Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 412: Crocodile Yuan Leads the Beast
"Puppeteer! Puppeteer! The crossbow mechanism of the Gengzi platform is broken, quickly repair it!"

"Go call Senior Brother Wei. The west wall is about to break. Ask him to bring the cinnabar for refining the formation and add some restrictions to the joints. Otherwise, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out for much longer!!"

"Feed the Cloud-Stepping Horses with food and water. After being fed for such a long time, they must have rested up. Later, we will rush out with the True Cultivators to dampen the arrogance of those beasts outside!"

At this time, the formation shield of the Jiachou military camp was covered with thick blood, so blurry that even Sect Leader Kang could hardly see the number of monsters outside.

Although the protective shield of this second-level formation was strong, it could not block the screams and roars of the violent beasts below the village, nor their bloodthirsty and hideous faces.

"What a beast, you really did something big." Kang Dabao cursed in a low voice while standing on the village wall. He turned around and saw Ma Yanwen, the head of the Ma family, walked over with a solemn expression and said in a deep voice: "Alliance leader, the situation is not very good."

"how?"

"The spirit birds cannot leave. We have sent out more than 300 letters, but only a few have replied. I wonder if the cultivators in various spirit places have received the messages we sent."

Kang Dabao muttered for a while before saying, "Brother Ma, please send another letter to strictly order all the camps outside to gather at key points and defend. They are not allowed to go out, and they are not allowed to come to Jiachou military camp privately to provide assistance. If there is a siege by monsters, we must do everything we can to delay it.

As for those who abandoned the formation and ran away, it would be fine if Kang died this time, but if not, just think about how agile your legs are and where you can run to.

Tell the heads of each family that this time we may need the help of the cultivators in the Dafa clan. The situation is urgent, so don't hold back. But don't panic, go to my junior brother Yuan Jin to gather and organize before setting off.

The evil beast outside is planning to besiege the city and attack the reinforcements. It has not even used half of its full strength yet. If we disperse the reinforcements, it will take advantage of us and defeat us one by one. We can't be fooled by those beasts."

After hearing this, Ma Yanwen responded and went downstairs to arrange things.

Sect Leader Kang shifted his gaze to the herd of beasts below the military camp and sighed in his heart, "There is indeed a world of difference between having a spiritual beast to lead the herd or not." Fortunately, he knew when to stop and didn't even rush to send his disciples to occupy the newly acquired second-grade mid-quality spirit vein.

Among the troops brought by the Chongming League this time, except for the independent cultivators who were scattered in various unimportant spiritual places to run production and the disciples of various families who supervised them, most of the other elite troops were stationed near the Jiachou military camp.

Although Kang Dabao made a bad move this time, he saw that the herds of beasts on the spiritual lands were the same as recorded on the map, without any unusual movements. The several groups of spiritual birds released from afar did not notice anything unusual, so he thought that maybe he was being too suspicious and Crocodile Yuan was not here at all.

They also didn't guess that the reason why Crocodile Yuan had not taken any action was that he was actually transferring monsters from deeper in the Jackdaw Mountains, forming a group of beasts that had not been seen in the vicinity of Pingrong County for many years.

However, the speed at which Master Kang gathered his elite troops was indeed not slow. He retracted his outstretched hand and clenched it into a hard fist.

However, these evil beasts came too quickly after all, and the life or death of the teams scattered in other spiritual lands became difficult to say. Even Jiang Qing and Mingzhe were still left outside.

"Boom," the loud noise coming from outside the village pulled Kang Dabao back from his thoughts.

It turned out that a large group of about a hundred red-clawed and scaled cattle suddenly appeared outside the formation, quickly squeezed out of the herd, and crashed heavily into the light shield of the formation.

These huge beasts were almost all of the first-class quality, with heavy bodies and a body length of two or three feet. The pair of curved horns on the bull's head glowed with gray light and were extremely sharp. Even an ordinary mid-stage cultivator holding a magic weapon shield would have difficulty withstanding a collision with them.

The purple fire jackals and red-maned boars that just charged into the battle are not the same as this red-clawed and scaled bull.

Ming Hui, who was in the main formation, was a little surprised. This kind of monster had been raised and controlled too much by the mountain barbarians before, and had not appeared in the vicinity of Yunjiao Province for many years. He didn't expect to see it on the edge of the Jackdaw Mountains today.

He was not in a hurry. He threw command flags into the air and they floated in the air. The sound of orders also resounded on the city wall.

"Turn the Star Shooting Crossbow around!"

"Puppeteer, release those sturdy mountain-moving puppets first! Send out a group of sword-wielding puppets and shield-wielding puppets to follow closely behind! Chop off the sharp horns of those beasts and come back. I will pay the spirit stone finder to refine magic weapons for you."

"Talisman, Talisman! Water Talisman, three in a row, listen to my command!!"

"My adopted uncle has been well trained by Master Ming," said Master Kang, seeing that Ming Hun was so well-mannered, he did not feel worried about the unexpected events.

"Master-master! A disciple from the Hanshan Sect reports that Senior Lu's injuries seem to have worsened!" Liu Ya ran over and shouted loudly.

Kang Dabao instantly put to rest all the thoughts in his mind, walked past Liu Ya and the village wall, and rushed all the way to the west city wall.

As soon as he showed up, the many anxious Hanshan disciples on the wall cried out in surprise:

"Alliance leader, the alliance leader is here!"

"Alliance leader, when will our reinforcements arrive?"

"There are too many monsters outside. We can't kill them all, leader!!"

The head of the sect, Kang Da, frowned at the scene. The drawbacks of the blind expansion of the four heads of the Hanshan Sect seemed to have appeared at this moment. Compared with the other sects, his sect had more sophisticated equipment and the cultivation of his disciples was not low, but the western wall was the first to be in danger.

Even the Changyun Ma family's team, which did not have a foundation-building cultivator, was not as panicked and anxious as they were. You have to know that most of the people in the Changyun Ma family's team had just been ambushed by a group of beasts and had just retreated in a panic after suffering a defeat.

Hanshan Sect is a prestigious sect with four foundation-building disciples. Although the fighting spirit of these disciples is better than that of the independent cultivators recruited by Zhongming League with money, they are far inferior to Ma and Lu, the two Qi-cultivating people, which is also laughable.

He could only keep these words in his heart for the time being. Kang Dabao rushed to Lu Xingbei despite the shrill roars outside and the panicked words of the Hanshan Sect disciples.

"I heard that Fellow Daoist Lu was seriously injured. I have some medicine here. Fellow Daoist, please take a look and see if it is suitable for you."

Unexpectedly, Lu Xingbei, who had originally looked calm, was stunned. His eyes rolled around in his sockets before he understood.

Then he just smiled and said, "Don't worry, leader. I was just hit by an iron-horned deer when I was leading the cavalry to charge yesterday, and I am very angry.

I finally managed to force it out, and I secretly found a corner to vomit it out. It was not a big deal. Maybe one of the younger ones saw it and spread the rumor that I was seriously injured?" "How do these brothers manage their disciples?!"

Kang Dabao didn't know whether to be angry or happy after hearing this. In the end, he just sighed: "I'm glad that Daoist Lu is okay. Otherwise, I don't know how to explain it to Daoist Xu when I meet him later."

Just as Lu Xingbei was about to respond, there was an unusual movement outside the formation.

All I could hear was the screams of the densely packed first-level monsters becoming even louder. They were pushing and squeezing each other, and they kept making way for each other. A huge monster covered with scales walked over, surrounded by a dozen second-level monsters.

The beasts that were fighting fiercely around the village wall suddenly stopped and retreated like a tide.

Although the cultivators from various families on the village wall were still dozens of feet away from the second-level monsters under the wall, they were also frightened by the aura of these ugly creatures and looked worried.

Until this moment, it was confirmed that the head of Kangda Sect had realized what he had thought in his heart. He looked at the old enemy under the general's camp for a while before muttering, "Crocodile Yuan."

"Friend Kang, long time no see." E Yuan looked up, his eyes filled with hatred.

"E Yuan, your three brothers didn't die in my hands. What deep hatred do we have? Is it necessary for you to make such a big scene to harm me?"

As soon as Kang Dabao finished speaking, Crocodile Yuan started laughing.

The beast first let out a long breath, then opened his huge mouth, and hoarse and unpleasant syllables flowed out from between his teeth: "Yuan Feng is dead, Yue Lan is dead, and among the enemies who harmed my brothers back then, you are the only one who is still alive. If I don't kill you, how can I vent my anger?!
Even if I can't kill you this time, I'll make you lose a few of your trusted followers, so that you can have a taste of what I've been feeling all these years!"

After saying this, the beast still kept talking, and his fierce eyes swept towards the monks on the wall one by one, and then said:
"Listen carefully, all the cultivators in the village. If you have nothing to do with that damn Chongming Sect, then leave now. My Jackdaw Mountain lineage will still spare your lives.

If we act slowly, or wait until the village is breached, it will be hard to say. My compassionate heart cannot be tolerated for too long."

Life is at stake, so no matter how false the lies are, some people will believe them. A noisy chattering began to be heard among the Hanshan Sect disciples:

"It turns out that these beasts are coming for the leader of the Chongming Sect. We are the ones who have suffered the misfortune along with his family!"

"This is like a fire in the city gate, and the fish in the pond are in trouble!!"

"Don't panic, everyone. There is definitely room for this situation to turn around. As long as we..."

For a moment, the words of the beast E Yuan made many people on the wall feel strange. Some brainless and unwise people even said what they were thinking directly:
"Uncle Lu, let's send someone down to explain things to the leader of the monsters, so that they can find the culprit for their wrongdoings and stop looking for trouble with our Hanshan Sect. As long as they are willing to help, our Hanshan Sect will withdraw from this Jiachou military camp and will not help the Chongming Sect."

"Pa!" Lu Xingbei was furious, but he didn't rush to scold. He just turned around and responded with a slap as big as a palm fan.

If he hadn't still retained some rationality, he would have slapped the last disciple who spoke into the room in the face.

"You believe the monster's words? Did your mother really raise the purple river placenta and throw the baby away?!"

Lu Xingbei was so angry that he cursed loudly. The monsters in the Jackdaw Mountains had fought against humans so many times in the past tens of thousands of years that even those Yuanying Zhenren couldn't count them all. They were so powerful in this matter, so how could they live in peace with humans?

Lu Xingbei is a real independent cultivator who has fought his way up from an unarmed warrior to a true cultivator of the foundation-building stage. If he is really pissed off, it doesn't matter if you are his disciple or not. He will just take out an ice crystal spear and stab you, freezing you from the inside out.

Anyway, it has only been a few years since they accepted the so-called disciples, the Four Friends of Hanshan, so there is no question of whether they feel sorry for them or not. The most they can do is recruit a new batch.

It would be impossible for the four sworn brothers to do something like a certain great sect leader who would always mourn over the loss of his disciples.

After all, there were many insignificant cultivators in this world who were thirsty for the true Dharma, and the chances of becoming a disciple of a foundation-building sect were rare. Even if the few true cultivators of the Hanshan Sect were extremely fierce, it would be enough to make them risk their lives to give it a try.

Several disciples of the Hanshan Sect who were hoping to escape from the formation were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they wished they could swallow back the words they had just spoken.

After Lu Xingbei taught his disciples a lesson, he took a break and quickly walked up to Kang Dabao, bowing and saying, "Lu Xingbei failed to discipline his subordinates, which led to the loss of morale in the army. I beg the leader to punish me."

The latter's eyes were still on the huge monster below the military camp, as if he was thinking about how to use his golden eyes to cut open its carapace and melt the organs and flesh inside into mud.

After hearing what Lu Xingbei said, he just said calmly: "Brother Lu, calm down. With such a strong enemy in front of us, the younger generation has little experience and it is inevitable that we will be outshone, but it is okay."

After hearing Kang Dabao's words, Lu Xingbei felt relieved, and his tense face relaxed. He then let out a long breath, with a hint of fear on his face.
"I need to talk to my elder brother later. I can't just take advantage of this situation. If this Kang guy really thinks I have the same intentions as these idiots, I'm afraid he will tear my bones off the wall of the military camp in a few moves!"

He was born as a casual cultivator, and made a name for himself among the casual cultivators in Hong County with his fairly decent weapon-controlling skills. That's why he, together with Xu Liuxian and others, were nicknamed the Four Friends of Hanshan.

But the Kang Dabao in front of him was a person who had competed with Lang Yi, the number one cultivator in Hong County, many years ago.

Lu Xingbei thought that he was not a coward, but he would never dare to fight with such a person.

Lu Xingbei, who felt like he had been through the gates of hell, ignored the cold sweat on his back and urged the Hanshan Sect disciples in a stern voice to be ready for battle.

Not long after, Lu Xingbei's third brother Ji Yunsheng, who was supposed to be recuperating in the village after the long battle yesterday, also heard the news and hurried to the top of the city.

He was more familiar with Master Kang, and knew that the latter was not as narrow-minded as the legend said. He simply greeted him and then turned around to train his disciples with Lu Xingbei and get down to business.

Seeing that its psychological attack method did not work, Crocodile Yuan did not show any anger.

Although it had only met Kang Dabao once in the Guanshan Cave many years ago, it knew that the latter was not a useless waste. It would be strange if it could not even intimidate the monks in the village.

It turned around and selected a golden-horned woolly rhinoceros with its eyes. This second-level monster was not as lazy as usual. It just raised its head and roared, and dozens of second-level monsters around it rushed towards the somewhat thin wall of the military camp.

(End of this chapter)