The first snow finally fell in Nishikawa, and this snow started from the Asagiri Ridge in the west.

The snow for three consecutive days shrouded Chaowuling in snow, and the white snow covered the color of the dark stone hall of Lotus Peak, although the Black Lotus Sect had already swept away the snow around the black stone hall, but the stone hall itself was still covered in snow.

The Black Stone Hall was once one of the most mysterious places on the rivers and lakes.

The Black Lotus Sect has always been in the west and has not expanded its power to the east, so except for some people in Xichuan who know about the existence of the Black Lotus Sect, in fact, the Black Lotus Sect has never been a thunderous sect in the entire rivers and lakes.

It's just that after the Shenhou Mansion led the eight gangs and sixteen factions to attack Chaowuling, the Black Lotus Sect became famous, and the Black Stone Hall was naturally known to the rivers and lakes.

In that battle, both sides were injured, although the eight gangs and sixteen factions suffered a lot of casualties, and the Black Lotus Sect was also greatly injured.

Fortunately, in the end, under the auspices of Qi Ning, both sides compromised a step, poisoning Qiu Qianyi to accompany Qi Ning into Beijing, and the Black Lotus Sect also promised not to seek revenge against the Eight Gangs and Sixteen Factions, and the Eight Gangs and Sixteen Factions finally withdrew from Chaowuling.

In order to keep the Black Lotus Sect, the Black Lotus Sect was willing to go to the capital, which also made the Black Lotus Sect grateful to this poisonous envoy, since that battle, the Black Lotus Sect did keep its promise, not only did not send people to seek revenge, but also restrained the sect members from expanding to the east, in fact, after that battle, the most important thing for the Black Lotus Sect to do was to recuperate, and the Black Lotus Sect members also kept their duties and did not cause trouble.

Although the Black Lotus Sect and the Eight Gangs and Sixteen Factions turned the war into a jade silk, Duan Qingchen, the color envoy who betrayed the Black Lotus Sect, was a figure that the Black Lotus Sect could never let go.

And Duan Qingchen hid in Jianye Capital, and was found by the little demon girl Anau, but in the end, Duan Qingchen died in the hands of Qi Ning, but the body was brought back to Chaowuling by Swing Yi.

The Black Lotus Sect has strict rules, even if Duan Qingchen dies, he still gets an extremely severe punishment, under the auspices of Qiu Qianyi, the Black Lotus Sect summoned the sect and smashed Duan Qingchen's body to ashes in public, but the Black Lotus Sect also owed Qi Ning a great favor because of this.

Qi Ning and Swing Yi naturally had a deal, Duan Qingchen's body was handed over to the Black Lotus Sect, and Swing Yi also cooperated with the imperial court to secretly find the whereabouts of Lu Shanghe, the owner of Shadow Crane Villa.

It was not practical to follow the instructions of the imperial court, and the Black Lotus Sect itself regarded Lu Shanghe as an indispensable enemy.

Eight gangs and sixteen factions attacked Chaowuling, Lu Shanghe and Duan Qingchen colluded in private, contributed the most, and caused the most damage to the Black Lotus Sect.

Although the Shadow Crane Villa was empty, and even the whereabouts of the Shadow Lady were unknown, it had been under the surveillance of the Black Lotus Sect from beginning to end, and the poisonous envoy Swing Yi personally searched for Lu Shanghe's whereabouts in various parts of Xichuan.

Although Qiu Qian Yi has a perverse personality, he is a person who keeps his promises, he promised to find Lu Shanghe's traces for Qi Ning, so he never relaxed this matter, until if Lu Shanghe appeared in the East China Sea, Qiu Qian Yi did not get the news, and naturally did not know that Lu Shanghe had already left Xichuan.

The swing is easy to have something to do, the color envoy Duan Qingchen was frustrated and scattered, and the medical envoy Li Xigong had already broken away from the Black Lotus Sect in his early years, and among the four holy envoys of the Black Lotus Sect, only the ghost envoy Luo Wuying was left to sit in the main altar.

Outsiders don't know the details of the Black Lotus Sect, but the core members of the Black Lotus Sect all know that although the sect leader's martial arts are superb, he has been practicing in retreat in recent years, and rarely appears in front of people, except for the sect leader's extremely trusted holy envoy, no one else has been able to see the sect leader's holy face again for many years, and the affairs of the sect have always been handled by Luo Wuying and Duan Qingchen, in comparison, Luo Wuying's prestige in the sect is higher than Duan Qingchen, and he has become the actual head of the Black Lotus Sect in recent years.

Now that Duan Qingchen has been killed, Chaowuling can only be supported by Luo Wuying.

Some low-level sect members couldn't help but sigh when they saw that the Black Lotus Sect had already shown some signs of decay at this time, and then recalled the glory of the Holy Sect back then.

At that time, the sect leader created the Black Lotus Sect and recruited strange people, the two elders of Taiyin and Xuanyang were all amazing talents, and the four holy envoys were also powerful characters in their own right, and the sect was full of talents, and they were in the west of the world, and even once got the awe of many Miao people in private, at that time it was really majestic, if it weren't for the fact that the Miao family believed in the Great Witch in the seventy-two holes, and had always regarded the Great Witch as the belief of the Miao family, and the Sect Master did not want to conflict with the Great Witch, I was afraid that the Black Lotus Sect had already controlled the entire Xichuan and dominated one side.

Elder Xuanyang apostasy fled, the Xuanyang family of sects were almost wiped out, Elder Taiyin went down the mountain to chase Xuanyang, but he never returned, and finally someone sent a portable weapon, and he also died outside.

Among the four holy envoys, because of the elimination of the Xuanyang Elder lineage, the medical envoy Li Xigong angrily broke away from the Holy Sect, and the color envoy Duan Qingchen followed in the footsteps of the Xuanyang Elder again, and was killed, when the eight gangs and sixteen factions attacked the Black Lotus Sect, many elites were killed in battle, and suffered heavy losses. But I don't know what year or month it will be.

However, the congregation is convinced that as long as the leader is here, the Holy Church will one day make a comeback.

Because of this, the Black Lotus Sect is still in order, and the area within a radius of dozens of miles towards the Fog Ridge is under the control of the Black Lotus Sect, and the Miao people in this area do not need to pay taxes to the government, and the taxes are directly collected by the Black Lotus Sect, which is also an important source of income for the Black Lotus Sect, and the local government also knows that this is the territory of the Black Lotus Sect, and they do not come to provoke.

The ghost envoy Luo Wuying was born in Hua Miao, and he bowed his head to the knees of the sect leader back then, although it was because he feared the sect leader in his heart, but the most important reason was that he wanted to revitalize the Miao people's cause.

Ordinary people know that the existence of the Black Lotus Sect is to protect the interests of the Miao people, but only a core figure like Luo Wuying knows that the original intention of the sect leader to establish the Black Lotus Sect back then was to one day be able to bring the 72 caves of the Miao family under the sect and establish a country completely belonging to the Miao people in Xichuan.

The most direct method is to select the talents who can be used from the seventy-two caves of the Miao family, and use various methods to let them join the sect, and when the time is ripe, you can use these people to return to their respective caves, and the Black Lotus Sect will support them behind their backs to seize the position of the cave master.

The Second Elder of Xuanyang Taiyin and the Four Holy Envoys were not reckless people, knowing that although the sect leader's martial arts were strong, if he controlled the seventy-two caves by strong means, not only would he not be able to make the seventy-two caves happy and obedient, but it would lead to the Miao family's hatred of the Black Lotus Sect, although the sect leader's method took an extremely long time, it was the most suitable method.

In fact, after the Black Lotus Sect used this method, it had already controlled several caves of the Miao family, and these caves were mainly distributed in the surrounding area of Chaowuling, compared to Dawu, these holes were more intimate to the Black Lotus Sect, but all this was not a big fanfare, and there were not many Miao people who knew the inside story.

Many years ago, the Black Lotus Sect has been using this means to gradually expand, but that civil strife disrupted the Black Lotus Sect's plan, the Xuanyang Elder apostatized and fled, and the Black Lotus Sect was purged.

The Black Lotus Sect has hundreds of sect members, distributed all over Chaowu Ridge, after the last war, the Black Lotus Sect rebuilt all the checkpoints in Chaowu Ridge, and sent additional personnel to guard, in addition, the intensity of patrols has also been greatly strengthened, although an agreement has been reached with the imperial court, but Luo Wuying knows that the future of the Black Lotus Sect cannot just be pinned on an agreement, and no one can guarantee that one day the Shenhou Mansion will bring people back and take their fate into their own hands, which is the most pragmatic path.

Although the heavy snow finally stopped after two or three days, the sect members did not slack off patrolling, and there were more than a dozen teams in Chaowuling to carefully inspect each place in their respective areas of responsibility, and each team had eight people on duty in turn.

Stepping on the snowy mountain, making a creaking sound, the leader of the front squad is wrapped in a flower turban, while the members in the back are wrapped in a black turban, the front and rear of the team are orderly, all of them are wearing scimitars at their waists, and everyone is also pressing their hands on the hilt, always on guard.

It is a long and narrow stone path in the valley, with mountain walls on both sides, and it is the most comfortable thing to pass through when patrolling in winter, because the mountain walls on both sides block the cold wind, and do not have to withstand the cold wind like a knife cut.

Seeing that he was about to walk out of the mountain pass, the little leader in front suddenly saw a thing falling from the sky not far ahead, black as a stone falling from the mountain, he was slightly taken aback, stopped, raised his hand to signal everyone to stop, heard a "poof", the thing fell not far ahead.

The leader frowned, and the occasional rockfall on the mountain was not uncommon.

It's just that the thing in front of it doesn't look like a stone, and the thing is pitch black, falling on the mountain road, and it is very conspicuous against the white snow.

The leader couldn't help but raise his head, and the sect members behind him couldn't help but look up, when they raised their heads and saw the mountain walls on both sides, all the people were shocked, the leader's pupils contracted, he took two steps back, his face showed a shocked look, his lips trembled, and he finally made a voice: "Quick..... Tell the ghost .....! ”