Soul-killing Valley, the main altar of the sect.
Under the tall and majestic archway, several elders and hundreds of disciples were on duty. They were uniformly dressed in black armor and black robes. They all had fierce auras and stern expressions.
In the spacious corridor, disciples hurriedly walked in and out from time to time. In a few days, it would be the day of the big battle with Xueyun Pavilion, so the nerves of the entire sect were tense.
Valley Master Sha Wuye has issued an order, not only mobilizing the entire sect, but also sending envoys to all the vassal small forces' territories to plunder, do their best to collect every resource, and borrow money from the surrounding neutral chambers of commerce or sect forces. , in order to accumulate as many advantages as possible in the next war.
In the sect's meeting hall.
More than ten elders gathered together and were reporting various matters to Sha Wuye who was sitting at the top.
Sha Wuye looks like a tall, rough and bold man, but in fact he is rough but subtle, shrewd and cunning, and his methods are ruthless and cruel. He shows no mercy when dealing with his opponents, which is why he was able to kill many people more than sixty years ago. Competitors have successfully taken the position of being the head of the family.
Sha Wuye listened very attentively to the elders' reports, and would ask some questions from time to time, never letting go of some inconspicuous details.
At present, the sect's comprehensive preparations for war have entered a critical moment, and there is no room for any mistakes. Sometimes an inadvertent oversight may cause big problems in the future.
"...That's all, let's do this for now."
When the report came to an end, Sha Wuye finally let out a breath, furrowed his thick eyebrows, rubbed the handle of the knife at his waist with his big hand, and murmured:
"It still feels like it's not enough, but that's all we can do right now. Hey, if our family was stronger and we had more experts, why would we be as embarrassed as we are today?"
The elders looked at each other with helpless expressions on their faces. The overall strength of Soul Killing Valley was not as good as that of Xueyun Pavilion. In addition, the person in charge of the other party was not clear-headed. The result of rashly starting a war was obvious.
Xueyun Pavilion has not existed for a long time, less than five hundred years so far, but it already has six floating floating land in the void of different sizes. Its total area is about twice that of Soul Killing Valley, and its mortal population is twice as large. .
In terms of mineral elixirs, taxes, disciples, and the number of true first-level masters, Xueyun Pavilion has a clear advantage. It even has many more vassal forces under its rule than Soul Killing Valley.
However, for Soul Killing Valley, this is another battle that has to be fought. After all, people have been eyeing the foundation of Soul Killing Valley for a long time, and are about to reveal their ferocious fangs. If they don’t fight while they still have the strength to resist now, in the future The only option is to let the other party control you.
This is the current situation in the Yuyuan Star Territory. Numerous small and medium-sized forces fight to the death all day long, killing and injuring countless monks. Their reasons and excuses are all bizarre, all for the purpose of grabbing territory and resources.
"Valley Master, there is one more thing."
An elder said: "Master Cangxue went out to collect resources a few days ago, but he has not returned yet, and has not sent any message back. Maybe something happened. Master Chixingzi was worried about the safety of his disciple, so he went to the police station in person yesterday Set off to investigate.”
"What can happen to his disciples?"
Sha Wuye frowned when he heard this. Chi Xingzi was one of his confidants. He had a cultivation level of the sixth level of the True First Realm, and his ability and temperament were quite good, so he was entrusted with the important task of deputy valley master.
Now that this capable general has not returned from the trip, Sha Wuye feels a little guilty. Seeing that the war is imminent, it is a time when the combat power is tense. Without a master in the late stage of the True First Realm, the risks faced by his side will undoubtedly be greater. .
"Contact him quickly and ask him to come back immediately after finishing his work."
In the end, Sha Wuye could only give this order.
From the main altar of Zhanhun Valley to the territories of those small vassal forces, it takes several days to go back and forth by Tianzhoulou boat. It is impossible to have a void movement circle in such a remote place, so now Sha Wuye has no better way. .
Unfortunately, what he didn't know was that the deputy valley master of Chixingzi would never come back, or even if he could come back, he would no longer be the same Chixingzi as before.
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In the dungeon of the Yang family's mansion.
Qin Muling played with a pair of bright red jade knives in his hand, looked at them roughly, shook his head with some disappointment, and threw them on the table:
"What kind of junk thing? After all, you are a deputy valley master. Don't you have anything useful on you?"
Opposite the table, a middle-aged Taoist with gray hair and beard picked up the jade knife and examined it with some heartache. After confirming that it was not damaged, he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile:
"Master, you come from a large sect. You are used to seeing rare treasures, so you naturally look down on these first-grade treasures. Although the quality is not very good, it was only obtained by me at the risk of death."
He is Chi Xingzi, the master of Cangxue Zhenren and the deputy valley master of Soul Killing Valley. He rushed over from the sect's main altar yesterday and was blocked by Qin Muling as soon as he landed.
Even though Chi Xingzi's cultivation level is higher, as a casual cultivator, he has no decent inheritance of martial arts and magical powers, and he does not have powerful magic weapons at his side. Therefore, he is no match for Qin Muling. He was knocked down and captured in just one encounter. , and all the hundreds of followers who accompanied him were made prisoners.
What happened next was simple. After Qin Muling imprisoned his soul with a secret method, the deputy valley master could only feel aggrieved and helpless and became the slave of the new master, obeying all his orders unconditionally.
Qin Muling nodded, took out a jade slip from the bracelet and threw it over: "Okay, I will give you this 'Seven Evil Devouring Spirit Slash', but now I only have the first half. As long as you serve me well in the future, I will give it to you." If you do something well and make enough contributions, it’s not like I can’t give you the rest.”
"..."
Chi Xingzi took it and inspected it briefly, a flash of ecstasy flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly agreed: "Master, don't worry, my subordinate will definitely go through fire and water in the future, even if I die!"
Compared with the Seven Evil Spirit Devouring Sect, the skills and magical powers that he had practiced before were just rubbish and were several levels behind. With such great benefits, Chi Xingzi was no longer so resistant to the status of a slave.
This is the tragedy of casual cultivators. There is no complete and brilliant inheritance, lack of guidance from famous teachers, and it is difficult to obtain enough resources. Therefore, cultivation is particularly difficult. Even young people with excellent talents and qualifications cannot achieve very high achievements.
Although there are examples of casual cultivators who, by chance, received great blessings and soared into the sky and grew into giants, the probability of this is too low, and it is nothing to the vast majority of casual cultivators. substantive meaning.
In Qin Muling's view, this magical power is nothing. It is barely considered second-rate in Yunmeng Tiangong's rich collection of martial arts books. Even those inner disciples are not very impressed by it. Take it out to give yourself something new. It is appropriate to accept the training of his subordinates.
Any supreme orthodoxy has the practice of rewarding the vassal forces under its rule with martial arts and magical powers. Usually, after those vassal forces have made sufficient contributions, some second-rate classics are given out, which can not only encourage these vassal forces to work hard, but also It can ensure the sect's control over them.
According to Qin Muling's assumptions, since this star field will return to the rule of Yunmeng Tiangong sooner or later, it is not an exaggeration to treat his subordinates as vassal forces now.
"Okay, now let's talk about what happened between you and Xueyun Pavilion? Do you think it is possible for Soul Killing Valley to win this war?" Qin Muling asked.
Chi Xingzi shook his head simply: "It's very difficult to do. No matter how thorough the planning is by the master of Sha Valley, the chance of Soul Killing Valley is only close to 40%, let alone now. The master of Blood Cloud Pavilion is actually He is the offspring of a blood demon and a human race. He possesses some mysterious and vicious talents and magical powers. It is said that he also has a very powerful high-grade treasure, so his advantages are quite obvious."
Qin Muling pondered: "In that case, why is Sha Wuye still fighting this battle?"
Chi Xingzi sighed: "If I have a choice, the Valley Master certainly doesn't want to start a war. The problem is that the Blood Cloud Pavilion doesn't want to let go of Soul Killing Valley. The Pavilion Master has always been greedy, shameless, bloodthirsty and vicious, and has sent envoys to the door more than once. They threatened and intimidated the Valley of Souls to surrender to it unconditionally, but the owner of the Valley refused, so it ended up like this."
Anyone who can become the leader of a force is naturally not a good man or woman. With Sha Wuye's temperament, he didn't want to succumb to a half-human, half-demon monster, so he unceremoniously rejected the Xueyun Pavilion man. The request of the Pavilion Master.
Qin Muling thought thoughtfully: "If I take action personally and want to swallow up the foundations of Soul Killing Valley and Bloody Cloud Pavilion at the same time, and take over all their vassal forces, what do you think are the chances of winning?"
Chi Xingzi said cautiously: "If you, the master, are here in person, of course it won't be a problem. All the True First Realm monks from their two families combined will not be your opponent. You just want to digest and rationalize the territory and resources of the two families. You have to It will take some time, and...we must prevent other surrounding forces from coming to pick peaches."
He couldn't understand the depth of Qin Muling's background at all, and he didn't know what terrible trump card this handsome young man with mysterious origins hid, but he could figure it out with his heels, which was definitely not something that two low-level casual cultivators could compete with. .
For ordinary people or casual cultivators with no foundation, Xueyun Pavilion and Soul Killing Valley are already unimaginable behemoths. However, in the eyes of the real big sect forces, they are just the level of a country old man. .
Therefore, as long as Qin Muling is willing, it is only a matter of time to regain these two sects and take over their foundations. Even if he takes over several powers of the same size, it is not worth mentioning.
Qin Muling smiled: "If you don't go back, will Sha Wuye come to save you personally?"
Chi Xingzi spread his hands and said, "In normal times, this might be possible, but now that the two sects are about to go to war, he definitely can't care about me."
"Very good, let's leave it at that for now, wait and see what happens, and wait until they get a result."
Qin Muling made a decision. Xueyun Pavilion could not win this war without any loss. Sha Wuye would definitely pay a corresponding price under Sha Wuye's desperate counterattack.
At that time, it would be the most suitable opportunity for Qin Muling to take action, and he could easily acquire the two families' foundations.
Sure enough, just ten days later, Xueyun Pavilion launched a massive offensive and deployed about 70% of its strength to besiege the sect's main altar in Soul-Slaying Valley.
Naturally, Sha Wuye would not sit still and wait for death. He immediately took advantage of the geographical advantage and launched a counterattack. Bloody battles broke out between the two sides, both of which resulted in heavy casualties.
After a stalemate for more than half a month, Soul Killing Valley finally couldn't hold on anymore, and the master of Xueyun Pavilion led a crowd to break through the sect's main altar, followed by a brutal and inhumane massacre.
Seeing the critical moment when the Soul-Slaying Valley was about to be destroyed and eliminated, Qin Muling finally arrived. First, he seriously injured the Blood Cloud Pavilion Master with a Taoist puppet, and then restrained Sha Wuye in one fell swoop.
The few remaining True First Realm monks on both sides launched a siege, but were still completely suppressed by Qin Muling, and then captured them one by one.
At this point, the foundations of the two sects have all fallen into Qin Muling's hands.
