Chapter 145: Feint to the East and Attack in the West
"Ah~" The old man with the bamboo stick stroked his beard and thought for a moment, as if he suddenly realized something, "The disciple of that old guy Lan Yuan! Tsk tsk tsk tsk! The old guy 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 his robe and stood up. However, Long Qi seemed unaware of it and was still lying there thinking about things.
This flute must be given to me... How can you give something back to someone else?
Long Qi was struggling with his own thoughts, and 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 just now, his body suddenly sank again, pressing Long Qi so hard that he almost couldn't breathe.
I'm afraid this old man did 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 cane.
"Who are you calling old man? You're the one calling me old man too!?"
Long Qi felt pain and covered his head, his body completely falling 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 too much. I still have to ask him for the details."
The old man with the bamboo stick snorted again after hearing this, and then knocked on Long Qi's head: "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 know 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? ?
……
Lingxiang and the other two didn't know how to sneak in for a moment. All three of them 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 it was brightly lit 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 here. If...
Master Xuan Huai's disciple, who was guarding the door, yawned, 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 would not have been so loud. The disciples guarding the courtyard were all shocked - there didn't seem to be any thunder or rain that day, so where did the lightning come from?
Just as everyone was surprised, they saw a cloud of thick smoke rising in the distance.
"From that direction, it looks like the smoke is coming from the main hall!" said a disciple.
Everyone gathered and looked towards the place where the smoke was coming from, with worried looks on their faces. Suddenly, a flash of fire burst out from there, followed by another loud bang.
"This! This might be a fire!"
Everyone was a little flustered, but they saw a figure running over not far away. Looking closely, it was Zhu Huang. She was heard shouting from a distance:
"Feiyi Palace has been struck by a thunderbolt! Many people are injured! Brothers, hurry up and put out the fire and save people!"
As she was running, she seemed to trip over something and rolled 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. He gasped and cried:
"I don't know what exploded. Many brothers and sisters in Feiyi Hall were injured, and the main hall was also on fire. What should we do?"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Some of them immediately shouted at everyone to put out the fire and save people, but some people disagreed.
"If everyone leaves, won't Master's courtyard be empty?"
After 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 this time was even louder than before.
This moment seemed to urge everyone to hurry up and get rid of the fire.
"Master, I don't think anything will happen here for the time being. Seeing that Feiyi Palace is in this 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 leaving half of us here to guard the place, and letting the other half go to put out the fire?"
This turned out to be a good idea. Everyone discussed whether to stay or leave, and then they all 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 got herself involved instead. These brothers were not pushovers either, and she would definitely not be able to escape even if she wanted to!
……
Looking at the empty courtyard, Lingxiang chuckled, "You are telling the truth. This flood is a good way to divert attention wherever it happens!"
Upon hearing this, Master Fuyin was very worried: "If you blow up 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 really an honest man. The mountain was so big, how could he really set fire to someone's house? He just asked Zhuhuang 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. So, 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 picked up the incense and leaped 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 the previous injury, she would not be restricted in everything like now.
But she was just thinking about it and didn't dare to stay for any longer.
Now that Zhu Huang had been taken away, and the courtyard was so large, and the lights in the house were bright, I was afraid that I would have to search carefully to find Xuan Huai Zhenren's house. Lingxiang put a soul-hiding talisman on Fu Yin Zhenren and herself, and the two of them moved lightly, hiding from people while carefully exploring each house.
But after searching for a long time, I still couldn't find Master Xuanhuai's room.
At this time, it seemed that Zhu Huang could no longer hold on. If he didn't hurry up, those people would probably come back.
Just as the two 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 now intact.
"I was wondering why there was a thunderstorm out of nowhere. It turns out that someone tried to invade Master's courtyard!" The leader said, throwing the tightly bound Zhu Huang over. "You Zhu Huang, you actually dared to have an affair with an outsider! Catch 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!
Master 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 block the incoming magic, while with the other hand he held the lotus heart sword intent to resist.
If they were ordinary bad guys, you could beat them up without hesitation, but these people are serious Taoists, so you have to be careful and not take any lives.
I saw Master Fuyin moving quickly among the Kunwu sect disciples. In a short while, he knocked out several of them.
Lingxiang, who was not good at martial arts, 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 hand gestures and muttering something.
The talisman paper flew to 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 really saved Lingxiang and Master Fuyin a lot of effort.
As everyone was struggling with their fellow apprentices, they heard a loud shout:
"We two are disciples of the Yuanqing Sect. We have come here to treat Taoist Xuanhuai. We have no ill intentions. Why don't you stop now!"
As soon as the voice fell, all the Kunwu sect disciples present were stunned on the spot, all looking at Lingxiang. Even Zhuhuang, whose hands and feet were tied and whose mouth was stuffed with coarse cloth, stared at her with eyes wide open without blinking...
How could this woman be so strong and have such a loud voice!
But in just a moment, everyone started fighting again...
Lingxiang couldn't help but feel angry when she saw this. Did they think she was dead? She said so, but they still wanted to beat her. If it weren't for Senior Brother Fuyin who cared about the relationship of the sect and didn't let go, these disciples would not be enough for him to fill his teeth!
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 a domineering tone that could not be resisted.
This time, all the Kunwu sect disciples actually stopped. And the person who came was none other than Hongying!
She was standing at the gate, with a majestic look on her face. When the disciples saw her, they 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 the same thing 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 thing!
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 do this to me?!"
Upon hearing this, the leading disciple hurried forward and said, "But Master Uncle had instructed before he left that no one could enter, let alone these outer sect members. If Master Uncle Xuantan knew about this after he came back, I'm afraid..."
Before she could finish her words, Hongying immediately stopped her with a stern voice: "Master's uncle is not here, Master is sick, and Senior Brother is in confinement. Now I am the most important 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 her eldest senior brother who is in confinement is not as good as her. Naturally, the other disciples dare not disobey her.
Seeing everyone like this, she continued, "Now that the master is ill, I have invited people to come and treat him. Not only are you unwilling, you are also trying to obstruct him. Do you want to see him get into trouble?!"
The disciples didn't dare to say anything after hearing that. Even in 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 rope.
As she was unbuttoning her clothes, she said to Lingxiang, "I followed your instructions and have been waiting for you at the mountain gate, but I could never see you. If it weren't for the thunder in the forest that attracted me, you would have been arrested."
Upon hearing this, Lingxiang looked at Master Fuyin, but the latter put away his sword, hiding 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.
Hearing this, Hongying looked at Master Fuyin who was touching his nose and asked Lingxiang: "This is..."
……
In front of Master Xuanhuai's bed, Master Fuyin was taking Master Xuanhuai's pulse with a frown on his face. He remained silent, which made Hongying, who was standing beside him, very nervous.
After a while, Master Fuyin just stood up. Hongying hurried forward to ask what happened, 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 he meant, and hurriedly pulled Hongying aside and said, "Of course, this illness needs to be carefully considered. Otherwise, with Master Xuanhuai's cultivation, he would never suffer from minor illnesses or disasters, 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 sister back to wash 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... Will Master be okay?" Zhu Huang asked with sobs.
Lingxiang patted her shoulder and comforted her softly, "I have my master here. He is the Master Fuyin of the Yuanqing Sect. He will definitely be able to cure Master Xuanhuai. Relax and go with your sister to wash up first, and then listen to what my master has to say. Look at the dust on your face. You look like a cat after crying."
Zhu Huang looked up at Ling Xiang with tears 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 Criminal Affairs. 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!
(End of this chapter)
