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

Her words caused both of them to frown simultaneously.

Zuo Lengchan frowned as he looked at her.

"Today's matter is an internal affair of our Five Mountains Sword Sect and has nothing to do with your Emei Sect. Do you want to interfere?"

Fang Zheng's expression was also very cold.

Emei Sect.

It's the Emei Sect again.

Chapter 389: You'd better speak up!

"How can it not be unrelated?"

Faced with Zuo Lengchan's questioning, Abbess Qingzhu sneered.

"Our Emei Sect has long been allied with the Huashan Sect. The two sects will advance and retreat together. Whoever is the enemy of the Huashan Sect is also the enemy of our Emei Sect. Today, the Huashan Sect is going to fight your Songshan Sect. Naturally, our Emei Sect will also lend a hand."

Master Qingwei did not reveal that the five sects of Emei, Huashan, and Taishan were planning to re-form an alliance. Such matters would be announced later. For now, the Emei sect was only assisting the Huashan sect as an ally.

Zuo Lengchan's heart sank, and his tone turned icy.

"Today is an internal matter of our Five Mountains Sword Sect. If your Emei Sect wants to interfere, you will be making an enemy of my Songshan Sect."

Master Qingzhu was not threatened by him at all and smiled faintly.

"Left Sect Leader, there's no need for such threatening words. Our Emei Sect has never been one to be threatened."

Zuo Lengchan's face was gloomy.

He had anticipated that the Emei Sect might cause trouble, but when the moment actually arrived, he still felt it was a difficult situation.

The Emei Sect sent a large number of people this time, more than 700, including many experts. In addition to the sect leader, Abbess Qingzhu, there were also Qingxu, Qingwei and others, all of whom were truly first-class experts.

This is a force powerful enough to change the outcome and balance of the game between the two sides.

If the Emei Sect also gets involved, it's hard to say who will win or lose.

"Amitabha."

Just as Zuo Lengchan was feeling overwhelmed, a Buddhist chant rang out from afar.

Fang Zheng stepped forward once again.

"Leader Zuo, Sect Leader Yue, Daoist Tianmen, may I have a word to say?"

When both sides saw that Fang Zheng, the leader of the righteous path, had stepped forward to speak, Yue Buqun and Zuo Lengchan, regardless of their true thoughts, still gave him face.

"Abbot, please speak."

Yue Buqun and Zuo Lengchan spoke at the same time.

Tianmen Daoist, who was itching to fight Zuo Lengchan immediately, forcibly suppressed his temper.

"Amitabha."

Fang Zheng said with a compassionate expression, "Sect Leader Yue, Alliance Leader Zuo, please forgive my bluntness, but if this matter were to occur today, I'm afraid there would be countless deaths and injuries on both sides."

Neither Yue Buqun nor Zuo Lengchan spoke.

Fighting is not child's play; it can result in death.

"Sweeping the floor may harm the lives of ants, and protecting moths from the flames is precious."

Fang Zheng had a compassionate expression on his face.

"This old monk truly does not wish for rivers of blood to flow today."

Before Yue Buqun and Zuo Lengchan could speak, Tianmen Daoren couldn't hold back any longer.

"Abbot Master."

The Taoist priest of Tianmen suppressed his anger.

"Zuo Lengchan sent men to ambush and kill me, causing the deaths of dozens of my disciples. If this grudge is not avenged, how can my Tianmen sect live on in this world?"

"Master, I understand your feelings, but there is one thing I still don't understand."

Fang Zheng looked at him.

Is there conclusive evidence that the attack on the Taishan Sect in Shaanxi was carried out by Zuo Mengzhu?

"Is the abbot going to defend him?"

When Fang Zheng spoke up for Zuo Lengchan, Tianmen Daoist's gaze turned cold.

"This old monk had absolutely no such intention."

Fang Zheng shook his head.

"However, if such a major event is brought to a head without solid evidence to prove that it was the work of the Left Alliance Leader, it will only allow the real mastermind to go unpunished."

It must be said that Zuo Lengchan was indeed cautious in his actions, leaving no trace behind. Even when he sent assassins to ambush the Taishan Sect, he did not send a single member of the Songshan Sect, nor did he leave any trace of the Songshan Sect. Even if the assassins betrayed him, the Songshan Sect could deny it to the death.

"Yes."

Kunlun Sect Leader Zhenshanzi echoed this sentiment.

“Brother Tianmen, this matter may not necessarily be the work of Brother Zuo. It is more likely that it is a frame-up by the Demonic Sect, with the aim of making the Five Mountains Sword Sect kill each other so that the Demonic Sect can reap the benefits. Today, Ren Woxing went up Mount Song. Perhaps he was planning to wait for you to fight to the death so that he could wipe out our righteous path in one fell swoop.”

Zhenshanzi had never wanted the Five Mountains Sword Sects to fight amongst themselves, but he had held back because Fangzheng hadn't spoken up before. Now that Fangzheng had spoken up to mediate, he immediately followed suit.

Chongxu, Xie Feng (the leader of the Beggars' Sect), and the head of the Diancang Sect all tried to persuade him.

The Taoist priest of Tianmen was so angry that his hands were trembling.

If he hadn't experienced what happened on Mount Hua, he probably would have thought it was the work of the Demonic Sect. However, he already knew about Zuo Lengchan's ambition beforehand, and since Yue Buqun told him about it, he trusted Yue Buqun more than Zuo Lengchan.

But now Fang Zheng and his ilk are using the lack of evidence to defend Zuo Lengchan, which makes Tianmen Daoist very angry.

"Abbot Master."

Just then, Yue Buqun spoke.

"Zuo Lengchan refuses to admit to the assassination alliance, but surely it's true that he sent spies to my Huashan Sect?"

Yue Buqun's face was very cold.

"He sent Laodenuo to infiltrate my Huashan Sect as an undercover agent to monitor my every move. Could this also be the work of the Demonic Sect?"

After saying that, Yue Buqun threw out some items, all of which were Lao Denuo's personal belongings, including several letters that were correspondence between Lao Denuo and Zuo Lengchan.

During the years that Laudenuo was monitoring the Huashan Sect, Yue Buqun was also monitoring Laudenuo.

"And what about last year when he instigated his junior brother Feng to go to Mount Hua in an attempt to overthrow our Mount Hua Sect? Could that also have been the work of the Demonic Sect?"

Yue Buqun pointed at Feng Buping.

Fang Zheng remained silent for a moment.

But Yue Buqun wasn't finished speaking.

"Zuo Lengchan sent Zhong Zhen and others to the Taishan Sect to collude with the disciples of Yu Jizi's lineage in an attempt to seize the position of sect leader from Brother Tianmen. My disciple Jiang Ning was also in Taishan at the time and overheard everything clearly. Was this also the work of the Demonic Sect?"

Yue Buqun's questions left Fang Zheng speechless.

Yue Buqun's words were somewhat impolite, so much so that many Shaolin disciples looked at him with dissatisfaction.

Chongxu, Jiefeng, and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

The scene became somewhat awkward for a moment.

"Cough cough."

Mr. Mo coughed twice and then spoke.

“Abbot, Zuo Lengchan has secretly bribed many of my Hengshan Sect disciples to side with his Songshan Sect. Abbot, this is all true, and Zuo Lengchan cannot deny it.”

In fact, besides this matter, the Hengshan Sect and the Songshan Sect have another grudge, which is about Liu Zhengfeng.

Although Liu Zhengfeng is not dead yet and his whereabouts are unknown, the Hengshan Sect has been disgraced because of him. This was all done by the Songshan Sect. Although Master Mo does not say it, he still feels resentful.

It's true that Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang became friends, but your Songshan Sect didn't need to go to such extremes, did it?

Couldn't we have discussed it with them beforehand? Couldn't we have done it privately? Why did we have to expose Liu Zhengfeng's actions in public?

Master Mo had always been dissatisfied with what the Songshan Sect had done, but he had never said anything about it.

Master Dingxian glanced at it but said nothing.

So far, only her Hengshan Sect has not been targeted by Zuo Lengchan. Since there are no examples, I will refrain from commenting for now.

Faced with Yue Buqun's questions and Master Mo's words, Fang Zheng was unable to answer and could only remain silent.

Fang Zheng glanced secretly at Zuo Lengchan, who remained silent.

Say something!

If you're so capable of doing this, then you should be more capable of speaking up.

Chapter 390: Beware of Shaolin...

"I admit it."

Sensing Fang Zheng's gaze, Zuo Lengchan spoke.

"What Headmaster Yue and Master Mo said was indeed done by me, Zuo."

Everyone was shocked when Zuo Lengchan said this.

None of the martial arts practitioners present expected that the renowned leader of the Songshan Sect and the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance would actually do these things.

But before they could even begin to discuss it, Zuo Lengchan chimed in.

"It is true that Zuo sent Lao Denuo into the Huashan Sect for the matter of merging the Five Mountains Sects, as well as the Huashan Sword Sect. What Master Mo said is true. Zuo did indeed win over many disciples within the Hengshan Sect to agree to the merger."

Zuo Lengchan directly admitted to these matters.

But before he could finish speaking, Zuo Lengchan added, "As for what you say about me sending people to assassinate and ambush various factions, I have never done such a thing. Although I want to merge factions, it is a decision I have to make in order to fight against the Demonic Sect. I would never do such a thing as harming my allies."