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Chapter 40 The Dugu Nine Swords Resolves the Crisis, Tension at the Medicine King Temple

Outside Hengyang City, on the Ten Mile Slope, the atmosphere was dead silent.

“I… am I really going to die?”

Lu Dazhao trembled with fear as he looked at the image of his own lifeless body on the screen. The Huashan disciples around him were also in shock.

“Huashan Sect has an internal traitor!”

Immediately, the disciples began eyeing each other with suspicion and wariness.

Little junior sister stole the Purple Mist Manual and gave it to me, which means she still has feelings for me.

Linghu Chong thought to himself, his face filling with anger.

Someone had killed Lu Dazhao, stolen the Purple Mist Manual, and framed him for it. Linghu Chong was seething with rage. He and Lu Dazhao had always had a close relationship, and seeing how Lu Dazhao had cared for him, never leaving his side, he was deeply moved.

Now, seeing Lu Dazhao’s death, Linghu Chong’s anger was so intense that it felt like it could ignite him entirely!

“From now on, all disciples stay where you are, no one is to leave!”

Linghu Chong, furious, issued the command as the eldest disciple. Although his master and mistress were present, his words were somewhat overstepping. However, Linghu Chong was a spontaneous person, and in his anger, he didn’t care to think things through.

Of course, this command would undoubtedly alienate some of the Huashan disciples, but it was the only way to address the issue. The traitor had to be found!

Linghu Chong believed that most of the Huashan disciples would understand him. After all, no one wanted to live under the same roof as a traitor. It was too dangerous!

One wrong move, and you could end up like Lu Dazhao. Ning Zhongze also understood the gravity of the situation and shouted, “Listen to your senior brother!”

Yue Buqun stood by, watching the unfolding events, his eyes fixed on the screen. He wanted to see how things would develop.

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In the scene, after burying Lu Dazhao, Yue Buqun and the others continued their search for the Purple Mist Manual, but were unsuccessful. The Huashan Sect disciples took shelter in the Medicine King Temple as a heavy rainstorm raged outside.

Suddenly, in the middle of the rainy night, fifteen riders appeared, demanding the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual from Yue Buqun. Yue Buqun, of course, didn’t have the manual. The two sides clashed.

The fifteen masked men were all formidable experts, and the Huashan Sect suffered heavy casualties. Linghu Chong wanted to help, but he was kicked and sent flying into a bush several yards away.

As he struggled to rise, a sudden surge of blood welled up in his chest and abdomen, and eight internal energies clashed violently inside him. This left Linghu Chong unable to move even a finger.

On the battlefield, Yue Buqun initially held his ground against eight attackers, but as the other masked men finished off the remaining Huashan disciples, all fifteen of them surrounded him.

Yue Buqun managed to injure four or five of them before he was overpowered and captured. The masked men continued to interrogate him about the location of the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual, threatening the chastity of Ning Zhongze, Yue Lingshan, and many female disciples of Huashan Sect.

They claimed to be from the underworld and would do anything to get the manual. Just as the Huashan Sect disciples were about to lose hope, another thirty or so people arrived. These were members of the Songshan, Taishan, Hengshan, and Huashan Sword Sect who had previously attempted to take over Huashan Sect’s leadership.

The leader was Lu Bai from the Songshan Sect’s Thirteen Guardians, along with Ding Mian and Tang Ying’e. The two groups coordinated, accusing Yue Buqun of receiving the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual after accepting Lin Pingzhi as a disciple, and hiding it away.

Cong Buqi from the Huashan Sword Sect demanded that Yue Buqun be killed, and earlier had even tried to harass Ning Zhongze. Ning Zhongze provoked Ding Mian verbally, forcing him to release her acupoints, allowing her to battle Cong Buqi.

Ning Zhongze’s strength was comparable to Cong Buqi’s, but she had been severely injured in a previous fight and was no match for him now. Cong Buqi, full of confidence, advanced step by step, preparing to search Ning Zhongze for the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual. Linghu Chong stepped forward to intervene.

At this moment, Linghu Chong felt the energy in his dantian, suppressing his internal injuries, and finally managed to move his limbs and draw his sword.

He quickly unleashed the “Dugu Nine Swords.” Although Linghu Chong had not fully mastered the “Dugu Nine Swords” and had hesitated to use them against a strong opponent, at this life-and-death moment, his mind suddenly cleared.

He unleashed the full power of the sword, defeating both Cong Buqi and Feng Buping. Cong Buqi and Feng Buping, having been defeated by a younger generation, fled with no face to stay.

The three guardians from Songshan Sect intended to rush in and overwhelm Linghu Chong, but seeing the presence of the Taishan and Hengshan sects, they withdrew. However, they left without rescuing Huashan Sect.

The fifteen masked men returned, intending to kill Linghu Chong by chopping him into pieces. Linghu Chong, already feeling desperate, suddenly noticed the fierce, gleaming eyes of the fifteen attackers through the holes in their masks, like pairs of hungry beasts.

In an instant, a thought flashed through his mind.

The seventh move of the Dugu Nine Swords, the ‘Arrow Breaking Style,’ is specifically designed to deal with hidden weapons. No matter how many arrows or hidden weapons are shot at me, or if dozens of people attack with various projectiles, with this move, I can knock down all of them.

With a flash of inspiration, he immediately performed the ‘Arrow Breaking Style’, executing thirty swift sword strikes in one breath. All the masked men were blinded by his attacks.

Yue Buqun, overjoyed, instructed Linghu Chong to sever the attackers’ tendons and slowly interrogate them. Linghu Chong agreed. However, after using the ‘Arrow Breaking Style’, Linghu Chong had exhausted his energy. His entire body shook, and he could no longer even grip his sword.

His legs buckled, and he collapsed to the ground. The others could only watch helplessly as the fifteen attackers escaped.

Yue Buqun coldly said, “Linghu Chong, you still haven’t unsealed my acupoints? Do you expect everyone to beg you?”

Linghu Chong, shocked, stammered, “Master, you… are you joking with me? I… I’ll unseal your acupoints right away.”

Struggling to get up, he staggered to Yue Buqun’s side and asked, “Master… which acupoints do I need to unseal?”

Yue Buqun, furious, recalled how Linghu Chong had previously staged a scene on Huashan, stabbing himself to avoid killing Tian Boguang. Now, he believed that Linghu Chong had deliberately delayed unsealing his acupoints to prevent him from chasing the escaping attackers.

Yue Buqun angrily said, “No need for you to waste your effort!”

He continued to circulate his ‘Purple Mist Divine Art’, attempting to unseal his acupoints, but could not do so immediately. Linghu Chong, unable to use his energy, felt dizzy and weak, barely able to stand.

Helpless, he lay beside Yue Buqun, waiting for him to unseal the acupoints. As dawn broke, Yue Buqun finally unsealed the acupoints and freed everyone.

Yue Buqun then coldly asked, “Chong’er, who were those fifteen masked men?”

Linghu Chong replied, “I… I don’t know.”

Yue Buqun asked, “Do you recognize them? What’s your relationship with them?”

Linghu Chong, shocked, answered, “I’ve never seen any of them before.”

Yue Buqun pressed, “Then why, when I ordered you to keep them alive for interrogation, did you ignore my command?”

Linghu Chong, weak and trembling, responded, “I… I was too exhausted, I didn’t have any strength left, and at that moment…”

His body swayed, clearly struggling to stay upright.

Yue Buqun snorted, “Well done!”

Linghu Chong quickly kneeled and swore.

“I am deeply indebted to Master and Mistress, I would never deceive you.”

Yue Buqun then asked where Linghu Chong’s sword technique had come from. However, Feng Qingyang had instructed Linghu Chong never to reveal the origins of the technique to anyone.

Linghu Chong couldn’t break that promise, so he endured the pressure, understanding that Yue Buqun would be suspicious. He held no grudge.

At this point, Ning Zhongze stepped in to mediate, suggesting that if Linghu Chong had ties with the masked men, why would they try to kill him? And why would Linghu Chong blind them if they were allies?

Yue Buqun lifted his head slowly, deep in thought, but seemed not to absorb Ning Zhongze’s words.