Chapter 273 Fishing (1)
"Tens of thousands of monks have been poisoned... No, this is impossible..."
In the Baiyu Tower, Xu Zhihui seemed to have been drained of all his strength. He slumped behind the stone table, muttering something to himself, but no one wanted to listen.
Feng Hu rushed into the tower and bowed to the tower master, Cheng Qing, saying, "Tower Master, the six major alliances have issued a notice that the poison pills were indeed sold from us! They were spread through the Wangyouke Teahouse and the Puji Trading House!"
Cheng Juen who followed also brought bad news.
"Zhong Su, the shopkeeper of Guhu Town, has sent an urgent report: Something seems to have happened to the six major alliances. The Black Wood Sect cultivators in Fanghui City have all been dispatched, and cultivators from the Western Territory have also been mobilized to launch a reckoning against us!"
He added sadly, "Currently, all of our trading houses have been blocked by the six major alliances. Zhong Su, who escaped with some supplies, was also recaptured. It seems that the six major alliances are serious about this."
Cheng Qing closed his eyes.
"Wufang City, there is still Wufang City!" Xu Zhihui stood up suddenly as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, but Du Yixi who came in immediately cut off his delusion.
"The Paper Arts Sect has cut off contact with us. I'm afraid the last batch they sent over has been tampered with," Du Yixi said coldly. "Master Fuhe can't possibly refine the Wufang City for us."
Xu Zhihui collapsed. Cheng Qing opened his eyes, his tone weary, "Sending someone to apologize to the six major alliances now..."
"Tower Master!" Feng Hu and Du Yixi shouted at the same time.
Cheng Qing's eyes swept across the two people's faces, paused, and fell on Xu Zhihui's dejected face. A trace of sadness rose in his heart.
"I understand." He stood up and took a deep breath. "Baicheng, prepare for battle!"
"yes!"
Looking down at the earth from the clouds, a large number of Black Wood Sect monks were drawn out from Fang Hui City and its subordinate cities. As they came out in full force, the monks in green robes moved towards Longlan City and Baicheng like a cloud covering the sky. The war between the six alliances and Baicheng was about to break out.
Luo Xuanyi, however, leisurely left the empty Fanghui City, Xiyi City, and Hejin City behind her and continued south. In her hands, the servant blew a stream of flames, which fell down. The earth burned into a sea of blue fire, and the charred black spread all the way to the end of the sky.
The belt around her waist felt heavy for the first time in a long time. Although Luo Xuanyi had not yet had time to count how many living souls she had harvested from the three cities ahead, a smile was already on her face. She even had the illusion of feeling lighter than before, floating in the air.
The situation she had spent so much effort to create did not disappoint her.
When Luo Xuanyi learned that Fei Tong was an elder of the Blackwood Sect, she had been looking for an opportunity to severely damage the Blackwood Sect and the six major alliances. It would be best if the independent cultivators of White City engaged in a battle with the six major alliances. This would leave the Tianjie (Sky Streets) stationed by the six major alliances empty, making it easy for her to gather the living souls from each city.
It was a pity that the Blackwood Sect monks had taken all the goods from the trading houses and shops in the city. Otherwise, they might have had additional income besides the Living Souls. However, Luo Xuanyi was not greedy. Having enough Living Soul materials was better than anything else.
However, Fei Tong's self-destruction was something Luo Xuanyi hadn't anticipated, as was the sudden poisoning of the cultivators. She kept replaying the entire incident in her mind, trying not to miss any details.
I always feel that there is someone else who is helping her to drive this riot.
Luo Xuanyi was never careless, and she remembered her situation well. This was why she decided to head south immediately, intending to collect as many living souls as possible to refine the Inter-World Soul-Falling Formation and the subsequent formation flags, rather than focusing on capturing formation cultivators and searching their souls.
The land of the Six Great Alliances was far too complex. While she stirred up the storm, she was only contributing to it. The Great Yan Dynasty, the Six Great Alliances, the Fuwen Pagoda, the Baiyu Pagoda, the Paper Arts Sect, the Forgotten Worry Guest, and the looming Zang Yao Sect's dark hand.
Let them fight to their heart's content. If those who died in battle felt resentful and evil, she might be able to return sometime to absorb it... Hmm, I don't think she's ever tested whether the absorption of evil thoughts can be delayed.
Luo Xuanyi, whose attention had been diverted, was absorbed in estimating the experiment. At this moment, Huo Pu spit out another flame, which went out in mid-air before it landed in the golden field.
Huopu stood up and turned around. Seeing that Luo Xuanyi didn't look at him, he fell down and pretended to be dead.
Feeling that Huo Pu was so tired that he was complaining loudly through the spiritual connection, Luo Xuanyi finally came to his senses and saw the city in front of him.
This city looked slightly different from the one Luo Xuanyi had seen before, or rather, it was not a city at all, but more like a building with half a chicken egg shell turned upside down on the ground.
The entire building, a pale blue like moonlight, appeared seamless, as if the inhabitants needed neither sunlight nor air. Its size alone was nearly as large as the main cities of Fanghui and Longlan combined, nestled silently amidst fertile fields stretching a hundred miles in radius.
Luo Xuanyi stuffed the servant who was too tired to spit out flames back into his sleeve, took out the map and compared it carefully, and finally found out the name of this city - Mingbao.
Castle. Luo Xuanyi finally recalled the knowledge about castles in "Old Stories and Tales" and matched the castle with the Ming Castle in front of her one by one.
There is no need to elaborate on the Dayan Dynasty's coveting of the three small countries south of Zhongqu. Because the Dayan Dynasty wanted to go south to capture the three small countries, several cities bordering the Zhongqu Mountains were built into fortresses to facilitate military preparations.
The material used for the city wall is a kind of spiritual vine called Penglai Xuanye, which was bought from the six major alliances at a high price.
Penglai Xuanye, as the name suggests, is a miraculous vine found in Penglai, a fairy mountain on the sea. It grows as long as there is water and is said to be a member of the same family as the "Heaven-reaching Tree." Its rapid growth means that even if you cut with a knife, you won't have time to pull it out before it becomes entangled and trapped by the new vines.
Because the Penglai Xuanye is water-dependent and resistant to fire, it's impenetrable to rocks, water, fire, and even ordinary cultivators, making it an excellent material for city walls. It's said that the Blackwood Sect, one of the six great alliances, built its headquarters atop an immense Penglai Xuanye.
The three forts of Fanghui City closest to the south of Zhongqu—Mingbao, Gushebao, and Liaobao—were built with Penglai Xuanye leaves. No ordinary civilians lived within the forts, only soldiers stationed there, who would not leave unless fighting in the south.
In order to defend against the three major southern sects, which were also their arch-enemies, the six alliances also stationed a Nascent Soul cultivator in each of these three cities, who was not allowed to leave the city except when the city was attacked.
Therefore, even if the six alliances wanted to go to war with Baicheng, the monks in these three cities would probably still be stationed there.
Luo Xuanyi looked at the wine burger in front of her and fell into deep thought.
Should I fight or not?
Third update~
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