Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 175 Haitang in danger, the victim of evil spirits

Afeng's performance after leaving the mountain was not ideal.

He was too naive, and all his knowledge of the martial arts world came from his grandfather Yi Yun.

When his grandfather was fighting against King Xiaoyao, the entire martial arts world could be said to have contributed its manpower and strength.

But how can that time be compared with now?
At that time, two leaders stood up, one was the holy monk from Shaolin Temple in Song State, and the other was Yi Yun from Mingjian Villa.

Needless to say, Shaolin Temple had great heritage and reputation, and Mingjian Villa had not declined at that time.

If these two people showed up, not to mention fighting against King Xiaoyao, even if they wanted to start a rebellion, there would be a large group of people responding.

But now, Mingjian Villa has long been in decline. It is basically impossible for a young Yi Jifeng to mobilize so many forces with Yi Yun's letter.

Even if a few forces, out of Yi Yun's consideration, sent people to investigate the so-called Sun Moon Sect, but... where is the Sun Moon Sect?
Rebellion is not like treating someone to a meal; it cannot be accomplished on a whim.

It requires all kinds of careful planning and preparation.

The Sun and Moon Sect has just arrived in Song State and doesn't even know the situation here. How can they raise the banner of rebellion immediately?
Moreover, the Sun-Moon Divine Sect has abandoned its original name and adopted the slogan of the Ming Cult.

How could those forces possibly find out about the Sun Moon Sect?

Therefore, Yi Jifeng can be said to have suffered setbacks at every step.

Sitting on the street, I began to doubt my life.

"Haha, Yi Yun isn't afraid of ruining his grandson."

In the portable space, several projections floated in front of Zhou Ming. One showed Yi Jifeng, who was doubting his life on the street, while the other showed Yi Yun from Mingjian Villa.

There was an old man sitting next to Yi Yun.

If Yi Jifeng were here, he would naturally recognize that this old man was the owner of a villa who had driven him out of his home a few days ago.

His tone was quite harsh at that time, but now he was sitting in Mingjian Villa, chatting happily with Yi Yun.

“Brother, your grandson is well-mannered and quite capable. You have trained him well.”

Yi Yun shook his head. "You're just too green. You have nothing at all, yet you dare to show up and ask for money and effort without any real effort? Haha..."

"Well, the child is young, just practice."

The old man smiled.

Obviously, not all the setbacks Yi Jifeng had suffered these days were real. Another part of it was actually the result of Yi Yun's efforts behind the scenes.

Yi Yun nodded and continued, "Let's not talk about this anymore. Hasn't the Sun and Moon Divine Sect been found yet?"

"No..." The old man shook his head.

"Poisonous snakes hide in the dark, waiting for their chance. We must be on guard against them," Yi Yun said.

Then the two of them discussed how to deal with this matter.

Zhou Ming watched and listened carefully, nodding from time to time.

It is said that old ginger is still wise. These two people are worthy of being the older generation who have experienced the rebellion of King Xiaoyao. They have extremely rich experience in the martial arts world and have a deep understanding of worldly affairs.

Although no news about the Sun-Moon Divine Sect was detected, it was speculated that the Sun-Moon Divine Sect was still lurking and preparing, so a number of measures were taken.

Some of these methods can actually exploit the current loopholes of the Sun and Moon Sect.

After listening to this, Zhou Ming immediately sent a copy to Dongfang Bubai, asking her to check and fill in the gaps as soon as possible.

Suddenly, a flash of light appeared, and Xiao Ai appeared beside Zhou Ming: "Another good thing has happened."

"What? Let it out and see!"

Xiao Ai waved her hand and released a set of projections, but in a forest, a black figure waved a long sword and slashed out a blade of energy, with unparalleled dominance.

Opposite him, four warriors with strange looks were dwarfed by this sword energy and were in a panic.

"Why did they start fighting?"

Zhou Ming was stunned: "Xiao Ai, replay!"

"Yes!"

When Xiao Ai waved her hand, a new projection was released, which was the story before that.

This is also what Zhou Ming is most satisfied with.

Although the imprint function can monitor everything, it cannot be played back and can only be broadcast live.

If he missed something, he missed it and would never see it again.

But Xiao Ai can use her infinite computing power to monitor every mark, and at the same time, she can record some important things and replay them later.

However, because Ai's spiritual intelligence was only recently awakened and she was named a subordinate god, she is powerless to do anything about things that happened further back.

Fortunately, Zhou Ming knew the plot and could make his own guesses about some things.

Before, in order to avoid affecting his plan, Zhu Wusi sent his number one secret agent Shangguan Haitang to leave the capital and go out to look for Cheng Shifei.

Shangguan Haitang actually found it.

However, Cao Zhengchun was promoted to the position of Grand Chamberlain and once again took a high position.

He immediately decided to take revenge on Zhu Wusi, who caused him to lose his position as the director of the East Factory, and had been looking for an opportunity.

Suddenly, he heard his subordinates report that they had discovered Shangguan Haitang's whereabouts, so he sent people to intercept and kill him without hesitation.

The people he sent were the Five Poisons who were skilled in poison.

There are too many people in the world who are known as the Five Poisons, and these five people joined the East Factory, so they are called the Five Poisons of the East Factory in the world.

The lowest level of the five people's cultivation is the Xiantian Gangqi Realm, and the strongest one, Scorpion, has even reached the Xiantian Perfection Realm.

In addition, their poison skills are strange. When the five of them work together, even ordinary masters dare not provoke them easily.

In order to ensure smooth progress, Cao Zhengchun later sent another foreign aid.

Although Shangguan Haitang is proficient in medicine, divination, and astrology, his cultivation is the weakest among the four spies. It is okay for him to deal with one or two of the Five Poisons, but if all five of them join forces, he will surely die without even a fight.

If Cheng Shifei could use the Vajra Indestructible Magic Skill, he could temporarily become a master, but he also believed Gu Santong's dying words, thinking that the Vajra Indestructible Magic Skill could only be used five times in a lifetime, so he did not dare to use it casually.

In addition to the two of them, there is a third person, the current emperor's sister, Princess Yunluo.

Before, she and Cheng Shifei had a mutual affection for each other, but in the assessment deliberately designed by Zhu Wusi, she became one of the people who deceived Cheng Shifei, so Cheng Shifei left the capital sadly.

Now that I heard the news, I came to look for you and apologize.

But I didn't expect to encounter such a thing.

The three of them were being hunted by the Five Poisonous Creatures and fled to a dilapidated temple in the wild. Shangguan Haitang sprinkled some anti-poison powder to avoid the Five Poisonous Creatures.

However, they didn't expect that it was this action that allowed the Five Poisons to easily determine their location.

Outside the ruined temple, countless poisonous snakes were swimming around, spiders were running all over the ground, and there were scorpions, toads, and geckos hiding in the dark.

Fortunately, it was night. If it was daytime, I'm afraid this scene would make people's scalps tingle.

"Hmph! You're being too clever, thinking you can't be found by sprinkling anti-poison powder? We, the darlings, go everywhere except here. Where else can you hide?"

Scorpion sneered and mocked.

Inside the dilapidated temple, the three people looked grim, especially Shangguan Haitang, who had no idea that her cleverness would harm herself instead.

Just when Wu Du was about to attack the ruined temple directly, a black figure wearing a conical hat came straight towards them.

Holding a precious sword in his hand, he is obviously a man of the world.

"The East Factory is doing business, everyone else should stay away!"

Wu Du growled.

"East Factory?"

The man snorted coldly: "I'm looking for the East Factory!"

In an instant, he drew his sword, and a flash of sword light flashed across the night. The leading scorpion's head was separated and he fell to the ground dead.

The remaining four were shocked.

"This sword technique... who are you?" "Are you the number one secret agent of Hulong Villa?"

As members of the East Factory, the four immediately thought of their old rivals.

The man in black remained silent and just swung the knife in his hand again.

Sword shadows were everywhere, and sword energy was dancing wildly.

The Four Poisons only felt that the knife was as heavy as a mountain pressing down on them. Even though they joined forces, they could only barely cope with it.

I am afraid that after three or five moves, I and others will be completely no match for the opponent and will be easily killed by the opponent.

In fear, the four people shouted: "Why don't you take action?!"

"If we all die, you won't be better off!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a green sword shadow rushed over and blocked the domineering knife light.

"A bunch of rubbish! Go and capture those people in the temple!"

The person who suddenly appeared was the support sent by Cao Zhengchun later.

He has an ordinary face, but his makeup is lightly powdered and he wears a green robe, but it is embroidered with bright red peonies. He is a handsome man, but he has a feminine feeling.

The Four Venoms looked indignant, but did not dare to refute, and immediately turned around to attack the ruined temple.

Upon seeing this, the man in black swung his sword repeatedly. Every sword shadow that burst out was majestic and domineering, yet also sharp and unparalleled.

The green-clothed swordsman was not afraid at all. He danced the sword in his hand with incredible speed, and dozens of sword energies burst out in the space of a breath.

Although each sword energy is slightly weak, when dozens of them are released at the same time, the power is extremely strong.

In the portable space.

Zhou Ming stopped cracking melon seeds and said, "Why does this person look familiar?"

Xiao Ai's eyes moved: "This person's name is Wu Tong, and he is one of the victims of the evil-repelling plan."

"Wu Tong? It's him..."

Zhou Ming remembered this person.

This person was originally a warrior at the limit of the acquired realm. Although he had not broken through to the innate realm, he was still considered a superior person in the town where he lived.

But in the county town above their town, a big family colluded with ronin to fight against the Giant Whale Gang, and ended up facing revenge from the Giant Whale Gang.

This family was short of manpower, so they forcibly recruited warriors from within their sphere of influence to serve as cannon fodder.

Wu Tong and many people from the same town were forcibly conscripted, and most of them died within a few days.

That family was deeply rooted in the county, and only a small number of people from the Giant Whale Gang went there.

If we want to destroy it by force, I'm afraid the losses will be considerable.

In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the Exorcism Plan, and to dismantle the family's defense from within, the Giant Whale Gang sent many books on Exorcism Sword Techniques.

People from the same town of Wutong also received a copy.

Everyone gathered together to discuss how to deal with the situation.

Naturally, they were hesitant at first, but as the confrontation between the Giant Whale Gang and that county family became more and more intense, more and more cannon fodder died.

Seeing the people around them die one by one, everyone finally decided to practice the sword technique to ward off evil.

So who should practice?

After much discussion, the decision was made on Wu Tong, who had the highest martial arts skills, was not young anymore, and had children.

Wu Tong was naturally reluctant at first, but after being pleaded with by many of his fellow villagers, he finally relented and agreed to practice.

He was originally at the limit of acquired ability, but after practicing the Sword Manual of Exorcism, he easily broke through to the innate ability. While he had fellow villagers on the battlefield, he also seized the opportunity to cooperate with the Giant Whale Gang to counterattack the county family, and finally ended the war and saved all the remaining fellow villagers.

Afterwards, he returned home and was treated like a hero.

But only for one month.

A month later, he was faced with more and more rumors and complaints from his parents and wife.

Especially his son's gaze, which made him feel like his heart was being cut by a knife.

Finally left his hometown sadly.

The purpose of the Exorcism Plan is actually to recruit these Exorcism Sword practitioners to enhance the strength of the Giant Whale Gang.

Many victims of evil-warding schemes eventually end up in this path.

However, Wu Tong had fought with the Giant Whale Gang and had a deep hatred for it, so he did not dare to join the Giant Whale Gang and eventually defected to the East Factory.

There are actually quite a few people like him.

The East Factory can be said to be the biggest beneficiary of the Exorcism Plan, except for the Giant Whale Gang.

This is also the reason why Zhou Ming has an impression of him.

After all, what you can't get will always cause unrest.

If he joined the Giant Whale Gang, Zhou Ming might not even remember him.

"However, this person was originally only a post-natal cultivator. Even though he practiced a quick-learning martial art like the Exorcism Sword Technique, how could he have achieved such strength in less than a year?"

Zhou Ming was confused.

But he soon found the answer.

The Exorcism Sword Technique that Wu Tong displayed was not the original one. Many of its moves and the circulation of true energy were more ingenious.

"It seems that after joining the East Factory, someone gave me some guidance."

After all, the imperial palace is the source of the Exorcism Sword Technique.

There are many people in the palace who practice the complete version of the Sunflower Manual.

"However, he lacks a bit in terms of storing his true energy. Also, he really shouldn't have let those four poisonous creatures kill Shangguan Haitang."

on the screen.

The man in black saw that the four vicious people had already rushed into the ruined temple, and a hint of anxiety was clearly revealed in his eyes.

"Your mind is in turmoil." Wu Tong said indifferently. The sword in his hand was as fast as thunder, and he actually gained some advantage at this moment.

The black-clothed man's eyes turned cold, and the knife in his hand changed instantly, from the original sharp and domineering to a more purely domineering one.

And within this domineering attitude, there is a faint evil aura.

As the sword was slashed out, the pure sword light actually showed some black.

Wu Tong felt his eyes go dark in an instant. The knife light had not yet appeared, but a more evil force had already descended, causing him to feel a strange pain all over his body, as if he was being cut into pieces by a thousand knives.

Although this feeling only lasted for a moment, it made him distracted and he failed to respond immediately.

By the time he reacted, the blade emitting a faint black aura had already slashed towards him.

Wu Tong felt that something was wrong, and he tried his best in an instant, exerting his maximum speed, and finally dodged the knife light at the critical moment.

The knife light fell, and instantly left a deep knife mark more than ten meters long on the ground.

The man in black flashed past him and rushed directly into the ruined temple.

The Four Poisons had already started fighting with several people in the temple. The toad who was at the back clearly felt a sharp sword energy coming from behind.

He looked back and was horrified: "No..."

As soon as the word was uttered, the knife flashed and fell.

Amidst the blood, the man in black didn't even look, and the knife in his hand had already slashed at the remaining three people.

During the battle between the three, there was no time or ability to react. They just raised their hands and brought down their swords, and two streaks of blood burst out.

There was only one person left, Spider. Seeing that he was about to die and had no way to escape, he became ruthless and went straight for Princess Yunluo, the weakest among the three.

(End of this chapter)