Who Was It?

Ji Boying was making things up on the spot.

He wasn't unable to stop because a powerful enemy was attacking; he clearly wanted to end Yu Canghai's life long ago and eliminate him completely.

However, one must put on an act in front of outsiders and put it more tactfully.

As expected, as soon as Ji Boying finished speaking, both Daoist Tiansong and Abbess Dingyi lowered their heads and chanted "Amitabha, the Heavenly Venerable One."

I felt a pang of sadness at Yu Canghai's death, and it was indeed a great loss that such a martial arts master had passed away.

This doesn't mean that Yu Canghai's act of killing someone's entire family to steal their belongings isn't heinous, but that's just how the martial arts world is—it's always more lenient towards those with ability.

Even the Abbess Dingyi, who hated evil as much as she did, felt ashamed of what Yu Canghai had done, but still felt sorry for his death.

"Those four men in black who attacked from the shadows were truly formidable. Each of them was no less skilled than Yu Canghai, and the most powerful of them was far superior to Yu Canghai in Sect Leader Yue, at Mount Hua and received his instruction. I felt that the pressure that man in black brought me was far greater than the pressure my master brought me."

"I think this is naturally partly due to the master showing mercy to his disciple, but the leader of the men in black is also a glimpse into the whole picture."

Ji Boying recounted the story in detail.

This interesting and bizarre experience captivated everyone, who listened intently and became completely absorbed in it.

Meanwhile, Abbess Dingyi and the two Daoist priests, Tiansong Tianbai, gasped several times in shock.

The three pairs of old eyes looked at each other with surprise and suspicion.

They were not surprised by the personal prowess subtly revealed in Ji Boying's words.

Ji Boying 'Ji Boying recent actions and series of victories have already led them to place his martial arts skills at the level of the major sect leaders.

Although Ji Boying was trying to save face for his master, everyone understood his meaning.

He was clearly saying that the leader of the men in black was far more skilled than Yue Buqun.

Ji Boying martial arts master of the level of various sect leaders, could easily distinguish who was skilled in martial arts and who was not, even when fighting five opponents alone. There was no need for him to leave any room for maneuver in his words. The only reason he left any room for maneuver was because Yue Buqun was his master.

"This... this... is there really such a powerful character?"

Even Abbess Dingyi would probably find it difficult to speak.

Tiansong said, "The most powerful person here can rival Junior Brother Yue in martial arts, so naturally he's at the level of a sect leader in our Five Great Mountains Sword Sects. Junior Brother Yue's skills are also quite high within our Five Great Mountains Sword Sects..."

Tiansong phrased it tactfully, but everyone understood the meaning.

Yue Buqun possessed profound internal strength, his Mount Hua Swordplay was quite exquisite, and his Purple Mist Divine Skill was renowned throughout the martial arts world. His skill level was vaguely ranked second among the Five Great Mountains Sword Sects.

Among the Five Great Mountains Sword Sects, the one with the lowest martial arts strength is naturally Baiyun Nunnery.

After all, they were all women, and they were vegetarians who chanted Buddhist prayers.

The Daoist Tiansong didn't give a definitive answer, partly out of consideration for Mr. Mo Da of the Mount Heng Sect and their leader Daoist Tianmen.

Tianbai said, "In that case, the strength of these four people alone is probably no less than that of a small sect..."

Abbess Dingyi remained silent with a stern face, but she understood what was going on.

Their strength was no less than that of a small sect; the skills displayed by these four individuals alone surpassed those of the entire Baiyun Nunnery.

Important figures are reluctant to make definitive statements out of consideration for face, but they are all quite uneasy. Such a force is truly frightening to them.

Ji Boying also smiled and poured a cup of tea for Daoist Tiansong.

Seemingly intentionally, yet seemingly unintentionally, he said, "Who says otherwise? This group is truly formidable. I never expected that Lin Zhennan's Bixie Sword Manual could attract so many powerful figures. To be able to easily produce four top-tier masters, even our Mount Hua, Hengshan, Mount Heng might not be able to match them. Only the Mount Tai Sect has such resources."

Daoist Tiansong was pleased to receive such a compliment and drank the tea with a smile.

But he is straightforward and doesn't like to pretend.

Although pleased with the compliment, he still sighed and said, "Speak your mind."

"Although our Mount Tai Sect has many members, we probably don't have the strength to field four top-tier experts at once..."

Daoist Tiansong and Daoist Tianbai looked at each other and sighed deeply, but said nothing more.

Naturally, family scandals should not be aired in public.

He could only say, "If what my nephew says is true, then three of the four are just as skilled as Yu Canghai. I'm afraid... I'm afraid we, the Tian generation, are just there to make up the numbers. How can we be worthy of comparing ourselves to them?"

What Daoist Tiansong said was not much different from what Ji Boying had expected.

He was just flattering me on purpose.

Although the Mount Tai Sect has the most older generation members, their strength is actually quite average.

Although the Daoist Tiansong in front of me is of the same generation as the head of the Mount Tai, he can't even beat Tian Boguang.

Daoist Tianbai and he seemed to be in the same place.

To be comparable to Yu Canghai, he is still somewhat lacking.

They still have a few senior masters from the previous generation, the generation with the character "Yu" in their Mount Tai Sect.

But these few people are people that those of the "Tian" generation don't even want to mention.

These senior and junior uncles are not of the same mind as the sect leader Tianmen.

There's also a vague risk of internal strife, which is their Mount Tai Sect's family scandal.

No matter how you look at it, even sending out the Tianmen wouldn't be enough to find someone stronger than Yue Buqun.

The Mount Tai Sect absolutely does not have that capability.

Daoist Tiansong was being modest, and Tianbai sighed beside him.

"Speaking of our sword sect, the Alliance Leader Zuo's leadership is truly effective..."

They've arrived.

Ji Boying's heart stirred, and he finally steered the conversation to this point.

Looking closely at the expressions of the three, it was clear that they had all realized that among the Five Great Mountains Sword Sects, only the Songshan Sect could probably send out four such experts.

"Master Uncle is right. It is precisely because these hidden men in black are so powerful that I dare not act rashly. I do not know their background, and I dare not leave without permission. I can only stay at the Fuwei Escort Agency to protect Lin Zhennan while asking my master for help."

Ji Boying continued the conversation.

"But we didn't expect that after that group of people left, they didn't show up for a long time. Our entire Mount Hua Sect stayed in Fuzhou and waited until now. If it weren't for Uncle-Master Liu sending someone to invite us, we would probably still be facing off against those black-clad men who are nowhere to be found."

Ji Boying sighed.

"They say you can be a thief for a thousand days, but how can you guard against thieves for a thousand days? We can't be at ease if we don't know their background. Even our entire Mount Hua Sect would have a hard time dealing with those people, so we can't be careless. We had to split into two groups. My master led the main force forward, while I hid in the shadows to deal with any unforeseen circumstances."