The Sacrificial Shadow Cult wanted to unify the world and to prevent future trouble, they had to exterminate any power that posed a threat to them. This time they were following the Hierarch's orders to seize the treasure and this time to exterminate the Shadowless Mountain Villa. In other words, whether Shen Aotian offered the Tear of Severing Soul or not, the Shadowless Mountain Villa would not be able to escape its destruction. But because the Wulin World's most precious treasure was involved and they were afraid that there would be many people coveting it along the way, the Young Master and Young Mistress of the Shadow Cult, who rarely took action, personally took action.
Jiang Liechen and Chu Menglin left the Shadowless Mountain Villa knowing that their mission was not yet complete. The Hierarch had always been very strict and even if they went back, they would not be able to get away with it. But because the Tear of Severing Soul had become a hot topic in Jianghu and caused a great disturbance, the Wulin people from all walks of life were either selfish or unwilling to get involved. After asking for several days, they still did not get any useful information. Instead, they received a lot of disdainful looks. The two did not want to cause any trouble, so they just felt gloomy. One day they came to a wine shop. It was not very big and there was only a blue-robed Taoist with a long sword at his waist sitting in the north-east corner, drinking by himself.
Chu Menglin played with his wine cup and observed that even the shopkeeper and the waiter were drinking and chatting happily. No one was paying attention to him. Finally he could not hold back his curiosity and asked, "Where is the Tear of Severing Soul? Could it have disappeared into thin air?" Jiang Liechen said, "I think there are three possibilities. First, someone stole it before us. Second, Master Shen was already prepared and ordered his disciples to take it away. "Chu Menglin nodded," That's right. What about the third possibility? "
Jiang Liechen paused and then said word by word, "The information we got this time is completely false!" Chu Menglin was surprised, "How can that be? Father was the one who told us the news himself! Could it be that you suspect my father's information is false? " "That's not it," Jiang Liechen said, "I mean if someone is setting a trap, they want to borrow the Sacrifice Shadow Cult's hand to eliminate the Shadowless Villa." "How can it be that complicated?" According to what you're saying, we've worked so hard to become someone else's chess piece? "Jiang Jianchen sighed." I hope I'm just overthinking things. "
Suddenly, a commotion could be heard from outside the tavern. Someone shouted, "Demons of the Sacrificial Shadow Sect, hand over the Soul Severing Tear!" Chu Menglin angrily said, "Who dares to be so audacious …" Immediately the palm of his hand pressed on the hilt of his sword, he was about to leap out and teach that madman a lesson. Jiang Liechen made a 'don't be impatient' gesture, indicating that she should wait and see.
Although Chu Menglin wasn't convinced, he didn't dare to disobey Jiang Liechen. Pouting, he sat down. "Ding, ding, dang, dang," the sound of swords clashing could be heard as the four figures entered the inn. According to their attire, two of them were disciples of the Kunlun Sect. The other two were wearing grey robes; one was a man, the other a woman, and they looked quite young. These four people's martial arts were only average, but they were still locked in battle.
A moment later, the blue-robed Taoist suddenly smashed his wine cup and called out, "Friends of the Kunlun Sect, this poor Taoist will lend you a helping hand!" He raised his hand and flipped over the table, causing the waiter to complain incessantly.
The Daoist leaped up and with a clear whistle, he pulled out his sword in midair. "Ah!" a miserable cry was heard as the grey-clothed girl's shoulder was hit by the sword. The young man by her side cried out in shock, "Xue 'er!" In this moment of distraction, the attack in his hands slowed down slightly. The Kunlun disciple's two long swords attacked his throat. The young man's martial arts were about the same as these people's, but now that he was fighting one against two, plus he was worried about his companion's injury, he was immediately at a disadvantage.
Chu Menglin had always been disdainful of righteous sects and was happy to see them kill each other. She also thought that if these two people were pretending to be disciples of the Sacrifice Shadow Sect, the Tears of Severing Soul would most likely be in their hands. When both sides were injured, she would be the fisherman who would benefit. To her surprise, Jiang Liechen suddenly picked up three bamboo chopsticks and, seemingly casually, waved his hand slightly toward the battle formation. The chopsticks hit the back of the Taoist's head, causing him to die with a burst of internal organs. The other two Kunlun disciples who were besieging the grey-robed young man let their swords fly out of their hands and pierced into the wall, all the way up to the hilt. Looking at their hands, there was a bloody hole the size of a small head. The momentum of the throw caused the chopsticks to pierce through the middle of their palms, causing blood to gush out.
One of the disciples clenched his teeth and said, "The demons have ambushed reinforcements here, we must go back and report to Sect Leader Shishu first, and then we'll make a plan!" The other disciple did not want to disgrace his own reputation, he called out, "Today you are lucky!" The two of them supported each other and ran out of the wine shop in a sorry state.
The grey-robed young man anxiously said, "Xueer, how are you?" The young woman frowned and said, "It's just a superficial wound, it's not a big deal." The grey-robed young man tore off his lapel and carefully bandaged her wound. Then he cupped his fists toward Jiang Liechen and said, "Thank you very much, Gongzi, for your help. It's just that we had some misunderstanding with those Xiongtai, everything will be fine after we explained it clearly. There was no need to be so heavy-handed. "Chu Menglin was displeased," What? Are you here to denounce us? "
"I don't dare," the young man said. He cast a glance toward the blue-robed Taoist priest's corpse on the ground and sighed, "Two Kunlun disciples were injured, and then a Wudang Taoist priest was killed. This time the enmity between us is getting bigger and bigger." The young woman angrily said, "They deserved it, who told them to attack without distinguishing between right and wrong? They didn't even listen to our explanation!" Her voice was full of indignation.
Jiang Liechen looked up and asked, "May I ask who are the two of you? How did you offend them?" His question was meant to sound them out. The young man hesitated for a moment and then said, "To tell you the truth, I am Huashan Pai's eldest disciple, Li Yijie. She is my Shimei, Nangong Xue. Several days ago we received news that the Wulin world's most valuable treasure, the Tear of Severing Soul, had appeared at Shadowless Mountain Villa. The Devil Cult had sent a letter stating that they wanted to snatch it. They are a group of vicious and merciless people, so Shifu ordered me and my Shimei to come and help Shadowless Mountain Villa to resist the enemy. "Jiang Liechen coldly snorted and said," I'm afraid that resisting the enemy is just a pretense, their real intention is to seize the Tear of Severing Soul. "
Li Yijie awkwardly forced a smile. His Shifu was a respected Sect Leader, so it was inconvenient for him to say it out loud. But as a disciple who grew up by his side since childhood, he had also experienced many open and secret struggles between Jianghu schools. There were many things that he was well aware of. Now that Jiang Liechen had exposed him, there was nothing he could say to defend himself. He had no choice but to cough twice and continue, "Immediately my Shimei and I set out on our journey. At first we were very happy, traveling around the mountains and rivers. But one day when we were having a meal at an inn, my money pouch was stolen. Luckily a girl paid for us, saving us from the miserable situation of 'either washing dishes for a month to pay off the debt, or suffering physical pain' … "
Nangong Xue saw that his story was getting more and more off-topic, she became impatient and interrupted him, "Later on we traveled day and night to Shadowless Mountain Villa, but by that time the place had already turned into a piece of empty land. We were secretly cursing the Devil Cult for being vicious when suddenly we heard a clear voice behind us saying, 'Shishu, is this Shadowless Mountain Villa? Have we come to the wrong place?' Another old voice said, 'We were one step too late. Other than ashes, there's nothing else left.'
The first person said, 'The Devil Cult's way of doing things must be punished by Heaven!' We also agreed. We saw that one of them was about thirty years old, his face dark, and the other was an old man. So we went with Shixiong to pay our respects. Shixiong had just said, 'Seniors …' when the dark faced man suddenly attacked Shixiong with his palm. His attack was swift and fierce. Shixiong was completely unprepared and was forced to retreat several steps. He said, 'Seniors, if you have something to say, let's talk …'
The dark faced man said, 'Who has anything to say to you two Devil Cult disciples? Don't try to worm your way into being friends with us! ' Shixiong did not want to start a fight, so he said, 'It's just a misunderstanding. We arrived just a little bit earlier than you two.' The dark faced man laughed coldly and said, 'Hey, hey, you can do a lot of things in a little bit of time. Weren't you very capable when you killed people and set fires? Why are you so talkative now? You don't dare to fight us, what kind of crafty scheme are you playing? '
Hearing his words, I could not bear it any longer. I drew my sword and shouted, 'Don't slander us!' I wanted to scare him, but he was not afraid at all. Instead, he attacked me with his palm. The old man and Shixiong also began to fight.
Both of them used their palms to fight our swords, obviously they were looking down on us. I saw they were wearing Kongtong Pai uniform. At first I thought their martial art skill was inferior to our Huashan. Who would have thought that after fighting for a while, I realized they had mastered a formidable palm technique. Shixiong and I were not their match. While we were trying to think of a way to escape, we inadvertently saw a swarm of people coming from the corner of the mountain. A deep and resounding voice called out, 'Are the two people in front the heroes of Kongtong Pai?' The old man replied, 'That's right.
Who are you? 'The old man asked. We heard that the group of people introduced themselves. Unexpectedly, Kunlun, Emei, Dian Cang, Huang Shan and the others had all arrived. Usually Shixiong and I did not think much of these sects, but right now we were no match for those two Kongtong Pai disciples. With this group of people, the situation was even more unfavorable.
The first man asked, 'What are the two Xiongtai doing over there?' The dark-faced man replied, 'We, Kongtong Pai, are following our Shifu's order to help Shadowless Villa. Who would have thought that we would run into these two sneaky people here? They must be the Devil Cult's assassins. The Severing Soul Tear must be on them.' The first man said, 'If that's the case, we must not sit idly by. Our Dian Cang Pai is also here to help you!'
We thought we were done for this time, and complained incessantly in our hearts. Who would have thought that the dark-faced man suddenly stood in front of us. With a fake smile he said, 'Wait a minute, isn't it because of the Severing Soul Tear that everybody is so enthusiastic about?' One of them said, 'Otherwise, seeing Shadowless Villa's miserable state, we want to seek justice for them.' Immediately someone looked up to the sky and laughed aloud, saying, 'Your Huang Shan Pai's words are better than a song!' The dark-faced man said, 'It's not difficult to kill these two little thieves. It's just that our Kongtong Pai found them first. If you insist on helping us, who will get the Severing Soul Tear?'
That person said, 'We don't need to talk too much. Let's swarm them and chop them into pieces first, and then we'll decide who will get the Severing Soul Tear.' While saying that, he was about to step forward, but the dark-faced man said, 'No, we must discuss this matter properly first. Otherwise, if you turn hostile and refuse to recognize us, won't we have to suffer in silence?'
The Emei Pai disciple also said, 'That's right, this matter is of great importance. Who doesn't know that your Dian Cang Pai's martial art is not very good, but when it comes to scheming and playing tricks, nobody dares to step forward.' The man angrily said, 'Nonsense! What kind of good thing is your Emei Pai?' They were talking back and forth, unexpectedly they quarreled. Momentarily they were not paying attention to me and my Shixiong. Seeing that we could not miss this opportunity, we quickly ran away. It was not until we came here to take a rest that those two Kunlun disciples chased after us like ghosts. "
With a cold laugh Jiang Liechen said, "These 'upright' sects are said to be of the same breath and branch in vain!" With a bitter smile Li Yijie said, "Fortunately, they were not on good terms with each other, so my Shimei and I were able to escape." The two of them looked at each other. Their bodies were covered with wounds. Thinking about that bitter battle, they still had lingering fear. Chu Menglin was only concerned about one thing, she anxiously asked, "What about the Severing Soul Tear? Where is it now? "
Nangong Xue angrily said, "Of course it is in the hands of the Devil Cult disciples, but we have to take the blame for the trouble they caused! This object is of great importance, we must get it back immediately. Thank you very much. We will take our leave now. "Li Yijie said," I wonder how I should address you two benefactors? "
Jiang Liechen suddenly had an idea, he said, "I am Jiang Liechen. My cousin Chu Menglin has heard of the Severing Soul Tear's great reputation, and is very eager to see its true appearance. Since the two of you want to explore it, if you don't mind, would you allow me and my cousin to travel together? " Chu Menglin was very surprised. Jiang Liechen had always been a loner, but this time he was acting very strangely. First he offered to help the two 'upright' people, and then he proposed to travel together. Chu Menglin did not know what he was thinking, but he knew that Jiang Liechen would not act rashly.
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