Chapter 118

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 remaining disciples gathered together, arguing incessantly.

Several sect leaders and elders stepped over, frowned, and asked: "What happened?"

And so they learned about the attack on Shaolin.

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

During this period, some Qingcheng sect members also rose up, but fortunately, the people present were not weak, and they didn't make any waves.

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

It was just that the disciple didn't know much, only saying that when they arrived at Shaolin, they were arranged to stay, saying that Master Xingchi was in seclusion for these few days and they would talk after he came out.

As a result, just waiting like that, suddenly one night late, they heard a burst of fighting sounds like thunder.

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

Several people looked closely, and 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 a palm in the 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 Shaolin Temple was already a sea of fire, and Ming Sect disciples were fighting with Shaolin disciples. They were intercepted by Ming Sect 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 breached.

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

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

No one answered.

Shaolin, Ming Sect. Ji Tianrui.

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

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 was still alive, having been silent for fifteen years, what realm he had reached now was unimaginable.

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

Yong Jie, who was listening from the side, stood up and was about to walk out without a word.

Li Miao reached out and stopped 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."

Yong Jie 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 Sect had lost most of its high-ranking members in Tai'an City and had also lost the five hundred Gu-soldiers accumulated over many years, so it should lie low for a period of time before taking action. That was why he thought of rushing to the Miao Frontier first to resolve the hidden danger in Xiao Si's body, and incidentally sever the inheritance of the witchcraft art.

The matter of Tai'an 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 Sect. At this juncture, Ji Tianrui didn't avoid the limelight, but actually did such a big thing.

If he wasn't crazy, then he was determined to break the cauldrons and sink the boats, fighting to the death.

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

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

"A month ago, the Ming Sect did a shocking evil deed in Tai'an City in the land of Qi and Lu."

Li Miao removed himself and briefly told everyone about the Tai'an City matter. Lao Qifeng corroborated from the side.

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

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

"My ancestral home is Tai'an; when I was young, I was taken into the sect by my master and have been practicing martial arts within the sect, never walking the Jianghu."

"That day, I happened to return home to visit my relatives and encountered this matter. After luckily surviving, I was determined to seek revenge on the Ming Sect. The methods to guard against witchcraft were also intentionally collected during this period."

"However, since fifteen years ago, the Ming Sect has been hiding underground, and I had no way to seek revenge. I thought, since the Ming Sect could do those things in Tai'an City, it must have something to do with the witches of the Miao Frontier, so I heard the news of the Miao King's tomb and rushed over."

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

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

In any case, the sect leaders are not easy to get to the bottom of, and some of the questions can be left to imagination; it's enough to deal with it for a while.

"Right now, since the Ming Sect has appeared, I should naturally go to Shaolin immediately."

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

Li Miao scanned the sect leaders.

"Miao people, witchcraft."

"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 Sect used the Miao people's witchcraft art to commit shocking evil deeds. This witchcraft art must never be left in the world."

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

"Moreover—"

Li Miao looked around and said in a deep voice.

"Although the Qingcheng thieves have been brought to justice, everyone, 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 witchcraft, it is exactly a test."

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

"You can naturally execute them."

The map is revealed and the dagger is exposed.

This is 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 witchcraft.

Several sect leaders looked at each other and saw the depth in each other's eyes.

They didn't want to wade into the Ming Sect's muddy water, but Shaolin had an accident, and they also needed a suitable reason to stand by and watch.

Being schemed against by the Miao people with witchcraft, almost losing their lives, and having Miao insiders hidden in the Wu Lin is a good reason.

The Qingcheng Sect is a Miao insider; they don't feel heartbroken, but rather feel a bit happy.

The Qingcheng Sect is a major sect with a long history; now there is a suitable reason to execute it, and several families can share quite a few benefits.

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

(End of chapter)