The night was cool.
The wind whistles.
The rolling waves engulfed the small boat, and the body of an old man was swept away and disappeared.
On the fishing boat, the young man slowly sheathed his sword and gazed in the direction of the Great Xia Dynasty.
"Teacher, what is the allure of this country? Is the martial arts of Great Xia really the least impressive martial arts in the world?"
"And just how strong is that person?"
"I want to know!"
"Don't worry, when I grow strong enough, I will definitely avenge you!"
Ryosuke Nakagawa murmured silently.
With his One-Sword Style, everyone revered Muto Hide as a god and mentor.
Each of them is a powerful individual, a lone wolf.
But Muto Hideki remained their shared belief.
Now that this faith has collapsed, they will inevitably come to Great Xia to demand an explanation.
That night, powerful swordsmen from all over the world flocked to Great Xia.
Within just two days, the martial arts world along the coast of Great Xia was in a state of panic, with bad news coming from time to time.
"On the evening of the 16th, Liu Changfeng, the Martial Saint and leader of the Southern Fist School, was killed!"
"In the early hours of the 17th, Wang Songran, the leader of the Tan Tui sect, was killed with a single stab!"
"On the night of the 17th, Master Changfeng of Wudang Mountain was nailed to death at the mountain gate with a single blow!"
...
Bad news kept coming and soon reached the capital.
When Feng Jiu passed these messages to Lin Yu, Lin Yu fell into deep thought.
"They've come with ill intentions!"
"What do you mean they have ill intentions? They're just taking advantage of our weakness! Young Marshal, the One-Sword School is taking advantage of the fact that everyone in the martial arts world is in the south intimidating the lizardmen, and that's why they dare to land and provoke us. It's simply outrageous!" Feng Jiu said indignantly.
Lin Yu shook his head. "Didn't you notice? These people all died because they accepted martial arts challenges! This was a fair duel; how can you call it taking advantage of someone's weakness?"
Feng Jiu was slightly taken aback, but did not refute him. Lin Yu was telling the truth; these people, after arriving in Great Xia, challenged the experts from the aforementioned sects as martial artists. Moreover, these were fair and open duels within the opposing sects, without any third-party interference.
You could say they came to provoke us, but you wouldn't call it starting a war.
This is also the reason why he did not send out the Ironclad Cavalry and the Dark Guard.
Because the other party did not come to invade, but rather under the guise of exchanging martial arts skills.
Your Great Xia is a land of etiquette. If you were to mobilize your forces and attack in a chaotic manner at this time, it would be a breach of martial ethics and a loss of face.
At that point, what prestige will they have left?
Lin Yu didn't really care about prestige, but according to the rules of the martial arts world, it was indeed difficult to take action to suppress him.
He himself cannot even make a move, because duels are always fair.
What is fairness?
It's like a boxing match; you have to be in the same weight class to compete.
If someone is merely a Martial Saint, and you send out a Profound Realm expert, that's not fair; that's cheating. It's a breach of martial ethics.
With this in mind, Lin Yu thought for a moment and said, "Think about it and send some promising brothers over there. Make sure to crush their arrogance! My Dragon Phoenix Pavilion is full of geniuses. Do you think we can't defeat a mere One-Sword Style?"
Feng Jiu nodded and said, "I have already notified the brothers to set out. However, Young Marshal, there are three special individuals among the One-Sword Style members this time. I'm afraid the brothers are not confident enough, so I haven't sent them to provoke them yet! To avoid unnecessary casualties!"
"Oh? Which three people? Tell us!"
Feng Jiu nodded and reported, "These three people are Kawashima Fangtian, Watanabe Koichi, and Nakagawa Ryosuke!"
"The three of them landed in Shanghai, Lianyungang, and Jiaodong respectively, and have already fought their way through, killing dozens of martial saint-level experts!"
"Slaying dozens of Martial Saints in just two days?" Lin Yu frowned slightly, clearly somewhat shocked.
Although martial saints are not uncommon, they are, after all, extraordinary and saintly beings who have comprehended the rules of heaven and earth and broken through the shackles of mortals.
When did we become like cabbages, so easily chopped up? These three guys are something else!
"Of these three, who do you plan to send out? Do you have a plan?" Lin Yu asked.
Feng Jiu nodded. "I already have someone in mind: Kawashima Fangtian and Yuan Ye are both capable of fighting!"
Since being trained by Lin Yu, Yuan Ye's strength has improved by leaps and bounds. He was already a martial arts prodigy, and he also enjoyed the benefits of Changbai Mountain. Now he has just stepped into the Martial Saint level and can represent his master Feng Jiu in the battle!
“Yuan Ye is your apprentice, known as Little Yama, and I personally trained him for a while, so I’m quite at ease! And then?” Lin Yu asked.
Feng Jiu said again, "Watanabe Kouichi, I think Chairman Liu's grandson Liu Yi is capable of fighting!"
Chairman Liu refers to Liu Jingwu, the current president of the Martial Arts Association.
Liu Yi's health has long since recovered. He is now under the care of his grandfather, a master of the Profound Realm, and is no longer the same as before. News just came recently that he has stepped into the Martial Saint Realm.
These are all outstanding young people who can represent Lin Yu's lineage and the Dragon and Phoenix Pavilion in the battle.
“Yes, these two are representatives of the younger generation and can represent our Great Xia in the competition. You’ve made a good choice!” Lin Yu agreed.
This time, it's not a battle, it's a battle for face!
The younger generation is the hope of the martial arts world of Great Xia. Now that a major event is about to happen, it is time to let the younger generation come out and gain experience.
Lin Yu suddenly felt that the arrival of a master of the One-Sword Style to challenge the Great Xia was not a bad thing; it could serve as a whetstone for the younger generation.
"By the way, you just said there were three people, and there was one last one. Why did you stop talking about that?" Lin Yu asked.
Feng Jiu was silent for a moment before saying, "The last opponent is also the strongest. He is known as Nakagawa Ryosuke, the personal disciple of Mutou Hide. His strength is unpredictable. I have no idea who to choose to deal with him!"
"Nakagawa Ryosuke? Unpredictable? Heh, how unpredictable is he?" Lin Yu was somewhat dismissive.
Feng Jiu said with a serious expression, "In the East Sea, there was an old fisherman who had reached the Martial Saint realm for sixty years. He was known as a renowned master and a highly respected rogue cultivator in the martial arts world. He had never been defeated in his life. Some say he had already reached the state of oneness with heaven and man, with one foot in the Saint realm. Others say he was the number one person below the Saint realm. Although that's a bit of an exaggeration, I think it's probably not far from the truth. He was definitely among the top tier of Martial Saints. But even such a person was killed by Nakagawa Ryosuke with a single strike! You must know, Nakagawa Ryosuke was only nineteen years old, and I heard he was only a Martial Arts Grandmaster before..."
After listening, Lin Yu also fell silent.
"A martial arts grandmaster challenging a martial saint of a higher level?"
A fantasy!
Lin Yu also found it unbelievable.
Even when he was a Grandmaster, he wouldn't dare say he could fight a Martial Saint one-on-one. That's unscientific. The gap between a Martial Saint and a Martial Arts Grandmaster is ten thousand times greater than the gap between Internal Strength and a Grandmaster.
This is no longer a difference in realm; it's a difference between the mortal and the saintly!
“It wasn’t a Grandmaster who challenged him; I suspect he just broke through to Martial Saint!” Feng Jiu said.
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