Luofu Daze.
Somewhere in the south more than a hundred miles away from Bingqi's stronghold:
Because the decisive battle had already broken out and the eastern front of Da Ze was filled with flames of war, everyone did not dare to run too far after breaking out.
Su Moyu, Chu Zhaohe and others led many disciples to temporarily hide in a demon nest, and the atmosphere seemed very dull.
"...I just don't understand."
Su Moyu frowned:
"The situation at that time has obviously stabilized after Junior Brother Zhou took action. Why did the formation suddenly break down?"
"If the formation hadn't been broken, with Junior Brother Zhou's cultivation of Yunling-level spells and his invincible strength in the outer sect, plus our assistance, he would have definitely been able to persevere!"
When she was at the Bingqi stronghold, she had to sit in the center and preside over the formation, but when it happened between her elbows and armpits, she didn't even have time to react, and the formation was already broken.
In such a short period of time, it was difficult for her to detect any abnormality. Looking back, she couldn't find any clues, which was really frightening.
Chu Zhaohe's expression was gloomy, and he pondered for a while before speaking:
"When I think about it carefully this time, the problem may not be with the formation, but with the people!"
"In humans?"
Su Moyu was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses and said in surprise:
"You're saying there's a traitor among the disciples stationed there. I'm afraid that's unlikely, right?"
Chunyang Immortal Sect's tens of thousands of outer sect disciples are mixed, and it is possible that some spies from the demon sect and demon clan could be mixed in.
But there are dozens of disciples guarding the Bingqi stronghold. If you want the formation to collapse in an instant, at least half of them must be traitors. How is this possible?
"It may not be a traitor, but other reasons..."
Chu Zhaohe seemed to have vaguely guessed something, but he did not want to say more:
"My guess may not be correct, but Junior Brother Zhou Qing used his spiritual thoughts to shoot in all directions. Later, he was the first to notice the abnormality and speak out to remind him. He must have understood the truth behind the scenes!"
"Now he is regulating his energy and restoring his mana. He will probably wake up soon. We will know the answer later."
After hearing this, Su Moyu didn't hesitate to ask any more questions. Zhang Shun, He Qu, Zhou Xingcheng and others on the side also waited silently.
After waiting for a while:
"call……"
Zhou Qing took a long breath and slowly opened his eyes. His mana had been restored by three to four points.
As early as when a group of people broke out, several prompts appeared on the career panel, and he has only had time to read them now:
"You've been through a battle!"
"Based on your combat performance, you have gained 135 points of professional experience!"
"Tip: Your profession [Outer Court Disciple] has reached the full level, and the overflow experience will be temporarily frozen. The current experience is level 10 (1878/1000)."
"Junior Brother Zhou!"
Su Moyu, Chu Zhaohe and others gathered around and asked with concern.
"Thank you for your concern. I'm fine now."
Zhou Qing waved his hands and said in a deep voice:
"I already have an idea of the sudden breakdown of the formation. It's probably the Demon Sect that's behind it!"
"Magic Gate?!"
Su Moyu, Zhang Shun and others looked at each other, but Chu Zhaohe's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something key.
"Yes, it is a demon sect, and it should be the Sacred Heart Sect, one of the four major demon sects!"
Zhou Qing said in a deep voice.
On the mainland of the Eastern Wasteland, there are many sects, aristocratic families, and alliances, but the only ones that truly stand at the top are the six major immortal sects and the four major demon sects, both of which are famous in the world.
The four major demon sects are the great enemies of the Immortal Sect, namely the White Bone Sect, the Blood River Sect, the Prison Sect and the Sacred Heart Sect.
This Sacred Heart Sect is also a great sect that has been established for tens of thousands of years. It has always been praised as the first sect of the Demon Sect. Its foundation is unfathomable and it has stood firm for tens of thousands of years.
"I learned from "Eastern Wasteland" that the four major demon sects each have their own strengths."
"The Sacred Heart Cult, the head of the demon sect, is good at playing with people's hearts, provoking emotions, and stimulating obsessions. It leads them into demons step by step, turning people into puppets whose life and death are controlled by others."
"What they are best at is dividing their souls into thoughts, hiding invisibly, secretly disturbing the undercurrent and making waves."
Zhou Qing's tone was calm, but it made everyone feel heavy:
"In the last monster craze, hundreds of strongholds were suddenly breached; in this decisive battle in Daze, temporary strongholds were destroyed one after another. I am afraid that the Sacred Heart Sect is behind it."
"There is actually no problem with the large formation, but no matter how good the formation is, it still needs people to control it. Once there is a problem with the people stationed in the formation, the formation will collapse on its own."
Chu Zhaohe nodded slightly and sighed again:
"Junior Brother Zhou's words made me suddenly enlightened!"
"Actually, there were signs of this change, but we didn't pay attention to it..."
He paused for a moment when he said this, glanced at everyone, and said in a deep voice:
"Do you still remember that Lao Jin discovered that many of the outer disciples in the stronghold had disparaging and mocking remarks about Junior Brother Zhou?"
"I felt something was not right at the time. Now that I think about it, isn't it the method of the devil of the Sacred Heart Cult hiding in secret?"
"good!"
Zhang Shun clapped his hands fiercely and said suddenly:
"Let me just say, anyone who can gain admission to the outer sect is considered a hero. How could he be so unwise and have such great malice and misunderstanding of Junior Brother Zhou?"
"It's not unexpected for such rotten people to appear one or two, but how come they appear in groups?"
There was a hint of annoyance in his tone:
"It's all because we were too slow. We were too distracted by killing demons and protecting many junior brothers and sisters, and didn't notice it early."
"No."
Su Moyu shook his head, his face turned pale:
"We were not aware of this abnormal situation immediately, and even after the incident, we did not pay attention to this abnormal situation. I am afraid that we were secretly affected by the devil's methods..."
When she said this, her tone was already unsteady:
"A small oversight, an instinctive neglect, has caused such serious consequences!"
"Such methods of playing with people's hearts are truly terrifying!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions became even more serious, and a trace of fear and fear emerged in their hearts.
In the Bingqi stronghold, the demonic split soul of the Sacred Heart Sect took advantage of the dissatisfaction of many stationed disciples against Zhou Qing to cause such a big mess and start internal strife during the war.
And what about the rest of the strongholds?
As long as there are people, there will be disputes, and where there are disputes, there will be all kinds of evil thoughts and emotions. It is simply a place where the demons of the Sacred Heart Sect can roam freely.
It's no wonder that many of the previous fixed strongholds, as well as the temporary strongholds that followed, were breached one after another. The outer disciples who were stationed at home all had problems. How could there be any reason for it to be unbreakable?
Zhou Qing remained silent, but was quite alert in his heart.
In fact, Chu Zhaohe once mentioned a few rumors to him about the rumors in the stronghold, but he didn't care at the time and didn't think about it deeply.
Not being jealous is a mediocre talent. With his dazzling talent, there are definitely many people who are jealous and envious, so he naturally won't think there is anything wrong.
Now that I think about it:
The devil who can secretly influence so many people is definitely a monk in the Qi Mansion realm, but he has been practicing in the Asahi Palace for a long time, has opened up the sea of consciousness, and has a powerful soul, so it is likely that he will not be affected.
It is precisely because of this that he was able to detect the abnormality immediately after the spiritual thoughts enveloped the four directions.
"I'm afraid the devil will come early..."
Zhou Qing suddenly thought of this.
He still remembered one detail of the battle that day when he retaken the Bingqi stronghold and annihilated the iron-backed grizzly bear clan——
Long after the battle ended, he suddenly received a prompt from the career panel.
He didn't feel anything unusual at the time, and guessed that the battle was judged to be over by the career panel after the fleeing cubs ran away.
But now that I think about it, I'm afraid that the demon's ghost was already lurking on one side, spying secretly.
The split soul of the Sacred Heart Cult demon must have been hostile to his group, but he did not leave quietly until long after the battle ended. Only then was the career panel determined that the battle was officially over.
Even Zhou Qing didn't notice the oversight of this small detail. It wasn't until reviewing the past today that he discovered this flaw belatedly.
"It's still too careless!"
Zhou Qing sighed in his heart.
This time he suffered a big loss. Although he himself was safe and sound, and his strength was greatly improved, the disciples at the Bingqi stronghold suffered heavy casualties.
There were only about twenty people who successfully broke out, less than half of the disciples who were stationed during the heyday. Everyone who remained was injured. You can imagine how tragic the battle was.
"Senior brothers and sisters."
Zhou Qing raised his head, glanced at everyone, and said in a deep voice:
"There are two urgent matters."
"The first is to find another stable area, re-deploy the formation, and at the same time appease the many disciples and gather as much fighting power as possible to protect themselves."
"Second, we need to send our findings and speculations to the command headquarters as soon as possible so that they can be prepared and ask about the next steps!"
"right!"
Su Moyu immediately said:
"Junior Brother Zhou's words are correct."
She reached out and took out a gleaming flying sword, saying in a deep voice:
"I will be responsible for reporting the matter to the command headquarters."
"Junior Brother Zhou, I have to ask you and Senior Brother Chu to take the lead in re-establishing the formation."
"no problem."
Zhou Qing agreed immediately.
Su Moyu nodded, then silently recited a spell for a moment, then suddenly shot out a spell and landed on the flying sword.
"call out!"
After the flying sword trembled, it instantly turned into a stream of light that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, flew away to Qingming, and disappeared without a trace.
Zhou Qing took one look and recognized that this was the method of "flying sword to pass the message"!
This method of sending messages with flying swords is an extremely rare method of long-distance communication. It is extremely fast and highly secure. It can send messages within thousands of miles and is difficult for ordinary Qifu realm monks to intercept.
The only flaw is that it costs too much. This method will destroy the full potential of a flying sword. It will be useless after one summons, and ordinary flying swords cannot bear this secret method.
If you use it once, you will consume a flying sword of the highest quality magic weapon level. No one will use it rashly unless it is a critical moment of life and death.
"Senior Brother Chu, let's go."
Zhou Qing said hello, took a set of formation flags from Su Moyu, and left with Chu Zhaohe, Zhang Shun, Li Chengyang and others.
