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

"Who says this matter is already in the past?"

Li Jinyu said coldly, "At the time, your Beggars' Sect claimed that the Yanping branch was an isolated case, but we did not admit it. Whether the entire Beggars' Sect was involved still needs to be investigated. It's not up to you to decide. Junior Brother Jiang also said long ago that he would go to your various branches. Now that the truth has not yet come to light, what right does your Beggars' Sect have to speak?"

King against king, general against general. For Tianmen Daoist to speak to the White Lotus Envoy would be beneath his status, so Li Jinyu stepped forward without hesitation.

"you!"

The White Lotus Envoy was furious.

He didn't expect that even now, the other party would still be harping on their past.

Jie Feng spoke, his face grim.

"So, this is the consensus of the entire Weiyi Alliance?"

Upon hearing Xie Feng's question, Yue Buqun remained calm and was about to speak when Fang Zheng spoke first.

"Alright! Chief Jie!"

Fang Zheng stopped Xie Feng from speaking and turned to look at Yue Buqun.

"What Alliance Leader Yue said makes sense. We will arrange how to deal with these people."

Having finally managed to extricate himself from the Beggars' Sect issue last time, Fang Zheng decided to back down now, as he couldn't continue harping on that topic.

Yue Buqun understood his meaning, and now was indeed not the time to dwell on this matter, so he also reassured Tianmen Daoist.

Tianmen Daoist naturally wouldn't argue with Yue Buqun.

Tianmen Daoist fell silent, and the others had no objections. Yue Buqun immediately ordered the group of demonic cult members to be killed.

Upon realizing they could not escape their fate, the members of the demonic cult wailed in despair, only to be wiped out by the disciples of the Weiyi Alliance.

"Chase!"

After lingering in the woods for a while, the group continued their pursuit of Ren Woxing towards Wuwei Prefecture.

……

"How could this be?"

After Ren Yingying and Ren Woxing reunited, they headed towards Wuwei Prefecture, but were stunned by what they saw upon arrival.

Ren Yingying's face turned ugly, both shocked and angry.

Ren Woxing's expression was equally grim.

The city gates of Wuwei Prefecture were wide open, and the city walls were completely empty.

Before setting off, Ren Woxing left some men to guard the city, but upon returning...

What exactly happened?

Ren Woxing's face was extremely gloomy.

At this time, the believers who had gone into the city to investigate also came out.

"Reporting to the Master, your subordinates entered the city to investigate on your orders and found that Master Zhao and his followers have also disappeared. There are no of our people in the city except for the people of Wuwei Prefecture."

After hearing the subordinate's investigation, Ren Yingying and Ren Woxing's expressions became even more unpleasant.

"Were the civilians in the city interrogated? What exactly happened in the city after we left?"

Ren Yingying suppressed her anger and asked.

"Reporting to the Holy Maiden, I have already interrogated those lowly people. They did not know what happened. Not long after the leader went to war, Zhao Xiangzhu and his men looted the city and then left the city, heading northwest."

northwest?

Ren Yingying's expression shifted, and Ren Woxing immediately understood.

"Invincible East!"

Ren Woxing gritted his teeth.

By this point, he finally understood that Dongfang Bubai had tricked him.

Previously, Sang San Niang led thousands of followers to defect, and now Zhao Xiangzhu has led the remaining followers who stayed in Wuwei Prefecture to defect. It was all Dongfang Bubai's doing.

"Invincible East!!!"

Ren Woxing couldn't help but roar, clearly having lost his guard.

If it weren't for Dongfang Bubai, he couldn't have lost this battle!

Ren Woxing grew angrier the more he thought about it, his chest heaving violently, almost to the point of having a stroke.

"Father, we can't hold Wuwei Prefecture anymore. We should leave immediately."

Ren Yingying knew that Ren Woxing was furious, but now was not the time to speak. The righteous people could attack at any moment, and with only a thousand or so men at their disposal, they were no match for them. They had to consider a way out.

Ren Woxing knew that Ren Yingying's words made sense, and after his initial anger subsided, he forced himself to calm down.

"go!"

Ren Woxing said lightly.

Without lingering, Ren Woxing and Ren Yingying led the remaining members of the Demonic Cult to retreat in other directions.

Liu Zhengfeng followed behind his teammates, and when no one was paying attention, he left a mark on a tree and then followed.

……

Yue Buqun, Jiang Ning, and others also pursued them to Wuwei Prefecture.

"Ok?"

Yue Buqun was somewhat surprised.

"Why are the city gates wide open?"

The scene Yue Buqun saw was the same as what Ren Woxing saw: the city walls were completely empty.

"Didn't Ren Woxing retreat here?"

The Taoist priest of Tianmen was somewhat surprised and uncertain.

Did they go in the wrong direction?

"Could this be a ruse, like an empty city ploy?"

"The Empty City Stratagem? What is the Empty City Stratagem?"

"that is……"

The disciples from different factions were also whispering among themselves.

"Alliance Leader, what should we do now?"

The Taoist of Tianmen asked the question.

Yue Buqun pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go into the city first."

"Be careful not to fall into a trap. I'm afraid Ren Woxing might have set up an ambush for us in the city."

Mr. Mo reminded me.

While Yue Buqun was pondering, Jiang Ning stepped forward.

"Master, why don't I go into the city first and investigate?"

Upon hearing this, Yue Buqun looked at Jiang Ning.

"you?"

Yue Buqun hesitated for a moment: "Ning'er, your internal energy..."

"It's alright."

Jiang Ning said, "This disciple still has enough internal energy. If anything goes wrong, this disciple will retreat immediately."

Yue Buqun thought for a moment and shook his head.

"Alright, let's go into the city together."

"Ren Woxing's fate is sealed. Even if he sets up an ambush in the city, we have nothing to fear."

Once the decision was made, the other sect leaders had no objections, and under Yue Buqun's leadership, the sects slowly and cautiously entered the city.

But upon entering the city, they were astonished by what they saw.

Everywhere I looked, there was only ruin.

Corpses were everywhere on the streets, and people sat slumped on the ground with numb faces on both sides of the road, as well as people weeping while holding corpses.

(This book is nearing its end. Thank you all for your support.)

During this period, I almost couldn't continue writing because I had never written such a long word count before. I was on the verge of collapse, but fortunately, I made it through.

Thank you all for your unwavering support. Many readers have been following this book since it was hundreds of thousands of words long. Your continued support has given me the motivation to persevere no matter how difficult things get.

Thank you, thank you so much.

I already know the rest of the plot by heart, so I won't have writer's block or update randomly anymore.

Rest assured, the author will not be perfunctory or leave the story unfinished; the ending was already in my mind when I started reading the book.

Ren Woxing and Ren Yingying are about to meet their demise, but Ren Woxing won't die so easily. His ending, Dongfang Bubai's ending, and Fang Zheng's ending will not be so simple.

From now on, I only have one thing to do: finish writing this book.

The new book is already in the planning stages. I couldn't sleep last night and even got up to write two chapters of the beginning, but the overall concept for the book is still being developed.

I don't know when I'll release the new book, but it should be after this book is finished. I don't have much energy to think about the new book before this book is finished.

However, it shouldn't be long before a new book is started after this one is finished.

At last.

Thank you all for your continued support.

Chapter 730: Heading North

Seeing the devastation in the city, Jiang Ning, Yue Buqun, and the others remained silent, and many disciples closed their eyes, unable to bear the sight.