The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

The Lingxiao Mountains stretch for thousands of miles, their peaks sharp as blades, cleaving through the sea of ​​clouds.

At the most precipitous part of the mountain, forty-nine main peaks rise abruptly from the ground, resembling inverted giant swords with their tips pointing straight to the heavens.

Surrounded by mountains, Lingxiao Peak stands majestically, its height exceeding several thousand feet, like a sword cleaving the sky.

This Lingxiao Peak is the location of the Lingxiao Sword Sect's main peak, the number one holy land of swordsmanship in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The forty-nine main peaks surrounding the sect together form the entire Lingxiao Sword Sect.

"Elder Jianxin has come to the Lingxiao Palace to see me."

A calm and undisturbed voice emanated from the Lingxiao Palace atop Lingxiao Peak.

This voice resounded throughout the entire Lingxiao Sword Sect, like a thunderclap.

The voice just fell.

A figure rose into the air from the Lingxiao Sword Sect and headed towards Lingxiao Peak.

In the blink of an eye.

Swish!

An elderly man in gray landed outside the Lingxiao Palace on Lingxiao Peak and respectfully bowed, saying, "Sword Heart has come."

This gray-robed old man was none other than Elder Jianxin of the Lingxiao Sword Sect.

As the number one holy land of swordsmanship in the Great Zhou Dynasty, its strength is in no way weaker than the four holy lands of Buddhism.

Even the four holy sites of Buddhism dare not provoke them easily!

After all, sword cultivators have always been unyielding and possess unparalleled killing power.

The sword cultivators of the Lingxiao Sword Sect are like madmen, advocating doing whatever they please, in order to better comprehend the will of Heaven and understand the Dao of Lingxiao.

"come in."

The voice of Dugu Longxiang, the sect leader of Lingxiao Sword Sect, came from inside Lingxiao Palace.

As Dugu Longxiang's voice rang out, the main hall doors slowly opened.

Elder Jianxin entered Lingxiao Palace with a respectful expression and bowed to Dugu Longxiang, who was sitting cross-legged in the hall, saying, "Greetings, Sect Master."

"Elder Jianxin, go to the Yangzhou Prefectural Governor's Office."

"Help Xiao Yu kill Chu Xiu."

Dugu Longxiang looked at Elder Jianxin with an indifferent expression and said.

"Yes."

Upon hearing this, Elder Jianxin's expression turned solemn, and he spoke with utmost respect.

Dugu Longxiang closed his eyes and remained silent.

Elder Jianxin bowed to Dugu Longxiang and turned to leave.

He had just stepped out of the Lingxiao Palace when the gate suddenly slammed shut.

"The era of great contention is about to begin."

"Moreover, since the Pudu Sword Sect has chosen Zhao Jishi of the Liaodong Zhao Clan, our Lingxiao Sword Sect, as the number one holy land of swordsmanship, naturally cannot stand idly by and help the dragon."

"Our Lingxiao Sword Sect is located in Yizhou, so naturally we cannot not support the Zheng family of Hanzhong."

Dugu Longxiang opened his eyes again, looked in the direction of Jingzhou, and said calmly, "I want to see who will ultimately control the world this time!"

The whole world seemed to tremble at that moment.

Xiao Yu would send people to invite any sect in the martial arts world that had even a little bit of power.

However, the vast majority of sects chose to refuse and showed no intention of taking action.

After all, the world has not yet truly descended into chaos. At this time, very few sects are willing to lend a helping hand to Xiao Yu, and everyone is still observing.

There are also quite a few sects that are hoping to reap the benefits without lifting a finger.

Only a handful of sects are truly willing to take action like the Lingxiao Sword Sect.

This is also why the Lingxiao Sword Sect is widely regarded as being insane.

of course.

Xiao Yu also did not forget to send people to contact powerful and influential families in private, hoping that they could lend a helping hand.

only……

How could powerful and influential families possibly intervene?

Even if powerful families wished for Chu Xiu's death, they wouldn't act at this time. Instead, they hoped to use Xiao Yu and others to eliminate Chu Xiu, rather than having them personally intervene.

By evening, a large number of experts had arrived at the Yangzhou Prefectural Governor's Mansion.

There are seven experts at the Earth Immortal level alone.

The Immortal Realm has dozens of such beings.

However, the number of people doesn't seem to be large.

However, all seven of these Earth Immortals had already reached the peak of the ninth level of the Earth Immortal realm.

Dozens of experts at the Human Immortal Realm level, with the lowest cultivation level being the seventh level of the Human Immortal Realm.

The city lord's mansion, study.

Lin Huaiyu strode to the outside of the study and said with a solemn expression, "Reporting to the Marquis, I have important matters to report."

Squeak.

The door slowly opened, and Chu Xiu walked out of the study, looking at Lin Huaiyu with a calm expression, and said, "What is it?"

"Reporting to Your Excellency, I have received a message from Yan Bingyun that Xiao Yu has sent people to all the major sects, inviting them to the Governor's Mansion in Yangzhou to discuss the matter of assassinating Your Excellency!"

"There should be very few sects that actually went to the Yangzhou governor's mansion to join forces to kill the marquis. The vast majority should be wandering martial artists who came after hearing the news."

"But we can't afford to be careless!"

Lin Huaiyu took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and said with utmost seriousness.

"Oh?"

Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow and said with a playful expression.

From the fact that Xiao Yu sent people to invite the major sects, he felt as if he knew something.

Yan Bingyun sent the message so quickly.

It seems that recruiting Yan Bingyun, a true disciple of the Pudu Sword Sect, has some advantages.

"According to Yan Bingyun, Xiao Yu is very likely involved in luring the Marquis away, or even luring away more than nine thousand elite Jinyiwei."

"To ensure they can truly kill the Marquis!"

Lin Huaiyu considered for a moment before speaking to Chu Xiu.

"Shadow Taotie, have your Shadow Guards found anything?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu smiled calmly and said...

Swish!

"Reporting to Your Excellency, I have not yet found out."

"However, according to our Shadow Guards' messages, a large number of experts have indeed rushed to Yangzhou City."

"They may have already arrived at the Yangzhou Prefectural Governor's residence!"

The shadowy Taotie appeared out of thin air in front of Chu Xiu and Lin Huaiyu, and spoke to Chu Xiu respectfully.

Chu Xiu nodded slightly and looked in the direction of the Yangzhou Prefectural Governor's Mansion.

He never imagined that Ying Taotie would be able to find out so quickly whether Xiao Yu had already refined the Wusheng Ghost Soldiers and Wusheng Ghost Generals of the Maitreya Sect.

Lin Huaiyu was not surprised at all by the appearance of the Shadow Taotie.

He had long known that Ying Taotie had been hiding in the shadows, partly to protect Chu Xiu's safety.

After all, Empress Murong Si of the Great Zhou Dynasty dispatched Ying Taotie, the commander of the Shadow Guards and a peak expert at the ninth level of the Earth Immortal Realm, precisely so that Ying Taotie could protect Chu Xiu's safety.

"However, I have a guess, but I don't know if I should say it."

Ying Taotie hesitated for a moment, then spoke to Chu Xiu.

"explain."

Chu Xiu glanced at Ying Taotie and said calmly.

"Your Excellency, I suspect that Xiao Yu either uses the Unborn Ghost Soldiers and Unborn Ghost Generals to protect the entire Yangzhou, or he intends to use them to kill Your Excellency."

"It is very likely that the lifeless ghost soldiers and lifeless ghost generals of the Maitreya sect have not yet been born."

"Of course, this is just a small guess of mine."

"This humble servant cannot guarantee whether Xiao Yu did not want to use the Unborn Ghost Soldiers and Unborn Ghost Generals too early, which is why he invited the major sects to kill the Marquis."

Ying Taotie pondered for a moment, then spoke to Chu Xiu.

"Lin Huaiyu, tell Fang Heng and the others to gather all our elite Imperial Guards and wait at the training ground!"

"I will lead them to Yangzhou to suppress Xiao Yu!"

A glint of light flashed in Chu Xiu's eyes as he spoke with chilling murderous intent.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Lin Huaiyu's pupils contracted, his expression turned solemn, and he spoke in a firm and powerful voice.

After saying this, Lin Huaiyu bowed to Chu Xiu and disappeared from the spot.

"My lord, should we, the Shadow Guards, investigate further?"

Ying Taotie gritted her teeth and asked Chu Xiu.