Chapter 553: Chaos Unfolds
Qinghai Yixiao, the Hawk of Qinghai never expected Mu Wanqing to strike so suddenly. Fortunately, with years of experience in the dark underworld, he managed to narrowly evade the attack despite being caught off guard.
Looking down at the torn gash in his robe, Qinghai Yixiao realized how close he had come to disaster. If he had been even a fraction slower, it would have ended badly. Enraged, he shouted, “You wretch!” and drew his sword, thrusting it toward Mu Wanqing.
Mu Wanqing let out a defiant snort and raised her sword without hesitation. She had taken the initiative and was now pressing her advantage. Although her opponent’s martial skills surpassed hers, for the moment, she was holding her ground.
Song Qingshu watched as the two fought evenly, deciding not to intervene just yet. Mu Wanqing wasn’t in immediate danger, giving him time to ponder who Qinghai Yixiao truly was.
After a moment of thought, he remembered the name. Qinghai Yixiao was a villain featured in “The Smiling, Proud Wanderer”. Zuo Lengchan, in his ambition to unite the Five Sacred Mountain Sword Sects, resorted to coercion and underhanded tactics. One such scheme involved sending Qinghai Yixiao to ambush the head of the Mount Tai Sect, forcing him to resign. However, the sect leader, Daoist Tianmen, refused to surrender, ultimately crippling his own meridians to break free, dragging Qinghai Yixiao to death with him.
‘Both Mount Hua Sect and Qinghai Yixiao appearing now… Could Zuo Lengchan be making a move again?’ Song Qingshu frowned. Since defeating Zuo Lengchan at Mount Tai, the two had become bitter enemies.
Recently, Zuo Lengchan had even sent someone to seize the title of the new Golden Serpent King, only for Song Qingshu to thwart the plan.
Over the years, Zuo Lengchan had recruited over ten thousand secular disciples for the Mount Song Sect and gathered many notorious underworld fighters. His ambitions were clearly far greater than merely becoming a leader within the martial world.
With the Golden Serpent Camp’s influence expanding rapidly in Shandong and the Mount Song Sect nearby in Henan, conflicts of interest were inevitable. As the saying goes, “two tigers cannot share the same mountain”. A confrontation between the two factions was unavoidable.