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

Although he didn't know why Fang Zheng was helping him, Zuo Lengchan wouldn't let this opportunity pass and immediately began to defend himself.

But he won't deny everything like before; that won't work anymore. He can't deny the evidence Yue Buqun provided.

Zuo Lengchan simply admitted it outright; he would admit what he couldn't deny, but he would never admit to sending people to ambush the Taishan Sect.

As long as he insists that he did these things for the sake of the annexation faction and did not lay an ambush on any allies, he will at most be branded as dishonest, and the issue can be brought back to a political one, without putting the Songshan faction on the opposite side of the righteous path.

If his secret alliance with the Songshan Sect is exposed, Fang Zheng will be unable to help him.

Yue Buqun quickly understood his thoughts.

Just as Yue Buqun was about to speak, Fang Zheng said angrily.

"Leader Zuo, how could you do such a thing!"

Fang Zheng looked at him with a face full of disappointment.

Zuo Lengchan knew that Fang Zheng was helping him, so he cooperated and said, "I know that this is unfair to the Huashan and other sects, but I have never had any selfish motives. All I have thought about and done is to deal with the Demonic Sect. Now the Demonic Sect is powerful and our Five Mountains Sword Sect is weak. If we do not change, we will be defeated by the Demonic Sect sooner or later. The only way for the Five Mountains Sword Sect to be united is to merge."

"Leader Zuo, how utterly foolish you are."

Fang Zheng shook his head and sighed, "I know that your Five Mountains Sword Sect and the Demonic Sect are mortal enemies. You want to fight against the Demonic Sect by uniting the Five Mountains Sect, but you must also discuss it with the leaders of the four sects. You did this immoral thing without consulting them. You have wasted your life's reputation and made a foolish mistake on this matter."

Zuo Lengchan lowered his head slightly, seemingly ashamed.

Watching the two of them sing in unison, Yue Buqun didn't say what he was about to say, his expression turning somewhat cold.

Fang Zheng is determined to protect the Songshan Sect.

“Abbot, you are so eager to defend Zuo Lengchan, it’s as if you have some unspeakable secret.”

Master Qingzhu said coldly.

"What do you mean!"

Many Shaolin disciples glared angrily at Abbess Qingzhu.

Fang Zheng glanced at Abbess Qingzhu, his expression unwavering.

"Amitabha, I am only stating the facts."

After finishing speaking, Fang Zheng ignored her and turned to look at Yue Buqun.

"Sect Leader Yue, in my opinion, there are still many suspicious points regarding the ambush of Daoist Tianmen. Without solid evidence, we should not draw any conclusions. Otherwise, we will only fall into someone else's trap. What do you think, Sect Leader Yue?"

Fang Zheng is the apparent leader of the righteous path. The abbot of Shaolin, Wudang, Kunlun and other sects follow his lead. His words represent the attitude of these sects.

Fang Zheng has now said that no conclusions should be drawn without evidence. Although he did not explicitly exonerate Zuo Lengchan, his words already indicate that this matter has nothing to do with Zuo Lengchan. At least for now, the various factions cannot bring up this matter again, otherwise they would be disrespecting Fang Zheng.

Yue Buqun looked at Fang Zheng quietly, his face expressionless.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered something that a disciple of the Emei Sect named Huiyin had said to him before.

Beware of Shaolin...

"No matter what, Zuo Lengchan took advantage of the weakness of my Huashan Sect to send an undercover agent to monitor the Huashan Sect, attempting to provoke internal strife within the Huashan Sect's sword qi again. I, Yue, will never let this matter rest."

Yue Buqun spoke.

"I also need an explanation from Sect Leader Zuo regarding the matter of the Songshan Sect secretly bribing members of my Hengshan Sect."

Mr. Mo followed Yue Buqun's attitude closely.

"The same applies to poor nuns."

Although these matters are temporarily unrelated to the Hengshan Sect, Abbess Dingxian expressed her support for both Yue Buqun and Master Mo Da.

Needless to say, Tianmen Daoren's attitude was completely different. He was now staring intently at Zuo Lengchan, and if there were no one else around, Tianmen Daoren would have already started the fight.

Fang Zheng fell silent and turned to look at Zuo Lengchan.

That's all I can do for you. If you can't even solve this, then I'm out of ideas.

Faced with the relentless pressure from several factions, Zuo Lengchan had already devised a countermeasure.

"Zuo knew that he was morally deficient and unworthy to serve as the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance. He voluntarily resigned from the position of leader of the Five Mountains Alliance and also resigned from the position of head of the Songshan Sect. This matter was done by Zuo and has nothing to do with the Songshan Sect."

Zuo Lengchan looked at Yue Buqun and the others and said.

To retreat in order to advance.

Fang Zheng thought to himself softly.

Zuo Lengchan didn't say anything else, but directly made his attitude clear: he would give up the position of alliance leader and also give up the position of Songshan sect leader, seemingly very sincere.

His words had a very good effect, and the onlookers in the martial arts world were discussing it, feeling that this was enough.

Zuo Lengchan's move of retreating in order to advance shifted the problem back to Yue Buqun.

Yue Buqun's face was somewhat gloomy.

Zuo Lengchan's words seem to have come at a heavy price, but in reality, they are nothing but nonsense.

Given the current attitudes of the four factions towards the Songshan Sect, even if Zuo Lengchan continues to be the leader of the alliance, it will only be a title without real power. Having a title is useless, as the other four factions will not recognize his position as the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance. Zuo Lengchan might as well just give up the position.

As for stepping down as sect leader, that's even more absurd.

Zuo Lengchan had been in charge of the Songshan Sect for decades, and he had built it into an impenetrable fortress. No one within the sect harbored any disloyalty. Even if he stepped down and appointed someone else as the leader of the Songshan Sect, they would only be puppets. He had merely retreated behind the scenes, but he still held the Songshan Sect firmly in his hands.

Others only thought that Zuo Lengchan had paid such a high price, but only Yue Buqun and the other three sect leaders knew that Zuo Lengchan was just talking nonsense.

Master Mo's expression turned grim, and Daoist Tianmen became even more enraged.

Even Abbess Dingxian was quite dissatisfied at this moment.

The other party showed no sincerity whatsoever.

"What do you think, Sect Leader Yue, Master Mo, Daoist, and Abbess?"

Fang Zheng looked at the group and said.

Do you think it's that simple?

Seeing how easily Zuo Lengchan could shirk responsibility, and seeing that Fang Zheng was clearly taking sides, Tianmen Daoren couldn't suppress his anger and directly questioned him.

"You don't admit to ambushing me, but you sent Zhong Zhen and his men to my Taishan Sect to force me to hand over the position of sect leader, causing more than a hundred deaths and injuries in the internal strife of my Taishan Sect. How do you explain that? How do you give my Taishan Sect an explanation?"

Zuo Lengchan glanced at him.

"An explanation? Who does Zuo need to give an explanation to?"

Chapter 391: Another Match

"I sent Junior Brother Zhong and the others to Mount Tai to stand up for Tianxin and the others. They wrote to Mount Song saying that you were disrespectful to your elders, slaughtered your uncles, and killed Yu Jizi, Yu Yinzi, and others. As the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance, I sent people to investigate after hearing about this horrific incident at Mount Tai. What's wrong with that? It's a fact that you slaughtered your uncles. The more than one hundred disciples who died in your Mount Tai sect were all disciples of Yu Jizi's lineage. You wiped out all the disciples of those lineages, and now you're blaming me. Isn't this just turning the tables on me, fellow Daoist?"

"But you, fellow Daoist, killed all of my junior brothers Zhong and Zhao, whom I sent. The Songshan Sect needs an explanation from your Taishan Sect."

The Taoist priest of Tianmen was furious.

"You fucking..."

Tianmen Daoist was furious and was about to start cursing, but Yue Buqun stopped him.

Yue Buqun glanced at Zuo Lengchan, then at Fang Zheng, and felt a chill creep into his heart.

The things Tianmen Daoren did are true, but the premise was that he first sent people to ambush Tianmen Daoren. After Tianmen Daoren returned to Mount Tai, he wanted to usurp Tianmen Daoren's position through Yujizi and his people, which led to the series of events that followed.

However, after Fang Zheng's explanation, the matter of Zuo Lengchan sending people to ambush the Taishan Sect has been exposed. If this continues, Zuo Lengchan will also say that it was a treacherous plot by the Demonic Sect, thus absolving himself and the Songshan Sect of any responsibility. Zuo Lengchan will not admit to this.

"It's not that simple."

Yue Buqun did not dwell on the matter any further.

“What you have done to our factions cannot be forgiven simply by handing over the position of alliance leader and stepping down as the head of the Songshan Sect.”

"That's right, we absolutely cannot let it go."

Mr. Mo still firmly supports Yue Buqun.

"So what do you want?"

Fei Bin angrily said, "My senior brother has already relinquished his position as alliance leader and is no longer the head of the Songshan Sect. What more do you want?"

"not enough!"

Linghu Chong retorted directly.

"He's done so many heinous things, and you think you can just let it go like this? Zuo Lengchan has to pay a bloody price; at the very least, he has to commit suicide."

"Too deceiving!"

The Songshan Sect was furious.

"Since that's the case, then let's fight! Don't think that the Songshan Sect is afraid of you!"

The atmosphere became tense again.

"Amitabha."

At this critical moment, Fang Zheng stepped forward again and asked Yue Buqun and the others.

"Sect Leader Yue, Master Mo, what do you think is the best course of action in this matter?"

After thinking for a moment, Mr. Mo said, "Then let him cripple his own martial arts."

Master Mo didn't express his opinion much, but when he did speak, it was extremely harsh, directly demanding that Zuo Lengchan cripple his martial arts.

For martial artists, abandoning their martial arts means becoming an ordinary person, and having to live the rest of their lives like a commoner. For martial artists, this is worse than death.

Zuo Lengchan sneered directly.

"I, Zuo, have already relinquished my position as leader of the alliance and stepped down as the head of the Songshan Sect. Now you all want me to surrender and cripple my martial arts. I am afraid that is going too far. I cannot comply."

Fang Zheng is now in a difficult position.

"In that case, let's have a competition."

Yue Buqun spoke at this moment, his gaze turning to Zuo Lengchan.

Upon hearing this, Zuo Lengchan looked at Yue Buqun with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty in his eyes.

"What do you mean by that, Sect Leader Yue?"

Yue Buqun said coldly.