Chapter 176 Murong Qiudi's cunning

"The Qingcheng Sect is finished now."

"Yu Canghai, when I went down the mountain and went to Hengyang City with the people of Huashan Sect, I still had to look up to Yu Canghai at that time, but now, I want to deal with him, and I only need to use one move." "

Tsk tsk tsk, it's only been a few months, and my strength has become so strong?"

"I didn't feel anything before. After all, whether it is Dongfang or Yaoyue, their strength is much stronger than mine. Even now, I have no ability to resist in front of them. So I didn't think I was that powerful." "

But now with Yu Canghai as a comparison, I found that I am really strong, and not a little bit stronger."

"Even when I fought my way up Qingcheng Mountain, I only used the Blood Knife Technique. At present, it is a relatively weak martial art among the many martial arts I have mastered, but killing Yu Canghai is no different from killing a little chicken."

"But this Blood Knife technique is really evil. The trajectory of the knife is completely beyond people's imagination. If someone encounters this kind of knife technique for the first time, he might suffer a loss. After all, the Burmese knife is soft, almost like a soft sword, and the attack is not straight at all. The Burmese knife blade also has an arc, which makes it even weirder than a soft sword."

"Lin Pingzhi and I both use Burmese knives. After people find the bodies of Yu Canghai and others, they might suspect that it was the Blood Knife Ancestor who killed Yu Canghai. We can get rid of the Huashan Sect."

"Although the Blood Knife Ancestor doesn't move around much in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, he occasionally goes to the territory of the Ming Dynasty to do evil. So it's not too inconsistent to say that he went crazy and suddenly killed Yu Canghai and the entire Qingcheng Sect."

"Besides, this Blood Knife Ancestor himself is not a good thing, it's not bad to put the blame on him."

"I just don't know if anyone will help Yu Canghai to avenge himself and go find the Blood Knife Ancestor."

"But Lin Pingzhi and I ran all the way from Huashan to Qingcheng Mountain. Although we rode at full speed and hardly stopped during this journey, we still left some traces. If someone really wanted to investigate, they should be able to find out."

"Should we ask Dongfang and Yaoyue to help hide our whereabouts?"

"But it doesn't seem necessary."

"After all, the Huashan Sect now is no longer the Huashan Sect of the past. Grandmaster Lao Yue—well, it seems that the news about the Grandmaster hasn't spread. But with the Wudang Sect as an ally, no one can make things difficult for the Huashan Sect as long as others can't get any solid evidence. So even if some clues can be found, we can get away with it." "

Uh, I suddenly have a sense of déjà vu as a villain, just like in many TV dramas. You know that the villain is not a good thing, and you know that the villain is doing evil, but you don't have any solid evidence, so you can't do anything about the villain, and you can only watch the villain go unpunished—"

"Pooh, pooh, pooh. I'm not a villain destined to die. I'm a good person, on the side of justice. Even if we destroy the Qingcheng Sect this time, it's only to avenge Lin Pingzhi."

"After all, the Qingcheng Sect wiped out the entire Fuwei Escort Agency, and now Lin Pingzhi is the one wiping out the entire Qingcheng Sect. This is quite normal." "

But speaking of revenge, it seems that Lin Pingzhi's only enemy now is Mu Gaofeng. After all, although there were many people and forces who wanted to take the Sword Manual of Exorcism, only the Qingcheng Sect and Mu Gaofeng actually took action. The others didn't have a chance to intervene."

"Mu Gaofeng, now it depends on how well he hides."

"Well, it's almost time. It's almost midnight. Go to sleep, go to sleep."

Ye Xiu finished writing in his diary and habitually accepted today's reward. His internal strength increased again, and then Ye Xiu's cultivation level was very close to breaking through to the next level. Ye Xiu felt that in a few days, his strength should be able to reach the fourth level of the Grandmaster Realm.

"Sure enough, my talent is just too strong, too awesome. With just a little practice, my strength skyrockets..." Ye Xiu shamelessly muttered, almost like he was trying to hypnotize himself, before falling asleep.

While Ye Xiu rested, Dongfang Bubai, Yao Yue, and even Murong Qiudi all read the diary he had written.

They had no problem with Ye Xiu leading Lin Pingzhi to annihilate the entire Qingcheng Sect. After all, they weren't traditionally good people.

While they wouldn't do anything too ruthless, killing someone was child's play for them. So, far from resenting Ye Xiu's annihilation, they actually thought he had done a good job. After all, rooting out the evil is the wisest course of action.

However, after reading the diary, they immediately began issuing orders, completely ignoring the fact that midnight was approaching. They immediately ordered their men to cover up Ye Xiu's whereabouts.

Even though Ye Xiu had stated in his diary that his and Lin Pingzhi's actions, even if discovered, wouldn't be a major concern, and would only be a minor nuisance at best,

they believed that any trouble Ye Xiu faced should be resolved as soon as possible; this was the best course of action for him.

Thus, members of the Sun Moon Divine Sect, the Yihua Palace, and the Tianzun Organization began to take action, attempting to erase any trace of Ye Xiu along the route from Huashan to Qingcheng Mountain.

During their actions, they even spotted each other, nearly coming to blows. Ultimately, realizing their shared purpose, they temporarily averted the conflict. They then quickly sent pigeons to inform the higher-ups, and the matter was finally dropped.

Clearly, they all knew they harbored no ill will toward Ye Xiu. Ye Xiu remained completely oblivious to all this.

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Something's happening! Something's happening! Something's happening on Qingcheng Mountain!"

The next morning, Ye Xiu had already woken up and washed up briefly.

Apparently, the attack on the Qingcheng Sect the previous night hadn't significantly disrupted Ye Xiu's rest.

Most of the people involved were from the Qingcheng Sect, including Yu Canghai, and they posed no real challenge to Ye Xiu.

Even factoring in the round trip and dealing with the Qingcheng Sect members, it only took Ye Xiu about an hour. So, Ye Xiu's sleep and rest were barely affected. Just

as Ye Xiu had gotten himself together, he heard someone outside shouting in a voice of fear and even surprise.

"Something happened? What could possibly happen on Qingcheng Mountain? You know, the Qingcheng Sect's Songfeng Temple is right there on Qingcheng Mountain. Unless something's happened to the Qingcheng Sect, there's no way it could happen." Someone rolled their eyes at the man yelling and spoke nonchalantly.

"Something's happened to the Qingcheng Sect! My aunt's child's neighbor's second grandmother's husband's younger brother-in-law's son delivers vegetables to the Songfeng Temple of the Qingcheng Sect. Every day before dawn, he has to carry the vegetables up the mountain to deliver them. This morning, when he arrived at Songfeng Temple, he found it full of dead bodies. Even the leader of the Qingcheng Sect, Yu Canghai, died tragically. He was practically chopped into a paste." "

What?"

"Is this true? That's the Qingcheng Sect, and that's Yu Canghai!"

"It's true, it's true, Yu Canghai and everyone in the Qingcheng Sect is dead, all dead."

The man answered in a firm tone again. For a moment, the scene became quiet.

Many people couldn't help but smile. Clearly, most of them

were overjoyed at the news of the Qingcheng Sect's destruction and Yu Canghai's death. Their joy stemmed from the fact that the Qingcheng Sect's members were arrogant and had committed numerous evil deeds, earning them widespread dislike. In fact, consider this

: Yu Canghai's son, Yu Renyan, flirted with the rather ugly Yue Lingshan in the original novel, but in the Zongwu World, Yue Lingshan didn't appear, yet he even flirted with Lin Pingzhi, attempting to develop a relationship beyond friendship. This clearly demonstrates Yu Renyan's lack of character.

Furthermore, the Qingcheng Sect's four most prominent disciples, the Four Beauties of Qingcheng,

clashed with Linghu Chong, who referred to them as the Four Beasts of Qingcheng: the wild boar and the bear.

Despite Linghu Chong's numerous flaws, he still couldn't stand the bullying of ordinary people by martial artists.

Linghu Chong's conflict with the Four Beasts of Qingcheng stemmed from witnessing them bullying ordinary people.

Yu Canghai's son, Yu Renyan, and his four most prominent disciples, the Four Beauties of Qingcheng, all suffered similar consequences. If the top beam is crooked, the bottom beams will be crooked. From this

, one can imagine what kind of misfortunes the remaining disciples of the Qingcheng Sect are. It could be said that the Qingcheng Sect could barely be considered a disaster. Hence, these people were so delighted to hear about the troubles in the Qingcheng Sect.

Listening to their discussions, Ye Xiu smiled as he gathered some information.

Because the wounds suffered by the Qingcheng Sect were mostly caused by swords, no one suspected the Huashan Sect. Even Lin Pingzhi wasn't a concern for most people.

Similarly, some discovered that the wounds on the Qingcheng Sect members were caused by Burmese swords. Few people in the Ming Dynasty wield Burmese swords, and even fewer are masters.

Soon, their attention focused on the Blood Knife Patriarch.

As Ye Xiu wrote in his diary, the Blood Knife Patriarch wasn't much of a character. He'd often venture into the Ming Empire to snatch up beautiful women, and in the process, he'd caused numerous massacres of clans, though the affected factions weren't as powerful or well-established as the Qingcheng Sect.

However, this didn't stop some from blaming the Qingcheng Sect's destruction on the Blood Knife Patriarch. This

was partly because the Blood Knife Patriarch's weapon was a Burmese sword, and partly because the Blood Knife Patriarch's territory lay outside the Ming Empire.

Without it, they could easily blame him without worrying about him refuting.

Similarly, because the Blood Knife Patriarch's territory lay outside the Ming Empire, some could vociferously claim to be fighting for the Qingcheng Sect and for righteousness, claiming, "It's a shame the Blood Knife Patriarch's base wasn't even within the Ming Empire, so they were willing but unable to kill him. What a shame!" '

In short, this Blood Blade Ancestor is really a perfect person to take the blame.

Ye Xiu and Lin Pingzhi, both of them hadn't done anything yet, and yet they were just picked apart. There were even some people who really believed that it was the Blood Blade Ancestor who was responsible, and they thought Lin Pingzhi was so lucky that he had already taken revenge without having the chance to do anything.

Of course, Ye Xiu couldn't know all of this public opinion.

But whether he knew it or not didn't matter much.

Instead, Ye Xiu was a little surprised when he saw Murong Qiudi appearing in front of him again with a smile like a flower.

"Why? Are you surprised to see me? Or do you think that I can never appear in front of you?" Murong Qiudi asked with a smile.

"Uh--" Ye Xiu was a little unsure of how to answer.

"Or do you think I'm the kind of person who won't recognize people once I put on clothes?"

Ye Xiu didn't know what to say when he heard Murong Qiudi's words. Shouldn't such words be said by him as a man?

"Hehe, you seem quite interesting. Actually, I came here just to tell you that you don't have to worry about anyone finding your way all the way from Huashan to the Qingcheng Sect. I'll help you solve it," Murong Qiudi said lightly.

Ye Xiu was slightly stunned. He hadn't expected Murong Qiudi to actually help him solve this problem.

"But you're really good. You're young, yet not only are you incredibly powerful, but you're also decisive and ruthless. You could completely wipe out the Qingcheng Sect without even caring about whether there are innocent people among them, or whether there are the elderly, weak, or disabled. I admire your approach," Murong Qiudi said, looking at Ye Xiu with admiration.

"Um—actually, I didn't kill many people. Junior Brother Lin killed most of the people in the Qingcheng Sect—" Ye Xiu subconsciously wanted to argue, but he felt that there was no need to explain.

"Do you want to follow me?" Murong Qiudi asked directly.

"Huh? Follow you?" Ye Xiu was stunned.

"You should know who I am, right?" Murong Qiudi answered the question irrelevantly and asked Ye Xiu a question in return.

"I know a little bit."

"Then you should know about my relationship with Xie Xiaofeng of Shenjian Villa. I happily put on my wedding dress to marry him, but he actually left me on the spot during the wedding. At that time, I, and the Murong family of Qixingtang, became a laughing stock in the eyes of others. To avenge Xie Xiaofeng, I secretly formed an organization called Tianzun. I secretly recruited people to kill Xie Xiaofeng. But I knew that Xie Xiaofeng was very strong, so strong that even the people I recruited together could not be his opponent."

"However, before I could develop the Tianzun organization, I heard the news of Xie Xiaofeng's death. Xie Xiaofeng is dead! Xie Xiaofeng is dead!!!"

Murong Qiudi's eyes were like ice, full of chill.

Ye Xiu wanted to tell Murong Qiudi that Xie Xiaofeng wasn't dead, but in the end, he couldn't bring himself to share the news.

Murong Qiudi closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and when she opened them again, she had regained her composure. "Over the years, the Tianzun Organization has grown rapidly and become a formidable force. If you follow me, I can make you my deputy, the second-in-command of the Tianzun Organization."

Ye Xiu hadn't expected Murong Qiudi to offer him such a generous offer, which surprised him.

He even muttered to himself, "Could it be that I've slept with Murong Qiudi?"

"How?" Murong Qiudi asked, looking directly at Ye Xiu.

"Why me? Second-in-command of the Tianzun Organization—that's a very important position. I don't understand why you'd want to give it to me, and we've only met once before, so we don't know each other—" Ye Xiu trailed off, as if they did know each other quite well.

Ye Xiu knew Murong Qiudi's true colors, and Murong Qiudi also knew Ye Xiu's strengths and weaknesses.

"I find you quite pleasing to the eye! Besides, I've said that the purpose of the Tianzun Organization was actually just revenge against Xie Xiaofeng. But Xie Xiaofeng is dead, and the Tianzun Organization's meaning is gone. So, it's better to hand it over to you." Murong Qiudi's tone was filled with despair, as if the Tianzun Organization really had no meaning to her anymore.

Ye Xiu looked at Murong Qiudi in surprise.

From what she said, it sounded as if she wanted to give him the entire Tianzun Organization?

This is like a piece of cake, isn't it?

And this is Murong Qiudi. Would Murong Qiudi give him such a huge organization as the Tianzun Organization? This pie is a bit too big!

Although Ye Xiu didn't know the exact size of the Tianzun Organization or how many experts it contained, he knew it was definitely something special, at least much stronger than the Huashan Sect.

Ye Xiu was a little unsure how to respond to Murong Qiudi.

The Tianzun Organization, such a force, made Ye Xiu a little tempted. However, he was a little reluctant to manage such an organization, mainly because he was a bit lazy, or perhaps he wasn't very good at managing forces, and he had no particular interest in it.

And another crucial point: Xie Xiaofeng wasn't dead at all!

With Xie Xiaofeng gone, Murong Qiudi had lost her goal and motivation, and was thinking of handing the Tianzun Organization over to Ye Xiu?

But if Xie Xiaofeng reappeared later, and Murong Qiudi knew he was still alive, would she try to wrest the Tianzun Organization back from Ye Xiu? This is also one of the reasons why Ye Xiu is reluctant to take over the Tianzun Organization.

The main reason is that he has not yet detonated the explosive Xie Xiaofeng.

Murong Qiudi was not in a hurry. She just sat aside and watched Ye Xiu struggling with interest. The

reason why Murong Qiudi said that she would hand over the Tianzun Organization to Ye Xiu was, on the one hand, to gain Ye Xiu's favor.

After all, she was going to hand over the Tianzun Organization to Ye Xiu. Whether Ye Xiu wanted it or not, he would have a good impression of Murong Qiudi.

On the other hand, Murong Qiudi also wanted to use the Tianzun Organization to stimulate Ye Xiu and see if Ye Xiu would write about Xie Xiaofeng in his diary.

Murong Qiudi still wanted to find Xie Xiaofeng, she still wanted to kill Xie Xiaofeng, but she also knew that even if she found Xie Xiaofeng, she might not be able to really do that to him.

Murong Qiudi looked at Ye Xiu quietly, and she couldn't help but feel a little subtle in her heart.

She had originally believed Xie Xiaofeng was dead, so to get closer to Ye Xiu, gain his favor, and earn rewards, she planned to commit herself to him.

After all, at that point, Murong Qiudi no longer believed in love and relationships, and giving her body to Ye Xiu was no big deal.

But to her surprise, after she had already given her body to Ye Xiu, she discovered from the diary that Xie Xiaofeng was still alive.

Murong Qiudi had only ever been with two men.

Xie Xiaofeng had left a deep impression, perhaps a shadow, on her. And yet, Ye Xiu, thanks to the diary and his good looks, seemed almost as good as Xie Xiaofeng.

Despite Murong Qiudi's desperate attempts to coax Ye Xiu into revealing Xie Xiaofeng's whereabouts in his diary, she likely

wasn't feeling the best. But when Xie Xiaofeng was finally found, her feelings might have been less than ideal. It's just that people are so strange.

"Miss Murong, please allow me to consider your invitation." Ye Xiu said he was considering it, but in fact he already had the idea of rejecting it.

The main reason was that Ye Xiu had cheats. Grandmaster, even celestial being, or even earthly immortal might not be his limit.

In the world of comprehensive martial arts, where personal strength is supreme, influence and other things, after reaching a certain level, are not important at all.