Zongwu: Start as Jinyiwei, invincible and powerful!

"Shhhhh!"

When Zhou Meng and other Jinyiwei heard the noise, they immediately drew out their embroidered spring swords, looked alert and prepared for battle.

Soon, a group of more than a dozen nuns came into everyone's sight. They were Yiqing and others from before.

Yiqing and the others were about to head in other directions to continue searching for Yilin's whereabouts, when they suddenly heard the noise coming from this side and hurried over.

Seeing the Jinyiwei drawing their swords and looking murderous, Yiqing and other nuns from the Hengshan School couldn't help but look nervous.

Yi Lin noticed that the atmosphere was not right and quickly said to Lin Fan, "Master Lin, they are all my fellow disciples, not my enemies."

"Close the knife!"

Lin Fan nodded slightly and waved to the Jinyiwei.

"Yes!"

The Jinyiwei agreed respectfully and then sheathed their swords together.

"Senior Sister Yiqing, I was captured in a cave by that evil man Tian Boguang, and it was this Lord Lin who saved me just now!"

Yilin then walked over to Yiqing and explained to her.

Yiqing clasped her hands together and expressed her gratitude to Lin Fan, "Thank you, Master Lin, for your help. The entire Hengshan Sect is deeply grateful."

Lin Fan waved his hand and said, "Don't thank me. I only took action because Tian Boguang injured one of my Jinyiwei. Saving Master Yilin was just a side job."

Yi Qing said, "No matter what, Master Lin saved my Junior Sister Yi Lin. Hengshan Sect will never forget this favor."

"It's up to you guys." Lin Fan didn't care much about it and turned to Zhou Meng.

"As for these two flower-stealing thieves, we can execute them right here and now. We have more important matters to attend to. There's no need to waste time sending them to the authorities."

"Yes, my lord!"

Zhou Meng agreed, drew his embroidered spring sword, and with a "swish", he cut Tian Boguang's throat, then walked towards the young man lying on the ground with the sword.

At this moment, the young man suddenly endured the pain in his body and used up his last bit of strength to shout:

"I'm not a flower-stealing thief, I'm Linghu Chong, a disciple of Mount Hua! Kill me if you want. I won't allow you to tarnish the reputation of a Mount Hua disciple!"

Lin Fan's guess was correct; this young man was none other than Linghu Chong, the senior disciple of Mount Hua.

Linghu Chong was drinking leisurely in the forest, but when he heard the noise here, he immediately sneaked over.

When he saw Lin Fan wearing official uniform and chasing Tian Boguang, he subconsciously thought that the imperial court was persecuting the martial artists.

So, Linghu Chong launched a sneak attack on Lin Fan, but unfortunately his strength was too low, and he was beaten to a near-death state by Lin Fan with just one move.

He originally wanted to pretend to be dead and regulate his breathing quietly, and then find a way to survive after Lin Fan left.

What happened next was something Linghu Chong had not expected.

He never expected that Lin Fan would send someone to send him off and even called him a flower thief.

Since he couldn't escape death, Linghu Chong stopped pretending, but he wanted to save his reputation, so he used up all his strength and shouted loudly.

"and many more!"

Upon hearing Linghu Chong introduce himself, Yiqing quickly spoke up, trying to stop Zhou Meng from killing Linghu Chong.

How could Zhou Meng listen to Yi Qing? He swung his sword directly, and Linghu Chong soon suffered the same fate as Tian Boguang.

In an instant, blood spurted out of Linghu Chong's neck, his face was distorted, his eyes were wide open, and he died with his eyes open!

Lin Fan then looked at Yi Qing with a puzzled look, "What's wrong?"

Yiqing smiled bitterly and said, "The Huashan Sect and the Hengshan Sect are both one of the Five Great Sword Sects, sharing the same affiliation. Linghu Chong is said to be the Huashan Sect's most senior disciple. I originally wanted to ask you to spare his life."

Lin Fan shook his head and said, "Are the Five Mountains Sword Sects truly of the same origin? I don't think so. The Songshan Sect is determined to annex the other Five Mountains Sects. I don't believe you don't have any information at all."

"As for the Huashan Sect, Taishan Sect, and Hengshan Sect, do you understand what they were thinking and what they did?"

"Furthermore, this young man just attacked me together with Tian Boguang. It's obvious that they are in the same group. Maybe he deliberately pretended to be Huashan Linghu Chong so that you can plead for him so that he can survive!"

"This..." Yi Qing didn't know what to say for a moment after hearing Lin Fan's words.

"Well, the flower thief has been killed, and we have to continue on our journey. We'll say goodbye now."

Lin Fan said nothing more, said goodbye, and was about to leave with the Jinyiwei.

"You...how did you let people kill them?"

At this moment, Yi Lin, who was frightened by the sudden sight of murder, finally came to her senses. Seeing Lin Fan about to leave, she couldn't help but ask in a trembling voice.

Lin Fan said calmly, "They're flower thieves. If we don't kill them, will they continue to harm other girls? This time, you're lucky to have met me, otherwise he would have succeeded."

"If we let them go, who knows how many girls in this world will be harmed by them, losing their innocence or even their lives! Among them may be your fellow apprentice sisters."

As he spoke, Lin Fan's calm eyes swept over the dozen or so nuns one by one.

When the nuns heard this, their faces turned pale as they thought of the terrible consequences.

Yi Lin was about to say something when Yi Qing interrupted her, "Alright, Junior Sister, Master Lin is right. The Flower Thief deserves death! Even if Master were here, he would still kill him!"

"Farewell!"

Lin Fan didn't say anything else. He clasped his fists and said goodbye, then turned around and left with the Jinyiwei.

Yi Lin watched Lin Fan's back disappear from her sight, her expression becoming somewhat complicated. After a while, she said to Yi Qing:

"Sister, let's bury the bodies and then recite the Rebirth Sutra for them."

Yi Qing hesitated for a moment, but nodded.

On the other side, Lin Fan brought Zhou Meng and others and quickly returned to the official road, continuing to ride fast horses towards Hengyang City.

When the people on both sides of the road at the city gate saw the Jinyiwei riding towards them, their faces suddenly changed and they all stepped aside to make way for them.

Even the guards at the city gate looked stern when they saw the Jinyiwei coming. They put away their lazy attitude, stood up straight, and watched them enter the city respectfully.

"Sir, where are we going now?"

After entering the city, Zhou Meng approached Lin Fan and asked.

Lin Fan pondered for a moment and said, "Let's book an inn to stay first, then split up and find out what's going on with the Qingcheng Sect."

"I obey my orders!"

Zhou Meng clasped his fists in agreement and immediately took two Jinyiwei with him to find an inn.

Since the Jinyiwei wanted to book an inn, naturally no one dared to refuse.

Soon, Lin Fan and his group checked into a rather luxurious inn.

Zhou Meng sent all the Jinyiwei out to gather information, while Lin Fan took a comfortable bath in the VIP room of the inn.

Then he practiced while waiting for news.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

"Sir, there is news!"

That morning, Lin Fan was practicing when Zhou Meng knocked on the door and said.

Lin Fan slowly stopped practicing upon hearing the voice, then stood up and opened the door. "Uncle Zhou, come in and tell me what the specific news is."

Zhou Meng said, "Brothers, we've heard that Yu Canghai of the Qingcheng Sect brought his disciples into Hengyang City today and went straight to Liu Zhengfeng's residence."

"Let's go, gather the brothers, we are going to Liu's house," Lin Fan said lightly with his eyes slightly narrowed.