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Murong of the South, Qiao Feng of the North!
Since Murong Fu repeatedly encountered setbacks at Dengtian Pavilion, Qiao Feng has become the leading figure among the younger generation of martial arts practitioners in the Song Dynasty, carrying the expectations of countless people.
But now Su Chen tells them that Qiao Feng is not a Song Dynasty person at all, but a Khitan!
How could this not shock everyone from the bottom of their hearts?
After a brief silence, the entire hall erupted in excitement, with many martial arts practitioners discussing the matter.
"My God! Did I hear that right? Qiao Feng is actually the son of Xiao Yuanshan of the Liao Kingdom, a Khitan?"
“The monk Xuanci and Wang Jiantong still had some humanity. They took Xiao Yuanshan’s son back to raise him. I didn’t expect it to be Qiao Feng.”
"I heard that Qiao Feng was born at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain, became a disciple of Master Xuanku of the Shaolin School, and was later adopted by Wang Jiantong, who taught him the secrets of the Beggars' Sect. That's how he became a hero. So that's how it is."
"I've always found it strange. With such strong sectarianism in the martial arts world, how could Qiao Feng become a disciple of a Shaolin monk and join the Beggars' Sect?"
"Now I finally understand why Qiao Feng was able to become a disciple of both Wang Jiantong and Master Xuanku of the Shaolin School. It was actually Wang Jiantong and Xuanci's way of compensating him."
"Xuan Ci and Wang Jiantong are too hypocritical. They don't even dare to admit their mistakes. What is this compensation compared to killing Qiao Feng's entire family!"
"The worst off is Chief Qiao. He knows nothing about his own background and often leads the Beggars' Clan to fight against the Khitans. He'll probably collapse when he finds out."
"However, Chief Qiao's mother was from the Song Dynasty, and he has half Central Plains blood. I don't think he can be considered a pure Khitan."
"That's true, but Qiao Feng has Khitan blood after all, and I don't think he's suitable to be the leader of the Beggars' Sect anymore."
In the third private room on the fourteenth floor, on the north side.
Hong Qigong's body trembled, and a complex expression appeared on his face.
Good heavens! He originally just wanted to come to the Ascension Pavilion to join in the fun, but he never expected to encounter such a big news story.
It's one thing that the former leader, Wang Jiantong, was involved in the Yanmen Pass massacre, but that's all in the past, and Wang Jiantong is already dead. At most, it just made the Beggars' Clan lose face.
But the current gang leader, Qiao Feng, is actually a Khitan. This is terrifying.
He could imagine the chaos that would ensue within the Beggars' Sect once the news reached them, and how the entire martial arts world of the Song Dynasty would be paying attention to it.
How could the largest gang in the Song Dynasty be led by a Khitan? Qiao Feng would definitely be ostracized by many elders.
As Qiao Feng's good brother, Hong Qigong was even more worried about Qiao Feng's condition.
Qiao Feng is currently unaware of his true identity.
From a revered hero of the righteous path to a Khitan hated by everyone, this transformation is not something everyone can bear.
As he pondered, Hong Qigong involuntarily looked towards Baiyutai, hoping to see if there was any chance of a turnaround.
Su Chen felt the intense gazes directed at him, smiled slightly, and said loudly:
"Everyone already knows about the Yanmen Pass massacre, but the impact of this massacre has not ended."
"After Monk Xuanci and Wang Jiantong returned, they immediately went to Murong Bo to get an explanation."
"But when they arrived at Yanziwu, they learned that Murong Bo had already passed away, and they could only return disappointed."
"Actually, Murong Bo is not dead at all."
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"He knew that Xuanci and the others would definitely come after him when they returned, so he faked his death to escape."
"The most dangerous place is the safest. After faking his death, Murong Bo did not hide elsewhere, but instead hid in the Shaolin Temple's Sutra Pavilion."
"Everyone knows that the Murong family's Huanshi Water Pavilion houses a variety of martial arts manuals, but there are quite a few omissions among them."
"For example, the Dali Duan family's 'One Finger Divine Skill,' the Beggars' Sect's 'Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms,' and Shaolin's 'Yi Jin Jing' and Seventy-Two Arts."
"Murong Bo hid in the Sutra Pavilion for two reasons: first, to avoid Xuan Ci's search, and second, to take the opportunity to secretly learn the Seventy-Two Arts of Shaolin."
"But what he didn't expect was that there was an old man in black in the library."
"That person's martial arts skills were extremely high. The two fought several times without a clear winner, so they could only acknowledge the other's existence."
"Next, the two began to act recklessly in the library."
"They would casually flip through various martial arts manuals, finish practicing one, throw it away, and then pick up another."
"Both of them were martial arts prodigies. Over the course of thirty years, they each mastered more than thirty unique skills, reaching a level of transcendence."
"But they didn't notice at all..."
"Those secret manuals that they casually threw away would always be put back in their original place in a short time, often with a Buddhist scripture next to them."
"This was all done by the Sweeping Monk."
“His cultivation level has long reached the peak of a terrestrial immortal, and he has seen everything that Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo have done.”
“Every time the two of them made a mess of the scripture pavilion, the sweeping monk would quietly tidy it up and then give them the corresponding Buddhist scriptures to help heal their internal injuries.”
"But Murong Bo and the old man in black were so focused on practicing martial arts that they didn't notice the sweeping monk's good intentions at all."
"Although their martial arts skills are constantly improving, their violent aura is also accumulating more and more, and they will cause trouble sooner or later."
"By now, you've probably guessed it."
"That old man in black is none other than Xiao Yuanshan, who fell off the cliff but survived!"
"Xiao Yuanshan was extremely intelligent. After falling off the cliff, he quickly realized that there was another mastermind behind the massacre at Yanmen Pass."
"So he infiltrated Shaolin Temple, hoping to find out the identity of the mastermind from Xuanci."
"In the end, instead of finding the mastermind behind it, we discovered a shameful thing that Xuan Ci shouldn't have done."
"People in the martial arts world of the Song Dynasty all thought that Abbot Xuanci was a highly respected monk."
"No one knows that Xuan Ci had an affair with Ye Erniang, one of the Four Evils, and they even had a child together."
"The two thought they had hidden themselves well, but little did they know that they had all fallen into the eyes of Xiao Yuanshan, who was observing them from the shadows."
"To avenge the hatred of that year, Xiao Yuanshan secretly stole Xuan Ci and Ye Erniang's child, so that Xuan Ci would also experience the pain of losing her son."
"This feud, which has lasted for thirty years, is still not over."
Inside the Dengtian Pavilion, there was a deathly silence.
Although everyone was already shocked and couldn't believe the various secrets Su Chen had previously revealed, they still couldn't help but feel terrified after hearing these words.
It turns out that Murong Bo and Xiao Yuanshan are still alive and have been hiding in the Shaolin Temple's Sutra Pavilion.
Only now did everyone truly understand why Su Chen said the two of them were fooling around in the Scripture Pavilion.
Judging from their actions, they treated the Shaolin Temple's Sutra Repository as their own backyard, which can be described as "lawless".
From an outsider's perspective, both Murong Bo and Xiao Yuanshan had intricate connections with the Shaolin Sect, and each had their own reasons for hiding in Shaolin.
When it comes to going to the Shaolin Temple's Sutra Repository to look through those unparalleled martial arts manuals, it's just a matter of course.
But the martial arts talent of these two people is truly amazing. Each of them is proficient in more than thirty unique skills, which means they can master a Shaolin unique skill in a year.
Such a speed of cultivation is terrifying; it is extremely rare in the history of Shaolin.
Unexpectedly, the small library housed two highly skilled experts.
Such a secret would be unbelievable to anyone unless the Celestial Immortal revealed it himself.
That's why Murong Bo and Xiao Yuanshan dared to be so arrogant, because they felt that even if the Shaolin monks discovered them, no one could do anything to them.
But they don't understand the principle that "there are heavens beyond heavens, and people beyond people."
For the past thirty years, the Sweeping Monk has been secretly observing them and is fully aware of all their actions.
No one dared to imagine how terrified Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo would be if they knew about this.
What was most astonishing was that Su Chen revealed things about Abbot Xuanci.
Because of the massacre at Yanmen Pass, Abbot Xuanci's reputation had long been ruined.
As the head of the Shaolin sect and a leader of the righteous path, he has made such a huge mistake and still refuses to admit it, which has already earned him the contempt of people in the martial arts world.
But what no one expected was that, in addition to being selfish, hypocritical, and irresponsible, Xuan Ci also broke the precepts of Buddhism by having an affair with a woman and having a child with her.
Moreover, this woman is no ordinary person; she is Ye Erniang, a notorious figure in the martial arts world who is hated for her "wickedness."
This news instantly caused an uproar in the hall.
People began to discuss it:
"So that's how it is. No wonder the Celestial Immortal said that Murong Bo and Xiao Yuanshan were causing trouble in the Scripture Pavilion. They really treated the Scripture Pavilion as their own home."
"Murong Bo is really bold. Xuan Ci was looking for him everywhere, but he just hid right under Xuan Ci's nose."
"Murong Bo and Xiao Yuanshan dared to do this because they were strong enough. They are both highly skilled masters, so they are not afraid even if Shaolin discovers them."
"These two, Murong Bo and Xiao Yuanshan, are really interesting. They've been in the same place for decades and haven't even realized who the other is."
"If Xiao Yuanshan knew that the mastermind he had been searching for for thirty years was right in front of him, I wonder what his feelings would be?"
"Heavens! Did I hear that right? Xuan Ci actually has an illegitimate child? And it's with Ye Erniang, one of the Four Evils?"
"I heard that Ye Erniang's child went missing, so she went around snatching other people's children. I never expected that the child's father would be the monk Xuanci."
"Now Shaolin has completely lost face. The abbot of Shaolin is not only the mastermind behind the Yanmen Pass massacre, but also had an affair with a woman from the evil sect and had a child with her. Do you think the people of Shaolin will still have the face to call themselves righteous?"
"Xiao Yuanshan's move was ruthless, but compared to the hatred that Xuan Ci had for killing his entire family back then, it's nothing."
The railing on the thirteenth floor.
Xuan Nan's eyes widened suddenly, his heart churning with turmoil.
He never dreamed that this question would uncover so many secrets, completely ripping Xuan Ci's hypocritical mask to shreds.
As a high-ranking monk of Shaolin, he always felt that he understood Xuanci very well and respected him greatly.
But these words came from the mouth of the Celestial Immortal, so they absolutely cannot be false.
Thinking of this, Xuan Nan couldn't help but sigh, losing all interest in listening any further, and turned back to the private room.
He knew that if these words were relayed back to Shaolin, it would cause a huge uproar.
In the third private room on the south side of the fifteenth floor.
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