The first mountain city.
Sitianjian Zhongguan Zheng Zhouye had received the news from Zhenyang Prince's Mansion in advance.
"There are talents in Zhenyang Prince's Palace."
Zhou Ye sighed with emotion: "This person is more concerned about the overall situation than this prince."
Beside him was Yao Jinyi, who said in a low voice: "Prince Zhenyang is not very old after all. He has been pampered since childhood. In the past ten years, he has settled down and succeeded in refining the gods. But his temperament, In fact, he is quite passionate."
"Before the Twenty-Four Mountain Defense Line was established, the monsters from the southern mountains invaded the country many times, slaughtered villages and killed people many times."
"For this reason, King Zhenyang has launched wars on the southern mountains no less than ten times in more than thirty years. His Majesty has reprimanded him many times, thinking that he started the war lightly and caused more casualties."
"But he still refuses to change despite repeated admonitions. The war ten years ago was because of a group of monsters that massacred four villages and devoured more than a thousand people, which made King Zhenyang start the war again."
"If we hadn't won a complete victory in the end and took the opportunity to establish a twenty-four-mountain defense line, I'm afraid His Majesty would have personally taken action to suppress the Zhenyang Palace."
"But even so, we only have ten years of respite. Now, His Majesty obviously still intends to let me, the Tianjian, divide the power of the Zhenyang Palace."
After Yao Jinyi said this, he laughed again and said: "If it goes according to Prince Zhenyang's temperament, he probably won't give in even an inch."
When Zhou Ye heard this, he nodded slightly and said, "Now that the prince has given two mountains, it is considered a concession. It shows that there are people behind him."
Speaking of this, Zhou Ye said with emotion: "The old prince was not an ordinary person back then. He is not dead yet."
"Although the old prince has not left, none of the old people who followed the old prince who can survive to this day are simple things."
After finishing speaking, Zhou Ye looked at the news in his hand and responded: "Since the Prince of Zhenyang has made initial concessions, let's take two mountains from him first."
Yao Jinyi nodded, and then said: "On the Seventh Mountain, Headmaster Xuantian can't teach it. Can Venerable Lu be able to hold it?"
Zhou Ye pondered and said: "To be able to kill the three major forging cauldrons, one must be stronger than the other commanders. Logically speaking, the one who can defend it can do so."
Yao Jinyi understood what he meant.
Under normal circumstances, with the ability shown by Master Lu, he would be able to hold on.
But the problem is that the demon king in the southern mountains seems to have noticed Master Lu in the seventh mountain.
Killing three big cauldrons in a row, he was in the limelight and frightened away the monsters.
In order to encourage the demons, I am afraid that the demon king will take action.
What's more, although Lu Wan killed three major forging cauldrons, it was rumored that his cultivation level was only at Daoji.
This was enough to make the Demon King of the God Refining Realm interested in him.
The idea came up to find out.
He has been targeted by the demon king of the southern mountains. "
"One of the two mountains given to us by Si Tianjian is the Eighth Mountain?"
Zhou Ye suddenly laughed and said: "Logically speaking, the Prince of Zhenyang must supervise our 'general', and there will be confidants of the Prince on both sides... This is a great skill."
Yao Jinyi also seemed quite puzzled at this moment.
Rumors claim that the Prince of Zhenyang is quite dissatisfied with Xuantian Temple, and even has some hatred?
Even the prince's fourth son has been sealed in the Dantian by Headmaster Xuantian, and the seal has not been broken yet.
For this reason, even the princess's mother clan sent troops to ambush Lu Wan, and finally all of them perished outside Fenghe County.
At that time, everyone thought it was Master Xuantian Guan who took action, but now it seems that Lu Wan may have dealt with those people personally.
With these conflicts in the past, why did the Prince of Zhenyang have so much trust in Xuantian Guan in the blink of an eye?
The eighth mountain was handed over to Si Tianjian.
The Seventh Mountain was supposed to be the confidant of Zhenyang Prince's Mansion and could be used for monitoring.
This move is equivalent to treating Xuantian Guan as a confidant?
"We are guarding the Eighth Mountain. If we want to expand our power, we have to extend to both sides. With the Xuantian Temple, we have to be careful about the Xuantian Headmaster."
Zhou Ye laughed and was about to continue talking when he noticed a light coming from outside.
He stretched out his hand to take it, frowned slightly, then relaxed it, and said with a smile: "Perhaps he values more the recent disciple of the Chengming Tianshi Mansion, Taoist Li Shou, who entered the world for the first time."
Taoist Li Shou was originally responsible for assisting in guarding the Eighth Mountain.
Now the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Mountain has been dismissed from his military post and replaced by a great master of Si Tianjian's cauldron making.
Taoist Li Shou was transferred to the Seventh Mountain to assist Lu Wan.
"This man first entered the world and has already made a great success in making the cauldron. He is very capable."
Yao Jinyi was very familiar with the news about the Twenty-Four Mountain Defense Line and said: "I originally thought that the Zhenyang Palace would let him take over from a general and guard a mountain alone."
"It's probably Elder Zhou from Chengming Tianshi Mansion who wants to express his attitude to us."
Zhou Ye said in a deep voice: "Chengming Tianshi Mansion helped the Zhenyang Prince's Mansion to guard several mountains... But Li Shou now only assisted Lu Wan, rather than guarding a mountain alone. In other words, the Zhenyang Prince's Mansion Next to it, there will be another vacant hilltop, which cannot be maintained and can only be handed over to our Tianjian."
When Yao Jinyi heard this, he suddenly understood and said: "Chengming Tianshi Mansion is helping Zhenyang Prince Mansion in order to resist the demons in the south, maintain stability on the border, and maintain peace in the world."
"But by transferring Li Shou to the Seventh Mountain, instead of controlling another mountain alone, does he show an attitude that he is unwilling to involve himself in the power game within the Daqian Dynasty?"
When Yao Jinyi said this, Zhou Ye just nodded.
The two ideas coincide with each other.
But they didn't know that Elder Zhou from Chengming Tianshi Mansion, who was also in the First Mountain City, looked quite helpless.
"Is this guy Li Shou crazy?"
"Let him guard the Seventeenth Mountain. Does he have to go to the Seventh Mountain?"
"Did you miss the word 'cross' in the message to him?"
"Didn't he and Lu Wan from Xuantian Temple work together to clear out the beast tide and kill some monsters and members of the Demon Sect?"
"Why do you have to be Lu Wan? Are you licking your face and insisting on being a follower?"
Elder Zhou felt a little helpless and said secretly: "This guy has claimed to be in seclusion since he started, and he practiced under the old Heavenly Master. Only then did he show up, and he is the perfect cauldron... It is said that his temperament may be extremely simple and naive, but he is not Is this really true?"
"Could it be that Lu Wan has the aura of a king and a domineering king, and he makes Li Shou bow before him when his tiger body shakes?"
"I have promised to guard these hills for Prince Zhenyang's Mansion. Now that we are short of manpower, wouldn't I be breaking my promise?"
"Prince Zhenyang's Palace will feel that I don't keep my word."
"The Sitian Supervisory Committee feels that the Chengming Tianshi Mansion is giving in."
"Annoying! If only Li Jing were still here!"
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The seventh mountain city.
Lu Wan looked at this uninvited guest, a little confused.
I saw this young Taoist, saluting and saying: "I am a poor Taoist, Li Shou, who has been ordered to assist Junior Brother Lu in guarding the Seventh Mountain City."
Lu Wan was silent for a moment and said, "Aren't you helping to guard the Eighth Mountain?"
"The people from Si Tianjian have been transferred."
Li Shou sighed and explained: "Yuan Li, the commander-in-chief of the Seventh Mountain, was infected by demonic nature. Therefore, the capital of Shendu was furious and was quite dissatisfied with the Prince of Zhenyang."
"In recent days, all the former commanders of the Twenty-Four Mountains have been dismissed. For the time being, an investigation will be conducted. Most of the deputy commanders have also been implicated."
"Three of the commanders resisted on the spot and were killed on the spot."
If you resist on the spot, there will naturally be a problem.
More than one Yuan Li was infected by the demonic nature.
There are three more commanders who are infected with demonic nature. If this matter is spread to the capital of God again, His Majesty may be even more angry.
The Prince of Zhenyang paid more and more attention to this matter, and its attitude towards Si Tianjian also weakened a lot.
"The man in golden clothes on the eighth mountain is a perfect cauldron. He doesn't need my help anymore."
Li Shou shook his head slightly and said: "But Elder Zhou believes that you are just Dao Ji after all. The Seventh Mountain City has lost another commander, and the morale is too low... so he asked me to come to help."
Lu Wan was keenly aware that Taoist Li Shou's words were somewhat untrue.
And Taoist Li Shou's complicated expression also betrayed him.
He also seemed to know that his poor acting skills should not be hidden from Lu Wan.
But he still said: "Actually, Pindao feels that you don't need to help."
"After all, who in the Daoji realm can kill so many bronze cauldrons in a row?"
"But it's better to be on the safe side."
"Pindao is here."
Li Shou paused for a moment and said: "The Demon King in the God Refining Realm has revealed his clues."
Lu Wan suddenly understood.
No wonder the other party insisted on coming to help guard the Seventh Mountain.
The impact of the thunder that protects the way is so great?
According to Taoist Li Shou, this Demon King in the God Refining Realm might take action against the Seventh Mountain?
"The second and third generation ancestors of Xuantian Guan have made outstanding achievements in fighting against the monsters in the southern mountains in the past..."
Taoist Li Shou whispered: "Many ancestors of great demons, even ancestors of demon kings in the realm of refining gods, were killed by the founder of the You family."
Lu Wan frowned and said, "Come to take revenge?"
Taoist Li Shou shook his head and said: "This is one of the reasons, but it is not the most important!"
"The most important thing is that you are just Douji after all."
"No matter how brilliant the record is, it is only for ordinary practitioners, but for the Demon King in the God Refining Realm... he is just an ant, killing several rabbits in a row?"
"So, they will be very interested in this extraordinary ant."
Taoist Li Shou said this.
Lu Wan sighed and responded, "I don't like what you say."
Taoist Li Shoudao spread his hands, meaning that this is the fact.
"The higher your record is, the more curious the Demon King in the God Refining Realm will be about you."
"Furthermore, for the Demon King who is not well-informed, this seventh mountain city is the weakest point without a bronze cauldron to guard it."
"You have to know that the monsters in the southern mountains are not of the same race!"
"Their news is not mutually communicated!"
"There will also be old grudges between them."
"I heard that there is a demon king who has been encouraged to attack the Seventh Mountain City."
Following Li Shou's words, Lu Wan frowned even more tightly.
Is there really a demon king targeting me?
"Which demon king is so stupid?"
"King Black Bear!"
Taoist Li Shou thought for a while and said: "Although it is not very smart, it is extremely powerful...especially its rough skin and thick flesh, which makes it difficult to fight."
Then Taoist Li Shou talked about another thing.
Among the mountains in the south, it has begun to spread that Xuantianguan could not teach, and only one true disciple suppressed the Seventh Mountain.
Some of the more cunning demons suspected that the Seventh Mountain had set up an ambush. Once the demon king invaded, Master Xuantian would take action.
Some demon kings with explosive tempers could not listen to such remarks and wanted to eat the unknown young Taoist who guarded the Seventh Mountain alive.
The Black Bear King is one of them.
"Why are you so familiar with the monsters in the southern mountains?" Lu Wan couldn't help but ask.
"I raised a few monsters in my early years and recently threw them into the southern mountains." Taoist Li Shou said calmly: "Pindao can be your eyes and ears, and he can also help you fight against the black bear king."
"Can you fight the Demon King?" Lu Wan said in surprise.
"I haven't tried it, but it can take about a dozen." Taoist Li Shou said: "Even if you can't beat it, you probably won't die."
"As expected of the true inheritance of Chengming Tianshi Mansion."
Lu Wan sighed with emotion.
Taoist Li Shou was born in the most mysterious and ancient lineage of top Taoists in the world today.
Those who practice the techniques of Chengming Tianshi Mansion and reach the level of Ding-casting should be stronger than practitioners of the same level in the world.
Possessing the magical power of thunder is a unique advantage.
Proficient in the secret arts of Chengming Tianshi Mansion, his abilities can be considered unfathomable.
"He is indeed qualified to say such things."
The Grandma of the Third Patriarch said: "Looking at this person's aura, he makes no secret of it. His cultivation method must be the best in the world. In the Taoist realm, eight Taoist platforms can be used to refine a first-grade Taoist."
"Use the most advanced cauldron-making secret technique to create the cauldron of the great avenue!"
"His soul condensation level is only slightly weaker than yours, and even stronger than what it was before you were baptized by the Great Spirit Ooze."
"If this person can break through the heart barrier and succeed in refining the spirit, he will be one of the strongest in the world in the future."
The Grandma of the Third Patriarch has always been arrogant and regarded all the practitioners in the southern part of Daqian as ants. She did not even give such a high evaluation to the true disciples of the National Master.
"Before I cast the Dantian Taoist platform, my soul level was equivalent to that of an ordinary cauldron."
"After being cast on the Dantian Taoist platform, the soul has been condensed to a level that can almost reach the realm of refining the gods like the ancestors of the Bai family in the city of God."
"Even the true biography of the national master, the collision of souls that day, is not as good as mine."
"This Li Shou's soul is more condensed than the one I had when I fought against the Warring States Master?"
Lu Wan was quite impressed and thought to himself: "Fortunately, this person has no hostility and is protective of me."
"Speaking of it, with this person's rich background, he should be expected to win the title of Young Master, but he turns out to be just an ordinary true disciple..."
Grandma Sanzu was a little confused, and then said: "Maybe she is too young and not qualified enough."
In the contemporary era, there are twelve young masters in Chengming Tianshi Mansion.
Every young master is expected to succeed the next heavenly master, and they are all successful in forging the cauldron.
I heard that the top three young masters have all achieved the God Refining Realm.
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Meanwhile, deep in the mountains to the south.
At the 24th Mountain Defense Line, the commanders of various ministries were dismissed from their military posts and replaced with new commanders. It was inevitable that there would be some chaos.
And someone took the opportunity to cross this line of defense.
This man is ugly and plainly dressed.
He walked slowly, and all the ferocious birds and beasts in the southern mountains retreated.
Even a demon as powerful as a cast cauldron retreats as soon as he sees it from a distance.
"Be bold!"
At this moment, deep in the mountains, there was a roaring sound, and suddenly roared: "I have not yet attacked, but the human race dares to invade! Even though the cauldron is completed, how dare you invade my lair?"
"I heard that the Black Bear King is about to attack the Seventh Mountain. I'm here to offer you a spell!"
The man said loudly: "There are many monsters in the mountains, but even if there are hundreds of thousands of people in a pile of scattered sand, they cannot break through the Seventh Mountain City guarded by more than ten thousand people..."
He said proudly: "The human race has the method of military formation. If we work together, we can also use the twenty-four mountain formations to hold on. Even the demon king cannot easily break it!"
"I have three methods to offer today!"
"One method can cut off the formation of the seventh mountain city, but cannot second the formation of the twenty-fourth mountain defense line."
"The second method can break the unity of the army's officers and soldiers, causing them to collapse and become a piece of loose sand."
"The three methods allow the monsters in the mountains to no longer be just a pile of scattered sand, but can be condensed into a large formation, gathering the momentum of hundreds of thousands of birds and beasts. The momentum is rolling and unstoppable."
"With these three methods in hand, the Seventh Mountain City guarded by Daoji Realm can be easily broken!"
"When we drive straight in, we can even overturn Kaiyang Mountain. With the power of the Demon King and the power of all the demons, it will not be difficult to kill Master Xuantian, who is in the God Refining Realm!"
"South of Daqian, there is no way to stop it, let the demon king slaughter it!"
The visitor bowed and saluted, and said proudly: "The demon king is a pioneer. He should make a great name and become the first king of the southern mountains!"
Deep in the mountains, the Demon King was silent for a long time.
Finally there was a sound.
"I don't understand very well." The Black Bear King muttered.
"..." The man's eyes were complicated, and he finally said: "I'm here to help the king conquer the Seventh Mountain City."
"That's it." After hearing this, the Black Bear King lost his hostility and praised: "You should have told me earlier..."
(End of chapter)
