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Jiang Ning said.
Yue Buqun smiled and said, "There's no need for help here yet."
Jiang Ning glanced at the cave entrance not far away and saw many people carrying firewood, sulfur, and a lot of excrement to the entrance, seemingly preparing for something. There were many corpses lying around, and judging from their clothes, they were all members of the Demonic Sect.
At this moment, Yue Buqun explained, "Just now, after Daoist Chongxu arranged for people to blow up the other six cave entrances, the demonic sect inside attacked out through this cave entrance, but we repelled them. Now they are hiding inside the cave and not coming out. We tried fire attack just now, but it doesn't seem to be very effective. Now we are preparing to smoke them out."
As they were talking, a man lit firewood at the cave entrance. The firewood had been soaked in oil and ignited instantly, spreading to engulf the entire cave entrance in flames. A foul stench spread, and the closest martial arts practitioners rolled their eyes upon smelling it.
"Wow, this tastes amazing."
Meanwhile, several people who had prepared nearby were vigorously fanning the rising smoke into the cave with fans that were as tall as a person.
While they were fanning the air vigorously, someone was nearby ready to add fuel.
Thick, foul-smelling smoke drifted into the cave.
Inside the cave.
The demonic sect members were on high alert, their eyes fixed on the exit, but after waiting for a long time, no one from outside rushed in. Instead, a thick plume of smoke drifted in.
"What's that smell? Ugh!"
Chapter 711: You're the real Yama!
Those who smelled the odor rolled their eyes, gagged uncontrollably, and one person even collapsed to the ground foaming at the mouth after taking a sudden, deep breath.
"Cough, cough, cough."
Many people started coughing. The thick, foul-smelling smoke choked them, causing them to cough incessantly, and some even started bleeding from their mouths and noses.
"not good!"
Upon seeing this, an elder's expression changed drastically, and he immediately shouted.
"The smoke is poisonous, go into the cave!"
By this time, a large amount of thick smoke had already drifted into the cave, and soon the cave was filled with smoke. Those who inhaled the smoke coughed incessantly. After hearing the elder's words, they quickly moved into the cave. Fortunately, the cave was large enough that the thick smoke could not spread in time.
"Gentlemen, this despicable man Yue Buqun dares not attack, so he resorts to such a vicious scheme. What should we do now?"
One elder looked at the others, the rest exchanged glances, and finally looked at one person.
"Elder Ge, Elder Qiu, the sect leader has ordered you to lead us in an ambush against the righteous path. What should we do now?"
Elders Ge and Qiu were originally two of the ten elders of the Sun Moon Sect, but later defected to Ren Woxing and were now appointed by Ren Woxing to ambush the righteous path.
Now, hearing the other elders ask them to come up with a solution, the two men's faces darkened.
The elders grew anxious when they saw that the two remained silent.
"Elders, what should we do now? Please say something. We can't just let them keep blocking us in the cave, can we?"
The two remained silent, and one of the elders couldn't help but speak up.
"Why don't we just fight our way out?"
"Kill out?"
Elder Ge finally spoke, glancing at the elder who had made the suggestion, and said, "Didn't we try to fight our way out before?"
After Chongxu's men blew up the other six entrances, Elder Ge led his men to concentrate their forces to attack the last exit, but only corpses were left behind. In the end, they had to retreat back into the cave. Yue Buqun and his men did not rush in, but blocked the entrance from the outside. It was thought that they would remain in this stalemate, but Yue Buqun did something unexpected.
So what do we do now?
One of the short-tempered elders couldn't help but speak up.
Elder Qiu remained silent, deep in thought. After a moment, he looked at one of the elders and asked, "What's the situation with the other six cave entrances? Can they be reopened?"
The elder who was asked looked grim and shook his head, saying, "We're still clearing it. We don't have shovels or picks, so it's very difficult. It will probably take a few days."
Elder Qiu's face darkened further upon hearing this. This was not good news. They couldn't last more than a few days. There was no food in the cave, and they hadn't expected to stay here for long before they came.
"Hurry up."
Elder Qiu urged.
If they can clear a few openings, they will have a chance.
But no sooner had he finished speaking than a series of huge explosions rang out, so loud that even the cave shook.
"what happened?"
The people inside the cave were in a panic, and Elder Qiu shouted sternly.
The elder who had been questioned earlier left in a hurry, and returned a moment later with an extremely ashen face.
"They detonated the explosives again, and those six entrances were completely blocked!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's faces turned extremely grim.
"Are they trying to trap us here?"
An elder couldn't help but shout angrily, raising his hand and slamming it against the stone wall beside him, leaving a clear palm print.
They originally came to Yinping Mountain to ambush this group of righteous people, but they never expected to be blocked in this cave by the righteous people and unable to get out. This is simply humiliating!
Elder Ge, with a gloomy expression, glanced at him.
Blocked?
We're afraid we'll starve to death.
Elder Qiu sighed and said, "We are now trapped inside the cave. There is no other way but to wait. Hall Master Sang is still waiting down the mountain. Since we have not made any moves, Hall Master Sang will surely come to our aid. As long as Hall Master Sang leads his men to attack, we will fight our way out from both inside and outside."
Elder Qiu was unaware that Sang San Niang had already returned to Blackwood Cliff with several thousand men, placing all his hopes on her.
Everyone's hearts sank.
That's all.
……
"Master, since there is nothing else here, I will take my leave now."
Jiang Ning prepared to leave.
Yue Buqun nodded.
"Yes, you should also be careful there. I'm afraid Ren Woxing will bring his men to kill us. If we are outmatched, come up and join us first."
Jiang Ning nodded.
"Yes."
Jiang Ning turned and left. Yue Buqun looked at the cave entrance not far away. The poisonous smoke attack had not stopped until now. Yue Buqun did not expect that the poisonous smoke could kill the thousands of people in the cave. After all, the cave could accommodate so many people, so the internal space must be huge, and the poisonous smoke could not spread that far. But that did not mean that the smoke was useless. On the contrary, it was extremely useful.
At this moment, Chongxu arrived with several Wudang disciples.
"Alliance Leader Yue, I have planted a lot more explosives at those six entrances, and now those six entrances are completely blocked."
Yue Buqun nodded and said, "Thank you, Daoist Master."
Chongxu calmly replied, "It is my duty to eliminate demons and protect the righteous path."
After blowing up the entrance once, Chongxu was still worried that it wasn't strong enough, so he volunteered to bury more explosives this time, even more than before.
Yue Buqun remained silent. Of course, he knew that Chongxu's actions were not solely due to this reason, but also because hundreds of Wudang disciples had been ambushed and killed.
Looking at the crowd not far away who were constantly fanning the air and carrying fuel to make the smoke even thicker, Master Mo said, "Now that the other six entrances are blocked, the remaining entrance is constantly releasing poisonous smoke into the cave. Even if the demonic sect members in that cave are not poisoned to death, they will suffocate to death."
"As long as we continue, the thousands of demonic cult members inside the cave will collapse on their own."
Everyone nodded in agreement, except for Fang Zheng, who looked compassionate and seemed somewhat reluctant.
"Amitabha."
Fang Zheng looked at Yue Buqun.
"Alliance Leader Yue, if the demonic sect inside the cave is willing to abandon evil and do good, could you spare their lives?"
Before Yue Buqun could speak, Master Mo spoke up.
“Abbot, your compassion is admirable. However, the thousands of demonic cult members inside this cave are our righteous enemies. If it weren’t for the Alliance Leader trapping them inside, we would have been the ones ambushed, and countless martial arts practitioners would have died. Moreover, the imperial court has already issued an edict, but they are still aiding and abetting evil. The demonic cult is cunning, and they will surely beg for mercy to save their lives. But if we release them, it will be our fault when they wreak havoc on the martial world and bring misery to the people.”
Mr. Mo spoke in a calm tone, but his attitude was very clear.
"Mr. Mo is right. Releasing these people would be tantamount to releasing tigers back into the mountains. They cannot be spared!"
Tianmen Daoist chimed in, his attitude resolute.
Master Dingxian remained silent. As a nun herself, she felt a pang of sorrow for the lives of thousands of people, but she knew the importance of the matter at hand.
As for Abbess Qingzhu, she was different. Although she was also a nun, her attitude was the same.
We must eradicate evil and heretical doctrines.
At this moment, the Taoist of Tianmen spoke again.
Tianmen Daoist frowned, seemingly somewhat displeased.
"Blocking them like this is too slow and a waste of our time. Let's just blow up this entrance and block it completely, so they can starve to death here."
Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look.
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"Forehead……"
No one responded to what the Taoist Tianmen said, but they did think it was a good idea.
Yue Buqun pondered for a moment and looked at Chongxu.
"Master, do you have enough explosives?"
The amount of explosives needed to blow up the cave entrance is considerable, but apart from the Wudang Sect, no other sect has them. To complete this task, we still need to rely on Chongxu.
To everyone's surprise, Chongxu shook his head.
There's no room left.
He had brought all the explosives stored inside the door, originally intending to surprise Ren Woxing, but now he was using them here.
Upon hearing Master Chongxu's words, everyone felt a pang of regret. Yue Buqun pondered and said, "It's alright. I will send someone back to Luzhou Prefecture to ask the prefect if there is any explosives. If there are, we will transport them immediately. Even if there aren't, it's fine. It will just take a little more time."
Yue Buqun then sent men back to Luzhou Prefecture. At this time, the smoke attack at the cave entrance continued day and night. If there were no food supplies inside the cave, it would be breached in three days at most.
At this time, groups of martial arts practitioners took turns fanning the smoke into the cave, and many people brought wet firewood and other materials to add to it. The process was almost nonstop, and most of the thick smoke was fanned into the cave, but a small amount of smoke was still outside.
"Oh my god, I can't open my eyes."
A man was vigorously fanning himself while squinting, tears streaming down his face.
"Change players, change players, it's not working."
His eyes were really sore, so the man immediately asked someone to take his place and then went to rest.
The cave was now filled with smoke, and most of the cave was shrouded in smoke. Many members of the demonic sect were coughing incessantly while covering their mouths, and some even had blood seeping from their noses and mouths, with blood seeping from their eyes. They looked quite frightening.
"It's been so long, why hasn't Sang San Niang made a move yet?"
An elder couldn't help but speak up.
Inside the cave, they were unaware of the changing day and night outside, but they estimated that at least a night had passed. However, they still did not hear any sounds of fighting outside. Instead, the poisonous smoke grew thicker and thicker, which made them, who were hiding inside the cave, very irritable.
"Could something have happened to Sang San Niang?"
Elder Qiu remained calm and asked the question.
Something happened?
Everyone looked at each other.
In fact, since Sang San Niang hadn't made any move or come to their rescue for so long, they already had a bad feeling. However, they didn't want to think about it, because if something happened to Sang San Niang, then they would definitely die.
But now that the elder had pointed it out, the hearts of the elders sank to the bottom.
Elder Ge couldn't help but glance around.