C4 Departure

What secrets were hidden within the trip to the Western Regions, and whether it was related to that mysterious disappearance fifty years ago? And why did the trip to the Western Regions garner so much attention from the upper and lower echelons of Qingcheng?

There were many small kingdoms and kingdoms in the Western Regions. The climate there was colder, and they lived like herdsmen. They lived together, and according to their bloodline, they lived like small tribes. What relationship did the people have with Qingcheng?

and Ning Yuan also felt a bit of unease in their hearts. To Yang Ming, this time, he not only had to take care of everything on his own, he also had to take care of Ning Yuan's training.

Although Yang Ming had already established a world in the martial arts world, but this matter was related to Qingcheng, causing him to feel extremely responsible.

On the other hand, Ning Yuan was a little conceited and proud, he wholeheartedly wanted to finish this mission, so that the brothers would have a whole new level of respect for him, and learn more from him.

Many years ago, when Ning Yuan saw his senior brothers go to the Western Regions, he had actually long longed for them. To be able to go to the Western Regions meant that he had obtained the acknowledgement of his teachers.

It was just that Master and Sect Leader did not care that Ning Yuan was too straightforward and needed to be tempered, so Ning Yuan did not dare to take the initiative to volunteer.

But this time, being able to follow Sixth Senior Brother and truly accept this mission was a very beautiful stage for Ning Yuan, because it showed that he had truly gained trust.

He could start to take charge of himself now. In the future, this mission to the Western Regions would gradually fall onto his shoulders like his seniors. Ning Yuan couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart.

On top of Green City Mountain, there was a hall named "Heart-Nourishing Pavilion", which was where the deacon senior brothers discussed. Other than Zhang Fangyuan and Chen Kunhao, the rest of the disciples were not allowed to enter this place.

Zhang Fangyuan and Chen Kunhao sat in the main hall of the Heart-Nourishing Pavilion, drinking tea and discussing.

"Senior Brother, we have recently purchased a few acres of land and are expanding our land. There is not much room left for us now. I think we should change the direction and develop other areas."

"I want to build a few more distilleries, and also find a place to settle down for the homeless villagers. At the same time, I want to open a few more hotels and inns," Chen Kunhao said as he stroked his beard.

"Junior brother, it's up to you. Master has asked you to be in charge of the businesses in our Qingcheng, so you can do it without worry. Even though it's still a good time for us to do things, Junior brother, you are still young and strong."

"However, we should think of ways to nurture a few more disciples. After all, our strength will fall short one day. If that time comes, it will be too late to find someone who can help out Qingcheng."

"See if we can't make Shaohua follow you more, you can make him do more things. Young people can do some wrong things, but it doesn't matter. Helping them grow up is also part of our duty." Zhang Fangyuan nodded.

"Yes, senior brother. Eighth brother's body is weak, and his martial arts are a bit worse, but he is very smart and calm and organized." Yes, senior brother, eighth brother's body is weak, and his martial arts are a bit worse, but he is very smart and calm and organized. Chen Kunhao replied.

"Eighth brother's martial arts skills are indeed too weak among the younger disciples. If he were to meet ordinary people in the martial world, he would be able to deal with them. I'm afraid if he were to meet some experts, it would be very difficult for him to fight them."

"This is the place I have always been worried about. If we give him the heavy responsibility of our sect, he will definitely cause some trouble in the martial arts world. If eighth brother has any mishaps then, how can we face Master?" Zhang Fangyuan sighed.

"Senior Brother, I have a good idea, although Eighth Brother's martial arts is not strong, he is meticulous and careful to observe. If he had a strong martial arts expert by his side to help him block the enemy, then there would not be any problems." Chen Kunhao said.

"How can we find such a person? If we stay close to him, he will definitely know a lot of important matters. This matter is not easy to handle." Zhang Fangyuan said.

"Senior brother, I think eighth brother is not young anymore, we can look for a marriage for him, there are also many female heroes in the martial arts world," Chen Kunhao said, the meaning behind that was obvious to Zhang Fangyuan, the two of them laughed.

"Haha, if Eighth Brother can find such a wife, if you have some talent in martial arts, then you and I can pass on all our skills to her and help her improve her martial arts, that would naturally be too good." Zhang Fangyuan laughed.

"Senior brother also approves of little brother's idea?" Chen Kunhao asked.

"To agree is to agree, but to do so requires them to love each other. Otherwise, if the two of them cannot be of the same mind when encountering danger in the future, wouldn't that be harming them? If fate wills it, we can talk about it again," Zhang Fangyuan said.

"Greetings Sect Leader Big Senior and Second Senior!", Yang Ming and Ning Yuan received their orders and came to Heart-Nourishing Pavilion.

"The two junior brothers are here", Zhang Fangyuan gestured for them to sit.

"Have you all prepared for this trip to the Western Regions?" Zhang Fangyuan asked.

"Reporting to Big Senior, everything is ready. We are only waiting for your orders," Yang Ming replied.

"Yes, Seventh Brother, this time I called you and your Sixth Brother here. Eldest Brother and Second Brother mainly wanted to tell you the main purpose of this trip to the Western Regions. Before the time had come, they had never told you the truth."

"This is the biggest secret of our sect, and even the biggest secret of the entire martial arts world. Therefore, we must be very careful, the less people who know about it, the better!" Zhang Fangyuan's face turned serious.

"Yes, eldest senior brother" Ning Yuan's expression was serious, he knew that his eldest senior brother was about to tell him the secret of the trip to the Western Region.

"You tell it, second brother." Zhang Fangyuan said as he glanced at Chen Kunhao.

"Understood, Senior Brother!" Chen Kunhao accepted the order.

"You all should have heard about that mysterious disappearance case fifty years ago. Master told us that this matter might be a huge secret, and that it might be a deliberate plan by someone, and this matter is greatly related to the Western Regions."

I want you to go to the Western Regions for two reasons. First, I want you to gather all the medicinal herbs, exquisite jewelry, and cloth you need to go to the Western Regions to exchange them for gold and jade artifacts. Second, I want you to find out if Senior Wu Lin had any clues that appeared in the Western Regions.

"The reason why we went to the Western Regions and what happened is still a mystery to us. In the past few decades, Eldest Martial Brother, Third Martial Brother and I have also gathered some clues, but we haven't made much progress."

"This time, you are mainly going to a place called Uzoban. It is very likely that those seniors have appeared there before."

"Back then, when Master first brought me to the Western Regions, he wanted me to familiarize myself with the local geography and culture, and let me interact more with them. He wanted me to use my business to build a good relationship with them and look for clues."

"We've been searching for many years, but still haven't been able to find any clues. On the contrary, our business grew bigger and bigger, bringing back gold and jade artifacts from the Western Regions, gradually making our Qingcheng rich. But this isn't our goal to go to the Western Regions."

"We must not forget that we are from the martial arts world, and we have the responsibility to uncover the secret of the martial arts world. It was only a few years ago, when your Third Senior Martial Brother found some weapons from their tribe by chance."

"These weapons are not ordinary weapons. They were used by those seniors in the past. Therefore, we are certain that even if Senior Wu Lin didn't appear there, he would have definitely found some useful things for us. "

"If people found out that these seniors had been to the Western Regions before, and even that someone was still alive, it might lead to that tragedy that happened fifty years ago in the Martial Forest. I wonder if there would be a new conspiracy, so Master does not want the world to know about this secret."

"That's why our whereabouts have always been kept secret, and business affairs, it's just Master's way of letting us get close to the locals, so we can't let the outside world know even if it's about business. It's also to prevent those people with ulterior motives from following us in secret, thus affecting our plans."

"What's even more terrifying is that they might find out the true purpose of our trip to the Western Regions and cause a new tragedy for our martial arts."

Ning Yuan has to contact more of the locals to understand more about the various situations they faced. This time, they have to focus on familiarizing themselves with the situation, while Yang Ming will infiltrate into their insides to see if they can find any new clues. "

Chen Kunhao explained the purpose of this trip to the Western Regions and the mission to the two of them.

"Yes, I will follow your orders, Senior Brothers," Yang Ming and Ning Yuan replied.

"Alright, you two should go say goodbye to your third brother. He rarely appears during this time and is currently practicing his sword at Carefree Peak. Go and see him, he will arrange some other things for you." Zhang Fangyuan said.

"Yes." The two of them accepted the order.

After leaving Heart-Nourishing Pavilion, the two headed straight for Carefree Peak. This Carefree Peak was located in a relatively remote location in Qingcheng, and was also where Zheng Cong spent his time and effort to study martial arts.

Zheng Cong was a martial arts fanatic, his teachings to his junior brother were strict, and his martial arts were superb, thus, amongst all his junior brothers, he had the highest prestige. In the countless battles in the martial arts world, Zheng Cong's prestige was even greater, without any failures, he became the "world's fastest sword".

He had once defeated the hegemon of the Central Plains, Zhang Feng, in twenty moves. Within fifty moves, he had defeated Chen Ling, the number one chivalrous expert in Henan Province.

It was only because he liked to bully the common people that Zheng Cong decided to tame him. Currently, Zhang Feng was taking in disciples every day, so as he did not cause trouble everywhere, it could be said that he had listened to Zheng Cong's teachings and changed his mind.

While Chen Ling's martial arts were far above Zhang Feng's, the fight between Chen Ling and Zheng Cong was not really a feud, the two of them were just acting on a whim, allowing the heroes of the world to testify for them.

He remembered that day in Zhengzhou, when the heroes of the world gathered around to witness the glory of the two heroes.

Chen Ling's sword techniques were actually quite good, but he was always a bit slower than Zheng Cong, so after fifty moves, he voluntarily admitted defeat and could be considered a hero. If it was a real fight, and he had to take a person's life, Zheng Cong believed that he would be able to come to a conclusion after a hundred moves.

Yang Ming and Ning Yuan came to Carefree Peak, looking around everywhere, but they did not find Zheng Cong.

"Junior Brother, this Carefree Peak is unable to find Third Senior Brother, and this place is a good place to practice the sword. How about Senior Brother take a look at how your sword skills have improved recently?" Yang Ming said with a smile.

"Okay, senior brother", Ning Yuan showed his stance, the two of them exchanged moves back and forth, and in an instant, they fought over ten rounds, both of their martial arts were similar, thus they seemed to match each other at every turn.

The trick behind this sword technique was to continuously attack with forty-nine sword moves, without any pause in between, to let the opponent have no time to retaliate.

As for the 49th slash, it took away the opponent's vitals. The change in the sword move happened in the last move. There were already many flaws in the enemy's attack. Once the most certain attack was determined, they would decisively make their move.

This move was the quintessence of the entire sword technique, and was also a measure of the superiority of the sword technique's comprehension. Yang Ming revealed a faint smile, and waited for his junior brother to use his last move.

Ning Yuan suddenly retracted his sword, his face was full of shock, "Sixth brother, how come I can't find your weak point?"

"Hehe." Yang Ming chuckled, and did not answer: "Third brother, you should come out now?"

A tall figure descended from the sky, this person was tall and imposing, with a face full of pride, "Haha, two junior brothers, nice to meet you, you want to use this to trick me out?" Zheng Cong said with satisfaction.

"Seventh Brother, your Sixth Brother's kung fu is much better than yours. Your swift sword is useless against him, so you can't find any loopholes. Look, Third Brother wants your Sixth Brother to expose some flaws for you to see."

Zheng Cong then picked up his sword and made a gesture of "surging forward", Yang Ming also assumed a posture, waiting for his senior brother to make a move, only to see Zheng Cong roar, and used his sword quickly like flowing water, he was truly worthy of being called the fastest sword in the world, no matter how much of a battle Yang Ming had, he would still be flustered when facing such a fast sword.

Seeing that Yang Ming was not panicking, but instead had more and more flaws on his body, causing Zheng Cong to not be able to find any real flaws, Ning Yuan could not help but to be secretly impressed. Sixth senior brother had revealed all his flaws, and actually did not let his opponent know where the flaws were.

Zheng Cong laughed and sheathed his sword, "Sixth brother, you are truly crafty, we don't need to fight anymore right?"

"Hoho, third brother, I also don't know where your next move will go. I just want to focus my energy to deal with your final move, so in the end, I might as well expose all the loopholes and let you not know where to start." Yang Ming replied.

"Sixth brother, you can also be considered a martial arts prodigy. Third brother, you will definitely be able to block this attack of yours wherever it goes," Zheng Cong said.

"Then third brother, wouldn't our move of moving forward with vigor be broken like this?" Ning Yuan was a little discouraged.

"Not necessarily." Zheng Cong said: "If I were to use another fake move to attack your Sixth Brother, your Sixth Brother would definitely resist, and if I were to attack again, your Sixth Brother would definitely lose. The move is dead, but the person who used it, do you understand?"

"Seventh Brother, martial arts is the same as everything else. You must learn to use it flexibly in order to maximize its effects. For martial artists, the ability to respond to enemies on the spot is the most important."

"Ning Yuan couldn't help but feel admiration for the two senior brothers. Sixth Brother, if Third Brother took action just now, what would have happened? "Ning Yuan turned to ask Yang Ming.

"If it was that battle just now, I would have definitely lost. But now that third brother has given me pointers, I think I will still persevere and wait for third brother to truly make a move instead of recklessly defending." Yang Ming replied.

"Haha, my sixth brother truly has a solid foundation in martial arts. It can be done in a moment," Zheng Cong praised.

"Fourth brother, we will be leaving for the Western Regions in a few days. This time, I hope that we can find something new, and I hope that we can find some clues to solve that secret," Yang Ming said.

Zheng Cong's two junior brothers returned to the main topic at hand. "The most important place you guys are going to is Usuo Bang. I believe that Big Brother and Second Brother have already told you."

"In the Wu Suo State, I have seen the weapons of Shaolin, Wu Dang, Kunlun, Kongtong, Mount Hua and other sects. Senior brother has also studied weapons to a certain degree, I am sure that those weapons are all from famous sects."

"How can these weapons that are regarded as lives by the martial artists be left there? This is something that I have always wanted to find out. If this matter can be found out, then we will have a chance to solve the mystery from fifty years ago."

"This time, remember to contact a person called Ariwan. He is the youngest son of the leader of the Wusuo tribe. "This person has a natural disposition to befriend people in the martial world and is very friendly. This is the bull horn he gave me last time. Take it. When he sees it, he will receive you."

"However, this is a very important matter and I can't reveal the reason behind it. If this were to be leaked out, it would attract more attention. If a large number of martial artists were to head to the Western Regions, Master would be deeply afraid that this would be a trap." He was also worried that the tragedy from fifty years ago would happen again, which was why he had never gone along with it. I think eldest senior brother must have also told him that you guys have a strong relationship with each other. " Zheng Cong instructed his two junior brothers.

Also, the two of you have to travel alone sometimes. Ning Yuan, you have to remember, business is small, as long as you exchange our goods with them, don't be too fussy about the remuneration. The main point is to communicate with them more, to see if you can find any other clues.

, this time, you will be in charge of dealing with them. When your Sixth Brother is not around, you must deal with him calmly. They have some strange rules in their tribe, you have to be careful around them. "Su Yun said in a low voice.

"If the relationship is broken, it could affect our future actions." Zheng Cong further requested for his two junior brothers to follow him.

"Yes, senior brother, we will remember." "Actually, I have another idea for this trip. I want to tell you that the Western Regions also have a lot of martial arts, and I think that if I have the chance, I will be able to interact with them on martial arts. I might even find some new clues from their martial arts."

"This idea is fine, but you have to be careful. The people of the Western Regions are tall and powerful, just that their moves are ordinary. If you have a superior martial art for them to train in, after some time, a large number of experts will appear."

"There are actually some otherworldly experts in the Western Regions, but they don't often travel in the martial arts world. They are also very familiar with the situation of the Central Plains martial arts Lin. If we meet them, we must treat them with respect and not neglect." Zheng Cong said.

"Senior Brother, you have fought against people from the Western Regions many times. Can you tell me their martial arts path?" Ning Yuan asked.

"The people of the Western Regions are good at fighting, and their attacks are fierce and powerful. However, there are many loopholes and most of them are attacks. Thus, when fighting against them, one should defend, and break them with one strike."

There are experts in the Western Regions whose martial arts are similar to the Central Plains, both in terms of strength and technique. However, there is a slight gap between their inner force skills and the Central Plains, so when the competition comes to the end, there will definitely be a flaw.

I've exchanged blows with a middle-aged man in the Western Regions. His movements are strange and I am unable to see through his movements and martial arts path. He and I have our own attacks and defenses but we have yet to see a victor in a few hundred moves. He is also the person from the Western Regions with the strongest martial arts I've ever seen.

For martial artists, meeting a good opponent was also their greatest fortune. It would greatly improve their martial arts cultivation.

Yang Ming knew that it was because he had a few senior brothers as his disciples that he was able to improve his martial arts more than most people.

As for the mysterious middle-aged man, Yang Ming also wanted to compete with him. Although Yang Ming's current martial arts could be compared to third senior brother's, and still lacked a bit of astute understanding of martial arts, Yang Ming's understanding of martial arts had always been more focused on combat. In actual combat, every time he had experienced a battle between experts, his martial arts would unnaturally advance a level.

The two of them said their goodbyes to the Third Senior Martial Brother and arrived at the last stop, called the Small Clear Wind Courtyard, where the two Junior Martial Sisters lived. The Small Clear Wind Courtyard was relatively unique, and was much fresher compared to the other small courtyards in Qingcheng.

The two Junior Sisters were practicing their swordsmanship. Although Yun Yan and Yan Mingyan had a huge difference in personality, their kung fu skills were on par with each other. The two of them were in the middle of a battle.

Yang Ming looked at Ning Yuan, only to see Ning Yuan giving a light leap, and using our sect's "Twelve Styles of Peach Blossom", which were originally designed specifically for females.

Ning Yuan was extremely familiar with this martial arts technique, although it was a woman's technique, but when Ning Yuan used it, it looked to be extremely beautiful.

The two girls laughed at each other as they attacked from left and right. In the blink of an eye, dozens of moves had passed, and Ning Yuan shouted lightly, "Two Junior Sisters, be careful!"

The swords in the two girls' hands flew into the air at the same time. The two girls cried out in alarm, "Seventh Brother, you're so bad!"

"Hehe, you two junior sisters have improved a lot in martial arts, you can take fifty of your Seventh Senior Brother's moves," Yang Ming laughed.

The two girls bowed towards Yang Ming.

Yang Ming said: "Junior Sisters, your Seventh Brother and I are going on a long journey this time. Regarding martial arts, you guys need to practice on your own, don't be wasteful, when we return, we will definitely test you guys. You guys should let me and your Seventh Brother take a look at the martial arts that we have practiced during this time."

The two girls walked to the scene and used the Feng Nu Sword Technique they had been practicing recently. Yang Ming and Ning Yuan gave them pointers. Although Zheng Cong had taught the two junior sisters most of their martial arts, he was the one who guided them the most.

They didn't say anything more. A few days later, the two of them led dozens of members of the Church out of Qingcheng and began their journey to the Western Regions.