When the Xuangu Divine Sect learned of Xue Tong's origin, they immediately sent Yang Dong, the innate protector, Jia Miaolin, the deputy palace master of the Immortal Palace, and Guan Muqing to the Chijin Mountain.
In the middle stage of Yang Dong's Xiantian period, Yunxiao Sect was only matched by the ancestors. The Xuangu Divine Sect and Xianyuan Hui were on the same level and led the Xuanmen of the country. Yunxiao Sect was one level behind it.
Zheng Xuan and several hall masters received the guests from afar. The last time the senior officials of the Xuangu Divine Sect, who were thousands of miles away, visited the Red Gold Peak was two or three hundred years ago.
Guan Muqing described Xue Tong's appearance and what happened to Hongzhou, together with the physical evidence of the purple jade sheath dagger, and determined that the person who committed the crime was Yunxiao Sect Xue Tong.
"Alas, Xue Tong was promoted to the true disciple of our sect seven years ago. He left without saying goodbye a few days later and has not returned yet. Unexpectedly, he had constant disputes with fellow Taoists from Xuanmen in Dasheng Kingdom." Zheng Xuan sighed.
"Xue Da...Xue Tong, is Xue Tong so capable?" Brother Guan Muqing said halfway before he changed his words and asked.
"Xue Tong practices the body tempering secret technique and has amazing martial arts. He acquired acquired strength seven years ago." Zheng Xuan said.
Guan Muqing just believed it, bowed her head and said nothing.
"What do you think of Yang Hujiao's visit?" Zheng Xuan asked.
Xue Tong had been away for many years and it was difficult to settle the accounts by force. Yang Dong rolled his eyes and asked a bunch of questions about Xue Tong's Kung Fu and martial arts, hoping to capture Xue Tong through such clues.
"Let's do this first. Just capture Xue Tong. Otherwise, the God's Church will come back to discuss how to deal with it." Yang Dong's tone was gloomy.
He left an opening to make arrangements in the future. After all, the war between the divine religion and the barbarians was about to begin, and it was not appropriate to have a stalemate with the Xuanmen in the south for the time being.
"Fellow Daoist Yang, it is true that Xue Tong had dealings with Envoy Luan Xian, but several people from your sect died the day after tomorrow. There is no evidence that it was Xue Tong's fault. I hope your sect will think twice about what the Yunxiao Sect means." As the sect leader, Zheng Xuan's words are reasonable. Be honest, don't be afraid of things and ask for softness.
"Haha, there will be more evidence." Yang Dong stopped talking and said goodbye.
Zheng Xuan let out a long sigh, "How could this kid Xue Tong get into such big trouble again!"
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The news that Xue Tong had committed a major crime in foreign countries quickly spread throughout the Yunxiao Sect. Because Guan Muqing had appeared in the main peak square, the news became more and more mysterious. , someone came to the door.
"Fart! It's true that Brother Xue killed a few beasts, but tarnishing a beautiful woman is just bullshit!"
Xiao Yu'er threw the refined materials on the ground and cursed the junior brother who conveyed the news to her. The junior brother had been new to Guanxiu Peak for two years and had always followed the lead of his senior sister.
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Xue Tong was not sure whether the Church of God would find out, but if he committed such a major crime, it would be exposed sooner or later, and Dasheng Kingdom could no longer stay. He lurked day and night, and after a few days he left the country and entered the territory of the barbarians.
The barbarian emirate has a vast territory and is sparsely populated. Xue Tong urgently needs to find a secret place to practice his magic power.
Xue Tong bought a slightly detailed map of the barbarians in Xilan City. What he did not expect was that one month later, Yang Dong returned from Chijin Peak, and Xilan City, as the capital of the state and county closest to the barbarians, became the Xuangu Divine Sect. The place where the expeditionary army gathered and set off.
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Xilan City is five thousand miles away.
"This place looks good, with rolling mountains and no traces of barbarians. From the map, it should be the territory of the Wolf tribe."
Xue Tong replaced the cloud-penetrating cone and flying hairpin, and spent another three days exploring before finally confirming it.
He cultivated both magic and body, but his magic and physical training were extremely unbalanced. The magic attack at the peak of a martial artist was still less than 30% of the brute force of his physical body.
Xue Tong's physique and meridians are abnormal. Although his magic power is higher than that of martial arts disciples of the same level, it is far from satisfactory. He must advance to the postnatal level as soon as possible to violently increase his magic power attack to about three times the original level.
Physical strength increases steadily, while mana increases by leaps and bounds when a major realm is broken through. Taking into account the bonus of magical weapons and martial arts, the changes are huge.
This is why the attacks of high-level magic cultivators often exceed those of high-level force cultivators.
A cave was carved out of the cliff of Xuetong Mountain, and the entrance of the cave is hidden behind the rock pines growing naturally on the cliff.
The aura of the cave was not strong, it was similar to that of Humpback Mountain. Xue Tong made some arrangements. He took the eagle to practice in the bone puppet room outside.
The eagle's sharp beak pecked open the carved carcass, tore off large pieces of the carved meat and swallowed it whole. The eagle's down feathers had faded away and were replaced with new gray-black feathers.
Those bright eagle eyes often reminded Xue Tong of gray dots. He wondered if they were safe in the eagle's head.
Xue Tongling Stone Pills are extremely rich in elixirs, and there are many acquired pills in the world. Not everyone takes Tiancheng Pills to upgrade. Even in the authentic Taoism, the proportion of taking pills is only slightly more than half.
Xue Tong took a bodhisattva pill, held the high-grade spiritual stone in his hand, and activated the three-yuan magic formula.
He takes a pill every ten days, and the spiritual stone never stops.
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In Lanjiao Ridge outside Xilan Pass, simple camps were set up all over the mountains. In addition to the Xuangu Divine Sect's camp, more than 700 casual cultivators were recruited to form the largest camp.
The gathering of so many warriors has aroused the vigilance of the dynasty. Even if the Xuangu Divine Sect deliberately set up the assembly point outside the pass, the number of Lanzhou's 80,000 armored troops is still increasing day by day. The passes leading to the mainland are also fortified at all levels. The atmosphere is becoming increasingly tense.
In the main village of Lanjiao Ridge, five innate warriors were discussing matters in their tent.
"Deputy Master Jing, the details of the remaining 30% of the casual cultivators recruited have not been found out. Can the date of evacuation of the stronghold be postponed for ten days?"
"No! We can't postpone it even for a day. I'm still thinking about setting off for the expedition tomorrow." Jing Yiqing, with gray beard and slightly hunched back, flatly refused while pacing.
"Why?" Yang Dong asked with a bad expression.
"Didn't Yang Hujiao see it? The warriors gathered in Lanjiao Ridge. Although Emperor Dasheng knew about it, he never let go of his suspicions. The dispatch of the crusade army was postponed, and the consequences were very serious."
"If we don't find out clearly, if a spy is mixed in, the consequences will be equally serious!" Yang Dong retorted.
Jing Yiqing was quite impatient, "Yang Hujiao, our religion has been building momentum for two years and has been preparing for several months. It has been delayed for a long time. Maybe there will be barbarian lobbyists lobbying in the capital at this moment to confuse people. Lanzhou The armored army has increased from 50,000 to 80,000, and the number is still rising. The number of warriors transferred from the royal capital has reached 100. The leader is under great pressure and cannot delay it any longer."
"The rogue cultivators have passed the preliminary inspection, but the details are still uneasy. We are going to investigate as we go. Recruiting rogue cultivators is just to round up the number of people and strengthen our army's reputation. The purpose of the crusade is to put pressure on the opponent with practical actions and force the opponent to surrender. A real battle may even be possible. No, it won’t work if some casual cultivators want to be spies.”
"We must set out the next day, and we must go to Kangjin Mountain first!"
Jing Yiqing rejected Yang Dong's proposal.
The Xuangu Divine Sect has been planning for many years, aiming to ally with the barbarians and become the most powerful Xuanmen force, and then force the Xuanmen of the remaining three countries to surrender and unify Chongguang.
The Xuangu Divine Sect plans to take down the strongest Bear Tribe of the Barbarians in one fell swoop. The three Wolf-Gulphry Tribes that have formed an alliance surround the Lion Tribe, which is closely related to the Bear Tribe, without fighting, and they are also in an invincible position.
"Woo~woo" the powerful horn sound penetrated the sky, and could be heard clearly from the Xilan Pass fifty miles away. The various chariots of the crusade legion were in front, and the baggage and supplies were behind. The ships in the air were covering them, and they were marching towards the barbarians in a mighty manner. Heading into the hinterland.
A huge cannon in the center of the team is so abrupt that it takes three rows of six woolly elephants to pull the cannon cart. The jet-black barrel points diagonally forward and is engraved with all kinds of strange spiritual patterns. The barrel is twenty feet long and has an inner diameter of nine feet. The gun mount is made of Wufan gold. Even when the folded gun mount is not fully unfolded, the entire gun carriage occupies an astonishing area of ten feet long and six feet wide.
The "Hunting Cannon" has a range of 700 miles. It is too large to be placed in a storage bag and can only be dragged along with the team.
The eight acquired Dacheng-stage warriors from the divine sect were on guard around the cannon carriage, closely guarding it.
The team was meandering and was located in the territory of the Barbarian Yan tribe. Jing Yiqing gave the order to advance at full speed. He looked at the tiger and wolf divisions at his feet from the side of the ship. He said to Zou Shizhen, Yang Dong and Yu Di with some pride: "Our tribe is so powerful. , the leader of the bear tribe needs only a little bit of brainpower to give up resistance and agree to form an alliance."
"Vice-leader Jing should not be too optimistic. The Xiong Tribe is the strongest tribe among the barbarians and there is a high probability that they will not be captured without mercy." Protector Zou Shizhen reminded.
"Do you think I am arrogant and underestimate the enemy? Our army has a crushing advantage, but even within the territory of Iwabe, the interlocking security is flawless. When the small group of barbarians are leading the way, the joint combat posture of each team remains unchanged and concentrated. Take the advantage directly to the Bear Division's base camp and start a decisive battle with it."
"Yes, there is nothing to worry about, Teacher Zou. With the elite of our teaching dispatched and Senior Brother Jing sitting in charge, the Xiong tribe has no choice but to surrender obediently."
Zou Shizhen ignored Yu Pai and continued: "The main force of the Xiong tribe will most likely avoid a decisive battle and use guerrilla tactics to deal with us."
"So what? If the Xiong tribe abandons Tianxiong Mountain, our army will loot and destroy it and then retreat along the original route, changing it to a heart-attack battle."
"I don't believe that Xiongbu can swallow this bad breath, let the base camp that has been in operation for ten thousand years be destroyed, and then watch us leave!"
"Xiong Bu is determined to pursue revenge and fight to the death with our army."
"The crusade does not go out by boat, but gallops on the flat roads on the plateau. On the one hand, there are many casual cultivators, and on the other hand, it makes a loud noise, so that the bears will surrender after hearing the news."
Jing Yi's green eyebrows danced with joy, and the more he talked, the more proud he became.
Most of the conquering warriors ride in the chariots of the Miu Niu beast. The Miu Niu beast has both physical strength and footwork. It can travel 500 miles a day and reach Kangjin Mountain on the border of the Xiong tribe in seven days.
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Five days later.
"Boom, boom, boom."
The main ship fired three red bombs, ordering the entire team to stop advancing and wait for instructions!
"what happens?"
The casual cultivators did not take it seriously, but the people of the authentic Xuangu God Cult felt that it was unusual. It was not a trivial matter for the entire army to stop advancing!
The air in the ship was almost frozen.
Everything stems from an explosive message Jing Yiqing received.
"Xilan was attacked by a bear tribe, quickly..."
The word "Hui" has not yet been completed, indicating that the message was sent in an extremely critical situation.
Jing Yiqing's face suddenly darkened and turned pale.
The others gathered around, all looking ashen-faced.
"Send...signal to stop...stop moving forward!"
"The Xiong tribe detoured from the Hail tribe and rushed seven hundred miles to attack Xilan!" Zou Shizhen shuddered as he spoke.
Jing Yiqing walked back and forth several times and said hurriedly: "Junior brother Yu and I will return the day after tomorrow with 30% of our troops, and Hu Zou will lead the others to Kangjin Mountain. What do you think?"
"Will Xiongbu use false news to deceive our army?" Zou Shizhen is cautious and suspicious.
Jing Yiqing waved his hand, "The blood transmission note cannot be secretly transmitted by anyone except Junior Brother Wei."
"Make a decision quickly!" Jing Yiqing urged.
"Just do what Deputy Cult Master Jing wants?"
"Um"
"Then I'll take the first step while Junior Brother Yu organizes people to return to the city."
Jing Yiqing jumped out of the cabin, and a ball of blue electric light enveloped him and disappeared into the clouds.
Jing Yiqing was in the late stage of congenital life, and if he returned even a moment earlier, it might have a major impact on Xi Lan's battle situation.
