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Chapter 889: Chapter 376: Subdue the Liuyang Sect

Nanchang City, the temporary residence of the King of Chu.

In the meeting hall, after Lu Yuan sent an Inner Attendant off to summon Yin Huixuan, he stood up and came to this place to wait for his arrival.

While waiting, he also contemplated the person that was Yin Huixuan.

Lu Yuan had long admired Yin Huixuan.

Back when he was still a hunter in Dayu County, he had already heard of the name of the Inborn Grandmaster Yin Huixuan, knowing he was the number one person in the martial arts world of Yuzhang Prefecture, with unfathomably deep martial arts.

Later, when the Black Wind Gang caused chaos in Luling Prefecture, the local officials and martial artists failed to control them, allowing the bandits to run rampant for a time.

Eventually, the Liuyang Sect took notice, and commanded Sect Leader Yin Huixuan to cross the river southward personally, to eradicate the turmoil caused by the Black Wind Gang and restore peace to Luling Prefecture.

Subsequent investigations into the origins of the bandits revealed that it was the martial arts world of Lingnan that sought to expand its influence, which reached out its hand toward Yuzhang.

Infuriated, Yin Sect Leader went down to Lingnan and, with a mere sweep of his palm, easily subdued the entire martial arts community of Lingnan.

At that time, still not past his prime and just at the tail end of his peak period, the Martial Arts Leader of the Southsea, Yan Wangqiu, upon hearing the name of Yin Huixuan, was so frightened that he fled upon the wind and did not dare to stay at his sect to confront him.

The name of Liuyang’s Yin Huixuan thus completely resounded throughout Jiangnan.

Back then, his one-man dominance over Lingnan, once it spread back to Yuzhang, truly uplifted everyone, from high to low.

Whether it was individuals from Jianghu, ordinary people, or scholars, they all heard of it and aspired to it.

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Lu Yuan was no exception.

Upon hearing the deeds of Yin Huixuan, he set him as his goal, determined to rise to the Inborn level, to stand at the pinnacle of Jianghu, to laugh proudly above the martial arts world and become a heroic figure of his generation.

Yet, as time passed and circumstances changed, Jiangnan descended into chaos, the Yue House waned, and Yangzhou became a battleground for warring heroes.

Because of his friendship with Sun Siwen, Lu Yuan moved from his original life shrouded in the marketplace, gradually starting his career in the government, and finally cut out his own domain in the troubled times, becoming the King of Great Chu as he is now.

Such bygone days are sigh-worthy.

As he pondered, noise came from outside the door, and the Inner Attendant who had gone to pass the decree led a person into the hall.

“This humble citizen, Yin Huixuan, greets the great king.”

Although Yin Huixuan was the Sect Leader of the Liuyang Sect, he had always been involved in Jianghu and had never held any official position, nor had he any noble title granted to him. In the eyes of the court, he was no different from ordinary people.

Therefore, upon entering the hall, he performed the rites of a commoner.

Seizing the opportunity, Lu Yuan sized up this number one figure of the Jiangnan martial arts world.

He saw that the other party’s hair and beard were partially white, dressed in blue clothes, with a lean appearance, a temperament that was restrained within, revealing not the slightest bit outwardly, yet losing none of the grandeur—a true Grandmaster of major accomplishments.

In view of this, he knew that the Martial Arts Leader of Yangzhou was as genuine as his reputation.

“No need for such courtesy.”

Thinking thus, Lu Yuan slightly raised his hand to let Yin Huixuan stand up, and while smiling faintly, he said, “This king has waited for several years, Yin Sect Leader has come so late.”

“Having consecutively broken through the armies of Lingnan and Jiangdong, annihilating two countries, and repeatedly defeated Ning and Song, you now command Jiangnan, dominating a province.

As a mere commoner living beside the Pengli marshlands, I too have heard of the mighty reputation of Chu’s army.

Previously, when your majesty extended his invitation, as a commoner, I worried about the safety of the sect and the ancestral foundation, hence I dared not travel thousands of miles to join alone.

Now that your majesty has raised his army against Yuzhang, threatening Jiangdong, the people of Ning have lost their courage in an instant, and the Liuyang Sect too has become subjects of Great Chu.

As a commoner, I finally dared to come, following my admiration, arriving late and showing neglect, I hope the great king will forgive my crime.”

Seeing the smile on Lu Yuan’s face, Yin Huixuan felt a chill in his heart, hurriedly lay prostrate on the ground and moved forward to apologize.

Since Chu State became dominant, the prestige of Great Chu had been spread throughout the Nine Provinces and was respected by all.

At that time, in the North and South of the great river, many ambitious figures from various countries who did not achieve their wishes heard of Chu’s name and went to pledge their allegiance, offering their services to the ruler.

So many came to join Chu that they couldn’t be counted; they were as ubiquitous as the rivers and hard to see in their entirety.

Chu Country also took this opportunity to select talented individuals, to diligently recruit skilled people for national use.

After the Northern Expedition to Hanzhong, Chu Country consecutively expanded its army by several tens of thousands, nearly doubling its soldiers and horses, and there was no shortage of capable commanders to serve in the army, benefiting greatly from this influx of talent.

Without the talented scholars from the North and South joining, among whom were several hundred gifted in both civil service and martial strength, and after assessment, filling the ranks of the army as platoon leaders or squad chiefs, it would have been difficult to have today’s strong military.

Therefore, Lu Yuan, benefiting greatly at that time, developed a taste for it, and began not just waiting for people to come to him.

Instead, he sent out messengers and spies to invite capable people from all countries to help Chu.

At that time, located in Jiangnan, and even arguably a fellow townsman, with extremely strong martial force, and influence widely spread in Yuzhang, Liuyang Sect’s Yin Huixuan naturally caught Lu Yuan’s attention.

Thus when Chu Country became powerful enough to recruit an Inborn Grandmaster, he tentatively sent messengers to Liuyang Sect to make contact with the other party, in an attempt to recruit Yin Huixuan.

However, at that time, even though Chu Country was dominant in Jiangnan and vaguely rivaled Ning Country, with an inclination to jointly divide Yangzhou, the newly established state of Chu was still weak in strength, with a population of no more than eight million and an army of not more than five hundred thousand, far less than Jiangdong’s Ning Country.

In the eyes of many, compared to the newborn state of Chu, Ning Country, with its two thousand years of rule, born of Coastal Aristocratic Families, with deep and substantial heritage, had a greater hope of unifying Yangzhou.

Therefore, facing the recruitment from Chu Country, Liuyang Sect proclaimed themselves as people of Jianghu, uninvolved in matters of the court, and courteously refused, without agreeing.

This was quite normal.

Because when facing recruitment from Ning Country, Liuyang Sect did the same.

At that time, Chu Country was even less potent than Ning Country, how could Yin Huixuan possibly defect to them.

Lu Yuan was aware of this, and thus, when Liuyang Sect courteously refused, he did not insist and gave up the thought there and then.

Yin Huixuan, seeing that Lu Yuan’s words vaguely brought up past events,

feared that the King of Chu still harbored resentment to this day, blaming Liuyang Sect, hence he took the initiative to come forward, showing a submissive attitude.

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