Chapter 276: Chapter 256: Indirect Humiliation! Martial Immortal Alliance
"Benefactor..."
"Alright, here are six medicine pills, enough for you to take for two months." Chu Ming took out the antidote for the Life-locking Elixir, "Before you leave, help me with one more thing."
"Please speak, benefactor."
"Wait here for me for two hours."
"Yes."
"..."
Chu Ming left the granary and returned to his residence.
[Sword Gourd Spirit] covered Xiao Wen’s room, where he was still studying two Purple Sandalwood Sculptures under the lamp.
It seemed he wouldn’t be sleeping anytime soon.
"I’ll have to use the knockout drug."
His figure flickered, disappearing into the darkness, and he moved outside Xiao Wen’s room.
He released the knockout drug, waited quietly for a moment.
Bang!
Xiao Wen’s head hit the table, the drug had taken effect.
Chu Ming entered the room, took out two carved Purple Wood Sculptures, and switched them with the Purple Sandalwood Sculpture hiding the Forbidden Object, Wolf Map Clan Crown.
Immediately, he returned to the vicinity of the granary and sought out The Medicine Maniac.
"These two sculptures, and these books, take them all to the Shan County Zhang Family, place them where they aren’t easily seen but will be found upon inspection."
Tang Xuan wanted to frame him and Xiao Wen with Forbidden Books and objects, so he would return the real forbidden object.
If things escalated, the Zhang Family would surely be investigated, and when they find these things...
It’s hard to say who is hiding the Forbidden Object and Books.
"Yes." The Medicine Maniac received the items.
"Go."
"..."
Leaving the granary, Chu Ming had just returned to his residence when the Communication Clan Leaf from the Wind Spirit Race brought news.
"Clan Leader, Blood Evil Sect and Pingzhong County Mansion experts have appeared at Great Derivation Sect!"
...
Pingzhong County, outside the East City, Tulong Slope.
Two figures stood on the slope.
"Ancestor, the County Mansion has increased guards at the granary; we fear it will be difficult to act again." Great Derivation Sect Elder Yi Zhuo spoke with hands clasped.
"How many disciples were hurt?" Great Derivation Sect Ancestor Lix Yan was dressed in black, though being the ancestor, his appearance was merely that of a middle-aged man.
"Thirty dead, ten injured, and five captured alive."
"...," Lix Yan was silent, a trace of sorrow flickering across his face, "How many disciples are left?"
"Reporting to the ancestor, under one hundred disciples remain, they’ve all been listed as wanted fugitives by the County Mansion, and their families have been imprisoned..."
"I have brought misfortune to you all." Lix Yan’s eyes became intense, filled with a fierce light.
"Ancestor, it’s the County Mansion that has gone too far, forcing the ancestor to join some Martial Immortal Alliance..."
"Martial Immortal Alliance, and that Crown Prince, seem like mere charlatans."
"..."
The slope fell silent briefly.
"Where’s Dong’er?" Lix Yan asked.
"The Young Master has secretly returned to the sect with two disciples, claiming he wants to retrieve the Great Derivation Sword."
"Nonsense! The Pingzhong County Mansion has already laid the Heaven and Earth Net at the sect! How can one return?!"
Lix Yan was furious.
"..."
...
Pingzhong County, out a hundred miles from the West City, a peak stands, once home to the renowned Martial Arts Mountain Gate — Great Derivation Sect.
However, now the Great Derivation Sect is left with remnants and ruins, not a soul in sight.
Deep within the mountain gate’s ruinous grand hall.
Two armored, stern-looking individuals sat in the hall.
Below the hall, three men knelt.
"You are Lix Dong, correct."
In the hall, the Pingzhong County Governor Xie Qing, sitting on the left side, spoke slowly, his voice reverberating like a bell.
"Reporting to Governor, I am Lix Dong."
"And Great Derivation Sect’s Lix Yan is what relation to you?" The stern voice arose again.
"He is my grandfather." Lix Dong replied, trembling.
"Mmm, should we capture your grandfather today, you will follow me in the future."
"Thank you... Thank you, Governor." Lix Dong was overjoyed upon hearing this.
Governor Xie Qing turned to the right: "I wonder if the special envoy has any more questions?"
The person on the right slowly opened his eyes, an invisible pressure surged out like from an abyss, even Xie Qing, being in the Meridian Unlocking Realm Middle Stage, felt a chill in his heart.
"Try to capture them alive, the Martial Immortal Alliance is in need of people at the moment." Martial Immortal Alliance Special Envoy Kong Dynasty glanced below, then closed his eyes again.
"Yes."
Xie Qing clasped his hands, then looked downward.
"You may withdraw now."
Lix Dong and the others exited, leaving only Xie Qing and Martial Immortal Alliance Special Envoy Kong Dynasty in the hall.
"Special Envoy, should we send someone to keep an eye on the Blood Evil Sect?"
"No need, they will come knocking themselves."
"..."
At that moment, someone reported from outside the hall.
"Reporting to Special Envoy and Governor, Lix Yan leads the remnants of Great Derivation Sect outside the gate."
"Hehe, prepare to close the net."
"Yes."
"..."
...
Pingzhong County Martial Arts Sect Great Derivation Sect’s mountain, known as Great Derivation Mountain, is formed by three peaks.
The main peak reaches ten thousand meters, while the two secondary peaks are seven to eight thousand meters high.
At the foot of the mountain, Great Derivation Sect Ancestor Lix Yan and Elder Yi Zhuo led about a hundred disciples to this place.
"Elder Yi, you..." Lix Yan looked at the people behind him, his heart filled with guilt, he never wanted the remaining disciples to take such risks.
"Ancestor, I am an elder of the Great Derivation Sect." Yi Zhuo’s face was serious.
"We are disciples of the Great Derivation Sect." The hundred people also spoke this sentence.
Lix Yan turned to look at the mountain peak: "Let’s go then."
The hundred climbed up to the north side of the mountain, taking a treacherous path.
Treacherous meant little-known, easier to sneak into the mountain gate.
The Great Derivation Sect’s crowd hadn’t been climbing long, when two figures appeared from their previous hiding spot.
One wore a bloody mask, the other’s face was painted with a fierce venomous spider.
"Hehe, interesting, Lix Yan doesn’t know he’s been betrayed by his grandson and disciples." The bloody-faced man sneered.
