Chapter 180 The Battle of Tianshan (1)
Although Elder Feng came forward, Li Muran and others were intact after all, and the matter was finally left unresolved.
However, in order to compensate Li Muran and others for performing this dangerous task, the sect issued an additional large number of rewards, which was extremely generous and could be regarded as an explanation to Elder Feng.
Especially Li Muran, who killed several demon cultivators, received more rewards. After seeing the bottle of elixirs, Li Muran's original indignation disappeared from Erjing.
This is also because of the elders of the Dharma-Second Stage who stood up for them. If Li Muran and others themselves, even if they were treated unfairly by the sect, they would have to swallow their anger. Now with the master Elder Feng, the sect will at least make some comforting actions and explain.
Not long after, the exact news finally came. The Flame Soul Sect, which had been prepared for a long time, had sent a large number of cultivators to advance into the desert of the border, and with the support of the sand clan, headed towards the Tianshan Sect.
This war is obviously inevitable, and it can even be said to be about to break out.
Tianshan Sect has already set up layers of formations and fortifications at the critical point of the Tianshan Mountains; at the same time, Tianshan Sect also sought help from other forces in the Western Regions Immortal Cultivation World, and these forces also sent manpower and supplies to Tianshan Sect to support it one after another.
After all, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. The Tianshan Sect is the gateway to the Western Regions' Immortal Cultivation World. If the Tianshan Sect is swallowed, with the strength of the Demonic Sect of the Middle Earth Power, it will definitely be able to continue to force it. Other sects in the Western Regions' Immortal Cultivation World are also in danger.
In a deserted valley thousands of miles north of the Tianshan Mountains, dozens of monks were moving forward in teams.
"Brother Yuanming, I didn't expect that you had only been here for a few days. Before we could have a good hospitality, we had to have a few people accompany us to carry out the mission. It was really negligent." Wuyouzi smiled bitterly. Beside him, there were Li Muran, Luo Heng and other fellow disciples, as well as Yuanmingzi, who had just arrived at Tianshan Sect to support him a few days ago.
Yuan Mingzi shook his head and said with a smile: "This is my duty, I came to the noble sect this time to resist the invasion of the demon cultivators. I am not here to travel around, so why do I say that I am negligent?"
In addition to them, there are more than 20 cultivators, and the highest cultivation level is in the middle stage of Shenyou, among which the Qi and Mechanism disciples account for the vast majority.
These twenty people are all formation masters who major in formation art. They are not very strong or cultivation, but they are proficient in the use of one or several formation tools.
The mission of Li Muran and others this time was to escort these formation divisions to the deserted valley here, and set up dozens of monitoring and defensive formations of all sizes, so as not to prevent the army of magic from driving straight from here to enter the Tianshan Mountains when the war began.
"Senior Brother Shu, I haven't seen you for several years, so I'm fine." Li Muran said with a smile to one of the formation masters in the early stage of the sacred travel. This person was his old friend Shu Zhongyu.
"Yes, I joined the Tianshan Sect together. I didn't expect that the sect is in trouble now, and you and I will carry out the mission together." Shu Zhongyu sighed and said: "Recalling a few years ago, I didn't just help my younger brother join the Tianshan Sect. Now I don't know whether this is a blessing or a disaster."
"Have you not advanced to the Divine Travel Period yet?" Li Muran asked.
Shu Zhongyu shook his head and secretly said, "To be honest, in the competition of inner disciples a few years ago, Bucai and Junior Brother Muran got the Shenyou Pill; but Bucai did not advance to the Shenyou Pill because Bucai left the Shenyou Pill without taking it; in the selection of inner disciples a year ago, Bucai got another Shenyou Pill, so he shared it with his younger brother, one for each person, but unfortunately, after taking the Shenyou Pill, he still could not advance to the Shenyou Pill."
"So that's it." Li Muran felt aroused. He had known that Shu Zhongyu was very good to his younger brother, but he did not expect that Shu Zhongyu actually waited for several years to take Shenyou Pill to impact Shenyou Period in order to win a Shenyou Pill for his younger brother.
You should know that the earlier the advancement period, the greater the potential; waiting for a few more years is a huge sacrifice, but when Yu in the book talks about this, it seems very natural, as if it is just a natural thing.
"Maybe it's just that my chance has not come. Once the opportunity comes, he will be able to advance to the sacred tour period smoothly," Li Muran comforted.
"I hope so." Yu in the book smiled slightly and nodded.
Li Muran suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, why haven't I seen fellow Taoist Bai Ling for a long time? The cave where she used to live has long been vacant."
In the book, Yu smiled and said, "Don't you know Junior Brother Muran? Fellow Daoist Bai Ling's identity is now very unusual. A few years ago, just when Fellow Daoist Li was in seclusion, Fellow Daoist Bai Ling was already attracted by Elder Xue of this sect and accepted it as a concubine. Now if we see her, we will salute her and say 'Madam,'"
"What? She was actually accepted as a concubine by Elder Xue?" Li Muran was stunned: "She didn't mention this matter at all."
Yu in the book sighed lightly and said in a voice transmission: "She is a weak woman, helpless and has no good qualifications. It is not easy to gain a foothold in the world of immortal cultivation. Now that she can rely on Elder Xue, she finally has a support. I believe that she is probably rushing to the Divine Travel Period at this time, and has even advanced. It is probably because of other reasons that Fellow Daoist Bai Ling did not inform Junior Brother Muran about this."
Li Muran nodded silently, thinking.
The group came to a valley surrounded by peaks. The mid-stage formation master of the Divine Travel looked at the surrounding terrain and said, "Let's set up a three-mountain five-mountain formation and a spirit exploration formation here first."
"How long will it take?" Wuyouzi asked.
The formation master pondered for a moment and said, "It's fine to have a spirit exploration array that serves as a monitoring function. The Three Mountains and Five Mountains Array is a large magic array. Although we have already prepared all the array equipment, we also need to observe the right time and place to repeatedly ponder and test it. It will take about three or five days to arrange it."
"Okay, in the past three or five days, I will be nearby to protect you from the formation." Wuyouzi nodded and agreed.
The jade and others in the book were like the formation masters, and then they each started to get busy with their own formation tools. Li Muran and more than ten Shenyou period monks who were responsible for guarding the mission floated to the nearby hills and waited quietly.
The first day was calm, and the next day, a monk was inquiring here, and was immediately surrounded by Li Muran and others. As soon as the latter used his martial arts to fight back, he immediately exposed his identity as a demon cultivator. Li Muran and others originally planned to capture this person alive, but this person was quite strong. In the end, he would rather explode his magic power and die than fall into the hands of Li Muran and others.
On the third day, Shu Zhongyu and other formation masters set up the magic circle, and the group continued to rush to the next dangerous place to arrange the formation.
As soon as they flew out of this valley, they saw a dark red cloud flying towards them.
"It's a demon cultivator." Li Muran felt a stern in his heart, and Wuyouzi and others immediately recognized it. It was the eve of the war, and it was not surprising that he saw a demon cultivator near Tianshan Sect.
"Don't panic, let's retreat back to the valley first, and see the strength of the enemy." Wuyouzi said with a positive expression: "After all, there is a magic array in the valley, and you can open the magic array when necessary."
Everyone nodded and then retreated back to the valley.
A moment later, the dark red fire cloud rolled up from the mountain. When the fire cloud flew closer, there were dense figures of people. There were actually forty or fifty demon cultivators. Judging from their posture of flying in the air, these demon cultivators should all be in the Divine Travel Period.
"Oh no, we actually encountered a team of magic monks." Wuyouzi's face darkened and asked the formation master in the middle stage of the divine tour: "If the Three Mountains and Five Mountains Formation are activated, how long can we last under the siege of so many magic monks?"
"It should be possible to hold on for a day and a night." The formation master's voice trembled slightly, obviously he was more afraid.
"It will be almost a day and a night to arrive from the sect. If you speed up, you still have time to arrive." Wuyouzi said: "We should notify the sect immediately and request support."
Luo Heng nodded, immediately took out a music transmission note and notified the master.
At the same time, the formation master immediately inspired the Three Mountains and Five Mountains Formation. Suddenly, a rumbling sound came from the valley, and several peaks rose up and stood in the valley.
These peaks are transformed by the heaven and earth energy contained in the formation. They look like real objects to mortals or low-level cultivators, but in the eyes of Li Muran and others, they are obviously illusory objects.
At this time, Li Muran and others were in the abdomen of these transformed mountains. If the demon monks wanted to attack them, they had to destroy the mountains transformed by these formations.
Seeing this, the demon cultivators in the fire clouds in the distance did not immediately attack the magic circle, but seemed to be performing some exercises.
The fire cloud under them grew stronger and stronger, and later almost covered half of the sky. At this moment, a dark red gourd suddenly flew out of the fire cloud and sucked the fire cloud into it.
The gourd that sucked in the fire clouds had grown to a height of hundreds of feet, floating in the air, and its entire body emitted a dark red light, which looked very strange.
All the magic cultivators were casting spells with all their strength, injecting their magic power into the dark red gourd, making the latter's body bigger and bigger, and the light emitted became thicker and thicker.
Later, even the light of the sun was covered by this gourd. From a distance, it looked like there was a dark red bloody sun in the sky.
Seeing this, Li Muran and others felt a secretly sank in their hearts. Whether from the breath or the magic power they contained, this gourd was obviously not an ordinary magic weapon.
"They actually have magic weapons in their hands." Wuyouzi was shocked. Although generally speaking, only magic weapons can be controlled by monks in the Dharma Realm, so many monks in the Divine Travel Realm can barely control a specially refined magic weapon. This dark red gourd is obviously such a magic weapon.
Chapter completed!