A hundred lifetimes of cultivation, merely seeking immortality in the cultivation world.

Chapter 205 The Formation Opens

Seeing the fierce fighting in the east, Shen Bucai also became tense. He hurriedly ordered his men, "Attack! Quickly unleash the talismans! Do not delay the patriarch's opportunity!"

An elder asked in a low voice, "No, are we really going to take such a risk? Why don't we wait until the head of the family has made some progress before we decide to act?"

"Damn it, if we don't take action, are we just going to wait for that brat Shen Changzhu to settle the score?"

Shen Bucai glared at him. He was greedy, not stupid.

If you hesitate now and delay the battle to protect yourself, waiting for the Battle of Qiyang to end, Shen Changzhu will definitely hold you accountable.

However, it wouldn't be right to risk one's life to attack the Cui family. Shen Changzhu whispered, "Just make a big fuss, as long as the family head doesn't realize we're not putting in any effort."

The old man suddenly realized that Shen Bucai, that greedy old man, was unwilling to sacrifice all their strength; so that's what he was planning.

The elder in the family was reassured and immediately gave the orders.

"Want to shirk your responsibilities? Wishful thinking."

Lu Qingyun sneered, having already activated his divine sense, and captured Shen Bucai's words.

If Shen Bucai hadn't dispatched members of the Shen family to break through the mountain's defensive formation, how could he have safely infiltrated the area?

boom!

In an instant, a dark shadow swept past.

Shen Bucai heard a loud bang in his ears, and a long sword was immediately pressed against his lower back. The sharp blade made him feel cold.

"Don't move!"

Lu Qingyun said coldly.

"If you move even a fraction more, I will grant you liberation from this world."

The cold rebuke silenced Shen Buqun, who was about to draw his sword in retaliation.

He pleaded ingratiatingly, "Hero, spare my life! Just tell me what you want!"

"You must be from the Cui family. As long as you release me, we can talk about anything. I have always been friendly to the Cui family. Some time ago, I even released many of your relatives."

"Immediately order your men to launch a full-scale attack on the Cui family."

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Lu Qingyun didn't bother with any more words, and his immense divine sense instantly pressed down on Shen Bucai.

What? It's not from the Cui family!

Shen Bucai froze, inwardly groaning in despair.

Just from this pressure, the person who made the move is probably far stronger than him, and may even have reached the half-step Foundation Establishment realm that only the two elders possess.

Unexpectedly, such a figure has intervened in the Battle of Qiyang!

We must survive!

Shen Bucai gave an awkward laugh, "Yes, I hate the Cui family the most!"

"I will order the attack immediately!"

As Shen Bucai spoke, he was about to call in the old man from earlier.

"Wait!"

Lu Qingyun took out a poison pill that he had prepared in advance and poured it into her mouth.

"Hmm!"

Shen Bucai's face immediately showed fear.

"My lord, I have absolutely no ill intentions!"

"No? Then what are you trying to do with your left hand reaching towards your waist?"

Lu Qingyun snorted coldly. Shen Bucai thought he had been discreet, but in reality, Lu Qingyun had seen through his actions completely.

What he was wearing at his waist was clearly a communication talisman, making it easy to see who he wanted to contact.

"I didn't expect you to be so loyal. But don't worry, my sword will definitely be faster than those two half-step Foundation Establishment cultivators in your family."

The person behind him was probably even stronger than he had imagined, as he had so keenly sensed that he wanted to take advantage of the situation to call the elders and contact the two half-step Foundation Establishment cultivators in his family.

"My lord, I... I won't dare again! I'll never dare again!"

Seeing that his plan had been exposed, Shen Bucai wiped away his tears.

"Swallow it."

Lu Qingyun stopped talking and immediately pushed him in the back.

The sword blade pressed against his skin, and Shen Bucai quickly swallowed, daring not to utter another word.

Knowing that he had swallowed the poison pill, his life and death were now in the hands of the powerful cultivators behind him.

In order to save his own life, Shen Bucai no longer cared about the interests of the Shen family and hurriedly ordered the elders of his family to come.

"No money? What's wrong? Has there been another change?"

Seeing Shen Bucai's displeased expression, the old man asked in a low voice.

Shen Bucai shouted sternly, "Immediately issue the order to launch a full-scale attack on the Cui family. Send two men from each squad to perform a blood sacrifice. We must break through the Cui family within half an hour!"

"Won't we be scorned by our own people for doing this? Sacrificing some mortals is one thing, but how can we sacrifice our own people too!"

The eldest son was taken aback.

"asshole!"

Shen Bucai slapped him across the face.

He didn't want to make a sacrifice, but Lu Qingyun had already ordered the mountain-guarding formation to be breached within half an hour. What other choice did he have?

Shen Bucai retorted sharply, "Don't I love the Shen family more and support the patriarch more than you do?"

"Execute immediately, or I will have you sacrificed in a blood ritual on behalf of the family head to set an example for others!"

"This is insane, absolutely insane!"

The old man covered his face and went downstairs in disbelief.

However, he did not hesitate at all and immediately carried out Shen Bucai's instructions.

At the foot of Qiyang Mountain.

Cui Ze's face showed a hint of smugness.

Even if the Shen family proposes human sacrifices, what difference will it make?

Now, thanks to their prior arrangements, the Cui clan spared no expense, sacrificing nearly 20% of their low-level cultivators to strengthen the formation.

In the current situation, not only has Shen Changzhu failed to capture the enemy, but the Cui family is also showing signs of launching a counterattack.

Of course, Cui Ze didn't expect a counterattack or even victory.

But if they can hold out for three days without defeat, they can take 80% of the Cui family's supplies from Qiyang, and neither Shen Wanzhong nor Shen Wanding will stop them.

Shen Wanzhong frowned.

He clearly realized that the situation was not good.

However, before Cui Ze could even rejoice for a few seconds, everyone tacitly abandoned the western battlefield, which was suddenly engulfed in a burst of bloody light.

"What?!"

Cui Ze's eyes widened as the magic mirror reflected the scene of Shen Bucai's men, under his command, fearlessly sacrificing their lives to the formation and charging towards the Cui family.

In one percent...

20%!

No, with the blood sacrifice of half a percent of the Shen clan cultivators, a crack suddenly appeared on the west side of the Cui clan's mountain-guarding formation.

"Shen Wanding, you tricked me!"

Cui Ze looked at Shen Wanzhong and Shen Wanding in disbelief.

I never expected that the Shen family would be even more ruthless than the Cui family.

"Well done! This kid, Bu Cai, seems so useless usually, but I never expected him to be so decisive today!"

"Excellent, excellent!"

In reality, Shen Bucai was completely panicked at this moment. With each movement, he could see the murderous intent in the eyes of the Shen family members.

But he really didn't dare to stop!

Lu Qingyun was like a vengeful ghost, constantly urging him to speed up.

Once the blood sacrifice stops, slowing down the conquest of the Cui clan, I'm afraid Lu Qingyun will immediately take his life.

Sensing the threat behind him, Shen Bucai could only loosen his bottom line a bit and make things harder for his people, ordering them to continue the blood sacrifice to the formation.

The Shen family members looked grief-stricken; they never expected that Shen Bucai, who was usually just greedy, would make such a decision.

"Shen Changzhu, the dog-like scoundrel; Shen Bucai, the dog-like bureau chief—they don't offer blood sacrifices to their own faction, they only care about us, the scourges of their branch!"

"You promised to avenge the blood feud between Cui and Shen, but now I think Shen Changzhu and we are the real blood enemies!"

"Why didn't those two officials stop him?"

Several mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators from the Shen clan sadly filled their clansmen into the formation.

They dared not leave it blank; if they did, Shen Bucai would be the first to kill them.

There was already an unfortunate mid-stage Qi Refining expert there who proved it.

Therefore, everyone could only pray to the two half-step Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Shen family, hoping that they could stop the wicked Shen Changzhu and Shen Bucai.

Little did they know that at this very moment, the two half-step Foundation Establishment cultivators, Shen Wanzhong and Shen Wanding, were constantly praising Shen Bucai's decisiveness.

Shen Changzhu, on the eastern front, looked surprised, but as he watched the mountain defense formation on the western side gradually being breached, he murmured, "Is that the old man from the Bu Cai family? Could it be that I've wronged him?"

The situation is changing rapidly.

Seeing that the defensive formation on the west side of the Cui family's mountain had been completely breached, Shen Bucai finally showed a hint of joy. He cautiously said, "Sir, I have done as you instructed. Could you please give me the antidote..."

A bead of cold sweat appeared on Shen Bucai's forehead.

"No rush."

Lu Qingyun said in a low voice.

"Now, immediately order all your men to rush up and attack the Cui family. Tell them that your family's half-step Foundation Establishment cultivator is about to make a move, and there's no need to wait for the formation to advance."

"Isn't that sending them to their deaths?"

Shen Bucai couldn't help but say that if they left the protection of the Small Hunyuan Formation and went straight to the Cui Clan, they would inevitably suffer a full-scale counterattack from the Cui Clan. How could they, with their mortal bodies, possibly stop them?

Such an order is tantamount to suicide, and Shen Changzhu cannot possibly let it go unpunished!

Moreover, the person behind this is clearly unrelated to the Shen family. If such an order were truly issued, wouldn't he become a sinner against the Shen family?

of course.

Shen Bucai wasn't being merciful; he was just afraid that Shen Changzhu would send him to the executioner's block afterward!

"They die, or you die."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Bucai immediately came to his senses.

If he doesn't let the Shen family members die, he'll die right now. If they die, he might be able to argue with Shen Changzhu a bit.

The sharp edge behind it flashed by in an instant.

Shen Bucai immediately summoned his elders and ordered them to launch a desperate attack on the Cui family.

The old man was already numb. He gritted his teeth and whispered, "You'd better be telling the truth!"

Shen Bucai dared not look into the old man's eyes.

At the foot of Qiyang Mountain.

The two Shen brothers, both at the half-step Foundation Establishment stage, looked smug. However, just as they were feeling happy...

Despite the seemingly favorable situation, Shen Bucai ordered his men to pass through the Small Hunyuan Formation and attack the western outpost of the Cui clan.

"Has Shen Bucai gone mad?"

Shen Wanding's face stiffened. In an instant, the originally favorable situation suddenly reversed. With the help of the remaining power of the mountain-guarding formation and the talisman in his hand.

Of the cultivators from the Shen clan who charged forward, only one in ten survived.

"What exactly is he trying to do?"

They could have steadily and surely broken through the Cui clan and swallowed up the Qiyang region.

But this fool missed a golden opportunity, causing countless Shen family disciples to die in vain.

In that case, wouldn't Cui Tao and Cui Ze take away the Cui family's resources for nothing?

"Well, well done, Shen Bucai. I don't see anything wrong with him, at least it's quite lively."

Cui Ze burst into laughter.

Shen Wanding couldn't laugh, Shen Wanzhong remained silent, and Cui Yong's face was equally stiff.

Shen Bucai pleaded ingratiatingly, "Senior, can you let me go now?"

Lu Qingyun nodded.

The next moment, a sword flashed.

Shen Bucai's head immediately fell to the ground.

His gaze finally found a moment of relief.

Without hesitation, Lu Qingyun immediately slipped away and mingled with the crowd towards the Cui family.

Shen Bucai's life was naturally not going to be spared, firstly because he had seen him.

It was inevitable that word would leak out afterward.

Secondly, killing him would further disrupt the battle between the Shen and Cui families.

"No money, no money! Why haven't you two made a move yet?"

The old man was in a panic. Seeing the Shen family's people being utterly defeated and falling like wheat being harvested, he hurriedly retreated and asked Shen Bucai where Shen Wanzhong and Shen Wanding, who had promised to help, had gone.

However, upon returning, he saw Shen Bucai's head lying on the ground, and he was so horrified that he knelt down on the ground, his eyes lifeless.

He was scammed!

"It's over, it's all over!"

At this moment, he finally realized that outsiders had probably interfered in the Battle of Qiyang, but it was too late.

He personally sent the Shen family to the battlefield, becoming an accomplice of the person behind the scenes.

Lu Qingyun walked forward indifferently, without any Foundation Establishment stage obstacles. The mere mid-stage and late-stage Qi Refining cultivators had absolutely no effect on him.

As for the Shen family members who died beside him, they could not disturb his Dao heart in the slightest.

People always die. Even if they don't die for him, they will one day die at the hands of the Supreme One's schemes.

He died during the invasion of the Demonic Sect.

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Even if it were true death, what difference would it make if it were just one of the many deaths in the book of a hundred lifetimes?

This is a debate about the fundamental principles, and it has nothing to do with right or wrong.

If he doesn't make these Shen family members die for him, he won't be able to break through the Cui family's mountain-guarding formation without alerting the half-step Foundation Establishment cultivators.

They would then be unable to seize the opportunity to compete for the Cui family's precious medicine.

Lu Qingyun kept shifting his position, and under the cover of his half-step Foundation Establishment divine sense, no one noticed that he had quietly sneaked into the direction of Qiyang City.

Meanwhile, in Qiyang City, Cui Jue finally found his opportunity.

He was overjoyed when he saw the gap that had appeared on the west side of the mountain-guarding formation.

"Persistence pays off; I've finally achieved my goal!"

Cui Jue didn't care about the outcome between the Cui and Shen families. Right now, he just wanted to take advantage of everyone's inattention and sweep away all the treasures in the Cui family's treasury.

The Cui family is no longer worth saving. It's better for this rotten family made of insects to perish!

Cui Jue's face hardened.

Back when he was in the mid-stage of Qi Refining, he obtained a secret treasure that could grant him divine sense in a Foundation Establishment secret realm. With this treasure, even a half-step Foundation Establishment cultivator would be unable to detect his presence.

Holding the black tiger-shaped pendant, Cui Jue coldly headed towards the Cui family's treasury.

Upon seeing Cui Jue arrive, the mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator guarding the gate hurriedly greeted him, "Young Master, has something important come of you?"

A cold glint flashed in Cui Jue's eyes, and with a flash of his blade, the two men suddenly fell to the ground.

"Don't blame me, blame your bad luck."

Cui Jue bypassed the two men and used a forged family head's warrant to open the secret vault.

Upon seeing the rare treasures displayed on several of the wooden shelves, Cui Jue was overjoyed.

"I was really lucky; those two insects were completely unprepared!"

"That was definitely good luck."

Lu Qingyun clapped his hands and laughed.

"Young Master Cui's underhanded tactics have truly broadened my horizons."