After hearing Qin Feng's words, Miao Liuzhi seemed to think of shime, closed his eyes and fell into deep thought. He vaguely remembered that the name hǎoxiàng was very familiar, but it was too old and his memory was a little blurry.
As Miao Liuzhi recalled, the dust-laden memories of the past emerged in his mind like a river opening its gates. Those were the feelings when the master was lying on the hospital bed and confessing his last words to Ziji on his deathbed.
"Xiao Liuzi, Master is afraid that it will be difficult to see the day when the thieves will be unified."
One evening more than sixty years ago, the life of Jiang Yishou, a legendary figure in the martial arts world, was about to come to an end. Jiang Yishou, who had a strong sense of loyalty and loyalty when he was alone in Guandong in his early years, was lying on the hospital bed, emaciated and gasping for breath. He had long lost his former glory.
"Master, don't worry, I will definitely fulfill your wish in my lifetime!"
Miao Liuzhi, who was kneeling in front of the hospital bed, was now in his twenties and had already made a huge name in Shanghai.
After receiving the news that Jiang Yishou was critically ill, he hurried home and saw the haggard master. He couldn't help but feel sad and knelt in front of the bed and cried loudly.
Miao Liuzhi is from the Northeast. He was originally an orphan wandering among the people. He was brought back to Jiangnan from Guandong by Jiang Yishou and was given the skill of a master thief. In his heart, Jiang Yishou was both his master and his father, and he had a deep relationship with him.
"You...you can't."
After hearing what Miao Liuzhi said, Jiang Yishou waved his hand with difficulty and said: "Xiao Liuzi, I know you are filial, but you are talented in stealing skills, but in terms of kung fu, you are far inferior to that traitor..."
At this point, Jiang Yishou's words were interrupted by a violent cough. Although he didn't finish his words, Miao Liuzhi understood what his master meant.
The Thief Sect is not only a line of divine thieves, but also has many branches. Miao Liuzhi can rule the roost in stealing skills, but he is unable to subdue the bandit beards who roam the white mountains and black waters.
Seeing the disappointed look on Jiang Yishou's face, Miao Liu's heart felt like it was being cut by a knife. He knelt down and kowtowed heavily, saying: "Master, don't worry, I will unify Jiangnan Pirate Clan first, and then slowly develop to the north!"
"That's all, this is God's will."
After coughing for a while, Jiang Yishou's face showed a trace of flushing, and he said: "After the great chaos, there must be great governance. The people in power will definitely attack the various Jianghu sects. Unless someone from the main sect appears. Otherwise, it is better to just leave the sand alone. Maybe we can also help
Leave some legacy to the world..."
"Master, shime is the main door?" Miao Liuzhi, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly raised his head.
"Most of the nine people in the Jianghu were from the Eight Outer Sects. In the late Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang started his career in the Jianghu. Later, he massacred the people in the Jianghu. One master couldn't bear it and unified the Eight Outer Sects. He left behind a legacy.
This is the main lineage."
Jiang Yishou sighed: "It's just that after the death of the master, the eight outer gates of Jianghu fell apart again. Except for the gathering when the Qing court entered the country, no news about the descendants of the main gate has been heard in the past hundreds of years.
…”
The main sect has its inheritance, and each of the eight sects outside Jianghu also has its own inheritance. Even though the Thief Sect has been divided into the northern and southern factions for hundreds of years, the inheritance has never been cut off.
Jiang Yishou is the authentic descendant of the Pirate Sect, and only the sect master and direct descendant of each sect can know the affairs of the main sect. Now that he is about to die, Jiang Yishou tells his apprentice this secret.
"Oh my god. Someone can actually unify the eight outer sects?"
After hearing what Jiang Yishou said, Miao Liuzhi was shocked. He was not a rookie who had just come out of the world. Naturally, he knew that the power of the eight sects outside the world was so great that it penetrated into almost every industry. The influence was so far-reaching that it was Miao.
What six fingers cannot imagine.
If there is really someone in ruguo who can unify the eight outer sects, then his status in the world is equivalent to that of an emperor in the court, possessing all the power, wealth and honor in the world.
"Master, are the descendants of the main sect really as powerful as nàme?"
Miao Liuzhi felt excited after hearing this. If he could find the person of the main sect, then unifying the other eight sects would not be impossible, let alone unifying the stolen sect.
"Back then, that expert kept all the core inheritances of the eight outer sects in the main sect. Do you think it was great or not?"
Jiang Yishou showed a sad look on his face, "But the main sect has not appeared in Jianghu for a long time, and maybe the inheritance has been cut off. This is the misfortune of the other eight sects!"
"I'm not willing to give in...I'm not willing to give in!!!"
Having said this, Jiang Yishou's breathing quickened. When he wanted to say more, a mouthful of black blood spurted out, his eyes widened, and the body he was sitting on fell heavily on the bed.
"Master!" Miao Liuzhi let out a mournful cry and lifted Master's hand, only to find that Jiang Yishou had lost all breath.
"You...are the heir to the main sect?"
As the scenes in his memory emerged in his mind, Miao Liuzhi slowly opened his eyes, with an excited look on his face. After a few seconds, he finally saw the successor of the main sect that his master had said back then.
"Exactly, my master is from the main lineage of the eight outer sects..."
Qin Feng did not deny that time has passed and under the current regime, it is no more than a fantasy to unify the eight outer sects. Even if Patriarch Sanfeng is afraid again, there is nothing he can do.
Therefore, the current successor of the main sect no longer has the aura of the past, and Qin Feng is not afraid to speak out, because he still wants to know more things from Miao Liuzhi.
"What Master said is true..."
Looking at Qin Feng, Miao Liuzhi, who was probably in his dying years, sighed: "At such an age, you can master the thief's skills to perfection. Who else can do it if you are not a descendant of the main sect?"
Some things that were originally unexplainable, after learning Qin Feng's identity, Miao Liuzhiyijing completely figured it out, and he no longer doubted the master's words in his heart. It seemed that the lost skills of the outer eight sects were indeed in the main sect.
"It was just by chance that I became a disciple of Master. I have only dabbled in the eight foreign arts."
After hearing Miao Liuzhi's words, Qin Feng couldn't help but feel ashamed. He was able to master those lost skills of the Outer Eight Sects. Talent was certainly the main reason, but more importantly, the ancient jade inheritance that Qin Feng received.
On the occasion of Zaishi's death, Qin Feng obtained the complete inheritance of the Eight Outer Sects from the ancient jade. Since then, some of the methods that Qin Feng had been unable to use no matter how hard he practiced in the past, have become natural without any hindrance.
Moreover, Qin Feng's body flexibility and cultivation techniques have also improved significantly. As time goes by, the knowledge in his mind is gradually being integrated with his body.
Therefore, the mysterious inheritance is a very important factor in Qin Feng's various achievements today. Of course, these are not enough to tell outsiders.
"Ruguo wasn't a Japanese plane that caused trouble back then. Maybe a lot of things would have changed." Thinking about his encounter with Zai Shi more than sixty years ago, Miao Liuzhi only felt that things in the world are impermanent, and there is no better chance in life than this.
"The main gate has never been crowded, so it rarely shows up."
Qin Feng was a little sad when he heard this. He said: "When the foreign enemies invaded, Master originally intended to unite the eight foreign sects to resist the Japanese, but he was too eager and it backfired..."
"Yes, ruguo ghosts, seniors can already know my master."
Miao's six-fingered cane hit the ground heavily, and he shook his head and said: "With the master's ability and the various techniques mastered by the seniors, it may not be possible to unify the eight outer sects back then."
"By the way, Mr. Miao. Why did Senior Jiang withdraw from the world?"
After hearing Miao Liuzhi's words, Qin Feng couldn't help but said: "Senior Jiang must have been in his forties at the time, right? That was at that time. Why did he hide in the world?"
Jiang Yishou's withdrawal from the arena at the peak of his career was the biggest mystery in the world before liberation. Many people didn't even know whether Jiang Yishou was dead or alive. Now that he met Jiang Yishou's apprentice, Qin Feng naturally wanted to ask questions. .
"You are a descendant of the main sect, and we have a close relationship. I can tell you!"
Miao Liuzhi let out a long sigh. This matter had been hidden deep in his heart for decades and he had never mentioned it to anyone. Even among the many disciples he had accepted, no one knew about Miao Liuzhi's sect inheritance.
"My master is the only descendant of the southern sect of thieves in the late Qing Dynasty. He is talented and intelligent. He has not only learned extraordinary skills as a thief, such as digging graves and robbing tombs, but he also knows all kinds of internal martial arts. He has gained a huge reputation in twenty years..."
Speaking of this, Miao Liuzhi showed a hint of hatred in his eyes, and continued: "It's just that our master is unfortunate. My senior brother misbehaved. After being punished by the master, he felt resentful. He...he actually drank in the master's wine." Poison...
If Ruguo hadn't been a master of martial arts, he might have died at that time. However, even if the master later forced out the toxins from his body, his whole body would be disabled and he could only lie in bed all year round..."
Miao Liuzhi's cloudy old eyes shed two lines of hot tears. In order to hunt down his senior brother, he traveled all over the country. However, Miao Liuzhi was not good at it, and he almost died at the hands of his senior brother twice.
"You dare to kill your master? It's simply unreasonable. Who is he? His name is Shime?"
Qin Feng was furious when he heard this, and slapped the stone table in front of him hard. A shallow palm print suddenly appeared on the smooth and hard stone surface.
“Brother Qin’s great work!”
Seeing Qin Feng's palm, Miao Liuzhi couldn't help being secretly frightened, and said: "I have never bothered to mention that person all these years. Now that Brother Qin has asked, I won't hide it anymore. I am from the Swallow Clan... …”
"Yanzimen? It turns out that Jiang Yishou actually comes from Yunzhongyan's lineage? As I know, your senior brother is Yanzi Li San, right?"
After hearing Miao Liuzhi's words, Qin Feng's eyes showed a look of surprise. As for the senior brother Miao Liuzhi mentioned who killed his master, he didn't know who he was.
During the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, there was a chivalrous thief named Yun Zhongyan, who founded the Yanzimen. The people in the Yanzimen acted chivalrously and righteously, robbing the rich and giving to the poor, and gained a good reputation in the world.
However, Qin Feng knew that the Yanzi Sect was actually a branch of the Thief Sect, originating from the lineage of the God of Thieves. For example, the sect's bone-shrinking skills, light kung fu, and internal boxing techniques were all closely related to the skills of the God of Thieves.
However, in Shihou around 1900, Yun Zhongyan joined the Boxing Boxing and was not tolerated by the Qing court. Later, Yun Zhongyan, including the Yanzimen, gradually lost news in the world.
In the 1930s, Yanzimen came back into people's sight again. The reason was that a thief named Yanzi Li San appeared in the capital.
There were several versions of Swallow Li San at that time. Some said that Swallow Li San robbed the rich, helped the poor and acted chivalrously, while others said that Swallow Li San committed crimes by burning, killing, plundering and committing all kinds of evil.
However, Qin Feng heard from his master that this man's real name was Li Shengwu, his origin was unknown, and he acted daringly. He once went to the residence of the interim ruler Duan Qirui to steal, and also stole the property of Prime Minister Pan Fu, Secretary-General Liang Hongzhi and others.
In the Shihou of the 1920s, this man behaved quite decently, but when he got involved with opium and women, he became depraved. As the rumors later said, he committed all kinds of crimes including burning, killing, looting and looting.
Zai Shi had a chance encounter with Li Shengwu. At that time, Li Shengwu was still very well-behaved. Later, after hearing about Li Shengwu's evil deeds, Zai Shi went to the capital to look for him and wanted to eradicate him, but could not find him.
's whereabouts.
Hearing Qin Feng mention Li San's name, Miao Liuzhi gritted his teeth and said: "It is this evil thief. Master treats him like his own son. He only taught him a few words, but the evil thief actually drugged Master's wine.
…”
It turns out that as "Swallow Li San" became more and more famous in the world, Li Shengwu also became dissatisfied and got into bad habits such as gambling on opium and whoring.
With these problems, no matter how much money he had, he couldn't spend enough, so Li San started to take action crazily. Regardless of the old, weak, sick, disabled, or high-ranking officials, he would not let anyone go.
Jiang Yishou naturally couldn't tolerate violating the rule of not stealing among thieves. At that time, Jiang Yishou, who was integrating the thieves in the south, summoned Li Shengwu and gave him a severe scolding. If he dared to do this again, he would be taken back.
Kungfu on one's body.
Who knows that Li Shengwu was already mad at this time, and on the surface he was crying bitterly and wanted to change his past, but secretly he was poisoning the wine he had given to his master to apologize, and wanted to poison this old immortal to death.
But Li Shengwu didn't expect that Jiang Yishou's kung fu was so superb. He used his inner strength to force out the poison and even slapped him. He was so frightened that Li Shengwu fled back to Peiping overnight. Until his death, he did not dare to go south to Jintian.
step.
"Damn it!"
After hearing what Miao Liuzhi said, Qin Feng was still furious. In his heart, his master was the person he respected the most. It would not be an exaggeration for Li Shengwu to bully his master and destroy his ancestor, crushing him to ashes.
"He deserves to die, and he dies miserably!"
Miao Liuzhi laughed faintly and said through gritted teeth: "Master was drugged by him, which completely destroyed his cultivation. He lay in bed for several years before he died. And he, Li Shengwu, also died from the drug. This is retaliation.
