Chapter 24: The Truth Revealed

  After hearing his words, I secretly sighed that the old king was actually one of the eight great masters in their clan back then. Thinking about when he was young, he must have been very brave and vigorous. Living to this age, he must have gone through many storms; on the other hand, I was surprised that Mu Yunfeng, who was born with a spiritual child, controlled the copper corpse and actually made my master use the treasured mirror of yin and yang. This person is by no means an ordinary person.

  However, since my master can defeat him, I won't be afraid of him. Coincidentally, the unfinished business of my master thirty years ago is now to be thoroughly cleaned up by his apprentice.

  Seeing Wang Zong still in a daze, he immediately comforted him: "Don't worry, that Tianyu Daoist is my master. If he uses the copper corpse again this time, I'll use the yin-yang mirror to deal with it. As for other aspects, wait for me to lend a hand and there won't be any big problem. By the way, this time's theft of the Snake Spirit Pearl must have something to do with him. He should know the layout of the Hou Shan Sacred Land like the back of his hand. I think he came back because he knew about Miao Wang's death. This dart of his has already exposed his target in a subtle way, but this poison still needs us to spend some time researching its antidote."

  Wang Changlao listened to me saying that I was a disciple of Tianyu Daoist, and he became excited and hurriedly knelt down with tears in his voice: "Heaven's will, heaven's will! Is this the arrangement of heaven? King, originally heaven also couldn't bear his behavior, so again arranged for the divine man Tianyu's disciple, Ghost Path Master, to come to our mountain stronghold?"

  This old man suddenly knelt down to me, making me very embarrassed. Hurriedly helping him up, with an apologetic face, I said: "You are my senior, how can I accept your kneeling? Wouldn't that be a loss for the junior? Moreover, I also have some matters that need your help, and when the time comes, I will tell you in detail, sir."

  Waiting for him to wipe away his tears, I continued: "I heard from Hou Ling that she encountered a Fusang ninja. It seems that this time your archenemy has also pulled in the Japanese dogs. If the Japanese are involved in this matter, it will be even more troublesome."

  "This person's heart is not right, originally he's still under sixty years old, if his virtues were upright, now it's uncertain whether he would be the best candidate to be our clan's leader. After being injured by your master and fleeing down the mountain with his two trusted followers, according to our informants, ten years ago he defected to a Japanese big shot and became that person's most ruthless trump card. This man not only uses him to assassinate China's high-ranking officials but also as a tool to eliminate dissidents in their own country. That scoundrel is cruel and merciless, if he doesn't make a move then nothing happens, but once he does, it will necessarily cost lives. As for me, these years my skills haven't made any progress, however the antidote for his poisonous darts has been researched by me."

  After hearing him say that, I finally understood the essence of the Snake Spirit Pearl theft. Since this person has already surrendered to Japan and is willing to die for them, I really hate traitors like him. He's a good Chinese person, but instead of doing something worthwhile, he chooses to be a running dog for the Japanese. I feel like scolding him to his face: "You're truly shameless! Why would you want to be a Japanese lapdog?"

  If I have the chance to catch him, I must let him taste the extreme pleasure of the Ten Great Cruelties of the Qing Dynasty; otherwise, it will be hard to dispel the hatred in my heart.

  Now he wants to be a puppet of the Japanese, using the Snake Spirit Pearl to become the new King of Miao and become a tool for the expansion of Japanese influence in Xiang, Qian and Dian, harming our innocent Chinese people, it's simply shameless to the extreme.

  I stood up, shaking my hands and said to Wang Changlao: "Their conspiracy is already very obvious. The Japanese want to control you Miao people through him, making you a tool for their expansion of power in China. It's strange that he is too confident, thinking that under the sky, except for my master, there is no one who can be his opponent, and thus exposed his goal prematurely. Heh heh, next time I will definitely let him taste my strength, otherwise it would make the Japanese think that our great China has no one left."

  Looking at my excited appearance, the old man seemed to be infected by me too. With a 'huff', he slapped his hand on the table and shouted loudly: "Right! We must let them taste our strength. Absolutely cannot let them off easy. With you, Ghost Dao, we can make them slink away with their tails between their legs. I'll go instruct the pharmacy to prepare more antidotes for the Poisonous Darts right now."

  After finishing, he got up and wanted to leave. I quickly pulled him back and said: "Don't rush to leave first. The antidote needs to be refined, and the sentry posts at each place need to be strengthened. We must not let them sneak in during these two days and cause trouble everywhere. It's best to set up multiple hidden sentries behind each bright sentry. Once there is a situation, notify me immediately. When my brothers arrive, we can openly fight against them. Also, have someone make dozens of hard wooden people, which will be very useful at that time."

  It's possible that Wang Zong knew what I meant and didn't ask much, he was busy making arrangements. Now the situation is very clear and we don't need to go around the world looking for the Snake Spirit Pearl, they will naturally deliver it to our doorstep when the time comes. Of course, they won't come during the day, nighttime is the best time for doing things that can't be seen in the light.

  The village has already been notified that the Miao people are working nearby during the day, collecting herbs and hiding in their homes at night to store food and medicine. The sentries and hidden guards have also changed shifts without changing posts. Those of us who know the inside story wait quietly for developments. Important places and important figures are guarded by masters to prevent them from creating chaos under the cover of darkness. Under the tight defense of the entire village, nothing happened that night.

  Daytime is a rare leisure time for us. Early in the morning, I started to check one by one the things in my travel bag: Zhenzhou token, inkstone, cinnabar, garlic head, black donkey hoof, black dog blood, child's urine, peach wood spear, corpse-finding net, mountain-piercing knife, yin-yang mirror, and the rarely opened Zhenshi golden knife wrapped in hemp cloth. Everything is complete except for the insufficient quantities of cinnabar, dog blood, and donkey hooves which will be supplemented by Tang Si when he arrives.

  It's already the third day since I and Qie Lü arrived at the mountain. I thought that by taking advantage of dealing with Miao Wang's Blood Eye, we could find some clues about lifting the curse on my master, but unexpectedly, we encountered such a big event. Although I don't feel unlucky, I do think that life is quite unpredictable.

  Lao Liu hasn't been idle these past two days, his big knife has long been sharpened to a gleam, just waiting to drink the blood of Little Japan. At night, he doesn't even sleep, going out to gather information.