Being an otaku in the world of American comics

#261 - Entrustment and commitment

"Sect Leader Zhang, no need for formalities. I am currently still in Dadu, but I've contacted everyone through a special method to convey some information."

As he spoke, Yang Buhui was grabbed by her father and pulled to Zhang Wuji's side.

The young girl's face immediately turned pink, with a hint of unease and her eyes darting around.

"I didn't expect Brother Liang to have such means! Truly astonishing!"

Looking at Zhang Wuji's surprised expression, Liang Yue secretly sneered in his heart.

He thought, 'Just pretend! With Xiao Zhao's devoted affection for you, I don't believe you haven't heard about the Villager Platform from her!'

However, because Sect Leader Zhang isn't a villager, he can't see any images related to the platform, even in public broadcast mode; he can only hear the sound.

But that's already enough.

"Sect Leader Zhang should already know about the Mongol royalty and noble officials fleeing north, right?"

"Indeed! Oh, right, speaking of this, I must introduce someone to Brother Liang. This is our Ming Cult's Right Emissary of Light, Fan Yao, who previously disguised himself as Kutoutuo.

During the last rescue of the Six Major Sects, it was with Right Emissary Fan's assistance that I was able to obtain the antidote to the Ten Fragrance Tendon Weakening Powder."

As he spoke, Zhang Wuji solemnly introduced Liang Yue to a middle-aged man on his right, whose face was covered with a veil and dressed in low-key gray clothing.

"I am ashamed to say that when Zhao Min used Xiao Zhao, Niece Buhui, and that girl Nana to threaten the young hero, I was unable to help."

This confirms it…

With this Right Emissary of Light present, Zhang Wuji must know about the Villager Platform and even the things in the Outpost World.

However, Liang Yue didn't really care about this.

"Right Emissary Fan, no need to mind it. The situation at the time was indeed critical, and there were experts stationed on the imperial court's side, so it was indeed not suitable for Right Emissary Fan to take action."

After speaking, Liang Yue ignored him and turned to Zhang Wuji.

"Now, let's get down to business. When the Mongols retreated using the secret passage, they dispersed. I only learned about the whole story three days later when I personally arrived at the palace.

Alas…"

After a sigh, Liang Yue then spoke about his concern that the Mongols would mobilize troops from various places in the north and plunder the people's food and grass when they retreated to the grasslands.

After hearing this, everyone fell silent, with expressions of indignation and worry on their faces.

However, most of them adopted an attitude of indifference towards this matter.

"…I am somewhat beyond my reach in this matter. I wonder what strategies the Ming Cult and the Six Major Sects have?"

"Thank you for the reminder, Brother Liang. We were actually discussing the situation after the Yuan Mongols retreated, but we only saw the advantages of the situation and didn't pay attention to the suffering of the people.

Truly ashamed! But rest assured, Brother Liang, our Ming Cult will definitely take responsibility for this to the end!"

After a period of uncertainty on his handsome face, Zhang Wuji finally agreed to Liang Yue's request with a resolute expression.

However, the Ming Cult executives around him were shocked and stunned.

Vaguely, their expressions seemed to carry a hint of embarrassment, wanting to dissuade him but feeling it wasn't the right time, but this was understandable.

After all, from a macro perspective, the Mongols were about to retreat voluntarily, and they didn't need to do anything else.

When the time was right, they just needed to take over the territory, and there was no need to fight the opponent to the death.

As for the people whose food was plundered, they were now powerless, and even if they wanted to provide assistance, they didn't have enough strength, and they could only wish them good luck~

But now, their leader had taken the initiative to assume this responsibility, and in front of many experts from the Six Major Sects, it was equivalent to announcing to the world that they would settle the matter with the Mongols as soon as possible.

But the Ming Cult didn't seem to be ready for this, whether in terms of troops, military planning, financial resources, and so on.

The reason for this was probably that Liang Yue's previous actions had too much impact on the current situation, scaring the Mongols in just half a month…

However, Sect Leader Zhang's decision also had many advantages, namely reputation and legitimacy.

In this era, forces and groups that dared to stand up for the people would generally receive the support of the people.

The Ming Cult could also take this opportunity to overthrow its past reputation as a Demonic Cult in the Jianghu martial arts world and even among the common people, and instead appear as a savior~

"Then I will leave it to Sect Leader Zhang. By the way, you should also need money to raise troops to resist the Mongols, right? Dadu City is now leaderless, and there are probably only a thousand or so guards left in the entire city.

I think Sect Leader Zhang should send someone over as soon as possible, preferably to gain a foothold. Whether it's the gold and silver that the Mongols didn't have time to transport, or the family vaults of some dignitaries and traitors in the city.

There should be a lot of good things hidden there, which will definitely help the anti-Yuan cause."

In fact, in the previous underground treasure vault, Liang Yue did find a lot of gold and silver, various gold bricks, gold bars, silver bricks, silver bars, jewelry, gold and silver utensils, rare antiques, and so on, almost countless!

At the very least, the wealth in that treasure vault would not be less than the gold vault in the Dwarf City in the Hobbit world.

Of course, it was still far behind the wealth that the Demon King Sauron had plundered from almost the entire Middle-earth world~

These were all the people's fat and blood. Liang Yue only tasted it, searching for a small batch of exquisite gold and silver jewelry and antique calligraphy and paintings from this treasure vault, putting them into the Outpost World for collection, and then ignored them.

"Ah!? Those wealth are all Brother Liang's—"

Looking at Zhang Wuji's hesitant and surprised expression, Liang Yue rolled his eyes.

"Those are all external possessions, useless to me. After you come to Dadu Imperial City, find an old eunuch, um~ Right Emissary Fan should know him. He is a Xiantian level expert.

Let him take you to the underground treasure vault in the palace, and just have people take the gold and silver away. Oh~ right, there is something else to say."

"Please speak, Brother Liang!"

"That old eunuch can be considered to have been kind to me. In the previous exchange, he guided me through the bottleneck of breaking through the Xiantian realm, so when we met again later, I promised him one thing."

"What is it? Brother Liang, just say it."

"It's just that this time, after that group of Mongol royalty retreated, they left behind a group of pitiful people, the eunuchs in the palace, the palace maids, and some unfavored Han concubines in the Cold Palace.

At that time, I promised to let them be free and let them build a sect separately, with the purpose of exterminating foreign races and protecting China."

"Hahaha~! This is just a small matter."

"In addition, I also promised them a mountain as a place to establish their sect."

"Oh? Which mountain?"

"Mount Zhongnan!"

"This…"

"That is the land of my dignified Taoist immortal mansion, how can it be given to that group of eunuchs, palace maids, and a group of unpopular young widows to establish a sect!??"

"This may be a little inappropriate, right?"

The Second Elders of Mount Hua came out at this time, their wretched faces with a bit of embarrassment.

However, their current opposition was also very legitimate, after all, their Mount Hua Sect was originally a branch of the Quanzhen Sect, and the ruins of the Quanzhen Sect's ancestral court still stood on Mount Zhongnan.

"So bold!"

"The Ancient Tomb Sect has always had inextricable links with the former Quanzhen Sect, and the time of its establishment is no later than that of the Quanzhen Sect."

"…I see."

"I promised Brother Liang this matter! Moreover, Brother Liang also said that the leader is a Xiantian level senior, and if such a person wants to establish a sect.

Even my grandmaster Zhang Zhenren, I am afraid, will only send a congratulatory note."

At the critical moment, Sect Leader Zhang was indeed able to make a decision, suppressing everyone present with the names of two Xiantian experts, and everyone was speechless.

"In that case, I thank you, then let's leave it at that for now, I ~"

"Wait! Young Hero, please wait!"

Just as Liang Yue was about to say goodbye to everyone, one of the Second Elders of Mount Hua jumped out again, rubbing his palms together, and then continued with an anxious look.

"I wonder, Young Hero, have you seen our Mount Hua Sect's 'Xiantian Gong'? A while ago, we were captured to Dadu by that group of Yuan Mongols, and when the disciples were cleaning, they were clumsy.

Who knew that a gust of wind happened to blow by at that time, and accidentally blew that secret manual off the cliff~ Hehe!"

The other of the Second Elders of Mount Hua also came up immediately, echoing as if they were singing a duet.

"Today, we have seen the magical skills displayed by the Young Hero, and we are very amazed! Therefore~ that, we would like to ask the Young Hero to help us see, can our Mount Hua Sect still find that secret manual?"

"We will definitely not trouble the Young Hero for nothing. If we can find it, our Mount Hua Sect will definitely repay you handsomely in the future!"

"Yes~ definitely repay you handsomely!"

"… …"