Chapter 333 - 275: Chaos

"In that case, this is going to be pretty difficult."

"After all, like you said, the Mountain King Temple is extremely powerful on its own, and the Temple Priest is a Spiritual Realm Abnormal Person."

"They have every advantage. How are we supposed to fight them?"

Ding Zihu said helplessly.

"Not necessarily... We’re not the only ones who covet the Middle Spiritual Land."

"There must be other Innate Grandmasters and Spiritual Realm Abnormal People who have come to the Ten Thousand Mountains."

Han Yuan said.

"But all those old monsters are currently deep in the Ten Thousand Mountains, desperately searching for the Middle Spiritual Land."

"By the time they realize what’s happening and rush over, who knows how long it will have been."

Ding Zihu said.

Right now, most people were desperately searching within the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Besides them, who would have ever guessed that the Middle Spiritual Land would actually be in Ping’an Town?

"Don’t worry... there’s still some time before the Middle Spiritual Land emerges."

"Besides, someone might spread the news for us."

Han Yuan said with a faint smile.

"You mean the other person in black who snuck in with you tonight?"

Ding Zihu understood.

"Right. Although I don’t know who he is."

"But I’ve already leaked the information about the Mountain King Temple to him."

"Let’s wait and see if the news is flying everywhere by tomorrow."

"If not... we’ll take action ourselves."

Han Yuan said with a faint smile.

He knew that relying on his and Ding Zihu’s strength alone, dealing with the Mountain King Temple was indeed almost impossible.

So his only choice was to muddy the waters.

With so many people drawn here by the Middle Spiritual Land, there was no way they would let the Mountain King Temple take it all for themselves.

"Setting a wolf on the tiger... You’re a pretty sinister kid."

Ding Zihu immediately understood Han Yuan’s plan and chuckled slyly.

"Let’s get some sleep for now. We’ll see what the situation is tomorrow."

Han Yuan shrugged.

"Alright. I’m also curious to see what happens tomorrow."

Ding Zihu grew more and more expectant.

...

「In another courtyard.」

Zhou Shentai returned to the house where he was staying.

Zhou Luo was already awake and waiting anxiously in the courtyard.

When he saw Zhou Shentai climb over the wall, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Father, are you alright?"

Zhou Luo asked with concern.

"I’m fine... I’m alright, at least."

"But I learned some very crucial information from infiltrating the Mountain King Temple this time."

Zhou Shentai’s expression was grave.

He recounted what had happened at the Mountain King Temple that night.

"Father... why would that person tell you about the Mountain King’s corpse?"

"I feel like he has malicious intentions."

Zhou Luo said seriously.

What Han Yuan did was clearly a bit too deliberate.

"Of course I know that."

"But what he’s using is a blatant plot."

"He simply wants to use our strength to deal with the Mountain King Temple."

Zhou Shentai had been able to make a great name for himself in a treacherous place like the Ten Thousand Mountains; naturally, he was a man of deep cunning.

He saw right through Han Yuan’s little scheme.

But the most frustrating thing for Zhou Shentai was that he had to go along with Han Yuan’s plan.

Because doing so was in his own best interest.

"Father... In that case, why don’t we make it even bigger?"

Zhou Luo suggested.

"Right... This is no longer a simple conflict between us bandits and the Mountain King Temple."

"Since it’s come to this, we might as well drag everyone into the water!"

Zhou Shentai was thinking the exact same thing.

If they were going to do something, they should go big and make the Mountain King Temple public enemy number one.

As for what came after, they would deal with it when it happened.

Zhou Shentai pondered for another moment, then said softly, "Zhou Luo, you leave the town tonight."

"I want this news to start spreading tomorrow... not just in Ping’an Town, but throughout the entire Ten Thousand Mountains."

Zhou Luo nodded. "Leave it to me, Father!"

With that said, Zhou Luo also changed into a set of Night Clothes and silently climbed over the wall and out.

Just then, Zhou Shentai suddenly felt a drop of water hit his face.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH~~~

A sinister wind began to howl... Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed continuously.

"It seems a storm is truly about to break..."

Zhou Shentai murmured to himself, gazing at the sky.

KABOOM!!

At that exact moment, a bolt of lightning crashed down.

Immediately after, a torrential downpour began.

The entirety of Ping’an Town, including the Ten Thousand Mountains, was instantly enveloped in the storm.

...

「The next day.」

The storm had raged all night and showed no signs of stopping.

Amid the downpour, the atmosphere in Ping’an Town gradually began to turn sour.

Large numbers of well-informed people began to frantically flee Ping’an Town.

After all, not everyone was so ambitious.

Right now, Ping’an Town was like an unstable barrel of dynamite.

It was impossible to know when it would explode!

So, many people wanted to get out of Ping’an Town before the explosion.

Not even the torrential downpour could shake their resolve to leave Ping’an Town.

"Hey, carriage up front, get a move on!!!"

"What are you yelling about back there? The road’s blocked up ahead!"

"Damn it, then why don’t you hurry them along?"

"You keep yelling and see what happens! I won’t go easy on you!"

The weather was already cold.

Now, with the heavy rain, most people were soaked to the bone, even while wearing Raincoats. Tempers flared. People began cursing at each other wildly, and some even broke into fights!

The roads in Ping’an Town were already difficult to travel on.

Drenched by the storm, they had become a muddy mess, causing many carriages to get stuck and forming a long queue.

But as some people left, others arrived.

A large number of hulking, bare-chested men with various tattoos on their faces emerged from the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Their leaders were all old men who exuded a decayed and bizarre aura.

These were people from different tribes in the Ten Thousand Mountains. As soon as they received the news about the Mountain King Temple, they had braved the downpour and rushed here overnight.