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

Chapter 40: Strange Hero
Hearing the other person's name, Lu Ping almost spit out a cry.

Who did he just say he was?

Li Ge smiled?
Well, no wonder this group looks so familiar...

After Li Gexiao introduced himself, the three people around him also took off their masks. The rude man, the pretty girl, and the pale-faced scholar were very similar to the group of four in Lu Ping's memory.

Not only Lu Ping, but also Tie Xinlan and Zhang Jing responded to the name 'Li Gexiao'.

The two of them exclaimed, "Li Gexiao... Could it be that the four of you are the 'Strange Hero', one of the 'Seven Monsters' in the legend?!"

Li Gexiao raised his eyebrows in surprise, and said with a slightly smug smile: "Oh? I didn't expect that you guys, at such a young age, actually know our names? Then we can have a good talk now, right?"

Before Lu Ping could answer, Xiao Yu'er pulled Tie Xinlan's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "What are the 'Seven Monsters' and 'Strange Heroes'? Are they famous?"

Hearing this, the smile on Li Ge’s face suddenly froze.

"Ahem... 'Seven Monsters' refers to seven people or organizations that behave strangely in the Jianghu within the Suzaku Dynasty. The four people in front of us are one of them, known as 'Strange Hero Yizhimei'."

"The leader is Li Gexiao, who once served as the commander of the Jinyiwei. The woman is Yan Sanniang, the famous 'Swallow Thief' in the martial arts world. The man is Chai Hu, the 'River Thief'. The scholar is He Xiaomei, the 'Thousand-Faced Actor'."

After listening to Tie Xinlan's explanation, Xiao Yu'er's eyes suddenly lit up. He looked at Lu Ping and asked innocently, "I remember you said before that our team's goal is to trample the 'three elders', 'four heroes' and 'seven monsters' of the Suzaku Dynasty underfoot. Were you talking about them at the time?"

Lu Ping: “…”

Others around: “……???”

Soon after he entered the martial arts world, he encountered one of the "Seven Monsters". Could it be that he really had the template of Luffy? However, Ichijimei does not have the strength and status of Hawkeye in One Piece...

Before the atmosphere reached an awkward point, Lu Ping spoke up: "Don't talk nonsense! That's just a bunch of young people talking nonsense to cheer themselves up before entering the martial arts world."

Yan Sanniang nodded: "They are indeed quite young! Take a closer look, these people are just little kids..."

Chai Hu snorted coldly: "They are not ordinary brats! The girl who just fought with me, her punches are not simple. If she practices for another two years, even I won't dare to take them head-on!"

He Xiaomei was surprised: "Is it true? This seems to be the first time I hear you evaluate someone like this, not to mention that the other person is still a little girl..."

Li Ge laughed out loud and said, "Old Hu's evaluation is correct! If I'm not mistaken, the girl used the 'Crazy 108 Strikes', the kung fu of 'Crazy Lion' Tie Zhan, one of the 'Ten Evil Men'!"

Upon hearing this, Tie Xinlan couldn't help but exclaimed: "'Strange Hero' is indeed worthy of its reputation. I didn't expect that in the situation just now, you could still be distracted and see my martial arts style. You really have a good eye!"

Xiao Yu'er, who was standing by, was not convinced when he heard this and shouted, "Yes, yes, yes! He lives up to his reputation, he has a good eye... He is so capable, you and I were fighting that big guy together just now, I think he must have seen through my martial arts skills, right?"

Tie Xinlan found Xiaoyuer's words strange and felt angry for no apparent reason. She immediately widened her eyes and looked at him in confusion, which made Xiaoyuer feel uneasy.

Li Gexiao was silent for a few seconds, waved his hands and said with a smile: "I can't tell... Although your moves are extremely exquisite, they are too complicated and messy. It seems that several people taught you together?"

Xiao Yu'er was shocked, but at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief: "Hahaha... you really guessed it! But since you can't tell, your eyesight is still not good enough!"

Li Ge smiled and nodded, but did not continue the topic.

In fact, many years ago, when he was still serving in the Jinyiwei, he had dealt with many villains in the world, so he had already guessed some of the truth in his heart.

It's just that he wasn't completely sure, and he really didn't want to believe that there would be a group of evil people teaching the same disciple, so he deliberately said that he couldn't see it. "I'm Xia Qi Lu Ren, and the people behind me are my friends."

Lu Ping also clasped his fists towards Li Gexiao and the others, and said, "There was a misunderstanding just now. The fight was a normal reaction in a hurry. Hero Li should not hold it against us young people, right?"

What can Li Gexiao say?
He could only smile and say, "Don't mind! Of course not!"

Lu Ping continued, "We explored Mount Emei at night in search of 'Yan Nantian's treasure' and accidentally discovered a secret passage that led us here. I wonder what you are doing...?"

Li Gexiao thought for a moment and said, "The matter of 'Yan Nantian's Treasure Map' has been making a lot of noise in the martial arts world for the past month. We were commissioned by others to investigate the truth behind it, so we came here."

"I see. Since we are treasure hunters and you are investigators, there should be no conflict of interest. How about we just call it a day and leave?"

"Well... I'm a little concerned about the 'conspiracy' you just mentioned. I wonder if you could tell us in detail?"

"No problem at all."

So the group sat down and shared their information with each other.

Of course, Lu Ping tried not to say anything if he could, but he did not hide anything that could be discovered once he entered the secret passage.

For example, he did not hide the large amount of treasure in the cave, but he kept silent about the identities of the dead; he did not hide the fact that many people died in the two stone chambers, but he did not say that he and others took some jewelry and martial arts secrets.

There is also the tomb of the "Mo School disciples". Before they left, they had already taken the two secret books and burned the "suicide note", so they were just called "unidentified persons".

When Xiao Yuer and the others heard what Lu Ping said, they understood that this was to reduce trouble for them, so they did not deny it.

However, Li Gexiao and others then told the reason why they were here -

"Rumors about the 'Yan Nantian Treasure Map' began to circulate half a year ago, but no one believed it at the time. But a month ago, it was posted on a public kiosk, and everyone knew about it."

"So half a month ago, various martial arts masters attacked Emei at night in an attempt to explore the treasure."

Hearing this, Lu Ping and others were dumbfounded.

"So, we are late after all?"

Li Ge smiled and nodded, saying, "My condolences!"

Lu Ping turned his head and glanced at Tie Xinlan and the others, and said sarcastically, "You have the treasure map in your hand, but you are so slow that you can't even eat the hot treasure!"

Tie Xinlan curled her lips: "Can you blame me for this? You guys are slower than us!"

This is true.

Lu Ping turned his head and looked at Li Gexiao and the others again: "So? The 'treasure' was taken away just like that?"

"No, that treasure map is fake!"

Li Gexiao shook his head and said, "According to those who managed to escape, when the troops entered the stone chamber, they only saw three treasure chests. So everyone rushed in, but ended up falling into a trap and triggering the mechanism on the treasure chests, resulting in countless casualties."

After hearing this, several people understood that this was what happened in the stone chamber they had just encountered.
So, everyone already knows about the river of blood?
What about the others?
(End of this chapter)