Chapter 157

"Grandmaster is here!"

Zhang Zhang Wuji, with sharp eyes, was the first to see Zhang Yang Jiaozhu Sanfeng and Zhang Zhang Jie arriving together.

Yang Xiao and the others looked in the direction of the sound and cast their eyes on Zhang Yang Jiaozhu Sanfeng and the Zhang Zhang Jie beside him.

"Left Envoy, act according to the plan."

The Cloth Bag Monk Shuode and Wei Wei Yixiao gave Yang Xiao a look at the same time.

"Understood."

Yang Xiao nodded slightly.

"Yang Xiao pays respects to Zhang Zhenren."

Yang Xiao first bowed to Zhang Yang Jiaozhu Sanfeng.

"Enough."

Zhang Yang Jiaozhu Sanfeng waved his hand freely, clearly not caring much about these etiquettes.

"Yang Xiao pays respects to Zhang Shaoxia!"

After Yang Xiao got up, he bowed deeply to Zhang Zhang Jie.

"Shuode/Wei Wei Yixiao pay respects to Zhang Shaoxia!"

The Cloth Bag Monk and Wei Wei Yixiao also bowed deeply.

This bow was much more solemn than the one to Zhang Yang Jiaozhu Sanfeng.

If bowing to Zhang Yang Jiaozhu Sanfeng was bowing to a martial arts senior,

this bow to Zhang Zhang Jie was bowing to a superior, like a subject bowing to an emperor!

"I have never met the three of you before; how can I accept such a great bow?"

Zhang Zhang Jie waved his sleeve, and surging True Qi rushed out, lifting Yang Xiao and the other two up.

"What vigorous True Qi, what profound cultivation!"

Yang Xiao and the other two were shocked.

In the instant just now, they all subconsciously wanted to resist,

but under Zhang Zhang Jie's light wave of his sleeve, their resistance was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, not worth mentioning.

Seeing a spot and knowing the whole leopard, Zhang Zhang Jie's cultivation power must be far above theirs!

"We came to the right place this time!"

Yang Xiao and the other two looked at each other, seeing deep joy in each other's eyes.

"Why have the three of you come?"

Zhang Zhang Jie didn't beat around the bush and asked directly.

The Wudang crowd, seeing that Yang Xiao and the others were clearly here for Zhang Zhang Jie, also silently retreated to the side.

As the leader of the three, Yang Xiao stood out without hesitation.

He bowed to Zhang Zhang Jie and said solemnly:

"We have come specifically to invite Zhang Shaoxia to ascend to the position of Ming Sect leader."

Wei Wei Yixiao and the Cloth Bag Monk also bowed solemnly:

"Please, Zhang Shaoxia, ascend to the position of Ming Sect leader!"

"What?

Yang Xiao and the others are actually here to ask Ah Zhang Jie to be the Ming Sect leader!"

The Wudang crowd, learning the purpose of Yang Xiao and the others, was shocked.

Song Song Yuanqiao was the first to stand up and oppose:

"Ah Zhang Jie is a disciple of our Wudang; how can he go to your Ming Sect to be some leader!"

Although Zhang Zhang Jie and his son Song Song Qingshu had some conflicts, in Song Song Yuanqiao's eyes,

this was Wudang's family affair; how could he let outsiders like the Ming Sect intervene?

And was Zhang Zhang Jie an ordinary disciple?

He was the future of Wudang for the next hundred years; how could he be given away?

"Yes, Ah Zhang Jie is our Wudang disciple; he cannot go to be your Ming Sect leader!"

Yin Yin Liting and Mo Mo Shenggu echoed Song Song Yuanqiao in unison.

"Our Ming Sect's trip is not for the private interest of our Ming Sect."

Facing the opposition of the Wudang crowd, Yang Xiao spoke eloquently without changing his expression:

"The violent Yuan is lawless, and the people are wailing; how can we sit idly by?

We invite Zhang Shaoxia to ascend to the position of Ming Sect leader, to command the righteous armies of the world, expel the Yuan barbarians, and restore China!"

"We invite Zhang Shaoxia to ascend to the position of Ming Sect leader,

to command the righteous armies of the world, expel the Yuan barbarians, and restore China!"

The Cloth Bag Monk and Wei Wei Yixiao bowed again.

Once the slogan "expel the Yuan barbarians, restore China" was uttered, Song Song Yuanqiao and the others were speechless:

This was their great righteousness as Han people, and it could not be refuted.

"Ah Zhang Jie, what is your meaning?"

Yu Yu Lianzhou turned his gaze to Zhang Zhang Jie:

He was the center of this problem.

And with his martial arts, no one could force him!

Zhang Zhang Jie walked up to the Cloth Bag Monk and Wei Wei Yixiao, reached out to lift them up, and smiled:

"Expel the Yuan barbarians, restore China—I have exactly this intention."

This Ming Taizu position, he, Zhang Zhang Jie, could also try to sit in!

Not to mention the real Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang, the Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang of the Heaven-Dependent world,

or to be precise, the actions of Zhu Chongba, were really hard to like.

Of course, this might also have something to do with the fact that the creator of the Heaven-Dependent world, Mr. Jin, was a Manchu.

"We pay respects to..."

Seeing that Zhang Zhang Jie had the same ideals as them, Yang Xiao and the other two were overjoyed and were about to bow to establish the status.

"Wait."

Zhang Zhang Jie waved his sleeve, stopping them:

"Since you came to Wudang Mountain to ask me to be the leader,

then you must know about my night entry into Prince Prince Ruyang's mansion.

Then who told you my identity?

Prince Prince Ruyang's mansion and the Yuan court should have strictly blocked the news of me."

"Hmm."

Song Song Yuanqiao and the others nodded one after another:

Even their Wudang only knew that a strong person had caused a scene in Prince Prince Ruyang's mansion and retreated unscathed,

but didn't know the identity of the strong person; it was only yesterday that Zhang Zhang Jie revealed it himself.

So how did the Ming Sect know?

Or did the Ming Sect have a high-ranking mole or spy in Prince Prince Ruyang's mansion and the Yuan court?

Yang Xiao looked around, then looked at Zhang Zhang Jie, who had a gentle expression

but no fluctuation in his eyes, knowing he had to show sincerity,

so he replied: "I dare not hide it from Zhang Shaoxia;

the news was passed out by the Brightness Right Envoy Fan Yao, who is lurking in Prince Prince Ruyang's mansion.

He said Zhang Shaoxia has peerless martial arts, easily killed his way through Prince Prince Ruyang's mansion,

and acts openly and honestly, making him the only candidate for our Ming Sect leader.

We investigated afterward and found it was indeed as he said,

so today we boldly came to Wudang to invite Zhang Shaoxia to ascend to our Ming Sect leader position."

"What? News passed out by Fan Yao?"

Song Song Yuanqiao and the others were extremely shocked to learn this news.

They weren't shocked that Prince Prince Ruyang's mansion had a mole from the Ming Sect.

They were shocked that Fan Yao, the Brightness Right Envoy of the Ming Sect, had actually gone to be a mole.

You must know that the Brightness Right Envoy is the person second only to the leader in the Ming Sect,

and even the Brightness Left Envoy Yang Xiao is only slightly above him.

After the previous leader of the Ming Sect, Yang Yang Dingtian, went missing, Fan Yao also had a chance to become the new leader!

For such a high-ranking person, who is below one person and above ten thousand, to be willing to abandon everything

and be a mole who hides his name and lives in constant danger, is truly a person of great wisdom and courage!

Now they finally understood why the Ming Sect had been surrounded and suppressed by the Yuan court

but had become larger and more powerful: excluding those who fight for power,

the Ming Sect still had some heroes willing to shed blood and abandon everything for the Ming Sect!

If a family has a fierce son, it won't be defeated;

if a country has a fierce minister, it won't perish;

if a sect has fierce disciples, it won't perish!

"Hmm."

Zhang Zhang Jie, having received the answer he wanted, nodded with satisfaction.

But he wasn't satisfied with this news;

after all, he had already met Fan Yao, who was disguised as Ku Ku Toutuo, in Prince Prince Ruyang's mansion.

He was satisfied that Yang Xiao and the others were sincere and hadn't treated him as a banner to be held high,

with the idea of "the Ming Sect is full of righteous people, and the Holy Leader only needs to rule by doing nothing."

He, Zhang Zhang Jie, wanted to be a leader with real power whose words were law.

A rubber stamp or a puppet leader would be worse than pulling his own team together!

Zhang Zhang Jie stood with his hands behind his back and continued to ask:

"I have not received the permission of your former leader, Yang Yang Dingtian; how can I ascend?"

Wei Wei Yixiao, learning that Zhang Zhang Jie was moved, couldn't wait to say:

"Leader, the old leader has been missing for many years, and none of us Dharma Kings or

Wanderers have received any hints from the former leader.

This shows that the former leader did not appoint a successor before he died.

In this case, we can naturally support a new leader."

"Exactly."

Yang Xiao and the Cloth Bag Monk both nodded in agreement.

Zhang Zhang Jie, however, was not very satisfied and glanced at Liu Xie Xun.

The Cloth Bag Monk instantly understood Zhang Zhang Jie's meaning:

The person Yang Yang Dingtian favored most before he died was the Golden-Haired Lion King.

If he had left any last words, it would have to be Liu Xie Xun.

The Cloth Bag Monk immediately asked: "Lion King, did Leader Yang leave you any last words?

For example, who should succeed the leader position after he passes away."

"Leader's last words? No."

Liu Xie Xun first frowned and thought, then finally concluded in the negative.

"Leader Yang is only missing; what if his last words appear in the future?"

Zhang Zhang Jie was still relentless.

It wasn't that he was too entangled, but these problems had to be solved.

Only with a public consensus could he sit securely in the position of Ming Sect leader.

Instead of always having someone use Yang Yang Dingtian's last words to oppose him in the future.

Although it wouldn't hurt him in the slightest, this thing is like a fly;

it doesn't have direct, great harm, but it is truly disgusting and annoying.

Yang Xiao replied methodically:

"Leader Yang has been missing for many years, and our Ming Sect has yet to be unified.

This shows that neither I, nor the Green-Winged Bat King, nor the Five Wanderers can convince the masses.

In this case, even if Leader Yang's last words appear in the future,

it can only be said that Leader Yang was mistaken.

After all, the position of Ming Sect leader can only be held by a virtuous person with great achievements and great morality."

"He's a ruthless person!"

Seeing Yang Xiao unhesitatingly classify himself as a person without virtue,

Yu Yu Lianzhou and the others couldn't help but look at him with more respect.

What is being ruthless to others?

That's just keeping out of trouble and staying aloof.

Only being ruthless to oneself is truly ruthless!

And if a person is so ruthless to himself, one can imagine how ruthless he is to others.

"Exactly, what Left Envoy Yang said is exactly right."

Both the Cloth Bag Monk and Wei Wei Yixiao agreed with Yang Xiao's statement.

"As for the Lion King..."

Yang Xiao's gaze shifted to Liu Xie Xun:

He was the only one who hadn't been in the Ming Sect for these years.

If anyone else could threaten the position of the next leader,

it had to be this Golden-Haired Lion King, who had been famous for years.

The Purple-Clad Dragon King, who ranked above him, had not only been missing for years,

but was also a woman, and the Ming Sect had no precedent for a woman being the leader.

Besides, she was the Saintess of the Persian Ming Sect in the Western Regions, not a Han person, and could not be the leader.

And the head of the Four Great Dharma Kings, the White-Browed Eagle Wang Yin Yin Tianzheng,

had been independent from the Ming Sect for many years and had established the Heavenly Eagle Sect.

"Me? That's impossible for me."

Liu Xie Xun, hearing Yang Xiao's words, instantly shook his head like a rattle-drum.

Yang Xiao didn't continue his words, but everyone present knew what he meant:

Whether or not Liu Xie Xun was the successor Yang Yang Dingtian favored before he died,

he was already crippled; how could a blind man be the leader of the Ming Sect?

"Good."

Zhang Zhang Jie, having received a satisfactory answer, revealed a smile.