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Chapter 433 Lingdong, Second Road Discussion
In the east of the Ling Mountains, Xu Yanzi stood in front of a huge rock on the shady side of Gushan Mountain, staring at the thick fog ahead. There, one could vaguely see a section of a vertical "city wall", from which strange lights occasionally sprang out.

His palm was pressed against the cold rock wall, and his fingertips could feel the sticky moisture seeping out from the cracks in the stone. He knew that these were dew drops condensed from the evil energy in the earth's veins. The demons in the mountains loved to use this thing to nourish their ghost soldiers - but he didn't have time to study these things now.

In the distant valley, the five hundred spiritual ghost soldiers he brought with him were fighting with the monsters and ghosts in Gushan. The shouts and sounds wrapped in the cold wind poured into his eardrums, like countless fine needles piercing his temples.

"The real one must still be watching me!"

Xu Yanzi said with some bitterness in his heart.

He knew that in the ancestral hall of Shangfu, there must be a real person with a four-eyed talisman on his face, spying on the war situation here from thousands of miles away.

Maybe because of his failure on the sacred mountain, the immortal had taken off the talisman paper on his face in disappointment, not wanting to see his ugly appearance here. This association made him feel mixed emotions.

This sacred mountain is located in the southeast of the Five Poisons Blessed Land, and a fourth-level Jindan Sanzhen from Liling is in charge of it.

He should have continued to make steady progress here in his own style.

Just a few days ago, his master, Taoist Taihe, reported that General Zhang Xiaoyuan, one of the five generals from the north of the ridge, had already captured Songfeng Cliff, and General Jueguang would make a big move soon, while General Yourongzi from the west of the ridge was approaching the blessed Panxian Temple, the place where Pankui worshipped his ancestors.

Along the way in Lingnan, even without Lingxuzi leading the army, they have already eliminated a major Panku stronghold - Xianghuidu Stronghold, and have now officially entered the Five Poisons Blessed Land.

From this point of view, only his group in Lingdong is still attacking strongholds outside the blessed land and has not made any achievements.

Although he believed that he had a much better understanding of the wealth, companions, methods and lands along the eastern route of Panku Mountain than other Taoist generals, this could not conceal his incompetence and lack of ambition.

Yes, incompetent, that's the only way he could describe himself.

He didn't think he had done anything wrong, but compared with Lingxuzi, Yourongzi, and Zhang Xiaoyuan, he only felt a great frustration, which could only be explained by the word incompetence.

Although Master Taihe Zhenren did not blame him for anything in the letter, the fact that he personally went to take charge of You Rongzi's route in the west of the ridge instead of waiting for him to accumulate great merits and then come to take charge of the route in the east of the ridge showed a silent disappointment.

Under the invisible pressure, he was forced to take a risk today, hold a ceremony to borrow the Dharma, and pray for a heavy rain to wash away the evil spirits in the mountain and bless the five hundred spiritual soldiers. He then led his troops to launch a surprise attack on this valley and mountain in the rain.

The surprise attack was effective at first, and there was almost no decent resistance in the valley and mountains.

For this, he was glad about his surprise attack strategy, but it was not until he entered Gushan Tuwu Pass that he discovered that all the elite troops of Panku were hiding there, as well as rat spirits, fox ghosts, chicken children and other monsters that were transformed from dead spirits.

In addition, in Tuwu Pass, there is a formation of earthly demons, which weakens the power of Taiping disciples' magic by three points, making his journey to Lingdong more difficult.

There was thick fog ahead, and as it was on the shady side of the mountain, there was little sunlight and the visible area was no more than ten feet. This was the Tuwu Pass in Gushan, which was built by the Nanman and Yin soldiers dispatched from Panku Mountain to transport thick earth and rocks.

This pass is perpendicular to the hundred-meter-high cliff behind the mountain, like a city wall erected here, where the elite men of Panku Mountain can hide.

Before the surprise attack, although Xu Yanzi knew a little about Tuwu Pass, it was usually covered by mountain fog, so even if the scouts had explored it, they would have gained nothing. In addition, he was eager to make a contribution, so he put all his doubts behind him.

It was not until he fought his way here from Shanyang that he realized he had made a big mistake.

During this stalemate, Xu Yanzi couldn't help but think of the envoy from Lingnan. That envoy conveyed Lingxuzi's "goodwill". He wanted to merge the two routes in the southeast to defeat the immortal old man of the Five Poisons Blessed Land.

Earlier, he had some intention in his heart, but he was afraid of Lingxuzi's power, so he kept delaying.

He was thinking that after he had taken over Gushan, he would then accept the proposal to merge the two routes, so that he would not be suppressed by Lingxuzi.

Now the envoy from Lingnan was still being placed in the military tent in the rear, but with the stalemate in Gushan, Xu Yanzi felt that he had no other choice but to ask the envoy from Lingnan to ask Lingxuzi for reinforcements.

The defeat in the battle at Heshan Tuwu Pass will not have any impact on the entire journey to Lingdong. With the foundation he has accumulated in Lingdong, he can at least withstand three failures. This is the advantage of his choice to proceed step by step.

However, this advantage can only be gradually reflected when other generals suffer setbacks.

He originally thought that along the way to the north of the ridge, with the elite main force of the Panku Mountain, and the Quanzhen disciple Cui Meng in charge, and the intervention of the Nanhai Baolou Sect, who had set up the Tiannan Array, the Three Gates and Five Flags Dunjia Illusion Array, the situation would definitely be difficult to break.

At first it was just as he expected, but later the situation was reversed.

The west of the mountain has an abnormal climate due to underground fire veins, and even a cultivator of the third realm would have difficulty adapting to it for a long time. In addition, there is also the first disciple of the Immortal Toad Elder, a Jindan Zhenren known as the "Golden Back King" in the mountain.

This person is by no means an ordinary person. He traveled to the South China Sea in his early years and rarely failed. He also went deep into the secret place in the ridge - Jiuzhen. In terms of his Taoism and accumulation, he can be regarded as one of the top three in the four realms of the ridge.

Who would have thought that You Rongzi would be so powerful that he could pray for heavy rain for seven days in a row, flooding the mountains west of the Ling Mountains. The flood washed all the way to the Five Poisons Blessed Land. During that time, he even killed the Golden Back King and earned a great reputation.

As for the route to Lingnan, there is the Ghost Mother Cave of Xuanshi Village on the side, and Meng Nan, a four-realm immortal from the lineage of the Snake Fairy of Panku Mountain, is in charge of it. Later, it was heard that the six weird disciples of Pushan in Nanhuang were also involved.

That route was the first to report good news, and the good news came frequently.

Although the momentum is slightly slower now, Xu Yanzi can feel that a big move is brewing there, causing some demons hidden deep in Lingnan to feel uneasy and run to the mountains and forests in the east and west of the Lingnan region.

The three routes were advancing simultaneously, except for his route which was advancing slowly.

Now Xu Yanzi still failed in front of Tuwu Pass in Gushan. Even if he could make a comeback seven or eight times, what would be the point? So he could only succeed, even if this was the success obtained by asking for help.

"Where will the Tao be?"

Among the spiritual and Yin soldiers gathered in the shade of the mountain, a ray of green flame landed from Tuwu Pass and shouted loudly.

The flames dissipated on the ground, revealing an old fox ghost with grey eyebrows and green eyes. He was wearing a Taoist ochre-yellow robe, a black belt around his waist, with a pointed mouth and saw teeth, a cut tail and a shaking head, as if he was disdainful of the fight in front of him.

"My master Shen Yang wants to discuss peace talks."

Before Xu Yanzi showed up, his junior fellow apprentice Yang Qian was already furious. He mobilized thirty-six Vajra warriors and pounced on the old fox ghost.

Unexpectedly, the old fox ghost just waved the whisk in his hand, and the thirty-six Vajra warriors who rushed over were rolled up together by the extended tail of the whisk. Then the tail of the whisk twisted hard, and the warriors dispersed into streams of pure Qi.

"Good words can't persuade a damn devil."

The old fox ghost waved the whisk in his hand in the air slowly and leisurely, with the demeanor of a great demon master.

"Although my master is a Sanzhen, he has great prestige in the Southern Wilderness. This time he accepted the invitation of the Immortal Elder because of friendship. He will leave after guarding Mangu Mountain for 300 days."

The old fox ghost turned his green eyes and looked at Xu Yanzi, smiling in a friendly manner: "General of Lingdong, when the time comes, the great achievement of breaking through Tuwu Pass will still be yours."

"How dare you, a beast, insult me!"

Xu Yanzi stepped out from the crowd and was about to stop.

Immediately a wave hit the hillside, sweeping up dirt and dust, making it all muddy. A huge golden fish leaped out from the wave, its golden scales shining in the sunlight. The old fox ghost was frightened by the light and pulled up his sleeves to cover his face, and the negative energy in his body leaked out wildly.

"Fox grandson, help me."

The old fox ghost shouted loudly, and hundreds of fox spirits jumped out from the ground, rushing into the waves rolling up the slope, and fearlessly flew to the scales of the golden fish, trying to bite through the golden scales that glowed and dispelled evil.

The goldfish paid no attention to the fox spirit, surfed again, turned over and swung its tail, immediately sending out a wave blade to chop at the old fox ghost.

"General Dao, you have crossed the line."

On the "city wall" hanging from the cliff on the shady side of the mountain, Jindan Sanzhen, who was sitting in charge, gave a voice. At the same time, there was a skull treasure with a lamp in its mouth, and three white bone flowers floated down and eliminated the wave blades.

Xu Yanzi knew that the person who could be invited by the immortal and guard the whole way must not be an ordinary person. He did not show off his strength and violence and start a fight.

"Junior brother, quickly ask the envoy from Lingnan for help."

He whispered secretly.

(End of this chapter)