Chapter 498

"Ding!"

"The host's storytelling is captivating, triggering a realm improvement for the entire audience, specially rewarding 200,000 popularity points."

"Storytelling popularity has broken through 4,356,000 points."

"The host has accumulated four Platinum Lottery Cards, three Gold Lottery Cards, five Silver Lottery Cards, and six Bronze Lottery Cards."

"Please keep up the good work, host."

Su Chen's eyes lit up as he heard the system prompt.

Four million popularity points!

The speed of this popularity growth was simply too fierce, having increased several times over, far exceeding his expectations.

And there was an additional benefit.

That is, after today, his reputation for storytelling would greatly improve, attracting many enthusiasts of storytelling.

... Begging for flowers...

Just for the sake of listening to stories, it might not be worth traveling thousands of miles to Seven Heroes Town in Great Ming.

But if one could attain enlightenment while listening to stories and improve one's own cultivation realm.

That would be completely different.

Compared to moves, the Martial Dao realm is the hardest to improve.

How many Martial Dao Masters and Grandmasters have been in seclusion for years without gaining anything.

Now, as long as one comes to Tongfu Inn to listen to stories, there is hope for improving one's Martial Dao realm; who could not be tempted?

Su Chen seemed to have already seen what a grand occasion it would be in the hall during the next storytelling session.

Thinking of this, Su Chen became even more motivated, unfolded his Autumn Moon fan, and said loudly:

"Next, I will comment on Ancestor Lu's tenth Dao body, Hong Xixiang of Mount Wudang."

"Back then, Qi Xuanzhen discussed the Dao with Li Li Chungang on the Demon-Slaying Platform and directly ascended as a rainbow, shocking the world."

"But the world did not know that Qi Xuanzhen did not truly ascend, but chose to reincarnate in the human world after crossing the Heavenly Gate without entering it once again."

"And his reincarnation, or rather the reincarnation of Ancestor Lu, is this Hong Xixiang."

"He entered Mount Wudang at the age of five and became a little Daoist boy riding a green ox backward."

"Heaven pitied Ancestor Lu, finally letting him meet the figure in red in this life, but he did not have the courage to approach her."

"Because his memories had not yet awakened, he was just a frail little Daoist."

"So the little Daoist Hong Xixiang could only wait anxiously on Mount Wudang Mountain, making two calculations every day."

"One was to calculate if he could go down the mountain today, and the second was to calculate if he could ride a crane down to Jiangnan."

"Finally, on that day, the birthday of the True Martial Emperor, Ancestor Lu's sword on Little Lotus Peak vibrated incessantly, and the sea of clouds over seventy-two peaks swam toward the main peak like a white dragon."

"Hong Xixiang attained enlightenment in one day, entered the Land Immortal Realm again, thousands of yellow cranes circled over, and tens of thousands of pilgrims knelt down piously."

"It was also on this day that Zhao Huangchao, in order to cut off the luck of Northern Liang, instigated Yuan Tingshan to assassinate the figure in red, Xu Zhihu."

"Just as he was about to succeed, a flying sword arrived from Mount Wudang thousands of miles away, piercing his heart."

"That useless little Daoist on Mount Wudang Mountain finally fulfilled his promise, riding a crane down to Jiangnan as the number one in the world."

"Jiangnan is good, best is the figure in red; Hong Xixiang flew into a rage for the sake of a beauty, unafraid of the heavenly tribulation, cutting down nine golden lotuses of luck of the Dongli imperial family with one sword, threatening Zhao Huangchao, scaring Zhao Huangchao into a cold sweat like a waterfall."

"'Xu Zhihu, whether you believe it or not, I have liked you for seven hundred years, and I will like you in the next life.'"

"Ancestor Lu's thousand-year wish was finally fulfilled, and he was able to reunite with the figure in red and tell her the love in his heart."

"The two traveled together; Xu Zhihu wanted to enter the Divine Capital, so he took Xu Zhihu into the Divine Capital."

"Ahead was a forbidden area, with imperial guards like a forest."

"Hong Xixiang only said one word to make way, and the three hundred thousand imperial guards of the Dongli Dynasty retreated a hundred miles, not daring to stop them."

"Because the king's law of the Dongli Dynasty, no matter how great, was not greater than the sword behind Hong Xixiang."

"But since ancient times, beauties have had short lives; Xu Zhihu was ultimately a mortal, terminally ill, and her life was not long."

"Hong Xixiang had long made arrangements for this, and shouted loudly toward the sky:"

"'The poor Daoist was Lu Dongxuan five hundred years ago, Qi Xuanzhen of Longhu Mountain a hundred years ago, and now Hong Xixiang of Mount Wudang, having cultivated seven hundred years of merit.'"

"'The poor Daoist swears that I am willing to cultivate for another three hundred years for the righteous path of heaven and earth, only asking heaven and earth to open a line, allowing Xu Zhihu to ascend.'"

"His voice was like a great bell, resounding between heaven and earth; the Heavenly Gate, which viewed all living beings as ants, actually opened actively for Ancestor Lu once again."

"That day, the two met and then parted; the figure in red, Xu Zhihu, rode a crane into the Heavenly Gate, ascending to the Immortal World with a mortal body."

"That day, Hong Xixiang sat cross-legged on the ground, a Heavenly Sword fell from the firmament, and Hong Xixiang disintegrated his body in the human world again."