Bone Taoist

Chapter 862 General trend
Dongfang Shuo's return to the city spread quickly throughout Yancheng within a few days. The situation was about to change, and everyone in Yancheng vaguely felt that something big was about to happen.

At the same time, war was raging in the southern part of Dongsheng, with the immortals and demons fighting each other fiercely. Countless neutral sects and independent cultivators were involved. Some independent cultivators who did not want to take part in the war fled everywhere, and many people also came to Yancheng.

"When True Lord Hedao takes action, his original spirit tears the sky apart, and wind and thunder sweep across the sky. The momentum is quite small." In a teahouse, a cultivator who escaped from the south boasted.

"The Hehuan Sect and Longshou Mountain fought a fierce battle. The Saintess and the chief of Longshou Mountain confronted each other head-on. The flames of war spread over a thousand miles."

"The southern part is the territory of Longshou Mountain. If Saint Hehuan continues to drag on like this, they will definitely retreat to the central and western parts."

"The Hehuan Sect is only a small sect. The real demon sects in the south have not come out in full force yet. The situation of the immortal sects seems to be going well, but in fact, there are many hidden dangers."

"The Demon Sect has achieved its goal. As long as chaos breaks out, their power will naturally grow day by day."

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The war in the south has now become the talk of the town among the monks in Yancheng.

The goals of the immortals and demons are different. The immortals want to uproot the demon cave and drive the demons out of the south. The demons want to retreat in order to advance. In their opinion, the longer the war drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for the immortals.

Because in troubled times, the number of neutral cultivators joining the Demon Sect is far greater than the Taoists from the Eight Immortal Sects. Not all of them hold empty talk like "righteousness of the world". Most cultivators just want to survive and obtain cultivation resources.

At the same time, next to the Yancheng Lake, the drinking party was also in full swing and crowded with people.

In such a situation, Dongfang Shuo held a wine-listening party with great fanfare and gathered monks from all over the world. Almost everyone knew what his intention was. The key was how Dongfang Shuo planned to do it.

There must be a lot of spies secretly watching the immortal and demon sects, and maybe one of them is at this drinking party.

It was not until the tenth day that Dongfang Shuo began to take action.

Ye Zang and other Nascent Soul cultivators were personally welcomed by Duanmu Yin into the Dayan Palace.

Dayan Palace is the largest attic cave residence beside Linghu Lake, covering an area of ​​one hundred hectares. It is very luxurious, with five floors. The eaves are carved with dragons and painted with phoenixes, which is very majestic.

Surrounded by a group of Yancheng disciples, thousands of Yuanying Taoists were led into the main hall.

"The number of Nascent Soul cultivators is far more than these. It seems that Dongfang Shuo has secretly talked with other people in the past few days." Ye Zang's spiritual consciousness said.

"Many of the neutral sects around here have already sided with Dongfang Shuo. Coming to this reception is just a formality." Tuoba Long said with narrowed eyes.

"The Lord of Dongfang City held a wine-listening party mainly to win over neutral Nascent Soul cultivators like us," said Jiang Li.

"Let's see what conditions he's going to offer. These people have big appetites."

A group of Yuanying Taoists walked into the hall in a mighty procession, each with different expressions, and they all had their own thoughts in their hearts.

They are all at the Nascent Soul stage, and there are nearly a thousand of them gathered here. In any sect, they are an extremely powerful force.

You know, there are only about 5,000 Yuanying disciples in the Jackdaw Divine Sect.

It is still a question whether Dongfang Shuo, a True Lord of Hedao, can suppress so many Yuanying Taoists. This is why he came to Shendu Mountain. One is to balance the two factions of immortals and demons, and the other is to seek help from external forces to jointly rule Yancheng so as to develop his great cause. His ambition is not small.

The hall is covered with bright red carpets, and golden dragon pillars stand on all sides for protection.

The entire main hall was full of grandeur, and on a high position, Ye Zang and others suddenly saw Dongfang Shuo standing there with his hands behind his back, looking around with disdainful eyes, and exuding a subtle sense of pressure from the Dao, and his soul was extremely domineering.

This attitude seemed to be a combination of soft and hard tactics. "Meeting the City Lord Dongfang." Someone bowed and smiled.

"Greetings, Senior Dongfang!" others said in unison.

"My fellow Taoists, there is no need to be so polite. Please take a seat." Dongfang Shuo raised his hand and said solemnly.

Thousands of seats were placed on both sides of the river, with beautiful maids serving on the side. It seemed that Dongfang Shuo had planned for this day for a long time.

He quietly walked down from the first seat, holding a cup of wine, and toasted everyone in the seats.

"The world is in a state of great crisis right now. All of you Taoist friends are ambitious people. I wonder what your plans are for the future?" Dongfang Shuo glanced at everyone and smiled calmly.

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other and whispered.

There was silence for a few breaths in the hall, and then someone slammed the table and stood up, bowed to Dongfang Shuo and said: "I am Wang Wei. I have heard of the reputation of the Lord of Dongfang City for a long time. I am willing to be your subordinate and work with you to achieve great things!"

Everyone glanced at Wang Wei. This guy was quite famous in Yancheng. He was at the third level of the Nascent Soul Realm and had come to Yancheng a long time ago. He had been flirting with the Dongfang family and was just one step away from success. Now was the perfect time for him to take advantage of the situation.

"Good!" Dongfang Shuo was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Daoist Wang, for thinking highly of me. I will definitely live up to your expectations."

Once there is a first, there will be a second. After Wang Wei, many other people immediately jumped out, willing to announce their willingness to the outside world and join Yancheng completely.

Of course, most of the monks in the temple remained silent.

What they want is not these verbal promises, but real benefits and resources.

Dongfang Shuo had anticipated this.

"The world is about to fall, the immortals and demons are in a state of chaos, even if some hidden treasures are revealed in the future, I'm afraid it won't be our turn." Dongfang Shuo shook his head and said bluntly: "Not long ago, I went out of the city with my fellow Taoists from Shendu Mountain. Do you know what I found?"

"Lord Dongfang, please speak frankly." Someone said with his eyes lighting up.

"At the border of the northeast, the wind is bitingly cold. Under the abyss of the pit, a secret treasure has emerged, hidden in a space of tens of thousands of miles. It might have been left behind by a true person from an ancient sect, and it must be the secret treasure of the Nascent Soul." Dongfang Shuo smiled with his eyes narrowed.

"The secret treasure of Nascent Soul?!" someone widened his eyes.

It seems that the big trend is really coming. Secret treasures have been unearthed one after another in Dongsheng Shenzhou, and the time intervals are very short.

This trend is the same as that of Tianmingzhou decades ago.

However, in the past, when secret treasures were unearthed, they were quickly and forcibly seized by the immortals and demons, and other Taoists dared not speak out.

"If you are willing to join my Yancheng, you can follow the army and all the spiritual materials and objects you loot will be yours. How about it?" Dongfang Shuo said sternly.

After these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the palace.

Tuoba Long, Jiang Li and others' eyes lit up as well. Such conditions were very tempting.

Their main purpose is to plunder secret treasures under the banner of Yancheng. Even if the immortals and demons cause trouble, they won't be able to find them. Moreover, the spiritual materials and objects obtained by each family do not need to be handed over. How could anyone refuse such a great thing?
Inside the hall, many Yuanying Taoists immediately stood up and echoed one by one, announcing on the spot that they would join Yan Cheng.

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(End of this chapter)