Chapter 691

Yellow Dragon River.

Fengling Ferry.

"On the night of the full moon, above the great river... when the vast sea flows, only then can one see the true character of a hero."

A person in green clothes, holding a bamboo pole in his hand, was not on a boat or a wooden craft under his feet, but merely on a single piece of green bamboo, yet he could cross the great river, revealing unimaginable lightness skill and martial arts.

He pushed with the bamboo pole and arrived at a beach on the riverbank.

The dense reeds were continuous, stretching for a hundred miles, forming a reed marsh.

Looking closely, one would find that it was vaguely arranged according to the Qimen Dunjia; the original reed marsh was extremely easy to get lost in, and after being arranged, even a First Rank grandmaster would be trapped for a while.

The person in green moved as if he were familiar with the road, and before long, he arrived at an island in the middle of the river.

"Good... In the past, the founder of the Great Black Temple crossed the river on a reed and broke through to create a huge foundation in the north. Now, this move by the Buddha's son is no worse than the founder of the Great Black Temple back then..."

On the island in the middle of the river, there were already quite a few people from the Martial Arts world.

A young voice of cheering rang out.

"Cease calling me the Buddha's son; I have already returned to secular life..."

The person in green smiled faintly: "If I don't kill the Black Lotus, I swear I will not become a monk, nor will I become a Buddha!"

His gaze swept over, and he saw a young Daoist: "Your Excellency... should be the contemporary Tianyangzi of the Tianyang Sect, right? And Brother Du Qiankun and Brother Nie Renlong of the Five Birds Sect, and Grandmaster Chao of the Thirteen Sword Sects of the South Sea..."

So many years had passed, and these original new stars of the Martial Arts world had mostly stepped into the grandmaster stage of the Upper Three Ranks, and had even become the main force of the righteous path in the Wu Lin today...

Because those older righteous experts had basically all died during the several sieges of Master Black Lotus...

If they died here again, it could probably be confirmed that the righteous Martial Arts world of Kyushu was failing to connect, and was about to be silenced...

"Together with these crooked melons and cracked dates, can we really accomplish anything?"

Xun Heihu's face was somewhat dark, looking at this group of famous experts:

"Only Zhuge Wu of Zhuge Manor and this little monk who returned to secular life are worth looking at... The rest are Second and Third Rank small fry. How dare they?"

"The commander of three armies can be captured, but the will of a common man cannot be taken..."

Fang Xing chuckled: "Before any faction is destroyed, there is the last bit of hot blood and struggle; I suppose this is it..."

If he could, Xun Heihu would very much like to come wearing a human-skin mask again.

Unfortunately, for such a confidential operation, if he didn't reveal his identity, he couldn't be accepted or join at all...

The key is... it was indeed very difficult for him alone to catch the trail of Master Black Lotus and bypass the heavy protection of the demonic army to strike halfway!

"If you ask me, why be so cautious? Just attack the Black Lotus Sect headquarters directly, break the ten thousand armies with martial arts, and then go take the head of Master Black Lotus. How refreshing! How domineering!"

Fang Xing watched the excitement without fearing the trouble.

Xun Heihu rolled his eyes.

He was only a Super Rank, not a god. Killing ten thousand people, or rather ten thousand fanatical martial artists, might leave him exhausted...

Joining this "Stab the Lotus Action" was just to obtain the convenience of intelligence.

Of course, what he revealed was the persona of the Third Rank Mountain-Crushing Realm he had maintained all these years.

And those former New Wind Ranking experts like Du Qiankun and Nie Renlong, under the cultivation of major factions regardless of cost due to national hatred and family grudges, had all broken through to the Second Rank...

Even more so, the survivor of the Great Black Temple, the monk "Monk Qing Yong," was already a First Rank grandmaster.

"Alright, since we are here, let's prepare to risk our lives for a desperate strike..."

The monk Monk Qing Yong interrupted the small talk: "Can it be confirmed that Master Black Lotus will cross the river by boat tonight?"

"Naturally..."

Du Qiankun said: "This is news personally passed down by 'Tian Ni'..."

"Tian Ni? Didn't she disappear after the destruction of the Quiet Heart Nunnery?"

"So Qiong Xianzi Tianxin was actually an undercover agent in the Black Lotus Sect?"

"Could this be feeding the demon with one's own body?"

A group of martial arts experts were in an uproar, and even Nie Renlong frowned.

Xun Heihu was also slightly shocked.

"Tian Ni" was a title passed down from generation to generation in the Quiet Heart Nunnery, just like "Tianyangzi," and could only be obtained by the most excellent successor.

And the current "Tian Ni" had once traveled the Wu Lin under the name "Qiong Xianzi Tianxin," enchanting countless heroes and being hailed as the "Number One Beauty in the Martial Arts World."

Yet he didn't expect that she had fallen into the demon's clutches, but could still pass on such important news.

"Qiong Xianzi Tianxin..."

Xun Heihu thought back to those years when he had an interest in going to see that beauty, only to be punished by Jiang Yuyan to stay in the study for several months...

"No!"

He couldn't care about these and immediately spoke: "Everyone... the Black Lotus Sect worships an evil god, and any martial artist who joins will undergo a god-worshipping ceremony, followed by a drastic change in temperament... Tian Ni may not be reliable."

"Hmph, Tian Ni already has the cultivation of a First Rank grandmaster, and the Quiet Heart Nunnery is famous for its mental illusions in the 'Profound Heart Secret Canon'; how could she be bewitched by the so-called 'evil god'?"

Du Qiankun immediately spoke.

As the eldest disciple of the Five Birds Sect, he was also very unhappy with Xun Heihu.

After all, his fame had been suppressed by Nie Renlong and Xun Heihu back then, and he hadn't been depressed for just one or two days.

"Not bad... how could there be an evil god in this world? Perhaps it's just a puppet statue released by the Black Lotus Sect to confuse people's hearts..."

Nie Renlong also laughed: "If Brother Heihu is afraid, you can go back..."

He and Xun Heihu were hailed as the "One Dragon and One Tiger" of Chuzhou and Lingzhou, but this reference soon disappeared.

Because Xun Heihu was too low-key, even the Third Rank cultivation he revealed was only spread within a very small range as a deterrent.

But Nie Renlong still felt deeply ashamed.

After all, he was already in the Second Rank Spirit-Sea Realm.

On the path of the Martial Way, the further one goes, the greater the gap between each rank.

He felt that he was much more talented than Xun Heihu; scholars look down on each other, and martial artists are even more eager for each other to die.

If it weren't for the common enemy of the Black Lotus Sect, the experts still on the island would immediately kill each other, and more than half would die!

"You don't understand the terror of Pan Wu at all!"

Xun Heihu felt inexplicably tired, and secretly thought: "Fortunately, I'm only here to get intelligence; if I really took action with this group of people... I'm afraid I'd vomit blood!"

"Tian Ni has already sent word that on the night of the full moon, at Fengling Ferry, we will exterminate the Black Lotus!"

"As long as we kill Master Black Lotus, the Black Lotus Sect will be leaderless and can be pacified in one fell swoop!"

A group of martial artists were generous and impassioned.

Even Du Qiankun and Nie Renlong were the same.

"Although they look at me unpleasantly, with a great enemy in front, at least they don't have too many brainless behaviors..."

"It's just a pity... I feel like we're going to fall into a trap tonight."

Xun Heihu sighed.

First Rank martial artists with indestructible spirits all have premonitions.

Master Black Lotus might be able to perfectly shield his own murderous intent, thereby blocking the premonitions of First Rank grandmasters and easily killing them.

But he was clearly different.

"This is also a good opportunity... it's just that we have changed from hunters to prey... If they want to catch us all in one net, a siege by a large army certainly wouldn't be able to hide from these First and Second Rank grandmasters... The most likely thing is a surprise attack and siege by top experts... If Master Black Lotus wants to be foolproof, he must be among them!"

Just as Xun Heihu was talking to himself in his heart.

Chirp!!

A loud eagle cry that pierced the sky and broke the clouds appeared.

Under the full moon, a strange gray eagle spread its wings and flew, with a wingspan of more than twenty meters; it was a rare "strange beast."

And no matter how the Qimen Dunjia was arranged outside, encountering such an enemy from the sky, it would immediately be blind!

After all, no matter how powerful "Qimen Dunjia" is, it is still within the scope of martial arts, mainly using visual and psychological misplacement.

Similar to a maze, encountering someone flying a helicopter, one can only admit defeat.

On the back of the giant strange beast eagle, there were two figures standing!

One of them, although wearing a white veil, was like the Luo Goddess of the autumn waters; it was indeed "Tian Ni," Qiong Xianzi Tianxin.

The other person was a very rough and burly man, wearing a dark gold cassock, with a majestic appearance, carrying the temperament of a demon god.

"Is it him?"

"Master Black Lotus!"

"It is said that the former Master Lianxin practiced the 'Withered Death Zen,' and his figure was like a skeleton, but after falling into demonic ways, his blood and energy reversed, breaking his Zen skills and turning him into his current domineering physique..."

Du Qiankun and Nie Renlong were shocked.

Zhuge Wu was even more horrified: "My Qimen Dunjia array..."

"Qiong Xianzi Tianxin... why?"

Grandmaster Chao looked at that graceful figure, his expression full of unwillingness.

"This is naturally because my body and mind have already been conquered by Pan Wu..."

Qiong Xianzi Tianxin landed slowly and pointed a finger at Grandmaster Chao's brow.

Grandmaster Chao had an indescribable look of satisfaction on his face, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he instantly fell to the ground and died.

This "Number One Beauty in the Martial Arts World" was also a First Rank peak expert!

And even after worshipping the god, her martial arts improved greatly!

"Amitabha!"

The monk Monk Qing Yong chanted the Buddha's name, and a bamboo pole descended from the sky, like a divine weapon; the air was pushed aside, carrying the momentum of Mount Tai pressing down, smashing toward Tian Ni!

The next instant, a figure like a shifting shadow arrived behind Tian Ni; it was Zhuge Wu!

As First Rank experts, his spirit only slightly touched that of the monk Monk Qing Yong, and he knew that today was a dead end.

The only opportunity lay in Master Black Lotus's carelessness!

Taking advantage of the moment when the opponent was careless, if they could destroy or severely injure Tian Ni, perhaps there would be a chance to disperse and break out!

"Hee hee... little monk, you are truly heartless; back then you were

the one who liked looking at me the most."

Tian Ni chuckled, and a semi-transparent rope appeared in her hand.

It was like a snake-shaped soft whip, flicking lightly in mid-air, and an invisible giant force landed on the bamboo pole.

Rip!

The bamboo pole instantly split, turning into countless bamboo threads, scattering across the sky like a rain of pear blossom needles.

Tian Ni's figure changed nine times; while dodging the bamboo needles, her slender jade hands reached out, and she exchanged a few moves with Zhuge Wu.

While the two sides were fighting, her spirit was also rapidly probing and wandering...

In the eyes of grandmaster-level experts, it was far more exquisite than the moves in their hands.

"Terrible, two First Rank Indestructible Realm experts, and they still can't take down Qiong Xianzi Tianxin; no, it's Demoness Tianxin!"

Du Qiankun was shocked.

And at this time, the demon-god-like Master Black Lotus had already jumped down from the back of the giant eagle.

Boom!

It was as if an extra pitch-black sun had appeared in the world, crashing down!

Under the pressure of the substantial spirit, these Second and Third Rank martial artists' faces changed drastically; they were actually pressed to their knees one by one, and some even bled from their seven orifices!

No!

Among the experts present, besides those of the First Rank, there was one person whose spine was straight, like a spear.

"Is it him?"

"Xun Heihu... actually?"

Du Qiankun and Nie Renlong looked at each other, a strong sense of frustration emerging in their hearts.