Volume 3 Huashan Xiaoao Chapter 20: I Am Honest and Open in Songshan
Seeing this, Linghu Chong was about to jump onto the roof to help Dingyi, but was stopped by Su Yan.
"Don't worry, there must be someone else hiding in the dark, let's wait and see."
Seeing that the seven men's martial arts were obviously inferior to Ding Yi's, and hearing what Su Yan said, Linghu Chong stood on the street and watched Yizhi and the other nuns.
When Dingyi was fighting fiercely with seven men in black, another black man came up and used tiles as hidden weapons to drive away the seven men in black.
Ding Yi subconsciously attacked the new black-clad man, but the man pulled off his veil in time and said, "Wait a minute, Master. It's me."
"Lu Bai?" Ding Yi was surprised. " Why here?"
Lu Bai said, "I was also ordered by the head of the sect to go to Fujian to stop the Demon Cult from seizing the Sword Manual of Exorcism. I didn't expect to meet the nun here in Erbapu."
"Thank you, Senior Brother Lu, for helping me out."
As they spoke, the two of them landed on the street.
Lu Bai glanced at Linghu Chong but didn't recognize him, so he didn't care.
In fact, he had noticed it since Linghu Chong caught up with the people from Hengshan Sect, but like Ding Yi and others, he thought that Linghu Chong was just a useless general.
Then, Lu Bai misled Ding Yi into thinking that the man in black was the Seven Star Messenger of the Demon Cult.
Then he invited nuns including Dingyi and Yizhi to another inn to discuss helping to find the missing disciples of the Hengshan Sect.
As it was inconvenient for Linghu Chong to go in, he secretly stood by the window and listened to the conversation inside.
Lu Bai started with an opening remark that "the Five Mountains are of the same origin", and took the opportunity to talk about the merger of the Five Mountains. He told Ding Yi that as long as he agreed to the merger, they would help find disciples for the Hengshan Sect.
At this point in the plot, in Su Yan's opinion, the purpose of the Songshan Sect has become very clear.
He wanted to use the lives of all the Hengshan sect disciples to force Dingyi to agree to the merger of the Five Mountains sects and to appoint Zuo Lengchan as the new leader of the Five Mountains sect.
But Dingyi decisively refused, scolded Lu Bai, Zuo Lengchan and even the entire Songshan Sect, and slammed the door and left.
Seeing this, the other disciples of Songshan Sect who followed Lu Bai wanted to attack Ding Yi directly, but were stopped by Lu Bai.
"Senior Brother Lu..." Zhao Sihai, one of the Thirteen Guardians, wanted to say something but was stopped by Lu Bai.
He looked towards the window, obviously aware that someone was eavesdropping.
Upon seeing this, Linghu Chong simply left and continued to "harass" nuns such as Master Dingyi.
After letting the other Songshan disciples disperse and making sure that no one was around, Lu Bai said to Zhao Sihai, Zhang Jingchao, and Sima De, "There are seven little nuns outside. If we take action now and one of them escapes, it will ruin the master's plan. It is safest to pretend to be a demon sect."
Zhang Jingchao said, "That general is suspicious and in the way. It was because of him that I couldn't deal with the seven little nuns as planned. How about we get rid of him first?"
Lu Bai frowned, obviously doubting the "general", but after a moment's hesitation he said, "It's better not to make things complicated. Then I'll have the three heroes of Jibei lead Ding Yi out of the town, and you guys can find a chance to take action against the seven little nuns.
Humph, I just don't believe it. The lives of the Hengshan sect disciples are in our hands, and Ding Yi still refuses to surrender!"
On the other side, Linghu Chong asked in a secluded corner, "Grandmaster, since you are sure that Lu Bai and others kidnapped the Hengshan Sect disciples, why didn't you let me take action just now?"
"Even if this is true, do you have any evidence?" Su Yan asked back.
"Uh, there's no evidence." Linghu Chong was helpless.
Su Yan added: "Don't worry, since Lu Bai wants to use the Hengshan disciples to force Ding Yi to agree to the merger, he will not hurt the Hengshan disciples at will.
I guess he will make another move later and kidnap the remaining Hengshan disciples. You just need to follow them secretly and find the place where they hide the Hengshan disciples, and then you can catch them red-handed."
Linghu Chong nodded, "Disciple understands."
Seeing that Lu Bai and other disciples of Songshan Sect refused to help, Dingyi took Yizhi and other disciples of Hengshan Sect to search in the town.
However, because she was afraid that Yizhi and others might also be captured, she did not dare to let her disciples search separately, so the efficiency of the investigation can be imagined.
Linghu Chong was afraid that Master Dingyi would be ambushed, so he couldn't leave and followed her secretly.
Just like that, Ding Yi, along with Yi Zhi and other disciples, searched the town for nearly half an hour but still found nothing. When they were getting annoyed, they saw a few men in black passing by in front of them, so Ding Yi chased after them without thinking.
She had high level of Qinggong and immediately left Yizhi and other disciples behind.
Linghu Chong immediately hid more carefully to avoid making those people feel afraid.
Unexpectedly, a man in black flew in front of him and said in a strange voice: "General, it is better not to meddle in other people's business when you are away from home."
"Damn it." Linghu Chong spoke in Shandong dialect. Just as he was about to curse the man in black, he suddenly heard the nuns including Yizhi screaming.
Then his expression changed, and he used his fingers as a sword to attack the man in black directly.
Although the man in black was on guard, he did not expect that the "General Caoba" was so skilled in martial arts that he was injured in two moves and his acupoints were pressed.
Linghu Chong pulled off his veil and saw that it was Zhang Jingchao, one of the Thirteen Guardians of Songshan, so he quickly chased after Yizhi and others who were being tricked.
He had cultivated his Qi to the sixth level of the acquired realm, and in the past six months he had also practiced the Golden Goose Kung Fu. His lightness Kung Fu was much higher than before, and he soon caught up with the black-clad men who had kidnapped Yizhi and the others.
At this time, the sound of fighting was heard coming from the front.
When Linghu Chong followed the men in black, he saw seven men in black besieging Ding Yi, and lying on the ground beside them was the missing nun from the Hengshan Sect.
What's strange is that there was a group of people in black who were only guarding these nuns, but did not participate in the siege of Master Dingyi.
Su Yan transmitted his voice, "The group of black-clothed men who are holding the Hengshan must be Lu Bai and other Songshan disciples. They don't know your identity yet and will not harm the Hengshan disciples for the time being. Just go and deal with them."
Linghu Chong was thinking the same thing, so he rushed over and shouted, "Well, you dared to rob the little nun in broad daylight, no, in broad daylight and moonlight. Now that I have come across you, why don't you surrender, you thieves?"
As he spoke, he had already jumped in front of a man in black, and knocked the man away with his newly learned Frost-breaking Palm, and snatched his sword.
Seeing this, someone among the men in black immediately called out, "This guy is amazing! Everyone, come on together!"
In the darkness, the black-clothed man's pair of iron claws emitted a strange light. As soon as Linghu Chong touched them, he was sure that this man was Lu Bai, the Crane Hand.
So, according to Su Yan's previous plan, he deliberately knocked off Lu Bai's veil first.
At the same time, perhaps because of the fight, his beard fell off.
Therefore, before he could reveal Lu Bai's identity, he heard Lu Bai's surprised voice: "Linghu Chong?!"
Seeing that his identity had been revealed, Linghu Chong simply stopped pretending and shouted coldly, "Lu Bai, I didn't expect that you Songshan Sect were so despicable. In order to force Hengshan Sect to merge with them, you actually held Hengshan Sect disciples hostage to threaten Master Dingyi!"
At this time, Ding Yi also avoided the three heroes of Jibei and others and retreated to the side of Linghu Chong.
She glared at Lu Bai and said in a hateful voice, "Lu Bai, if your Songshan Sect behaves like this, how can you still be considered the righteous martial arts sect? How can you be qualified to be the leader of the Five Mountains? Aren't you afraid of being spurned by your fellow martial artists if the news gets out?!"
Lu Bai's face was gloomy at first, but after listening to Master Dingyi's words, a fierce look flashed in his eyes, and he laughed loudly, saying, "Spread it out? You will all die here today, who can spread it out?!"
After hearing this, Linghu Chong raised the heavy sword to his shoulder and said with a smile, "With your mediocre skills, you still want to silence us? I'm afraid you are dreaming because it's getting dark."
Lu Bai was angry that Linghu Chong had ruined his plans, so he glared at him and said, "Linghu Chong! You are just a junior from the Five Mountains Sword Sect, don't become arrogant just because you have improved your martial arts skills!
I heard that Yue Buqun wants to train you to be the next leader. It's just right. We will capture you alive today and make your Huashan Sect agree to merge with you! "
After saying that, Lu Bai waved his hand, and the dozen or so men in black surrounding Linghu Chong and Ding Yi rushed over together.
