Chapter 993

Zhuge Shenhou is not just Benefactor Guihai Yidao's backing—he is the Zhuge Shenhou of every martial artist under heaven.

He, Guihai Yidao, is Zhuge Shenhou's adopted son. Does no one know that when a prince breaks the law, he is punished the same as a commoner?"

Another man, hearing this Mingzong Sect elder's words, immediately spoke up to refute him.

"Exactly. When a prince breaks the law, he is punished the same as a commoner.

This Guihai Yidao is vicious to the extreme, having killed so many Wu Lingaoshou—he is truly guilty beyond redemption."

At this, the crowd surged.

Who still cared whether Guihai Yidao was Zhuge Shenhou's adopted son?

"If we kill him now and Zhuge Shenhou comes to demand accountability, which of you will bear the blame?"

At this moment, another Yimingzong Sect elder stepped forward and posed a question.

Once these words were spoken, the surging crowd instantly fell terrifyingly silent.

Those who had earlier spoken of killing Guihai Yidao immediately changed color and fell silent.

In the jianghu, strength has always been revered above all.

Zhu Tie Dan Shenhou has been one of the legendary figures of the jianghu in recent decades.

Who would truly dare kill his adopted son on a whim?

Do they really think Zhu Tie Dan Shenhou would not, like the Invincible Urchin, bathe the Wu Lin in blood?

For a moment, thinking of this, most of them felt a chill in their hearts.

Cao Zhengchun, hiding in the shadows, nearly laughed like a pig squealing.

He had arranged this Tudao Assembly not to kill a single Guihai Yidao.

After all, no matter how formidable Guihai Yidao was, he was only on par with the Eastern Depot's eight great experts.

The one Cao Zhengchun truly feared was precisely Zhu Tie Dan Shenhou.

Now, using Guihai Yidao, he would stir up the Wu Lin people's jealousy and hatred toward Zhu Tie Dan Shenhou.

As long as the timing was ripe and the moment had come.

When the time came, the entire jianghu might stand opposed to Zhu Tie Dan Shenhou.

He himself would then rally the call from the imperial court.

Then, even if Zhu Tie Dan Shenhou possessed supreme divine skill, how could he be a match for him?

The moment had now nearly arrived.

Cao Zhengchun gave Luo Jusheng a look, and the latter immediately understood.

He then leapt out of the crowd together with his Lady.

"The justice of the Wu Lin lies in the hearts of the people.

This Guihai Yidao has successively slaughtered four great experts—he is a man who deserves to die.

If we cower before him, Zhu Tie Dan, then what is the point of our learning martial arts?"

Lady Luo delivered a furious tirade, then flipped her hand and hurled out an iron chain.

The iron chain, like a spirit serpent, instantly pierced through Guihai Yidao's collarbones.

"I, a mere woman of the Luo clan, still know what chivalry means. Could it be that all of you gentlemen mean to be weaker than a mere woman like me?"

As she spoke, Lady Luo's face was set with resolve.

Luo Jusheng immediately clapped and cheered, saying,

"Well done, my Lady. A heroine who yields nothing to men.

Even if your husband must die, I will stand firmly with you.

If that Zhu Tie Dan wants to kill you, he must first get past me."

Their performance had long since stirred the assembled heroes until their faces were flushed and their hearts surged.

"How could I be inferior to a mere woman? Count me in on this."

"Count me in as well."

"I'm in too! If Zhu Tie Dan wants to kill, let him kill me first."

Stirred by the two of them, several chivalrous heroes immediately stepped forward to echo the call.

782—are they all suicides?

"You Menzhe Gang of the Mingmenzheng Sect—is this how you treat human life as worthless?"

Just as the crowd surged and was about to strike the killing blow against Guihai Yidao.

Suddenly, several figures drifted in from outside Yunzhou Shaolin.

The one in the lead was a middle-aged man in a python robe, whose authority needed no anger to command awe.

The moment this man appeared, every martial artist present changed color.

"Zhuge Shenhou…"

A person's name, a tree's shadow.

The newcomer was precisely the foremost expert under heaven today, Zhu Tie Dan Shenhou Zhu Wushi.

The moment he appeared, those who had been clamoring that even Zhuge Shenhou's adopted son could be killed were instantly silenced as one.

Instead, the Paidezhang Sect and elders of several major Men Sect, and even Master Yeyu, who had been staying by Zhou Zhiruo's side, now stepped forward to pay their respects to Zhuge Shenhou.

Master Liaofan, the aggrieved party himself, also came forward with a sorrowful face to bow and pay his respects before Zhuge Shenhou.

The one who had spoken earlier was naturally not Zhu Wushi.

Now that Zhu Wushi had appeared, after returning the greetings of the Yizhongzhang Sect and elders, he addressed Master Liaofan, saying,

"Master Liaofan, please accept my condolences.

I heard of the sudden catastrophe and hurried over, yet still arrived a step too late."

"What sudden change! Zhu…"

Lady Luo was about to stir up the crowd's anger on her own, but the words died on her lips when Zhu Wushi swept a glance at her.

A chill ran through her; she felt cold all over and did not dare to be arrogant any longer.

"Hehe! Marquis, you've come quite quickly."

Seeing his own subordinates struck dumb, and the Yizhongzhang Sect, Weizhang Sect, Zhuweizhang Sect and elders not daring to act rashly, Cao Zhengchun could only step forward himself.

"So Eunuch is here too!"

Zhu Wushi acted as if he had only just noticed Cao Zhengchun, putting on a look of sudden realization.

Everyone else called Cao Zhengchun the Superintendent; only Zhu Wushi dared to call him Eunuch.

Hearing the address "Eunuch," Cao Zhengchun's brow twitched, and he could not help cursing Zhu Wushi in his heart.

Yet his face remained calm and unhurried. He pointed at the corpse of Liaojie nearby—Benefactor Guihai Yidao—and asked,

"Marquis, this Guihai Yidao killed Liaojie in front of everyone. Don't you think you owe the martial arts world an explanation?"

Zhu Wushi frowned slightly and said,

"In front of everyone?"

"Yes."

Liaofan nodded in confirmation.

"Then does that mean Master Liaofan, Master Yeyu, and all the Zhuweizhang Sect and elders here all saw Guihai Yidao kill him?"

Zhu Wushi asked the assembled Wu Lin leadership directly.

"This…"

Hearing this, Liaofan muttered inwardly that things were going badly.

Master Yeyu and the others, hearing this, naturally shook their heads repeatedly.

"No! We did not see how Master Liaojie died…"

Liaojie's death was what Liaofan had said; everyone had inferred it from the wound.

Given Liaofan's character, he would not stoop to framing someone.

But to say they had seen it with their own eyes—that was not the case either.

"If it was not seen with your own eyes, why must you insist it was Yidao who killed him?"

Zhu Wushi, seeing everyone deny it, asked directly.

"But when this poor monk arrived at the scene, apart from the murder weapon lodged in Junior Brother Liaojie's body, the only person there was Guihai Yidao behind him!"

Liaofan, beside himself with anger, could no longer spare the face of Zhuge Shenhou the Iron-Bold and argued his case forcefully.

"Oh? Then this one shall summon a coroner at once to verify the injuries and the manner of death."