Mysteries of Immortal Puppet Master

Chapter 1514: Chapter 622: Flowing Gold Guest’s Third Battle Against Ning Zhuo (Part 2)

Qiu Lei said in a low voice, ”I understand why you’re all here. But we have already signed a Contract with Tan Zhu.”

From within Old You Yun’s sleeves, white clouds slowly flowed: ”Exactly! And it’s not just the Contract—news of our three-way Martial Arts bout has already spread throughout the entire Main Mountain Gate. If we go back on our word now, how will we have any face left to keep mixing around on Flowing Cloud Peak?”

Facing such a situation, the two of them decisively joined forces, stating their position firmly and cutting off any other powers from intervening.

From the standpoint of the Territorial Expansion Alliance and White Cloud Village, they were merely engaging in fair competition with Nanming Village. If they let other peaks seize the chance to meddle, the situation would become even more chaotic, and their control over the situation would be weakened to the extreme!

Lightning flashed in Lei Wangyue’s eyes: ”Two Daoist friends, please understand the gravity of this. If you lose, Nanming Village will succeed in establishing their village! At that point, the difficulty we face in blocking their expansion will be completely different from the difficulty of stopping them from founding the village now!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Mantang, Ye Qingming, and the others all chimed in in support.

Everyone spoke over one another, forming a tremendous pressure on Qiu Lei and Old You Yun, their stance extremely forceful.

Qiu Lei’s face was ashen, and he remained silent.

Old You Yun instead said, ”If you truly wish to stop Nanming Village, you can naturally start from other angles. The root of Nanming Village still lies with Ning Zhuo, does it not?”

The stone cavern fell quiet for a moment.

Qiu Lei was reminded, a sharp light flashing in his eyes: ”Exactly! As long as the Flowing Gold Guest wins all three battles and, in the Martial Arts Arena, publicly spares Ning Zhuo’s life while forcing him to publicly disband Nanming Village, then that village will no longer have any foundation to exist!”

”So there is no need for you to fixate solely on the five victories at the Sun Raising Yang Locking Cloud Altar.”

Qiu Lei said slowly, ”Therefore, on the side of the Sun Raising Yang Locking Cloud Altar, we continue fighting as planned, tying up their energy. On the other side, we must have the Flowing Gold Guest challenge Ning Zhuo at once!”

The two of them, who had been quarreling heatedly on the Cloud Ferry earlier, to the point of being at each other’s throats, were now in perfect coordination, joining forces to jointly resist the pressure from the other powers on Flowing Cloud Peak.

Everyone fell silent.

The opinions of Qiu Lei and Old You Yun were indeed reasonable; there was no basis for refuting them.

In fact, they had already invested too much in this chess piece, the Flowing Gold Guest, and it was time to harvest results.

Lei Wangyue said in a deep voice, ”We can’t wait any longer. The Flowing Gold Guest’s training is almost complete. The longer we delay, the more prepared Ning Zhuo will be.”

”Exactly,” Xu Duanchao said. ”From our side we’ve learned that Qinghuangzi has been Refining Mechanical Flying Birds for Ning Zhuo day and night without rest!”

Wen Suzhen added, ”The challenge must be issued before the result of the five victories is decided. Besides that, there are also the Three Brave of Xiang Sect!”

At the mention of these last four words, everyone’s gaze fell toward the corner.

Xiang Si Sect Steward Yin Baiming sat there, his gray hemp long coat trailing to the ground. His half-white, half-black hair hung over his shoulders; a string of bone plaques dangled at his waist. Though there was clearly no wind, they occasionally bumped lightly into one another, making clicking sounds.

Lei Wangyue looked around at the others: ”I propose that we all put up Spirit Stones together to hire them!”

Xu Duanchao said, ”I agree.”

Zhao Ni said gruffly, ”Bird and Beast Manor acknowledges.”

Ye Qingming said coolly, ”The Green Tea Society will put in a share.”

Wen Suzhen said, ”Suspended Pot Residence will follow.”

The flesh on Jin Mantang’s face twitched, and in the end he gritted his teeth: ”The Floating Life Association will follow as well. We’ve already burned through so many Spirit Stones; we might as well add this last fire.”

Qiu Lei was silent for a moment, then said, ”The Territorial Expansion Alliance will put in a share.”