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

Yue Buqun looked at the endless darkness below the Thousand-Foot Pavilion and shook his head.

It had all been planned beforehand: Jiang Ning and his men would set fires below when they made their move, and as soon as the people above saw the flames, it meant they could proceed.

Ning Zhongze, Tianmen Daoist, and Abbess Dingyi, among others, stood behind, ready to respond at any moment, their expressions serious.

Behind them stood disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect, all staring intently ahead, waiting for Yue Buqun's order.

Having held out for so many days, they were extremely nervous when they heard that a major counterattack was finally about to begin.

"Master, there's a fire! There's a fire!"

Linghu Chong suddenly widened his eyes and pointed at the firelight rising in the distance, shouting repeatedly.

Yue Buqun's eyes lit up, and with a clang, he drew his sword and raised it above his head.

"Disciples of the Five Mountains, follow me down the mountain to slay the enemy!"

Yue Buqun shouted loudly and charged down the Thousand-Foot Tower in the next second.

"kill!"

Ning Zhongze drew his sword and shouted, following closely behind Yue Buqun. Then came Ding Jing, Ding Yi, the Diancang Twin Swords, and others, followed by the disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect.

"What's the situation over there?"

Those people in the camps near Qianchizhuang saw the distant firelight and asked a question in confusion.

"Something must have gone wrong. We need to get there quickly."

One of them said with a serious expression.

Just as this group was about to set off, commotion came from the direction of Thousand Feet Pavilion.

Bang!

Yue Buqun landed first, and the next second his figure shot towards the enemy camp like an arrow.

Before these people could react to the person rushing down from the top of the Thousand-Foot Cliff, Yue Buqun had already charged over.

"kill!"

Ning Zhongze also rushed down and saw her husband slaughtering people in the crowd. She then chased after him, and then Dingyi, Dingjing, and the others also charged out.

puff!

Yue Buqun swung his sword and killed one person instantly.

Yue Buqun, wielding a sharp sword, leaped through the crowd, leaving behind several corpses wherever he went, his sword already stained with blood.

"what!!!"

One person was caught off guard and had a handful of ash thrown in his face by a Taishan disciple, causing him excruciating pain in his eyes.

"These evil forces have turned against us! Today, we will uphold justice on behalf of Heaven!"

The Taishan disciple shouted sharply, his hands still busy applying lime powder.

Besides him, all the other disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect were the same, even the Hengshan Sect was the same.

The nun Dingyi and the Taoist Tianmen, who were fighting in front, looked at the actions of their disciples behind them with complicated expressions, as if they had a thousand words to say.

After the ambush on the enemy in the back mountain, they learned that their disciples had been influenced by Lu Dayou and others from the Huashan Sect. Now, seeing their disciples using lime powder against the enemy, they didn't know what to say.

They are from the Five Mountains Sword Sect, a renowned sect in the martial arts world. It would be shameful to spread the word that they used such methods against these people, but they have to admit that this method is indeed somewhat effective in reducing casualties among their own disciples.

This was a life-or-death moment. The enemy outnumbered them several times over, making such a battle extremely dangerous. To stop them would be to disregard their lives. These were their own disciples, and Dingyi and Tianmen Daoist could not bear to watch them die in front of them.

After hesitating for a moment, Abbess Dingyi decided to ignore it. Even the pedantic Taoist Tianmen said nothing and pretended not to see it.

"Behold my Cloud-Smoke Hand Technique!"

At this moment, a disciple of the Taishan Sect was throwing lime while laughing loudly. He was the disciple who had reached an agreement with Lu Dayou.

Upon hearing his words, the Taoist Tianmen, who was in the middle of killing someone, turned around and glared at him.

Your master is still here.

I can pretend I didn't see it, but could you please not be so arrogant? Didn't you see that the disciples of the Huashan Sect are all very low-key?

"Hahahaha, watch my Clouds and Smoke Hand technique!"

Lu Dayou laughed heartily, holding a sword in one hand to fight his enemy, while occasionally pulling out a handful of lime powder from his pocket and throwing it out at tricky angles, making it impossible for anyone to defend against.

"Senior Brother Lu, there's something special about your angle."

The Taishan Sect disciple's eyes lit up when he saw the angle at which Lu Dayou had just thrown the lime powder.

Practice makes perfect.

Lu Dayou responded with a chuckle and a compliment.

"Junior brother, you're quite skilled too."

After reaching that consensus, the two got together to study various uses of lime powder. Many of their ideas coincided, and they felt like they had known each other for a long time. They wished they could become sworn brothers.

The other Huashan disciples and Hengshan and Taishan disciples were originally very low-key, but seeing Lu Dayou and this Taishan disciple being so arrogant, and their own masters not saying anything and acting as if they couldn't see or hear anything, they became bolder. Some Hengshan female disciples even started to let loose and imitate Lu Dayou and this other person.

Yue Buqun, who was fighting the enemy at the front, couldn't help but turn around and glance at Lu Dayou.

Although Jiang Ning was the first to use lime powder attacks, it was this kid Lu Dayou who truly popularized and spread it to the other Five Mountains Sword Sects.

His reputation is almost ruined by Lu Dayou.

……

Carriage.

"Your subordinate offers a toast to the four holy envoys."

Sima Da raised his wine cup and offered a toast to the Four Immortals of Peach Valley.

"One cup after another."

Tao Ye Xian chuckled, picked up his wine cup, and downed it in one gulp.

“Your Excellency, please forgive my bluntness, but that old Jia is just a good-for-nothing who is waiting to die. He has no way of fighting his way up Mount Hua. He is wasting his energy and betraying the trust of the four Your Excellencies.”

Sima Da then began to speak ill of Master Mo Da in front of the Four Immortals of Peach Valley.

"Oh, Old Ma."

Tao Genxian raised his hand and said to Sima Da, "We know you're unhappy with Lao Jia, but we think what he said makes a lot of sense."

"Yeah, yeah."

Peach Blossom Fairy echoed this sentiment.

"But delay could lead to unforeseen circumstances. If we stay here too long, and the major righteous sects like Shaolin and Wudang come to support the Huashan Sect, our chances will be slim."

Sima Da, too lazy to dwell on the mistake of calling Tao Gen Xian, raised his concerns.

"..."

Hearing Sima Da's words, the Four Immortals of Peach Valley remained silent.

At first, the Four Immortals of Peach Valley thought they could use this opportunity to attack the Huashan Sect to avenge Ren Yingying and their two brothers, and prove that they weren't fools. But now they no longer had any illusions. They just needed to honestly complete the task assigned by Ren Yingying. Now, Master Mo's decision was in line with their expectations.

As for the problem Sima Da mentioned, they weren't too worried. Ren Yingying had told them before they came that they should stall for as long as possible to attract the attention of both the righteous and demonic factions. If Shaolin and Wudang sent reinforcements, they could pretend to negotiate and then retreat.

Remembering what Ren Yingying had said to them when she arrived, Tao Genxian tried to calm Sima Da down, but before he could speak, a commotion broke out outside the carriage.

"Oh no! Oh no!"

A person rushed in, stumbling and crawling to the Four Immortals of Peach Valley, looking panicked.

"What kind of panic is this? What happened?"

Sima Da stood up and shouted sternly.

"We've been ambushed, and the Five Mountains Sword Sect has begun its counterattack."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Sima Da was taken aback, as were the Four Immortals of Peach Valley.

"Do they dare to attack us?"

They've been besieging the mountain for so many days. Although hundreds of people died during the attack, including many experts, it doesn't mean they can't defeat the Five Mountains Sword Sect. If the Five Mountains Sword Sect abandons their terrain advantage and comes down to fight them, they will definitely win.

Could it be that the Five Mountains Sword Sect has gone mad with greed and loss?

"They have helpers."

The man looked panicked and quickly explained what was happening outside.

"That old Jia betrayed us! They colluded with us from the inside and killed many of our people. All our experts are dead, all of them!!"

"What??"

Upon hearing this, Sima Da's eyes widened, and the Four Immortals of Peach Valley were dumbfounded.

Did Lao Jia betray them?

Sima Da panicked, took two steps forward, grabbed the man's collar, and shouted sternly, "Are you telling the truth?"

"really."

The man responded in a flustered manner.

Sima Da continued, "How many people are there on the other side in total?"

"I don't know, I don't know, I only know that there are many of them."

The man was in a panic and shook his head frantically: "So many of us have died. We couldn't hold them off at all. So many people have run away, including Chief Shi and his men."

Upon hearing this, the Four Immortals of Peach Valley sat there in a daze.

"It's over, it's over."

Tao Genxian murmured these two words.

"What to do? What to do?"

Peach Leaf Fairy also cried out in panic.

Even the four of them knew that this matter had become a big deal.

"Holy Envoy, we must go."