In fact, Li Yao had already learned from Bai San Niang that the Sunflower School was actually an organization secretly established by Zhengde's father, the late emperor.
The late emperor established the Sunflower Sect with the intention of monitoring various forces in the martial arts world.
The so-called knight-errant uses martial arts to break the law!
As the emperor, he certainly did not want martial arts practitioners to raise the banner of rebellion and shake the foundation of the country.
Of course, the late emperor was also worried that the Sunflower Movement would get out of control, so he sent a trusted eunuch to be placed in the Sunflower Movement.
This person is Elder Bei.
In fact, Elder Bei was not actually the second uncle of the other three elders.
Because of his special status, the other three elders were very wary of him. In addition, since he was the second son in his family, the other three elders all respectfully called him Second Uncle.
Later, after the late emperor's death, the Sunflower School was handed over to Zhengde.
The "upper" that Li Yao and the four elders were referring to was Zhengde.
Unfortunately, due to the increasing corruption of the Sunflower School, its strength has declined significantly.
However, even a weakened camel is bigger than a horse, and the strength of the Sunflower School should not be underestimated.
Zhengde used the Sunflower Movement to secretly monitor the Eastern Depot and the Dragon Guard Manor.
Zhu Wushi already knew about the existence of the Sunflower Sect and had even arranged for an undercover agent to infiltrate it.
Now, he has had his undercover agents massacre the Sunflower Movement.
This suggests that he may be planning something big.
Chapter 163 You're too naive to think you can trap me.
"Hmph, Second Senior Brother!"
Li Yao smashed the black-clad man's head with a single blow and said, "So you're also surnamed Zhu. No wonder you're Zhu Wushi's lackey."
Zhu Wushuang was so frightened by the cruel scene before her that she turned pale and covered her face with her hands.
After a long while, she removed her hands, her face pale, and asked Li Yao in confusion, "Why did you kill my second senior brother?"
Li Yao said calmly, "He tried to kill you just now, shouldn't he have died?"
"But my second senior brother was also instigated by someone."
Zhu Wushuang was kind-hearted and felt extremely sorry to see her second senior brother die in front of her.
Li Yao rolled his eyes, collected the attribute orbs from the ground, and turned to leave.
Zhu Wushuang glanced at the corpses scattered on the ground, frowned, and then caught up with Li Yao.
Zhu Wushuang suddenly said with a serious expression, "Second Senior Brother's surname is Wang, not Zhu. How can you say that his surname is Zhu?"
Li Yao said, "If Second Senior Brother's surname isn't Pig, then is it Sun?"
Zhu Wushuang asked, puzzled, "Why?"
"There's no reason why!"
Having achieved his goal, Li Yao had no desire to get entangled with Zhu Wushuang.
He then changed the subject, saying, "Junior Sister Zhu, now that the Sunflower Sect is gone, where do you plan to go?"
Zhu Wushuang shook her head and said, "I don't know either."
Li Yao's eyes darted around, and he said, "I heard you have a senior brother named Bai Zhantang."
Zhu Wushuang nodded and said, "Yes, how did you know?"
Li Yao laughed and said, "My superiors sent me, what don't they know? By the way, I heard that Bai Zhantang is in Guanzhong now, you can go and seek refuge with him."
Zhu Wushuang's eyes lit up, and she asked, "Really? Where in Guanzhong is he?"
Li Yao said, "He works as a waiter at the Tongfu Inn in Qixia Town."
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After tricking Zhu Wushuang away, Li Yao rode his horse towards the capital.
As we passed through a grove of trees, we suddenly heard the sound of rapid hoofbeats ahead.
Soon, Li Yao discovered that the person who came was actually Bai San Niang.
Li Yao frowned slightly, quickly reined in his horse, and asked in confusion, "Third Sister, didn't I tell you to monitor Zhu Wushi's movements? Why did you come here?"
Bai San Niang also reined in her horse and said in a panic, "Our Embroidered Uniform Guard suddenly received news that Cao Zhengchun has secretly sent many people to deal with the Commander, so I rushed here immediately to lend you a hand."
Li Yao sneered and said, "This eunuch Cao, I only made him hand over a Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, and he still holds a grudge against me. A eunuch is a eunuch, so petty."
Bai San Niang said, "Yes, Cao Zhengchun is petty and despicable. However, Commander, Cao Zhengchun has great power, and many martial arts masters have joined him. We cannot underestimate him."
Li Yao nodded and said, "Third Sister is right..."
Before he could finish speaking...
Suddenly, two large red nets descended from the sky, like spider webs, covering Li Yao and Bai San Niang's entire bodies.
Li Yao and Bai San Niang were greatly surprised.
Their bodies seemed to be out of control, falling from their horses to the ground along with the red net.
In a moment, the two red nets, as if possessing a spirit, began to shrink rapidly, their hands and feet still tightly bound by red ropes.
Suddenly, the red net seemed to be pulled, and it was suspended in mid-air again, hanging from two big trees.
At this moment, Li Yao and Bai San Niang's hands and feet were tied to a red net with red ropes, resembling the Chinese character "大" (big).
"Hahaha, he really fell into our ambush."
"Chief Supervisor Cao said he was very capable, but humph, he's nothing special!"
"Looking across the entire martial arts world, no one can escape Spider Girl's inescapable net."
As the words fell, a group of strangely shaped and oddly dressed people appeared beneath Li Yao and Bai San Niang.
One of them was wearing a red cloak, and had a gleaming iron claw on his right forearm.
Bai San Niang panicked and cried, "It's Cao Zhengchun's men! They came so fast!"
Li Yao stared at the six people on the ground and asked in a deep voice, "Who exactly are you people?"
The only woman among them said smugly, "It's no trouble telling you. We are the famous Five Poisons of the martial arts world, so it's not unjust for you to die at our hands."
The other four poisoners immediately burst into smug laughter.
The man in the red cloak said in a deep voice, "Enough with the nonsense, let's send them on their way immediately."
"Hahaha……"
Li Yao suddenly burst into laughter.
The scorpion, one of the five poisonous creatures, was puzzled and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
The man in the red cloak snorted and said, "Ignore him. He's just putting on an act. Let me send him to the underworld!"
Immediately, he raised his right arm, and the iron claw on his forearm reached for Li Yao's chest.
Li Yao sneered, "You think you can trap me with just a small, tattered net? You're too naive."
As soon as he finished speaking, a loud 'bang' was heard.
The red rope binding Li Yao suddenly shattered into pieces.
Immediately afterwards, Li Yao did a somersault in mid-air, his toes touching the flying iron claws, and pounced on the Five Poisons and the cloaked man like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
The Five Poisons and their companions were shocked and drew their weapons, launching a coordinated attack on Li Yao.
Li Yao flipped his hand and unleashed a palm strike.
The Overwhelming Waves Palm Technique!
The palm strike, like a tidal wave, surged and swept towards the Five Poisons and the cloaked man.
These six people were no match for such a powerful palm strike.
The moment the palm strike reached them, they were thrown dozens of feet away by the powerful force and crashed into trees.
Before they could even catch their breath...
Li Yao formed his five fingers into claws, grasping and seizing in mid-air.
call……
A powerful attraction suddenly arose in Li Yao's palm.
Attracted by the energy, the surrounding flowers, plants, and trees converged into a bottomless vortex, seemingly trying to suck everything in its path.
Among the Five Poisons, the Spider Woman, whose power was the weakest, was the first to be sucked into Li Yao's hands.
At the same time, a surge of internal energy rapidly flowed into his body.
"The Great Absorption Technique!"
The cloaked figure's eyes widened, and he gasped in surprise.
He clung to a large tree with his iron claws, barely managing to stay upright and avoid being sucked away by Li Yao.
When he saw the spider's skin drying out at a visible speed, he immediately thought of the Absorption Technique.
Fear immediately gripped his entire body.
Li Yao drained the Spider Woman's internal energy and casually tossed her away. At the same time, he slammed his left palm down, blasting the Spider Woman, who had already turned into a dried-up corpse, into pieces.
Then, he sucked the centipede, one of the five poisonous creatures, into his hand.
In the blink of an eye, Li Yao had drained all the internal energy from the Five Poisons and blasted them into pieces.
Only one cloaked figure remained.
Chapter 164: They all share the surname Tie; you can tell they're in cahoots just by hearing that.