I walked around and finally found Chengli. He spotted me coming and wore a weird smile on his face. "Hanzhou, long time no see, I'm so glad you got your freedom back." he said. "Really, if you wanted me free, you wouldn't find ways to put me on trial!" I said to him smiling. "So you really think you can win. Let me warn you, this is Muxia, evil always win and with you, it would be obvious that an a demon. I'll make you suffer so much, you would look like the victim!
"So, why did you actually come to meet me? You want to have a chat with my beloved wife, you know, I don't mind." he said still feeling funny. "What makes you think I want to see her?" I asked him, then he said with a mischievous look on his face "So that you would know how she is doing and what she is going through." He obviously wanted me to react but I just told him that . . .told him that "I don't care about him anymore. Dead or alive". He then asked why I came to see him then I told him "The war has begun and it's not ending until one of us is dead. You thought it ended four years ago, but that was when it started."
He replied "Good, I am looking forward to it" then he was about to leave then he stopped. "Oh I forgot to tell you. We thought your friend had something to do with your crimes so we just bought him in for some questioning . . . Take it as a warning." Then he left with a frightening smile on his face. What the heck was he talking about. My friend, don't tell me he is talking about . . .
I asked for directions and quickly ran to where they did the questioning. I got to an abandoned temple and went in. It was so dusty, could this be the place. I looked around but saw nothing but cobwebs. Spider webs. Suddenly, I heard someone cough. I followed the trace of the cough and there he was . . . . Lu-min covered in blood stains and injuries. His robe was ripped off and used as bandage for his injuries, he looked so deranged. I can't believe they did this to a human. In less than five hours, they could do such horrible things to someone even stronger than I am. No . . . I shouldn't think too much now. I have to get Lu-min back to the Sect.
I travelled back to the Blue Moon Sect with Lu-min in the fastest way possible. I took him to the best doctors immediately we got back. Luckily, the doctors said he was just drained of energy. It was getting late and the doctors asked me to get some rest but I refused to leave Lu-min alone just in case. Everyone left and I just sat there looking at Lu-min, hoping he would wake up. I couldn't help but imagine what possibly could have put Lu-min in this state, could Chengli have a trump card he is hiding.
As I was lost in thought, a messenger ran in with bruises all over his body. I asked him what happened, but he just said "The east of the sect . . ." and passed out. What the heck is going on now. I really didn't want to leave Lu-min alone but I had to see what was going on. I ran to the eastern district . . . and saw everything destroyed. The sect members were all running for safety and some injured and even dead. I went deeper and saw hundred of sect members fighting just six men who looked like assassins.
Assassins, but they killed the sect's cultivators so easily. Immediately, I told them to retreat. After what happened to Lu-min, I was a little scared of these guys and could have liked some help, but that would just be waste of lives. The symbol on their cloaks, that is the symbol of the Mongol, don't tell me these guys came all the way from the Mongol just to make my problems worse. "Finally, you showed up. Now, kindly allow us to kill you." One of them said. "May I ask why you want to kill me and why you slaughtered so many of my sect members?" I asked, and then he replied "Oh, uhh that Chengli was it? He paid us to finish you off and the people were just a means to draw you out."
This guy's killed so many people just to draw my attention, how dare they do such practices in my Sect. "Why did you tell him who our client was." One of them asked the first one, and he replied "Who cares, he is not even going to make it out alive . . . Weapon art: Soul Piercing technique." In just a second, he got to my front and was about to divide me to two. I dodged but
he kept on attacking. I managed to keep on dodging until another attacked me from behind. I blocked the attack with a blood blade and it shattered immediately due to the power of the opponent.
Focus, I can't let my thoughts get the best of me or else, I'll end up dead.
"Advanced blood art: Rampage Energy Burst"
"Advanced blood art: Blood Mist Rain"
"Advanced blood art: Maximum Slash"
"Blue Blossom Blade technique: Infinite Slaps"
I held a blood blade on my left hand and the blue blossom blade on my right. I used the blue blossom blade to block attacks and start the counter attack since I could move swiftly and faster with it, and used the blood blade as the main attack since a single slash was so powerful up to the point that it left huge marks on the ground. Upon all my advancement, it looked like child's play against the six of them. After taking note of them for some time, I found out their tactics. The two fastest were the main attack and the two strongest were the assist attackers while the last two somehow used weapon art to defend the rest.
"Fun game boy, now we have to get serious." The first one said and then, they all let out a massive amount of energy - What kind of dark energy would feel so toxic. Would I even be able to survive this . . ..