Chapter 56: Once you are in the arena, you have no choice (Please read ~ Please collect ~)

In today's martial arts world, Shaolin and Wudang are the most important schools, followed by Emei, Kongtong, Kunlun and other schools.

Originally, the Huashan Sect was also in the second tier, but due to the hundred years of fighting with the Demon Sect and the battle of Qi and Sword, its strength was greatly damaged and it has fallen out of the second tier.

As for the four sects of Songshan, Taishan, Hengshan and Hengshan, they were just unknown small sects in their early years. It was only in the past hundred years that they formed the Five Mountains Sword Alliance with Huashan Sect to jointly deal with the Sun and Moon Demon Sect, and gradually became famous.

Li Anran wanted to find a martial art that was extremely strong and masculine. Shaolin and Wudang would definitely have it, and Emei, Kongtong, Kunlun and other schools would also have it very likely.

But, these are visible but not tangible!

As a disciple of Huashan and a member of a famous and upright sect, he cannot just steal, rob, or plunder others just because they have martial arts skills.

So, Li Anran set his sights on the Sun Moon Demon Cult!
The Sun-Moon Demon Cult is the largest evil sect, as famous as Shaolin and Wudang. There are countless masters in the sect, so it should not be a problem for it to find a martial art that is extremely powerful and masculine.

Moreover, the Demon Cult and the Five Mountains Sword Sect have a deep blood feud. No matter what he does to the Demon Cult, it is justified and reasonable, and will only receive unanimous praise from the righteous people in the martial arts world!
"June 24th is Master's birthday. I can use Dongfang Bubai's head as a second gift to Master."

Li Anran descended from Mount Songshan and headed towards Hebei, and soon arrived at Pingding County, Pingding Prefecture.

In addition to teaching Lu Bai some methods to ease the conflict between Yin and Yang Qi last night, he also asked Lu Bai about the situation of the Demon Cult.

Previously, the Huashan Sect only had a few big and small cats and dogs, and they could barely protect themselves, so naturally they didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the martial arts world.

Li Anran only learned from Yue Buqun that the headquarters of the Sun Moon Demon Cult was located on the Black Wood Cliff northwest of Pingding Prefecture, Hebei Province.

The power of the Demon Cult is distributed in a star-like pattern, with the main altar at Black Wood Cliff as its center. The closer to Black Wood Cliff, the stronger the power and the greater the number of people.

It’s different here in the Songshan School.

Zuo Lengchan has always aimed to dominate the world and become the supreme master of martial arts.

Unifying the Five Mountains Sword Sects was only his first step.

The second step is to encroach on Emei, Kongtong, Qingcheng and other sects.

The third step is to gather the strength of all factions to destroy the evil sect.

Finally, with the reputation of destroying the Demon Sect, he surpassed and even annexed Shaolin and Wudang, dominated the world and became the supreme master of martial arts.

In recent years, Zuo Lengchan not only planted spies within the Five Mountains Sword Sect, but also in the evil sects such as Shaolin, Wu, Kunlun, Kongtong, and collected a lot of intelligence.

As Lu Bai was the third of the Thirteen Protectors, Zuo Lengchan did not hide this information from him.

From Lu Bai, Li Anran learned that it was more than fifty miles from Pingding Prefecture to Heimu Cliff, and that one had to pass through Xingxing Beach, Tiebi Valley, Feiniao Ferry, and Yizi Gorge before reaching the foot of Heimu Cliff.

In order to reach the top of the cliff, the headquarters of the Sun-Moon Demon Cult, one has to sit on a bamboo basket and pass through four winch mechanisms.

It can be said that the words "easy to defend and difficult to attack" have been taken to the extreme!
In Lu Bai's words, even if you grew wings, the poison-coated crossbows on the Black Wood Cliff could still shoot you into a hornet's nest!

After so many years of research, the only solution Zuo Lengchan found was to send a small team of experts to sneak in under the cover of an insider to carry out the assassination and beheading.

This plan is currently halfway implemented.

In recent years, the Demon Cult leader Dongfang Bubai has ignored the affairs of the sect and handed over all matters to his male favorite Yang Lianting.

Yang Lianting had low martial arts skills and had never made any achievements. In order to maintain his position, in addition to flattering Dongfang Bubai, he suppressed the original meritorious veterans of the Demon Cult and promoted his own trusted subordinates.

The Songshan Sect seized this opportunity and sent many people to join Yang Lianting. The one with the highest status among them had already become the deputy hall master.

When Lu Bai said this, Li Anran couldn't help but ask how powerful the deputy hall master was, but he was shocked by Lu Bai's answer.

Although they are all martial arts sects, the Sun Moon Demon Sect is completely different from the Five Mountains Sword Sect and even Shaolin and Wudang!

It ranges from the leader to the left and right envoys of light, then to the ten elders, ordinary elders, twelve hall masters, various incense masters, flag masters, minor envoys, ordinary believers, and various martial arts forces that have been incorporated.

The myriad of things, the strict hierarchy, and the large number of people made Li Anran stunned and he took a breath.

Only then did he realize how reckless he had been in promising Yue Buqun to destroy the Demon Cult!

Li Anran couldn't help but ask, "How did our Five Mountains Sword Sect survive until now?"

Lu Bai said: "Many years ago, Shaolin and Wudang had a fierce battle with the Demon Cult. No one knows the specific reasons and process, but in the end both sides suffered heavy casualties." "Later, Shaolin and Wudang made an agreement with the Demon Cult that the Jianghu should be the Jianghu, and both sides should rely on their own abilities and not dispatch large-scale troops to win by numbers. Later, there was the battle between our Five Mountains Sword Sect and the Demon Cult."

"Shaolin and Wudang have never had a direct conflict with the Demon Sect because they are worried about a repeat of what happened in the past."

Li Anran suddenly realized.

He had previously wondered why Shaolin and Wudang, as the first and second largest sects of the righteous path, turned a blind eye to the evil sect.

The evil cult didn't bother them either.

Instead, it was the Five Mountains Sword Sect that rushed to the front!

Now it seems that the Five Mountains Sword Sect is regarded by Shaolin and Wudang as a buffer zone between them and the Demon Cult!

His master, Zuo Lengchan, Mo Da and others must also understand this.

However, the Five Mountains Sword Sect and the Demon Sect have a deep blood feud. The Demon Sect is holding on to the Five Mountains Sword Sect tightly, and they can only act as the vanguard to fight against the Demon Sect, and they have to be respectful to the Shaolin and Wudang who are just watching from the sidelines!
"People in the arena involuntarily."

This sentence flashed through Li Anran's mind, and he also understood the third thing his master asked him to do -

He developed the Huashan Sect and made it the third largest sect in the martial arts world alongside Shaolin and Wudang.

There is a deep meaning contained in this!
However, this matter is too deeply involved and if one is not careful it could bring disaster to the Huashan Sect, so his master was afraid of his youth and impetuosity and did not dare to tell him directly!

No wonder Zuo Lengchan put surpassing Shaolin and Wudang as the last step!
In his eyes, Shaolin and Wudang are more difficult enemies to deal with than the Demon Sect!

Li Anran did not ask any more questions, but just kept the matter in mind, and changed the topic to ask who in the Sun Moon Demon Sect knew the most powerful and masculine martial arts.

The Demon Sect is a mixed bag, and everything is decided by strength, unlike the Five Mountains Sword Sect, which all have a martial arts heritage and pay attention to seniority and hierarchy.

Lu Bai could only confirm that someone in the Demon Sect had practiced martial arts with masculine attributes, but he didn't know whether it was the most masculine and powerful one.

Lu Bai provided Li Anran with three candidates.

The first one is the current leader of the Demon Cult, Dongfang Bubai, who possesses peerless martial arts and has been in the martial arts world for many years without ever being defeated. He is the person most likely to have practiced the most powerful and masculine martial arts.

The second is the former Right Envoy of Light, "King of Heaven" Xiang Wentian, but he has been missing for many years and the Demon Cult is also looking for him everywhere.

Finally, there is Tong Baixiong, the leader of Fenglei Hall, who once saved Dongfang Bubai's life and had a close relationship with Dongfang Bubai. However, because of a conflict with Yang Lianting, he left Heimu Cliff in anger.

Xiang Wentian disappeared, so Tong Baixiong and Dongfang Bubai became Li Anran's targets.

Li Anran asked Lu Bai for the identity, token, and contact information of the Songshan Sect spy. Fearing that his master and mistress might worry, he told him not to tell anyone about it.

Afterwards, he used the excuse of traveling down the mountain to bid farewell to his master and his wife, and came all the way to Pingding County, Pingding Prefecture.

Pingding Prefecture is very close to the Demon Cult's lair, and the people coming and going from the martial arts world are related to the Demon Cult even if they are not members of the Demon Cult.

Li Anran was worried about exposing his identity, so he changed into merchant's clothes and wore a hat covering most of his face before entering the city.

According to the information given by Lu Bai, he came to a small brewery in the north of the city, ordered a portion of beef, and started eating it directly with chopsticks.

After finishing his meal, he got up and walked out the door, finding an inn to stay in.

That night, the spies planted by the Songshan Sect in the Demon Sect came to the door.

This spy was named Li Kang, and like Lao Denuo, he was a disciple of Zuo Lengchan.

His status in the Demon Cult was not very high, he was just a deputy incense master, but because he was eloquent and good at flattery, he was deeply trusted by Yang Lianting.

Li Anran asked him about Tong Baixiong's whereabouts, and agreed to go to Heimu Cliff with him five days later.

——The Black Wood Cliff is full of traps and numerous natural passes, but all of them require people to operate.

Once something goes wrong with people, no matter how many mechanisms and natural barriers there are, they will become useless.

Li Kang thought that Li Anran was just another spy sent by the Songshan Sect, and agreed without much thought. He had no idea that Zuo Lengchan had already been taken prisoner, and he had no idea that the purpose of Li Anran's trip was to find the Demon Cult leader Dongfang Bubai!

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