Volume 4 Chapter 015 Assassination Under the Night Sky

  "Li Shi's words are heavy and long!" As a guest elder, not interfering with the internal affairs of the Taoist sect is a basic rule. If you prioritize your own interests over the benefits of the sect, and break this rule, then in the future, your sect will inevitably be controlled by some cunning guests who will manipulate power from behind the scenes. The struggle for power is a complicated matter, you want me to get rid of Elder Yang De Song, saying it's to eliminate harm for the Hidden Sect, but others may not see it that way, they will think you are acting out of personal motives, usurping power and position. Therefore, I cannot take action."

  "Li, back then your family and mine had an agreement. Now that the Hidden Sect is facing a life-or-death crisis, you have an unshakeable duty to take action. Currently, Yang Desong wants to surrender the sect to the Xuantian Sect, making it a subordinate of theirs, which has reached a point of life or death. Whether Yang Desong will be killed can be set aside for now, but you must come forward to stop this conspiracy. For the sake of justice, this is for the future of the Hidden Sect. Privately, if the Hidden Sect were to surrender to the Xuantian Sect and rely on them, I fear that your annual offerings would be difficult to guarantee."

  Xie Li is still young, but under the influence of his environment, he handles matters and speaks as if he were a little adult.

  Li Shi naturally understood the influence of Xuan Tian Sect on her, and she herself was also opposed to this surrender plan. She even had the intention to teach Yang De Song a lesson, making him know his limits and give up on this idea.

  Another party involved in the inner world is the mighty Xuantian Sect, and she had to be extremely cautious. The power of the Xuantian Sect was too terrifying, even if she was a sixth-grade strong practitioner, unless necessary, she didn't want to provoke them.

  "I don't know how the Hidden Sect will move forward, it's up to the Hidden Sect's decision. As a guest elder, I have no right to interfere with the sect's plans." She paused for a moment and said: "Moreover, even if I had the intention, my power is too weak to contend against a major sect like the Mystic Heaven Sect. If another person is willing to take action, then the Mystic Heaven Sect will definitely not dare to act recklessly!"

  The two guest elders of the Man Hiding Sect, their cultivation was far inferior to Li Zhongwang's. What the Xuan Tian Sect feared was also Li Zhongwang. The Xuan Tian Sect had been plotting against the Man Hiding Sect for a long time but didn't dare to take rash action because of Li Zhongwang's existence.

  "Ten years ago, Senior Li went out for a stroll and never returned. This matter can only be resolved by Senior's own hands. I hope that Senior will take into consideration the face of my father and lend a hand..."

  Li Shi stopped him and said: "There's no use talking too much. If the other person makes a move, I'll make a move. If he doesn't make a move, I won't make a move either."

  He stopped talking and just knelt there in silence, his back straight.

  Li Shi saw the bloodstains on the ground and couldn't bear it, saying: "Alright, alright, you stubborn little brat, you really are just like your reckless father. I can help you out with my status as a non-guest elder, but you have to agree to one thing: leave the Man Hiding Sect and join me."

  Xie Li hesitated for a long time, then nodded fiercely: "Alright, I agree."

  Li Shi looked at him for a moment, then slowly explained: "I know you have deep feelings for the Henyin Sect, but I intervened and ruined this matter. The Xuantian Sect will definitely be furious. If you are still the young master of the Henyin Sect, the Xuantian Sect will cause trouble for the Henyin Sect. This is for your own good, as well as for the good of the Henyin Sect."

  Xie Li was overjoyed and knocked his head three times: "Thank you, senior."

  "You two stay outside and don't let anyone in." Yang Desong said to his two subordinates.

  This is the other courtyard of the original sect master Xie Ping, because he went to a secret place for closed-door meditation, the residence became a forbidden area. Normally only Yang Desong enters from the side door, even when searching for Xie Li and his two siblings, only he entered, while the other disciples waited outside.

  From Guifeng Ridge back to Zong, he immediately realized that "Guest Qing Lao" had left a "Xi Fu" in the study of the host of Zong, so he came here to investigate. He had entered Xie Ping's study several times, and the "Xi Fu" of the two Guest Qing Lao had always only one lit up, while Li Zhongwang's Xi Fu was always in a dark state.

  If Li Zhongwang comes back, "Xi Fu" will definitely shine.

  In front of Lin Huan, he seemed nonchalant, but his words to Lin Huan were full of suspicion.

  Li Zhongwang and Yuan Zongzheng Xie Ping have a deep friendship, and since Xie Yin has found him, he won't be able to hold back according to his temperament. Yang Desong had already prepared his words on the way there, and even mentally prepared himself to kneel down and apologize.

  Unexpectedly, the one who came out was Lin Huan, a young stranger who claimed to be his disciple. At that time, he felt strange, this senior was already over 300 years old, but he had always been alone and never accepted disciples, how could he suddenly change his ways and suddenly produce a disciple?

  He saw Lin Huan's hidden move to deal with Wen Tao, although Lin Huan used the "Tremolo Rhythm" to make him unclear about the details, but apparently his strength was not inferior to Wen Tao, a fourth-grade cultivator.

  That senior spent ten years traveling outside, in just a short decade, how could he have trained Lin Lang to be so fierce?

  On his way back, he thought more and more suspiciously.

  Moreover, Guo Yin that little hoof is also in the formation, wanting to take back the Hate Hidden Sect's sect order can only offend Lin Yang.

  In a moment of contemplation, I suddenly thought of the "Xi Fu" in Xie Ping's study. If that senior returns, then Xi Fu will sense the breath and must light up.

  Yang Desong pressed his hand on the door handle, turned it three times to the left and three times to the right, and Xie Ping's study slowly opened.

  At this time it was already dark and the glowing crystal in the room naturally emitted a soft light...

  But saw the desk side "breath mark" a bright and a extinguished, extinguished is still Li Zhongwang that one.

  "Alright! You little scoundrel, you've deceived us all the way to the top of our Fan Yin Sect!" Yang De Song was both delighted and enraged. He was delighted because "Xi Fu" wasn't shining, meaning Li Zhong Wang hadn't returned, so he could deal with Lin Heng and Xie's siblings without any reservations; he was enraged because he had discovered that he had been deceived!

  Yang Desong turned around and walked out in a huff, Wen Tao and Xuan Tianzong didn't go too far, as soon as they knew the news, they immediately turned their heads and returned.

  "You stinky little brat, dare to collude with those two small fries and play tricks on me? I'll make sure you and those two small fries don't have a good death!" Yang Desong gritted his teeth, recalling the scene where he was intimidated by Lin Heng's fake tiger's might. He hated Lin Heng so much that he wanted to flay him alive! "I am the ruler of the Hidden Sect, with power that reaches the heavens. In this land, no one dares to infringe upon my authority. You, a wild little brat who knows not his place, have the audacity to harbor those two small bastards and still dare to oppose me, as well as the Giant Sky Sect and the Mystic Heaven Sect? You're simply asking for death!"

  "Although you can rival Wēn Tāo, at your age, the most you'll achieve is a lowly fourth-grade initial stage. How dare you provoke me, a late-stage fourth-grade cultivator? If I don't vent my anger, won't I be ridiculed by the dozens of sects in the Shòu Jìng Mountains?"

  His brain was filled with raging flames of anger, and if Lin Huan appeared in front of him, he might swallow him whole in one gulp!

  Out of the hospital, unusually quiet.

  Yang Desong felt that something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was. He slapped his forehead: Ah, right! What about the two underlings who were supposed to be keeping watch?

  He looked around and saw that the two men had fallen to the ground not far away, their bodies now lifeless, with two bullet holes in their foreheads from which blood was flowing profusely.

  "Which one?" Yang Desong's anger was unbearable, and his vigilance increased instantly.

  Under the night color, two human shadows gradually appear.

  Yang Desong gritted his teeth and his eyes blazed with fury: "Are you two bastards?"

  Xie Yin said: "You treacherous dog, you have betrayed our sect and master. After being raised by our sect for decades, you actually colluded with the Xuan Tian Sect to push our sect into a desperate situation! You are worse than a beast, not even comparable to a lowly mixed breed."

  "What nonsense is this 'eternal damnation'?! The Xuantian Sect is one of the three major sects in the Han country, and being able to worship them as our main sect and receive their protection is a blessing that the Hidden Sect has accumulated over countless lifetimes. What do you know about it, you little girl? Every year we offer sacrifices to the Guest Elder, don't we also spend an incalculable amount of elixirs? Moreover, the Xuantian Sect's Elder has already promised me that once I join them, they will grant me five drops of the Sacred Spirit Jade Liquid... 'Fuse with me, and the heavens and earth will assist'."

  "As long as I, Tian Di, succeed, a fifth-grade strongman will appear in the Hidden Sect, and the Hidden Sect will no longer have to rely on others. You are just a little girl with a narrow vision, repeatedly ruining my big plans and destroying the future of the Hidden Sect. Even if your father has made contributions to the Hidden Sect, today I must kill you!"

  "Pshaw, sophistry! The Xuantian Sect wants to swallow a camel whole, the elixirs they offer every year are at least dozens of times more than what we would get from inviting guest officials! And once we agree to follow them, our Hengyin Sect will have to obey their every command, becoming a second-rate sect! You keep saying it's for the sake of the sect's future, but everyone knows your true intentions... ...You just want to get your hands on the 'Xianling Yu Ye'... You're willing to sacrifice the entire Hengyin Sect for your personal gain and desire to break through to the fifth rank! Just this alone makes you unworthy of being the Grand Elder of the Hengyin Sect!"

  "You... little hoof dare to lecture me! Since you have no respect for your elders, let me teach you a lesson on behalf of that dog fart father of yours!" As soon as he finished speaking, one claw stretched out and swiped at Xie Yin.

  He was a late-stage strongman of the Return to the Void, while Xie Yin was only at the early stage of the First Rank. The disparity in strength was so great that Xie Yin was immediately immobilized, and a powerful energy like an iron hook descended upon her head.

  Lin Hong hummed coldly: "Is this all you have left, bullying little kids?"

  With a wave of his hand, the thirteen-layered pagoda suddenly rose up before him.

  As he ascended to a higher realm, the cumulative effect of his layered powers was no longer as easily multiplied by ten or eight times. However, even with a smaller cumulative effect added on, his strength remained extremely powerful as he advanced in his realm.

  He had thirteen layers of stacked power, only three times the power of the added stacks, but he was a third-grade latecomer, and this triple stack was also an astonishing power.

  Yang Desong's thick hook-shaped energy was forcibly blocked by him and then dissipated.

  Wow! Yang Desong was shocked, Lin Heng's move immediately revealed his cultivation at the late stage of the third rank, but the power he showed in this move was not inferior to his own fourth rank later stage!

  What kind of martial arts is this kid using, how can he possibly break through my cultivation?

  However, since he had revealed Lin's late-stage cultivation of the third-grade, his mood was greatly settled.

  Although Lin Heng withstood his blow, relying on his fourth-grade late-stage cultivation and past experience, it was easy to slaughter Lin Heng.