Chapter 109

Everyone set off immediately and returned to the entrance of the Miao King's tomb.

As soon as they returned, they saw that it was chaotic here, with the disciples left behind gathered together, arguing incessantly.

Several sect leaders and elders stepped forward and asked with a frown: "What happened?"

And so they learned about the attack on Shaolin.

Several sect leaders looked at each other, first calmly giving orders to their trusted aides, saying to gather everyone here to discuss countermeasures. When everyone was gathered, with one order, they restrained and tied up all the remaining disciples of the Qingcheng sect.

During this time, some Qingcheng disciples tried to rise up, but fortunately, everyone present was not weak, so they didn't cause any trouble.

At this time, several sect leaders finally breathed a sigh of relief, gathered together, found the Hengshan disciple who had escaped back, and asked him to explain the situation of the Shaolin attack in detail.

It was just that the disciple didn't know much either, only saying that when they arrived at Shaolin, they were arranged to stay, saying that Master Xingchi had been in seclusion for the past few days and they would have to wait until he came out of seclusion.

As a result, while waiting like this, suddenly one night, they heard a sound of fighting like thunder.

Several people went out to watch and saw two people fighting in the main hall of Shaolin Temple; the scale was so great that it exceeded their understanding of martial arts, destroying the surrounding buildings with every strike.

Several people looked closely and saw that one of them was the Shaolin Abbot, Master Xingchi.

The other person wearing a bronze mask was not recognized by the young disciples, but the nine-bag elder of the Beggar Sect who went with them exclaimed: "Ji Tianrui!?"

Hearing this exclamation, the person wearing the bronze mask turned his head to look at them and struck out with a palm in mid-air.

Master Xingchi blocked this palm and told them to escape quickly.

Several people fled toward the outside of the temple, and on the way, they saw that the Shaolin Temple was already a sea of fire, with Ming Cult disciples fighting with Shaolin disciples. They were blocked by Ming Cult experts several times in the middle, and only he was left alive.

He escaped outside the temple and saw that the Shaolin Temple mountain gate had already been broken.

And then it was the matter of galloping all the way back here, bringing back this shocking news.

Yin Minjun let the disciple go down to rest and turned to look at the sect leaders: "Everyone, what should we do?"

No one answered.

Shaolin, Ming Cult. Ji Tianrui.

The young disciples didn't understand, but the sect leaders had grown up in Ji Tianrui's era.

They knew very well the weight of this name; back then, he suppressed the Jianghu, and no one could be compared to him. If he wasn't dead, and had been silent for fifteen years, what level he had reached now was unimaginable.

They didn't know whether they should wade into this muddy water.

Yongjie, who was listening on the side, stood up and was about to walk out without a word.

Li Miao reached out to stop him: "Master, it's useless for you to go back alone. With your current martial arts, you can't help much."

"Sit for a moment."

Yongjie was anxious, but he also knew that what Li Miao said made sense, so he forcibly calmed down and stopped his steps.

"Everyone, if you don't have a plan for a moment, listen to me."

Li Miao stood up.

He originally thought that the Ming Cult had lost most of its high-level members in Taian City and lost the five hundred Gu-soldiers it had accumulated for many years, so it should have been dormant for a period of time before taking action. That's why he thought of rushing to the Miao border first to solve the hidden danger on Xiaosi and incidentally cut off the inheritance of the Gu-poison arts.

The matter in Taian City had already been reported to the imperial court by Wang Hai, and now the imperial court should have started to deal with the Ming Cult. At this juncture, Ji Tianrui didn't avoid the limelight, but actually did such a big thing.

If he wasn't crazy, he was desperate and fighting for his life.

Li Miao had saved everyone's lives several times in the Miao King's tomb, establishing a certain prestige. At this time, several sect leaders were hesitating and didn't know what to do, so they looked at Li Miao one after another.

"There is one thing that you might not have received news about yet."

"A month ago, the Ming Cult did a shocking evil deed in Taian City in the Qilu region."

Li Miao removed himself and briefly told everyone about the matter in Taian City. Lao Qifeng corroborated it on the side.

Then Li Miao began to tell the story he had already made up.

"I know you have been suspecting where I came from and why I appeared here."

"My ancestral home is Taian, and when I was young, I was taken into the sect by my master, and I have been practicing martial arts in the sect, never walking the Jianghu."

"That day, I happened to go home to visit relatives and encountered this matter. After luckily surviving, I was determined to seek revenge on the Ming Cult. The method of guarding against Gu-poison was also collected during this period."

"However, since fifteen years ago, the Ming Cult has been hidden underground, and I had no way to seek revenge. I thought, since the Ming Cult could do those things in Taian City, it must have something to do with the Miao people in the Miao border, so I heard the news about the Miao King's tomb and rushed here."

"I met Sect Leader Deng of the Hengshan sect in Taian and fought side by side with him, so Elder Yin is willing to cover for me."

This story was actually not rigorous, but the situation was urgent, and Li Miao could deliberately make it short, skipping many details.

In any case, the sect leaders couldn't get to the bottom of it, and some questions could be left to imagination; as long as it could cope for a while, it would be fine.

"Now, since the Ming Cult has appeared, I should naturally go to Shaolin immediately."

"It is human nature that you don't want to be involved in the Ming Cult's affairs. But there is one thing that you can contribute to."

Li Miao scanned the sect leaders left and right.

"Miao people, Gu-poison."

"This time, the matter of the Miao King's tomb, you were schemed against by the Miao people, and you have already formed a deadly feud."

"The Ming Cult used the Miao people's Gu-poison arts to do shocking evil deeds. This Gu-poison art must never be left in the world."

"If you have the heart, it is just right for both public and private purposes. It is both revenge and eliminating harm for the people."

"Moreover—"

Li Miao looked left and right and said in a deep voice.

"Although the Qingcheng thieves have been brought to justice, don't forget, the person who secretly struck with a sword in the Miao King's tomb is still among you all."

"Open guns are easy to dodge, hidden arrows are hard to guard against. The Qingcheng thieves almost caused you all to be buried in the bellies of insects; if another group of such people remains in the Southern Wu Lin, it will inevitably lead to disaster in the future."

"If you go to suppress the inheritance of Gu-poison, it is just right for testing."

"At that time, whoever secretly holds back, or shirks and delays, is the Miao insider hidden among us."

"You can kill them yourselves."

The map is revealed, and the dagger is shown.

This was the reason why Li Miao did those things in the Miao King's tomb and hid his martial arts.

He wanted to use this matter to force these major sects to go all out to suppress the Gu-poison.

The sect leaders looked at each other, and all saw the depth in each other's eyes.

They didn't want to wade into the Ming Cult's muddy water, but Shaolin had an accident, and they also needed a reasonable excuse to sit on the sidelines.

Being schemed against by the Miao people with Gu-poison arts, almost losing their lives, and having Miao insiders hidden in the Wu Lin, was a good excuse.

The Qingcheng sect was a Miao insider, and they didn't feel heartbroken, but rather felt a bit happy.

The Qingcheng sect was a major sect with a long history, and now there was a suitable excuse to kill them, and several families could share quite a few benefits.

If there was another family... that would be too "pity."