The Xianwu Continent is vast and vast.
The Yan Kingdom is just an inconspicuous small country in the corner of the Eastern Region.
However, even this remote country, which is insignificant in the eyes of monks, is far larger than the China where Zhong Yan lived in his previous life. However, most of it is unexplored mountains and forests that are rarely visited by mortals. "Dream Marsh" and "Mangdang Mountain" are the most popular.
Excluding small towns and villages with a population of less than 500,000, the Yan Kingdom has a total of 127 cities.
Among them, Changyi City, located in the south-central part, belongs to Ming Haozong and is the intersection of the three major princes' forces.
The nearest city to the north of Changyi is Changping City of Ming Haozong, to the east is Fengdeng City of Huoyun Sect, and to the south is Quzuo City of Tangmen.
April of the twenty-seventh year of Jinghong's reign.
The Ming Hao Sect and the Huo Yun Sect proposed to end the civil war by fighting in the form of a competition between vassal states, hosted by the Shenxiao Sect.
Faced with the possibility of the two sects uniting, Tang Sect hesitated again and again, but still refused.
Zhong Yan speculated that perhaps the Tang Sect was controlled by the mysterious Palace of Eternal Life and could not make the decision, and wanted to hold on and wait for reinforcements, such as the armies of other countries that were also controlled by the Palace of Eternal Life on the eastern Wei battlefield, or perhaps the Tang Sect thought that it was under the control of the Shenxiao Sect. With a strong enough background, even if you lose in the end, there is still a way out.
However, the Tang Sect should be glad that they refused, otherwise the venue of the competition would become the burial place for many important senior officials of the Tang Sect.
The next month, Minghao Sect and Huoyun Sect announced an alliance.
The armies garrisoned in the ninety-two cities on both sides moved together. It took three months to form six armies and attack the Tangmen territory at the same time.
In the end, 8 million warriors, 100,000 monks, and 300 people from the Golden Core Realm were gathered along the way, and the troops were launched from Changyi. It became the most numerous and powerful siege since the civil war.
The flags are flying, and the soldiers are approaching the city.
The coalition forces surrounded Quzuocheng.
On the north gate tower, many Tang Sect's golden elixir masters looked solemn, and panic flashed in many people's eyes. Even if they controlled the fourth-level defense formation together, they would not be able to sustain it for long, not to mention there were a total of fifty-three golden elixir masters in the city. Guard four gates.
"This is where most of the combat power of the two sects have gathered!"
"Quzuo can't hold on any longer."
"Tang Ji asked us to hold on, reinforcements will arrive soon."
"Where are the reinforcements? The three armies from the southeast are heading straight for Jingzhou. Are the Tang family willing to lose their base?"
"But once Quzuo is lost, the cities behind will be even more undefendable!"
Even if they are both fourth-level defensive formations, due to the different levels of array masters and differences in materials, the effects of the formations will be stronger or weaker. Moreover, not all cities have built fourth-level defensive formations, and Qu Zuo's defense is large. The formation is the best among them and is an important gateway on the periphery of Tangmen.
"I just said it should be put on the negotiation table and the war should end peacefully through a fight of law!"
"We're already in the city, it's too late to say this."
"..."
Woo woo woo~ the horn sounds
Dong-dong-dong-dong~the war drum beats.
Shi Liangxiu stood high in the sky, without any nonsense to persuade him to surrender, he cut his hand forward and said, "Kill!"
The overwhelming army of monks and warriors lined up neatly and swarmed forward, roaring loudly.
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Qingyang City.
Cangbao Street, Second Courtyard.
Zhong Yan was sitting in the courtyard sipping fine wine. Not far away, a child in brocade clothes was boxing in a decent manner, saying "Hey, hey, haha," for Zhong Qi, Su Yong's son.
Jiang Yunruo, who was serving at the side, looked into the storage bag with his consciousness and said, "Husband, let's begin."
Zhong Yan nodded slightly.
Bai Siyuan walked over quickly: "My dear brother! There is news from the Wei Kingdom that there are signs of mobilization of the army of the Seven Cities of You Ye Kingdom, and they are suspected of heading eastward. According to the statistics, the Jindan combat strength of the Seven Cities is more than 200 people."
Zhong Yan held the wine glass with a serious look on his face.
Not long after, there was a fluctuation in the storage bag.
Zhong Yan glanced at Bai Siyuan, waited for him to retreat, gathered the isolation shield, and took out the talisman.
A female voice came out: "Hello Zhong Daoyou, do you remember your covenant with the Palace of Eternal Life?"
Zhong Yan smiled and said: "Of course, what is the advice of Hall Master Yingye?"
Yingye: "Let Minghao withdraw his troops from Quzuo."
Zhong Yan paused for a moment, and raised his voice in a surprised tone: "Are you kidding me?! My fellow Taoist thinks too highly of Zhong, how can I influence the decisions of Minghao and Huo Yun!"
Yingye affirmed: "You can."
Zhong Yan's eyes flashed, and the speculations in his heart were confirmed one after another, and he said: "I'm sorry, fellow Taoist, I think too much, Zhong is incompetent."
Yingye said: "To completely disintegrate and overthrow the Tang Clan, the Yan State will definitely be severely damaged. If You Ye joins the army now, Qin Ben's decades of management in the Wei State will be in vain and he will withdraw from the Wei State. Why will the Yan State compete in Weinan in the future?"
Zhong Yan nodded thoughtfully and said, "It makes sense, but what does it have to do with me?"
Yingye said coldly: "Are you going to tear up the agreement and go against the Eternal Life Palace?"
A sneer appeared at the corner of Zhong Yan's mouth, but he explained seriously: "I don't dare. Zhong is self-aware, but the agreement states that you and I will help each other within our capabilities. Now you want me to do something that is impossible. How should I respond?”
Yingye was silent.
Zhong Yan changed the subject and said, "But having said that, since you think I can influence the decisions of Minghao's top management, how do you think I compare to the Tang Sect?"
Yingye was slightly startled and asked, "What do you mean?"
Zhong Yandao: "The agreement has always been there, at least so far I have never thought about destroying it. Natural selection, survival of the fittest, there should be no Tang Sect. Is it accidental or inevitable that the Tang Sect has reached this point? You should be better than me It is clearer that since it is no longer of much use and cannot be saved, why not abandon it? I believe that the cooperation between the Zhong Clan and the Palace of Eternal Life will reach a higher level!"
Yingye raised her eyebrows: "Why?"
Zhong Yan smiled dumbly and said: "Why do you think I can make Minghao withdraw his troops?"
Yingye thought for a while and said: "Let Minghao withdraw his troops. The more than 300 golden elixirs of the Tang Sect are a combat force that cannot be ignored in the entire Weinan. They will be of great use!"
Zhong Yan said: "It's your choice to waste resources."
Yingye: "Is this a condition?"
Zhong Yan: "Let me see if I can think of a way."
"Wait!" Yingye sneered and ended the call.
Old God Zhong Yan was there and took the wine glass from Jiang Yunruo.
"My husband's expectation is good. The Changsheng Palace's control over the Yan Kingdom is not strong. At least the top leaders of the Fire Cloud Sect have not been infiltrated."
Zhong Yan nodded and said: "Mostly because of the Shenxiao Sect. In terms of personal connections, the Huoyun Sect is undoubtedly the most closely connected with the Shenxiao Sect. The Fireyun Sect is equivalent to the spokesperson of the Shenxiao Sect in the Yan Kingdom."
After a pause, he continued to mutter: "Twenty years ago, Yueli had the fourth level of the Golden Core. He was not a monk from the Yan Kingdom. He should have come from the west. It is more likely that he traveled to the Ye Kingdom... From this point of view, the Palace of Eternal Life is just It has a strong information network and has secretly amassed a large amount of resources and wealth, but its real strength is not as strong as we imagined. At least in Yan State, or even Weinan, it is far from being able to cover the sky with one hand."
Jiang Yunruo pondered for a moment and said: "Didn't Mr. Lin say that the Palace of Eternal Life had been dormant for thousands of years before he was born? Could it be because of the prayer beads? In fact, they have just recovered and developed now?"
Zhong Yan shook his head: "It's hard to say, no matter what, it is a force that has existed for thousands of years. It was once at its peak. It is best not to be an enemy."
Jiang Yunruo frowned slightly and said: "It's a pity that we can't find the core members of the Eternal Life Palace, otherwise we should be able to dig out some secrets."
Qingyang City, a member of the Eternal Life Palace, has one.
Jiang Yunruo secretly captured two of them, but there were unknown restrictions in the sea of consciousness, making it impossible to crack the soul search.
One of them died while trying to search for souls, and the other confessed a lot of things after being tortured, but none of them were of any importance. They were just some crimes of stealing, assassination, and robbery.
He didn't know as much as Jiang Yunluo.
Zhong Yan became more and more convinced of the guess in his heart and said with a smile: "Even if we find it, we may not be able to get the information we want."
Half an hour later.
Yingye called again.
"You Ye marched into the army, bluffing, Jingzhou rushes to support, I hope you will not disappoint the Changsheng Palace, otherwise, your Zhong clan will be in catastrophe!"
"In three months, the Protector will see you in person."
After saying a few words, before Zhong Yan could speak, the person directly cut off the contact.
The protector... Zhong Yan was curious. Hall Master Ying Ye had already suspected him. The protector had only existed in Jiang Yunruo's speculation before. After some speculation, it might be the golden elixir of an elder from the Yan Kingdom.
I didn't expect it to happen.
Now there are only three elders of the Yan Kingdom, Jin Dan.
Fu Pengzhan and Zuo Qianqiu can be excluded.
Only Zhu Wenkang of the Chiyang Sect was seriously injured and escaped when the Chiyang Sect was destroyed.
Zhong Yan remembered Yun Qianxun's Taoist Ceremony in the Tang family. Zhu Wenkang was quite close to the Tang family. Tang Ji had also asked him to help chase down the evil cultivator Quan Boguang.
"If it's not Zhu Wenkang, then it's too hidden. He has been cultivating in secret all this time without ever showing up and not being known to anyone?"
Jiang Yunruo thought for a while and said: "It could also be an inconspicuous person. He had not formed an elixir at that time. We speculated that it was a golden elixir. It was only because Yingye had nine levels of foundation building at that time that he felt that the higher status of the protector was higher. "
Zhong Yan shook his head and said: "There is no need to go into details. We will know when the time comes. Pass the news to Qu Zuo and be prepared to surround and kill Tang Clan Jindan."
Jiang Yunruo: "Okay!"
Zhong Yan stood up and said with a smile: "Let's go, start a side job and steal money!"
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