Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 294 A sudden turn of events
The sky was clear and the air was bright. In the desolate and uninhabited mountains, a spirit ship sped past, with the three big characters "Yun Xuanzong" fluttering on the bow flag.

On the boat were stone boxes of various colors, all of which were filled with spiritual beast cubs brought from the Muhe grassland.

As the spirit ship was sailing, the sky and the earth suddenly darkened, and a huge black sphere emerged from the sky and smashed towards the spirit ship like a mountain.

With a loud bang, the runes on the spirit ship's defensive light curtain exploded, and under the attack of the black giant ball, the light curtain was visibly dented.

At this moment, another giant golden sword fell from the sky, and the runes on the defensive light curtain shattered one after another, and then shattered like a curtain of water.

The golden giant sword and the black giant ball directly smashed the bow of the ship, and the spirit ship immediately lost balance and dived down uncontrollably.

The many Yun Xuanzong monks on the spirit ship had already been in chaos, with screams, shouts, and roars filling the air.

Inside the cabin of the spirit ship, two beams of light shot out, revealing two foundation-building monks.

In front of him stood four foundation-building monks, all wearing loose black robes and conical hats, which concealed their appearance and form completely.

The two Yun Xuan Sect disciples were shocked when they saw this. One of them shouted, "How dare you, fellow Daoists, attack our sect's spirit ship? Why are you hiding your head and showing your tail?"

In response to his words, there was a huge golden palm print. Among the four foundation-building monks wearing robes and wearing fighting gloves, the leader's palm shone with golden light, and he slapped out with one palm. In an instant, a huge golden palm print condensed in the air and hit the two of them.

"Let's go." The two looked at each other, made a decision immediately, and fled to the rear.

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In the majestic mansion of Tianshan Mountain, Song Xianfang came back from the practice room when he heard a report that Zhang Ningyuan was waiting in the waiting room and wanted to see him for important matters.

He then came to the hall where Zhang Ningyuan was already sitting. Upon seeing him arrive, he immediately came forward with an expression that was hard to tell whether it was anxious, excited or thrilled.

"Master, the spirit ship that Yun Xuanzong was transporting spirit beasts on was attacked by unidentified people and crashed in the Fengqiangu area." After Zhang Ningyuan saluted, he spoke quickly and impatiently.

Hearing this, Song Xian was stunned: "Feng Qiangu? What's going on?"

"On my way back to the mountain gate, I passed by there and saw a second-level spirit ship of Yun Xuanzong that had crashed there. I checked it out and found that it was carrying only spirit beast cubs, all of which had been slaughtered."

Song Xian's face changed. Fengqiangu was not far from the Tianshan Mountains, and Yun Xuanzong's spirit ship was attacked there. If Yun Xuanzong traced the situation, he might be implicated.

Who was so bold as to attack Yun Xuanzong's spirit ship? His first reaction was that it was the Beastmaster Sect who did it.

Yun Xuanzong's development of the spirit beast industry has led to a tense relationship between the two sides. The Beastmaster Sect has issued warnings to Yun Xuanzong more than once, and this spirit ship is used to transport spirit beasts.

Therefore, it must be the Beast Taming Sect without a doubt. Apart from them, no one else in Xijiang County has the motivation or the courage to do so.

The point is, if you want to ambush Yun Xuanzong's spirit ship, you can do it anywhere else! Why choose Tianshan? Aren't you digging a hole for yourself?

Hunyuan Sect was originally believed by outsiders to be a force supported by the Beast Taming Sect. Unfortunately, their spirit ship that was transporting spirit beasts had an accident here. What if Yun Xuanzong thought that Hunyuan Sect was involved in this matter and provided intelligence to help the Beast Taming Sect attack their spirit ship, and then took his anger out on Hunyuan Sect, then it would be all over.

Song Xian was shocked and frightened. Damn Beast Taming Sect, if you want to deal with Yun Xuanzong, just declare war on them directly. Why did you have to ambush their spirit ship here?

"Have you found any survivors of Yun Xuanzong?"

"Only a few bodies were found near the crashed ghost ship, and no survivors have been found yet."

"Send someone immediately to find out what happened?"

"Okay." Zhang Ningyuan just stood up when he saw an attendant coming to the door and reporting to him: "Master, Senior Brother Huang Ye is here and wants to report something important."

"Please ask him to come in." "Yes."

When Zhang Ningyuan saw Huang Ye coming, he did not leave in a hurry, but sat down again. This was because Huang Ye was in charge of intelligence, and he came here most likely because he had received news about the crash of Yun Xuanzong's spirit ship.

Huang Ye soon entered from outside, bowed, and said, "Master, I have received news that a second-level spirit ship of Yun Xuanzong, which was transporting spirit beast cubs from the Muhe Grassland, crashed in Feng Qiangu."

"I already know this. Senior Brother Ning Yuan passed by there and saw the crashed spirit ship. Is there any other news?"

"According to reports, the spiritual ship was attacked by four masked Foundation Establishment cultivators, two of whom were in the early stages of Foundation Establishment, one in the middle stages, and one in the late stages. Yun Xuanzong had two Foundation Establishment cultivators in charge of escorting the ship. The body of one of them was found in the Huangshigang area, and the other is missing."

Song Xian's heart skipped a beat. Even the foundation-building cultivator who was guarding the spirit ship was killed. This group of ambushers meant to kill him!
Things have gotten so serious that Yun Xuanzong will definitely not let it go. But the four ambushers haven't revealed their true identities. I'm sure Yun Xuanzong won't put the blame on himself!
Logically speaking, it shouldn't happen. The ambushers included four Foundation Establishment cultivators, and anyone with a discerning eye would know that it was done by the Beast Taming Sect.

But he was afraid that Yun Xuanzong would be irrational and launch a crazy revenge, even taking his own family into account. After all, the incident happened within the jurisdiction of Tianshan, and Hunyuan Sect was generally regarded by the outside world as a lackey of the Beast Taming Sect.

It is entirely possible that he would take revenge on the Hunyuan Sect at the same time because he hated the whole clan.

Yun Xuanzong is not trying a criminal, so he doesn't need to provide any evidence. He will take action as long as he thinks you might be involved, which is almost a disaster for Hunyuan Sect.

"Someone is coming."

The disciples outside heard the shout and immediately came in: "Master, what are your instructions?"

"Pass on my order, and mobilize all the Tianshan camp to follow Senior Brother Ningyuan to find the survivors of Yun Xuanzong. It would be best if you can invite them to the outside of the mountain gate. Remember, you must invite them politely." Song Xian flipped his hand and handed him a token.

"Yes." The disciple took the token and left with Zhang Ningyuan.

"Is there any news about these four ambushers?" Song Xian asked after Zhang Ningyuan left.

There are some secrets of the intelligence team that cannot be told to outsiders.

"Not yet. I think this was done by the Beast Taming Sect."

"This is obvious. Apart from the Beastmaster Sect, no one else has the motive or the courage to do so. Let's investigate whether anyone from the Beastmaster Sect has met Jiang Feng recently. The Beastmaster Sect ambushed Yun Xuanzong's spirit ship here, so they would probably send someone to contact Jiang Feng. It's even possible that Jiang Feng was the mastermind. Wasn't there a late Foundation Establishment cultivator among the four ambushing cultivators? Maybe it was Jiang Feng, who knows."

"I'll send someone to check immediately."

Song Xian was worried: "If this matter is not handled properly, it may bring disaster to our clan. If Yun Xuanzong gets angry with us, we will be finished."

"I think you should go meet Jiang Feng and explain this matter to him clearly to see what the Beastmaster Sect's attitude is."

"Going to see Jiang Feng now? Wouldn't that just add fuel to the fire? Yun Xuanzong's spirit ship had just been ambushed, and I was going to see Jiang Feng. If this gets out, people will think I'm reporting the results of the battle to him."

"If Yun Xuanzong is determined to deal with us, whether you meet Jiang Feng or not will not affect their decision. But now we can only rely on Jiang Feng."

"Let me think."

Huang Ye continued, "The Beastmaster Sect and the Yunxuan Sect were already on edge. After this incident, it's very likely that one move could escalate into an all-out war. The Beastmaster Sect ambushed one of the Yunxuan Sect's spirit ships here, but we don't know if they've attacked Yunxuan Sect elsewhere at the same time. It's possible that the Beastmaster Sect is already attacking Yunxuan Sect's mountain gate."

"We have no choice but to rely on the Beast Tamer Sect. In this critical moment, besides relying on the Beast Tamer Sect, is there any other way to protect our sect?"

Song Xian's eyes flickered, his thoughts raced in his mind, and after a long time, he finally nodded.

(End of this chapter)