After the world collapsed

Chapter 139
When Song Shenzong's large troops rushed back to Xiaoyaozong from Qingqiu Mountain, two days had passed since the battle took place, during which time Xiao Yicai also sat in the attic outside the mountain gate for two days.

Even after he learned of Song Zhi's death, he still didn't leave here.

When the news came that day, when the sword formation was broken, everyone was surprised to find that Song Zhi's body was beside the Zhenyan Seven Tribulations formation, and they couldn't see it until the surrounding heavy sword formation was broken.

There were many fatal sword wounds on his body, and he had already lost his vitality and died.

Song Shenzong learned the news immediately after he came back, and his answer was almost the same as that of Xiao Yicai that day.

"I see……"

Even though there were many indications that Song Zhi might be the traitor, Song Shenzong was still willing to believe in this clan brother, and before leaving, he temporarily handed over the power to him.

It's just that he didn't expect to meet again. According to the scene, he may have bumped into the traitor when he came here to inspect the guardian formation, and then he was killed by him.

Why did Song Zhihui come to inspect the sect-protecting sword array? Naturally, it was Song Shenzong's order before he left. The reason why Song Shenzong boldly handed over the sect to him temporarily was to tell him that with this magic circle, there was no force to stop it. Threat to Xiaoyaozong.

I just didn't expect this to happen.

As for those captured alive, their identities were easily known after interrogation.

They come from many different sects, and these sects are all second-rate or even third-rate sects in Qianyuan Realm.

The person who united these sects and attacked the Xiaoyao Sect was Jing Yuanjiang, the deputy leader of the Xianmeng.Song Shenzong also inferred from the description of his fellow disciples that the person who directed the sneak attack outside Qingqiu Mountain that day was Jing Rong, the son of Jing Yuanjiang.

It was not because of his father's influence that Jing Rong succeeded in taking the position of Imperial Master of Xianmeng at a young age.

He was the same year as Song Shenzong, both of them were [-] years old, and they were both in the middle stage of foundation establishment, but when the immortal meteor came, one of the immortal mansions controlled by the immortal alliance belonged to him. It is not necessarily true that his cultivation has reached the late stage of foundation establishment.

As for why they suddenly attacked Xiaoyaozong as high-ranking members of the Xianmeng, we had to mention the evolution history of the Xianmeng.

The Immortal Alliance was initially initiated by the two top sects of the Qianyuan Realm, and then jointly established the Immortal Alliance with several other major sects of the Liyuan Realm and the Kunyuan Realm.

The original purpose was to unite with top forces in other realms to stabilize its own position in the territory.

How to consolidate?It's not about killing them all. On the contrary, they acted as peacemakers in the world of cultivating immortals, and even joined forces to help some weak sects resist foreign invasion and preserve their inheritance.

These sects in the world of cultivating immortals expand and invade other forces for nothing more than two purposes, one is resources, and the other is inheritance.

These two points are actually interrelated and cannot be separated.

Mineral veins, relics and other resources have always been the object of competition by many forces. In ancient times, the powers were divided into groups, and there are still many relics left to the present. Although after so many years, those more obvious relics or ancient inheritances have long been discovered. , but who knows how many treasures are left somewhere in Kyushu.

Before Xianyun, the competition for spirit veins in the world of cultivating immortals was the main conflict among various forces, because spiritual energy was needed for cultivation, and the speed of obtaining spiritual energy from spirit stones was much higher than that from the outside world.

Therefore, the major sects strengthen their own strength, plunder resources such as spiritual veins to speed up their cultivation, and then recruit disciples to continue to expand, thus forming a cycle.

It wasn't until the emergence of the Xianmeng that this phenomenon eased up. As a result, more forces chose to join the Xianmeng to seek refuge. As the leaders of the Xianmeng, they naturally increased their prestige.

Gradually, these top sects were no longer satisfied within their own realm, and they extended their power to the Immortal Alliance covering the three realms.

At this time, the scale of the Xianmeng is also getting bigger and bigger and the personnel turnover caused by a long time. At the same time, the composition of the Xianmeng that is above the three domains is becoming more and more complicated. Each sect will cultivate its own power in the Xianmeng. In order to gain more benefits from it.

The Immortal Alliance was originally jointly maintained and managed by several top sects in the three realms of Qianyuan Realm, Liyuan Realm and Kunyuan Realm. The faint leader of these people was Zhao Xianbing from Qianyuan Realm.

Originally, the Qianyuan Realm was the largest among the three realms, both in terms of resources and strength, and the Qianyuan Realm was the top. Zhao Xianbing took the opportunity to win over the top sects in the other two realms. In this way, most of the sects in the Qianyuan Realm and Li Yuan The top sects of the Qianyuan Realm and the Kunyuan Realm were twisted into a single rope. In this way, the victims were some small forces in the Qianyuan Realm and other forces in the other two realms.

The Immortal Alliance is powerful, uniting the top sects of the three realms, which makes the other forces below can only endure and steal their lives.

But the appearance of Jing Yuanjiang broke this situation.

He entered the Immortal League as a casual cultivator to seek work, and for so many years relied on his own strength and brains to climb to the highest point of the Immortal Alliance's power.

When Zhao Xianbing retreated, the deputy leader secretly established a system of his own to check and balance the union of several top sects in the Xianmeng.

Jing Yuanjiang believes that the Immortal League should be independent from the relationship between the major sects in the three domains, so that they can perform their duties fairly.

That's why he made this decision. The basis of their formation is the many second- and third-rate small forces, who claim to break away from the original rotten fairy alliance and establish a brand new fair fairy alliance.

On the surface, the Xianmeng is still a whole, but in fact it is divided into two forces secretly.

The top sects such as Zhao Xianbing are called the old alliance, and Jing Yuanjiang's side is naturally the new alliance.

The reason for forming a new alliance and breaking away from the old alliance is naturally that they can't understand the hands of the major sects reaching into the immortal alliance. If this continues, the immortal alliance will sooner or later become a puppet of several major sects.

When Zhao Xianbing left the customs, he found that the sky had changed, and it was no longer entirely up to a few of them or a few big sects to make decisions, but they had nothing to do with Jing Yuanjiang.

From the point of view of cultivation, although Jing Yuanjiang is a junior, he is almost the same as him, and now the Xianmeng is clearly divided. The two sides were at a stalemate for a while.

As for why Xinmeng attacked Xiaoyaozong at this time?
One is because of the original suzerain.

The 500 years of Yijian Xiaoyao refers to the power of the first suzerain, which caused all the sects in the southeast region to move away from here, and no one dared to set foot here.

Before that, no one knew whether the expert who opened up the Xiaoyao Sect with a single sword still existed or not, and his absence did not mean that he disappeared, so even the disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect did not know where the first suzerain went, but The remaining prestige he left behind still prevented other forces from invading the southeast region.

The second is because of the existence of Xianmeng.

If it were not for the protection of the Immortal League, someone might have come here to take the risk. Such a large area is completely occupied by the Xiaoyao Sect, and it has long been looked down upon by countless sects.

Therefore, after Xiaoyaozong joined the Xianmeng, there were many people who cultivated himself. For example, the imperial teacher Wang Shi was from Xiaoyaozong.It is precisely because these people's status in the Immortal League is getting higher and higher, combined with the remaining prestige of the first suzerain, this has allowed Xiaoyaozong to occupy the southeast region alone for so many years without being disturbed.

Until the arrival of Xianyun, under Xianyun, regardless of your cultivation level, you will be treated equally, and the higher your cultivation level, the more affected you will be.

Some people think that even if the first suzerain is cultivated to the sky, he still can't escape the backlash of Yuanli, so someone called Xiaoyaozong's attention.

The high-level officials of the new alliance have long been displeased with Xiaoyaozong's behavior, and the monopoly of so many resources depends on the protection of those high-level officials in the old alliance.

So this suppression will come sooner or later after the new alliance is formed, but Song Shenzong didn't expect the other party to come so fast, and the attack is a bit too heavy.

It seems that the new alliance wants to use Xiaoyaozong to establish its prestige, so as to show their determination to overthrow the old alliance.

The suppression came quickly because the news that all the elders of the Xiaoyao Sect had disappeared for a long time was leaked, which made the enemy so unscrupulous.

Song Shenzong looked at the densely packed corpses of fellow disciples on the Shanmen Square, his eyes were already cold.

He felt that if Xiao Yicai hadn't released the news that the Zongmen general election was about to be held on the day Xiao Yicai entered the Sword Tomb, then the sneak attack might have come even faster.

This is a long-planned attack against Xiaoyaozong.

Ever since Cong Lingshan was attacked, everything had been planned by the other party. Xiao Yicai's entry into the Sword Tomb, including his Shattering Pill, had all been calculated by the other party.

The purpose of letting Xiao Yicai enter the Sword Tomb was undoubtedly to weaken Xiaoyaozong's strength on paper, and he planned to use the position of acting suzerain to create estrangement within Xiaoyaozong.

At this juncture, he attacked the sect again and caught the Xiaoyao sect by surprise.

Perhaps the enemy seems to have changed his strategy after hearing the news of the general election of the Zongmen, and wants to fight both ways at the end of the general election, and cut off the future inheritance of Xiaoyaozong by the way.

It's just that they didn't expect that Xiao Yicai didn't want to be the acting suzerain in the first place, and even though he had a high prestige in the sect, his colleagues in the sect also knew that Xiao Yicai was not like being the acting suzerain. Several changes after becoming the acting suzerain made everyone in the Xiaoyao Sect more cohesive.

What surprised the enemy the most was that Xiao Yicai was able to return from the sword mound, and brought back two nearly invincible sword intents.

Because there was their backhand in the sword mound, Xiao Yicai would definitely die if he entered it, but this backhand was also dealt with by Jiang Tianshi.

Apart from these accidental factors, the enemy's strategy can be said to be complete. Even now, Song Shenzong still can't figure out who is the traitor in the sect, who can pass all the important information in the sect to the enemy.

What Song Shenzong didn't know was that Cong Lingshan and the others had already been attacked once in advance on the way back to the sect.

All he knows now is that since Xinmeng dares to take their Xiaoyaozong as the top bird to fight, no matter what your status is and how many forces are behind you, you will definitely pay the price several times.

Otherwise, he, the acting suzerain, would not be able to explain to the returning Fang Xianling and others in the future.

(End of this chapter)