Chapter 414 Peace Negotiation
"not good!"
The Ten Deadly Ghost Formation suddenly collapsed, and True Lord Three Flowers was horrified. He hurriedly slapped away hundreds of fire-eating ants that were flying towards him. He twisted his body, shouted, and his hair stood up. He was about to escape by water.
However, in the collapsed formation, three figures turned into afterimages and fell down. The Yimu Divine Ruler in the hand of the blood-stained Seven-Star True Lord flashed with light, and instantly shortened the spatial distance, "sucking" back the Three-Flower True Lord who was already a thousand feet away.
"laugh!"
A ray of blazing sword light swept out from below, it was the sword from Lin Tiannan.
True Lord Sanhua groaned, the demonic energy in his abdomen shattered, and the sharp sword intent surged in, and he was severely injured by Lin Tiannan in an instant.
"you!"
His face was filled with anger, and when he looked up, he saw a beautiful female cultivator raising her sword finger against his head. It was True Lord Liuyun.
"puff!"
The golden light surged, and a golden sword with powerful sword intent burst out from the fingertips of True Lord Liuyun, instantly piercing through the head of True Lord Sanhua. With blood splattered, True Lord Sanhua staggered back. Even though the demon's body was strong, it had already entered a state of near death.
"break!!"
But at this moment, a ray of lightning came from the side of the sea, instantly illuminating the blood-stained face of Sanhua Zhenjun. Ning Daoran's figure flashed past, and the sword light and Sanhua Zhenjun also passed by.
“Sizzle~~~”
Golden lightning flowed in the water, and a lightning sword actually pierced directly through the heart of True Lord Sanhua.
"you……"
Sanhua Zhenjun's mind was blank. He never dreamed that he would end up dying at the hands of a Jindan cultivator.
Ning Daoran twisted his body and waved his hand, and a golden sword swept across like lightning. The next moment, the head of True Lord Sanhua floated up in the sea by itself, and his Nascent Soul turned into a bloody little man, which disappeared in a flash and ran away!
“Go up!”
Lin Tiannan flew up on his sword and rushed to the battlefield.
True Lord Qixing and True Lord Liuyun also each swallowed a pill that could heal themselves and restore their magic power, and followed Lin Tiannan to the battlefield at sea.
Ning Daoran frowned, raised his hand and put Sanhua Zhenjun's storage bag and body into the bag, then opened the spirit beast bag and put the remaining fire-eating ants into it.
It was extremely heartbreaking. The fire-eating ants had been raised for hundreds of years and had only reproduced to 400,000, but most of them were consumed in this battle. Now there are only about 120,000 to 130,000 left.
Fortunately, the three Yuanyings were rescued in the end, so the deaths of these fire-eating ants were not in vain.
"Return!"
Ning Daoran slapped the Lingpu Cave, and immediately Dabenlu, Xiaoheizi, Xiaobai and others all returned to the cave and continued to practice. They basically didn't have to worry about the things outside anymore.
…
After a few breaths, Ning Daoran emerged from the water with his sword.
The moment he rushed out of the water, he saw Lin Tiannan and Seven Stars True Lord splitting up into two groups to attack the Purple Flame Demon Lord of Sangyu Kingdom. In addition, Ling Fu True Lord in the air was covered in blood, already shaky and seriously injured, but he had no intention of retreating at all, and still fought with several other Nascent Souls of Sangyu Kingdom with swords.
Above the sea, only two of the five Wanhua Sword Formations were still intact.
Nian Wuya's left arm was hanging down, bloody and mangled, but his right hand was still holding the long sword. He walked on the water and said in a deep voice: "Those who are still alive, gather here and form the third sword formation with me!"
Suddenly, disciples of Wanhua Sword Sect flew over from all directions, and wisps of sword intent gathered together. Led by Nian Wuya, they formed a new Wanhua Sword Sect in the blink of an eye. However, everyone in the sword formation was seriously injured. Some had their clothes stained red with blood, while others had lost all their arms and legs. The battle had reached an extremely tragic point.
"Brother Ning..."
Seeing Ning Daoran rushing out of the water exhausted, Nian Wuya couldn't help but smile: "Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission!"
"Um!"
Ning Daoran clasped his fists heavily.
On the side of Sangyu Kingdom, the morale of the army has gradually become chaotic.
"Three Flowers True Lord has fallen... Three Flowers True Lord, the first formation master of our Sangyu country, has fallen. What should we do? If there is no formation from Three Flowers True Lord to help us, how can we fight back?"
"It's over..."
With the death of a Nascent Soul demon cultivator, the morale of the Sangyu Kingdom's cultivator army is constantly collapsing. Even the Purple Flame Demon Lord, Qinglin True Lord and others are unable to save the situation.
More importantly, the loss of Jindan and foundation-building cultivators in Sangyu Kingdom in this battle was far greater than that of Xia Kingdom. Especially under the ravages of spiritual light cannons, formations, and paper substitutes, the monks of Sangyu Kingdom suffered heavy losses, with at least half of them killed or wounded! What's more terrible is that Sangyu Kingdom has come out in full force this time, and after losing more than half of its combat power, it means that even if this war in the world of immortal cultivation ends, the strength of Sangyu Kingdom will plummet and it will no longer be able to compete with Xia Kingdom!
"withdraw!"
The Purple Flame Demon Lord swung his sword, and several blade beams instantly burst out and swept across, but they were all removed by the Seven Stars True Lord with the Yi Wood Divine Ruler. He raised his sword eyebrows and said, "Retreat to Dongli Island and rest for a while!"
“Woo woo~~~”
The sound of conch horns rang out from behind the army of monks from Sangyu Kingdom, and immediately a line of death warriors appeared, resisting the army of monks from Xia Kingdom and buying time for the retreat of the people from Sangyu Kingdom.
Lin Tiannan was not going to be polite and immediately led his men to attack!
…
The battle continued for several days again, after which the two sides reached a stalemate.
The Xia Kingdom was stationed on the three Liuhua Islands, while the Sangyu Kingdom was stationed on the Dongli Island a thousand miles away. The two fairy islands were a thousand miles apart. Although there were still small-scale wars on the sea, they formed a tacit understanding between them and entered a period of rest and recuperation.
So, a few months later.
In the evening, in a pavilion near the cliff of the main peak of Liuhua Island, Lin Tiannan and other Yuanying of Xia country sat quietly and sipped the spiritual tea. Liuhua Island has a pleasant climate and the spiritual tea grown here tastes excellent, which is a unique product of Yunzhou.
"It seems that the Sangyu Kingdom has been weakened. They have hardly sent any monks to cause trouble in the past few days."
Seven Stars True Lord took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "Are we really going to withdraw our troops?"
"The Sangyu Kingdom suffered heavy losses in this battle."
Ling Fu Zhenjun said: "But it is all thanks to Little Friend Ning. If Little Friend Ning hadn't broken the formation of True Lord Sanhua, I'm afraid this battle would have lasted for a long time."
Ning Daoran smiled awkwardly and just clasped his hands together.
"Um."
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Lin Tiannan said: "For this war, the three eastern states of our Xia country have put all their efforts into it, and Kunpeng Immortal City is almost emptying out. Even so, our cultivators have suffered heavy casualties. You should have heard that the Sangyu country wants to negotiate peace. In the past few days, there have been many voices in Kunpeng Immortal City supporting peace talks. Everyone is tired of fighting and is unwilling to continue like this."
"Even if we want to negotiate peace, Sangyu Country should be the first to speak."
True Lord Liuyun said: "My Xia country has all the advantages now, there is no need to take the initiative to speak."
“That’s exactly what’s going on.”
The Seven Stars True Lord deeply agreed with this.
Ning Daoran didn't say anything. As a mere Jindan stage cultivator, he had no say in whether the two countries were at war or not. It didn't matter to him at all. He would be leaving Liuhua Island soon anyway.
…
In this way, three years passed in the blink of an eye.
This year, Ning Daoran is 305 years old.
Above the East China Sea, the armies of monks from the two countries had been in a stalemate for three years. Small-scale fights continued, but there had never been a large-scale battle. The two countries had entered a state of tacit understanding.
At this time, it is the spring farming season, all things are reviving, and the fragrance of soil is floating in the air.
On the south side of Liuhua Island, a group of spiritual farmers are sowing tea and spiritual rice for the new year. Ning Daoran takes Huang Yiyi to inspect the agricultural recovery on the island, with one hand behind his back, looking extremely sage-like.
"Island Master!"
At this time, a mid-stage Jindan cultivator came galloping over and clasped his fists, saying, "The Sangyu Kingdom has sent an envoy saying that the four Yuanying Great Cultivators, Purple Flame Demon Lord, Qinglin True Lord, Tiemu Demon Lord, and Wangqing Demon Lord, want to go to the island to discuss the peace talks between the two countries with City Lord Lin and others."
"oh?"
Ning Daoran raised his eyebrows slightly: "You don't need to ask me about this matter. Go ask City Lord Lin. If he nods, then activate the formation and let the Nascent Soul of Sangyu Country land on the island."
"yes!"
Not long after, Lin Tiannan, Seven Stars True Lord and others set up a teahouse in a manor on the east side of Liuhua Island, waiting for the Yuanying of Sangyu Kingdom to come to the island to negotiate peace. As the owner of Liuhua Island, Ning Daoran was also qualified to participate.
It seems that the Sangyu Kingdom really couldn't hold on any longer, so it sent four Yuanyings to risk going to Liuhua Island to negotiate peace.
The essence of the peace talks was that Sangyu was afraid that it would be hunted down by Xia after withdrawing its troops. If Xia was interested, it could indeed mobilize all its forces, including the twelve states, to hunt down Sangyu's army of monks, and invade Sangyu in one go, directly merging Sangyu's territory into Xia's. All of these were possible.
About an hour later.
Four powerful Nascent Soul auras appeared above the East China Sea. Soon after, the Purple Flame Demon Lord, dressed in a purple robe and holding a sword, spun around and fell into the gap in the Liuhua Island formation. Following closely behind him was the Green Lin True Lord, dressed in a green robe.
After them came the two Nascent Soul stage early stage Demon Lord Tiemu and Demon Lord Wangqing. Except for True Lord Sanhua who died in the battle, all the Nascent Soul stage of Sangyu Kingdom who participated in the war had attended the meeting.
…
The open-air living room of the manor was arranged very cleverly, with a long table stretching across it. The four Nascent Souls from the Sangyu Kingdom sat on one side, and the four Nascent Souls from the Xia Kingdom sat on the other side. As for Ning Daoran, as the island master, he personally brewed spiritual tea for the eight Nascent Souls, and his craftsmanship was extremely exquisite.
However, in Sangyu Country, the corners of the mouths of the Demon Lord Tiemu and the Demon Lord Wangqing twitched inadvertently when they looked at the spiritual tea in front of them. Could the tea brewed by the legendary old demon Jianjia himself be poisoned? After taking a sip of the spiritual tea, everyone began to exchange pleasantries.
The themes of the greetings are mainly "We have no choice to start this war in the world of immortals", "Past grudges are all in the past, I hope you don't care about them", "We have also suffered great losses, I hope you won't be so aggressive", etc. When masters fight, the main focus is on hypocrisy.
"Fellow Daoist Zi Yan."
Lin Tiannan folded his arms and leaned back, looking down at the other party's late Nascent Soul from the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, and said, "Since your country wants to negotiate peace, why not get straight to the point? How do you plan to negotiate peace, and what sincerity do you plan to show?"
"Well..."
The Purple Flame Demon Lord narrowed his eyes and said, "Swords have no eyes. If we continue to fight each other, it will not be good for our two countries. On the contrary, it may benefit the Li Kingdom in the west. In my opinion, why don't our two countries send out their own geniuses to fight five games. The side with more wins will be the winner. The victory will be decided at the lowest cost. What do you think, Brother Lin?"
(End of this chapter)