Chapter 798

In Wu Yuanying's heart, the Qinglong Society was even more unfathomably mysterious; her understanding of it was almost all a fog.

It was only that Master Huiming's cultivation in the Great Qing was peerless, a great master of his generation.

Since he said so, there must surely be a reason for saying so.

"Very well! It's been a long time since I've seen Master Huiming too! Since he reforged Mowen for me, by every rule of sentiment and reason I ought to go up Tianshan to thank him."

Hearing Wu Yuanying's words, Fu Qingzhu nodded.

Setting aside the Qinglong Society, just the kindness of reforging the Mowen sword alone meant he had to go up the mountain to pay a visit to Master Huiming.

Hearing Fu Qingzhu agree, Wu Yuanying immediately stepped forward happily, preparing to support him up, and said as well,

"But Senior, you are wounded now, and Tianshan is still a thousand li from here—will it be all right?"

Fu Qingzhu, supported up by her, happened to see the corpses of Hero Shan Zhi and Shi Lang, and suddenly recalled something.

He immediately slapped his thigh, his face showing some difficulty as he said,

"Oh! Miss Wu, you did remind me—this Feng Huo Liancheng, and even the Great Qing Prince of the Blood Duoge Duo,

are leading countless troops, hastening toward the northwest, solely to wipe out Wu Village.

I must first go to Wu Village to tip them off, so the Heaven and Earth Society people can make plans early.

Then it's best to help them relocate for a while; only after they're safe can I go up Tianshan with you."

In the small town before, although Fu Qingzhu was far away, he still heard clearly the discussion between Feng Huo Liancheng and the Twelve Gate Generals.

He knew the purpose of this evil army of Feng Huo Liancheng's, and even of Duoge Duo's army three hundred li behind.

602 An unrivaled divine art seen but once in a lifetime!

"Wu Village? Their target is actually Wu Village?"

Wu Yuanying listened, her face full of astonishment.

"What?"

Fu Qingzhu saw her strange expression and immediately asked.

"Senior, are you certain? I myself am from Wu Village."

It turned out Wu Yuanying was indeed from Wu Village; coming down the mountain this time, she had no idea that Feng Huo Liancheng's target was precisely Wu Village.

Had she known, she would have long since gone to warn Wu Village.

"Certain!"

Fu Qingzhu pointed at the corpses of Hero Shan Zhi and Shi Lang and explained,

"About a hundred li southwest there's a small town. Feng Huo Liancheng has already brought his Twelve Gate Generals—oh, now it's ten Gate Generals!

They teamed up with over a thousand evil cultivators, and under the name of the court's ban on martial arts, slaughtered everyone in that small town—several hundred people.

Even the old, weak, women, and children were brutally killed."

As he spoke, to add credibility, he took a blood-drenched bundle from the nearby thicket.

Spread open, it was full of heads that had died with eyes unclosed.

Pointing at these heads, Fu Qingzhu, full of hatred, continued,

"These are the proof!"

"Ah…"

Wu Yuanying's face turned ashen. Though she had won Master Huiming's favor, entered the Tianshan Sect, and been taught the Heaven Cascade Sword Art,

in the past she had mostly stayed in Wu Village, or up on Tianshan studying sword arts.

One could say she was untested by the world.

Suddenly seeing so many heads, among them even children's,

in her terror she faintly felt her scalp splitting open.

She even instinctively felt that if Feng Huo Liancheng and the others' target really was Wu Village,

these heads—weren't they the heads of Wu Village's people?

"No! Senior! I need to rush back to Wu Village immediately. Would you mind coming with me?"

Wu Yuanying was deeply worried, and could no longer care about the master's order to take Fu Qingzhu up Tianshan.

Her first reaction was to take Fu Qingzhu back to Wu Village and urge the villagers to hide at once.

"Good!"

Fu Qingzhu gave a bitter smile and nodded.

In this man-eat-man end of days, saving one more person is one more person saved!

At once Fu Qingzhu tended his wounds briefly, and the two fixed their direction and headed toward Wu Village.

The Heaven and Earth Society was an anti-Qing organization that had existed since the founding of the Great Qing.

Its members spread throughout the Great Qing realm—from the lowest peddlers and porters up to the highest officials and nobles, many had joined the Heaven and Earth Society.

Later, under the instructions of the Grand Dragon Head Ximen Wudi, the Qinglong Society intended to overthrow the Great Qing, that evil dynasty that oppressed the common people.

The Qinglong Society's altar masters thought first of the Heaven and Earth Society's people.

Since they came from the west, the first one they contacted was the Heaven and Earth Society's Northwest Branch helmsman, Liu Jingyi.

Liu Jingyi had long been dissatisfied with Qing court rule, and resolutely pledged himself to the Qinglong Society, becoming an outer member.

He was responsible for the Qinglong Society's infiltration within Great Qing territory.

Later, when overthrowing the Qing court, the main actions were in the heartland of the Great Qing; the northwest side didn't see much activity.

So the news that Liu Jingyi had long since become an externally-appointed member of the Qinglong Society never leaked out.

Later, because the Grand Dragon Head headed to the Sword Realm, the Qinglong Society's power in the Nine Provinces weakened.

All Qinglong Society personnel within the Great Qing were withdrawn to other provinces.

After the Qing court's restoration, its hatred for anti-Qing organizations like the Heaven and Earth Society only deepened.

No matter how vast the Duitiandi Society's organization was, how could it truly contend against an imperial dynasty?

On top of that, the Qing court's prohibition on martial arts had attracted unorthodox experts like Fenghuo Liancheng to join the encirclement and suppression of the Duitiandi Society.

For a time, the Duitiandi Society within Great Qing's borders suffered a devastating blow.

There were Duitiandi Society members who were greedy for life and afraid of death, and who happened to know of Liu Jingyi's matter.

They handed this information over to the Qing court.

All of this was what brought Fenghuo Liancheng and Duogeduo from beyond the pass, slowly killing their way here.

Only, the northwest was after all in a remote region; even though the storm was about to break, everyone in Wu Zhuang remained completely unaware.

It was evening now, apart from a few scattered people keeping watch.

Most of the people of Wu Zhuang had already fallen asleep.

Wu Yuanying was from Wu Zhuang, and over these years had returned to Wu Zhuang to visit family more than once.

Therefore, familiar with the way, she led Fu Qingzhu along a small path, through a stretch of paddy fields, and straight into Wu Zhuang.

She knew that if she wanted the villagers to evacuate, she had to find the village head Liu Jingyi.

And at this hour, Liu Jingyi would generally be practicing martial arts on the small square near the ancestral hall.

The two of them twisted and turned through the village, and before long arrived outside the small square.

Sure enough, they saw a figure practicing a set of fist techniques on the small square.

Back then, because of his meritorious service in aiding the Qinglong Society, the Qinglong Society had specially bestowed a set of Seven Star Subduing Tiger Fist upon Liu Jingyi.

This Wu Gong was a Heaven-grade external Wu Gong.

If one were outside the lands beyond transformation, relying on this Wu Gong, one could at minimum reach the Earthly Immortal Realm.

Within these lands beyond transformation, it could still reach the Absolute Peak level!

After obtaining this fist technique, Liu Jingyi practiced it day and night without pause.

Originally only a Grandmaster-level expert, he was now on the verge of breaking through to Great Grandmaster level.

With Liu Jingyi executing the Seven Star Subduing Tiger Fist, his feet stepped on the Seven Stars, and amid the fist winds, the faint sound of a tiger's roar could be heard.

Fu Qingzhu had originally come hurrying to find Liu Jingyi to inform him that catastrophe was at hand.

When he got closer and saw this set of fist techniques, he could not help but give a soft exclamation.

"Senior, what is it?"

Wu Yuanying's cultivation was ordinary, and her horizons were equally limited; she could not help but ask Fu Qingzhu.

"Roar!"

A fierce tiger's roar rang out; hearing the movement here, Liu Jingyi's fist swerved midair and smashed toward this direction.

"Who?"