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Before long, a carriage drove out from Bailian Peak.

Upon witnessing this scene, all the disciples of the peak knelt on the ground and silently saw the carriage off.

No one had ever seen the Peak Master so angry and murderous; this was the first time.

Everyone felt a deep sense of fear and dread. They didn't know who had angered the Peak Master. But they understood that now that the Peak Master had personally taken action, the other party's fate was sealed.

Only after the carriage had completely disappeared from sight did the disciples of Hundred Refinement Peak, who were kneeling in various places, slowly raise their heads.

Suddenly, everyone turned their gazes and immediately looked into the distance.

But all they could see was a dazzling silver light rising from the darkness in the direction of Hundred Refinement City!

At the same time, the coachman driving Zheng Yunfeng's carriage also looked up, gazing in the direction of Hundred Refinement City.

Immediately, he carefully called out:
"Peak".

The next moment, the carriage curtain moved without wind, and Zheng Yunfeng, enveloped in a ball of golden true energy, looked past the coachman and toward the silver flame on the horizon ahead.

Then, his cold voice drifted out, sometimes loud and sometimes soft, as if he were suppressing an uncontrollable rage:

"Even Elder Wu is in trouble. I want to see who you really are."

……

The ninth peak of Luoshen Peak is Yulan Peak.

The entire mountain peak resembles a giant jade tablet sculpted by nature, with a layer of mysterious ice covering its summit, upon which sits a jade palace.

Inside the palace, the Jade Peak Peak, with her beautiful face, sat gracefully amidst nine ice mirrors. She wore a snow-white dress and had a lovely face, making it impossible to tell her true age.

The ice mirror reflected the beautiful figure of the jade-faced woman, while simultaneously absorbing the surrounding天地真气 (heaven and earth energy).

Strands of profound ice energy swirled throughout the palace, making the nine figures in the mirror appear both real and unreal, completely obscuring their true form.

Just then, the beautiful figure with a jade-like face in one of the ice mirrors suddenly swayed, then flew out of the mirror and headed towards the outside of the Azure Jade Palace.

Soon, the faintly visible, jade-faced, mirror-like figure stopped in front of an old woman in front of the jade palace.

She hovered in mid-air, her voice icy as she asked:
"What business do you have with me?"

Upon hearing this, the old woman dressed in blue quickly bowed and said:

"Just now, a disciple of Hundred Refinement Peak came to report that an extremely powerful expert has arrived in Hundred Refinement City, which has brought the Hundred Refinement Peak to the brink of destruction."

The mirror-like figure of the beautiful woman with jade-like face twisted and swayed in the night sky, her expression turning extremely indifferent as she said:
"I just met with Senior Brother Zheng. Where did this trouble come from at Hundred Refinement Peak? This person must be spreading false information. Just execute him."

At this point, Yu Mianjiao suddenly seemed to remember something and said:
"I have heard that one of Senior Brother Zheng's sons was killed, but this is hardly a disaster for Hundred Refinement Peak."

Upon hearing this, the old woman in blue robes' eyes flickered, and she said:
"Peak Master, the messenger from Hundred Refinements Peak also mentioned that the expert seems to have killed Peak Master Zheng's two sons and his first wife."

"And that's not all. That expert even sent nine people to provoke the various peaks of Luoshen Peak, saying that Peak Master Zheng was dead and asking the peaks to take revenge."

Upon hearing this, the beautiful, mirror-like figure immediately sneered:
"Insanity!"

Just then, she suddenly turned her gaze and looked up towards the direction of Hundred Refinement Peak in the darkness.

Then, a silver flame rose into the night sky, standing out conspicuously in the darkness.

Upon seeing this, the beautiful woman's mirror-like figure immediately frowned, her expression clearly showing some unusual change.

After a moment, she turned to look at the old woman in front of her and said:

"You just said that Senior Brother Zheng's two sons and his wife had an accident. Judging from the signals that are being sent out now, this is probably true."

The old woman immediately raised her head and asked:

"So what should we do next?"

The beautiful, mirror-like figure hesitated for a moment before slowly speaking:

"Logically speaking, upon seeing this signal and receiving the message, we should lend a helping hand. However, Yulan Peak is currently dealing with the attack of the Dali Tianjin Guard and should not be distracted."

At this point, she waved her hand and said:
"Furthermore, I am confident that Senior Brother Zheng can easily resolve this matter. Therefore, you should send an elder from your sect to explain the situation to Hundred Refinements Peak, so as not to misunderstand that I am indifferent and cause unnecessary misunderstanding between us."

Upon hearing this, the old woman in blue nodded slightly and immediately agreed, saying:
“Your Excellency’s thoughts are thorough and your words are absolutely correct. I will go and handle this matter now.”

Having said that, she did not linger and immediately took her leave.

The mirror-like figure of the beautiful woman continued to gaze in the direction of Hundred Refinement Peak, muttering to herself:

"Those who dare to attack Luoshen Peak are very likely from the Tianjin Guard of Dali. Could this be a scheme orchestrated by Fu Qiwen?"

……

At the same time, the eighth peak of Luoshen Peak, Zhanyue Peak.

In the darkness, the mountain peaks and rocks are jagged and blood-red, the entire mountain resembling a decapitated giant blade piercing the earth.

The summit was cloudless and mistless, yet it was faintly shrouded in an invisible, intangible sharpness, which felt extremely cold and terrifying even from a distance.

At that moment, a soaring owl flew over Zhan Yue Peak, but it was torn to pieces halfway there, turning into a cloud of blood mist and dissipating into the night sky.

Halfway up Zhan Yue Peak, there was an extremely luxurious courtyard.

A beautiful woman, no more than thirty years old, reclined on a soft couch, wearing a thin silver brocade dress.

Beside her stood a muscular, handsome man with a bare chest, gently pressing her temples.

"Madam, the Peak Master is truly a mystery of martial arts obsession. He can actually leave such a pitiful beauty like you alone in his room for two years without ever favoring you. It is truly a waste of talent."

The muscular man squinted and spoke in a low voice, his gaze constantly lingering on the beautiful woman's chest.

Upon hearing this, the beautiful woman blushed, pouted her red lips, breathed hot air at the muscular man, and smiled:

"That old man is very old and his health is failing. How can he compare to a young man like you?"

Upon hearing this, the muscular man grinned smugly and reached out to touch the other man's body.

However, at that moment, a distinctly urgent voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard:
"Madam Ni, a messenger from Hundred Refinements Peak has come to deliver a message, saying that the peak master of Hundred Refinements Peak has died and that our peak needs to lend a hand."

Upon hearing this, both men in the room were taken aback. Madam Ni quickly sat up, adjusted her thin robe, and gestured for the strong man to hide and remain silent.

Then, she opened the door and walked out into the courtyard, saying to the person who came:

"Where did you get this news? Even if I'm completely ignorant, I know that the dignified peak master of Fallen God Peak couldn't possibly die so easily."

The newcomer glanced at the beautiful woman before him and quickly said:

"Reporting to Madam, this news came from the experts of Hundred Refinements Peak, and the person is still on the peak."

Upon hearing this, Madam Ni frowned, put her hands on her hips, and said:
"First they said that kid Yuwen Feng was dead, and now they say the peak master of Hundred Refinement Peak is dead. Doesn't that mean Hundred Refinement Peak is gone?" The newcomer's eyes lit up, and he immediately began to flatter.

"Madam is truly prescient. The people from Hundred Refinement Peak also said the same thing, that Hundred Refinement Peak is finished and they want us, Zhan Yue Peak, to send people to take revenge."

Then, the visitor continued, his face full of worry:

"But all the experts in our peak, including the peak master and elders, are in seclusion on the mountain. They don't even have time to deal with the death of Young Master Yuwen. Where would we find any powerful experts to go to Hundred Refinement City to help?"

Upon hearing this, Madam Ni nodded slightly, seemingly agreeing with the other person's words. Then she yawned and waved her hand, saying:

"Then go and tell the people of Hundred Refinement Peak that we of Zhan Yue Peak are powerless to help with this matter, and ask them to seek help from other peaks."

Then, she glanced at the room in the courtyard out of the corner of her eye and said impatiently:
"It's already so late, I need to rest. Go and send that person away. If there's anything else, handle it yourself. Don't come here again."

After saying that, Madam Ni ignored the other party and turned to sway her hips as she entered the courtyard.

At that moment, a silver flame rose in the darkness from the direction of Hundred Refinement City.

But she clearly didn't care, and simply slammed the door shut with a creak.

Upon seeing this, the visitor said nothing and immediately turned and left. Soon after, lewd sounds came from the room in the courtyard.

……

At the same time, the other six peaks of Luoshen Peak also received messages from the disciples of Bailian Peak.

Although the attitudes of the various peaks differed, none of them had such an eccentric attitude as Zhan Yue Peak.

Among them, apart from the three peaks that need to directly confront the attack of the Dali Tianjin Guard, only elders were sent to Bailian Peak to provide support and to find out the true situation.

Upon learning the news, the remaining two peaks immediately dispatched several martial arts experts at the elder level to provide assistance.

The main peak, Luoshen Peak, was the most cautious about this matter, and not only used interrogation methods to find out the whole story from the Hundred Refinements Peak expert who delivered the message.

Upon receiving the signal from Hundred Refinement City, they immediately dispatched the head disciple of the main peak to Hundred Refinement Peak.

At the same time, a message was sent to Ouyang Mingqi, the peak master of the fifth peak, instructing him to personally inquire about the situation from Zheng Yunfeng.

Logically speaking, after learning that the expert from Hundred Refinement Peak who came to deliver the message was coerced by Li Musheng, Fallen God Peak had no need to make such a big fuss about the matter.

Since Zheng Yunfeng hasn't made a move yet, this matter isn't considered urgent.

As for why this was done, it was naturally because the Great Li Tianjin Guard was currently attacking Luoshen Peak.

Luo Shenfeng, however, was worried that the Tianjin Guard might be plotting against them, so he was even more cautious in his response to avoid misjudging the situation.

……

About seventy miles away from Yuxing City in the Luoshen Peak region, Commander Fu Qiwen, along with a group of Tianjin Guard experts, had already quietly arrived in the mountains under the cover of night.

Fu Qiwen knew about Luo Shenfeng's power and influence in Lanzhou, and he was also aware that there must be spies from the other side within the Dali Tianjin Guard.

This was actually unavoidable, just like the existence of spies from the Tianjin Guard in Luoshen Peak.

The struggle between the two behemoths, the Dali Tianjin Guard and the Luoshen Peak, is so intense that both sides are well aware of many things, making complete secrecy impossible.

However, in Fu Qiwen's view, it didn't really matter even if the other side knew the Tianjin Guard's attack route.

The battlefield is inherently a place of deception and uncertainty, making it difficult to fully trust all intelligence. He also did not believe that Luo Shen Peak would dare to place all its experts on the defense of the four peaks, leaving the other peaks vulnerable.

In a large tent lit by oil lamps deep in the mountains, almost all the high-ranking officers of the Tianjin Guard were present.

"We will continue our journey in an hour and must take Yuxing City before dawn. After that, we will not stop and will try to take Yuxing Peak in the shortest possible time."

Fu Qiwen pointed to the map under the dim light and spoke. Around him were nearly forty martial arts masters from the Tianjin Guard, including Hu Ruian.

However, apart from Fu Qiwen and Hu Ruian, everyone else frowned slightly, and their expressions were clearly somewhat heavy.

In their view, taking Yuxing City was not a big problem, but they had little confidence in facing Yuxing Peak, even under the personal leadership of Commander Fu Qiwen.

After all, based on the information we have now, the number of people among the experts of the Tianjin Guard who have reached the Celestial Realm in martial arts cultivation is less than half that of the Yuxing Peak.

In the battles against martial arts sects, the outcome of a fight is often determined by the victories or vanquishes of masters at the Celestial Realm.

Fu Qiwen saw what everyone was thinking, but he didn't say anything more.

He knew very well that in the current situation, further words would be useless.

As the mastermind behind this attack on Yuxing Peak, he only needs to answer all questions with the results.

After explaining the specifics of the attack on Yuxing City, Fu Qiwen led his men out of the tent.

Soon they will set up camp and continue their journey.

"The master seems very confident that he can take down Yuxing Peak, but it is said that the peak master of Yuxing Peak is invincible in defense within Luoshen Peak."

Hu Ruian followed Fu Qiwen along the mountain path, his eyes scanning the other man under the cover of night as he asked.

Upon hearing this, Fu Qiwen waved his hand and said:

“I have my reasons for every choice I’ve made. Otherwise, why do you think I would personally attack Yuxing Peak?”

Hu Ruian's expression shifted slightly; he naturally understood the capabilities of the commander before him.

But since he was facing Luoshen Peak, he was still somewhat uneasy.

However, seeing how confident the other party was, he felt much more at ease.

Thinking of this, Hu Ruian shook his head inwardly:
"After thinking it over, I feel most at ease staying by His Highness's side. It's as if I have nothing to fear when His Highness is around."

This feeling intensified after he left Li Musheng.

Of course, he also thought it was possible that they hadn't faced much danger along the way, nor the pressure of confronting the terrifying existence of Fallen God Peak, which was why he had such thoughts.

Just then, a sound suddenly came from the woods ahead.

Fu Qiwen and Hu Ruian both slowly stopped and looked over, only to see Murong Xiaoya searching for something in the darkness.

Seeing this, Hu Ruian immediately asked:

"Miss Murong, have you lost something?"

Upon hearing this, Murong Xiaoya turned around and looked over, then sighed and said:

"The big black cat that His Highness gave us is gone. We saw it sleeping soundly during the day, and we don't know when it was lost."

(End of this chapter)