Shi Potian travels through Linghu Chong

Chapter 90: Dongfang Bubai is caught in the crossfire

When Master Dingyi saw Zuo Lengchan interrupting Master Dingjing one after another and now trying to turn the tables on her, she immediately flew into a rage and shouted, “Zuo Lengchan, my senior sister hasn’t finished her words yet, why are you so anxious? You guys in the Songshan Sect are not just taking advantage of the situation to sow discord!”

Master Dingyi walked up to a gangster and asked, "Tell me, who ordered you to pretend to be a demon sect and ambush us?"

The gangster was afraid of Zuo Lengchan, but was more afraid of Shi Potian. He gritted his teeth and shouted, "It was Zuo Lengchan. He was the one who asked us to disguise ourselves as the Demon Sect and ambush Hengshan Sect. Zhong Zhen and the others were with us from beginning to end. They just wanted us to force Hengshan Sect into a desperate situation and then use the opportunity to force Hengshan Sect to agree to the merger of the Five Mountains."

As soon as he opened his mouth, the other gangsters also shouted one after another: "Yes! It's Zuo Lengchan! Since we joined him, we have killed many people for the Songshan Sect! The 23 members of Yu Geng's family of Jiangxi Wolf Fang Fist, the family of Zhao Dengkui, the leader of Jinan Dragon and Phoenix Knife... They were all killed by their men!"

Yue Buqun and others had already known about these things when they had interrogated gangsters before, but it was the first time for ordinary disciples from the four sects to hear about it, and they were instantly shocked.

Master Dingyi stared at Zuo Lengchan and said coldly, "Zuo Lengchan, what else do you have to say now?"

Zuo Lengchan had expected this to happen, and asked, "Three nuns, Brother Tianmen, Mr. Mo Da, Mr. Yue, you are not going to conclude that these things were done by our Songshan Sect just because of a few words from these demons, right?"

"The friendship between our Five Mountains Sword Sects, which has been in alliance for more than a hundred years, the reputation that our ancestors of the Songshan Sect have built at the cost of their lives, and the friendship that we have fought side by side for decades, are they not as good as the random attacks of these evil cult monsters?"

Sanding, Tianmen Taoist, and Mr. Mo Da all knew that Zuo Lengchan was quibbling, but they were still stumped by the question and didn't know how to refute it for a moment.

They had sufficient witnesses, but they were all captured gangsters. Disciples of the Songshan School like Zhong Zhen had never admitted to the incident from beginning to end.

Moreover, apart from the fact that Zhong Zhen took advantage of the situation to force Master Dingjing to agree to the merger of the Five Mountains and instigated Master Dingjing to usurp the position of the head of Hengshan, they all talked about chivalry in public and it was difficult to find fault with them.

Zuo Lengchan had grasped their biggest weakness this time.

Master Fangzheng and Taoist Chongxu looked at each other with solemn expressions in their eyes. They all knew that Zuo Lengchan was cunning and resourceful, but they did not expect Zuo Lengchan to be so powerful that he could break the deadlock with just one sentence.

Many disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect were confused by Zuo Lengchan's words and began to discuss in low voices.

"Yes, the demons of the Demon Cult are always cunning and scheming. How can we take their words seriously? These people might really be sent by the Demon Cult to deliberately sow discord among our Five Mountains Sword Sect."

"Uncle Yue is too impulsive! He has already abolished the martial arts of Uncle Zhong Zhen and the others before they have even confirmed the truth. What should we do now?"

"Then wouldn't our Five Mountains Sword Meeting today become a joke? And it's happening in front of Shaolin Master Fangzheng and Wudang Taoist Master Chongxu, oh!"

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The gangsters were completely panicked, and they all shouted at the same time: "Master Dingxian, Sect Leader Yue, we are telling the truth! In order to recruit us, Zuo Lengchan built several manors, which are equipped with fine wine, good food, beauties and gambling houses. We can go and identify them!"

But no one paid any attention to them.

What Zuo Lengchan denied was their credibility as witnesses. Without credibility, no matter how much evidence they produced, it could be said to be fabricated.

Not to mention, more than a month has passed since they were captured, and Zuo Lengchan has plenty of time to destroy the evidence.

Yue Buqun said, "Brother Zuo, do you mean that these dozens of people are spies sent by the Demon Cult? Are they here to frame your Songshan Sect? To sow discord among our Five Mountains Sword Sects?"

Zuo Lengchan said, "I don't know about that. This is the first time I've seen them. They have been in Mr. Yue's hands for such a long time. This question should be asked to you, Mr. Yue."

Yue Buqun knew that he had no way out at this point. Once Zuo Lengchan escaped the charge of killing his fellow Taoists, Shi Potian's destruction of Zhong Zhen and the others' martial arts would become a serious crime of killing their fellow Taoists. He said, "They are not lying. They are indeed not from the Demon Cult, but your subordinates, Brother Zuo. However, among the people behind Senior Brother Zuo, there are quite a few spies planted by the Demon Cult."

The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

The tense atmosphere reached its peak.

Zuo Lengchan sneered and said, "Mr. Yue, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want."

Yue Buqun took out the list given by Qu Feiyan from his bosom and said in a loud voice: "There are many scums and spies of the Demon Cult among our righteous people, and there are also righteous people in the Demon Cult. These are the forces recruited and placed by the Demon Cult in Shaanxi. I have verified their authenticity. She told me personally that these people are not in the Demon Cult."

Fangzheng, Chongxu and others were all shocked.

In addition to regular followers, the evil cult also recruits many underworld forces and independent figures. The latter are usually very secretive and often they do not know each other.

The person Yue Buqun mentioned was able to get this list, so his status in the Demon Cult must be quite high.

Zuo Lengchan sneered and said, "Mr. Yue, your disciple is a close friend of the granddaughter of Demon Cult elder Qu Yang. You were able to get this list from the Demon Cult. You and your disciple really have a wide range of friends."

Zuo Lengchan thought he had caught Yue Buqun's weakness, but he didn't know that Yue Buqun had revealed it to him on purpose.

Yue Buqun was delighted and said loudly: "Brother Zuo, you don't have to be so obscure. I am upright and I dare to call Dongfang Bubai a demon who brings disaster to the martial arts world. He will definitely go to the eighteen levels of hell after his death and will never be reborn. People from Huashan dare to say this. Do these people behind you dare?"

Ning Zhongze was the first to respond to her husband, saying, "The evil Dongfang Bubai has harmed the good and brought disaster to the world. After his death, he will definitely go to the eighteen levels of hell and will never be reborn."

Shi Potian and Yue Lingshan followed closely and said, "Dongfang Bubai will definitely go to the eighteen levels of hell after his death, and will never be able to be reborn."

Lu Dayou and the other Huashan disciples followed closely behind, shouting loudly: "Dongfang Bubai will definitely go to the eighteen levels of hell after his death, and will never be able to be reborn."

Nun Dingyi was a strong-willed person who hated evil and the Demon Sect to the core. Upon hearing this, her blood boiled and she said loudly, "Does anyone from my Hengshan Sect have the courage to do this?"

Nun Dingxian and Nun Dingjing looked helpless, but they did not want to offend Nun Dingyi and repeated what she said.

Then, there were the Hengshan disciples, the Tianmen Taoist, Mr. Mo Da, the Hengshan disciples, the Taishan disciples...

For a moment, Dongfang Bubai's curses of eternal damnation echoed through the mountains, loud and uniform, reaching the sky.

When Ping Yizhi and his wife from the Huashan Sect heard the noise, they shuddered with fear, their faces changed drastically, and they looked in the direction of the Five Mountains Sword Meeting and then looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.

The two of them were tricked by Qu Feiyan under the name of Ren Yingying. They were unwilling to do so and just wanted to get by without taking the risk of actually gathering information.

After going up the mountain, except for treating Monk Bujie, he basically never left the yard where he lived.

Yue Buqun stared at them for a while, and after confirming this, he did not reveal their identities or take action against them for the time being.

But at this time, they couldn't just do nothing.

Ping Yizhi pondered for a moment and whispered a few words to his wife. Then they closed the window and lay on the bed. Ping Yizhi first pointed at his wife's sleeping point with one finger and then pointed at his own sleeping point with the other finger.

The evil cult has its own rules, and believers must worship the leader as a god. If someone insults the leader's name, and the believers do not come out and risk their lives to defend the leader's reputation, they are committing a heinous crime.

They were asleep and didn't hear anything, so there was no need to move when they heard any sound.

Ping Yizhi was able to use this method to take advantage of the loophole because he and his wife were the only two people in the yard.

The same cannot be said for those members of the evil sect who pretended to surrender to Zuo Lengchan but actually wanted to provoke the Five Mountains War.

If they don't take action now, they will surely die when they return, and their families and disciples will also be implicated.

Immediately, one of them could not hold back and drew his weapon, shouting, "They are determined to cause trouble for our Songshan Sect. Let's fight them..."

Suddenly, a figure flashed and the man was grabbed by the neck and lifted up. There was a snapping sound and the neck was broken. Blood flowed out from all his orifices.

The person who took action was Zuo Lengchan!
This happened in a flash, and when everyone looked over, they saw that the person who had shouted was dead, and they were all shocked.

However, the remaining members of the Demon Sect were unwilling to wait any longer. Some of them directly attacked the Songshan disciples beside them, while others rushed towards the disciples of the other four sects, shouting all kinds of confusing words.

"Kill them."

Zuo Lengchan shouted angrily and rushed forward, slapping a member of the Demon Sect who was about to attack the disciples of Songshan away. Without stopping, he rushed to the next one.

Ding Mian, Lu Bai, Fei Bin and others reacted quickly and immediately stood up and rushed towards these people.

In just a few moments, all the rebellious cult members were killed.

However, more than a dozen disciples from Songshan and Taishan, which was adjacent to the Songshan Sect, died at the hands of these people.

For a moment, everyone looked at Zuo Lengchan differently.

Disciples from both the Hengshan and Taishan sects began to believe what Yue Buqun said.

In particular, the Taishan Sect, which was adjacent to the Songshan Sect, moved several meters to the side, distancing itself from the Songshan Sect, and their eyes were filled with hostility and vigilance when they looked at Zuo Lengchan and the Songshan Sect.

The eyes of those martial artists recruited by Zuo Lengchan flickered, fearing that Zuo Lengchan would take action against them, and they quietly distanced themselves from the people of Songshan Sect.

The people of Songshan Sect also did not trust these people who joined the sect halfway through, so they gathered together tacitly and were also cautious about them. It was visible to the naked eye that the team of Songshan Sect was divided into two groups, one large and one small.

Zuo Lengchan's face was gloomy.

He would use the possibility of a large-scale internal conflict within the Five Mountains Sword Sect as an excuse, or more accurately, as a threat, to invite Fang Zheng and Chongxu to preside over justice.

One reason was that he was certain that Yue Buqun and his men had no substantial evidence, and if it were only the testimony of witnesses, he could easily find loopholes and overturn them.

Second, he had already understood the attitudes and positions of Shaolin and Wudang.

Shaolin and Wudang were unwilling to engage in a large-scale conflict with the Demon Cult and only wanted the Five Mountains Sword Sect to charge into battle and block the pressure from the Demon Cult for them head-on.

Especially recently, the activities of the evil cult have been rampant, frequently causing trouble in the Henan area.

Shaolin and Wudang will certainly try to mediate under the banner of putting the overall situation first, so as to avoid internal strife among the Five Mountains Sword Sects that would cause serious damage to their strength.

The Songshan Sect has been able to develop to its current stage largely because the Huashan Sect suffered heavy losses in the sword energy dispute 25 years ago. Shaolin and Wudang were worried that the Five Mountains Sword Sect would not be able to resist the Demon Sect, so they gave the Songshan Sect a lot of help, both overtly and covertly.

Zuo Lengchan wanted to merge the Five Mountains in order to deal with the Demon Sect, and even more so to fight against Shaolin and Wudang, so that the Five Mountains sword sects, especially the Songshan Sect, could get rid of their current situation.

Regardless of their strength, Huashan, Hengshan, Taishan and Hengshan are all the most prominent righteous martial arts sects in their respective provinces.

Only the Songshan School and the Shaolin Temple are located in the same place, but the Songshan School is completely suppressed by the Shaolin Temple.

Be it resources or disciples, they can only pick up what slips through the fingers of Shaolin Temple.

If Huashan Sect had not given them the opportunity, Songshan Sect would have never been able to succeed.

Zuo Lengchan was well aware of how rare this opportunity was, which was why he was eager for quick success and recruited a large number of gangsters. He wanted to promote the merger of the Five Mountains by any means necessary, and deliberately weakened the strength of the other four sects, forcing Shaolin and Wudang to support their Songshan Sect.

Unexpectedly, the Huashan Sect, which had been at the bottom of the Five Mountains, suddenly became strong again.

First there was Linghu Chong, and then Feng Qingyang appeared!

Zuo Lengchan was completely panicked.

His move to merge the Five Mountains had already greatly dissatisfied Shaolin and Wudang, but because the main force of the Five Mountains Sword Sect against the Demon Sect was their Songshan Sect, they had to pretend not to see it and endure it.

But now, with the new option of Huashan Sect, Shaolin Sect is likely to abandon Songshan Sect, which is lying on its side, and choose Huashan Sect, which is farther away, again.

In addition, after winning over the other three sects, the overall strength of the Huashan Sect is no weaker than that of the Songshan Sect, and it is qualified to compete for the leader of the Five Mountains.

With these two factors combined, it is almost a foregone conclusion that the Huashan Sect will regain the position of leader of the Five Mountains.

And the longer it drags on, the more beneficial it will be for the Huashan Sect and the more disadvantageous it will be for him.

Zuo Lengchan had no choice but to take a risky move and forcibly invite Fang Zheng and Chongxu to participate in the Five Mountains Sword Conference, and moved the decisive battle with Huashan Sect forward to this Five Mountains Sword Conference.

It seemed that he was about to successfully clear himself of the charge of murdering his fellow sect members and put the blame on the Huashan Sect.

After what happened just now, not only did he lose face, but all his previous efforts were almost in vain.

Zuo Lengchan glanced at Tang Ying'e imperceptibly.

Tang Ying'e understood and said immediately, "Dongfang Bubai is despicable and shameless. He sent spies to infiltrate our Songshan Sect. He really deserves to go to the eighteen levels of hell and never be reincarnated. I admire Mr. Yue for knowing this in advance. However, if you say that those people were sent by Senior Brother Zuo, our Songshan Sect will not admit it."

Ding Mian said, "Brother Zuo has worked so hard for our Five Mountains Sword Sect over the years, and I, as his junior fellow disciple, know all too well how much he has put in. If you want to attack Brother Zuo, you have to step over me first."

Lu Bai shouted, "Senior Brother Zuo, since they can't tolerate us, the worst that can happen is that we withdraw from the Five Mountains Sword Alliance to avoid being suspected."

The disciples of Songshan Sect responded loudly: "The entire Songshan Sect is willing to share life and death with the Master and advance and retreat together."

The number of people in the Songshan Sect was the largest among the Five Mountains, almost equal to the sum of the other four sects. They shouted at the same time, their voices were in unison, and only shook the mountains.

Everyone's faces changed drastically, thinking that Zuo Lengchan wanted to overturn the table after seeing that his argument was failing.

The disciples of the other four sects were already wary of the Songshan Sect. Upon seeing this, some of them hurriedly retreated, while others suddenly drew their swords. The scene was in extreme chaos.

Master Fangzheng and Taoist Chongxu stood up suddenly. This was the scene they least wanted to see, so they were about to start trying to persuade them to make peace.

Unexpectedly, Zuo Lengchan shouted loudly: "Shut up! We, the Five Mountains Sword Sects, have been allied for more than a hundred years. We are as close as a family. How can we turn our swords against each other and kill each other? Don't even mention withdrawing from the Five Mountains Alliance! As long as I, Zuo Lengchan, am still the head of Songshan Sect, our Songshan Sect will definitely be a member of the Five Mountains Sword Alliance!"

After Zuo Lengchan finished his righteous words, he turned to look at Yue Buqun and said, "Mr. Yue, you can prove your innocence by scolding Dongfang Bubai, but I can't defend myself. I think it's better to hand this matter over to the next leader of the Five Mountains."

Yue Buqun's heart was moved, and he asked, "What do you mean?"

Zuo Lengchan said, "It's very simple. We will all be fair and square, and decide the winner with martial arts. The winner will be the new leader of the Five Mountains, responsible for investigating this matter, and either clearing my name or convicting me. No matter what the result is, no one can raise any objections. How do you do that?"

Before Yue Buqun could speak, Zhong Zhen's face changed drastically and he shouted loudly: "Senior Brother Zuo, no..."

"Shut up!" Master Dingyi snorted coldly and pressed all the acupoints of Zhong Zhen and others with her fingers.

Shi Potian single-handedly wiped out all the gangsters, captured alive 17 masters of Mount Song including Zhong Zhen, and learned the Taishan School's unique skill "Yellow River Golden Belt" in a flash. These things are no longer a secret among the four schools of Huashan, Taishan, Hengshan and Hengshan, but to the outside world, no one knows about it.

Zuo Lengchan obviously only knew that the gangsters he sent and Zhong Zhen's men were completely wiped out, but he didn't know the specific process, so he put forward such a reckless condition.

Zuo Lengchan noticed the movement on Zhong Zhen's side and felt uneasy, but he was confident in himself. Besides, he had already said something and there was no way to change it, so he could only suppress this uneasiness.

Yue Buqun was overjoyed in his heart, but his expression remained calm. He turned to look at Master Dingxian and the others and asked, "Brother Tianmen, Master Dingxian, Mr. Mo Da, what do you think?"

Nun Dingxian said without hesitation: "Okay. It's settled."

Mr. Mo Da and Taoist Tianmen also nodded in agreement.

Shi Potian looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help scratching his head, his face full of confusion.

Yue Lingshan asked in a low voice: "Big Brother, what's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"

Shi Potian said: "Junior sister, why do all things have to be decided by fighting in the end? Didn't Master say that when walking in the martial arts world, one must put loyalty first and win people over with virtue?"

Yue Lingshan burst out laughing. She didn't expect Shi Potian to be so concerned about this. She said, "It's true that loyalty comes first and you can win people over with virtue, but there are always some people in this world who don't value loyalty, who bully the weak and fear the strong, who are afraid of power but not virtue. At this time, you have to rely on your fists. Only when your fists are strong enough, your reason will be true and others will listen to you."

Shi Potian seemed to understand something.

On the other hand, the leaders of the five sects have also set the rules.

Yue Buqun maintained his usual humble gentleman persona and proposed "only deciding who is better, not life or death". Master Fangzheng and Taoist Chongxu would act as notarizers, and the winner would be decided by them to avoid entanglement among the contestants.

Zuo Lengchan said that there were too many people from the Five Mountains Sword Sects. If they all took part, it would take an unknown amount of time to get a result, so each sect could only send two people at most.

The leaders of the other three sects all thought it made sense and had no objections.

Under this rule, the earlier one enters the stage, the more disadvantaged he will suffer. Not only will he consume a lot of his physical and internal strength, but he will also expose his true colors.

Fortunately, Mr. Mo Da and Master Ding Xian had no intention of competing for the position of leader of the Five Mountains. One sent his fellow disciple and the other sent Master Ding Yi to take the lead and set an example.

Master Dingyi and the master of Hengshan School both knew the purpose of their participation in the competition. After entering the competition, they each used their best moves. It looked very intense, but in fact it was a bit of a performance. The disciples of the Five Mountains were very excited and applauded continuously.

However, someone lost his patience and appeared from behind Zuo Lengchan like a ghost.

Master Dingyi and the Hengshan master opposite them only felt a flash before their eyes, and their hands were empty. When they looked carefully, they found that their swords had been taken away by someone.

The man looked to be about sixty years old, with a flat face and a nose that seemed to have been cut off by a knife, leaving only two holes. He looked weird and ugly. With just a force of his hands, he broke the two swords in half and threw them on the ground.

He didn't even look at Master Dingyi and the other person. His eyes swept across and fell on Shi Potian, then he pointed at him.

"you come up."

(End of this chapter)