Chapter 169 The Remnants of the Five Poison Sect
Mo Juren felt the movement of the mortal woman behind him, and he became even more certain that this woman was indeed the incarnation of Madam Xiang.

Mo Juren called out her real name right away. Madam Xiang must have known that Mo Juren had the upper hand over her, so she had to act according to Mo Juren's hint.

Moreover, Madam Xiang also had a flexible mind. Just as Mo Juren expected, she quickly caught up and followed behind Mo Juren.

So Mo Juren didn't look back, but walked straight into the market, showing the mark on his hand to the two guards.

When the two guards came over to check, Mo Juren said,

"I'm sorry, you two. She's a mortal maid that I assigned to the upper room of the Fangshi Inn. I brought her out just now because she was here to watch the fun. Is my mark okay?"

Mo Juren turned around and pointed, Madam Xiang had already appropriately pretended to be a humble, docile and submissive maid, no different from an ordinary maidservant.

Ordinary mortals cannot enter the Yunwu Mountains. The mortal slaves in the market town are all sent by the Spirit Beast Mountain to be temporarily driven by the monks to do some chores.

So after Mo Juren explained, the two guards looked at Mo Juren and the others with a little suspicion, but in the end they found nothing and said impatiently,
"What a waste of time! Bringing a mortal out to watch the fun! Go back quickly!"

Mo Juren bowed lightly, then walked away, and Ma Yi followed closely behind him.

After entering the market, Mo Juren noticed that Ma Yi's pace was getting slower and slower, and he deliberately distanced her. However, he suddenly stopped, grabbed her wrist, and said,

"Ma Yi, stop dawdling and hurry back to the inn with me. If you're late, I'm afraid you'll be interrogated by the disciples of Spirit Beast Mountain. Don't you agree?"

After saying that, Mo Juren stared straight into her eyes, and saw countless thoughts flashing through her eyes. Finally, she lowered her head and said,

"I understand. I will obey you in everything."

So Mo Juren took Ma Yi straight back to the inn, and back to the room that he had booked under the identity of "Liu Ming". The room next to it was where she had just come out with Master Hei Jue.

After Mo Juren entered the room, he pushed Ma Yi into the room and stood guard at the door, listening to the noise in the corridor while asking in a low voice,
"It's Madam Xiang, right? I didn't expect that besides the Qi-retaining technique, your disguise is also amazing. You even managed to successfully deceive a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage. I really can't help but admire you."

Madam Xiang stood still, bowed to Mo Juren and said,

"I don't know how this Taoist friend recognized my daughter. I will be very grateful for your help this time. Please tell me your name so that I can report back to you later."

Mo Juren chuckled and said,

"Report to me later? You are now alone. It is still a question whether you can escape the pursuit of Spirit Beast Mountain. Are you still thinking about the future?"

Madam Xiang's eyes darted around, and she finally asked,

"From your actions, you should be an old friend who has been to Maoxiang Valley. I wonder if you want to get something from me by saving me this time?"

Mo Juren then admired it and said,

"Yes, you are very clear-headed. There is no free benefit in this world. I took you to the market to avoid being discovered by the disciples guarding the Spiritual Beast Mountain. Naturally, there are conditions."

"Let's first talk about Master Jin Guang. And why did the Miao man and Baturu betray you?" Madam Xiang frowned slightly when she heard this.
"This is a long story, and it cannot be explained in a short time. Although this place is dark under the lamp, the saying 'the most dangerous place is the safest' is relative. Miao Ping and Baturu have already taken refuge in the Spirit Beast Mountain, and they will definitely be tracked down later..."

Mo Juren said forcefully,

"Haha, since you know it's going to be a long story, you can just cut to the chase. If saving you is only dangerous and has no benefit, then I might as well just turn around and leave."

Madam Xiang was speechless and had to answer Mo Juren's questions bit by bit.

It turned out that their group from Maoxiang Valley were indeed the so-called "remnants of the Five Poison Sect" and a branch of the Gu Sect.

But they have been dormant in the barbarian land for many years and have long stopped attributing the identity of the Five Poison Sect to themselves.

All they wanted was to have a place with spiritual veins so that they could create an independent small force for cultivating immortals and pass on the skills of their own branch of the Gu Sect.

Back then, they were determined to subdue Master Jin Guang, and it was precisely because of the promise made by the great immortal cultivation family Qin Yeling that they were required to find a way to disguise the two women of the Ye family as maids and get close to Jin Guang, hoping to take the opportunity to conceive Master Jin Guang's offspring.

If this succeeds, they will be able to obtain a spiritual vein from Qin Yeling, a famous immortal cultivation family, which will be enough for them to establish their own immortal cultivation family.

Madam Xiang and others did not know the real purpose of Qin Yeling's move, but the price they offered was too high, and the spiritual vein was exactly what everyone in Maoxiang Valley desired, so they agreed to the deal.

Then, after years of planning, Mao Xianggu finally gained Jin Guang's trust. The two women from the Ye family soon became pregnant with Jin Guang's blood under the careful arrangements of Madam Xiang and others.

Just when all the people from Maoxiang Valley brought Jin Guang and two women from the Ye family to the Lingshou Mountain Market and were about to trade with Qin Yeling, the news leaked from somewhere and the two women from the Ye family were kidnapped by a master on the way.

Everyone in Maoxiang Valley suspected that it was someone from the Ye family of Qin Yeling who did it, but fortunately Madam Xiang had already planted a poisonous insect on the two women early on, so they went to the market town as planned to negotiate with Qin Yeling's people.

But for some reason, the people from the Ye family never showed up. It is very likely that they found a solution in secret, so they were fearless in turning against Mao Xianggu.

After that, Master Jin Guang also achieved a breakthrough in his cultivation in the Lingshou Mountain Market, and suddenly joined the Huangfeng Valley with a family heirloom "Ascension Order".

After a series of unexpected events, the identities of everyone in Maoxiang Valley were likely to be exposed. In order to escape, they split into two factions at the critical moment.

Baturu actually encouraged everyone to surrender to Lingshou Mountain, saying that another descendant of the Gu Sect had already joined Lingshou Mountain.

Madam Xiang believed that if she joined a big sect, she would become someone else's puppet. Not only would she lose her freedom, but she would also be asked by Lingshou Mountain to cultivate poisonous insects in the future.

If Lingshou Mountain uses these poisonous insects to poison the monks of Yue State, they will surely repeat the fate of the monks of the Five Poison Sect who were hated by the people of the world.

So Madam Xiang advocated escaping immediately, but Senior Brother Miao, who had always trusted her, suddenly turned against her and secretly followed Baturu and others to join Lingshou Mountain.

This forced Madam Xiang to restart the corpse-controlling Gu, and she took control of Master Black Zetsu's 'corpse body' and escaped from the market...

(End of this chapter)