Chapter 44: Ming Cult

"Wedding Clothes Divine Art, Martial Arts Zen Sect... Embroidered Uniform Guard..."

"My lord... are you the Embroidered Uniform Guard who defeated Zuo Lishan?"

"Losing to this peerless divine art that has been lost for decades, he didn't lose unjustly," Gao Ling murmured.

Li Miao knew Gao Ling.

The Taishan Sect dominated the Qi-Lu region, with experts like clouds in the sect, but there were only three or four first-rate experts. Since he came to mess with the Five Mountains Sword Sects, he naturally would learn about the important figures of the Taishan Sect in advance.

If someone in the Taishan Sect discovered Zuo Lishan's anomaly and fled internally, thus becoming a chess piece in Li Miao's hand, it was one of the situations he anticipated, and Gao Ling was the most suitable person.

High Wu Gong, old seniority, famous for hating evil in the Jianghu, would not turn a blind eye to Zuo Lishan's evil deeds. She only cared about practicing martial arts in the sect on weekdays and had no involvement with other forces.

The Huashan Sect used Mei Qinghe to pry, and the Taishan Sect used Gao Ling to pry. The Five Mountains Sword Sects had already been opened by Li Miao with two openings.

Li Miao said: "Tell me, Elder Gao. Your injury was caused by Zuo Lishan, right?"

"He shouldn't look like a person anymore, right?"

Gao Ling sighed long.

She knew that Li Miao saved her, and it must be a calculation for the Taishan Sect. But no matter how the imperial court and the Jianghu are at odds, it is a real righteous path.

Zuo Lishan's crazy appearance of not recognizing his relatives, the Taishan Sect is afraid it will become an evil path in his hands.

Zuo Lishan, Li Miao.

A madman who entered the demon, Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Sect, imperial court.

If you really want to choose a side, Gao Ling couldn't make a choice. Fortunately, she had no choice.

The Taishan Sect is a disaster in Zuo Lishan's hands, and it is also a disaster in the Embroidered Uniform Guard's hands. She was restrained by Li Miao and couldn't resist. Comparing the two, cooperating with this Embroidered Uniform Guard to destroy Zuo Lishan first, she would at least have some room for the Taishan Sect to turn around later.

Thinking of this, Gao Ling opened her mouth and told Li Miao about what she saw and heard in the Taishan Sect in detail.

Li Miao heard this, twisted his fingers, and smiled: "So fast?"

"I thought Sect Leader Zuo could hesitate for a few days, but he actually started using that thing as soon as he went back."

"I beat him hard that day, did I beat him into blackening?"

Gao Ling didn't understand what "blackening" meant, but hearing Li Miao seemed to know the inside story, she asked in confusion: "Does the lord know the reason why Zuo Lishan became like that?"

"Please tell me."

Li Miao saw Gao Ling's cooperative demeanor, thinking that it is better to be old, knowing the pros and cons, and sensible. Didn't act like Mei Qinghe, who wanted to live or die.

Zuo Lishan had already stepped into the trap, giving him a reason to take action. If he wanted to be fast, he could kill his way to the Taishan Sect now and drag Zuo Lishan's corpse through the streets.

It was just to make the errand complete, so as not to miss some heads, so he had to do some things, waiting for Wang Hai and Xiao Si to bring people over.

He didn't have the patience to wait for Gao Ling to think it through.

Li Miao reached out and untied Gao Ling's acupoints, Gao Ling turned over and stood up, and he said: "Actually, it's not strange, just practiced a relatively special technique."

"Impossible."

Gao Ling said: "He looks like that, simply not like a person. No matter how evil the technique is, it is at most making people's character extreme, their face gloomy, and their hands and feet deformed. How can there be holes on the face?"

"This is Elder Gao, you are making a fuss about nothing," Li Miao smiled.

"The Qi-Lu region is still too far from the border, so you don't know much about those evil techniques in the Western Regions, which is understandable."

"This technique of his is called the Heavenly Silkworm Technique."

Gao Ling pondered for a long time, hesitating: "But the Heavenly Silkworm Technique of the Heavenly Silkworm Elder in the past? No..."

"That person died more than thirty years ago, and I have heard about his affairs from the elders of the sect, and didn't mention that his appearance was different from ordinary people."

Li Miao said: "Elder Gao knows, then it's easy to say."

"It is indeed the Heavenly Silkworm Technique, but not the original."

"The Heavenly Silkworm Technique is a martial art that borrows poisonous insects to practice. After great success, it can regenerate severed limbs, which is extremely powerful."

"Unfortunately, after the Heavenly Silkworm Elder died, the technique was lost, and only half a page of fragments circulated to the Miao region."

"Zuo Lishan practices this half of the Heavenly Silkworm Technique."

Gao Ling asked in confusion: "Half a book? The technique is only half a book, how to practice?"

Li Miao smiled: "Naturally, the technique fell into the Miao region, and someone saw that this technique borrows poisonous insects to practice, so they thought of combining it with the witchcraft of the Miao region and changed this half of the Heavenly Silkworm Technique."

"You see Zuo Lishan is not like a living person, because he practices the modified Heavenly Silkworm Technique combined with poisonous insects."

Gao Ling pondered for a moment, shook her head: "Never heard of any particularly famous experts in the Miao region. I just saw Zuo Lishan a few days ago, and his power was far from today."

"If this technique is so magical, why don't you see experts in the Miao region borrowing it to make a name for themselves."

Li Miao said: "Naturally, there is a reason."

"First, the poisonous insects needed for this technique are extremely rare. Through the dynasties, witchcraft has not been allowed to spread. After years of killing, there may only be one in the world that Zuo Lishan got."

"Second, this technique is not perfect. After practicing, the whole body's meridians are replaced by poisonous insects, which not only requires eating blood food with true energy from time to time, otherwise the poisonous insects in the body will devour the master, and the flesh will be different from ordinary people, and the lifespan will be shortened."

"Ordinary people practice for three or four years, and they die before they practice any results. Only top-tier experts like Zuo Lishan can go further by borrowing it."

"Third, this technique was not created by Miao experts. It was founded by another expert who walked in the Miao region, and you must have heard his name."

"The person who founded this technique is the Ming Cult leader who died fifteen years ago, Ji Tianrui."

"I came to the Taishan Sect because Zuo Lishan took the poisonous insects, took the Ming Cult's technique, and wanted to integrate the Five Mountains Sword Sects."

"If one of these three points is missing, I won't come."

"The imperial court will not let the Ming Cult insert a nail that is too big to drop in the Central Plains, and also practices witchcraft."

Until now, Li Miao finally said the reason why Zhu Zai sent him to "exterminate the Five Mountains Sword Sects."

Secret agents discovered that Ming Cult experts had secretly come to the Qi-Lu region in recent years, entered Jinan Prefecture and disappeared. After investigation, they knew about Zuo Lishan's raising of poisonous insects and collusion with the Ming Cult, which led to the errand Zhu Zai gave Li Miao.

Gao Ling heard this, her shoulders relaxed, as if her whole body had lost strength, her face was pale, and she muttered to herself: "Collusion... Ming Cult, Demon Cult..."

She thought, it's over.

The Ming Cult, called the Demon Cult by Jianghu people, originated in Persia, and its original name was the Manichaean Cult.

It was introduced to the Central Plains a thousand years ago, passed down from generation to generation, and was already deep-rooted, with experts like clouds, and was a giant that could be mentioned in the same breath as Shaolin and Wudang. Legend has it that the founding emperor of the Great Ming received help from the Ming Cult when he started his business.

The main business is rebellion.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 45 =====