System: I Can Open Martial Arts Chests

Chapter 156 - 111: Ling Beichen

"He mentioned that person, is it Mad Beggar Ling Beichen?"

The group continued their journey at this point, and Xu Mao was also brought along by Chu Qing. With Chu Qing’s assistance, Xu Mao wasn’t left behind.

Bian City spoke to Chu Qing as they walked:

"Although this person has been solitary for the past twenty-five years.

"But his martial arts are not to be underestimated... If you want to kill him, I’m afraid it will be troublesome."

Chu Qing didn’t speak, slightly lowering his head in contemplation of this person’s life.

Finally, he sighed, this person was indeed a legendary figure.

Twenty-five years ago, Ling Beichen’s nickname wasn’t Mad Beggar.

In the Martial World, he was called ’Taiheng First Sword,’ the foremost expert of ’Taiheng Sect’ among the ’Five Gates.’

It is said that this person was incredibly gifted, having mastered the ’Taiheng Seven Swords’ by the age of seven, and winning the Taiheng Sect’s Grand Competition at thirteen.

At fourteen, he followed his master’s orders to descend the mountain and roam the world, wielding his sword for justice over the next seven years, his footprints spanning the heaven and earth.

At twenty-one, his sword technique achieved great success, at Sword Enlightenment Cliff on Taiheng Mountain, he left behind a set of ’Seven Extremes Seven Transitions Seven Injuries Sword’ comprehended from the ’Taiheng Seven Swords.’

However, this set of sword technique was too difficult, apart from Ling Beichen, no one else from Taiheng Sect had managed to cultivate it over the years.

Ultimately, it was shelved by Taiheng Sect.

From that day onwards, he was already faintly famed as ’Taiheng First Sword.’

His master, who was the sect leader of Taiheng Sect at the time, hoped to pass on the responsibilities of Taiheng Sect.

But this led to Ling Beichen being envied by his fellow sect members, who attempted to kill him multiple times.

His master thus died, the sect was misled by villains, and almost ended up in a situation of turning against each other.

Fortunately, in the end, things were set right, Ling Beichen, with his Three-foot Cyan Blade, slew the traitors on Taiheng Mountain and quelled the storm.

From then on, ’Taiheng First Sword’ was well-deserved.

Yet, bearing such a reputation, he was unwilling to inherit Taiheng Sect.

Leaving the famous sword ’Injury Concealment’ within the sect, he departed and vanished.

However, after that, people from Taiheng Sect searched for him for three consecutive years before they found out that Ling Beichen had married and fathered children, abandoned his sword, and retreated into anonymity in the mountains.

If his story ended here, it could be considered complete.

Surviving countless storms, he eventually returned to peace.

Unfortunately, two years later, a massacre occurred in Sword Unbinding City beneath Taiheng Mountain.

A prominent local family, of dozens, was slaughtered overnight with only the family’s young lady missing.

Disciples from Taiheng Mountain descended to investigate, seeking justice for those tragically killed.

But to their surprise, of the dozens of disciples who descended, only one returned.

In Taiheng Sect’s grand hall at the time, this disciple, face full of horror, informed everyone... the murderer was Ling Beichen!

As soon as these words were spoken, it caused an uproar.

Some didn’t believe, wanting to search for Ling Beichen’s place of seclusion, others wishing to find the killing demon to verify the truth, while even more cursed outright, saying that the disciple spoke nonsense, surely instructed by villains.

But soon... messages came from every direction.

Those who went to Ling Beichen’s place of seclusion found that Ling Beichen was no longer there.

The courtyard had been desolate for a long time, and in the room lay two long-decomposed bodies.

Upon identification, it was confirmed that they were Ling Beichen’s wife and child.

Moreover... they both died beneath Ling Beichen’s ’Seven Extremes Seven Transitions Seven Injuries Sword.’

This news once again caused an uproar, rumors of Ling Beichen murdering his wife and child and wreaking havoc in the Martial World spread without restraint.

However, those sent to find Ling Beichen had no results.

But from that day onwards, occasionally someone would see, a beggar in the Martial World, erratic, behaving inexplicably.

Some recognized him as Ling Beichen and wanted to brandish their swords to slay the demon.

But the beggar had merely gone mad, not lost his martial arts.

Those who attempted to brandish swords all died at the hands of the Mad Beggar.

Later it was discovered, Ling Beichen’s brow bulged, color a deep crimson, leading to speculation whether he went mad due to martial arts deviation, harming his mind.

Accidentally killing his wife and child, unable to accept such reality upon realization, thus driving him completely insane.

As time passed, the bulge in his brow grew increasingly prominent, as if a horn grew from his brow, fierce and conspicuous.

The name Mad Beggar Ling Beichen completely replaced the former Taiheng First Sword.

The Martial World’s perception of him is complex, Ling Beichen walked the Martial World in youth, having made acquaintance with many, bearing considerable grace.

Recalling the past, there’s always some unwillingness concerning him.

But after Ling Beichen went mad, for unknown reasons, whenever encountering those of kind nature, he would take them away.

On the fifteenth night of the full moon, he would slit them open and bleed them for drinking.

Over these twenty-five years, the number of people who died at his hand is truly countless.

This act also incited complete rage in the Martial World, wanting to hunt him down and eliminate him... But his movements were unpredictable, extremely difficult to track.

He surely kills and drinks blood on the fifteenth but doesn’t need to every month.

Thus, it is difficult to form a pattern.

Groups pursued him for years, ultimately giving up entirely.

Those remaining refused to lose hope, but even if they found Ling Beichen, they couldn’t defeat him.

Instead, likely to be slain by him...

In this manner, until today, Ling Beichen still lives in this world, becoming one of the few demons of South Ridge.

A soft pat on the shoulder brought Chu Qing back to reality.

"Are you really going to get involved in this muddy situation?"

Bian City glanced at Xu Mao again.