Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 281 The troops are approaching the city
The entire military camp was immersed in the ecstasy of a great victory, and the disciples of the management camp felt that the spiritual object for foundation building was already in their pockets.

Therefore, even on this battlefield littered with corpses and filled with rich blood energy that was about to condense into substance, it was difficult to dispel the joy between his brows.

Unfortunately, not all disciples of Qiaogongbao can enjoy the joy of victory.

Lu Bing's spiritual power was exhausted and he died on the way to charge. If the monks under the military camp had retreated a moment earlier, he might have also tasted the taste of victory.

After struggling for half his life to find immortality, he only got such a result. No one knows whether Lu Bing will regret it.

He just died here quietly like a dried corpse. No one seemed to feel sad for him, as if the world was the same whether he existed or not.

The Lizhai disciple stepped over Lu Bing's shrunken body and hurried to Yuan Jin's side. He straightened his clothes, bowed and said, "Wang Wu, a disciple of the Lizhai of Zuolin Village, thanks Daoist Yuan for his help."

Wang Wu's white clothes, which were whiter than snow, and the bloody corpses on the ground formed a colorful picture, which made Yuan Jin unable to open his eyes. The latter felt unhappy and did not look at him first, but instead cared about the injuries of his men.

Although this battle was a great victory, there were still casualties among the patrolmen. Five were killed in battle and four were seriously injured.

Those who died in battle will receive standard pensions, while those who were seriously injured can receive some emergency treatment. If they are lucky, they can survive and use their own pensions.

Speaking of which, the casualties in the military camp were not small, but Yuan Jin did not see any sadness on Wang Wu's face.

"Is the person who practices puppetry so cruel? Is he really so heartless and unrighteous that he has become a wooden man with a heart of stone?" Yuan Jin felt a little sad and had nothing to say to the disciple of Lizhai, so he went to rest.

After listening to Yuan Jin's instructions, Shao Wei took the patrolmen to clean up the battlefield.

What was valuable was not only the storage bag still hanging on the corpse, but also a dozen or so captives who were too slow and too cowardly.

Most of these people were young men from small families recruited by the Changning Sect. It was just right to capture them this time, as the Chongming Sect still had a Cangcui Stone mine that had been promised by the fake Sima Gun before, which was waiting to be developed and urgently needed mining slaves.

Sending it back to Tanggu County would be just the right thing to do.

Wang Wucai had just finished accompanying Shao Wei for a while, and was just lamenting that the latter was a stingy person, and that he didn't get any share of the spoils after all the hard work. As soon as he sat down and hadn't had a break for half a minute, the second son of the Feng family, with a crooked mouth and squinting eyes, came over again.

With his subordinates whose blood was still stained on their fire armor leaves, he threatened Wang Wu to open the warehouse of the military camp and take whatever he saw, without any scruples. Although the latter was unhappy, he could only chew the bitter gourd dryly and remain silent.

The good thing was that this patrol team really did as Yuan Jin said. They just rested for one day, told Wang Wu to arrange for someone to take care of the wounded and carry the coffins, and then they really broke camp and left the next morning.

The bad thing was that Wang Wu and all the cultivators in his army who were still capable of fighting were merged into Yuan Jin's team. Now that the two sides had put together, there were still about 60 people available for Yuan Jin to command.

It was not until this time that Wang Wu realized that Yuan Jin had come specially to recruit their team, and not just passing by and rescuing them as he had thought.

This is a huge undertaking, which means that this military camp, which was built by Qiaogongbao with great care and expenditure of manpower and material resources, has been temporarily abandoned by Chongmingzong.

Wang Wu didn't know whether he would send more people to guard the place after this group of people withdrew.

But the news that the team formed by various families was defeated at Zuolin Village last night should have reached the ears of the foundation-building cultivators of Changning Sect. They would certainly not sit there and wait for death.

Wang Wu followed the patrol team in a hurry for three more days, and on the way he defeated six vassal teams of varying sizes belonging to the Changning Sect, and killed at least nearly a hundred Qi-cultivating monks.

On the fourth day, Wang Wu and Yuan Jin finally arrived at the foot of Laoniu Mountain, the heartland of Changning Sect.

Even though this speed was not slow, there were already thousands of cultivators gathering at the foot of the mountain. It was quite a scene, with flags covering the sky and fluttering in the wind.

Not only were all the families of the New Cloud Alliance present, but their respective vassals also gathered here.

Wang Wu's master from Qiaogong Fort was also present, and fellow disciples from other military camps had also gathered. They all returned to the command of their master and did not look as miserable as Wang Wu and his men.

Among all the families, the Shujian Sect has the largest team.

In recent years, their power has expanded a lot under the guise of the Immortal Dynasty. In addition, their luck is also good. Like the Chongming Sect, they have produced three foundation-building cultivators in just a few years.

There are already six Foundation Establishment cultivators alive today. Considering the nearly one thousand years of history since the founding of his sect, the Shujian Sect has never been so prosperous.

Even in the Yunjiao Province today, apart from the provincial court and the Yue family of Hancheng, there is no other force that can be more prosperous than the Shujian Sect.

But in the eyes of Wang Wu, who had just arrived, the most eye-catching one among his many foundation-building people was not Ye Zhen, the leader of Shujian Sect.

The Taoist with black shoes has that kind of ability. Although his clothes are plain and simple, people can't ignore his existence. He is like a sharp sword whose brilliance cannot be concealed.

Mo Kan, although Ye Zhen is the only cultivator in the new cloud alliance who is in the late foundation building stage, is far less brilliant and dazzling than the black-shoe Taoist beside him.

In the next few days, the New Cloud Alliance was not as eager to attack as Wang Wu had expected.

Instead, the large group of soldiers stopped at the battle formation and only selected one foundation-building leader to lead the team, and sent out the teams under his command in turn to wipe out the vassal forces under the jurisdiction of Changning Sect. During this period, they used their abilities to the fullest, regardless of methods and means, to lure them if they could, kill them if they could, and drive them away if they could.

Less than half a month later, under the direct threat of the army, a small number of the nearby forces, both large and small, that originally belonged to the Changning Sect were forced to change their flags and betray their master in order to survive.

Under this circumstance, Dai Fu, the head of Changning Sect, who was trapped in the battle array, had a very unhappy look on his face recently. He had never thought that just one wrong move would lead his side into such a passive situation.

The person who led this matter in the New Cloud Alliance was no simple person. He acted so quickly that the Changning Sect didn't even have time to react before being besieged.

"If I had known earlier, I would have listened to what Chen Ye said and acted faster. I wouldn't have been taken advantage of by the New Cloud Alliance like I am now."

Dai Fu's regret was not without reason. As the saying goes, "One bell of enemy food is equal to twenty bells of our own." He saw that the number of the Xinyun League members outside the formation was increasing through recruitment and rebellion, and the military formation was becoming thicker and thicker.

This also meant that the power that should have been gathered and integrated by their side was taken away by the New Cloud Alliance. Thinking of this, the foundation-building practitioners of the Changning Sect became a little restless.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that as one side gained strength, the other lost strength. If the New Cloud Alliance showed no signs of stopping its clearing operations and gathered enough supplies and manpower, then Changning Sect would certainly be difficult to defend.

Who knows, in the end, the New Cloud Alliance families will win the battle. From the beginning to the end, they used the flesh and blood of the vassal monks of the Changning Sect to pave the way, and in the end, they even lost several of their own disciples.

Therefore, since the tenth day after Wang Wu arrived at the foot of Laoniu Mountain, Dai Fu gathered the eight foundation-building warriors including Chen Ye, selected four hundred elite soldiers, and went out to fight against the Qingyun League families who were surrounding the formation.

Compared to the Changning Sect, which had lost three foundation-building cultivators in a short period of time, the Xinyun League had more cultivators, as many as thirteen.

But judging from the data on paper, there are too many newcomers in the foundation building of the New Cloud Alliance. In addition to Kang Dabao and Jiang Qing, there are three foundation building masters in the Shujian Sect who are all juniors who have only formed a foundation in the past twenty years.

Generally speaking, the strength of such a foundation-building cultivator is similar to that of Ma Wensheng, whose energy and blood are declining.

In comparison, the Changning Sect was somewhat lacking in talent, as all of them had been building their foundation for many years. Not only were their spiritual power much higher, they had already completed the transformation of their skills and the cultivation of their spiritual tools, so their strength should be much stronger than those who had just started building their foundation. In fact, the New Cloud Alliance did not necessarily have a big advantage. Because of this, the various families in the Changning Sect did not have any disagreements and were willing to join forces to send troops.

Dai Fu was riding on the back of a huge Snow-Feathered Night Owl. He saw that all the foundation-building practitioners in the sect, including Chen Ye and Ge Qinglan, had finally put aside their grudges and united. However, he didn't know whether to be happy or sad in such a situation.

Unlike Dai Fu who was in mixed feelings, Kang Da, the leader of the Xinyun League who was in charge of planning this battle, was overjoyed. It took him nearly half a month to finally force all the cultivators of the Changning Sect out.

After all, Laoniu Mountain was once the mountain gate used by the Fake Dan Sect. The original mountain-guarding formation, the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon Formation, was of the highest grade of the second-grade, and it could even be said to have touched the threshold of the third-grade formation.

Although it was later dispersed due to the unfilial behavior of later generations, the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon Formation left by the fake pill master had long been broken and incomplete, and its grade had even dropped to the middle level of the second grade.

But Dai Fu Chenye and his ilk were no mediocre people after all. As soon as they settled in Laoniushan Mountain, they invited several second-rank formation masters to repair the formation.

Although the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon Formation has not yet recovered its former power, it has been restored to the second-level upper grade.

Even though the New Cloud Alliance had the upper hand, it would be nothing but a pipe dream if they wanted to easily break through the large formation guarded by nearly a thousand cultivators without a weapon like a second-level formation-breaking bead.

Being able to force all the cultivators in the formation to go out and fight is of course a good thing for the New Cloud Alliance, which has the advantage in numbers.

Taoist Heilius also thought so. As soon as Dai Fu and the foundation-building people of Changning Sect showed up, the former suddenly became alert.

After all, no matter whether the words of revenge spoken by Gunjia Sima before were true or false, Dai Fu's head was worth a token to enter the cave.

Seriously speaking, the reason why more than two thousand monks gathered here and fought desperately at this moment was largely because of that token.

Dai Fu saw that the Black-Shoe Taoist moved, but he was not afraid. He patted the Snow-Feathered Night Owl under his seat and went forward to meet him.

In his opinion, the latter was just a young man who had just established his foundation. Even though he had established his foundation with golden leaves, had some impressive battle records, and had killed many cultivators of the same foundation level, none of the cultivators who died at his hands were worthy of a name.

But I am different. This Snow-Feathered Night Owl is the sect's guardian spirit beast that has served three generations of leaders of the Zhenling Sect and has protected the sect for more than four hundred years.

Master Dai Fu once relied on this Snow-Feathered Night Owl, and with just one man and one owl, he destroyed a foundation-building sect with more than a hundred people.

In fact, with the strength of Xueyu Yexiao, few can rival him under the fake elixir.

The former Zhenling Sect relied on its reputation to consolidate its position as a first-rate force below Beiyue and Nanniu; the current Dai Fu also relied on it to squeeze out Ge Qinglan, who had a similar strength, and was elected as the leader of the Changning Sect.

In addition, Dai Fu himself was not an ordinary fighter, so he did not think that the Black Shoe Taoist was much stronger than himself with the support of Snow Feather Night Owl. In his opinion, even if he was defeated, it would not be too bad, and he should be able to retreat calmly.

With this mentality, Dai Fulingran fearlessly rode the Snow Feather Night Owl towards the Black Shoe Taoist. When the Black Shoe Taoist was close, he gently pulled the Snow Feather Night Owl's feathers, turned around, and took the Black Shoe Taoist with a sharp look to another place.

Looking at Dai Fu's attitude, he really has full confidence in himself. The reason why he wants to lead the black-shoe Taoist to another place is probably because he is thinking that after defeating the latter, no one will come to rescue him, so he can do his best.

Dai Fu seemed to have made instructions in advance. After he left, the Changning Sect's troops were handed over to Chen Ye's command.

Because Dai Fuwu had the ability to eliminate the differences among the three families in the Changning Sect, these more than 400 people still formed their own formations and fought on their own, just like the families in the Xinyun League on the opposite side.

Although the Hundred Corpse Array of the Ge family disciples, the Iron Scale Cavalry of the True Spirit Sect disciples, and the clan soldiers of the Lin family's direct lineage were all equally capable, they were clearly divided and had no communication with each other. As such, there was no tacit understanding at all.

Chen Ye's order was very simple. They had to abandon the advantage of the terrain and risk going out to fight. Regardless of victory or defeat, they could not delay. Because the enemy had more people, a long battle would not be advantageous for them, so they had to fight quickly.

The best case scenario is to kill one or two new foundation builders like Jiang Qing and Kang Dabao, defeat one or two teams, shock the enemy, and then win the battle in one go.

Although the probability was pitifully low, it was not completely impossible. In Chen Ye's opinion, even if he could not defeat them in one battle, it would be good to be able to kill one or two foundation-building warriors and bring them back.

Therefore, this first wave of momentum was sufficient. More than a hundred Iron Scale Cavalry, as the trump card of Changning Sect, were actually sent out by Chen Ye first and headed towards Hemu Road where the formation was the thinnest.

The idea of ​​"the upper horses against the lower horses" is not bad, but now that Ye Zhen has seen how the New Cloud Alliance has become so powerful, he really wants to secure his position as the leader.

In this case, we should take some responsibility.

Ye Zhen personally led five fellow Foundation Establishment disciples and nearly two hundred Qi Condensation disciples to meet the enemy. At the cost of more than ten disciples, they finally stopped the powerful attack of more than a hundred Iron Scale Cavalry led by three Foundation Establishment disciples.

Although the Shujian Sect had an advantage in terms of the number of people building the foundation and practicing Qi, if we only count the number of disciples directly killed in this charge, the Zhenling Sect still had a slight advantage.

Sect leader Han of Hemu Dao and priest Li Mingyuan knew the pros and cons, so they led their disciples to join forces with the Feiyue Dan family and the Zifenggu family to fight against the Hundred Corpse Formation of the Ge family disciples.

The old woman Ge Qinglan was truly amazing. She was a powerful late-stage cultivator herself. In addition to the second-grade top-grade natal spirit zombies, she also had three or four early- and middle-stage foundation-building corpses available, each with different methods and a murderous aura.

In addition, the means of conquest of the descendants of the Fengzhou Ge family are much more ruthless than those of the younger generations of the Feiyue Shan family and Zifeng Valley, not to mention the cultivators of the Hemu Dao who have not yet been able to get on the right track, so they are no match for them.

In this way, three families fought against one family. The number of cultivators from various families was several times that of the Ge Family in Fengzhou, but they were suppressed by the Hundred Corpses Formation and could hardly do anything.

Now only the Lin family soldiers and the Chongming Sect were left, which was exactly what Kang Dabao wanted.

Compared with the above two families, the blood feud between Zhenling Sect and Lin Family and Chongming Sect is much stronger. Especially the latter, everyone believes that Han Yundao must have died in their hands. At this time, when the enemies meet, they are really jealous.

Although he was jealous, he could not lose his mind. Master Kang still did not want his own disciples to go into battle. He only let Nanny Sun take care of them and grouped them together with many vassals of smaller families to make preparations.

The patrolmen brought by Yuan Jin were grouped together with the guards of Qinghan Academy and the disciples of Qiaogong Fort and divided into three formations.

Lin Kunxue, the head of the Lin family, had an extremely serious expression on his face. The two foundation-building masters of the Chongming Sect were all famous. Mo Wen of Qiaogong Fort had dealt with them several times when the Qingyun League was still in existence, and he knew that they were not easy to deal with.

On the other hand, there are only two foundation-building cultivators on his side.

"It's hard to win this battle!" Lin Kunxue sighed. Even before the battle started, he was already regretting agreeing to Dai Fu's plan to go out and meet the enemy.

For now, we can only try to rely on the united efforts of the Lin family members to hold out for a while. We can also wait and see if there is any progress on the battlefield between Dai Fu and the Black Shoe Taoist, so that there will be some turning point.

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