bookpower Chapter 40 - The Dugu Nine Swords Resolves the Crisis, Tension at the Medicine King Temple
Chapter 40 - The Dugu Nine Swords Resolves the Crisis, Tension at the Medicine King Temple
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.
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.
…
In the scene, after burying Lu Dazhao, Yue Buqun and the others continued their
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.