Demon Sword Sect's Undercover-Chapter 805 - 804: The Matter of Shuanggou 02

Hou Niao had no reason to refuse, because this involved the pride of the grassland people; they had survived thousands of years of strife in the Cultivation World through such wild methods, which also embodied great wisdom.

It’s the wisdom of how to control the level of conflict.

What would happen if he went? A one-sided massacre, and then what? Both sides would double down, could the grassland people afford to?

So it shouldn’t be a one-sided slaughter but a fairly matched brawl, gaining some benefits in the process, without provoking the opponent’s sensitive nerves, and thus wouldn’t escalate to a power-level confrontation.

This is a method the grassland people have tested and proved effective over a thousand times, leaving behind a reputation on the Continent as rebellious and disobedient, yet they still survived until now.

So, it would be inappropriate for him to go, as it would disrupt this balance.

The grassland people have been doing this for ages, and he doesn’t need to worry about it, a tumultuous period for no apparent reason.

He’s too lazy to manage them, after all, the looseness of the grassland people is engraved in their bones, he cannot expect them to be as disciplined as a sect. His role as the senior brother is more as a spiritual leader, a guide on the path of Sword Dao.

Watching these fellows gather, clamor, and then roar away like a band of robbers.

It’s something that happens anytime and anywhere on the Jinxiu Continent.

He shook his head and continued to ponder over his Flying Sword until hours later, a graceful figure arrived beside him.

"I knew you’d be here, here it is, a reply from Quanzhen Sect’s Li Chuping for you, it’s been dragging on for several months, nothing fun in Yujing, made me wait in bitter boredom."

Hou Niao apologized, "I’m sorry to make you come in person, didn’t you say your information network is all over?"

Dong Fangfei snorted, "You think I wanted to go? Wasn’t it because I was worried about exposure here, you have enemies all over the Continent, not sure how you ended up like this."

"I have friends too, like the grassland, like you. I’ll give you more interest as a thank you tonight..."

He took the Scroll and scanned it with Divine Sense, the contents were clear in his mind, he stood up abruptly, "Not good, something’s about to happen."

His body flickered into the air, turning into a sword light, trailing away. He moved at full speed, hoping to catch up with these guys.

Shuanggou Market was about half a day’s distance from Kangba Left Banner, Dong Fairy’s message was somewhat late.

Chasing with all his might, thinking about the contents of Li Chuping’s letter.

In fact, the letter did not contain much novel information. Li Chuping had just taken over this matter and hadn’t yet made any headway; the Wu Sect had been very strict with internal rectification recently, and they had uncovered quite a few spies from other sects eating from both ends, so the remaining people didn’t dare act rashly, afraid of getting into trouble themselves.

Li Chuping vaguely hinted he wanted to take advantage of this incident, but was at a loss for where to start. The purpose of sending this letter was to ask him if he had any suitable direction for stirring up trouble, after all, he was a participant, with a unique gift for causing chaos.

Hou Niao wasn’t interested in dealing with him, he wasn’t even in Quanzhen Sect anymore, so why should he risk his neck to do things for him?

But Li Chuping’s letter vaguely mentioned something—that many Tongtian Realm cultivators from the Wu Sect had left Langya Mountain, their whereabouts unknown, he suspected the Wu Sect was plotting revenge but couldn’t find the Wu Sect’s path of retaliation.

The Continent is too vast, deliberately concealing one’s whereabouts is really hard to track.

Upon seeing this, Hou Niao immediately realized that the grassland people might be on to something, this group of mysteriously appearing cultivators was likely the force Wu Sect was using to deal with the Heartless Dao, geographically speaking, this made sense. ƒreewebɳovel.com

The grassland, bordering many Northern Territory countries, includes not only Daitao but also Lian Country; departing from Shuanggou Market, just crossing the grassland would take less than three days to enter Lian Country, it’s a very perfect attack route, not only short but also highly concealed.

Understanding this, Shi Le and his group were in danger, the cultivation power of the grassland is, after all, limited, they don’t even have a country, how could they resist the top Daoist Sects of the Continent? Presumably, the purpose of Wu Sect’s two actions was merely to drive them away, but the Wu Sect has always been domineering, and strikes ruthlessly.

He had to prevent this matter, otherwise Lian Country might be fine, but the grassland would instead become a scapegoat, to be bloodily suppressed by the Wu Sect.

There’s no reason to use the lives of the grassland people to shield Lian Country from disaster, they may not even be grateful.

In a flash, understanding the intricacies within, it’s amusing how this matter is somewhat related to him, even if not significantly, he’s an unmitigated accomplice.

Taking out the cloth of the blind old man, he had to be careful not to be exposed in front of Wu Sect cultivators, not because he was afraid, but because he didn’t want to bring extra harm to the grassland, their wings were not yet fully formed, they couldn’t endure too much impact.

He was faster than Shi Le and the others, but not by much in essence, catching up with them who set off several hours ago was unlikely, he could only hope the battle hadn’t worsened, hadn’t reached an irreparable state.

As he approached Shuanggou Market, a powerful spiritual energy explosion blast came from afar, a sign of battle. The grassland people weren’t just pretending to be reckless, they were truly reckless, not bothering with verbal attacks, directly moving to action.

In a flash, he reached the battlefield, Divine Sense swept through, finding Shi Le fiercely fighting with two Daoists,

"Any changes, what about casualties?"

"Just started, still haven’t collected the interests back."

No more hesitation, with Body Sword Skill type of fighting, it’s a life-for-life gamble, injuries and deaths occur in a moment, it mustn’t be delayed. Not bothering to consult with the few leaders, he directly conveyed through Divine Sense,

"Elder Council orders, withdraw the grassland warriors from battle!"

This was a false proclamation of imperial decree, but the key was everyone knew who he was, so even if they were reluctant, they still restrained somewhat.

Shi Le struggled within his heart, unwilling to stop, knowing this couldn’t be an order from the Elder Council, but just the senior brother’s decision. After a moment’s consideration, he decided to follow; since the senior brother came rushing like this, saying there were changes, there must be a reason.

He chose to trust Hou Niao and thus coordinated with the Divine Sense transmission: "Withdraw, withdraw..."

There were those unwilling, those dissatisfied, and those compliant, but overall, the fight was still in its early stages, no blood drawn, not yet in a blind rage, so rationality still prevailed; they had already agreed before departure to absolutely obey orders, now they were fulfilling that promise.

...Among the dozens of Daoists, someone asked, "Brother Gu, should we leave them all here?"

Gu Daozi shook his head, "If we can’t keep them all, then there’s no need to create greater grudges; they’re not our target anyway, no need for extra complications; it’s also good this way, their coming here shows an attitude, so we don’t need to be aggressive, these outsiders are very barbaric, if it were the Southeast, they’d have been exterminated long ago, would they still be around till now?"

When both sides intended to restrain, the battle that had just begun was declared over, not causing a bigger conflict.