Chapter 199 — Shaking the Mountains

Sister Fox, Sister Fox, for the sake of all the money I've respectfully offered you, put in a good word for me?

" Snow Fox tilted her head and wagged her tail, indicating that she could do nothing to help.

Shen Mu said soothingly, "Rest easy, Scholar Yun; the rest of you, be at ease as well. You have me, you have me. " Shen Mu turned his head again and said soothingly, "Don't worry, don't worry, I will handle it properly.

" The monk Yun Que was scared witless, his hair standing on end; fortunately his head was bald, or his hair would have stood up too. Shen Mu turned his head away again and said, "Jiantang, when you kill them later, don't do it in front of me. Wanyun, Qinghong, rest easy as well; we are not a demonic path that murders and burns and plunders; put your hearts back in your bellies, it's nothing.

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Draw your swords quickly, and let them suffer a little less.

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. " "I heard that! " The monk Yun Que cried, "Jiantang, don't come over here, I'm already one of the demonic cult. .

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pah, one of the Sacred Cult! " Yue Qinghong and Shen Wanyun exchanged a look, and Yue Qinghong said in a low voice, "Eldest Senior Brother, what should we do?

" Shen Wanyun hesitated, then said, "This time the Youmo Cult helped Imperial Teacher Jingping, which shows the Youmo Cult is with the court as well.

There's nothing wrong with joining them. But if we don't join.

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" The corner of his eye twitched, and he said no more.

Yue Qinghong let out a breath and said, "There's nothing wrong with joining the Youmo Cult. We'll join, then.

" Since she had spoken, Wolf Slave naturally had nothing to say.

Yue Qinghong blinked and said to Si Yunxiang, "Holy Maiden, if we don't join the Sacred Cult, you surely wouldn't kill us, would you? " Si Yunxiang laughed softly and said, "The Cult Master is kindhearted; he was only joking with you just now.

" The monk Yun Que breathed a sigh of relief and cried, "This little monk knew it was a joke!

Erudite, you were joking just now, weren't you? Erudite?

" Shen Mu laughed heartily and said nothing, and Yun Que's face turned ashen. Shen Mu walked to the edge of the cliff and looked toward another peak, where the battlefield of Imperial Teacher Jingping and those dozen or so Cult-Master-level beings lay, some ten li away. The Heavenly Prison Barrier set by the bronze-masked man and his companions had already been breached, hole after hole torn through it, and from time to time terrible storms came pouring through those holes. The wild wind howled, blowing away whole swaths of forest, sweeping countless trees into the air and tearing them to shreds.

The battle on that peak was too terrible; it was a life-and-death struggle between Cult-Master-level beings. Even at such a distance, even through the Heavenly Prison Barrier, one could still feel wave after wave of dreadful throbbing.

Whoosh, another wild gust came, and only then did Shen Wanyun and the others understand: when they had first landed on this mountain and felt how strong the wind was, that wind had in fact been born from a battle more than ten li away.

Moreover, the wind grew stronger and stronger, bending the trees on the mountain at the waist. Wave followed wave; before one gust died, the next arrived.

The trees had scarcely sprung back before they were bent again, and some were snapped clean through. That peak must already have been shattered; Shen Mu saw that the place where they fought grew lower and lower, and was now all but level with the ground. At such a distance, he could use the Qingxiao Heavenly Eye to see the battle there, but not clearly.

Their exchanges were too fast; even the Qingxiao Heavenly Eye could scarcely catch their trajectories, let alone their techniques. Shen Mu could only judge how many remained on the mountain by the trails left as those experts moved.

"Another Cult-Master-level being has fallen. " Shen Mu's heart gave a small jolt. Yue Qinghong looked around and saw that the Youmo Cult experts all stood silently on the summit, gazing at the distant battle, showing not the slightest intention of going to help.

Puzzled, she asked, "Aren't you going to lend a hand?

" "No.

" Shen Mu explained, "Imperial Teacher Jingping can settle it alone. Three old monsters from a bygone age launched a sneak attack and managed to wound him amid ten thousand troops when he was completely off guard. But when Imperial Teacher Jingping strikes from concealment, there is basically no one who can stand against him.

The way our Heavenly Sacred Cult helps him is by creating the moment for him to strike.

The instant these Cult Masters lose their focus is the perfect moment for his ambush. "