The years when I explored the fairyland.

Chapter 177 Chapter 174: Chaos in Tianyuan Prefecture
Because the distance was too far, even with a warrior's strong physique, plus one person riding three horses, changing horses and running quickly for six or seven hours a day, it was already the limit.

But even so, it still takes more than half a month to get from Xuanzhen Temple to Overlord City.

Plus receiving personnel, setting up channels, collecting information, and finally sending messages by carrier pigeons.

In short, when Xuanzhen Temple received the first letter via carrier pigeon, it was the twenty-fifth day after Zhongli Linghui and Feng Yan left.

But later on, the messages became much more frequent, with a piece of news coming in about four or five days.

There were news about the victims' situation, news about the battlefield, news about beggars, and all kinds of messy news flying around.

As for Wanxiangzhai, the messages delivered were even more frequent, with several messages delivered in a day, and sometimes one message delivered every two or three days.

Although the information was fragmented and difficult to distinguish between true and false, Chu Zhou was able to roughly piece together the full picture of the incident by comparing, integrating, and piecing together this information in chronological order.

Actually, to be honest, this drought came somewhat strangely and inexplicably.

Tianyuan Prefecture has nine counties, which is larger than Chishui Prefecture. However, the disaster this time was not in the area near the north, but in the five counties in the center.

If you look at the map from a high vantage point, the disaster-stricken area looks like an irregular circle with a certain point as the center.

Not a drop of rain fell within the circular area, so that the water level in the entire area dropped significantly.

But outside the circular range, it will rain when it is supposed to rain, and it will be a good harvest when it is supposed to harvest.

As a result, there are countless speculations. Some say that it was the appearance of the drought demon; some say that it was a powerful spiritual beast that broke through the realm and affected the weather; and some say that it was a powerful master of the secret arts who cast a spell to drive away the clouds, etc.

Regardless of whether this is true or false, or whether there is really some mysterious force at work, a catastrophe occurred, the harvest failed, and the five counties were in ruins.

Countless disaster victims had no food or water, so they could only travel together, surrounding the nearest city or going further away.

In this kind of situation, it is easiest to be instigated, and the Pure World Red Lotus Society was the first to enter.

They have a natural advantage in this regard. They go deep into the grassroots, incite the people, and then organize the army to spread the belief in Red Lotus Heavenly Venerable.

With the presence of the Red Lotus Cultists, all it takes is a few fights for the victims to have the rudiments of an army.

At this stage, ordinary martial arts sects dare not challenge him.

Even if it was a large sect that controlled an entire county, facing an army that had activated the Red Lotus Secret Art and was leading a huge force to charge, they would have to run as fast and as far as they could.

But it is obvious that at this stage, only the Pure World Red Lotus will join the game.

They took advantage of the drought and started a rebellion, but they had no clear program, no slogans, and no name for the army.

However, at this point, the Holy Maiden of Xuan Yue Sect, Xiahou Yajun, appeared.

This guy suffered a great loss at the hands of Ba Zong, and when he reappeared, he was almost jumping up and down, determined to give Ba Zong a good beating.

Not only did she mobilize all the forces she could, she even bowed to her sister, Xiahou Yajing, the powerful figure in Xuanyue Sect, and gained the support of Xuanyue Sect.

As a twin, she has been dominated by her elder sister since she was young. She has always been inferior to her elder sister, so she has a strong personality and must compare herself with others.

But this time, in order to cause trouble for Ba Zong, she lowered her noble head, admitted defeat and was cowardly, but she also really dragged Xuan Yue Sect into it.

But that’s not all!

She also personally joined the disaster victims' army and conspired with the top leaders of the Pure World Red Lotus Society, and eventually the two sides reached a cooperation agreement.

Of the three major evil cults of the Dayun Dynasty, the Pure World Red Lotus Society, the Xuan Yue Sect, and the Luxian Palace, two have now joined the game. The power unleashed by this is beyond imagination!

In fact, in the history of the Dayun Dynasty, such situations were extremely rare, and the reason was simple.

The Pure World Red Lotus Society takes the standard low-end route, mobilizing all the lower-class people who can't survive.

The Xuan Yue Sect takes a clear middle to high-end route. Those who can be tempted by them, and those who are worthy of their temptation, are at least powerful and wealthy businessmen, children of aristocratic families, or even officials of the dynasty.

The interests represented by both parties are inconsistent, class confrontation is the norm, let alone cooperation.

But this time, for the first time in history, the two sides came together, and the energy that erupted was truly astonishing.

Therefore, this time, they directly targeted the Ba Zong, and their slogans were "Ba Zong is unjust, eradicate the evil and persecute him!"
To be honest, Chu Zhou was a little confused when he saw this news!

The first thought that popped into his mind was, 'Only women and villains are difficult to raise!'
Ba Zong used Xiahou Yajun as a pretext to wipe out Wenxiang Temple, but this woman turned against him and gave Ba Zong a severe blow.

He was very curious, extremely curious. Could Yan Xiuyuan and Gongye Wang, who had returned to the sect with the secret martial arts of Xuanzhen Temple, offset the impact of the failure of the last mission?
Chu Zhou thought about it and felt that it was quite bad!

With this idea in mind, Chu Zhou asked someone to inquire about it when he released the carrier pigeon.

As a result, news came from Wanxiangzhai and Zhongli Linghui that Xiandengtang led by Yan Xiuyuan and Fengleiyuan headed by Gongye Wang had already gone to the front line of the battlefield!
It is said that they received special care from the Pure World Red Lotus Society and the Xuan Yue Sect, and countless masters were chasing after them to kill them!

Women’s desire for revenge is truly terrifying!!!
Then, there is another protagonist of this natural disaster and man-made disaster—Ba Zong!
Perhaps they were used to being high and mighty, so at the beginning of the drought, the sects guarding the five counties behaved very arrogantly and did not care about the lives of mortals.

The reaction of the Ba Zong was even slower. They only reacted after the victims surrounded the city and the Pure World Red Lotus Society and the Xuan Yue Sect colluded with each other.

The garrisoning sects in the five counties were almost completely slaughtered, but the Tyrant Sect ignored them and built a defense line outside the five counties to stop the Qihuo Army. The two sides fought dozens of battles, from masters to soldiers, and there was no clear winner for a while.

But the five counties have become ruins, and if there is no winner, it means that the Qihuo Army will be defeated.

Unfortunately, it seemed that even God couldn’t stand Ba Zong, so after the drought, there was a locust plague.

Yes, it was a locust plague. No one thought about it or cared about it at first, but at the critical moment of the war, a locust plague broke out!
Can you imagine how desperate it would be when a locust plague that covers the sky and blocks out the sun passes through during this harvest season?
Even if the masters of Ba Zong are fearless, they cannot kill all the locusts. What kind of scene would it be if these locusts rush into other counties and eat the food!
In short, while the masters were still able to maintain the situation, the basic situation collapsed, and thus a great rout occurred, and the Ba Zong was completely defeated.

At this point, the entire nine counties of Tianyuan Prefecture were completely corrupted.

The Qihuo Army even began to march outside Tianyuan Prefecture, one of the directions of which was Chishui Prefecture!

This is the latest news. When Chu Zhou received the news, it was already late October, and the ceremony of accepting disciples would be held in a few days.

At this time, Baisha City was already bustling with people. To say that people were "sweating like rain" was a bit of an exaggeration, but to say that people were "shoulder to shoulder" was definitely not an exaggeration.

The whole city was so bustling that it seemed like it was about to explode, but even so, people continued to come and gather by land and water.

But at this time, Chu Zhou felt a chill and felt that the war far away in Tianyuan Prefecture was already at hand.

At this moment, he felt a certain degree of recognition for the Master of Wanxiang Zhai. This man actually did not deceive him.

However, he probably did not expect that Ba Zong was so weak. Of the two prefectures and seventeen counties under his command, one prefecture and nine counties have now fallen.

There were too many bad news, which made Chu Zhou feel bad. Fortunately, three days before the disciple-taking ceremony, the treasure he had been longing for finally arrived.

It was a meteor that came from the sky and rushed through the void with an unreasonable posture and speed.

Until it reached a blue planet, it crashed in, dragging a tail flame, drawing a gorgeous arc across the sky, and came towards Xuanzhen Temple.

Chu Zhou was practicing martial arts on a solitary peak. His every move seemed slow and weak, but his fists were so heavy that it seemed as if he was pushing a mountain, and a faint roaring sound could be heard.

Then, just when he was getting into the groove, a sense of crisis struck him, and he stopped as if he had been electrocuted and took a step back.

Then a huge rock fell from the sky, brushed the tip of his nose, and crashed into the ground.

With a loud 'boom', the earth shook, the lonely peaks rose and fell, and countless birds and beasts were startled and flew everywhere, chirping non-stop.

Yi Huai and a few others who were studying auxiliary cultivation methods flashed out like lightning.

Then, they saw a large rock with flames that were gradually going out, and there was a clear track in the sky that was gradually dissipating.

Chu Zhou stood aside, looking up at the sky, looking like a master.

Seeing him like this, Yi Huai and the others did not approach him. They always felt that their senior brother would never have any scruples. Only Chu Zhou cursed in his heart.

This damn delivery method was so horrifying that he was scared to death and broke out in a cold sweat.

"Big Brother, are you okay?"

"But are there enemies coming? Are they from Wanxiangzhai?"

"This piece looks like a meteorite from outer space. It landed right here. What a coincidence!"

Chu Zhou couldn't help but twitch his lips. He had the urge to complain, but he still cared about his image, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, go about your business. There's nothing for you to do here."

"Is it really okay?"

"It's okay!"

A few people turned around and went back, while Chu Zhou walked around the boulder twice, raised his hand, and slapped it.

Then, he almost jumped up in pain!
With his physique, breaking monuments and splitting rocks is a piece of cake for him. How could he have ever encountered such a hard rock?
But think about it, it's a meteorite, so it's okay!
After the pain was finally relieved, he breathed a sigh of relief, and saw magic power lighting up at his fingertips, and he pressed them on the boulder again.

Click!
As if it had recognized the fluctuations of magical power, cracks began to spread on the boulder. The stone that was incredibly hard just now shattered.

Then, a few objects began to float in the air, shrouded in a hazy light and difficult to see clearly.

Chu Zhou did not hesitate and scooped up several treasures in his hand.

A secret realm tracking stone, just like the one he saw in the Reception Hall, in the shape of an arrow.

Then there were five dozen yellow paper talismans, all of which were covered with various "ghostly scribbles".

Anyway, Chu Zhou couldn't understand it, but that didn't prevent him from feeling the clear Taoism and spiritual flow from it.

Then there is a small flag, only the size of a palm, with five colors on the flag, representing the circulation of the five elements of "gold, wood, water, fire and earth". It is a five-element flag that has an early warning function.

As for the last piece, it is a carving similar to a mountain path. It looks a bit crude and the steps are not very long.

But Chu Zhou knew that this was the wonder he had been longing for, the path to self-reflection!
　This chapter is actually the second update from yesterday!
　　
　
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