Chapter 62 Critical moment!
Yue Lingshan was acupunctured and lay on her back in the mud.

She saw that there were fifteen masked men in black, surrounding her father.

Eight good players stood in eight directions to fight against my father, and the remaining seven people each held a Kongming lantern in their hands and shot the light into my father's eyes.

Yue Lingshan was very anxious. If this continued, no matter how strong her father's inner strength was or how skilled his swordsmanship was, he would not be able to fight against eight experts. With seven lights shining directly at him, he would have difficulty opening his eyes. How could he resist if this continued?

A masked man shouted, "Yue Buqun, do you surrender or not?"

Yue Buqun said loudly: "I would rather die than be humiliated. If you want to kill me, then kill me!"

The man said, "If you don't surrender, I will cut off your wife's right arm first!"

As he spoke, he picked up the sword. Under the light of the Kongming lantern, the blade emitted a faint blue light.

Yue Lingshan cried out in a sobbing voice: "Mother!"

The masked man looked at Yue Lingshan and said with a lewd smile, "Yes, there is also your daughter, who is quite pretty. If you don't surrender, how about I have someone perform the pleasure of the boudoir for you?"

Yue Lingshan turned pale with fear, thinking only that if she lost her innocence, she would never be able to live again. She wished she could break through the acupuncture points, pick up swords and fight these masked men. Even if she died on the spot, it would be better than being insulted.

Just as she was hesitating, the sound of heavy footsteps was suddenly heard in the heavy rain.

A masked man pointed a Kongming lantern at the person coming so that Yue Lingshan could see clearly.

The man was wearing a blue shirt and had a long sword on his waist. Although he was soaked, he was still very handsome. The Kongming lantern was shining directly on his face, but he actually smiled freely.

Yue Lingshan felt as if an arrow had shot her heart, causing it to stop beating for a moment. Then her heart seemed to come back to life, and there was a lost deer hidden inside, kicking and struggling in panic.

The masked man shouted, "Who are you? Tell me your name."

The visitor smiled lazily and said, "I am Xin Zhen, the head of Huashan Sword Sect, also known as Xin Tanhua in the martial arts world. I am glad to meet all of you cowards who hide your head and show your tail."

The masked man in the lead was furious and shouted, "What's the meaning of 'Xin Tanhua Ku Zhuangyuan'? Send two men to kill him!"

Two masked men jumped out and rushed towards Xin Zhen. Xin Zhen drew his sword and a flash of sword light flashed. The two masked men who rushed forward immediately fell back.

I saw two people lying on the ground without any sound, but I didn't know where they were injured, so they were probably dead.

The masked leader was greatly surprised, as none of the fifteen of them were mediocre, otherwise it would be impossible for just fifteen people to besiege the Huashan Sect consisting of dozens of people.

Although each of them is not as skilled as Yue Buqun, their martial arts are not inferior to those of Yue's wife Ning Zhongze, which is why they dared to surround and kill Huashan Sect with only fifteen people.

I thought it would be easy for these two people to kill the so-called Xin Tanhua, but unexpectedly they were killed in seconds.

"Who are you!" the masked leader shouted.

Yue Buqun thought, Xin Tanhua has become famous in recent times, but none of you know about it, which means you either don't care about the affairs of the world, or you have been living in seclusion for a long time, otherwise you should know about it.

That's strange. Since these people don't know Xin Tanhua, why did they come to besiege Huashan Sect? Is there someone behind them directing them, or are they thugs hired by certain people?

But Xin Zhen was seen striding towards the temple, and then he pulled a person out from the pool of water. It turned out to be Linghu Chong, the eldest disciple of Huashan Sect.

Linghu Chong's whole body was so stiff that he could hardly stand up.

Xin Zhen probed Linghu Chong's internal energy, and six streams of true energy suddenly attacked him, followed by two more powerful streams of true energy that forcefully suppressed it. For a moment, Linghu Chong's body seemed to be empty.

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "Brother Linghu, how are you these days?"

Thinking of his recent experiences, Linghu Chong felt his chest ache, his eyes warmed, and tears began to flow. He choked and said, "Brother Xin, I have suffered an unexpected accident and lost all my internal energy. Today, my sect is in trouble, but I can't do anything. I have to watch my master, my mistress, my brothers and sisters being slaughtered. I am really unworthy of being a human being.

Brother Xin, you have helped me a lot, but I have never repaid you. But I still have to ask you to help me, to help me save my sect!"

Xin Zhen shook his head and said, "It is your duty to protect the sect, I will not interfere."

Linghu Chong smiled bitterly and said, "But I don't have even a trace of internal energy left..."

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "Who said that you need inner strength to defeat the enemy? The Dugu Nine Swords is the best sword technique. Without inner strength, is there no way to defeat the enemy?"

Linghu Chong suddenly remembered what his master had told them about the Sword Sect. Xin Zhen, who taught them the Dugu Nine Swords, was the leader of the Sword Sect. Is this what their Sword Sect meant by emphasizing swords over qi?

Xin Zhen said: "When the Qi sinks into Dantian, without using any internal energy, you can move your limbs and use the long sword."

Linghu Chong tried it and found that he was able to move his limbs. He then slowly stood up, slowly drew out his sword, and walked towards the masked man step by step.

At this moment, the sound of dozens of horse hooves came from the northeast corner.

Yue Buqun and others were overjoyed, thinking that reinforcements had arrived.

Under the dim light, I could see thirty or forty horsemen galloping along the road, splashing water and mud. They reined in their horses and stopped outside the temple. One of them shouted, "It's a friend of Huashan Sect. Hey! Isn't this Brother Yue?"

Yue Buqun looked at the person who was speaking and couldn't help feeling embarrassed. It turned out that this person was the Songshan Grand Guardian Ding Mian, the Pagoda-Holding Hand whom he had met in Liu Zhengfeng's house before.

Just when it was awkward, I heard another exclamation of surprise, this exclamation was even more surprising than the previous one.

"Hey! Xin Tanhua!"

Ding Mian was surprised and asked, "Why is Xin Tanhua here too?"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "What a coincidence, I can actually meet so many fellow practitioners in this remote place. Senior Brother Ding, the one next to you is also a senior brother from Songshan, right?"

Yue Buqun tried hard to take a look and was shocked.

In the dim light, he saw that the people standing next to Ding Mian were all familiar faces.

The third protector, the Great Songyang Hand Fei Bin, the fourth protector, the Great Yin-Yang Hand Le Hou, the Nine-Curve Sword Zhong Zhen and the sixth protector, Tang Ying'e, plus Ding Mian, there are five of the Thirteen Protectors of Songshan in total.

But then Tang Yingjie asked, "Brother Ding, is this Xin Tanhua?"

Ding Mian said: "He is Xin Zhen!"

Tang Yingjie looked at Xin Zhen suddenly and asked, "You are the one who killed my Senior Brother Lu?"

Xin Zhen nodded and said, "Lu Bai has ulterior motives and threatened me with my parents to force me to go to Huashan to compete with Master Yue for the position of Master of Huashan.

I didn't want to be associated with him, so I killed him.

This time I went down the mountain to go to Songshan to find Brother Zuo Lengchan and ask him if this was his idea.

I just happened to have you here, so I'd like to ask, is this what you Songshan meant?"

When Xin Zhen said this, Tang Yingye was obviously stunned, as if he didn't know how to respond for a moment.

(End of this chapter)