Chapter 331
: The Supreme Master of Martial Arts
Chapter 331: The Supreme Master of Martial Arts
"You say stop? Who do you think you are?!" Kongtong Zong Weixia snorted coldly, moved his fists, and rushed towards Zhang Shan.
Zhang Shan's eyes turned cold. This Kongtong Sect member was really courting death. He actually dared to punch him. But it was also good this way. He just needed someone to establish his authority. These people didn't see much of his fight with Yin Tianzheng just now, so they probably had no idea of his strength.
His body was like a phantom and his fist was like a heavy artillery. He punched Zong Weixia on the back with a simple and unpretentious punch. The latter's body flew backwards in an instant and lay on the ground, unable to move.
All the martial arts masters were stunned by this move, and for a moment they did not dare to act rashly, because no one knew whether Zhang Shan's next punch would hit them.
Yin Tianzheng also took the opportunity to get rid of Master Miejue and returned to the Ming Cult camp.
At this time, the five major sects and the Ming Cult stood in front and behind the mountain road, and the Wudang people stood in the middle of the two sides. Zhang Shan said, "It seems that everyone has calmed down."
Shaolin monk Yuanyin clasped his hands together and said, "Young friend, why are you doing this? We came to Bright Summit to destroy the Demon Sect, but now you are standing in front of us. You have to have an explanation, right?"
Everyone's eyes fell on Zhang Shan. In addition to giving face to Zhang Sanfeng, they also considered Zhang Shan's strength.
Zong Weixia was defeated with one punch and couldn't get up again. Everyone present asked themselves that they definitely couldn't do that.
Zhang Shan said: "All the high-ranking members of the Ming Cult were just defeated by Wudang. We have already defeated them. According to my original plan, the people of the Ming Cult should be dead bodies by now."
The people from the five major sects nodded slightly. They were a step too late. The people from the Ming Cult had indeed been defeated by Wudang. This was a fact and they had nothing to say.
"Then why didn't I kill them?" Zhang Shan swept his eyes over everyone and said directly without beating around the bush: "Because I found that our actions were all secretly promoted by the court. What we are doing now is just to help the Mongols clean up the unstable factors!"
"What! You said there was a push from the imperial court!" Nun Miejue got anxious immediately. She had contributed a lot to the alliance of the six sects this time. Now that Zhang Shan said this, wasn't he saying that she was a running dog of the imperial court? How could she remain calm?
"Don't worry, nun. I'm not saying you're a lackey of the imperial court. You're just being used." Zhang Shan knew the nature of nun Miejue. If he didn't appease the old nun first, he wouldn't be able to talk to her properly. After hearing his explanation, the faces of the people present improved a little. Huashan Xian Yutong said impatiently, "You said she was being used. Then you must know who is the real mastermind behind this, right? Tell me now. He dared to tease our six major sects. I will make him pay the price."
"I don't know who that person is, but the people from the imperial court are indeed not far away." Zhang Shan flicked his finger, and a stone suddenly flew out and hit somewhere on the cliff.
Bang!
There was a slight sound, and everyone saw a figure covering his head and running away.
Without Zhang Shan saying anything, Zhang Wuji jumped up, using the Wudang Tiyunzong technique to perfection. In the blink of an eye, he crossed the cliff of several hundred meters and captured the man with one hand!
"What great martial arts!" Everyone was shocked by Zhang Wuji's martial arts. They didn't expect that besides Zhang Shan, there was another young man with outstanding strength in Wudang. They couldn't help but sigh that Wudang was really lucky. The founder was still alive and there were successors. In the next hundred years, Wudang would probably reach new heights.
Zhang Wuji came back with a servant, who was wearing Mongolian clothes and his identity was self-evident.
Nun Miejue was furious. She had not expected that the fight between her and the Ming Cult had been going on right under the eyes of the imperial court, and she had not noticed it at all. If Zhang Shan had not discovered it, she and the other masters of the Ming Cult would surely end up in a lose-lose situation. When the imperial court sent troops, all the masters of her six major sects would probably be killed here!
laugh!
With a flash of sword light, the imperial spy was cut into two pieces.
No one tried to stop him. They all looked at Zhang Shan. Nun Miejue said, "Since you have come forward now, you must have some plans of your own?"
"That's right." Zhang Shan nodded and smiled at everyone, "Everyone, the people gathered here now can be said to be the top group of people in the entire Central Plains martial arts world. Why don't we take this opportunity to select a martial arts supreme and concentrate the power of our Central Plains martial arts world to fight against the violent Yuan together and bring peace to the people of the Central Plains!"
"Boy, you don't want to make me the supreme master of the martial arts world, do you?" Xian Yutong sneered, "I wouldn't accept it even if it was Song Yuanqiao, let alone a little brat like you who hasn't even grown all his hair yet."
"Then let me learn from the master of Huashan!" Zhang Shan looked at Xian Yutong, his powerful internal force vibrating on the surface of his body and finally gathered at his fingertips. He pointed his finger and a stream of sword energy went straight to Xian Yutong!
Bang!
Xian Yutong's face changed suddenly, he never expected that Zhang Shan would attack directly, and the opponent's internal strength was so strong that not only could he shoot out the internal strength from his fingertips, but it was also gathered without dispersing, and it hit his chest in an instant!
puff!
Xian Yutong spat out a mouthful of blood. Not to mention fighting with Zhang Shan, he couldn't even take a single blow!
“Thank you!” Zhang Shan clasped his fists but didn’t even look at the other party. He looked towards Emei and Shaolin, which were the two key ones.
Two elders of different heights came out from Huashan Sect and approached Xian Yutong. They checked his injuries and found that they were only flesh wounds. They heaved a sigh of relief and turned to Zhang Shan, clasping their fists and saying, "Thank you, Young Master Zhang, for showing mercy. We at Huashan have no objection to Young Master Zhang becoming the Supreme Master of the Martial World!"
Upon seeing this, the people of Kongtong quickly nodded in agreement, expressing that they had no objection. What nonsense! Their own boss was killed in one punch, what else could they say?
Nun Miejue hesitated for a moment but did not make a move. Zhang Shan was young and powerful, and he was the first one to lead Wudang out of the siege. Now he has defeated Kongtong and Huashan, and he has gained prestige. As a monk, she would naturally not compete with Zhang Shan for the position of the supreme master of the martial arts world.
Shaolin had the same idea. Master Kong Xing said, "Amitabha, monks will not get involved in these matters. By the way, I wonder if Young Master Zhang has seen Master Yuan Zhen of Shaolin? He has disappeared for several days."
"Thank you very much, Master Kong Xing, for your help." Zhang Shan bowed and did not answer Yuan Zhen's question. Who is Yuan Zhen? He did not know this person at all.
The smoothness of the matter was somewhat beyond Zhang Shan's expectations. He thought that he would have to beat all the people from the five major sects with his fists before they would submit. Now it has become much easier.
Zhang Shan turned around and looked towards the Ming Cult, only to see the White-browed Eagle King standing up and cupping his fists towards Zhang Shan, saying, "Ming Cult Acting Leader Yin Tianzheng wishes you the best of luck!"
Zhang Shan smiled and said, "Okay! Since everyone in the martial arts world has given me face, from now on, Zhang Shan will be the supreme master of the martial arts world. Everyone, please join me in driving the Mongols out of the Central Plains!"
"Good!" Yin Tianzheng said, "We have already had many branches of the Ming Cult capture the cities of the Yuan army. Now with the leadership of the Supreme Lord, we will surely be able to defeat the Yuan army more easily and drive them out of the Central Plains!"
"That's right! As long as the leader gives the order, we will gather all our strength and be ready to obey the leader's orders at any time!" Yang Xiao said.
Zhang Shan nodded with satisfaction. He looked at the team of less than a thousand people in front of him and said loudly: "Everyone, gather your forces. Our first battle is to deal with the person who plotted against us!"
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Guangmingding, the headquarters of the Ming Cult.
People from the Five Elements Flag and the six major sects were all here. Whether they were wounded or able to move, they all looked towards the person standing on the platform.
Zhang Shan has changed his bloody clothes and put on a black one. He looked at the people below and said loudly, "I am Zhang Shan. With the favor of all the martial arts masters, I have become the supreme master of this generation. I am not good at saying those polite words, but I promise you today that as long as I am still alive, the martial arts world in the Central Plains will never kill each other again. We have only one enemy, and that is the Mongols! Drive these foreign invaders out of the Central Plains and bring peace back to the Central Plains!"
"Zhang Zhizun!"
Everyone waved their flags and cheered out of respect. It was not easy to find someone willing to take up the banner in such a chaotic world. Moreover, it seemed that Zhang Shan had already convinced the six major sects and the Ming Cult. So he was truly worthy of the title of the Supreme Master of the Martial Arts World, and no one dared to object.
Zhang Shan pressed his hand and said to Yang Xiao below: "Yang Xiao, you are responsible for arranging the treatment of the wounded. If my estimation is correct, the people of the imperial court will start to act in five days at most. We must make preparations for the war before them." "Yes! Your Majesty!" Yang Xiao clasped his fists.
"Wei Yixiao! Move quickly and go ahead to investigate the enemy situation. If the Yuan army makes a move, come back and report immediately."
"Yes!"
……
Zhang Shan arranged everything. Wei Yixiao left Guangmingding that day and went down the mountain to gather information. Yang Xiao and Zhang Wuji led people to apply medicine and bandage the injured. Although not everyone could use the medicine, everyone got a few shots from Zhang Wuji.
"Have you heard? Chen Youliang led the Beggars' Sect to join the Bao Yuan. Now those beggars are Bao Yuan's running dogs!"
"I heard that the Beggars' Sect leader Huang Rong and Lady Huang and the Guo family died in Xiangyang and refused to surrender. Now Chen Youliang is willing to work for the violent Yuan Dynasty. What a beast!"
"I also heard that the incident between the six major sects and Guangmingding was instigated by Chen Youliang in order to help the imperial court wipe out our Central Plains martial arts world in one fell swoop! However, they had made a thousand calculations, but they never expected that our Central Plains hero Zhang would defeat all the heroes and become the supreme master of the martial arts world in one fell swoop, making all their plots go to waste!"
Three days have passed since Zhang Shan became the supreme master of the martial arts world. During these three days, the news of his becoming the supreme master of the martial arts world has spread throughout the world, and along with it, the notoriety of Chen Youliang has also spread.
In the room, Zhang Shan thought to himself, "It is said that the Beggars' Sect is the fastest in transmitting information in this world. I wonder how Chen Youliang feels now?"
In the original novel, this Chen Youliang caused the death of Mo Shenggu, and after the six major sects left, he instigated the smaller sects in the martial arts world to cause trouble for the Ming Cult. He even plotted against Zhang Wuji after Zhang Wuji's magical powers had reached perfection. Zhang Shan would naturally not let such an opponent off easily.
He immediately called in Yin Yewang, Yin Tianzheng's son and Zhang Wuji's uncle.
"Your Majesty!" King Yin Ye knelt in front of Zhang Shan with his fists clasped.
"Yin Yewang, pass down the order, Chen Youliang is a dog for the Mongols, and all women in the world are free to kill him!"
"Yes!"
This matter is just a matter of a word. King Yin Ye can just let his men send pigeons to deliver the message everywhere. There is no need to waste their manpower, and it will not have any impact on their current deployment.
After King Yin Ye left, Yin Tianzheng and Nun Miejue walked in together. The two of them bowed and Yin Tianzheng said, "Supreme Lord, the brothers have some strength now. We can start to deploy!"
Nun Miejue also said: "Supreme Lord, our six major sects can set up formations to kill the enemy at any time!"
"In this battle, the enemy outnumbers us, so we can't fight head-on. The formation can only be used in the final decisive stage." Zhang Shan looked at Yin Tianzheng and said, "Mr. Yin, how much power do we have left in the Earth Flag among the Five Elements Flags?"
"This... In the previous battle, the Earthly Banner suffered heavy casualties, and now there are only about fifty brothers left." Yin Tianzheng said. In the previous battle, the Earthly Banner encountered Emei and Wudang, and too many people were killed by these two sects, but Yin Tianzheng would never say such words now.
Zhang Shan frowned slightly: "Then the tunnel traps left before are still there, right?"
"They are all here. Although they have been used, they can be reused." Yin Tianzheng said, "Could it be that the Supreme wants to use these tunnel traps to consume them first? But we are outnumbered, and I am afraid we cannot outlast them."
Zhang Shan also knew his disadvantage, so he would not resort to such a stupid move of exchanging numbers. He said, "You guys follow me."
The two were puzzled, but followed Zhang Shan to a courtyard.
I saw that all the Wudang people were busy. At their feet, there was a cloth bag with something like a fuse on it, tied tightly with several ropes.
"What is this?" The two were puzzled.
Seeing Zhang Shan and his men coming over, Song Yuanqiao frowned and walked up to Zhang Shan, saying, "Supreme Lord, do you really want to use these things? Or should we use the wooden barrel? The power is a little weaker, but at least it won't hurt Tianhe."
Song Yuanqiao had seen the power of this kind of explosive pack. It was something Zhang Shan had tinkered with last year. Zhang Shan had used up a lot of gunpowder for this thing. Fortunately, Wudang had a tradition of alchemy and had stored some gunpowder for decades, otherwise it would not be enough for him to use.
"Don't worry, uncle. It won't hurt Tianhe." Zhang Shan stepped forward and picked up a pack of explosives. He pressed the flames in the center with layers of linen. Once detonated, the power would be much greater than the current barrel explosives. Most importantly, this thing would save more gunpowder than the barrel explosives! A lot!
He came to the two of them with a pack of dynamite and explained to them in their puzzled eyes: "This is the pack of dynamite I made after improvement. Even though it is so small, it is much more powerful than the wooden barrel dynamite!"
Looking at the explosive pack in Zhang Shan's hand, Yin Tianzheng asked doubtfully: "Supreme...what is the barrel explosive?"
In this day and age, people's use of muskets is still limited to those huge cannons as big as a bowl.
These cannons are not the kind that are filled with gunpowder and explode when fired. Current technology is not capable of producing such things.
Today's cannons are all around 20 centimeters in diameter and vary in length, but without exception, they are all filled with gunpowder in the back half, with a solid iron lump placed in the front. The impact force generated by igniting the gunpowder blasts the iron lump out, creating destructive power.
The same principle applies to the single-shot muskets used by the nobles today.
"Barrel explosives are a type of bomb that is not very powerful but creates a lot of smoke. It's like this..."
Zhang Shan patiently explained to them the function of the explosive pack. After a long while, Yin Tianzheng clapped his hands and said, "Isn't this the Yuan army's thunder bomb?!"
(End of this chapter)