People have a herd mentality. If someone chooses to hand over their skills, then there will be a second, and naturally a third.
Throughout the entire martial arts tournament, some died and others surrendered; what other choice did they have?
Yang Cheng, in the middle, was unparalleled in power and influence; he could be said to be invincible.
There were also thousands of elite Zhenwu Hall warriors watching from the outside, and if they dared to resist, almost none of them would survive.
So in less than half an hour, the entire Tianyi Tower martial arts arena was empty of people.
On the Xuanyuan family's side, the others weren't as tough as Xuanyuan Valley God, and they also chose to reluctantly hand over their cultivation techniques to save their lives.
In the end, only Xiao Yuanchen and Zhang Zhichan remained. Zhang Zhichan barely managed to stand up and, limping, handed over the martial arts manual.
Yang Cheng tossed him a bottle of pills and said, "Hand over the cultivation technique and you can live. Whether you join the Zhenwu Hall or not is not important."
After swallowing the pill, Zhang Zhichan grinned and said, "Grand Commander, don't think I'm trying to negotiate by asking you to join the Zhenwu Hall. I truly believe you."
My demonic lineage is inherently disliked, and even if the Heavenly Demon Sect were to reappear, the consequences would not be good.
Joining the Zhenwu Hall would provide protection, which is actually the best outcome for my Heavenly Demon Sect.
Upon seeing Zhang Zhichan choose to join the Zhenwu Hall, Xiao Yuanchen panicked and hurriedly said, "I choose to hand over my martial arts technique! I beg the Grand Commander to spare my life!"
Yang Cheng nodded, took the cultivation manual, and said to Xiao Yuanchen, "You can leave now."
Xiao Yuanchen was overjoyed and quickly struggled to his feet.
But Yang Cheng said to Zhang Zhichan, who was standing to the side, "You can start now."
Xiao Yuanchen was stunned, and said with grief and indignation, "Yang Cheng! You broke your promise!"
Yang Cheng said calmly, "I said I would not kill you if you handed over the martial arts technique, but of course I will not stop others from killing you if they want to."
Before Xiao Yuanchen could react, Zhang Zhichan walked over with a sinister grin and stabbed seven or eight holes in the already seriously injured Xiao Yuanchen.
"Having avenged my great grudge, I can finally let go of my inner turmoil?"
I'm actually quite curious why you chose this particular setting to take action.
Even if you can kill Xiao Yuanchen, you might not be able to escape afterwards.
After all, the entire Central Plains martial arts world despises your demonic path, and Xiao Yuanchen has good relationships with many sect leaders.
Zhang Zhichan said in a deep voice, "I know all that the Grand Commander is saying, but if we don't act now, we'll have even less chance to act in the future."
Those cowardly guys from the Xiao family have set up formations around the clan's territory; I can't break through them.
To be honest, Grand Commander, my Heavenly Demon Sect has not yet recovered its strength. Currently, all the disciples of the Heavenly Demon Sect combined number less than twenty.
"Since I'm the only one whose cultivation has advanced by leaps and bounds, I have no choice but to find a one-on-one opportunity to kill Xiao Yuanchen."
Yang Cheng nodded naturally.
As the spiritual energy of the Great Zhou World increases, most martial artists are limited by their talent, and their strength can only be described as average, without much improvement.
Only those with exceptional talent can seize this opportunity and make rapid progress in their abilities.
Therefore, reality is actually quite cruel.
The ugly duckling can turn into a swan because it was a swan to begin with.
No matter how many opportunities you give a duck, it will never become a swan.
"Has Master Fang completed the statistics? Is there anything missing?"
Yang Cheng directly entrusted the task of compiling statistics on the various schools of martial arts to Fang Wuwo.
With the intelligence network of Tianyi Tower, he knew exactly how many cultivation techniques each family possessed, whether they were in the possession of the family head or just a portion of the direct descendants.
Therefore, Yang Cheng was quite at ease knowing that Fang Wuwo was in control of these matters.
Fang Wuwo quickly replied, "My lord, please rest assured, everything has been collected without any omissions."
Yang Cheng nodded and instructed Chu Qiu to copy all the techniques and pass them on to Zhou Yan.
Looking at the quests, Yang Cheng has already completed 98% of the main quest "Dismissing Martial Arts in the Martial World". The remaining two are Xuanzhen Taoist Sect and Shaolin Temple.
Yang Cheng can no longer treat these two factions as casually as he treats the other sects.
The Xuanzhen Taoist sect has been secluded from the world for a long time, and no one even knows the exact location of its mountain gate.
Although Shaolin Temple is engaged in worldly affairs, it has a profound cultural heritage, and many of its eminent monks from the previous generation are still alive.
Through generations of accumulation, the Shaolin Temple's strength and foundation are absolutely profound.
However, when facing a major sect of this caliber, it seems there's no other way but to crush them with absolute power.
Yang Cheng could command the entire martial arts world to attack Shaolin Temple, but doing so might backfire on him.
Although these major martial arts sects appeared to submit, they were only submitting to Yang Cheng's strength; they were outwardly compliant but inwardly resentful.
If Yang Cheng shows even the slightest sign of weakness, they will immediately turn their guns on him.
Yang Cheng turned around and asked Fang Wuwo, "Master Fang, how much do you know about the Shaolin Temple?"
"With my current strength, can I easily conquer Shaoshi Mountain and overpower the Shaolin Temple?"
Fang Wuwo immediately revealed a smile that was even uglier than a grimace.
How can he answer such a question?
If I portray Shaolin Temple as too powerful, what if Yang Cheng thinks I'm looking down on him?
If we portray Shaolin Temple as too weak, what if Yang Cheng suffers a setback at Shaoshi Mountain and then uses it against him when he returns?
Seeing his expression, Yang Cheng said calmly, "Don't feel so guilty, just tell the truth."
Fang Wuwo let out a long breath and said, "The real strength of Shaolin Temple is not its abbot, the Arhat Du'e Fakong, but the foundation of Shaolin Temple."
Shaolin Temple stipulates that each abbot shall not serve as the head of Shaolin Temple for more than thirty years. After thirty years, regardless of whether he is still in his prime, he shall immediately step down and hand over the reins to a more capable person.
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