The light of the sword is like the moon reflecting on Kyushu

Chapter 2071 The Traitor Appears
Chili's eyes widened in disbelief: "That boy actually survived and is now diligently practicing martial arts in preparation for going up the mountain? He's incredibly lucky!"

The White Lotus Venerable's smile grew even more benevolent, while the Crimson Light Venerable beside him grew increasingly ashen-faced, his complexion ashen!
Venerable White Lotus said softly, "That boy was indeed lucky, but those bandits were also true to their word. They agreed on 108 cuts and that was exactly what they said. They didn't dare to use too much force in any of the cuts, for fear that they might kill the boy if they used too much force!"

Chili shook her head, looking puzzled: "Are these robbers really that stupid? Why are they afraid of killing a boy?"

Venerable White Lotus said, "Of course, it's to protect their reputation! They can't break their promises, otherwise no one in the martial arts world will take them seriously! One hundred and eight cuts are not special treatment for the young man, but their rule! Whoever falls into their hands must endure these one hundred and eight cuts if they want to leave alive!"

Chili asked, "Did that boy really go up the mountain again?"

Venerable White Lotus laughed and said, "Anyway, it's just a legend, so let's just take it as true! It's said that he went there more than twice!"

Chili was startled: "What? He failed the second time?"

"Yes!"

"And then? Those people let him go?"

"Yes!"

"You... just let him go like that?"

"How could that be? Of course—he was stabbed 108 times twice before they let him go!"

"Two 108 stab wounds? Is there any part of his body that's even worth looking at?" It's hard to imagine what it would be like to have his whole body covered in knife scars!

"Whether he's presentable or not is unknown, but he made it down the mountain alive. It's said that some martial arts heroes who love a good show carried him down! Anyway, this incident caused a sensation throughout the martial arts world, and everyone is looking forward to the young man's third ascent of the mountain!"

Chili's eyes gleamed. "How can one not admire such a loyal and righteous young man?"

Venerable White Lotus said, "Because things got out of hand, the bandits dared not act rashly and could only follow the rules! But they were clearly afraid, so when the young man appeared on the mountain for the third time, many of the bandits' helpers appeared! But these helpers also dared not act rashly, because the young man also had many helpers! These helpers were all moved by the young man and came to help him spontaneously! So the final battle still took place between the young man and the bandits. This time, the young man killed two of the five bandits, but he was also seriously injured. As usual, the bandits slashed him three times with 108 cuts each!"

Chili was startled and covered her mouth, saying, "More than three hundred cuts?"

Venerable White Lotus said, "That's right! The force of each strike must be just right; if you use even a fraction more force, the boy will die!"

Chili said, "Even under these circumstances, these bandits still dare not exert much force?"

Venerable White Lotus's gaze was piercing: "Heroes from all over the world have gathered at the summit, under the watchful eyes of everyone. Do they dare to violate the rules they themselves set? Those are the very foundation of their existence!"

At this moment, justice and fairness are on the side of the boy. If the robbers dare to break the rules, they will be besieged by the heroes of the martial arts world!
Chili curled her lip: "So you're just shooting yourself in the foot?"

Venerable White Lotus laughed and said, "That's for sure!"

Chili asked, "And then?"

Venerable White Lotus said, "What's the suspense? Of course, the young man will kill all the remaining three bandits! It's just a pity—"

Chili frowned: "What's a pity?"

Bai Lian clasped her hands together, her face filled with sorrow and compassion: "It's a pity that the beauty has passed away, forever separated by heaven and earth. Young man, from this day forward, you must seal your heart and lock away your love!"

Chili's eyes immediately reddened: "Oh dear, the ending is so tragic!"

The White Lotus Venerable said, "After all this talk, all I really want to say is—it's not difficult to make someone suffer without dying!" As he spoke, he looked at the Crimson Light Venerable!
The forehead of the Crimson Light Venerable was covered in fine beads of sweat!
Feng Jiuxiao laughed, "Oh dear, Master, what's wrong? You're sweating in this freezing weather, are you hot?"

The Crimson Light Venerable immediately exclaimed in alarm, "It's not hot!"

"Then why are you sweating so much?"

"me……"

"Oh, you're not sweating from fright, are you?"

"me……"

Chili glared at him with her almond-shaped eyes: "What do you mean, 'I'? Didn't you keep calling yourself a 'poor monk'? What? Have you renounced your vows now?"

Helian Rongguang, Ouyang Zhong, and Zhang Deyi looked at each other in bewilderment!

This girl is really spicy!
Xiong Mengyan burst out laughing!
She suddenly realized that this sharp-tongued, relentlessly sarcastic girl was actually kind of cute!
Chili rolled her eyes at her: "What are you laughing at?"

Xiong Mengyan chuckled: "It's nothing."

Chili knew she wouldn't get any information from him, so she angrily turned back and glared at Venerable Crimson Light once more!
Crimson Light Venerable's body went limp, and he actually knelt on the ground, begging for mercy, young master!

Feng Jiuxiao feigned ignorance: "Why are you begging me? You haven't offended me!"

Crimson Light Venerable immediately pleaded with White Lotus Venerable, "Senior Brother, please spare me for the sake of our many years of friendship!"

Venerable White Lotus still wore a benevolent expression: "I'll let you go? Then who can let me go? You've been hiding right under my nose for so many years, do you think—Master will let me go?"

Chili's sense of justice surged twice: "Hey! That's not right of you! He's been lying low for so many years, and you're not the only one who didn't discover him, so why is the responsibility solely yours?"

Xiong Mengyan chimed in, "Exactly! Didn't even the Radiant Dharma King discover the Crimson Light Venerable's betrayal? Would a dignified Dharma King really let his disciple take the blame?"

Venerable White Lotus said, "Chi Mang is almost never at the Great Bright Temple. He doesn't even see Master once a year or several years. How did Master notice his abnormality?"

Duanmu Yan said, "While you bear responsibility for your oversight, the fact that no one in the entire Great Bright Temple could detect the unusual crimson light suggests that the Dharma King's control over the Great Bright Temple seems to be..."

Venerable White Lotus's expression changed drastically, and he abruptly stood up: "Insolence!"

He could understand Xiong Mengyan taking the opportunity to make trouble, and he could also understand Duanmu Yan, who was Xiong Mengyan's protector, stirring up trouble. However—he could not tolerate the slightest disrespect towards his master, the Bright Dharma King! He would rather bleed five steps than allow his master to be desecrated in the slightest!
Wang Sheng immediately tugged at Duanmu Yan's sleeve and whispered, "This is their territory. If a fight breaks out, we won't stand a chance!"

Duanmu Yan naturally knew the importance of things. There were three experts at the ninth realm in Guangming Temple. Of course, Chi Mang could be excluded. There were also Venerable Bailian and Venerable Lanzhi. There were at least thirty people at the peak of the eighth realm!
Wang Sheng and Duanmu Yan respectively restrained Bai Lian and Lan Zhi, so Xiong Mengyan naturally had to face thirty peak eighth-realm cultivators alone! Although she had the Seven Absolute Demonic Zither, the opponents were also members of the Demonic Sect, and their martial arts were similar. They would likely have some immunity to the Demonic Zither, so using the Demonic Zither against the monks of the Great Bright Temple was not a wise move. All that was left was to fight them head-on!

Although Xiong Mengyan already possessed double the strength of a Glazed Realm expert, facing thirty peak eighth-realm experts alone was still extremely dangerous! What's more, there were also sixty or seventy sixth- or seventh-realm experts?
As for Feng Jiuxiao and the others, they'll definitely sit back and watch the show! Both sides are members of the Demonic Sect, so he won't care who dies!
After thinking for a moment, Duanmu Yan had no choice but to suppress her anger and start drinking the vegetarian porridge! She acted as if nothing had happened!
A true man should be able to bend and stretch when he walks in the world!

Seeing that Duanmu Yan's side was showing signs of backing down, Venerable Bailian naturally decided to go along with it. He shifted his gaze back to Venerable Chimang, "Confess honestly!"

The Crimson Light Venerable kowtowed repeatedly: "I'll confess honestly! I'll confess honestly!"

Ouyang Zhong frowned and muttered, "This guy's too spineless! He gave in before anything even happened! I still prefer his arrogant attitude from earlier!"

Helian Rongguang sighed: "Can we not back down? If we don't back down, those 108 cuts won't just be legends, they'll become reality, and we'll experience them firsthand!"

Ouyang Zhong was taken aback upon hearing this. "That's right, how could I forget about that? What the White Lotus Venerable was trying to say for so long was how outrageous their torture methods were, and his purpose was to intimidate this Crimson Mang into confessing the truth, right?" Zhang Deyi said, "That's right, the White Lotus Venerable has achieved his goal. Crimson Mang has already been so frightened that he's kneeling down and begging for mercy!"

Venerable White Lotus coldly stared at Crimson Light, "You'd better confess honestly, no one will plead for you anymore!"

Crimson Light Venerable gritted his teeth, knowing he couldn't avoid this hurdle today, and said in a deep voice, "Are you sure you want to listen here?"

Chi Mang found it strange; there were so many people and so much chatter here, why was Bai Lian interrogating him here?
Bai Lian glanced around and saw that all the monks were sitting upright as if in meditation, but their eyes were all looking in this direction. She then waved her hand to signal everyone to leave first!

The monks all left their seats.

Venerable White Lotus said to Feng Jiuxiao, "The reason I don't want to take him out for a separate interrogation is because I feel this place is the safest! Once he's out of your sight, his life and death will be out of your control!"

Feng Jiuxiao asked, "You realized that his accomplices are here?"

Venerable White Lotus said, "Yes! Based on my understanding of the Holy Venerable, he would never let his pawns fight alone, as the chances of them being defeated are extremely high. He would definitely send multiple spies to support each other! In fact, I have always suspected that he has planted spies here, but I have observed and tested for a long time without finding any clues! If it weren't for your reminder, young master, I would still think that this Crimson Light is my most trustworthy junior brother!"

Upon hearing this, Chi Mang's lips twitched involuntarily!
If there were no compelling reasons, who would betray them?

The monks retreated like a tide, and suddenly—three beams of dark light shot out from the crowd!
The event was sudden and swift!
The speed was far beyond everyone's imagination!

Venerable White Lotus was utterly shocked!
He hurriedly waved his sleeve, trying to use his Iron Sleeve Technique to catch the three hidden weapons! After all, he didn't know if the hidden weapons were poisoned, so he couldn't risk catching them with his bare hands!
Venerable White Lotus's face turned ashen!
The three streaks of black light were so fast that before his sleeve could even reach the hidden weapon, the weapon was about to hit Chi Mang!

Intuitively, those three hidden weapons must have been enhanced by some kind of divine artifact; otherwise, they couldn't have been so fast or had such a fierce momentum! The power of these hidden weapons was enough to break through the glass shield of a peak ninth-realm expert! Crimson Light must be injured!
Just as Venerable White Lotus was bracing for Crimson Light to be severely injured by the hidden weapon, the three streaks of dark light suddenly stopped in front of Crimson Light! They were only a few inches apart!
Cold sweat rolled down Chi Mang's forehead again!
I was just a hair's breadth away from losing my life!
That despicable Holy Lord actually sent someone to assassinate me! To cross the river and then discard the bridge, to use the millstone and then kill the donkey? Hmph! Since you've been so heartless to me, don't blame me for being ruthless in return!
"I'll confess everything!"

Feng Jiuxiao ignored him and stared at the crowd, shouting, "Stop!"

The monks all stopped to watch.

Feng Jiuxiao said, "You, turn around!"

The monks looked at each other, wondering who he was talking about!

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Stop looking around, it's you! The one with the red mole between your eyebrows, turn around!"

The person with the mole between their eyebrows was immediately astonished!
How did this kid know he had a mole between his eyebrows when he only saw the back of his head?
He really wanted to run away!
But the reality was that all the monks were watching him, and without realizing it, they formed a circle around him, surrounding the monk with the mole between his eyebrows.

Pang Shiwu said, "In this situation, I'd like to compose a poem!"

Chili pepper feigned disdain: "Oh my, I didn't know you could recite poetry."

Pang Shiwu feigned smugness: "I can recite the poems written by the ancients. What's so difficult about that?"

Chili said, "I knew it! It was just reciting poetry. I thought you were going to improvise a poem on the spot!"

Pang Shiwu said: "The bow and arrow pierce the moon, chasing the silver lion; the iron hooves tread on the snow, shattering the black ice. The deer whistle wails, enticing the male deer; the golden ring and leopard's talon lock the throat with a stench."

Feng Jiuxiao was the first to clap!
Chili was also stunned, then clapped!

Yuan Zishan laughed and said, "Well done, Fifteen! You've changed so much in just a short time, impressive!"

Pang Shiwu feigned seriousness, "So-so."

The monk with a mole between his eyebrows suddenly waved his sleeves, creating a strong wind that blasted towards the other monks!
The monks all struck out with their palms to protect their chests and abdomens. The palm winds surged, and with a loud bang, the man with a mole between his eyebrows was blasted back several steps by the monks' palm force. His body swayed, and he spat out a mouthful of blood!

Venerable White Lotus sneered, "Trying to run away?" With a wave of his sleeve, a strong wind surged, and the monk with a mole between his eyebrows was captured from afar!
With a swift movement of his right hand, he had already grasped the other person's throat!

"Speak! Who else?"

The monk with a mole between his eyebrows, despite having his vital points controlled, still sneered: "Kill me or torture me, it's up to you!"

Venerable White Lotus chuckled: "Fine! You really think I won't make a move?" He pointed his left finger at the other's "Shanzhong" acupoint!

A wisp of true energy was injected, like countless ants burrowing into the body, causing an unbearable tingling and itching sensation!
"Wu Yi, you only have two chances, and you've already wasted one. If you confess before I increase the pressure a second time, I'll stop the torture. Otherwise, you can expect to be tortured to death!"

Wu Yi felt as if thousands of ants were biting her all over her body, and the pain was getting stronger and stronger. If this continued, she probably wouldn't be able to hold on for long without Bai Lian increasing the force!

He gritted his teeth and said, "I'll confess! I'll confess everything!"

Venerable White Lotus said, "Han Yuan! Zhan Qing!"

His disciples, the monks Hanyuan and Zhanqing, immediately stepped forward and said, "Disciples are here!"

"Take him away and interrogate him thoroughly, the more detailed the better!" Venerable White Lotus casually sealed more than a dozen major acupoints on Wu Yi's body, completely immobilizing him!
Hanyuan and Zhanqing laid Wuyi down and carried her out like a corpse!
The Venerable White Lotus then said, "Xuran! Xue!"

Xu Ran and Xue stepped forward: "Disciples are here!"

The White Lotus Venerable pointed at the kneeling Chi Mang, "Lock him up too, and interrogate him properly! Interrogate him separately from Wu Yi to prevent them from colluding!"

Xu Ran and Xue Xue simultaneously clasped their hands together and said, "Yes, Master!" The two of them rode away on the crimson light!

"Young master, what time will we depart tomorrow?"

Feng Jiuxiao asked, "What? Are you giving it to me?"

Venerable White Lotus said solemnly, "Not only must we deliver it, we must deliver it to its destination!"

Feng Jiuxiao feigned politeness: "How can we let the Venerable One escort us so far? Don't bother escorting us tomorrow morning, we'll leave at daybreak!"

Venerable White Lotus said solemnly, "How can this be? We must deliver it! Otherwise, we won't be able to explain ourselves!" His expression was even slightly exaggerated as he spoke!
Chili frowned immediately: "Well, now I realize, you just want to come with us?"

Venerable White Lotus chuckled: "You won't kick me out, will you, Miss Chili?"

Chili pondered for a moment, then said seriously, "How could I have the right to kick you out? But I'm reminding you, you can come along, but you must keep your distance from us! After all, we have female relatives!"

Venerable White Lotus clasped his hands together in utmost devotion: "I will follow your teachings!"

Feng Jiuxiao deliberately kept a cold expression: "Did I agree?"

Chili immediately grabbed Yuan Zishan's arm, deliberately provoking her: "My lady agrees, that's all that matters! Does it matter whether you agree or not?"

Feng Jiuxiao touched his nose, "Good, good, good!"

Having achieved his goal, Venerable White Lotus was satisfied and immediately said, "Please continue with your business. This humble monk has an important task to complete, so I will not keep you company any longer!" He was going to interrogate Wu Yi and Chi Mang overnight to give his master an explanation!
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