Chapter 407

"Little brother, do you know the background of the people in this private room?"

Wang Chongyang asked in a low voice.

Bai Zhantang glanced cautiously and also whispered: "The background of the people in this private room is huge. The three elders of Xiaoyao from the Xiaoyao Sect..."

Listening to Bai Zhantang, Wang Chongyang's expression also became stern.

Along the way, he had long heard about the immortal cultivation sect, the Xiaoyao Sect, and the three elders of Xiaoyao.

"So it was these three old seniors. No wonder, no wonder."

Wang Chongyang couldn't help but sigh.

His age was not small, but in front of the three elders of Xiaoyao, who averaged over ninety years old, he still had to call them seniors.

They entered the tenth private room next door.

As soon as they sat down, Zhou Botong said excitedly: "Senior Brother, I heard people below discussing that Mr. Su is about to open the Great Song Martial Arts Ranking."

"The Great Song Martial Arts Ranking?"

Wang Chongyang's eyes also lit up.

After the Huashan Sword Discussion back then, he had been semi-hidden and semi-faking his death for more than thirty years, and he had long since not known what the Jianghu looked like today.

"I wonder where Huang Laoxie and the others will rank?"

Wang Chongyang muttered to himself, curiously looking toward the Bai Yu Platform.

On the Bai Yu Platform.

Su Chen was leisurely sipping fragrant tea, listening to the crowd below discussing, and said unhurriedly:

"First, the Grandmaster Ranking, totaling ten people."

"Tenth place, Qiu Qianren."

"This person is the leader of the Iron Palm Gang of Great Song, and he has a resounding reputation in the Great Song Jianghu."

"He is proficient in the Iron Palm Technique and light-body techniques, and has long been known as 'Iron Palm Floating on Water,' having defeated countless enemies in his life."

"Back then, the 'Nine Yin Manual' appeared, causing the Great Song Jianghu to scramble for it. It was finally decided by discussion that the 'Huashan Sword Discussion' would determine the ownership of the 'Nine Yin Manual'."

"At that time, attracted by the 'Nine Yin Manual,' half of the Grandmasters in the Jianghu gathered at Huashan. Qiu Qianren was also among those invited and was a popular candidate to win, which shows his power."

"But Qiu Qianren had important matters to attend to at the time and did not go to Huashan. Later, he went alone to challenge the Southern Emperor, Duan Zhixing, who had already become one of the Five Greats."

"He originally intended to defeat Duan Zhixing to become famous throughout the world, but he did not expect the Southern Emperor's power to be even greater than his. He was defeated in over seventy moves and fled voluntarily."

"But Qiu Qianren's ambition did not die. To eliminate Duan Zhixing, an expert whose strength was greater than his, he ruthlessly struck and injured the child of Duan Zhixing and the Imperial Concubine Yinggu with one palm."

"This palm contained deep Iron Palm internal energy, endangering the heart pulse."

"But if treated in time with the 'One Finger Zen' technique, the child could still survive."

"It's just that the person who performs the One Finger Zen would inevitably suffer a great loss of power."

"It would take at least several years to rebuild it, and there is even a risk of a direct drop in realm."

"Qiu Qianren concluded that the Southern Emperor Duan Zhixing would definitely give up his cultivation for the sake of the child."

"In this way, the infant's life would be safe, and he could also eliminate an opponent."

"But what he didn't know was that this infant was not Duan Zhixing's biological son, but was born privately to Yinggu and Zhou Botong."

"Duan Zhixing had long known about this, and it was like a fishbone in his throat. He was even less willing to pay the price of his own cultivation to save the child, so he watched helplessly as the infant died in pain in Yinggu's arms."

"Yinggu therefore went mad, her hair turned white overnight, she betrayed the palace, and from then on, she viewed Duan Zhixing as the enemy who killed her child, thinking about revenge all day long."

"And this matter also became Duan Zhixing's inner demon. He resigned from the position of Emperor of Dali and became a monk, which is the current Master Yideng."

As Su Chen's voice fell, the entire hall exploded.

No one expected that just as the Great Song Grandmaster Ranking began, such a fierce piece of news would be exposed.

Iron Palm Qiu Qianren!

This person indeed had a resounding reputation in the Great Song Jianghu.

Before the Huashan Sword Discussion back then, his fame even exceeded that of several of the Five Greats.

Even after the Huashan Sword Discussion, when the Five Great Grandmasters became famous throughout the world,

many people still believed that Qiu Qianren's power was not beneath that of the Five Great Grandmasters.

They felt regret that he could not participate in the Huashan Sword Discussion.

Therefore, when they heard that Qiu Qianren was only ranked at the end of the Grandmaster Ranking, everyone felt extremely astonished.

It was not until they heard the rest that they were thoroughly convinced.

So Qiu Qianren had fought privately with the Southern Emperor Duan Zhixing and was no match for him in less than a hundred moves.

What shocked everyone even more was:

Qiu Qianren could not win in a head-on battle, so he actually intended to harm Duan Zhixing's child who was still in swaddling clothes.

He wanted to use this to abolish Duan Zhixing's One Finger Zen.

This was undoubtedly a very despicable and shameless approach, not only violating the way of a Grandmaster but also not even worthy of being a person.

However, the subsequent plot was what truly left everyone dumbfounded.

That infant was not Duan Zhixing's biological son, but was born to his Imperial Concubine and Zhou Botong.

If someone else had told such a bizarre story, everyone would have flipped the table long ago.

But since these words came from Su Chen, it was absolutely impossible for them to be false.

Not to mention that Zhou Botong, one of the parties involved, was sitting in the private room on the third floor.

For a time, countless Jianghu heroes began to discuss:

"I didn't expect Qiu Qianren to have fought privately with Master Yideng; he was no match at all."

"Not only was he no match, he couldn't even hold out for a hundred moves. He was simply a notch lower; no wonder he was only ranked at the end of the Grandmaster Ranking."

"The truth is finally out. Back then, many people thought Qiu Qianren's power was greater than the Five Great Grandmasters; it's truly ridiculous."

"Isn't Qiu Qianren too shameless? He couldn't win in a head-on battle, so he used such insidious means. It's contemptible!"

"Qiu Qianren's approach is indeed contemptible, but he didn't expect that the infant was not Master Yideng's biological child."

"Did I hear that right? Master Yideng's concubine actually had an affair with Zhou Botong? And even gave birth to an illegitimate child?"

"Back then, the Southern Emperor Duan Zhixing became a monk in his prime, shocking everyone. So the truth was like this."

"Too miserable! I didn't expect that the dignified Southern Emperor, a monarch of a country, and one of the Five Great Grandmasters, would also suffer such a cuckolding."

"Zhou Botong, as the Junior Brother of Daoist Master Chongyang, didn't expect he would do such a shameful thing. He has lost all the face of the Quanzhen Sect."

"Maybe I'm cold-blooded, but I think Master Yideng's refusal to save him is also understandable; it's just a pity for that innocent infant."

"That's right! Master Yideng was the Emperor of Dali at that time; even if he had executed Yinggu and her son, it wouldn't have been excessive. I actually think he was too kind."

The tenth private room in the North District.

The veins on Wang Chongyang's forehead bulged, and fire almost gushed from his eyes.

Shame!

Disgrace!

In his life, except for Lin Chaoying, he had no shame before the world, and he had never felt such embarrassment for a moment.

He naturally knew about the affair between Zhou Botong and Yinggu, and he had been angry back then.

But he didn't know that there was a child between them.

And he didn't know about the subsequent events, such as Qiu Qianren injuring the infant and Master Yideng refusing to save him.

Being exposed in public at this moment only made him feel unable to face the world.

Zhou Botong on the side was also stunned.

"Yinggu actually gave birth to a child for me?"

"My child, injured by Qiu Qianren? And then died?"

Zhou Botong muttered to himself.

As simple as he was, he could not face such a complex reality at all.

Soon he hugged his head, his eyes revealing a look of madness.

"Ah ah ah ah, Yinggu, I'm sorry to you, sorry to our child, I don't want to live anymore!!"

Hearing Zhou Botong scream, he actually jumped directly into the air and rushed toward a coiled dragon golden pillar in the hall.

This caught everyone off guard.

"Come back!"

Wang Chongyang roared in anger, his movement technique three points faster than Zhou Botong's, and he slapped down directly in front of him. ===== CHAPTER 409 =====