Emei Golden Summit, Patriarch Hall.
The elders from various peaks were still arguing over how to rescue the two real people from Qingluo Peak.
Simply put, no one was willing to contribute manpower and risk being ambushed by the cult's heavy troops to break out of the encirclement and rescue the two people.
The headmaster of Yujing felt a huge headache after hearing this. For a moment he felt that he was useless as no one was willing to listen to what he said.
In fact, the Three Pure Ones of the Orthodox religion all have a similar structure. Although the head of the religion can preside over external affairs, whether anyone is willing to listen to his decisions depends on whether they are in the interests of the elders.
For example, Kunlun's Ziwei Sect Leader, who was born in the Ge family of Tianshui, was at the Divine Infant realm. Both his background and cultivation were incredibly strong, and his prestige within the Taiqing Sect was almost unparalleled.
Even so, he couldn't order other elders to do things at will, and had to pay the corresponding favor price... Therefore, when Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian went out, the person chosen by Master Ziwei to escort them was his own disciple Luo Baiyuan, rather than other elders in the Nascent Soul stage.
After much thought, the head of Yujing Sect decided that he could only go find the Long-browed Immortal.
He hurriedly left the Ancestral Hall and flew to the bottom of the Demon Locking Tower on his sword. He found the Long-browed Immortal who was meditating in the center surrounded by sword pillars and told him what had happened.
"So?" The long-browed immortal raised his eyebrows. "In your opinion, how many people would be needed to force their way through the Demon Sect's defenses and rescue Qing Heng and Jiang Xiao?"
"The team must be led by at least five Nascent Soul elders." replied the head of Yujing Sect.
"What if the Demon Cult's immortal is outside and attacks at will? What will these five elders do?" asked the Long-browed Immortal again.
"If that's the case, I can only ask you to help and try to save those elders." The head of Yujing paused, "But this possibility is not high."
"If the Demon Sect's immortals come here in person, Kunlun and Penglai will definitely not sit idly by, and the nature of this war will change."
"From what we can see now, the Demon Cult is not here to destroy our Shushan Sect, otherwise they would not have delayed for so many days and refused to attack."
"Yujing, you are the headmaster of Shushan." The long-browed immortal said earnestly, "As a headmaster, you should calculate the pros and cons and act rationally."
"The whereabouts of Qingheng and Jiangxiao are unknown. If we send the elders out to rescue them, they may also be killed."
"Let's take a step back and say, what's the harm in bringing the two back? Is Mount Shu, which is surrounded by heavy siege, safer than outside?"
"If they were smart enough, after finding out the current situation of Shushan, they would have found a safe place to hide outside and not come back to the sect to wade into this muddy water. Could it be that without these two Jindan Zhenren, Shushan would be unable to defeat the Demon Sect?"
"What if the two have been discovered by the Demon Cult, or are being hunted down?" Yujing Sect Master asked again, "If we don't rescue them, they will be in danger of dying..."
"If that's the case, even if you send elders to rescue them, it may not be in time." The Long-Eyebrowed Immortal said coldly, "If you send too few, they may not be able to get out and be eaten by the Demon Cult; if you send too many, what will happen to the defense of Shushan?"
The head of Yujing sighed repeatedly. This was exactly the problem that the elders of all the peaks emphasized repeatedly: no matter from which angle you look at it, it would be better not to send anyone to rescue.
Even considering the rarity of Zhenren Jiangxiao's second-grade golden elixir, the cost of rescue is too high... If it was a first-grade golden elixir, it would be okay to take the risk.
But in this case, if Jiang Xiao and Qing Heng survived in the end, how would they feel about the sect that refused to rescue them?
Thinking of this, Master Yujing couldn't help but complain in his heart: Although the Jueqing School has no weaknesses, its actions and calculations are too rational, and it does not consider the feelings of its disciples at all. In some ways, it is not much better than the Wenqing School, which is prone to act on impulse.
I just hope that Qingheng and Jiangxiao, if they haven't been discovered yet, can cleverly find a place to hide outside, and never force their way into the encirclement of the Demon Cult in order to return to Shushan.
Let’s not talk about Jiang Xiao for now. Qing Heng is a man of discretion and I don’t think he would be so unwise.
On the outskirts of Shu Mountain, Ling Yunpo and An Zhisu disguised themselves as villagers and visited and investigated nearby villages and towns.
Only to find out that at this time, Shushan had been heavily surrounded by the Demon Cult's army, and the situation was even more exaggerated than the last siege of Penglai.
After all, it was the Hell Realm that took the lead last time, and the other five realms sent out troops, so everyone was very rational and reserved.
This time they knew the whereabouts of the Wan Xiang Jue Immortal Sword, so almost all the elites from the three paths of demons, ghosts and mortals were sent out, and even the immortals were hidden among them, and they would never allow the Jiejiao sword to fall into the hands of Shushan.
Of course, no one has conclusive evidence as to whether the Juexian Sword was really discovered and found by the disciples of Mount Shu.
I just wonder, apart from the Shushan Sword Immortal, who else can tame the Wanxiang Juexian Sword?
Although Ling Yunpo didn't know, he had a vague intuition: the Demon Cult's massive display might be related to the last sword chant uttered when the Wanxiang Juexian Sword was subdued by him.
Oh no, if that’s the case, will they have any way to detect the Wanxiang Juexian Sword?
For example, if the distance is too close, the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword will vibrate, or even directly lock onto his position and fly over to rescue the Absolute Immortal Sword...
Thinking of this, Ling Yunpo felt a chill down his spine.
He and Senior Sister An were outside Shushan at the moment. If they were suddenly attacked by the Heavenly Demon Immortal Sword, the Nine Nether Immortal Sword, the Blood Sea Immortal Sword and all the members of the Demon Cult, wouldn't they be like turtles in a jar, unable to escape even if they had wings?
That's not right. It should be that Senior Sister An was doomed to die, and he could only abandon the identity of Ling Yunpo and escape through the Kunlun Mirror. From then on, the world of cultivation had one more mysterious legend...
No, we must return to Shushan quickly!
As long as they are inside Shushan, even if the Demon Cult members can lock on to their position and bring a large army to chase and kill them, they will have to break through Shushan's layers of defense first.
The Kunlun and Penglai sects will certainly not sit idly by and watch Shushan being breached, and will definitely come to support with all their strength.
In this way, Shushan would be safe in the end, and he could calmly let the Qingping Sword destroy the Wanxiang Juexian Sword inside Shushan.
Once the Juexian Sword completely submits to him (instead of needing the Qingping Sword to suppress it in the sword case at all times like it is now), he can take it to Wei Dongliu, and then with the help of the Xuehai Immortal's endorsement, he can completely control the sword in his hands.
From the perspective of the historical closed loop, the Blood Sea Immortal is willing to admit that the Absolute Immortal Sword is in Wei Dongliu's hands - probably because the Absolute Immortal Sword has already surrendered to Wei Dongliu.
Well, let’s find a way to return to Shushan first!
However... the array set up by the Demon Cult on the periphery is so terrifying. Will you be willing to follow me to take this risk, break through the blockade and escape back to Shushan?
"Senior Sister." Ling Yunpo tried to persuade An Zhisu first, "Shushan is in trouble now. As Shushan disciples, we should return to the sect as soon as possible."
"Otherwise, if Shushan is lost, what will happen to Master who is still in seclusion in Qingluo Peak?"
"You're right." An Zhisu's IQ dropped to zero when she heard the analysis of her junior brother. Then Ling Yunpo brought up the master, and her IQ quickly dropped to negative numbers. She nodded repeatedly like a yes-man, gave up thinking and said, "Junior brother, do whatever you want, and I will follow you."
Very good, easily done!