Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 414: Kang Jin Mace

———— Chongmingzong
"Have the Xue family and other families arrived?"

"Yesterday, the Pingrong Commander sent a postman to urge them, but they said they were still on the way."

"No more urging. If they still can't get back by twilight hour today, they will be punished according to the law for being late."

"Master Xu of the Hanshan Sect sent a message saying that they will be here tomorrow."

"Ask your Senior Sister Zhou to arrange the food and lodging for us. Please do not neglect our distant guest."

"Elder Chen of Qiaogong Fort said that the amount of spiritual ink stored in their fort is a little insufficient for a war, and they hope that our Chongming Sect can borrow some spiritual stones."

"Have them issue a list, clearly listing the required provisions and the amount of shortage. I will go and talk to Deng Shiwei of Chongmingfang Market to see if he can give me some face."

"The New Year gifts that have been paid in advance by the 194 households in the two counties have all been collected. Uncle Yuan needs to go over and check them out."

"I can't leave right now, so please ask Senior Brother Pei to take a look. I have someone make a list of these resources. This time, I have to borrow them and they will have to pay it back soon. I will still calculate the interest and I will never let them suffer any loss."

Yuan Jin kept dealing with the important matters reported by the disciples in the hall one by one. He was busy from noon until the sun set, and finally sorted out the important matters.

He was also busy at this time. Zhou Yixiu hurriedly came over with a list. Yuan Jin took it and saw that it was all black words. His heart sank: "Just yesterday, so many of our soul lamps went out?"

Zhou Yixiu counted on his fingers like a local tycoon, his face showing no sign of hiding his grief: "Five inner sects and eleven outer sects have perished. Less than half of the disciples brought by our sect leader are left, and we don't know which of the remaining half are still alive, and which have completely ruined their paths!"

Yuan Jin's expression was a little gloomy, but much better than Zhou Yixiu's. He just said: "This is much better than we expected before. If it weren't for Senior Brother personally presiding over the Jiachou Army Camp, it might have been wiped out long ago."

The two brothers were talking when they saw Pei Yi and Ye Zhengwen also walked in.

The latter two were equally busy these days. Ye Zhengwen had to communicate with various families, and Pei Yi had to train the team. The four of them were obviously concentrating on sect affairs, but they had little time to get together in the past few days.

Ye Zhengwen, who came in last, became the focus of the crowd. Without waiting for anyone to ask, he spoke first:
"My sister-in-law has not returned from Sheshan Hall yet, but I did meet Master Qi in Xuanwei City. But Madam Qi is in seclusion and he didn't have the courage to pass on the message. He only said that he would help if he could release Brother Yi.

As agreed by the head brother before leaving, I went to the governor's office and the Sima's office in the capacity of Pingrong Cheng to present the battle report, saying only that the beast tide had risen again, and I, Chongming Zong, was caught in a tough battle because of protecting the people of Ping and Jin counties.

The governor's office suppressed the request and said that they would discuss it later when the provincial court held a meeting; the Sima's office was polite but only invited us to drink tea, and when asked when the troops would be dispatched, they said that they were raising military funds.

Zhou Yixiu frowned when he heard this, and asked anxiously: "Did Senior Brother Ye tell me that..."

"I have already agreed to give up the two shops in Xuanwei City and Lingtian Manor in Qingxi Mountain. Otherwise, even these perfunctory words will be hard to get back."

Ye Zhengwen sighed, and after looking at his fellow apprentices, he said, "Regardless of whether they are willing to send people to rescue us or not, distant water cannot quench a nearby fire. This time, I'm afraid we can't count on others."

After hearing this, Yuan Jin sneered: "When have we ever relied on others?"

Pei Yi, who had been silent the whole time, said in a deep voice: "It will take some time to train the team. Let's wait for news from sister-in-law before making any plans."

Zhou Yixiu's face became even more anxious when he heard this: "Master, Senior Brother and the others are in danger, I'm afraid we have to..."

"Don't worry, Junior Brother Zhou. According to what he wrote on the letter, the situation may not be as critical as we thought. Don't panic."

Ye Zhengwen's gentle words of comfort did not make Zhou Yixiu's face look better. The latter could only say in a stammer: "I haven't received the letter from Jiachou Military Camp since three days ago. There is still no news from the third brother, and I don't know where he is now."

Yuan Jin was a little annoyed by Zhou Yixiu's mournful expression, and his tone became a little stiff. He said bluntly: "Okay, no matter how critical the situation is, we must integrate the team before we can proceed. If we rush into battle rashly, we will only end up being crushed by those desperate beasts with red eyes."

After he said this, the hall became quiet again.

Heavy breathing sounds came and went. After a long while, Ye Zhengwen said, "No matter how urgent the work at hand is, even if we work a little faster, we can always leave a little faster."

Everyone nodded silently, and their faces did not look good. Yuan Jin casually removed the soundproofing barrier he had set up, and immediately a burst of weeping sound entered the hall.

"Who is crying?" Yuan Jin asked again in a deep voice.

Zhou Yixiu was familiar with the voice and whispered, "It's Junior Brother Niu Kuang. He came to ask Second Senior Brother about the progress of recruiting independent cultivators. He is waiting outside the hall."

"Junior Brother Xing is dead?" Pei Yi asked in a trembling voice.

Zhou Yixiu stroked his long beard, his tone even sadder: "The soul lamp just went out at 3:30 pm today. I thought I couldn't hide it anymore, so I told him. At first he looked fine, so I thought he had a lot of experience and had been through a lot of ups and downs. I didn't expect that Junior Brother Niu still couldn't hold it back."

"He has been wandering for half his life to finally get such a disciple. It is hard for him to bear." Pei Yi also said.

Among the people present, apart from Ye Zhengwen, who else had not lost a loved one? Immediately, they felt the same way.

The fellow disciples dispersed amid the sorrow, and Yuan Jin finally stood up and walked out of the meeting hall with an expressionless face. At this time, only two old cultivators, Niu Kuang and Sun Fu, were present, both of them were in sorrow, their hair and beards wet with tears.

When Niu Kuang saw Yuan Jin appear, he held back his tears, held the jade slip in his hand and bowed, saying in a trembling voice:
"Brother Yuan Yuan, this... this... this is the list of independent cultivators that I have recorded over the past three days. There are a total of 32 people, including 18 early-stage cultivators, 10 mid-stage cultivators, and 4 late-stage cultivators. Here are the provisions that have been distributed. The input and output have been compared with the warehouse, and there is no difference. There will be more later."

When Niu Kuangchu first spoke, he couldn't hold back his tears, but by the end of his speech, his tone had calmed down.

Yuan Jin didn't know how to comfort him, so he just said ok a few times. Then the disciple who had reported the news earlier also came back.

Yuan Jin pulled himself away and asked, "How is it?"

The disciple's face was not good. "Uncle Master, there are two families who arrived after 3:45 pm."

"The heads of these two households will kneel down and go to the punishment hall for questioning. If they can't tell me anything urgent, they will be beheaded. Their entire families will be cast into the Yang Blood Lock Heart Curse and incorporated into the battle formation to become war slaves."

As soon as Sun Fu heard the cold tone, he was startled. He immediately abandoned Niu Kuang in front of him and quickly walked up to Yuan Jin to admonish him: "Brother Yuan, Brother Yuan, this kind of behavior is contrary to the spirit of our sect's tolerance and benevolence, and it may even harm the harmony of heaven!!"

Yuan Jin did not answer him at this time. He lowered his head slightly, and the people present could no longer see the color in his eyes.

When he spoke again, his tone was even colder, and he said to the disciple who had made the report: "If the crime of missing the deadline is proven, spread the news of the two heads to every household in the two counties. If there are any clansmen who dare to miss the deadline again in the next few days, they will be killed without trial!!"

After Yuan Jin finished speaking, he didn't look back and just walked out.

He hunched over, and when he lowered his head, he clutched the book "Chengxin Du'e Huihai Wuzhen Jing" that he had obtained from Kuang Liuting tightly against his chest. He seemed unaware that his eyes had already turned red like flames, and he seemed to have been unable to hear Sun Fu behind him shouting:
"Brother Yuan! Brother Yuan! You can't do this. It's against the harmony of nature. It's against the harmony of nature!! Master Yuan."

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"puff"

Another small green-glazed arrow hit the Yixian Plate, and thick green water splashed out, making the smooth surface of this top-grade spiritual weapon seem to have some slightly mottled and uneven sand holes.

Kang Dabao slashed first with his short spear, and black flames spread out in large quantities, burning the large number of monsters in front of him so that they had no courage to approach.

But Crocodile Yuan had a solution. His green eyes moved, and 365 sharp teeth formed an array in sequence. They danced wildly, stirring up evil winds, and opened a narrow path in the black flames.

The monsters suddenly became bolder and started to attack indiscriminately.

Several second-level monsters bore the brunt of the attack, followed closely by thousands of first-level beasts.

Suddenly, the beasts under the village wall were so dense that the number of star-shooting crossbows was terrifying. There was no need to calculate the number of crossbows at this moment. As long as there was enough spiritual power, even a blind man could pull the string and shoot every arrow.

This scene really made Master Kang, who had seen some big scenes, tremble with fear. It would be difficult to resist with only Xiaoqi and Yixianpan at this time.

So he hurriedly called Xiaoqi back to his side, and then changed his orders. The group of lion insects, which had already eaten their fill, abandoned the beasts in front of them and gathered back in front of Kang Dabao to form a silver wall.

Although the silver wall was a little thin, even the leading second-level monsters could only carve deep marks on it, and ordinary magic could not hurt them.

The first-level monsters are even more helpless against these little guys who are immune to water and fire. They can only strangle those who are so weak that they have insufficient spiritual power when they fall to the ground to vent their anger.

These lionworms raised in star frost soil really gave Master Kang a big surprise just as Kang Yilong had said.

For a moment, this thin silver wall actually suppressed the bloodthirsty beasts in front of it and prevented them from moving forward.

Seeing this scene, E Yuan was surprised: "In terms of the strength of spiritual consciousness, the cultivators are slightly better than our demon race, but it is not possible for a mid-stage true cultivator to control so many second-level spirit insects. This guy must have had some good fortune, but he has only had these good fortunes in these few years. We can't let him live any longer!"

Crocodile Yuan was so frightened that he became murderous. As the beast spirit energy in his dantian dissipated, his own blood vessels also dilated. Large mouthfuls of blood gushed out from his stomach, but the beast swallowed it back.

However, the green-glazed arrows that were fired again were not only much thicker, but also had a rich blood color on them that was difficult to ignore.

Several disciples of Qiaogongbao who were wielding crossbows on the top of the village wall seemed to have noticed something was wrong here. They gave up the easy opportunity to gain military merit and shot three crossbow arrows in a V-shaped pattern. The sound of the crossbows was so loud that E Yuan raised his head and took a look.

The beast just took a look and didn't care anymore, letting the three feet long silver crossbow arrows brush against its body's energy and fall to the ground, breaking into powder.

Its fierce eyes only looked at the several spells that were fired out in succession, watching them pass through the bodies of the ferocious monsters, turn truly red, smash the seemingly indestructible silver insect wall, and get within ten feet of Kang Dabao's forehead.

"die!!!"

A difficult and unpleasant syllable came out of Crocodile Yuan's throat, as if he wanted to use this sound to help.

"boom"

The green-glazed blood arrows that Crocodile Yuan had high hopes for continued to splatter as usual, pouring onto the lions, insects, and monsters around them, scalding large amounts of white steam. Along with them, there were also several dazzling golden light spells. The latter was obviously not much less powerful than Crocodile Yuan's charged attack. Just looking at Kang Dabao's normal expression, one could tell that this was probably not difficult for him.

“The ability of this pupil technique guy seems to be almost as good as that of the swordsman from the Yue family whom I met in the cave that year.” Crocodile Yuan felt a little apprehensive, because Kang Dabao's progress over the years was much faster than he had imagined.

As soon as this thought came to its mind, its stomach suddenly churned again, and it could no longer hold it back. Large amounts of blood turned into hundreds of blood lines, which flowed out from between its teeth, making the already salty and fishy ground even more colorful.

"I never thought that there would be so many difficult characters in the cave that year. I took the pill in the cave too hastily, and I controlled the pill energy too harshly, which led to the current situation where I am stuck in a dilemma."

While it was still sighing, the monster in front kept charging in through the broken silver wall. Yixianpan and Tujian protected it one after another. Although Master Kang had a hard time dealing with it, he was not injured. Only a pool of indistinguishable minced meat was left in front of it.

He had been fighting hard under the village wall for a while when Ji Yunsheng rushed out with his well-prepared troops.

Although the Hanshan Sect was newly established and people's hearts were not stable, the four brothers spent most of their fortunes to establish this sect and also put a lot of effort into their disciples.

The disciples of Hanshan Sect followed Ji Yunsheng and jumped out of the gap in the formation in an orderly manner. Each of them was wearing a relatively rare thunder-related spiritual object, but the grades and styles were different, so it was difficult to call them uniform.

But Ji Yunsheng became more courageous because of this. His disciples held spiritual objects and silently recited incantations. A faint thunder energy arose in the formation and then quickly gathered above Ji Yunsheng.

"Edict!!"

After Ji Yunsheng shouted, the ten golden rings on his ten thick fingers glowed brightly, and then ten lightning sickles that looked like crescent moons appeared, and fell one after another on the monsters that were still screaming in front of Master Kang.

The two second-level low-grade monsters that bore the brunt of the attack received a lot of attention, with three hits on each of them. One purple fire jackal was chopped to a crisp, while the other golden-winged tiger was slightly stronger, but only had its two front paws cut off.

A second-level monster is much more sober than a chaotic and unintelligent first-level monster. After suffering such a serious injury, the Golden Winged Tiger naturally knew it had to run away.

The area around it was now much more empty. The monsters that had just appeared had not left, but had been chopped into pieces of charcoal by the lightning sickle and were lying on the ground, unable to speak.

As soon as the golden-winged tiger turned around, he saw a pair of ferocious green eyes staring at him.

Then an evil wind appeared above its head, and 365 sharp teeth fell one after another, easily cutting through its flesh and blood skeleton, cutting it into pieces that would be more convenient for rewarding other monsters with fresh flesh and blood.

"This beast is so cruel. The number of second-level monsters that died at his hands is probably no less than mine!" Kang Dabao cursed angrily and changed his hand gestures again.

The insect cloud once again formed a silver wall, but it was much thinner, forcing Xiao Qi to step forward to fight. The chess immortal plate could not rest for even a moment, and was used by the exhausted head of the Kang family to make ends meet, blocking countless monsters' magic.

Even though Kang Dabao had already achieved some success in practicing the "Chang Xi Jue" and his foundation was extremely solid due to the golden elixir spiritual source, it was still horrifying that he could hold on until now when facing such a huge group of beasts.

However, the spiritual power around his body surged out like a tide, and the group of lion insects that served as shields became increasingly sparse, while the group of beasts in front of him was still inexhaustible and endless.

This situation naturally made Master Kang feel anxious.

"Wei Gu, how long will it take!"

"Half a quarter of an hour. Half a cup of tea!" (Half a quarter of an hour is seven and a half minutes, half a cup of tea is five minutes)
"Damn it, another half cup of tea?!"

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Knowing that it was useless to urge or scold, Kang Dabao could see that Xiaoqi in front of him was covered with wounds, and the burden on his own spiritual consciousness was also lightened, which also meant that the number of lion insects was less than half.

Ji Yunsheng's disciples could hardly withstand such power. Some of them used the incantations and finger gestures incorrectly one after another, which disrupted his magic. The golden rings on his ten fingers had cracks, and the lightning spears in his hands that he had worked so hard to build up were swirling and extinguishing, making him look extremely embarrassed.

Originally, according to Ji Yunsheng's previous idea, after leading this team of disciples to gain a foothold outside the village wall, he would let Mo Wen or Lu Xingbei lead the other disciples out of the village to fight, and help Kang Dabao buy time for the formation master to repair the formation.

But looking at the current situation, his plan might not be possible. If he wanted to transfer elite troops from other walls, he didn't know if it would be in time.

Moreover, the other walls of the village are still facing attacks from monsters, so they may not have enough strength to support this side.

"Don't fight again, Nai Gong can't stop it!" Master Kang could feel that the pair of green eyes behind the beasts had not moved away from him for a moment. He cursed again and grasped something in his hand. The cloud of insects narrowed again, and the coverage area became even smaller, which made Ji Yunsheng frown and panic.

"Friend Ji, please retreat!"

"Alliance leader, this..." At this critical moment, Ji Yunsheng could not afford to hesitate for too long. He just waved his hand and gave the order, and the Hanshan Sect disciples who had just been in a state of formation scattered like birds and beasts.

Kang Dabao didn't need to look back to see how anxious Wei Gu and other formation masters looked.

"We can't defend this secondary formation anymore. Daoist Lao Ji, please lead the disciples of the alliance to temporarily withdraw to the main formation. I will follow soon!"

"Follow the order of the alliance leader!"

"Huang Yan'er, you have a good plan! Don't even think about going anywhere!"

Faced with such a favorable situation, Crocodile Yuan finally couldn't help himself. Even though blood was still gushing out of his stomach, he still squeezed out of the herd and rushed over.

The silver lion-worm wall that could block the beasts only delayed the furious beast for a moment before it was broken through by the evil beast.

Crocodile Yuan endured the constant bites of lion insects all over his body and attacked with a large group of monsters. They came so close that even Sect Leader Kang could see the beasts' mouths full of red teeth.

The latter was surprisingly calm at this time, thinking that if he turned his back and walked away, he would be surrounded by these beasts, and it would be difficult for him to survive even with Qingyan's protection.

So he first put Xiaoqi, who was no longer able to fight, back into his bag, and his scattered group of lion insects turned into a square shield the same size as his body and fell back in front of him.

Looking at the huge creature in front of him again, the thing in his hand was finally activated.

"boom!"

A huge golden mace suddenly appeared in front of the beast herd, falling from the sky like a divine weapon.

This made E Yuan's expression change drastically, and he shouted in surprise: "Talisman?!"

The tooth array immediately returned to his front, and then the tooth array collapsed, broken teeth flew everywhere. Crocodile Yuan vomited blood again, but finally managed to take Kang Dabao's fatal attack.

The other monsters did not have this ability. Regardless of their rank, they were all disloyal and left first, and were dissolved under the claws of the crocodile and turned into mud.

"Damn it, you're forcing me to use my capital!" After Kang Dabao shouted, the golden mace fell again.

If the hidden injuries were not included, the skill of the Crocodile Yuan was considered an ordinary fake pill. After being prepared, he was not afraid of the talisman. The beast was covered in blood and entangled with the head of Kang Da, leaving him no chance to turn his back and run away. The subsequent monsters kept coming, but they were constantly smashed into meat paste by the golden mace.

The beast group led by the spiritual monsters is different. Even though the field has become a meat grinder, most of the monsters still continue to advance without fear.

Seeing that Kang Dabao's spiritual power was almost exhausted, Crocodile Yuan moved even more desperately.

"Damn it, you want me to lose money!!!" Master Kang cursed again, and the chessboard shook suddenly. A little light suddenly appeared in front of Kang Dabao, some black and white, some yin and yang.

This technique looked familiar to E Yuan, but he easily found out that it was much more powerful than before. He immediately cursed in his heart: "How come this guy's spiritual weapon has become more powerful?!"

But cursing was useless, as Crocodile Yuan watched helplessly as 361 Yin-Yang Mysterious Thunders suddenly struck him.

Then, he heard the howling of monsters one after another. He couldn't bear to listen to it. He also felt waves of severe pain in his body, which made the beast's stomach bleed again. He stopped the attack immediately.

But in just a moment, Master Kang had found an opportunity.

He took the talisman and turned his feet, then turned his back and fell back into the formation. The remaining half insect cloud was more humane than the disciples of Hanshan Sect. The silver armor shield did not dissipate all the way, and blocked many magic arts shot by the monsters for him.

After the injury of the crocodile was temporarily suppressed, he led the herd to charge again. Unexpectedly, when it got within ten feet of the village wall, it was knocked away by a huge force.

E Yuan was now covered in wounds and filled with rage. He looked up again and found that the light curtain of the Jiachou military camp had returned to its original state.

"When did they repair the formation?!"

Not only was this beast surprised, but even Sect Leader Kang, who had entered the formation and seen the well-organized disciples guarding the village, was also pleasantly surprised.

But without him asking, Wei Gu, sweating profusely, answered: "It only took half a cup of tea in total."

Ji Yunsheng praised generously: "This disciple of the leader is truly extraordinary and has a bright future."

The two true practitioners, Mo Wen and Lu Xingbei, felt as if they had just walked through the gates of hell, and there was praise in their eyes when they looked at Wei Gu.

At the same time, he sighed in his heart: "Why do all the talented people come from Chongming Sect?!"

Master Kang didn't know whether these people would still think that the down-and-out cultivator who was over forty years old and only a first-rank low-grade formation master was a talented and beautiful jade.

Just as Kang Dabao was about to say a few words of praise to Wei Gu, the monsters outside the formation became restless again.

"Everyone, do your job. Don't panic! Don't panic!! Hold on for a while longer. When we and the reinforcements attack from both sides, these monsters outside will be full of spiritual food and supplies!"

The sounds of fighting continued to resound, but the evil beast with green eyes outside had lost the confidence it had at the beginning.

"If this guy continues to practice for a few more years, he will be too terrifying."

(End of this chapter)