The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS
Chapter 190 - 2 Three True Martial Members

Chapter 190: Chapter 2 Three True Martial Members

Approaching noon, when the yang energy should have been at its strongest, the atmosphere turned chilly and eerie because of the intriguing story Scholar Xu had told. Even the warm breeze that drifted in felt like gusts of cold wind.

Those who roamed the worldly society were always prepared to potentially meet a violent end. If you talked to them about how powerful and bloodthirsty the Azure Dragon Association was, it wouldn’t chill their hearts like this. But once matters touched on ghosts and spirits, a sense of awe was unavoidable.

The assassins of the Azure Dragon Association feared neither life nor death, lived by slaughter, and had an insatiable thirst for blood. They didn’t seem like the living but rather like evil ghosts that had crawled out of hell. Then there was the notion of ’food supply’; just thinking one might be snatched away to become a reserve ration would make anyone’s hair stand on end and heart pound with fear.

In the midst of this ominous atmosphere, three figures quietly left the tavern. The others were still immersed in the terror of the Azure Dragon Association and failed to notice these three nonconformists.

"Senior Brother Qingzhou, weren’t we supposed to gather information about the Azure Dragon Association? Why not ask that storyteller with the surname Xu? Perhaps he knows something," Qingling whispered to Qingzhou, who was taking the lead.

Qingzhou stopped walking and laughed, "Junior Sister Qingling, the storytellers in worldly society merely repeat hearsay; how can they know the details? Look at that storyteller, talking about the assassins of the Azure Dragon Association as if they’re monsters that drink blood and eat human flesh. He has clearly heard some exaggerated rumors, which are far from the truth. If the Azure Dragon Association’s affairs were so easily known even to storytellers, they would have been wiped out long ago."

"Indeed, Junior Sister Qingling, these are nothing but commoners’ rumors, demonizing the assassins—a viewpoint of the foolish!" said a young Taoist clad in a blue robe, standing beside Qingling.

"But this..." Qingling started to object.

"Don’t worry, Junior Sister. These Azure Dragon Association assassins are just like rats that can’t stand the light of day. If they dare show their faces before us, I, your brother, will behead them one by one with a single stroke of my sword. Let’s see if they can still attach their heads back like ghosts," the blue-robed Taoist boasted, thumping his chest confidently.

Qingling turned her head away, hiding her look of disgust. This blue-robed Taoist was named Chen Qinglin, a Senior Brother, who had set out with her. However, Qingling simply couldn’t bring herself to feel any fondness for this Senior Brother, whose name sounded similar to hers.

Chen Qinglin was different from the other Zhenwu Sect disciples.

Normally, Zhenwu Sect disciples were orphans with good roots and talents, gathered from various places by the sect’s affiliated Taoist temples. Since they had no other relatives, becoming a disciple meant renouncing worldly connections and adopting a Daoist name, forsaking their family names.

But Chen Qinglin was the sole child of an old friend of the "Chi Ming Peak" Peak Master Xuanming. Owing a debt to that friend, before his death, he agreed to take the child as his disciple and raise him to adulthood.

If that were all, it would merely have meant that Chi Ming Peak had an additional disciple with a close relationship to the Peak Master. However, the obstinate old friend had insisted that his family could not lose its lineal descendant, making his sole child the only one in Zhenwu Sect who did not renounce his family name after joining the sect.

What came next, everyone could probably guess. This uniquely special person, backed by a mentor who treated him like a son, was raised in the pure and tranquil Zhenwu Sect as if he were a spoiled and indolent young master from the secular world.

And the dandies, which one of them doesn’t have the vice of indulging in pleasures of the flesh. Since the moment Chen Qinglin laid eyes on the pure and otherworldly Junior Sister Qingling, he was like a husky in heat, wishing he could cling to her side all day long, tail wagging incessantly.

"Junior Brother Qinglin, we must not take anything lightly," Qingzhou, too, was quite exasperated with this unruly Junior Brother, but he had to speak kindly due to his background, daring not to offend him lightly.

After all, if his brother Qingxu wished to ascend to the position of Sect Leader in the future, he would undoubtedly need Xuanming’s support.

"The fact that the Azure Dragon Association could assassinate Tian Bohu, even if they wore him down using human wave tactics, demonstrates their frightening capability. Moreover, the Dragon Chief of the Azure Dragon Association is none other than Gong Ziyu."

Speaking of Gong Ziyu, even Qingzhou couldn’t help but sigh deeply. That was a man who stood on the same level as his brother Qingxu.

Gong Ziyu, the Dragon Chief of the Azure Dragon Association, was a peerless genius who had emerged out of nowhere and had, in early February, assisted the Six Gates constables—Luo Yan and Bu Lengchuan—in killing the traitorous Silver Seal Constable Lin Tengyuan.

Lin Tengyuan was not an unsophisticated character from the worldly society like Tian Bohu, nor was he old and decrepit like Tian, whose power in the Divine Origin Realm was in steep decline. In his prime, Lin Tengyuan was a mid-tier figure within the Divine Origin Realm, but even such a figure was continuously manipulated and ultimately killed by Gong Ziyu, Luo Yan, and Bu Lengchuan.

The strength of Luo Yan and Bu Lengchuan was also known in the worldly society and was not enough to pose a great threat to Lin Tengyuan; hence, the primary force in surrounding and killing Lin Tengyuan was undoubtedly Gong Ziyu. This fact was also confirmed by the "Chasing Wind Divine Constable" of the Six Gates himself.

Therefore, although people in the worldly society didn’t place too much importance on the Azure Dragon Association, which hadn’t shown any Divine Origin Realm masters yet, they highly regarded Gong Ziyu of the Azure Dragon Association.

Now, Gong Ziyu had climbed onto the younger generation’s Dragon and Phoenix List, replacing Lu Yi—who was killed in the struggle for positions within the Literary Arena—ranking eighth.

However, Gong Ziyu’s reputation was clearly not intimidating to Young Master Chen. The dandy’s chief characteristic, aside from his licentiousness, was his arrogance; who was Gong Ziyu? He wouldn’t have such a big reputation if he had encountered me, Chen Qinglin!

"Hmph, Senior Brother Qingzhou, you’re overestimating Gong Ziyu. This Gong Ziyu was previously unknown and now he has suddenly burst onto the scene, his fame skyrocketing; he must have taken some underhanded and crooked path. Since he’s the leader of that bunch of impotent Yin Yang people from the Azure Dragon Association, he might as well have practiced from that inhumane ’Exorcism Sword Manual,’ probably a castrated dead eunuch like Qing Yu."

Speaking of Qing Yu, Chen Qinglin couldn’t hide a sneer on his face. Another hallmark of the dandies—no one can grab attention better than me. That ever-unseen Junior Brother had been all the rage in the Zhenwu Sect before his body was returned; quite a talking point that fueled Young Master Chen’s envy. When he heard that Qing Yu had died in Yang City and listened to Xuanming mention Qing Yu’s association with the ’Exorcism Sword Manual,’ Chen Qinglin had quite the celebration.

"Junior Brother!" Qingzhou’s face finally showed a stern expression.

Qingling, incensed, stared at Chen Qinglin, wishing she could poke a few holes in him.

"Junior Brother Chen, mind your words!"

No longer calling him "Junior Brother Qinglin" but addressing him by his special surname, Qingzhou was truly angered.

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