Bordered by the sea on one side and the mountains on the other, the Maple Forest is a very famous scenic spot in Sheepshead.
Thousands of acres of maple trees are planted here.
Every autumn, there would be the scene of “Ten Thousand Red Mountains”.
Ye Qiu and Long Mei walked inside the maple forest for a while before suddenly stopping, only to see that Cao Yuan and the others were confronting the enemy in the open space a hundred metres ahead.
Through the streetlight, Ye Qiu could see the looks of the enemies.
There were eight people in total.
Seven men and one woman.
“How could there be so many people?”Ye Qiu was shocked. According to Qing Long’s previous guess, the enemy should only have five or six people.
The Long-Browed Realist bristled and said, “Qinglong made an error in judgement.”
“Do you know all those people?”Ye Qiu asked.
“Most of them know each other.”The long-browed real person introduced, “The bald guy on the far left, named Wujing, specialises in Vajra Fist, was originally a disciple of Wutai Mountain, but later broke the precepts and was expelled from the mountain.”
“The woman next to him who is beautifully dressed in a red dress is named Red Lady and is good at using poison.”
Long Brow Realist suddenly asked, “Ye Qiu, did you see that pair of midgets?”
“Saw it.”
Ye Qiu had long since noticed that among the group of enemies, there were two men who were very short, only about a metre tall, very ugly looking, and almost identical in appearance.
“Are they twins?”Ye Qiu asked.
“Yes.”The long-browed real person said, “They are the Tan brothers from the Tan Family in western Hunan, the oldest is called Tan Cotton and the second is called Tan Guitar.”
Puffing…
Ye Qiu couldn’t help but laugh, “These two names are so well acquired that you can remember them after hearing them once.”
“I heard that the Tan Family’s parents wanted their sons to be able to eat with their hands when they grow up, but I didn’t expect that these two guys, now, are eating with their legs.”
“What does this mean?”
The Long-browed Realist explained, “The Tan brothers have learnt martial arts since they were young, and later on, they worshipped an old man within the clan as their teacher, and learnt the Authentic Tan Leg.”
“Don’t you see that they don’t look tall, but they are actually nearly fifty years old, they have been practising Tan Leg for decades like day in and day out, and the two brothers work together seamlessly.”
“Over the years, the two brothers have teamed up and taken out quite a few ruthless characters.”
“If you fight them, then you must find a way to take out one of them first and break their brotherly co-ordination so that you can win, otherwise, it’s very dangerous.”
Ye Qiu nodded slightly, “I know.”
“The withered old man standing next to the Tan brothers is the Grand Elder of the Witch God Cult, Wei Le Ran.”
The Long Browed Realist’s tone became slightly more grave as he said, “This old thing’s stance isn’t weak, he should be able to rank in the top three in the Witch God Cult.”
“How about comparing to you?”Ye Qiu asked.
The Long-Browed Realist lifted his chin and said disdainfully, “A punk is qualified to compare with me?”
Pretending to be a beep.
“By the way, I have a question.”Ye Qiu said, “Why does the Witch God Cult have to go against the Dragon Sect?”
“You’re one of the Dragon Sect, and you don’t even know this?”The Long Mei Realist was surprised.
Ye Qiu said, “I really don’t know.”
“It’s actually very simple, just two reasons.”The Long-browed Realist said, “The first reason is the competition for territory. The Witch God Sect wants to dye the Central Plains, and the Dragon Sect wants to unify the world, so naturally, they will inevitably collide.”
“The second reason is that Cao Yuan once swore that he would exterminate the Witch God Cult even after exhausting his entire life.”
“As for the reason, it was that Cao Yuan’s beloved was killed by those elders of the Witch God Cult.”
Ye Qiu was shocked.
He had heard from the Dragon King and Zhao Yun before that the reason why Cao Yuan was called the Nine Thousand Years Old was because Cao Yuan was a eunuch.
After the death of his beloved, Cao Yuan wielded his sword to show that he only loved one person in his entire life.
But unexpectedly, Cao Yuan’s beloved person was killed by the elders of the Witch God Cult.
“Why did those elders of the Witch God Cult want to kill the Nine Thousand Years Old’s beloved?”Ye Qiu asked after him.
According to the timeline speculation, when Cao Yuan’s beloved person died, Cao Yuan was still very young and had not created the Dragon Sect, so he should not have crossed paths with the Witch God Cult.
“Tell you a secret.”Long Mei Zhenren said mysteriously, “Cao Yuan’s beloved person was the Holy Daughter of the Witch God Cult at that time.”
“What!”Ye Qiu was shocked.
The Nine Thousand Year Old’s beloved was actually the Holy Daughter of the Witch God Cult?
The Long-Browed Realist continued, “According to the Witch God Cult’s religious rules, the Holy Maiden is not allowed to have an affair with a man, she is not allowed to marry for the rest of her life, and when the sect master abdicates, the Holy Maiden will take over the position of the sect master. Once it is violated, the heavenly lantern will be lit.”
“Lighting the Heavenly Lantern?”Ye Qiu was puzzled.
This was the first time he had heard this expression.
The Long Eyebrow Realist said, “The so-called lighting the Heavenly Lanterns is to apply some grease and sulfur and other flammable substances on the prisoner, and then wrap the prisoner with oiled linen, so that only the prisoner’s head is exposed to the outside. Next, the prisoner is put into a tank of oil for immersion, and at night when it is dark, the torturer will call out to the crowd to gather round, and fish out the prisoner who has been immersed in the tank of oil, and hang him on a very high stake, and at this moment, the person is still alive.”
“Immediately following, the torturer would, in front of the crowd, count the wrongs committed by the prisoner, and finally set the prisoner on fire with a torch, all the time watching the prisoner die in agony.”
“In history, there are only two people who have written records of being lit with heavenly lanterns, one was Dong Zhuo during the Three Kingdoms period, and the other one was Zhu Jiumei of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.”
“Lighting the heavenly lantern is a very cruel punishment.”
“Moreover, Cao Yuan was present when the beloved was burned to death.”
“The Witch God Cult elders punished the Holy Maiden, but let Cao Yuan go, just to make Cao Yuan suffer for the rest of his life.”
“But the Witch God Cult never expected that letting Cao Yuan live was the same as letting a tiger return to the mountain.”
“Over the years, not only has Cao Yuan been fighting against the Witch God Cult, but he also created the Dragon Sect, which has the momentum to eliminate the Witch God Cult.”
Ye Qiu sighed as he listened and sighed, “I can’t imagine that the Nine Thousand Years Old also has such a heartbreaking past.”
“Everyone has a heartbreaking past to a greater or lesser extent, however, the Witch God Cult should indeed be extinguished.”The Long-browed Realist said, “The Witch God Cult acts unreasonably, kills innocents indiscriminately, and practices compulsion to harm people, such an organisation should be completely exterminated.”
Then, the Long-Browed Realist continued to introduce Ye Qiu.
“I don’t recognise the guy who looks like a zombie face next to Wei Le Ran, by the looks of it, I guess he’s also from the Witch God Cult.”
“The two on the far side are obviously, they are Great Eastern Wanderers, their specific names are unknown.”
Ye Qiu took a closer look and now those two Daidong ronin, with messy heads and a mustache under their noses, wore loose kimonos, wooden clogs on their feet, and a katana hanging on their waists.
“The Witch God Cult even colluded with the brats, humph.”
Ye Qiu snorted coldly, killing intent appeared in his eyes, as a Chinese, he hated the little brats from the bottom of his bones.
Just at this time, he only saw Qinglong striding out.
Ye Qiu knew that the showdown was about to begin.
