the only savior

Chapter 848: The Crisis in Hanyue City
"General Lu doesn't have to be like this..."

Jing Xuan waved his hand, motioning for the old general below to flatten himself.

This man named Lu Cheng is the current general and the person he trusts the most.

No matter who does this matter, they will get into trouble, thankless, and there will be no good end.

Leaving aside the safety of confronting immortal cultivators, even the most basic item of silence will make this person notorious in history for thousands of years.

Old General Lu wants to go out in person, which shows his loyalty to the royal family.

"His Majesty!"

Lu Cheng suddenly yelled and knelt down suddenly.

"The matter of cultivating immortals in Hanyue City is imminent, we can't wait any longer!"

"The old minister read the military report from the front. Although our army is caught in a stalemate battle, the city cannot be attacked for a long time, and we are still facing troubles such as flooding and epidemics. But we have not suffered any real losses!"

"Even if the monsters in that city killed people, the casualties were only a few hundred. Compared with my 40 army, it is nothing!"

He clasped his fists in both hands, lowered his head, and quickly stated his purpose.

"As for the cultivator in the city, according to the observation of the old minister, his magic power is limited, and it is the limit to be able to attract heavy rain to set up an formation!"

"We must take this opportunity to take down Hanyue City in one go!"

"If the cultivator's magic power improves in the future, I'm afraid there will be more soldiers sacrificed!"

Lu Cheng raised his head suddenly, his eyes full of determination.

"I also ask Your Majesty to allow the old minister to go and bring the Dongyue and Xiyue armies to support..."

"At that time, our army will gather a total of 80 elite soldiers, and there will be veterans in command. The morale will be greatly boosted. We will definitely be able to break through the monster's defense in one fell swoop and take him down!"

"Please your majesty's permission!"

"..."

After the old general's plan was finished, the Golden Book Pavilion fell into silence for a while.

The other ministers couldn't intervene at this time, they could only wait anxiously for His Majesty's conclusion.

"Ah... that's the case..."

After a long time, a sigh sounded.

Immediately, Jing Xuan's majestic and firm voice resounded in everyone's ears.

"Lu Cheng listens to the order! I order you to immediately lead the army from the eastern and western mountains to go to Hanyue City to quell the demons and evil cultivators, and return our people to a bright future!"

"In addition, this expedition is extremely dangerous, and I want you to bring one hundred and eight masters of heavenly characters in the palace to go with you. Maybe it can help you catch that monster!"

As Jing Xuan's voice fell, the eunuch who was writing beside him also recorded the emperor's order on the paper, and then carefully handed it to Lu Cheng.

"The old minister leads the order!"

Old General Lu took over the order, and his deep voice shook people's hearts.

In this way, a new plan for Hanyue City was completed.

The reinforcements will go to the destination as quickly as possible, and within seven days they can join the previous army and launch a general offensive.

According to their thinking, immortal cultivators have not appeared for 300 years. Although they don't know the reason, but now they suddenly appear, it is very likely that some people have obtained inheritance and learned something.

Now, it must be eliminated in one fell swoop before the opponent has really developed.

Otherwise, once their cultivation base breaks through and is promoted to a higher stage, then they will not be able to deal with mere mortals.

At that time, the fairy disaster of the past may be staged, and the world will once again fall into the era of incumbent control.

In fact, to some extent, their guess is not wrong.

For ordinary people, immortal cultivators do possess great power, almost invincible.

Being able to get rid of potential enemies in advance and avoid that situation from happening, even if some sacrifices are required, is not hesitant.

But what they don't know is that the truth of the matter is far from being as simple as a few people imagined.

This world has entered the stage of aura recovery, and there will be more and more so-called immortals and monsters.

On the other side, the immortal cultivator who was identified by Lu Cheng as the last of his strength was also having a headache about related matters.

This so-called immortal cultivator was naturally an awakened person from the Star Alliance and the sixth master of the Tianyuan Sect.

Seven days later, Baihan Tower, the City Lord's Mansion.

This is the center of the entire Hanyue City, and it is also the core of the current city defense formation.

Since the last battle of the Heavenly Blood Silkworm, the city lord's mansion has been invaded by a sea of ​​blood, the flowers and trees have withered, and a large number of buildings have been destroyed, forming a ruins.

After these days of repairs, although the surrounding environment has not been completely restored, it is finally not so ugly.

Now, due to its location and underground spiritual veins, Pei Laoliu has set up a large protective formation here, covering the entire Hanyue City.

The court soldiers and horses outside were unable to break through because of the existence of this formation.

They could only surround the city and start a war of attrition.

For such a situation, Liu Ye was quite helpless.

It was the first time he had seen an army of 10 people with his own eyes.

Surrounded by an army of this size, the pressure is no small feat.

Even as a cultivator in the heartbeat stage, Pei Laoliu has no way to guarantee that he can deal with this 40 army.

If he really started fighting, he could easily kill hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of people.

But 40 is too much.

Even if 40 pigs are left to be slaughtered in front of them, it is not so easy to kill.

What's more, there is a strong psychological pressure in it.

The sixth master indeed promised Ye Lin that he would help guard Hanyue City.

But that kind of wanton killing was definitely not what he wanted.

Although in a sense, killing the enemy in the military formation is not the same as ordinary killing.

Because it was a battle based on positions, and what he did was not his own intention.

But even so, 40 people are too many.

Liu Ye asked himself that he didn't have the kind of mentality that was born in the past.

At least for now, he is just a practitioner who has just come into contact with the extraordinary field for less than a year.

A year ago, he was just an ordinary old man.

Even if he has extraordinary power, he has gone through so many battles against monsters.

Let him be ruthless to kill a group of villains or something, he can do it.

But if you let him slaughter a full 40 people without changing his face, it will be a bit difficult for people to adapt.

Therefore, in order to reduce killings and improve efficiency, Pei Laoliu chose to use formations and weather to defeat the enemy.

The heavy rain outside is formed through a kind of supernatural power to call the wind and call the rain.

What I didn't expect was that those people were so persistent.

Even if it was pouring down, which was about to cause floods, it never receded.

They found a high ground to garrison, and also dug a drainage channel to divert the accumulated water into the Li River, making it clear that they were going to die to the end.

Now, the formation has been open for fourteen days in a row.

Even for this lowest-level spirit protection formation, its spiritual stone consumption is not a small figure when it is activated continuously, which makes Liu Ye very distressed.

"It's impossible to continue like this. Even if the big formation can be maintained forever, the continuous torrential rain may also cause floods when the water level of the Li River rises..."

In any case, calling for wind and rain must stop.

Among other things, once a flood occurs on the Lijiang River, the people on my side will bear the brunt of it.

"Hey, I don't know if that kid Zhang Xiaoman has come back. If he wants to solve the troubles here, I'm afraid he needs to take action..."

Just as he was thinking, a familiar voice came from the side.

"Pei Xianchang!"

Ye Lin, who was dressed in white, came over.

"Just now I received information from the spies that the imperial court has not retreated, and has also sent hundreds of thousands of troops here. If they converge, we may face a siege with at least twice the current strength..."

When he said these words, Ye Lin was full of worry.

The current situation is not optimistic, and the pressure on Hanyue City is too great.

There is a large army besieging the city outside, and the people inside are panicked.

If it weren't for the presence of the Celestial Elder of Tian Yuanzong, there would have been riots in the city already.

Since the end of the last Xianyuan Conference, the imperial army has reached the gate of the city.

By this time, it was no longer possible to conceal the news that their people were under siege.

Even in order for the people in the city to settle down in peace, Ye Lin had to take the initiative to tell them that the purpose of these people was to slaughter the city.

Otherwise, under the long-term siege, some people's psychological defenses will collapse, and then they will direct their anger at the City Lord's Mansion.

Because for these people, the reason why the soldiers and horses of the imperial court came here must be to arrest the city lord, and they and others have suffered unreasonable disasters.

At that time, there will be all kinds of troubles, and even the city guards may mutiny.

Therefore, we must tell them the truth of the matter and let them stand on the same front as ourselves, so as to avoid similar situations from happening.

After all, once the city is broken, everyone will die, and surrender is useless.

Now, seven days have passed.

The imperial court sent additional reinforcements here, with a look of immortality, which made Ye Lin start to panic.

"Another 40 people came..."

Pei Laoliu frowned when he heard the other party's words.

He has already begun to think about whether he should go back to the sect first, pass the message through Ni Yang, and let Zhang Xiaoman come over directly.

80 troops, which is more than he can handle.

If he breaks through to the spiritual silence stage, maybe there is still room for maneuver.

But with his current cultivation in the heartbeat period, it is not enough to protect this city.

Seeing that the elder did not speak, Ye Lin was secretly anxious.

He was about to ask aloud, but suddenly his eyes darkened, and a figure appeared in front of him without a sound.

"You, you are..."

Although Zhang Xiaoman had visited Hanyue City several times, Ye Lin had never seen him before, so he was a little surprised and uncertain for a while.

"Small... sect master... why are you here?"

When the sixth master saw this person, he was overjoyed.

He subconsciously wanted to blurt out the other person's name, but he changed it in time.

Zhang Xiaoman actually didn't care much about these things, but Liu Ye wanted to maintain his image, so he wouldn't object.

"Master Liu, I'm here."

Zhang Xiaoman smiled slightly, and lifted the two bags in his hand at the same time.

"A few days ago, Shui Lanxing had a lot of things, and Su Zhangqing couldn't handle them alone, so I personally handled a few things... You see, I came here when I was free, and I brought you two old geese. , to satisfy your hunger."

After he finished speaking, he handed the bag containing the salted goose to Master Liu, looking relaxed and comfortable.

Seeing this, Ye Lin was a little stunned.

If I heard correctly just now, Immortal Pei called this man "Sect Leader".

"Could it be that this is the current head of Tianyuanzong...then he..."

Thinking of this, Ye Lin's heart was filled with excitement.

Although the actions of the other party seem to be different from the immortal leader he imagined.

But with the blessing of Tianyuanzong's identity and background, all this has become logical.

After all, he is a Taoist immortal, and this is the style of the immortal family, not sticking to the mundane customs, free and easy.

Moreover, judging from the other party's expression, it seems that they don't care about the troops outside at all.

Does this mean that his strength is enough to deal with those people easily?

At this moment, Ye Lin thought a lot in his mind.

Not only him, but several outer disciples who newly joined Tianyuanzong also had the same idea.

In fact, many people, like Ye Lin, saw the head of their family for the first time, and they all became curious about him, observing him quietly.

"You... I was just thinking about whether I should go back and ask Qianlong to contact you. Fortunately, you are here now, which saves me a trip."

Pei Laoliu sighed, and immediately followed Shu's brows. While talking, he happily took the old goose handed by the other party.

During the time here, he was suffocated, and he hadn't eaten the salted goose from his hometown for a long time.

He only felt a burst of relief now, and the burden on his body seemed to be much lighter all of a sudden.

I just want to find a place to sit down, pour a few glasses of wine, and finish this old goose happily.

Regarding the strength of his grandson, Liu Ye was still very relieved.

According to the old greedy dragon, this kid's realm has already reached the stage of transformation.

What is the concept of the transformation stage?
Before embarking on the path of cultivation, Liu Ye may not have understood it.

However, with the improvement of his own cultivation and the growth of knowledge, Pei Laoliu gradually understood its horror.

One must know that the Heavenly Blood Silkworm who made waves here last time was only in the Nascent Soul stage.

And the stage of transforming gods is two full realms higher than the opponent!
A monster in the Nascent Soul Stage can easily destroy a city with millions of people, so what about Zhang Xiaoman whose cultivation has reached the Transformation Stage?
Pei Laoliu couldn't imagine it anymore.

At least, those troops outside should not be a problem.

(End of this chapter)