Having been given a second chance at life, I choose to join the Demonic Sect!

Chapter 208 Fire!
Xu Ru looked at the Nascent Soul elders responsible for operating the heavy crossbows and gave them instructions:
"When you see their Xuantian Sect flying boat tomorrow, open fire on it immediately!"
Try to break through their airship's defenses as quickly as possible.

Then, immediately destroy the left and right flanks of their airship to prevent them from escaping!

The airship has a weakness: if the left and right wings are destroyed, its flight speed will drop drastically!
If we want to successfully capture the Xuan Tian Sect members tomorrow, we must destroy the left and right wings of the flying boat to cut off their chance of escape!
"Uncle-Master Xu Ru, your crossbows are too small. The Xuan Tian Sect definitely won't like them!"

Cao Meng felt that the people of the Hehuan Sect were really too unhospitable. The fourth-grade top-quality crossbows equipped on this flying boat were simply not enough to properly entertain the people of the Xuantian Sect!
Cao Meng took out a sixth-grade low-level spiritual weapon, the Nine-Star Crossbow, a jet-black crossbow several dozen feet in size that fired nine consecutive shots, which appeared on the deck of the flying boat.

The ferocious beast totems and inscribed runes on the crossbows exude an ancient pressure.

"Uncle-Master Xu Ru, my crossbow cart is big enough, they'll definitely like it!"

Cao Meng had already decided that as soon as he saw the Xuan Tian Sect's flying boat tomorrow, he would perform a Nine Stars Alignment for them!
"Your crossbow is a sixth-tier spiritual weapon. Where did you get it?"

Xu Ru and Cao Meng looked at the Nine-Star Crossbow with some surprise.

This is a sixth-tier spiritual weapon! Is this something a Nascent Soul cultivator should be using?

I had long heard that Cao Meng was rich, making a fortune every day with his business of Zhiyang Pearls and bubble tea. Seeing it today, I can confirm it's true!
┭┮﹏┭┮Waaah~
Even a Nascent Soul cultivator like myself can't afford a sixth-tier spiritual weapon; I'm still using a fifth-tier one.

It's infuriating that even a junior has a sixth-tier spiritual weapon these days!

"Picked it up!"

Cao Meng couldn't very well tell Xu Ru that it was given by the Emperor, could he? So he could only give a perfunctory answer.

"Cao Meng, you didn't get this from the Golden Buddha Temple, did you?"

Xu Ru strongly suspected that Cao Meng had made a fortune at Jinfo Temple, after all, those monks at Jinfo Temple were extremely rich and fat!
"Cao Meng, how about you sell your crossbow cart to me for three million low-grade spirit stones?"

Xu Ru put her arm around Cao Meng's shoulder, acting as if they were good friends.

Although the crossbow is an uncommon type of magical weapon, it is still a sixth-tier magical weapon.

One shot could basically cripple a fifth-tier flying boat, so Xu Ru was somewhat tempted.

"Uncle Xu, do I look like a traitor to you?"

Cao Meng rolled his eyes at Xu Ru, not understanding how she could have the nerve to ask for three million spirit stones to buy a low-grade sixth-order spiritual weapon.

"Cao Meng, your martial uncle is doing this for your own good!"
Unlike other magical artifacts, the crossbow requires a large amount of spiritual energy to operate.

"This sixth-grade low-level crossbow, I reckon even if you died from exhaustion, you might not be able to successfully activate it!"

Xu Ru's earnest advice was solely aimed at deceiving Cao Meng and making him a victim of injustice.

"hehe!"

Cao Meng sneered and mocked:
"Uncle-Master Xu Ru, you can only fool Xiao Bai with those words!"

"My spiritual power is indeed insufficient to activate this Nine-Star Crossbow, but I have spirit stones!"

The crossbow, such a powerful weapon, does indeed require a huge amount of spiritual power to activate.

However, the artisans who crafted crossbows had already taken this into account, and they would usually inscribe runes, talismans, and formations on the crossbows.

This helps the crossbow to gather energy from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, or to be charged with the spiritual power of cultivators and the spiritual power contained in spirit stones.

"Cao Meng, in a little while I'll use the communication jade talisman to complain to Senior Sister Xia, telling her that you've been cheating on her and keeping a mistress in the Zhu Yue Dynasty!"

Seeing that she couldn't intimidate Cao Meng, Xu Ru resorted to a threat.

"Uncle-Master Xu Ru, if you spread rumors about me, don't blame me for spreading rumors too. I'll just say that you, as an elder, actually seduced me and that you were lusting after my body!"

Seeing that his mahjong partner Xu Ru didn't cherish their past friendship, Cao Meng decided to be blunt.

If the other party dares to frame me, I dare to retaliate and drag her down with me!
"You~"

When Xu Ru saw that Cao Meng was threatening her instead, she was furious.

Indeed, clear water has no fish, and a shameless person is invincible!

The next day... the Xuantian Sect's flying boat was almost approaching the imperial city, led by Qingfeng Hall Master Gu Qingfeng.

Hua Xuan, the personal disciple, reported to Gu Qingfeng at the appointed time:

"Uncle-Master, the flying boat can reach the imperial city in no more than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea!"

Hua Xuan is a prince of the Zhu Yue Dynasty royal family, no, he is now a remnant of the previous dynasty.

After all, the Zhuyue Dynasty has now changed hands, and the current emperor is Huang Yu, not his father Hua Xuancong. He is now a remnant of the previous dynasty!
"Ok!"

Gu Qingfeng hummed in response, but didn't pay much attention to the other party.

He had absolutely no desire to acknowledge this junior apprentice.

Hua Xuan's qualifications are not yet sufficient to become a direct disciple of the Xuantian Sect.

If his father, Hua Xuanzong, hadn't been willing to let the Zhuyue Dynasty submit to the Xuantian Sect, would Hua Xuan have been able to rise from a true disciple to a personal disciple?

To be honest, Gu Qingfeng was very dissatisfied with this mission, because the Zhuyue Dynasty had chosen to submit voluntarily, and his trip was just a formality with no significant merit or achievement.

Gu Qingfeng felt unlucky to be assigned such a thankless and unrewarding job.

He decided that after completing the process of conquering the Moon Dynasty, he would quickly go and subjugate one or two smaller dynasties to accumulate merit and achievements.

But he didn't know that as the Xuan Tian Sect's flying boat got closer and closer to the imperial city, it was also getting closer and closer to the He Huan Sect's flying boat.

……

The Hehuan Sect had already discovered the Xuantian Sect's flying boat, but because the Hehuan Sect's flying boat had activated a concealment array early on, the Xuantian Sect's flying boat had not yet detected them.

"finally come!"

Cao Meng stared at the Xuantian Sect's flying boat, his eyes burning with the fire of revenge.

"Take this Nine Stars in a Row!"

Cao Meng fully activated the Nine-Star Crossbow, which had been prepared long ago, and nine giant crossbow bolts formed from spiritual energy were fired simultaneously.

Cao Meng took the lead in opening fire, and the other Nascent Soul elders who were controlling the crossbows also opened fire, while the Hehuan Sect disciples all used their talismans.

After Cao Meng unleashed the Nine Stars Alignment, he regretted it a bit, because it had consumed too many spirit stones.

Cao Meng's own spiritual power was insufficient to power the Nine-Star Crossbow, so he could only use spirit stones to power it.

Once fully charged, activating the Nine Star Alignment once cost three million low-grade spirit stones, averaging over three hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones per crossbow bolt.

If Cao Meng hadn't been rich, he really wouldn't have been able to afford this money-guzzling thing.

……

By the time the Xuantian Sect members discovered the enemy attack, it was already too late.

Cao Meng's Nine Stars Alignment mercilessly tore apart the defensive array barrier of the Xuan Tian Sect's fifth-tier flying boat and pierced through the flying boat's cabin.

Were those nine crossbow bolts?
Do not!
That's three million low-grade spirit stones!
Immediately following, another round of firepower was unleashed from the Hehuan Sect's flying boats.

In an instant, countless disciples of the Xuantian Sect were killed or wounded on their flying boat.

After the Xuantian Sect's flying boat was severely damaged, it began to sink. The remaining Xuantian Sect cultivators abandoned the ship one after another. In a short time, only about thirty people escaped from the flying boat which had a capacity of nearly a thousand.

"These nearly three million low-grade spirit stones were well spent!"

Seeing that he had personally sunk the Xuantian Sect's flying boat, Cao Meng felt a little better. The feeling of taking revenge was really satisfying!

Headache, only one chapter today, sorry!

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