Just when Li Yuebai wanted to question the system, there was a commotion outside the door.

A young man rushed in from outside. He was wearing black clothes and had a ponytail. He looked only about fourteen or fifteen years old. He had a very handsome face, a carefree look, and eyebrows that were slanted into his temples. He looked like a frivolous and mischievous person. But now, he frowned and looked anxious. He didn't even say hello to his fellow apprentices, but rushed all the way to him. Seeing his strange behavior, his fellow apprentices couldn't help but stop what they were doing and started to talk about him.

It seems that this boy is the "troublemaker" that Xiao Ai just mentioned.

"Master, Master, something happened!" The young man in black rushed to Li Yuebai, turned around and closed the door, and fell to the ground panting and begging: "It's urgent!"

Li Yuebai saw that the young man was panting heavily and covered in dust, and thought that something serious had happened. However, he was not in a hurry to ask questions. He first helped him up from the ground and handed him a cup of tea. After he had recovered his breath, he asked, "What happened?"

The young man took the water, gulped down two mouthfuls, then reached out to wipe the dust and blood off his face, and said hurriedly: "The Demon Cult! The Demon Cult has already attacked the mountain gate! They are clamoring to massacre everyone in Kunlun Fairy Mountain!"

Demonic cult? Li Yuebai thought to himself that this was not good.

Apparently, everything was calm in the yard, but I never expected that the situation outside the mountain was extremely urgent.

At the same time, the system gave out the information of the boy in black:

Jiang Shaoying, fifteen years old, is the protagonist of this world and Mu Qingning's disciple.

He is lively and active by nature and doesn't obey discipline. He only respects Mu Qingning.

Today, Jiang Shaoying violated the rules and sneaked out of the mountain gate, wanting to do something naughty, and sneaked all the way to the edge of the barrier.

At the foot of Kunlun Mountain, there is a magic barrier that protects the entire mountain like an invisible wall.

For fear of being destroyed, ordinary disciples were forbidden to approach the magic barrier. However, Jiang Shaoying somehow managed to slip past and even see the situation outside.

As soon as you look over, you will see a large army of demons standing in the plain at the foot of the mountain. The scene is terrifying and frightening.

The Demon Cult is no different from the common demon cults in other worlds. It is an emerging force in this world. It has great strength in numbers, practices evil ways, and acts very cruelly. It has already caused countless bloody tragedies. This time, it has directed its spearhead at Kunlun Fairy Mountain.

"How many people from the Demon Cult have come?" Li Yuebai calmed himself and asked in a deep voice.

"It's said to be 100,000." Jiang Shaoying clenched his fists in hatred. He saw the flag from afar and heard the shouting of the leader of the Demon Cult. The content of the shouting was naturally that 100,000 demons would flatten Kunlun overnight...

"Host, please don't panic. In a two-way battle, it is common to falsely report the number of people on one side." The system reminded: "It is common to see 30,000 people claiming to be 100,000. Moreover, since it is a demonic cult, those ghosts and monsters must have been taken into account."

Even though the number of members of the Demon Cult may not be that large, and even though there is a magic barrier blocking the way and the Demon Cult cannot enter for a while, the barrier will eventually be breached. If we don't send people to defend quickly, the consequences will be disastrous.

Jiang Shaoying was able to hold herself back and did not panic and scream outside. Instead, she came to report to her master first.

However... Li Yuebai thought again and realized that something was wrong.

The Demon Cult's 100,000-strong army had arrived at the foot of Kunlun Mountain and was about to attack, but Kunlun Mountain was completely unaware? Wasn't there any preparation at all?

impossible.

The Demon Cult is a Demon Cult, not an invisible people. As long as they are on the march, there will be movement. Kunlun Immortal Mountain has eyes and ears on all sides, and the movements of the Demon Cult will be quickly reported to the mountain and to the Immortal Lord, who will then arrange defenses after careful consideration.

According to common sense, Kunlun Mountain must be prepared for the battle.

"System, please tell me how Kunlun is preparing for the battle." Li Yuebai ordered.

"Kunlun Fairy Mountain learned about the Demon Cult's actions as early as a month ago. The Fairy Lord personally arranged the defense, and all the troops have arrived. Just this morning, the Fairy Lord personally led thousands of fairies to the barrier to observe the enemy situation..." the system replied.

Isn't that as solid as a rock?

"The Immortal Lord attaches great importance to defense..." Li Yuebai said.

For a moment, the expression on Jiang Shaoying's face became more complicated.

"Master, the Immortal Lord...something happened!" Jiang Shaoying finally lowered his voice before uttering these earth-shattering words.

The current Immortal Lord of Kunlun Immortal Mountain, Yu Pengli, has been in the position of Immortal Lord for decades and has profound skills. What could go wrong?

"Otherwise, why do you think I was so panicked?" Jiang Shaoying said, "I watched the Immortal Lord leading the crowd from afar, and hurriedly hid myself for fear of being punished. As a result, I only heard a loud noise and flames shot up into the sky. When I looked at the Immortal Lord and others again, I saw a big hole blown out on the mountain, and the ground was charred. The Immortal Lord and the other immortals were nowhere to be found..."

Li Yuebai didn't know what to say for a moment.

If this happened in the real world, it would be an explosion intended to murder the top leader.

But this is a world of cultivating immortals... If someone deliberately murdered someone, would the Immortal Lord be unable to detect it with his skills?

"System, what's going on? What happened to the Immortal Lord?" I didn't have the energy to reason slowly, so I decided to just ask the system directly.

"Jiang Shaoying is right." The system paused: "The Immortal Master is dead."

"Dead?" Li Yuebai choked.

"Yes, he died in a self-explosion, along with the thousands of monks around him. All of their bodies were destroyed." said the system.

"This..." Li Yuebai thought this was too dramatic. The cultivators were obviously pursuing immortality and supreme magical powers, but in the end they died inexplicably?

"Kunlun Immortal Lord Yu Pengze died of infatuation." The system patiently explained: "Although he had profound skills, he was too greedy. After becoming the Immortal Lord, his ambition grew. He was increasingly dissatisfied with being the master of Kunlun Immortal Mountain and his own life span. He only wanted to cultivate higher skills, change his fate, and reach a higher level... In theory, this is very normal in the world of cultivation. Unfortunately, Yu Pengze favored some alchemists with insufficient skills, took the wrong elixir, and practiced evil magic, which caused the true energy in his body to become chaotic, and he exploded and died..."

Li Yuebai recalled some images of Yu Pengzhu's powerful presence, but for a moment he was unable to connect this glittering figure with his tragic end of becoming possessed by a demon.

But if you think about it carefully, it makes perfect sense.

In recent years, Yu Pengzhu's temperament has become more and more erratic and suspicious. He does not trust the immortals, but favors some alchemists of unknown origin and often orders them to prepare new elixirs. Even the affairs of Kunlun Mountain are often handed over to his favored alchemists.

All these signs made this suicide explosion an inevitable outcome.

According to Jiang Shaoying's description, when the Immortal Lord blew himself up and died, flames shot up into the sky. It was impossible that he was the only one who saw it. It wouldn't take long for the news to spread throughout the entire Kunlun Immortal Mountain.

Perhaps even the Demon Cult will realize this fact.

Kunlun Mountain, as huge as it is, is now in a situation of being leaderless.

Apart from the several thousand monks who died in the explosion, there are still more than 40,000 people on the mountain. All of them have strong skills. However, without a unified command, they will be like a pile of scattered sand and will be unable to fight against the Demon Cult.

The most urgent task should be to support the eldest son of the old Immortal Lord to succeed the Immortal Lord.

Eldest son...

The information immediately appeared in Li Yuebai's mind.

Yu Pengzhi's eldest son is named Yu Tianliu. He has reached adulthood and has mastered both swordplay and Taoism. In everyone's mind, he is the only choice to be the next Immortal Lord.

Now that Yu Pengzhi has passed away, the most urgent task is to quickly let Yu Tianliu take the throne of the Immortal Lord, stabilize the people's hearts, and then take charge of the overall situation and fight against the Demon Cult.

However, Yu Tianliu... was not in Kunlun Fairy Mountain at all at this time.

Ten days ago, he had led 5,000 monks to leave Kunlun and march to Jiuli.

Kunlun is located in the northwest and Jiuli is located in the southwest. Even if the sword is guided by the wind, it will take ten days to arrive.

Yu Tianliu should have just arrived in Jiuli at this moment. Not counting the time for delivering the message, even if he turned back immediately, it would take at least ten days to return to Kunlun.

The battle was like a fire. Ten days was too long for Kunlun, who was surrounded by the evil sect.

…

The next morning, Li Yuebai was woken up.

This body has practiced Taoism for many years, and its mental power is sharp. Even if there is no real noise outside, it can feel that countless people have come to the courtyard. Those people all hold their breath and seem to be afraid to disturb him, but the aura they exude can still be detected by him.

Li Yuebai slowly opened his eyes and stood up.

He was not panicked. Judging from the aura of those people outside the door, they were all from Kunlun Fairy Mountain, not the Demon Cult. The Demon Cult would not attack here for a while.

"Master." Jiang Shaoying and Xiao Ai's voices came from outside the door: "Master, someone wants to see you."

The two children usually spoke in a very informal manner, but now they were very quiet and serious.

"Who?" Li Yuebai asked in a deep voice.

The people outside the door were silent for a while, and then one by one introduced their names.

Every time he heard a name, Li Yuebai's heart tightened a little.

Today, the people who came to his door were all well-known figures on Kunlun Immortal Mountain, the Immortal Lord's right-hand men, such as Priest Yun, Master Su, and Dharma Protector Li...

After the names were announced, it took a long time before the door slowly opened.

Outside the door, there was a yard full of people, each of them had an extraordinary demeanor, some holding whisks, some wearing long swords at their waists. For a moment, the yard was filled with beautiful trees and graceful figures.

Li Yuebai slowly stepped out of the doorstep. Seeing this, everyone looked at each other, nodded, and then bowed to Li Yuebai in unison.

"Master Mu, this is a critical moment for Kunlun Immortal Mountain!"

"Master Mu, I hope you will put the overall situation first..."

"Master Mu, you are the only one who can take on this important task."

…

The array is too large.

Li Yuebai felt a little dizzy for a moment.

He had seen and experienced many cases of people coming to others for help, but he had never experienced this - all the big figures from the entire immortal cultivation sect gathered in one place and made the same request in unison. The sense of pressure was really too heavy.

"Everyone, what brings you to my humble home?" He had no choice but to respond.

"Master Mu, please stop joking. You must have known the current situation - the army of the Demon Cult has arrived at the foot of the mountain, the Immortal Lord has unfortunately passed away, the Kunlun Immortal Mountain is shaking with wind and rain, and everyone is in grief..." said an immortal.

"Yes, now, only you can save the situation." Someone else said.

"Although we hold important positions, we are unable to shoulder the heavy responsibility. Only you, Master Mu, can save 50,000 disciples from the dire straits!"

…

"I have been idle for many years and I am not familiar with any affairs." Li Yuebai sighed: "I am afraid I will disappoint you."

Everyone's faces froze, but they still insisted on their request, and heaped all the compliments on him. One said that Mu Qingning was a genius from the past, and another said that Mu Qingning was the originator of military tactics, as if they suddenly realized this huge fact.

Li Yuebai sorted out his memories - in the many years that Mu Qingning had given him leisure, these immortals had never mentioned a word about him, and all those military exploits had either been taken away or forgotten.

For so many years, Mu Qingning was of course happy to hide away in peace and quiet, but now that the crisis has come, he can no longer hide in peace and quiet.