737 Rules (2/2)

”Who told you that? When you become speechless under my curses, you will know what is a real skill. You…”

”Old Man Mu, that's enough.”

Deng Yuanlei was humiliated when he had served in the Dragon King's army, and clearly he had betrayed Liu Qingpu and taken Lu Mian's side, which would make a wonderful story to talk about, but Old Man Mu had barely started telling it when the Dragon King stopped him.

Old Man Mu was greatly surprised, turned over his head, and gave the Dragon King a begging look with his face. But eventually he took his horse back to his former position. With his back towards the others, he only gave off one sigh after another.

Mo Lin jumped off of his horse, and walked a few steps forward, and said ”Two Sect Leaders, which one of you should I address first?”

Everyone from the Qingcheng Sect remained silent. It was Tu Pianpian from Kongtong Sect who stepped forward. ”Talk to me.” Her voice was severe, as if she were teaching her disciples a lesson.

After several awkward coughs, Dog Butcher suddenly jumped off of his horse and stood beside Old Man Mu, with his back against the others.

Old Man Mu said in a low voice, ”Your short fat elder sister doesn't seem like a big fan of the rules.”

”Uh, she's an elder of the Kongtong Sect, so she' s entitled to… skirt over the rules a little,” Dog Butcher replied in an even lower voice.

Mo Lin looked around and said aloud, ”All of you are from the Central Plains, yet you came to the Norland to make trouble. Our magnanimous king commands you to leave right now.”

Everybody laughed. Only the faces of the two Sect Leaders remained as cold as ice. Tu Pianpian replied, ”Here's an order from the martial arts world of the Central Plainss: hand over the head of Khan, or die.”

This was a standard ”rule-following” dispute. Although both sides expressed their opinions in aggressive tones, there were no more personal attacks. Gu Shenwei listened quietly from the side, realizing that this was very similar to the rules of the wandering sabermen of Jade City.

A young saberman from the Central Plains became bored, and since nobody was talking at the moment, he cried out: ”Stop this nonsense. We outnumber them. Let's just fight with our full strength and take the Dragon King alive, and then the head will be ours.”Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.

Mo Lin sneered and replied, ”His Majesty owns hundreds of thousands of troops. He believed that the people of the martial arts world in the Central Plains were all rule-followers and would never win by oppressing through sheer numbers, so he came here himself. I never saw this coming.”

That saberman was accused by a dozen fellows at the same time. He flushed and slowly backed away, never speaking out again.

Tu Pianpian tapped his crutch on the ground heavily, ”Now that the Dragon King has come here as a member of the martial arts world, let's have a kung fu competition. Same number on both sides. Fair for everyone.”

Mo Lin shook his head and replied, ”His Majesty is not here for a kung fu competition.”

”Not here for a kung fu competition? Then what for? To play a trick on us?” Tu Pianpian demanded as she twitched her wrist and the crutch sank several inches deeper into the ground.

Dog Butcher gave a slight sigh. ”Senior Sister has never controlled her bad temper.”

Old Man Mu tried to console him by saying, ”Don't worry. Your sister's face is like an arrow-proof shield. She's the last person His Majesty would make fun of.”

The two sides glared at each other. Mo Lin stated their intentions, ”His Majesty had already had a kung fu competition with the Kongtong and Qingcheng Sects and won it. He wants to know how many more such competitions are to be held. He doesn't have time for this… nonsense.”

Tu Pianpian flushed. She was still bitterly unconvinced of the result of that competition, but she could not deny the fact that she had been defeated back then. Her brother was now standing right beside the Dragon King.

Liu Fangsheng had been by his father's side this whole time, his wound already healed. He took a few steps forward. After he received tacit approval from Tu Pianpian, he said, ”In the last kung fu competition, we did lose. But it's not the Kongtong Sect's fault. As two junior disciples of the Qingcheng Sect, we overestimated ourselves and were defeated by the Dragon King, also bringing trouble to the two elders of the Kongtong Sect.”

Dog Butcher looked down at Old Man Mu and nodded appreciatively. ”Now this is the true rule of the martial arts world in the Central Plains.”

Old Man Mu sneered contemptuously.

Liu Fangsheng's words pleased the majority of the crowd. He had called himself a junior, so his failure in the previous compitition wouldn't bring too much shame to the Qingcheng Sect. Meanwhile, he also satirized the traitor Deng Yuanlei with the same title by insinuation. Then his father spoke out, saying, ”This time, as the Sect Leader of the Qingcheng Sect, I'll be in the arena myself, on behalf of the whole Qingcheng Sect. Whatever the result is, this will be the last competition for us. As for the other sects, that's not our decision to make.”

Tu Pianpian thought highly of herself, but she had much respect for the leaders of other sects as well, so she cried out immediately, ”The Kongtong Sect will share joy and sorrow with the Qingcheng Sect as long as we are in the Royal Court!”

Hearing her words, the disciples of all other sects also declared their stances. Of the different parties, there were more than ten sects from the Central Plains. Yet in their declaration, every party clearly stated that the location was limited to the Royal Court, lest people thought that their respective sect was of a lower status than the others'.

Mo Lin turned around and looked at the Dragon King, who nodded.

”Okay. But His Majesty has one more request.” Mo Lin had given up the martial arts world because he was tired of it, but at this moment, he somewhat found the vibe of the martial arts world to be enjoyable. ”His Majesty wants to see the kung fu proficiency of the Sect Leader of the Qingcheng Sect. If he's on a similar level with the aforementioned two former disciples, then this competition is pointless.”

His words aroused public indignation. All the people from the Central Plains howled expletives of him aloud. Liu Qingpu and Lu Mian exchanged a glance and then nodded in unison.

Tu Pianpian cried out, ”Fine. Let the Dragon King see for his own eyes the unique skills of the Qingcheng Sect. Send your man in.”

Old Man Mu was eager to go, so he turned to the Dragon King for his consent. ”Your Majesty, shall I?”

Gu Shenwei didn't plan to use his kung fu. ”You two, widen your eyes and watch. This is tonight's task.”

To get information on his enemy, Gu Shenwei thought that it was necessary to see what the top-notch kung fu of the Central Plains was like.