Walking alone with a sword, slaying ghosts and gods

Chapter 277: Intrigue, fighting but not breaking

In the southern Li Sea of ​​the northern region, inside the cave of Kun Island.

Three Taoists were sitting around an ancient stone table, with a roaring fire and wafting aroma.

The male monks wore flowing robes and the female monks had their hair tied up in high buns. They had peaceful expressions and talked and laughed, as if they were in a paradise away from this world.

The stone wall is hollowed out, and a few rays of sunlight shine through the holes, casting mottled light and shadows, adding a bit of liveliness to this quiet space.

Lu Cheng, the Yuanying True Lord of Huanyun Valley, Gui Dongmei, the Yuanying True Lord of Bihai Pavilion, and Ji'an, the Yuanying True Lord of Lingyuan Mansion, these three are all cultivators responsible for guarding Kun Island.

The Bihai Pavilion is a sect with a long history in the South Lihai Sea. It has developed quite well and is not inferior to Huanyun Valley. The cultivator who founded Lingyuan Mansion was Ji An himself. He was originally a casual cultivator. He had good talent and had many opportunities, so he was able to cultivate to the Nascent Soul Realm. Two hundred years ago, he wanted to create his own Taoist school. This was nothing in itself. A Jindan Zhenren was qualified to do such a thing as founding a sect.

But who could have thought that it would happen just in time for this great catastrophe of heaven and earth. Suddenly, it was a dilemma.

The three of them drank tea and discussed Taoism, chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere seemed to be very good. Half an hour later, the three Taoists agreed on everything on the island, and the two True Lords Gui Dongmei and Ji An said goodbye and left.

Lu Cheng returned to the stone table, took a few sips of tea, and then waved his hand. The stone wall on the side of the room slid and moved, revealing three Taoists, two men and one woman from Huanyun Valley:
Ge Chengyi, Jiang Jinxiu, and the leader of the female fairies, Yan Caidie.

At this moment, both Ge Chengyi and Jiang Jinxiu showed some anger on their faces.

"You have all heard our conversation just now. What do you think?"

One person's plan may be short, but everyone's plan may be long. What's more, these three people are all cultivators who are quite knowledgeable about affairs in Huanyun Valley. It's not that their magic power is weak and they have no knowledge in other aspects. Two of these three people have been practicing Taoism for much longer than Lu Cheng.

"We were deceived. The Bi Hai Pavilion is indeed a sect dominated by female cultivators. They use the soft knife to make progress and overcome the hard with the soft knife. They use it really well!"

Ge Chengyi said this bitterly.

The thirteen large islands outside the main Cangyun Island are all equipped with fifth-order spiritual veins and fifth-order upper-level formations. One island is usually guarded by one to three Nascent Souls, twenty Golden Cores, one hundred and forty Purple Mansions, and hundreds of Foundation Establishment cultivators according to their importance. As for the Qi Condensation cultivators, there are tens of thousands of them on each island.

This is already no less than the scale of a large sect. If it can be arranged properly, coupled with the fifth-grade superior defense formation arranged on the island, even if it is a Nascent Soul cultivator, it is hard to tell how many casualties will occur if he wants to break through the formation.

After all, this is a large-scale war between the southern and northern regions of Tiannan, and its scale and brutality are far greater than those of ordinary sect wars.

At the beginning, after the two True Lords Gui Dongmei and Ji An arrived on the island, they took the initiative to come to visit, as if they were willing to follow in their footsteps.

Ge Chengyi and Jiang Jinxiu happily led their men to work with the monks from both sects to repair the fortifications, check the formations, and rehearse the grand formation. The monks from Huanyun Valley contributed both money and manpower, and ran Kun Island as if it were their own sect.

But as time went on, Ge Chengyi and Jiang Jinxiu found that they could not mobilize the monks of Bihai Pavilion and Lingyuan Mansion. Gui Dongmei and Ji An were unwilling to give up their power, and it was a taboo to issue multiple orders during the war.

To the extent that now, whenever a small problem arises, Lu Cheng needs to invite Gui Dongmei and Ji An, two True Lords, to come and negotiate a solution.

Although the problem has been solved now, the dominance of the entire Kun Island has gradually shifted to the Bi Hai Pavilion.

Because Gui Dongmei is a fifth-level formation master, she can maximize the power of the formation. However, Huanyun Valley is afraid that this True Lord will use this to take the lives of Huanyun Valley monks as consumables and preserve the power of the Blue Sea Pavilion monks. This has already been vaguely reflected.

If Lu Cheng had launched an attack when Gui Dongmei and Ji An first arrived on the island, he might have been able to expel the two factions of cultivators and have replaced the main island with cultivators from other factions. But now the matter is done and arrangements in all aspects are nearing completion, and his own ancestor no longer has the face to do so.

If Lu Cheng was a late Nascent Soul cultivator, it might be possible, but now, he doesn't have the face to do so on the main island of Cangyun.

"Fellow Daoist Gui is a fifth-rank high-grade formation master. With her here, we can reduce losses. It may not be better to replace her with a True Lord. But we can't let her use our Huanyun Valley cultivators as knives. If the Huanyun Valley cultivators are seriously injured or killed, what's the point of defending Kunzi Island for us?
Caidie, do you have anything to say?"

Lu Cheng looked at the only female cultivator present. She was also the female cultivator who had suggested to Lu Cheng to appreciate singing and dancing on the flying car before. She had the cultivation level of the ninth level of Purple Mansion, but was very popular among the female cultivators in Huanyun Valley.

"Ancestor, True Lord Gui is proficient in battle formations. From a global perspective, it is not a bad idea to hand over the power of the sect to her. However, if you want to avoid placing all the cultivators of our sect in difficult and dangerous situations, you might as well be more resolute. I think that True Lord will not dare to break up with you, so he will definitely give up some of his interests, which will inevitably damage the interests of Lingyuan Mansion. At this time, the ancestor can go to True Lord Ji to jointly check and balance the Bihai Pavilion. This may bring about a balance among the three sects."

“…That makes sense.”

Lu Cheng pondered for a moment and nodded. He was unwilling to do these things by nature, but as the founder of the sect, he always had to consider the disciples of the sect. If he took a step or two back at this time, who knows how many people in the entire Huanyun Valley would die because of this. As the founder of the sect, how could he bear it?

The cultivators of the three sects fought openly and secretly on Kun Island, but they managed to fight without breaking up. After all, even Lingyuan Mansion, which had the weakest overall strength among the three sects, was the main force of the sect and its ancestor should not be insulted here.

Time passed like this day after day. Although the Tiannan monks' army had not arrived yet, the number of monks who were defeated in the northern front was increasing. Their casualties and the news they brought back had somewhat shaken the morale of the monks on the Nanli Sea defense line.

Kunzi Island, inside the retreat cave.

Lu Cheng, dressed in Taoist robes, sat cross-legged on a cushion, practicing magic with his hands. With the help of the second level of the Great Five Elements True Spirit Transformation Method and the Zhongxuan Pill, his magic power grew day and night. He could be described as being brave and diligent. However, the cultivation of Taoism cannot be accomplished in a short period of time.

The increase in his original mana now seems insignificant to the increase in his combat power. Lu Cheng's current magical powers are more reflected in the ghost baby incarnation, the seven sacred magics, and the sixth-level tree demon in the Jiuli Ding.

The Magic Banner shrouded the sky, commanding and controlling three sixth-rank demons and monsters, which attacked at once. With the help of Lu Cheng's fighting skills, there were few Nascent Soul cultivators who could match him.

　I wanted to take a nap at noon, but it was dark the second I opened my eyes and closed them. I still have 6,000 words to write in the evening. I will make it up to you, my readers.
　
(End of this chapter)