The one who had struck out to assassinate Daoist Qian was none other than the Green Lotus Holy Envoy of the White Lotus Sect.
Throughout all of Shangshan City, the only person worth fearing was Daoist Qian, a Yang Spirit Realm martial artist. The rest were not worth mentioning.
Of course, Daoist Qian was not so easy to deal with. If the Green Lotus Holy Envoy had used her usual methods, it would have been much simpler. But she could not employ martial arts connected to the White Lotus Sect now, because she intended to subdue Shangshan City, not completely break with it.
Yet even without using the White Lotus Sect's secret martial arts, the Green Lotus Holy Envoy had other methods.
The White Lotus Sect drew upon the strengths of Daoism, Buddhism, and demon sects alike, so its martial arts possessed distinctive characteristics.
At the same time, the White Lotus Sect had excelled most at planting undercover agents within the major martial forces over the years. With those people in place, the White Lotus Sect had unearthed quite a few divine arts and secret techniques from those sects. Most had been incorporated into the White Lotus Sect's own martial arts, while some were placed in the Scripture Depository for White Lotus Sect disciples to cultivate as they pleased.
Moreover, because White Lotus Sect disciples often needed to conceal their identities, the sect now encouraged them to learn more cultivation methods unrelated to the White Lotus Sect, so they could better deceive others.
What the Green Lotus Holy Envoy was using now was the Green Lotus Sword Dance, a secret art passed down by a sword sect several centuries ago. That sect had not been particularly powerful, but with this one move, the Green Lotus Sword Dance, it might even