Journey to the head

Chapter 49 Zhou Family Vassal
A hundred miles away from Yuqing Mountain, there is Spirit Snake Peak, one of the three vassals of the Yuqing Zhou family.

Huang Chengcheng surrounded Spirit Snake Peak with a defensive formation, and a large number of buildings were built on the top of the mountain.In the sect square, thirty or forty qi-training monks gathered in groups of twos and threes and talked a lot.In the main hall behind the square, four people were sitting in it, and the atmosphere was strange.

Sitting at the top was a middle-aged monk with a fair face. He sat leisurely on the main seat, picked up the teacup and took a sip: "Master Zhao, Master Wang, Master Sun, what are you still hesitating about?" What? The Zhou family is about to be destroyed, and Yuqing Mountain will soon be owned by our Chaosheng Sect. It is the right time for you to surrender and join Master Wang."

The two men and one woman sitting below looked at each other with serious expressions on their faces.After a moment of silence, the master of Spirit Snake Peak, Zhao Xianzong, stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Special Envoy Wu, the Chaosheng Sect has always been respected by us. But after all, the Zhou family, as the former sect master, has never treated me badly. Now, it is really great for us to send troops to attack. I feel uneasy. How about asking Special Envoy Wu to extend his grace for a few more days?"

The envoy Wu said coldly, "The reason for the uneasiness is that these few grassroots are still waiting and watching, not daring to take sides before the victory or defeat is decided."Then he asked the other two people: "You think so too?"

"Our three families have always advanced and retreated together." The female Head Sun replied, and Head Wang nodded in agreement.

Special Envoy Wu's face suddenly turned serious, he stood up and shouted: "Why are you so careless with me? If you really have no idea, why did you gather all the elite disciples from the three families here? You just want the Chaosheng Sect to win. Come over quickly to show your loyalty, and then eat some leftovers with the large army. When the Chaosheng clan retreats, they will sit with their troops and watch the situation change, fantasizing about maintaining an independent position!"

Having their hearts exposed, the three heads were not embarrassed. Zhao Xianzong said with a smile: "What the special envoy said is that the sufferings of our small families, how could the special envoy know about the sufferings of our small families living in the big clan. By the way, the special envoy came from afar, After a tiring journey, we here offer a little kindness to help the special envoy clear away the heat."

As he spoke, he clapped his hands, and a disciple came forward holding a jade box and respectfully presented it to Special Envoy Wu.

Special Envoy Wu squinted his eyes and opened the jade box. A blast of frost hit his face. It turned out to be a 300-year-old jade ginseng.

The market price of this ginseng plant is no less than five hundred spirit stones, which is equivalent to the output of a Qi training sect in less than half a year.

Special Envoy Wu accepted the jade ginseng, his expression softened a little, he sat down and coldly snorted: "Don't blame me for not reminding you. If you surrender now, you can still record your merits, and it will be your benefit in the future. If you have to wait until we are destroyed Zhou family, your annual tribute will probably double in the future."

"This..." These words made the three heads look bitter, and they exchanged several glances with each other.Zhao Xianzong said cautiously: "Special Envoy Wu, can you allow us to discuss something?"

Special Envoy Wu waved his hand with a smile, and the three heads filed out and placed silent musical instruments in the side hall.

The three of them discussed the skills of burning incense, and finally Zhao Xianzong sighed: "Two fellow Taoists, their arms cannot twist their thighs. The Zhou family does not have the strength to build a foundation. Even if they can barely survive this battle, they will not be able to escape the fate of destruction in the future. Surrender is necessary, let’s keep fighting to see if we can reduce some annual tribute if we surrender at this time.”

Wang and Sun nodded helplessly.

The three of them walked out of the side hall and were about to return to the main hall. Suddenly they felt the spiritual energy in the mountain peaks fluctuating violently, and their expressions changed drastically.

When he looked up, he saw a ray of light breaking into the formation!The formation was instantly activated, and streams of spiritual energy were drawn out from the spiritual veins, converging into the four shapes of green dragon, white tiger, red bird, and Xuanwu, stirring up the wind and clouds in the formation, and attacking those who broke into the formation one after another.

Zhao Xianzong hurriedly shouted: "The people in the formation tell me their names! Why did you suddenly break into my mountain gate?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the phantom of the green dragon making a crash and dissipating immediately. One of the four elephants in the formation had actually been broken!
Zhao Xianzong had a look of fear on his face, and all the disciples in the square gathered together, looking up and watching at a loss.

Zhao Xianzong raised his hand to release the flying magical weapon. Just as he was about to fly into the air, Master Wang suddenly grabbed him: "Master Zhao, this... the formation was broken so quickly. Could it be that the foundation was built?" Zhao Xianzong Zong Zheng was about to answer when he suddenly heard his disciples exclaim loudly. The Xuanwu statue was also shattered with a crash!

The three heads were all afraid, but the escaping light did not know what method it used, and it suddenly bypassed the two remaining phantoms of the Suzaku and White Tiger, broke through the formation, and landed in front of the main hall!

Everyone felt their eyes flash as four figures jumped out of a white jade flying boat.

The young monk at the head, with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the three leaders with a half-smile.Behind him, a skinny old man put away several flags with a smile.Beside him, a beautiful female cultivator held a sword and was holding a frightened monk hostage.

Seeing Zhao Xianzong, the monk who was held hostage immediately shouted: "Master, save me! Master, save me!"

This is the disciple he sent out to investigate the situation on the Yuqing Mountain battlefield!What exactly is going on?

Although at a glance, none of the three people who entered the formation were building foundations, the way they easily broke through the four-elephant formation protecting the mountain just now made the leaders of Zhao, Wang, and Sun extremely fearful.

Zhao Xianzong had a sullen face, barely keeping calm, and said with cupped hands, "Where did the three fellow Taoists come from? Why did they force their way into our Spirit Snake Peak and kidnap my disciples?"

Lu Gan quietly put away a half-consumed spirit crystal with his hands behind his back, and returned the gift: "But the master of Spirit Snake Peak, Master Zhao, is in person? I'm Lu Gan, the master of Xia Yunshan Sect, now the Yuqing Zhou Family Our allies are also entrusted by the Zhou family to come here."

As he said this, he clapped his hands and Jiang Qingfeng put the disciple back.

It turns out that Lu Gan's target is the three vassal sects of the Zhou family.The original plan was to come one by one from near to far. I didn't want the disciples of the three sects to gather at Spirit Snake Peak, which is closest to Zhou's family. There was no need to go to the other two places.

After watching the formation for a while, I noticed that the formation was a "death formation" without an formation cultivator in charge. Xuanjizi was full of confidence and bluntly said that as long as he had enough spiritual energy, he could break through it.

Just when Lu Gan was about to force his way into the formation to give the monks of the three sects a warning and make subsequent actions easier, a ray of light came straight towards the formation. It was the disciple who had inquired about the news and came back to report.

The opponent did not hesitate to enter the formation.Then he must have a token that can pass through the formation!
At that moment, Lu Gan made up his mind, and several people suddenly broke out and detained the disciple.

Although one token could only cover one person, Xuanjizi had so much experience and gained Li Zhenru's formation knowledge, his formation attainments were further improved.For formation cultivators like this, with this token, it is even more difficult to crack the formation.

Coupled with the massive spiritual energy provided by the spiritual crystal as power, this magical move was able to break through the formation in a matter of seconds, leaving a huge shadow on the leaders of the three factions.

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