special about it. Meng Zhao had already understood part of it through the oral narration of Monk Huikong. This time it is just more detailed.

Then, the two of them turned the topic to Tong Lie's challenge to him.

In addition, Lu Le also explained what he had seen and heard in Lingwu City, Liangzhou, Jizhou, and even Yanzhou along the way, as well as the various changes in the situation.

According to his account, Tong Lie's defeat of Xie Wanzhi had caused an uproar in public opinion. The entire Shenzhou human martial arts world knew that a barbarian from the polar ice field had defeated the grandmaster of their human race. This was a shame and, of course, an oppression.

When Tong Lie issued a challenge to Meng Zhao, not to mention other distant places, at least the martial arts world in the northern land, both upper and lower levels, were united in hatred of the enemy and were extremely eager for Meng Zhao to accept the challenge and respond to the other party positively as a man and a brave warrior.

Of course, Meng Zhao can also choose to turn a blind eye, pretend to be an ostrich, and ignore everything. This is fine, and no one can force him.

But correspondingly, the greater the praise, flattery and public opinion Meng Zhao has received in the past, the greater the backlash he will face.

Meng Zhao could also treat everything as normal and concentrate on practicing. With his talent, understanding, strength, and martial arts, he could still become a top-notch expert.

But it became almost impossible for him to complete his plan of splitting the north and competing for the hegemony of China.

It's a very simple truth. He has lost the support of the people and the military men. Without his political foundation, everything is just empty talk.

In addition, most of the various powerful forces he has established now actually originated from his reputation as the Dragon King of Beimeng.

Once this reputation backfires, the collapse of various forces is inevitable.

Therefore, although everyone in the Meng family in Lingwu City was very worried about Meng Zhao's safety, they also had a vague consensus.

As long as Meng Zhao still wants to travel the world as the leader of a force, this battle is inevitable.

Moreover, there are multiple factors that pushed Meng Zhao to the forefront.

First of all, Meng Zhao is the top genius in the land of China today, on par with Shen Tianci. A tall tree attracts the wind. If something happens, he should be the first to take the lead, which is the so-called great ability, great responsibility.

The same situation can be seen in Shen Tianci, who is also in the same situation.

Secondly, the unlucky Tong Lie took the initiative to choose Meng Zhao as his opponent, which pushed things to a climax.

Without Tong Lie's initiative, Meng Zhao could certainly maintain everything with a cold attitude, but Tong Lie tore through Meng Zhao's skin, leaving him with only two choices: to respond or not.

The third point is also very crucial.

Tuntian Daozi killed Li Xiaotian. In fact, there has been an opinion in the folk martial arts circles for a long time that Nan Shen and Bei Meng should take action to maintain the stability of the martial arts world.

But neither Meng Zhao nor Shen Tianci took it seriously and naturally held back.

However, in the eyes of ordinary warriors, their attitude is indifferent, cold-blooded, and even cowardly.

Naturally, this also increased the accumulation of feelings of dissatisfaction.

With Tong Lie's urging, it can be said that it was just adding fuel to the fire.

Meng Zhao nodded and asked again,

"In other words, if I don't fight now, I'll be a coward and be condemned by everyone, and I'll never be as powerful as I am now?"

Lu Le's round face was gloomy, and he said,

"That's right, Master, and, moreover, you are different from Xie Wanzhi.

If the young master loses this time, I'm afraid he will still become the target of public criticism." Meng Zhao also saw this point very clearly.

Xie Wanzhi, a figure of the older generation who has been lost in history, is nameless and has no reputation in today's martial arts world, so naturally he does not have much reputation.

Grandmaster, the weight is indeed very heavy, but when you say it, it is just three light words.

Even though he lost, the human warriors didn't think it was a big deal. It was a kind of psychological contempt that had no reason but existed.

Furthermore, no matter how down and out Xie Wanzhi was, he was still worthy of praise.

He was once a hero in the martial arts world. He assisted the holy monk of Nalanda Temple in getting rid of the evil monk Huikong. He contributed to the righteousness of the martial arts world and saved countless innocent people.

It even caused damage to his own martial arts foundation, forcing him to travel far away to seek treatment methods and miracle drugs.

This is a contribution that no one can erase, he is a hero.

It can be considered an exemption from defeat.

What's more, at that time, Xie Wanzhi took the initiative to invite Tong Lie to fight, not caring about personal honor and disgrace, and fighting for the entire Chinese martial arts world.

There was no need for him to do this, and Tong Lie could not have found him in any corner.

So, even if he lost the war, people could not blame him.

There was no reason to treat a former human hero who had already tried his best.

However, the situation and public opinion environment that Meng Zhao faced were very different. (End of this chapter)