Chapter 321: Betrayal

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

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

"Fellow Daoists, now that the market has been destroyed, 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 they can rearrange a mission for us."

"Senior Brother Liu, before we returned, we had already sent a letter 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 not spoken, suddenly suggested.

"Fellow Daoist Wei is right. We have already sent a letter to Fellow Daoist Wang. If we don't stay here and leave rashly, don't let them mistake us for fleeing in the face of battle later." Seeing Wei Tianhe put forward a different opinion, Cao Rongxue, who felt it made sense, also followed suit without much thought and agreed with his idea.

Seeing that everyone did not speak out against it, obviously feeling that Wei Tianhe's words made sense, Liu Wenguan scanned everyone somewhat awkwardly, thought about it slightly, and did not insist anymore, immediately opening his mouth to agree to everyone staying here to 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 hint of doubt suddenly appeared in his mind. The relationship between Wei Tianhe and Liu Wenguan seemed to have become somewhat strange.

Among the eight cultivators in Huanglong Market, only Liu Wenguan and Wei Tianhe were core disciples of the Spirit Concealment Sect. The others were all Foundation Establishment cultivators who had rushed over from other places to support this great battle, just like Song Qingming and Cao Rongxue. Most of them, like Zhao Mengzhen, held the idea of coming here to mix for a year or two and then leave, 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 affairs in the market had always been Liu Wenguan and Wei Tianhe. Others basically rarely expressed their own ideas.

Over the past six months, in the management of the affairs of Huanglong Market and the decision-making of some missions, Liu Wenguan had actually always had the final say. Although Wei Tianhe was also a cultivator of the Spirit Concealment Sect, he basically had never put forward any dissenting opinions every time everyone discussed matters in the market in the past, 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, making him think more about why Wei Tianhe had such a strange change.

Not only him, but even Cao Rongxue and another cultivator surnamed He also felt a hint of strangeness. However, the two of them didn't think much about it, thinking that Wei Tianhe was scared by the tragic scene of Huanglong Market being broken, which was why he didn't 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, they suddenly saw a dozen sword lights flying rapidly toward the market from afar.

"It's 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 people coming from the front.

Song Qingming, who had sharper eyes, soon discovered that the clothes worn by the other party seemed somewhat strange. Except for the person leading, who was indeed wearing the attire of the Xiaoyao Sect, the others were wearing all sorts of things, and it was too far away to see clearly.

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

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

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

"Since you fellow Daoists don't want to leave here, then stay here properly!" Liu Wenguan, who had just been laughing and talking with his colleagues, had changed into a weird expression of cold sneer in the blink of an eye, struggling to control the golden net in his hand and covering it toward Song Qingming and the others.

Seeing Liu Wenguan suddenly turn against them in front of everyone, now even a fool knew that he had already betrayed the Spirit Concealment Sect. Everyone took out their magic tools, preparing to first eliminate the threat posed by Liu Wenguan.

Although Liu Wenguan's cultivation was higher than the others, Song Qingming and the others had just returned here after experiencing a cruel battle. Now 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 bronze mirror, flying to the high air and controlling Liu Wenguan's magic tool.

"Concentration Mirror, I didn't expect Junior Brother Wei to have a magic tool bestowed by Uncle-Master Fang. It seems you have long suspected me!" Seeing this magic tool in Wei Tianhe's hand, a hint of surprise suddenly appeared on Liu Wenguan's face.

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

With the help of Wei Tianhe helping to pin down 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 suspected him long ago, and there was no look of surprise on his face. Like Song Qingming and the others, until just now, they only felt that it was somewhat strange, and had never thought in this direction all along.

Now looking back, they suddenly discovered that some of Liu Wenguan's previous behaviors and some of the things he arranged indeed had many strange loopholes, but at that time they never imagined that he had already become a traitor long ago.

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

Now that everyone knew he had already defected to the enemy's camp long ago, all of this could immediately be explained. It is estimated that Huanglong Market suffered such heavy losses in these two battles, and it is inseparable from his mischief behind the scenes.

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