Volume 1: Martial World Chapter 89: Strategic Planning

  The long sword in his hand shook, and the bright red **immediately scattered and flew away. Ye Wenben wanted to pick up the scabbard and put the sword back, but the long sword had been used so recklessly by him just now, coupled with Wei Peng's claw power being extraordinary, not only was the blade no longer sharp, but the entire sword body was also slightly deformed.

  Upon seeing this situation, Ye Wen realized that it was due to the inadequate craftsmanship of the long sword. Especially when he used his inner force to bend the sword and attack the enemy with a move inspired by the Wudang Sect's "Soft Sword" technique. It just so happened that the opportunity was right and Wei Peng wasn't on guard, so he tried it out. However, this move had a rather high requirement for long swords, which wasn't mentioned in the original text, so he hadn't thought of it either. The Wudang Seven Heroes seemed to have used only the standard long swords of the Wudang Sect, and now it seems that those long swords were also precision-made weapons, whereas the ordinary long swords of his own sect couldn't be used this way.

  As for the effect of this move, it was unexpectedly good. If not for that one sword that accidentally injured Wei Peng, even the next few moves would have been a mistake. Ye Wen thought he could defeat Wei Peng today, let alone neatly and directly behead him - of course, Wei Peng's repeated misjudgments were also an important reason for his own demise.

  As for killing Wei Peng on the spot with a ruthless hand, this was not entirely an impulsive decision made by Ye Wen.

  The Shu Shan Sect and the Tian Le Gang have completely fallen out, today's battle whether he wins or Wei Peng wins, afterwards they will inevitably come again to fight another fierce battle, to determine a winner.

  With the addition of taking action, Wei Peng's moves were fierce and ruthless, and Ye Wen couldn't help but feel a sense of anger in his heart. Seeing an opportunity, how could he let it pass? As for the consequences of killing Wei Peng - anyway, they would have to fight against Tian Le Gang, so taking out two of their top experts ahead of time was also a way to gain an advantage.

  In addition, after today's trial, if Yu Peng doesn't die, the Tian Le Gang will have a more intuitive judgment about Ye Wen and Shu Shan Sect. Next time they come, they will definitely be prepared and bring many good hands.

  In that case, the experience of Shu Shan Sect would be even more miserable. Killing Wei Peng and Lu Tian would only make them wary, because the two Tian Le Gang members who had really seen Ye Wen take action and knew how strong he was were both dead on Shu Shan. They would need to re-investigate the true strength of Shu Shan Sect, which would take a lot of time again.

  At the same time, the helmsman died suddenly, and the Pingzhou branch of the Tianle Gang could not help but be in a state of confusion for a while. Even if they were not confused, they needed to ask for instructions from the headquarters, which wasted many days back and forth.

  So, no matter how you look at it, killing these two guys on the spot would be beneficial to Ye Wen and Shu Shan Sect. The only consequence is that they would thoroughly become sworn enemies with Tian Le Gang, and it's not just a simple rivalry - once the fight starts, regardless of who wins or loses, as long as no one dies, there's still room for reconciliation. But if someone dies, then it's all over - either I'll be destroyed by you, or you'll be destroyed by me.

  But Ye Wen didn't care about the consequences at all. Since he found out that Tian Le Gang was secretly doing despicable things, especially when it involved people around him, and later came to beat up his own disciples, Ye Wen had already put himself and Shu Shan Sect on the opposite side of Tian Le Gang.

  No matter how weak his own strength was, and no matter how powerful the Tianle Gang was, he had never considered changing his stance! Moreover, the Hu Shan Sect also wanted to drive the Tianle Gang out of Pingzhou with all their might. To a certain extent, the Hu Shan Sect and the Shu Shan Sect were reliable allies on the same front line who would not stab him in the back.

  With his long sword in hand, Ye Wen stood for a while, looking at the many onlookers who had come to watch the commotion but were still too afraid to leave. This one glance made the crowd fall silent, and some people even suspected that Ye Wen wanted to commit murder and destroy evidence.

  After seeing Ye Wen's incredibly powerful kung fu just now, no one else thinks they can get past a single move from Ye Wen. These dozens of people might be nothing more than a casual wave of the hand to him.

  Moreover, the Shu Shan Sect is not just Ye Wen alone. Today, they have also witnessed the skills of Ning Ruxue, who has been staying on the mountain and has never made a move. That magical skill with sword shadows everywhere in the sky and on the ground made them ask themselves: if they were to encounter it, they would absolutely not be able to escape. Didn't even Lu Tian, who is skilled in lightness kung fu, get wounded and barely escaped?

  At the same time, Lu Tian made a last-ditch effort to escape with his lightness skill, but was struck down by Xu Jia's son, who had been disguising himself as an ordinary scholar and idling away in Mount Shu Sect - this was what happened right before their eyes. Yet, at such close range, all these people saw was a flash of light in front of them, followed by Lu Tian's corpse lying on the ground, while Xu Jia's son sheathed his long sword after making a beautiful sword flower.

  At this time, most people finally realized that the flash of light in front of them was actually Xu Xian's long sword! And another small part still didn't realize what had happened until now, they just felt a flash in front of their eyes, and then Lu Tian, who wanted to escape, thudded to the ground with a "pu" sound.

  Someone with a big heart ran over and turned Lu Tian's body over, and as soon as he turned it over, he was shocked. It was seen that Lu Tian stared at his eyes by himself, and then a deep but flat wound on his throat was bleeding out fresh blood. At this time, the others came back to their senses and realized that Lu Tian had been killed by Xu's young master with one sword.

  "Did you see clearly just now?"

  "You're kidding me? So fast, how could I possibly see clearly?"

  Similar discussions slowly spread from the vicinity of Lu Tian's body, and Xu Xian, who was standing with his sword, seemed to be enjoying himself. He took all these people's words as flattery for himself until everyone realized "Today's matter seems to have blown up big, what should I do?" and stopped talking. Only then did he turn around and walk back.

  Just as the crowd was at a loss, Ye Wen's words came like heavenly music: "Today, my Shu Shan Sect has encountered a great change, please forgive our sect for not being able to entertain guests! For any offense, I hope you will not blame us!"

  "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, Ye Zhangmen is busy, we'll just leave then!"

  Those who didn't leave after finding the stairs were idiots. After hearing Ye Wen's words, everyone responded with a couple of casual sentences before turning around and leaving hastily, as if staying one second longer would cost them their lives. In the blink of an eye, this group of people had completely dispersed!

  Seeing everyone leave, Ye Wenchang let out a breath of relief and used the sword scabbard he had just picked up as a crutch to support himself on the ground: "It's been so long since this happened again, fortunately this time no one was hurt in the meridians!"

  But it was Ye Wen's last two moves, every one of which was made with all his might, and the true energy in his body had already been exhausted. The last sword even used up all his strength to complete that slash. At the same time, he encountered an opponent whose strength was similar to his own for the first time, and the various calculations in his mind also consumed a lot of his spirit. Now that everything was settled, a feeling of fatigue suddenly came over him.

  Xu Xianzheng walked back and forth, seeing that his senior brother was standing still on the spot, not moving at all. Thinking about Ye Wen's vigorous movements and killings today, which showed various strange phenomena, he already knew that they were all caused by Ye Wen's full use of the Purple Mist Skill in his current practice. He thought that he had used his internal strength randomly again, like those days before, causing harm to himself, so he immediately went over to support Ye Wen: "Senior brother, are you okay?"

  "It doesn't matter, I'm just exhausted and a bit drained!"

  Ye Wen thought of that time when Zhang Wuji mastered the Nine Yang Divine Skill and fought against a group alone, yet he didn't have any problems with his internal energy being depleted even after several battles. But now, Ye Wen had only exchanged around fifty moves or so, and was already almost unable to stand upright.

  One is that the Purple Mist Skill's full-force exertion was too excessive and consumed his internal energy, two is that although his own internal energy cultivation had made rapid progress, it still couldn't be considered top-notch, and more crucially, before breaking through the Ren and Du meridians, his internal energy wouldn't be as boundless as Zhang Wuji's.

  These problems can actually be attributed to one situation, that is, his cultivation has not reached home. The solution is also very clear and simple. As long as Ye Wen can practice the Purple Mist Divine Art to perfection and open up the Ren and Du meridians, then in the future when he fights with others, he basically won't have to worry about such things happening again today.

  If not, then exhaust all one's strength and internal energy, but still can't kill the opponent. At that time, one can't even run away, and can only watch as the opponent kills oneself. To die like that is really too frustrating.

  "Work harder! Harder! Even harder!"

  Apart from this, the Tianle Gang will formally turn against us. Although we can gain some time, at most it's only half a year to one year. At that time, the Shushan Sect will have to officially clash with the Tianle Gang. If I myself cannot ensure my cultivation reaches a higher level, then the Shushan Sect will be in a precarious situation.

  After all, he killed Wei Peng today, Tianle Gang will not send a useless person to deal with him, at least they will send several good hands with similar strength to Wei Peng to surround him - but this depends on whether Tianle Gang is ready for a head-on duel or directly gathering people to kill him.

  According to Ye Wen's estimation, it is unlikely that the Tianle Gang will choose to directly attack, after all, the Tianle Gang is also a well-known gang in today's world. If they rely on their numerical superiority to directly destroy the Shu Shan Sect, the reputation will not be good.

  The best way is to send an even more powerful master to fight against the Shu Shan Sect head-on, one-on-one, defeat or even kill oneself, and thus destroy the Shu Shan Sect. This not only avenges the enemy but also eliminates the enemy while restoring the prestige that was lost when Ye Wen was killed.

  The way to cope is just to further improve one's own cultivation, everything else is nonsense, and there is no clever trick that can be used.

  With so many reasons, how can Ye Wen not continue to work hard? He has even begun to consider a new and practical training plan, and this time he is ready to pull in Ning Ruxue and Xu Xian, these two guys. He can no longer let the two of them develop freely, he urgently needs to further enhance their strength.

  Have the disciples dispose of the two corpses, then clean up all the bloodstains in the front courtyard of the main hall, and close the mountain gate. After finishing all this, Ye Wenxiu returned to his room to meditate for a while before gathering everyone together to discuss today's events.

  "Is Ye Zhangmen's move today too much?" Liu Qingfeng had been holding back this sentence for a long time, and when Ye Wen intended to cut down Wei Peng with one sword, he almost spoke out to stop him, but after a slight hesitation, Ye Wen had already killed Wei Peng.

  Afterwards, Lu Tian was killed by Xu Xian. He didn't seem to care much about it, but found it strange that the young master of the Xu family had appeared beside Lu Tian and watched him. Otherwise, with Lu Tian's lightness skill, even if he was injured, it would not have been possible for Xu Xian to catch up and kill him in an instant at such a distance.

  There is only one possibility that Xue Xian has already arrived at Lu Tian's side without anyone noticing, and he will directly take action when Lu Tian intends to escape.

  An old hand like him usually leaves room for everything, just in case it's a lifeline. So if he were to fight Wei Peng today and win, he wouldn't kill him outright, but instead let him go, hoping for a chance to make amends in the future.

  So he has always wanted to ask Ye Wen why he was so ruthless and directly killed the opponent without even giving him a chance to say a few words.

  Ye Wen shook his head: "I know what Liu Zhenren wants to say! But we and the Tianle Gang have already become sworn enemies, so what's the use of leaving some face? Can I let him go today and he won't bring people to trouble our Shushan Sect tomorrow? Since we are enemies, saying more is unnecessary!"

  As for spending more time on Tianle Gang to give Shushan Sect more development opportunities, it's not necessary to elaborate, he believes Liu Qingfeng can see through such things.

  As expected, Liu Qingfeng didn't quite agree with it, but he also didn't think this choice was particularly bad. Especially after the battle with Chi Yang God Emperor, his previous way of thinking had changed a lot. At least Chi Yang God Emperor hadn't considered giving him any face, and at that time, he had been slapped squarely on the chest.

  If it weren't for Chi Yang Shen Jun's self-restraint, he would have defeated the enemy with one blow and wouldn't have continued to pursue. Liu Lao Dao would probably have died long ago. Of course, Chi Yang Shen Jun was confident that his Chi Yang Huo Jin could only be solved by those who understood Bing Po Han Gong, and no one else. Even if only a small amount of it had entered Liu Qing Feng's body, he didn't think this old Taoist from Pingzhou still had the chance to survive.

  "In that case, Ye Zhangmen must have already made up his mind to take action against Tianle Gang!"

  Ye Wen nodded: "Now that things have come to this, the arrow is already on the string and can't help but be shot. The Heavenly Joy Sect's master is stirring up trouble, and my Shu Mountain Sect isn't afraid of trouble either! If they want to destroy me, Shu Mountain, they'll have to see if they have the ability!"

  "Ye Zhangmen has such ambition is good, but Ye Zhangmen needs to know that today you killed Wei Peng, Tianle Gang may send a master from the headquarters!"

  "Even so, the strong men of Tianyi Sect won't arrive tomorrow either. This journey is exhausting and will take a lot of time. That's enough time for our Shushan Sect to prepare all necessary countermeasures!" As he said this, Ye Wen glanced at Liu Qingfeng, implying that it was time for the old Taoist to make a statement, since they were now on the same boat, and asking whether the Hu Shan Sect would also take action.

  Liu Qingfeng is not a fool, let alone the fact that Tianle Gang was originally going to deal with Hu Shan Pai. Now that they have finally found this strong ally in Shu Shan Pai, how can they just let it go? Just watch their allies be eliminated by the enemy? Moreover, Ye Wen still owes him a life-saving favor, so he immediately expressed his stance: "Since that's the case, I'll return to Hu Shan tomorrow and tell my senior brother to prepare well. Since Tianle Gang views Pingzhou Wulin as nothing, I'll make them know that Pingzhou is not without true heroes!"

  The plan was set, and Liu Qingfeng immediately took his apprentice and retreated, returning to his room to pack his things and prepare to leave for Hu Shan Sect that night. He also knew that time was precious and couldn't be delayed any further.

  Liu Qingfeng left, and the only ones left in the house were Ye Wen, Ning Ruxue, and Xu Xian. These three people are now the highest-ranking members of Shushan Sect, and basically all the top management personnel of Shushan Sect are here.

  If only considering disciples with a heritage relationship, Yue Ning and Zhou Ziruo should also be present. However, Yue Ning is still young at this time, and Ye Wen does not want to let this disciple get involved so early. In another year, he will let Yue Ning start observing how he handles internal affairs of the sect. For now, this kid is still good at practicing hard.

  As for Zhou Ziruo? The little girl is even younger than Yue Ning, and she wouldn't understand this kind of thing even if she heard it. Calling her over would be pointless. More importantly, neither Yue Ning nor Zhou Ziruo can be expected to provide any significant combat power in the short term. If I want my two disciples to share some heavy responsibilities, it will take at least six or seven more years.

  "We don't need to mention those useless things among us, brothers and sisters!" As soon as Ye Wen spoke, Ning Ruxue's eyebrows furrowed deeply, because when Ye Wen spoke, he didn't have the slightest bit of a master's demeanor, and instead sounded somewhat like a street rascal.

  Unfortunately, Ye Wen didn't have the heart to consider Ning Ruxue's feelings at this time and continued: "Now our Shu Shan Sect and Tian Le Gang are like fire and water, especially me and Xu Shidi killing two important figures of Tian Le Gang today. I'm afraid Tian Le Gang will take revenge on us soon!"

  Ning Ruxue and Xu Xian nodded in agreement. They didn't doubt this at all, because if someone from their own sect was killed, they would also take revenge.

  They didn't even mind this, after all, Tianle Gang was the one who provoked first. Not to mention Zhou Qiruo's matter, Xu Ping almost lost his life in reality. So reason is still on Shushan Sect's side. Moreover, today's duel was also proposed by Tianle Gang, and they were the ones who took the initiative to attack. Losing their lives would be what they deserved, who made them less skilled than others?

  "Tian Le Gang wants revenge? Let them come! I'd like to see what they're capable of!" Ning Ruxue was fearless, and with her move today that injured Lu Tian, almost crippling his arm, she gained even more confidence.

  Xu Xian also thought so, nodding in agreement: "Sister Shifu is right, we're not afraid of trouble either! They want to come and take revenge? Bring it on!"

  Ye Wen nodded, he didn't care about the two people's attitude, if they were directly scared and didn't dare to fight back, it would be even more troublesome for him: "Just this time Tian Le Gang lost two good hands, next time they will definitely come with full preparation, at least they will send a master who is more powerful than Wei Peng! So, we must be careful in response!"

  Hearing this, Ning Ruxue also knew that this matter was indeed difficult to deal with, and asked: "What does Master want to do?"

  "Starting tomorrow, recall all disciples, and I will also directly admit Xu Ping into the inner sect. Then, we brothers and sisters must take out time every day to teach these disciples well, and let their strength increase greatly in the shortest time!" Ye Wen thought for a moment and continued: "Our skills can't fall behind either, intensify our training, and at the same time, I'll think carefully about whether I can come up with a suitable inner skill mantra for you to practice. If not, you will follow me to practice the Purple Mist Skill together!"

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