Journey to the head

Although the task of clearing out the zombies had been completed several days ago, the smoke and ashes shrouding Cangzhou had not yet dissipated, and the sky and earth were gloomy and dark.

The search and sorting of Longshou Peak in the Mianlong Mountains has come to an end, but it is still a shattered mess with broken walls and charred remains. The Yunshan Sect has no plans to repair this place until Lu Qian returns to make arrangements.

The spiritual vein of Longshou Peak has been lost, and the Yunshan Sect must relocate its mountain gate. Any restoration is meaningless. Moreover, according to Lin Le's plan, he will suggest to Lu Qian that he should simply preserve the ruins as a warning to future disciples, to encourage everyone to remember the shame and work hard.

At present, Gu Nishang conveyed Lu Qian's order to Yunshan Sect. After showing the jade slip and the leader ring left by Lu Qian, Lin Le took over the position of leader temporarily. The center of the mountain sect was temporarily moved to Hanjiangzhu.

Although Hanjiangzhu is a low-level fourth-grade spiritual vein, it is directly separated from the core territory of Yunshan Sect by half of Junle County owned by Huanggen Sect, as well as a dead desert. It is not convenient to govern the territory, and it is only a temporary measure. We want to wait for Lu Qian to return to make a decision.

However, the Yunshan Sect's Council of Elders and the Eight Departments and Two Divisions have all moved to Hanjiangzhu. The entire sect has left the emergency command state and returned to normal operation.

On Longshou Peak, in addition to collecting the remains of the disciples, another important task had also been completed, which was to clean out the treasury and transfer supplies.

Although the Yunshan Sect adheres to the theory that all eggs should not be put in one basket, a large number of warehouses have been built in various spiritual veins, each with its own focus on storing the cultivation materials accumulated over the years. However, the materials at the Longshou Peak Gate are the most comprehensive and the most essential.

Jiang Qingfeng was away, but fortunately the Internal Affairs Department, which she led, was smart and capable. The deacons in each hall were very capable, the accounts were clear and well organized, and copies of the account books were kept secret.

Lin Le had assisted Jiang Qingfeng in handling internal affairs for a long time and was very familiar with material management. So after the first step of digging out the various account books of the Yunshan Sect from the ruins, it was very smooth to dig out, count, check and transport various materials according to the open and secret accounts.

Because the corpse demons came to rob people and had no interest in the cultivation collections of human monks, a large number of warehouses were destroyed. On the one hand, it was to search for Wang Yu, and on the other hand, they were affected by the war. It had nothing to do with looting.

Therefore, the Yunshan Sect's century-old collection, those elixirs, talismans, formations, instruments, spiritual flowers, herbs, and medicines, animal bones, skins, and blood, all kinds of spiritual minerals and materials, raw materials, semi-finished products, finished products, as well as small hills of spiritual stones and crystals, were all buried under the ruins.

In the past few days, the three combat brigades of "Bi Chao", "Ling Sha" and "Mian Long", as well as the disciples who originally belonged to Mian Long Mountain in the sequences of garrison, production, operation, intelligence and supervision have all returned. Under the command of Lin Le and the deacons of the Internal Affairs Department, they have made every effort to discover and transport these supplies and temporarily transfer them to Han Jiang Zhu.

Because the spiritual vein on Mianlong Mountain has been lost, these treasures in the storehouse basically need to be nourished by spiritual energy, otherwise they will be damaged, so time is very urgent.

After the final inventory, it was found that the damage was slightly better than expected, with the overall loss of training materials within 30%. In addition, many high-grade treasures were preserved intact because they were stored very carefully and with multiple protection measures.

All the secret treasures of the Yunshan Sect had different owners and were not kept in the treasury. The most precious and rare ones were the materials for the cultivation of the Pure Glazed Body that were about to be collected, as well as five top-grade magic weapon embryos that were left after being given to newly promoted Jindan cultivators and sold to close cultivators over the years, all of which were intact.

In addition, there are three extremely rare and precious innate elixirs (one each for directly improving cultivation, reducing the power of inner demons to assist in overcoming tribulations, and reviving the dead). Before the battle, Jiang Qingfeng carried them with her just in case, and they have now entered the firewood world with her.

Two top-grade spiritual treasure embryos are kept in the leader's ring. Also kept in the leader's ring is a backup copy of the "Yunshan Seven-Level Dongxuan Sutra", as well as methods of cultivating hundreds of arts, and other precious books and secret records collected by the Yunshan Sect.

Even though the Transmission Tower was destroyed and the jade slips of classics were badly damaged, everything will be fine with this backup.

Besides, the original copies of Xuanjun’s collection of books are still in the Yuanpin Pearl.

Huge warehouses were built in Hanjiang Island. At this time, the various factions in the nine northwestern counties had returned the Lingxu Zhenyuan Shenzhou. Hundreds of Shenzhous were assembled, and a batch of air rays rented by the Lingshou Sect were used to transport supplies, forming a long treasure transport team over the northwest of Cangzhou, which was eye-catching.

The other sects were all staring with eyes wide open, they had heard that the Yunshan Sect owned the Frost Leaf Square, the City That Never Sleeps, and the Taobao Square market cluster, and was the fifth largest shareholder of the Plum Blossom Square. In the past hundred years of development, they had won numerous battles, seized large amounts of supplies, and received a large number of precious rewards. In addition, the disciples were proficient in all kinds of skills and produced a large amount of spirit stones, so they had more than enough to spend, and they had so many supplies that they could sell them off at Taobao Square!
I didn't expect that there would be a catastrophe at the mountain gate. Even though it seemed like a devastating blow, there were still so many treasures!

But no matter how jealous they are, the Yunshan Sect has the two Nascent Soul masters, Wudi Taoist and Gu Nishang, to guard it, and now there is Taiyi Paradise in Cangzhou, so who would dare to have any evil thoughts?

All I can do is admire and envy her.

With such a huge base, the 30% of materials destroyed is already an astronomical figure, which is almost the same as the storage of some newly promoted Yuanying sects. But Lin Le is optimistic about this huge loss. If the old ones don't go, the new ones won't come. Just treat it as natural digestion, and save the need to build another warehouse in Hanjiangzhu.

Even though he tried every possible way to provide benefits to the disciples, provided free assistance to partner sects, and issued interest-free loans to subordinate sects and sects in the nine counties, what he spent was always less than what he earned back. He could never spend it all.

The most crucial thing is that no matter how many spirit stones there are, they cannot bring back the Yunshan disciples who died in this disaster.

On Longzhua Peak, from the top to the foot of the mountain, there are forests all around and a forest of steles standing tall.

The old monument is already mottled. Even though Yunshan’s disciples take care of it from time to time and remove the weeds and moss, it cannot escape the marks of time.

Today, three hundred new monuments were added.

Here are the soldiers of the "Sleeping Dragon" brigade who followed Lu Qian in conquering the Sikong family, there are the warriors who defended the counties and rescued the towns when the zombie tide was most rampant and eventually died in battle, and there are the martyrs who were tragically killed by the evil zombies when the mountain gate was breached.

All the backbone management personnel of Yunshan Sect, including the elders, the heads of the eight departments and two divisions, and the deacons of each hall, were present. Even Xiao Tianci, who was seriously injured, forced himself to stand upright despite his sick body. Wang Yu, who had just woken up and was pale, stood in the team with a grief-stricken face.

In addition, there were thousands of relatives of these heroes in the mortal world, fellow disciples who were on good terms with them, and others who came together to see them off.

The sound of crying was faint, and the familiar people seemed to be right in front of me, but in the blink of an eye, they had turned into names on a cold stone tablet.

No matter how much ink is left in the biographies of the heroes of Yunshan, it cannot compare to a vivid face.

Cui Linglong fell on her father's tombstone, weeping and shaking all over. She could not forgive herself, and always felt that it was she who asked Cui Shanyan to move to Mianlong Mountain that killed her father.

Cui Linglong had wanted her father to live out his days in peace, but ended up with his head and body separated. She couldn't accept it and cried so hard that she almost fainted.

Several close fellow students whispered comforts to her, but Jiang Baitao, who was originally her best friend, just stood silently to the side.

She pursed her bloodless lips, two lines of tears slid down her cheeks without making any sound.

Next to Cui Shanyan is Li Da.

Jiang Baitao never imagined that Li Zi, the outstanding, resourceful and courageous disciple among the fifth generation, would die at the hands of a corpse demon.

According to Xiao Tianci and Wang Ruoyu, after being ambushed by the evil corpse, Li Da insisted on controlling the Earth Dragon Shuttle in order to save them, and shed his last drop of blood.

Plum……

Jiang Baitao closed her eyes, and all the past events were before her eyes. The person was gone, and all the green years had turned into a passing cloud.

No matter if they were the Three, Four or Five Heroes of Yunshan, from now on, one of them was missing. Wang Ruoyu was silently making a vow in front of the Li Da stele.

Li Zi, that evil dragon corpse has finally escaped. No matter where I am, I will kill it and avenge you!
Li Zi, don't worry, I will definitely reach the top of this world for you. That is the scenery that belongs to us and Yunshan.

Wang Yu stood on the top of the mountain. This place was completely flattened. There was only a huge square monument standing tall within a thousand feet. On the dark and hard basalt, there were bright red names engraved one by one.

This is a monument to all the heroes of the Yunshan Sect. On the monument are the names and birth and death dates of the heroes who died since the restoration of Yunshan.

Wang Yu clenched his fists and silently read from top to bottom, reading out the thousands of names one by one.

I haven’t felt this way in a hundred years, but now that humanity has returned, every name has a heavy weight.

The hundred years of time that were suppressed and wasted by the ninety-nine corpse clan seals, all kinds of things, although recalled clearly now, it seems like watching an illusion.

The phantom self handled official duties and practiced silently in a state and mood that I cannot understand now. This period of life is as strange as if it was grafted from someone else.

But now, it's all over.

He looked at the three newly added names of the people on the stone tablet and took a deep breath.

It can almost be said that these disciples died because of me. They were participating in a battle that would not have happened otherwise. They died for Yunshan and died to protect me.

Everyone for me, and I for everyone. This is the meaning of the sect's existence.

From now on, I will only be able to repay this kindness by being vigilant and working hard.

Lin Le stood at the front of the team. He read the sacrificial text with a heavy heart and then threw it into the cauldron to burn.

But I saw a wisp of green smoke going straight up to the sky, and I silently prayed in my heart, "Soul, come back."

The heroes illuminate our way forward with their lives, and we comfort their spirits with the scenery ahead.

As it gradually darkened, the worship team slowly descended from Longzhua Peak. Lin Le was talking with Wang Yu in a low voice when suddenly, his eyes blurred and the Five Turbidities True Lord had escaped from the void.

"Lin Le, I'll take you to Xiyi Mountain. The Xuanwei, Lingshou, and Qinglian factions have already arrived, and it's time to come to a conclusion on rewards and punishments."

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On Mount Xiyi, Taiyi Paradise was the first to release an investigation announcement of the incident. Overall, it was similar to the situation reported by the two True Lords Heming Wuzhuo, except that it concealed the fact that both the Dragon Clan and the Corpse Clan were targeting the Yunshan Sect. It focused on writing that the Sikong family first colluded with the Dragon Clan and then formed alliances with corpse monsters, and were the culprits in launching this disaster.

Having personally witnessed the entire war, and especially having personally supported the Yunshan Sect later on, Taoist Xichan, Lord Lianyi Ling and others naturally knew that there was still a mystery involved, but Taiyi Paradise had already made up its mind, and the matter was doomed, for sure.

The punishment for the Sikong family was very severe.

All the Sikong family members, from Sikong Shengji, Sikong Qing, Sikong Yang and the remaining fifteen Jindan members, will be beheaded!
The Xuanwei sect traitor Qingyuan Sanren and the four Jindan who followed him in rebellion were all beheaded after consulting the Xuanwei sect!
Miaomiao Xuanjun, Lingxuan Lingjun, Youde Lingjun, Xichan Taoist, Lianyi Lingjun, Lin Le and Gu Nishang witnessed the execution.

The Yuanying Lingjun who roamed across a state and the Jindan Zhenren who dominated an entire county were now locked up in a space seal and silenced. They were slaughtered like animals, and their heads fell to the ground one by one under the guillotine of Taiyi Paradise.

After the head fell, Yuanying Lingjun was hit by another sword and his Yuanying was killed.

During the entire process, the people being tortured were not allowed to say a word, and everyone could only see their pale faces and trembling bodies.

When Sikong Shengji arrived at the Paradise of Taiyi, he knew that he would die. He imagined the scene of his own torture and thought about what passionate words he would say before he died.

I didn't expect that at the final moment, I wouldn't even be allowed to leave in a dignified manner.

Third uncle, my Sikong family is defeated!
Crack! Crack!
Such a scene gave everyone a great shock and fright. Even Miaomiao Xuanjun, who hated the Sikong family and the traitors, felt sad at the moment. Thinking that in front of Taiyi Paradise, the golden elixir, the primordial infant and the primordial spirit were just lambs to be slaughtered, everyone's face was solemn and awed.

As for the huge number of lower-level cultivators of the Sikong family, although they escaped death, they could not escape living punishment.

The Sikong family’s four and a half counties, centered around the Musashi Mountains, and sixty-nine spiritual veins belonging to the Sikong family were all confiscated!

All the savings of the Sikong family in the Musashi Mountains for 1,500 years were confiscated!
The remaining 270 to 280 foundation-building feathered masters and 40,000 Qi-cultivating cultivators of the Sikong family changed their names and surnames from that day on, and were broken up into 300 families. Together with their mortal relatives, they were dispersed to various places in Cangzhou and were supervised by local sects.

Everyone present was filled with awe; this had in fact meant the demise of the Sikong family!
A huge, 1,500-year-old Yuanying family entrenched in the southeast of Cangzhou collapsed with just one order.

Then, Yue Yuanjun and Qiu Weng, who had disregarded the contract and invaded the human territory, had their souls turned into ashes, and the two dragon heads were cut off and sent to the outer sea dragon clan as a warning.

The Dragon Clan responded immediately, insisting that the two Dragon Kings acted on their own initiative without any instructions from higher-ups. The Dragon Clan strongly condemned this behavior and was willing to compensate for the corresponding losses.

Then, there was the punishment of the Xuanwei Sect.

In the catastrophe caused by the Sikong family, although Miaomiao Xuanjun was able to resist bravely and led the people to kill the triumphant Xuanjun Sikong Sheng, Miaomiao Xuanjun's misjudgment, blind confidence, delayed reporting, and improper handling of the situation were the main reasons for the escalation of the situation, the corpse tide sweeping across Cangzhou, and the death of one billion mortals.

Although he has made some achievements, his faults outweigh his achievements. Moreover, Taiyi Le Tu has some complaints about Miaomiao Xuanjun's personal abilities and is skeptical.

Taiyi Paradise decided to revoke the immortal seal granted to Miaomiao Xuanjun personally. From now on, the immortal seal of Taiyi Paradise will be worshipped in turn by the Yunshan Sect, Xuanwei Sect, Lingshou Sect, and Qinglian Zhenzong, each for a hundred years!

Taiyi Paradise had already informed Miaomiao Xuanjun of this punishment. But even though he was mentally prepared, he was pale at this moment, kneeling on the ground tremblingly, kowtowed, and thanked the might of heaven.

The faces of several Yuanyings changed, and they all knew that the weather in Cangzhou was about to change!

At this critical moment, Lin Le sighed in his heart.

Master, where are you? (End of this chapter)