"What should we do then?"

Chu Qing touched his chin:

"Ghost God Gorge, Blazing Hall and Iron Blood Hall are clashing here.

"If I’m not mistaken, the next target of the Mirror of Sin should be Tie Lingyun.

"If we can rescue Tie Lingyun from the hands of the Mirror of Sin...

"And use the forces of Iron Blood Hall and Luochun Manor to topple the Mirror of Sin from its pedestal of ’acting on behalf of heaven, killing as punishment’.

"To turn it into an ordinary assassin organization that kills for money and personal gain.

"Then those people who were killed and branded with infamy over the years, their friends and family surely won’t sit idly by.

"At that time, handing this blueprint to Tie Lingyun, what do you think?"

Gentle thought for a moment:

"Then Tie Lingyun must win this battle."

Chu Qing nodded slightly:

"Yes, he must win, otherwise, nothing else can be discussed."

He carefully put away the scroll, knowing that no matter what, this thing would be of great use.

He couldn’t possibly defeat all these branch halls by himself, and even if Iron Blood Hall truly lost this battle and was removed from the Martial World.

Chu Qing could still use his alter ego to grow into a significant figure in the Martial World.

By then, using this influence to act might still get things done.

And the first step to achieving this is to make this branch hall completely scorched earth.

In general, when there’s something this important, the Mirror of Sin would surely worry about leaks from the branch halls. After investigating, they would likely watch the situation.

For Chu Qing to remain inactive right now is the best option.

He organized all the findings and finally set fire to the entire branch hall.

Until the entire village was completely engulfed in flames.

Only then did Chu Qing pick up a large stone.

With powerful palm force, he ’smoothed’ one side of the stone to make it flat.

Chu Qing used his finger as a pen and wrote a line on it.

[Han San and Han Si eliminate the branch hall of the Mirror of Sin here!]

Gentle looked at the line and, after thinking carefully, realized she hadn’t done much, only shot down a carrier pigeon and didn’t even kill it.

But it didn’t really matter...

"By the way, do you think my handwriting is ugly?"

Chu Qing suddenly remembered when Chu Fan at Luochun Manor told him that when he wrote the words ’Night Emperor’, Gentle commented that his handwriting was too ugly.

Now he kind of wanted to clear his name.

Gentle looked up at Chu Qing and said softly:

"Practice more."

"..."

Is this girl a bit excessively honest?

Even if it’s face to face, what’s the harm in being a little insincere?

Chu Qing sighed:

"Let’s just leave it at that."

Seeing him turn away, Gentle followed with small steps, her mouth inexplicably curving, and then she curiously touched that small arc.

She felt as if she had made progress on the path of ’smiling’.

...

...

The weather gradually turned colder, and the first snow fell at the end of October.

Snowflakes drifted down, lightly covering the ground and adding some decoration to a small inn.

This inn wasn’t in the city, it was in the wilderness, yet it had been around for ten years.

Traders often stayed there, and now with the cold weather, business was booming.

Inside the hall, a group of people from all over the world gathered to chat about affairs in the Martial World.

Currently, the main topic was naturally the battle between the Blazing Hall and Iron Blood Hall.

This battle came unexpectedly and has been going on for almost half a month now. The Blazing Hall has not taken a step past Ghost God Gorge, nor have they retreated.

Judging by the situation, it will take quite a bit longer.

However, the situation is not good for Iron Blood Hall...although they have kept the Blazing Hall at bay, there’s trouble at ’home’.

Iron Blood Hall covers too large an area, with seventeen cities alone.

As the Blazing Hall invades Ghost God Gorge, those seventeen cities behind are starting to have problems.

Initially, Dingxing City was besieged, fortunately resolved in the end. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

After that, in a flash, they lost three more cities...unfortunately, the main forces are all concentrated at Ghost God Gorge, making it difficult to retreat and support even if they want to.

The rear is on fire, and there’s a wolf at the front door, making the situation increasingly dangerous.

"Recently, all sorts of events have continued in the Martial World.

"First, Luochun Manor exposed Celestial Secret Valley, then Iron Blood Hall battled Blazing Hall.

"Have you heard? Even the Mirror of Sin has had issues."

In the midst of the conversation, someone with well-informed sources suddenly changed the subject.

And surprisingly, someone actually knew about it, immediately agreeing:

"I’ve heard... the ’Twin Fiends of the Mirror of Destruction’, Han San and Han Si!"

"Puh!"

Standing with feet planted, quietly eating in front of a square table, Chu Qing couldn’t hold back a mouthful of tea, spraying it out.

After exchanging a glance with Gentle across the table, they couldn’t help but sneak a look at those talking.

Puzzled at how the phrase ’Twin Fiends of the Mirror of Destruction’ came about?

"Twin Fiends of the Mirror of Destruction?"

Besides Chu Qing, there were others curious, so they immediately inquired further:

"What’s this about?"

"You see, this is something you’re not aware of."

The informed person immediately showed a self-satisfied demeanor.

In such occasions, drinking, eating, boasting, and knowing something others don’t, makes one feel superior.

But this person just enjoyed being pleased with himself without explaining, and those around him understood the implication, immediately offering him good wine and meat.

Only after eating a bowl of wine did he speak:

"Just seven days ago, suddenly heard some news.

"A branch hall of the Mirror of Sin near Dingxing City was taken out by someone!

"It was done by two brothers, one named Han San and the other Han Si.

"These two’s origins are unknown, their martial arts skills extremely high. No one in the entire Mirror of Sin branch hall survived, completely wiped out by them.

"In the end, they even set it all ablaze!"

"Preposterous!"

Upon hearing this, someone immediately got angry:

"The Mirror of Sin has always acted on behalf of heaven, punishing with death! Everyone they kill is evil.

"The saying goes, there’s no good person before the Mirror of Sin, yet Han San and Han Si actually killed a branch of the Mirror of Sin... truly vile!"

This statement found a lot of agreement.

However, the first person simply sneered:

"Don’t speak too soon... Do you know why Han San and Han Si acted this way?"

"Hmph, go on, tell us!"

"Do you know Dingxing City? It’s the territory of Lu Zhiwei, the Third Hall Master of Iron Blood Hall. When the two halls went to war, Lu Zhiwei was summoned to Ghost God Gorge.

"In the end, Dingxing City was left to Liu Yulai, known as Qingyang Hand.

"Han San and Han Si debuted by joining Liu Yulai.

"At the time, four gangs besieged the city, and Liu Yulai was the one hosting Dingxing City. If the city were to fall, the city’s residents would surely be massacred!"

"What’s that got to do with Han San and Han Si slaughtering the Mirror of Sin?"

"Heh... it was that day, when Liu Yulai led his men to fight at the city gates, but unexpectedly, he was ambushed by three top experts from the Evil Extermination List of Mirror of Sin.

"Separation Sword, Flowing Rain Needle, Heaven-Breaking Palm... surely everyone is familiar with these three?"

The crowd exchanged glances, naturally familiar with these three.

Especially the Separation Sword, known for ’the wind rises when flowers bloom, sword falls at the most sorrowful parting’, was more well-known.

In contrast, although Flowing Rain Needle and Heaven-Breaking Palm were also heard of, they were not as flamboyant as the Separation Sword.

The first person decisively said:

"This is impossible... Although Liu Yulai isn’t well-known, he’s not infamous either, so why would the Mirror of Sin kill him?

"And to kill just him, why would it take three top experts from the list?

"Surely, he must be grievously guilty behind the scenes?"

"You ask the right question."

The informer laughed:

"Can I ask, just how heinous is Liu Yulai’s supposed crime that the Mirror of Sin felt compelled to kill the commander of Dingxing City on the day of the four-gang siege?

"Wouldn’t countless innocent citizens die in rivers of blood if Liu Yulai died?

"Who would bear this responsibility?"

"This...."

For a moment, the previous person couldn’t say anything.

"There’s more."

The informer continued calmly:

"To my knowledge, the reason the Mirror of Sin wanted to kill Liu Yulai was because of a request from Guo Wang, the Chasing Star Sword, and Guo Wang only did this to seize Dingxing City.

"Had Han San and Han Si not killed the three top experts on the list in the street, protecting Liu Yulai.

"Dingxing City would probably have been breached by the four gangs that day, and then... Iron Blood Hall would have lost not just three cities, but four!!

"Do you still think the Mirror of Sin acts on behalf of heaven, punishing with death?"