Records of the Grand Historian, 12th year of the Daye era of the Sui Dynasty
A thunderbolt struck the southern suburbs of Luoyang, destroying the renowned Jingnian Zen Monastery. The temple suffered heavy casualties, and its Grandmaster vanished overnight.
Some say it was not a natural disaster but a man-made one, that Jingnian Zen Monastery was destroyed by that legendary figure, but people all over the world keep quiet about it.
After all, that being had ruled the world for nearly ten years, and the world was peaceful and stable, without a trace of chaos.
Returning to Xu Xiao's story, after emerging from the seabed and determining his direction, Xu Xiao returned to Luoyang and took Shi Feixuan with him.
As for the Grandmaster of Jingnian Zen Monastery, they were so bewitched by Xu Xiao's True Meaning of Freedom that they ruthlessly killed their own disciples.
When they came to their senses, they found that Xu Xiao, the great demon, was not there, so they all slipped away.
They didn't even go back to the old site of Jingnian Zen Monastery to check, otherwise Shi Feixuan, who was restrained by acupuncture points, would probably have been rescued by the Yamato.
Faced with the nature of humanity, even those self-proclaimed detached monks were afraid, realizing that they still harbored ugly desires within themselves.
One by one, they fled into the deep mountains, and even Xu Xiao's subsequent massive search of the world could not find any trace of them.
The destruction of Cihang Jingzhai, the leading righteous sect in the martial arts world, and Jingnian Zen Monastery also threw a bomb into the martial arts world, stirring up a huge ripple.
At the same time, an invitation to heroes from all over the world was sent from Chang'an to various forces across the land.
The sender was Xu Xiao, who, in the name of the Heavenly Venerable Savior, invited or rather warned all martial arts masters in the world to come to Chang'an to discuss martial arts.
It is currently the third month of spring, and the deadline is the last day of April, to facilitate the travel of all martial arts practitioners.
Xu Xiao guarantees the personal safety of anyone willing to come, not only during the discussion of martial arts, but also during the period after the unification of the world. As long as they do not provoke Xu Xiao, they can be spared.
As for those who don't want to come, that's easy to handle. Xu Xiao simply told them they'd better find a propitious place to wait.
After his martial arts tournament concludes, he will personally go and settle scores one by one, ensuring that not a single one is left alive.
Such an arrogant letter was sent to all martial arts masters in the world. It didn't necessarily have to be Grandmaster; anyone with a reputation in the martial arts world was welcome to come to Chang'an to participate in this grand event.
As for why Xu Xiao did this, it was obviously because he didn't want to waste any more time running errands.
After all, he had already been discovered by the World Will, and the time limit of that disguise was no longer meaningful.
This is a perfect opportunity to thoroughly study the path of the Innate within this world.
Although Xu Xiao has determined the general direction to focus on spiritual cultivation, the specifics of how to do it still require discussion and research.
Anyway, he wasn't in a hurry, so he built a large manor in Chang'an City and spent his days having fun in addition to cultivating.
The Yuwen Family was quite adept at catering to his tastes, even abducting the world-renowned, most talented woman in the land, Shang Xiufang, to Chang'an to provide for Xu Xiao's amusement.
With Xu Xiao backing them up, the Yuwen Family already acted without restraint, and now they are even more arrogant, behaving like sycophants.
Whenever they conquered a place, their first task was to collect all kinds of beautiful women and then transport them to Chang'an.
Xu Xiao readily accepted all of this, spending his days either playing and frolicking with beautiful women, sleeping in the same bed with them, or enjoying various delicacies.
Since recording the True Meaning of Freedom, Xu Xiao has become increasingly willful and disregards the opinions of others.
No rules or regulations could restrain him, after all, he was the one who made the rules.
Lingnan · Song Family
Upon seeing the letter in his hand, even the usually well-mannered Song Que couldn't help but slam his fist on the table.
"Arrogant! Utterly arrogant!"
"This guy completely disregards all the heroes in the world!"
"And, surprisingly... surprisingly..." Song Que couldn't continue.
He could only stare wide-eyed, his anger overflowing.
"Father, please calm down." Song Shidao, the son beside him, stepped forward to comfort him, and also wanted to take a look at the contents of the letter.
However, Song Que raised his hand to block it, and Song Shidao could only reluctantly touch his nose and give up.
After all, his father was the head of the Song Family, and even though he was the only son, he wouldn't dare to provoke Song Que.
"You scoundrel! You beast, what a disgrace!"
Song Que unleashed a few angry curses, utterly lacking in manners; it was simply too infuriating.
After all, Xu Xiao always adds a few extra words to his letters to these highly renowned figures, and the same applies to Song Que.
Xu Xiao added just one sentence to the letter, which made Song Que want to take a knife and go straight to Chang'an to split his head open.
This statement is utterly shameless.
"Master Song, this Master Fanzhai is truly remarkable. It's a pity you didn't have him back then."
These mere fourteen characters were enough to make Song Que, who had cultivated his character and devoted himself to Martial Dao for many years, lose control of his emotions and become so angry that he started cursing.
Such words are so hurtful; any man would find them an unbearable insult.
He, Song Que, once had a romantic relationship with Fan Qinghui. Although it was a Platonic love that started with affection but ended with propriety, the white moonlight will always remain the white moonlight.
Otherwise, given Fan Qinghui's strength, how could she possibly have persuaded Song Que to retreat using that so-called "Stop War Sword Technique "?
Dream on!
Anyone else would have been cleaved to pieces with a single blow.
Now that Xu Xiao was using such rhetoric to provoke him, Song Que's heart was already filled with murderous intent.
"Prepare the horses! I'm going to Chang'an."
With a wave of his hand, Song Que prepared to go to Chang'an to meet this arrogant Heavenly Venerable Savior.
"Father, this might be a trap!"
"So what if it's a trap? Do you think I, Song Que, am afraid?" Song Que replied domineeringly, Song Shidao naturally dared not utter a word.
Those who practice swordsmanship naturally possess a fierce and domineering spirit!
What we need is the spirit of forging ahead fearlessly, knowingly venturing into dangerous territory.
Moreover, Song Que believed that his Heavenly Saber Technique was second to none in the martial arts world, and no one had dared to challenge him for the past twenty years. He was itching to get his hands dirty.
Since the letter stated that it was an invitation to heroes from all over the world, he might gain something else from this trip.
Once Song Que has made a decision, no one can change it.
The affairs of the clan were naturally handled by other members of the Song family, while Song Que, alone with three horses, headed north.
The same thing is happening elsewhere.
The Yin Gui Sect, Wuji Sect, and other demonic sects all received the same letter, and even the Turks beyond the Great Wall, the Eastern Dongying, and Goryeo received the letter.
Some people dismissed it and didn't intend to pay any attention; others, however, decided to come and see what was going on.
The martial arts world was thrown into turmoil as people expressed their opinions on the matter, and Chang'an gradually became a huge vortex.