Fantasy: The Clan Chief Lies Down, His House Is Full of Emperors

The protective array of Purple Maple Valley is not particularly powerful. To break it, you either need an array master, a talisman for breaking the array, or a forceful method to break it.

The demonic cultivators attacked the sect for the purpose of slaughter, so they didn't want to waste any more time here and chose to leave.

After the demonic cultivator left, the people of Purple Maple Valley did not dare to go out immediately, fearing that the demonic cultivator had not left and was still hiding in the shadows.

Therefore, they could only continue to wait under the protection of the mountain-guarding formation.

The scenery outside the gate of Purple Maple Valley was originally very beautiful, but at this moment, a strong smell of blood permeated the area.

The maple leaves were very red, but not as red as the blood on the ground.

Not many people died in this battle, but they were all crucial core members of the Purple Maple Valley.

Almost half of the true disciples and elders were lost, and even the valley master perished.

Since its establishment, Purple Maple Valley has never suffered such heavy losses.

The valley was deathly silent, and the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.

The news of the attack on Purple Maple Valley by demonic cultivators has already been spread by the true disciples who went to seek support.

In an instant, the entire Huaixi County was plunged into panic.

"This demonic cultivator is incredibly audacious! He actually launched a direct attack on Purple Maple Valley!"

"I've heard there are over a thousand demonic cultivators, each wielding a demonic weapon; they're terrifyingly powerful!"

"This is terrifying. Should we find somewhere to hide?"

After leading the demonic cultivators out of Purple Maple Valley, the burly man with the bushy beard headed straight for a nearby large city.

In villages and small towns, there are mostly ordinary people, while in slightly larger cities, there are mostly cultivators.

The power boost a demonic cultivator gains from killing one cultivator is greater than the power gained from killing tens of thousands of ordinary people, so they only go to places where there are many cultivators.

Soon after, the imperial court issued a notice that they had encountered a large number of demonic cultivators in the border region, and that the royal family's powerful members had rushed to stop them.

At the same time, the Taixu Sect was also attacked by demonic cultivators. The demonic cultivators who attacked the Taixu Sect were even more powerful, including many Heavenly Palace Realm experts.

Ultimately, like Zifeng Valley, Taixu Sect suffered heavy losses and had no choice but to retreat back inside the sect and activate the mountain-protecting formation.

However, this group of demonic cultivators did not leave, but instead tried to break the formation, which terrified the people of the Taixu Sect, who kept seeking support from the royal family.

Unfortunately, the royal family had already issued a notice that most of their powerful members were on the frontier defending against the demonic cultivators and could not provide support.

However, the royal family did not stand idly by. They issued an order for other first- and second-tier powers to come to the western part of the dynasty to support the attacked forces.

The Lingyue Sect and Wanbao Pavilion were specifically mentioned.

Upon learning this, Xu Qingzhou instructed Lingyue Sect and Wanbao Pavilion to find a way to delay the attack and not to send anyone.

Before Xu Luo left, he told Xu Qingzhou that the royal family's biggest targets in this plan were still Lingyue Sect and Wanbao Pavilion, since these two families were showing signs of forming an alliance because of Xu Qingzhou's presence.

The royal family wants the Lingyue Sect and Wanbao Pavilion to send people to the western part of the dynasty, and then arrange for more demonic cultivators to attack the eastern part where they are located.

This is a feint, a diversionary tactic.

They had a good plan, but unfortunately Xu Qingzhou and his group didn't fall for it.

Xu Qingzhou instructed, "Notify all branches of Zuixianlou, as well as the clansmen in Yuhe City, to go to Yunshan City."

The elder did not ask why, and immediately did as he was told.

The reason is simple: demonic cultivators only attack large forces and major cities. They are too lazy to go to remote border towns like Yunshan City, which are mostly populated by ordinary people and have few cultivators.

Having rehearsed many times beforehand, they were able to retreat quickly upon receiving the news.

The various Wanbaoge branches also withdrew.

Seeing that Lingyue Sect and Wanbaoge were making various excuses to refuse to send people to support the west, and that the people from Wanbaoge's branches were still retreating, the royal family decided not to wait any longer and directly arranged for demonic cultivators to enter the dynasty from the east.

Their goal was very clear; they were heading straight for the Lingyue Sect.

"kill!!"

Several thousand powerful demonic cultivators rushed towards the Lingyue Sect from all directions.

They wanted to catch the Lingyue Sect off guard, ideally by destroying the protective formation before it could be activated.

In this way, the Lingyue Sect is like a lamb to the slaughter, left to be slaughtered at will.

In order to lure the Lingyue Sect cultivators into fighting them, the powerful demonic cultivators concealed their auras and hid among the crowd.

At first glance, these demonic cultivators don't seem very strong; they're only a dozen or so Nascent Soul level experts.

The demonic cultivators used this tactic when attacking various sects, and it proved to be effective time and time again.

Most sects would choose to fight, only to be soundly defeated and forced to retreat.

But the Lingyue Sect is different.

When the group of demonic cultivators were still several hundred feet away from the Lingyue Sect's mountain gate, they suddenly saw the Lingyue Sect shine brightly, and a huge light shield, like a giant wrist, was placed above the Lingyue Sect.

Clearly, this is the activation of the mountain-protecting formation.

The disciples and elders who were coming and going all instantly retreated back into the sect.

Everything went so smoothly and seamlessly, as if it had been rehearsed many times beforehand.

The demonic cultivators were immediately dumbfounded.

"What's going on? We just arrived and they immediately retreated. That's incredibly cowardly!"

"With our apparent strength, they don't even dare to fight us? And you call this a first-rate power?"

"Could someone have leaked our whereabouts, and the Lingyue Sect is prepared?"

"Never mind, let's break through the formation and charge in!!"

Those powerful demonic cultivators who had been hiding in the crowd no longer concealed themselves and revealed themselves, preparing to launch a full-scale attack on the Spirit Moon Sect.

However, when their attacks landed on the Lingyue Sect's protective formation, they found that there was no reaction whatsoever.

It's like an ordinary person punching a block of iron; not only is the iron unharmed, but the person's own damage is reflected back.

"Something's not right! There's something wrong with their protective mountain formation!!"

"Stop it! Stop fighting!"

Inside the Lingyue Sect, the disciples and elders all watched this scene with smiles on their faces.

They stopped.

Elder Li asked, "Why did you stop? Shall we continue?"

The demonic cultivator, enraged by the mockery, pointed at Elder Li and began to curse.

"Don't be so smug, you old codger! Once we break the formation, we'll kill everyone from your Spirit Moon Sect!!"

The sect leader of Lingyue Sect stood with his hands behind his back.

"We'll wait here. If you're so capable, then break through our formation."

Their Lingyue Sect's protective mountain array was already very powerful, and it has been continuously reinforced and strengthened over time.

Let alone a dozen or so Heavenly Palace Realm experts attacking, even Dharma Aspect Realm experts, if not numerous enough, would not be able to forcefully break through the formation.

The leading red-haired demonic cultivator said in a deep voice, "We can't get in, and you can't get out! Anyway, no one will come to your aid. Let's see how long you can hide inside!!"

The sect leader replied, "If you like to drag things out, then let's see who retreats first."

Having energy but nowhere to use it infuriated the demonic cultivators.

They could only stand guard at the entrance of the Lingyue Sect, locked in a stalemate with them.