Martial Arts Escort System: I Got A Maxed Level Divine Technique From The Beginning

Chapter 172: Chapter 125: Inner Conflict_3

To establish a great reputation swiftly, the most expedient method is to challenge the renowned experts of Jianghu.

Thus, upon entering the Jianghu, this person consecutively challenged seven or eight famous experts, and gradually made a name for himself with the title “Overlord Mace.”

Had he stopped there, with the name “Overlord Mace” preceding him, he would have been considered a prominent figure in Jianghu.

Regrettably, this was not enough to satisfy his ambition.

Instead, he set his sights on those with even loftier reputations, with Endless Blade Tong Yun at the top of the list!

Endless Blade Tong Yun, the grandmaster of the Heavenly Blade Sect, was at that time a rising star in Jianghu.

Should Liu Changyang manage to fight and defeat him, his status would naturally be incomparable to before.

For this battle, Liu Changyang spent over three months adjusting his mindset, honing his spirit and martial arts to the peak.

Even before issuing his challenge, he had already spread the news throughout Jianghu.

The newly emerged Overlord Mace Liu Changyang, versus the resplendently renowned Endless Blade Tong Yun of the Heavenly Blade Sect!

Naturally, this battle was like a thunderclap gathering attention from all directions, with many traveling thousands of miles just to witness this decisive fight.

When the day of the meeting arrived, the two began their duel on Heavenly Gate Mountain.

The battle was indeed spectacular, with the Overlord Mace incredibly powerful and the Endless Blade’s techniques exquisitely ingenious.

The two fought from the Mountain Gate, down to the foot of Heavenly Gate Mountain, clashing over thirty li and exchanging no less than a thousand rounds.

Vigorous Wind and Blade Qi erupted, shaking the heavens!

In the end, Liu Changyang was defeated by half a move, disarmed of his Double Maces by Endless Blade Tong Yun.

However, Endless Blade Tong Yun maintained the demeanor of a master, defeating his opponent without inflicting injury.

After the fight, he simply turned and returned to the Heavenly Blade Sect.

Only Liu Changyang stood there alone, with surrounding onlookers of Jianghu pointing and commenting.

If it had been someone less sensitive, it may not have been such a big deal.

After all, in this battle, both men showcased their martial prowess to the fullest extent, with many high-level martial artists admitting they were no match for either.

Even though Liu Changyang lost by a narrow margin, it could still be considered an honorable defeat.

But… when had Liu Changyang, since his inception into Jianghu, ever faced such a tremendous blow?

He had believed that with his martial arts, even if he couldn’t firmly secure the title of “number one in the Southwest,” he would definitely emerge as a top-notch expert.

But he did not expect to be narrowly defeated.

Overwhelmed by the defeat, he abandoned his Double Maces and left, later exiting Jianghu to marry and have children.

After this battle, every time he reminisced, he felt a heavy gloom in his heart.

For a few years following the birth of Liu Mo, things were barely manageable, but as Liu Mo began to toddle and babble, Liu Changyang’s demands grew stricter.

He wanted to impart the art of the Overlord Mace onto Liu Mo.

His method was fierce; even his wife couldn’t bear to watch. She pleaded several times, but he refused to relent. Eventually, out of desperation, she even thought of escaping with the still young Liu Mo.

But with Liu Changyang’s martial arts prowess, especially since she couldn’t just run away, she ultimately couldn’t manage to escape with the child and was sent away by him.

Since then, she was expelled from the home, leaving only father and son to rely on each other.

From then on, Liu Changyang’s demands intensified, subjecting the young Liu Mo to inconceivable suffering.

Yet it also honed his mastery of the Overlord Mace to an extraordinary degree from a young age.

Afterward, Liu Changyang took Liu Mo to wander the Jianghu, seeking exotic treasures, finding master craftsmen, and eventually forging two Purple Gold Concave Maces that would become Liu Mo’s weapons.

Years passed, and Liu Changyang’s health declined daily, fundamentally due to the psychological trauma from the duel, sometimes coughing up blood.

Within a few years, he passed away.

But before dying, he called Liu Mo to his side and said:

“General of the Heavenly Blade Sect, Endless Blade Tong Yun, is your father’s lifelong adversary; your father’s death was wrought by this man’s hands. Once your training is complete, you must remember the blood feud that cannot coexist under the heavens. You must go to the Heavenly Blade Sect, challenge the Endless Blade, and slay him to avenge your father and restore the glory of the Overlord Mace!”

With that, he left this world.

At first, Liu Mo regarded his father’s words as an unbreakable edict, but as he traveled Jianghu after his father’s passing, he began to understand more of Jianghu’s rules and customs.

And the more he understood, the more doubts crept into his mind.

When Liu Changyang had challenged Endless Blade Tong Yun years ago, to Tong Yun it was an unjust calamity.

To be home and then challenged out of the blue, yet not being able to refuse.

To refuse would mean being labeled a coward, his reputation would plummet, becoming the scorn of innumerable critics.

If he accepted and won, then all would be fine, but had he lost, it would have been a lifetime in Jianghu wasted, only to pave the way for someone else’s glory.

Endless Blade Tong Yun ultimately won, yet he did not harm Liu Changyang in the slightest.

Clearly, his own father’s psychological trauma was unresolvable, eventually driving him to meet his end. How could he blame anyone else?

But… those final words his father spoke lingered constantly in his mind.

In his midnight dreams, he would see his ailing father lying there, earnestly entrusting him, the hatred immense, almost palpable.

This truly put Liu Mo in a difficult position.

Setting aside whether he could succeed in challenging and killing Tong Yun, even if he could, something always felt inappropriate about it.

After all, when looking at the whole picture, what wrong had Tong Yun committed?

But if he doesn’t fulfill the task, how can he disobey his father’s command? How would he face his father in the afterlife?

This internal conflict twisted his heart, troubling Liu Mo severely for two to three decades.

This led him to a somber and isolated existence, at times wanting to harden his heart—right or wrong, to kill Tong Yun regardless, reasoning that death at Tong Yun’s hand might be better than such torment.

Yet every time he took up the Purple Gold Concave Maces, he couldn’t make up his mind, leaving matters unresolved.

Over the past ten years, he joined the Wanxin Trading Company and occasionally visited the Five Directions Gathering.

He was also forcing himself to make a decision.

Recounting the whole story, he laid out the causes and consequences clearly, leaving Su Mo and Yang Xiaoyun speechless for a long while.

It seemed that Liu Mo’s late father had indeed left him with quite a deep mess.

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