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"What did you say? How is this possible? Do you think a mere Buddhist temple and a third-rate demonic sect could possibly breach the vast city of Lingzhou?"

Tang Jingshan was astonished, but it was Xuan Yang Daoist who spoke up after hearing the news.

Cheng Yefu hadn't appeared in the vicinity from the beginning, so many sect leaders thought Tang Jingshan was confident. However, they didn't expect that when he arrived, panting, he would bring them terrible news!

Tang Jingshan remained relatively composed. After refusing Tang Xi's offer of help, he grabbed Cheng Yefu's collar, gesturing for him to stand up. "What exactly happened? Tell me in detail."

Cheng Yefu wiped his face, forcefully drying the blood and sweat, trying to keep his voice from sounding too angry: "Those lunatics from the Demonic Sect actually broke the Qimen Formation on Mount Songyun and released the medicine puppets inside."

"Now, all those medicine puppets have fled to Lingzhou City at the foot of the mountain. The common people, without any martial arts skills, have already been transformed into medicine puppets. Now, only your disciples who remained in Lingzhou City, Master, are barely maintaining order."

Even a man of steel, recalling that scene, felt a pang of heartache.

Tang Jingshan seemed to have all his strength drained away. He staggered and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately Tang Xi caught him in time and helped him sit down in a chair.

"Father..." Tangxi's eyes were filled with tears. She knew that her father felt most sorry for those innocent people.

"And what about the soldiers in the city? Did you see who was controlling those drug-wielding puppets?"

Tang Jingshan clutched his chest with one hand and gestured to Tang Xi with the other that he was alright.

Cheng Yefu shook his head and said helplessly, "Even the government troops can't withstand those aggressive drug puppets. Now many people are hiding in the Heavenly Sword Hall, begging for the protection of the manor."

"But unexpectedly, this place is not immune either..."

Cheng Yefu fought his way up to the manor, only to find out that the manor had already been invaded by those people.

Su Ning brought over the first batch of antidote that Song Hengxue had just made, and handed it to Tang Jingshan and Tang Xi first, saying, "Uncle Tang, perhaps things aren't as bad as they seem."

Looking at Su Ning's calm expression, Tang Jingshan sighed inwardly, "You're still young and don't understand how ruthless they are, but I still can't believe they would use the lives of an entire city's inhabitants as leverage just to seize the Dragon Sparrow Blade?"

On the martial arts arena.

Xue Shazi and Chen Wujin supported each other, surrounded by corpses lying all around them.

But the two men who had killed their disciples stood perfectly still, blocking the final step in the fight to seize the sword.

However, if someone looked closely, they would notice that even though Lin Ci's back was still straight, his fingers holding the sword were trembling slightly and uncontrollably.

His knuckles turned white, and blood from the split between his thumb and forefinger trickled down the blade, condensing into a drop at the tip before falling to the ground and spreading into a small patch of dark red.

Yu Xinglai's situation wasn't much better than his.

He was known for his lightness skill, but his martial arts skills were inferior to Lin Ci's. At this moment, the injuries on his body were even more shocking.

However, his robe was a dark color, so it wasn't very clear.

Just as Cheng Yefu burst in through the mountain gate, the four of them took a halftime break in perfect unison, since continuing the fight would only result in mutual destruction.

Chen Wujin and Xue Shazi naturally valued their lives, and they exchanged a glance, both seeing the doubt in each other's eyes.

After all, almost everyone in the room had just heard the words: Lingzhou City... has fallen.

Xue Shazi looked at Chen Wujin suspiciously, "...Brother Chen, are these your men?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Wujin scoffed, "After cooperating with you for so long, how could you not know my strength?"

"My men are all on Mount Songyun right now. If I were truly that capable, I could have seized the Dragon Sparrow Blade all by myself."

Blood Fiend chuckled awkwardly, "It's not that I intentionally doubt Brother Chen, but who exactly wants to reap the benefits without lifting a finger?"

They had everyone in the room under their control. Even if Lin Ci hadn't fallen for their trap, what difference would it make? With the two of them working together, they would eventually find a chance to seize the Dragon Sparrow Blade.

But who would have thought that there was an unnamed servant with strange and unpredictable skills who fought for a long time and actually managed to get the antidote safely.

Thinking of this, he glanced indignantly at the girl's figure in the stands.

Chen Wujin pondered carefully who might possess such power to conquer Lingzhou City.

"I haven't seen him. Could it be him?"

Although Chen Wujin used that as a reference, Xue Shazi immediately denied it, "No, since the sect leader is traveling abroad while concealing his identity, he would never do something so ostentatious."

"You are truly loyal to the sect leader."

Chen Wujin recalled that day when the two of them were so humiliated, but he never expected that Xue Shazi would still be so loyal to him.

Seeing that they couldn't gain any benefit, another fisherman was preparing to reap the rewards.

Chen Wujin simply shouted at Tang Jingshan in the stands, "Master Tang, if you hand over the Dragon Sparrow Blade to us, Xue Sha and I can withdraw and no longer concern ourselves with your affairs!"

Upon hearing this, many sect leaders who had just taken the antidote and were recovering their strength angrily retorted, "You shameless little thief!"

"After you stormed into the martial arts arena, you went so far as to attack innocent civilians. And now you still have the nerve to come here and shout?"

Chen Wujin's face stiffened. He wanted to argue that the events in Lingzhou City had nothing to do with them, and that he didn't even know what had happened in Lingzhou City.

It wasn't until a disciple of the Blood Fiend Sect came running from the mountain gate to deliver a message that the two realized that the one causing chaos in Lingzhou City was actually the Medicine Puppet who had been trapped in the Qimen Formation of the Sword Casting Manor that night.

"You still say it wasn't the Wuxiang Sect?! They used us as cannon fodder, and then used the medicinal puppets you provided to attack Lingzhou City. You've been deceived by them from beginning to end!"

Chen Wujin looked at Xue Shazi with disappointment and thought that he should just stop calling him Xue Shazi and change his name to Xue Shazi (Blood Fool).

"No, absolutely not. Although they didn't tell us about this, it doesn't mean we're just pawns."

"Perhaps this is just his backup plan."

Xue Sha Zi already knows who is behind the scenes. Although he and Yin Ye are partners, he is actually the one who needs Yin Ye's help.

"Heh... let's see if they'll kick us aside after they get the Dragon Sparrow Blade!"

Chen Wujin clearly did not believe that the Wuxiang Sect would be so kind.

The argument between the two was naturally witnessed by many people in the stands, who only felt more and more confused.

"What exactly is going on?"

"Could it be that what Hall Master Cheng just said about Lingzhou City falling is false?"

"But besides the Demonic Sect, who else would dare to attack Lingzhou City?"

These smaller sects were naturally unaware of the appearance of the medicinal puppet in Lingzhou City. Apart from the major sects, Tang Jingshan kept this news a closely guarded secret.

The purpose was naturally to stabilize public sentiment, but now it's too late to hide it any longer. The demonic sect will inevitably make a comeback, and the peaceful days of the martial world will be gone forever...