PS: Thanks to reader Sword→Flame Feather for the 10,000 Qidian coins reward, and to the two readers on QQ Reading who also rewarded 10,000 book coins each. Unfortunately, the author doesn't have management access to QQ Reading and can't see their IDs, so I can only thank them together here.
Shaolin Temple's lay disciples were scattered across the martial world, but several days later, they all received a letter from Yan Wuxie.
As far as these Shaolin Temple lay disciples were concerned, if you asked them to kill Su Xin on their own, they wouldn't go, even if they really could kill him.
Making a mortal enemy of the Imperial Court wasn't a good idea.
But now that Xuan Guan had agreed to shoulder all the blame, and the Seven Heroes Assembly and Green Blood Green Mountain Hall were leading the charge, they had nothing to fear. They could simply join in.
Besides, these Shaolin Temple lay disciples had their own plans. Taking action this time would also let them restore some of their former prestige.
Yan Wuxie had lain low for more than ten years, and Shaolin Temple's lay disciples had kept a low profile for just as long.
They knew their reputation wasn't very good. After Su Xin killed Zhu Zefang last time, people had mocked them for a long while.
If they could kill Su Xin this time, at least they would once again draw the attention of the martial world.
And so, the Shaolin Temple lay disciples at the Spirit Transformation Realm began to make their moves.
Most of these Shaolin Temple lay disciples at the Spirit Transformation Realm served as retainers or guest elders for martial sects and noble families. Not one of them had established a faction of his own.
It wasn't that they