After leaving the Heavenly Sword Sect, Yang Sheng immediately received a message from Shangguan Xingyun.
Shangguan Xingyun hadn't really boasted to Yang Sheng. After becoming the head of the Shangguan family, he took complete control of the family in just three days, just like when Shangguan Wei was in power.
Of course, this wasn't the main point; the main point was another piece of intelligence that Shangguan Xingyun sent to Yang Sheng.
That is, the entire martial arts world is now in turmoil. The Xuanyuan family of Tianfeng Island, one of the five great families, took the lead and joined forces with Tianyi Tower, one of the six major gangs, to hold a martial arts conference. They sent out invitations to many heroes, and any force in the martial arts world with a little reputation would come to participate. Even some well-known independent masters received invitations.
Some people even openly sold invitations to fight, resulting in fierce battles over a single invitation.
In short, this matter has caused an enormous stir in the martial arts world, even more so than the stir caused by Yang Sheng during this period.
The core of this martial arts tournament is to unite the entire martial arts world, elect a martial arts alliance leader, and jointly oppose Yang Sheng, the Grand Commander of the Zhenwu Hall, who is a lackey of the imperial court.
Now all the major forces have received the news and are heading to Tianyi Tower in Jiangnan County. The martial arts tournament will officially begin in a month.
Yang Sheng handed the message to Song Joong-ki and asked, "What do you think?"
Song Joong-ki sneered when he saw the message: "The Xuanyuan family is still up to no good and wants to cause trouble by using your name as Grand Commander."
Nowadays, there are only a few top forces in the martial arts world, namely the Taoist and Buddhist sects, with the Xuanzhen Taoist sect and Shaolin Temple being the most prominent.
However, the Xuanzhen Taoist sect is quiet and inactive, rarely appearing in the world, while the Shaolin Temple is too flamboyant. It had just intervened in the internal strife of the imperial family three years ago, and has now become much more subdued.
The Heavenly Sword Sect is the strongest, but only Sword Master Luo Fei is strong in the Heavenly Sword Sect, and Luo Fei does not have such great ambitions and has never participated in the conflicts of the martial world.
Therefore, there is only one ambitious and powerful force in the entire martial arts world that wants to reach the top, and that is the Xuanyuan family of Tianfeng Island.
The Xuanyuan family of Tianfeng Island is the oldest among the five great families, and its lineage can even be traced back to ancient dynasties.
They claim to be a reclusive ancient martial arts family, but in reality, every disciple of the Xuanyuan family will come to the Central Plains martial arts world after reaching adulthood to make a name for themselves.
Tianyi Tower, one of the six gangs, is nominally one of the six gangs, but in reality, it is secretly funded by the Xuanyuan family and can be considered a vassal force of the Xuanyuan family. Whenever the disciples of the Xuanyuan family travel in the martial arts world, it is Tianyi Tower that secretly protects them.
This time, the Xuanyuan family took the lead, wanting to use the Grand Commander's name to stir up trouble, unite the entire martial arts world, enhance their power, and leap to become the top martial arts sect, on par with or even surpassing Taoism and Buddhism.
But in my opinion, the Xuanyuan family's wishful thinking is utterly delusional!
Yang Sheng said with a half-smile, "Why is it wishful thinking?"
Song Joong-ki said, "I also come from a prominent family, so I naturally know what the biggest weakness of prominent families is, which is population."
Those top sects are all centered around cultivation techniques and master-disciple inheritance, so theoretically they can grow indefinitely.
However, a family is centered on bloodline. No matter how prolific a family is, the population is limited, especially the elite direct descendants, who are even fewer.
A sect selects and trains elites from the entire martial arts world, while a family can only train its own offspring.
Even if the disciples of these great clans are talented due to their bloodline, they still can't compare to the former.
Moreover, they were not comfortable with having outsiders train them, so their strength naturally could not grow on a large scale.
Therefore, over the years, no top-tier power in the martial arts world has emerged that can rival Taoism and Buddhism.
The Xuanyuan family, relying on its long history and powerful strength, has long coveted the martial arts world of the Central Plains. They even sometimes take advantage of times of chaos to provide financial assistance to some dynasties.
Despite all these attempts, the Xuanyuan family never succeeded; their limited population was a major weakness.
Not to mention that the Xuanyuan family is now targeting you, Grand Commander; they're practically courting death.
At the end of his speech, Song Joong-ki even praised Yang Sheng.
Yang Sheng thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "The Xuanyuan family has provided me with a lot of convenience."
"At this martial arts tournament, there should be quite a few people from well-known and influential forces in the martial arts world, right?"
Song Joong-ki thought for a moment and said, "The Shaolin Temple and the Xuanzhen Taoist sect are both more powerful than the Xuanyuan family, so they definitely won't come to support the Xuanyuan family."
The others who have grudges against the Xuanyuan family may or may not come.
Yang Sheng squinted and said, "That makes things easier. We'll find a way to sneak into this martial arts tournament and see what it's really like."
Do you know anyone in the martial world skilled in disguise? A few of us can blend in, and the Zhenwu Hall can break up into smaller groups and ambush in Jiangnan County.
In fact, Huang Qi's Ghost Mask is skilled in disguise, but Huang Qi didn't come, and even if he did, he could only disguise Yang Sheng.
Song Joong-ki thought for a moment and said, "There is a master in the martial arts world who is skilled in medicine and disguise in this Tiannan County. He is Li Daoquan, nicknamed 'Ghost Hand'."
However, this Ghost Hand Li Daoquan has an eccentric temper. He refuses to treat this person or that person, and he is also quite powerful, as well as skilled in poison techniques.
Therefore, I request that the Grand Commander provide me with a skilled warrior to accompany me in 'inviting' him here.
Yang Sheng took out a bottle of pills that Zhang Xuansu had given him and threw it to Song Zhongji.
"Take this. Since he is a medical student, he should know its value. As long as he comes, the prescription can be given to him."
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