Urban Martial Saint

What Helian Tiehua mentioned, Ye Qing and Huangfu Ziyu actually knew. The stone formation outside the Xihang Shen Family Manor was built using Qimen Dunjia Techniques. This stone formation is extremely powerful. If you don’t understand Qimen Dunjia Techniques and accidentally fall into it, even a top-level master wouldn’t be able to escape!

”Qimen Dunjia Techniques are the Taoist Sect’s understanding of the rules of heaven and earth. Once these are integrated into martial arts, their power naturally multiplies!” Helian Tiehua said, ”The Taoist Sect has a lot of insights in this area, like the stepping techniques of the Heavenly Gangs and Northern Dipper, and this Qimen Dunjia, these are not simple matters. Once integrated into martial arts, their power is immense. In a duel between two peak masters, if one knows more about these techniques, they will definitely have an advantage.”

”So, Ding Lianshun and Yin Xianzi, these two people, probably haven’t learned these things, right?” Ye Qing asked.

”It’s not that they haven’t learned, it’s just that what they’ve learned is too little, especially when compared to the technique ’A Stone’s Throw Away’. They’re indeed far behind.” Helian Tiehua explained, ”This technique ’A Stone’s Throw Away’ is a unique skill left behind by Patriarch Bodhidharma of the Buddhist Sect, which is not ordinary. Ding Lianshun and Yin Xianzi were merely following Heavenly Master Lin Xuan Yue, who is in no way a match for Patriarch Bodhidharma.”

”That makes sense.” Ye Qing suddenly realized. It wasn’t that Ding Lianshun and Yin Xianzi were weak, but that Patriarch Bodhidharma was overwhelmingly strong. The technique he left behind naturally couldn’t be compared with anything Heavenly Master Lin Xuan Yue could manage.

”Now, you’ve got some understanding of peak masters, right?” Helian Tiehua continued, ”Let me now tell you about the situation with the Church. On their side, there are many peak masters. Of course, their inner strength has reached a certain level, but when you see their moves, basically they don’t have any techniques. They don’t understand techniques, so they spend all their time training speed, plus they can modify their bodies, so their strength is also formidable.”

”The peak masters in Huaxia aren’t as numerous as theirs, but most of our domestic peak masters have a strong perception of the rules of heaven and earth. In a single combat, they’re definitely no match for us. However, since they rely on numbers, it becomes quite troublesome in a fight!” Helian Tiehua paused and added, ”Fortunately, later the Sun Shooting Bow emerged, finally changing the situation.”

”How did the Sun Shooting Bow change the situation?” Ye Qing wondered. ”Isn’t it just like having one more peak master?”

”It’s different!” Helian Tiehua shook his head, explaining, ”The Sun Shooting Bow doesn’t require physical arrows and can be fired anytime, its power is tremendous. The speed of the air arrows from the Sun Shooting Bow is extremely fast, and the bow itself can sense fluctuations in the surrounding power, so the Sun Shooting Bow can almost be said to be the nemesis of these people. That time when the Sun Shooting Bow appeared, seven peak masters were killed, completely saving Huaxia’s position.”

”I see.” Ye Qing looked at the Sun Shooting Bow in Huangfu Ziyu’s hands, feeling an ominous sensation. According to Helian Tiehua, the Sun Shooting Bow is the nemesis of those from the Church, and now that they’re coming again, doesn’t that mean Huangfu Ziyu will have to deal with the Church’s people?

In fact, Ye Qing thought that after dealing with the current situation, he would never worry about anything else, and would just retreat and live a secluded life with Huangfu Ziyu. The world’s grudges and disputes were clear to him; all were for the sake of interests, and he really didn’t want to get deeply involved. But now, it seems that he’s getting deeper into these things and can’t extricate himself!

”After that incident, the Church people recovered for a while and stayed out of Huaxia.” Helian Tiehua said, ”But, the Church people also learned about the power of the Sun Shooting Bow and anticipated they’d come to seize the bow. So, to guard against them, the ancestors of the Seven Steering Committees of Hong Alliance specially introduced and raised many wolves on the grasslands surrounding Humeng City.”

”Raising wolves? Can that prevent the Church people?” Huangfu Ziyu wondered, and Ye Qing was also full of surprise. In fact, when he first got to these grasslands, he found the wolf packs here quite strange because he could see that these wolves were raised, and those from the Church intentionally killed these wolves.

”The Church’s training methods are somewhat similar to the Southeast Asian sorcerers, which include some ways to modify the human body. Among them, the main batch of people, after their bodies are modified, for some reason, can be detected by the wolf packs, and even provoke the wolves to attack them. So raising wolves on the grasslands outside Humeng City is actually a defensive measure, specifically to fend off the Church people!” Helian Tiehua paused, adding, ”Unexpectedly, for so long, they didn’t enter Huaxia. This time they came, and they were prepared, first sending people to wipe out the wolves. Looks like they’re really determined to seize the Sun Shooting Bow.”

”Only two peak masters came, and they still dare to seize the Sun Shooting Bow?” Huangfu Ziyu frowned. ”Last time they came with thirteen peak masters and still returned shamefully. These people from the Church, have they forgotten the power of the Sun Shooting Bow?”

”I think they can’t forget that, but I suspect that their goal might not be as simple as the Sun Shooting Bow.” Helian Tiehua said, ”They suffered greatly from the Sun Shooting Bow, so they must know it’s not easy to deal with. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have held back all these years, not daring to enter Huaxia again. And this time entering Huaxia, I suspect they have other conspiracies.”

Saying this, Helian Tiehua glanced at Ye Qing and asked, ”By the way, what exactly did those Church people bring over?”

Listening to Helian Tiehua talk about the Church, Ye Qing also felt the gravity of the situation and didn’t hide anything, recounting everything that had happened to Helian Tiehua from start to finish.

”A map?” Helian Tiehua frowned deeply. What Ye Qing said made him feel this matter was even more complicated. What kind of map could make these people so desperate? Even using the method of bursting meridians to deal with Ye Qing shows how much importance the Church places on this map. What kind of map is it, really?

After a long silence, Helian Tiehua suddenly turned to Ye Qing and asked: ”What does the map depict? Are there any special markings on it?”

Ye Qing had looked at the map several times, remembering its general content. He pondered for a moment and shook his head, saying, ”The map doesn’t mark any specific place or have any special markings. It seems more like an interior route map. Maybe only by finding that secret chamber can the map be effective. Otherwise, without finding the chamber, having the map is useless!”

”Just an interior route map?” Helian Tiehua was even more puzzled, frowning, ”Just a route map filled with impossibilities that lured these people into Huaxia. It shows that this route map must conceal some enormous secret, a secret significant enough for them not to fear the Sun Shooting Bow!”

Ye Qing and Huangfu Ziyu also frowned deeper; Helian Tiehua’s analysis made them place more importance on this matter in their hearts. Even though Ye Qing didn’t want to be involved in these matters, he knew a simple truth. The internal conflicts in Huaxia, regardless of who wins or loses, had nothing to do with him. But if foreigners infiltrate, it won’t be so simple. If the Church people overthrew Huaxia’s martial arts world, they would all fall under the Church’s control, without exception.

If the entire nest is overturned, how can there be intact eggs!

Moreover, as a former soldier, he naturally had no favorable feelings towards foreign forces. When it involves national matters, there’s no room for negotiation. Whoever dares to offend Huaxia will be punished!

Helian Tiehua’s subordinates took over an hour to thoroughly search through the shrubbery but still couldn’t find the map Ye Qing hid here.

Actually, that’s normal. Ning Qianshu had long taken the map away; if they could still find it, that would be strange indeed.

”I clearly hid the map here; could the Church people have taken it?” Ye Qing said with an unpleasant expression. He almost lost his life for this map, and now it’s gone. What’s all this trouble for?

”That’s hard to say.” Helian Tiehua was silent for a moment and said, ”Forget it; let’s not worry about this for now and just be cautious against the Church in the future. Ye Qing, Niece Huangfu, come with me back to the manor for now. Niece Huangfu, since you’ve taken the Sun Shooting Bow, you are the joint head of the Seven Families and also the Right Envoy of the Seven Steering Committees of Hong Alliance!”

”Hong League’s Right Emissary?” Ye Qing was taken aback, looking at Huangfu Ziyu and then at Helian Tiehua.

He had heard before that while Helian Tiehua’s status in the Seven Steering Committees of Hong Alliance was high, there was another person who stood on equal footing with him. Helian Tiehua was the Left Envoy, and in the Seven Steering Committees of Hong Alliance, there was a mysterious Right Envoy who equaled Helian Tiehua, but this Right Envoy rarely appeared, leading many to suspect that the Right Envoy had long since died.

Now, hearing what Helian Tiehua said, Ye Qing suddenly realized that the so-called Hong League’s Right Emissary might not be a fixed person!

”With the Sun Shooting Bow, you become the Right Emissary of Hong Alliance?” Huangfu Ziyu was surprised.

”That’s right!” Helian Tiehua nodded, ”This is a rule set by our ancestors; whoever possesses the Sun Shooting Bow is qualified to hold the control of the Seven Steering Committees of Hong Alliance. Of course, the prerequisite is that you must be one of the Seven Steering Committees members!”

Huangfu Ziyu frowned immediately, ”So if I’m not a member of the Seven Steering Committees, I don’t qualify as the Right Emissary of Hong Alliance and can’t have control of the Seven Steering Committees? Humph, the Huangfu Household cut ties with the Seven Steering Committees over twenty years ago, and are no longer members!”