One person: I am Li Buren, I cannot bear to do anything!

"Achoo!"

Li Buren rubbed his nose as he walked down the mountain.

"The temperature has been fluctuating so much lately, am I going to catch a cold?"

As he walked towards the mountainside, Li Buren pondered his plan.

On the way, he saw many familiar faces.

Most of them were Taoist brothers from Longhu Mountain, and some, like Lu Linglong, came to lend a hand.

Li Buren even saw several disciples of the Talisman Sect.

His brows furrowed little by little.

"The crowd is too scattered now, and there are guards everywhere on the mountain."

"If the Ten Elders really launch a large-scale attack on the mountain, there will inevitably be casualties in the chaos."

"Those who came from Longhu Mountain are all fellow Daoists of the Zhengyi lineage, or former disciples of the Celestial Master."

"The others are all disciples from Longhu Mountain, and they are all acquaintances of mine."

Li Buren's brows were already furrowed.

"We absolutely cannot let the Ten Elders go up the mountain, otherwise they might take action at any time."

"The scene will be too chaotic, and there will definitely be casualties that I can't take care of."

"In that case, we should preemptively keep them out of the mountain gate!"

The idea was good, but Lu Jin had basically taken control of the situation.

This time, he is focused on protecting the Celestial Master and will definitely not allow Li Buren to interfere with his plans.

"Hey, Lao Lu still doesn't know how good I am at fighting, that's why he assigned me to this position halfway up the mountain."

Upon arriving at his assigned post, Li Buren was somewhat speechless.

While this place isn't exactly remote, it's still a rather insignificant outpost.

"Even if the Ten Elders really want to attack the mountain, they don't necessarily have to go through my area."

"Old Lu is quite kind-hearted; he was afraid I'd get taken advantage of, so he arranged for me to stay here."

Li Buren was somewhat moved by Lu Jin.

"Old Lu is too temperamental."

"Hey, I won't post the video of you online next time."

Although Lu Jin was worried that Li Buren lacked the strength and experience to suffer under the Ten Elders.

But he never expected that Li Buren had already mastered the Tongtianlu Fenghou Qimen.

Furthermore, he possessed a life cultivation level that was extremely powerful even among the older generation.

"It seems we need to find a way to get everyone together so we can avoid a full-scale attack that could result in casualties."

"However, now that everyone is so scattered, what can I do to get them together?"

Looking at Lu Linglong, who was squatting in the distance, lost in thought, Li Buren suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"Got it!"

Li waved to Lu Linglong, who was squatting on the ground playing with stones in the distance, and Li couldn't bear it and waved back.

"Brother Bu Ren, what's wrong?"

Looking at Lu Linglong's innocent face, Li coughed slightly and said somewhat embarrassedly.

"My dear Linglong, um, let me ask you something, you..."

"Will you be obedient?"

"Be good."

"That's good."

At this moment, Lu Linglong had no idea what consequences her subsequent answer would have.

...

"Extremely urgent! Extremely urgent!"

Li couldn't bear it and rushed forward, howling at the top of his lungs.

At the summit of Longhu Mountain, a group of masters gathered.

The upper part of the defense line on Longhu Mountain was almost entirely radiating out from this center.

Seeing Li Buren's appearance, the expressions of the surrounding experts changed drastically.

He immediately adopted a look of apprehension as he stared at Li Buren.

"Master Li, what's going on?"

"What happened, Master Li?"

A group of extraordinary experts surrounded Li Buren and asked him anxiously.

Even Zhang Zhiwei, who was sitting in the back, couldn't help but peek over.

"Quick! There's a situation down below! Senior Lu Jin wants us to go down the mountain to provide support!"

Because everyone was on edge, when they saw Li rush up in a panic and say that there was a situation down below...

Most of the experts began to panic and immediately prepared to rush down.

However, a few relatively rational seniors from various factions stopped the group.

"Please don't be anxious, everyone."

"After all, they are still members of the Ten Elders, so they shouldn't do something so undignified."

"Even if they really wanted to make a move today, they wouldn't do it so suddenly, launching an attack without any justification!"

When those respected elders spoke, everyone indeed calmed down instantly.

Upon closer examination, there are indeed many loopholes.

The Ten Elders have a legitimate reason for their actions this time, and they also want to be reasonable and retain some dignity.

Normally, this shouldn't happen.

Just as everyone was pondering, Li Buren's voice rang out again.

"Everyone, hurry down! We can't afford to be delayed!"

"Senior Lu said there is indeed a situation; they are all catching up from below!"

These words once again stirred up many experts.

"What? Even Senior Lu is rushing to help? Looks like something really has happened!"

"Yes! Senior Lu is always steady and mature; he won't easily change his mind unless there's a specific reason!"

"But... what if Senior Lu doesn't actually make it in time?"

After a brief silence, Li Buren quickly chimed in.

"How could we lie? Longhu Mountain isn't that high. If everyone rushes down and doesn't see Senior Lu Jin coming up the mountain, they'll know immediately, right?"

Everyone agreed that it made sense!

How could this be kept secret? As long as Lu Jin brings his men up, they will inevitably run into each other if they go down at the same time.

At this point, only one question remains.

What method can be used to get Lu Jin to go up the mountain as well?

...

"What?! You said there was a problem on the mountain, and the Celestial Master told us to hurry up, but they've already come down?!"

Looking at Lu Linglong, who was panting heavily, Lu Jin was astonished.

"Really? How could someone as mature and composed as the Celestial Master change his plans at the last minute?"

"And how could something have happened up there? We've all been guarding Longhu Mountain down here."

Lu Linglong recalled the rhetoric Li Buren had taught her.

"It's absolutely true, Grandpa!"

"Would I lie to you? Longhu Mountain isn't that big. How could I possibly fool you?"

"As long as we keep going up, Longhu Mountain isn't that big. We'll run into the Celestial Master and the others soon!"

Lu Jin glanced at Lu Linglong, and suddenly felt a strange sensation in his heart.

"What she said makes sense, but something feels a little off."

"Oh well, we'll know whether we'll see Old Zhang and the others halfway there anyway. My granddaughter wouldn't lie to me, right?"

that's it.

The defensive forces on the upper and lower slopes of Longhu Mountain, led by Zhang Zhiwei and Lu Jin, moved towards each other simultaneously.

The defensive forces that had been covering the entire Longhu Mountain quickly gathered together and headed towards a large open space halfway up the mountain.

Along the way, both sides had some doubts.

But after they had traveled more than halfway and heard the sounds of the enemy forces coming from both the mountain and the valley below, they became more determined.

Both sides quickened their pace in unison, heading together towards the vast expanse of air halfway up the mountain.

When the two sides gathered on the open ground halfway up the mountain, a lone figure came into view.

The figure was carrying a black object and turned around when he saw that everyone had arrived.

"You...you've finally arrived?"