Chapter 304 Danzong's Hidden Background
"The Immortal Sect wants to borrow disciples, naturally for the sake of confidentiality."
"So even if they had to break the Immortal Rules and keep the secret, how could they come back alive as promised by the Immortal Sect?"
"this……"
Danyangzi opened his mouth, but was suddenly speechless.
He did feel that the five major sects, including the Wendao Sect and the Lingjian Mountain, were quite friendly when they came this time. Except for the Yuheng Palace, which was a bit tough in its response, there was no aggressive attitude. He felt that perhaps it would not be a big deal to lend them disciples.
But he overlooked that if he really needed to borrow Danzong disciples to return to the mountain, then once these Danzong disciples were used up, there would be no chance for them to go down the mountain.
Sure enough, if the world is peaceful for too long, it will really wear down people's vigilance.
Yuan Li tilted his hand slightly, used a white candle to light the sandalwood and said, "If Dan Zong compromises today, what they will get in return will be endless pressure. Besides, what they want to refine is not a good thing, which is contrary to the teachings of our Dan Zong..."
"What exactly do those immortal sects want to refine?"
"You just need to know that if it's a good thing, you don't need to carry it on your back."
Yuan Li blew out the incense with a murmur, looking at the curling white smoke, his deep eyes like a dark whirlpool.
After hearing this, Dan Yangzi and others looked at each other and nodded slightly.
It seems that the head teacher must be aware of the origins of those precious materials, which is why he is so resistant.
At this time, Yuan Li inserted the sandalwood into the incense burner in front of him, knelt down and stood up: "Back then, our Dan Sect was torn apart and the disciples in the sect were enslaved for a hundred years. If we borrow disciples today, how can we face our ancestors? This is what Dan Sect people should do. Either live or die."
"Brother, what you said is absolutely right..."
As the ancestral hall suddenly became quiet, the sandalwood began to burn slowly downwards.
Soon, the sky gradually darkened, and the breeze around the mountains began to become stronger, causing the lush greenery on the top of the mountain to sway to the west.
Under these strong winds, more than twenty in-law families including Jin, Jing, Xu, and Bie appeared in the mountains and stood between Danxiaping and Yuheng Palace.
Soon, the sect elder Dan Xunzi stepped into the ancestral hall filled with incense and bowed to Yuan Li who was kneeling on the cushion.
"Master, the Lian family, Gong family, Sha family and Pu family have left the mountain."
Yuan Li couldn't help but look up when he heard this: "Seeing that a storm was coming, you left?"
Dan Xunzi nodded and said, "Not long after the meeting in Kaiyang Palace, he left from the back mountain. He did not inform us of the Dan Sect before he left."
Before Yuan Li could speak, Dan Yangzi frowned angrily: "It's okay for the Gong and Pu families, they are already in decline and there are not many strong people, but how can the Lian and Sha families be like this? The elixirs we give them every year are something that even the Immortal Sect would be jealous of!"
"Brother Yang, some noble families may not be grateful for what you have done."
"They are so heartless and ruthless. It's a pity that my senior brother married his two granddaughters to them!"
Dan Xunzi pursed his lips when he saw this: “Yuan Cai and Yuan Jie were also taken down the mountain by them.”
Dan Yangzi clenched his fists after hearing this: "Do they think that our Dan Sect will definitely be destroyed and killed this time, and they will still have elixirs to use if they bring the two back?"
Dan Xunzi did not respond, but this was considered a tacit agreement, and thus a fierce wave of abuse broke out in the entire ancestral hall.
Yuan Li was silent for a long time, then waved his hand to everyone with a gloomy face: "Forget it, everyone has their own aspirations. Seeing the Xian Sect joining forces to attack, it is normal for people to be timid. We are not qualified to ask them to die for our Dan Sect."
Dan Yangzi was furious: "When we got married, we gave people and elixirs, but that's not what they said."
"In this kind of battle, the strong are the key. There is no one worth relying on among these four families. It won't affect the battle situation without them. It's a pity that my Caiwei is a little willful after all..."
"This can't be blamed on Caiwei..."
Yuan Li sighed softly upon hearing this: "I don't blame her either, I just had no choice but to take my disciples to die when the disaster struck."
In the past, Danzong has always tried to win over the surrounding small families by forming marriages with them to strengthen its ability to resist risks, but it was on guard against forming marriages with families that were too powerful.
In a stable era, this is indeed a good solution. It ensures one's independence and prevents some villains from having any evil intentions.
But when the world becomes chaotic, the drawbacks here are fully exposed.
Because in the face of powerful forces, the forces they have won over seem too small.
In fact, Yuan Li had been worried about this problem for a long time, so he had put a lot of thought into Yuan Caiwei's marriage, hoping to change the situation of Danzong.
Especially since the chaos in Qingyun Tianxia was becoming more and more frequent, he felt that he had to be on guard.
You Buyu was not the first one he chose for his daughter. In fact, there were countless of them before, all of whom were people of noble status, just for the purpose of gaining greater support.
It’s a pity that the daughter kept delaying her marriage, so that she had no way out when the disaster struck.
After Yuan Li came back to his senses, he walked out of the ancestral hall and went up to the top floor of the bedroom with a group of elders. Then he looked at the distant mountains, waiting for the night to fall.
As they waited, they suddenly saw a figure appear on the distant mountains.
He was holding a long sword in his hand, and walking along the ridge in white clothes, with his head lowered as if he was looking for something, as if he was going to bring some mountain products back.
After recognizing him, the elders of Danzong couldn't help but look back at Yuan Li, and saw that the headmaster was also looking at that figure.
There is a rebellious disciple in Tianshu Academy named Ji You. Many people think that he meets the previous standards of Danzong for choosing a son-in-law.
Because he has no aristocratic family and no one to rely on, but he is quite talented, so he can be directly recruited as a son-in-law to live in the mountains. Moreover, he and my daughter seem to be in love with each other, so it would be a good idea to marry my daughter to him.
But the reason why Yuan Li disagreed later was because he was worried about the current situation.
At this moment, the sun slowly set in his pupils, and the last ray of light spread across the sky, which was thrilling.
And after this last ray of daylight, the night slowly climbs along the sky.
At the same time, in the Yaoguang Palace on the top of Danshan Mountain.
All the female alchemists who were in the upper five realms were looking out through the windows, watching anxiously as the light in the sky was swallowed up bit by bit, with the poison pills in their hands tightly grasped.
At this time, Yuan Chen walked out of the deepest retreat room with a pale face.
He had just learned about what Danzong was facing. He walked into the front hall and looked around, and saw Yuan Bingqing standing in front of the hall door: "Sister Qing, where is my sister? Have you seen my sister?"
Yuan Bingqing turned and looked at him: "Follow me."
Yuan Chen immediately followed Yuan Bingqing out of the hall, and saw Yuan Caiwei standing in front of the hall door: "Sister..."
Yuan Caiwei turned to look at Yuan Chen when she heard the voice: "What are you doing here?"
"I...I'm worried about you and Dad, and my mom."
"Aunt Rong was sent away, and Dad is fine. The Immortal Sect disciples waited for a day hoping that he would figure it out on his own, because they didn't dare to kill him, let alone the head of an Immortal Sect."
Yuan Chen opened his mouth: "Really...?"
Yuan Caiwei nodded: "Master Ji said that even if it is the supreme Immortal Sect, after so many years of hypocrisy, it will not easily reveal its dirty heart. What they want most is to capture the Dan Sect disciples they need and let the Dan Sect be safe and sound for the world to see, even if it is just an empty shell."
"Brother-in-law? Where is my brother-in-law now?"
"I don't know..."
There are not only female disciples in Yaoguang Hall, but also male disciples such as Hong Zhen, Wen Bin, Lu Ze and others are guarding outside.
Hearing the conversation between the siblings, they couldn't help but look back slightly.
Danzong was facing a disaster now, murderous intent was spreading everywhere at the foot of the mountain, and their saintly junior sister was still treating the words of a disciple from Tianshuyuan as a life-saving straw, which made them feel uncomfortable.
Indeed, this statement is true.
If one of the seven great immortal sects were to perish as a result, it would definitely be a major event that would shock the world. When everyone in the Qingyun world sees the immortal sects behaving in this way, they would feel insecure.
So even if it is an empty shell, they will keep Danzong.
But with a powerful enemy at hand, what use is just empty words of comfort?
Hong Zhen and Wen Bin turned to Yuan Caiwei at this time: "Junior sister, please take Junior Brother Yuanchen and Junior Sister Bingqing back to the palace. It's not safe outside the palace."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Bingqing also pulled Yuan Caiwei back: "Yes, Senior Sister, let's go back to the palace first."
"You guys go back, I want to stay here..."
"Junior sister, don't act on impulse. Nothing will change if you stay here."
Yuan Caiwei did not reply after hearing this, but just clenched her jade hands, determined to stay here.
In fact, this is not the first time that Hong Zhen, Wen Bin and others have advised her.
When all the female disciples entered the hall at 3 p.m., she was standing in front of the hall door, looking down the mountain, unwilling to enter the hall.
Hong Zhen and others could not understand her behavior, but seeing that she had not changed her mind, they stopped persuading her.
In their view, if the disciples of the Immortal Sect killed all of the Dan Sect's in-laws and captured the leader and came here, then there would be no difference between inside and outside the hall.
They could use threats of life and death to force the headmaster to remove the protection of the holy weapon, or directly kill the holder of the holy weapon.
The Immortal Sect does need to take the world into consideration and is unwilling to kill everyone.
But that is the best outcome they need, not their bottom line, because if it really comes to the last moment, no one knows what will happen.
Therefore, for those disciples guarding the periphery, if death is the end, then dying together with Junior Sister Caiwei would be a good choice.
While thinking, Wen Bin suddenly took out a jade pendant from his pocket: "Junior sister..."
The sound had just appeared and had not yet reached the ears of the people around when it was instantly drowned out by a roar that rose into the sky.
At this moment, everyone's eyes reflected countless fairy lights splashing at the foot of the mountain and falling heavily on Danxiaping.
The people from the five major immortal sects really chose to take action at nightfall.
Just as they were stunned, a strong wind caused by magic swept up the mountains and forests, bending countless thousand-year-old pines. The powerful energy directly caused the disciples guarding the temple gate to stagger and their faces turned pale instantly.
Alchemists do not practice the Way of Heaven, so in essence, they are not that different from ordinary people.
In addition, they seldom go down the mountain, and they only hear stories about immortal cultivators from hearsay, so it is difficult for them to know how powerful they are.
Until this moment, when the mere aura of the collision of magic was enough to make them unable to stand steadily, they found that it was far beyond their imagination, and the despair in their hearts doubled.
"To be so strong..."
"A palace has collapsed. This immortal sect's magic..."
In the thick darkness of the night, the mountain wind howled incessantly, like the howling of an evil ghost.
On the top floor of the master's bedroom below the Yaoguang Palace, under the eaves with bright lights hanging, the Danzong master and a group of elders were looking towards the direction of Danxiaping with solemn expressions.
In their semi-secluded state, they seldom saw conflicts between immortal sects, and even when they went to the Tiandao Association, they went to the holy land of the sages to repair the broken space.
At this moment, as the spiritual energy rolled all over the sky, they also felt shocked.
First it was Shanhai Pavilion, then Lingjian Mountain, and then the Dao Sect...
One after another, those disciples of the immortal sect came like a dark cloud covering the area, and then exploded instantly at the moment when the spiritual energy accumulated.
boom--
In the blazing flames, a powerful hammer came crashing down.
The moment the heavy hammer fell, the ground of the entire Danxiaping rolled up like waves, and the nine mysterious pillars collapsed bit by bit under the impact of the violent spiritual power, and the rubble flew like a rainstorm.
The man holding the hammer was as big as a mountain. When he dropped the hammer, he attacked directly towards the nine steps behind Danxiaping.
At the same time, several immortal lights directly distorted the few remaining immortal lights, and followed closely behind, stepping up the stairs.
"clank!"
At this moment, two jet-black sword lights fell from the ninth step. Before the blades arrived, the cold murderous intent had already rolled down like a tide, pressing down directly on the heavy hammer.
Amid the deafening sound of metal clashing, a circle of energy visible to the naked eye swept out, and the stone steps paved with white jade were shattered in an instant.
Before the knife light faded, the man holding the hammer roared wildly, suddenly raised his arms, and smashed down fiercely.
He practiced the secret art of force field and fire. The blazing fire waves roared out like an angry dragon, carrying with them a heavy energy, and met the two breathtaking sword lights again.
At the same time, disciples of the Immortal Sect leaped into the air like a tide from the moment the sword and hammer faced each other, surrounded by various spiritual lights, sword beams, and the light of magic weapons interweaving into a dazzling torrent, and flew towards the mountain.
But at the same time, behind the two black swords, there were more dense figures coming all over the mountains, meeting the disciples of the Immortal Sect who were coming up the mountain.
“Buzz!”
It was a sword energy coming from the Rong Dao Realm of Lingjian Mountain. At first, it was just a ray of light in the night, but in the blink of an eye it turned into silver moonlight, pouring down mightily.
Wherever the sword light passed, a cloud of blood mist instantly exploded on the white jade steps.
In the first wave of chaotic collision, countless relatives of Danzong were killed or injured, with body parts scattered all over the ground, and bright red blood flowing across the white jade steps.
"father!"
"Don't let your mind be disturbed!"
The head of the Jin family, who was wielding two swords together to fight the enemy, shouted loudly, and then, holding swords, he and his son once again faced the elder of the Shanhai Pavilion who was holding a hammer.
There are countless aristocratic families in Qingyun World, but not all of them are on good terms with the Immortal Sect.
There are also some aristocratic families who, due to some historical reasons, were excluded and suppressed by the immortal sect and were trapped at the bottom and unable to turn over.
In fact, Danzong has been secretly trying to win over these noble families, and the Jin family, where father and son are now fighting the enemy with both swords, is one of them.
Because of past grudges, they had been suppressed by one of the branches of the Chen Immortal Clan. Decades ago, they had been on the brink of decline and ruin, and only managed to turn things around after forming an alliance with the Dan Sect.
So for them, if the Dan Sect was destroyed, their family's luck would be drained away, so it would be better to fight to the death.
The patriarch of the Jin family suddenly turned his blade, his whole body filled with energy, nine golden ripples instantly exploded on the blade, and the blade light burst out.
In the chaos, the whistling energy spread across the entire mountain.
The sword energy and the knife lights came crashing down like waves.
Faced with the murderous intent that was powerful enough to shatter the light of the sky, the descendants of the aristocratic families of the in-laws instantly clasped their hands and summoned countless clan magic weapons to meet the attack.
The cage named Kuntian can summon a black pestle of thunder and lightning, a golden lotus that shoots poisonous thorns like a rainstorm, thunder and fire interweave with blood mist, the sound of golden spears is like a thunder array, and the collision like mountains and seas makes the entire Dan Sect turn over like a dragon on the ground.
The children of aristocratic families are indeed at a great disadvantage compared to the disciples of the Immortal Sect, but the thing that the Alchemy Sect has the most is money.
They had always been prepared for danger and had long ago stockpiled many magical instruments as their foundation. Now, all of them were in the hands of their in-laws' families, directly blocking the Immortal Sect's attack on the mountain.
However, magical weapons are just miscellaneous tools after all, otherwise there would definitely be families in this world that rely on refining weapons as their foundation.
So during this attack and defense, the blood flowers on the ninth level of white jade exploded even more brilliantly.
Most of the casualties were children of the in-laws’ families.
Seeing the corpses scattered all over the mountain, the disciples in Yaoguang Palace were filled with despair.
They couldn't see the specific details of the battle, but they could see the movement of the crowd like the sea.
The Dan Sect’s in-laws’ families were numerous and seemed even more powerful than the opposing side, but they were defeated step by step under the fierce attack of the Xian Sect’s disciples, with countless casualties.
"It's ridiculous that there are people who have reached the perfection of the lower three realms coming here to join the battle. Don't you feel heartbroken when you, the pill families, send your children and grandchildren here to die? Or do you think that you can stop the power of the Immortal Sect with magic weapons?"
"To resist to the end is like a moth flying into a flame."
"Kill them, quickly!"
In the chaotic skylight, the disciples of the Immortal Sect had a proud look on their faces, with immortal light surging all over their bodies, and they fell down with a bang in the blooming immortal light.
There is indeed a chain of contempt among the cultivators in the world, with the immortal sects at the top, and the thousand-year-old families second.
However, these noble families that depend on Danzong are no different from lowly creatures in the eyes of the disciples of the Immortal Sect. Even if they have endless magical weapons in their hands, they can only delay time.
But they overlooked one thing.
This is Danzong.
The father and son of the Jin family worked together to defeat the man with the hammer, and then took out a red pill from their arms and swallowed it.
In an instant, the aura around the two of them surged.
The dark blade light slashed down like the night, and the man holding the hammer flew backwards with a bang.
At about the same time, the people standing on the ninth step also took the pills and gathered their strength to fight.
But at this moment, a powerful breath suddenly whizzed past from the mountains in the east, instantly making everyone's hearts tremble.
In just a moment, the human wall of the Danzong's in-laws' families, which was like a tsunami, was instantly torn apart, and the broken corpses rolled down the white jade steps to the ground, and the sticky and hot blood plasma was splashed all over.
Wenda Sect went to discuss the matter. Huo Yu from Shanhai Pavilion, Chen Ke from the Chen family, Yan Jingfu from Lingjian Mountain, and Chu Hong from Xuanyuan Immortal Mansion, five great masters of the Immortal Sect, set foot on the mountain at this moment.
Under the night sky, the majestic energy was like the roar of a tiger or a dragon, and the mountains could tremble with a single wave of his hand.
In the end, he was stopped by a dozen gray-haired figures and barely blocked before the fourth level.
This is Danzong's strongest line of defense, and all the people inside are ancestors of the in-laws' families.
Most of them have already crossed the threshold of Yingtian Realm and are already well-known among the aristocratic families.
At this time, as the five people were intercepted, all the old men guarding the mountain took the pills in their hands.
The old figure suddenly became strong under the effect of the medicine, and his meridians suddenly became like a dragon, emitting endless and vast fairy light.
"It seems that the Dan Sect is not resisting without thinking. They are underestimated by the whole world..."
Shang Que couldn't help but mutter to himself, and a cold look flashed between his eyes.
Some of those magical instruments have never appeared in the world. I think Danzong privately asked someone to make them for them, and they have long been prepared for the possibility of being attacked by others.
The most important thing is those elixirs, which they have never heard of. They are probably their private collection that has never been revealed for today.
Such a foundation is enough to crush a thousand-year-old family.
However, if external objects could really defeat the laws of nature, they would not need to practice so hard.
When asking for advice, Taoist Sect rolled up his sleeves and a bronze disc flew out of his sleeves. The powerful energy had already condensed into substance. He pressed down with his big hand and directly shattered the replica of the holy weapon, the three-legged furnace, in the distance.
Huo Yu also flew into the air, and when he clasped his hands together, an illusory mountain appeared and pushed towards him.
Then came the majestic sword energy, the cold iron knife, and a pair of blazing red palms, all of which came crashing down.
In just a moment, the dozen or so white-haired old ancestors were shocked to the point of having their blood boiling and their declining condition becoming apparent. If it weren't for their numerical advantage, they would have been unable to fight back.
Seeing this scene, everyone on the mountain, whether it was the head sect elders or the disciples, turned pale.
boom!
The five men attacked again and killed the old men fiercely.
As the power of the medicine began to dissipate, these ancestors of the aristocratic families began to fight desperately, but no one knew how long this could last.
Among the upper five realms, the gap in realm cannot be made up by simply the number of people and elixirs. This is known to the world, but the size of the gap at this time still exceeded the expectations of everyone in the Alchemy Sect.
However, perhaps because the battle was too intense, they did not notice that arcs of light began to flash above Dan Mountain.
(I will try my best tomorrow to see if I can get more. I beg for a monthly ticket...or2)
(End of this chapter)
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