My Cultivation Starting from Archery

"Set off!"

...

The four thousand men of the Reserve Camp's left division launched their assault in silence under the cover of night. At each intersection leading down the mountains from the Yu Yang Sect, a thousand heavily armed troops stood guard, ensuring no one escaped.

"Zhao Kang, Wang Li, Zhu Tong, Xu Bin, each of you pick five men to accompany me up the mountain. Feng Yong, you lead the rest to secure the mountain entrance!"

Chen Sansi quickly finished the arrangements and led them stealthily into the Yu Yang Sect.

The Yu Yang Sect was established on a mountain outside the city. It wasn't particularly large, but the terrain was complex, with courtyards connected to each other like a labyrinth. Numerous disciples were responsible for patrolling, making it extremely difficult to quickly locate the destination at night.

Fortunately, he had memorized the map thoroughly and could see clearly in the darkness, allowing him to reach the destination with great speed—a walled manor connected to the rear mountain.

Strangely, this place did not seem inhabited. Cobwebs adorned the main gate, and the courtyard inside lay in utter silence.

"Wasn't it agreed that each of us would handle a True Disciple? Why is there no one here?"

To prevent any errors, Chen Sansi even jumped onto the roof and used his Qi Observation Skill to meticulously search the area. He could confirm with absolute certainty that no one lived there, which made him more vigilant.

When things went abnormally, there must be demons at work!

He thought back to what Tang Yingke had told him during the day.

Sha Wenlong...

"To make me come up empty-handed, unable to achieve merit?"

"It can't be that simple."

An insignificant third-class military achievement couldn't possibly shake his position as the leading True Inheritor.

Then danger must be close at hand!

Could it be that Witch God Sect Followers were hidden here and would soon emerge?

Unclear.

At the moment, it was merely speculation; he might be overthinking it.

But even if the enemy truly harbored ill intentions, he couldn't leave.

In a word,

Military orders were as heavy as mountains!

Desertion, especially on the battlefield, was an absolute capital offense.

The more he was the Supervisor's True Disciple, the more he had to set a good example; otherwise, the situation would be even more difficult to handle.

"Take it one step at a time. Let's find out what this courtyard is for first."

Chen Sansi ordered: "Search!"

...

In the darkness,

Huang Tianrong led the way, followed by seven or eight True Disciples and a dozen Inner Sect Disciples. They moved hurriedly forward in a panic, occasionally glancing back as though fleeing from some ferocious beast.

"Master!"

"They... they really have us surrounded!"

"If not for Master's quick response, we would likely be locked up in the dungeon by now!"

"Junior Brother Ma deserves to die! He seemed so honest usually, yet he betrayed us this way. Master even considered him as the future Sect Master!"

"Colluding with the Witch God Sect? Ridiculous! We've lost so many brothers, how could we possibly be linked to the Witch God Sect!"

"Since they can't catch the Witch God Sect, the pressure's too much, and they want us to take the blame! The Eight Camps are up to no good!"

"Master... could what Eighth Junior Brother saw be true?"

A disciple voiced a differing opinion.

Walking in front, Huang Tianrong stopped, turned back, and spoke angrily: "Do you actually doubt your Master?"

"The Witch God Sect has killed dozens of our Yu Yang Sect disciples! Among them was your Third Senior Brother, who was the most likely to break through to the Meridian Passage Realm and strengthen our Sect again! How could your Master destroy the foundation of our ancestors!"

Several disciples looked at each other, feeling that it didn't make sense.

"Master, what should we do now?"

"Why don't we go and explain things clearly?"
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"Explain my ass!"

Huang Tianrong cursed: "Do you think they mobilized so many soldiers just to listen to your explanations? Whoever wants to stay and await death, your Master won't stop you. Those who want to live, come with me!"

"This tunnel was left by our ancestors for a catastrophe like this, to ensure our lineage doesn't completely end!"

"The end of this tunnel leads to a small courtyard in the rear mountain. There's gold and silver buried there. Grab what you can, and we, master and disciples, will directly leave Liangzhou and go to Ming State to seek refuge with King Liang of Mei Mountain!"

"King Liang?"

A disciple exclaimed in surprise: "Doesn't that mean we'll have to become bandits in the mountains..."

"Exactly, we will become bandits!"

Huang Tianrong said angrily: "Ever since Sun Xiangzong came, he wouldn't raise taxes on the common people but insisted that the Sects pay. In just five short years, how much resources has he taken from us?"

"Now with this happening, it's most likely that they covet our ancestor's Da Luo River and want to take it for themselves!"

"Such a court is better overturned!"

The group of disciples felt that his analysis made sense.

"Following your Master, there's a bright future! Becoming a marquis or a minister in the future is not impossible!"

"Quick, move!"

...

"Sir, we found a lot of weapons and gold and silver!"

Zhao Kang pointed to the trove of treasures piled in the middle of the courtyard: "They were very well-hidden, and we had to dig three feet into the ground to find them."

"Something really isn't right about this place..."

Chen Sansi pondered silently.

What kind of place would be used to hide money?

This clearly wasn't a heavily guarded spot, so it had to be a last resort!

He had a rough idea of what was going to happen today.

After Sha Wenlong and his men came up empty at Huang Tianrong's residence, the latter had already received a message and fled early. This was their final stop; just by climbing out, they could enter the vast mountains and escape to freedom!

"Everyone, leave the courtyard and ambush with me outside!"

Chen Sansi commanded.

After relocking the courtyard gate securely, they hid themselves in the woods outside.

Within less than the time it took to brew a pot of tea, they saw a group of people running over in a frantic rush.

"As expected..."

Just as Chen Sansi had anticipated, this place was indeed the last escape route for these people!