Journey to the head

This was a long-planned and lightning-fast raid.

It was definitely not aimed at Lu Qian's foundation building perfection. First, only one or two out of ten people successfully passed the tribulation. Second, since the strength has recovered to this day, which family in each county doesn't have a few people who have completed the foundation building? It would be better to wait a few more years, and the golden elixir in each county may increase.

So when Shen Jialuo urgently asked for help and asked Lu Qian to come out from seclusion, Lu Qian was shocked.

Four golden elixirs from Qingyuan and Huaiyou counties raided Huanggenmen!

At this moment, it was like a thunderclap exploding in Lu Qian's heart. His consciousness was fully opened, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

Qingyuan County was actually persuaded by the Huaiyou Alliance (an alliance of Huaiyou, Dongping and Junle counties) to join the encirclement of the Mingyu Sword Sect, the Yunshan Sect and the Huanggen Sect!
In the past, Ironfield was poor and not worth mentioning. Even if Ye Xiao achieved the Golden Elixir and unified Ironfield, the surrounding counties would still look down on her. But since the Huanggen Sect joined the Three Sects Alliance, its strength has grown rapidly. In addition, Ye Xiao has always shown a strong desire for expansion. Qingyuan County naturally feels that the threat from Ironfield is increasing day by day. Now that they have suddenly joined the game, they vow to solve the hidden danger of Ironfield, so as to avoid changes in the future when they move south.

The four golden elixirs of Qingyuan and Huaiyou led twenty or thirty foundation-building warriors in a surprise attack, and like thunder and lightning, they directly hit the vital points of the alliance of the three factions!

The Mingyu Sword Sect had long moved to Mingjian Mountain, and Master Cangfeng had naturally moved there. The Lietian Sword Peak in Liangxiang County was taken over by Xuanwei Sect. Although the Mingyu Sword Sect left considerable defensive power in Liangxiang County, and after Xian Canghai achieved the Golden Elixir, it had been stationed in Liangxiang County for a long time, it was not the same as before when all its power was in Liangxiang.

Therefore, the power of Liangxiang County, which could directly support Cheorwon County, was much weaker. Master Cangfeng needed to start from Mingjian Mountain and head south, crossing the border between Xinghu and Liangxiang to reach Cheorwon. The journey was more than twice as long as before!
The Yunshan Sect's Mianlong Mountain is far away in Samsan County, and even farther from Cheorwon.

Now, True Man Zangfeng is in Mingjian Mountain, while True Man Jingxia of Yunshan Sect is in seclusion and Yujiao is guarding the mountain gate. The Huaiyou Alliance seized this opportunity keenly and directly mobilized the most elite forces of Huaiyou and Qingyuan. They broke into Tieyuan at lightning speed and attacked Huanggen Sect directly!

The overall strength of the Huang Gen Sect cannot be said to be the weakest among the three factions in the alliance, but it is indeed the most afraid of being attacked.

Today, the Huanggen Clan controls an area of ​​a thousand miles in Tieyuan County with a population of more than ten million, and a small territory of Liangxiang County with a population of more than five million, for a total population of 16 million.

But with a population of 16 million, there are only six spiritual veins!
There were originally three veins in Cheorwon County. One was dug out from the Temple of Myobeomcheonjun, and there are two spiritual veins in a small territory of Yangxiang County.

Then, they took out one of the spiritual veins and built the Never-Sleeping City. So there were only five spiritual veins left that were completely controlled by the Huanggen Sect.

In wars between monks, they all rely on spiritual veins for attack and defense. In the vast territory, there are only five spiritual veins, which are far apart from each other, making it difficult for them to effectively support each other in the event of a surprise attack.
In addition, among the cultivators of Huanggen Sect now, there is only Ye Xiao who is in the middle stage of Jindan, 17 people who are in the foundation building stage, and 1,800 elite Qi training people, who are scattered among the five spiritual veins and the garrison in the City That Never Sleeps.

In this situation, they were attacked by four Golden Cores and twenty to thirty Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Lu Qian's mood suddenly became extremely heavy. Huaiyou Alliance, you really have picked a weak spot!
"Master Lu!" Shen Jialuo bowed down. This always quiet and elegant female cultivator now looked anxious. "Please help us quickly and save our sect!"

"Fairy Shen, please stand up." Lu Qian said in a deep voice, "The three factions have formed an alliance until now. You are in me and I am in you. How can I not save you?"

Shen Jialuo was delighted, but then she heard Lu Qian say, "It was just a surprise attack by the enemy's elite, without even bringing any Qi training monks with them. They moved very quickly. Mianlong Mountain is so far away that it would be too late for normal rescue."

I'm afraid that even as I'm speaking, the spiritual vein of the Huang Gen Sect has been breached.

Shen Jialuo was very anxious and was about to speak when suddenly a message from the Mingyu Sword Sect came over.

Huang Gen Sect was attacked, and Ming Yu Sword Sect went to rescue. Master Cang Feng led the elite troops southward and entered Tieyuan County, while Master Hao Ran attacked Huai You County directly.

It turned out that they were planning to attack Wei to save Zhao. Two Jindan from Huaiyou were wreaking havoc in Cheorwon County. They moved like the wind and went to find and intercept them. How could it be faster than going straight to Huanglong and forcing them to return to the county to defend?

The strategy is good.

But no matter what, such rescue is too late.

The enemy's goal was very clear. The surprise attack only involved a small number of elite troops. It was not intended to destroy the Huang Gen Sect, but to severely injure the Huang Gen Sect, cut off an arm of the Three Factions Alliance, and deal a heavy blow to the Three Factions Alliance.

By the time the Mingyu Sword Sect's reinforcements arrive, the four Jindan will probably have achieved their goal and will retreat.

Under such circumstances, how can the three-faction alliance successfully counterattack, and how can they make up for the losses of Huang Genmen in other places?
Lu Qian's mind was racing as Lin Le had already hurried over and reported the emergency message from the intelligence team: Cheorwon County was being attacked by four Jindan masters and a bloody storm was brewing.

Ye Xiao was communicating with Shen Jialuo instantly through the Ditai Kunmu sound transmission method, and the information from the intelligence team was only a cup of tea later than Shen Jialuo, which was already very good. It seems that the entire intelligence team has been improved and strengthened in recent years, and the construction of relay stations between Sanshan, Chongming, Liangxiang and Cheorwon has been very effective.

"What's the situation in Junle and Dongping counties?"

Lin Le said with certainty: "The main forces of the two counties have not moved, and no one has found True Man Xuan Jing and True Man Yao Ming leaving the mountain gate."

Junle and Dongping did not move, which meant they were waiting for the reaction from Mingyu Sword Sect and Yunshan Sect.

Now that the Mingyu Sword Sect is urgently rescuing Cheorwon, maybe they will also take the opportunity to break into Chongming County!
With the joining of Qingyuan County, the Huaiyou Alliance immediately tightened the encirclement network. They could attack in many directions, which was very disadvantageous for the alliance of three factions.

But who said I was going to be passive and defensive?

Lu Qian stood up, his white crane cloak moving without wind: "What do the staff think?"

The General Staff Group is a newly formed department of the Yunshan Sect, responsible for sorting out intelligence, organizing information, and making plans for the Yunshan Sect's strategies and tactics.

Currently, this group is led by Lin Le and Li Da, and has recruited some outstanding disciples with excellent brains, strong overall awareness, and certain strategic vision. It is just a start-up and is far from mature.

Lin Le hesitated for a moment: "The staff team just received the intelligence and is still discussing it. However, my personal opinion is——"

His eyes sparkled: "You fight yours, and I fight mine!"

"it is good!"

Lu Qian was genuinely happy and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. Lin Le's ideas coincided with his own. In him, his business philosophy and strategic ideas were inherited and carried forward. Many times, he felt that Lin Le was his successor.

Lu Qian looked at this mature and steady young man with a short beard with deep emotion. He had been working hard for so many years, but he was still stuck at the fifth level of Qi training.

It's almost there, Lin Le. Once the battle for innate spiritual energy is over, I can get a strand of it for you to help you perfect your Qi training and hopefully build your foundation.

"Send the order!"

The disciples who were attending him straightened their bodies.

We, Yunshan, have been based in Mianlong Mountain for thirty-two years. We now have one thousand two hundred disciples, including four hundred inner disciples. We have five hundred and thirty elite soldiers assigned to the battle sequence, a total of fifty-three teams, each with ten people. The inner teams are numbered from Jiayi to Bingyi, a total of thirty teams. The outer teams are numbered from Gengyi to Rensan, a total of twenty-three teams.

Among the inner sect disciples, there are hundreds of people who specialize in cultivating hundreds of arts. They are technical talents and have not entered the combat sequence. However, their cultivation is also good, and the most important thing is that they have learned the Vast Sea Star Battle Formation, so in an emergency, they can also join the battle formation.

The Yunshan battle formation composed of 400 inner disciples represents the future of the Yunshan Sect and is also Yunshan’s greatest confidence.

At the same time, in addition to Lu Qian and Wu Yan who have reached perfection in foundation building, there are five people in the middle stage of foundation building, namely Wang Yu, Jiang Qingfeng, Xiao Tianci, Ding Shu, and Tao Boliang, and eight people in the early stage of foundation building, namely Zheng Duan, Xu Yingcai, Hao Qiuguang, Tao Zhongxian, Jiang Baitao, Su Yan, Li Da, and Wang Ruoyu.

Golden Elixir Jade Dragon, guest general Shen Jialuo.

Three people from the partner sect Zhou family built their foundation, two people from the Linglu sect built their foundation, two people from the subordinate sect Xianyou sect built their foundation, two people from the Shouzhu sect built their foundation, one person from the Kong family built their foundation, one person from the Erqi sect built their foundation, and one person from Huanmeng temple built their foundation.

The wings are fully grown and the martial virtues are abundant.

Why fear a battle!
"The Zhou family draws two people from the foundation-building stage, the Linglu Sect draws one person, the Xianyou Sect draws one person, and the Shouzhuo Sect draws one person. Come to Mianlong Mountain as soon as possible to listen to the instructions."

"Senior Brother Wang led Ding Shu, Xu Yingcai, and Su Yan, commanding the five people who had established their foundation, led the Immortal Dragon Slaying Map, and followed the Golden Elixir Mountain Protection Formation to guard Mianlong Mountain."

"Zheng Duan, Hao Qiuguang, and Tao Zhongxian will lead 200 inner sect disciples from B1 to B10 on four Shenzhou ships to stay in Lingsha City to prevent the enemy from turning to launch a sneak attack and be ready to support the territory at any time."

"The intelligence team will step up monitoring. If there are any changes in the enemy situation, report it immediately to Mianlong Mountain and Lingsha City."

"All other subordinates, from all factions, guard the gates tightly to prevent enemy attacks and do not move without authorization."

“And I will lead Yu Jiao, Senior Sister, Xiao Tianci, Jiang Baitao, Li Da, and Wang Ruoyu, leading Jia 1 to Jia 10, a hundred inner disciples, and Geng 1 to Ren 3, two hundred and thirty outer disciples, on six Shenzhous, and attack Junle County directly!”

"At the same time, inform the Mingyu Sword Sect of our actions and ask them to work with the Huanggen Sect to properly respond after the rescue and delay the Huaiyou Alliance from returning to defend. The spoils we obtained from the attack on Junle County will be divided among the three sects."

"Lin Le, contact Beichu County. I agreed to the conditions they offered last time. Ask them to send troops immediately, and we will share the joy together!"

The leader has ordered to attack Junle County!

The accompanying disciples responded loudly and dispersed. Orders were passed on quickly one after another, and the entire Yunshan Sect began to rumble.

Shen Jialuo was stunned and said anxiously: "Master Lu——"

"Fairy Shen, you have just heard all the information. The Mingyu Sword Sect has gone to rescue us, but my sect is far away and cannot quench thirst. I am afraid that before we arrive, the enemy will have withdrawn."

"Moreover, Junle and Dongping counties are waiting for this opportunity. Once our main force moves south, they will definitely take the opportunity to raid our sect or the Mingyu Sword Sect's mountain gate."

"Now that I have taken the initiative to attack Junle County, Dongping County will surely come to its rescue and will be unable to invade again. The Mingyu Sword Sect can now focus on heading south."

"I have a suggestion, please be sure to pass it on to Fairy Ye Xiao."

Shen Jialuo hurriedly took note, and then heard Lu Qian say seriously: "No matter what, it's too late to rescue. I hope Fairy Ye will remember that if you save people and lose land, both people and land will be saved. Don't resist step by step, and everyone will retreat to the Never-Sleeping City. There are shares of Xuanwei Sect and Lingshou Sect there, and the Huaiyou Alliance dare not touch them. The enemy can't take the territory away, so save your own cultivators first!"

"Now the three alliances are one, and this battle is also the joint efforts of the three factions. The Huanggen Sect and the Mingyu Sword Sect created the conditions for our faction to attack Junle. The spoils of war will naturally be shared among the three factions, which should be able to make up for some of the losses of the Huanggen Sect."

At the command, the ten northwestern counties of Cangzhou, except Jiyang Villa and Li Yuanzong, were all involved in the battle!

The Huaiyou Alliance took the first step, and the three-faction alliance retaliated. Who will have the last laugh?
After an incense stick of time, the Five Elements Formation on Mianlong Mountain opened, and six Lingxu Zhenyuan divine ships, bathed in the light of the Dunjia divine order, flew towards Junle County.

Afterwards, four more Shenzhou ships were reorganized and flew towards Lingsha City.

At the same time, within the influence of the Yunshan Sect, all subordinate sects also took action, and rays of light gathered and rushed towards Mianlong Mountain.

The six Shenzhou ships were arranged in a V-shaped formation, speeding at full speed, with sails hoisted high and making rustling sounds.

Inside the leading Shenzhou, a group of foundation builders were surrounding Lu Qian, and a huge map was hanging in the air.

This was the first time that Jiang Baitao, Li Da, and Wang Ruoyu led the army to fight as foundation builders. They were just one of the hundreds of Qi training disciples before, but now they have broken into the foundation building stage and become the backbone of the battle. They are about to dominate the battlefield and become the focus of everyone's attention. This feeling makes people very excited, their blood is surging, and they can't help but be full of fighting spirit. At the moment, they are also concentrating and listening carefully to Lu Qian's arrangements, not daring to miss anything.

"Since the two sides have been hostile, we have spies in the Huaiyou Alliance, and the enemy naturally has secret sentries here. It won't take long for the army to be discovered by the enemy."

"So we don't need to hide and go in circles. We can just take the shortest distance and pass through Yuanzong's territory! But even so, we are still 1,200 miles away from Junle County."

"With the blessing of the Dunjia Divine Order and the speed of the Divine Boat, we will arrive at Junle County in more than two hours."

"Beichu County has agreed to send troops. They are an old rival of Junle County. However, this is our first collaboration and we don't have mutual trust. We can't expect them to cooperate. Beichu County will even wait and see, and will only take action after they are sure that our faction has contained Junle County's forces."

"There's nothing to worry about. We can just fight our own battles. But time waits for no one. Dongping County will immediately rescue Junle County. We must seize the initiative and maximize our benefits!"

Lu Qian stretched out his hand and waved, and a band of light lit up on the map. This was a series of spiritual veins starting from the border of Junle County, and eventually pointed to the mountain gate of Shaoyin Gate in Junle County, where Xuan Jing Zhenren sat, Hanjiangzhu.

"Yu Jiao and I will go ahead and destroy these spiritual veins along the way and wipe out the backbone of Junle County's foundation building."

"Sister, hold the Tianji Three Light Sword and lead the six divine ships to follow my footsteps and wipe out the remaining cultivators on these spiritual veins, but don't waste time chasing them, and don't be greedy for money and goods."

"After I encounter the enemy's golden elixir, if I am defeated, I will turn back and join you."

Jiang Qingfeng took the sword with golden, red and purple smoke flowing in it and nodded.

"Junior brother, you must be careful."

A dragon roar resounded through the sky, and the jade dragon had transformed into its original form, which was forty feet long.

Lu Qian leaped up, riding on the dragon, and soared straight up, stepping on the wind and thunder, shining brightly, and shot towards Junle County. (End of this chapter)