“… What do you an ‘Who should I arrest’? Here I am eating my pork shoulders at ho - even put the lid back on the pot - and, suddenly, I’m the one who attracted those freaks? Why don’t you bla for the changes in the tides, too, while you’re at it? What am I? A plague? Is logic sothing that doesn’t apply at Liu Shan n?!”
“Mm.” The man heaved another big breath.
“… Hey, say sothing. You’re not seriously going to apprehend , are you? I’ll have you know that I’m not defenceless. If you really try to arrest , I’ll knock your socks off. I-I-I’m scared of even myself when I’m angry.”
“Mm.” The man crossed his arms. “… Hahaha.”
“…”
The man sat up, arms around his aching belly. “D-don’t look at like that. I’m serious. We concluded that you’re one of the uncontrolled factors. That being said, I don’t plan to take you into custody.”
Ming Feizhen looked up to the ceiling, fighting an urge to spit.
“Co on. I’m sorry. I wasn’t done talking, hehe. Even if you attracted them, it only ans that they’re trying to approach you, so it’s not your fault. You know you have… get where I’m going with this?”
Ming Feizhen wasn’t certain, but he had a suspicion. “They’re after ? Now that I think about it, based off what Master Le said, it really did feel as though he ca just to see . For a master of League of Assassins to speak to so goons of Miguo Branch is more than just deigning.”
“When I spoke about it with your shifu, he said, ‘What will be will be. If soone wants to start a fight, start it first.’ I can’t argue with his reasoning.”
“… Just you wait, Shifu. I’ll sell you soday.”
“Hahaha. I ca here just to et you and relay this information so that you’re prepared. The unorthodox sects’ target may be you, got it?”
“Loud and clear.”
“Any progress with Hua Feihua’s case?”
Ming Feizhen scratched his head. “My gut tells Zhuo Fengru is involved in so capacity. Unfortunately, the sly bugger hasn’t left any noticeable leads for . As for Xu Family’s extermination, it was because they possessed a valuable item.”
Ming Feizhen recounted what he heard from Hua Qing in addition to providing his own speculations.
“I’m certain the discipline that the monk, who killed Master Xu, used is Vajra Realm. I’m still not sure how word that their family was in possession of the item leaked. Zhuo Fengru may know about it, but there’s no reason for him to suck up to a faction in the Western Regions when he is equipped with both skill and money.”
“Hmm… I have to follow the regulations of the imperial court, so I can’t call all the shots. I’m here to investigate Demon Sect’s activities. To be honest, I shouldn’t have t up with you. Additionally, I don’t have the authority to handle Hua Feihua’s case.” The man then perford a hush hand gesture.
Ming Feizhen: Is he a kid or sothing? With a troll and kid leading Liu Shan n, do they have any hope?
“I can’t say I have figured out the entire case, but I do have sothing to say about them targeting you. From what I know, you lost to Zhuo Fengru in one exchange, correct?”
“Yeah, I didn’t even see how he beat .”
Although it was true that Ming Feizhen’s mind was divided in the match due to him trying to keep the Fengpeng’s energy in check, it didn’t change the fact that he lost. Also, he still didn’t have the foggiest idea how he lost.
“Owing to Liu Shan n’s regulations, I can’t share the outco of investigations with outsiders. As such, I can only tell you a story. Over a millennium ago, there were so exceptional martial art-”
“Stop.” Ming Feizhen held a hand out. “You’re not going to tell one of those oudated Mystical Era stories, are you?”
“Oh? You know about the Mystical Era? You must like listening to stories, huh? You’re just like my daughter.”
“As if. My bloody shifu always tells a story, only to demand I run errands for him if I want to know the endings.”
The man: You just admitted you have a fondness for stories.
“If we were to juxtapose those warriors to our current generation, they would be at our peak. In order to fight a common enemy, they spent decades creating a massive martial arts manual.”
“Jin Yong’s condor trilogy?” Ming Feizhen asked.
“What’s that?”
“Beats . I saw it in my dreams.”
“Well, no. The manual is called Repository Theory.”
The six adepts each wrote a “Repository Theory” manual, which swordsn and swordswon called “Repository Swordplay Theory”. On the day they completed the final product, they noticed that all of them relied on and valued different things. At the end of the day, the six individuals weren’t copies of each other. Different training systems, different experiences and different views lead to different interpretations. Accordingly, using Repository Theory as the foundation, the six of them created six branches from the foundation, naly, Mountains (Divination Branch), God-Shocking (Smithing Branch), Abyss (Intelligence Branch), Seven Emotions (dical Branch), Fleeting (Scholastic Branch) and Millennium (Reclusive).
As standalone manuals, they could all be called “Repository Theory” despite the significant difference between them.
The “Smithing Branch” entrusted with God-Shocking Theory opened a small smithing workshop by the bank of Tiahu, living in seclusion until a Luo Clan disciple decided to run off with it and start Luo Sword Manor.
Although “Intelligence Branch” used Abyss Theory to invent “Aerial Flower Divine Seal”, the basis of their teachings remained as Abyss Theory’s teachings. When they decided to retire from martial arts two hundred years ago, the discipline went extinct. Over a year ago, their clan, Xu Clan, went extinct.
“… What you’re saying is, the sword seal thingy is a discipline from the Mystical Era? How did you find that out?”
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