Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 330 Siege of the Mountain Gate
"Yesterday? What do you mean, Brother Jiang?" Tao Jinyuan's pupils suddenly shrank. He knew that Jiang Feng would definitely not lie to him, but he had not received any news at all.

"Kong Zhenqing, Kong Zhenxuan, Jiang Yuhuan, and Kong Xiangyuan have been executed. Soon, our sect will launch an attack on the Kong family's mountain gate and completely eradicate the Kong family."

Jiang Feng did not inform the Luoyun Sect of the news that Kong Xiangyuan had escaped. His purpose was to intimidate the Luoyun Sect and prevent them from interfering.

Although these words were plain, they sounded like thunder in the ears of the two men.

Tao Jinyuan's pupils suddenly shrank, and he was terrified. He met Jin Yuanxing's eyes, and both of them had fear and shock in their eyes.

"How did you do it?" Jin Yuanxing couldn't hide his calm expression, and the muscles at the corners of his eyes trembled slightly.

The Beast Taming Sect was able to murder the four Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Kong family without anyone knowing. For them, this was really terrifying, because they might be the next one.

"No comment." Jiang Feng said mysteriously, "I came here today simply to advise your clan not to follow the example of the Kong family. As long as your clan doesn't betray us, your clan's position in Bianxi City will never be shaken."

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The spirit ship sailed through the clouds and fog, traveling high in the sky. Song Xian stood at the bow, side by side with Xu Yaoming. Behind them, a group of Hunyuan Sect disciples, each with a solemn expression, lined up behind the two of them.

The news of attacking the Kong family's mountain gate has been conveyed to every disciple. Upon hearing this news, some are excited, some are eager to try, some are worried and uneasy, and some are terrified.

But no matter what, we have already boarded the spirit ship, the war is about to begin, and there is no turning back.

The spirit ship soon arrived at the top of a mountain, where there was also a spirit ship of the Beast Taming Sect parked. A beam of light shot out from it, and it was Wu Zixu.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, where is Chief Jiang now?" After his escape light fell, Song Xian immediately went up to him and asked.

"Senior Brother Jiang went to Luoyun Sect to prevent them from sending reinforcements when we attack the Kong family. I am leading our disciples stationed in the border city of West City to come and help us. We must act without delay. This place is only a little over a hundred miles away from the Kong family's mountain gate, so we need to fight quickly and decisively."

"Has Kong Xiangyuan returned to the Kong family?"

"Probably not. Senior Brother Jiang sent people to hide around the Kong family's mountain gate and observe, but they didn't find any unusual behavior from the Kong family. Moreover, Junior Brother Huang and Junior Brother Jiang didn't arrive yet, so Kong Xiangyuan shouldn't be faster than them..."

While the two sides were talking, the two spirit ships sped towards the Kong family's mountain gate.

When they were thirty miles from Luojia Mountain, they saw a Kong family cultivator speeding towards them on a flying magical instrument. He stopped in front of the spirit ship, opened his arms, and said loudly, "Your sect's spirit ship has entered the forbidden area of ​​our prefecture. Please take a detour."

The spirit ship ignored it and continued to speed towards the Kong family's mountain gate. Seeing this, the man hurriedly took out a fireworks signal and launched it into the sky. A huge firework exploded, and then another firework bloomed in the sky in the distance. One firework after another extended all the way to Luojia Mountain.

This is the Kong family's warning. Once a group of monks invade the safe forbidden area thirty miles away from the mountain gate, the outer security personnel will send a signal.

Even if we kill this person secretly, it will be useless. The sentries are divided into two people, one open and one secret, and there is a sentry post every few miles.

When the personnel at this sentry post do not inform the monks at the next sentry post, when they see someone breaking in, they will directly send a signal.

Therefore, there is no point in simply killing the Kong family monk who is blocking the spirit ship.

The spirit ship is getting closer.

At this time, rays of light shot up into the sky from the Kong family's mountain gate and merged with each other to form layers of golden clouds. They spread out and covered an area of ​​ten miles in radius, with bursts of thunder heard in the meantime.

At Song Xian's command, everyone jumped down and came to the outside of the formation shrouded in golden clouds.

Inside, two Kong family monks came out on magic tools and faced Song Xian and others from a distance. One of them took out a talisman in his hand, and spiritual power poured into it. The talisman emitted light and formed red light waves. This was a second-level low-grade amplifying sound that could spread the sound range.

Then a man's voice rang out: "Who are you? Why are you barging into our mountain gate?"

"I am Wu Zixu, the mountain guard of the Beast Taming Sect. I have come here today on the orders of our sect. If you are sensible, surrender immediately. I guarantee in the name of the sect that I will not harm your lives. If you are stubborn and want to fight like a trapped beast, after we break through the formation, no one will be spared." Wu Zixu's voice was transmitted far away through spiritual power.

"We have no grudges against the Beast Taming Sect. Why did you bring so many people to besiege our mountain gate?"

"Kong Zhenqing, secretly colluding with Yun Xuanzong and the Murong family to withdraw funds, attempted to betray our sect, and has now been executed. Kong Zhenxuan, Jiang Yuhuan, and Kong Xiangyuan have all been apprehended. If you will stop before it's too late, our sect will forgive you. If you remain stubborn, don't blame us for being ruthless."

Wu Zixu flipped his hand and took out a bloody head from his storage bag. He shouted, "Kong Zhenqing's head is here. Why don't you surrender immediately?"

When the two Kong family monks saw this, their expressions changed immediately. Without saying a word, they turned around and went back into the formation.

"The Kong family cultivators will not surrender, so there is no need to waste time with them. Without further delay, Fellow Daoist Wu, let's attack!" Song Xian said.

"Fellow Daoist Song, please lead your sect's disciples as the vanguard, and I will lead my own disciples as the backup, in case the Luoyun Sect comes to support us and we are attacked from both sides."

"This... the Kong family has at least three hundred monks guarding the mountain gate, and they're also equipped with a third-order formation. How can I and my disciples alone defeat them? Now is the time to unite and fight to the death. Fellow Daoist Wu, please don't worry too much. Since Master Jiang has already gone to Luoyun Sect to persuade us, please trust Master Jiang's ability."

Song Xian didn't expect that even at this time, he still had prejudices against his own party.

Wu Zixu remained expressionless. He simply glanced at him and said calmly, "That's not the case, Fellow Daoist Song. Senior Brother Jiang asked me to lead our disciples to assist you. Of course, the main force must be you and your sect's cultivators. Our disciples are guarding the outer area, not entirely to guard against the Luoyun Sect. If Kong Xiangyuan returns here, we can intercept him to prevent him from returning to the inner area to take charge. Fellow Daoist Song, go with peace of mind. If you can't hold on, I will provide reinforcements."

Seeing his expression, Song Xian knew that no matter what he said, he would not change his mind. He was so angry that he wanted to punch this guy in the head.

Damn it, it’s come to this last step, and this guy actually started to plot.

He suppressed his anger and advised kindly, "Since that's the case, Fellow Daoist Wu, can you leave half of your men to guard here, and ask Fellow Daoist Xu and the other half to follow me into the main formation?"

Wu Zixu didn't answer and looked at Xu Yaoming.

Seeing they were still hesitating, Song Xian immediately said, "This is the final step. If we fail to capture the Kong family's mountain gate in one fell swoop, Luoyun Sect will definitely take action, and then our efforts will be in vain. All the efforts of the two fellow Taoists will be in vain. I will not let your disciples' efforts be in vain. The cultivators who follow us into the sect will receive an additional reward from our sect, at least 200 spirit stones per person, and an additional 200 spirit stones for each Kong family cultivator killed."

"Senior Brother Wu, Fellow Daoist Song is right. Now is not the time to hesitate." Xu Yaoming nodded.

Seeing him say this, Wu Zixu divided the disciples he brought with him into two groups.

Song Xian saw that the Beastmaster disciples chosen to enter the formation were either apprehensive or dissatisfied. To boost morale, he shouted, "Listen up, fellow Beastmasters! Those who follow me into the formation will each receive 200 spirit stones, and squad leaders will receive 300 spirit stones. Each Kong family cultivator killed will receive an additional 200 spirit stones. The team that first breaks through the formation will each receive 1,000 spirit stones and a mid-grade flying artifact, while the team leader will receive 2,000 spirit stones and a top-grade flying artifact. The first person to enter the formation will receive 5,000 spirit stones and a top-grade artifact."

As the saying goes, a big reward always brings out the brave. The average Beastmaster Sect disciple's monthly salary is only a few dozen spirit stones at most. This extra reward of spirit stones isn't a lot for them, but it's not a small amount either.

What's more, they have been chosen to join the battle and defeat the enemy. The next battle is inevitable. Having extra rich rewards is better than nothing. Therefore, many people showed a little excitement.

After Song Xian finished speaking, he gave an order and led everyone from the Hunyuan Sect into the formation.

This time, almost all of the Hunyuan Sect came out, gathering 180 disciples, plus half of the cultivators from the Beastmaster Sect stationed in Bianxi City, the total number reached 220 people.

The group formed teams of ten and entered the formation shrouded in golden clouds one after another.

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At the same time, inside the Kong family mountain gate, in the main hall, several Kong family monks in charge gathered together, and each of them was talking fiercely with each other.

"The Patriarch and several elders are away, so we should first stabilize the invading enemy."

"They took advantage of the absence of the Patriarch and several elders to attack the mountain gate. They must have come prepared. We must immediately send someone to notify the people stationed in the outer resource areas and have them provide immediate support."

"We need to send someone to contact the forces that are friendly with us, make them a promise, and ask them to send support."

"The most urgent task now is to defend the mountain gate."

A few people, including a man, walked quickly into the hall, looking flustered and at a loss. "Brother Quan, the people coming are from the Beast Taming Sect and the Hunyuan Sect. They...they..."

"What's going on? Tell me quickly." One of the managers present saw that he was flustered and hesitant, and scolded him harshly.

The man took a deep breath. "They said the head of the family and several elders had been killed. They told us to give up resistance, otherwise they would destroy everyone after they broke through the formation. They also...they even took out the head of the head of the family."

"What?" Several people were shocked, and the leader stood up suddenly with a look of horror and disbelief on his face.

The other people also stood up unconsciously and looked at each other.

The originally noisy hall suddenly became silent.

"You...you saw the body of the...the head of the family with your own eyes?" someone asked stutteringly.

"Although we haven't seen the patriarch's body, we did see the Beastmaster Sect's Foundation Establishment cultivator take out the patriarch's head from his storage bag."

"So...what about the others?"

"do not know."

"Don't panic, let's not talk about whether the head of the family was killed or not. Even if he was really killed, we can't just give up several generations of foundation like this. This may just be a conspiracy of the Beastmaster Sect to undermine our morale." After hearing this, one of the old men with white hair and beard changed his expression several times, and finally calmed down and shouted loudly.

"Yes, Third Uncle is right. We can't be fooled." The leading man quickly agreed.

At this time, a Kong family cultivator hurried in from outside: "Brother Quan, the invaders have entered the formation, there are about two hundred of them."

"What...what should I do?"

"If what the Beastmaster Sect's Foundation Establishment cultivator said is true, and the Patriarch and several elders have been killed, can we defend the mountain gate?"

"What if the mountain gate is lost?"

"If all else fails, go to the Murong family!"

Several people were talking to each other in a panic.

"Stop arguing," the old man roared, his gaze sweeping over the group. "The Patriarch has entrusted you with the important task of guarding the mountain gate. Look at what you've all done. Even if the Patriarch were truly murdered, with the mountain gate's defenses and the support of a third-order formation, what's there to fear?"

"You, return to the formation altar immediately and activate the formation restrictions to attack the intruder."

"You, immediately go to the treasury and take out all the treasured talismans and magical instruments in the mansion. They will be distributed later."

"You, drive the spirit boat from the mountain gate to the back mountain."

"You, bring all the people you have summoned to the altar to receive your orders."

"Brothers, let's do as Third Uncle says!" The middle-aged man in the lead also calmed down and nodded.

Everyone then hurried out of the hall.

"Uncle San, what should we do now? What if the head of the family and the three hall masters are really killed, we..." After several people left, the leading man sat down, as if he had just fought a big battle. His whole body was weak and his words were weak.

"Even if the Patriarch was ambushed by the Beast Tamer Sect during his trip to the Muhe Grassland, his entire army wouldn't be completely wiped out. The Beast Tamer Sect only produced the Patriarch's head, which means the other three Hall Masters should be safe. Otherwise, why didn't they produce the heads of the others as well? Regardless, the most urgent task is to stabilize people's hearts."

"If they have escaped the Beast Tamer Sect's ambush, why don't they return to the mountain gate?" The leading man was still worried and obviously absent-minded.

The old man said sternly, "Now is not the time to think about these things. You are now the head of the mansion. This battle concerns the survival of the mansion. You must stand firm. We rely on the power of the third-level formation, and we have hundreds of people guarding us. It will not be easy for them to break through. I suggest that we send people out from the north of the mountain gate to gather the disciples outside and have them return to support us immediately."

"Also, send someone to the Luoyun Sect and ask for their help. We can only try our best now. The other sects in Bianxi City certainly won't dare to interfere in the war between the Beastmaster Sect and us. Only the Luoyun Sect might dare to intervene. If the Luoyun Sect decides to help, even if we lose the mountain gate, we can still hold on to our other resource territories. We can then regroup and retake the mountain gate."

"Also, we must prepare for the worst. All the spirit stones and valuables in the treasury must be taken away. Have someone load the items onto the spirit ship first. If we can't defend the mountain gate, these valuables can help us gain a foothold elsewhere."

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(I have something to do tomorrow, and will resume updating the day after tomorrow.)
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