She is Jianxiu

Chapter 1421: The Truth or Falsehood of Chapter 53 Both Revolve Around One Matter
Many years had passed since their last meeting. Liu Xuan had gained considerable influence within the clan, and her demeanor was no longer what it used to be. In just a few words, she had thoroughly explained the situation in the East Sea to everyone present, clearly indicating that she already knew the intentions of Zhao Chun and the others, so there was no need for further explanation.

Today, all nine pieces of Emperor Crow Blood have been assigned to someone in the palace, and there are nine imperial princes who are stirring up trouble in the East Sea, vying for the top spot.

As one of the imperial princes, Liu Xuan was unfortunately inferior in cultivation level to the other great demons who had reached the Divine Realm. However, she was the only imperial prince in the Six-Winged Azure Bird Clan. With the full support of the clan, she would not fall to the bottom among the nine imperial princes.

As for her friendship with Zhao Chun, the other celestial demons, who were also imperial princes, didn't care at all. So what if you are the leader of the Great Dao? Since the change of the imperial throne, it has always been the golden words of the previous Sun Palace Emperor. How could alien races have any say in it?

On the contrary, Liu Xuan's preference for the human race is seen as heresy by others.

After saying all this, Liu Xuan paused slightly, but some worry rose in her heart. She said softly, "I know you have your own plans, so I didn't stop you from coming. But now, there are Taiyuan people coming and going everywhere in the East Sea, and there are even a few powerful cultivators. If you enter the sea like this, I'm afraid you won't escape their eyes."

If things were as they are now, it would be better to stay temporarily in the land of the Heavenly Demons. The elders of various clans are doing their utmost for the Emperor's son and are even going so far as to come and protect him personally. Even if the Taiyuan Dao Sect knows that Zhao Chun is here, they would not dare to overstep their bounds and make a move in the land of other clans.

However, once this matter gets out, there will likely be many people with malicious intentions. Unless Zhao Chun stays here and doesn't move, they will always find an opportunity.

Moreover, the three clans of the Sun Palace are not all of one mind.

This is what Liu Xuan is worried about.

Zhao Chun smiled faintly at this, which made people feel that she was confident. Then she calmed down and said calmly, "It is natural that we cannot hide. The powerful cultivators have all the power and influence. I'm afraid that as soon as we entered the sea, Taiyuan had already informed everyone."

"However, we don't need to hide our presence when we enter the sea. At a time when the war outside the pass is escalating, my intention in leading my disciples deep into this place is obvious at a glance. There is no need to deliberately feign compliance with Taiyuan."

Moreover, she is sitting firmly on the high platform today, with Liu Xuan and others around, so she is not completely isolated and helpless in the East Sea. If she acts in a sneaky and secretive manner, some things will become more difficult to implement.

Liu Xuan understood her best and knew there was more to her words than met the eye. So she didn't press the matter and changed the subject. When the time came, she arranged accommodations for the disciples and then left. She went to her bedroom and, before two incense sticks had burned, Qingzhi and Zhao Chun arrived one after the other.

The latter nodded slightly, and continued his previous conversation, asking the two earnestly, "Judging from Taiyuan's intentions, I'm afraid he's not interested in the East Sea demons. I wonder if you two, having lived here for so long, have discovered any clues?"

Qingzhi thought to herself, "Just as I thought," but considering the arrangements made by the Taiyuan Dao Sect at sea, even with her keen eye, she couldn't detect anything amiss for the time being. She simply frowned and said, "Since our clan entered the sea, several open and covert struggles have all originated from within. It's not hard to see that Taiyuan is using the struggle among the princes of the emperor to deliberately divide us. But as for other places, it's really hard to say that there's anything strange about them."

Liu Xuan continued, "Now, all the countries in the East Sea are gone, and all the demon kings and demon generals have been killed. Most of those who are willing to surrender are sent to the south to fight and contribute to the army. Those who are unwilling to surrender are imprisoned underwater, and their inner cores are extracted to power the great formation. In short, no one will be let go."

Zhao Chun then asked, "Senior Sister, do you know the origin of that great formation?"

Liu Xuan thought for a moment and replied, "I saw Hun De disciples coming and going in it, so I assumed that this sect had given it to Taiyuan, and it was called the Three Lights Manifestation. It has been standing on the sea for decades. When it is in formation, it is like a barrier between heaven and earth, and it can also produce various kinds of auras and scenes. This sea demonic energy should be related to this formation."

"The Taiyuan Dao Sect controls this formation, and most of the demon soldiers and generals are raised through it. The demonic energy within is so strong that even our clan's imperial princes have gone to investigate it time and again. They are quite straightforward, saying that this is because all the demonic energy under the sea has been gathered here, in order to keep the aliens in the south. With this formation, even if they enter the East Sea, they will definitely not be able to cross this territory."

After listening to these words and thinking about them carefully, Zhao Chun couldn't say that they were wrong.

Ever since the Taiyi Golden Immortal launched his eastern and western campaigns, driving a large number of demons to the border regions, the East Sea has been controlled by the sea demons. No one can say for sure how many great demons are hidden beneath this boundless sea, or how many corpses of our ancestors are buried there.

With this great formation, Taiyuan would have a reasonable excuse to occupy the East Sea. It seems that there will be no sign of this in the short term.

After bidding farewell to Liu Xuan and the other two, Zhao Chun returned to her residence. She flipped her palm upwards, revealing another crimson-gold talisman, extremely brief, containing only one sentence:

"I heard you have entered the East Sea. You may act when the opportunity arises. The efficacy will then manifest. Be careful in all matters."

After the matter of Dingxian City was settled, Zhao Chun couldn't help but wonder about the real reason why Feng Shi wanted to lead the strange man north to the immortal mountain.

If the reason for not wanting Tianxu Pass to fall into Taiyuan's hands is indeed this, then that reason may exist. But in a battle fought on a narrow path, it's all about success or failure; is it really important who to sacrifice?

She realized that Taiyuan was unwilling to let the outsiders go north, but the sect leader was going against the grain. The point where their plans overlapped was precisely the dispute over the East Sea.

If the extraordinary people are to go north to the immortal mountain, Taiyuan must first spit out the East Sea that it has already swallowed. At that time, when the army arrives at the sea, the people of Zhaoyan can rightfully enter and occupy it. No matter how many years it takes to manage, Taiyuan will not be able to speak for itself in front of the other sects.

And just before the great calamity was about to strike, this sect took the lead in seizing the East Sea, claiming it was only to recruit the demon race and gather strength, but it seemed a bit too hasty.

Zhao Chun became suspicious and came to investigate under the pretext of the passage. Sure enough, as soon as she entered the sea realm, a sect leader's edict was issued to her. However, the eight characters "wait for the right opportunity, and the efficacy will be revealed" were rather puzzling.

"Never mind." Zhao Chun pressed down the talisman, shook her head and sighed, "The sect leader has his own considerations. With his strategic planning, it will be much more convenient for me to act in the East Sea."

This is the advantage of having someone else to hold up the sky when it falls.

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Chun had a sudden inspiration. Thinking of Taiyuan's Three Lights Manifestation Array, she thought of a name and wrote a letter to the north. There was nothing special in the letter, so even if Taiyuan intercepted it, it would not leak out.

A month passed uneventfully, and the disciples were all bored and had nothing to do. They had a lot of heroic spirit but nowhere to express it, so Zhao Chun gave each of them a protective sword aura and told them to go out and see the scenery of the East Sea.

At this time, war had already broken out outside the pass, and many extraordinary people also noticed the trend of exterminating their own kind in the south. They all had the idea of ​​crossing eastward to infiltrate the ranks of Taiyuan disciples and risk their lives to seek a chance to survive.

Zhao Chun's initial explanation to everyone was to first force the strange people into the East Sea, then surround and annihilate them, without mentioning opening the gates of the Northern Immortal Mountains. Now, if he were to send his disciples into the sea to exterminate evil, he could then justify leading by example and coordinating with the cultivators on the shore.

Upon receiving the order, Qin Yuke and the others were naturally eager to get started and rushed into the sea. They did not return for several months, and the merits they accumulated there were comparable to what they had gained in the previous three to five years. When the people of Taiyuan saw this, although they could not be said to have become much less wary, they did follow suit and sent many of their disciples out to sea for training.

In a short time, the number of people traveling on the sea increased even more, and no one was surprised to see a few more unfamiliar cultivators.

On this day, Zhao Chun felt a sense of unease. While sitting in her room, she suddenly looked up and heard the voices of servants coming from outside, followed by three figures entering the room.

The man in the middle was tall and imposing. Upon entering, he raised his sleeves and bowed, addressing the manor lord.

Zhao Chun was puzzled, but then she realized what was happening and sighed, "It's actually Fellow Daoist Shen who's come. Master Yan must already be..."

She didn't have many retainers in her household, and none of her relatives or friends were knowledgeable in formations. If she were to invite cultivators from the Hun De Formation Sect, firstly, the scale would be too large and would be difficult to avoid Tai Yuan, and secondly, she was afraid that the cultivators of this sect could not be trusted. Moreover, there were some things that only Yan Yishen, a descendant of the Zhou Yuan Formation Sect, knew.

Unfortunately, over the years she has been traveling around, and apart from seclusion for cultivation, she has had little time to stay in her cave, let alone care about the people below. Now that she has come to see him, she has learned that Yan Yishen's lifespan has come to an end and he has probably passed away and been reborn.

Yet he lamented that among those around him, very few could keep up with him. Sometimes, in the blink of an eye, so many partings would occur. Now, when the topic of life and death came up again, apart from a sigh, nothing could shake his mind.

Shen Lie also shook his head and sighed, leading the two people on his left and right to bow to Zhao Chun, saying, "When Fellow Daoist Yan was about to leave, he said that his two disciples had already received the true teachings of their late master. Over the years, the operation of the array in the manor has relied entirely on the two of them. When I saw that the manor master had something to ask him, I took the liberty of bringing the two of them over."

Zhao Chun remembered that Yan Yishen's two disciples were exceptionally talented. When Liu Xuan first saw them, she praised their talent as being no less than that of disciples from major sects. Now, at a glance, they had both formed the Nascent Soul stage, which showed that Yan Yishen had a discerning eye and had probably put a lot of effort into cultivating them over the years.

Although the two were already infants, they did not dare to act presumptuously in front of Zhao Chun. They introduced themselves one after the other and then stood silently to the side, waiting for Zhao Chun to ask questions.

"As the direct disciples of Master Yan, you must have already thoroughly studied the array books in his hands. So I would like to ask you two, have you ever heard of an array called the Three Lights Manifestation, or anything related to it? You may speak freely."

The younger of the two, Zhu Yu, thought for a moment and then looked at her senior brother Chang Wanli before boldly answering, "Reporting to the Lord, I have never heard of the Three Lights Manifestation Formation. However, in the formation book, there are three great formations: Three Lights Spiritual Illumination, Three Lights Transformation, and Three Lights Ascending to Profound. They are never used alone; they are all interlocked and form a complete formation."

She paused for a moment, her eyes darting around, her mind quite clever, and added, "Why did you suddenly bring up this formation, Lord? This formation is quite extraordinary; it was the mountain-protecting formation of the Zhou Yuan Formation Sect back then."