Comprehensive martial arts: He was in the Jin Kingdom, but he returned to the Southern Song Dynasty

Lu Chen and Zhou Botong, along with many disciples from the Five Mountains Sword Sect, as well as the mute servant from Peach Blossom Island, waited on the shore, watching from afar as Huang Yaoshi sat in front of a grave, quietly drinking a jar of wine.

That was the grave of his beloved wife Feng Heng.

Huang Yaoshi's back was very lonely and embarrassed. The once powerful East Evil now felt lonely and desolate. He looked depressed, muttering something, saying a word, and taking a sip of wine.

At this distance, Lu Chen and Zhou Botong could hear what he was saying, but neither of them wanted to listen. It wasn't that they disliked the corny words, but that they respected them.

Zhou Botong was the one who knew the inside story. He told Lu Chen that the reason why Peach Blossom Island was called Peach Blossom Island was because all the peach blossoms were planted by Feng Heng.

Since Feng Heng's death, Huang Yaoshi has become more fascinated with these flowers and plants, but after all, the man is gone, and now the peach blossoms are gone too.

Gong Jiu came here to cause trouble, and although he failed to achieve his goal, he also ruined the scenery of Peach Blossom Island.

The Peach Blossom Island is now filled with white flames, which then turned into white lotuses and then retreated together, causing all the peach blossoms that should have been in full bloom to wither and die.

Huang Yaoshi was unable to preserve the peach blossoms planted by his beloved wife.

On the surface, Huang Yaoshi never got angry or cursed. He was not that kind of person, not that kind of character.

But deep down, he was obviously devastated.

Lu Chen stared at it for a while, then suddenly began to chant, "I have been looking for the swordsman for thirty years, and the leaves have fallen and branches have sprouted several times; ever since I saw the peach blossoms, I have no doubts until now."

From afar, Huang Yaoshi heard the poem, his body trembled, and he took out a jade flute from his arms.

His previous jade flute had been destroyed by Gong Jiu, but Huang Yaoshi loved music and the flute, so he naturally had a backup.

Then Huang Yaoshi closed his eyes slightly and started playing the flute. The tune was not miserable, but the emotion in it was lonely and sad.

Since I saw the peach blossoms, I have no doubts until now.

Everyone was speechless.

After a while, the flute sound stopped abruptly.

Huang Yaoshi silently put away the jade flute, and with one palm, he broke the tomb. A coffin flew out and landed in front of Huang Yaoshi.

Huang Yaoshi carried the coffin and came to Lu Chen's side. Apart from the coffin on his shoulders, he didn't seem to be particularly affected. His face was normal, a handsome, elegant, and charming middle-aged scholar.

Huang Yaoshi said to Lu Chen, "I am too weak. It's really strange. In all these years, I have never found myself so weak. It's really not a good feeling to be weak. I can't protect anything and can only let others trample on my dignity."

"Look, this is the era. Even the famous East Evil will become a laughing stock in the eyes of others if he is not strong enough."

"I will go with you from now on. Before I kill Gong Jiu, I will never return to Peach Blossom Island again. This is my decision."

Yes, Huang Yaoshi was determined to give up Peach Blossom Island.

He knew very well that the island alliance had been formed. He could escape Gong Jiu today, but he would not be able to escape in the future. Rather than staying here and waiting to die, it would be better to take Feng Heng's body, bury it somewhere else, and then find an opportunity to kill Gong Jiu.

Huang Yaoshi is determined to kill Gong Jiu. He must kill him!

This kind of decision is naturally not something that ordinary people have. Huang Yaoshi is worthy of being Huang Yaoshi. He is extremely unorthodox and his decision-making is also extraordinary.

Lu Chen also noticed that Huang Yaoshi's address changed from "old man" to "I".

This seems to be a very insignificant detail, but Lu Chen can probably understand that this is a change in mentality.

If you just call yourself "old man", then in the end, you will think that the world is not your era, you are already an old thing outside the world, and you have to give the power of the era to the young people.

For an elderly person like this, even if conditions permit, it would be difficult for him to make further progress.

Because he no longer has the desire to make progress, even if he goes out into the world, he will just be relying on his seniority to bully others.

But if he could call himself "I", it meant that Huang Yaoshi had come to his senses. He could never face such a terrifying enemy like Gong Jiu with the attitude and mentality of an old man.

He regained his fighting spirit - the fighting spirit that he had fought against the Beggar of the North, the Poison of the West, and the Emperor of the South.

He had the will to fight - the will to fight that had earned him such a great reputation in the martial arts world.

Lu Chen knew that from now on, Huang Yaoshi might really have the possibility to make further progress.

For a person to make further progress, sometimes it has nothing to do with talent, ability, secrets or even any external conditions.

The most fundamental thing is to be unwilling to accept.

Huang Yaoshi is now very unwilling.

Although he looked normal, he was actually furious. In fact, he was no different from any other passionate and hot-blooded twenty-year-old boy.

Only in this state can one become a "warrior".

Lu Chen said, "It's good that you think this way, and it's rare. But if you just want a strong helper to deal with Gong Jiu, I think the Yue Family Army and the Beggars' Sect are more suitable for you. They have more strong people, and you have seen them before. If you want to deal with Gong Jiu, they are more confident."

He no longer addressed Huang Yaoshi as "senior" but "you".

Huang Yaoshi accepted it calmly, but shook his head, "No, I just want to follow you."

He went on to analyze, "First, we must clearly distinguish between public and private matters. Let alone that I am just Rong'er's father, even if he is a relative of Yue Fei, it would be unwise to ask them to provoke Gong Jiu at a time when the Song Dynasty is in turmoil due to internal and external troubles. How can parents hold us back?"

"Second, what they did was foolish loyalty and filial piety. They suffered losses themselves and gained a good reputation, but it had no effect on the overall situation. I have always admired this kind of thing, but I stay away from it. If you want to do something, it's best not to be Yue Fei, but Li Jing."

"Third, I can see that you are unwilling to be lonely. Although you have a very good relationship with Rong'er and Guo Jing, you do not approve of their ways. So in the end, you are you and they are them. So far, we have only been in contact for a short time, but I admire your style very much, so I want to join you."

"Fourth, Gong Jiu wants to kill you. I want to kill Gong Jiu, but I also have to protect the people Gong Jiu wants to kill. It's that simple."

After hearing this reason, Lu Chen nodded and commented, "I have to say, Uncle Huang, you are a really cool guy. You have such an attitude. If you were in the world I am familiar with, you would probably play rock music."

"……What it is?"

Huang Yaoshi lived on Peach Blossom Island, so he naturally had a boat, a very large and luxurious one with many rooms, enough food and water for people to live on the boat, and the mute servants were all well-versed in maritime affairs.

The disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect shouted loudly after getting on the boat. The boat was much more splendid than the small boat they came on.

Zhou Botong had been on Peach Blossom Island for many years and had never seen this area before. He was very happy and joined in the fun with everyone else.

Huang Yaoshi and Lu Chen found a place to sit down in private. Lu Chen took out a petal from his arms and said, "Look."

The petals were grayish white and lifeless, and Lu Chen had to use extremely gentle force to protect them so that they could maintain their current appearance.

As soon as he took it out, he also withdrew his power. The petals were blown by the wind and immediately turned into dry powder, which disappeared from Lu Chen's palm with the wind.

Huang Yaoshi said, "This is the peach blossom on my island."

Lu Chen said, "It burned out with white flames and gave birth to lotus flowers. Now it has withered and died, leaving only this appearance. The vitality inside has been exhausted, and it is completely extinguished."

Huang Yaoshi understood, "Do you think that from this point, we can see Gong Jiu's martial arts style?"

Lu Chen nodded, "It's 'spirituality'. He took away the spirituality from everything and used it as nourishment to attack."

Huang Yaoshi immediately came to his senses after being pointed out, and could not help but smile with joy, "Yes, that's right. Well, from this point we can find his weakness, and we will have a better chance of killing him in the future."

He looked at Lu Chen again, and couldn't help but admire him. Then he thought of the key point, "You are very meticulous and calm. So, you must have some feelings about the 'Nine Gods' he mentioned?"

Lu Chen felt very happy talking to someone who shared the same thoughts with him. The last person who made him feel this way was Jiang Xiaoyu. He said, "Yes, the nine gods he mentioned are the sacrifices that have been made in Chu since ancient times. They are different from the gods and demons of Taoism and Buddhism later on. They are a more primitive and rough nature worship."

He listed them one by one, "Donghuang Taiyi is the supreme god, Yunzhongjun controls the celestial phenomena such as wind, rain, thunder and lightning, Xiangjun and Xiangfuren control the Xiang River, Da Siming controls death, Shao Siming controls fertility, Hebo is the god of the Yellow River, and Shan Gui is the goddess of the mountains."

Huang Yaoshi listened to everything, pondered for a moment, and asked, "You mean, Gong Jiu's martial arts can probably borrow the power of all things in nature?"

Lu Chen corrected slightly, "It is the 'spirituality' and 'essence' of all things in nature. His martial arts may have some effect on this kind of thing. At the same time, I think it also makes sense why he wanted to unify the overseas archipelagos and create an archipelago alliance. This kind of action may also have some kind of resonance with his practice."

Huang Yaoshi fell into deep thought again.

His path is to destroy and establish, based on the connection and opposite of all things. So the information that Lu Chen is talking about now has no effect on others, but it is very useful to Huang Yaoshi.

In a flash, his thoughts changed and he came up with several solutions.

For example, since Gong Jiu's martial arts pursues spirituality and essence, it will be polluted by redundant and complicated parts.

Or, he constructed a trap to make Gong Jiu fall into a state of self-denial, pursuing the essence of the essence, the spirituality of the spirituality, but this pursuit is endless. With each cycle, the part that can be controlled will become less, and his martial arts will become narrower and more limited.

Lu Chen didn't ask any more questions about this.

In this regard, Huang Yaoshi is the expert. Only Huang Yaoshi can use this method to fight the enemy. It is not so effective against Lu Chen.

Although Lu Chen usually has many inexplicable thoughts, he is still more instinctive and positive when fighting, which is very different from Huang Yaoshi's approach that is full of calculations, deployment of troops, and chess deduction.

If Huang Yaoshi were forced to use this method, he would come to a standstill at some crucial moments.

This is the difference in character between two smart people.

Differences in personality lead to differences in martial arts.

However, no matter how clever the method is, it can only make up for the lack of strength, but cannot create a winning advantage. Lu Chen understands this, and Huang Yaoshi also understands this.

Without sufficient strength, even the greatest restraint would hardly be effective.

So in just the blink of an eye, Huang Yaoshi came up with ninety-seven ideas to fight against Gong Jiu in his mind, and then he stopped.

He wasn't going to think about it anymore.

If you think about it further, it will become a demon in your heart. Because the more methods you have, the stronger your desire to win will be. Instead of making mistakes in self-judgment, you will take the initiative to find Gong Jiu. That is not seeking victory, but seeking death.

Huang Yaoshi shook his head, suppressed the murderous intent in his heart, and changed the subject, "You just told my mute servant that you wanted to go to the Island of Knights?"

This was the order Lu Chen had just given to the ship.

Originally, Huang Yaoshi and Zhou Botong wanted to return to Ming Dynasty, but Lu Chen interrupted this order and sent people to the Island of Heroes instead.

Lu Chen nodded, "Yes, I want to go to Xiake Island to take a look. You are the island owner of this sea, you should have some impression of this island. Speaking of which, Gong Jiu also thinks highly of you. You are the second to last island to be incorporated, and Xiake Island is the last island to be incorporated."

Huang Yaoshi nodded, "The Island of Heroes has the qualifications. The two island masters, Long Mu, have both reached the state of great perfection in martial arts. Their martial arts are unfathomable, and no one knows how they mastered them. Any one of them is not inferior to Gong Jiu. I think Gong Jiu probably wants to subdue me, and let me, Hong Antong, and Yuan Suiyun tie up one island master, while he deals with the other."

"Except for these two island masters, there is no threat to Xiake Island. The entire island is populated by ordinary people in the Lesser Innate Realm."

If anyone else heard his tone, they would be stunned. When did a master of the innate level be called an "ordinary person"?

However, Lu Chen knew that with the chaos in the world, it was no longer the era when the Xiantian realm could be used to maneuver. From now on, the small Xiantian realm was no better than a dog, and the big three-combination realm was everywhere, which became the norm on the stage that truly determined the general trend of the world.

Lu Chen put his heart on the Island of Heroes again, knowing that only the two island masters, Long Mu, were at the Great Three-Integration Realm.

It seems that since Xiake Island did not send out invitations widely like the original work to recruit most of the top masters in the martial arts world, there is a gap in the middle except for the second island master Long Mu.

Like the Shaolin head Miao Di and Wudang head Yu Cha in the original work, they should also be masters of the three-in-one combination in this world, but they are elders in Shaolin and Wudang. How can Xiake Island invite them?
So the Island of Heroes is not as scary as imagined.

But since the two island masters Long and Mu exist, it means that the Taixuan Sutra probably also exists. Lu Chen is still very curious about this mysterious sutra.

Besides curiosity, he also had his own reasons.

Lu Chen said, "Gong Jiu can't conquer the Island of Heroes with its strength. But if the Islands Alliance is really related to Gong Jiu's practice of 'Spirit of All Things', he will definitely not give up. Even without your help, it won't be difficult for him to find another great master of the Three Combinations."

Huang Yaoshi nodded, "Yes, he doesn't have to have me, but Peach Blossom Island is one of the islands he wants, so he wants to kill two birds with one stone. But I am on the run now, and he has Peach Blossom Island. Then he can find another great master of the Three Combinations and go to the Knight Island."

Lu Chen said, "Since we have anticipated his idea, why don't we go to Xiake Island first and unite with the island master Longmu?"

……

While they were talking, Gong Jiu had already returned to his island.

There was a magnificent palace on this island. Gong Jiu asked many island owners to rest on their own and walked alone on the corridor of the palace.

He kept walking with a grim look on his face. Everyone knew that he was extremely angry, but he started to laugh while getting more and more angry.

The laughter was both scary and sinister.

Finally, Gong Jiu came to a room and kicked the door open.

"Gong Ziyu, how long will it take for you to digest it?" (End of this chapter)