Longzang

Chapter 150 Greenhouse Flower
The group quickly formed ranks, then unleashed various long-range magical artifacts from a thousand feet away, and began rounds of Taoist spells from five hundred feet away. They were busy but not chaotic, and quite organized.

However, this group of witch warriors was incredibly powerful, advancing rapidly while protected by a crimson light shield. Despite several rounds of attacks, Cui Yu and his men only managed to kill a few dozen ordinary witch warriors.

A hundred feet away, the witch clan's procession suddenly stopped. Then, the five witch warriors chanted in unison, and Cui Yu and the others were immediately stained with a dark crimson color. Many of those with lower cultivation levels simply vomited blood. The blood vomited by the sweet girl contained countless tiny insects the size of rice grains!
Her face turned pale, her stomach churned, and she collapsed to the ground, vomiting violently.

Cui Yu's face was grim. He gritted his teeth and said, "Half of the guards will cover our retreat! We're withdrawing!"

There were still over seventy guards in the group, most of whom stepped forward on their own to cover the rear. Cui Yu pulled back the youngest, weakest, and most promising members of the group, and then prepared to order a retreat.

The thirty guards covering the rear stepped forward in unison, ready to fight to the death.

Just then, a massive, fiery cauldron, the size of a small mountain, suddenly appeared in the sky and crashed down upon the witch clan's formation! Seeing the cauldron's ferocious attack, several witch warriors immediately fled in all directions. The moment the witch warriors moved, their formation crumbled, and all the witch warriors scattered and fled.

With a deafening roar, the blazing cauldron crashed down, sending flames soaring into the sky, but it only created a shallow crater in the ground. This cauldron was several meters tall and looked ferocious, but its actual power was surprisingly small; even a sorcerer who was hit by it would only suffer minor injuries.

However, the Wu tribe members who were fleeing to all directions suddenly discovered that more than a dozen fire cauldrons had appeared above their heads at some point and had already fallen a short distance. By the time they arrived, they were right above their heads!

This batch of cauldrons was truly powerful, and the Wu tribe suffered heavy casualties immediately.

Then a warhorse neighing like a dragon's roar and a tiger's howl was heard. A twelve-foot-tall blood-red warhorse appeared in everyone's sight. The horse's hooves kicked up smoke as it rode on clouds. A man rode the horse and brandished his spear, charging straight into the witch clan's ranks. In an instant, he broke through the formation, leaving behind only a dozen or so corpses!

When he turned his horse around, there was a sorcerer impaled on his spear, and the sorcerer was still struggling.

Wei Yuan? Cui Yu recognized the knight, but hesitated to acknowledge him.

Wei Yuan spurred his horse again, once more breaking through the witch formation. This time, a different witch struggled against his spear. The witch had been pierced in the abdomen; the wound wouldn't kill him immediately, so he continued to scream in agony.

The remaining two wizards could no longer hold out and turned to run, ordering the warriors and soldiers to cover their retreat and fight to the death.

Wei Yuan spurred his legs, and his blood-red warhorse immediately took to the air, soaring over the heads of the witch clan and chasing after a fleeing witch. Then, he thrust his spear forward and impaled the witch on it.

Cui Yu suddenly realized what was happening, raised his longsword, and shouted, "Charge!"

At this moment, the morale of the people soared, and they charged forward with all their might, scattering the witch clan in the blink of an eye.

Wei Yuan rode back, two sorcerers impaled on his spear, and called out from afar, "Is that Brother Cui Yu?"

Cui Yu said, "Indeed! After many years, Junior Brother Wei has finally achieved great success in his cultivation. He is truly a dragon among men!"

Wei Yuan dismounted, casually handed his spear to a young girl beside him, greeted Cui Yu, and said with a smile, "Brother Cui, you are still as dashing as ever! If it weren't for your righteousness back then, I wouldn't have achieved what I have today."

Cui Yu was actually a little embarrassed by the praise.

It was Bao Yun's suggestion to set up the public account, and she was also the one who provided the most financial assistance to Wei Yuan. Cui Yu did offer some help, but it was far less than what Bao Yun and Xiao Yu did. However, Wei Yuan's words made it seem as if Cui Yu was the one who truly held sway.

In front of a group of young men and women, Cui Yu couldn't correct him and could only feel ashamed and accept the praise.

The girl who caught the spear wasn't very strong, and with two lively sorcerers still attached to it, she was immediately flustered and cried out in alarm. Two young male cultivators nearby quickly came to help, each holding down one sorcerer, and the three of them together managed to subdue the spear.

Wei Yuan hugged Cui Yu, then asked, "Why did you still come?"

Cui Yu was taken aback and said, "So you already know? But since you've already written to me, of course I have to come. I don't care what those old men at home say! No help is no help. Having these brothers and sisters is enough!"

Then Cui Yu pulled over a group of young men and introduced them to Wei Yuan one by one.

These young men were all from prestigious families and were Cui Yu's cronies. Initially, Cui Yu had gathered eighteen men, bringing a total of eight hundred guards. However, upon reaching the western border, they were repeatedly attacked by the Wu tribe. They had already fought several bloody battles along the way, with most of their guards killed, leaving them with less than a hundred men. Two other scions of noble families were unlucky enough to die on the battlefield, their bodies never to be found.

Among this group of young people, two are at the Heaven Rank, and the rest are at the Earth Rank. The two at the Heaven Rank are barely qualified, and cannot be compared with a powerful Heaven Rank like Cui Yu.

Besides their innate talents, these young masters and ladies from the main lineage all have genius siblings who are suppressed by them; the two who are at the Heavenly Rank Dao Foundation stage come from concubines, making them even lower in status than the main lineage. Therefore, these people are in an awkward position in their families, neither high nor low, and no matter how hard they try, they see no hope, easily turning into spoiled brats.

That's why Cui Yu wanted to take them around to gain experience.

This was not a place to linger. Wei Yuan ordered his guards to carry all the corpses of the Wu Clan back to the realm.

However, after several life-and-death battles, the sixteen young scions of noble families who were still alive all exuded a murderous aura, and their arrogant and dissolute demeanor had largely disappeared.

Cui Yu didn't say anything, but Wei Yuan could sense the heaviness in his heart. The deaths of his two cronies had placed immense pressure on him, and Wei Yuan wondered how many times he had blamed himself during this time. Wei Yuan knew that this kind of thing was difficult to console him with; he could only rely on time to let it pass naturally.

A moment later, everyone returned to the realm. At this time, the realm was still mostly undeveloped. Wei Yuan had someone lead the guards to treat their injuries, and then ordered the construction of several houses for these aristocratic scions in a designated area.

Although these young masters and ladies have shed much of their spoiled nature, they are still essentially used to a life of luxury, and we can't let them sleep on the ground for nothing.

Wei Yuan then ordered the corpses of the Witch Clan to be placed in the designated area. At this moment, there were still several thousand Witch Clan corpses in the morgue, all of which had dissipated their poisonous gas and magical power. However, there was a shortage of manpower within the realm, and they couldn't process these corpses in time.

Upon seeing the rows of neatly stacked corpses of the witch clan, these young masters and ladies, who considered themselves to have seen life and death before, all turned pale.

A moment later, Cui Yu was surprised to see Xiao Yu and Bao Yun, as he hadn't expected them to come as well. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, they got down to business.

The sixteen young men from aristocratic families that Cui Yu brought this time were generally quite talented, but they hadn't endured much hardship in the past, so their cultivation was a bit slow, with some still in the early stages of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Wei Yuan's long-awaited supplies also failed to materialize. After continuous bloody battles, most of the guards had been killed in action. In order to lighten the burden, Cui Yu abandoned most of the baggage and traveled light.

After listening, Wei Yuan felt that the guards were indeed a help, but the young masters and ladies would be much more troublesome.

When Wei Yuan wrote his plea for help, he didn't know that the various aristocratic families would take such a stance. He envisioned Cui Yu leading dozens of cronies and thousands of guards, arriving in a grand procession from thousands of miles away to provide assistance. Then, they would have gained face, fought a war, earned merit, and defended their territory, after which they could return home.

The current development is not what Wei Yuan expected!

Wei Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "Why don't we just let them go back?"

Xiaoyu also said, "I think so too. These guys are useless. We'd have to protect them if we fought. It would be troublesome if they got hurt or died."

Cui Yu did not answer, but said, "I'll call them over and see what they have to say."

Wei Yuan nodded, and Cui Yu got up and left. A moment later, he led the young masters and ladies back to the main peak.

“Wei Yuan, Xiao Yu, and Bao Yun are all my classmates,” Cui Yu introduced first.

The group of young people were very excited, but they all stood properly, not daring to make a fuss, not even daring to breathe loudly.

Wei Yuan is one thing, but Bao Yun and Xiao Yu are too famous; they represent the pinnacle of spoiled brats' evolution. They have everything Bao Yun and Xiao Yu can rely on, and they're several levels above them.

Cui Yu said, "They think it's too dangerous here, and you'd better go back. What do you think?"

A young girl mustered her courage and said loudly, "If we leave now, wouldn't Brother Wang and Brother Li have died in vain?"

Another young man said, "Everyone has to go to the battlefield in this life. Even if we die, it's just a matter of sooner or later! We've already seen blood and people have died, so I'm not leaving."

This was exactly what Cui Yu had expected. These people had followed him all the way here, so naturally they wouldn't leave easily. Those who were willing to leave, Cui Yu wouldn't have brought with him anyway.

Seeing everyone's opinion, Bao Yun and Xiao Yu couldn't object. After a few battles, these young masters and ladies would naturally know what real war was like.

Cui Yu said to Wei Yuan, "Now we only have one question: how many merits have been earned here?"

Wei Yuan said, "There are quite a few Heavenly Merits. If you're lucky, you might even be able to get some."

Wei Yuan's original intention was actually a warning, but to his surprise, the young masters and ladies were extremely excited. At this age, to obtain even a few points of Heavenly Merit was a tremendous honor!

Heavenly Merit is not something easily obtained. Back then, Wei Yuan wounded Xue Ying of Bei Liao with a single spear thrust, but he only received merit, not Heavenly Merit. Zhang Sheng, on the other hand, killed Xue Ying with a single sword strike, and that was Heavenly Merit.

So after hearing what Wei Yuan said, they refused to leave no matter what.

Wei Yuan had his own way of dealing with them, so he said, "You can stay if you want, but let me make this clear beforehand: on the battlefield, military orders are absolute. You must do exactly as I instruct! If anyone acts without authorization or disobeys orders, I won't say anything about military law or anything like that. You can just go back on your own!"

Provoked by Wei Yuan's words, the young masters and ladies were filled with indignation and immediately agreed.

Xiao Yu shook his head inwardly, thinking to himself that these guys hadn't experienced much hardship and didn't know the treacherous nature of the world, let alone Wei Yuan's cunning. He could tell with his eyes closed what Wei Yuan was planning to do next.

(End of this chapter)