Novel Full Chapter 631 - 278 Tihu Village
Chapter 631: Chapter 278 Tihu Village
There are always people who are unwilling to be subservient to others.
Li Siyun’s clan, in those days, had people who, unwilling to remain stagnant in one place, achieved great martial arts skills but were unable to make a name for themselves in Jianghu, and thus colluded with the Three Extremes Sect.
This eventually led to almost the entire extinction of their clan.
Leaving only Li Siyun, who also drew Su Mo into the conflict of the Mandarin Duck List, and ultimately committed suicide in front of Su Mo.
These traitors naturally deserved death; however, from another perspective, possessing the skill to slay a dragon yet unable to display one’s talents is also a form of tragedy.
The descendants of Li Siyun were ordered to guard the Mysterious Mechanism after the collapse of the Da Xuan Dynasty.
The man whom Su Tianyang saved back then called himself Shou Xuan, also from this origin.
But upon reflection, it’s only been a few hundred years, yet things have reached such a state.
Baihu City has a long history, much older, yet how has it lasted thousands of years without any change?
In these lengthy years, was there really no one with dissatisfaction in their heart?
Not wanting to use their martial arts skills, gained through the Emperor Heart Technique, to make a name and fortune in Jianghu?
Watching one so-called martial arts master after another come and go from Baihu City without ever challenging them?
That’s simply impossible!
Yet the result ultimately is that even now, Baihu City still doesn’t reveal itself.
Caught between Wusheng Hall and the Phoenix Alliance, yet not offending either.
This restraint by itself is unimaginable.
And what underpins this restraint, their clan rules… or the Emperor Heart Technique?
It has been proven that rules can restrain most people, but not everyone.
Thus, controlling Baihu City’s White Tiger Clan surely must involve other factors.
Just now, as the High Priest arrived and Su Mo was assessing who was superior, the Chief Steward or the Youquan Sect master, he could not help but mock the Youquan Sect, which made Su Mo think of a possibility.
It’s well known that the foundational martial arts of the Youquan Sect are based on the Youquan Scripture.
Once joining the sect, everyone can practice the Black Heart Palm.
Then they gradually progress to higher elements of the sect’s teachings.
However, those at the higher levels can easily control the life and death of those below.
With this power structure, the Youquan Sect master controls the entire sect, his word being law, unabated by anyone.
Could the Emperor Heart Technique also possess similar powers?
If this conjecture is valid, then the High Priest giving the Emperor Heart Technique to Su Mo might not be simply an apologetic gesture.
There is another detail…
Su Mo had flipped through the Emperor Heart Technique twice in front of the High Priest.
Although it contains a segment called “Great Imperial Mysterious Technique,” nowhere within it does the word “Emperor Heart” appear.
Even though this can be explained as “Emperor Heart” referring to something else, it inevitably leads to speculation.
At this point, Yang Xiaoyun asked:
“So then, Xiao Mo… why didn’t you stop her earlier?”
Su Mo idly stirred the campfire and responded:
“Our trip here was never about causing trouble with Baihu City.
“Rather, it’s to fulfill Hero Ji’s commission to escort this Xinghai Relic Sand Iron.
“This matter has already caused enough stir; having a fallout with the High Priest now would only complicate things further.
“Since she intends to play this game, why not let her be for a few days?
“After this trip is over, I’ll revisit Baihu City…”
He didn’t reveal the entire truth…
The High Priest’s words earlier had greatly concerned him.
There are two points of concern.
If it’s true, as the High Priest claimed, that four great masters from the Da Xuan Dynasty came to Baihu City to seize the Emperor Heart Technique,
Then how exactly did Baihu City manage to keep the Emperor Heart Technique?
How determined was the invasion of Jianghu by the Da Xuan Dynasty?
If it wasn’t for some compelling reason, the outcome would never have been so easily resolved.
What could have made these four masters eventually step back?
Simply having them change the name of the Emperor Heart Technique and declare allegiance to the Da Xuan Dynasty was considered settlement.
The second point concerns the words by one of these four masters, presumed to be the founder of Ziyang Sect.
How could Su Mo not be concerned about the origin story of Ziyang Sect?
It’s hard to say how much the High Priest knows, and his words, being part true part false, cannot be fully trusted.
What Su Mo really wants is to search the records in Baihu City for descriptions about this part.
To closely examine what methods that master used back then.
Whether there really was a connection with Ziyang Sect?
The implications of this matter might not be trivial…
If Ziyang Sect truly was founded by one of the four great masters of the old Da Xuan Dynasty, then…
Do they really not know about the Xuantian Treasure Seal hidden inside the Secret Message Box,
Or is there another reason?
On Shouyang Mountain, Li Zhengyuan spoke earnestly to me.
But… Wangliang Courtyard yielded nothing.
Some statements just don’t match up.
Li Zhengyuan said, lots of information pointed to Wangliang Courtyard.
But in Wangliang Courtyard, the only connection with Jinglong Association was through Longmen Sect Third Jing.
How could this person, trapped underground in Wangliang Courtyard, secretly coordinate the actions of the Three Extremes Sect across Donghuang?
Did my adoptive father Su Tianyang ever set foot in Wangliang Courtyard?
Was the situation really as Li Zhengyuan described it?
Su Mo had never doubted this before, but if Ziyang Sect’s origin truly has ties with the Da Xuan Dynasty…