Chapter 70 (Chapter 70) ...
"He was killed by the Ming Cult here today. I was thinking that since we've all reforged our weapons, we shouldn't leave his behind. Could you please help him forge his weapons as well?"
"I don't want you to do this for nothing, I can give you all my savings."
I was amused by the little monk after showing off my amazing encounter.
"You've been hiding money from the public?"
The young novice blushed.
"No, no, I didn't hide any money."
“My master bought me snacks because I was young. But I don’t have many opportunities to go out, and my senior brother would bring them to me for free, so I kept them without spending them.”
Showing off her extraordinary encounter, she nodded: "Sure, take me there. I'll help you out since you're so sincere."
"Really?" The young novice looked at the woman who had just shared her extraordinary experience with sparkling eyes: "Thank you, benefactor."
After saying that, he happily led Xiu Chuqi towards the location of Yuanzhen's corpse.
Showing off her extraordinary encounter, she followed the young novice monk to a secluded spot where a pale-faced corpse with sunken cheeks lay. It was clear at a glance that it had been dead for some time.
The young novice monk walked up to the corpse, bowed to it, muttered something for a long time, and then carefully picked up an iron rod from beside the corpse and handed it to Xiu Chuqi.
As usual, Xiu Chu took out the sword-forging furnace, spent a short while reforging the weapon, and then returned it to the young novice.
After bowing and thanking him, the young novice carefully placed the weapon back beside Yuanzhen.
Looking at the young novice monk, Xiu recalled his first encounter with Xu Zhu, who also looked just as silly.
Thinking of the extraordinary adventure that Xu Zhu had given him, Xiu looked at the little novice with even more affection.
He cast a loving glance at the young novice, then casually swept his gaze over Yuanzhen's corpse. He remembered the candied hawthorns in his backpack and was about to give the young novice a skewer when he suddenly felt something was amiss.
Their gaze returned to Yuanzhen's corpse.
"Will the corpse's name still be displayed above its head? I seem to remember that it only appears when it's used as a quest item or clue?"
Showing off his unexpected encounter, I curiously checked Yuanzhen's character status and was surprised to find that his health bar was full!
This person is not dead at all!
Showing off his unexpected encounter, he curiously scrolled down the character's status, wanting to see if he was in some kind of "playing dead" state. To his surprise, he discovered a "playing dead" buff.
"Playing dead: Conceal your breathing, apply makeup, and in the eyes of others, you are already dead. Note: Do not let others cremate your body."
Showing off her extraordinary encounter shifted her gaze to Yuanzhen's face. His previously kind and gentle face suddenly looked suspicious.
He casually beckoned the young novice monk over.
"Now that we've finished forging the weapon for your master uncle, let's leave so as not to disturb his peace."
The young novice nodded obediently and left with Xiu Chuqi.
Once the two were out of Yuanzhen's sight, they suddenly unleashed their double lightness skill, carrying the little novice monk, and flew towards the direction where Master Kongzhi was.
She wasn't worried that Yuanzhen would run away at this time.
On one hand, she didn't reveal any flaws; on the other hand, although the place seemed remote, there were actually Shaolin monks patrolling the area. It was impossible for Yuanzhen to escape silently in such a short time.
"Master, Master, I have discovered a shocking secret!"
He descended rapidly from the sky, and upon seeing Master Kongzhi, he immediately spoke.
Master Kongzhi, who had just finished testing the effects of the weapon reforged by Show-off's Adventure, was very amiable to Show-off's Adventure.
"What secret has the female benefactor discovered?"
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he eagerly exclaimed, "Your Master Yuanzhen isn't dead at all! He was faking it!"
"Nonsense!" Master Kongzhi's expression changed, and his face darkened. "How can you, female benefactor, speak so blatantly? You are joking about the reputation of my nephew Yuanzhen."
They show off their serendipitous encounters without bothering to explain.
"You'll see when you come with me."
After saying that, he grabbed Master Kongzhi and used their double lightness skill to fly towards the direction where Yuanzhen was.
Poor Master Kongzhi, at such an advanced age, was dragged into the air by this strange encounter, spinning, dancing, waving fans and umbrellas. Watching his uncontrollable movements, he almost choked and died on the spot.
Even after the extraordinary encounter brought him to a safe landing, the knowledgeable Shaolin master was still in a daze.
Showing off their extraordinary encounter, they were unaware of the immense impact the Seven Showers' dual-person lightness skill would have on an old monk. They directly pulled Master Kongzhi towards Yuanzhen's side.
She crouched down and patted Yuanzhen's face. Before Master Kongzhi could stop her, she suddenly drew the 'Shamshir' pendant knife from her waist and stabbed it into Yuanzhen's face.
"stop!"
Before Master Kongzhi could recover from his daze, he was caught off guard. Just when he thought that his nephew Yuanzhen's body was in danger, he saw the already dead nephew Yuanzhen roll away and dodge the blade in Xiu Chuqi's hand.
"Yuanzhen, you really didn't die?"
Master Kongzhi spoke in shock.
Yuanzhen had no time to answer his question. After dodging the fatal blow from Xiuchu's unexpected encounter, she ran away without looking back.
Shaolin Temple's lightness skill is not known for its speed. Although Kongzhi is highly skilled in martial arts, if he moves quickly enough, he may still be able to escape Kongzhi's attack.
However, he overlooked another person present.
In terms of reaction speed, those who rely on unexpected encounters are indeed far inferior to these true martial arts masters. However, the martial arts techniques of different sects do not require particularly high reaction speed.
Within a full twenty feet of attack range, even if Xiu Chuyu's reaction is slow, it would be enough to hit Yuanzhen before he could run out of his attack range.
After a series of attacks, Yuanzhen's health bar was reduced by a significant amount, and his internal energy was silenced. In a rather comical manner, he was subdued by the Master Kongzhi who had just recovered.
Why are you pretending to be dead?
Master Kongzhi was utterly perplexed. Yuanzhen had always enjoyed a good reputation within Shaolin Temple, and Master Kongzhi couldn't understand why he would feign death at this time. Could it be that there was someone on Bright Peak he didn't want to see?
If that's the case, he only needs to inform them before setting off that he will not participate in this siege of Bright Peak.
Given Yuanzhen's status at Shaolin Temple, refusing to go on a campaign is not a big deal.
Yuanzhen remained silent.
His identity has already been exposed in the Kunlun secret passage. Even if he says nothing now, he won't be able to hide it when the six major sects besiege Bright Peak.
He only regretted that if he had known his act of faking death would be discovered by this woman, he shouldn't have come back. He should have left as soon as his identity was exposed in the Kunlun secret passage.
Seeing that Yuanzhen refused to answer, Master Kongzhi couldn't help but turn his attention to Xiu Chu's extraordinary encounter.
"How did you discover that Yuanzhen was faking his death? And do you know why he was faking it?"
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he shook his head: "I came here with you Shaolin disciples and unexpectedly discovered that Master Yuanzhen was not truly dead."
"At first I thought he was just injured and in a state of suspended animation, but after carefully sensing his aura, I found that although he seemed to have lost his life force, his aura was actually very strong. Even if he tried to hide it, he could not conceal the vigorous life force within him."
That's when suspicion arose.
Master Kongzhi nodded, assuming that he was showing off his extraordinary encounter and that his sect had a special technique for sensing people's auras, before he realized something was amiss.
I can't help but feel sorry for my previous doubts about showing off my extraordinary encounters.
"It seems I was too attached to appearances. I shouldn't have questioned you before verifying the truth. Please forgive me."
He waved his hand dismissively, showing off his unexpected encounter.
"It's alright, it's just human nature."
He then looked at Yuanzhen, who had been captured by Master Kongzhi: "As for why Master Yuanzhen is pretending to be dead, I have no idea."
“However,” Showing off his adventures added.
"Based on my past experience, if faking death is not to escape pursuit and some kind of punishment, another possibility is that he wants to cover up his identity."
“Master Kongzhi, you can interrogate him and see if your Master Yuanzhen has any other identities outside of Shaolin Temple. Perhaps it was because his identity was exposed that he had to fake his death to escape.”
Upon hearing this, Master Kongzhi turned to look at Yuanzhen, who had remained silent.
"You still won't tell me?"
Yuanzhen remained silent for a moment, hastily concocting a lie in his mind before slowly speaking.
“I am guilty. Before joining the Shaolin Temple, I wronged someone in the Ming Cult. I thought he had already betrayed the Ming Cult, which is why I followed you, my uncle, to Kunlun.”
"I was shocked to learn a few days ago that the other party had returned to the Ming Cult. In my fear, I did such a foolish thing. Please forgive me, Uncle Kongzhi."
Kongzhi remained silent for a moment, seemingly trying to determine whether what he said was true or false.
Instead, she thought he was telling the truth after showing off her extraordinary experience, and couldn't help but ask him.
Who are you sorry to?
"You betrayed the Ming Cult before, but now you're back. You're not talking about Yin Tianzheng, the White-browed Eagle King, are you?"
That statement was half true and half false; Yuanzhen was actually referring to Xie Xun, the Golden-Haired Lion King. However, mentioning him now would inevitably bring up the Dragon-Slaying Saber, causing even more trouble.
Unexpectedly, showing off his extraordinary encounter helped him come up with such a good candidate, so he readily agreed.
"Yes, that's him."
"I really did wrong him before."
Wow, the Yin family has so much gossip!
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he exclaimed inwardly, "A protagonist's mother who died young, a protagonist's grandson who carries the secret of the Dragon-Slaying Saber, a scumbag son who abandoned his wife and children, a disfigured granddaughter who is suspected to be the female protagonist seeking revenge. And now there's an enemy, a monk whose identity is unknown?"
"To be honest, it's no wonder they're the main character's family! Only the main character's grandmother has no screen time."
"Wait, the protagonist's grandmother?"
Showing off her unexpected encounter, she suddenly realized what had happened and looked at Yuanzhen: "How did you offend him?"
"Could it be that he killed his wife?"
Yuanzhen choked for a moment, then nodded subconsciously.
However, Master Kongzhi, who was standing next to him, saw through his ruse immediately.
"That's utter nonsense. The White-browed Eagle King's wife died decades ago after giving birth to a daughter. He even went to Shaolin Temple to light an eternal lamp for his wife because of this."
"And when did you kill his wife?"
Yuanzhen never expected that, despite his lifelong intelligence, he would be tricked by a seemingly naive young girl at this crucial moment.
She must have known about this all along and deliberately led him to reveal a weakness in front of Kong Zhi.
Thinking of this, Yuanzhen's gaze toward Xiu Chuqi became even more hostile.
Showing off his extraordinary encounters completely failed to realize that Yuanzhen's malice towards him was no longer concealed. Because the moment Showing off his extraordinary encounters exposed Yuanzhen's feigned death, Yuanzhen had already turned into a red-named individual. No matter how deep his hatred became, it wouldn't make his red name any more prominent.
Master Kongzhi, standing to the side, was seeing Yuanzhen display such obvious malice towards an innocent woman for the first time. His conscience tipped more towards Yuanzhen harboring wicked intentions.
After considering the other Shaolin disciples who trusted Yuanzhen, in order to avoid a tragedy, he directly raised his hand and sealed eight acupoints on Yuanzhen's body.
This is a secret acupuncture technique unique to Shaolin, which only the four great monks with the "sense of seeing, hearing and understanding" can understand.
In this way, there is no need to worry about other monks being deceived by Yuanzhen and having their acupuncture points removed.
Showing off his strange encounter, he watched Master Kongzhi perform a series of actions with curiosity. He then checked Yuanzhen's character status and found that he had a 'stun' buff.
"Immobilization: The acupoint is struck by a Shaolin Temple secret technique, immobilizing the person for twelve hours."
"!!!"
Can a person be frozen in place for this long?
"What kind of secret manual is this? Xiu wants one too!"
The way he looked at Master Kongzhi after showing off his extraordinary encounter instantly changed. He suddenly understood why Bai Xiaosheng had stolen the Shaolin Temple's secret manual.
He secretly glanced at the Celestial Immortal Manual in his backpack.
Perhaps, with the secret manual, I can also use this method to learn.
Or, while the main quest is still in progress, why not sneak a trip to Shaolin Temple and steal the secret manual?
Withdrawing the dangerous thought from his mind, he looked at Master Kongzhi with a somewhat guilty conscience after showing off his extraordinary encounter.
"Well, since you've already subdued Yuanzhen, Master Kongzhi, I'll take my leave now."
Master Kongzhi turned to look at Xiu Chu's extraordinary encounter, instinctively feeling he should keep her here. However, this was indeed an internal matter of Shaolin Temple, and it wasn't appropriate for outsiders to interfere. So he hesitated and nodded.
"Since that's the case, then this old monk will not keep you any longer. I must thank you for informing me in advance of the news that Yuanzhen faked his death."
You're welcome, you're welcome.
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he waved his hand sheepishly and used his superior lightness skill to leave the place.
Back in the courtyard, Zhu'er still couldn't find any trace of Zhang Wuji.
After thinking it over, Xiu Chu realized that the protagonist was unlikely to encounter any mortal danger, even though leaving at this point would obviously mean missing the crucial plot point of the six major sects' siege of Bright Peak. But her mission wasn't about following the plot, so missing it was fine.
It's rare for Shaolin Temple to send out so many monks. If we don't go to Shaolin to steal the secret manual now, when will we?
Thinking of this, he took the initiative to ask Zhu'er.
What are your plans next?
While eating, Zhu'er replied, "What other plans do we have? We just need to find Zhang Wuji, break his legs, and teach him a lesson."
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he nodded.
"I have to leave after I finish eating. I can no longer accompany you in searching for Zhang Wuji's whereabouts."
Spider paused in her chopsticks, and after a moment, she pretended to be nonchalant.
"Let's go."
“I’m not a child who needs someone to accompany me.”
Showing off her unexpected encounter, she couldn't help but chuckle: "Your nonchalant attitude is so fake."
"Don't worry, I'm not going back to my sect and never coming out again. I'm just going out to take care of some things, so don't worry about me. I'll come back to find you as soon as I'm done."
"I haven't finished trying the new dish you promised me yet."
Spider looked up and glared at Xiu Chuqiyu.
"Who can't bear to part with you?"
Showing off her unexpected encounter, she smiled and surrendered: "It's because I can't bear to part with you, okay?"
"You're asking for it again."
Zhu'er laughed as she spoke, then asked, "Why the rush? It'll be completely dark by the time we finish eating. Can't we wait until tomorrow morning?"
"Day and night are no different for me. Besides, isn't it good to go back early? I want to come back sooner to try the new dishes."
"Eat, eat, all you ever do is eat."
Spider gave Xiu a reproachful look: "Don't worry, you'll get your share of new dishes."
After saying goodbye to Zhu'er, I showed off my adventure, opened the map, found the direction of Shaolin Temple, and flew there.
To be honest, this map is huge.
Even with the cheat of superb light-footed skills, flying straight the whole way and showing off one's extraordinary encounter still took a considerable amount of time.
As before, they avoided the familiar red boxes and successfully infiltrated the Shaolin Temple's Sutra Pavilion.
After searching carefully for a long time, I finally found the acupuncture manual used by Master Kongzhi.
Originally intending to steal the manual directly, Xiu Chu's extraordinary encounter reminded him of the generous Shaolin Temple customer base. After some thought, he decided that his precarious morals could still be salvaged.
Upon opening the copying interface, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I could actually copy the secret manual after reading it.
She turned to look at the several manuals behind her that were flashing with interactive light, a shameful greed gleaming in her eyes.
Question Bai Xiaosheng, understand Bai Xiaosheng, and surpass Bai Xiaosheng!
Show off your amazing encounter, quickly open the trading post, buy enough materials, and copy down all the interactive tips and tricks.
After confirming that the copybook could also be used, he carefully put it back.
He had sneaked into the temple under the cover of night. By the time he had finished copying all the secret manuals after his extraordinary encounter, it was already broad daylight.
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he intended to sneak out, but upon leaving, he discovered that something was very wrong with the Shaolin Temple.
The once orderly temple was now in complete chaos, with many Shaolin monks and other unknown people lying on the ground.
It's obvious at a glance that they've encountered a formidable enemy.
Having obtained so many secret manuals from others, it wouldn't be right to stand idly by and watch them showcase their extraordinary encounters.
He summoned Li Feisha and rode off in the direction with the most corpses.
They encountered several battles along the way. Showing off their extraordinary encounters, they could easily distinguish friend from foe without even needing to carefully verify identities.
One reason is that the attackers all have hair on their heads, and another reason is that these people are too bloodthirsty, and they are all shown as red names on the map.
Before arriving at Shaolin Temple, Xiu had already increased her favorability with Master Kongzhi, significantly boosting her reputation within the temple. Even though the Shaolin monks didn't recognize her, she was still displayed as a friendly green figure on the map.
This also makes it much easier to show off one's adventures; at least she doesn't have to worry about accidentally hurting allies while clearing out red-named players.
The Shaolin monks, who were initially at a disadvantage, quickly gathered around her after seeing Xiu's miraculous encounter with divine assistance and defeating the enemy.
"Thank you for your help, benefactor."
"Abbot Kongwen has been ambushed and seriously injured. Master Kongxing alone is no match for his opponent. The situation is extremely critical."
"This humble monk humbly requests the assistance of the female benefactor to go to the rear hall and rescue the abbot and the others."
Looking at the side quests that appeared, Show Off Your Adventure nodded without hesitation.
"Stay close to me, I'll lead you through."
Meanwhile, Zhao Min and her group, disguised as Master Kongzhi and his entourage, successfully ambushed Abbot Kongwen before removing their human skin masks and attacking the other monks.
Master Kongxing stopped Ah San, who wanted to capture the abbot.
While attacking, he anxiously turned back and shouted, "Abbot, please quickly ask the three divine monks to come out of seclusion and help us!"
Knowing that the fate of Shaolin Temple was hanging by a thread, Master Kongwen disregarded the vows of the three monks to remain in seclusion and rushed outside under the protection of his disciples.
A beautiful woman dressed as a man shook the fan in her hand and slowly said, "You think you can rush out of the back hall with so few people? Ah Da and Ah Er, you've been underestimated."
As soon as he finished speaking, the two experts who had been standing behind the woman in men's clothing stepped out of the formation and attacked Abbot Kongwen and his group who were desperately trying to break through the encirclement.
Both men were highly skilled fighters, and Abbot Kongwen had been seriously injured in a sneak attack. Even with the help of martial monks, he was still no match for them. He was defeated in just five hundred moves.
"Abbot Brother!"
Meanwhile, Master Kongxing, who was still fighting fiercely with the Indian, exclaimed in surprise and charged towards Abbot Kongwen after taking a blow from the Indian.
"court death!"
Seeing this, the Indian man's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he slapped Master Kongxing from behind.
"Pfft!"
A large mouthful of blood gushed from Master Kongxing's mouth, mixed with some broken pieces of internal organs.
Master Kongxing collapsed, coughing up blood, in front of Abbot Kongwen, clearly on the verge of death. Abbot Kongwen, who had a deep bond with him, couldn't help but shed tears, glaring fiercely at the woman in men's clothing at the head of the group.
"Who exactly are you? What grudge do you have against Shaolin? Why would you commit such a heinous act against Shaolin?"
The woman dressed as a man, upon hearing Master Kongwen's tearful question, waved her fan indifferently.
"It's all your fault for overestimating yourselves by trying to join forces with other sects to besiege Bright Peak."
"How could we, the Ming Cult, be so easily offended?"
"As you can see, I am Zhang Wuji, the new leader of the Ming Cult."
"The reason I brought people here today is to massacre the Shaolin Temple and avenge your siege of Bright Peak."
As he spoke, he nodded to Ah Er, who had retreated to his side.
Ah Er understood and walked to the wall, leaving a line of blood-written words.
"First destroy Shaolin, then annihilate Wudang; only our Ming Cult will reign supreme in the martial world." (Note 1)
"What a glorious Ming Cult, reigning supreme in the martial world!"
A clear female voice came from outside: "But I remember Zhang Wuji was a man, and he didn't look like you."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Min turned around abruptly.
The Shaolin monks who were supposed to be killed were now standing in front of the back hall, led by a woman, glaring at them menacingly.
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The cleanup continued from the front hall to the back hall. More and more red-named players were defeated through unexpected encounters, and more and more Shaolin monks gathered around them.
This process took a considerable amount of time.
After she cleared a bloody path leading to the rear hall, she discovered that Master Kongwen had already been captured, and Master Kongxing was lying on the ground, his life hanging in the balance.
Just as he was about to go in to rescue them, he heard the woman inside, impersonating Zhang Wuji, spouting nonsense. He couldn't help but chuckle to himself as he recounted his extraordinary encounter.
"The people at this level really like to use fake identities to fool others!"
He casually exposed the other party's identity, then showed off his extraordinary adventure and led a large number of Shaolin monks into the hall.
Looking at the bewildered and uncertain thugs, he calmly walked to Master Kongxing, who was left with only a sliver of health.
He took out a top-grade Panacea from his backpack and gave it to him. Only after watching his health bar rise to the safe level did he stand up and look at Zhao Min and her group who had come to attack.
The situation, which had seemed certain of victory, was suddenly reversed. With Xiu's extraordinary encounter interfering, all the Runan Prince's men who were supposed to kill the Shaolin disciples surrounding the main hall were executed.
The critically injured and dying Master Kongxing miraculously came back to life after taking a top-grade Panacea.
A strange light flashed in Zhao Min's eyes, but she remained calm as she looked at Xiu Chu's extraordinary encounter.
"So it's the young lady who had a remarkable encounter. Indeed, seeing is believing. I only knew you were a skilled swordsmith, but I never imagined that your medical skills were so exquisite, not to mention your martial arts prowess."
This is the first time I've seen an NPC change from an initial red name to a neutral yellow name, so I can't help but be a little curious.
"How did you know my name is Showful Adventure? I don't remember us meeting before."
Judging by her face alone, the woman named Zhao Min was indeed very beautiful. But after dressing in men's clothing, not only was her beauty as a woman not concealed, but she also gained a more dashing and romantic air.
She couldn't possibly forget such a unique model.
Hearing this, Zhao Min smiled gently: "Although we have never met, the news that you are skilled in sword making has already reached me."
"Even if I don't see you today, I will still go to you to discuss a deal after I finish what I'm doing."
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