Everyday I Get up to See the Villain Stealing the Show 109

One afternoon in the immortal world, An Yuan Xianjun sat in front of the earth-watching mirror. A small, furry tiger lay in his lap, asleep. What he observed in the earth-watching mirror had occurred in the mortal world when he went to cross the calamity. Although many things were personal experiences, looking back, he had extraordinary feelings.

An Yuan touched the little tiger Changsheng’s head and drew his fingers on the monarch character on his head. Changsheng’s dream of eternal life was disturbed. Dissatisfied, he opened his mouth and bit An Yuan’s finger with his baby teeth. His bite wasn’t painful, but the place where he ground his teeth was itchy. An Yuan let him hold onto his finger and didn’t resist. 

What was placed in the earth-watching mirror was exactly the day Han Changsheng became the leader of the Wulin Alliance.

At that time, the fate written by the old man Mingge for An Yuan had been destroyed by Han Changsheng. Even the immortal lord, who was supposed to be the leader of the Wulin, was abducted into Xiushan to become the cult leader’s wife. Fortunately, the change of fate would no longer affect An Yuan’s calamity, so Han Changsheng no longer worried. He happily went to become the leader of the Wulin.

Who was Han Changsheng? He had been the leader of the demonic cult for many years. He hadn’t even figured out how many people were in the demonic cult, let alone how many weapons and silver were in the storehouse. How could he manage the Wulin Alliance, as well?! Of course, Han Changsheng didn’t even think about managing it. He was originally trying to make trouble—but An Yuan didn’t know how to manage the Wulin, as well. He and Han Changsheng were not always together. He was a chivalrous man in the mortal world and he liked to walk around and fight for justice. Later, he became a famous hero in the arena. And Han Changsheng was to be the leader of the Wulin and the leader of the demon cult. He promised An Yuan would do nothing harmful to nature. As for how he handled it, An Yuan didn’t care much.

He had to take care of a lot of things as the leader of the Wulin Alliance. Ranging from something as large as organizing Wulin events to as small as someone arguing and causing a fight and asking for his fair judgment as a neutral party. These were all within his scope of responsibility. 

In the earth-watching mirror, someone came to Han Changsheng for judgement. 

Elder Dan Xu of the Longyang Sect and Zhang Xia, the head of the Qipi Sect, scrambled on Kunlun Mountain. They were separately invited to meet with Han Changsheng.

Zhang Xia took the lead and said, “Alliance Leader, please be fair to me! They are deceiving people in the Qipi Sect too much. We agreed to learn martial arts from each other. However, they deliberately hurt my eldest disciple. They are jealous of my eldest disciple’s outstanding martial arts skills. They deliberately committed this cruelty, and we must never spare them!”

Elder Dan Xu’s face and ears flushed. “Alliance leader, don’t listen to his nonsense. It is obviously his disciples who made the first move. My disciples accidentally injured them just to protect themselves. It’s all because they tried to steal a chicken, only to lose their rice! “

“You speak nonsense!”

“You were just talking nonsense!”

Seeing that the two were about to fight together again, Han Changsheng looked at them and said, “It’s common to be injured in a martial arts contest. If you are injured, you can blame only yourself for your inferior skills. There’s nothing else to say.” 

Elder Dan Xu was overjoyed. “Thank you for your justice.”

Angrily, Zhang Xia said, “Leader, how can you say that, I…”

Han Changsheng didn’t listen to any more arguments from them and waved his hand. “The alliance leader is very busy. Don’t come to me for this kind of trivial matter. See yourselves out!”

An Yuan waved his hand in front of the earth-watching mirror, and the scene shifted to the duel between the Longyang Sect and the Qipi Sect disciples. Sure enough, as Elder Dan Xu said, it was the disciples of Qipi Sect who were hurt first because of their misdeeds. He waved his hand again, and the picture returned to Han Changsheng’s daily affairs.

The head of the Xiaoyao Sect and the head of the Silin Sect scolded each other and went up to Kunlun Mountain to see Han Changsheng. Before they spoke, Han Changsheng pointed his finger at the head of the Silin Sect. “You, apologize to him!”

The head of the Silin Sect was stunned. “But I haven’t said anything yet.”

Han Changsheng said, “You don’t need to say anything, apologize to get out of here!”

The leader of the Xiaoyao sect said happily, “The leader of the alliance has an insight like a prophecy of this occurrence, like an omnipotent. It seems that the leader already knows what happened between us.”

An Yuan looked at the cause of the conflict between the two. It was true that the Silin Sect did something wrong.

An Yuan stroked the little tiger’s tongue with his fingers. “How did you know?”

Changsheng yawned, released An Yuan’s finger, and licked his lips. “Know what?”

An Yuan said, “You really have some skill in upholding justice.”

Han Changsheng glanced at the things in the earth-watching mirror and said, “I knew nothing, and I didn’t care about them. I will help whoever looks good.”

An Yuan: “…”

An Yuan flicked Han Changsheng’s forehead. The little tiger turned over and showed his belly to An Yuan. Flattering him, he said, “You look the best in my heart.”

An Yuan laughed, then stretched out his hand to rub his soft belly. He continued reminiscing about the past.

Another two people looked to Han Changsheng for judgement. Han Changsheng looked at this and that, and when he realized they were both almost ugly, he looked embarrassed. 

“Alliance leader, you be our judge. There is a food shortage in North China. The caravans have to pass through our place, and because there are many stray bandits, we have to protect them. In order to protect the caravans and escort them through customs, the Lingbei Sect collects some hard expenses and subsidizes the expenses of the sect. However, they deliberately led the caravan towards themselves and made the caravan go around in a big circle, just to rob us of our hard work…”

“How can you say that? Everyone depends on their abilities in order to eat, and the caravan likes to follow our path. How can you blame us!”

There were many sects in the nation, and many heroes who also had to eat. Some sects relied on the government to support them, some relied on accepting disciples to make money, while others still relied on doing tasks for money. North China was relatively poor and close to other countries where there were many bandits. Almost all the martial arts sects there relied on escorting caravans to make money.

Han Changsheng touched his chin thoughtfully. “It’s a good way to make money.”

The two leaders were taken aback. “What did the leader say?”

Han Changsheng waved his hand. “Nothing, everyone has their own ability to make money. I don’t care, don’t bother me with this kind of thing!”

Turning around, Han Changsheng went back out of Xiushan, and went down the North China Commercial Road. Two years later, the North China Commercial Road was monopolized by Tianning Cult, and they made a lot of money.

There were many such cases. Several sects had discovered Jingxuan iron ore in a mountain range. The weapons made from this iron ore were unmatched. But the location of the iron ore was between three sects. It was discovered by two families at the same time, and was later discovered by a third. People were beaten to death trying to take the ore. This incident came to Han Changsheng. He ordered no one to mine, then reported the matter to the alliance and closed the mine. A few months later, someone sneaked in to see, only to find that the mine had been dug up long ago. The three sects were suspected of each other and had a lot of trouble with each other. No one knew that in the past year, the Tianning Cult had received an extra batch of mysterious iron weapons. Then, some people found a few ferocious beasts in Minshan, and wanted to find a beast master to tame them. At this time, they passed it to the Wulin Alliance. Not long after that, the beast disappeared…

After Han Changsheng became the leader of the Wulin Alliance, he did nothing harmful. However, unconsciously, many of the resources of the Wulin Alliance disappeared, and the Tianning Cult grew stronger and stronger. 

An Yuan looked at Han Changsheng’s past and couldn’t help but poke the little tiger’s belly. “You rascal.”

Han Changsheng hugged his hand and pushed it up, motioning for him to touch his head. As soon as An Yuan stretched his hand over, Han Changsheng rubbed his head against his palm. An Yuan looked at the tiger-headed little guy in his arms, and couldn’t say anything.

In the beginning, Lu Honghua made a rule that besides obtaining the tokens of the three martial arts masters, they had to shake the demonic sect within three years. After Han Changsheng used Li Jiulong’s identity to become the leader, although he had a lot of martial art’s ability and outstanding achievements, he was still a young man. He came from the tainted Yuehua Sect. How could they be willing to let Han Changsheng take advantage of the position of leader of the Wulin Alliance that so many seniors had been eyeing their whole lives? They wanted to take advantage of Han Changsheng’s past and tear him down from his position. From time to time, people came to the Tianning Cult to talk about things. 

In the first two years, Han Changsheng just ignored all kinds of urges. He didn’t intend to take action against the Tianning Cult. Seeing that the end of his three years was approaching, people gloated and waited to see Han Changsheng step down, but Han Changsheng suddenly held a meeting. For the first time in three years, Han Changsheng put forward the issue of attacking the Tianning Cult at Xiushan during the Wulin Conference. 

“In the past three years, some of my seniors have been urging me to attack the demonic cult, but I believe I still have shortcomings, so I have done nothing. Now that the fire is almost here, I feel the unity of everyone in the Wulin League. I decided to organize everyone to attack the demonic cult this year.”

“The demon cult has harmed the nation for hundreds of years. The reason we could do nothing about them is that they are indeed very powerful——well, very, very powerful! If the Wulin Alliance is not twisted into a rope, no one on their own would have the strength to attack them. As the leader of the Wulin Alliance, my duty is to gather everyone together and arrange the plan for the conquest. Before that, I would like to thank a few seniors. Xukong sect’s Xu Kong Taoist devotee, Tonghua sect’s head Zhao Yao, and Songsan sect’s head Hu Li. In the past three years, these elders urged me many times to wipe out the demonic cult and bring benefits to the nation. Their sincerity can be seen from the sun and moon. I’m really moved.” He pretended to wipe his eyes. 

The few people who were named suddenly became the focus of everyone’s attention, and they were extremely proud.

But in the next second, they wouldn’t be so proud.

“Since they are so sincere in their desire to contribute to the Wulin League, I can’t brush off their intentions. Conquering the demonic cult requires a lot of manpower and material resources. After much deliberation, I decided to invite the Xukong School, the Tonghua School, and the Songshan sect to donate five hundred taels of silver to buy food and pay for travel expenses for everyone. Once the demonic cult is successfully eliminated, I will build a stone monument on Kunlun Mountain and engrave their names to record their achievements. Do you agree?”

Suddenly, there was thunderous applause! Only the few sects who were named showed a look of horror on their faces.

The reason the right way of the Wulin could not eliminate the demonic cult for more than a hundred years was that, besides the strength of the cult itself, the hearts of the Wulin Alliance were not aligned. A hundred years ago, there was a war to exterminate the demons. Dozens of martial arts sects took part in the action and set off to Xiushan. However, the leader of the demonic cult, Gao Shengfeng, beat the Wulin Alliance to pieces. Each sect wanted to preserve its strength. Without sending the most outstanding disciples, the mob naturally couldn’t beat the demonic cult, and it hurt the vitality of the right way of the Wulin.

The reason the leaders urged Han Changsheng was not entirely for justice. Many of them were originally candidates for succession to the Wulin leader, but they were robbed of positions by Han Changsheng. So, they just wanted to watch the fun. The people in the arena were the poorest, and if they wanted to make up five hundred taels, they would have to smash the pot and sell the iron, which will inevitably damage the whole nation’s vitality. Now that Han Changsheng was so flattering, they would be embarrassed if they didn’t give money. Although other schools also know this truth, they weren’t paying out of their own pockets, so of course they gloated.

But Han Changsheng’s next sentence made all those who gloated unable to laugh.

“In this conquest, the heads of all schools, the top three elders, and the top ten disciples must participate.”

Suddenly, there was a sound of air-conditioning. The head, the first three elders, and the top ten disciples——these were the elites of the sect, no matter which sect they were from. They could even be the entire manpower for a small sect. If they were sent out in full force, and something happened to them in the conquest, it was likely to cause the decline of a well-known sect. Some sects had civil strife or hidden dangers, and without elites, may die off before the demonic cult was annihilated.

When someone raised objections, Han Changsheng spread his hands and looked helpless. “If you don’t support it, how can we defeat the demonic cult? If you don’t cooperate, we can only give up the idea.” Everyone choked. The crowd was speechless.

On the day of the expedition, there were more than a few absences. Some heads were unwell and failed to come. Some of the sects were infected with dysentery or cold. In short, there was one missing here and one missing there. According to Han Changsheng’s requirements, the number of schools with the required number of men were in the minority.

“When did you become the leader!”

“Last month the leader passed the position to me!”

“It’s a temporary pass, to escape the expedition!”

“How is it possible that you stinky brats are the top ten disciples of the Yue Ming Sect? I know your eldest disciple and the second disciple, and they didn’t come at all!”

“You violated the rules!”

“You’re colluding with the demonic cult!”

As a result, the expedition was naturally unsuccessful, and those sects did not collect the five hundred taels of silver. In the end, it turned out to be a torment and scolding battle between the Wulin Alliance members. Han Changsheng, who caused the incident, happily threw the mess away and went back out of Xiushan. Because everyone was ashamed when sharing responsibility, no one dared to criticize Han Changsheng anymore.

During the years when Han Changsheng was the leader of the Wulin Alliance, he did nothing serious. He held a competition every few months and offered personal guidance to those he liked at the competition. Han Changsheng was young, and his martial arts were unfathomable. Almost none of those who fought him managed to surpass him, so being able to get his guidance seemed to gain capital, which surpassed Lu Wenlin’s fame. However, in the martial arts competitions, Han Changsheng did not choose his opponents based on how good their martial arts was, as his real requirement was not martial arts, but a beautiful face.

If someone was young and handsome, even if their sword was unstable, Han Changsheng would give them some advice. Those who were fierce with ugly faces and knew best of their weapons, Han Changsheng didn’t even bother to look at them.

As time passed, those who were interested discovered the clues. Although the bad-looking people criticized the Wulin Alliance leader’s attitude of judging others by appearance, there were few who did not want to fight with the first-class masters like Han Changsheng. Because he was the Wulin Alliance leader, they not only gained capital to boast in the future but also became famous for good luck!

Soon, there was an atmosphere of beauty in the Wulin. In the past, people in the arena often paid little attention to appearance. They were sweaty during martial arts practice. Sometimes they went to sleep without taking a bath when they were tired. Sometimes there was no water in the wild. In short, they were unkempt, ugly, and dirty swordsmen. But, after Han Changsheng became the leader of the Wulin Alliance, in order to win his favor, the sorry-looking people had to clean up. Sometimes, they had to paint powder and ink on their faces to get Han Changsheng to look at them. 

For a long time, the men in the Wulin Alliance were smeared and powdered. When they had a conflict, before looking for Han Changsheng to judge who was the best looking, they knew that if there wasn’t much difference, there was no point in going to Kunlun Mountain. The only advantage of the Wulin Alliance was that the big men no longer had trouble finding wives. In those few years, after marrying their wives, the bachelors had the highest birth rates in a century. Han Changsheng really had a great contribution to those things. 

A few years later, Han Changsheng resigned from his position as the leader of the Wulin Alliance on the grounds that he had done nothing worthy, to abdicate. He went back to be the leader of the demonic cult. However, at that time, he’d already turned the Wulin Alliance topsy turvy, and it was no longer possible to gather people for expeditions. No one dared to mention the annihilation of the demonic cult.

There were some things that An Yuan didn’t know in his previous life. If Han Changsheng’s careful thinking let him know anything, he was only afraid that the Wulin Alliance would gradually become a mess. Now that he knows the truth, An Yuan is furious, but at the same time, amused.

“You were really capable of turning the Wulin Conference into a beauty pageant?”

Hearing An Yuan’s tone, Han Changsheng seemed to be a little bit sheepish. He laughed pleasantly, then said, “In my heart you are the most beautiful, and no one can compare to you.”

An Yuan said lightly, “Oh, really.” With a wave of his hand, the image in the earth-watching mirror became a scene on Xiushan.

After Han Changsheng and An Yuan were together, the people on Xiushan had no opinion about the “leader’s wife” who was brought back. As long as Han Changsheng liked them, they all loved his wife. Although An Yuan was so upright that he was nothing like the people from Xiushan, had innumerable tolerance in his heart. Han Changsheng was with him, and he was the one who suffered. Therefore, everyone was very relieved around him. The only two people who were dissatisfied with An Yuan were Lu Qingqian and Lu Baibi.