Fifth Senior Brother

Watching the backs of everyone as they left, Qin Fengming felt a bit uneasy.

The five people who stayed behind at the branch hall showed no unusual behavior, but the two middle-aged men walking towards the outside of the branch hall exchanged a glance as they left the building.

Although this action was not particularly strange, after the two of them looked at each other, a middle-aged man who had originally planned to follow the five people to the back residence said a few words to the five people and then left the branch hall's premises with another middle-aged man.

Facing the actions of these two, although Qin Fengming had not experienced much in the mortal world, he still sensed something unusual.

With a flicker of his body, Qin Fengming left the Luoxia Valley branch hall. Concealed in the darkness, under the speed of the Azure Cloud Maze movement technique, he silently followed the two departing middle-aged men from about ten zhang behind.

The two did not look back along the way, nor did they speak at all; everything appeared exceptionally calm. After taking several turns, the two entered a courtyard with three sections.

By now, it was already midnight, and the entire courtyard was completely dark. As the two middle-aged men entered the courtyard, a moment later, the lights in one of the rooms in the three-section courtyard suddenly lit up.

Qin Fengming did not linger in the front courtyard but went directly to the back garden. Concealed outside the window where the light shone, he concentrated and listened carefully to the conversation between the two in the room.

"Brother Huang, what are your thoughts on what the Hall Master just said?"

As soon as they were seated, one of them spoke. His voice was extremely somber, as if the matter he was discussing was extremely important and serious.

"Hmph, thoughts? What thoughts could I have? Brother Wang, do you expect me to betray Luoxia Valley again?"

Hearing the other person's words, the other replied with hatred. From this person's tone, it seemed that the two had betrayed Luoxia Valley before.

"Hahaha, Brother Huang, don't forget, you were also involved in what happened back then. If you hadn't been infatuated with Miss Jinque of Zuihong Tower, how would we have fallen into the hands of the Wang Clan Twin Eagles of Mount Cang Mountain?"

"Hmph, you still have the nerve to mention that. Although I was infatuated with that prostitute and fought with Wei Hu, you were the one who instigated things afterward. Thinking back, this must have been you colluding with Wei Hu to deliberately set a trap and frame me. Although I agreed to pocket the illicit gains and embezzle the branch hall's money back then, this time, I will absolutely not associate with you again."

The middle-aged man surnamed Huang became more and more indignant as he spoke, and finally, his expression turned extremely unpleasant.

"Hahaha, embezzled the branch hall's money once? Brother Huang, don't forget, you were also the one who tipped us off about the ambush of dozens of my disciples at Little Liang Mountain. After that, a sum of money also ended up in your account."

"What? That incident was also the work of the Wang Clan Twin Eagles of Mount Cang Mountain? Didn't they say it was people from Wushan? Ah, I understand now, you must have deliberately said that. Good, good, Wang Peng, you truly have a cunning mind, pushing Brother Huang to a dead end step by step. Aren't you afraid I'll kill you right now?"

Hearing this for the first time, the middle-aged man surnamed Huang's eyes immediately flashed with ferocity, and with a shake of his hands, he was about to pounce on the middle-aged man opposite him.

"Brother Huang, wait, I still have something to say. Your martial arts are superior to mine; I am well aware of this, Brother Wang. For this, Brother Wang has long had a backup plan. As soon as I die, someone will immediately inform Zhang Qingshan of what you did back then. If Brother Huang doesn't believe me, you can certainly try."

After saying this, the middle-aged man surnamed Wang put his hands behind his back, offered no resistance whatsoever, and exposed his chest completely to the palm of the middle-aged man surnamed Huang.

After a full cup of tea's time, a sigh of helplessness was finally exhaled from the mouth of the middle-aged man surnamed Huang: "After this matter is over, Brother Huang will request to resign from Sect Leader Zhang and no longer serve as the Hall Master of the Investigation Hall."

Hearing the middle-aged man surnamed Huang's words, the man surnamed Wang smiled slightly: "Hehe, that would be good. With the merits you've made for Mount Cang Mountain over the years, the Wang brothers will surely welcome Brother Huang to join them. Then, you can bring your wife and nephew to Mount Cang Mountain, and Brother Huang can live out his days in peace."

Hearing this, the middle-aged man surnamed Huang's heart trembled again. Faced with the other party threatening his family, he had no intention of resisting any longer.

"Hehe, if Brother Huang has no objections, then I will notify Mount Cang Mountain of tonight's events. With Brother Huang handling things from the inside, even if someone from Luoxia Valley comes and something unexpected happens, I'm afraid they won't suspect either of us."

After saying this, the middle-aged man surnamed Wang took out a brush and ink, wrote for a moment on a strip of paper about an inch wide, and then placed it inside a small bamboo tube.

Bending down, a carrier pigeon was already in his hand.

A moment later, the sound of wings beating the air could be heard, and a small black shadow disappeared into the darkness.

Hearing the words of these two, Qin Fengming already knew what these two traitors had done.

Without bothering to listen to any more of their words, Qin Fengming's body flickered rapidly, and he leaped towards the distant darkness.

He had only one thought at this moment: to intercept that carrier pigeon.

With the Azure Cloud Maze movement technique enhancing his speed, Qin Fengming moved at an extreme pace. In just a few breaths, he had flown twenty to thirty zhang away. He saw a flash of black shadow about ten to twenty zhang ahead; it was undoubtedly the carrier pigeon.

But just as Qin Fengming spotted the flying black shadow, another figure also appeared in his sight.

"Bang!"

Just as Qin Fengming's heart trembled violently, a sudden bang echoed from ahead. The black carrier pigeon seemed to have collided with something, and with a flutter, it began to fall downwards.

With a rapid movement, Qin Fengming abruptly stopped. With a flash of his hand, his longsword was already in his grasp.

"Who is there? Please reveal yourself."

"Hehehe, you are Junior Disciple Brother Qin Fengming, aren't you? I am your Fifth Senior Brother."

Following a light chuckle, a figure flashed out. At the same time, the figure raised a hand, and a dark object floated towards Qin Fengming.

Seeing the object flying towards him, Qin Fengming dared not touch it directly. Instead, with a wave of his hand, a deerskin glove caught the incoming object.

Although he heard the other party call out his name and claim to be his Fifth Senior Brother, he did not lower his guard in the slightest.

Holding the deerskin glove, he looked closely at the object inside. He saw that the item inside was identical to the token given to him by the Hall Master before. The characters written on it were precisely the character "five."

Upon seeing this, Qin Fengming had no more doubts. The person in front of him was undoubtedly the Fifth Senior Brother of the Dark Night Hall he had been looking for.