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

Chapter 159: The Journey to the Island of Knights

The Island of Heroes was originally a hidden and unknown place, but on the seashore, there was a world unknown to others, which made Huang Yaoshi know the whereabouts of the Island of Heroes.

They ordered a turn, and after three or five days, they arrived at the Knight Island.

During this time, Lu Chen also obtained the coveted earth-attributed "Nine Yin Scriptures".

This was something that Huang Yaoshi and Zhou Botong had been fighting over for most of their lives, but when it fell into Lu Chen's hands, both of them submitted.

For Zhou Botong, it was because he fell into a trap that caused the Quanzhen Sect to lose the Nine Yin Manual, and he was already indebted. He had no obsession with martial arts in his heart, and the reason he joined the Five Supremes who fought for the Nine Yin Manual was only because it was a responsibility given to him by Wang Chongyang.

In his eyes, the Nine Yin Scriptures was not the magical book that others saw, but a burden.

He was so happy that he had a younger generation like Lu Chen who was also from Quanzhen Sect, capable and ambitious, to help him relieve the burden.

In comparison, Huang Yaoshi is more rational, and he sees that the situation in the world has changed drastically. It is no longer a version where the Five Great Masters fight for the Nine Yin Scriptures. If he still insists on each person having a separate copy of the Nine Yin Scriptures, he will be eliminated sooner or later.

It would be better to gather all the Nine Yin Scriptures and give them to one person to make him stronger. After all, he is one of our own.

Lu Chen is still young, but he has already recruited a large number of experts, and his future is limitless. The most important thing is that his style of doing things is very much to Huang Yaoshi's liking, and he is not bound by etiquette. At the same time, compared with Huang Yaoshi, a scholar who stands on the dry shore, he has more of the kingly domineering spirit of daring to make decisions.

This kind of temperament is very important.

Just as Zhuge Liang was much more capable than Liu Bei, but at the critical moment, it was still Liu Bei who gave the order. Even if Zhuge Liang was ten or a hundred times smarter than Liu Bei, he could not be the leader of a region because he lacked the power to rally people's hearts.

Lu Chen dares to be the first and fights for everything, which is what Huang Yaoshi lacks. But working with such a person can make him feel at ease. Huang Yaoshi suddenly discovered that this is what he lacks.

Therefore, he was willing to give the Nine Yin Scriptures to Lu Chen.

However, these two elements, wood and earth, have restraining properties and are difficult to combine.

It was for this reason that although Huang Yaoshi obtained the Nine Yin Scriptures, due to conflicts, one of the copies was stolen by Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng, which led to the subsequent story.

Huang Yaoshi warned Lu Chen that if he didn't want to overcome this difficulty, even if he got two copies of the Nine Yin Manual, it would be useless. When he said this, he had regrets and remorse that were difficult to conceal. He thought that the one thought that had killed Feng Heng was also his lifelong regret.

The most crucial point is that he cannot blame anyone, such as Wang Chongyang and Zhou Botong.

He could only blame himself. It was all because he lost his usual pride and used some small tricks that led to the bad consequences.

But Lu Chen had another way. He opened the Beiming treasure house, causing the earth-attributed Nine Yin Scriptures to transform into a ray of light and enter it.

Huang Yaoshi was very surprised, "This works?"

Lu Chen explained, "In fact, the Beiming Treasury cannot store physical objects. However, the Nine Yin Manual was originally passed down by Jiukong Wujie. Its essence is a ball of air, which contains various understandings of all aspects of the five elements of all things. Therefore, they can be temporarily stored in the Beiming Treasury to cut off the restraint between each other."

Huang Yaoshi stopped talking, turned around and looked at the scenery outside the boat.

Lu Chen knew that the old intellectual was sulking again, definitely because his magical power reminded him of Feng Heng, so he was reminiscing about the glorious past alone.

After getting along well with each other on the boat, Lu Chen finally understood why the East Evil was called the East Evil.

His temperament is really a big problem. He is awkward, sensitive, has a past that he cannot bear to look back on, and is proud and wants to save face. It is really tiring to get along with such a person.

Lu Chen ignored him and went to play cards with Zhou Botong and the disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect.

Life at sea was boring, and Zhou Botong couldn't sit still, so Lu Chen taught Zhou Botong how to kill time.

He used his true Qi to manifest fifty-four playing cards. Of course, they were not written with Arabic numerals and Latin letters, but with the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. But it was the same thing anyway.

With their level of cultivation, it would be easy for them to condense physical Qi that was the size of a card.

Zhou Botong gained more experience and naturally became more impressed with his disciple Lu Chen. After a while, he even wanted to become sworn brothers with Lu Chen.

If the Seven Quanzhen disciples heard this, they would probably be horrified and feel as if the sky was falling and the earth was cracking.

However, Lu Chen did not care so much. He thought that he had sworn brotherhood with Qiao Feng and Guo Jing, and was also friends with all the main characters including Wang Xiaoshi, Guo Dalu, Duan Yu, Jiang Xiaoyu, Linghu Chong, Zhang Wuji, etc.

It can truly be said that there are great scholars among the people talking and laughing, and there are no unlearned people among the people.

Becoming sworn brother to Zhou Botong is quite normal and straightforward.

The two men immediately pinched soil as incense, prayed to the sky, and became sworn brothers on the ship.

Although Zhou Botong is the eldest brother, he is also a problem baby. While playing cards, he asked Lu Chen about his story. Lu Chen naturally had no taboos and told the heroic deeds of Yue Fei, Qiao Feng, Guo Jing and others, which made Zhou Botong yearn for them. Then he talked about the corruption and incompetence of the Song Dynasty court, which made Zhou Botong curse.

Most of the disciples from the Five Mountains Sword Sects around here are like this.

When it comes to praising people, Huang Yaoshi has no interest at all. He always acts pretentiously and thinks himself noble.

Even just looking at others twice is a huge compliment, let alone praising them verbally, as that would be too beneath the dignity of a great Eastern Evil.

However, when it came to swearing, Huang Yaoshi was very interested. Halfway through listening, he joined in and started swearing loudly.

He says this is stupid and that is dumb, acting like an knowledgeable guy who can give orders about everything.

His stance was also unique. When he cursed people, he did not call Cai Jing and Gao Qiu treacherous ministers and thieves, but instead cursed them for being incompetent, stupid, and doing stupid things.

The implication is that if he were in that position, he could make things happen with a flick of his hand and take care of Yue Fei and others in no time.

Zhou Botong was also intimidated by him, knowing that Huang Laoxie was also knowledgeable in economics, military strategy, and governing the country. When the elementary school student Zhou Botong heard him nodding in admiration, he

Lu Chen found it funny.

To him, Zhou Botong was like a primary school student watching cartoons. When talking about these matters, he just thought, "Who is the good guy and who is the bad guy?"

As for Huang Lao Xie, he was just an armchair strategist with high aspirations. Political struggles did not require intelligence, and Huang Lao Xie had no hope of being able to control his temperament, the most basic of which was to control his temper.

If he did not have martial arts skills and only relied on his ability in the court to compete with Cai Jing and Gao Qiu, whom he looked down upon, he would be provoked to talk nonsense in the court on the first day, and ten reasons would be fabricated for impeachment against him on the second day. He would be dismissed by the emperor in three days and would die in depression. The best outcome would be that he left behind some talent for poetry.

So, if Zhou Botong is an elementary school student who only knows how to distinguish between good and bad, then Huang Lao Xie is just a middle school student who tries to act cool and handsome.

What about Lu Chen?

Lu Chen thought that at least he was a member of society, running around, starting from scratch, just starting his own business, eloquent, smiling, facing powerful enemies, he was not discouraged at all and seized every opportunity.

Furthermore, he is wise and capable, extremely powerful, and has experienced many hardships...it is not an exaggeration to praise him.

Lu Chen looked at himself this way, and at the end he could just say that he was really shameless.

——So, Lu Chen is actually a more narcissistic person than Huang Lao Xie. The difference is that Huang Lao Xie expresses it openly, while Lu Chen is secretly happy in his heart.

However, in this turbulent time with powerful enemies all around, if we cannot comfort ourselves in this way, life will be really difficult, won’t it?

After traveling this way for just three or five days, they arrived at the Island of Heroes.

A few miles away, I saw a small black dot in the boundless sea, jumping out from below the horizon, like a landscape painting with a heavy ink dot added.

Huang Yaoshi asked people to go to the leeward side of the southern part of the island to dock, where they saw a large beach with white sand. The sunlight shined through, reflecting and sparkling like distant stars.

Huang Yaoshi explained, "The Island of Knights welcomes friends from the martial arts world, but visitors must come to this beach to be treated as guests. If you come from anywhere else, you will be an enemy and will be chased and killed."

Lu Chen asked, "Island Master Huang, you know it so clearly..."

Huang Yaoshi didn't say anything, but snorted heavily, looking unhappy.

Lu Chen smiled secretly in his heart, knowing how proud Huang Yaoshi was. He usually took pride in disregarding etiquette. So there must be a story behind his unusual behavior today.

Lu Chen could even imagine the whole story: with Huang Yaoshi's personality, even if he knew the rules, he would probably think to himself, "Why are you so awesome that you must touch me?"

It was expected that the owner of Longmu Island would not indulge him, so naturally something bad happened as soon as he touched her, and even now, he still remembers it vividly.

The more Lu Chen thought about it, the more he felt it was almost certain.

Huang Yaoshi saw his strange look and got angry, "Get ashore!"

Lu Chen laughed loudly and led everyone off the boat.

Just after getting off the boat, several men emerged from the forest. They were all wearing yellow cloth short coats. The leader was shocked when he saw Huang Yaoshi, "So it's you, Senior Dong Xie. Why are you visiting our Knight Island today? But we are guests, so please come and pay your respects!"

Everyone bowed and shouted, showing their respect.

Huang Yaoshi was very happy to be respected by others. "I am here to see the two island masters Long Mu. I have something important to discuss with you. Please report it immediately."

The leading man nodded and said, "The two island masters have always welcomed heroes from all over the world. We only regret that there are not enough people coming. There is no reason not to welcome you. There is no need to report this matter. I will introduce you to them."

After saying that, he turned and left, and Lu Chen and others quickly followed.

Huang Yaoshi explained, "The two island masters, Long and Mu, are hermit masters. They came to this island in the past and found martial arts secrets written on the stone walls..."

He narrated it one by one, and it was basically the same as the original.

The two island masters, Long Mu, were originally sworn brothers with similar interests. They wanted to make a name for themselves in the martial arts world. However, as soon as they left the martial arts world, they got a treasure map and followed it to this nameless deserted island, where they discovered the secret of martial arts that shook the world.

The secret of martial arts is the famous "Xia Ke Xing", or "Tai Xuan Jing".

This martial arts seemed to have some kind of magical power, which made the two island masters Long Mu addicted to it and unable to extricate themselves. They originally had great ambitions to reward good and punish evil, but when they saw this martial arts, they seemed to forget it and stayed on the island all day, thinking hard, analyzing each other's moves, and they did not agree with each other's theories, but they could not convince each other.

So they began to accept disciples, not cherishing their own skills, and comprehending the mysterious skills together. Among them, there was a wide range of people, some were scholars who were well-read in poetry and books, and some were pirates who had experienced many battles. They were all captured and brought to the island, but after practicing martial arts, they all felt that it was a hundred times better than their previous lives.

If it weren't for this chaotic world of martial arts, all the top masters in the world would have been captured by the two island masters, Long and Mu.

However, although the two island masters, Longmu, have practiced martial arts to the point of obsession, they have not become complete idiots and know the importance of things.

Although their martial arts skills are high, they are more than capable of dominating a region, but it is difficult for them to dominate the entire world.

If the secrets on the Island of Heroes were leaked out, the entire martial arts world would be in turmoil. If some famous evil leaders learned how to crack the secret, such as Dongfang Bubai, Wu Zhao, Genghis Khan and others, they would be the sinners of the entire martial arts world.

The two island masters Long Mu wanted to reward good people and punish evil people at first, and they named the island the Island of Knights, which naturally showed some chivalry. Although they were driven crazy by the "Tai Xuan Gong", they did not dare to take risks that would disregard the safety of the world.

In the end, they tried to send their disciples Zhang San and Li Si out and accomplished a few things, but they found that someone had begun to investigate the Island of Heroes, so they immediately stopped the action.

Therefore, unless there are original residents of the sea like Huang Yaoshi, or people like Lu Chen who pay special attention to it, the Island of Heroes is unknown in the martial arts world and no one pays attention to it.

However, they still welcome experts to come and crack the Taixuan Gong.

Of course, there is another factor, which is that the great three-combination masters in this world have much longer lifespans than normal people, so they can afford to drag it out, unlike the original work where decades passed in a flash. The two island masters Long Mu can withstand the consumption and naturally can wait for the opportunity.

Now Lu Chen finally understood, "The current Xiake Island is a dormant giant force. The two island masters, Long Mu, wanted to get the world to crack the "Tai Xuan Gong". They made many efforts, but once they tried, they found that the outside world was in chaos. They were also afraid that the treasure would be taken away by villains, which would ruin the matter, so they held back."

Then he thought, "Does Gong Jiu know about this... Well, he probably knows. He is the prince of Taiping on the Invisible Man Island. It's not surprising that he knows the news on the sea. If he doesn't know, he will definitely ask everyone in the Qinglong Society. Just imagine that once Jellyfish Yin Ji arrives, how can the two island masters Long Mu resist?"

“From this observation, it can be seen that he wants to embezzle this profound skill.”

"However, he definitely didn't expect that we would advance instead of retreating, and come to the Island of Knights first, waiting for him to come to our door!"

(End of this chapter)