Chapter Ninety-Six, Victory Returns to the Temple
Several elders and hall masters of the Tianyi Sect had also begun to move at the same time as the sect members attacked. Under the cover of the congregation, they quietly came to the west, ready to flee at any moment.
At the same time that Elder Wu and Chen Qiding Muxi exchanged hands, these few people immediately started their light work and flew westward.
In fact, the troops on the east, west, and south sides were equal, with 3,000 men each. Tang Bin led 3,000 people directly opposite the mountain gate, the west was the 3,000 people led by the three monks of Xixia Temple to attack the three trails, the east was the 1,000 people led by Gong Que and Guo Dongming, and the 2,000 people who were ambushed on both sides of the mountain road.
Although Elder Wu made a mistake in his judgment, it was the same for them to break through from any direction, because there were no masters of Xixia Temple in these three directions.
When Elder Wu led the gang to kill Xixia Temple, the officers and soldiers were also immediately ready to participate in the battle, but because the two sides were mixed together in an instant, as well as those Tianyi Sect members who surrendered, Tang Bin was afraid that after the officers and soldiers rushed over, they would not be able to distinguish and kill the surrendered people by mistake, so he just ordered the officers and soldiers to be ready to attack at all times.
The 3,000 people guarding the west saw that someone from the Tianyi Sect suddenly flew towards this side, and the archers immediately released their arrows. These arrows only slightly slowed down the speed of Zuo Yufei's others, but they failed to hurt them.
At this time, Master Kurong and the others understood the true purpose of Elder Wu's attack. The three masters of Kurong, Withered Leaves, and Ku Zhi immediately got rid of the sect members in front of them and flew forward to intercept them.
At the same time as the three masters left, Gong Que and Guo Dongming saw that the Tianyi Sect members who had surrendered had been protected, so they left two thousand people to fortify, and then led another thousand people to kill the Tianyi Sect members.
At the same time, Tang Bin also asked the deputy general to kill the front with a thousand people.
Chen Qiding Muxi also had the heart to intercept the elders of the Tianyi Sect, but he couldn't get rid of Elder Wu's entanglement for a while.
Elder Wu had the heart of death, so he made no reservations, and he was a killer move against Chen Qi and Ding Muxi regardless of life and death. Elder Wu was already scarred after fifteen moves, but he was undaunted and continued to fight for his life. However, at this time, he was unable to stop the two of them at the same time, Chen Qi finally got rid of him, flew up, and chased to the west.
Seeing that the rain of arrows could not stop the elders of the Tianyi Sect, the three monks of Xixia Temple guarding the west side braved the rain of arrows to intercept these people.
However, these three people couldn't stop these Tianyi Sect masters who were eager to flee for their lives, and they were injured and fell to the ground a moment later.
But it was this moment of time that allowed the three of Master Kurong to arrive, but at this time, most of the Tianyi Sect elders were about to enter the mountain forest, and the last ones were Elder Zhou, Elder Chen, and Hall Master Xie.
Zhou Chen and the others were already injured, and they had experienced a vicious battle on the mountain, and their physical strength was not as good as that of others, so they fell behind, and they were intercepted by three monks just now, which directly caused them to be caught up by Master Kurong and the others.
"Okay to break through together, you actually left us dead and didn't save us, and Lao Tzu won't let you go!" Elder Zhou scolded Zuo Yufei and the others who fled into the mountain while fighting with Master Withered Leaves.
At this moment, Chen Qi also rushed over, he did not pause, and chased directly into the mountains and forests.
"Poor Kou Mo chase, Master Chen, please go back!"
Hearing Master Kurong's shout, Chen Qi stopped, looking at the depths of the mountain forest, although he was a little unwilling, he still returned to the battlefield at the mountain gate as Master Kurong said.
The three of Elder Zhou were not the opponents of the three Master Kurong in the first place, but they were left behind by their companions at this time, and their morale was insufficient, and it didn't take long for them to be defeated separately.
Elder Wu was already scarred, and when he saw Zuo Yufei and the others fleeing safely, he swung his sword towards Ding Muxi with a happy face, but this sword was the last sword he used.
Actually, all this happened in a very short period of time.
With the addition of 2,000 officers and soldiers, the escape of Zuo Yufei and a few people, the loss of Elder Wu and a few people, and the return of Master Kurong and a few people, the Tianyi Sect members gradually began to lose their hearts and their combat strength declined. Some began to surrender, others fled, and some chose to fight to the death.
About half a pillar of incense had passed, and the whole battle was over.
After the battle, Master Kurong left some monks to assist the Ding'an army in cleaning up the battlefield and dealing with those who had surrendered, and then took the others up the mountain to return to the temple.
Those Tianyi Sect members who surrendered did let them leave after registering and filing according to Master Kurong's promise.
"Master, you're finally back. ”
Meng Xiaofan and Yu Min, who were guarding in front of the mountain road, finally waited for Master Kurong and the others who had returned, and they immediately flew to meet them.
"Why are you two here, and what about the others?" Master Kurong saw that only Meng Xiaofan and Yu Min were greeted and felt that something was wrong.
Meng Xiaofan told everyone in detail what happened after Qingting went up the mountain.
"Amitabha, sin, sin, is that a poor monk has no eyes, and he actually accepted a traitor as a disciple. Master Withered Leaf said guiltily.
"The master does not need to blame himself, it is the traitor who is too cunning. Ji Xuan comforted.
The others also came to comfort Master Withered Leaves, and then everyone continued to walk upwards together.
The corpses of the disciples of Xixia Temple in front of the mountain road have been collected by Meng Xiaofan and Yu Min and placed in the temple, leaving only patches of blood. Looking at these bloodstains, everyone's hearts were extremely sad.
After arranging the affairs in front of him, Master Kurong walked through the cave in the back hall to meet the old monk.
"Disciple Ku Rong greets Uncle Shi!" As soon as Master Ku Rong came out of the cave, he folded his hands and bowed.
"Come on. ”
"Yes. ”
After Master Kurong finished speaking, he flew upwards with a slight jump.
When they reached a place about ten zhang high, there was a platform, and the old monk was sitting cross-legged on a stone bench with his eyes closed.
"The disciple came to ask Uncle Shi for his guilt. Due to the negligence of the disciples, the traitors were given an opportunity to take advantage of, causing damage to the temple and suffering to the disciples. Master Kurong knelt in front of the old monk and said.
The old monk waited for Ku Rong to finish speaking, then opened his eyes and said, "Is this Tianyi Sect the same Tianyi Sect?"
Master Kurong replied, "Exactly. ”
"Get up and sit down. ”
"Yes. ”
Master Kurong got up and sat cross-legged on the stone bench opposite the old monk.
"Tianyi Sect has disappeared for so many years and reappeared, everything must have been planned, it seems that a catastrophe in the martial arts is inevitable, are you ready?"
"The Tianyi Sect has been in the dark, we don't know much about them, and the disciples haven't come up with an effective way to deal with them yet. However, this time I captured the two elders, hoping to ask for something useful. ”
The old monk nodded slightly and said, "Since you don't understand, don't act rashly, but you can't not move." This defeat was just an opportunity for them to send someone to contact the heroes of the rivers and lakes to discuss how to deal with it. ”
"Yes. ”
"Although I have been here for many years, if the time comes to need me, you can only come. ”
"Yes. ”