Volume 3: The Demonic Cult Advances Eastward Chapter 124: Besieged on All Sides
"Bang!"
In the ancient temple deep in the mountains, snow was flying all over the sky, covering the green tiles and the red walls.
Suddenly, a melodious bell sound was heard from the temple, ringing loudly and awakening the ears.
The temple gate was wide open, the hall gate was wide open, and in the hall a man was sitting with his back to the Buddha, cross-legged with his eyes closed, as if he was listening to the wind and snow, in a state of meditation.
On the mountain road outside the temple gate, a figure rushed over, his body was light and agile, and he hurried to the outside of the temple: "Master, the deputy master is here."
Qiu Xiaolou let out a long breath as if waking up from a dream. His breath was like a cloud dragon, shooting out from his throat and tongue, splashing in the white snow curtain: "It's good that you are here. Prepare to start the eastward journey. I can't wait to conquer this world."
The person who came was Tongtuo.
Tongtuo's facial features were stiff, and he seemed to be hesitant to speak. Facing Qiu Xiaolou's scrutinizing and questioning gaze, he moved his lips and quickly repeated what Li Muchan had said on the boat.
Qiu Xiaolou's majestic expression was no longer majestic, and his arrogant demeanor gradually dimmed in those words. When he heard Tongtuo say that "Palace Master Tianmei" had betrayed him, his eyes suddenly widened, like the angry eyes of a lion or tiger, and his whole body was filled with murderous aura, and his eyes turned black in an instant.
Looking at the bronze camel kneeling on one knee, not daring to look at himself, Qiu Xiaolou's eyes were bloodshot, and he suddenly raised his head to the sky and let out a loud roar: "Ah!"
Suddenly, a strong wind blew up in the hall, the roof tiles were shattered, and horrible and shrill roars like the roars of dragons and tigers surged out. The frost and snow above the entire Lingyin Temple suddenly became chaotic and turned into powder all over the sky.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Tongtuo lowered his head even more. He had indeed known that Sun Xingyu had other intentions, because this woman had once bewitched him and wanted to subdue him.
Just to preserve Qiu Xiaolou's reputation, and to prevent the leader from falling mad again and killing people like he did in the past, he could only suppress the matter in his heart, but he didn't expect Sun Xingyu to be so ambitious.
At the foot of the mountain, Li Muchan listened to the heartbroken, shocked and angry roars from the mountain and couldn't help shaking his head.
In fact, there was another sentence in his mind that he didn't say: "A bunch of idiots."
The goddess of bliss was very direct. She carefully looked around and then burst out laughing: "Such a huge foundation, it seemed that the hegemony was about to be achieved, but in the end it was destroyed because of a woman. Tsk, I really don't know whether to say that our leader is infatuated or has a problem with his brain."
Li Muchan stood in front of her, smiled slightly when he heard her words, raised an index finger to his lips, and warned casually: "Be quiet, I always feel that it is not good to kick someone when he is down."
The goddess of bliss nodded mischievously, and then sighed in a low voice: "This man is too blindly confident. Moreover, he is the man next to us, and he doesn't trust us. It is normal that his cleverness backfires. There are many stupider things in the world than this, but it is rare to have such a huge price."
"Yes," Li Muchan looked at the clouds and smoke rising from the mountain, his eyes narrowed slightly, "but his first reaction was not to come up with a timely response plan, but to scream heartbreakingly. How stupid."
Hearing the two men whispering at Qiu Xiaolou's feet, the faces of the two elders, Miao Tianwang and Tieyan, turned pale.
"What a pity," Li Muchan said slowly without panicking, "I was originally planning to use the momentum of the Demon Cult to fight those guys again. Women, beauty is the root of trouble. King You of Zhou lost his kingdom because of a woman, and now this man's ambitions have been shattered because of a woman."
Hearing this, the goddess of bliss said angrily, "That's not necessarily true. If King Kuaihuo had joined forces with Fairy Yunmeng, who in the world could have stopped him? But this man abandoned Wang Yunmeng just because her martial arts were too high, betrayed their vows, and ended up being deserted by everyone and dying without a burial place. He can only blame himself for being too stupid."
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
As they were talking, the bell on the mountain rang suddenly, loud and deafening.
Li Muchan laughed: "Finally you reacted, but it doesn't mean we will lose. With thousands of elite soldiers and a group of masters, if we mobilize them properly, we may have a chance to turn the situation around."
He turned around and warned the people behind him, "Now we are switching from offense to defense. You must be careful. Don't die with regrets when you are only one step away from wealth and glory."
"Ghost Prince!"
In the wind and snow, I suddenly saw a group of people rushing towards this side.
The first person to come forward was none other than Ma Kongqun.
The man's steps were sonorous and powerful, and his pace rose and fell in an orderly manner, like a wild horse galloping, and he came at an extremely fast speed.
Behind Ma Kongqun followed five burly men with swords. Each of them was holding a good sword, and they were all dressed very elegantly and luxuriously, with cold faces and cold eyes.
Li Muchan turned around and smiled: "Deputy Master Ma, are you going by land? Is the journey smooth?"
Ma Kongqun smiled but didn't say anything. A big man beside him raised his head and chest and said proudly, "With the support of the Five Tigers of the Peng family, even if things are not smooth, they can be smooth."
Tieyan and the other two shouted in unison , "How dare you!"
"It's okay," Li Muchan waved his hand and glanced at the five big men casually. "The people from Guanzhong's 'Five Tigers' have returned to the Peng family. Interesting. Who are you?"
The big man said in a deep voice: "Peng Lie!"
Li Muchan rolled his eyes and said, "I haven't heard of it."
Peng Lie's eyes widened, he pressed his knife and shouted: "You..."
"Young Master Ghost has become famous all over the world since he started out, and there are still many people who don't know him." Ma Kongqun held Peng Lie down and said with a fake smile: "Young Master took the water route?"
Li Muchan climbed the mountain step by step. Suddenly, a bell rang urgently, which meant he was summoning demons from all directions to discuss important matters.
"Yes, the road is really not peaceful," he said.
Ma Kongqun said, "Oh!" "I encountered many setbacks along the way, but luckily I was safe. However, I found that on the way here, those martial artists seemed to be retreating on purpose. I don't know why."
Miao Tianwang sneered and said, "Don't worry, you will know in a moment."
The two groups seemed to be born to dislike each other. Except for Li Muchan and Ma Kongqun who were walking in front and seemed to be on good terms with each other, the people behind them all showed murderous intent and looked at each other coldly.
At the same time, many people and horses came from the foot of the mountain one after another.
At this time, a red cloud was seen floating in the sky from afar, walking on the snow and frost without touching the ground. From a distance, it seemed like it was riding the wind. Strong winds swept around it, and the flying snow in the sky gathered into a ball three feet outside its body. Its movements were truly astonishing.
Before they could see clearly, red clouds came roaring and falling from the sky, landing in front of everyone.
The red cassock was rolled up, revealing a skinny and short figure.
Great elder.
The old lama looked solemn, but still greeted them: "I haven't seen you two vice-chairmen for a long time. I hope you are well."
It seemed as if he was jumping rather than walking. He was already three or four feet away with an odd gait.
Li Muchan asked curiously, "Where did the Great Elder go?"
The old lama did not hide it. He put his hands behind his back and said with a smile, "I went to Luoyang and broke into the headquarters of the 'Money Gang'."
Li Muchan's eyes flickered: "I'm afraid the interior is empty and there's no one in charge."
The old lama smiled and shook his head.
Seeing the other party's reaction, Li Muchan raised his eyebrows: "Could it be that I guessed wrong?"
The old lama looked at him and said in a deep voice: "Shangguan Xiaoxian is still in Luoyang, and seems to be practicing in seclusion. He is surrounded by strict security and many experts."
Li Muchan's expression changed, and he frowned and asked, "Did the Great Elder see it with his own eyes?"
The Great Elder nodded: "It's absolutely correct. I retreated only after I saw her with my own eyes."
Li Muchan frowned even more deeply. Now that the siege was complete, how could that person still be in Luoyang? Was the news of the alliance false? Or was he wrong?
A group of people walked into the "Lingyin Temple" and waited for each other to verify the information they had obtained, and their faces all looked grim.
Qiu Xiaolou looked frosty as he glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice, "What do you think we should do now?"
Ma Kongqun said in a deep voice: "Now that the situation is so critical, there will be many murderous intentions if we advance, and there will be endless murderous intentions if we retreat. What's more, Shangguan has not arrived yet. In my opinion, we still have a chance of winning. Maybe Mr. Ghost is overthinking. Of course... kill him."
The Great Elder's face was gloomy, his eyes sometimes flashed with sharpness, sometimes flashed with bloodshot. The situation was clearly very good yesterday, but now it was in imminent danger. How could he not be shocked and angry, but he felt more depressed and aggrieved.
He turned his head to look at Li Muchan and asked, "What do you think, sir?"
Li Muchan lowered his eyes, without thinking, and uttered only one word: "Guard!"
Finally, he added: "Now that the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light, we should remain unchanged in the face of all changes. With our confidence, even if they join forces, what can they do? Besides, the martial arts world in the north is empty..."
Before he could finish, Qiu Xiaolou's eyes turned red and his head turned dark. He said in a cold voice, "Go east, go east. We must go east. We must not give up all our efforts. Does the elder have any opinion?"
The old lama pondered for a moment and said, "Master, regardless of whether it is true or not, for safety's sake, it is better to head north first. After all, the northern martial arts world is empty. As long as we escape the encirclement and then join up with the tens of thousands of demons, the outcome will never change."
"Wait a minute," Ma Kongqun suddenly said, "Master, Great Elder, there may be something fishy going on here. Are we trapped in a siege because of Young Master Ghost's speculation? If it's false, wouldn't that mean we've given up on the current good situation? Besides, who knows if it's a deliberate trap? It would disrupt the morale of the army."
As soon as these words were spoken, the way the group of people looked at Li Muchan changed again.
After all, this man first betrayed the "Green Dragon Society" and then betrayed the "Golden Money Gang". It doesn't seem surprising if he has other ideas again.
Li Muchan laughed when he heard this. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Ma Kongqun with interest. He said calmly, "If the leader or the great elder doubts me, we might as well wait a little longer."
Ma Kongqun asked: "What are you waiting for?"
Li Muchan glanced at the sky, then at the people present, and said calmly: "Now that we are all gathered together, it is a great opportunity to catch you all in one fell swoop. If I were the Qinglong Society or the Money Gang, I would never let you go."
The elder's cheeks trembled, and he ordered outside: "Release all the falcons and keep an eye on the movements in all directions."
All of a sudden, one could see hawks soaring into the sky.
No one spoke, and the air was frozen like an iceberg that had not melted for thousands of years.
As the hours passed, the snow gradually weakened and the sky darkened, Ma Kongqun asked indifferently: "Young Master Ghost, do you have any more..."
"Bah!"
But a sharp eagle cry suddenly interrupted his words.
There was not just one cry, but the falcons circling in the sky all made noises one after another, and the cries never stopped.
Everyone's expression changed.
"Reporting to the leader, we have discovered the spies of the Central Plains martial arts world ."
After hearing the demons' report, Qiu Xiaolou asked expressionlessly, "How much?"
The bronze camel said in a hoarse voice: "A lot, everywhere."
In addition, a member of the Demon Cult suddenly came up from outside the temple with a miserable look on his face. He said in a hurry, "Master, a large number of people from the Jiangnan martial arts family were spotted 20 miles to the north."
Then the second one, the third one...
"Master, there are many people coming from the south to kill us."
“There are people in the west, too.”
"To the east are the people from the Qinglong Society."
…
Qiu Xiaolou stood up suddenly and said sternly: "Just follow what the Great Elder said... Brothers, follow me and kill them.!”
