Mount Shaoshi, Abbot's Chamber.
As the most talented disciple Shaolin Temple had produced in recent decades, the middle-aged Fang Zheng already had some of the bearing of an eminent monk.
Not long ago, he had even been named Shaolin's next-generation successor and had begun assisting Abbot Yuancong with the temple's affairs.
"According to the news from Pingyang, the Mount Hua Sect's people were not going to reinforce Mount Heng, but to receive an elite force from the Mount Heng Sect that had broken out.
Five days ago, the Demonic Cult forces in Shanxi ambushed the Mount Heng Sect halfway. The Mount Hua Sect's reinforcements rushed over and had a minor clash with the Demonic Cult as well.
In this battle, the Five Mountains Sword Sects and the Demonic Cult could be said to have had wins and losses on both sides. Mount Heng lost three elders and more than two hundred disciples, while the Demonic Cult lost four protectors and five or six hundred cult members.
Perhaps because Feng Qingyang made a move and frightened the Asura Scholar badly, the Shanxi branch of the Demonic Cult withdrew directly from Pingyang.
Now the Mount Hua Sect has already begun organizing a retreat. From the looks of it, they are preparing to give up Shanxi for the time being.
Combined with the movements of the Mount Song Sect and Mount Heng Sect, it can basically be confirmed that the Five Mountains Sword Sects are brewing a major operation. We just can't determine the exact direction and target."
After hearing Fang Zheng's words, Abbot Yuancong frowned and could not help sighing. "The wind rises before the storm."
The old blockheads who had once devoted themselves wholly to resisting the Demonic Cult were gone, and now they had started playing schemes and calculations instead.