Martial Arts Escort System: I Got A Maxed Level Divine Technique From The Beginning-Chapter 318 - 174 Death Order

The remaining affairs of the Three Extremes Sect were left for Wu Daoyou to worry about.

The Sect Leader of Heavenly Gate and Liu Yun Scholar were taken to Xuanhu Pavilion.

The ’corpse of Yang Yizhi from Haoran Academy’ was returned with the assistance of Wu Daoyou.

As for Su Mo, what he needed to do was essentially to continue the plotline from the day he angrily left Haoran Academy.

At most, it involved slightly delaying a few more days in Dongcheng and ’coincidentally’ encountering Liu Mo and the others.

There really wasn’t much to say about this journey.

In their haste to travel, everyone utilized their Qinggong skills.

Zhen Xiaoxiao was brought along by Su Mo, and after more than ten days, they finally returned to Jiyang Ferry.

They took a boat along the river, heading south, back to Three Rivers Bay Pier.

This time, they boarded a passenger ship.

Such passenger ships travel much further than ordinary merchant ships, covering nearly half of the entire waterway.

Starting from Three Rivers Bay Pier and reaching Pingguan Ferry.

Then returning from Pingguan Ferry.

Round and round, such was their route.

Solicting passengers along the river was clearly no easy business; even the riverfront thieves required a payoff.

Connections and faces must be taken care of, otherwise progress would be difficult.

Therefore, not many engaged in this line of business.

It was already good if a passenger ship passed by once in half a month.

This time, Su Mo and his company were fortunate—the ship coming back from Pingguan Ferry had just docked at Jiyang Ferry to unload passengers, and they took this opportunity to pay in silver taels and board the ship.

The ship was filled with a variety of people from all over, quite noisy.

Liu Mo and Fu Han Yuan had already assumed the roles of escort agency workers, positioning themselves on either side of Su Mo and Yang Xiaoyun, subtly protecting them.

Along with Zhen Xiaoxiao, who also took a seat near the front, giving off an aura of warding off strangers.

Su Mo listened attentively.

The crowd discussed many things, although most were trivial matters of little significance.

However, some information was worth paying attention to.

One of them was pertaining to Eternal Night Valley.

Inside Jiaolong Water Fort, the actions of Eternal Night Valley were, of course, widely publicized.

Especially since Chu Qiuyu and the others had escaped disaster and sent news back to Lengyue Palace, the Cold Moon Palace Master immediately flew into a rage.

Directly contacting the Seven Great Sects, except for Ziyang Sect, everyone set off along the waterway.

They moved to encircle and suppress the ’tentacles’ of Eternal Night Valley.

These people acted swiftly and decisively; the chaos along the riverfront areas had only just settled down a couple of days ago.

Hearing this, Su Mo slightly raised his eyebrows, then heard someone say:

"They are scheming a deceptive strategy of creating a distraction; using the turmoil along the riverfront to draw the attention of the Seven Great Sects.

"I heard that in secret, the Night Lord has already attempted another invasion of Tianqu City.

"The Seven Great Sects are all focused on the riverfront and are likely overlooking the Night Lord’s actions."

"That’s unlikely."

Someone immediately contested, saying: "The Seven Great Sects have foresight, all of them are deeply scheming individuals. How could the petty tricks of the Night Lord escape their watchful eyes?

"To tell you the truth, I have friends among the Seven Great Sects, and I’ve known about the situation in Tianqu City long ago."

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"It’s nothing special, just as you mentioned before, the Night Lord took advantage of the Seven Great Sects’ focus on the riverfront to sneak an attack on Tianqu City.

"However, they didn’t expect that Tianqu City was already prepared with the Heaven and Earth Net.

"After this battle, Eternal Night Valley suffered a crushing defeat."

"Ah! The Sect Leaders of the Seven Great Sects are indeed the leaders of the Righteous Path, truly extraordinary."

"That’s for sure... Still, the Night Lord is no ordinary character.

"I heard that this time, including the Sect Leader of Ziyang Sect, these seven joined forces again to face the Night Lord.

"It was similar to the battle that occurred twenty years ago, still ending in a draw, with both sides suffering losses."

Everyone listened with wide eyes, someone sighed and said:

"The martial arts of the Night Lord are indeed terrifying. Twenty years ago, he already fought against the Seven Sect Masters, and twenty years later, this battle is no different from the one twenty years ago."

"That’s hard to say."

The aforementioned person spoke up: "Twenty years ago, the Night Lord indeed possessed supreme martial arts, but who did he face back then? The experts among the older generation!

"Now, never mind that the Cold Moon Palace Master position has already changed, the old Sect Leader of Ziyang Sect is also aged and decrepit. His martial arts probably can’t compare to what they were twenty years ago.

"Several of the Seven Great Sects have also replaced their Sect Leaders, some older, some with less profound martial arts.

"In my opinion, in these twenty years, perhaps the Night Lord’s martial arts have actually regressed."

Upon hearing this, a thousand ripples were stirred by a single stone.

Many took the opportunity to express their opinions.

Some of these people were heroes of Jianghu, others were just common travelers, but at this moment, their spirited discussions were rather imposing.

Su Mo’s understanding of the Night Lord was limited to only a few words from Li Siyun and Chu Qiuyu.

And now, listening to the discussions, he felt there was something odd.

Regarding the so-called deceptive strategy of creating a distraction, perhaps not necessarily so...

Their original intent with the affairs of Along the River was to genuinely accomplish something.

But an unexpected turn of events occurred within Jiaolong Water Fort, resulting in their failure.

If he were the Night Lord, at such a time, he would definitely not rashly attack Tianqu City.

The ploy of creating a distraction was too obvious; the Seven Great Sects of the Righteous Path are not fools.

Rushing headlong into this could easily result in being trapped.