Mountain and River Festival

Chapter 250 The tentacles of the Holy Lord

Ye Tinglan felt a chill in her heart, but subconsciously chose to trust Lu Xingzhou's judgment and quickly closed her eyes to release her divine sense.

Previously, when the members of Tingxue Pavilion saw that the Holy Lord of Tianyao had come to interfere, they knew it was hopeless, and they left dejectedly when Si Han and the others entered the hall. At this moment, they hadn't gone too far, just over a hundred miles away.

Suddenly, they felt as if they had entered a sword formation. Sword energy soared into the sky, and the Tingxue Pavilion experts who had entered were caught off guard and dodged in all directions.

Suddenly, a group of men in black surrounded them, saying, "Now that you've discovered our secret, you're not leaving."

The members of Tingxue Pavilion: "..."

We just stumbled into the sword formation by mistake, and we didn't discover any of your secrets.

However, this group of people are clearly some kind of demonic cultivators, doing some secret work down below. The fact that the sword formation was triggered is tantamount to their secrets being spied on, so it's normal that they would want to silence them. That's just how people in the demonic path are.

Listening Snow Pavilion Master Wei Linfeng tried to explain, "Gentlemen, it's a misunderstanding. We were just passing by. We are from Listening Snow Pavilion. You should think carefully before making such a great enemy..."

The man in black ignored everything and unleashed a barrage of swords, throwing out all sorts of powerful moves and magical weapons.

Wei Linfeng swallowed the rest of his words, hastily parrying a sword light, his heart skipping a beat: "First Rank!"

Could you just randomly bump into a group of demonic disciples and become a first-grade cultivator?
With the sword formation surrounding them, isn't this an accident, or a deliberate ambush?

Whether by accident or intentional, this battle will be tough.

Wei Lingfeng was smuggled into the Shadow Moon Sect to participate in its internal strife. Naturally, only a small number of people could be brought in; including himself, there were only four of them. Meanwhile, the opposing side consisted of over ten people, all of whom were at the third rank or higher, including a first-rank leader, and they also had a pre-arranged sword formation…

The members of Tingxue Pavilion fought back fiercely, and soon they were all injured.

Wei Linfeng immediately recognized the newcomer: "Ice Prison Sect..."

Due to the different systems and the different levels of "anti-demonic efforts," the demonic sects in the Frost Kingdom were not suppressed and forced to hide like in the Great Qian Dynasty. On the contrary, they openly had strongholds and wielded considerable power, making it difficult for the righteous sects to deal with them.

The Ice Prison Sect is the most famous of them all, and their overall strength is not much weaker than that of the Listening Snow Pavilion. Once they are eliminated here, their overall strength will surpass that of the Listening Snow Pavilion, and they will not be afraid of retaliation.

If this continues, Wei Linfeng himself might still have a chance to escape the encirclement, but his several key subordinates will inevitably be killed here.

Wei Linfeng's heart was bleeding. He should have known better than to get involved in the Shadow Moon Sect's upheaval; otherwise, he would have suffered a much greater defeat...

"Senior brother, don't worry about us, escape quickly! Avenge us later!" The loyal junior brother shouted from behind, "This might be Si Han colluding with the demonic path to take revenge on us! If you die here too, who will investigate the truth and give us justice?"

Wei Linfeng gritted his teeth, about to fight to the death to break through the encirclement, when suddenly a powerful pressure descended from above.

A vast pressure of divine thought enveloped the entire battlefield, and everyone heard a soft hum.

Though the hum was soft, it resonated like a great bell in their hearts, causing everyone to feel their blood churn and their fighting to stop involuntarily.

An image arose in everyone's mind, as if Ye Tinglan was sitting cross-legged with her eyes closed, floating in front of them, and then slowly opening her eyes, with radiance everywhere.

The pressure at that moment was immense, and some people even broke out in a cold sweat.

Ye Tinglan's voice transmission sounded at this moment: "What are you standing there for? Let's go."

Wei Linfeng seemed to wake from a dream and quickly led his junior brothers away: "The Holy Lord's great kindness will be remembered by Tingxue Pavilion."

By the time the Ice Prison Sect members realized what was happening and wanted to give chase, it was clearly too late.

The leader of the Ice Prison Sect turned to look again, only to find that Ye Tinglan's divine descent had vanished.

"Damn it, we were fooled by this woman. Her remote divine descent couldn't unleash much power. We could have easily withstood the pressure and killed those guys from Tingxue Pavilion..."

"Forget it, let's leave some room for maneuver with the Tianyao Holy Land. Offending the Tingxue Pavilion is not the same as offending the Tianyao Holy Land. Let's go, this matter isn't over yet..."

Ye Tinglan opened her eyes, looked at Lu Xingzhou in front of her, and said with a very complicated expression: "You..."

Lu Xingzhou smiled slightly: "No need for praise, how about a reward?"

Ye Tinglan pretended to hit him: "I'll reward you with a head full of bumps!"

Lu Xingzhou grabbed her hand.

Ye Tinglan actually forgot to pinch her cheek and turned her head to say, "Tingxue Pavilion was indeed ambushed and attacked by Bingyu Sect. If I had arrived any later, I'm afraid only Pavilion Master Tingxue would have broken through. With both left and right arms lost, Tingxue Pavilion would have fallen into ruin."

What are the attributes of the Ice Prison Sect?

"The Demonic Path." Ye Tinglan's expression was complicated: "You guessed right. Si Han is involved with the Demonic Path, and this connection is in the dark, leaving no evidence in the open. He just made it seem like Tingxue Pavilion accidentally entered the Ice Prison Sect's sword formation and was silenced... Si Han's actions are not fundamentally different from Gu Zhanting's."

"So there's a price to pay for being a hero... The kind of hero you want doesn't seem to exist."

Ye Tinglan stared at him intently: "And you?"

"Me? I'm a follower of the demonic path, I've never wanted to be a hero. But..."

"how?"

"You want me to do it?"

Ye Tinglan looked into his eyes: "What if I said I wanted to?"

Lu Xingzhou smiled: "What's in it for me?" Asking this question alone would make him seem like a hero, and Ye Tinglan angrily shook off his hand: "You still want to go into the palace to see people? What kind of behavior is this!"

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the main hall of the Shadow Moon Sect.

Lu Xingzhou followed behind with a smile.

Si Han and the others in the hall were restless. After all, the Holy Master of Tianyao was the Grand Preceptor of Daqian and was naturally on the same side as Daqian. They wondered if Gu Shaoli's few words would change their minds.

Gu Shaoli alone has put the Shadow Moon Sect under immense pressure. If Ye Tinglan were to also stand on the opposite side, the Shadow Moon Sect could be wiped out.

Seeing Ye Tinglan lead Lu Xingzhou into the hall, but Gu Shaoli was nowhere to be seen, Si Han let out a long sigh, stood up and bowed deeply: "I will never forget the kindness and life-saving grace of Your Majesty today. In the future, if Your Majesty gives any order, I will go through fire and water without batting an eye."

Ye Tinglan pointed at Lu Xingzhou: "Thank him. If it weren't for his suggestion, I wouldn't have come here."

Lu Xingzhou whispered in his ear, "Are you using your senior sister's name to swindle people again?"

Ye Tinglan was taken aback by this sudden remark, and her slight sullen mood vanished instantly. She almost burst out laughing, her eyes crinkling slightly.

The Shadow Moon Sect members: "..."

I heard that after the battle at the glacier yesterday, the Holy Lord of Tianyao disappeared with the little puppy. It seems that the little puppy is truly favored by the Holy Lord, not only praising him in front of so many people, but also flirting with him.

“Um…” Si Han coughed twice and stepped aside to take the seat of honor: “Please take the seat of honor, Your Majesty.”

Ye Tinglan didn't stand on ceremony and indeed sat in the main seat, turning to Lu Xingzhou and saying, "Sit next to me."

There was silence in the palace.

This so-called "prime position" is actually the throne.

In other words, the etiquette of the Tianshuang Kingdom was crude, and the appearance of the throne was not so obvious, but one could still roughly imagine it.

Ye Tinglan's casual sitting down was a hint at her purpose in coming here.

She didn't just come here out of pure kindness to do a good deed and leave; she saved your entire family, and there were political motives involved.

Si Han had already figured it out and quickly said, "I wonder what instructions the Holy Lord has? The entire Tian Shuang Kingdom will do its best to meet your needs."

Ye Tinglan looked at Lu Xingzhou.

Lu Xingzhou coughed twice and asked on behalf of Ye Tinglan, "Although Tianshuang Kingdom is a sect alliance system, there should at least be dedicated positions responsible for the connections and resource flow between the various sects, which belong to the royal court, not the Yingyue Sect, right?"

Si Han said, "That's true. In fact, our alliance is not as rough as outsiders imagine. Over the years, we have gradually established many positions. Many of these positions are held by people from other sects, not by our Shadow Moon Sect."

Lu Xingzhou asked, "If the Tianyao Holy Land requests to provide some positions for its disciples in such places and to establish the Tianyao Temple in Yingyue City, would the Lord Si agree?"

Si Han did not answer immediately, but instead said, "With the strength and sectarian structure of our Tianshuang Kingdom, Tianyao Holy Land could actually unify Tianshuang directly. I am willing to follow in its footsteps."

Lu Xingzhou said, "The Tianyao Holy Land does not interfere with secular politics. On the contrary, if any disciples of the Tianshuang Kingdom wish to join the Tianyao Holy Land and pass the examination, the Tianyao Holy Land is happy to accept them as disciples. Please ask the Lord of Si to inform the Tianshuang Kingdom of this information."

Si Han paused, his expression changing slightly: "Can Young Master's words represent the Holy Lord?"

Ye Tinglan said expressionlessly, "I'll sit right here. Is that alright?"

Si Han pursed his lips.

Many of the Shadow Moon Sect's high-ranking members present did not immediately grasp the meaning behind this, and most of them showed expressions of delight.

Tianyao Holy Land is a true holy land, containing countless super-grade cultivation techniques and far more than just Ye Tinglan as a super-grade cultivator. There are countless cultivators at the third grade level. Compared to other so-called first-grade strong sects, it is not even in the same league.

Cultivation is difficult, not only because of talent and luck, but also because of the monopoly and scarcity of cultivation techniques and high-end resources. Even a newly emerging top-tier sect like the Yama Palace can't provide her little man with high-level cultivation techniques unless Yuan Muyu dares to leak the Tianyao Holy Land's techniques. This illustrates the difficulty.

Although their Shadow Moon Sect is also a top-tier sect, if they were given the opportunity to cultivate a superior-grade technique, the entire sect would probably flock to it.

Of course, the Tianyao Holy Land would never accept adult cultivators like them, whose values ​​are already formed and who have strong political leanings. They would only accept underage disciples. And the threshold for this first batch of disciples from the Tianshuang Kingdom would certainly not be so strict. Many high-ranking members of the Yingyue Sect were already mentally ranking their own children to see which one was suitable.

Only Si Han realized that the Tianyao Holy Land actually already had disciples from the Tianshuang Kingdom, though the distinction wasn't so clear before. Now that the Tianyao Temple was established, the Tianyao disciples who originally belonged to the Tianshuang Kingdom had been assigned to positions, and their networks of kinship and friendship had been established, allowing the Tianyao Holy Land to exert a significant influence over the entire Tianshuang Kingdom.

What will the landscape be like a few years later when a large number of disciples from the Holy Land of Tianshuang Kingdom graduate and take up important positions in Tianshuang Kingdom?

This is to transform the Tianyao Holy Land into the Holy Land of the Tianshuang Kingdom, and it won't take more than a few years. They will even have a say now.

His own secret plans seemed to have become a joke under the overwhelming power of the Tianyao Holy Land.

But the temptation of the Holy Land was there, and Si Han knew he couldn't refuse. If he did, even his elders, who had been so loyal just moments before, wouldn't stand by his side this time.

I can only agree... Actually, there's nothing wrong with agreeing. At least the fact that Tianyao Holy Land doesn't get involved in politics has already been proven in Daqian. When the time comes, with the support of the Holy Land, why can't Tianshuang Kingdom become another Daqian, or even replace Daqian?

It's just absurd. Didn't Tianyao Holy Land only have this level of interaction with Daqian? When did it start to have a pattern of extending its tentacles to various countries?

Si Han's gaze fell on Lu Xingzhou.

Because of a puppy?

(End of this chapter)