Comprehensive Martial Arts: Relying on Pili Martial Arts to Achieve Dimensionality Reduction Attack

Chapter 21 Going Further and Further on the Road of Dark Confucianism

As for the rewards for the two side quests, Lu Ping chose 'Spirit' and 'Essence' in the order he always did. Suddenly, his mind became clearer and his physical strength was replenished.

"Receive the main mission reward."

[Please choose one of the following three rewards]:
1. Gentleman's demeanor
2. Root of Heaven and Earth
3. Prajna repentance
"This time it's the Three Religions' move to suppress the religion..."

The Confucian gentleman's demeanor, the Taoist root of heaven and earth, and the Buddhist Prajna repentance are known as the "Three Religions' Tactics" in the Pili world. They were passed down from the Saint Master to the Sword Master, from the Taoist Master to the Chaos Mad Knife, and from the Yuan Buddha to Ye Xiaochai, allowing the three to join forces to deal with the Demon King.

It was boasted a lot when it first appeared, but it was directly destroyed after a few levels. In the later period, it was pulled out and beaten repeatedly, and it went from being a "secret skill of the religion" to an ordinary secret book that everyone has a copy.

The power was reduced again and again, and in the end only the status was left to talk about.

"The power of these three moves should be similar. Unless you can learn all three and master them thoroughly to master the 'Confucianism, Taoism and Buddha Light', if you use them alone, I'm afraid they will be mediocre."

How to choose?

Anyway, the power is almost the same, and I have chosen the double weapon before, so I might as well choose the gentleman style which has the closest attributes to the double weapon.

Thinking of this, Lu Ping made a decision: "Choose 'Gentleman Style'."

[The selection was successful, and the 'Gentleman Style' secret book has been issued. ]

……

After eating and drinking, Lu Ping sat in the courtyard to rest.

Because Lu Ping bought the food, Xiao Yuer was the one who cleaned up and washed the dishes. As he washed, he exclaimed, "This food smells so good. Why didn't I feel the same way when I ate it yesterday?"

"It's normal. Everything I eat tastes delicious after work."

Lu Ping was resting under the peach tree, preparing for a nap. When he heard Xiao Yu'er mumbling to himself, he said, "Besides, how can the reputation of a first-class inn be false?"

Xiao Yuer stopped what he was doing, turned around and asked, "With such a famous name, the price must be quite high, right? Can you afford it in a day's wages?"

Lu Ping smiled calmly: "After a busy morning, do you know that making money is not easy?"

"Yes, yes... It's a pity that I, Xiao Yu'er, have lived for fourteen years, but I didn't know that making money is as difficult as practicing martial arts."

Is it hard to make money? That’s right! I almost lost my life today!!

Seeing this, Lu Ping smiled and said proudly, "Don't worry, I have a 30% discount!"

And the gold leaf you left there yesterday...

It is said that Yiliu Inn has a good reputation, so it will naturally not embezzle a penny from the guests. Chao Yiliu asked the waiter to accept the gold leaves left there yesterday, and put the remaining money on Xiao Yuer.

Then at noon today when Lu Ping went to buy lunch, he explained to Chao Yiliu that Xiao Yuer was now his younger brother, so the remaining money from the gold leaves naturally became Lu Ping's money.

Lu Ping felt no guilt about this.

I give him a place to stay and bring him food, so isn't it reasonable for him to treat me to a meal and wash the dishes after the meal?

While chatting and laughing, Lu Ping couldn't help but think back to the past.

This afternoon, I went to a first-class inn to buy food. While waiting for the meal, I suddenly found that Xiaobai, the new waiter who used to work there, was missing.

After some questioning, the shop assistant told me that Xiaobai was frightened by the bandits that night, packed his luggage overnight, said goodbye to Chao Yiliu, and went to other towns to seek development. This kind of thing is not uncommon, after all, it involves life safety issues, and it is normal to leave here.

However, Lu Ping keenly discovered that among the waiters who answered his questions, some had strange expressions and evasive eyes, as if they were intentionally hiding something.

In addition, he also found that Old Wu, who was supposed to play the erhu in the store, was also missing.

So Lu Ping asked a few more guys, and they gave the same answer, which made him almost doubt whether he was not sociable enough and whether he should move to another town.

What made Lu Ping feel even more strange was that after that, Chao Yiliu found him and asked him if he had any other relatives.

"Other relatives... My original parents disappeared years ago. This is known to everyone in town. Why did Chao Yiliu suddenly ask about this?"

The more plausible possibility is that Chao Yilu had heard news about someone who might be related to his family from somewhere recently.

But Lu Ping knew that Chao Yilu had been staying in Taiping Town for the past half month and had not gone out.

If we talk about any outsiders in the town in the past half month, apart from Xiaoyuer, there is the zither player Lao Wu who disappeared after the bandit incident. Going back a little further, there is Xiaobai who came here last month and also left after the bandit incident.

Excluding Xiao Yuer, who he barely knew well, Lu Ping could only lock on Lao Wu and Xiao Bai as candidates.

"Think about it carefully. Not only did they leave so abruptly, but their arrival was also strange. What could these two people be? Do they have any relationship with the original body's parents? If so, are they enemies or friends? What are their positions?"

"Hmm... maybe we can start by looking through the collection of books left behind at home?"

Lu Ping couldn't figure out the clues for a moment and had to find another way.

Although doing so may sound a bit worrying, we should always be prepared for the worst, and besides, we have nothing to do anyway.

However, there is no rush about this matter. Before looking for clues, he still needs to finish reading the last half of the famous martial arts novel, which he failed to finish yesterday because of Xiao Yuer's appearance.

In the afternoon, Lu Ping spent three hours reading, and finally in the evening, he completed the main task that had been pending for several months.

[System prompt! The main task 'Read 10 famous books' has been completed...]

"Receive award."

[Please choose one of the following three rewards]:
1. Washing Ink Kunfeng

2. Extraordinary Saint Destroyer

3. Be consistent
"Uh... I just received the reward for the Confucian sect's unique martial art 'Gentleman's Style' this morning, and in the afternoon, three weapons of the 'Four Blades of Confucianism' were given? Does the system want me to follow the Confucian path to the end?"

Xi Mo Kun Feng, the user is Jing Canglang, 'Kun Chen Qian Gu' who was born in Qingbo tribe; Chao Fan Mie Sheng, the user is You Huan Shen, 'Hai Ku Shi Chen' who once served as the arbitration of the triangle; as for Yi Consistent, the user is Ping Ruheng, 'Xue Men Wu Shu'.

All three are known as the "Four Famous Leaders" of Confucianism and have a high status in Confucianism.

In the play, the moves used by Jing Canglang, Youhunshen and Ping Ruheng are from "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" respectively, and the names of the three swords are from "Zhuangzi", "Laozi" and "The Analects of Confucius" respectively.

The rewards given by the system did not match the martial arts used by the three people, so Lu Ping naturally took the appearance of the three weapons as the priority criterion for this selection.

After all, being strong is only a temporary thing, but being handsome is a lifelong thing!

(End of this chapter)