"Oh?" Shi Hao asked with interest, "What changes?"
Long Niu said: "'Goddess Infant' Ming Yueshu surpassed Yue Panlong and ranked second because she killed the Barbarian Emperor Lie Zunyi. Hong Leichi is still ranked first, and Yue Panlong is ranked third. 'Demon Scorpion' Tang Ruomei and 'Ming Chen Naifan' Wu Chengtian are still ranked fourth and fifth."
"The Sword King, who was originally ranked sixth, was considered dead by the Six Gates as the Dark Thunder Society was disbanded and he did not appear in the battle of Xuzhou. He is no longer on the blacklist."
"'Sword Demon' Xue Qingfeng has always been ranked tenth in the past. It's not because he is not strong, but because he doesn't participate much in martial arts affairs and is only obsessed with swords. This time, because he took action in the Overlord's Underground Palace, he just replaced the 'Sword King' in the ranking and ranked sixth."
"Ding Mocan is still ranked seventh. The 'Thief Saint' who was originally ranked eighth has also disappeared for many years. Although he has not been removed from the blacklist, he is suspected to be dead or retired, and has fallen out of the top ten. The leader of the Ghost Phosphorus Sect, Zi Guilong, has moved up one place and is ranked eighth."
"Ranked ninth and tenth are 'Wu Kuang Wu Bian' Jie Kuang Yun and 'Hua Mo' Jun Jiao Jiao, who entered the top ten of the blacklist for the first time."
Shi Hao said: "In other words, the top ten on the blacklist are Hong Leichi, Ming Yueshu, Yue Panlong, Tang Ruomei, Wu Chengtian, Xue Qingfeng, Ding Mocan, Zi Guilong, Jie Kuangyun, and Jun Jiaojiao?"
"I have heard of the other names more or less. But who is this 'Painting Devil' Jun Jiaojiao? Was there such a person on the blacklist before?"
Long Niu shook her head and said, "We don't know for sure. He wasn't on the blacklist before, and we don't know why he suddenly entered the top ten. Now the people in the underworld are investigating what he did. It's fine if he was on the blacklist, but why did he suddenly enter the top ten?"
Shi Hao said: "So, this Jun Jiaojiao suddenly appeared?"
Long Niu said, "Not only did this Jun Jiaojiao appear out of nowhere, but the Six Gates directly issued a reward of 5,000 taels of gold, which is higher than the bounties of most people on the blacklist, and there will be a huge reward as long as the person is found. It seems that the Man Court is eager to find this person."
"In addition, 'Mad Blade Demon Knight' was originally outside the top 100 and had no ranking. This time, because he assisted in killing the Barbarian Court's Emperor Retired and was also the Demon Commander of the Dongting Army, his ranking rose to 25th on the Black List, with a bounty of 9,000 taels of silver."
Shi Hao smiled and said, "The goddess infant was ranked up one place because she participated in killing Lie Zunyi. Why wasn't Yun Caiyao included? It's impossible that she doesn't even qualify to be in the top ten?"
Sha Lingshan waved her fan and said with a smile: "As a fairy from the Taisu Immortal Pavilion, Yuncaiyao naturally represents the entire white side of the martial arts world. Even the Six Gates don't have the courage to put her on the black list. If she enters the black list, then this black list will probably become a white list."
Long Niu said: "Leaving aside Ming Yueshu and Yue Panlong who were on the list because they dared to oppose the Barbarian Court, most of the others on the blacklist are indeed extremely vicious. Even Xue Qingfeng can't distinguish between good and evil. If the Six Gates really dared to put Yun Caiyao on the blacklist, I'm afraid everyone in the world would laugh to death.
"But the young master should be more careful when he appears in public under the name of 'Crazy Blade Demon Knight'. The reward of nine thousand taels is enough to attract countless people to come to the young master for this windfall. He has suddenly entered the top 100 and has risen to the 25th place. The young master's name is really in the limelight."
Shi Hao said: "It's a pity that Jun Jiaojiao, who inexplicably entered the top ten of the blacklist, stole the limelight. Who is that guy?"
Although "Mad Blade Demon" is just his alias, his ranking on the blacklist has risen so quickly, which is quite impressive.
It's just that now, everyone is discussing that 'painting devil' Jun Jiaojiao, which makes him quite unhappy.
Sha Lingshan said: "I don't think I have ever heard of Jun Jiaojiao in the martial arts world. Moreover, the Black List is not the so-called combat power list. It is not necessarily that one can be on the list just because of his strong strength. Otherwise, the head of Chongxian Sect, the two servants of heaven and earth, the prime minister of Man Ting, etc. are all top-grade and have the strength to be on the list. How could they be outside the list
"So Jun Jiaojiao must have done something earth-shattering to be included in the top ten of the blacklist. Otherwise, even if she is really a top-grade master, she would not be on the list suddenly. Have you found out what she did?"
Long Niu shook her head and said, "This is also a strange thing. No one knows why she is wanted on the blacklist. This is also the most mysterious thing about her. I have a wanted poster for her here. The Six Gates have posted her portrait everywhere. It seems that they really want to find her."
Shi Hao took the portrait from her hand. There was a woman in the painting with willow-shaped eyebrows, an oval face, and a small cherry mouth... Looking closely, she really had peach cheeks, an apricot face, a delicate forehead and tall eyebrows. Every part of her was that of a beauty that couldn't be more standard.
But because it is too standard and too perfect, it gives people a strange sense of falsehood.
Sha Ling fanned and looked at her: "Oh, what a beauty! It feels like the description of a stunning beauty in a book has come to life in reality. She is beautiful, but I always feel like something is wrong with her."
Chapter 296: Something is wrong, attracting the devil to control the devil
Shi Hao thought for a moment, looked at Sha Lingshan, and said, "What do you think, Sister Sha?"
Sha Ling fanned herself and said, "In my opinion, anything out of the ordinary is a demon. The Six Gates not only put Jun Jiaojiao in the top ten of the blacklist, but also posted her portrait everywhere and tracked her down. This is not reasonable in itself."
Shi Hao couldn't help but nodded: "Generally speaking, the top ten on the black list are all top-grade masters. They don't have the courage to catch such people who are openly walking on the street. How many top-grade masters are there in the entire Barbarian Court?"
Sha Lingshan said, "So although Jun Jiaojiao is listed in the top ten, she may not be of the highest quality. It is very likely that the Barbarian Court deliberately included such a person in the top ten of the blacklist to cause controversy among the people in the martial arts world, and even posted her portrait everywhere."
"Xue Qingfeng has always been ranked tenth. How dare the Six Gates post his portrait everywhere and have people track down his whereabouts?"
Shi Hao said: "So, Man Ting's purpose is actually to use the curiosity of the people in the martial arts world to find such a person?"
Sha Lingshan said: "That's right!"
Shi Hao looked at Long Niu and said, "Let our intelligence network pay more attention to Jun Jiaojiao. With Lie Zunyi's death, the whole world is rebelling. The Man Court will be desperate and may do anything."
Long Niu replied: "Yes!"
Sha Lingshan asked, "Is there anything else interesting?"
Long Niu said: "The head of Chongxian Sect, Venerable Yin Yue, has issued an order to fight against the barbarians, commanding the whole country to fight against the barbarians."
Sha Lingshan said, "Oh, it's really interesting. Chongxian Sect? Fighting against the barbarians? And even giving 'commands'?"
Shi Hao laughed and said, "This is really a case of a horse not knowing how long its face is. So, they are finally willing to break off with the Barbarian Court? But I want to know, under what pretext are they going to fight against the Barbarians? And how can they deny the fact that they have relied on the Barbarian Court to grow stronger over the years?"
Long Niu said: "Chongxianmen put forward the theory of the five elements and destiny. It said that three hundred years ago, the five elements were in circulation, and the prosperous dynasty belonged to wood, and destiny was gold. Replacing wood with gold is indeed destiny. Chongxianmen couldn't bear to see the lives of the people suffer, so they followed the will of heaven."
"Now the Barbarian Court is brutal and cruel, making the people of the world live in misery. Venerable Yinyue observed the sky at night and saw that the atmosphere was moving backwards and the stars were out of place. He knew that the five elements were changing and the Barbarian Court would surely perish. So he issued an order to the world to rise up and attack, end the tyranny, follow the will of heaven, and restore peace to the world."
Shi Hao said: "Not bad, the theory of destiny has been brought out. In this case, I am afraid that many ambitious people will use this as an excuse to forcibly cling to destiny."
Long Niu said, "In addition, Yin Haoshu, one of the eight martial immortals of Chongxian Sect, Ruyang Xuanhao, invited people from all over the south to gather at Huangshan to discuss the fight against the barbarians. As far as I know, the Dragon and Phoenix Society, the Huangtian Army, etc. have received invitations. There is no news from the Xuanfeng Sect Master yet, but I guess that the Dongting Army must also be invited."
"In addition, there are also major gangs in the south, such as Dongxuan Sect, Jinyang Gang, Liangchen Sect, etc., and even those Taoist sects that originally refused to attach themselves to Chongxian Sect and were classified as 'leftist', are also among those invited."
Shi Hao pondered for a while and said, "It seems that there are really capable people in Chongxian Sect."
Sha Lingshan said, "It seems that Chongxian Sect has made two preparations. On the one hand, they sent troops to Chuyin to occupy territory, and on the other hand, they relied on their wealth to form alliances. If there is a possibility, they will develop and grow on their own. If not, they will raise their banners, represent the destiny, and support the new dynasty in the future. Maybe in the new dynasty, they can even get the name of 'state religion'."
Shi Hao looked at Long Niu and said, "How many people do you think will go to this Huangshan meeting?"
Long Niu said: "I feel that most of the forces, regardless of whether they dislike Chongxian Sect or not, will go. The Barbarian Court has not yet been defeated, but the South has already started fighting. It can be said that there is chaos before victory. Ambitious people in the martial arts world have many concerns about this."
"Some local forces that are worried about being swallowed up by big forces want to find a backer, and some big forces want to talk to other gangs and take the opportunity to win them over or negotiate. Invisibly, Chongxianmen provides everyone with an occasion that everyone needs."
“Even if they didn’t want to save face for Chongxian Sect, they would still send one or two people after seeing other forces go. They were worried that other forces would take advantage of their absence and conspire against them. So, it became like the southern martial arts world responded to Chongxian Sect’s call and went to the meeting together.”
Shi Hao said: "So, Chongxianmen has capable people. I wonder who came up with this idea
Long Niu said, "I have already found out about this. Mo Yuzi, one of the twelve Quanzhen of Chongxian Sect, has been highly valued by the Chongxian Sect's leader recently. He is a man of extraordinary strategy, and this meeting at Huangshan was most likely his work."
"In addition, I also found out that after the young master took Jingzhou, Mo Yuzi once advised Wei Yuxin of the 'Liuguang Xianshu' to attack Yingzhou immediately and then Xiangzhou. Wei Yuxin did not dare to make a decision on his own, so he rushed to ask the headmaster for his opinion, but he missed the opportunity after going back and forth."
Shi Hao tilted his head and couldn't help but say, "Fortunately! If Wei Yuxin had the courage of the Xuanfeng Sect Master and did 'kill first and report later', Dongting Lake would be divided in half between us and Chongxian Sect. Chongxian Sect's foundation is far better than ours, and under the confrontation, Xiangzhou will definitely fall into their hands."
After a pause, he said, "Chongxian Sect has such a talent. If we want to disintegrate Chongxian Sect, we must probably kill this Mo Yuzi first."
Sha Lingshan smiled and said, "No matter what, he is also one of the Twelve Quanzhen. Although the Twelve Quanzhen are below the Eight Martial Immortals, they all have unique skills and are not simple. Moreover, he is now valued so much by the head of Chongxian Sect. It may not be easy to assassinate him."
Shi Hao said: "I was just talking casually! Well, Sister Sha, how about we go to Huangshan as well?"
Sha Ling fanned herself and said, "Oh, that's exactly what I meant."
Long Niu hurriedly said, "Young Master, Lord of the Silk Temple, Lord of the Moon Temple, and Miss Zhijinhua ask you every day when you can go back..."
Sha Ling fanned and said, "Almost there! Almost there!"
Long Niu said: "In this case, there is one more thing, I am afraid I will have to trouble the Lord of the Shatan."
Sha Lingshan was surprised and asked, "What's the matter?"
Long Niu took out a letter from her sleeve, presented it to Sha Ling Shan, and said, "Miss Zhijinhua said that it is impossible for the Shatan Master to go back, no matter what, it is impossible for him to go back at this time. So it is better to leave this matter to the Shatan Master to deal with."
Sha Lingshan asked, "Did she say that?"
Long Niu said with certainty: "That's what I said."
Sha Lingshan said unhappily, "This girl is looking for trouble for me."
She waved her hand, and the letter flew out of Longniu's hand. She caught it, opened the letter, and smiled, "It's like this again. Others say that people will burn bridges after crossing a river, but these people haven't even crossed the bridge yet. As soon as they see the slightest sign of becoming powerful, they are ready to blow up the bridge."
Shi Hao asked: "Could it be that something went wrong with Huang Tianjun?"
Sha Lingshan asked, "Hey, how did the young master guess it?"
Shi Hao said: "Sister Sha said 'it's like this again', which means there is a precedent. And this is something that requires a leader of this level to handle outside. So I think it must be Li Badao of the Huang Tian Army who has ulterior motives."
"As for the previous example, it was Li Chenglong of the Dragon and Phoenix Society who killed Zhao Fengxiao. Whether it's Li Chenglong or Li Badao, to have made it to this point, they are naturally heroes and ambitious people. But since they are ambitious, they are naturally unwilling to be constrained by others."
"Li Chenglong was just sharing power with his sworn brothers, and he wanted to kill people. Li Badao was a chess piece of the Evil Lotus Sect in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Now that he has a territory and subordinates, how can he be willing to continue to be a chess piece? I believe they have already made some moves in secret."
Sha Lingshan said, "That's right! This is Li Xiu'er's secret letter. Li Badao recently married a concubine named Man Qing'er, and Man Qing'er brought in a group of experts for him, slowly sidelining the people from my Xie Lian Sect who were originally placed around him. I'm afraid it won't be long before all these people are killed."
"It's just that the people who were arranged to monitor Li Badao are all from the Black Lotus Realm. Li Xiu'er was originally from my Mirror Flower Water Moon Pavilion, and she is on a different line from these people. Li Badao was unable to prevent this, and she saw through the clues."
"But Li Xiu'er said that ever since the arrival of that woman named Man Qing'er, she whispered something in Li Badao's ear, and Li Badao showed signs of being alienated from his adopted daughter, and he no longer values her as much as before."
"And Man Qing'er is obviously also an expert. Li Xiu'er is very cautious and doesn't dare to make any moves. Li Xiu'er suspects that Man Qing'er is also a member of the Demon Sect, but she doesn't know which side she is from. Li Badao wants to use other Demon Sects to help him get rid of the Evil Lotus Sect and has some kind of hidden deal with other Demon Sects."
Shi Hao looked at Long Niu and said, "Li Badao was originally an outer sect master of your Black Lotus Realm. What will you do with him?"
Long Niu said: "Li Badao has grown up, and we don't have a good solution for the time being. This matter should be handled by the Xuanfeng Sect Master himself, but the Sect Master is in Jingzhou and cannot get away. The Yue Sect Master thinks that killing Li Badao is easy, but the difficult part is how to let Li Xiuer take over the Huangtian Army smoothly after killing him."
"Since other demon sects have intervened, it is difficult for Li Xiu'er to deal with it alone, so the Moon Altar Master also asked his subordinates to notify the Sha Altar Master as soon as possible. After all, Li Xiu'er was originally the Sha Altar Master's subordinate."
Sha Lingshan looked at Shi Hao: "See! They are just worried that I am too idle around the young master, so they have to find something for me to do."
Shi Hao smiled and asked, "Is Li Xiu'er trustworthy?"
Sha Lingshan smiled and said, "Don't worry about that. She has been in our Jinghua Shuiyue Pavilion since she was born until she was nine years old. She has been practicing the magic skills of our Jinghua Shuiyue Pavilion in secret. Even if we don't consider other things, if she wants to continue to advance in martial arts, she can't do without the Xielian Sect. Moreover, for her, Jinghua Shuiyue Pavilion is her real home."
Shi Hao said: "In this case, let's deal with this matter as well. At the same time, let's see which demon sect wants to use Li as a substitute within the Huang Tian Army and secretly become an enemy of the Xie Lian Sect."
Chapter 297 Meeting at Xiaotao Mountain
Shi Hao, Sha Lingshan and Xu Xiaoyan changed to a small boat on the way and left the Ganjiang River.
The boat was similar in structure to a pleasure boat, but simpler in design, and it went upstream along a not very spacious tributary.
The one who helped them row the boat was Madam Taohua.
As for Long Niu, she continued to take the merchant ship and went back to Yuelian Tower first.
"I won't go to Kuaiji with you!" Xu Xiaoyan sat at the low tea table, drinking tea, and said, "The internal affairs of the Xielian Sect have nothing to do with me."
Li Xiuer's identity is kept secret. Once it is leaked, it would be fatal to her.
Shi Hao and Sha Lingshan naturally trust Xu Xiaoyan, but they would not easily reveal such things.
Therefore, they just told Xu Xiaoyan that they planned to go to Kuaiji to deal with an important matter related to the Xie Lian Sect.
Xu Xiaoyan didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the Evil Lotus Sect, so when she heard what they said, she planned to separate from them.
Shi Hao asked: "Where are you going?"
Xu Xiaoyan said, "There is a Huangshi Mountain at the east end of Huangshan Mountain, and there is a Xiaotao Mountain further east of Huangshi Mountain. Mei Tao Niang lives there, I'll go and have some fun with her."
Sha Ling fanned and said, "Oh, so she lives there."
Shi Hao smiled and said, "It's just on the way. We'll take you there first and then go to Kuaiji."
At that moment, they took Xu Xiaoyan to Xiaotao Mountain by boat, and then went to Kuaiji.
Xu Xiaoyan entered Xiaotao Mountain. She was familiar with the place. She turned around and arrived at the Bitao Temple deep in the mountain. She entered and called out, "Mrs. Tao..."
But she saw that there were a few other people here. In addition to Mei Tao Niang, there were several other white masters, whom she had met more or less before. These white masters were basically of the middle rank. Although Xu Xiaoyan recognized them, she had rarely seen them gathered together in the past.
There was another young woman, about 29 years old, who was otherworldly and had a mysterious temperament. Her appearance was even better than that of Mei Tao Niang.
Xu Xiaoyan said, "Are you discussing something important? I'll go out for a walk first."
Mei Tao Niang said with a smile: "Stop, you are already here!"
He introduced the young woman, "This girl is Xu Xiaoyan. She is also from the same group as us. She has learned a lot of different things and has also learned some skills from me."
The young woman smiled and nodded. Mei Tao Niang said, "Xiaoyan, you've been running around so much. Where have you been these days?"
Xu Xiaoyan smiled and said, "I went to the Three-Tassel Ghost Cave with Senior Nunuying."
Mei Tao Niang was surprised: "Why are you with Senior Ye?"
Xu Xiaoyan said, "I just went to see what's going on!" She looked around and asked, "What's going on here?"
Mei Tao Niang introduced: "This is Fairy Yuncai Yaoyun from Taisu Fairy Pavilion."
Xu Xiaoyan was startled for a moment, then hurriedly bowed and said, "It turns out to be Fairy Yun. I have heard of you for a long time."
Yun Caiyao returned the greeting without any airs, "Sister Xiaoyan, you don't have to be polite. Today we are just using this precious land of Xiaotao Mountain to discuss some things together."
Mei Tao Niang said, "Xiao Yan, please sit down too. I just happen to have something I want to ask you."
The group sat on the floor around a few tea tables. Xu Xiaoyan knew everyone except Yun Caiyao, so she sat down next to Mei Tao Niang without hesitation.
Mei Tao Niang said, "Xiaoyan, let me ask you, are you and that 'Qianlong' Shi Chongyun having an affair?"
Everyone looked at Xu Xiaoyan, whose face suddenly turned red and she shouted, "Who is having an affair with him? How come I have an affair with him? He is him and I am me..."
Suddenly I remembered that Mei Tao Niang was also a sinister and cunning person.
So he snorted, "I almost fell for it! What do you want to get out of me?"
Mei Tao Niang smiled and said, "Even if you react, it's too late. Judging from the way you looked just now, if you didn't have a relationship with him, I'm afraid you had at least half a relationship with him."