Immortal Mansion Royal Beast

The news from Baishan has not yet reached Qinan City. Fang Qingyuan's whereabouts at this time are considered confidential. With Nangong Meng protecting him, many people don't know where Fang Qingyuan is hiding now.

Not knowing Fang Qingyuan's location was a very unsettling thing for many people.

At the foot of the majestic Baishan Mountain, an endless military formation was deployed, creating a solemn and murderous atmosphere.

There were tens of thousands of people, and it was endless. At this moment, the army formation included the Lingmu Alliance, the Lihuo Alliance, and the Hehuan Sect, with a total number of 18,000 people.

In Baishan, these three forces are the most powerful. Any one of them alone can sweep across most of Baishan. Now the three are forced to unite. As long as they don't fight with the Beast Taming Sect next to them, they will be invincible.

The lower-level monks were in a daze and only knew how to obey orders, while the higher-level monks had calm expressions on their faces, but they were really uncertain in their hearts.

The Lingmu League still sent out the old acquaintance Chai Yi, while the Lihuo League sent a bald Jindan cultivator named Gu Rong.

The leader of the Lihuo League is Lang Jigao, but it is obvious that Lang Jigao will not show up in person for such a matter, so he lets Gu Rong, a young Jindan cultivator, take over.

There is no leader in the Lingmu Alliance. Generally, Chai Yi is in charge of foreign wars, while the lords of the other two cities guard the rear.

Chai Yi and Gu Rong are also acquaintances. According to the friendship between the two families, the relationship between high-level monks is generally good.

But this was the first time they were going to the battlefield together, and Chai Yi felt uneasy about this sudden call-up.

Inside the military camp, in the central army tent, Chai Yi was communicating with other cultivators. The Star Picking Pavilion had been hastily mobilized for this trip, and all the people under it had been forcibly recruited, which caused dissatisfaction among many cultivators.

As the head of the family, Chai Yi needs to comfort and explain to act as a bridge between him and Zhaixing Pavilion.

"You summoned five thousand monks in three days, not caring about our plight at all. I have only refined half of my furnace of spiritual pills!"

"That's right, they pulled me out of my retreat. I just had some enlightenment. What's going on?"

Listening to the complaints of his leaders, Chai Yi comforted them one by one. He made up for the lost pills, gave those who were in seclusion more time to use the high-level caves, and other such promises.

After these trivial matters, a disciple outside the tent came to report that several cultivators in the alliance had started fighting with disciples of the He Huan Sect nearby. The Lihuo Alliance also joined in, and it looked like a big mess was about to happen.

Chai Yi was so angry that he went out and severely punished several people before stopping the conflict. During the civil strife in Baishan, He Huanzong had been causing trouble for Lingmu League and Lihuo League, which affected Lingmu's expected combat plan and caused the Dan League to not only survive, but also blocked the coalition forces of the two parties from going north. Therefore, the relationship between the three parties was not very harmonious.

After finishing all this, Chai Yi was called into the Zhaixing Pavilion before he had time to do anything else.

When Chai Yi arrived at the Zhaixing Pavilion, he saw Gu Rong, a man with a bright bald head, arguing about something. Standing next to him was another Jindan cultivator, who was Zhong Xingjun from the He Huan Sect.

The three heads of the family arrived. Sikong Ji ignored the chaotic scene at the foot of the mountain and gave the order directly:

"After three quarters of an hour, the army will set out and surround Qingyuan Sect."

As soon as these words came out, Chai Yi sighed in his heart. Sure enough, the worst situation had occurred. Although he had some guesses in his mind before, he still felt helpless when he heard Sikong Ji say it himself.

"Besiege Qingyuan Sect? Envoy Sikong, Qingyuan Sect is a sect granted by the Great Zhou Academy. If we besiege it like this, how will we explain to the Great Zhou Academy?"

Gu Rong appears rough on the outside, but he is very delicate on the inside. He asked loudly at this time just to find a way out for himself.

Zhonghang Jun, who was standing by, also started to chime in. He raised his orchid finger, twisted his hips, and asked in a greasy voice:

"Yes, the first leader of Qingyuan Sect is not dead yet. Let's surround their mountain gate. If Dazhou Academy blames us, will they find trouble with Zhaixing Pavilion? Or will they let our three families take the blame?"

Sikong Ji looked at the three of them, then chuckled:

"Don't worry, we at Zhaixing Pavilion will take care of everything. If the Great Zhou Academy really comes to question us, let them go to Baishan to reason!"

When these words were spoken, the three of them were shocked. They saw Sikong Ji's determination. He was willing to offend the Da Zhou Academy and besiege the Qingyuan Sect.

Chai Yi said in a muffled voice:

"We have to have a reason to attack someone's mountain gate, right?"

"Humph, Fang Qingyuan wants to betray Baishan and go outside to form a baby. Do you think we should take action?"

Chai Yi thought to himself, this is indeed the case, but Fang Qingyuan has not yet formed a baby outside, so why did you, Sikong Ji, start mobilizing troops to attack.

"This is my advice, just follow it. If anyone retards me, don't blame me for turning my back on you in the future."

After a brief meeting, the three were asked to leave the Star Picking Pavilion to mobilize the troops and make preparations before departure.

On the way down from Baishan, Chai Yi and Gu Rong walked very close to each other, while Zhong Xingjun walked in front with a smile on his face.

At this time, Chai Yi transmitted the message:

"Would you mind putting down the ancient bronze lamp?"

Gu Rong slapped his forehead and said dejectedly:

"No, Alliance Leader Lang didn't mention this. He felt that with 18,000 cultivators against 8,000, the advantage was on my side, so there was no need to ask the ancestor for help."

Chai Yi looked at Gu Rong's appearance and knew in his heart that Gu Rong was lying. This kid valued his life the most, so how could he not bring the ancient bronze lamp.

"I thought of the same thing. I didn't bring it with me either. I hope Junior Brother Gu can take good care of me when the time comes."

"Okay, okay, our two families are of the same blood and we are inseparable."

After a brief conversation, everyone returned to their own camp, and then the main army set out, with 18,000 monks heading towards the Qingyuan Sect.

On the way, Chai Yi felt uneasy. He called the Jindan monk who was holding the lamp and asked:

"Is there any letter from the ancestor?"

The Jindan cultivator who was holding the lamp shook his head. In just these few short days, he could no longer contact his two ancestors.

When Chai Yi heard the news, his brows furrowed. He could not contact his ancestor, and the information channel he had was reduced again. Sikong Ji mobilized the army so quickly to besiege Qingyuan Sect, what was his ultimate goal?

Is it to wipe out the Qingyuan Sect?

No, no, no, this is not realistic. Even if Fang Qingyuan rebelled against Baishan and went to other places to form a baby, the Qingyuan Sect would not be guilty of a capital crime.

The greater possibility is to force Fang Qingyuan to submit through Qingyuan Sect and let Fang Qingyuan obediently return to Baishan to form a baby, and this is the purpose of Zhaixing Pavilion.

If Fang Qingyuan is cruel and doesn't care about Qingyuan Sect, what will happen to Zhaixing Pavilion?

Or does the Zhaixing Pavilion have other backup plans, and their backup plans are higher-level forces, namely the Nascent Soul ancestors of various families who are practicing on Baishan Mountain.

Could it be that our 18,000 people are just bait, ostensibly to attract Fang Qingyuan's attention, but in fact, several Nascent Soul cultivators are preparing to capture him and bring him back?

After thinking all the way for most of the day, the three coalition forces arrived at the territory of Qingyuan Sect. The cultivator families along the way did not dare to offer any resistance at all.

Not until the tall and lonely mountain came into sight in the distance did Sikong Ji order the army to stop, and then they deployed their troops on the spot and prepared to set up camp.

Time goes back to three days ago, in the Nanchu Sect, Chu Hongshang summoned several Jindan in the sect to discuss.

Chu Duo still had a gloomy face and habitually hid himself in the shadows, while Chu Shen looked even older and seemed to be approaching his end.

In addition to these two, there are six other Jindan cultivators in the underground Fire Palace Hall. Three of them are very young, and the other three are middle-aged and dull-looking cultivators.

These three young monks are Chu Wuying, who is very similar to Chu Duo, and a pair of twin boys and girls, Chu Qingyu and Chu Qingzan.

A Yuanying sect, with as many as eight Jindan cultivators, and an orderly inheritance among the three generations of old, middle-aged and young people, which is enough to show that Nanchu Sect is prosperous and has a promising future.

Chu Hongshang sat on her own Fire Crystal high-back chair and said lightly:

"I called you guys here to give you some instructions. I'm going to go out for a while. You guys should discuss the big and small matters in the sect."

Listening to what Chu Hongshang said, Chu Shen was the first to object: "No, your old injury hasn't healed yet, why are you going out again? At least you have to heal your injury first."

What Chu Shen was talking about was the injury Chu Hongshang suffered when she was ambushed by the one-armed Yuanying during the last war to open up Lechuan. After so many years, Chu Hongshang has never recovered from the injury caused by the one-armed Yuanying's magic knife.

"It's fine now. Besides, I'm not going anywhere else. I'm going to Qinan City. What's the danger?"

Chu Duo said with a gloomy face:

“Now that Chu Wen has formed a baby, our Chu family has three Yuanyings, which makes many people in Qiyun feel uneasy.

Even though you have moved out of Qiyun, you are still considered a member of the Chu family. Among the three of us, you have the highest aptitude for cultivation and are expected to reach the late Nascent Soul stage or even the Spirit Transformation stage.

You have been delayed for decades by what happened back then, so why do you want to repeat the same mistake now?"

Chu Hongshang's face was slightly angry. Chu Duo's words were really unpleasant. How could she be so stupid as to allow herself to be ambushed for the second time?

Chu Duo hadn't finished speaking yet, he continued:

"Twenty years from now, it will be a crucial development event. This concerns Chu Wen's foundation. What is it that makes you have to go out?"

Chu Hongshang was speechless for a moment. She turned her head to the three juniors and said:

"Tell me, the three of you, should I follow my heart, or continue to hide in this underground palace without seeing the sun, and be a prisoner day by day, year after year?"

After saying this, Chu Duo closed his eyes. Chu Shen was about to speak, but was glared at by Chu Hongshang and shrank back.

Chu Qingyu and Chu Qingzan looked at Chu Shen's face and did not speak for a while. Only Chu Wuying ignored Chu Shen's murderous look and said sullenly:

"As long as you are happy."

Chu Hongshang patted the armrest of the chair, stood up and said:

"You guys guard the door, I'm leaving."

Before he finished speaking, a stream of fiery red light flowed through the underground fire palace and shot into the distant sky.

At this time, Chu Shen was about to point at Chu Wuying and start preaching, but was pulled back by Chu Duo, who gave Chu Wuying a wink.

When Chu Shen broke free from Chu Duo's pull, Chu Wuying had disappeared in the blink of an eye. He was still angry and set his eyes on Chu Qingyu.

In Qinan City, in an unnamed courtyard, Fang Qingyuan's mind moved, and he saw Xiong Feng's figure, led by Nangong Meng, entering this small world of his own.

Seeing Xiong Feng, Fang Qingyuan's anxious heart finally felt a little relieved.

The man and the bear smiled at each other, and there were no extra words, showing their tacit understanding.

At this time, Nangong Meng revealed another piece of news.

"Sikong Ji of Zhaixing Pavilion has brought people to mobilize the Lingmu League, Lihuo League, and the cultivators of Hehuan Sect to form a military formation. It seems that they are preparing to attack your Qingyuan Sect."

When Fang Qingyuan heard this suddenly, he felt it was absurd. How could so many things happen before he even returned to Baishan?

This was also the first time Xiong Feng heard of this. He never thought that just after he left, someone would dare to surround Qingyuan Sect.

Fang Qingyuan calmed down and looked at Nangong Meng. He said:

"I wonder where did Fellow Daoist Nangong get the information from?"

"You don't have to doubt our Nangong family's intelligence channels. In Baishan, our Nangong family always has more information than any of you."

Fang Qingyuan smiled and thought so. As a family of the God of Transformation, the Nangong family had been moving towards Baishan over the past hundred years. The Heihefang, which was originally the territory of Gao Guangsheng, was now in the hands of the Nangong family.

Heihefang is right next to Baishan Mountain. The Nangong family has deployed a large number of cultivators here. Once there is a change, they can mobilize a military formation of thousands of people at any time.

After figuring this out, Fang Qingyuan no longer doubted Nangong Meng's information. He began to think about why Sikong Ji's reaction was so intense this time.

As for the matter of betraying Baishan, Fang Qingyuan has already reached an agreement with the Beast Taming Sect. If Sikong Ji knew about it, he would definitely have taken action earlier.

The fact that he chose this time obviously meant that Qi Yun had leaked the news, and only a few senior officials knew about Tian Chang's recruitment.

At this moment, Zhou Tong's kind-hearted face flashed through Fang Qingyuan's mind, and he thought that it was most likely this old fox who was up to no good.

He leaked his deeds in Qiyun to Baishan, which was why Baishan reacted so quickly. Before he even arrived at Baishan, the army formation there had already been deployed.

In a way, Zhou Tong really didn't want to join Qiyun, because it would not bring any benefit to the Zhou family, but would instead highlight the incompetence of the Zhou family.

Once he was trapped in Baishan, he would never have the chance to come down in this life. After hundreds of years, naturally no one mentioned the Zhou family incident.

In this way, Zhou Tong's previous attitude was just a delaying tactic. He was making preparations for both situations. If he could not withstand Bai Shan's tactics, all his promises, including the fourth-level spiritual land, would be in vain.

Moreover, in this way, the Zhou family also gave an explanation to Tian Chang, and his compensation was considered to have given Tian Chang enough face.

However, even with such good conditions, I still have to get out of Baishan first. With the Zhou family's support behind the scenes, things become more complicated.

"Are you going back to Baishan? Many people are waiting for you to return to Baishan and then take action against you."

Nangong Meng asked slowly. Fang Qingyuan knew what she meant. She wanted him to turn back to Qiyun and directly join Patriarch Tian's army. If he didn't join Baishan, the people of Baishan wouldn't be able to directly ask Qiyun for people.

But doing so would be tantamount to ignoring the Qingyuan Sect. Fang Qingyuan could foresee the situation that the Qingyuan Sect would face if he did not show up for a long time.

"No, I must go back to Baishan. Even if the Lord of Baishan takes action, I will go back. There are some things that cannot be avoided."

"Well said, I really admire you, Fang Qingyuan!"

At the door, a fiery red figure appeared, and then Chu Hongshang walked in with her head held high.

When Fang Qingyuan saw Chu Hongshang arriving as promised, he looked at Xiong Feng beside him and a determined smile appeared on his face.

Then let me return in a high-profile manner. Disciples of Qingyuan Sect, wait for me.