Chapter 46

Su Fan was watching this piece of Liaodong, and at the same time did not forget to care about the Jianghu in the Central Plains. Especially the actions of the Demonic Cult. Since four months ago, Dugu Sheng wiped out the Nangong family, there had been no actions from the Demonic Cult.

Clearly, this Dugu Sheng likely went into seclusion again to comprehend the Nangong family's martial arts.

Rumors about the foundations of various sects were everywhere in the Jianghu, and the Huashan Sect did not escape. In short, there were all kinds of rumors in the Jianghu.

Chaos continued, increasingly chaotic. In some neutral places, countless Jianghu people fought and snatched resources.

The Huashan Sect in this chaos appeared somewhat silent, only maintaining the original territory in Shaanxi, without any actions.

Naturally, if there were foreign enemies, they would be met with a thunderous strike from the Huashan Sect.

Not long ago, there were forces testing, reaching into Xi'an Prefecture, but in just one day, they suffered heavy casualties. Two first-class and more than twenty second-class were all killed overnight.

Such a thunderous strike from the Huashan Sect also let the Jianghu forces understand that the Huashan Sect was not weak and not expanding.

In this way, the Huashan Sect territory was relatively peaceful, and peace was quite important for merchants, so a large number of merchants began to pour into the Huashan territory to do business.

In this way, the Huashan Sect, as the local snake, collected protection money until their hands were soft. In a few months, they had fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver, and in a year, it was at least one hundred thousand taels.

This was not a one-time thing, but a long-term flow.

This time, the high-level officials of the Huashan Sect also understood why Su Fan could earn so much money so frequently. The more merchants, the better it was for the Huashan Sect.

So the outer sect disciples of the Huashan Sect frequently went down the mountain to protect the peace of the merchants below.

For the local ruffians and hooligans in the Huashan territory, they carried out a new round of strikes. For this reason, a seven-bag elder of the Beggar Sect went up the mountain to question them.

But the high-level officials of the Huashan Sect, who had already been stimulated by money, did not put the Beggar Sect in their eyes at all.

The current Beggar Sect was no longer the number one sect in the world from the previous dynasty.

After the Southern Song Dynasty, the Beggar Sect was going downhill. By the time the Ming Dynasty was established, Old Zhu not only suppressed the Ming Cult, but the Beggar Sect was also suppressed severely.

By now, the Beggar Sect could only be a first-class strength and could no longer rank among the top-tier forces.

There were some first-class martial artists in the Beggar Sect, but there were no super first-class peak experts sitting in town, so naturally, they were not put in the eyes of the Huashan Sect.

For the sake of money, the Huashan Sect dared to go to war with the Beggar Sect. The Beggar Sect had many people, but so what? Most of them were small hooligans and were no different from ordinary people.

More than one hundred thousand taels of silver a year, the Huashan Sect would absolutely not give up. The Huashan Sect was determined to beat those hooligans and ruffians.

They did not pay attention before, but now that they knew the benefits, the Huashan Sect would absolutely not let go.

Black Wood Cliff.

"Bang! Damn it, still fell short at the last moment, just a little bit."

"This old man hates it!"

Deep in the main altar of the Sun Moon Holy Cult, Dugu Sheng's face was green. He chose to break through again, but unfortunately, he still did not break the Heaven and Earth Dual Bridges. Instead, because of the forced breakthrough, it led to a backlash, making him increasingly indignant.

"This Nangong family's Innate inheritance is incomplete."

"No, wanting to break through, I still need more Innate inheritances to provide this old man with comprehension, to break through in one fell swoop."

"Innate inheritance, hateful! If it weren't for the Zhu family, my Ming Cult's Innate inheritance would not be few, unfortunately, all were burned to ashes."

Regarding the Imperial Court, Dugu Sheng was even more resentful. However, facing the behemoth of the Ming Imperial Court, the current Sun Moon Holy Cult was not an opponent.

The Sun Moon Holy Cult could act recklessly in the Jianghu, but facing the Ming Dynasty, it was absolutely not an opponent. The Sun Moon Holy Cult could pull out tens of thousands of followers, but they were all a group of rabble. Facing the elite of the Ming Dynasty, they were absolutely not opponents.

As for experts, there were not few experts in the Imperial Court, whether it was the Brocade Guard or the experts in the East Depot and West Depot.

Even if there were no peerless experts like him, coming with a few top-tier peak experts could still trap him.

"Someone!"

Dugu Sheng suddenly called out, and soon a maid entered. "Sect Leader!"

"Go call the Left Envoy to see me."

Dugu Sheng ordered.

Before long, the Sun Moon Holy Cult Light Left Envoy Fan Jin walked in.

"Sect Leader! You exited?"

"Hmm!" Dugu Sheng had a gloomy face. Fan Jin saw this and instantly knew that the former had failed again.

Regarding this, he was actually somewhat happy in his heart. The other party failed, so he still had a chance.

If the other party truly broke through, then he would never have a chance to stand out in the sect.

"I don't know why the Sect Leader is looking for me?"

"I want to attack Shaolin."

Dugu Sheng suddenly said.

"What?"

Fan Jin heard this, opened his mouth, somewhat dull, and looked at the former in disbelief.

"Sect Leader!"

Soon Fan Jin reacted and wanted to say something, but Dugu Sheng's tiger eyes swept over, and the latter instantly felt a thud, his heart sinking. The other party's violent momentum pressed over, making him feel breathless.

"So strong!"

"This Great Heavenly Circuit is so powerful?"

"Hmph! This seat is here to notify you. This seat wants you to gather people within a month and follow this seat to Shaoshi Mountain."

Overbearing and peerless, simply not giving Fan Jin any chance to refute.

"Yes, Sect Leader!"

Fan Jin heard this, sweating coldly, and answered repeatedly, fearing that if he was late, he would be slapped to death by the other party.

The pressure Dugu Sheng gave him was truly too great. He was a peak expert, but facing Dugu Sheng, he felt somewhat insignificant.

The other party's strength was truly unfathomable.

Suppressing the thoughts in his heart, he slowly retreated. Walking out the door, Fan Jin's expression became very ugly.

Although Dugu Sheng did not break through, after these years of seclusion, his strength must have increased again.

Clenching his fists, Fan Jin suddenly thought that Dugu Sheng wanted to attack Shaolin; perhaps this was an opportunity.

Shaolin was also unfathomable.

So he tidied up his mood and walked quickly towards the outside.

And Dugu Sheng in the inner room did not care about the former's thoughts. His idea was how to deter Shaolin and let Shaolin hand over the Innate inheritance.

He was clear that relying on the Sun Moon Holy Cult, wanting to wipe out Shaolin was truly wishful thinking. Those old bald donkeys, their strength could not compare to him, but their prestige in the martial arts righteous path was very high.

Once he launched a major attack on Shaolin, the latter would definitely let the entire martial arts righteous path defend together.

Facing the entire martial arts righteous path, even he was clear.

Therefore, he prepared to deter with powerful strength, forcing the other party to hand over the Innate inheritance, rather than like wiping out the Nangong family.

As for why he did not choose the Five Mountains, that was because he was clear that the Huashan Sect had an Innate inheritance, but it deviated from his cultivation path. Even if he snatched it, for him, it would not have too large an effect.

This was also what he felt from the Wudang Taiji Fist manual. The martial arts concept of Daoism was indeed very high, but it went against his cultivation.

And Shaolin was different. Shaolin martial arts were very mixed, and many martial arts were fierce and ruthless. The reason for this was nothing more than the fact that many old monks in Shaolin came from the demonic path.