Chapter 261

The mountain fog had not yet dissipated, but only a thin layer remained. One corpse after another was carried over and thrown in front of the large tomb.

Meng Chengchang took the list and walked past the corpses, reading a name, and Dai Shenggao beside him confirmed it once.

"Li Fuchen?"

"Yes."

"Gu Laoda?"

"Yes."

"This one is Qi Laoqi."

"Yes."

"Ji San? Daoist Yuyue?"

"Yes."

"Tang Huan, Zhang Zixu, Zhou Tong..."

"Yes."

"Old Quezi?"

"Yes."

"This one is Gu Gu Lao Liu?"

"It's Gu Laowu."

"Cang Yuntian?"

"Yes."

"Gu Shangfei and Cao Shangfei? Are they brothers?"

"Uh, no."

"Look at the bandit names of you Wulong Mountain people..."

Twenty-three corpses were lined up. After confirmation, they were packed one by one into sacks by the Mount Tianmu stewards.

Dai Shenggao couldn't bear to look anymore, his eyes drifting toward Huang Ye Xian, who was sitting under a tree. Huang Ye Xian covered her face with both hands, buried her head deeply between her knees, and her body was trembling slightly.

He came to the side again, where six people were kneeling, each wearing eight-prohibition shackles, each with dull eyes.

Meng Chengchang continued to check: "This one is the old Daoist Hu Du?"

"Yes."

"Li Kuaidao?"

"Yes."

"Longshan Sanren and Li Busan?"

"Yes."

"And Wan Liming plus this guy surnamed Mu, who practices the medical path, right?"

"Yes, he is Mu Shenyi."

After the inventory was completed, Meng Chengchang came to Lu Boqi's side and reported: "Senior Uncle, there are already twenty-nine here, but the grave robber surnamed Hu, the fierce bandits Zuo Gaofeng and Tan Ba, the sixth and seventh of the Gu family, and another one called Lingling Ke, these six bandits are on the run."

Lu Boqi said: "Where can they escape to? Huang Feng Gou is surrounded tightly, they must still be here. Let everyone continue to search!"

Meng Chengchang nodded and immediately went to arrange it.

Lu Boqi summoned Dai Shenggao and Huang Ye Xian over again and comforted them: "From now on, you are inner sect disciples of Mount Tianmu. Raise your son and daughter well to adulthood. Little Dai is ranked twelfth, and the Huang woman is ranked thirteenth. Little Dai can take the Foundation Establishment Pill after returning to the mountain, and the Huang woman doesn't need to worry. Our Mount Tianmu is for refining pills, so when your cultivation reaches the level, you won't be short of Foundation Establishment Pills."

Dai Shenggao quickly bowed and thanked him: "Many thanks, Elder!" He pulled Huang Ye Xian to kneel down too: "Quick, thank the Elder. Junior Sister Huang is heavy-hearted and couldn't accept seeing so many people die for a while, so please forgive her, Elder."

Lu Boqi laughed and said: "It doesn't matter. Being heavy-hearted and loyal is good. Once you enter Mount Tianmu in the future, you won't have any other intentions, right?"

Dai Shenggao kowtowed and swore: "We rogue cultivators, drifting in the cultivation world, have never had a moment of peace. Being able to enter Mount Tianmu to die for the Lu family sect, from now on we can hold our heads high. How could we have any other intentions? Elder, rest assured, if we fail the Elder's thick kindness, may we be struck by lightning and pierced by ten thousand arrows!"

Huang Ye Xian also swore with difficulty: "This little woman is loyal to the Lu family and the Elder. If there is any violation, I will accept the punishment."

Lu Boqi nodded and said: "You have eliminated a great threat for our Mount Tianmu, and your merits are not small. As long as you don't forget today's oath, I naturally won't treat you unfairly."

He pondered and asked again: "Why is that Liu Xiaolou not on the list? Did he not come?"

Huang Ye Xian rushed to say: "He came too, but after hearing that he was going to attack Mount Tianmu, he was unwilling to participate in this matter and left in advance."

Lu Boqi was very surprised and looked at Dai Shenggao: "Oh? Left in advance?"

Dai Shenggao nodded: "Yes, he was originally summoned, but he was unwilling to be an enemy of Mount Tianmu, so he left."

Lu Boqi nodded slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Dai Shenggao quickly changed the subject: "Elder, the three Huang brothers under my command have always admired the sect and also contributed a lot this time. I wonder..."

Lu Boqi said indifferently: "Put them in the outer sect as stewards, but you must restrain them well. Our Mount Tianmu is a major sect and should act according to the right path. If there is any wrongdoing, we must punish them severely!"

After searching Huang Feng Gou thoroughly, when the sky was getting bright, someone finally discovered the abnormality. It turned out that there was a secret passage mechanism under the large tomb, connecting to a long tunnel. Meng Chengchang led people to chase into the tunnel, but this tunnel was four or five miles long and led all the way out of Huang Feng Gou. It was initially judged that it was likely that Captain Hu, the owner, took Zuo Gaofeng, Tan Ba, the Gu family brothers Gu Lao Liu and Laoqie, and Lingling Ke to escape from here when the mountain fog spread.

Hearing this news, Dai Shenggao privately blamed Huang Ye Xian: "You were at the large tomb the whole time. Don't tell me you didn't see them when they went down to the tomb chamber!"

Huang Ye Xian said indifferently: "So what if I saw it? So what if I didn't? Besides, how would I know there was a secret passage under the tomb chamber?"

Dai Shenggao said angrily: "You're crazy! At this time, how could you be soft-hearted, how could you still care about fellow cultivator friendship? Since you did this, you are enemies, don't you know? Do you think the ones you let go are old friends? You let go of enemies who will come to take revenge on you in the future!"

Huang Ye Xian said: "It was Wang Laoda who posted the invitation. Everyone came because they believed in him. Let them go find Wang Laoda for revenge!"

Dai Shenggao said angrily: "But it was I who sent the invitation. They don't know who Wang Laoda is, they know me, and soon they will know about you too!"

Huang Ye Xian sighed: "If they want revenge, let them come. I don't care, death is clean!"

Dai Shenggao stared at her: "What about the children? Don't you consider them anymore? Do you want them to have no mother? Why did we do this? Have you forgotten?"

Huang Ye Xian covered her face with both hands and sobbed: "I hate Wang Laoda, who exactly is he?"

Dai Shenggao was stunned for a long time and said: "I hate him too..."

After discovering the secret passage, Mount Tianmu immediately spread the net again, chasing in all directions, chasing out more than seventy or eighty miles, but still didn't find the whereabouts of the six fugitives.

The discovery of the secret passage was indeed two hours late. A hundred miles to the southwest, Tan Ba was pulling Liu Xiaolou and running wildly in the dense forest. While running, he vigilantly looked at the sky through the gaps in the trees, as if some Foundation Establishment cultivator from Mount Tianmu would arrive on a sword at any time and kill them with one sword.

After fleeing for dozens of miles, the two finally found a hidden place to rest, panting. Tan Ba looked at Liu Xiaolou in horror, and Liu Xiaolou was also made uneasy by his look, constantly comforting him: "Ba, Ba, don't panic, we have fled more than a hundred miles, Mount Tianmu can't catch up."

Tan Ba was stunned for a while longer, then his whole body suddenly went limp, crying loudly, pulling his hair desperately, and constantly muttering: "That damned Dai Sanren, that damned Dai Shenggao, betraying brothers, Wu Wu..."

Liu Xiaolou moved over, held his head in his arms, and kept comforting him: "Ba, don't cry, don't cry..."

Tan Ba choked with sobs: "Only I, Valley Master Zuo, Captain Hu, Gu Gu Lao Liu, and Gu Laoqie escaped. No one else escaped. I went to pull Huang Xian, but she didn't know what was going on, just wouldn't leave, just stood there in a daze. I saw Old Quezi die with my own eyes, and Qi Laoqi, killed by Mount Tianmu people. Mount Tianmu brought many Foundation Establishment cultivators, surrounding Huang Feng Gou like an iron bucket. Old Hu Du was kicked down by someone, then cried and begged for mercy, and was tied up with eight-prohibition shackles. Only Long Sanren was resisting with all his might, but he was surrounded by many Mount Tianmu people, saying they wanted to capture him alive..."

Liu Xiaolou asked: "What about Li Busan?"

Tan Ba shook his head: "I don't know, I don't know. At that time, there was thick fog, I couldn't see clearly, I couldn't see anyone else clearly. It seemed there was also Lingling Ke, he was drilling toward the east mountain peak..."

Liu Xiaolou was stunned for a long time and asked: "Why did Dai Sanren betray the brothers?"

Tan Ba said: "I don't know, I don't know!"