Chapter 944: Attacking Kunlun!
Translator: Legge Editor: Legge
The next day.
At a place where a mountain chain jutted into the clouds.
At the peak of a mountain, the Kunlun Sect’s main hall looked extremely magnificent. A plaque with the word “Kunlun” engraved in gold hung in the main hall. Under the sunlight, it looked brilliant and blazing!
Within the halls, a lot of Taoists were busy chattering with one another.
“Zhang Ye is much too lawless!”
“This is infuriating!”
“Barging into Shaolin? Smashing their plaque?”
“With so many experts in the Shaolin Monastery, why didn’t they resist?”
“How could they resist? Can anyone even beat him?”
“But there’s Master Shi Wu around!”
“I heard that Master Shi Wu did not even appear to face Zhang Ye!”
“Zhang Ye’s being provocative right there! He’s blatantly clamoring for war against our entire martial arts world!”
“How did the National Martial Arts Association react to this problem?”
“There’s no response from them at the moment!”
“Why? Why aren’t they sending someone to condemn his actions? This is the Shaolin Monastery we’re talking about. Their monastery has been turned upside down and their disciples have been beaten up. Why isn’t anyone saying anything?”
“That guy is a total hooligan! He’s even more unreasonable than Rao Aimin! How should they condemn his actions? Send a skilled martial artist to condemn him? Fight him in the fight ring? The five remaining grandmasters in the national martial arts world are either injured, maimed, or not around anymore. The only person who might stand a chance against Zhang Ye was Shaolin’s Shi Wu, but he didn’t even make an appearance that day. He must have known that he isn’t a match for Zhang Ye. Then, the whereabouts of the last few remaining powerful hermits all are unknown! So how can they fight him?”
“Just gather up the people to finish him off!”
“The National Martial Arts Conference is over and everyone has dispersed and gone back to their sects, so there aren’t too many people they can gather. At this time, where else are you going to be able to gather up 100 to 200 martial arts elites? And if it’s about comparing who has more people? He’s an A-list celebrity, so how can you have more people than him? Don’t you remember how it looked when our Sect Leader and our senior bros returned from the conference that day? They were all beaten up so badly!”
“Phew, we’re fortunate that Kunlun is situated in a remote location.”
“What do you mean? Even if he finds his way here, we’re not afraid of him!”
“Right, there’s still Elder Fang and Elder Xu, as well as the other martial uncles around!”
“Hmph, I doubt Zhang Ye would try and cause trouble at Kunlun anyway!”
Just as he was saying this, knocking on the Kunlun Sect’s tower doors that had stood for over a hundred years suddenly boomed. It wasn’t a light knocking, and neither was it a heavy knocking. The rhythm was neither fast nor slow.
The Taoists of the Kunlun Sect were slightly startled.
“Who is that?”
“Are we expecting any guests today?”
“Not that I know of?”
“Could it be the senior bros returning from their trip down the mountain? But it can’t be. Senior Bro Han and the others always take the back door when they come back.”
A young Taoist ran down the granite stairway to the front door and shouted to the person behind the door, “Who is it?”
It was a man’s voice on the other side of the door.
It sounded very young and rather indifferent.
“Open up, I’m here to check on the water meter,” the man simply said.
Check on the water meter?
Go check your sister’s water meter!
We only use water from the wells around here, bro!
“Are you from the Area Administrative Committee?” That young Taoist lived in the mountains year in and year out, and did not have much experience in society, so he went over and lifted up the wooden crossbeam barring the doors.
The doors opened.
A sunglasses-wearing young man slowly walked in from outside.
The young Taoist did not recognize him immediately and tried to stop him. “Hey, hey, what are you trying to do?”
The sunglasses-wearing young man raised his hand and took off his sunglasses, then clipped them between a shirt button. “I’m here to collect a debt.”
When the many Kunlun Taoists saw this person, their faces abruptly paled!
“Heavens!”
“Zhang Ye!”
“It’s Zhang Ye!”
“Zhang Ye is here!”
“Quick, get the Sect Leader!”
“This is not good!”
“Prepare to face the enemy! Face the enemy!”
The Taoists started shouting in panic!
None of them had expected this. Zhang Ye was still at Mount Song yesterday, yet he had already arrived 1 at the Kunlun Mountains to attack the Kunlun Sect today!
First was Shaolin!
Would it be them, the Kunlun Sect, next?
Was Zhang Ye really thinking that he could challenge all the large sects by himself?
In an instant, the entire Kunlun Sect was plunged into chaos. Everyone was alarmed as the Kunlun Sect’s leader, who was still injured from Zhang Ye and his fans attacking, came out, along with 30 to 40 skilled and unskilled disciples. The highest ranked elders of the Kunlun Sect also came out, and when they saw Zhang Ye standing at the foot of the staircase, everyone was looking pretty bad, with some who blanched!
The Kunlun Sect’s leader who had the same surname as Zhang Ye shouted condescendingly, “Zhang Ye! What are you here for?”
Zhang Ye said, “I’m here to seek an explanation.”
An old Taoist said angrily, “You injured so many of our Kunlun Sect disciples that day. What are you still seeking an explanation for?”
“That is a separate matter.” Zhang Ye said quite calmly, “You people were beaten up because you deserved it. Who told you guys to be so reprehensible in the first place? I’m here today to ask for a proper explanation! Who was it that carried out the sneak attack on me when I was in the ring? Old Rao is only unconscious because she tried to save me. She still hasn’t come around, and since that’s the case, I’ll do what she can’t do now on her behalf! So for the debt that she cannot collect, I will collect it for her! That’s perfectly justified, right?”
The Kunlun Sect’s leader said furiously, “We didn’t throw those darts!”
Zhang Ye put up his hand in a very unreasonable manner. “I don’t care about that. After the sneak attack and Old Rao’s injuries, you people from the large sects came to hunt us down. Therefore, I come to you to seek the answers. Whether it was Kunlun who threw the darts, or Shaolin, or South Wudang, or Kongtong, or the Zhou Family, it makes absolutely no difference to me. I just know it’s you people!”
An elder chastised, “Are you still being reasonable here?”
But did they ever stop to think about that day at Tianshan when they surrounded Rao Aimin and Zhang Ye, where they viciously took insidious actions against them? Were they being reasonable then?
“Don’t you dare cross the line!”
“Zhang Ye, do you really think that you’re invincible?”
“How dare you trespass on our Kunlun Sect territory!”
“You must not know when to stop!”
“If you want to fight, let’s fight!”
“We’ve sworn to defend Kunlun till our dying breath!”
The Kunlun Sect’s leader knew that he couldn’t avoid this face-off, so he looked to the several elders standing beside him!
A grumpy elder immediately went forward.
Another elder laughed bitterly and followed reluctantly!
Four elders were now standing in front of Zhang Ye. These four were currently the strongest in the Kunlun Sect, but even they did not dare be overconfident and take Zhang Ye on single-handedly. This was because they knew it would be impossible to do that, since he was a highly skilled Taiji master who had even achieved concealed power. They could only join hands and take him on in this case. It was nothing to be shameful of either. When it came to dealing with a martial arts master like this, it wasn’t necessary to have that many considerations!
Zhang Ye, though, didn’t even notice them. He scanned the place, and before long, his eyes landed on the plaque engraved with golden letters that was hanging in the main hall!
When the four elders saw this, they couldn’t repress their anger!
“Charge!”
“Mysterious Formation!”
“Surround him!”
The four of them gave each other secret hand signals and attacked with killing blows!
20 attacks!
It only took 20 attacks!
After 20 attacks, only one person was left standing within ten meters of the fight—Zhang Ye.
Even with the four of them coming together, they didn’t come close to being Zhang Ye’s equal. The four elders were all injured, either lying on the ground, passed out, or clutching their chest while pointing and cursing at Zhang Ye!
“You’ll get your retribution!”
“Don’t you dare!”
“Stop!”
“No!”
“Your grandpa!”
All of the Kunlun Sect’s disciples roared!
Because Zhang Ye had just picked up a stone from the flowerbed and weighed it in his hand. With a nod of his head, Zhang Ye turned his head and set his eyes on that Kunlun Sect plaque, which had also been handed down for hundreds of years. Suddenly, he exerted a force in his finger tips and channeled a stream of concealed power into the stone!
Whoosh!
The stone flew toward the plaque in the main hall!
“Stop!”
“I’ll take you on!”
Amid the angry shouts of the Kunlun disciples, a loud crash rang out. The Kunlun Sect’s plaque cracked apart and shattered into several pieces in midair before falling to the floor!
The Kunlun Sect’s leader who was still had some injuries was so infuriated that he actually passed out from his anger and fell to the floor!
The plaque was smashed!
The Kunlun disciples wailed!
Kunlun meant everything to many of them. The plaque represented their dignity and was something they had sworn to protect with their lives. But now, the Kunlun Sect that had been established for over a hundred years, and which no one had dared to provoke before today, was under attack from just a single person! And their plaque was even smashed! This was a great big slap that continuously smacked their faces! It had crushed all of their dignity and honor!
“Zhang Ye!”
“Zhang!”
“Revenge or death!”
“Kunlun will fight with you to the bitter end!”
“To the bitter end!”
Countless Kunlun Taoists were shouting, enraged!
Zhang Ye just dusted off his hands and told them, “Don’t be anxious to shout those words. We still don’t know who’ll be fighting with whom to the bitter end. Old Rao is still unconscious right now. If anything were to happen to her…” He suddenly raised his voice and pointed at them. “I’ll fucking fight with all of you to the bitter end!”
With that, Zhang Ye turned around and strolled out!
No one was brave enough to stop him!
No one could stop him!
He came and went like the wind, leaving the Kunlun main hall in shambles in his wake!
“Quick, attend to the Sect Leader!”
“Sect Leader has fainted!”
“Elder Chen, how are you? How are you holding up?”
An elder who had been seriously injured and left lying on the ground by Zhang Ye looked at Zhang Ye as he walked away. Shock written all over his face, he said, “His kung fu…Has it really reached that level already?”
Another seriously injured elder beside him sighed, “Below the grandmaster level, there really won’t be anyone who’s a match for him!”
The elder who suffered the lightest injuries turned around and looked at the broken and smashed Kunlun plaque and said, “We’re all sinners of the Kunlun Sect! We’ve brought shame to our ancestral founder! We have brought shame to our martial sect!” Taking a pause, he suddenly said, “Yesterday, it was Shaolin! Today, it was Kunlun! Who will be next? Whose turn is it next? Do you guys still remember the Taiji grandmaster from all those years ago? The one who single-handedly challenged the experts from the eighteen martial sects! Our Kunlun sect leader from over a hundred years ago was defeated by that person! And the current situation is turning out to be the same as the events all those years ago? Is history really repeating itself? Is the Taiji Fist…going to bring us back to a time of bloodshed?
An old Taoist sighed deeply, “Zhang Ye is only a step away from becoming a grandmaster, and he’s just 25 this year! The only thing we can do now is pray that Rao Aimin regains consciousness quickly, or else…the entire martial arts community will be plunged into chaos!”
“But the martial arts community is already in chaos right now!”
“Hurry and inform the other sects!”
“What should we tell them?”
“Just say…Kunlun has fallen as well!”
