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Chapter 165
Chapter 165: Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-One: Walking the World
“Deep in the mountains and boundless swamps, dragons and snakes emerge. | plan to set up a challenge ring, starting fromXiling.” Xu Lao Ying slightly narrowed his peach-blossom eyes, and his right hand waved over Tang Luo’s head, leaving a wavein its wake.
“Isn't that a bad idea?” Tang Luo felt that the trouble he had caused was not suitable for the mundane martial artists of Xiling tobear, so he advised, “As a master from a sacred family, bullying some ordinary martial artists of common families, | don’t think it’svery appropriate.”
“Eh~hey!” Xu Lao Ying waved his hand dismissively, saying righteously, “How can a martial arts exchange be consideredbullying? They'll just get a taste of the martial arts of the sacred families. At the same time, | want to see first-hand the level ofmartial arts from the families of Longzhou. After all, it wouldn’t be right to ignore ordinary clansmen just to visit the sacredplaces.” He made it sound so grandiose, but isn’t he just trying to raise his own profile? Tang Luo found himself doubting Xu, hisface transforming with surprise.
“If there’s nothing else, let’s go back and eat. I’m starving,” Xu Lao Ying wobbling his head with pride and asked.
Tang Luo shook his head, feeling that the martial artists of Xiling could not escape this calamity, and then left the elegant smallvilla with Xu Lao Ying to head back home.
Upon returning home, it was time for dinner, and the whole family gathered together to eat.
Xu Lao Ying, who was characteristically restless, immediately explained his plan: “Auntie, Uncle! I’m planning to set up achallenge ring in Xiling, to challenge to martial artists all over Xiling. Could you help me spread the word?”
Just as Tang Sen was about to nod his head, Xu Shuhui held his hand and asked Xu Lao Ying, “Old Ying, isn’t a visit to thesacred mountain all that’s necessary for the travels of the Xu Clan? Why challenge the families of Xiling?”
Since the Tang Clan are based in a remote location, Tang Sen didn’t understand what a world-traveling mission from the Xu Clansignified, but Xu Shuhui, being a Xu Clan native, was very familiar with visiting holy mountains. So she didn’t approve of Xu LaoYing’s plan.
She understood what the travels of the Xu Clan entailed, and such a move to challenge all city martial artists could be seen as aprovocation to the entire city. It also represented the Xu Clan’s attitude towards other clans’ martial artists. She feared that XuLao Ying was just trying to make a spectacle and that his reckless actions would tarnish their family’s reputation.
When the topic turned to martial arts, Xu Lao Ying seemed transformed — his face, devoid of any frivolity, showed only thesharpness of a peerless swordmaster. His eyebrows were like two blades and his eyes shone with divine light as he said to XuShuhui, “Aunt, times have changed. There was once a time when martial arts had gone into decline, and the sacred placesrepresented the pinnacle of martial arts, but now, martial arts are flourishing.” “Now, some powerful families have accumulated awealth of resources after decades of development. Combining that with the martial arts works shared by scholars from sacredplaces, great clans like the Tang Clan have already established their own research institutions, which are essentially miniaturesacred places.”
“Powerful clans have sprung up like bamboo shoots everywhere, leading to a situation where no single empire will ever be ableto unify the world because there are too many clans with their own power. Nobody is willing to submit to others.”
“Isn’t that a good thing?” Xu Shuhui asked with confusion. Didn’t Xu Sheng anticipate this age of flourishing martial arts?Otherwise, why would he have shared his works?
Xu Lao Ying smiled. Of course, it was a good thing.
After the boom in martial arts, as long as ordinary people are willing to work hard, they can have the same starting line as sacredplaces. They can study martial techniques, develop secret techniques, explore the mysteries of the human body, and evencreate their own unique martial arts methods. The human race has been growing stronger at a visible speed, and of course, thisis something the sacred places are happy to see.
But a casual remark that Tang Luo had made in the elegant small villa had deeply stung Xu Lao Ying’s heart.“While your reputation may precede you in Yuanzhou, who knows you in Xiling?”
This unintentional remark ended up having a profound impact on Xu Lao Ying, causing him to question whether his world travels,which consisted solely of exchanges with sacred places, were truly enough.
Perhaps the sacred places had been held in high regard for too long, causing some clans to forget their existence entirely.Similar to how a mundane martial artist from Fierce Realm would dare to covet the divine sword and divine armor of the Xu Clan.
Therefore, some things had to be done. Xu Lao Ying said to Xu Shuhui, “As these clans obtain their power, they have also losttheir sense of reverence.” Upon hearing this, Xu Shuhui’s breath hitched. She understood what her nephew meant, but struggledto accept it. In her heart, the Xu Clan was always a family vested in the human race, not a feared hallowed ground achievedthrough tyranny. Xu Laoying, despite being her nephew and the Xu Clan’s representative, had decided to act this way, leavingShuhui no room to intervene even if she disapproved.
But Tang Luo didn’t care about this. Initially, he thought their opponent merely wanted to set up this arena due to someprovocation, but now, it seemed that the Xu Clan’s representative had planned something bigger.
He put down his chopsticks and asked indifferently, “So, you want them to clearly see the disparity between themselves and thehallowed ground.”
Xu Laoying nodded, saying coldly, “Il want to teach them the meaning of respect.”
How was the family of the saintly conferred with sainthood? Was it through philanthropy? Certainly not! The so-called hallowedground was built on absolute strength. In the era when monsters roamed, the Human Race’s hallowed ground stood as thedemon’s representative in the eyes of these monsters.
The so-called representative was the peak of the Human Race’s strength. It was their breathtaking power that made peoplerevere them. They travelled to showcase martial strength.
But peace had lasted too long. Although communication between the hallowed grounds was frequent, the prestige of hallowedground was no longer capable of deterring the insignificant. When the name of the hallowed ground was mentioned, manywarriors’ memories still lingered in the ancient times. Therefore, Xu Laoying believed that the previous approach of therepresentatives might have been wrong...
Because he found that this group of clan warriors, who grew up studying the works of the saints, had lost their reverence for thesaints. On this journey, he wanted these warriors from all over the world to understand why the Xu Clan had been conferred withsainthood.
The dominance of the representative was clearly demonstrated at this moment.novelbin
Early the next morning,
Xu Laoying dragged Tang Luo out of bed, and as a man with mild morning grumpiness, Tang Luo wore a sullen face all the way.
As a representative, you were nonchalant after boasting at the dining table, running happily to the brothel. How can | respectyou, huh?
Not to mention, you called eight girls, then woke me in the early morning, which was even less forgivable.
Gong Zheng and Qiu Jinglong made an appointment at noon, did you wake me so early because you had too much energy tospare!?
All the way, Tang Luo was staring atXu Laoying’s back with a murderousgaze, but the thick-skinned XuLaoying was completely unaware,continuously urging Tang Luo tospeed up. The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
“Hurry up, brother, let’s go look for Old Bai. I’ve thought of a great idea that will make him famous overnight!” Xu Laoying turnedaround and called Tang Luo.
However, these words made TangLuo frown. After spending a long timetogether, didn’t he understand XuLaoying? He had top-notch skills, asfor his plan, tsk tsk tsk. The contentis on NovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
Seeing his gaze, Xu Laoying knew that Tang Luo didn’t believe him, which made him angry, and he began to describe hisingenious plan on the spot!
“Don’t doubt me!” This kind of start had zero persuasiveness, and Tang Luo didn’t even want to raise his eyelids.“| plan to write a couplet on my ring, to introduce myself briefly.” Xu Laoying proudly and humbly declared.
The plan was really too simple tospark any interest in hearing more.Tang Luo yawned and casually said,“So your plan is to have Old Bai writethis couplet, so that people will see itand think, ‘Wow! This couplet iswritten so well... Then they'll inquireabout Mi Bai, he'll get an influx ofcustomers, and from then on, he willreach the pinnacle of his life, right?”The content is on NovelDrama.Org!Read the latest chapter there!