Chapter 372: 【157】White Lotus Changes Ownership, Visits ’Godhood Project
"I’ll go down and take a look."
Wang Longhu called out and immediately jumped into the pool, swimming towards the bottom.
This passageway was no wider than one person, extremely narrow, and if he got stuck here without reaching the end, it would be difficult even to hold his breath.
If not careful, one might drown alive inside the passageway.
However, for Wang Longhu who has mastered breath control, this was no obstacle at all.
With a slight movement of his legs, he propelled himself directly into the passageway, using his hands to quickly move towards the depths of the tunnel.
Faced with the surrounding darkness, Wang Longhu’s senses were heightened to the extreme; he could instantly react to any unexpected movement.
By the side of the pool, Zhang Yuanying sat quietly, waiting.
The deep pit leading to the level 10 sanctuary was hundreds of meters deep, and there was no way she could climb up on her own.
To escape, she could only hope for Wang Longhu’s assistance.
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"Duke, are you alright?"
At the end of the passageway, on a stone platform leaning against the mountain wall, Li Qionghao sat on the ground clutching his abdomen while the eunuch Jin Bao appeared very anxious.
"Jiang Xuanhe must have encountered some trouble, which led him to the desperate release of Jiang Tianzhen. But why would Jiang Tianzhen come here instead of dealing with Jiang Xuanhe?"
Li Qionghao frowned deeply, seeming quite puzzled.
"Duke, could it be that the fellow I told you about before forced Jiang Xuanhe to release Jiang Tianzhen for confrontation?" Jin Bao the eunuch suddenly said, recalling something.
"It’s not unreasonable, go out and see what’s going on with the White Lotus Society right now, I’ll wait here for you." Li Qionghao said sullenly.
"Yes." Jin Bao the eunuch replied and hurried towards a crevice beside the mountain.
This crevice was only 40 cm wide, not even a child could squeeze through.
But Jin Bao the eunuch took a deep breath, and suddenly there was a series of cracking sounds coming from his bones.
Then his whole body flattened, just enough to slip into the crevice.
Jiang Xuanhe had once sent people to check the terrain below the level 10 sanctuary with ultrasonic equipment, finally confirming there was no road leading to the outside world below the pit.
What they never imagined was that there was actually a passage to the outside, only a few dozen centimeters wide, which a normal person couldn’t pass through.
So Jiang Xuanhe’s men overlooked this possibility.
However, Jin Bao the eunuch had practiced Indian yoga since childhood, combined with martial arts focusing on soft skills, he could adjust his skeleton positions to the maximum.
Thus allowing his stature to become smaller and broader, making him the candidate to enter the mountain belly from outside.
All these years, Li Qionghao has relied on Jin Bao the eunuch to obtain information from the outside world, preparing for the opportune moment to escape and reclaim control of the White Lotus Society from the Jiang family.
Just as Jin Bao the eunuch squeezed into the mountain side, a silhouette suddenly emerged from the subterranean river beside the stone platform, landing wetly on the stone platform.
Li Qionghao and Jin Bao the eunuch were instantly startled, neither had detected anyone approaching, indicating this sudden appearance’s strength far exceeded their expectations.
Wang Longhu looked at the emerging Jin Bao the eunuch and Li Qionghao from the crevice and asked the latter, "Are you the one who fought with Jiang Tianzhen just now?"
"It’s me, and who are you?" Li Qionghao asked calmly.
Despite being injured, Li Qionghao, after all, was a Grandmaster of Gang Qi, naturally possessing courage and not easily falling into panic.
"My name is Wang Longhu, it’s normal that you don’t know me, but all you need to know is that I’ve killed Jiang Tianzhen for you."
Wang Longhu’s words were astonishing, leaving Li Qionghao stunned and ultimately showing signs of shock.
"You, you killed Jiang Tianzhen?!"
Jiang Tianzhen was someone Li Qionghao considered the most formidable White Lotus Saint Emperor he had ever seen.
Gifted with extraordinary talent and unparalleled martial arts skills.
If it weren’t for Jiang Xuanhe ambushing him due to Jin Bao the eunuch’s leaks, Jiang Xuanhe would have never had a chance at the position of White Lotus Saint Emperor in his life.
Even Li Qionghao could only say he was on par with Jiang Tianzhen, who would win was entirely situational, without certainty of victory.
But Wang Longhu, he managed it.
Where did this expert suddenly come from?
"Yes, I initially intended to cooperate with him, but he was too arrogant and looked down on me, leaving me with no choice but to kill him. After all, I don’t need a disobedient White Lotus Saint Emperor, don’t you think so, elder?" Wang Longhu showed an innocent smile.
The Jiang and Li families had migrated from the Central Plains to the Korean Peninsula, learning Mandarin was mandatory.
So members of both families spoke Mandarin, making communication with Wang Longhu no problem.
"What is it you want?" Li Qionghao thought for a moment and asked.
"What role do you play in the White Lotus Society? I want to introduce a new White Lotus Saint Emperor, one who is friendly towards me." Wang Longhu stated directly.
Li Qionghao’s expression shifted slightly; as a member of the Li family, he naturally wished to reclaim the White Lotus Saint Emperor title from the Jiang family.
But since the uprising years ago, all the Li family were killed by Jiang Tianzhen, and now within the entire White Lotus Society,
Only Li Qionghao and Li Jing’Er, trapped on a small island in the botanical garden, remain from the Li family.