The Shangqing Sect of Mount Shu calls the act of organizing a group to go to the Shiwanda Mountains every winter the "Southern Expedition."

It was not about raiding the grass valley, but about marching to the south - the difference lies in the justice, that is, the Shangqing Sect of Mount Shu believes that the Shiwan Mountains have been their territory "since ancient times".

The Ten Thousand Mountains in southern Xinjiang were an ancient battlefield where humans and demons fought each other in ancient times. A large number of sword cultivators were stationed around Mount Shu to resist the demons that tried to go north into Sichuan.

In ancient times, with the comprehensive rise of the human race in China, the number of monks began to increase dramatically.

Several powerful immortals began to integrate the power of the entire cultivation world by recruiting disciples and making friends, gradually forming the two giant sects of the orthodox sect and the unorthodox sect.

At that time, the orthodox school was in the west and the evil school was in the east, with the middle section of the ancient Xiaohan Road as the boundary of their influence. Sichuan and Shu had always been the private territory of the orthodox school's sword cultivators - the claim to the Ten Thousand Mountains also began from then on.

As for the later distribution of power of the two sects of Chan and Jie, how it became so intertwined and spread out, and how the Ten Thousand Mountains were "smuggled and occupied" by the monks of the Jie sect, that is another long story.

In the Shiwanda Mountains, the temperature remains basically constant throughout the year, which also allows the miasma, which is extremely sensitive to temperature, to continue to exist stably, and only retreats briefly between the major and minor cold seasons in winter each year.

At this time, the Shangqing Sect of Mount Shu would send a large number of sword immortals to the south to "harvest" the resources in the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Although Donghuang Dao monks can usually pass through the miasma, they cannot completely ignore it and they also need to harvest resources during this period.

In addition, they have to face competition and threats from the Shushan Sword Immortals, so they often choose to invite other demon monks to come to help, making the entire Ten Thousand Mountains become a cruel battlefield of life and death, the degree of danger is by no means comparable to any secret realm trial.

Taking this as an excuse, the Shangqing Sect of Mount Shu would select the Southern Expedition Sword Immortal every year, instead of giving every disciple a fair chance to compete like in the Demon Locking Tower trials.

Strong combat capability is a necessary basic condition, and implicit political status is naturally also within the scope of consideration. After all, in addition to enemies, there are all kinds of rare adventures and gains in the Ten Thousand Mountains...

Therefore, Qingluo Peak was almost never able to participate in the Southern Expedition every year. This time, thanks to the relationship with the Guan Family's ancestor, Ling Yunpo was able to get such a precious opportunity, which made him feel like a blessing from heaven.

Good! If there are any relics in the Shiwandashan Mountains that can speed up the transformation of the palace, we can start investigating now!

"Where is Senior Sister An?" Lin Duanshan asked.

Ling Yunpo immediately became alert:

"What do you want to see Senior Sister for? She is practicing swordplay right now. It's the same if you tell me anything."

Lin Duanshan frowned slightly, and Guan Shanyue immediately saw the clue and said teasingly:

"Don't worry, we are not looking for her for personal reasons, but for serious matters. It is said that this time the Donghuang Dao has unprecedentedly summoned the Shura Dao, the Heavenly Demon Dao, the Yin Ghost Dao, and the Mortal Dao, in an attempt to assassinate our Shushan Sword Immortal in the Ten Thousand Mountains."

"All five sects gathered together?" Ling Yunpo asked in surprise, "Wasn't it only the Shura sect that participated in the past?"

"They have already planned this." Lin Duanshan said seriously, "First, they will use the dragon riot in the Demon Locking Tower to weaken the strength of our Shushan..."

"It hasn't been weakened that much." Ling Yunpo reminded.

“Well, although they haven’t been weakened much, our sword immortal’s revenge has been aroused.” Lin Duanshan added, “With the five sects gathered together, our Shushan is at a disadvantage. But if we avoid the battle or ask for help from Taiqing Sect and Yuqing Temple, we are worried that morale will be dampened.”

So can you please stop being so stubborn? Ling Yunpo complained in his heart, but said:

"That's right! If Donghuang Dao thinks they can succeed in this way, we must not let them succeed! We Shushan Sword Immortals are never afraid of strong enemies, we only worry that the enemy is not strong enough!"

[Unyielding character, synchronization value +1. ]

"Junior Brother Ling, what you said is good!" Lin Duanshan was very pleased with his statement. "As for the five sects of the Demon Sect, what do we, the Sword Immortal, have to fear? Even if all kinds of gods and ghosts block my way, I will kill them with one sword!"

Guan Shanyue did not respond, but stared at Ling Yunpo suspiciously, wondering how could this guy also have a reckless side?

I thought he was a rather deep-minded person...it seems that he was only brought out in the spotlight by An Zhisu. After all, the Grass-Mowing Sword Immortal is the most reckless of all reckless men.

"But if we want to deal with it, in addition to having fearless courage, we also need to do intelligence homework in advance." Lin Duanshan added, "So we plan to come to you and Senior Sister An to discuss and prepare in advance."

"I see." Ling Yunpo nodded, thinking that this was fine.

After all, Senior Brother Lin Duanshan was a cautious brother who liked to do intelligence investigations in advance.

Before the Shushan fellow disciples' competition, he made me memorize all the combat intelligence of the top fifty sword masters.

The three of them arrived at the backyard of the Taoist temple and saw An Zhisu, whose face was flushed and slightly tipsy, sleeping soundly on the stone table in the middle of the pavilion, with several narrow-necked jade porcelain wine bottles rolling beside her.

Everyone: ...

Lin Duanshan looked at Ling Yunpo in astonishment, meaning "Is this what you call sword practice?"

Ling Yunpo rushed to the pavilion in two steps, grabbed An Zhisu's shoulders and shook her violently:

"Senior Sister! Wake up!"

An Zhisu refused to wake up. She burped with her eyes closed, and a strong smell of alcohol hit her face.

Ling Yunpo was at a loss for words and could only quietly lean over to Senior Sister's ear and whisper:

"Master has come out of retreat!"

An Zhisu stood up almost instinctively, and it took him a while to come to his senses. He realized that he had been deceived by his junior brother, so he could only silently use his true energy to refine all the alcohol. Then, as if nothing had happened, he spoke to Guan Shanyue and Lin Duanshan, who were already dumbfounded in front of him:

"What's wrong? What's the matter?"

Lin Duanshan was still in a daze, but Guan Shanyue quickly calmed down and said with a smile:

"The miasma of the Shiwan Mountains is about to dissipate, and Perry has begun preparations for the southern expedition."

"Oh." An Zhisu's response was exactly the same as Ling Yunpo's, which was "What does it have to do with me?"

"As a reward for the last sword-hunting operation, the ancestor has requested two places for you two." Guan Shanyue continued.

"Really?" An Zhisu was overjoyed and turned to Ling Yunpo and said, "That's great, Junior Brother! There is a relic in the Shiwan Mountains that should be able to speed up the transformation of the palace. We must go there this time!"

"I was just about to tell Senior Sister An another piece of bad news." Lin Duanshan said, "This time, the Donghuang Dao has summoned almost the entire Demon Dao, and sent the Hundred Thousand Mountains to fight against our Shushan, so the danger is probably far greater than in the past..."

"That's even better." An Zhisu smiled and turned to Ling Yunpo and said, "Junior brother, this opportunity is rare. We don't need to hold back and fight the Demon Cult with all our strength."

Lin Duanshan: ...

Guan Shanyue: ...

Lingyunpo: ...

So, while you are in Shushan, no one is worthy of your full effort, right?