Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 156: The Spiritual Field Was Seized
Song Xian and the others used several talismans to help the fleeing disciples of Qingyuan Sect block the pursuers for a while, and then they retreated without looking back. They walked for several miles and saw that the Loose Cultivator Alliance did not continue to pursue them, so they went towards the Ding family with the fleeing disciples of Qingyuan Sect.

At this point, the three sects finally gathered together.

"Thank you both fellow Taoists for your help in times of crisis. I am deeply grateful." Elder Wang Qian of Qingyuan Sect came to Song Xian and Ding Wenxiang and bowed his head in greeting.

Song Xian said with a heavy expression, "Our three sects are allies, sharing the same blood and roots. We should help each other. If your sect is in trouble, how can our sect ignore you? This is just our duty. There is no need to thank me."

"It's a pity that my sect arrived too late. After Daoist Fellow sent someone to deliver the message, I immediately sent people to recall the disciples stationed abroad. I didn't expect the Loose Cultivator Alliance to act so quickly. After receiving the news from your disciples and knowing that the Loose Cultivator Alliance was coming out in full force, my sect immediately led the people to set off, but I didn't expect to be one step too late."

"When we arrived, the Loose Cultivator Alliance was already attacking Lingyun Mountain, and there were many cultivators guarding the perimeter. My sect only had a few people, so we didn't expect to be able to break through this ironclad defense."

"Therefore, we will hold our ground there, tying down the enemy's forces while waiting to join forces with your sect's troops. Together, we will break through the outer defenses of the Loose Cultivator Alliance and support your sect's disciples on Lingyun Mountain."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ding Wenxiang echoed, "I didn't expect the Loose Cultivator Alliance to come out in full force, sending so many people. By the time I led my men here, they had already surrounded the area tightly, leaving no chance for us to break in. We could only form a pincer attack with the Hunyuan Sect to contain their personnel and relieve the pressure on your disciples in Lingyun Mountain."

Wu Xuan, who was standing by, sneered in his heart when he heard what the two said, but he couldn't get angry, so his face turned ashen.

Wang Qian said, "You two provided timely support to our sect during this critical moment of crisis. We are deeply grateful and will repay you handsomely in the future."

"By the way, where is Fellow Daoist Huang Qing? Why can't I see him?" Ding Wenxiang asked when he saw that Huang Qing was not among the remaining personnel.

Wang Qian said, "Junior Brother Huang has been separated from us. I don't know how he is doing now."

Song Xian looked around and saw that there were only more than thirty disciples of the Qingyuan Sect left here. They were all dejected and looked solemn, and he couldn't help feeling a little complicated.

He didn't want to see the Qingyuan Sect fall to this point. After all, both sides were in the same camp, and the Qingyuan Sect's defeat would only bring harm, not benefit, to the Hunyuan Sect.

Therefore, he couldn't help feeling a little sad. Besides that, he was glad that he had insisted on not sending the sect's disciples to Lingyun Mountain. Otherwise, who knows how many people would have been killed or injured.

Hunyuan Sect cannot afford such a loss.

"Friend Wang, now that we've concluded our mission, we'll be leaving now. If your sect has any plans, please send someone to inform us. Our alliance must strengthen its unity."

After Ding Wenxiang finished speaking, he led the monks in his mansion away, and Song Xian followed suit and said goodbye.

The three parties parted ways and returned to the mountain gate.

.........

The moon was high in the sky. Qixia Mountain leader Ma Shoucheng led his men away from Lingyun Mountain and headed towards the mountain gate. Halfway there, he suddenly stopped and, with a command, summoned five monks. He instructed them, "Don't return to Qixia Mountain yet. Go to Qianyuan Valley first."

"Qianyuan Valley?" the leader of the five asked in confusion, "What are we going there for?"

"Is that even a question? Of course, we need to seize that spiritual farm. It's currently under the jurisdiction of the Hunyuan Sect, so there shouldn't be many people there. The five of you are more than enough. After you seize the spiritual farm, guard it there to prevent the other clans from snatching it away."

The second-in-command of Qixia Mountain frowned slightly. "Didn't Luofeng Valley discuss with us before, requesting that we temporarily not touch the Hunyuan Sect and the Ding family? If we do this, will it displease Luofeng Valley?"

Ma Shoucheng snorted coldly, "What does Luofeng Valley's promise to them have to do with us? We suffered heavy losses when the Rising Sun Sect attacked the mountain gate before, and we didn't contribute much to the attack on Lingyun Mountain this time, so we can't get much benefit. How can we not take this opportunity to get some back?"

"Besides, didn't the Hunyuan Sect and the Ding family also send people to support the attack on Lingyun Mountain today? If there's any dishonesty, they were the ones who broke the rules first."

"Qianyuan Valley is now an unowned land. Whoever takes it first will own it. Go quickly, don't let others take it first."

"Yes." The five people responded and left.

Ma Shoucheng then selected five more people from the team and asked them to go and seize the Ding family's mining territory separately. After completing the arrangements, he led the team to Qixia Mountain.

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At Guzi Mountain, when Song Xian led everyone back to the mountain gate, the sky was already turning pale.

After praising everyone's performance and giving a few high-sounding speeches, he returned to his room to rest.

Just as he was drifting off to sleep, there was a sudden knock on the door. He opened his sleepy eyes and opened the door to see Xu Zhen standing there with a serious expression. He bowed to him and said, "Master, something has happened. The spiritual field in Qianyuan Valley has been seized by the Loose Cultivator Alliance. Wei Lian has arrived at the mountain gate and is now waiting in the main hall for an audience."

Although Xu Zhen had only been a member of Hunyuan Sect for a few months, the situation in Bianxia Town had changed dramatically during this period. He had participated in two battles in a row and had gradually developed a sense of belonging to Hunyuan Sect.

Knowing that Qianyuan Valley was the only resource territory controlled by the sect, and now it had been taken away, he came to report as soon as he got the news, but the housekeeper told him that Song Xian had fallen asleep and it was inconvenient to disturb him.

This matter was of great importance, so he did not care about anything else and went past the butler to knock on the door himself.

When Song Xian heard this, his hazy sleepiness immediately disappeared. After the Qingyuan Sect was defeated, he had long expected that the spiritual field would be lost, but he did not expect that the Loose Cultivator Alliance would take action so quickly.

Sure enough, Luofeng Valley’s promise was like bullshit.

However, he did not expect Luofeng Valley to keep its promise from the beginning. The reason why it did not send people to Lingyun Mountain was mainly due to its own conditions.

……

In the main hall, Song Xian strode in and glanced at the two people sitting in the inner room. In addition to Wei Lian, there was another young man who was only at the first level of Qi Refining.

"Master Song, Qianyuan Valley has been taken away. What should we do now?" Wei Lian seemed even more anxious than him. When he saw him come in, he stood up from his seat with an anxious look on his face.

"Please take a seat, fellow Daoist. Talk slowly if you have anything to say." Song Xian calmly invited him to take a seat, then he sat down at the main seat and looked at the young man. "What's your name, fellow Daoist?"

"This is my disciple Yan Yu. Follow me to learn the way of spiritual plants." Wei Lian briefly introduced the young man's identity and said impatiently.

"Master Song, the spiritual herbs in the spiritual fields of Qianyuan Valley have grown luxuriantly after my careful care over the past period of time. They will be ready for harvest next year. It is a pity that they have been taken away now. I hope your sect can quickly send someone to reclaim them."

He had been wandering for half his life, and now he finally had a spiritual field of his own, hoping to display his strengths. However, he did not expect that it was snatched away by someone else in just two months, wasting his two months of hard work.

Fortunately, I had already reached an agreement with Song Xian before, and I would use the spiritual herbs I planted in the spiritual fields to pay for the rental fees. Otherwise, I would have been vomiting blood.

"Fellow Daoist Wei, do you know who these forces are?" Song Xian asked calmly, as if he were an outsider. "I didn't see clearly either. I only heard my disciple say that several cultivators were heading this way. I knew something was wrong, so I quickly fled. After leaving Qianyuan Valley, I looked back and vaguely saw those cultivators entering the Lingtian courtyard walls, and the servants inside the Lingtian were fleeing in all directions."

Song Xian had previously sent someone to inform Wei Lian that the situation in Bianxia Town was very tense, and asked him to be more careful. If he found someone coming, he should not fight but retreat first.

"How about this! Fellow Daoist Wei, you should rest for a few days in our sect. We can make plans after we understand the situation."

Wei Lian saw his expression and knew that something was wrong, so he asked, "Master Song, who are those people?"

"You can guess without me saying anything. They must be from the Loose Cultivator Alliance. To be honest, last night, the Loose Cultivator Alliance in Bianxia Town organized a large force to besiege Lingyun Mountain. The Qingyuan Sect suffered heavy losses and has retreated from Lingyun Mountain."

Upon hearing this, Wei Lian's hopeful expression dimmed noticeably. "So, your clan won't be able to recapture Qianyuan Valley anytime soon?"

As the sect leader, Song Xian naturally couldn't say anything discouraging. "The situation often changes in an instant. Who knows? Anyway, I promise that when we recapture the spiritual farm in the future, I will still hand it over to you, fellow Daoist, to manage. The conditions will remain unchanged."

Wei Lian sighed. "In that case, I won't bother you any more. Goodbye."

"Don't worry, fellow Daoist. Stay in our sect for a few days. Things may turn around. If you really can't take back the spiritual field, it's not too late for you to leave."

"Very well then! We, master and disciple, will stay with your sect for a few days."

"Send Fellow Daoist Wei and Fellow Daoist Yan to the guest room to rest."

"Yes." Xu Zhen responded and led the two out of the hall, and returned here soon.

Song Xian sat upright on the chair, gazing out of the hall, and pondered for a long while: "Xu Zhen, I have something for you to do."

"Master, please give your instructions."

"Go to Luofeng Valley and ask to see their leader, Xu Quan, or Chen Zhongwen."

"Go to Luofeng Valley?" Xu Zhen's expression changed slightly, and he was obviously a little worried.

"Don't worry. Although we supported the Qingyuan Sect last night, we didn't have any grudges with the monks from Luofeng Valley. You went there on behalf of the sect, so they won't do anything to you. Even when two armies are fighting, they don't kill envoys. Besides, we have no grudges against Luofeng Valley. A few days ago, Chen Zhongwen, the second-in-command of Luofeng Valley, came to the mountain gate in person."

"If you complete this mission, I will have a reward. Of course, if you don't want to go, I won't force you and will just send someone else."

That being said, going to Luofeng Valley alone right now is still a bit dangerous, although the possibility is very low. After all, the Loose Cultivator Alliance just seized the spiritual fields of Qianyuan Valley, and there's no guarantee they'll be desperate and desperate.

Xu Zhen didn't hesitate. As a disciple of the sect, it was impossible for him to disobey the master's orders or refuse to carry out the orders if there was even a hint of danger. He could only respond, "Since the master has ordered me to go, I am willing to go. I wonder why the master is sending me there?"

"You have two main tasks to do. First, find out which force has taken our spiritual farm. If it's not Luofeng Valley, then bring up the conditions Chen Zhongwen once agreed to and ask them to mediate and return the spiritual farm to us."

"Second, on my behalf, inform them of our sect's stance. I hope our sect and the Loose Cultivator Alliance can maintain peace and not interfere with each other."

Xu Zhen nodded and said, "What if it was Luofeng Valley that took away Qianyuan Valley's spiritual fields?"

"Then what else is there to say? Just criticize them a bit, but don't go overboard. Know when to stop and don't anger them or put yourself in danger."

"Yes, disciple, let's set off now."

.........

In Luofeng Valley, in a spacious hall, Xu Quan was toasting with a group of people, and everyone's faces were filled with joy.

In this battle, Lingyun Mountain was captured and more than 30 people from Qingyuan Sect were killed. Although they did not destroy the sect like the battle at Qixia Mountain, they also seriously damaged its vitality.

After eliminating its biggest and most threatening rival, Luofeng Valley was free from worries. In addition, it also took over many resource territories of the former Yunfeng Trading Company. Everyone was naturally happy.

In this battle, Luofeng Valley had sent out all its troops, leaving the valley empty. Xu Quan was worried that Qingyuan Sect would take this opportunity to launch a counterattack, so he led some of his men back here overnight.

"Zhongwen, you have played a tremendous role in our capture of Lingyun Mountain. If you hadn't predicted that the Xuri Sect would attack Qixia Mountain, successfully divided and disintegrated the Hunyuan Sect and the Ding family, and then intimidated them with your words at the Alliance Headquarters, causing them to mobilize their entire forces, we might not have been able to capture Lingyun Mountain."

"Things turned out just as you expected. Hunyuan Sect and the Ding family sent people to support Qingyuan Sect at the critical moment. Fortunately, we have more people than others, otherwise there would be many casualties. Come, let's have a drink."

Xu Quan looked at Chen Zhongwen, who was sitting at the first table below, and raised his wine glass.

Chen Zhongwen picked up the wine glass and took a sip with an expressionless face.

Xu Quan laughed heartily: "Come on, brothers, let's all toast to the Second in Command."

Everyone raised their glasses and said, "Second Master, let's have a drink."

At this moment, a man rushed in from outside, bowed to Xu Quan and said, "Master Xu, someone from the Hunyuan Sect has come. They say they are here on the orders of their headmaster to see the Valley Master and discuss something."

Xu Quan snorted coldly: "Why are you here now? What were you doing before?"

A leader below said angrily, "If they hadn't gotten in the way last night, those people from the Qingyuan Sect wouldn't have been able to escape. They actually chose to side with the Qingyuan Sect. I think we should just destroy the Hunyuan Sect as well."

Xu Quan also waved his hand impatiently: "Tell him to get out of here. If he dares to come again, I will kill him."

"Yes." The man was about to take the order and leave, but Chen Zhongwen stopped him: "Wait, Master Xu, let me go meet this person! Let me find out why the Hunyuan Sect has come."

Xu Quan smiled nonchalantly and said, "Is that necessary? The Qingyuan Sect has already been defeated, so the Hunyuan Sect is even less worthy of mention. Besides, they chose to help the Qingyuan Sect last night, and I was planning to teach them a lesson. They must be afraid of our actions and are here to negotiate and beg for mercy."

"Although the Qingyuan Sect was defeated, they cannot be underestimated and are still a threat to us. Furthermore, there's another Kasar out there whose whereabouts are unknown. If he returns to Bianxia Town and aids the Qingyuan Sect, our situation will be dire. Since the Hunyuan Sect has sent people, let's see what they say first. After all, the decision is in our hands."

"Okay then! I know you don't like staying here. Then go see him!"

(End of this chapter)