Volume 1: Martial World Chapter 90 Public Opinion

  "Zixia Gong?"

  As soon as Ye Wen said this, Ning Ruxue and Xu Xian were both shocked. After all, the Purple Mist Skill was now Ye Wen's ultimate move, and according to normal thinking, it should be the sect-protecting skill of Shu Mountain Sect. Even if Ye Wen didn't pass it on to anyone and kept it as a unique skill for himself as the sect leader, no one would say anything about it.

  After all, among the Jianghu schools, the head of the school wants to maintain his own prestige. In addition to personal reputation, the most important thing is martial arts cultivation. Therefore, in today's Wulin, any school leader will have a set of unique skills. These unique skills are mostly passed down by the predecessors of this school specifically for the younger generation of leaders or disciples who will inherit the position of leader.

  Zixia Shengong, in the eyes of Ning Ruxue and Xu Xian, is just a kung fu like this. Also for this reason, when Ye Wen said that he 'created' a powerful inner strength, neither of them spoke up to learn this kung fu.

  At this moment, Ye Wen surprisingly said that he wanted to pass on this set of kung fu to the two of them, which made them very surprised. Xu Xian immediately expressed: "Brother, you don't have to pass on this unique divine skill to me, just teach it to Sister and that's enough." In his opinion, this sister would become the mistress of the sect in the future, and they would become a family, so who practiced the kung fu didn't matter. As for himself? He might as well think of another way out, even if Ye Wen came up with a slightly inferior martial art just for him.

  But Xú Xián didn't learn, would Níng Rǔ Xuě be willing to learn? If Xú Xián still had some reservations, then Níng Rǔ Xuě was simply considering the sect.

  "The sect leader's unique divine skill must not be recklessly passed down, even if it is to a disciple. In my opinion, only one should be chosen to inherit it. Moreover, before passing it down, one must thoroughly examine the disciple's character and cultivation, and only those with excellent moral character and cultivation can practice it."

  Ye Wen heard Ning Ruxue speaking to him in a stern tone, and he couldn't help but smile wryly: "If I don't teach you the Purple Mist Skill, do you want me to come up with another internal skill for you?"

  His fellow disciples believed in him, but he couldn't trust himself. Others didn't know, nor did he himself? Didn't his own created martial arts owe a debt to the mysterious ring on his hand?

  But this thing has no rules to follow, the last time he got that damn Seven-Colored Aura Book it had left him depressed for a while, and now it's still stuck in the hidden compartment with no idea how to deal with it. Now putting his hopes on the ring is somewhat like gambling.

  After some secret calculations, Tian Le Gang received the news and estimated that it would take at least ten more days. After all, their branch was not close to Shushan County, and even if they didn't deliberately block the news, it would still take several days for the news to reach them.

  After Tianle Gang received the news, there will definitely be a period of confusion. This is not just management confusion, but also confusion about how to react to this matter, because without the helm that can make decisions, others will definitely have many ideas and don't know how much time will be wasted when arguing.

  The worst-case scenario is that these people reach a consensus and directly attack Mount Shu. However, this possibility is not great, after all, Wei Peng died so suddenly, they must carefully consider whether their own strength can defeat the Shu Mountain faction that can kill both Wei Peng and Lu Tian at once - killing Lu Tian just for this reason, absolutely cannot let the Tianle Gang get accurate information about the actual combat power of the Shu Mountain faction.

  If Tianle Gang didn't send someone to avenge directly, then they want to investigate and understand the details of Shushan Sect, accumulate strength or ask for instructions from the headquarters.

  The previous choice was not feared by Ye Wen, because the combat power of Tianle Gang's Pingzhou branch was limited. As early as when it was decided to oppose Tianle Gang, Ye Wen had already asked Yueshan Escort Agency to collect intelligence on this aspect. The Tianle Gang's Pingzhou branch has a leader, but no deputy leader, instead there are several hall masters, and Lu Tian is one of them, ranked among them because of his exceptional lightness kung fu.

  The other two hall masters were slightly stronger, but still not as good as Wei Peng himself. Although they had used all their strength and wasted many brain cells to kill Wei Peng, for the two hall masters whose martial arts were inferior to Wei Peng's, they should be able to win steadily. Therefore, if they came directly, they might be annihilated by the Shu Mountain Sect.

  "Thinking about it this way, I feel like I've become a small BOSS."

  Later, another option is what Ye Wen thinks is most likely. After all, who isn't a fool? As long as you think about it slightly, you'll understand that the Shu Shan Sect isn't easy to deal with. In this case, when your own strength is insufficient but you have a powerful backer, asking for help from the big boss behind you is almost a matter of course.

  The headquarters of the Tianle Gang is really far away from Pingzhou, and the geographical location of one in the south and one in the north is enough to waste a considerable amount of time on the road. As for the flying pigeons that claim to be ancient telegraph machines, no one dares to rely on a few pigeons to guarantee the transmission of information for such an important matter, so the only choice is to send someone back to the headquarters to report the news.

  According to the messenger's words, it would naturally take a long time for the news to travel back and forth, and who knows how many months would be spent on this. Even if the other side responds quickly, they will still need to discuss it thoroughly before deciding what to do about it. After all, a helmsman being killed is not something that can be dealt with hastily by just saying:

  "Who's going?"

  I'm going

  Such a hasty decision would be enough to cause a stir in the Tianle Gang, as choosing a new leader and successor is a major matter.

  In this way, Ye Wen has at least half a year or even one year's time

  "Maybe I should think of a way to get rid of that dead snake?" After Ning Ruxue and Xu Xian left, Ye Wen stroked his chin and came up with an idea about the giant snake. After all, this giant red-line snake had grown to its current size, and it was said that every part of its body was precious. Just looking at its descendants, they all had such powerful enhancement abilities, and the effect of this "original product" must be many times stronger.

  According to Ye Wen's estimation, if he could swallow the snake gall, drink the snake blood and eat the snake meat, his own Purple Mist Skill would at least reach the Great Completion stage. If it was a bit more effective, directly reaching the Great Perfection Realm was not impossible.

  In addition, even the snake skin was thought to be processed in a way that it could be made into a close-fitting cuirass as armor. Even if it couldn't withstand internal force, at least it could prevent some sneak attacks with hidden weapons. As for whether the hardness of the snake skin was so strong, Ye Wen had never doubted it - hadn't they all written about it? A creature that grew to such a size must have skin that was impenetrable to swords and guns.

  Psychologically, he had already skinned and deboned the giant snake countless times, but unfortunately, he still couldn't think of a way to deal with it. Not to mention the giant snake's actual strength, even that cold cave wasn't somewhere Ye Wen could enter and exit at will right now.

  After this life-and-death struggle, Ye Wen's internal strength seemed to have increased again, and the amount of Purple Mist True Qi also increased greatly. However, Ye Wen secretly estimated that even if he was in his current state, he could only last for a moment in the cold cave. If he couldn't leave the cold cave within three quarters of an hour, he would likely freeze to death.

  That giant snake was unbeatable, and several times Ye Wen even ran to the entrance of the cave and stared at the giant snake for a while. The snake shook its head and warned Ye Wen to get out of there quickly, but it didn't move an inch. It seemed that this guy was determined to guard that fruit tree no matter what.

  "What can be done about it?"

  Ye Wensheng thought to himself, he wanted to be able to move freely in the Cold Cave without being affected, at least he had to achieve the Great Completion of the Purple Mist Skill, reaching the point where his internal energy was fully transformed into Purple Mist True Qi, and it circulated throughout his body, continuously and unceasingly. However, this would lead to a dead end - he could only get the snake gallbladder after forcing the Purple Mist Skill to reach Great Completion - but only with the Great Completion of the Purple Mist Skill could he challenge the giant snake.

  "Is it really possible to rely solely on oneself to cultivate the Purple Mist Art to its highest realm?"

  As the Zixia Gong cultivation deepened day by day, Ye Wen became more and more suspicious that without this cold pool, cold fruit, and the red line snake's gallbladder, he could cultivate the Zixia Gong to what extent?

  Even Yuke Bugun is no match

  Actually, Ye Wen also knew that it was not because he didn't have the talent, but mainly because of the short time and strong enemies lurking around. This situation could only force him to constantly think of ways to improve his cultivation in the shortest amount of time.

  It passed in one night amidst his ceaseless contemplation.

  After that, Ye Wen ordered the disciples in the sect not to go out casually, especially not allowing them to travel alone. Each time they went out, there must be at least three people accompanying each other.

  At the same time, he sent a letter to Yue Hang of Yue Shan Biaoju, asking him to pay close attention to the movements of Tian Le Gang during this period. Meanwhile, using his connections, he spread rumors about the shady things Tian Le Gang had done in secret.

  In the past two years, Yue Shanbiao Ju has used its own network to investigate many things that Tian Le Gang has done. Although none of them were directly related to Tian Le Gang itself, many of these incidents pointed directly at this notorious gang. If these incidents were made public, even if they couldn't make Tian Le Gang disappear from the Jianghu immediately, they would still greatly damage its reputation.

  In Ye Wen's words, it means "to kick Tianle Gang from the camp of good order to the chaotic evil side". This is considering that the current martial arts world is dominated by the orthodox school. As long as Tianle Gang is kicked to the opposing side, then in terms of public opinion, Shushan Sect will have already taken a stand. Even if it can't be done all at once, they must first kick Tianle Gang to those positions that are not righteous or evil, which would make the famous orthodox sects feel ashamed. At least this way, even if they can't make Tianle Gang suffer from public criticism, Shushan Sect can avoid being labeled as an evil sect and thus avoid bringing more enemies into their predicament.

  After the showdown with Tianle Gang began to unfold, Ye Wen started to continuously deploy his tactics. The original arrangement made as a precaution was all brought out, and Tianle Gang was not given any time to react.

  It was almost as soon as the news of Wei Peng's death in a duel with the leader of Shu Shan Sect spread back to the branch that rumors about Tian Le Gang's evil deeds in Pingzhou had already spread like wildfire throughout the city. Not only did people in the Jianghu know, but even some ordinary citizens were aware that the famous gang in Pingzhou was actually a den of villains, and it was unknown how many bad things they had done, harming countless citizens of Pingzhou. This time, regardless of Tian Le Gang's reputation in the Central Plains, their reputation in Pingzhou had at least dropped by N percentage points.

  In this matter, Ye Wen fully utilized the rumor-spreading ability of the peddlers and made Yuet Heung's escort agency secretly spread messages while on the road - for example, when arriving at a certain place, they would observe which inn or restaurant had more people, then choose a spot to pretend to have a mysterious conversation about how great Tianle Gang was, intentionally speaking loudly enough that everyone present could hear clearly even if they weren't deliberately listening.

  At the same time, they also made full use of their own inn, which was still under reconstruction. Whenever some old customers came, the young waiters would say hello while inadvertently saying: "Hey, have you heard about something? I don't know if you've heard, but let me tell you, it's like this and that... and by the way, don't mention this to anyone else."

  It turned out that after the last sentence, the news spread even faster. Just when the Tianle Gang's branch was at a loss and still suspected whether Wei Peng's death message was true or false, several clashes broke out throughout Pingzhou.

  One side of the conflict was the Tianle Gang, while others included some Tongzi and escorts from the Yue Shan Escort Agency, as well as some ordinary people from Pingzhou Jianghu who were unrelated to the matter but got involved due to casual conversations with friends.

  The incident was triggered by some Tianle Gang disciples who overheard others talking about their gang. At first, they were quite proud, thinking that their gang was big and powerful, and everyone was talking about it. But the more they listened, the more unbearable it became, and the more anxious they felt. Some of them couldn't keep calm or had a habit of being arrogant, so they couldn't take it anymore and immediately started flipping tables, glaring, and shouting some classic insults.

  Many people now have a very bad impression of Tianle Gang, and as a result, they encounter Tianle Gang members who speak to them in a threatening tone. These hot-blooded martial artists naturally cannot tolerate this kind of arrogance.

  As a result, conflicts of all sizes broke out in various parts of Pingzhou. Among them, the Tianle Gang won, but this led to even more rumors about the Tianle Gang's evil deeds and attempts to silence people by killing them after being exposed.

  There were also Tianle Gang disciples who got beaten or seriously injured, just because the Tianle Gang jumped out to provoke trouble and no one sympathized with them. The person being provoked became even more disgusted with the Tianle Gang. Later rumors added another detail: "That day I was talking about the Tianle Gang with someone, and coincidentally there were a few of their lackeys nearby, who jumped out and told me to shut up but ended up getting taught a lesson by me."

  At this time when the beacon fires were lit everywhere, Hu Shan Sect, known as the strongest force in Pingzhou's Jianghu, issued a statement. The content was roughly that Liu Qingfeng of their sect saw Tian Le Gang secretly doing many shameful things while taking his disciples out for travel. Hu Shan Sect was ashamed that Tian Le Gang would be such a scourge to ordinary people and announced that they would no longer have any dealings with them. They also did not rule out using force to drive Tian Le Gang out of Pingzhou, giving the people of Pingzhou a peaceful day and so on.

  This statement came out, and Pingzhou Wulin became even more lively.

  When rumors were rampant earlier, some people doubted the authenticity of this matter. However, now that Hu Shan has directly come forward and even brought up Liu Qingfeng's name, who is quite renowned in Pingzhou, to personally attest to the evil deeds committed by Tian Le Gang, this has pushed Tian Le Gang to the forefront of public attention.

  It wasn't until then that the two remaining hall masters of the Tianle Gang's Pingzhou branch realized that things had gotten out of hand and were no longer something they could handle. If things went wrong, the Pingzhou branch would really be driven out of Pingzhou, and the foundation that the Tianle Gang had painstakingly established in this place would be destroyed overnight. The two of them feared that as soon as they returned to the main branch, the gang leader would skin them alive and give them a good scolding.

  After realizing this, the two hall masters no longer argued about whether to directly kill Xishan or wait for instructions from the headquarters, but instead decided to hand over the matter to someone with more authority. Even the phrase "killing Xishan to avenge the pavilion master" was never mentioned again.

  "Rumors are more ferocious than tigers."

  At this time, Ye Wen had finished his daily homework, guiding his disciples' cultivation while listening to Li Sen's report on the current situation in Pingzhou.

  He, who came from a world of information explosion, understood that many times, just by slightly pushing the waves, he could get very good results. This kind of thing might be unthinkable for many people in this world due to their limited experience, but Ye Wen's brain was full of many, many messy and useful strategies.

  Now, no matter what, the reputation of Tian Le Gang has been ruined by rumors that have spread far and wide, not just a little. Moreover, rumors have strong evolutionary capabilities, and at this time, the rumors in various places in Pingzhou are no longer the ones Ye Wen originally spread. The degree of their cruelty, ferocity, and darkness is enough to write a dark novel of over a million words.

  It's been just a month since you spread rumors about yourself.

  During this period, the Tianle Gang was so troubled by these rumors that it could not respond to Wei Peng's death in a timely manner. It couldn't even figure out how Wei Peng died. The internal branches of the Tianle Gang didn't even have a correct understanding of the strength of the Shushan Sect, let alone further news.

  It can be said that Ye Wen's 'public opinion propaganda war' has reached and even exceeded his initial expectations, not only making Tianle Gang busy and gaining enough time for Shushan Sect, but also putting Tianle Gang completely at a moral disadvantage. At this point, if someone mentions that Wei Peng was killed by Ye Wen, I'm afraid most people in Pingzhou will shout: "Well done! Shushan Sect is indeed the local sect of Pingzhou, and such an evil party should be killed!"

  At the same time, this incident also made Ye Wen realize that at this moment, the Jianghu door factions understood how to occupy the moral high ground, but they didn't understand how to guide public opinion. Those famous orthodox sects were still able to do something and shout slogans when necessary, while many so-called evil sects wouldn't even do that, let alone have someone like himself who would mobilize all available forces to promote and create momentum.

  "It seems that Yueshan Pawnshop must expand its scale and open branches, and the guest house also needs to be renovated and put into use as soon as possible."

  Waiting for the day when Ye Inn is open all over the world, relying on this industry, Ye Wen can make his Shu Shan Sect stand forever in the right path.

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