Chapter 131: Twelve Evil Stars Gang, Treat Them Well
"Third boss, my subordinates are all ready, but are we really going to attack that martial arts school this time?"

The people surrounding Ji Xueyong started asking questions, swallowing nervously.

They are all elite members of the Western Factory who have been disguised and have been going to Qixia Town frequently to collect information recently.

Although their loyalty to the Western Factory was unquestionable, they had no objection to the orders of their supervisor Yu Huatian.

But if they were asked to deal with Qianming Martial Arts School, especially the school owner Li Ming, who had become too notorious recently. Countless masters had fallen at his hands, so it was hard not to be nervous.

"Don't worry, the governor is a man of great talent and strategy. Since he has assigned us to do this, he will definitely make good arrangements and will not let you die."

Ji Xueyong said this and glanced at another corner of the City God Temple.

Over there, a group of gangsters with ferocious faces sat together, keeping a certain distance from the people from the Western Factory.

Among them, there was a young man in black sitting cross-legged quietly and regulating his breathing.

They are the helpers of the Western Factory in this operation - the Twelve Evil Stars Gang!

The name of the Evil Star Gang is extremely well-known in the underworld, and they have committed countless major crimes.

Their leader, Wei Wuya, has unfathomable strength.

The working style of the Xiongxing Gang is also extremely ruthless, and they will stop at nothing to achieve their goals.

Ji Xueyong never expected that Supervisor Yu Huatian could actually recruit members of the Twelve Evil Stars Gang to assist him in this operation.

Ji Xueyong's gaze fell on the young man in black.

He is the disciple of Wei Wuya, the leader of the Twelve Evil Stars Gang, and also the second best master in the Evil Stars Gang - Wei Mai!

Even though they were so far apart, Ji Xueyong could still feel the oppression from the other party. He was so young but he was already a Grandmaster!

And the members of the Evil Star Gang he brought with him were all experts in the Innate Realm and were quite powerful.

Although they are in a cooperative relationship, the two sides dislike each other and therefore there is very little communication between them.

Ji Xueyong retracted his gaze, thought for a moment, and seemed to be still worried that his men were scared, so he explained patiently.

"It's not certain whether we should take action this time. The order given by the governor is to act according to the situation. If Li Ming leaves for Juxianzhuang to participate in the Heroes Conference, then we will take the opportunity to destroy Qianming Martial Arts School!"

"If the other party doesn't go, then there's no need to worry. Once the governor completes the operation at Juxian Manor, he will naturally bring people to join the alliance. Moreover, this operation is a joint effort of the two factories. With the strength of the East and West factories, it won't be a problem to pick on Li Ming. It's just a matter of letting him live a few more days."

Ji Xueyong sounded confident in what he said, as if he was certain of winning.

The Western Factory men around him heard this and looked at the members of the Xiongxing Gang, but they were still worried.

"Third boss, we heard that in that martial arts school, not only does Li Ming have a master, but two more masters have recently joined. Even if it's them, it's not easy for us to deal with them!"

The people they were referring to were Xuan Cheng and Zhou Botong.

Wei Mai is only at the Grandmaster level, and doesn't look like he can fight two people at once.

“Don’t worry about that.”

Ji Xueyong said this with a hint of a smile on his face.

He turned his head and looked at the other corner: "Master, it will all depend on you then."

"Easy to say, easy to say!"

A Taoist priest in a Taoist robe sitting on the other side responded with a smile.

He was Li Ming's old acquaintance, Zhao Zhijing from the Quanzhen Sect!
No one could have imagined that the third-generation core disciples of the Quanzhen Sect would be involved with the Western Factory.

"The Taoist priest has secretly surrendered to the Lord Governor. Before this operation, he will help lure Zhou Botong away. In addition, we have also made arrangements for Xuan Cheng. With the handwritten order from Shaolin Abbot Xuan Ci, he will definitely not dare to take action."

After saying that, Ji Xueyong and Zhao Zhijing nodded to each other.

Zhao Zhijing narrowed his eyes, and a hint of greed flashed across them.

It is true that he is the best among the three generations of disciples of Quanzhen Sect, but any discerning person can see that Quanzhen Sect currently intends to train Zhen Zhibing to be the next leader, rather than him.

This made Zhao Zhijing, who thought he was as good as Zhen Zhibing in every aspect, suppress a lot of dissatisfaction in his heart, and he had already been secretly complaining.

It happened that not long ago, when he was carrying out a mission for his master, he accidentally ran into the Western Factory troops. The Western Factory Supervisor Yu Huatian saw his potential and secretly recruited him.

According to Yu Huatian, the Ming court has had enough of the disputes in the martial arts world, and the days when warriors broke the law with force without any control. Next, the martial arts world will face a violent purge!

No matter whether it is the various martial arts sects, the underworld forces, or even those transcendental places where great masters are in charge, they cannot stay out of it.

The first to bear the brunt will be those famous masters in the martial arts world, who will be killed by the court to establish its authority.

After this storm, the imperial court will thoroughly clean up the forces in the martial arts world. Many sects will either surrender to the imperial court and obey orders, or be completely destroyed.

Quanzhen Sect is naturally no exception.

Yu Huatian promised Zhao Zhijing that as long as he cooperated, he would support him to become the head of Quanzhen Sect after the purge was completed, on the condition that he obeyed the orders of the Western Factory in the future.

Zhao Zhijing agreed without much thought.

It just so happened that his first mission was to cooperate with the Western Factory to attack Qianming Martial Arts School.

As a result, Zhao Zhijing felt even less psychological pressure.

The last time he lost to a brat like Lin Pingzhi in Qianming Martial Arts School, he considered it a great humiliation and had been brooding over it ever since. This time he finally had a chance to take revenge!

What he needed to do was not complicated. He just had to lure away his great-uncle Zhou Botong.

This is simple. Zhao Zhijing is most familiar with Zhou Botong's childish nature. He can make him behave himself by making up a funny story for him.

Zhao Zhijing didn't think that he did anything wrong. His great-uncle Zhou Botong shouldn't have been involved with this martial arts school. Besides, he did this for the sake of his master and the Quanzhen Sect!

By cooperating with the Western Factory, he could occupy a favorable position in advance during the imperial court's campaign to clean up the martial arts world. At the same time, he could lean on a big tree, which would be of great benefit to the future development of Quanzhen Sect!
Zhao Zhijing had long been fed up with the fact that the status of Quanzhen Sect had been constantly challenged by the Wudang Sect in recent years, and he thought that if he took the position of the head sect, he would be able to restore the glory of Quanzhen Sect!

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhijing's smile widened.

On the other hand, when the people in the West Factory heard how comprehensive the plan was from Ji Xueyong, their concerns were gradually dispelled and confidence began to show in their eyes again.

If they can really destroy Qianming Martial Arts School, it will be a great achievement!
In addition, I heard that there are many good things in Qianming Martial Arts School.

Some say it is a panacea, some say it is a peerless martial arts technique, and some say it is a treasure that can quickly improve a person's cultivation strength.

When they break into the martial arts gym, they might steal a lot of good stuff!

Many people present showed greedy eyes.

Even though I felt relieved, some people still couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"Third boss, why do you think we must clean up the martial arts world? It has been like this for so many years, isn't it better to just let the martial artists fight each other?"

A hint of complacency appeared on Ji Xueyong's face.

"That's how short-sighted you are. The current chaos in the martial arts world has caused a lot of meaningless consumption. There are too many forces on all sides, and they don't obey the court's discipline, which has also caused a lot of invisible losses to the court. For example, a transcendent place like Shaolin occupies a lot of fertile land without paying taxes to the court. The various factions are constantly studying martial arts, which has caused a lot of instability to the court."

"If we can successfully clean up the martial arts world, then all these warriors will obey our orders!"

"Moreover, after the success, the imperial court will collect martial arts from all over the world and bring them together. In the future, anyone who wants to learn martial arts will have to work for the imperial court. Other channels will not be able to learn superior martial arts. By then, the martial artists in the martial arts world can only learn some superficial skills, and they will not be our opponents. Wouldn't it be much easier to manage the world? The secret martial arts of various schools that were previously inaccessible to everyone will be easily accessible in the future when working for the imperial court..."

Ji Xueyong was talking nonstop about his big plans when he suddenly heard a sneer.

"Huh? Who is it?" Ji Xueyong raised his bald eyebrows.

Your own subordinates actually dared to laugh at you. Do you want to die?
But soon, Ji Xueyong discovered that the sneering sound did not come from his men, but from... the door?
Ji Xueyong looked up and found that a figure had appeared at the door of the main hall of the City God Temple at some point.

It was obvious that the other party had heard what I just said.

"Who are you!"

Ji Xueyong stood up suddenly, his eyes filled with surprise and doubt.

There should be a lot of sentries outside, so how did outsiders get to the door so quietly?
At the same time, the young man in black, Wei Mayi, who was not far away, had already opened his eyes, and Zhao Zhijing hurriedly stood up with his sword in hand.

"Li Ming!"

Without waiting for the other party to speak, Zhao Zhijing was the first to call out the other party's identity.

"Yes, I am the gym owner Li Ming you are looking for. I didn't expect that Lord Yu would attach great importance to our martial arts gym and make special arrangements. I am really flattered."

As soon as these words were spoken, Ji Xueyong suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

It turned out that the other party had discovered their actions long ago!

The West Factory's actions were so secretive that every time his men went to Qixia Town to gather information, they were extremely careful and would use secret techniques to disguise themselves first. How did the other party know...

"Whoosh!"

Ji Xueyong drew his weapon, concentrating on being on guard against Li Ming, while glancing at Wei Mayi out of the corner of his eye.

But then I heard Li Ming's voice.

"Don't worry Third Gear, you're not worthy of me personally dealing with you."

As soon as Li Ming finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of dense footsteps outside.

At the same time, the windows on both sides of the main hall were pushed open, letting out sharp arrows.

This group of people were all wearing silver-white uniforms, and they were obviously elite disciples of the martial arts school. At this time, many of them were holding exquisite crossbows, aiming at Ji Xueyong and others.

At the same time, there was a faint sound coming from the roof above.

They were surrounded in an instant!

It seems that the people who were previously arranged to guard outside are in danger.

Ji Xueyong's face looked grim, and Wei Mayi also narrowed his eyes, emitting a gleam of light.

He noticed the situation a little earlier, but by the time he reacted it was too late.

Wei Mayi's gaze fell on Li Ming, and a feeling of staring into the abyss arose in her heart.

Wei Mayi's intuition told her how terrible Li Mingqiang was!
Not to mention himself, even if his master Wei Wuya came in person, he probably wouldn't be a match for the other party.

"Master Zhao, long time no see. It seems you are doing well. You have been involved with the Western Factory and the infamous Twelve Constellations. Is this also the style of your Quanzhen Sect?"

Li Ming turned to Zhao Zhijing and greeted him with a smile.

But Zhao Zhijing clearly saw a hint of coldness in the other person's smile.

"I... Master Li, this is all a misunderstanding. I really didn't..."

Before he could finish his words, there was a sudden hissing sound.

Zhao Zhijing didn't see clearly what was happening. He just felt a flash of white light appear in his eyes, and then the scenery in front of him began to spin wildly.

thump--

Zhao Zhijing fell heavily to the ground, already dead, and a streak of blood slowly emerged from his neck.

Until his death, Zhao Zhijing never expected that Li Ming would take action as soon as he said so, and would not give any face to the Quanzhen Sect at all.

"You've found trouble with our martial arts school. How can we justify it if we don't treat you well?"

Li Ming's cold voice came.

The other party has already plotted against his own martial arts school, so there is no need for him to be polite. Moreover, as Ji Xueyong just said, the imperial court is cracking down on the martial arts world this time, and no one can escape it, so there is no need to worry about offending the Western Factory.

Almost at the moment when Zhao Zhijing fell to the ground, Ji Xueyong shouted loudly.

"go!"

The next moment, he led his Western Factory troops to suddenly stand up and break out.

At the same time, Wei Mai also suddenly attacked and rushed towards Li Ming, while several of his men quickly drew their weapons and attacked in the opposite direction.

They knew that Li Ming had appeared and they were no match for him, so they tried to break out as soon as possible.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

There were sounds of breaking air coming from several windows around, and crossbows fired dense cold rays that arrived in an instant.

The design drawings of the dexterous hand crossbows used by the martial arts school disciples were made by Yue Qing. The weapon hall had already mastered mass production long ago, and the quality was not bad.

It is not only portable and incredibly fast, but it can also fire several arrows in a short period of time.

"Pfft..."

Muffled sounds continued to be heard, and several Western Factory soldiers around Ji Xueyong were shot by arrows and fell to the ground.

A few of them were not strong enough and could not dodge in time, so they were directly hit by several arrows and died very peacefully.

But there were a few people who were shot in non-fatal parts. However, as soon as they landed, they immediately felt a hot current spreading along the wound at an incredibly fast speed. In the blink of an eye, it was difficult to mobilize their true energy.

"poisonous!"

They looked down and saw some bright colors appearing on the wound.

The poison coated on the arrowhead was exactly what Lin Pingzhi prepared according to the secret teachings of the Five Poisons.

Since I'm free anyway, I might as well let my fellow disciples poison the arrows.

The poison spread quickly, and these Western Factory soldiers quickly fell to the ground and lost the ability to move.

Ji Xueyong dodged repeatedly, and finally grabbed one of his men to block in front of him, thus avoiding the first wave of arrows.

Ji Xueyong threw his dying subordinate forward, but ran in the opposite direction, intending to kill through a window.

However, just as he approached, a sword appeared before him.

The tip of the sword trembled rapidly, and in an instant it was in front of him.

Ji Xueyong's figure stopped abruptly, and then he flipped nimbly and retreated backwards.

With two "pu" sounds, blood spurted out of Ji Xueyong's shoulder, indicating that he was injured.

He looked up and saw Lin Pingzhi appear in his sight, with the sword in his hand raised, pointing directly at Ji Xueyong's throat.

(End of this chapter)