Chapter 13 Spreading Martial Arts

Zhou Jing casually picked up the long spear covered in lime, shook it slightly, and accidentally smashed half of the steps again, before leading his group into the mountain gate.

Wu Mountain Sect was not small, with pavilions and towers in a refined southern style.

The crowd looked around, marveling.

Apart from a few people, the rest of the Green Forest heroes had mixed in the martial world, but had never entered such a famous sect. The dozens of poor villagers who followed the group were also seeing such a sight for the first time, and their eyes were opened.

"I've heard that Wu Mountain Sect is one of the Eight Great Sects of the martial world. I won't comment on their martial arts, but this sect is built beautifully."

Guo Hai stroked his chin and said with admiration.

Hong Dingxian snorted, "They just don't have any backbone. In front of big brother, they don't even dare to fart. And they call themselves a great sect..."

"Even several thousand court soldiers were scared off by Second Brother. It's normal for a mere martial arts sect to be afraid."

Fang Zhen curled his lips.

Duan Yunfeng didn't respond, but vigilantly observed his surroundings, noticing that others were constantly arriving and following closely behind. He whispered, "Brother Chen, this is their territory. We're going deep alone. Be careful they're trying to trick us."

"Mm..."

Zhou Jing looked back.

Ding Shixiong was leading the disciples behind them. They didn't dare stop Zhou Jing and his group from entering, watching them swagger through the sect. As the hosts, they seemed like outsiders, their expressions a mix of anger and fear.

Zhou Jing suddenly stopped and waved to the back, saying, "That acting sect leader, come over here."

Ding Shixiong was stunned, and he regretted even more for accepting this task. But it was like riding a tiger, and he had no choice but to bite the bullet and step forward.

Zhou Jing said casually:

"You see, these brothers of mine are rough men. If they rummage around, they might break a lot of things. And your sect is so big, it'll take a lot of time and effort to find everything. So, have someone bring the manuals and offer them up. I heard Wu Mountain Sect has nineteen martial arts, and there's also the famous Wu Mountain Six Skills. I want to see every one of them. If there's anything missing, then you'll eat my spear."

"You!"

Ding Shixiong was bitter.

If he really ordered the disciples to do this, he would be a sinner of the sect, nailed to the pillar of shame, and cursed by later generations of disciples.

But if he didn't agree, there might not be any later generations of disciples…

"Our Wu Mountain Sect admits defeat!"

Ding Shixiong gritted his teeth.

For the sake of the sect, he was willing to endure humiliation, and he believed everyone would understand.

It was definitely not for his own little life!

Ding Shixiong went back and ordered the disciples to do as he said, triggering a wave of excitement.

But thinking of the power of Zhou Jing's spear just now, the disciples finally compromised, not daring to disobey, and went to do their duties.

Zhou Jing and his group arrived at the open sect plaza and waited there.

Before long, Wu Mountain Sect disciples brought eighteen manuals, piled on the ground.

Zhou Jing casually flipped through them, then looked at Ding Shixiong, raising his eyebrows.

"Why are there only eighteen?"

Ding Shixiong broke out in a cold sweat, and explained, forcing a smile, "The Flowing Cloud Fine Rain Skill is our sect's ultimate art, and only the sect leader can practice it. The manual is always carried with the sect leader, even if there's a copy stored in the sect, only the sect leader knows its location... Since you killed the sect leader, you should have already obtained the manual..."

"So what?" Zhou Jing snorted. "I said I wanted you to bring out nineteen, so it must be nineteen. Even if I have to dig three feet into the ground today, I'll find it. If anything is missing, this iron spear of mine won't agree."

After saying that, he thrust his spear, and the bluestone slabs of the plaza cracked.

Damn it, this guy is deliberately trying to make things difficult for us!

Ding Shixiong cursed inwardly, gritting his teeth, almost wanting to explode.

Zhou Jing looked at him. "Want to make a move? That's even better. Don't hold back."

Ding Shixiong instantly calmed down.

"...We'll find it!"

He gritted his teeth and agreed, going back to mobilize the many disciples to search the sect thoroughly.

After half a day, a disciple finally found the copy of the manual hidden by Shen Sanqiu in a secret compartment, and hurriedly sent it over.

Ding Shixiong held the manual, his heart bleeding.

The cultivation technique he had pursued for many years could only pass through his hands now, and would soon be offered to others. He couldn't describe how upset he was.

Ding Shixiong endured the heartache and reluctantly handed the manual to Zhou Jing. "The nineteenth manual is here."

Zhou Jing took it, glanced at it casually, and then threw it to a companion beside him.

"Since you sensibly offered the manuals, I won't make things difficult for you today. Let's go."

As soon as he said this, Ding Shixiong and the disciples secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, at this moment, Zhou Jing changed his tone and said in a deep voice:

"But... if my brothers have problems practicing the skills, it means you've tampered with the manuals. I'll definitely come back to settle the score with you. At that time, you can wait to change another sect leader."

Hearing this, the Wu Mountain disciples immediately burst into an uproar.

Ding Shixiong was even more shocked and frightened, feeling greatly wronged.

Isn't it common to have problems with cultivation? Otherwise, why would a master correct you hand-in-hand?

You're holding the manuals and practicing diligently, how is it possible that there won't be any problems, and you're going to blame us for that?

"Not convinced?" Zhou Jing suddenly shouted in a deep voice. "Your sect leader led a group of martial world people and killed more than a dozen of my brothers. I'm here today specifically to find trouble with you! Do you think I'm taking the manuals to practice myself? Let me tell you, I'm taking your Wu Mountain Sect's martial arts with the intention of spreading them throughout the world, not only to the martial world people, but even to the old farmers in the fields can learn them. I want your Wu Mountain Sect's skills to have no secrets! Not only you, but those martial world sects who came to intercept grandpa, I'll find them one by one!"

"What?!"

Ding Shixiong and the others' expressions changed drastically.

They originally thought that this group of people was plundering martial arts merely for their own practice, to get some benefits. They didn't expect that this person's plan was to spread these sect martial arts throughout the martial world.

What was the point of harming others without benefiting oneself? Simply for revenge?

If the sect's martial arts were to spread on a large scale, they would become unrare common goods in the future. Even third-rate martial world figures might be able to perform a few Wu Mountain Sect skills... If their own martial arts were fully learned by outsiders and deciphered, then Wu Mountain Sect would be reduced to a second- or third-rate sect!

Looking at the shocked expressions of the Wu Mountain Sect members, Zhou Jing suddenly said:

"However, I can give you a chance to make amends. If you want to take back your sect's martial arts, that's easy to do. You can find experts to spar with me. Whether they're from your sect or not, they can fight on your behalf. Stop when appropriate. As long as they win me by one or two moves, not only will I return all your sect's martial arts, but I'll also hand over all the martial arts I've plundered from other sects to you... Hmph, not only to you, but to other sects as well. Feel free to spread these words. My offer is always valid!"

For the sake of the [World's Number One] progress, he planned to use this method to attract experts from all over the world, so he wouldn't have to spend a lot of time on the road, but wait for these sects to mobilize their connections and find experts to challenge him.

Sitting at home, fools come from all directions, saving time and effort.

After saying that, Zhou Jing didn't wait for the Wu Mountain Sect members to respond, and led his companions straight down the mountain, leaving decisively.

It wasn't until this time that everyone's tense nerves truly relaxed. Many disciples' legs went weak, and they almost sat down on the ground, looking like they had survived a disaster.

"We finally sent away this demon star..."

Ding Shixiong muttered to himself.

An elder beside him suddenly burst into tears, stamping his feet and wailing:

"That Chen Feng actually wants to spread our sect's martial arts throughout the world. Wu Mountain Sect is finished! The heavens have no eyes, to let such a villain run rampant in the world!"

Hearing this, everyone gritted their teeth, feeling great heartache.

In the past hundred years, generations of sect predecessors had improved the martial arts, so that Wu Mountain Sect had a set of high-level martial arts.

But today, all the martial arts were leaked out and would spread throughout the world. It would be one thing if that Chen Feng spread them to the martial world people, but he even proclaimed that he would spread them to all the mud-legged people who farm the fields…

Wasn't this trampling on the ancestors' things?!

The elder, with tears in his eyes, suddenly turned to glare at Ding Shixiong and shouted, "Ding Shixiong! You betrayed the sect's ultimate art. How can you be the sect leader?"

Ding Shixiong was stunned, then flew into a rage. "I endured humiliation and agreed to that villain's conditions. If it weren't for me, this place would have been covered in corpses long ago. If there's any mistake, it's Shen Sanqiu who provoked a strong enemy!"

"Bullshit. When that Chen Feng asked you just now, you were afraid and didn't admit that you were the sect leader. In that case, then don't be this acting sect leader either!"

Many middle and high-level members spoke out, accusing Ding Shixiong, excitedly scolding him, as if they had found a target to vent their anger and shift the blame, and actually started infighting at this critical moment.

Ding Shixiong was resentful. "What, are you trying to cross the river and tear down the bridge? Why didn't you say so when that Chen Feng was here?! Fine, fine, whoever wants to be this acting sect leader can be it!"

With that, he turned around and left.

The sect leader's exclusive ultimate skill was gone, the sect would decline after the martial arts were leaked, and there was also the risk of Chen Feng coming back. He felt that this task suddenly lost its appeal, the risks outweighed the benefits, and it was a hot potato. Even without the infighting, he wanted to throw in the towel.

Aside, Qi Zhiyu secretly rejoiced that he had not been vying for the position all along, otherwise the unlucky one would have been himself.

Seeing the internal strife among the core members, many disciples were even more unsettled, feeling that the sect's future was becoming increasingly bleak, and began to waver.

For a time, the huge Wu Mountain Sect felt like a tree about to fall, scattered like monkeys, and battered by the wind and rain.

On the other side.

Zhou Jing and his group went down the mountain along the road, and after walking a long way, they met Lin Song, who was anxiously waiting in a deserted forest.

"Brother, you're back! How did it go?"

Lin Song hurried to greet them.

Zhou Jing glanced at him, not answering, and said casually, "You weren't sincerely joining in the first place. Since you want to part ways with us, I don't blame you. From now on, we'll be strangers. Whether you can become the sect leader or not, if Wu Mountain Sect dares to provoke us again in the future, I won't show you any mercy."

"Brother, I..."

"Go."

Zhou Jing ignored him and strode forward.

The others, Guo Hai, Fang Zhen, and others, coldly glared at Lin Song, bumped into him, and followed Zhou Jing all the way away.

Leaving only Lin Song standing alone on the side of the road, his figure somewhat lonely.

…

In the following days, Zhou Jing continued his journey, finding the martial world sects that had participated in the interception one by one, and plundering their martial arts like he had dealt with Wu Mountain Sect.

Of course, there were also those who did not cooperate. He started a few killing sprees, killing the chicken to scare the monkeys. The remaining sects either did not dare to cause trouble again, or disbanded and ran away before he came to their door.

As for the famous figures of the martial world who had participated in the interception and were lucky enough to escape, as long as they were found, they would be killed on the spot, without giving them any chance to explain.

Yan Hanjun, the sect leader of the Azure Lotus Sect, An Dafeng, the gang leader of the Sea Whale Gang, Lu Xilin, the sect leader of the Taiyi Sect, and so on, were all smashed in the head by Zhou Jing, and ultimately failed to escape.

Under his scourge, half of the sects in Jiangchun were directly crippled.

——It turns out that this guy wasn't not taking revenge, but was only now able to free his hand!

For a time, the Jiangchun martial world was filled with panic, and the local sects were frightened out of their wits, with their members and disciples scattering.

After Zhou Jing plundered one martial art after another, he made an astonishing move, actually having people copy a large number of duplicates, and scattering them randomly in every place he went, so that even the villagers in the countryside might pick them up.

His actions of making these sects' high-level martial arts public caused a violent shock in the martial world, and the whole world was shocked.

Many martial world people had never heard of such a thing. In the current situation where the concept of sects was deeply rooted, such unorthodox behavior was simply incomprehensible.

Ordinary martial world wanderers and Green Forest heroes who had no famous teachers to guide them were the direct beneficiaries, and they were naturally surprised and excited, secretly grateful for Chen Feng's generosity and righteousness, giving them the opportunity to easily see high-level martial arts in their lives, without having to jump off cliffs to change their destiny against the heavens.

But for the martial world sects, Zhou Jing's behavior was no different from digging up their foundation.

Even other martial world sects that had no grudges with Chen Feng were also afraid of following in their footsteps, and thus developed hostility, angrily denouncing this absurd act of arbitrarily spreading other people's martial arts, and directly saying that this was destroying the rules of the martial world.

The events that happened in the Jiangchun martial world spread rapidly, shocking other great martial world sects.

Under the common hatred, the major martial world sects directly placed a new title on Chen Feng…

Demon King of Chaos!

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