CHAPTER 1356: CHAPTER 1355: ORCHESTRATED BY SUN AND MOON GROUP?

"Do you know where the auction is being held?"

Tang Ming looked expressionlessly at Liu Bi. The Ming Group couldn’t possibly auction off their own female martial artists for no reason, so the woman being auctioned this time must have been captured; it might really be connected with the Heavenly Cloud Palace.

"In the southwest province. I’m not quite sure of the specific location, but even if they say it’s being held at the Heavenly Cloud Palace, not many people know the location of the sect’s headquarters."

Liu Bi shook his head and explained, "The Heavenly Cloud Palace is a sect entirely made up of women. Even I have only heard of its existence; as for where their sect is located, I don’t know either."

"Damn it, it’s just as I thought."

Tang Ming cursed angrily. The sect of the Heavenly Cloud Palace is located in the southwest, "It seems that the Ming Group is impersonating the Dark Group Martial Arts Inspection Team to overthrow the Heavenly Cloud Palace, and then they sell the palace’s disciples to wealthy people through auctions."

Everything makes sense when pieced together.

Back then, the deputy leader of the Ming Group Martial Arts Inspection Team, Wang Zhimen, was contemplating absorbing the Heavenly Cloud Palace and then selling its female disciples, but Tang Ming thwarted the plan.

Now it seems that the people from the Ming Group have never given up on the idea of encroaching on the Heavenly Cloud Palace.

"Ming, what should we do now?"

Chen Cang looked at Tang Ming with cold fury, "Women are not commodities, and yet they’re being auctioned off. It’s utterly unforgivable."

"Indeed, it’s unforgivable."

Tang Ming nodded, squinting his eyes, "Now we must prepare for two scenarios."

"Chen Cang, you take people to the Heavenly Cloud Palace to observe the situation. If the bandits are still committing crimes at the palace, kill them all and rescue the people of the Heavenly Cloud Palace."

Tang Ming squinted his eyes and instructed, "Remember to gather evidence and interrogate for confessions. I want to know who is behind all this."

"What does this mean? Could it be possible that the Heavenly Cloud Palace is empty?"

Yao Buji asked weakly.

"Given that the Sun and Moon Group’s beauty contest is supposedly auctioning off the disciples of the Heavenly Cloud Palace, do you think they would foolishly hold it directly at the Heavenly Cloud Palace and allow the world to condemn their crimes?"

Tang Ming glanced at Chen Cang and then looked at Liu Bi, "No matter what, you must get me a ticket to this beauty contest auction. I need to see the situation to confirm if the people of the Heavenly Cloud Palace are there."

"Ming, are you going alone?"

Chen Cang frowned, looking worriedly at Tang Ming, "If the Sun and Moon Group is really auctioning off the disciples of the Heavenly Cloud Palace, would it be too dangerous for you to go alone?"

"Heh, as a dignified Nine-star Martial Master, why would I fear a bunch of rabble?"

Tang Ming laughed coldly, "Don’t worry, if the business of the Sun and Moon Group has nothing to do with the Heavenly Cloud Palace, I won’t take any action."

"Does it really have to be so complicated?"

Yao Buji furrowed his brows, looking confusedly at Tang Ming, "Why don’t we just split into two groups, one to the Heavenly Cloud Palace, and the other straight to the auction? This way, wherever the people of the Heavenly Cloud Palace are, we can rescue them."

"It’s not as easy as you say."

Tang Ming shook his head, analyzing, "If the bandits are still at the Heavenly Cloud Palace, it’s easy. People caught in the act, and even if you kill them all, there won’t be any problems. But if the people have been moved elsewhere for the auction, it’s not that simple."

"For example?"

A group of people looked blankly at Tang Ming.

"The auction is held under the name of the Sun and Moon Group. Even if they are indeed auctioning off the disciples of the Heavenly Cloud Palace, they can claim they bought them from others. The true culprits are hiding in the shadows, and simply destroying the auction won’t bring the real criminals to justice."

Tang Ming squinted his eyes, speaking with a chilling aura, "My goal this time is to bring the real criminals to justice, not just a single Sun and Moon Group."

Chen Cang and the others mulled over this, thinking it over, and finally understood Tang Ming’s meaning.

"Okay, then I’ll head to the Heavenly Cloud Palace with some people now."

Chen Cang thought for a moment. Given Tang Ming’s strength, facing those from the Ming Group wouldn’t pose any danger to him, so he didn’t bother worrying any further.

Then Chen Cang left the Binjiang District with the people from the Flowing Cloud Sect.

When Tang Ming returned to the room, after freshening up, Bai Feifei, who was wearing Liu Mengting’s sportswear, rushed up immediately: "Young Master Tang, why did the people outside leave? Why aren’t we following them?"

"No rush, I sent them to the Heavenly Cloud Palace to rescue your sect sisters."

Tang Ming smiled, comforting her, "Chen Cang is already an Eight-star Martial Master, and Liu Bi and Yao Buji are Seven-star Martial Masters. With their strength, taking people over is already sufficient to handle matters at the Heavenly Cloud Palace."

"Then I’ll go with them to the Heavenly Cloud Palace. I need to see my sisters being rescued with my own eyes to be at ease."

Bai Feifei looked worriedly at Tang Ming.

"No, you’re coming with me to another place."

Tang Ming shook his head.

"Why? Right now, all I want is to return and save my sect sisters. I don’t want to go anywhere else."

Bai Feifei shook her head firmly.

"Brother Tang Ming, it’s quite cruel not to let Sister Fei Fei return when she’s worried about her sect sisters."

Li Xiaoli muttered sympathetically.

Tang Ming frowned, pondering for a moment, then sighed, "Sit down first, let me explain the current situation to you."

"What is it?"

Seeing Tang Ming’s expression, Bai Feifei realized the situation wasn’t simple.

Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli were also curiously staring at Tang Ming.

"Even if you return to the Heavenly Cloud Palace now, can you guarantee those bandits are still there?"

After sitting down, Tang Ming earnestly raised the question.

"This..."

Bai Feifei was at a loss for words. She had been gone for three days, and those people likely could have moved on.

"I received information about a grand event in Urban Martial Arts, ostensibly a beauty contest, but in reality, it’s an auction of female martial artists."

To get Bai Feifei to cooperate with his plan, Tang Ming had to explain the situation, "I suspect these female martial artists are the female disciples of the Heavenly Cloud Palace."

"Auction?"

The three women’s faces changed dramatically. Auctioning off living people was something seen only in slave societies; they couldn’t believe such a thing was happening now.

"Since I’m not sure if this auction is related to the Heavenly Cloud Palace, I need you to accompany me to check the situation."

Tang Ming did not waste words, getting straight to the point, "Only you can recognize whether the women being auctioned are from the Heavenly Cloud Sect, so you must come with me."

"How can it be like this?"

Bai Feifei’s face turned pale, continuously muttering, then suddenly burst into tears.

Thinking of her sect sisters being sold like livestock made her want to die from shame. It was utterly degrading.

Seeing Bai Feifei like this, Tang Ming quickly signaled with his eyes to Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli.