Chapter 426: Night Raid on Wan’an Temple

The convoy escorting thousands of troops from the six major sects was composed of the imperial army. Such a large group surely left traces behind. Happy and Zhou Zhiruo quickly gathered information from the streets and followed the water route all the way to Wan’an Temple in Kunshan.
“This is it.”
It matched the location described in the original story…
Happy felt relieved.
Acting together for the remaining tasks could be dangerous, so he convinced Zhou Zhiruo to stay at an inn while he went offline. It was already night when he sneaked into Wan’an Temple alone.
The guards at Wan’an Temple were extremely strict!
Yet Happy was still fairly confident, as far as he knew, Zhao Min had gone to meet Zhang Wuji, accompanied by the famous “Two Elders of Xuanming.” So, despite the tight security, it wasn’t impossible to do something.
Night raids…
Happy had done this before. He effortlessly took out the night clothes he had bought in the city, changed into them, and silently slipped into Wan’an Temple above the heads of two groups of Yuan soldiers.
Night clothes muffled the sound of clothing in the dark, allowing one to blend completely into the night without being detected. The better the quality, the narrower the field of vision—meaning that as long as the enemy was at a certain distance, they wouldn’t notice someone wearing night clothes.
Wan’an Temple was a large monastery covering a significant area…
However, after being conscripted by the imperial court, the monks were confined to a small courtyard in the back mountain, not allowed to move freely. Meanwhile, the masters from the six major sects were hidden inside tall towers.
In the darkness, a streak of black smoke moved swiftly through the shadows, avoiding the constantly patrolling Yuan soldiers. Gradually, it approached the main hall of Wan’an Temple, just one wall away from the tall towers.
The sky was dark and the wind strong.
But Happy didn’t dare take another step forward.
From the main hall to the towers, there were guards every three steps. Many Yuan soldiers wore heavy armor and crossbows, standing densely like steel monsters!
In the army, heavy armor offered exceptional protection, capable of withstanding attacks from masters at the Liberation realm without much damage—unless the attack came from a master at the Wuwei realm, whose palm force could penetrate the armor and injure the person inside.
The crossbows also had the power to pierce through defenses and could fire continuously, posing a great threat to martial arts masters!
Even masters like the leaders of the six major sects, if they tried to pass over these soldiers, would likely lose half their lives under a barrage of arrows.
“This is tricky.”

In a dark corner, Zhou Yu quietly hid behind a ruined tower out of sight of the Yuan soldiers, staring at the tall tower fifty meters away with a furrowed brow.
Zhou Yu, the player with the highest score among the Ming Sect members and the one approved by Zhang Wuji to investigate the whereabouts of the masters from the six major sects, arrived later than Kai Xin but still made it to Wan’an Temple shortly after nightfall. At the same time, he noticed that people from the Shaolin and Kunlun sects had also infiltrated, hiding in two other shadows near the tall tower. However, due to the darkness and their nightclothes, the other two did not spot Zhou Yu.
“…”
Zhou Yu observed the area around the tall tower and realized that forcing his way in would surely mean death, so he calmed down and carefully scanned the surroundings while keeping an eye on the other two.
The other two clearly sensed the deadly atmosphere near the tall tower and stayed back, not daring to approach.
But without seeing the masters from the six major sects, they couldn’t confirm that they were imprisoned in Wan’an Temple, meaning they couldn’t complete their mission.
It was the last day…
And their last chance. They intuited that the system wouldn’t deprive them of even the slightest chance.
All three of them were waiting!
Whoosh!!
Just then, a gust of wind blew!
The chill struck the three of them.
The hundreds of heavily armored soldiers near the tall tower stood motionless in their positions.
But at that moment, Zhou Yu clearly detected a faint unusual sound!
Since he was positioned closer to the tall tower and the Mahavira Hall, he could hear a barely audible sound mixed in with the mountain wind, resembling the sound of a hidden weapon.
“There are others in Wan’an Temple!”
Frowning, Zhou Yu dodged a group of approaching Yuan soldiers and returned to his observation spot a few seconds later. To his surprise, under the bright flames near the tall tower, a dark figure moved swiftly like a swallow, scaling the tower along a rope as if walking on flat ground, reaching the top in the blink of an eye.
Watching as the person boldly entered the tower above a crowd of heavily armored Yuan soldiers, Zhou Yu was both shocked and impressed by the person’s ability to seize that fleeting opportunity with the wind…
“Who is this person?”
As the person vanished into the tower, making it impossible for the soldiers below to spot them, this question flashed through Zhou Yu’s mind.
Inside Wan’an Temple, the identities of the other two were now clear. One was Tian Bubang from Shaolin Temple, and the other was Gu Feng from Kunlun Sect…
Only two people still hadn’t appeared. Xueyi and Kai Xin!

“It’s him!”
Zhou Yu quickly realized the identity of the person on top of the tower. His heart tightened, his brows furrowing slightly as an inexplicable sense of loss filled his chest.
At Bright Summit, during the battle to protect Zhang Wuji, Kai Xin had successfully injured Zhang Wuji, meaning he had lost that round…
Now, in investigating the whereabouts of the masters from the six major sects, it seemed Kai Xin had taken the lead again.
Watching the figure vanish into the tower, Zhou Yu’s gaze became complex.
…
Using silent tactics, Kai Xin created a path from the Great Heroic Hall to the tower. Like a night bird, he soared into the sky and landed on the fourth floor of the tower.
Success!
At this moment, Kai Xin knew that as long as he confirmed that the masters from the six major sects were imprisoned here, he could find Zhang Wuji and complete his mission.
Standing carefully outside the tower, he peeked in through a small window. Two Yuan soldiers were sitting at a nearby table, drinking together…
Looking further in, there was a temporarily built steel fence;
Inside, sitting in disarray, were people in white clothes… Emei Sect disciples?
His heart trembled slightly. Kai Xin was surprised—unexpectedly, he had stumbled upon the floor where the Emei Sect disciples were held. Taking another look, he indeed saw Ding Minjun, Bei Jinyi, and Master Jueju, who appeared listless yet still full of defiance and anger.
Ding!
Just as Kai Xin was about to leave, a system prompt suddenly rang in his ears:
“Master Jueju of the Emei Sect has been found!”
“Do you want to kill the Yuan soldiers to infiltrate the tower and free Master Jueju?”
“I’m crazy if I go to save her.”
Kai Xin expressed his utter disdain for the system’s temporary task.
Everyone knew that Master Jueju was now powerless and could never escape the tower. This was clearly a trap mission. He wasn’t that foolish as to act recklessly.
As he prepared to turn away, he suddenly heard noise coming from below…
“Another one caught!”
“Hehe, this girl is quite pretty…”
“Let me go!”
Zhou Zhiruo’s voice, like an invisible hand, pinned Kai Xin firmly to the tower as he tried to leave.
Zhou Zhiruo, in the end, also ended up imprisoned in the tower…
Thinking of Zhou Zhiruo inside the tower, forced by Master Jueju to swear an oath, Kai Xin calmed down. He quietly took out a hidden weapon from his Qiankun Bag—a wind-blown needle designed to deal with ordinary enemies.