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Everyone fell into deep thought upon hearing this. Tianmen Daoist raised a question: "But even if we trap them inside the cave, how can we kill them? If they don't come out, then we can't..."
Ji Wushi smiled slightly upon hearing this.
"As long as the entrance to the cave is blocked, there are many ways to deal with it. We can use fire, smoke, and other methods. If all else fails, we can block them for a few days and cut off their food supplies. This will surely cause chaos among them."
Ji Wushi's solution left everyone looking at each other in bewilderment, but they all thought it was a good idea.
After pondering for a moment, Yue Buqun said to everyone, "Since that's the case, then let's proceed according to Mr. Ji's plan. We will divide our forces into seven groups to block these seven cave entrances and trap these evil cultists inside."
At this moment, Chongxu stepped forward.
"Alliance Leader Yue, I have a suggestion."
"Taoist Master, please speak."
Chongxu said, “Mr. Ji’s plan is indeed correct, but these seven cave entrances are too scattered. If we want to block these entrances, we will have to disperse a lot of troops. If the demonic sect inside the caves becomes desperate and concentrates its troops to attack only one entrance, not only will our other entrances not be able to provide support in time, but we will also suffer a lot of casualties.”
Upon hearing this, Yue Buqun nodded and looked at the other party: "What suggestions do you have, Daoist Master?"
Chongxu offered his suggestions.
“Our Wudang forces have brought a lot of explosives this time. We can bury them in six other locations, leaving only one entrance, so that we can concentrate our forces to block that entrance.”
The Wudang Sect suffered hundreds of casualties in an ambush by the Demonic Sect at Zifeng Mountain. Such heavy losses were a major blow to the Wudang Sect. Chongxu had written a letter back to Wudang Mountain in the past few days, bringing with him a large amount of explosives, which came in handy this time.
It seems that Chongxu is truly enraged this time.
Yue Buqun was somewhat surprised to hear this, but then nodded.
"So good."
After discussing the plan, everyone immediately put it into action. Yue Buqun did not kill the three members of the Demonic Sect.
"Tell me, where are your men lying in ambush?"
Yue Buqun looked at the three demonic cult members and interrogated them sternly.
"It's in a town a few miles from Yinping Mountain."
The three of them were honest and dared not hide anything.
"Who's in the lead?"
Yue Buqun pressed for an answer.
"It is Sang San Niang, the head of the Sang family."
One of the three replied.
Upon hearing this, Yue Buqun fell into deep thought.
"Sang Sanniang?"
He was unfamiliar with the name.
Upon hearing the name, Jiang Ning stepped forward and said to Yue Buqun, "Master, this person was originally under Dongfang Bubai's command, but was later controlled by Ren Woxing with the Three Corpse Brain God Pill."
"Oh?"
Upon hearing this, Yue Buqun looked at Jiang Ning and asked, "How skilled is this man in martial arts?"
Jiang Ning smiled and shook his head.
Yue Buqun understood his meaning and couldn't help but laugh.
"It seems that Ren Woxing has no one else to use."
Yue Buqun had long seen that ever since Xiang Wentian led a group of experts to ambush Jiang Ning but failed and even died at Jiang Ning's hands, Ren Woxing's experts had been stretched thin. Now, they even had to send Sang San Niang, who had only average martial arts skills, to lead the ambush.
"However, we still cannot be careless."
Although the Demonic Cult did not have a decent leader this time, it still sent nearly 10,000 members to ambush them. If they had not discovered it in advance, there would have been a lot of casualties. At that time, these martial arts practitioners who had gathered to fight the demon would have been afraid and scattered, and the outcome of this demon-slaying campaign would have been uncertain.
"Ning'er."
Yue Buqun looked at Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning stepped forward.
"The disciple is here."
"I hereby order you to lead three thousand people, including the disciples of the Weiyi Alliance and some martial arts practitioners, to camp at the foot of Yinping Mountain. If any demonic sect attempts to storm the mountain to rescue the demonic sect in this cave, you shall be responsible for repelling them."
If the other six entrances were to be blown up with explosives, the commotion would be considerable. Yue Buqun wanted Jiang Ning to lead his men to form a defensive line at the foot of the mountain. If Sang San Niang were to lead thousands of members of the Demonic Cult to attack and provide assistance, then the defensive line formed by Jiang Ning's three thousand men would block them.
"Yes."
Jiang Ning accepted the order.
Without delay, Yue Buqun immediately took action, arranging for men to blow up the six cave entrances, while Jiang Ning led three thousand martial arts practitioners down the mountain, along with two strange beasts, a tortoise and a snake.
On the way down the mountain, the group suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the mountain, with sounds rising and falling. They couldn't help but turn around and look.
Jiang Ning knew that Yue Buqun and his men had already detonated the explosives.
"Move quickly."
Jiang Ning said.
The explosion of the explosives was too loud, and they had to react faster than the Demonic Cult, quickly setting up a defensive line at the foot of the mountain.
Thousands of martial arts practitioners quickened their pace and, after an hour, finally arrived at Shandong University.
"Alright, set up defenses here."
Jiang Ning looked at the surrounding terrain and said.
"okay!"
Everyone got busy. Jiang Ning looked at the three captured members of the Demonic Cult. These three had come down the mountain with them.
"How far is the town where you ambushed?"
The three of them quickly pointed ahead.
"It's just a few miles ahead."
"Third senior brother."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning turned to look at Liang Fa.
"You and your fourth and fifth senior brothers should investigate the situation."
"no problem."
Liang Fa nodded in agreement, and then he, Shi Daizi, Gao Genming, Tao Junshuqi and others set off with one of the captured members of the Demonic Sect.
"Move quickly!"
On the way, Gao Genming rebuked the member of the demonic sect.
"Yes Yes."
The cult member kept bowing and scraping.
"How far is it?"
Liang asked a question.
The man quickly replied.
"It's not far, only two miles away, esteemed heroes."
"Humph!"
Tao Jun snorted coldly: "Behave yourself and stop thinking about running away. Do you really think we're pushovers? Try playing any tricks you want!"
Just now, this member of the demonic sect tried to escape while leading the way but was caught by Liang Fa.
"No, no, I dare not, I beg you heroes to spare my life."
The cultist kept begging.
"Lead the way honestly!"
Shu Qi scolded.
"Yes Yes."
The cultist nodded repeatedly.
After overcoming this interlude, the group finally arrived at their destination.
Seeing the town not far ahead, Liang Fa and the others all hid and observed carefully. When they got closer, Shu Qi let out a soft exclamation.
"Huh? Where is everyone?"
Chapter 709: Sang San Niang
"what happened?"
Looking at the empty town, Liang Fa and the others exchanged bewildered glances.
boom!
Shu Qi kicked the demonic cult member to the ground and shouted sternly.
"You dare to lie to us?"
"I wouldn't dare to lie to you heroes."
The man was so frightened that he kowtowed repeatedly, begging for mercy.
"Didn't you say there were thousands of demonic cultists here? Where are they?!"
Liang Fa rebuked in a deep voice.
"I don't know either, but they're really here!!!"
The person was also bewildered, wishing he could swear a solemn oath to prove he wasn't lying.
"Humph!"
Tao Jun snorted coldly and drew his sword.
"These treacherous members of the demonic sect are the most cunning; they never tell the truth. In my opinion, we should just kill him!"
"don't want!!!"
The man was so frightened that he kowtowed repeatedly.
"Let's go back and tell our junior brother what happened here."
Liang Fa, however, remained relatively calm and spoke to his fellow disciples.
Shu Qi and the others nodded, and then went back to tell Jiang Ning what had happened.
"no one?"
Jiang Ning frowned.
"Ah."
Liang Fa nodded and said, "When we left, we carefully searched that town and found no trace of the Demonic Sect. We don't know why, so we came back first."
Upon their return, they immediately interrogated the three men, but no matter how they were questioned, they gave the same answer, as if they wanted to swear on their ancestors for eight generations.
Unable to extract any information from the interrogation, the three men were deemed useless and were killed.
"Junior brother, what do we do now?"
Liang asked.
Jiang Ning thought for a moment and said, "We can't be careless. I'm afraid the Demonic Sect has other tricks up its sleeve. Senior brother, go up the mountain and report this to Master, and tell them to be extra careful."
Although they didn't know where those thousands of members of the Demonic Cult had gone, for the sake of the overall situation, they couldn't make any moves in Jiangning, so they could only tell Yue Buqun and the others to be on their guard.
"it is good."
Liang Fa nodded and turned to head up the mountain.
After Liang Fa left, Jiang Ning looked in a certain direction, tapped his index finger lightly on the hilt of his sword, and pondered.
Where did those thousands of members of the Demonic Cult go?