Wet viviparity

Chapter 803 Joint Discussion, Eighty Years
Daba, Lingzang 79 years.

Three years have passed since the true form of the Hundred Birds fell on Crane Mountain, and the Great Calamity of Tiannan is inevitably heading towards a new chapter.

Within Luoyin Lake, outside the Heavenly River Altar, and in various defense zones, the intervention of Fourth Realm True Persons and Yuan Dan Great Demons has become commonplace. The figures of Fifth Realm Fetal Spirits and Shape-Changing Old Demons are also not uncommon. Occasionally, there are also fleeting glimpses of Sixth Realm Yang Gods or Demon Immortals beyond the water and sky.

Over the years, He Guan has gathered the strength of three parties within the state to establish several array diagrams and station elite disciples north of the border between He Ming Fang and Zhe Xiong Zhou Tian Qing Da Fang, forming the first line of defense.

At the same time, construction began on major spiritual mountains within the state, connecting the earth veins beneath each spiritual mountain to construct an underground network of underworld veins. Once completed, this project would serve as a second line of defense.

During this time, Ji Ming was not idle either, as the current situation no longer allowed him to continue his seclusion.

In the three regions of Guhezhou and the area south of Liling, Ji Ming transformed into a fierce wind, sweeping across the sky. Wherever he passed, he left behind a trail of unorthodox paths or the corpses of demons.

Despite his lightning-fast escape and ruthless methods, often wiping out these thieves as soon as they showed their faces, it was still difficult to quell the flames of the heretical demons. They were like weeds, growing back as soon as one group was killed.

What worries Ji Ming the most right now is not the battleground at Luoyin Lake, nor the Xuan Shi Village and the Five Immortals Sect stirring up trouble in Liling, but Tianteng Mountain in the Southern Wilderness.

Although Tianteng Mountain has always claimed to maintain permanent neutrality and has many connections and collaborations with Heguan and Taiping Mountain, in the current situation, nothing is permanent, and Ji Ming has to find a way to take the initiative to do something.

As for Tianteng Mountain, the Upper House had already secretly instructed him to handle the matter with full authority, and gave him a list of two spies among the upper echelons of Tianteng Mountain, ensuring that Tianteng Mountain would continue to remain neutral.

Such high-level agents, who might be operating under the noses of figures like the Heavenly Mighty Mother, the head of Tianteng Mountain, are all protected by Lu Zhenjun's divine powers, ensuring that they cannot be easily identified.

Furthermore, the attitude of the Upper Palace also reveals that it clearly knows it cannot win over Tianteng Mountain in the Southern Wilderness to the same camp.

As a blessed land in the Fire position of Heaven and Earth, Tianteng Mountain is naturally not an ordinary sect.

Their background is not shallow. They have the right to shout the slogan of "permanent neutrality" and the right not to be threatened by either the orthodox sect or the unorthodox sect. It is precisely for this reason that Ji Ming set up the treasure refining site in Tianteng Mountain.

Although he had a list of informants and a long-standing friendly relationship with Tianteng Mountain, Ji Ming realized that there was very little he could do when he tried to do something to strengthen his relationship with Tianteng Mountain.

The Heavenly Mighty Mother of Mount Tianteng has three disciples, the Three Birds and the Five Monsters, who are among the top monsters in the Southern Wilderness. Their active period was around the time of the founding of this dynasty.

Among these three birds and five monsters, there are both humans and demons, which is similar to the composition of the disciples of Crane Temple. However, Crane Temple is based on humans and uses demons as a supplement, while on Tianteng Mountain, humans and demons coexist and all kinds of beings are one.

It is precisely because of the unique nature of Tianteng Mountain, a sect that unites all things, that its internal situation is far more complex than Ji Ming knew.

Prejudice between humans and demons cannot be changed or reversed by the cultivation of any one person; forcibly changing it will only backfire.

Mother Weide clearly understood this point. At the beginning of her rule over Tianteng Mountain, she patiently guided and eliminated barriers. It is said that at that time, all kinds of creatures on Tianteng Mountain flourished, and both humans and demons fought each other without breaking apart, attracting many Taoists and demons to flock there.

When Rat Four established the Daoist Service Office within Crane Temple, he visited Tianteng Mountain to learn about the past actions of the Weide Old Mother.

Unfortunately, the vision of the unity of all things was too lofty. Once it was put into practice and more than a thousand years have passed, it has increasingly become a slogan within Tianteng Mountain, with various political parties taking it out of context to serve their own interests.

Furthermore, with the addition of various unorthodox sects and factions from Taiping Mountain secretly fueling the flames, the internal factional struggles within Tianteng Mountain have become increasingly fierce.

This is also why Ji Ming finds it difficult to intervene. If he befriends one person in Tianteng Mountain, he will inevitably offend another, making it difficult for him to exert his influence.

The bus, Lingzang, eighty years ago.

On this day, Ji Ming had just returned to his cave dwelling and, as usual, did some deductions about the current situation.

The calamity aura in Tiannan was growing stronger, making the deductions increasingly difficult. Ji Ming felt as if he were blindfolded, unable to do anything smoothly.

Having the convenience of divination, returning to the old situation is tantamount to taking away the sight of a blind person after regaining it; how can he possibly adapt calmly?

No wonder heretical demons and evil spirits from all over the south have emerged in droves. It is likely that these demons and evil spirits have fled from various states and directions to use the calamity to conceal their own secrets and make themselves powerful during the great calamity.

Inside the cave, Ji Ming sat in meditation, suppressing his restless thoughts, when suddenly a sudden impulse arose.

Ji Ming immediately emerged from his meditation and arrived at the Fire Cloud Bridge. Just then, he saw a flash of azure light in the sky, piercing through the clouds like an arrow. He then slightly flicked his wide sleeves, and his fingertips already grasped a decree. "A calamity has arisen in the Southern Heaven, demons have blasphemed the righteous lineage. Gods and ghosts have colluded, and demons have invaded this blessed land."
The three peaks gathered, and the leaders discussed matters together. "Lingxu, return swiftly; the battle gate will welcome you."

After reading it, Ji Ming stood there for a while, his primordial spirit sweeping over the increasingly deserted mountains, thinking to himself that the mobilization meeting before the great battle had finally arrived.

Despite the current remote coordination by the Upper Palace, the various factions and altars are still fragmented and fighting their own battles. Even the Upper Altar of Tianhe is divided into several defense zones, which greatly weakens the fighting strength of Taiping Mountain.

This is quite different from World War II; the longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for the upper government.

It is evident that the significance behind this decree is extraordinary, and the threshold for participation is extremely high. Surprisingly, it makes no mention of the group of Taiping Zhenren under Ji Ming.

After returning to the cave, Ji Ming left several letters, instructing Shu Si, Wen Daoyu, and others to hold the first line of defense in the north for the time being, and not to send disciples and the protectors of the Daoist Bureau to attack in all directions, thereby diverting their forces.

Luoyin Lake, Southeast Defense Zone, Blood Wave Reef.

This southeastern defense zone has been in preparation for over a decade, from its initial establishment to its subsequent fierce battles against gods and demons.

Looking down from the air, this defense zone is shaped like a solitary peak piercing the depths of a lake, its summit pointing towards the treacherous area that even our predecessors rarely explored. This shows how many fierce battles this defense zone has endured to reach its current size.

On this day, Rosie, who was always at the forefront of the defense zone, returned to her post at Bloodwave Reef, a rare occurrence.

On the same day, Liu An, who was in charge of another defense zone, arrived here on a scaled horse. He was a disciple of Zhu Gaozhen and belonged to the same lineage as Luo Ji, but was a generation younger than Luo Ji.

As soon as Liu An arrived at Blood Wave Reef, his scaly horse snorted repeatedly from the foul, bloody stench emanating from outside the reef.

Although he had been here several times, seeing this strange reef landscape pieced together from the corpses of unorthodox practitioners and the true forms of demons still made his mind tremble violently.

The Scaled Horse trotted in mid-air, unwilling to fall, shaking its head and wagging its tail, absolutely refusing to go to the reef to see Luo Ji, who was now known as the Butcher of Women. Liu An knew he couldn't force his old friend, so he flew down himself.

"Uncle-Master Luo!"

Standing before a reed hut on the reef, Liu An stepped on the soft, rotting bones and shouted.

"Rare visitor, rare visitor."

Inside the hut, the voice that came out was hoarse, completely unlike the voice a female Taoist should have.

Some say that during the chaotic battle between demons, Luo Ji was accidentally struck by a supernatural demonic spell amidst the crisscrossing demonic magic treasures. Although it did not kill her, it did harm her throat.

Some say that whenever Luo Ji served as the vanguard and charged to the front lines, she was always in high spirits and would scream loudly to encourage others, which eventually ruined her voice.

Besides his unique voice, what changed on Uncle Luo's body during years of fierce battles was his hair, which had turned from black to red.

The tent door was wide open, and as a gaze fell upon him, Liu An felt an invisible longsword scraping against his body. Inside the tent, Luo Ji lazily said, "Did you come here this time because Senior Brother Li Zhu has something to instruct you?"

Liu An wiped away non-existent cold sweat from his forehead. Although Uncle Luo had not broken through to the fifth realm, the pressure he exuded was no less than that of a fifth-realm Fetal Spirit cultivator. He truly deserved to be called a killing talent forged through countless battles.

"I'm sure my uncle has already received the decree to go to the Battle Gate. This time, all the leaders of the sect are discussing the great calamity, and it's not just our Taiping Mountain that's involved."

"What do you mean?"

From the hut, Luo Ji emerged, clad in armor and covered by a black robe. Her full head of crimson hair swayed like flames in the wind, and a vertical slit on her forehead from which extremely sharp light emanated, like straight lines of light.

"This means that the leaders of the Cloud and Rain Temple will also come, and the two sides will discuss this calamity together!"

"interesting."

Rosie grinned, revealing her white teeth.

(End of this chapter)