Gu Zhan furrowed his brow and said, "Captured people?"

At this moment, Tan Lang cupped his hands again and said, "Palm Seal, I haven’t finished my report yet. Besides the casualties, a batch of female disciples have been captured, taken by the Demon Dao’s Illusionary Sound Sect.

To put it bluntly, this Illusionary Sound Sect is a sect of lewd thieves. The people of this sect are best at Qinggong and spiritual attacks. Half of the top ten lewd thieves in the Martial World come from this Illusionary Sound Sect. Last night during the Demon Dao’s sneak attack, the people of Illusionary Sound Sect weren’t idle either; they were rampantly kidnapping women in the city.

Our Beidou Bang has several female disciples missing, and the most shocking thing is that even several Fifth Realm Great Cultivators have been captured, including Nun Jingxuan from Jizhao Temple, Lady of the Valley Ling Bo Immortal Lady from Wuyou Valley, and Fairy Yu Yao who is seventh on the Celestial Pride List. Various other sects also have many female disciples captured, totaling no less than a hundred."

Gu Zhan’s brows tightened.

Mo Jingzhou picked up the conversation and said, "First, the Demon Dao assassinated so many young prodigies. If we don’t retaliate, over time people’s morale might dissipate. And now, with so many female disciples captured, if news spreads and time drags on, it will increasingly affect our morale adversely. Our Righteous Dao Martial World’s reputation might end up being utterly destroyed!"

Gu Zhan nodded and said, "It seems this battle must be expedited."

Mo Jingzhou nodded and said, "It’s already inevitable. I called you here today because Sword King City has summoned various sects for an alliance meeting to discuss the decisive battle. You will accompany me once; in today’s alliance meeting, besides our older generation, the leading figures of the younger generation will also be present, such as Sword One from Sword King City, Nangong Weiyang from Qianyu Sect, and so on,

these individuals are future giants in our Righteous Dao Martial World, and sooner or later you will have dealings with them. Let’s go and get acquainted today."

Gu Zhan nodded.

These days in Great Desert City, he had always heard about the reputation of various Righteous Dao sects’ prodigies, yet never had the opportunity to meet them,

for example, Sword One who claims not to kill anyone, the foremost female prodigy Nangong Weiyang, Jin Yuanbao the child of fortune from Medicine King Valley, and from the previous rank of top prodigies, Jade-faced Zhenren, Haitang One Sword, Furong Fairy, and others are all leading figures of today’s Yunxi Martial World’s younger generation,

in terms of fame, Gu Zhan’s name as God of Slaughter has recently risen to prominence, yet pales in comparison to these individuals. He is quite interested in meeting these long-renowned prodigies of the Martial World.

...

The temporary base of Sword King City is located in the city center,

after all, Sword King City is recognized as the leader of the Righteous Dao, and although they don’t openly claim to be the Martial Arts Alliance Hierarch, there’s always a subtle implication of them being so. Often, even in these outwardly unimportant formalities, Sword King City is intentionally placed at the center as the leader.

Sword King City is indeed strong,

the entire Xia Kingdom, recognized as the most powerful force, has the Three Sects, Four Families, and Eight Great Sects, with the Three Sects referring to the three major noble families. The Royal Family is one of them, the Four Families are the four major noble families, and the Gu Family in Linjiang City where Gu Zhan’s friend Gu Chuan belongs is one of them, while the Eight Great Sects are scattered across the nine provinces of Xia Kingdom, including Sword King City.

This is completely different from the so-called Yunxi’s Five Great Influences, only being listed among them due to being part of Yunxi Martial World. In reality, putting them together with Sword King City is akin to looking for trouble.

The foundation of Sword King City is on a different level compared to the other families,

just concerning the leading figures of the younger generation,

if it weren’t for the emergence of Qi Baiyu Sword Spirit in recent years, forcefully pushing Sword One to second on the Celestial Pride List, Sword King City would have won the champion spot five times consecutively. Besides these, Sword King City publicly acknowledges having some young disciples who have never appeared outside the sect gates.

With such a foundation, they completely overshadow the other four top forces.

At noon,

Gu Zhan followed Mo Jingzhou to a manor.

At that moment, many people were already present in the manor, making it very lively, and people were coming and going continuously at the entrance.

When the Beidou Bang’s group arrived,

several people clad in the attire of Sword King City came over to greet them.

Sword King City belongs to the Daoist Sect, so the disciples were dressed in Daoist robes.

However, leading them was a young man who seemed no more than twenty years old, very elegant, and even a bit shy, seemingly forced into coming by the few middle-aged men behind him, deliberately using a smile to hide his inner awkwardness.

When the group from Sword King City arrived before Mo Jingzhou,

a middle-aged Daoist gently poked the young Daoist behind him and mumbled, "Little Martial Uncle... Greet them..."

The young Daoist hastily performed the greeting ritual and said, "Junior... uh, no, I am Sword One, and I greet Gang Leader Mo..."

Mo Jingzhou and Gu Zhan both paused for a moment,

they never expected the shy young Daoist to be the renowned Sword Son Sword One from Sword King City.

Mo Jingzhou finally understood why this young Daoist performed the greeting as an equal.

Because although Sword One is young, his seniority in Sword King City is extremely high; he was taken in as a disciple by the Acting Sect Leader Wei Wuya and has a relationship of martial brothers with Wei Wuya.

"So it’s True Sword One in person." Mo Jingzhou cupped his hands.

At this moment, a middle-aged Daoist at Sword One’s back bowed and said, "Gang Leader Mo, please forgive the oversight. Little Martial Uncle has seldom seen outsiders as he has stayed within the sect for years, hence the neglect. We ask for your understanding."

Mo Jingzhou smiled lightly and said, "It’s my honor to meet the famous Sword Son."

Sword One seemed a bit uncomfortable, his ears turning red, awkwardly laughing and covertly glancing at Gu Zhan, hesitatingly saying, "This... is Brother Gu Zhan, correct?"