The temple attacked the Star Sword Sect without any warning, and Ou Zhen was stabbed to death. Immediately afterwards, the Japanese Ronin came to challenge the Star Sword Sect. Li Tianhao had reason to believe that this series of actions were carefully planned by someone secretly.
The person behind the scenes is none other than the legendary Japanese pirate leader, Huo Xie Zong.
Huo Xie Zong is an extremely mysterious Japanese master.
This man has extremely high martial arts skills and is said to be invincible in the world. Even if he is a Japanese warrior, few people have seen him in person.
Legend has it that this man always wore a ghost-face mask when meeting outsiders, and no one knew what he looked like. Everyone who saw his true face was killed and silenced by him. Not only is his martial arts unfathomable, but he also behaves erratically and cruelly, murders people like crazy, is lustful and drunk, and does almost all the bad things in the world.
It turns out that he is not a Japanese pirate, but a ninja of the Japanese Iga sect. However, he did not want to abide by the many rules of the ninja and liked to be alone and do whatever he wanted, so he joined a group of ronin and became a pirate. Because of his high martial arts skills and proficiency in maneuvering, within a few years, he had gathered all the Japanese pirates who originally had many factions under his sect. Since then, the Japanese Japanese pirates have become increasingly powerful, like a huge maritime army. No martial arts sect, or even the local government army, is really unable to fight alone.
The coastline of China was too long, and the army was not proficient in naval warfare, so they had to defend passively. They were always only vulnerable to being beaten, but they were unable to conquer at all. It is precisely because of this that Japanese pirates have been unable to be eradicated for many years since they became a problem.
Ren Xiaoyao is a smart man. He has actually understood this truth for a long time. However, the martial arts community in the Central Plains has never been united. It is powerless to go out to sea to conquer with just the strength of the Xiaoyao family. When Ren Xiaoyao was young, he first competed with Ou Zhen many times, then competed with Zhang Yu for the title of No. 1 in the world, and then got lost in the overt and covert struggles of the four major families. In fact, he didn't really bother to deal with the Japanese pirates at all. The only thing he could do was to order all the martial arts factions along the Jiangnan coast to unite and fight back when the Japanese pirates came ashore. However, this is simply a last resort and cannot fundamentally solve the problem.
Ren Xiaoyao was severely beaten by Kidaozi in the capital, and his desire to win immediately dropped. He already knew that in his lifetime, it would be impossible to unify the world and become the overlord of the martial arts world. However, he should be able to spend the rest of his life doing a good deed for Wulin, which is to eradicate Japanese pirates.
To eradicate the Japanese pirates, there is only one option: to go to sea to conquer the Japanese pirates' lair. Even if all the Japanese pirates cannot be annihilated, they must be severely injured so that they will not be able to invade China again in the future.
Fortunately, Ren Xiaoyao's decision first received support from Sichuan Tang Clan, another major martial arts family. If they could contact the Star Sword Sect again, they would be able to control almost half of the martial arts world, and they would naturally have the strength to fight against the Japanese pirates.
Even though the Huoxie Sect's martial arts were unparalleled, Ren Xiaoyao didn't believe that with so many masters in the Central Plains martial arts, they still couldn't defeat a single Japanese.
However, the Fire Evil Sect has been able to cause trouble along the coast for many years and can come and go freely. First of all, his sources of information must be very extensive. Most of the people who help him find out information are Japanese rogues with no connections. As long as you promise them some benefits, they will be used by you.
The recent actions of Xiaoyao Sect have already attracted the attention of Huoxie Sect. Because of the incompetence of the official army, the biggest enemies of the Japanese pirates were actually the warriors of various sects along the coast, and the leader of the martial arts in the south of the Yangtze River was naturally Xiaoyaomen. Just defeat Xiaoyaomen, and no one will dare to be his enemy again.
The Huoxie Sect then hired a large number of Japanese people to search for information throughout the Central Plains. Of course, in fact, many so-called Japanese Ronin are simply disguised as Huo Xie Sect's own subordinates. Japanese pirates come and go without a trace, and no one knows which one is the real Japanese pirate.
At first, Huoxie Sect contacted the Star Sword Sect first. After being rejected, he asked Mu Tengzuo to assassinate the two heads of the Star Sword Sect one after another. Later, the Huoxie Sect reached an agreement with Sheng Zhiqiang, the new leader of the temple, and asked the temple to help him severely damage the Star Sword Gate first. The Huoxie Sect then asked the Japanese Ronin to go up to the mountain to stir up trouble. This was all planned and arranged in advance.
It is said that the Huoxie Sect has four subordinates who are very powerful. In the martial arts world of the Central Plains, ordinary people are no match for them.
Li Tianhao led his disciples to the checkpoint in the south of Xingjian Mountain, but saw a group of Japanese Ronin blocking the pass, threatening to compete with the masters of Xingjian Sect in martial arts.
The leaders were indeed four young samurai. They were all somewhat similar in appearance and clothing, and they all carried Japanese swords.
"It seems that these Japanese Ronin came quite politely. They did not directly launch a sneak attack without warning like the temple, but openly threatened the challenge.
As the saying goes, it is easy to hide from open guns, but difficult to guard against hidden arrows.
If the temple hadn't made a surprise attack without warning, how could it have severely damaged the Star Sword Gate? In a head-on confrontation, with the current strength of the temple, they would only suffer a loss and not gain any advantage at all.
"I am Li Tianhao, the head of the Star Sword Sect. Since you are going to challenge the Star Sword Sect, can you tell me your names first?" Li Tianhao also said very politely.
"Are you the head of the Star Sword Sect? Didn't you say that the head of the Star Sword Sect is called Ou Zhen?" one of the leaders asked, seemingly unaware that Ou Zhen was dead.
"To be honest with you, the previous head Ou Zhen has passed away, and I just took over as head a few days ago." Li Tianhao replied.
"Oh! That's it. Since you are the leader, we will look for you. My name is Suzuki, and I am a small character with no family or sect in Japan. I have long heard that the Xingjian Sect has extensive and profound martial arts, and its swordsmanship is unparalleled in the martial arts world. , so I came here with some Japanese friends to ask for advice. I believe that Master Li will be willing to give me some advice!" Suzuki was also very polite and didn't look like he was looking for trouble at all.
"It's easy to say. Since you have come all the way, the Xingjian Sect will naturally treat you with courtesy. It's just that the sword has no eyes. If you are not careful, Ji may hurt your harmony." Li Tianhao said tentatively.
"Don't worry, Master Li. Japanese warriors only pursue the truth of martial arts and have no regard for life and death. Since Master Li accepts the challenge, he should choose a day to sacrifice to heaven and compete solemnly to determine the winner. This is the way to treat guests." Suzuki He said it very seriously, not joking at all.
"To compete in martial arts, you have to choose a day to worship heaven and earth?" Nangong Feiying even asked doubtfully.
Li Tianhao didn't know what the other party wanted to do, and saw that there were many people coming from the other party, and he didn't know how many people were hiding behind him. In order to avoid being passive, he had to agree first: "Okay, since Mr. Suzuki said so, I will press I'll do whatever you want, sir.
