Chapter 186

Nine Heavenly Human devotees, true energy surging, blood energy full, white mist steaming; in a moment, nine tall figures appeared in the mausoleum.

Wang Zhi was already confident.

He cast his gaze outside the door, about to speak leisurely.

"You—"

As soon as his lips opened and the words were spoken, they were interrupted by a loud noise from afar.

Boom!!!

At first, Wang Zhi didn't care, only feeling that it was the Ming Sect's means of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west to disperse the guards.

But, after a breath, his expression suddenly turned pale, and he turned his head suddenly to look in the direction of the loud noise.

He had already heard that the direction of the loud noise was the location of the founding emperor's mausoleum.

"Creak—"

It was the sound of him gritting his teeth.

"Crazy, crazy!"

Wang Zhi suddenly spoke: "Devotee Li, Devotee Huang, Devotee Cao, Devotee Yao, Devotee Su, you go to the Xiaoling side! You must not let anything go wrong there!"

The few Heavenly Humans who were named looked at each other, didn't hesitate, flashed their figures, flew over the wall, and rushed toward that side.

Wang Zhi's expression was extremely ugly.

It wasn't that he wasn't cautious, but that he had never thought that the Ming Sect people would actually go to the Xiaoling to make trouble! This made no sense at all!

The Yang family couldn't possibly not know that Yin Ruihua was there; that was the sharpest sword of Great Shuo passed down from the founding emperor! Making trouble there couldn't possibly have any result, only throwing their lives away for nothing!

If it were normal times, Wang Zhi would only sneer and ignore it, just waiting for the Ming Sect people to find their own death.

But why did it have to be today!

Wang Zhi's gaze turned outside the mausoleum, his hands clenched into fists.

"Quick battle, quick decision!"

Absolutely must not let the Ming Sect people enter here, and absolutely must not let them enter the tomb inside the Xiaoling!

First capture "Ji Tianrui", and then quickly rush to support the Xiaoling—absolutely must not let "that person" wake up.

Wang Zhi was about to open his mouth to command the Heavenly Humans to go out and surround and kill "Ji Tianrui".

Suddenly, a tattered figure with one arm flew in from outside the courtyard, rolled after landing, and left a large area of blood on the ground.

He raised his hand and pointed a few times on his shoulder to stop the bleeding, and then slowly raised his head, revealing eyes that were about to split in the moonlight.

Wang Zhi exclaimed.

"Devotee Zhou!"

This person was a master of hard-body techniques, first cultivating "Vajra", then "Sumeru", his hard-body techniques had long reached perfection, and he had endless majestic true energy to protect his body; even ordinary Heavenly Humans couldn't hurt him.

Precisely because of this, Wang Zhi arranged for him to be the first to break away from the "Five Decays of Heavenly Humans", because he was the least likely to be defeated quickly, and most suitable to lead the charge and buy time for other Heavenly Humans to break away from the Five Decays of Heavenly Humans.

But how long had it been since he rushed out the door, was it twenty breaths? How did he get one arm torn off and beaten back!

"How many Heavenly Humans did the Ming Sect bring!? Devotee Zhou, were you ambushed!?"

Wang Zhi asked eagerly.

He could only think of this one possibility—the "Ji Tianrui" outside the door was just a bait, and there were other Heavenly Humans hiding in the dark, taking advantage of the two fighting to secretly make a move and hurt Devotee Zhou.

But Devotee Zhou didn't answer, nor did he turn his head, just staring fixedly outside the door.

From outside the door, a teasing voice came.

"Don't ask, he can't hear, and he can't speak. Eunuch Wang, aren't you sprinkling salt on people's wounds?"

"It is said that eunuchs are yin-yang people; your yin-yang way is indeed quite accomplished."

Only then did Wang Zhi discover that two streams of fresh blood were slowly flowing out of Devotee Zhou's ear canals; clearly, his eardrums had already been shattered.

The cloud moved, and the moonlight illuminated the lower half of Devotee Zhou's face; below his nose was a bloody mess—his chin had also been broken into two pieces, dangling under his head, and his tongue, having no place to be stored, also hung down, pulling out a crystal-clear drool.

Li Miao walked into the courtyard, and when passing the gate, he wiped the flesh and blood on his palm on the door frame.

He stood in the center of the square in front of the main hall, first scanned the few Heavenly Humans left and right, and then looked at Wang Zhi who was doubting life.

Finally, he cast his gaze toward a piece of ground.

There was a faint smell of blood coming from there; he thought it should be the hole where Wang Zhi escorted the Heavenly Human that Wang Hai saw last night. At this time, it was covered with bluestone slabs, looking no different from other places.

But, it couldn't be hidden from Li Miao.

Coming to Great Shuo, counting it up, it had already been twenty-seven years.

If it were according to the protagonists of some storybooks Li Miao read in his previous life, he should have become a king or ancestor, unifying the universe long ago. And Li Miao was still unenterprising, doing a mere fifth-grade Imperial Guard Battalion Commander.

The reason was that he clearly knew that this world didn't talk about respecting the old and loving the young, and wouldn't arrange opponents according to your strength.

Back then, the moment he touched the Heavenly Human realm, he realized the problem with this Great Shuo and this Jianghu.

Am I really the only one who has touched above the peak?

The Jianghu people of Great Shuo have studied martial arts for thousands of years, with geniuses like crucian carp crossing the river, emerging one after another. Can I, an "outsider", rely on a "eight-hour workday" cheat to despise the people of the world?

If not, where did the other Heavenly Humans go?

Practicing martial arts is not a pleasant thing. Training in the dog days of summer and the depths of winter, tempering the muscles and bones, grinding the skin and flesh. Practicing internal energy in a quiet room, entering meditation, even hearing the sound of one's own internal organs wriggling. How many people can't bear it, preferring their martial arts progress to stop there, rather than continue to suffer.

If those people who stepped into above the peak earlier than me exist, and paid such a high price, wouldn't they want to show off in front of people? Wouldn't they want to trade martial arts for some glory and wealth?

It's not like every one of them is a martial arts maniac squatting in the deep mountains and old forests!

Is it unwillingness... or inability?

Because of what unwillingness, and who made them unable?

This question that made Li Miao practice martial arts silently for twenty-seven years, until he cultivated three paths combined before stepping into the Jianghu—perhaps, it will be answered today.

Seeing Li Miao's gaze cast toward the hidden hole, Wang Zhi's eyes suddenly erupted with ferocious killing intent.

"Sure enough... you came for this."

Wang Zhi waved his hand, and the Heavenly Humans understood immediately, their footsteps moving, surrounding Li Miao in the middle.

"No matter who you are, why you impersonate Ji Tianrui, and why you collude with the Ming Sect to explore the secret here. After you die, all your plots will be bubbles."

"One-on-one, you can hurt Devotee Zhou; your martial arts are shocking."

"But I knew long ago that you could fight your way to Shaolin, so I specially left five devotees here; even if you are the reincarnation of True Man Sanfeng, you have to leave your life behind!"

Wang Zhi said coldly.

Under the bronze mask, Li Miao chuckled.

"Bullying the few with the many, yet speaking with such momentum."

While speaking, Li Miao's full head of green silk suddenly turned to snow. He moved his wrists and slowly clenched his fists.

"However, Eunuch Wang, don't make a mistake."

"Right now, it's not you five Heavenly Humans surrounding me."

"But me alone, coming to educate five children."