Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Chapter 918: Sect Meeting, Honest Person

Wei State, "Guyang Mountain".

Ever since the first patriarch of the sect established his sect in Wei State, the "Xiaoyao Sect" has occupied the fourth-level middle-grade spiritual vein of Guyang Mountain for more than four thousand years.

During this period, the sect developed through several generations of cultivators and experienced ups and downs.

It was not until the previous ancestor "Daoxuan Zhenren" took over the sect that it gradually stabilized and took control of and commanded the entire Weiguo immortal cultivation world.

After the death of Taoist Master Daoxuan, the sect was left with only Li Mufeng, a Nascent Soul cultivator who had just formed his Nascent Soul stage.

Therefore, the overall strength of the "Xiaoyao Sect" has rapidly declined from its top ranking among the major Nascent Soul sects in the Floating Cloud Mountains' cultivation world.

They were surpassed one by one by other Nascent Soul Sects in the surrounding areas, such as the Tianji Sect, the Hunyuan Sect, the Huoyang Sect, etc. Even some small neighboring countries that were originally under their jurisdiction were forced to switch sides due to the situation.

After Li Mufeng took over, the entire "Xiaoyao Sect" was in a difficult situation. At one point, under the dominance of the demon clan, it lost a lot of territory in the north.

Fortunately, the sect worked together at that time and was able to gradually stabilize in these dangerous immortal cultivation worlds, preserve its own strength and defend the country.

It was not until the last few decades that Bai Yuxian and Song Qingming successfully conceived their infants, and the sect began to recover its former glory.

Gradually, they began to expand outward and took back the territory they had lost from the northern demon tribe.

By now, the "Xiaoyao Sect", which already has tens of thousands of disciples and three Nascent Soul cultivators, has apparently gradually surpassed other surrounding sects.

Currently, the only sect that can suppress them is the Qin State's "Wanling Sect", which is recognized as the number one sect in the world of immortal cultivation in the Floating Cloud Mountains.

After the last monster riot in the "Northern Frontier" ended, the entire Weiguo monks lived in peace for more than ten years under the protection of the "Xiaoyao Sect".

At that time, the "Xiaoyao Sect" lost many monks in several battles with the demon clan in "White Dragon Valley", "Guiyunfang" and "Chiyun Mountain".

But after defeating the demon army, the sect's overall strength was not actually reduced too much.

Not only did they not lose any territory within the Wei Kingdom, but they also severely damaged the "Jinyu Mountain" demon clan headed by the Molong Demon Emperor, and joined forces with the "Tianji Sect" in the east to seize the Chiyun Mountain spiritual vein.

After more than ten years of stable development, the "Xiaoyao Sect" recruited many new disciples, and soon the number of monks in the sect quickly returned to the level before the monster unrest.

As one of the top three Nascent Soul sects in the Floating Cloud Mountains, the Xiaoyao Sect now has more than 40,000 monks.

With so many monks and disciples, the entire "Guyang Mountain" naturally became bustling with activity, and there was a constant stream of monks and disciples coming and going at the mountain gate.

On this day, a beam of light suddenly flew from the northwest direction of "Guyang Mountain" and landed at the mountain gate.

Several "Xiaoyao Sect" disciples guarding the door saw that the person looked very familiar, so they quickly cast a spell to send a message.

Soon, two foundation-building disciples from the sect's "General Affairs Hall" came out quickly from the mountain gate with their men.

"Disciple greets Uncle Zhang!"

Zhang Tieyang glanced at the two people in front of him. He didn't say anything, but just nodded slightly as a greeting to them.

Then he took the two people beside him and walked towards the mountain gate.

Just as they were about to pass through the "Guyang Mountain" mountain gate formation, two beams of light suddenly flew over from the sky not far away. The speed of the people coming was no slower than that of Zhang Tieyang who had just arrived.

After seeing this scene, Zhang Tieyang, who had already walked to the door, immediately stopped, turned around and stared at the air.

Soon, two figures fell from the sky and landed in front of everyone.

Seeing the two people walking quickly, the faces of the many disciples guarding the door suddenly changed slightly. They hurriedly left Zhang Tieyang and others aside and quickly walked forward to meet them.

Seeing these gatekeeper disciples suddenly abandoning them halfway and going to greet other monks with a flattering look on their faces.

A young foundation-building man standing next to Zhang Tieyang suddenly showed some displeasure on his face, and asked in a strange voice:

"Hey! Ancestor, who are they? Are they from the Song family?"

However, when his ancestor Zhang Tieyang heard this, he immediately became slightly angry and turned around to scold him:
"Shut up, what are you talking about? Come with me to see the Grand Elder!"

"Is it the Grand Elder?"

When the young man of the Zhang family heard Zhang Tieyang reveal the identity of the person, his face suddenly changed. He quickly shrank his neck and followed behind his ancestor.

"Greetings, Grand Elder!"

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Half an hour later, in the Xiaoyao Palace of "Guyang Mountain".

Li Mufeng, Bai Yuxian and Song Qingming, the three Nascent Soul ancestors of the sect, sat at the top.

In the main hall below, standing in order were Chen Xuanxin, Li Wutong, Chu Fengping, Xu Ziyan, Huang Siyuan, Fang Baixuan, Zhang Tieyang, Yun Nishang, Zheng Zongxun, Luo Qingyun, Song Yuanhao, and Zhao Xingyuan.

In addition to Song Qingyu who was traveling outside, and Shen Jinzhou and Li Junyan who were unable to get away and rush over, the remaining twelve Jindan elders of the sect have now gathered in the "Xiaoyao Palace".

The reason why the sect's "General Affairs Hall" sent a message to summon Song Qingming and so many sect elders here was to discuss a major event concerning the sect's future development.

Just when Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan were traveling around "Chiyun Mountain" some time ago, a major event suddenly happened in Lu State, which was located in the south of the sect and was controlled by the Nascent Soul Sect "Lingyin Sect".

A hundred years ago, when the "Lingyin Sect" fought a great war with the monks of the "Tianhai League", it was only with the support of many sects in the immortal cultivation world of the Floating Cloud Mountains that it was able to stop the invading "Tianhai League" from the north.

At that time, Song Qingming had just achieved Dan formation not long ago, and he personally represented the sect to lead the patriotic monks to the south to provide support and participated in that great battle.

Finally, after a great battle at "Bai Meng Mountain", the coalition of monks from the Fuyun Mountain Range successfully blocked the attack of the "Tianhai League", and the two sides signed a contract in exchange for a hundred years of peace.

Now a hundred years have passed, the contract signed by both parties has become invalid, and war has suddenly broken out again on the southern border of Lu State.

What was somewhat unexpected was that this time it was not the "Tianhai League" in the south that took the lead in launching an attack to the north.

Instead, it was the "Lingyin Sect" of the State of Lu that sent out troops first, attacking the "Yuxiao Sect" which had been affiliated with them a hundred years ago, but later betrayed them and surrendered to the enemy on the battlefield.

Originally, with the strength of the Lingyin Sect, a Nascent Soul Sect, dealing with the Yuxiao Sect, a Jindan Sect, would be an easy matter if nothing unexpected happened.

It's just something people didn't expect.

After betraying and defecting to the enemy a hundred years ago, Chen Yunxiao, the great elder of the Yuxiao Sect, received the full support of the Tianhai League and had already secretly formed his Nascent Soul.

Without any investigation, the "Lingyin Sect" rashly sent troops to attack the "Yuxiao Sect", but ended up suffering a disastrous defeat.

Not only did the sect lose a large number of cultivators, but even the Lingyin Sect's Nascent Soul Grand Elder Situ Yan was seriously injured by Chen Yunxiao's sneak attack.

Now, with the secret support of the "Tianhai League", Chen Yunxiao has led the "Yuxiao Sect" to launch a counterattack, and has directly occupied a large territory of Lu State.

The monks of the Lingyin Sect were surrounded in the sect's sacred place "Baimeng Mountain", facing this crisis of life and death, and had no choice but to seek help everywhere.

The neighboring "Xiaoyao Sect" of Wei State, "Tianji Sect" of Shangyang State and "Xingchen Sect" of Wu State have all received letters of request for help from "Lingyin Sect".

This is also the reason why Li Mufeng and others specially summoned Song Qingming and many Jindan elders from the sects to come to "Guyang Mountain" to discuss matters.

Located on the east side of the "Floating Cloud Mountains" cultivation world, the relationship between the "Lingyin Sect" and several other Nascent Soul Sects such as the "Xiaoyao Sect", "Tianji Sect" and "Xingchen Sect" has always been very good.

When the "Tianhai League" went north to invade the State of Lu, as the "Lingyin Sect" was weak and could not defeat the other side, other sects such as the "Xiaoyao Sect" immediately came to its aid and helped the "Lingyin Sect" to block the other side's repeated attacks.

Faced with foreign invasions, even other sects with which they had conflicting relations, such as the Wanling Sect, would choose to temporarily put aside their grudges and unite against the outside world, not to mention the Xiaoyao Sect, with which they already had relatively good relations.

If the invading enemy this time is the "Tianhai League" launching a large-scale attack on the State of Lu, then there is naturally no need for the people in the hall to discuss the matter too much. They can just arrange for people to go south to provide assistance.

But at the moment, the people from the "Tianhai League" did not directly enter the State of Lu, but secretly supported the "Yuxiao Sect". In addition, it was Situ Yan and others from the "Lingyin Sect" who took the initiative.

The nature of this matter is somewhat different.

Because of this, Li Mufeng, who was a little undecided, summoned Song Qingming and many sect elders back to "Guyang Mountain" to discuss the matter together.

Bai Yuxian had just taken out the letter from the "Lingyin Sect" asking for help and told everyone. Chu Fengping, who had already known about this, spoke first.

"Reporting to the Grand Elder!
When the Hundred Years Alliance was signed, the Lingyin Sect had promised that as long as the Tianhai Alliance did not go north, they would never take the initiative to provoke a war.

The contract had just been signed, but the Lingyin Sect couldn't sit still and took action against the Yuxiao Sect without even saying hello to us.

Now that they have been defeated and are being beaten to their doorsteps, they only think of asking for help. They really don’t take us seriously.”

“Junior Brother Chu is right. If the people of Tianhai League go north to resist the invasion of foreign enemies into the immortal cultivation world of Floating Cloud Mountain Range, then we will go to support them without any objection.

But now the one dealing with Lingyin Sect is the Yuxiao Sect, which was originally affiliated with Lu State, so this is no longer a joint attack against the outside world.

Although the Yuxiao Sect was forced to join the Tianhai League back then, we all know the reason. It was because the Lingyin Sect persecuted them too much.

If we intervene rashly, we will not only gain nothing, but we may also give others something to hold against us in the future."

"Yes! Senior Brother Li's words make sense. I also think that we can't send troops rashly now. It's better to wait and see the attitudes of other sects.

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The hall is full of people who practice cultivation. Unless it involves their own interests or the interests of the sect, naturally no one likes to go outside and meddle in other people's affairs.

Even if it could help the "Lingyin Sect" defeat the "Yuxiao Sect", this matter would not obviously be of any benefit to the "Xiaoyao Sect".

On the contrary, the war would result in the loss of the lives of their own monks and a large amount of spiritual materials.

As long as the "Tianhai League" does not take action, even if the "Yuxiao Sect" replaces the "Lingyin Sect" in the future, it will not have much impact on the Wei State in the north in a short period of time.

After all, the monster turmoil in the "Northern Frontier" just ended not long ago, and the monks in the sect have finally maintained stability for more than ten years. At this moment, everyone is more inclined to the stable development of the sect.

Hearing several people standing up one after another to oppose this matter, Bai Yuxian, who was sitting at the top, was slightly moved. However, she did not speak directly. Instead, she quietly turned her head and gave a wink to Xu Ziyan beside her.

Seeing this, Xu Ziyan hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to the seat above, and directly expressed her opinion. "My fellow apprentices, fellow apprentices, why don't you listen to me first.

The Lingyin Sect acted rashly this time by attacking the Yuxiao Sect without any prior notice, which was indeed a bit rash, and it led to their disaster today.

But now, Lingyin Sect’s Grand Elder Situ Yan has been severely injured by the enemy. If none of our major sects intervene in this matter.

It is estimated that within half a year, the ownership of Baimeng Mountain may change."

“Half a year!
Sister Xu's words seem a bit too disrespectful to the Lingyin Sect. After all, they are a Nascent Soul Sect that has been passed down for thousands of years, so they must have some foundation.

No matter how strong the Yuxiao Sect is, it is only a force that has just advanced to the Nascent Soul stage. How could they possibly take over Baimeng Mountain in just half a year?"

As soon as Xu Ziyan finished speaking, someone nearby asked in confusion.

Hearing this, Xu Ziyan shook her head slightly and continued:

“Junior Brother Luo, you may not know that Lingyin Sect’s Grand Elder Situ Yan already has a short life span, and he has suffered a severe injury this time. It is estimated that it will be difficult for him to fight against the enemy again.

Otherwise, if they were just dealing with the Yuxiao Sect, they wouldn't be so anxious to seek help everywhere!
The Lingyin Sect is indeed a sect that has been passed down for thousands of years, but the successive battles with the Tianhai Alliance in recent years have almost exhausted their sect's foundation.

In the past hundred years, there have been no major wars in the Lingyin Sect.

However, the two Nascent Soul seeds they supported in succession failed to successfully form an infant, and the last bit of foundation accumulated by the Lingyin Sect over the years was exhausted.

Otherwise, they would not have chosen to take the risk and forcibly attack the Yuxiao Sect at this time.

Given the current situation of the Lingyin Sect, even with the support of the Baimeng Mountain Level 4 formation, they probably won't be able to hold out for long without reinforcements.

Besides, everyone knows that behind the Yuxiao Sect, there is the Tianhai League secretly supporting it.

As the situation changes, the half year I mentioned is definitely not an exaggeration!"

"this,

Is it possible that Situ Yan can no longer make a move?"

After hearing Xu Ziyan's well-reasoned analysis, Luo Qingyun and others who had just spoken fell silent with some surprise on their faces.

It seemed that he also sensed some abnormalities in the "Lingyin Sect".

Seeing this, Bai Yuxian, who was sitting at the top, spoke to everyone.

“Zi Yan has been in charge of the sect’s affairs for many years and has had a lot of dealings with the Lingyin Sect over the years. What she said does make sense.

Whether it is the Lingyin Sect or the Yuxiao Sect that takes charge of the State of Lu in the future, it will not have much impact on us.

But if the Tianhai League extends its claws through Lu State into the Floating Cloud Mountains, the sect will inevitably have a great enemy in the south in the future. We must consider these things carefully before making a decision. "

Although Bai Yuxian did not point it out directly, everyone present could clearly hear from her tone that she was on Xu Ziyan's side and agreed to support the "Lingyin Sect".

Seeing that Bai Yuxian, who was sitting next to him, had already expressed her attitude directly, Li Mufeng turned his gaze to Song Qingming, who had not yet spoken, and asked him softly:

"Junior Brother Song, should the sect intervene in this matter or not, what do you think?"

Hearing this, Song Qingming nodded immediately, then turned his eyes and said:

“I think Senior Sister Bai’s concerns are reasonable. No matter what the current situation of Lingyin Sect is, we cannot just let Yuxiao Sect capture Baimeng Mountain.

Otherwise, once the Lingyin Sect is destroyed and the Tianhai League's power infiltrates into the State of Lu, the southern part of the sect will inevitably be unstable in the future, which is not conducive to our stable development.

However, this matter does not affect our family after all. Even if we want to send troops to support us, we still have to inform the Xingchen Gate and Tianji Sect first.

Lest they say that we interfered in Lu's affairs without telling them."

Seeing that Song Qingming also agreed to support the "Lingyin Sect", Li Mufeng was silent for a moment, then immediately nodded and made up his mind to send troops to support.

“I will immediately send a letter to Tianji Sect and Xingchen Sect to inform them that they will be sending troops to support Lingyin Sect.

As long as they have no objection, we will immediately send troops south."

"Zongxun, go and make some arrangements here right away. Prepare two flying boats and the supplies needed for the battlefield."

"Zi Yan, pass the order down.

All disciples in Guyang Mountain are not allowed to go out recently and must wait for conscription at any time."

"Disciple accepts the order!"

After receiving the order, Xu Ziyan and Zheng Zongxun immediately turned around and left the "Xiaoyao Palace", while Li Mufeng turned his attention to the other people in the hall.

“For this expedition, we will need you all to contribute to our sect and lead the troops to support the State of Lu.

If any of you are not convenient to go, please speak up now.

Who to send out will be decided after I discuss it with Junior Sister Bai and Junior Brother Song!"

"We are willing to serve the sect!"

Although there were differences of opinion at the beginning, once the sect's ancestor sat down and made the decision, none of the many Jindan elders present retreated, and all of them took the initiative to step forward and ask for a fight.

Seeing this, Li Mufeng nodded with a very satisfied look.

After the meeting was over, Song Qingming was about to get up and leave the hall, but Li Mufeng stopped him and called him and Bai Yuxian aside alone.

"Junior Brother Song, the situation in Lu State is indeed a bit complicated. If we only send them to provide support, I'm afraid it will be difficult to help Lingyin Sect out.

Situ Yan and I have been friends for so many years, it is really inconvenient for me to go to Baimeng Mountain at this time.

As for Lu State, I'm afraid I'll need to trouble you to go there when the time comes!"

Li Mufeng and Situ Yan have been in charge of the "Xiaoyao Sect" and the "Lingyin Sect" for many years, and can be regarded as Nascent Soul cultivators of almost the same generation.

Having supported each other for many years, their relationship is naturally no more than that of ordinary monks of the same level.

Right now the "Lingyin Sect" is encountering a disaster. As a good friend, Li Mufeng naturally wants to help Situ Yan.

But from the sect's perspective, there are some things that they are indeed powerless to do.

Now that Situ Yan’s life span is short and the Lingyin Sect has been slow to cultivate new Nascent Soul cultivators, the decline of the sect is only a matter of time.

At this time, if Li Mufeng went directly to the "Lingyin Sect", he would definitely feel embarrassed when facing his good friend's entrustment face to face.

If he replaced it with someone he was not too familiar with, things would naturally be easier to handle. This was also the reason why he had specifically bothered Song Qingming.

Song Qingming was still thinking about this matter in his heart. As soon as he heard Li Mufeng speak, he immediately understood what he meant, and nodded in agreement with a smile.

"Brother, rest assured, I will do my best in this matter!"

"With these words from Junior Brother, I feel relieved."

After nodding slightly, Li Mufeng said no more. He took out a fourth-level talisman from his body and handed it to Song Qingming, giving him to use for self-defense.

After the "Xiaoyao Sect" sent a message expressing its intention to support the State of Lu, the "Xingchen Sect" and the "Tianji Sect" immediately followed suit, claiming that they would also send troops to provide support.

However, compared with the united attitude of the "Xiaoyao Sect", the "Xingchen Sect" and "Tianji Sect" were not as active as the "Xiaoyao Sect" in supporting the State of Lu.

Although they said they would send troops, they did not believe that the situation of the "Lingyin Sect" would be so critical, so the speed of organizing reinforcements was much slower than that of the Weiguo side.

After seeing the two sects express their stance, the "Xiaoyao Sect" quickly sent out reinforcements of thousands of cultivators, led by Song Qingming himself, and headed straight for the Lu State in the south.

In addition to Song Qingming, the Nascent Soul ancestor, the other four cultivators who traveled with him included Chen Xuanxin, Huang Siyuan, Yun Nishang and Luo Qingyun.

The two large flying boats moved forward quickly, and in less than a month, they reached the territory of Lu State.

At this time, at the foot of "Bai Meng Mountain", there were already tens of thousands of monks densely packed together.

I guess the "Lingyin Sect" monks in the formation, although they are wearing various clothes, seem to come from many different sects.

But they have been dispatched together and are using various siege weapons to take turns attacking the mountain protection formation not far away.

At the top of "Bai Meng Mountain", a white-haired old man with an ugly expression looked at the continuous incoming magical attacks from outside the "Mountain Protection Array" and couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart.

Just as the white-haired old man was standing on the top of the mountain in a daze, a ray of light suddenly flew over from a distance and landed beside the old man, turning into a man in a yellow robe.

"Greetings to the ancestor!"

Seeing the person coming, the white-haired old man immediately came to his senses, nodded slightly and asked:
"Jingde, has the eastern side of the formation been repaired?

How many spirit stones are left in the treasury at the foot of the mountain?
Have you distributed all the talismans I asked you to give them?"

Facing the series of questions from the white-haired old man, the man in the yellow robe did not answer directly, but spoke excitedly:

"Ancestor, I just received a message from Xiaoyao Sect. They are less than 300 miles away from Baimeng Mountain!"

"Xiaoyao Sect, you're here so quickly!"

Hearing this, the white-haired old man was slightly stunned, and then a smile slowly appeared on his face.

"I didn't expect that Li Mufeng is such a kind person!"

(End of this chapter)