The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, becoming a disciple of Yue Buqun.

Yue Buqun shook his head.

"It's nothing. Come with me. I have something to ask you."

Yue Buqun then led Lu Dayou to a secluded place before asking the question.

"Tell me about how you've been delivering meals to your senior brother over the past few months."

Lu Da was surprised, wondering why Yue Buqun was asking this, but he still answered honestly.

After listening, Yue Buqun pondered and found nothing wrong with it. Linghu Chong had been practicing his sword at Siguo Cliff for the past few months.

At this moment, Yue Buqun thought of something else.

"Last time I asked you to call your senior brother, why did you only come down the mountain the next day?"

Lu Dayou was also bewildered: "This disciple doesn't know either. When this disciple went to the Cliff of Contemplation to call the senior brother, the senior brother said he had to go back to the cave to pack his things. This disciple waited outside, but after waiting for a long time and seeing that the senior brother still hadn't come out, I thought I would go in to help pack. But then I fell asleep and didn't wake up until the next day. The senior brother said that I suddenly fainted after I went in. It's probably because I've been practicing too hard lately that I fainted."

Lu Da wondered if he had considered anything unusual; he didn't think Linghu Chong would lie to him.

Yue Buqun frowned after hearing this, and he understood.

"Okay, it's alright now."

Yue Buqun said to Lu Dayou, "Your senior brother may be right. Although you should be diligent in practicing, you should also pay attention to rest."

Lu Dayou quickly replied, "Yes, Master."

"Okay, let's go."

Yue Buqun waved his hand, told Lu Dayou to leave, and then stood still, his gaze looking through the clouds towards the summit of Jade Maiden Peak, where he seemed to see a figure.

For decades you've never bothered with anything related to the Huashan Sect, but now that you see the Huashan Sect in crisis, have you finally lost your temper?

……

Jade Maiden Peak.

Feng Qingyang stood in an open space, staring blankly at everything around him.

This place used to reek of blood, with large patches of dark red blood staining the stones.

However, as time passed, the stench of blood in this area disappeared, and the blood-stained stones became clean. Everything from the past has been washed away by the years and is no longer a thing of the past.

"Senior brother... junior brother..."

Feng Qingyang stood in the center, his eyes vacant.

A cold wind blew by, lifting his white hair and robes, making him look even more lonely and desolate.

After standing there for an unknown amount of time, Feng Qingyang seemed to finally come to his senses, his expression inexplicably aged even more.

Feng Qingyang took one last look at the place before leaving.

……

Below the cliff on the back of North Peak.

Ji Wushi was still waiting down there. Half a day had passed since those dozens of people went up, and he had no idea what was going on.

Not long after, a person ran over from the front of the mountain.

"Mr. Ji, Mr. Ji."

Upon seeing the man running towards him, Ji Wushi asked, "How did it go? Did you manage to break through?"

The man was about to speak, but hearing Ji Wushi speak first, he shook his head and said, "We can't get up there. The island lord sent me to ask you how things are going on your side. Have they gone up and started moving yet? Why is there still no movement from Thousand Feet Cliff?"

"No movement?"

Ji Wushi's gaze sharpened.

Those people have been up there for a while now, so they should have already started taking action. Why is there no sign of them making a move?

Ji Wushi suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Mr. Ji? Mr. Ji?"

Seeing that his plan had failed, the man from Long Whale Island remained silent and urged him repeatedly.

Ji Wushi came to his senses and was about to speak when suddenly there was movement above. Ji Wushi looked up and saw a figure falling downwards.

thump!

With a heavy thud, the figure crashed to the ground, his body torn to pieces, his face unrecognizable, and his brains and blood splattered everywhere.

"This……"

The man from Long Whale Island was shocked by what he saw, and Ji Wushi looked even more displeased.

He noticed the knife stuck in the man's back.

broken.

Upon seeing the man's dead state, Ji Wushi immediately knew that something was wrong.

"Mr. Ji, what's going on?"

The man sent by Sima Da looked greatly alarmed.

Ji Wushi shook his head and said, "They must have fallen into an ambush and have already perished up there."

"What...what should we do?"

The man was terrified upon hearing this.

These people were all experts, and they all died up there without a sound of water. This is going to be hard to explain.

"The most urgent task is to go back and report to the Holy Envoy as soon as possible."

Ji Wushi frowned.

Yes, yes.

As if waking from a dream, the man hurriedly prepared to go back and tell Sima Da and the others.

next second.

Click.

Ji Wushi withdrew his hand expressionlessly, and the person who had just been there collapsed as a corpse.

After killing the man, Ji Wushi prepared to leave.

We have to go.

Although we don't know what happened up there, judging from the bodies that fell down, those people up there must have been ambushed and probably wiped out. This is a huge responsibility, and he can't go back.

The idea of ​​attacking from the back of the mountain was his, and he was also the one who scouted the terrain. Now that so many people have died, he can't escape responsibility. Those people probably think he's an inside man who deliberately framed them.

Returning to the main camp now would likely be disastrous; Sima Da and the Four Immortals of Peach Valley would probably target him.

Ji Wushi had no intention of going back; he planned to just slip away and pretend he had never been there.

Chapter 205 Stalemate

Beneath the thousand-foot-high pillar.

Inside a tent camp.

"We haven't heard anything from Ji Wushi's side about what's going on."

A man frowned and said.

Sima Da and the White Dragon Gang's leader, Shi, remained silent.

They had heard of the perilous nature of Mount Hua when they came here, but they didn't really know much about it before. Now they had seen it for themselves. The Thousand-Foot Cliff alone blocked thousands of them from climbing up.

They have suffered heavy losses, with hundreds dead, and are unable to break through. Morale is wavering. If Ji Wushi's plan fails, they will be helpless.

Sima Da couldn't help but sigh slightly.

He truly hadn't expected it to be this difficult.

Bang!

One person slammed his fist on the table, making a loud noise.

"Is this unpredictable plan even going to work? It's been so long and there's been no news or any action from above."

The man was shouting and cursing loudly; he had a very volatile temper.

Upon hearing this, Sima Dacai remembered that the man he had sent out had not yet returned, so he immediately sent another subordinate to the back mountain to check what was going on. Half a day later, this man returned.

"Island Master, Island Master."

As soon as the man returned, he knelt down before Sima Da, looking terrified.

"Island Master, something terrible has happened! Zhang Lao Er has died in the back mountain."

Zhang Lao Er was the person who was sent out earlier.

Sima Da and the others immediately stood up.

"what happened?"

Sima said urgently.

The man then recounted the two corpses he had seen in the back hill.

The faces of everyone in the room were grim.

"What if we can't apply our strategies to others?"

A middle-aged man said angrily.

"I don't know. When I went there, I didn't see anyone, only Zhang Lao Er and another corpse."

The man hurriedly shook his head.

"Mr. Ji went up too?"

Some people even thought that Ji Wushi had also gone up the back mountain to launch a sneak attack.

"Still calling him Mr. Ji? What a load of rubbish!"