During this period, she had already scoped out the terrain and led everyone up the mountain, ensuring there was no mistake in their path.
Xu Qing retracted his Flying Sword and said to Yan Kong Monk, "Let’s go inside and take a look."
"Alright," Yan Kong had just witnessed Xu Qing’s Flying Sword Skill and was secretly amazed.
The two of them silently sneaked into Qingyun Temple.
Xu Qing and Yan Kong couldn’t help but exchange glances.
"So much remarkable Qi-Blood flame inside?" Xu Qing was secretly surprised.
They quietly approached the main hall of Qingyun Temple, which was brightly lit.
"Young Master said, let’s show those thieves some colors. We gather people, go to the city, disguise as rebels of Lotus Sect, launch an attack in the dark on their house, plunder and then exit the city through a secret path."
"The thief has significant influence in Jiangning Prefecture with numerous informants. We have invited the famous Tomb Raider Captain from the worldly society, and it took a month to prepare the secret path. We must act quickly, or else it might become susceptible to detection over time."
"County Magistrate Zheng has been scared to the point of preferring to resign rather than confront the thief again. Otherwise, with his inside help, we wouldn’t have needed to secretly dig such a troublesome path."
The people in the temple outlined the conspiracy bit by bit.
Upon hearing this, Xu Qing’s murderous intent surged, and even the Rashamon King couldn’t be controlled.
Indeed, striking first is advantageous, while striking later brings calamity.
His murderous intent overflowed, and the aura of Rashamon King could no longer be concealed.
There was a Martial Arts Master in the temple who immediately sensed something.
Xu Qing’s Rashamon King burst forth, wielding a saw blade charging at that Martial Arts Master.
"How dare you!" The Martial Arts Master, obviously with strong Qi-Blood, felt a fierce wind attacking and roared furiously.
Rashamon King, being the embodiment of Xu Qing’s Great Success of Exorcism, especially bolstered by Xu Qing’s sudden surge of murderous intent, was much fiercer than usual.
It confronted the man’s Qi-Blood and charged forward.
The Martial Arts Master immediately felt a cold forehead, his world spun, his eyes saw seas of blood, and his mouth and nose filled with the scent of blood.
By this time, the others in the temple also reacted.
But an even more horrifying event occurred.
In the brightly lit great hall, a fierce Bodhisattva appeared, forming a fist seal, and violently assaulted everyone in the temple.
"Divine Soul Manifestation!"
"Great Mighty Dragon Buddha Temple!"
An elder Taoist recognized the technique, shocked and bewildered, then quickly threw out talisman papers, lighting them in midair, creating terrifying flames that flew towards the Great Mighty Dragon Buddha Temple.
He too was a Divine Soul Expert at the Driving Realm.
"Trivial tricks!" Yan Kong Monk leaped out, his Qi-Blood merged with the Great Mighty Dragon Bodhisattva, formed the Dragon Elephant Seal, and with one punch scattered the flames.
At that moment, a martial artist swung a Meteor Hammer towards him.
Yan Kong waved his robe sleeves, using the Flowing Cloud Flying Sleeve Kung Fu, forcibly deflecting the Meteor Hammer back.
But the other martial artists also charged at him.
The collective Qi-Blood of everyone in the hall exploded, causing the manifested Great Mighty Dragon Bodhisattva to dim considerably.
Just as everyone thought they were about to encircle Yan Kong, suddenly, a Tiger Roar was heard.
The elder Taoist who had used the talisman paper was struck by a burst of wind, unable to react promptly, and received a slash to the face, crying out in pain.
Xu Qing, wielding a knife, appeared alongside Yan Kong, like two fierce tigers, crashing into the wolves.
"Everyone attack together," shouted the steward from Duke Wei Mansion, instinctively retreating.
Xu Qing had already set his sights on him, not allowing him to escape.
The surrounding martial artists closed in, but he dodged them using the Eight Diagrams Body Technique.
Xu Qing moved like a swimming dragon, masterfully executing the "wandering" principle of the Eight Diagram Wandering Palm.
He was faster and more agile than the martial artists present, coupled with his Absolute Focus and strong Divine Soul, his terrifying reflexes allowed him to precisely evade others’ weapons and blows every time.
However, such extreme reflexes made his Qi-Blood boil, putting a massive strain on his physical body.
But Xu Qing seemed oblivious.
In this extreme life-or-death thrill, the potential of the Golden Light Spell was stimulated.
Even if unable to dodge some blows, he could still react extremely, using the Golden Light Spell’s protective ability to mobilize his muscles and bones for defense.
Plus, he wore the defensively strong Black Fox Robe.
This process might seem long, but it was just a few breaths of time.
Xu Qing passed the group of martial artists to reach the steward’s side.
The steward, being quite skilled himself, sensed the intense force behind him and turned around with a slash.
Yet, in extreme circumstances, Xu Qing still managed to leap into the air.
Like a tiger sprouting wings!
The steward’s arm, holding the knife, was severed by Xu Qing’s blade.
Immediately after that, his flank was struck by Xu Qing’s Tiger Claw, rendering him powerless to resist.
In this brief moment, martial artists flung by Xu Qing charged back.
More people surrounded Yan Kong.
The old monk, unflustered by danger, executed a series of Great Vajra Palm strikes, each hit deadly and terrifying.
But with such commotion in the great hall, those outside couldn’t be kept in the dark, and more and more people entered the hall, with Xu Qing and Yan Kong becoming encircled.
Especially inside, many were vigorous martial artists. Even though many were not highly skilled, their sheer numbers and collective Qi-Blood explosion created a severe suppression on Divine Souls.
Xu Qing and Yan Kong found many of their Dao Skills rendered unusable.
"Let’s go!" Xu Qing and Yan Kong exchanged a look and understood each other.
Yan Kong jumped onto the shrine’s altar, striking a statue there.
Immediately, the statue fell down.
The chasing crowd instinctively dodged.
Seizing this moment, Yan Kong used the Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill to scale the wall. Those using Hidden Weapons also attacked, but Yan Kong deflected them with Flowing Cloud Flying Sleeves.