novelraw Chapter 141 : Wang Baobao’s Ambition
Chapter 141 : Wang Baobao’s Ambition
Chapter 141: Wang Baobao’s Ambition
At this moment, Lu Xueqi was in the Purple Cloud Hall of Wudang,
watching the scene of the Mongol-Yuan army surging toward Wudang Mountain like a raging tide.
She could not help but turn her head toward Zhang Sanfeng, who was beside her, and said:
“Zhang Zhenren, it seems that a battle between your Wudang and the Mongol-Yuan is inevitable.”
After hearing this, Zhang Sanfeng calmly nodded, with not the slightest hint of fear in his eyes.
“This old Daoist had originally planned to find a heroic lord in the near future and then descend the mountain to wipe out the Yuan Dynasty.
I did not expect the Yuan army to attack ahead of time. That truly caught this old Daoist by surprise.
However, this is also good. If I annihilate these Yuan troops today, it will certainly inflict some damage upon the Yuan Dynasty. Their effective forces will inevitably be greatly reduced.”
After hearing Zhang Sanfeng’s words, Lu Xueqi nodded in agreement and said:
“These soldiers are clearly Yuan elites at a glance. They were obviously cultivated in secret by the Yuan court, and there cannot be too many such elites.
If all of these elites are wiped out here at Wudang Mountain, it will indeed deal a massive blow to the Yuan Dynasty.”
At this moment, Lu Yu, who was beside them, stared quietly at Wang Baobao, then said, “I think Wang Baobao might have some problems.”
After hearing this, Zhang Sanfeng felt slightly puzzled and also looked toward Wang Baobao.
However, after observing him for a while, he did not discover anything unusual.
After all, Zhang Sanfeng had not known about Wang Baobao’s situation beforehand, and Wang Baobao’s current actions showed no abnormalities.
He was merely a normal Mongol prince, and he had not personally taken action either, so Zhang Sanfeng could not see anything amiss.
After hearing this, Lu Xueqi also carefully examined Wang Baobao. In the end, she noticed the sinister look in his eyes, tinged with a trace of world-weariness.
This caused Lu Xueqi’s expression to shift slightly, and she then said, “What Lu Yu said may indeed make some sense. This Wang Baobao really might have a problem.”
Afterward, Lu Xueqi turned to Lu Yu and asked, “Lu Yu, did you discover something?”
Lu Yu shook his head after hearing this. “I analyzed it based on the original plot. Wang Baobao should not have appeared at Wudang Mountain at this time.
Yet now Wang Baobao has appeared and even dispatched troops to surround and suppress it. No matter how one looks at it, this is unreasonable.
Although this world is a real world, and events that exceed the original world’s trajectory may sometimes occur, this incident is simply too significant.
Moreover, Wang Baobao clearly came prepared, intending to wipe out Wudang and the experts of all the sects in one fell swoop.
Perhaps it is intuition. I have always felt that there is something wrong with this Wang Baobao.”
After hearing this, Lu Xueqi nodded and did not say anything further.
She had originally thought that Lu Yu had discovered something concrete, but she did not expect that in the end it was merely based on intuition.
Soon, some of the martial artists who had previously escaped returned to Wudang Mountain, but their appearances were miserable, with many injuries all over their bodies.
After seeing their condition, the many Wudang disciples were greatly alarmed and hurried forward to inquire.
Upon learning that the Mongol-Yuan army had surrounded the mountain, they were all shocked and immediately reported the matter to Zhang Sanfeng.
When Zhang Sanfeng heard the report from the disciples outside, he showed no surprise at all. Instead, he stood up and said to Lu Xueqi and the others,
“Fellow group members, since that Wang Baobao has already surrounded the mountain, let us go out and meet him.”
After hearing this, Xiong Ba immediately nodded. “Since Old Daoist Zhang has invited us, this old man will naturally accompany you.”
Afterward, he brought You Ruo, who was beside him, and walked outside together.
After Xiong Ba arrived at the hall, You Ruo spotted his figure at once and decisively ran to his side, recounting their father-daughter bond in detail.
During this period of time living on Wudang Mountain, You Ruo’s gloom had diminished considerably, her temper had become more restrained, and she had acquired some of the demeanor of a refined young lady from a noble family.
After all, during the time You Ruo had been on Wudang Mountain, she had practically turned the place upside down.
She had even dealt devastating blows to many bandits across the martial world and had indulged herself in playing the role of a “big sister” on Wudang Mountain.
Thus, You Ruo was quite happy at this moment and had developed a very favorable impression of Wudang Mountain.
It was only pitiful for the Wudang disciples. When You Ruo had just arrived, seeing her beautiful appearance and knowing she was a woman, they had mistakenly thought she was an ordinary, frail girl and had deliberately yielded to her in their actions.
But after being beaten up by You Ruo later on, they immediately realized that You Ruo was absolutely not the gentle woman they had imagined, but rather a hot-tempered “female tyrannosaurus.”
In the end, under You Ruo’s instigation and threats, they even went down the mountain together with her to act as heroes who punished the wicked and upheld justice.
As for the Wudang ancestor Zhang Sanfeng, he turned a blind eye to all of this. Some of the Wudang disciples even speculated whether You Ruo might be Zhang Sanfeng’s illegitimate daughter.
After Zhang Sanfeng, Xiong Ba, and the others walked out of the main hall, the atmosphere in front of Wudang Mountain was tense, with swords drawn and bows bent.
Wang Baobao led the Mongol-Yuan army and completely surrounded Wudang Mountain.
Most of the Wudang disciples had never seen such a scene before, and a trace of fear inevitably spread through their eyes.
However, these Wudang disciples were not lacking in backbone. Not a single one retreated. They all drew their long swords and confronted Wang Baobao’s army.
After Zhang Sanfeng emerged, the Wudang disciples immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had found their pillar of support. They gathered around Zhang Sanfeng and faced off against the Yuan court’s army.
When Wang Baobao saw Zhang Sanfeng, Xiong Ba, and the others come out, he briefly swept his gaze over the group and was slightly taken aback.
This was because he had discovered Zhang Sanfeng’s presence among them.
At this moment, Zhang Sanfeng was an elderly man wearing Daoist robes, with white hair weathered by age and a ruddy complexion, clearly someone with profound cultivation at a glance.
As for the Wudang Seven Heroes, Wang Baobao was also well aware of them. When attacking Wudang Mountain, intelligence from all the sects had been gathered in Wang Baobao’s study, and he had reviewed it in his spare time.
However, he did not recognize Xiong Ba, Xiaolongnü, Huang Rong, and the others.
In particular, he also saw five women of outstanding appearance among this group. Each of these women possessed beauty capable of toppling cities and kingdoms, not inferior in the slightest to the peerless beauties he had encountered before.
This inevitably made Wang Baobao feel puzzled, and he secretly thought, Does Wudang Mountain really have such beautiful female disciples?
But after thinking it over, whether in the original text or in the intelligence he had gathered, there was no information about these people, which only made Wang Baobao even more astonished.
Although Wang Baobao was surprised by the appearance of Lu Xueqi and the others, he did not take it to heart.
His arrogance stemmed from his strength. After absorbing the power of hundreds of experts from the five major sects, he now had enough confidence to face any challenge,
and also enough confidence to annihilate Wudang, ultimately absorbing the power of everyone in the Wudang Sect and allowing his own strength to break through once again.
The greatest goal of Wang Baobao’s life was to shatter the void, attain immortality, ascend to the upper realm, and become an immortal ruler.
As for all other matters, Wang Baobao did not care about them at all.