The tragedy that occurred at the Western Shaolin Temple soon spread throughout the entire Martial Arts World, and all sides were greatly shaken.
On the one hand, the matter was so bizarre that people could hardly believe their own ears.
On the other hand, it was easy enough to verify. After all, more than ten thousand corpses could not possibly be buried in secret without anyone noticing. The various factions quickly sent out their spies or purchased information from people in the Western Martial World. Once they confirmed the truth of the matter, they were naturally even more shocked.
"I really didn't expect that such an extraordinary person would actually appear."
In the Yuwen Clan of the Southern Martial World, Yuwen Huaji had finished reading the intelligence and could not help frowning as he sighed.
"Are the rumors true?"
Hearing Yuwen Huaji speak, Yuwen Chengdu could not help asking, and Yuwen Huaji nodded.
"I originally thought that, given how neurotic those people from the Western Martial World are, the rumors might have been exaggerated. I never expected them to be completely true. The spy I sent even personally took part in burying the bodies. There's no way he could have been mistaken about what he saw."
The four great martial realms of the Martial Arts Continent each had their own distinctive traits. The Northern Martial World excelled at body tempering, and most of their martial arts revolved around strengthening the body. Thus, the defining trait of the Northern Martial World was simplicity and strength. Put plainly, their every move looked unremarkable and extremely old-fashioned.
But old-fashioned did not mean ineffective. Take Zhang Sanfeng, Zhang Zhenren, for example. His attacks usually looked ordinary, but if you truly treated them as nothing special, that would be another matter entirely.
The Southern Martial