Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 213 Xiaohua (Update)
"Crash," a rain of blood covered Ye Pingshui's spiritual power shield. Opposite him was a young boy who was only of dancing elephant age, but his skills were inferior to Ye Pingshui's.

The black sand sprayed out from the gourd magic tool used by Ye Pingshui scalded him into a pile of meat paste.

"Huh, the second one." Ye Pingshui gasped heavily, picked up the boy's brand new storage bag, counted silently in his mind, avoided a pile of purple soil beside him, and then found a low pile to sit down.

This was already the twentieth day that he had followed the head master to Xiaowu Mountain, but he was still not used to it.

Master Kang is an official of course. Even though Sima Fei has assigned him this dangerous task, and he has to lead his monks to station in such a dangerous place as the top of the Jiazixu Mountain, he can still find some relatively safe positions for his own disciples.

Ye Pingshui, Song Hui and others were not close to the battle line between the two sides. The reason why Ye Pingshui encountered the monks of Qingyun League this time was the same as last time.

This was because the monks from Yuanyang Hall who were on duty at the front were defeated by the elite soldiers of Qingyun League, and the speed was so fast that even Jiang Qing did not have time to lead his men to plug the gap.

Fortunately, Chu Huer and his men blocked the gap and blocked the Qingyun League monks who were rushing in.

Although Ye Zhengwen and his men defeated the enemy's elite soldiers, they were unable to surround and wipe them out, so they fled for their lives in the formation.

This made Ye Pingshui so tired that he had to fight with the monks of Qingyun League.

Fortunately, the man who ran in front of Ye Pingshui was just a young cultivator with very poor fighting skills. No one knew how he managed to sneak into that group of sharp soldiers.

Speaking of which, this place is indeed relatively safe. Ye Pingshui had been here for twenty days and it was only the second time he saw a cultivator from the Qingyun League, but he also killed the second person.

This honest child was not really afraid. He had experienced the whole process when Hengshan was in trouble. It was just that his killing skills were not very skilled yet.

The scale of this battle was much larger than the one when Sima Fei conquered the Wuxiang Sect. The two Simas were present in person and twenty to thirty foundation-building cultivators were called in. None of them were ordinary people, including someone from the capital like Bushe, the chief of the Sima Mansion.

All the militiamen from the counties of Yunjiao Prefecture were mobilized, with 500 soldiers from the large counties and dozens from the small counties. Together with the Prefecture Court Army and Tie Liuyun's Xiezhi Guards, they formed a coalition force of 2,000 Qi-cultivating monks and marched forward in a mighty force.

According to Kang Dabao's previous private thoughts, there were probably only about ten thousand cultivators in the entire Yunjiao Province, and the provincial government had not yet taken over the entire Yunjiao Province. In all, this battle had already cost a huge amount of money.

As for the Ruijin Sect, including its vassals, they only had 400 Qi-cultivating monks trapped in the formation, with almost no chance of winning.

Seeing that the state court was unstoppable, the two leading foundation-building cultivators had thoughts of turning against them.

But long before the war, the Liangyi Sect had already transferred all of his family's foundation-building seeds to the main temple in Xiabo Mountain.

Not only that, the Liangyi Sect also sent a Fengzheng Danzhu to lobby the foundation-building forces of the various Yunjiaozhou states. Those who were loyal to the provincial court were asked to defect, while those who were loyal to the Liangyi Sect were asked to support the Ruijin Sect to share the pressure.

The Liangyi Sect had been accumulating power in Yunjiao Province for a long time. This alchemy master did not threaten with force. He just conferred titles and made promises along the way, and succeeded in persuading several families.

After all, everyone knew that when Shen Lingfeng was stationed in Shannan Road and served as the chief administrator after the campaign to pacify the barbarians, the Xian Dynasty was as powerful as it is today.

There were quite a few big families and sects following behind him, many of which were the most powerful forces in Yunjiao Province and enjoyed great glory, but the diehard fans of Liangyi Sect were all overwhelmed.

But today, if you count on your fingers, you can't even count how many of Shen Zongguan's followers still have the Taoist tradition.

The mistakes of the past are lessons for the future.

Since the Zhouting coalition forces were halfway through their journey, there was a sign of fire in the backyard. Sima Fei had no choice but to divide his troops and hand them over to Sima Gunjia, asking him to turn back and wipe out these two-faced people in one fell swoop.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ruijinmen’s allies in the Qingyun League came to support their formation one after another, including eight hundred monks.

Fei Sima missed the chance to win the battle quickly and strike with thunder, and the fake Dan who was sent by Liangyi Sect to lobby the various families was not so lucky either.

He died on the way to the Mo family in Hong County. Before he died, he was beheaded by Yue Jing, the ancestor of the Yue family, with a look of disbelief in his eyes.

Until his death, he had never imagined that the Hancheng Yue family, once the staunch lackeys of the Liangyi Sect, had completely turned to the Yunjiaozhou court.

The Earl of Nan'an has condescended to show his status, so which family wouldn't be jealous?
It is said that after this incident, Nan'an Earl Kuang Liuting and Liangyi Sect's leader Li Yunshangxiu met at Chongqian Peak. No one knows what they talked about, but people said that the two seemed to have a very pleasant conversation.

After this negotiation, the state court released a fake Dan from the Liangyi Sect, and Yue Jing returned to Hancheng. Together with the Yue family cultivators, they also did not go to the foot of Xiaowu Mountain to help the state court.

It is obvious that the big shots can just talk about good things, but they insist on asking these low-level cultivators to risk their lives.

The hilltop with the number Jiazixu where Ye Pingshui was located, which was assigned by Sima Fei to Pingrong County for garrison, was once a key formation point set up by Ruijinmen to provide spiritual energy for his family's sect formation.

As soon as Fei Simafu arrived at the foot of Xiaowu Mountain, he found the formation master to check the position, and then led his troops to cut off the second-level formation on the top of the mountain.

This immediately caused the Ruijin Sect's sect formation to lose a large portion of its spiritual power source.

This meant that the Ruijin Sect could only use spirit stones to power the formation, which was a waste. Even though his family was once a high-ranking family that had produced a genuine golden elixir cultivator, it could not sustain it for much longer.

Therefore, retaking this key point as soon as possible is the top priority for Ruijinmen now.

Sima Fei realized that this place was crucial and that Ruijinmen would definitely counterattack, so he assigned the task of guarding the Jiazixu Hill to Kang Dazhang, the county lieutenant of Pingrong County.

After all, this is a vital place, and it is unlikely that the 300 soldiers from Pingrong County, who are of varying quality, can defend it.

For this purpose, Sima Fei also dispatched a team of Zhoutingya troops, led by none other than Gun Qiushou, the nephew of Sima Gun, the Guancheng of Xuanwei West City and the nephew of Sima Gun Jia, whom Kang Dabao had met before.

Among them were many descendants of the Fei family's side branches. Sima Fei really lived up to the trust of Earl Nan'an. He actually sent his closest troops to the most dangerous place to set an example.

However, he did not expect that the fake Dan's ability was just as powerful as Yue Jing's.

Just one person was able to suppress Sima Fei and dozens of foundation-building cultivators, so that they could not escape.

Originally, the initial coalition of 2,000 monks was divided into two groups. One group was led by Sima Gunjia to suppress the rebellion, and a lot of troops had already been taken away.

But now most of the foundation-building cultivators at Fei Sima's place were restrained by the fake pill master sent by Liangyi Sect. Now the number of foundation-building cultivators left on the Zhouting side was not much more than the number of foundation-building cultivators from Ruijin Sect and other families that came to help in the formation.

As for the Qi-cultivating monks, another 400 men were stationed on the Jiazixu hill.

As a result, the monks in the Zhouting team besieging Ruijin Gate were not necessarily much stronger than the monks in the formation, regardless of their quality or quantity.

Sima Fei was unable to get away, so the army of the provincial court was actually commanded by Bushe, the chief secretary of Sima Mansion.

The latter's abilities cannot be said to be bad, but if you compare him with Fei Sima, there is a huge difference between them.

In addition to Xiao Guicao's constant siege of Ruijinmen day and night, he also carried out the military order set by Fei Sima, which required the Pingrong Township soldiers to defend the Jiazixu Hilltop to the death. Sect Master Kang had been stationed at Jiazixu Hilltop with his disciples and villagers for more than ten days. Among the other cultivators who were besieging Ruijinmen's formation at the foot of the mountain, not a single living cultivator had ever come down from Jiazixu Hilltop.

After this, the soldiers from other counties certainly felt the state government's determination to capture Ruijin Gate, but they were also somewhat frightened.

Not to mention Bushe, a monk without descendants. For the sake of his wealth and fame, he didn't even care about the blood relatives of the two Simas, so how could he care about the lives of these recruited monks?

When the battle got to this point, the lower-level cultivators under the Zhouting side actually knew that no matter whether the Ruijin Sect's formation could be destroyed by the Zhouting in the end or not, and whether their Taoist lineage would be extinct from then on, it would be difficult for them to survive.

The morale of the troops was damaged, but Bushe was still stubborn and refused to listen to the advice of the only remaining recorder of the provincial court. The troops did not get a rest and continued to attack the enemy camp in turns, day and night.

As a result, the state court soon suffered casualties among its foundation-building cultivators.

The day before, Ruijinmen suddenly released the formation, catching the Dezhou Tingzheng team that was besieging the formation off guard. Even the current head of the Mo family in Hong County was caught by two or three of his peers and was unable to escape, and was trapped in the formation.

Instead, it greatly boosted the morale of the two foundation-building masters who were in charge of Ruijin Sect.

The County Master Mo of Hong County, who had done business with the head of Kangda Sect, fought desperately to get back half of his father's body, and then he cried to Buse for a while. The other half was sent back by people from Ruijin Sect.

They came with a sweeping force, and it would have been fine if they had not been able to defeat the enemy at the last moment, but they actually lost a Foundation Establishment cultivator before the Ruijin Sect who were hiding in the formation.

The morale of the Zhou Ting faction was greatly damaged, and Sima Gun was also in trouble. A large foundation-building clan had colluded with several counties' independent cultivators, making it impossible for him to escape and rush to help, which caused the Zhou Ting's offensive to stagnate.

The soldiers of the provincial court were just going through the motions, but the monks of Ruijin Sect were full of vigor and vitality.

The Liangyi Sect had already made their plans long ago. If they could defeat the Zhou court or return empty-handed this time, the Qingyun League would not only get twenty foundation-building pills, but also the foundation-building cultivators of various families, and even have the opportunity to go to Xiabo Mountain and listen to Jindan's lectures.

As one side gained strength, the other side lost strength. The threat of Zhou Ting's offensive became less and less powerful. The Qingyun League even dared to step out of the formation and fight against the Zhou Ting coalition forces.

However, the number and quality of the monks from the Zhouting side still had a certain advantage. Under Bushe's command, the Ruijinmen side suffered a small setback.

This was just a minor setback for them. They were building their foundation behind the Ruijin Gate and even defeated an aggressive Zhouting team before returning calmly.

At the same time, seeing that the scene of the state court's crushing of Ruijinmen, which they had thought was a simple task, did not happen, people could not help but have some inappropriate thoughts.

The leaders of the various families in the Qingyun League even dared to withdraw some of the cultivators who stayed at home to form a coalition force of three to four hundred people to besiege the Jiazixu Hill where the great leader Kang was stationed.

There are many disciples of the foundation-building masters here. Except for the team of guards sent by the provincial court, the other cultivators under the command of Master Kang cannot gain much advantage against them and it is very difficult for them to hold on.

Fortunately, we managed to hold on for another day!
Ye Pingshui heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that all the cultivators from the Qingyun League were wiped out by Ye Zhengwen, Han Yundao and others. He and Song Hui, who was beside him, supported each other and walked to the clinic where Pei Yi was.

The two arrived late, and by then Pei Yi and several alchemists sent by the provincial court were already extremely busy.

The enemy's attack caused more than a dozen casualties on our side, and many of the injured could not be rescued.

You know, many of the people listed in the book of County Magistrate Luo Heng are the backbone of their respective families. After this battle, the scene of every family in mourning will surely reappear in Pingrong County.

There may even be a large number of people whose families were destroyed and whose religious lineage was cut off.

Song Hui was still young and had no time to feel sentimental about these things.

His right arm was stung by the spirit insect of the Qingyun League cultivator who had just been killed by Ye Pingshui. It didn't hurt much, but he had no strength, so he wanted to find Pei Yi to see a doctor.

Pei Yi's attainments were not high after all. He looked at it with concern for a while, but could not find anything unusual, so he went to find the alchemist sent by the Zhoutingya Army.

The latter was now in a state of extreme anxiety, and out of courtesy he only came over to take a quick look, and then took a bone needle made from a second-level monster and pierced it into Song Hui's wound to test it.

After a while, seeing that the bone needle was still normal, the alchemist said to Pei Yi unhappily: "Hey, what's the point? It's just a superficial wound."

Although Pei Yi was a little surprised, he felt relieved after hearing this. He just thanked him repeatedly, bandaged the wound on Ye Pingshui's leg, and asked the two of them to go back to the camp to rest first.

Ye Pingshui and Song Hui supported each other and walked out again. Just as they were about to go out, they saw He Yuanbing and Zhang Le carrying Dong Liuer in.

Dong Liu'er looked haggard at this time, her skin was wrinkled like an 80-year-old woman, her face was as yellow as paper, and her thick black hair had been replaced by a bunch of sparse black and white hair. If people had not been with her day and night, they would not have recognized this innocent girl.

"Ah, how come this little girl's vitality has been damaged to this extent?!" Without Pei Yi's invitation, the alchemist had already poked his head over.

"Hmm" Dong Liu'er saw that her uncle Pei Yi had a sad face. She couldn't even speak at this moment. She just opened her mouth with difficulty. Her pale lips did not have a trace of blood, and the two rows of pearly teeth that should have been white were replaced by a mouthful of cavities.

"We...we were bitten by two evil cultivators who rushed over, and Uncle Ye was too late to save us." A trace of embarrassment appeared on He Yuanbin's face. The three of them, led by him, caused Dong Liuer to end up like this.

Song Hui was staring at Dong Liu'er closely. He seemed to still remember the day when Dong Liu'er joined the sect with him. The two ignorant children sat together in a daze, just looking at each other, without speaking for a long time.

Song Hui later learned that the little girl loved flowers and birds. Not long after she had her own courtyard, she decorated it with birdsong and flowers, and made it full of vitality.

She is Song Hui's best friend. She is a good friend who is generous enough to share spiritual stones with Song Hui.
"He's dead, there's no hope of saving him. Let's put him over there first, and have someone bury him together later."

Before Song Hui could finish his thoughts, the cold and numb voice of the alchemist beside him reached his ears, making his head hurt.

"Please take another look. She is only twelve years old!" Pei Yi held Dong Liu'er's pulse and refused to let go. He fed her a few energy-replenishing pills in vain, and then begged in a hoarse voice.

"It's a pity that he can't be saved." The alchemist just shook his head, with no intention of stopping, and walked towards the next wounded person, "Friend Pei, don't rest for too long, come and help quickly."

He Yuanbing and Zhang Yue burst into tears upon hearing this, but Song Hui did not cry. He first put Ye Pingshui, whose eyes were red, on a chair, then found a clean place in the corner of the room, and then wrapped Dong Liuer in a clean white cloth before letting her go.

"She is only twelve years old!" Pei Yi's words rang in Song Hui's ears. He stood blankly in front of Dong Liu'er for a long time before he stretched out his finger, dipped it in blood, and drew a small red flower on the white silk with a few strokes.

"I'm not good at drawing birds. After we take you back to the sect, I'll ask Sister Mo'er to draw for you."

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