Chapter 217: Chapter 134: Sword Sweeps Across Eight Directions, An Ambush on the Long Street

"Ninth Junior Brother, it’s already clear. The former Commander of Xuanwu Guard, Zhang Lianshan, took his personal troops and rushed out of the north gate towards the military camp.

Before leaving, he also went to Shifang Martial Arts Hall and Wind and Thunder Sword Hall."

Zhang Gu hurriedly stepped forward, his hands still stained with unwashed blood.

This eldest senior brother is a good man.

Chen Ping always knew.

According to Han Xiaoru, the matters of the Martial Hall, the eldest senior brother did more than her own father.

He usually led junior brothers and sisters to cultivate and practice martial arts, represented Primordial Martial Arts Hall outside to handle various affairs, recruited disciples, accepted tasks, and managed the business under the Martial Hall’s name.

His appearance was honest, his character was also honest, quite inheriting his master’s style, advocating "harmony brings wealth."

This kind-hearted person was forced by himself to interrogate people, his hands stained with blood...

One can only say that in Jianghu, Jianghu things, nothing is unchanging.

Changing positions, changing perspectives, immediately transforms one into a different person.

Being stuck in the past and unchanging is definitely not suitable for this world.

Therefore, in Chen Ping’s view, this eldest senior brother from Primordial Martial Arts Hall is quite qualified; the previous naivety was just taught wrongly by Han Wushang.

If he hadn’t come to the Martial Hall to learn, this batch of people would have been misled by Han Wushang.

If you don’t "eat... people", then people will eat you.

"Got it? Are there any disciples from the two Martial Halls surveilling us?"

Chen Ping asked again.

"There isn’t."

Zhang Gu hesitated slightly.

He immediately answered, thought for a moment, and added, "However, according to my careful questioning, the possibility of them joining in cannot be ruled out."

"Very well, we can’t delay anymore, we must act immediately."

Chen Ping’s eyes grew sharp, his brows slightly furrowed unconsciously.

He already knew the situation of the four major Martial Halls in Xingqing Prefecture.

Realizing that if the other two Martial Halls also started targeting Primordial Martial Arts Hall, the situation could become extremely dire.

Even if victorious, it would certainly be a bitter win.

It would let the Beizhou Barbarians laugh in the end.

Speaking of which, the businesses under Shifang Martial Arts Hall and Wind and Thunder Sword Hall were stronger than Changkong Martial Arts Hall.

Among the four major Martial Halls in Xingqing Prefecture, Changkong Martial Arts Hall ranked third, while Shifang Martial Arts Hall ranked first.

As for Primordial Martial Arts Hall, it was at the bottom, unable to compare with others.

According to Chen Ping, Shifang Martial Arts Hall had about six hundred disciples, seventy-two true disciples.

The Hall Master Xu Baxian often bragged about his seventy-two disciples, each outstanding.

Ranked second, Wind and Thunder Sword Hall had fewer disciples, only over four hundred, with thirty-three direct disciples.

However, disciples from this Sword Hall were daring and combative, very fierce, and their Sword Technique was extremely fierce and aggressive.

Regardless of their strength, they first gave the impression of being very formidable.

Therefore, they were quite popular among dignitaries and wealthy families’ young masters and young ladies.

Whenever these playboys went out, without the escort of two disciples from Wind and Thunder Sword Hall, they were less prestigious.

Completely unlike Primordial Martial Arts Hall, where everyone seemed simple and clumsy, lacking Jianghu master’s demeanor, they looked like laborers.

Wanting to go out for tasks, nobody invited them because of the Cultivation Technique issue; the business was not too good.

According to Han Xiaoru, the tasks Primordial Martial Arts Hall accepted generally came in two kinds.

One was escorting goods, dealing with bandits and road robbers, fighting nonstop.

The other task was basically safeguarding homes and warehouses.

If a household had a large batch of precious goods and was worried about probing or robbery, seeking disciples from Primordial Martial Arts Hall was the right choice.

Their dark bunch standing there would ensure no one dared come create trouble.

Those guys really dared to fight.

The specialties of several Martial Halls aside,

The reason Chen Ping asked whether there were followers from Shifang Martial Arts Hall and Wind and Thunder Sword Hall outside Primordial Martial Arts Hall was his concern that everyone might mobilize...

Recently, while hunting the Golden-Haired Demon Rat, through Little Cyan Bird’s perspective, he flew over Deputy Magistrate Wu’s mansion... with a fleeting glance, he clearly saw what those five Innate Experts looked like.

After returning and sketching them, Sima Rou identified that surrounding the Thirteenth Prince of Beizhou, besides Hu People masters, there were Xu Baxian from Shifang Martial Arts Hall and Cheng Wuduan from Wind and Thunder Sword Hall.

Regardless of these two Martial Halls’ motivations, whether for future prospects or forced by livelihood,

anyhow, they’ve chosen to stand on Beizhou’s side in advance.

Thus, caution is mandatory.

Of course, if their involvement isn’t too deep, there’s still room for saving them, they could be recruited.

Someone once said, the first principle of winning a battle is to make more friends and fewer enemies.

Perhaps today’s opponents might be future "friends," if not friends, they must become friends.

As the situation evolves, from their strength and our weakness to our strength and their weakness... in time, who can say?

"Disciples whose Cultivation reached Tier Four, step forth."

Chen Ping said in a low voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, six people stepped forward, each of them had a fierce look and eyes filled with excitement.

Standing at the front, Han Xiaoru’s face was almost saying, ’Let me go, let me go, if you leave me behind to guard, I’ll cry and show you.’

Even in this relatively serious setting, Chen Ping almost felt amused by her.

"Primordial and Changkong are one family, I am also newly joined to Primordial Martial Arts Hall, having no bias against senior brothers and junior brothers.

As long as we unite in strength and courageously slay the enemy, we are all brothers and sisters."