Night Owl... You Switched Sides Too?

Although the members of the Gathering Fire Sect did not know what the sect leader and his wife had gone through, it was the first time they had ever seen the sect leader and his wife so angry!

Although the overall strength of the Gathering Fire Sect was much weaker than that of the Moon Shadow Cult of the Great Chang Kingdom, the Gathering Fire Sect was not a pushover either, so it sent a message to the Moon Shadow Cult Gathering Fire Sect.

Gathering Fire City...

Good heavens, this time the Gathering Fire Sect didn't even spare the Gathering Fire Tower. Of course, because the guests in the Gathering Fire Tower have a relatively high status, the people from the Gathering Fire Sect didn't directly investigate like they did outside. Instead, they first had the waiters in the Gathering Fire Tower quietly wake up the guests and then conduct the inspection.

What could the Gathering Fire Sect possibly find inside the Gathering Fire Tower?

In the entire Gathering Fire Tower, if we're talking about the biggest ghost cultivator, it's definitely Ma Liang...

Even if you brought the Gathering Fire Sect Zhao Qi himself, let alone these brats from the Gathering Fire Sect, he would never be able to detect any ghost cultivator aura on Ma Liang!

Unless you summon someone like Tantai Jing, how could an ordinary person possibly detect Ma Liang's hidden cultivation level and aura?

During the inspection of Gathering Fire Tower, no one discovered Ma Liang's identity. However, while checking the records of Yue Ling and the other two, the manager of Gathering Fire Tower fell into deep thought as he looked at the ledger!

"When did these three people register? I remember they only released four superior rooms today... how come there are three extra rooms?"

"Shopkeeper... is someone making fakes?" The shop assistant next to him quickly came over as well.

The shopkeeper scratched his head, indicating that this was unlikely... He carried the ledger with him at all times... Don't be fooled by the shopkeeper's chubby and seemingly harmless appearance; he was actually an elder of the Gathering Fire Sect, a powerful Eighth Rank expert.

After all, Gathering Fire Tower usually receives distinguished guests from all over the world, so Gathering Fire Sect certainly wouldn't dare to neglect them.

The shopkeeper was completely bewildered... He had also suspected the clerk's words, but that suspicion vanished almost instantly... The reason was simple... He carried the ledger with him at all times.

You know what kind of person could make an Eighth Rank take the ledger, alter it, and return it to the shopkeeper without the shopkeeper noticing, all without the shopkeeper noticing at all?

It's not that the shopkeeper looks down on his own sect leader; at least the shopkeeper is certain that even his own sect leader could never do this!

So if someone can really do that, there's no need to investigate; he must be the most honored guest of the Gathering Fire Sect. Not to mention three superior rooms, if such a person were to arrive, the Gathering Fire Tower would have to clear the entire place to welcome him!

Moreover, the names of the three guests were even stamped with the seal of Sect Master Zhao Qi. It should be noted that Zhao Qi always wore this sect master's seal on his person.

Therefore, there is only one possibility for all of this to be accomplished: someone must have obtained the ledger from me without my knowledge, registered my name, then secretly obtained the seal from the Subordinate Ninth Rank Sect Master within the Gathering Fire Sect, and finally stamped the seal on the register...

Then the register and seal were returned to himself and the sect leader...

Good heavens, after going through this whole process, the shopkeeper knows all too well just how difficult it is!

It's no exaggeration to say that Ninth Rank could never achieve this. To do all this, one would need to be at least a Martial God or even surpass Martial God!

Seeing the look on the other shop assistants' faces, as if they were suggesting they investigate further, the shopkeeper smiled...

Young people will always be young... If what I just thought was true, then has the Gathering Fire Sect gone mad?

We don't know what their purpose is in moving in, but they definitely have nothing to do with the sect leader's affairs. Because if someone like that wanted to do something, they wouldn't need to hide it at all; they could directly overthrow the entire Gathering Fire Sect!

Even if he really did something, the sect leader would absolutely not dare to investigate in the slightest!

So what are we investigating? What benefit would it bring to the Gathering Fire Sect if we actually discovered such a person?

If someone doesn't want to reveal their identity, they must have their reasons. Although this elder of the Gathering Fire Sect isn't particularly powerful, he's very insightful. Sometimes, it's good to be a little oblivious!

So the shopkeeper waved his hand, indicating that we must be overthinking it; this must be a distinguished guest of the sect leader, and the sect leader would register and stamp the document himself.

After all, the sect leader has a copy of this ledger, and when the copy is registered and stamped, the original will also be displayed here.

So the shopkeeper said that they must be the sect leader's guests, but the sect leader was just too busy today and might have forgotten to inform us. There's no need to know so much about some things!

Chu Xinghe and his two companions successfully passed the inspection, although the process was somewhat absurd...

The members of the Gathering Fire Sect were conducting the inspection were all stunned when they saw Ma Liang...

But they soon realized that this was probably a fake Ma Liang...

Good heavens, if it were really Lord Ma Liang, how could the Gathering Fire Sect allow someone like Ma Liang to stay in the Gathering Fire Tower? He would definitely be staying inside the Gathering Fire Sect itself. So this can only be a fake Ma Liang...

Ultimately, the investigation at Gathering Fire Tower revealed no problems, and Yue Ling yawned as she returned to her room to rest.

Good heavens, Yue Ling was jolted awake in the middle of the night... You see, when she was being chased in the past, things often happened in the middle of the night, so Yue Ling was always on guard.

But after being woken up, they asked me a few simple questions, and then nothing happened?

Yue Ling was completely bewildered... What exactly has been going on these past few days?

No matter how well he concealed his identity or how many skilled people he hired to protect him, he would always be caught by assassins and had nearly lost his life many times.

But lately, I haven't been hiding my whereabouts much... yet not a single assassin has appeared?

Have these assassins given up?

That can't be... Judging from their repeated attacks, it was clearly a fight to the death... Moreover, Yue Ling was well aware of what would happen after she arrived in the capital of the Great Liang Kingdom.

They certainly won't let me reach the capital easily!

So no matter what, the other side should have been relentlessly pursuing them!

But why? Have things been too peaceful these past few days?

All the assassins seemed to have vanished... causing Yue Ling to start to lower her guard!

But Yue Ling couldn't worry about that right now; she went back to her room to sleep first...

After Yue Ling left, Chu Xinghe learned from Ma Liang what Ma Liang had actually done this time...

After hearing everything Ma Liang said, Chu Xinghe was speechless...

Is this the surprise you, Ma Liang, were talking about?

This is truly a surprise!

Good heavens, at this moment Chu Xinghe realized that Ma Liang, that bastard, truly deserved the title of "Divine Dagger Divine Dagger Ma Liang" without a single flaw...

Look at what he's done! It's absolutely inhuman!

Ma Liang is lucky to have joined our Vast Heaven Sect. If he had joined the Demonic Sect, he would definitely be a formidable rival to Tantai Jing...

"Hehehe... Junior brother, I learned all this from Senior Brother Xinghe. In Hundred Herbs City, it was probably Senior Brother Xinghe who made the move!"

Ma Liang isn't stupid. No matter how outrageous that Black Sha's sword light was, it couldn't have deviated that much!

Therefore, in that situation, it must have been Senior Brother Xinghe who silently led that blade of light into the Meng Lineage's funeral procession.

Of course, drawing that sword light wasn't difficult, since Ma Liang said he could do it too. But the real challenge was to accurately calculate the time of the funeral procession from the Meng Lineage and to coincide with the chosen route.

All of this was accomplished by Senior Brother Xinghe silently, ultimately leading to a bloody battle between the enemies who came to hunt down Yue Ling and the Meng Lineage...

This time, Ma Liang said, "I'm just copying what he's doing. Since that ghost cultivator likes to surprise others so much, then I, Ma Liang, will give him a surprise too. Tell me, is that reasonable or not?"

No matter what, just tell me, wasn't that ghost cultivator pleasantly surprised?

After punching Ma Liang, Chu Xinghe shook his head speechlessly and said, "Then why didn't you lead him into the sect leader's room... and he even managed to photograph such a strange thing!"

"Senior Brother Xinghe, that's really unfair to me. Although I know Zhao Qi, I never dreamed that they, an old married couple, could still be so lovey-dovey. Besides, we only filmed some lovey-dovey scenes..."

Ma Liang wasn't lying this time; he genuinely hadn't expected to capture such a loving scene between Zhao Qi wife.

As the old saying goes, a kiss between a middle-aged couple can keep them having nightmares all night!

What normal, long-married couple could be this loving?

Ma Liang simply wanted to send the Ghost Envoy to Zhao Qi's room so that Zhao Qi could deal with it, and ideally find some clues about the ghost Ghost Envoy so he could drive it away!

But who would have thought it would turn out so amazing...

Chu Xinghe and Ma Liang exchanged a glance, smiled simultaneously, and then each went back to their rooms to rest...

In a secluded corner of Huiming Mountain, two people covered in blood sat there, still looking completely bewildered!

That's right, these two are none other than Black Sha and Night Owl, who escaped all the way from Gathering Fire City to this place...

Until this moment, both of them had question marks on their foreheads...

Compared to the bewildered Night Owl, Black Sha was truly on the verge of tears!

That Night Owl... how could someone cause such a disaster?

I sent Night Owl to assassinate the target, and instead of doing anything, you started secretly filming the Gathering Fire Sect Master and his wife... What are you trying to do?!

As a man, Black Sha could imagine how furious Zhao Qi, the Gathering Fire Sect, must have been in that situation!

It's only because we can escape with our Blood Escape that we're fast; if we had been even a second slower... we might already be caught by the Gathering Fire Sect!

And once captured by the Gathering Fire Sect, the consequences are unimaginable!

While Black Sha and Night Owl were still in a daze, the communication token on Black Sha's body suddenly went off!

Black Sha answered the message, and the figure of his master appeared on the other end of the message.

At this moment, although the three were face to face in the communication, they all fell silent...

A full quarter of an hour later, the master finally spoke, "Night Owl... you surrendered too?"

Night Owl: "???"

Black Sha: "???"