Chapter 98 How dare you ambush us Mulan Qingqing put down her old-fashioned hand gesture and turned to face her fellow apprentices. Her face was expressionless and she asked in an emotionless tone, "How many are there today?" Yan Ji, who looked more mature, said: "After today's inventory, we have a total of 3,027 insect crystals." Mulan Qingqing: "That is to say, more than 7,000 people worked for more than a month, but each person didn't get one." As his name suggests, the heroic Guan Yingjie said: "Senior sister, although that is true, the number we have should still be the largest among all the states." Chao Zhilin, who is handsome and confident, said, "Senior Sister, from the situations in other states we have come into contact with, no other state can gather such a large force as we do. So far, I have not heard of any state that has the possibility of having more insect crystals than we have." Mulan Qingqing: "The problem lies in our power. The sects didn't help us for free. We promised everyone that not only will Su Yuan Sect take first place, but we will also help other sects take second, third, and even tenth place. We will do our best. Each sect followed us out of hope. If we rely on everyone's strength to help Su Yuan Sect take first place, but ignore the rewards from other sects, it would mean that Su Yuan Sect has broken its promise and will be criticized by thousands of people in the future, which will affect the reputation of the sect. The first sect of Shengshenzhou must have the bearing and responsibility of the first sect. It is useless to just do it for ourselves. If we win the championship, but Xuanzhou fails to win the championship in total, then our Suyuan Sect will also lose. Who of you dares to be sure that Xuanzhou will definitely win the first place in the current total number?" After these words, the other junior brothers were silent. At present, no one dared to guarantee that they would definitely take first place in the total number. The reason why they were able to gather so many sects this time was indeed because they made a promise to each sect to pool everyone's strength to get as many rankings as possible. The distribution of the benefits from the rankings would be based on the size of the contributions recognized by each sect.
As for those who cannot be allocated, everyone who has helped out will become friends in the future. At least we don’t have to worry too much about our safety in this competition, as we will be protected by the collective strength. When the various sects heard this, they thought it was a good idea, especially the stronger ones. They felt that even if they couldn't get first place, they would at least have a better chance of getting second or third place. This is why the reputation and strength of Shengshenzhou's largest sect can facilitate this kind of cooperation. Who is submissive to whom among the sects in other states? Why are you the leader and why should my sect listen to you? As soon as the leader is slightly biased towards his own sect and makes people feel that it is unreasonable, people will think that he is sending my sect to die, and we will fall out in an instant. Faced with the test of interests and life and death, this problem was useless even if the domain lord had previously spoken to all factions and called on everyone to cooperate. Those sects that were able to gather some people were all based on the friendships among sects outside the conference. Even so, it is still unknown whether there will be internal strife in the end. Therefore, Guan Wen, who looked like a quiet and handsome man, could not help but sigh at this moment, "In fact, I don't quite understand the meaning of the royal court organizing such a competition for the distribution of Xunmen. Doesn't it know that many people will die? After this competition, I am afraid that many sects will turn against each other and become enemies, which will confuse people's hearts and cause endless disasters. Who on earth would come up with such a bad idea?" Mulan Qingqing: "The right and wrong of the royal court is not something you and I are qualified to comment on. The royal court naturally has its own considerations. What we need to do is to give ourselves an explanation and give an explanation to the sects that help us. It is not our turn to worry about other things." Guan Yingjie said with great vigor, "Sister, do you have any plans?" Mulan Qingqing: "I only heard that the Insect Crystal is hard to find before, but after I came here, I realized how difficult it is to find. It's no different from looking for a needle in a haystack. I have been thinking about a question. My Su Yuan Sect is the largest sect in Xuanzhou and is also known as the largest sect in Shengshenzhou. If we can't win the championship in Xuanzhou, can we accept it?" The four junior brothers looked at each other, and the handsome and confident Chao Zhilin said, "Of course we can't accept it. It will make people laugh at us. And we will be laughed at for a long time. If there is any disagreement in the future, we will be ridiculed." Mulan Qingqing: "Can the people who claim to be the number one sect in other continents accept that they are not the number one in their own continent?" Guan Wen, who was a quiet and handsome man, said, "What if they don't accept it?" Yan Ji, who looked mature, said slowly, "I'm afraid he will do something desperate." The handsome and confident Chao Zhilin said disdainfully: "So what if a cornered dog jumps over the wall? Can he still come and rob us?" The mature Yan Ji said: "Senior sister, what you mean is that they will do whatever it takes?" The other three looked at each other, as if to say, it doesn't matter what the means, in the end, strength is still the key. Mulan Qingqing: "We are powerful, but we have been sweeping across the country for more than a month, and we have only gained so little. The leading sects in each continent will probably be even more anxious. I wonder, if I were them, I couldn't find it, and I couldn't rob enough, what would I do? If there was hope of a comeback, would I take the risk?" The mature Yan Ji said thoughtfully: "What do you mean, Senior Sister?"
Mulan Qingqing: "The Western Moon Sea." Several fellow apprentices were all shocked, not because of the place, but what the senior sister meant by mentioning this place. Guan Wen, who had a quiet style, also became nervous, "Senior Sister, you don't want to take us to the Moon Sea, do you? That place is marked as a forbidden area in the atlas, it's very dangerous, the mother-child talisman will lose its effect inside, even the people of the Heavenly Court don't dare to enter without preparation." Mulan Qingqing: "Will other factions take the risk? If someone succeeds in the risk, the rewards will be huge. Will it be possible to surpass the hard work of so many of us in one fell swoop? My idea is to send some people to the Moon Sea, not to enter, but to secretly observe whether anyone enters. Once we find someone coming out, we will immediately organize an organization to kill them!" After hearing this, several fellow disciples felt relieved and nodded in approval. After they reached a consensus, they immediately called together the temporary leaders of each group to discuss... "Spring, look, there's movement on the slope in the middle of the campsite." Wu Jinliang, who was lying on the side of a rock and observing secretly, suddenly called out softly, and the two of them took turns observing. Shi Chun, who was resting against a large rock, turned over upon hearing the noise and lay on the other side of the rock to observe. He saw a lot of golden flames gathering on the slope in the middle, flickering and swaying, and no one knew what they were doing. After observing for a while, Wu Jinliang asked, "Why don't we take action now? We can find out what's going on." Shi Chun: "Are you sick? Is it normal for the two of us to run around in the middle of the night? Wait until dawn." As soon as the words fell, the two of them turned around and looked at each other, then both reached out and took out half of a hot mother-child talisman. On the smooth metal surface, faint light and shadow words like water waves appeared: Xiang Lan'er has left the group alone. If you need to meet, I can pass on the meeting information for you. The other half of the two people's mother-child talisman is in the hands of the team leader Bian Weiying. If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the message sent by Bian Weiying. The two were no longer surprised by this. Every now and then, a message would come in, seemingly testing whether they could be contacted. The two would just read the messages and not reply, pretending to be dead. The two were not optimistic about that kind of cooperation from the beginning. Since they had already escaped, there was no way they could go back. This time, too, after the writing disappeared, Wu Jinliang put away half of the talisman and asked, "What does it mean that Xiang Lan'er left the group alone?" Shi Chun: "What else can it mean? Either she can't stay here any longer, or the Demon Sect has taken action. Don't worry, that woman has the Demon Sect to protect her, nothing will happen to her." "That's right." Wu Jinliang nodded. The two of them took turns resting and watching, and before they knew it, the sky gradually brightened. When they were a little further away and could see the people clearly, Shi Chun nudged Wu Jinliang's leg with his foot, indicating that they should look in the direction he pointed. "There is a secret sentry behind the hillside over there. Let's go over and confront them. The bearded gang also entered the camp from that direction, which means they settled in that direction. If we make any noise, we should be able to lure them out. Let's go and get to work." He had already activated the special ability of his right eye to observe in advance, and he felt the loss of blood and energy to the body caused by frequently opening his right eye. "Okay." Wu Jinliang chuckled and reached out to touch the big knife. The two of them stood up together, crouching down, and then moved around using the terrain. After determining the location for the action, they suddenly appeared, pretending to know nothing, and flew up and down. The result was as expected. The bullet landed right on the spot where the two secret sentries were hiding. The secret sentry lying on the ground looked at the two men standing on the slope, looking down and up, staring at each other. There was no point in the sentry lying down any longer, so he jumped up immediately. Wu Jinliang immediately shouted angrily, "How dare you ambush us, you bastard!" The big knife was like a bed board, sweeping away with a violent gust of wind.
The two secret sentries dodged immediately, but saw the knife coming again. Shi Chun did not want to sit idly by and took action. As the two had expected, those who were sent out as secret sentries had low cultivation bases. Like them, they were all at the small success level of high martial arts. How could they withstand a head-on collision with the Demon-Free Sword of their master Chunneng, who was at the upper success level? They were knocked down on the spot after just a few moves. The people in the camp were not deaf when they heard the loud noise of a fight early in the morning. Some of them rushed over like a tide. Even Guan Wen, who was known for his quiet and handsome style, was alarmed and came to see. Shi Chun, who had beaten two secret sentries until they vomited blood and stepped on one of them with a knife on his neck, ready to cut him off, stopped. He and Wu Jinliang looked around, only to see a large group of people rushing down and surrounding them in an instant. When the leader of a sect saw his fellow disciples being beaten, he shouted angrily: "Stop! Who dares to act rashly here?" Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang were not panicked at all. They slowly looked around to see if there was anyone they knew. With their psychological qualities and the hostages in their hands, they really don't think there is anything to be afraid of. As expected, the blue-fir-faced bearded man whom I had seen yesterday was in the crowd. Shi Chun and the other two were also easy to recognize. With Wu Jinliang present, he would never make a mistake. The bearded man with blue pine was also stunned when he saw them. Shi Chun replied calmly, "We two have passed by here and have no grudges against them. How dare they ambush us? I want to ask, who is the one who is so rash?" Guan Wen, who was fond of quiet and handsome men, was a little surprised that these two people were not panicked even though they were surrounded by so many people. "No, we didn't ambush, we were just lurking here. They misunderstood." The secret sentry with a knife at his neck hurriedly explained, after all, it was his own life at stake. As soon as these words were spoken, the blue-fir bearded man jumped out and shouted to Shi Chun and the others, "Brothers, it's me. Do you recognize me? This must be a misunderstanding." Seeing this, Guan Wen asked, "Do you know him?" The blue-fir bearded man nodded immediately, "We met yesterday. He is a disciple of Youxia Mountain and also from Xuanzhou." (End of this chapter)