The Path to Immortality

Thousand Stone Fairy City!

This fairy city, which is well-known in the northern part of the Liang Kingdom, can be said to be quite far away from the Anming Mountain Camp by worldly standards. For most mortals, it is a distance that they cannot cross in their lifetime.

But for monks who can fly with weapons, this journey is nothing.

Even though they had to stop to meditate twice to recuperate due to the encumbrances of the accompanying qi-training disciples, the team that came to change defenses still arrived at their destination before it got dark.

This fairy city built in the mountains is located behind the defense line of Mingyun Fairy City and is in a relatively safe position.

However, after the emergency expansion and reinforcement by the Immortal Alliance, the defense strength of Thousand Stone Immortal City is still extremely astonishing.

Not only is the aura of the great formation guarding the city clear, and it can be fully activated at any time, but the groups of patrolling monks on the city wall who are full of evil spirits, and the weakest ones have advanced Qi training, are enough to make any demonic cultivators who try to attack this fairy city Think before you act.

"This is the Thousand Stone Immortal City."

After comparing the map given by Ancestor Lingyun before leaving, Huang Ruwen said in a relaxed tone.

At this time, the patrolling monks on the Immortal City had also noticed the approaching two hundred monks.

Although from any angle, the intruder did not look like an invading demonic cultivator, the monks on the city wall immediately became vigilant and took necessary precautions.

Among the foundation-building monks sitting in the city, some have quickly taken off into the air and will be here in a few breaths.

This vigilance and reaction speed made Fang Ping secretly nod.

In order to avoid misunderstanding, Huang Ruwen signaled the accompanying disciples to stop where they were temporarily. After revealing his identity and purpose of coming, he used magic power to coerce him and sent the certificates given by Ancestor Lingyun into the formation.

After verification, the plump middle-aged female cultivator felt relieved and used the token to open the formation channel, allowing Fang Ping and others to enter.

At this time, another female cultivator flew from the center of the fairy city.

That female cultivator has a bright and cold appearance, and is powerful. What's even more rare is that Fang Ping actually knows her.

Surprisingly, it was Guan Ru, the female foundation-building cultivator who led the team when they went to the Split Wind Grand Canyon to explore the spirit stone veins.

If I remember correctly, the opponent was still in the early stages of foundation building at that time.

We haven’t seen each other for many years, but now this female cultivator’s strength is approaching the late stage of foundation building.

In Fang Ping's perception, if not counting the fact that he deliberately hides his clumsiness, this female cultivator is probably the number one among the foundation-building monks present.

Huang Ruwen seems to know Guan Ru and has some thoughts about her.

Seeing Guan Ru coming, Huang Ruwen's eyes lit up and he was obviously very enthusiastic: "Isn't this Senior Sister Guan? I haven't seen her for a while, and Senior Sister is still shining brightly."

"It turns out to be Junior Brother Huang."

Compared to Huang Ruwen's enthusiasm, Guan Ru's attitude was much colder. He took on a businesslike tone and said, "Welcome, fellow Taoists, please come with me."

After saying that, she greeted everyone and took the lead in turning around and flying towards the city.

As for Fang Ping, one of the four foundation-building monks, she obviously had no impression of him for a long time.

After all, it happened decades ago. Who would have thought that an ordinary outer disciple at that time could reach this point today?

Naturally, Fang Ping would not bring up old matters again and followed him leisurely.

After a while.

In a main hall, Fang Ping and the four monks stationed there, led by Guan Ru, completed the necessary handover.

"In that case, the safety of Thousand Stone Immortal City is entrusted to you. I'll take my leave!"

After saying what needed to be said, Guan Rucai glanced at Huang Ruwen, who was looking at her and was embarrassed to say something, and turned to leave.

Witnessing this scene, Fang Ping secretly shook his head and sympathized slightly with Daoist Huang.

It seems that the falling flowers are intentional and the flowing water is ruthless.

If you want to win over this stunning female cultivator, it will be very difficult for Daoist Huang.

In the evening of that day, Guan Ru and other five foundation-building monks and hundreds of Qi-training disciples who were originally stationed in the fairy city set off overnight and returned to the Anming Mountain camp, preparing to accept a new round of dispatches from the sect.

In the huge Thousand Stone Immortal City, there are only three foundation-building monks left, plus the alchemist Fang Ping.

Fortunately, the situation is now reversed. The demon cultivators find an opportunity to sneak attack a wave of flying boats, which is the limit of what they can do. It is almost impossible to sneak attack a strong fairy city protected by a large formation.

Because of this, Huang Ruwen and other monks generally have a relaxed mentality.

After agreeing on specific duty arrangements, they dispersed.

………

At dawn two days later!

It is destined to be a point worth writing about since the beginning of the war between immortals and demons.

As the agreed time came, the monks of the Haoran Alliance, headed by Qian Guojian Fu Zong, officially crossed the border between Qian and Chen and launched a fierce attack on the Ten Thousand Demons Alliance.

With their strong strength and well-prepared offensive, the monks of the Ten Thousand Demons Alliance were no match for them and were defeated one after another. They lost three fairy cities and strongholds in one breath, and killed two Jindan before they could barely stabilize the battle line.

For the monks of the Ten Thousand Demons Alliance who were forced into the mainland for the first time since the beginning of the Immortal Demon War, this news undoubtedly had an impact that shook the earth.

At the same time, on Liang Guoming's side of Yunxian City, the Immortal Alliance monks also launched a massive counterattack across the board.

After several days of fierce fighting, some of the forces were allocated to guard against the Ten Thousand Demons Alliance of the Sword Fu Sect, but in the end they were unable to withstand the all-out attack from the Immortal Alliance. After causing a large number of casualties to the Immortal Alliance monks, they had to abandon the camp that had been operating outside Mingyun Immortal City for several years and completely retreated to the north of the Liangyue border.

The major counterattack on both the north and south fronts thus completely kicked off.

Seeing that things were not going well, many forces in the Kingdom of Yue that had originally joined the Demon Cultivators began to secretly contact the cultivators of the Immortal Alliance, attempting to defect again.

The Demon Cultivators of the Ten Thousand Demon Alliance were not polite to these people who were indecisive. Once they were found, their homes would be immediately confiscated and their families would be exterminated.

For a time, the blood of the Kingdom of Yue flowed like a river again.

After this battle, the cultivation world of the Kingdom of Liang might have to recuperate for hundreds of years before it could recover.

However, no matter how cruel the methods of the Demon Cultivators were, they had nothing to do with Fang Ping who was "recovering from his injuries" in Qianshi Immortal City.

Since the counterattack began, in addition to practicing, Fang Ping would pay attention to the news from the front line every time he went to the Danfang to make pills.

However, in a sense, the counterattack was just the second half of this protracted war, and it was impossible to defeat the Demon Cultivators in a few days.

After the initial high-sounding advance, as the front line was initially pushed into the territory of the Kingdom of Yue, the subsequent progress inevitably became anxious.

The opportunity that Fang Ping was looking forward to did not come.

On the contrary, at the end of the month, a cultivator stationed in the medicine garden hundreds of miles away from Qianshi Immortal City and regularly delivering spiritual medicine to the alchemy workshop in the city gave Fang Ping an unexpected surprise.

On the other party's chest, there was a flying sword tattooed brightly, and there was a kind of sharp sword spirit on his body. At first glance, it was known that the other party must be a disciple of Cangjian Tower.

"Hello, Cangjian Tower disciples! After all, the body-building method [Gengjin Treasure Body] most likely has to start from the Cangjian Tower disciples."

With this purpose in mind, Fang Ping was not in a hurry to inspect the medicinal materials, but enthusiastically pulled the cultivator to chat.