Chapter 44

The Demonic Cult's actions made even Su Fan, who was far away in Liaodong, somewhat impatient. After all, if the Demonic Cult truly wanted to stir up a righteous-evil war, he would definitely be affected.

If he were given another twenty or thirty years, Su Fan would not be afraid of the Demonic Cult. By that time, the Huashan Sect's strength would definitely go up another level.

"Junior Brother, what should we do?"

Zhang Meng was somewhat anxious. Communicating with Su Fan, he also knew the general situation of the Jianghu, especially the situation of the Demonic Cult, and was clear that with the Huashan Sect's current power, it was indeed not the Demonic Cult's opponent.

And the longer he stayed in Liaodong, the more he knew his Junior Brother's ability. The longer the time, the stronger this place would be, and the stronger the Huashan Sect would be.

But it just so happened that at this time, Dugu Sheng exited.

He knew his Junior Brother's future plan. Dugu Sheng exiting, if a righteous-evil war truly happened, it would definitely affect his Junior Brother's plan to go to sea.

After all, his Junior Brother going to sea would definitely need some Huashan Sect disciples.

"Let me think."

Su Fan shook his head and sat there thinking. Seeing this, Zhang Meng did not disturb him, but chose to leave slowly. He knew his Junior Brother was quite smart and might be able to think of some ideas.

"Why suddenly attack the Nangong family? Even if it was to kill the chicken to warn the monkey, wouldn't choosing the Hengshan Sect be better? The Hengshan Sect's strength was not much stronger than Nangong's."

"Then what is the Demonic Cult's plan? And what kind of calculation does Dugu Sheng have?"

Su Fan started a brainstorm.

"Two righteous-evil wars, one to snatch the Sunflower Manual, one to raid the Huashan Sect, and snatching Wudang Mountain. Every righteous-evil war launched by the Demonic Cult over these years seems to be for manuals. The Nangong family's most famous martial art, 'Mingyue Skill'."

"Could it be that the Demonic Cult only moved for martial arts? The Nangong family ancestor was also a top-tier expert in the previous dynasty. There were few reclusive experts in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it was said that they had a great connection with the Shenxiao Sect of Daoism."

"Then, have the Demonic Cult been snatching the martial arts treasures left behind by various forces over these years, so that Dugu Sheng could break through to the Innate realm?"

Su Fan increasingly felt that he had likely guessed the point.

However, he frowned. The predecessor of the Sun Moon Holy Cult was the Ming Cult, and the Ming Cult was evolved from Manichaeism. The most famous figures included Fang La, who was a figure who contended with Huang Shang.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were quite a few Innate experts in Manichaeism, and naturally, the inheritance would not be low. Even in terms of foundation, the entire Jianghu only had Shaolin exceeding it.

Could it be because after Old Zhu took the stage, the Ming Cult's inheritance was broken?

This was the first thing Su Fan thought of.

"Hmm! It should be about the same. There is no Heaven and Earth Great Shift. The martial arts of the Four Great Dharma Kings, Left and Right Envoys, and Five Wanderers of the Ming Cult are rarely passed down. If this is the case, it can also be explained why the Ming Cult would snatch the Wudang Taiji Fist and the Sunflower Manual."

Su Fan felt he had discovered the truth.

"Then this time, Dugu Sheng truly did not break through, so he exited, which is to snatch the classics left behind by various forces, in order to find a way to let him break through to the Innate realm?"

"If this is the case, is there anything that can be calculated?"

Su Fan thought secretly. In terms of foundation, who could compare to Shaolin? That was a thousand-year-old sect. The Innate experts who appeared in the sect—who knew how many? Even if some were lost, as long as a few were left behind, the attraction to Dugu Sheng would absolutely be very large.

As for whether Dugu Sheng would fear Shaolin's strength, he definitely would.

After all, as the leader of the righteous path, if their strength was not enough, how could they sit firmly?

Even fearing Shaolin, Su Fan believed that for the sake of breaking through to the Innate realm, Dugu Sheng would also attack Shaolin.

Even Wudang Mountain dared to be raided, why couldn't Shaolin be raided?

So now he needed to give him an 'excuse' to make a move.

Thinking of this, Su Fan immediately went down the mountain peak, went to his room, wrote a letter to pass back to the Huashan Sect, and at the same time began to send people to spread the news in the Central Plains.

"Hehe! Shaolin, you calculated so many times, this time it's my turn to calculate."

After doing all this, Su Fan sneered coldly. Ever since being ambushed, Su Fan had been planning how to weaken Shaolin.

This was a blood feud. If it weren't for their planned scheme, facing two veteran first-class martial artists, he probably would not have had a chance to escape back.

This kind of hatred, how could he not avenge it? He was not a gentleman, but one who avenged every grievance.

And it was the kind that avenged every grievance.

Temporarily unable to make a move himself, he would borrow a knife to kill. Dugu Sheng, this knife, was very suitable.

Of course, Su Fan did not think that just by relying on these, he could knock down Shaolin; it was simply unrealistic.

First of all, the Demonic Cult could not fight Shaolin to the death. The Demonic Cult was not stupid, and Shaolin was even less simple.

Shaolin was absolutely the biggest fence-sitter. Whichever side was strong, they would immediately bow their heads. This was also the reason they could be preserved.

And they still had a chance to hide their clumsiness. If the Demonic Cult truly launched a major attack, Shaolin would absolutely call upon the entire martial arts righteous path to help.

Unlike the Five Mountains, which were just the forces under their command, others would rarely go to help.

This also showed the gap between the Five Mountains and Shaolin, at least in terms of appeal, the gap was still somewhat large.

Regardless, as long as the Demonic Cult attacked Shaolin, it was an opportunity to weaken Shaolin.

Su Fan was waiting. He believed that Ning Qingyu would not let go of such a good opportunity.

As for whether the Demonic Cult would make a move, it depended on Dugu Sheng's determination.

After the letter was sent, Su Fan kept caring about the Jianghu in the Central Plains. Although the Demonic Cult Dugu Sheng returned to Black Wood Cliff after wiping out the Nangong family, Su Fan believed he would appear again.

Unless he broke through to the Innate realm. And once he broke through, then the Jianghu would probably truly collapse.

An Innate expert of the demonic path—how terrifying.

"It depends on whether you are anxious or not."

In fact, not only Su Fan discovered it, but those top-tier major sects actually had some awareness and speculation about the actions of the Demonic Cult Dugu Sheng.

Especially Shaolin and Wudang, they knew the Demonic Cult the best, so naturally, they discovered it very early.

There were even spies they planted within the Demonic Cult.

These forces absolutely did not want Dugu Sheng to break through to the Innate realm. Once he broke through, then they would probably not have a good time.

Dugu Sheng was not Zhang Sanfeng; he was the leader of the Demonic Cult and a natural opponent of the righteous path.

It was just that Dugu Sheng was in Black Wood Cliff. Even if Shaolin wanted to make some moves, it was very difficult. Black Wood Cliff, as the old nest of the Sun Moon Holy Cult, even Old Zhu back then did not take it down.

It was truly too easy to defend and hard to attack, and it had such a peerless expert as Dugu Sheng sitting in town.

So they could only pray that he would fail to break through.

For a whole month, there was no news from Black Wood Cliff.

But in the Jianghu, rumors spread that some sects possessed Innate foundations, Kongtong, Emei, Kunlun, etc., some sects and their predecessors and their martial arts.

Among them, naturally, it focused on introducing Shaolin's endless experts and martial arts.