When he returned to the Demon Sect, Xuesha's anger and punishment were inevitable.

"You will face the wall here today!" Xuesha said angrily. Qi Yan pursed his lips and stood in front of the vermilion stone pillar, looking at the uneven pits on it, feeling extremely wronged...

Facing the wall again, he has to face the wall when something goes wrong... How many times has he stared at this broken pillar? Every time he made a mistake, he was punished by facing the "pillar".

Qinglong glanced at the envelope in his arms and raised his eyebrows slightly: "What is that?"

Qi Yan was stunned and covered his chest reflexively: "Nothing!" Qi Yan was going to take a look himself first.

The reaction of being insincere made Xue Sha's fierce eyes pierce him instantly: "What is it? Take it out!"

Qi Yan pursed his lips, groaned, and took out the envelope from his arms: "It's just a letter..."

"Give it to me." Xue Sha looked at him with a stern look in his eyes that could not be provoked.

Yes, when facing the serious Xue Sha, Qi Yan was still timid, after all, he was not only a childhood sweetheart, but also the leader of the sect.

Handing the envelope over, Qi Yan explained, "This is what Xi Zhao asked me to give you..."

"You went to see Xi Zhao again?!" Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Xue Sha's extremely stern voice: "Why are you so troublesome? I didn't let you go, but you insisted on going, and now you bring back a letter from him?"

As he said that, Xue Sha was about to tear up the letter.

Qi Yan rushed over when he saw this, and snatched the envelope back when Xue Sha was not prepared.

"Brother, why did you tear up someone else's letter! Xi Zhao wrote you a letter because he wanted to tell you something. You tore it up like this, isn't it too disrespectful!"

Xue Sha became even more angry when he heard it: "Respect him?!" Xue Sha took a few deep breaths, met Qi Yan's extremely stubborn eyes, and didn't know how to lecture him. Turning around, Xuesha said to Qinglong: "Zhuque is committing a crime of insubordination. Lock him up in the Green Bamboo Forest for three months and no one is allowed to approach him!"

Qinglong was startled and looked surprised: "Master, this..."

"No pleading!" Xuesha shouted angrily, and Qinglong responded with a slight frown.

The Green Bamboo Forest is a remote and hard-to-find place in the Demon Cult, usually used to imprison criminals. At this time, Xuesha gave this order to lock Qi Yan up in the Green Bamboo Forest, and he must have been furious.

"You want to lock me up in the Green Bamboo Forest?!" Qi An's face was full of disbelief: "It's so cold there, and it's so far away! There's not even any human atmosphere, and you don't let anyone visit me! Is the next order to not give me food and starve me to death?"

Xue Sha snorted coldly, waved his sleeves and turned around: "Why don't you keep him here!"

Qinglong knew that begging for mercy at this time would only add fuel to the fire. It would be better to postpone it and let Qi Yan suffer for a day or two before begging for mercy, so that Xue Sha would soften his heart and release Qi Yan.

Coming to Qi Yan's side, Qinglong shook his head at him: "Let's go."

Qi Yan's nose tip was slightly red, and there were tears of grievance in the corners of his eyes: "Let's go! Humph!"

The news that the Suzaku guardian of the Demon Cult was imprisoned in the Green Bamboo Forest spread within just one day. Not only the people of the Demon Cult, but also the people of the Wulin Alliance had found out everything.

"Alliance leader! Taking advantage of the chaos in the Demon Cult to kill him by surprise is extremely beneficial to us!"

Elder Qiao of the Wulin Alliance stroked his beard and said, his eyes were bright, with wisdom and skills that had experienced vicissitudes.

"Yes, Alliance leader! Attacking the Demon Cult headquarters at this moment will definitely boost morale!" Elder Yang and Elder Qiao are of the same kind, so they naturally agreed.

"I don't think it's appropriate." Madam Liu shook her head: "If this is a trap, then we will definitely become turtles in a jar."

"How can the people of the Demon Cult think so much!" Elder Yang shouted lightly, full of sarcasm.

"Who dares to guarantee that this is not a trap?"

"If you ask me, the best strategy is to wait and see. I don't understand if the enemy does not move, but I also have a strategy to deal with the enemy if it moves."

"Humph, I think you are as timid as a mouse."

...

The elders and allies started arguing in unison, and Xi Zhao, who was in the main seat, watched the situation speechlessly and stayed out of it.

As if seeing his indifference, the voices of the argument began to gradually become smaller and finally quieted down.

"Leader, what do you think?" Madam Liu asked.

Xi Zhao's eyes swept over the faces of everyone present, and after a moment, he said in a deep voice: "Attack the Demon Cult."

"This is absolutely not possible..."

"I will definitely follow the leader to fight all over the world, until death!"

Xi Zhao met Mrs. Liu's disapproving eyes and said softly: "This is not a trap, but the Demon Cult will not sit and wait for death."

How could the Demon Cult quietly wait for the Wulin Alliance to attack the headquarters after knowing the news? If he guessed correctly, this battle should be fought outside the Demon Cult and the border city.

If the war was fought outside, then there would be no problem of traps.

"Alliance leader, please forgive me for being blunt." Madam Liu sighed lightly, "Since the previous leader of the Demon Cult passed away five years ago and the new leader took office, the Demon Cult has become much quieter. Most of the evil things that were done were passed down from the previous leader of the Demon Cult. I wonder, if this is the case, what is the point of us fighting against the Demon Cult?"

Xi Zhao paused in pouring tea and did not answer this question for a long time.

Seeing this, the secret guard beside him stood up and said, "It's noon. The Alliance Leader has set up a banquet for all the elders and allies. Please move to the side hall for dinner."

After being mentioned by the secret guard, the others really felt hungry. The empty feeling in their stomachs was not good. When they thought of the side hall full of delicious food, their hearts jumped at that moment.

Madam Liu sighed softly, and finally did not ask any further questions.

After everyone left, Xi Zhao sat in his seat, and did not come back to his senses for a long time.

Madam Liu was right in one of her words, "doing many evil things", "killing people like flies", "evil and terrifying" are all used to describe the Demon Cult... the previous leader.

That leader really cannot be forgiven by the world.

But what has the current leader done? If you count carefully, there is really nothing evil that can be remembered in people's hearts.

It is unknown when the Demon Cult started to do business, and its business lines are spread all over the dynasty: taverns, inns, wine houses, brothels, weaving and dyeing workshops, garment shops...

Qinglong and Baihu manage the Demon Cult inside and outside. If you have to say, only Xuesha and Xuanwu are the Demon Cult's "thugs".

What was so hateful about such a demonic cult?

Xi Zhao was also confused.

What about him? Shouldn't he seek revenge? With such a deep blood feud, who can understand the pain in his heart?

"Alliance leader, Miss Leng wants to see you."

Xi Zhao closed his eyes and didn't open them: "No."

"Miss Leng said...she came to talk to you about attacking the Shang Demon Cult."

Xi Zhao opened his eyes, his dark pupils revealing a hint of coldness: "No. Tell her that it has nothing to do with her now."

The dark guards retreated in response.

Xi Zhao exhaled lightly, stood up, and stood with his hands behind his back.

——Since Qi Yan doesn't like her, he won't have anything to do with this woman.

[The male protagonist's favorability towards Qi Yan +5, current favorability: 90]