219: Prepare for the assessment
Lotus Leaf Temple's influence is vast.
Even Young Masters of a Prominent Family do not wish, nor dare, to provoke it.
But Chu Qing must deal with it.
"The assessment? Then we must pass it!"
"Whoever blocks our path, we will cut them down!"
Hall Number Nine:
Chu Qing, full of Killing Intent, stared at The Crowd of students and said, "Everyone... you only have two paths to take now."
"First: Go back, find a feng shui blessed spot, dig a pit, and bury yourselves!"
"Second: Go back and use all your connections to find cannon fodder, thugs, and experts."
"Mobilize all your strength to eliminate Lotus Leaf Temple."
A student weakly said, "Instead of dying, wouldn't it be better to escape!"
The Crowd nodded.
Yes, escaping also seemed like a way out.
Bang!
Chu Qing grabbed the speaking student, lifted him high, and slammed him down forcefully.
Boom!
The ground trembled.
The student vomited blood.
The Crowd was dumbfounded.
Why did he suddenly hit someone again?
Bang!
Chu Qing stomped his big foot on the student's head, then said to The Crowd:
"Running away is shameful!"
"Surrendering is shameful!"
"If you run away, without the status of a Young Master of a Prominent Family, without the status of a Martial Arts Academy student, do you think you can still live your current lives?"
"Men will become low-level people, leading horses, acting as servants, as cannon fodder, or even scapegoats."
"Women will be sold to red-light districts, eventually falling ill, growing old and losing their beauty, and dying in agony."
"Fine clothes and rich food will be far from you!"
"You won't even be able to afford a single piece of meat."
"Coarse clothes and bare feet... your descendants will be the same!"
"Tell me, is this the life you want?"
The Crowd all fell silent.
Especially the female students.
They dared not, or rather, had never imagined what Chu Qing was talking about.
How could such a thing happen to them?
They were terrified.
Chu Qing casually grabbed a female student and pinched her chest.
The students... Hmm?
The female student blushed, wanting to resist.
However, Chu Qing easily subdued her.
Chu Qing said, "As Young Masters of a Prominent Family, you can die a tragic death in battle, or be killed by enemies."
"But, you cannot fall into destitution, wearing coarse clothes, letting your descendants go barefoot, and even less can you lie on a broken bed, for a mouthful of food, for survival, letting men ride you one by one!"
"Look, if you run away and encounter someone like me, this is what will happen!"
All the students fell silent.
Chu Qing casually pulled up the unlucky fellow who was spitting blood, held him up, and said to The Crowd:
"If he weren't a Young Master of a Prominent Family, or a Martial Arts Academy student, I would have killed him just now."
"Or, turned him into a strange toy."
The Crowd fell silent again.
Thud!
Chu Qing casually threw the unlucky fellow to the ground and said:
"Go back and do as I said."
"Tomorrow, I want good news from you."
One minute later... a student growled, "Chu Qing, I will do as you say."
"I will definitely use all my connections and favors to find the most experts, the most cannon fodder, and go to Lotus Leaf Temple."
"Even if I die, I want to die gloriously."
"I don't want to live a pathetic life."
"And I will not let my descendants become Mud Leg."
After speaking, he turned and left.
Following closely, one by one, the students expressed their commitment.
They swore to heaven and earth that they would use all their connections to eliminate Lotus Leaf Temple.
Even if they couldn't succeed, they would die gloriously.
The number of people dwindled.
Finally, only Lead Big Brother and his younger brothers remained.
Lead Big Brother, emotionally, said:
"Chu Qing, you are more formidable than I am!"
"From now on, you are Lead Big Brother!"
Chu Qing waved his hand and said, "I haven't been Lead Big Brother for many years."
"You continue to be."
Lead Big Brother... fell silent.
More than ten minutes later:
Chu Qing returned to his room.
Nangong was practicing martial arts, rehearsing low-level martial arts.
Upon seeing Chu Qing, she happily said, "With the dragon tendon, low-level martial arts can achieve a Breakthrough in ten to eight minutes."
Chu Qing was happy for her.
The more martial arts she achieved a Breakthrough in, the faster the Golden Bone would form.
And the stronger Nangong became, the more beneficial it would be for him.
Moreover, he had to deal with Lotus Leaf Temple in the next few days.
At this moment, even a little more combat power was extremely good.
"Nangong, I'm going out to find information on Lotus Leaf Temple."
"You continue to practice."
Nangong patted her chest and said, "Don't worry, I will practice diligently."
...Worldly Affairs intelligence point:
Chu Qing swaggered in.
"I want intelligence on Lotus Leaf Temple."
"The more detailed, the better!"
"Money is not an issue!"
The intelligence dealer smiled.
A few minutes later:
After Chu Qing paid a thousand taels of silver, he received a thick booklet.
It meticulously recorded the abilities of every monk in Lotus Leaf Temple.
It also mentioned the Noble families closely related to them.
Finally, there were their backers.
What surprised Chu Qing was:
One of Lotus Leaf Temple's backers was a follower of a certain Anomaly.
That follower was a Third Limit Experts.
But he was not in Zhou City, but in the Imperial Capital.
Furthermore:
Besides the Anomaly's follower, Lotus Leaf Temple also had several larger backers.
These backers were either from the Imperial Capital or the main cities.
The weakest among them was also a Big Shot in Zhou City.
This Big Shot was a member of the imperial family—King Shi Yu.
King Shi Yu: Zhao Family.
The current Abbot was a member of King Shi Yu's Zhao Family.
The intelligence showed that the current King Shi Yu, in terms of secular seniority, should call the Abbot 'uncle'.
Trouble!
Chu Qing had a headache.
He was not troubled by the Anomaly.
Nor by the Big Shots of the Imperial Capital.
But by King Shi Yu's Zhao Family.
The other party was so close at hand.
If they really eliminated Lotus Leaf Temple, King Shi Yu would definitely not let them go.
"The students of Hall Number Nine have become pawns!"
"Even if we finally eliminate Lotus Leaf Temple, King Shi Yu will not let us go."
"This is troublesome!"
No wonder so many students trembled at the time.
Lotus Leaf Temple was difficult to deal with.
Chu Qing had a bit of a headache.
He wanted to give up.
But the following intelligence made him frown.
The intelligence showed that Lotus Leaf Temple had offended a Big Shot a few days ago.
That was a Powerful Family called the Cui Family.
Cui Family?
What was their relationship with Cui Moyang of Prefecture City?
He looked through the information and found:
The Cui Family had a young girl who accidentally entered Lotus Leaf Temple.
Then, she was bullied by the monks of Lotus Leaf Temple.
The young girl was naive.
It wasn't until she became pregnant that she discovered the Anomaly.
Then:
The Cui Family was enraged.
This led to the current assessment.
And Lotus Leaf Temple had offended not only the Cui Family.
But also dozens of other Noble families.
These Noble families also had conflicts with Lotus Leaf Temple due to issues of sending their children there.
The information showed:
In just one year, these dozens of Noble families had internally executed over a thousand people.
It was said that all these people were connected to Lotus Leaf Temple.
Whew!
Chu Qing let out a breath of turbid Qi.
This assessment mission was not unsolvable.
"Eliminate Lotus Leaf Temple!"
"King Shi Yu's Zhao Family will be handled by the Cui Family and others."
"However, the premise is to successfully eliminate Lotus Leaf Temple."
And Lotus Leaf Temple had hundreds of Martial Artists, both big and small.
Among them, the Abbot had already achieved a Breakthrough to the Second Limit from the First Limit last year.
He was an expert.
Besides that, there were many First Limit experts below him.
There were even prohibited items like armor and crossbows.
Difficult to handle!