I Became a Supporting Character in a Martial Arts Novel (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 142

I couldn’t suppress my curiosity and asked Eldest Senior Martial Brother, who had delivered the news to me, directly.

“Surely there are many outstanding individuals in Zhongnan—why did things drag on so indecisively?”

I tilted my head, and Eldest Senior Martial Brother gave a bitter smile.

“Personally, this incident has somewhat soured my feelings toward Zhongnan, but setting aside personal bias, it seems they were struck by an extraordinary stroke of ill fortune.”

Ill fortune?

Eldest Senior Martial Brother quickly composed his expression and explained gravely.

“I heard that the Elder of Zhongnan, the First Sword of Zhongnan himself, took a direct hit from demonic arts during the assault on the merchant guild. From the Demonic Sect’s perspective, it was a kind of… I hesitate to call it this, but apparently even they didn’t expect such a thing to actually succeed.”

“…Good heavens.”

“As a result, their morale collapsed right from the start. While Zhongnan hesitated, the Demonic Sect seized the opportunity, subtly altered the formation guarding the mountain gate, and defiled the mountain’s spiritual energy. Not satisfied with that, they even calculated the wind direction to scatter Mountain Poison.”

They really went all out.

“Other Elders and even the Sect Leader stepped in to evacuate the younger disciples, but to make matters worse, they also employed fire attacks….”

I understood without hearing more. I nodded.

Regardless of whether it was called chaotic times or not, the martial world had remained largely peaceful for a long time—separate from the brief period over a decade ago when everyone had cautiously watched the imperial court’s stance.

Thus, the righteous sects’ martial artists, grown accustomed to that peace, found themselves unprepared for such blatantly dishonorable tactics.

“So much happened all at once.”

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