Chen Qiang was so frightened by Mr. Chang’s threat that he shrank his neck and dared not speak again.

He was afraid of death.

But his entire family still needed to live. If he could exchange his life for the lives of his family, especially the two children, it would be worth it.

"Is it that you don’t want to answer this question?" Lin Miao glanced over and it was clear that these disciples of the Green Blade Sect were intimidated by the brutal pressure.

"Never mind, I won’t ask anymore. Those who kill will be killed in return. Since you want my life, I have no reason to spare yours. Mr. Xie, send them on their way..."

Mr. Xie twitched his lips slightly; he knew Lin Miao would never let these people go, he would surely eliminate the root of the problem.

After all, to anyone who is being killed, there is no need to show mercy. From the beginning, they had no intention of letting them go.

"You arrogant brat! How dare you kill the disciples of my Green Blade Sect! You’re asking for death!" An angry and explosive voice erupted in the sky above the Heaven-Reaching Temple.

"Mr. Yu has arrived, we’re saved..."

"It’s Elder Yu, haha!"

"Lin, your death has arrived..." Mr. Chang’s face instantly turned ferocious, seemingly forgetting the quivering fear he showed just moments ago.

And that Green Blade Sect disciple, Chen Qiang, who had spoken earlier, was now paralyzed on the ground, a stench of urine exuding from between his legs. The Green Blade Sect is extremely ruthless to traitors, not only is the individual executed, but their family is also unlikely to escape death!

"Master..." Xie Shouchang couldn’t help but stagger. The person who arrived was evidently at least of the Meridian Passage Realm, and there was none among them who could be their match.

"Don’t panic." Lin Miao said calmly, "Someone will deal with him!"

"Did the master make arrangements beforehand?"

"Do you know why I chose to spend the night at this Heaven-Reaching Temple?" Lin Miao grinned, showing a mouthful of white teeth as he asked.

"The master already knew someone would ambush us halfway, so he deliberately chose the Heaven-Reaching Temple as the battlefield..." Xie Shouchang immediately understood.

Upon hearing this, the faces of Mr. Chang and the others in the Green Blade Sect morphed from joy to rigidity.

Just then, as Elder Yu of the Green Blade Sect descended from the sky, a crisp voice also resounded: "Yu Renxiong, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time!"

Also in the Meridian Passage Realm!

Si Miaoxue dressed in combat attire, soared over with a sword, and clashed with Elder Yu Renxiong of the Green Blade Sect, rapidly igniting a battle of Meridian Passage Realm experts.

This time when Lin Miao returned to his hometown, how could he not guard against a mid-way assassination from the Green Blade Sect, so he found a tailing him since leaving Dongshan City.

Given the Green Blade Sect did not plan to spare him, he naturally turned the tables and had already made a secret agreement with Si Miaoxue.

To meet them at the Heaven-Reaching Temple.

What Lin Miao didn’t expect was that the Green Blade Sect was actually involved in the Heaven-Reaching Temple ambush case, otherwise, how would they know about the secret path leading from the back mountain to the rear hall of the Temple?

"Ye Mi Yuan, aren’t you going to help?"

Yu Renxiong was merely in the Lower Grade of the Meridian Passage Realm, his cultivation level far beneath Si Miaoxue, so he was suppressed the moment they clashed.

Only then did he realize that tonight’s operation had fallen into the opponent’s calculations, leaving him both terrified and anxious.

Initially, he believed that leading a group of elite disciples from the Green Blade Sect, all in the Blood Fusion Realm, they would easily capture Lin Miao and his party.

He never expected that Chang Yuqing would lead his men through the secret path into the Heaven-Reaching Temple, intending to launch a surprise attack, only to be completely annihilated.

When he appeared to save them, there was already a hidden top expert in the Meridian Passage Realm lying in wait for him.

He was terrified beyond measure.

In fact, from the moment they clashed, he began to feel cowardly, wanting to disengage and prepare to escape, but how could Si Miaoxue give him the chance?

His shout exposed Ye Mi Yuan who was hiding, the one who had been disguised and tailing Lin Miao’s party was none other than the recently recovered Ye Mi Yuan.

Ye Mi Yuan initially planned to appear alongside Yu Renxiong, but upon seeing Si Miaoxue intercept Yu Renxiong, he was too frightened to show himself.

Under tonight’s circumstances, he understood Lin Miao was prepared, if he showed up, he would certainly die tonight.

Thus, he simply stayed hidden.

But Yu Renxiong didn’t want to let him hide away and called out his name, thoroughly exposing him.

"Old Xie, our old friend has arrived, care to meet him?" Lin Miao chuckled and instructed Xie Shouchang.

"Yes, Master!" Xie Shouchang hated Ye Mi Yuan deeply, and today he planned to settle both new and old scores together.

In the courtyard at the rear hall.

Forced by Yu Renxiong to show himself, Ye Mi Yuan’s face turned slightly when he saw that the person coming from the rear hall was Xie Shouchang.

He knew that today’s battle wouldn’t end well.

"Xie Shouchang, Lin Miao is an extremely ruthless person, following him won’t end well for you. It’s best to think twice about the consequences of opposing us..."

"Quit your damn chattering, just as you treated me before, I’m returning it in kind today!" Xie Shouchang, now at the Blood Fusion Realm, naturally didn’t fear Ye Mi Yuan at the Peak of the Bone Forging Realm.

Ye Mi Yuan was shocked by the aura Xie Shouchang revealed; his intelligence indicated that Xie Shouchang’s cultivation was inferior to his, how did he suddenly advance to the Blood Fusion Realm!

Lin Miao went over and opened all the doors of the rear hall, letting those inside clearly see the two battles taking place outside.

In the sky, it was Elder Yu Renxiong of the Green Blade Sect and Si Miaoxue, in the courtyard, it was Xie Shouchang and Ye Mi Yuan.

Though Ye Mi Yuan’s wounds had healed, months of neglect had atrophied his martial skills; on the other hand, Xie Shouchang had made significant progress, especially training with Lin Mao and others, completely abandoning his previous martial arts techniques.

He started by landing a solid punch on Ye Mi Yuan.

This fierce combat style left Ye Mi Yuan in agony. After only a few exchanges, Xie Shouchang had landed several punches on him.

If it weren’t for his extensive experience as a longtime officer capturing thieves, he would have been knocked down by now.

Ye Mi Yuan immediately felt the urge to retreat, knowing he would surely lose if the fight continued, not to mention that the even more terrifying Lin Miao hadn’t even made a move yet.

Tonight’s plan was a miscalculation for both him and the Green Blade Sect.

This Lin Miao was too cunning, and by his side, there was indeed a Meridian Passage Realm master—an exceptionally beautiful young woman.

Such information must be reported to the Patriarch and Marquis Lingyang’s Mansion!

With this thought, Ye Mi Yuan’s fighting spirit waned even further.

"Damn, you’re a witch from the Moon Worship Sect!" Yu Renxiong recognized that Si Miaoxue’s martial arts style came from the Moon Worship Sect.

He was even more terrified, as Green Blade Sect, although having a place in Da Li’s northwest martial arts world, was regarded as a first-class martial arts sect; it was far from the millennia-old prestigious Moon Worship Sect.

At its most powerful, the Moon Worship Sect could overshadow the top righteous sect, Wen Dao Sect.

Such a super first-rate sect could not be compared to the Green Blade Sect now, even though the Moon Worship Sect’s influence was not in this area.

But provoking the Moon Worship Sect would definitely not be a good thing for the Green Blade Sect.

The Moon Worship Sect actually colluded with the Snow Mountain Sect!

Just thinking about it was terrifying...

Yu Renxiong thought that even sacrificing Chang Yuqing and these elite disciples’ lives to obtain such intelligence was worthwhile.

The sisters Lianxin and Liansuo also recognized Si Miaoxue’s martial arts style, finding it surprisingly similar to that of the Moon Worship Sect, known as a demonic sect.

Could it be that this gentleman has the backing of the Moon Worship Sect?

What should they do?

Both sisters had already prepared to devote themselves entirely to Lin Miao, but what if Lin Miao was a follower of the Moon Worship Sect? How should they handle themselves?

Although the Snow Mountain Sect did not have an irreconcilable feud with the Moon Worship Sect as the Wen Dao Sect did, the Snow Mountain Sect was still considered a righteous sect, while the Moon Worship Sect was the chief of the demonic path.

This dichotomy of good and evil made the sisters’ hearts conflicted.

"Witch, I won’t tangle with you today; we’ll fight another day!" Yu Renxiong, seeing the situation was not right, turned to flee from the Heaven-Reaching Temple.

"Trying to run, Mr. Yu, do you think you can escape today?" Si Miaoxue stood aloof on the eaves with her sword, "Shisan."

Who is there?

Yu Renxiong was shocked to hear this and turned around, suddenly feeling a sharp pain in his back, his body soaring backward.

There’s another one...

Yue Shisan revealed himself.

He had also recently broken through to the Meridian Passage Realm; otherwise, how could he have hidden and ambushed right under Yu Renxiong’s nose?

This move, Absolute Yin Hand, was waiting to be unleashed. Yu Renxiong, almost defenseless, was struck straight at the heart, just like Si Miaoxue before.

Only when Si Miaoxue was injured, she wasn’t yet at the Meridian Passage Realm, so her resistance was naturally lesser than Yu Renxiong’s. But at that time, Yue Shisan wasn’t the Yue Shisan of now, so Yu Renxiong not only fell to the ground but also spat out a big mouthful of blood on the spot.

Absolute Yin Hand!

Yu Renxiong recognized it as one of the Moon Worship Sect’s supreme techniques, a sinister martial art that specifically harmed the human core meridians. Once struck, no one could survive.

Was he about to die in Anyang?

Yu Renxiong couldn’t help but feel a wave of desolation. After all, he was a renowned master, holding a high position as an elder in the Green Blade Sect. Even Sect Leader Shen Yidao was always polite to him. In Green Blade Sect, there weren’t many in the Meridian Passage Realm; apart from Sect Leader Shen Yidao, there were only seven or eight.

This was already an elite sect in the martial world, as in ordinary sects, having one or two in the Meridian Passage Realm was great, and the lower grade Meridian Passage Realm was practically the ceiling for most martial artists.

Advancing to the Meridian Passage Realm required the martial artist’s inherent talent and effort, along with that slim chance of fortuitous opportunity.

Opportunity was elusive.

Yu Renxiong had chanced upon that opportunity, allowing him to advance to the Meridian Passage Realm, but his luck stopped there.

His potential was exhausted, and there was no hope of further advancement.

Although advancement seemed hopeless, his status and position in the Green Blade Sect had changed, and his treatment improved drastically.

He was immensely grateful to Sect Leader Shen Yidao, and so he was determined to make a significant contribution. This ambush mission was one he fought for.

Unexpectedly, he had chosen his own path to destruction.

Regret was now useless.

After falling to the ground, he felt his heart tighten, as if pulled by an invisible force, then felt his entire energy leave his body...

That inner-to-outer coldness brought him immense despair.

This 17-year-old healer Lin Miao was terrifically terrifying; what kind of enemy had the Green Blade Sect provoked?

The Moon Worship Sect and the Snow Mountain Sect, even the Su Family, he actually had the support of three families behind him. Unfortunately, he was about to die and couldn’t report this situation back to the clan.