When Yu Wenhuaji returned to his mansion in Yangzhou, the old head of the family, Yu Wenshang, was drinking tea and listening to music.
Seeing Yu Wenhuaji come back with a unhappy expression, Yu Wenshang asked casually, "Didn't you get the Secret of Immortality?"
Yu Wenhuaji sighed: "Not only did I not get it, but I also provoked a big enemy!"
As he said that, he turned to look at his father and asked, "Dad, can you break open the gate of Yangzhou City with one move?"
Yuwen Shang rolled his eyes at him and hummed: "Although I am a master, I am not a god. If I smash open the city gate with one move, even the great master would not dare to praise this Haikou easily!"
"But my child, I met one today!"
"Oh? Tell me carefully!" Yu Wenshang, who was originally a little casual, began to become serious.
Yu Wenhuaji said angrily: "I was going to the Shilong Dojo to seize the Secret of Immortality, but I was intercepted when I arrived late. I led the imperial guards to pursue him all the way, and then blocked him at the gate of the southern city."
"Then what?"
"Then, I saw him casually swipe his hand, and the invisible sword energy cut off the dozens of heavy infantry who were surrounding him, and then blasted open the city gate with one sword!"
As he said this, Yu Wenhuaji picked up his tea cup and took a sip of water. "If I hadn't reacted very quickly and greeted him as a junior in time, it would have been very difficult for me to come back intact today!"
Yu Wenshang was not sure and said: "A sword broke through the city gate. Did you see it with your own eyes?"
"I saw it with my own eyes. The man's name was Song Xuan. He should have used a heavy sword. When the sword was struck, I felt like the world was distorted in an instant. I couldn't imagine how powerful that sword was!
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Yu Wenshang nodded and said: "If this is the case, we can be sure that the opponent is at least a martial arts master-level existence, and he is also a top master who has entered the master realm by practicing kung fu in the physical body!"
"Not the Grand Master?" Yu Wenhuaji asked curiously.
"Not sure!" Yuwen Shang said: "A master of martial arts can activate part of the power of heaven and earth to support him. Each punch and kick has a powerful force. Coupled with the explosion of true energy in his body, he is far from being comparable to an innate warrior.
But unless you face the Grand Master in person, you can only judge based on the opponent's destructive power, which is impossible to determine at all."
Yu Wenhuaji asked curiously: "Why is this?"
Yuwen Shang said: "Actually, judging from martial arts moves, attack power, movement speed, etc., a great master may not be more powerful than a top master.
But there is one thing that a great master of martial arts cannot compare to a master, and that is the use of spiritual power!"
"Every great master of martial arts has gained an invincible martial arts will through countless battles, and every move of the opponent will affect your spirit!
When a Grandmaster fights against a Grandmaster, it is easy for him to be mentally suppressed by the opponent, and he may not be able to display even half or even 30% of his martial arts skills.
The Song Xuan you are talking about is undoubtedly a martial arts master, but you have not really gotten close to him and have not felt his martial arts will, so you cannot judge whether he is a grand master or not!"
Yu Wenhuaji pondered for a moment and said, "I wasn't sure at first, but now I can be sure that Song Xuan is definitely not a great master!"
"Why?"
"Because he wants to challenge you!" Yu Wenhuaji grinned, "If the other party is a great martial arts master, how can he lower himself to challenge you, my father, a master?
When you reach the Grand Master level, you have to face shame, right?"
The corner of Yuwen Shang's mouth twitched a few times, and he said coldly: "He said he wanted to challenge me?"
"Yes! On the fifteenth day of next month, on a full-moon night, the grandmaster will discuss swordsmanship on the Slender West Lake! He said it himself in front of the Imperial Guards and the soldiers guarding the city, and he will discuss swordsmanship with your grandmaster next month!"
Yu Wen Shang's eyelids twitched, and then Big Er Shazi greeted Yu Wen Shang and his body.
"You bastard, if you insist on finding some secret to immortality, you are tricking your father to death!"
Yu Wenshang had a headache. He was a top master who broke through the city gate with one sword. Even if he was not a great master, he would hardly be his opponent.
But others have already declared a challenge. If I don't go, won't the power that the Yuwen Clan has accumulated over hundreds of years be wiped out?
Yu Wenhuaji covered his face and said a little aggrievedly: "Father, you also agreed to find the Secret of Immortality at the beginning. You agreed to dedicate this skill to that foolish emperor Yang Guang. If he can practice it as soon as possible, he will go crazy and die, so that we can save him."
Take back the throne that belongs to us.
If something goes wrong, you can't just put the responsibility on the child!"
Yuwen Shang sighed and murmured: "Is this God's will? God does not allow my Yuwen family to take back what belongs to us?"
In their view, the Great Sui Dynasty should have been the domain of their Yuwen family.
Before Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, established the Sui Dynasty, he was a minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Later, after Emperor Xuan of the Zhou Dynasty, Yuwen Yun, died of illness, Yang Jian colluded with Zheng Yi, the internal history official, and Liu Fang, the imperial official, to correct the imperial edict on the grounds that the successor Yuwen was young.
Yang Jian entered the government and took charge.
A year later, Yang Jian forced Emperor Jing to abdicate, proclaimed himself emperor, and changed the country's name to Sui.
At this point, the world of the Yuwen family in the Northern Zhou Dynasty was replaced by the Yang family.
However, due to the deep-rooted power of the Yuwen clan, many courtiers in the court expressed sympathy for the Yuwen family. This also made Yang Jian unable to uproot the Yuwen clan even though he became emperor.
When his son Yang Guang became emperor, in order to control the power of the court as quickly as possible, he instead re-employed the Yuwen family, which made the Yuwen family stronger again.
Nowadays, Yang Guang is addicted to wine and sex, and has basically lost control of the court. Rebels and rebels are also emerging one after another in various places. The fierce Sui Dynasty killed Zhang Xutuo one after another, and he continued to kill them.
Now everyone can see that the Sui Dynasty is going to fall.
And precisely because of this, the Yuwen family decided to dedicate the Secret of Immortality, one of the Four Wonderful Books, to Yang Guang so that he could become possessed and die after practicing it.
After all, no matter how much Yang Guang indulges in drunkenness, debauchery, and cruelty, he is still the emperor at least. No one wants to be known as someone who rebelled and killed the emperor unless he had to.
In their opinion, Yang Guang died while indulging in wine and sex, cultivating immortality and refining elixirs, which was the most appropriate way.
In this way, as the Yuwen clan in charge of the imperial guards, those who are closer to the water will get the moon first, which will make it easier to control the court, turn the tide, and ascend to the highest position of the Ninth Five Emperors.
The ideas are rich, but the reality is very skinny.
He failed to obtain the Secret of Immortality, but instead created a powerful enemy for the Yuwen family.
From Yu Wenji's point of view, Song Xuan said that he would have a sword debate with his father, Yu Wen, on the West Lake next month, but no one knew to what extent the competition would go.
If Dad is seriously injured or even dies during the competition, the huge Yuwen Clan may soon fall apart.
Without a grandmaster-level person in charge of the family, in the eyes of the major forces, he is probably just a piece of cake, and everyone wants to take a chance to take a bite!
Although he, Yu Wenji, is conceited, he is still a bit stubborn in his heart. Without his father as a master to intimidate all directions, he would not be able to withstand the turbulent undercurrents coming from all directions even if he holds the Imperial Guard!