This battle was beyond Lu Wan’s expectation.
After the old prince Li Yitu of Zhenyang appeared, the people in power in the Twenty-Four Mountains all went to war at the same time and launched a full-scale counterattack!
This battle lasted for four days and gradually came to an end!
Next, it’s time to clean up the scattered monsters!
However, the results of the subsequent battles are not counted. In these four days alone, more than a million birds and beasts in the southern mountains have been annihilated, including a large number of monsters in the Qi Refining Realm and Daoji Realm.
Even the Great Demon of Zhuding was killed by no less than twenty people.
As for the demon kings in the realm of refining gods, in addition to King Black Bear, the contemporary Prince Zhenyang also killed a refining god!
Sitianjian Lieutenant Commander Zheng Zhouye, who led the first army, and cooperated with Elder Zhou from the thunder method lineage of Chengming Tianshi Mansion, also worked together to kill a refining god!
In this battle, three great god-refining demon kings fell!
From now on, the southern mountains will be peaceful and stable for at least thirty years.
Although the Dagan frontier army also suffered heavy losses, with seven Zhuding dead and more than 200,000 soldiers killed and injured, it was considered a complete victory, enough to continue to suppress the southern mountains.
The contemporary prince of Zhenyang, two days ago, seemed to be considering moving all the twenty-four mountain defense lines southward for hundreds of miles!
Build formations and lines of defense to expand Daqian's territory.
But he asked the gods for help, but there was no response.
——
In the seventh mountain city.
Lu Wan, dressed in armor and covered in blood, returned to the city to recuperate.
The situation has become a success, and there is no suspense in this battle. Only the generals of various ministries are left to lead their troops to clean up the remnants.
Taoist Li Shou is refining meat into elixirs!
Apart from the four great cauldron monsters, there is the body of the Black Bear King!
Corpses in the God Refining Realm can refine extremely extraordinary elixirs.
"That big demon, the first bottle of the elixir you refined must be given to me..."
Bai Yuan came closer and blinked, full of expectation.
At the last moment of the battle four days ago, it became red-eyed and suppressed the two cast tripods with the help of an army of thousands.
Then the city gates were opened wide, and the soldiers began to counterattack.
Many deputy commanders who were at the peak of the Daoji Realm worked together to form a large formation, and they actually held back a great cauldron-making demon.
The other big demon ran away for his life when he saw this, and was finally killed by Taoist Li Jiu from the Sixth Mountain.
White Ape was unable to catch up at that time, so he worked with other soldiers to suppress the cauldron-making demon.
Finally came a life-for-life move.
White Ape's chest was ripped out.
But its great virtue's ax chopped off the opponent's head.
Afterwards, the white ape recovered and was in high spirits.
"I told you that I would be difficult to kill."
Bai Yuan looked at the corpse of the great demon, sighed, and said proudly: "The great demon is nothing more than that."
"Get out!" Lu Wan became irritated and yelled angrily.
"Okay." The white ape ran out in a hurry.
"You look very strange today." Lu Wan suddenly looked at Taoist Li Shou and asked.
"Seventeen of Pindao's informants in the southern mountains were accidentally injured..." Taoist Li said helplessly: "On the 24th mountain defense line, soldiers came out in full force to clear out all the enemies and killed Pindao. Seventeen subordinates.”
Among these subordinates, some were humans and some were birds and beasts, but he spent a lot of effort to refine them and throw them into the southern mountains.
"Really?" Lu Wan looked at him deeply.
"you……"
Taoist Li Shou felt a slight sign in his heart, and he couldn't help but think of a magical power in the records that could penetrate people's hearts and steal ideas.
It seems that since meeting Lu Wan, some of the things that he wants to hide have never been hidden from him?
It’s enough for a Taoist realm practitioner to have such strong combat power, but he can actually spy on the thoughts of his great cauldron-casting master?
He turned his head and glanced, and happened to catch Lu Wan's smiling eyes.
After a moment of silence, Taoist Li Shou sighed: "The main line of the Pluto Sect has been breached."
"Ah?" Lu Wan was startled for a moment and said, "The frontier troops of the Twenty-Four Mountains were so ferocious that they fought deep into the southern mountains?"
"No..." Taoist Li Shou sighed: "The three young masters of the God Refining Realm from the Chengming Tianshi Mansion worked together to take action."
Lu Wan finally understood the meaning of Li Shou's sigh.
The three young masters are all in the God Refining Realm!
These are all candidates to succeed the Heavenly Master in the future!
And Li Shou can be considered a leader among today's young generation, but compared to the "young master" of Chengming Tianshi Mansion, he seems to be insufficient.
Even Taoist Li Shou did not know about this attack on Hades Sect in advance.
"The Pluto Sect Master was entangled by the old prince and was unable to activate the complete mountain guarding formation in time."
Taoist Li Shou said: "Twelve halls, destroy three halls, kill the master of the three halls, a supreme elder!"
In the past, the palace master of the Pluto Sect was a great practitioner of the God Refining Realm, but even in today's Pluto Sect, the person who can serve as the palace master must be a master of cauldron casting.
As for the Supreme Elder, he must be in the God Refining Realm.
"One god of refinement, three cauldrons, great achievements. The results are quite fruitful."
Lu Wan said with emotion: "Besides, there should be elders at the level of casting the tripod under the palace master. This time, Chengming Tianshi Mansion has really severely damaged the Hades Sect..."
"It's a pity that after the Pluto Sect was defeated by the Daqian Dynasty, it became smarter. The cunning rabbit has three holes..."
Taoist Li Shou shook his head slightly and said: "Beyond the main line, there are only three major halls...the other nine halls are all on one side, and they failed to defeat them all in one fell swoop and destroy the entire sect!"
After a pause, Taoist Li Shou looked at Lu Wan again and told him a more important message.
"Fortunately, the demon species has been banned. The three senior brothers held the Tianshi Sword and worked together to send it back to the Tianshi Mansion."
When Lu Wan heard this, his heart moved slightly.
He already knew quite well what Taoist Li Shou was capable of. He was someone who could fight with ordinary gods and demon kings for an hour without losing.
And how powerful should the God Refining Realm that came from Chengming Tianshi Mansion be?
Such powerful three gods in the realm of refining, working together to ban demon species, actually need to use the Heavenly Master Sword, known as the "Immortal Magic Weapon", to escort them?
During the escort, the dangers they will face seem to be far beyond imagination.
"The old prince has left seclusion."
At this moment, Taoist Li Shou suddenly spoke, looked outside the tent, and said, "He has restored himself to his prime, and he should leave the Seventh Mountain City next."
"I'll go see him while I continue to make alchemy."
After Lu Wan said this, he walked out of the tent and went straight to where the old prince of Zhenyang was.
Although this old prince of Zhenyang has been hiding for many years and is about to expire, his cultivation does not seem to have weakened much.
This time the Pluto Sect Master did not dare to fight, and the Black Bear King could only be regarded as the first stage of god refining, so the old prince was not injured.
This retreat is just to make up for the consumed mana and to maintain at the peak level at all times.
The old prince seemed to dare not let himself be in a "weak" state.
With Lu Wan's delusion-breaking magical power, he could vaguely detect that the old prince at the peak of the God Refining Realm had a ray of "fear" hidden in his heart.
When Lu Wan arrived at the old prince's tent, he found that the old man had already made tea.
"Just have some tea."
"There is still a big battle ahead, and many soldiers are still bathing in blood. Doesn't it seem good for us to drink tea here?"
"The situation has mostly been decided, it's time to drink the celebratory drink."
When the old prince said this, he laughed self-deprecatingly: "First of all, I don't dare to get drunk. Secondly, even if I win a great victory, there will inevitably be casualties, so I don't have to drink to celebrate."
He pushed a cup of tea over and said, "Tea is never too much."
Lu Wan sat opposite him and sighed: "I just heard that the old prince knows about the Pluto Sect, right? To be precise, you are also one of the planners?"
The old prince took a sip of tea, then nodded and admitted the matter.
Lu Wan rubbed his brows and said: "At first, I thought you had figured something out and were willing to show up, so you went to face the Pluto Sect Master."
"Later I discovered Mount Twenty-Four and launched a full-scale counterattack, only to realize that something was not quite right."
"I originally thought that this catastrophe from the southern mountains would last for a long time, or even several years, but I didn't expect that it would be over in just ten days."
Lu Wan raised his hand and saluted: "In a short period of time, the old prince has planned a lot, which is really a good trick."
“Actually, it took about two years to prepare, so it’s not too fast.”
"Originally, we prepared a layer of means to deal with the barbarian king, but he did not come."
"If I had known he would not come, maybe if I used this method on the Pluto Sect Master, I might not be able to drag him to death together."
When the old prince of Zhenyang said this, he felt a little regretful, but he was silent for a moment, and then said: "In order to prepare for the affairs in the southern mountains, I had to hide my identity. At that time, Xuantian Temple suffered a big change, and I was unable to help."
Then, the old prince's expression became extremely serious: "That demon tiger..."
Lu Wan was shocked and looked solemn.
I could only hear the old prince saying in a deep voice: "Before Headmaster Xuantian fell, I didn't notice his existence."
"After the death of Headmaster Xuantianguan, I didn't even dare to explore his traces."
"Anyone who can eat a great cultivator of the God Refining Realm silently must be above me in cultivation."
After finishing speaking, the old prince sighed with emotion: "Fortunately, I was beheaded by the imperial master."
Lu Wan looked complicated and opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
The National Master is at the pinnacle of the God Refining Realm and is recognized as the strongest person, with a higher reputation than the old prince.
Lu Wan didn't know the specific strength level.
But in the public perception, the national master is basically considered to be stronger.
The demon tiger killed all the national teachers without making a sound.
"There are some things that I don't dare to listen to."
At this moment, the old prince suddenly said: "Wait another month, if I am not dead, then you can choose to tell me."
Lu Wan was keenly aware that the "some things" mentioned by the old prince did not seem to refer to the demon tiger.
But before he could speak again, the old prince said again: "When did you become aware of my identity?"
"A long time ago."
Lu Wan thought for a while and said: "The beginning should be when I was returning from Qujiang County."
That time, he was the one who killed the true disciple of the Imperial Master.
But before that, he built the upper Dantian Taoist platform, which gave him the magical power to destroy delusion.
Having met Tu Yisanren before, he didn't notice any clues, but after possessing the magical power of breaking the illusion, he vaguely sensed something strange.
The third ancestor's grandmother had also woken up at that time, and she specifically reminded Lu Wan, but she did not explain Tu Yisan's identity.
Now it seems that Grandma Sanzu may have seen through Tu Yisanren's true identity, but she believed that the other party had no ill intentions, so she did not directly expose it.
There should also be a layer hidden in it, a test for Lu Wan to explore on his own.
"Did you notice it then?" The old prince was a little surprised.
"There is a suspicion." Lu Wan said: "But you can be sure that the person who assassinated me at that time did not come from Zhenyang Prince's Palace... From then on, Zhenyang Prince's Palace's attitude towards Xuantian Guan suddenly changed and became Extremely kind.”
"It seems that I am not cautious enough." The old prince said with a smile.
"The real confirmation is the body-protecting divine light you left in Li Qi's body." Lu Wan said slowly: "You patted his shoulder. I patted his shoulder afterwards and noticed a powerful Power... I saved his life once, and I can confirm that the divine light that protects the body is not inherited from his master, but was just planted."
"You value him very much, and I also admire him a lot. At that time, I was determined to show up, so I gave him a body-protecting divine light." The old prince responded.
"The old prince has been hiding for so many years, but now he can't hide anymore. He is determined to show up, with the intention of dying."
Lu Wan drank all the tea in one gulp and said immediately: "You did not die in the southern mountains in this battle...but you are still worried and open-minded about death."
The old prince nodded, feeling a little emotional and helpless.
"The threat that endangered my life and made me hide it for so many years because I was afraid of death was never the monster from the southern mountains, nor was it the Pluto Sect."
"What is that?" Lu Wan asked.
"I don't know." The old prince shook his head.
"Don't know?" Lu Wan frowned.
"Perhaps we will know soon." The old prince said suddenly.
"..." Lu Wan was silent for a long time, and then suddenly burst out with a word: "Demon?"
"Do you know about this?" The old prince couldn't help but be stunned.
"I heard my headmaster mentioned it." Lu Wan responded.
"Logically speaking, it involves 'demons'. Even if your family leader knows the inside story, he shouldn't tell you about this Taoist realm."
The old prince whispered: "Knowing the existence of 'demons' will be a great obstacle to your ability to cross the cauldron and become a god in the future..."
When he said this, he seemed to feel that he was talking too much and should not involve the internal affairs of Xuantian Temple.
Then he sighed: "I was targeted in my early years, but when I was able to successfully build the cauldron, I broke through to the realm of God Refining and consciously quelled my inner demons... I didn't expect that until I reached the peak of God Refining, I discovered that... the 'demon' has always been there. Watching me..."
"You are already at the peak of the God Refining Realm. If you return to the palace, take over the royal seal again, and unite the general trend of the south..."
Lu Wan's heart sank slightly and he said, "Looking at the world... there are still people who can kill you?"
"have!"
The old prince nodded without hesitation: "They can eat me!"
more than one!
Lu Wan became more keenly aware of the meaning of the old prince's words.
"Actually, if I hadn't been able to control this part of the country's destiny as the lord of the eight southern regions of the Daqian Dynasty, I might have been eaten."
The old prince paused and said, "It's just that 'they' think it's not cost-effective."
What does it mean that it’s not a good deal? The main dish at the Peak of Refining God is not rich enough?
"In Zhenyang Prince's Mansion, there is a treasure house, which is divided into nine floors."
"The top one is a rare magic weapon in the world, with a killing formation."
"The one at the bottom can be considered a top-grade magic weapon. It also has formation protection, but it is far inferior to the one on the top."
The old prince smiled and said: "If you are a thief, but find that the most dangerous formation is not the top magic weapon, but a magic weapon... Are you willing to enter the palace and steal it?"
Lu Wan thought for a while and said, "I could have bought a roasted pig for a hundred pence, but for you, I can only eat a chicken drumstick?"
"You can put it another way."
The old prince laughed and said: "It's more or less the same, but it's not cost-effective anyway."
Lu Wan thought for a while and asked, "Is it a good deal now?"
The old prince responded: "Now, I will achieve Zhenxuan."
The realm of refining gods is the highest realm in the world.
Zhenxuan, on the other hand, is just a path derived from the realm of refining gods. It actually does not go beyond the realm of refining gods.
However, it has reached a higher level.
"I have been hiding it for so many years. The reason why I can't hide it is that more importantly, my life is about to end."
The old prince said: "If we don't break through, we will completely enter our twilight years, continue to age, and completely lose the hope of breaking through the true mystery... I will have at most twenty years in my remaining life."
There was a sparkle in his eyes.
In the only twenty years left, if you can break the shackles, you can explore the road to immortality!
But breaking through to the level of God Refining is equivalent to the fruit being ripe.
Even if you have the King's Seal in your hand, the other party will definitely come to harvest it.
It's not cost-effective to spend a hundred dollars of energy to eat a chicken drumstick.
But it's still worthwhile to spend a hundred pence of energy to eat a roasted pig.
More importantly, if you don’t eat this pig, maybe the pig will turn into a tiger in the future.
"The old prince has such a close relationship with the Chengming Celestial Master's Mansion, why not hide in the Chengming Celestial Master's Mansion and seek a breakthrough?"
"I hid it for three days." The old prince sighed and said, "For some unknown reason, the Celestial Master's treasure book in the Chengming Celestial Master's Mansion was in conflict with my existence... and I had to leave the Chengming Celestial Master's Mansion."
"Then the Heavenly Master came down from the mountain to protect you?" Lu Wan couldn't help but ask: "Witnessing the birth of a Zhenxuan, the Heavenly Master should give you a face?"
"The Heavenly Master has an unspeakable secret and cannot go down the mountain easily." The old prince sighed and said: "Unless things are really beyond control... he can go down the mountain, but he must not go back to the mountain for more than seven days!"
"Then how are you going to break through Zhenxuan?" Lu Wan thought for a while and asked, "Go to the capital of gods?"
"The emperor would not like to see a strong man in the Zhenyang Realm emerge from Zhenyang Palace." The old prince waved his hand and said: "Actually, I wanted to make a breakthrough in Kaiyang Mountain at the beginning..."
In other words, he initially thought that the current headmaster of Xuantian Temple was in the realm of Zhenxuan?
After all, this is a stronger person than he expected!
As the old prince of Zhenyang Palace, it stands to reason that he should have been able to detect the existence of such a peak god refining person.
Since it is completely unknown, it is very likely that it is a more powerful Zhenxuan realm!
But now, he has discovered that the headmaster of Xuantian Guan is not in the realm of Zhenxuan?
(End of chapter)
