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Chapter 126 The Real Conspiracy
Wang Huan and Xue Xiaoren retreated slowly. The Hate Gang was afraid of the power of the firebox cart and did not send anyone to chase them.

Xue Xiaoren frowned and thought carefully along the way, wondering when he and Jing Wuming had formed a feud, while Wang Huan was just playing with the "Ancient Dragon Order" in his hand, thinking about how to make a profit if he returned to the "Famous Sword" plane.

The two men walked along for about twenty or thirty miles when suddenly a fast horse came running from a distance and reported to Xue Xiaoren.

However, when the spy saw Wang Huan standing nearby, he hesitated again and did not dare to speak for a while.

Xue Xiaoren said, "Just say it."

The spy then said, "We have news about Xue Yiren and Guo Songyang."

"Xue Yiren arrived at Tianshan early. He went up the mountain every morning and came down again after noon. I don't know what he was looking at. Guo Songyang walked slowly. He walked for many days but still hadn't reached Tianshan."

Xue Xiaoren nodded: "According to your estimate, how long will it take Guo Songyang to reach Tianshan?"

The spy said, "At this rate, it will probably take at least ten days."

Xue Xiaoren asked, "Why is it so slow? What is he waiting for?"

The spy said, "We dare not approach, but we have observed that he seems to be passing on all his sword skills to his brother Guo Ding. He teaches sword skills as he walks every day. Maybe that's why he is so slow."

Xue Xiaoren said, "Well. You can leave now."

The spy suddenly pulled at his clothes and sank into the crowd under the fire-box cart, like water into a river. His clothes all became the same and it was impossible to tell him apart.

Wang Huan couldn't help but secretly admire that although Xue Xiaoren sometimes pretended to be crazy, he was good at controlling his subordinates. The quality of this group of killers in front of him was among the best in the world.

Xue Xiaoren looked at Wang Huan's expression and suddenly asked, "I just saw you take away Mr. Tian's Love Ring with your 'Pocket of the Universe'. If I'm not mistaken, your true identity is probably Wang Huan, who 'destroyed the Feipeng Gang and burned down the Happy Forest', right?"

Wang Huan was not surprised. Xue Xiaoren even knew how many birthmarks and scars Hu Bugui had on his body. He could tell Wang Huan's identity from the "Miaoshou of Fu Lei", so it was not surprising.

Wang Huan even thought that Lian Chengbi had probably seen through it in the "Floating Cloud Tower", but he just didn't say it out loud.

Xue Xiaoren didn't wait for Wang Huan to answer and continued, "Happy Forest is also a killer organization. I really want to know how they kill people. How do they compare to my men?"

Wang Huan thought about it and said with a smile: "You are different."

Xue Xiaoren said: "Oh? Different?"

Wang Huan said: "In Happy Forest, people first live happily and then die. But you only let people die, without any happiness at all!"

Xue Xiaoren laughed loudly, clapped his hands, and said, "Well said, we can only kill people, which is indeed very different."

In Wang Huan's opinion, except Ye Xiang and Meng Xinghun, no one else in Happy Forest is qualified to join the killer organization in front of them.

Xue Xiaoren pondered for a moment and then said, "I have something I want you to help me with. If you do me one favor, I will owe you two."

Wang Huan said calmly: "Okay, I'll help you."

Xue Xiaoren was surprised and asked, "You don't even ask what it is?"

Wang Huan said, "What can be more important than Xue Xiaoren's two favors?"

Xue Xiaoren said: "I would like to invite you to go to Tianshan to watch the sword fight between Xue Yiren and Guo Songyang!"

Wang Huan asked, "Then what? Do you need me to come back and tell you the secret of Xue Yiren's swordsmanship?"

Xue Xiaoren said, "No need. If you are willing, you can preside over the fight for them, so that they will not be disturbed by others and can have a fair fight."

This time it was Wang Huan who was surprised: "Is it that simple?"

Xue Xiaoren said seriously: "It's not simple."

Wang Huan said: "Oh?"

Xue Xiaoren said: "After I got the news that Xue Yiren was going to fight with Guo Songyang, I was very calm and didn't want to come to the northwest at all."

Wang Huan said: "Because you know best that with Xue Yiren's swordsmanship, it is indeed difficult for Guo Songyang to defeat him."

Xue Xiaoren sneered and said, "Although the reputation of the Songyang Iron Sword has never been lost, it is difficult for it to defeat me, let alone Xue Yiren?" Wang Huan said, "But you finally came to the northwest."

Xue Xiaoren said: "The unusual movements in the northwest are very puzzling. First, the Hatred Gang rose up, and then the Money Gang intervened. I even saw a mysterious master behind the scenes who has not yet appeared."

Wang Huan thought he was talking about "Palace Master Yaoyue" of Yihua Palace.

Xue Xiaoren said: "Suddenly, the northwest wind and waves rose. I always suspected that this was related to the battle between Xue Yiren and Guo Songyang."

Wang Huan suddenly asked, "Do you mean that someone wants to use Xue Yiren and Guo Songyang to fight?"

Xue Xiaoren said: "I'm afraid so."

Wang Huan asked: "What do you think their purpose is?"

Xue Xiaoren remained silent.

The sky was getting dark, the red sun was setting, and the clouds on the horizon were gradually turning dark purple.

As the sun set, the temperature dropped sharply and it became cold in an instant.

Xue Xiaoren sighed deeply and said, "Before Chu Liuxiang went overseas to explore the Bat Island, he visited Xue Yiren once. They talked all night long that time; and when Li Xunhuan went out of the Great Wall to look for the traces of the Money Gang, he went to see Xue Yiren again."

Wang Huan said: "You mean, two of the three great leaders of the righteous path have had contact with Xue Yiren, and they may have reached some kind of tacit understanding?"

Xue Xiaoren said, "It's very likely. They visited twice, and although not many people knew about this, it could not be hidden from the eyes and ears of those who were interested."

Wang Huan said: "If Xue Yiren really agrees to help Chu Liuxiang and Li Xunhuan, then it is foreseeable that the Money Gang and the Hatred Gang will deal with him."

He changed the subject and said, "But if Xue Yiren really joined forces with Li Xunhuan and Chu Liuxiang, why would he make an appointment with Guo Songyang to fight at Tianshan?"

Everyone knows that Guo Songyang is one of Li Xunhuan's best friends.

Xue Xiaoren sighed, "They had agreed on this battle before, but it happened after Li Xunhuan found him."

Wang Huan was silent.

Once the swordsman's fight is decided, it cannot be changed.

What’s more, they are two such proud and famous swordsmen?

Wang Huan said: "This is the pedantry of a swordsman."

Xue Xiaoren said: "But this is also the pride of a swordsman. Regardless of good or evil, as long as we are true to the sword in our hands, we must keep our promise to fight."

"If Lian Chengbi and Jing Wuming make a battle agreement, they will definitely keep it."

Xue Xiaoren said so.

Wang Huan asked, "You regard Lian Chengbi and Jing Wuming as birds of a feather?"

Xue Xiaoren asked, "Isn't it?"

Wang Huan said, "If they really united, why would the Money Gang hire people to wipe out the two branches of the Hate Gang?"

Xue Xiaoren said: "This is exactly the point of doubt, so I would like to ask you to go to Tianshan in person to distinguish the truth from the false and get the truth."

Wang Huan had gradually come up with a plan in his mind.

Bandits are rampant in the northwest, Yao Yue supports the Hate Gang and manages it together with Jiang Yulang and his son Jiang Biehe. If the Money Gang wants to enter the Great Wall, they must pass through the Hate Gang's territory. Everyone thinks that they are paving the way to raze the Hate Gang's stronghold, but now it seems that there may be other hidden secrets.

If Xue Yiren and Guo Songyang were both righteous masters, even if the two gangs really had a grudge over money and hatred, they would definitely put aside their past grudges and try their best to cooperate to ambush the two of them.

The battle at Tianshan was likely fraught with danger!
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