Chapter 141 The storm arises

Chapter 141 The storm arises

After leaving Shang Mansion, Meng Shiwen was still a little confused. It was obvious that the conversation between Zhao Ya and Shang Luoluo just now had greatly shocked her.

It wasn't until she was about to return to the martial arts gym that Meng Shiwen couldn't help but ask: "Is the government really going to just sit back and do nothing?"

"Guan will definitely take care of it, but they will have to wait until the warriors are almost dead before they take action. In this way, not only can they weaken the power of the warriors, but they can also win over people's hearts. It can be said that it kills several birds with one stone." Zhao Ya said.

Meng Shiwen was silent again, and after a long time she said: "Is it so dirty?"

Zhao Ya stopped and sighed: "Actually, people's hearts are like this. Shang Luoluo sees things more clearly than I do. I was too naive before."

"Then let's just leave it alone!" Meng Shiwen said angrily.

"It can't be done." Zhao Ya said quietly: "Let's not talk about the teacher who will not sit idly by. Even these warriors in the city will not stand by and watch. After all, they are the ones who will have the greatest impact when the beast tide comes."

Meng Shiwen was speechless.

"Let's go back to the martial arts hall first and report this matter to Master. We can't control what other people do, as long as we can manage the martial arts hall well."

After speaking, Zhao Ya strode towards the martial arts hall.

Meng Shiwen looked at his back with a trace of doubt in her eyes.

Why is it that my junior brother is obviously younger than me, but he is much more mature and experienced in dealing with people than me?

Regarding what just happened, it was as if she was a little junior sister who was inexperienced in the world, and Zhao Ya had become a senior brother who had experienced many hardships.

Meng Shiwen shook her head, tried her best to put this strange thought behind her, and then quickly followed.

After returning to the martial arts hall, Zhao Ya told him about his visit to Shang Mansion to meet Shang Luoluo and what happened.

After hearing this, Lu Dingtai was not surprised at all and just smiled faintly.

"It's not surprising that Shang Jingchuan did this. This guy comes from a traditional civil service background. He is full of thoughts of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country. He is always thinking about restoring Dayan's past glory. But how did he know that Dayan is no longer the same person now? That dynasty looked down on the world and was unparalleled."

"Although this Shang Luoluo is a woman, she has some good knowledge. She can tell you frankly, which shows that she also knows that things are not as simple as her father thought."

"Actually, I never thought about borrowing the power of the government from the beginning. You still have little contact with them. If you get involved with them, you will mess up many things. After all, they don't have much ability to do things, but the bad things are always the same. Wait."

When he said these words, Lu Dingtai's face was full of ridicule.

"I have just informed all the major martial arts schools about this matter, telling them that the beast tide outside the city will gradually escalate, and asked them to take precautions in advance. It is best not to let my disciples go outside the city. I have said that I have done my best to be benevolent and righteous. , as for whether they listen or not, that is beyond our control.”

After listening to Lu Dingtai's words, Zhao Ya was also filled with admiration.

As expected, Lao Jianghu, who has stood firm in the county for many years without falling, has a vicious view of people and things.

So he clasped his fists and said, "I understand, Master!"

Lu Dingtai stood up, walked to Zhao Ya, and patted him on the shoulder.

"You've done a great job in this matter, but you have to remember that it's good to be able to take care of yourself these days. If you have the ability to take care of the people around you, you are a first-class person. As for other people..."

"You can't control it!"

Zhao Ya was convinced.

Soon, with Lu Dingtai's appearance, news about the beast tide outside the city quickly spread, causing quite a disturbance.

Everyone has different opinions on Lu Dingtai's reminder and warning.

Some people think that Lu Dingtai is worthy of being the top martial artist in the county, and he did this very grandly.

But some people are dismissive of this, and even think that Lu Dingtai is making a fool of himself. Maybe he wants to scare others in this way, and then he can monopolize the profits of this beast wave.

For a time, the martial arts hall in the county was divided into two factions.

People who think Lu Dingtai is right are basically friends with Dingtai Martial Arts School, such as Renyong Martial Arts School, or Baibu Martial Arts School, which was saved by Zhao Ya before.

These martial arts schools immediately expressed their support for Dingtai Martial Arts School.

And those who feel that what Lu Dingtai said is wrong or even harbors evil intentions are basically those who have problems with Dingtai Martial Arts School.

For example, Chenfeng Martial Arts School.

Yuan Chenfeng even directly stated that this wave of beasts is an opportunity from heaven. Chenfeng Martial Arts School will never give up, let alone listen to the alarmist talk of some people.

The two factions quarreled over this.

But as the initiator, Lu Dingtai has never publicly expressed his opinions.

The same is true for Zhao Ya.

He is very busy during this time.

Busy developing poisons and training drunk children.

At the same time, things at the martial arts school cannot be left behind.

After being promoted to the Fourth Realm, Zhao Ya also shouldered part of the responsibility of teaching martial arts disciples.

Taking this opportunity, Zhao Ya trained this group of martial arts disciples every day, focusing especially on practicing the cooperation between them, in order to let them form combat effectiveness as soon as possible to prepare for what might happen in the future.

He is so dedicated.

Shen Dao, Miao Shaocheng and others naturally cannot be idle.

Everyone began to train intensively, and for a while the entire Dingtai Martial Arts Hall was as busy as clockwork.

Under this circumstance, the situation in the county gradually changed.

Because of Lu Dingtai's reminders and warnings, the number of teams going out of the city to hunt strange beasts decreased significantly.

Many martial arts schools have also begun preparations secretly.

Especially some martial arts schools close to the city wall are even more frightened and want to move away now.

Amidst all the disturbances, more than ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and everything was peaceful outside the city.

Even the flow of merchants has not been interrupted.

As a result, doubts arose in many people's minds, and they felt that Lu Dingtai might really be making alarmist remarks.

Just when these people were about to make a move, something suddenly happened like a catalyst, directly igniting the desires in these people's hearts.

A group that ventured out of the city actually succeeded in hunting down a three-realm exotic beast and dug up a usable meat field.

When the news spread, many people's eyes were red.

That is the meat field for the three realms of exotic beasts.

It simply cannot be measured by money.

It's equivalent to people in this team making enough money for the rest of their lives.

Stimulated by this incident, the hunting team, which had been silent for a period of time, became rampant again.

And as most of these people returned with something gained, not many people cared about Lu Dingtai's warning.

Even some people from the Grand Martial Arts School began to join in and organize their disciples to hunt outside the city.

Chenfeng Martial Arts School is the one that works the hardest and has gained a lot.

Yuan Chenfeng even boasted that as long as this continues for another month, they will be able to collect enough meat for everyone in the martial arts hall. By then, the strength of Chenfeng Martial Arts Hall will surely usher in a qualitative leap.

People had mixed reactions to this news. Some people questioned whether Yuan Chenfeng said this intentionally.

But these doubts were soon drowned in envious eyes.

Ren Yong Martial Arts School.

Shang Tiefeng smiled bitterly and said: "I heard today that even Guangrui Martial Arts School, which has always been the most low-key, organized a team to hunt exotic beasts outside the city. What do you think?"

Several disciples of Shang Tiefeng looked at each other, and then one of them said: "Master, what you mean is..."

"If all the martial arts schools go out to hunt, and our Renyong martial arts gym keeps standing still, our strength will gradually expand. It won't be obvious in a short period of time, but as time goes by, I'm afraid..."

At the end, Shang Tiefeng sighed.

He has been worrying about this matter recently.

Let's also organize a team. Lu Dingtai personally came to tell him about this.

At that time, he also promised not to act rashly.

But if you don't go, you're afraid that your own martial arts school will fall behind in strength and never catch up.

While he was struggling, Nie Jingnian suddenly said: "Master, has Dingtai Martial Arts Hall organized a team?"

"No."

"Isn't that enough? Since even Dingtai Martial Arts School has not taken action, why are we anxious?"

"But Yuan Chenfeng and the others..."

"What Chenfeng Martial Arts School wants to do is their business, we don't have to care about it, and I believe that sooner or later they will have to pay the price for their greed." Nie Jingnian said firmly.

After hearing this, Shang Tiefeng sighed, "Okay, so be it."

After saying that, he left worriedly.

Nie Jinnian looked at his master's back and shook his head secretly.

Master is good at everything, but his indecisive and worrying character needs to be changed.

Xia Cunyi has been very proud of himself recently.

As one of the three hunting teams at Chenfeng Martial Arts School, the team he led had the most harvest, and thus received a commendation from Yuan Chenfeng.

You must know that Xia Cunyi has never been so proud since being defeated by Zhao Ya.

Moreover, there is another advantage of going out to the city to hunt, that is, you can line your own pockets, and you can secretly keep part of the proceeds.

Don't look at it too much, but if things go on like this, if you accumulate a little, it will become a big fortune.

Therefore, Xia Cunyi was the most supportive of hunting out of the city, and he never tired of it.

Today is no exception.

He was leading a team through the mountains and forests.

Everyone carries several bags on their backs, containing today's harvest.

Xia Cunyi planned to cut open the bellies of several strange beasts to look for meat fields before going back later.

If there is one, keep one secretly for yourself.

In this way, there will be no shortage of dried meat for self-cultivation in the future.

Just when I was thinking happily, the person exploring the path in front suddenly made a gesture.

That means there is a situation.

The procession then stopped.

Xia Cunyi walked quickly to the front of the team, looked along the gaps in the forest, and then his eyes lit up.

I saw a huge pheasant in the open space ahead.

This pheasant has brightly colored feathers, red eyes, and gleaming chicken feet. It is obviously a strange beast.

This type of exotic beasts is the easiest to get out of the meat field. If you are lucky, you can even get exotic beast eggs, which are treasures.

Xia Cunyi winked at the people behind him, and the disciples of Chenfeng Martial Arts School quietly divided into two teams and surrounded them from both sides to prevent the pheasant beast from escaping.

At the same time, Xia Cunyi asked his men to pick up the net rope, and he was ready.

When the two outflanking teams were in position, Xia Cunyi rushed over with a single stride and struck the pheasant with a palm.

The pheasant screamed in surprise and flapped its wings to fight back, but it was no match for Xia Cunyi and was knocked unconscious by a palm.

The men rushed forward and tied the pheasant tightly with net ropes.

Xia Cunyi was extremely proud and felt that his kung fu had improved again during this period.

But at this moment, a scream came from the forest.

It was sent by the two teams responsible for outflanking.

Xia Cunyi was stunned. Before he could react, he saw several corpses being thrown out of the forest.

Then at least seven or eight ghost-faced giant apes appeared on all sides of the mountain forest.

This was Xia Cunyi's first time seeing the Ghost-faced Giant Ape. He had only heard people talk about it before and knew that this strange beast was extremely powerful and the key was that it was also very smart.

Unexpectedly, I encountered as many as seven or eight this time.

And every giant ape has at least the strength of the peak of the three realms.

Xia Cunyi felt that the blood all over his body was cold.

This is true for him, not to mention his subordinates.

Those who followed him were all disciples from Chenfeng Martial Arts School, and their strength was basically around the second realm.

Now that he encountered the strange beasts at the peak of the Three Realms, and there were seven or eight of them, he was naturally very frightened.

Some people turned around and wanted to run away, but after taking only two steps, a giant ape reached out to catch them, crushed their heads to pieces, and then licked the brains that flowed onto their hands.

The group of people watching this scene were simply heartbroken.

"Help!" someone shouted crazily.

Then the men began to scatter.

But there was no way they could outrun this ghost-faced giant ape.

I saw that they were not in any hurry at all, just like a cat playing with a mouse, they chased each other leisurely, and every time they caught up with one, they would crush their heads.

The sound of cracking and exploding heads kept coming and going, making Xia Cunyi tremble with fear.

Although with his strength, he can fight with this ghost-faced giant ape.

But he didn't do that.

Because there are too many of these ghost-faced giant apes.

Even if he could barely defeat one, the rest would cost him his life.

So he took advantage of the fact that these ghost-faced giant apes were rounding up his junior brothers, jumped into the forest, and fled quickly.

He was very fast and ran over a mile in just the blink of an eye.

Listening to the screams behind him gradually becoming blurry, Xia Cunyi breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this moment, he suddenly felt the ground tremble, and then a huge figure appeared in the forest in front of him.

His eyes widened instantly.

Because this figure is clearly a larger ghost-faced ape.

I saw that it was four meters tall, with bulging muscles all over its body, and the mark around its mouth was not white, but light yellow.

Xia Cunyi couldn't stop trembling.

Because he clearly felt the pressure coming from this giant ape.

Four realms!

Even the strange beasts at the top of the four realms!

He covered his mouth and did not dare to make any sound. He lurked behind the tree and shivered, praying in his heart that he would never find me.

But at this moment, he suddenly felt a noise above his head. When he looked up, Xia Cunyi was immediately paralyzed to the ground in fear.

He saw a huge grimace looking down at him from the treetops.

And the corners of its mouth were slightly raised, as if it was laughing at Xia Cunyi's cowardice and stupidity.