After a few days of settling down, the army of Huangtian Palace actually appeared near Nanjiang City. Although it was only the vanguard and even fought a few minor contact battles with the defenders of Nanjiang City, the tense atmosphere was already complete. It has enveloped Nanjiang City.
After Huang Shengnu came back, she felt unwell and stayed at home, leaving all matters to Fan Ting.
Fan Ting is really a person who is not afraid of trouble. When she goes to discuss matters, she will never let the saints do such extremely risky things again, which makes Wang Zeying feel very troubled.
However, due to continuous defeats in the front line, more than half a month after Lin Haoming and others arrived here, a man named Du Lanze arrived in Nanjiang City.
This Du Lanze has a very special status. He is a descendant of the great elder Du Tiande and a disciple of the leader Yan Lei. He can be said to be the most popular young man in the entire Moon Worship Sect. Compared with Duanmu Liang, his status is also much inferior.
This Du Lanze came directly with the order jointly issued by the leader and the great elder. When he arrived in Southern Xinjiang City, he took out the order and announced that from the moment he arrived, he would be the commander-in-chief of the front line. Not only the Southern Xinjiang branch, but also all the All passers-by must obey his orders, even the saints in the Holy Maiden Palace.
With a special status, having orders from the Grand Elder and the Leader, and coming after a great defeat, even Wang Zeying did not dare to neglect at all and obediently handed over his power. In addition to issuing orders, he became the de facto commander-in-chief. , the first thing to do was to hold a public funeral for the Holy Maiden of Song who died in the battle.
On the day of the funeral, because the body of Saint Song was not there, we could only put a few of her belongings in the coffin and set up a tomb.
The funeral was very solemn. Not only was he personally hosting it, but Elder Shi, who was unable to participate in the exhibition and could only serve as a supervisor, also came forward at the invitation of Du Lanze.
All the saints attended the funeral. Lin Haoming did not attend. After all, he had a special status. But just looking at it from a distance, he felt that this Du Lanze was really not a simple person. At least when facing these saints, he was better than others. People respect a lot, at least on the surface.
After the funeral, several Full Moon Saints and Yellow Saints attended the ceremony he convened. Lin Haoming vaguely felt that the arrival of this person might change the situation of the war.
Lin Haoming returned to the Holy Lady Pavilion after the funeral. Half a day later, Li Wanyu came to find Lin Haoming. Several saints who went to attend the meeting came back and wanted to see him.
Lin Haoming immediately went to the room where they were gathered together and found that the faces of the saints were not pretty.
"Mr. Lin is here, sit down quickly!" Lin Haoming is now more than just an alchemist, he is an extremely important adviser to them.
"How many of you went to discuss the matter, and it seems that the result is not good?" Lin Haoming asked directly.
"Du Lanze has a special status. He represents both the great elder and the leader. He is also one of the few people who can stabilize the forces of all parties. We have to obey his orders. As for the result, it is not bad. He wants all our injured sisters to go back. , and then the Holy Lady's Palace will send another group of people over." Fan Ting said noncommittally.
"This...if this continues, wouldn't it be a huge drain on the saints of the Holy Lady's Palace?" Lin Haoming found the conspiracy after thinking about it for a while.
"Yes, Du Lanze seems to have our interests in mind, but if he opens this hole, he can continue to find us candidate saints in the future. The most important thing is that he hopes that the Holy Lady Palace can send another Golden Moon Saint. , then I have no reason to take command." Fan Ting was very unconvinced.
"With the enemy in front of us, his request seems reasonable and reasonable, and to a certain extent, it is impossible to refuse!" Lin Haoming said.
"Yes, I can only agree. After all, I am powerless now, and Sister Song has died in the battle, and there are many seriously injured sisters. It is not a good thing to stay here all the time!" Huang Shengnu said helplessly.
"If you go back, who will come?" Lin Haoming asked.
"Sister Song came here on her own initiative, and I took turns. If we follow the order of rotation, it should be Saint Lady Lou, but she..." Saint Lady Huang said this, unable to continue.
"What's wrong with her?" Lin Haoming asked.
"Saint Lou's sister is the leader's wife!" Fan Ting said.
"Madam of the leader?" Lin Haoming was a little surprised.
"One of the Twelve Golden Moon Saints was assigned by the leader and the great elder. Saint Lou was sent by the leader."
"Where's the great elder?" Lin Haoming asked.
"It's Saint Zhu. She is the daughter of Zhu Hao, the great elder's disciple." Fan Ting said.
"So, the Holy Maiden's Palace actually..."
Before Lin Haoming finished speaking, Saint Peng followed: "Mr. Lin, you are right. Saint Lady's Palace is not completely monolithic. However, because of the presence of Saint Lady, whether it is Saint Lady Lou or Saint Lady Zhu, their influence is limited, but If Saint Lou really comes, the rest of the people will nominally obey her command."
"Actually, when Du Lanze brought it up today, I knew that he had plans in this regard. On the surface, it seemed more appropriate to ask Saint Lady Lou to come over. After all, they could all be controlled by him alone, so there would be no problem. The most important thing is that now everyone has agreed, and Wang Zeying has changed his face, as if he is a flatterer." Fan Ting said very unhappy.
"So, if we really want to leave, and all of us are leaving, let Saint Lady Lou bring her people over, and Mr. Lin will also go back with us!" Saint Lady Qiu, who had been silent, also opened her mouth to signal. .
"It's not that easy. The Saint promised to send half of the strength of the two Golden Moon Saints. At most, half of the people here can go back. We four Full Moon Saints, just you and me, can only stay. Get off!" Fan Shengnu gritted her teeth.
"Don't feel uncomfortable. In fact, the current situation may not worsen the war!" Lin Haoming could see that the death of Saint Song was a big shock to them, especially after being betrayed.
"What do you mean, Mr. Lin?" Huang Shengnu asked.
"I know it's just a guess. If I'm not wrong, I'm afraid that the next war will come to an end. Huangtian Palace may not attack the city in a large scale. Instead, it is very likely to station on the spot and build Nanshan City as its own frontline to digest the occupied territory. Southern Xinjiang is divided into half of the territory." Lin Haoming said.
"If this is really the case, that is the worst thing for us!" After listening to Lin Haoming's words and thinking about it for a moment, Saint Huang sighed helplessly.
Others also believed in Lin Haoming's judgment and understood Huang Shengnu's lament that if the occupied areas were really carefully managed by Huangtian Palace, they would really become their territory in a hundred years, and to change this The situation necessitated turning from defense to offense.
