Chapter 351: 【153】Who dares to claim to be the strongest? Let him come out and fight me_4
"You want to cooperate with me, right? Fine, if you have a way to restore his sanity, I’ll agree to your terms." Wang Longhu pointed to the ice-bound Taoist Tianle as he spoke.
Bringing back a madman who doesn’t even know who he is to Wudang would be painful for both Celestial Martial Arts Master and Taoist Tianle.
Who would want to see their fellow disciple transformed into such a pathetic figure, and who would want to be seen in such a state by their fellow disciples from the past.
Since Taoist Tianle was made this way by people from the White Lotus Society, Wang Longhu still held a sliver of hope that the White Lotus Society might have a way to restore him.
"I do, but I can’t do it right now. You have to help me rescue someone, and once he regains control of the White Lotus Society, the entire organization will act according to your demands." Zhang Yuanying stated firmly.
"Rescue someone? Who?" Wang Longhu asked, puzzled.
Under Wang Longhu’s questioning gaze, Zhang Yuanying slowly began to explain the forces behind her and the affairs of the White Lotus Society.
It turned out that when the White Lotus Society first came to the Korean Peninsula, control was in the hands of the Jiang and Li families.
At that time, the ancestor of the Jiang family was powerful and was elected as the White Lotus Saint Emperor, while the ancestor of the Li family, constrained by their sworn brotherhood, settled for the title of Prince of the White Lotus Society.
The two families ruled the Korean Peninsula, maintaining good relations and intermarrying over generations.
Seventy years ago, that generation’s White Lotus Saint Emperor should have married the legitimate eldest daughter of the Li family to continue the friendly relations between the two families.
However, that generation’s White Lotus Saint Emperor, during his youthful adventures, met and fell madly in love with the daughter of an Indian Brahmin noble.
He brought her back to the White Lotus Society headquarters, defying the previous generation’s White Lotus Saint Emperor, and was determined to marry this Brahmin woman.
This created a significant rift between the Jiang and Li families, which had never resolved since.
However, when this generation’s matchless martial genius, Jiang Tianzhen, inherited the position of White Lotus Saint Emperor, his martial prowess was universally acknowledged as unparalleled in the history of the White Lotus Saint Emperors.
Jiang Tianzhen did something that no White Lotus Saint Emperor in history had ever done before.
Even after having a wife and daughter, he forcibly took Li Jing’Er, the legitimate daughter of the Li family, as a concubine.
This act became the fuse, leading the Li family, in their fury, to directly choose rebellion, with the head of the Li family, the old master himself, confronting Jiang Tianzhen in battle at the Saint Emperor Hall.
The specific outcome of that battle was known only to Jiang Tianzhen, with no one else aware of it.
From that day on, the Li family was completely wiped out, retreating from the history of the White Lotus Society, with the old master’s whereabouts unknown, his life or death uncertain.
Li Jing’Er, the only surviving scion of the Li family, nonetheless ended up marrying Jiang Tianzhen as a concubine, thus not escaping the preordained fate.
Everyone thought that was the conclusion, but little did they know it was only the beginning of chaos.
Jiang Tianzhen had a nephew named Jiang Xuanhe, who was highly regarded by him, having achieved the Condensing Pill stage in his Lower Dantian at a young age, and was granted the title of Prince by Jiang Tianzhen.
But unexpectedly, due to Jiang Tianzhen’s obsession with martial arts practice, Jiang Xuanhe secretly began an affair with Li Jing’Er behind the scenes.
Engaging in NTR activities, and Li Jing’Er even became pregnant with Jiang Xuanhe’s child.
Seeing that such an ugly affair was likely to be exposed, and knowing that once Jiang Tianzhen found out, in his fury, he would surely kill them both ruthlessly.
Jiang Xuanhe and Li Jing’Er decided to go all out, conspiring together for rebellion.
They intended to accomplish what the Li family hadn’t been able to do back then--succeed at rebellion.
Leveraging Jiang Tianzhen’s deep trust, on a particular night, when Jiang Tianzhen was in the critical moment of his martial practice and couldn’t stop.
Jiang Xuanhe, together with Li Jing’Er, Nan Guocan, and Park Min-ho, launched an attack on Jiang Tianzhen, interrupting his practice.
Jiang Tianzhen’s practice was interrupted, resulting in an inner strength flow reversal into his brain, leaving him in a state of going mad and severely weakened in strength.
Yet, even so, Jiang Tianzhen’s strength was not something these few could overcome to kill him.
Compelled by circumstances, they had to painstakingly imprison Jiang Tianzhen in a level 10 containment facility, up until today.
"Did you say, Li Jing’Er?" Upon listening to Zhang Yuanying recount the chaotic origins and consequences within the White Lotus Society, Wang Longhu opened his mouth in some surprise.
He was certainly familiar with the name.
The crazy woman he encountered earlier on the little island in the botanic garden was named just that.
However, what Li Jing’Er told Wang Longhu didn’t quite align with what Zhang Yuanying had said.
In Li Jing’Er’s version, she and Jiang Xuanhe were husband and wife, but after her father was killed by Jiang Xuanhe, he turned on her and imprisoned her on that island.
"Yes, that woman got what she deserved. After Jiang Xuanhe’s successful rebellion, he became the White Lotus Saint Emperor and immediately divorced Li Jing’Er, leaving her imprisoned somewhere in the White Lotus Society headquarters; we can’t even find her to kill her," Zhang Yuanying said angrily.
Wang Longhu rubbed his chin, concluding that Zhang Yuanying’s account might be more truthful.
It seemed Li Jing’Er had deceived him, modifying a purely true story to make it eight-tenths true to sell it to him, even packaging herself as a pitiable, good person.
He estimated that Li Jing’Er’s purpose was to entice him into opposing Jiang Xuanhe.
If Wang Longhu killed Jiang Xuanhe or Nan Guocan, she would consider it avenged.
If Wang Longhu was instead killed by Jiang Xuanhe, it would be of no loss to Li Jing’Er.
"You want me to rescue Jiang Tianzhen," Wang Longhu said.