Chapter 321: Betrayal

After hearing Cao Rongxue narrate the battle at Green Ox Ridge, Liu Wenguan also quickly confirmed that it was Wu Wenlong's group who had attacked Huanglong Market.

He also seemed not to have expected that such a group of bandit cultivators was hiding on Green Ox Ridge next to the market. After knowing this news, his face also appeared to be very surprised.

"Fellow Daoists, this time the market has been destroyed, and we have no place to stay. Why not go with me to Fenggu Plain first to report this matter to the sect elders and see if we can be rearranged for a task."

"Senior Brother Liu, before we returned, we had already sent a message to Senior Brother Wang. It is estimated that they will arrive here in at most half a day. Let's stay here and wait for him to arrive before talking!" Hearing Liu Wenguan's idea, Wei Tianhe, who had been silent, suddenly opened his mouth to suggest.

"Fellow Daoist Wei is right. We have already sent a message to Fellow Daoist Wang. If we don't stay here and leave rashly, don't let them misunderstand that we are fleeing in the face of battle." Seeing that Wei Tianhe had put forward a different opinion, Cao Rongxue, who felt it made sense on the side, did not think much and followed suit, agreeing with his idea.

Seeing that everyone did not speak out against it, it was obvious that they all felt that Wei Tianhe's words made sense. Liu Wenguan swept a somewhat awkward glance at everyone, thought about it slightly, and did not insist anymore, immediately opening his mouth to agree that everyone should stay and wait for the cultivators who were coming to support.

Regarding whether to go or stay, Song Qingming also felt that it would be better to stay, but at this moment, a trace of doubt suddenly appeared in his mind. The relationship between Wei Tianhe and Liu Wenguan in front of him seemed to have become somewhat strange.

Among the eight cultivators in Huanglong Market, only Liu Wenguan and Wei Tianhe were core disciples of the Lingyin Sect, while the others were Foundation Establishment cultivators who had come from other places to support this great battle like Song Qingming and Cao Rongxue. Most of them, like Zhao Mengzhen, held the idea of mixing here for a year or two and then leaving, and had never thought about staying here forever.

Therefore, although nominally everyone was a Foundation Establishment cultivator and their status here was equal, the cultivators who managed the size of affairs in the market had always been Liu Wenguan and Wei Tianhe, and the others basically rarely expressed their own ideas.

Over the past half a year, in the management of the size of affairs in Huanglong Market and the decision-making of some tasks, it had actually always been Liu Wenguan who had the final say. Although Wei Tianhe was also a Lingyin Sect cultivator, in the past, every time everyone discussed matters in the market, he basically never put forward any opposing opinions, and everything was based on Liu Wenguan's ideas.

This was the first time Song Qingming had seen Wei Tianhe directly refute his opinion in front of everyone, which made him think more about why Wei Tianhe had this strange change in front of him.

Not only him, but even Cao Rongxue and another cultivator surnamed He also felt a trace of strangeness. However, the two of them did not think much, thinking that Wei Tianhe was frightened by the tragic scene of Huanglong Market being broken, so he did not care about giving Liu Wenguan face in front of everyone.

The five people cleaned up a relatively clean area in Huanglong Market together. After waiting for about half an hour, suddenly they saw more than ten sword lights flying rapidly toward the market side in the distance.

"It is Junior Brother Wang and the others who have arrived." Following Liu Wenguan's shout, Song Qingming and the others hurriedly stood up and carefully looked at the crowd who had arrived in front.

Song Qingming, who was relatively sharp-eyed, soon discovered that the clothes the opponent was wearing seemed somewhat strange. Except for the one leading the way who was indeed wearing the Xiaoyao Sect's attire, the others were wearing all sorts of things, and they were too far away to see clearly.

By the time they approached here and there were only a few hundred feet left, Cao Rongxue, who had been staring at these people, suddenly felt that the eyes of the person leading the way seemed somewhat familiar. After confirming this person's identity, she hurriedly shouted loudly to everyone: "Run! It is those people from the Heaven Sea Alliance who have killed their way back."

Upon hearing this voice, Song Qingming and the others were suddenly panicked. Just as they wanted to leave the market immediately, they turned around and discovered that a large net had already fallen slowly toward them above their heads.

"Damn it, Fellow Daoist Liu, what are you doing?"

"Since everyone does not want to leave here, then stay here well!" Liu Wenguan, who had just been chatting and laughing with his colleagues, had changed into a weird expression with a cold sneer in the blink of an eye, and was trying his best to control this golden net in his hand and cover it toward Song Qingming and the others.

Seeing that Liu Wenguan had suddenly turned against them in front of everyone, now even a fool knew that he had already betrayed the Lingyin Sect side. Everyone took out their magic tools one after another, preparing to first eliminate the threat posed by Liu Wenguan's side.

Although Liu Wenguan's cultivation was higher than the others, Song Qingming and the others had just experienced a cruel battle and returned here. At this moment, facing his sneak attack, everyone's reaction was very fast.

Before his golden net magic tool approached everyone, Wei Tianhe had already used a red copper mirror, which flew into the high air and controlled Liu Wenguan's magic tool.

"Concentration Mirror! I did not expect that Junior Brother Wei would have a magic tool bestowed by Uncle-Master Fang. It seems that you have long suspected me!" After seeing this magic tool in Wei Tianhe's hand, a trace of surprise suddenly appeared on Liu Wenguan's face.

"Since the start of this war, enemy cultivators have often appeared near Huanglong Market. Uncle-Master Fang had long since secretly arranged for many people to investigate in secret nearby. Otherwise, how do you think this group of people hiding at Green Ox Ridge was found by us?"

With the help of Wei Tianhe helping to restrain Liu Wenguan's magic tool, Song Qingming and the others hurriedly ran out directly from the range of the golden net attack.

Regarding Liu Wenguan's betrayal, actually only Wei Tianhe had long suspected him, and there was not much surprise or strange expression on his face. Like Song Qingming and the others, until just now, they felt it was somewhat strange, and had never thought in this direction all along.

Now looking back, they suddenly realized that some of Liu Wenguan's previous behaviors and some things he arranged indeed had many strange loopholes. It was just that at that time, they did not dare to imagine that he had already become a traitor.

For example, the opponent attacked Huanglong Market twice in half a year. Others were basically heavily injured, but only Liu Wenguan survived unscathed every time.

Now that everyone knows he had defected to the enemy's side early on, all of this can immediately be explained. It is estimated that the heavy losses suffered by Huanglongfang in these two battles were undoubtedly caused by him playing tricks behind the scenes.

Wu Wenlong and so many people hiding in the ghost place of Green Ox Ridge, being able to not be discovered for such a long time, it seemed that this was also inseparable from the favorable support of the traitor Liu Wenguan behind the scenes.

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