On the other side, in the city lord's palace of Yunmeng City, dozens of people from Longhu Mountain, including Yun Xiangzi, Taoist Black and White, were meeting quietly in secret. Only Yun Xiangzi said:
"This time when we march into the Southern Barbarians, our Longhu Mountain leads the western route alone. The Heavenly Master has sent a message, telling us that we must not be overwhelmed by the Qingyun Mountain again. Come and discuss what we should do, right?"
A gray-haired old Taoist next to Yun Xiangzi said:
"During the last battle in the East China Sea, we never expected that Qingyun Mountain had secretly placed countless spies in the East China Sea, so that they could often predict the enemy before they could take the lead."
"This time, it seems that we may have to work hard in this area."
Before the old Taoist priest could finish his words, Taoist Black and White agreed from the side:
"Senior Brother Tongwei is right. The last time we, Longhu Mountain, lost its power in the Southern Barbarians, so that over the years, we have been slightly surpassed by Qingyun Mountain."
"But that's exactly what it is. We, Longhu Mountain, are the sect that has fought the most against the Soul Clan in recent years. Therefore, we can make use of our familiarity with the Soul Clan and work hard in this area. Maybe we can The Nanman will wash away our bad luck in the East China Sea."
After finishing speaking, he said to a short Taoist: "We are all new here, but Junior Brother Wuliang has been fighting with the Soul Clan in the south. I wonder if Junior Brother has any good strategies to drive away the enemy here?"
When Brother Black and White asked about it, Junior Brother Wuliang quickly bowed his head and said, "Master Wuliang, Xiaodao, I have been fighting with the Soul Clan all the time in these years. Since Senior Brother Black and White asked about it, Xiaodao will tell me what he has learned over the years."
After finishing speaking, the short Taoist cleared his throat and continued: "Although I have been fighting with the Soul Clan in Nanman for more than 20 years, in fact, according to the path, it can be basically divided into these stages."
"This first stage was when the Great Heavenly Master fell. At that time, the Soul Clan had just risen. And Qingyun Mountain and Taiwei Pavilion were interested in seeing my Longhu Mountain joke, and even took advantage of the fact that my Longhu Mountain's strength was greatly damaged. Ji insisted on standing by and watching."
"Therefore, during that time, although we, Longhu Mountain, and the Soul Clan fought continuously, most of the time, we, Longhu Mountain, were on the defensive. We retreated step by step, and there were no reinforcements. It can be said that the battle was extremely difficult."
Everyone present looked serious when they saw Taoist Wuliang discussing the situation in recent years. Although some of the monks here were not personally involved in what happened that year, it is obvious that everyone is not unfamiliar with this major event that turned Longhu Mountain from victory to decline.
I only heard Taoist Wuliang continue: "A few years later, the East China Sea incident broke out, and our human race suffered heavy losses. But it is precisely because of this that Qingyun Mountain and Taiwei Pavilion are willing to send people into the Southern Barbarians again to help our dragons. Hushan stabilizes the situation.”
"So overall, although our human race has been damaged, our human race's strength in the Southern Barbarians has actually increased."
"In addition, the Soul Clan's troops have been moving northward over the years, and they have expanded too much, and the offensive has been exhausted for a while. So although our human race is still on the defensive, in the following years, here in the Southern Barbarians, we have gained a rare stability. "
"Although generally speaking, there have been no major wars between our human race and the Soul Clan in the past ten years. However, there are still many sporadic battles, which has also allowed us to master a lot of the characteristics of the Soul Clan."
"For example, these soul tribes are most famous for their ability to possess and seize souls, and their strange and difficult abilities. But in addition, their shortcomings are also extremely obvious, that is, once they lose their possessed bodies, they must Possessed again immediately.”
"If there is nothing on the spot that can possess them again, once their bodies are exposed to broad daylight, their strength will be greatly reduced."
"But what is hateful is that after the last war in the Southern Barbarians, we left too many bodies of monks and monster beasts in the depths of the Southern Barbarians. So that for these soul tribes, it is almost as if they are inexhaustible. Generally, this is also an important factor why the Soul Clan is so difficult to deal with."
"And what's even more hateful is that once some soul races possess humans, they will pretend to be human monks like us and sneak into our human race."
"Therefore, in addition to fighting the soul clan on the frontal battlefield, we also have to prevent these soul clan from sneaking into our human clan to assassinate and sabotage, or to find out important information."
"Over the years, although we have developed some countermeasures, we always seem to be unable to completely block the infiltration of these soul clans."
"Therefore, Senior Brother Tongwei just said that we need to put more eyes and ears out. But Xiaodao feels that you must not use the experience of the East China Sea to deal with our Southern Barbarians."
"If we are like Donghai and let too many eyes and ears go out, maybe the Soul Clan will use them to counter us. At that time, I am afraid that these eyes and ears will not only not be a help to us, but will become a kind of threaten."
After hearing what Wuliang Taoist said, Taoist Tongwei frowned and said:
"If I go by what my junior brother said, I can find a way to deal with the spirit clan's possessed spying at the beginning of my departure. Then I think this trip to the south will be half successful."
Unexpectedly, Taoist Wuliang shook his head and said: "This matter is a bit difficult."
"In order to crack this method of soul clan possession, I also checked a lot of classics."
"But Xiaodao discovered that even in ancient classics, or in the years when the predecessors destroyed the Soul Clan, it can be seen from a large number of records that it seems that the ancestors did not have any good solutions to the Soul Clan's magical powers. .”
"Later, I still relied on a team of powerful monks to fight for their lives not to attack the main altar of the soul clan. After they all self-destructed, the soul clan was leaderless, defeated and disappeared."
"At that time, humans thought that after that battle, the soul tribe had been completely wiped out. Unexpectedly, after so many years, they were allowed to recuperate and regenerate, and they took advantage of this southern barbarian chaos to come back."
"So just imagine, I have been waiting in Nanman for such a long time, but I still haven't found a complete solution. Now that the army is suddenly setting out, but I want to find a cure right away, I am not optimistic at all!"
After hearing what Wuliang Taoist said, everyone frowned, feeling that things were indeed a bit tricky.
After hearing what the short Taoist said, Yun Xiangzi closed his eyes and thought for a long time and said, "Junior Brother Wuliang is indeed a person who has been fighting with the Soul Clan for a long time. He has seen it clearly."
"It seems that if we rush to advance, we will leave loopholes for the Soul Clan to take advantage of."
"And I heard from my junior brother that the method to crack the Soul Clan is not only difficult to find now, but even back then there was no reliable method. So how have we stabilized the situation in the battle with the Soul Clan over the years? ?”
Taoist Wuliang bowed his head and said: "Fortunately, this method of the soul clan is not flawless. At least it is relatively easy to find among some low-level soul clans. The most difficult ones are some high-level soul clans, but after all, the total number is not too many."
"In addition, I have mainly focused on defense over the years and have not attacked rashly. Therefore, there are not many opportunities for the Soul Clan to take advantage of."
After hearing Taoist Wuliang's explanation, although everyone understood a little bit, they also found it more difficult.
After all, over the years, it seems that the battle between the human race and the soul race is mainly about defense and does not involve active attack, so the previous experience is of little help to this operation.
In the end, it was Taoist Master Black and White who came up with the idea: "Since even our ancestors have not found any good methods for this matter, it would be extremely difficult for us to suddenly come up with any perfect solution."
"Why don't we wait like this? We can arrange some spies to go to the Qingyun Mountain and Taiwei Pavilion teams to see if they have the same troubles as us."
"As for our side, the main force is staying put for the time being. Even if we set off a little later, if the other two groups solve this problem, then even if we start a little slowly and step up in the middle, we will definitely be able to catch up in time."
"If the other two groups don't find a solution to this problem, then if we set off later, it may not be easy to attract the attention of the Soul Clan. Then we can also see what setbacks the other two groups will suffer, and we can deal with it early."
"Also, although it is a bit slim to find a way to crack the Soul Clan, after all, it depends on human beings. We should not give up even if there is even a shred of hope."
"We can first pick out whether there are any sects with special inheritance among these small sects, and arrange them on the periphery of the main force."
"Presumably the Soul Clan will not let us succeed easily when they see us taking action. And if they want to spy, they will definitely attack these small sects first."
"In this way, we will place the small sects on the periphery, and the large troops will gather inside. Even if there is any danger, from the situation of these small sects being attacked, we can leave enough time to react."
"At the same time, we can also look at the performance of these small sects to see if we can find any special ways to deal with them. After all, these small sects can survive for so long and dare to take the initiative to come to the Southern Barbarians. They often have some unique means of survival. .”
"What if there happens to be some strange technique among these sects that can restrain this soul clan. Then if we adopt this method, won't we be able to solve this problem easily?"
Although no one has much hope in solving such problems, it is estimated that they will still have to fight bloody battles, or even tragically self-destruct like their predecessors, in order to win.
But after all, the war has just started and the two sides have not really contacted each other yet. It is too early to say that step. Taoist Black and White's method was quite satisfactory and did not leave many flaws for the Soul Clan.
Therefore, everyone discussed some more, such as how to provide support in case of danger, what distance should be kept between various parts; what to do if the soul clan spy is discovered, etc., everyone added some ideas before finalizing.
In the end, Yun Xiangzi concluded: "Although Senior Brother Black and White's proposal is not perfect, it seems to be the only feasible solution now."
"Since the Soul Clan is so difficult to deal with, before we find a real solution to the problem, setting off first will only lead to unnecessary damage earlier."
"This time it seems that we have to reverse our strategy in the East China Sea and fight more steadily!"
