The Wandering Immortal

Chapter 79 Seeing the dragon in the field
When Chu Yunfei received that intelligence, he learned that Laoshan had once planned to join forces with Taiyi Sect and Qingcheng Sect to besiege Luofu Mountain, which greatly frightened him.

Chu Yunfei naturally had to report to Master Zhu, who then divined the safety of Luofu Cave and obtained a hexagram, "Dragon Appearing in the Field," which was an auspicious sign that a noble person would help him.

Master Zhu laughed and said, "You're quite lucky, young man; you'll have a benefactor to help you!"

Chu Yunfei pondered to himself that Cui Qinghe had directly broken ties with the Laoshan Dao Sect this time. Sending this intelligence was ostensibly a gesture of goodwill towards Luofu Mountain, but she probably also wanted to use Luofu Mountain to suppress Laoshan.

I heard that Cui Qinghe killed three Golden Core cultivators from Laoshan a few days ago, and even Song Tianxi was captured alive and his soul was searched. Before that, it's very possible that she killed Wan Haiming, but where did she get such power?

Her man, Guan Canghai, was somewhat strange. When he was selling pills in Luofu Immortal Market, several of his spiritual meridians were damaged, leaving him like a cripple, yet he remained calm and composed.

When Gongye Yu met him in the Five Ridges, he said that he already had the cultivation of the late Foundation Establishment stage and that his concealment skills were very advanced, so that he did not notice the two Golden Core cultivators from Emei who were right next to him.

Even so, there was absolutely no way the two of them could kill a late-stage Golden Core cultivator.

The chief stewards of the various sects, who had been tempered through countless life-and-death battles, were actually able to capture him alive and search his soul.

There must be a powerful figure behind Cui Qinghe, someone with at least the Nascent Soul cultivation level, otherwise it would be impossible for her to have accomplished those things.

Even revealing the formula for the elixir and spreading information about the soul-searching technique to gain sympathy is not something Cui Qinghe would do. That girl is strong-willed and hates evil; she is definitely not a cunning or treacherous person. There must be someone else behind this scheme.

But how did that person become a benefactor of Mount Luofu?

Master Zhu then calculated the fate of the Laoshan Taoist sect and concluded that Laoshan's destiny had run out.

Chu Yunfei understood. Regardless of whether the person behind Cui Qinghe was a benefactor of Luofu Mountain, Luofu Mountain would definitely strike first this time.

If a major sect like Laoshan were to fall, the extent of the interests involved would be immeasurable. If others were to make the first move, they might end up with nothing, especially since the moral high ground is on Luofu Mountain's side.

Cui Qinghe was indeed a traitor from Luofu Mountain, but everyone knows that she obtained my magic weapon, Chu Yunfei's.

I, Chu Yunfei, have publicly stated more than once that I will protect her. However, Laoshan has continued to pursue and kill her, showing no regard for Luofu Mountain. For both public and private reasons, I, Chu Yunfei, cannot sit idly by.

Jiang Yuan and Cui Qinghe have returned to the Five Ridges Cave and put all the medicinal herbs from the Spirit Spring, roots and all, into their storage magic treasures.

Jingxuan has already dived to the bottom of the spiritual spring many times and found some more ebony wood, but there may be none left.

Jiang Yuan then completely sealed off the spiritual spring, including the cave above it, which also collapsed.

The group of four headed straight south to the seaside, deliberately avoiding Mount Luofu.

Jiang Yuan knew that Mount Luofu must be extremely busy these days, with all the Nascent Soul cultivators mobilized.

Given this situation, if Luofu Mountain doesn't do something, then Chu Yunfei shouldn't be calling himself a restorer of the dynasty.

Let's go overseas and settle down for a few years, and wait until they've finished their fighting.

Master Zhu believed that Chu Yunfei was the one who would restore Luofu Mountain, and he agreed that Chu Yunfei should take action against Laoshan first. He personally convened the eight elders of the sect to discuss the matter and told them the divination results he had obtained regarding Laoshan.

Master Zhu immediately made the decision, assigning Chu Yunfei to oversee the matter, and requiring all the elders within the sect to fully cooperate.

Master Zhu also had his own plans. Although he had taken this young man as his last disciple and thus elevated his seniority, the young man's experience in the sect was still limited. If he could achieve great things this time, he could officially become the sect leader of Mount Luofu.

Although those Nascent Soul elders had many grievances against Chu Yunfei, internal strife aside, this was an external war, and they dared not be negligent in this matter.

Therefore, Luofu Mountain began to form alliances and was determined to take over Laoshan Mountain.

Chu Yunfei personally went to Qingcheng Mountain, a place he had long been an enemy of, which shows his courage and boldness.

The most senior Nascent Soul Grand Elder went to the Taiyi Sect to stabilize the largest sect in the Central Plains. The other two Grand Elders went to Mount Kongtong and Mount Emei respectively.

Some elders even bypassed Laoshan and went to Changbai Mountain in Northeast China. The Sassa religion and Laoshan are close to each other, and there are always frictions and disputes. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Five days later, Luofu Mountain issued a "Proclamation Against Laoshan", announcing to the world that Luofu Mountain and Laoshan were now irreconcilable enemies, and once again called for Cui Qinghe to return to Luofu Mountain.

This move immediately won praise from low-level cultivators across the land, demonstrating the true righteousness of Mount Luofu.

Unrelated people will naturally just watch the show and at most make some comments, but it's a different story for the direct victims.

The Qingyun Sect and the Shenjian Sect, forced to disband and flee, also followed Cui Qinghe's example in writing their essays. The two sect leaders tearfully recounted their years of persecution by the Laoshan Dao Sect.

Furthermore, he publicly summoned his scattered fellow disciples through the image-recording talisman to gather at Mount Luofu and join the righteous army to subdue Mount Lao.

Although Qingyun Sect and Shenjian Sect are minor, insignificant sects, they each have a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, and both are victims of adversity.

Luofu Mountain was in dire need of manpower, so Chu Yunfei immediately offered to take Qingyun Sect and Shenjian Sect as his subordinate sects, and to reward them according to their merits after the great battle.

However, a strange thing happened: when the Qingyun Sect and the Divine Sword Sect counted the disciples who had escaped, not only were there no fewer people, but there were actually more than a dozen more. Naturally, some rogue cultivators had infiltrated and impersonated disciples of the two sects.

According to later recollections, this great war among cultivators was protracted, and mortals on the East Sea coast did not see the sun for three years, with violent storms and lightning every year.

According to popular belief, this strange phenomenon was a sign that Empress Wu had usurped the Tang Dynasty, incurring the wrath of Heaven and the resentment of the people, forcing the Empress to abdicate and return power to the Li family.

Jiang Yuan and Cui Qinghe had already returned to the small island in the South China Sea and settled Lao Lu and Jing Xuan in first.

When Shen Wangzhi heard about the Divine Sword Sect's affairs, including the public release of the new Foundation Building Pill formula and the incitement of cultivators across the land to denounce Laoshan, he simply cheered, thinking that this meant there was hope for him to rise in the ranks.

With the medicinal herbs in hand, Cui Qinghe quickly began refining the Dragon Power Pill. Old Lu, of course, wouldn't be idle either; he was also a fourth-grade alchemist, and besides, this pill would help him form his core.

Shen Wangzhi then learned that Lao Lu was also an alchemist and Cui Qinghe's master. He had another idea in mind: even if he couldn't keep Guan Canghai and Cui Qinghe in the future, it wouldn't be wrong to keep Lao Lu and Jingxuan.

It's like holding onto a kite string; no matter how high they fly, they'll always come back to check on them.

Shen Wangzhi treated Lao Lu with utmost respect, greeting him daily.

After Jingxuan arrived on the island, she has been cultivating a medicinal herb garden there, planting the medicinal herbs brought from the Five Ridges Medicinal Herb Garden.

Liu Caiwei often went to the outer room to help Jingxuan with her work, and the two got along very well. This was not at Shen Wangzhi's behest.

Half a month later, Lao Lu began to cultivate in seclusion, taking Dragon Power Pills to open his acupoints.

Shen Wangzhi and Liu Caiwei wanted to return to the Central Plains to see if Luofu Mountain and Laoshan Mountain were really fighting, as that would affect their ability to return to the Central Plains smoothly.

Jiang Yuan was in seclusion cultivating. Every time he went out, he felt powerless. Relying on the red thread all the time was not a long-term solution. Even though the red thread was a rare treasure of the celestial realm, there would eventually be a time when its divine power would be exhausted.

A month later, Shen Wangzhi and Liu Caiwei returned to the South China Sea island, bringing with them three young disciples.

The two boys were disciples of Shen Wangzhi from Maoshan, and the girl was a disciple of Liu Caiwei from Qingyun Sect.

Shen Wangzhi said that Luofu Mountain and Laoshan Mountain have started a full-scale war. All the other major sects in the cultivation world are standing by and watching, but most of the smaller sects and independent cultivators are siding with Luofu Mountain.

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