Chapter 145: Feint to the East and Attack in the West, and Get Ambush
"Ah~" The old man with the bamboo stick stroked his beard and thought for a moment, as if he suddenly understood. "The disciple of that old fellow Lan Yuan! Tsk tsk tsk tsk! The old fellow died heroically. If his disciple is in trouble, he should really save him."
Having said this, he put the Qingfeng Jade Flute in his hand back to Long Qi's waist, shook the hem of his robe and stood up. However, Long Qi seemed unaware of it and was still lying there thinking about something.
This flute must be given to me... How can you give something back to someone else?
Long Qi was struggling with his own thoughts, while the old man with the bamboo stick stood up, took the shoes handed to him by Shoucheng, and sat back on Long Qi's back.
Although Long Qi did not react when the old man with the bamboo stick stood up, his body suddenly sank again, pressing Long Qi so hard that he could hardly breathe.
This old man must have done it on purpose!
"Hey! Old man!"
Long Qi opened his mouth while panting, but the old man with the bamboo stick hit him with his crutch.
"Who are you calling old man? You're the one calling me old man too!?"
Long Qi felt pain, covered his head, and fell completely to the ground. But even so, the old man with the bamboo stick was still sitting steadily on it, motionless.
"Hmm~" Seeing Long Qi's reaction, the old man with the bamboo stick seemed very satisfied. He hummed twice and asked Xiang Shoucheng: "Did you tell me how to save the little girl?"
Shouzheng shrugged upon hearing this and pointed at Long Qi, who was sitting under his butt.
"Little Sister-in-law only asked him to find me, but I didn't ask any more questions. I still need to ask him for the details."
The old man with the bamboo stick snorted again when he heard this, then knocked on Long Qi's head and asked, "Did your master tell you why you came here?"
Long Qi didn't want to answer him, but when he thought about how he didn't understand Ling Xiang's intentions, he said, "She said she wanted the Cizhu Sword in your hand."
Since this old man is so unreasonable, let's get this matter over with quickly so we can get to the bottom of it when we get back.
But the old man with the bamboo stick was stunned when he heard this.
"What? The Cizhu Sword?!"
It's not that he's unwilling to give it, but this Cizhu Sword...
This Cizhu Sword is a demon-destroying weapon! Could it be that Lan Yuan's disciple was framed by the demons?!
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Lingxiang and the other two didn't know how to sneak in for a moment. They all frowned and remained silent. Seeing that it was getting dark, they wanted to sneak in under the cover of night, but torches were lit inside and outside the courtyard, and the lights were bright inside and outside, making it impossible to start.
Brightly lit?
Lingxiang stared at the courtyard at the foot of the mountain in a daze, then looked around and a plan came to her mind.
The courtyard is heavily guarded. I think most of the sect's disciples are stationed there. If...
Master Xuan Huai yawned while his disciple was guarding the door, looked at the sky, and was thinking that it was time to change shifts, when suddenly a flash of lightning flashed before his eyes, followed by a loud bang.
The thunder seemed to have struck very close, otherwise it wouldn't have been so resounding. The disciples guarding the courtyard were all horrified—there didn't seem to be any signs of a thunderstorm, so where did the lightning come from?
Just as everyone was surprised, they saw a cloud of thick smoke rising in the distance.
"That direction looks like smoke coming from the main hall!" said a disciple.
Everyone gathered and looked towards the source of the smoke, their faces full of worry, but suddenly a flash of fire burst out from the source of the smoke, followed by another loud bang.
"This! This might be a fire!"
Everyone was a little panicked, but they saw a figure running over from a distance. Looking closely, it was Zhu Huang. She could be heard shouting from a distance:
"Feiyi Palace has been struck by a thunderstorm! Many people are injured! Brothers, quickly go put out the fire and save the people!"
As she was running, she seemed to trip over something and rolled all the way in front of the disciples. One of the disciples quickly helped her up, only to see that her face was bruised and black, and there were some scratches.
Zhu Huang seemed to have no time to care about these things, panting and crying:
"I don't know what exploded. Many brothers and sisters in Feiyi Palace were injured, and the main hall is also on fire. What should we do?"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Some of them immediately shouted at everyone to go to the fire and save people, but some people disagreed.
"If everyone goes, won't Master's yard be empty?"
When these words were spoken, the disciples didn't know what to do for a moment. At this moment, they saw another flash of fire bursting out from Feiyi Palace, and the sound coming from this time was even louder than before.
This was as if urging everyone to hurry up and get ready.
"Master, I don't think anything will happen here for the time being. Seeing that Feiyi Palace is in such a state, I think the damage caused by the fire must be extremely serious. If we don't go now, are we just going to wait for the fire to burn down all the houses?"
Some of those who had previously disagreed seemed to have agreed to go and put out the fire, but some still insisted on their own opinions.
"How about we leave half of us here to guard the place, and the other half to put out the fire?"
This turned out to be a good idea. Everyone discussed whether to stay or leave, and then they hurried to Feiyi Palace.
Zhu Huang was naturally dragged along as well, and she was extremely anxious - now that she hadn't led all the people away, she ended up getting herself involved. These brothers were not pushovers either, and she certainly wouldn't be able to escape even if she wanted to!
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Looking at the now-empty courtyard, Lingxiang chuckled softly, "You're being honest. This flood is a great way to divert attention wherever it happens!"
Upon hearing this, Master Fuyin was extremely worried: "If you bomb someone else's temple like this and are held accountable, I'm afraid it won't end well..."
Lingxiang sighed when she heard this. Her Sixth Senior Brother was truly an honest man. The mountain was so vast, how could he really set fire to someone's house? He had simply asked Zhu Huang to find a forest and set a few fires.
Besides, even if she ordered their dojo, so what? Firstly, it wasn't her who ordered it, and secondly, she did it to save their leader. In the end, she should be thanked!
However, Lingxiang did not give any explanation, but only called on Master Fuyin to hurry up and sneak in to rescue people while there were few people in the courtyard.
The two of them took advantage of the cover of night and quietly walked to the edge of the courtyard wall. Then Master Fuyin, holding the spiritual incense, jumped over.
As soon as she landed, Lingxiang curled her lips. Although she was not good at martial arts, in the past, this kind of wall could not defeat her. If it were not for her previous injury, she would not be restricted by everything like now.
But she was just thinking about it and didn't dare to stay any longer.
Now that Zhu Huang has been taken away, the yard is so big, and the lights in the house are bright. I'm afraid I'll have to search carefully before I can find Master Xuanhuai's house.
Lingxiang put a concealing talisman on Fuyin Zhenren and herself. The two of them tiptoed around, avoiding people while carefully exploring every room.
But after searching for a long time, I still couldn't find Master Xuanhuai's room.
At this time, Zhu Huang seemed to be unable to hold on any longer. If he didn't hurry up, those people would probably come back.
Just as the two of them were walking into a long corridor, they heard footsteps and in a moment, they were surrounded.
All the disciples who had gone to put out the fire earlier are still there.
"I was wondering why something so strange happened out of nowhere. It turns out someone is trying to invade Master's courtyard!" The leader said, throwing the tightly bound Zhu Huang over. "You, Zhu Huang, how dare you have such a secret dealings with an outsider! Arrest him!"
Following an order, a group of disciples in Taoist armor swarmed forward, some holding weapons, some pinching their fingers and making hand gestures, all rushing towards Lingxiang and Master Fuyin.
It turns out that these disciples were not deceived at all!
Zhenren Fuyin quickly drew out the soft sword from his waist and went to meet the crowd. Lingxiang also made a hand seal, and with one hand he raised a magic shield to resist the attacking magic, while with the other hand he held the lotus heart sword intent to resist.
If they were ordinary bad guys, I could beat them up without restraint, but these people are serious Taoists, so I have to be careful and not take any lives.
I saw Master Fuyin moving with great speed among the disciples of Kunwu Sect. In a short while, he knocked out several of them.
Lingxiang, who was standing aside, was not good at martial arts. He stood forward and retreated, walked to a corner, then took out a handful of talismans from the Qiankun bag on his waist and scattered them out, twisting his hands and muttering something.
The talisman flew towards some Kunwu sect disciples and stuck tightly to them. Then these disciples started fighting with their fellow disciples uncontrollably, saying that it was not their fault while fighting.
This puppet talisman was used very skillfully, and it really saved Lingxiang and Fuyin Zhenren a lot of effort.
As everyone was struggling with their fellow disciples, they heard a loud shout:
"We are two disciples of the Yuanqing Sect. We have come here specifically to treat Taoist Xuanhuai. We have no ill intentions. Why don't you stop now?"
As soon as the words fell, all the Kunwu Sect disciples present were stunned and looked at Lingxiang. Even Zhuhuang, whose hands and feet were tied and his mouth was stuffed with coarse cloth, stared at her with wide eyes, not blinking...
How could this woman be so strong and have such a loud voice!
But in just a moment, everyone started fighting again...
Lingxiang was furious at this. Did they all think she was dead? Even after she said so, they still wanted to beat her. If it weren't for Senior Brother Fuyin, who cared about the sect's feelings and didn't let go, these disciples wouldn't be enough for him to chew!
Just as the two sides were fighting fiercely, a loud voice was heard.
"stop!"
This time the voice was different. It was not as loud as before, but it carried an irresistible dominance.
This time, all the Kunwu disciples actually stopped. And the person who came was none other than Hongying!
She was standing at the gate, her face dignified without anger. The disciples immediately bowed and said in unison, "Greetings, Senior Sister Hongying!"
Lingxiang couldn't help but sneer - she was an elder of the Yuanqing Sect, but she was not as dignified as a female disciple. Now she was doing this repeatedly in the Kunwu Sect. Could it be that she had a conflict with the Kunwu Sect?
If it weren't for the information in Kunwu Sect's hands, she wouldn't bother with this kind of nonsense!
Hongying quickly walked over to Lingxiang, pulled her out of the corner, and said to the disciples, "This is the guest I invited to treat Master. How dare you attack me so casually?!"
Upon hearing this, the leading disciple hurried forward and said, "But before Master-Uncle left, he instructed that no one should enter, let alone these outer sect members. If Master-Uncle Xuantan finds out after he returns, I'm afraid..."
Before she could finish her words, Hongying immediately stopped her with a stern voice: "Master uncle is not here, Master is sick, and Senior brother is in confinement. Now I am the most powerful in the sect. Don't you want to listen to me?" After saying that, she looked around at everyone.
When everyone heard this, they all lowered their heads and said nothing.
Speaking of Hongying, she is the second disciple of Master Xuanhuai. Not only is she an excellent fighter, but she is also very skilled in magic. Even the eldest senior brother who is in confinement as she mentioned is not as good as her. Naturally, the other disciples dare not disobey her.
Seeing everyone like this, she continued, "Master is ill now, and I've invited someone to come and treat him. Not only are you unwilling, you're even trying to obstruct him. Do you want to see him in trouble?!"
The disciples didn't dare to say anything after hearing this, but in the midst of the silence, they could hear a series of "hmm" sounds.
It turned out to be Zhu Huang, who was tied up tightly. She was twisting her body and saying something. Seeing this, Hong Ying hurried forward to untie her.
As she untied the clothes, she said to Lingxiang, "I followed your instructions and waited for you at the mountain gate, but I couldn't find you. If the thunder in the forest hadn't drawn me here just now, you would have been arrested."
Upon hearing this, Lingxiang looked at Master Fuyin, but the latter put away his soft sword and concealed the embarrassment on his face.
"I encountered some accidents when I came here just now, and ended up in the back mountain. Fortunately, I met your junior sister and found this yard." Lingxiang rolled her eyes at Master Fuyin and made up an excuse to fool Hongying.
Upon hearing this, Hongying looked at Master Fuyin who was touching his nose and asked Lingxiang: "This is..."
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In front of Master Xuanhuai's bed, Master Fuyin was taking his pulse, his brows furrowed, and he said nothing, which made Hongying, who was standing beside him, very nervous.
After a while, Master Fuyin stood up. Hongying hurried forward to ask what was going on, but he remained silent. He just gave Lingxiang a look, then walked to the table and sat down, as if he was in deep thought.
Lingxiang immediately understood what she meant and hurriedly pulled Hongying aside, saying, "Of course, this illness needs to be carefully considered. Otherwise, with Master Xuanhuai's cultivation level, even minor illnesses and disasters wouldn't happen to him, right?"
"But Master is..."
Hongying was about to say that she was poisoned, but Lingxiang held her hand and looked at Zhuhuang who was crying beside her.
"Why don't you take your junior sister back to freshen up first, and let my master think it over carefully before deciding how to treat her." Lingxiang said, pulling up Zhuhuang who was lying on the bed and crying.
"Master... Master, will he be okay?" Zhu Huang asked with sobs.
Lingxiang patted her shoulder and whispered soothingly, "Here's my master. He's Master Fuyin of the Yuanqing Sect. He'll definitely be able to cure Master Xuanhuai. Relax, go with your sister to wash up first, and then come back and hear what my master has to say. Look at the dust on your face. You look like a cat after crying."
Zhu Huang raised his head and looked at Ling Xiang, tears welling in his eyes: "Can you really cure Master?"
Lingxiang comforted her while taking her to Hongying. She gave Hongying a few instructions, and then Hongying took Zhuhuang out.
As soon as the two men left, Lingxiang closed the door and then pasted a sound-silencing talisman on it.
After seeing the Lingxiang Talisman was pasted, Master Fuyin said:
"I am the Yuanqing Sect's Chief of Punishment and Subjugation. There is no one else in the room right now. Since you are all right, why don't you stand up and talk? Wouldn't that be very convenient?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Master Xuan Huai on the bed opened his eyes and sat up!
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