Immortal Road.

Chapter 148: The Battle of Bianliang
In the end, all the belongings of Qi Zhong, the true disciple of Qianyun Pavilion, were counted and divided up by Lin Shan and the Black Skull Demon Lord.

There are a total of more than 20,000 spirit stones, hundreds of low-level magic tools, more than ten mid-level magic tools, four high-level magic tools left, miscellaneous classics and techniques, etc.

The most important thing is that they also found more than a dozen bottles of elixirs that are helpful for cultivation in the foundation-building period, including Qianyun Pavilion’s specialty “Izumo Pills”.

The effect is equivalent to the "Bi Luo Dan" of the Black Lotus Sect. One pill is equivalent to half a month's practice for a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building. It is a benefit provided by top sects to their own disciples, and is passed on within the sect but not outsiders.

Lin Shan was overjoyed, it was like a pillow was delivered to him when he was sleepy. What he needed most was this kind of elixir that could improve his cultivation, the more the better.

The true skills of Qianyun Pavilion were not found. It was obvious that the skills of the big sects were passed down orally or by spiritual consciousness. Even if the soul was searched, it might not be found. There should be a contract and oath in advance to self-destruct, which is also to prevent the inheritance from leaking out.

Among the remaining things, there were many weapon refining books and experiences, which showed that Qi Zhong had put a lot of effort into it, but Lin Shan was not interested in them.

He took away the four high-level magic weapons, namely the jade ring, the teacup, the ring, and the exquisite pagoda. These magic weapons were seized by Qi Zhong's tree monsters when he escaped and did not have time to take them with him.

Except for the other high-level magical weapons that were destroyed by Luanchun's sentinel arrows, all other high-level magical weapons were smashed by the concentrated fire of the "Bean Soldiers" and "Rune Crossbows".

More than ten mid-level magical weapons were given to the Black Skeleton Demon Lord, and he prepared to arm his own skeleton army.

Lin Shan was thoughtful when he saw this method. It seemed that he could also try the legion flow and use some magic weapons on the "Water Bear Leader" and "Throwing Beans into Soldiers".

However, his proficiency in controlling his spiritual sense could not be compared with that of the Black Skull Demon Lord. The Black Skull Demon Lord could control it as easily as giving orders by dividing his mind. If he had to be distracted during the fight, he might as well let his subordinates play freely.

He took 15,000 of the remaining spirit stones and gave 5,000 to the Black Skull Demon Lord.

After giving it some thought, I decided to give it some space of its own. After all, it is an important fighting force on my side.

The donkey spirit pet was captured by Luanchun just after it regained its freedom because its master died. This little witch would not sign a "spiritual beast contract" like the righteous monks, but directly forced a "master-servant contract".

The "Spirit Beast Contract" is simply working for the master, and after the righteous monk passes away, it can be passed on to the next generation of disciples.

The "Master-Servant Contract" is overbearing. If the master dies, the pet must die as well. This is generally a common tactic used by demonic monks.

Luanchun had used up her trump card of whistle arrows to deal with Qi Zhong just now, so it was only right that she should be given a spirit pet. Lin Shan did not say much, but it was a pity to lose those three high-level defensive magic weapons.

As for Princess Guo's storage bag, Lin Shan looked at it and found no special treasures. It was not worth his current wealth, so he simply gave it to Luanchun. If Guardian Yan asked about the use of the sentinel arrows in the future, he would have an explanation.

……

The materials for the two large formations were recovered, and the shouting and screaming outside had stopped.

The entire righteous camp has been breached, and the evil monks are looting everywhere in the camp, stuffing everything they see into their storage bags. It's like a swarm of locusts, leaving no grass behind.

It was not until dark that Yan Yuanchun flew back from afar. Lin Shan and others then learned that she had severely injured the Cangxuan Sect's Jindan-stage cultivator who was guarding the place, but she had escaped in the end.

At the same time, she also heard the news that just three days ago, the demon army had broken through the East Gate Pass. A day ago, they had already reached the Song Dynasty capital of Bianliang. Now, they may have been fighting there for a day and a night.

Yan Yuanchun counted his men and found that there were only about 200 of them left, all of them were exhausted. He simply let them rest for two days, and his intention was self-evident.

This cannon fodder advance team not only completed the mission and crossed the Contaminated Canyon, but also captured a large camp here. It can be said that it was a great achievement, and there was no need to rush to the battlefield in the imperial capital to die.

This side is a small battle involving thousands of people, while that side is a big battle involving tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people! No one can guarantee that they can survive if they go in.

……

After nightfall, everyone gathered around the campfire to celebrate.

Luanchun walked his newly acquired donkey around the campfire to show off. The skinny donkey did not have the dignity of a spiritual beast in the Foundation Establishment Stage. During the day, it was beaten by the water bear leader until all its teeth fell out, and at night it had to be paraded in public for display.

What was surprising was that at some point, Old Man Zhong actually walked out of the miasma belt on his own.

At this time, he was hanging out with the Black Skull Demon Lord, the two of them were arm in arm, and their sinister and obscene laughter was endless. The other brothers also had smiles on their faces, and it was obvious that they had looted a lot of supplies in the camp during the day.

As the saying goes, if you don't open for three years, you will eat for three years if you open.

What could be faster than a robbery?

Lin Shan was leaning on the side alone, the light from the fire beside him flickering eerily on his face, hiding his uneasy mood.

Before Princess Bai Tianguo died, the inexplicable smile replayed in his mind, especially the two sentences she left behind.

—"What the expert said is right. It seems that you are the calamity of my life."

— "I hope that next time we meet, I can put an end to all this." "Master"? That so-called saint? She could even predict her future fate in advance?
What was important was her confident look before she died, as if the next time they met, everything would end. Why was she so arrogant? Was it because of that jade pendant? What kind of heaven-defying opportunity was hidden in this thing that needed to be unlocked, which made her so confident.

Besides, when did he not suppress her in every encounter? Even if it was the true disciple of Qianyun Pavilion who came to help today, without the help of Luanchun and Black Skull Demon Lord, he could have worn that person down slowly. There were more than 100,000 spirit stones left by Master Gui in the storage bracelet, and Qi Zhong only had a fraction of that!
The more Lin Shan thought about it, the more he found it hard to understand. Did Princess Guo really inherit something extraordinary during her lifetime? Or was it that she just couldn't fully tap into it at the moment? But she believed that as long as she continued to grow, she would be able to surpass Lin Shan.

And the "holy lady" of the Cainu Palace deliberately left behind a teleportation disk to retrieve the "talisman jade pendant", which shows that Princess Guo's cauldron must be very important and not as light as she said.

What is "death is death". If it really didn't matter, she would deliberately speculate the fate and put the great opportunity and soul on Princess Guo.

or.
The jade pendant was originally ownerless, and after being obtained by Princess Guo, it was out of the control of the Saint. Only when she died, the Saint behind her could appear and take away the opportunity?

Lin Shan made some random guesses, but couldn't figure out the mystery behind it so he could only put it aside for the time being.

If we don't discuss the present and only consider the future.

Lin Shan is more confident than anyone else. As for opportunity, no matter how strong you are, can it be stronger than my enhanced panel?
As he thought about it, he thought of Gu Yun again. The giant black lotus Buddha statue in the capital city, he didn't know who would own it after the war in the imperial capital.

The camp was filled with laughter and some people were filled with thoughts throughout the night.

……

Two days later, Yan Yuanchun led the remaining people to Bianliang, the capital of the Song Dynasty.

The group flew west for more than a thousand miles and arrived at their destination. It was already late at night.

The flames that shot up into the sky illuminated an area of ​​hundreds of miles. This thousand-year-old capital had been burning in war for three full days and three nights.

Three pairs of extremely shining giant stars hung high in the night sky. They were six Nascent Soul stage masters fighting against each other.

There are hundreds of slightly smaller light balls around it, among which hundreds of Jindan stage masters are fighting back and forth, and various magic weapons are powerful and impressive.

Further down in the sky, thousands of Foundation Establishment cultivators looked like giant fireflies flying around in a disorderly manner in the low sky above the city.

Some of them chose to fight with opponents of the same level, some went directly into the city to burn, kill and loot, and some went to destroy the heavy magical weapons on the city walls.

The cruelty of this decisive battle can be seen even more clearly on the ground. Countless Qi training monks rushed towards the tower like ants. Countless rune-inscribed magic tools, catapults, crossbows, battering rams, and ladders were sent to the battlefield, and colorful streams of light fell into the city in parabolas.

In the darkness, there were strings of light spots coming from all directions in the distance. It was obvious that the reinforcements of the demonic monks from other directions were gathering, just like the troops led by Protector Yan. The rivers flowed into a river and all the rivers flowed into the sea.

At the same time, reinforcements from countless righteous sects also rushed to the scene. This battle between good and evil involved not only the three top righteous sects, but also dozens of small and medium-sized sects and hundreds of cultivation families.

In the land west of the Song Dynasty, for countless years, the righteous propaganda has portrayed the demon cultivators as extremely evil, massacring cities and destroying nations, with blood flowing for thousands of miles. Upon hearing that the once-in-a-millennium demon calamity was coming again, many independent cultivators and even hidden sects responded to the call and came to resist.

This battle brought together all the forces of the Central War Zone, led by the Black Lotus Sect and the Purple Sky Sect, and the number of troops on both sides increased sharply to more than 200,000. The fighting lasted for three days and three nights, and countless corpses were piled inside and outside the city walls, and countless broken magic weapons fell into the dust.

The thousand-year-old capital of the Great Song Dynasty was also destroyed. Under the day and night bombardment of countless rune siege weapons, countless houses and towers in the city collapsed and burned, and millions of mortals were killed or injured.

The righteous sects had never expected that the evil sects would be able to break through the Luosong Mountain Range's defenses in just three days.

As soon as the East Gate fell, all the demon monks rushed to the imperial capital like a broken bamboo, leaving them no time to react. Not to mention evacuating the mortals, even the troops defending the imperial capital were stretched to the limit!

The conditions for recruiting disciples in the orthodox sects are extremely harsh. They need to be brought back to the mountain gate for training from a young age, and their origins must be clean and passed down from master to disciple. If you want to seek a master halfway through your practice, unless you have a spiritual root talent of grade B or above, you will not be accepted at all.

The Demonic Sect is open to all, and anyone can join at any time, and they will be cannon fodder. Even if you are cannon fodder, you will be given a "minimum living allowance" income, and you will be paid for your service.

So judging from the number of low-level cultivators alone, the righteous path is far less numerous than the evil path, but in terms of high-level cultivators, the difference between the two is not much.

However, if the high-level combat forces of both sides are in a delicate balance, the low-level monks will be the last straw that tips the camel's back.

Although the quality of the low-level cultivators in the righteous path is high and they are all elites, except for the true disciples, most of them cannot fight against four or five people at once.

The outcome of this battle has basically been decided by now. Except for the East Gate which is still holding out in a positional battle, the North and South gates have been breached, and countless demonic monks have entered the city and engaged in street fighting!
At night, the area was dotted with stars and flames spread all over the place. Once some of the magic fires started, they were difficult to extinguish. The surrounding ecological environment suffered a devastating blow and gradually degraded into a desert.

In the distant sky, reinforcements from both sides were still gathering. Some demonic troops had already begun to surround and attack the reinforcements, devouring and eroding the vitality of the righteous path step by step. As the righteous path weakened and the demons grew stronger, the fall of the Song Dynasty's capital was basically a foregone conclusion.

When Protector Yan, Lin Shan and others arrived at the battlefield, they suddenly found that things were completely different from what they thought.

The battle for the imperial capital has not yet ended. Although the demons have not completely occupied it, the most dangerous part of the siege has ended. The next step can be said to be a feast of hunting in the city and snatching spoils.

It’s neither too early nor too late, just right!

(End of this chapter)