Mortal: Fengling Linggen, married Chen Qiaoqian

Only a moment later, Yan Yun and others appeared on a city gate of Tianxing City.

At this time, the power of wind and fire above the giant island was constantly impacting the light blue protective shield from all directions.

Even though they were protected by the shield, the deafening and continuous thunder still made the mortals and low-level cultivators in the city feel extremely frightened and uneasy.

After all, everyone knew that although the protective shield seemed indestructible, if it continued to withstand such attacks, it was only a matter of time before it was broken by the wind and fire power outside.

Yan Yun was standing at a corner of the city gate at this moment, looking towards the island in the distance.

The scene outside the protective shield was nothing special. It was just like when he first entered, with blue and red light everywhere. Even with his magical powers, he couldn't see the scenery further away.

He glanced at the city again and saw that more than two thousand low-level monks had gathered in a hidden corner near the city gate.

They were either sitting cross-legged in meditation, or wiping their magic weapons, or arranging talismans, obviously making final preparations for battle.

The old man surnamed Zhao and the big man in purple robe also left the beast cart and discussed something with several other elders in a serious manner.

"Brother Yan, I have a favor to ask of you. I wonder if you can agree to it?"

There were footsteps behind him, but before Yan Yun turned around, a pleasant voice came first.

"What's the matter?" Yan Yun turned around, with no surprise on his face.

Ling Yuling was wearing a light green palace dress. Her face was gloomy and her brows were tightly furrowed. It seemed that she had mustered up the courage to say what she had just said after careful consideration.

"The next battle will determine the fate of our Star Palace. However, to be honest, the Star Rebel Alliance has indeed recruited many masters who used to practice in seclusion in recent years."

"Even with Brother Yan's help, our chances of winning are only 50-50. If we can win this battle, everything will be fine. There's no need to trouble Brother Yan."

"However, if we are unfortunately defeated, I hope that once Brother Yan is out of trouble, he can take the people recorded in the jade slip away and give them appropriate care."

Ling Yuling bit her teeth lightly, flipped her jade hand, and a light blue jade slip appeared in her palm. She looked at Yan Yun expectantly and said.

"It's nothing serious actually, just people I have strong family ties with."

"Although I firmly believe that there are very few people who know the relationship between me and this person, once the war starts and the Anti-Star Alliance is determined to destroy them, I cannot guarantee whether they will be safe."

"Why not ask this fellow cultivator to help and send them away safely? I'm sure you have other ways to deal with the various difficulties in crossing the vast sea of ​​stars."

At this moment, Ling Yuling was full of the aura of a person who was entrusted with the care of an orphan.

Yan Yun stared into the woman's eyes and couldn't help feeling helpless.

However, she did not interpret his silence as a rejection. Instead, it made her smile and continue:
"Of course, I will not let you return empty-handed. I remember clearly that my father had reached an agreement with you to lend a hand three times earlier."

"Now that you have assisted me in fighting Wan Tianming, it has been considered as fulfilling one of the promises."

"If Your Excellency is willing to take on this mission, no matter what the outcome of this battle is, is it really necessary for Your Excellency to do it yourself?"

"I will regard you as having fulfilled the second agreement. I wonder if this condition can satisfy you?"

"Fellow Daoist Ling, you must think carefully. I once promised your father that I would rescue you three times when your life was threatened."

"You wasted an opportunity so easily. I'm afraid this is not in line with the original intention of the two saints."

Yan Yun pondered for a moment and said with a twinkling look in his eyes.

"Of course I understand this!"

"But now that I have become the master of the Star Palace, if this war is really lost, then the Star Palace's thousand-year heritage will be destroyed. What is the meaning of the remaining two rescue opportunities?"

"It's better to make sure my relatives are safe first."

"As for myself, I have the strength of a mid-Nascent Soul, which should be enough to protect myself under normal circumstances."

The woman sighed softly.

Yan Yun looked at the sadness in her eyes for a long time before answering expressionlessly:
"Okay, since Fellow Daoist Ling is so insistent, I can accept this deal. If you lose this time, I will try my best to take them away from the Star Sea."

"With Brother Yan's words, Yu Ling no longer has to worry. I believe that with your great cultivation, even if you lose this battle, it will be easy for you to retreat unscathed."

Ling Yuling's face was filled with smiles, and she looked charming and beautiful.

Yan Yun just smiled slightly, turned his head and looked outside the city again.

Having received the promise, Ling Yuling tactfully stopped disturbing Yan Yun and left quietly on her own.

A few hours later, after the sound transmission note confirmed that everyone was ready, the gates of Tianxing City opened one after another.

Tens of thousands of monks filed out from various city gates, quickly passed through the light blue light curtain, and disappeared in the green and red light formed by the power of wind and fire.

This move by Xinggong immediately attracted the attention of the monks of the Anti-Star Alliance.

The Anti-Star Alliance quickly dispatched a large number of monks to meet the enemy, while the remaining personnel fully drove the entire formation to its maximum power.

Although this formation does not have much impact on cultivators above the Jindan stage, it still has great lethality to cultivators in the foundation-building stage.

So when the giant pillars of wind and fire in the formation were activated, the originally calm blue-red light suddenly churned violently, and blue-red light balls gradually condensed into shape and then exploded on their own.

Inside the formation, there was radiant light and constant roaring sounds.

If an ordinary human cultivator stepped into this magic circle without any precautions, he would probably be swallowed up by the power of wind and fire in an instant.

In this huge and fierce battle, Xinggong had obviously made careful plans and preparations.

When the power of the magic circle was fully demonstrated, a colorful protective light shield appeared on almost every cultivator.

These light shields blocked the fierce attacks of the wind and fire forces. Although they failed to cause much damage to the low-level monks of the Star Palace, they undoubtedly played a vital protective role.

At this critical moment, the monks of the Anti-Star Alliance who launched attacks from around the giant pillars encountered opponents from the Star Palace.

The two sides soon engaged in a fierce fight inside the formation, and the shouts were deafening.

Almost at the same time, somewhere on the edge of the formation, there was a wind and fire pillar that was three hundred feet high and as big in diameter as a hill.

Several monks stood proudly, their eyes slightly closed and their gazes looking into the distance.

The leader was a middle-aged man wearing purple clothes, a jade belt around his waist, with a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes.

He had his hands behind his back. It was Wan Tianming, whom Yan Yun had seen many times in Xutian Palace.

At this moment, his expression was much calmer and steady than before.

Not far behind him stood a pale old man and an elderly woman dressed in bright red and green clothes.

The two were also watching the battle in the magic circle, their expressions were quite serious. "It seems that the Xing Palace has come out in full force this time. They are willing to consume so many mid-level talismans at once, which is probably enough to bankrupt an ordinary sect."

The pale old man whispered to himself.

He was the cultivator named Long who fled in a hurry when Yan Yun broke into the magic circle.

"The other party is just burning their boats by doing this."

"Maybe it has something to do with the person who broke into Star City that day!"

Wan Tianming, however, had a calm expression and spoke in a gentle tone.

"In my opinion, it's more like a desperate move!"

"However, Fellow Daoist Long! The cultivator who killed Fellow Daoist Hua was indeed extremely powerful. Even you and your companions could not resist him together."

The old woman's eyes flashed with green light, and she suddenly spoke to the old man. She turned out to be a strong man with the cultivation base of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

Mentioning Yan Yun, the old man surnamed Long's face turned even more gloomy. He gently stroked the new arm that had just been transplanted through the secret technique. After a long silence, he smiled bitterly and replied:

"It's more than just powerful. Fellow Daoist Hua's strength is pretty good, but in front of that person, he couldn't even withstand a single move."

"If I hadn't used mystical techniques to escape in time, I would probably be lying there like Fellow Daoist Hua now."

"This guy's true strength is definitely not just that of a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator. He is very likely a late-stage great cultivator."

"A great late-stage cultivator... Fellow Daoist Long, you may be too scared and hallucinating. In addition to Fellow Daoist Wan, are there any other late-stage cultivators in the Inner Sea?"

"Otherwise, Xinggong would have taken the initiative to seek cooperation long ago. Why would they have endured for so long and been gradually eroded by us, the Anti-Star Alliance?"

The old woman showed a hint of sarcasm on her face and retorted mercilessly.

Hearing this, the old man surnamed Long's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

"That's not necessarily the case. In fact, after seeing the image that Fellow Daoist Long provided us, I felt that it looked somewhat familiar."

"After a few days of careful consideration, I think I have guessed who this mysterious person is."

"In fact, Madam Qiu should also know something about this."

Wan Tianming smiled slightly and said so.

"Oh, Brother Wan, can you explain it in detail?" The old woman couldn't help but be surprised when she heard it.

"Does Fellow Daoist Qiu still remember the rumors about the emergence of the Xutian Ding hundreds of years ago?"

"And the incident in which our Anti-Star Alliance once issued a strangulation order to hunt down a cultivator named Yan Yun?"

Wan Tianming said leisurely.

"Xu Tian Ding? Yan Yun? Could it be that the cultivator who broke into the magic circle is this person? Oh, they do look very similar."

"But this is really unbelievable. That young man was just a cultivator in the Jindan stage back then!"

The old woman reacted quickly. After just a moment's thought, she suddenly realized what was going on, but she continued to shake her head with a look of shock on her face.

You shouldn't be surprised by this.

More than a hundred years ago, before the Twin Saints of Heavenly Stars passed away, I had already obtained a piece of top-secret intelligence.

It was learned that this person Yan Yun had quietly appeared in the area near Huangshamen as a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage. Shortly thereafter, he used the Star Palace's teleportation array to personally set foot in overseas areas.

It was during this period of time that two senior elders in the Star Palace seemed to have tried to recruit this person, but ultimately failed.

"In addition, I am also deeply concerned about the mysterious disappearance of Miao He and other Yuanying-stage elders of our alliance. I think this matter may be closely related to Yan Yun."

Wan Tianming stared at the formation in front of him expressionlessly and spoke in a calm tone.

That Elder Miaohe and Elder Huang Kun from Lilong Island, didn’t they die in an attack by monsters on Biling Island in the outer sea?
Upon hearing this, the white-haired old woman was stunned.

"This is just information that has been made public. In fact, according to the allied monks who once successfully escaped from Biling Island, the two elders did not return to Biling Island when the monsters invaded that day."

"However, according to our personnel, someone once saw someone who looked like Yan Yun appear on Leikong Island where Elder Miaohe was."

“And it was at this time that Elder Miao He and Fellow Daoist Huang Kun mysteriously disappeared, and the Yuan Shen Life Lamp they left in the alliance also extinguished on its own.”

“As for the monsters invading Biling Island, it became a later event.”

Wan Tianming sneered and slowly explained.

"Even so, is it too hasty to judge that Miaohe and the other fellow Taoists were unfortunately killed by others based on these circumstances alone?"

The old woman was silent for a moment, then asked the question hesitantly.

"Admittedly, we do lack solid evidence pointing to Yan Yun as the culprit."

"However, if the person who broke into the formation is indeed Yan Yun, and he possesses the magical powers of a great cultivator, then this speculation is probably almost correct."

There was a cold light flashing in Wan Tianming's eyes, and his tone suddenly became gloomy.

"If this person has successfully advanced to the late stage, and he holds the Xutian Ding in his hand, and you, Brother Wan, have just been promoted to a great cultivator, then isn't it..."

When the old man surnamed Long heard this, he couldn't help but show a look of worry.

"Haha, now that I already know about this person's existence, how can I not have a corresponding countermeasure?"

"Don't worry, everyone. If he doesn't come, it's fine. But if he dares to show up, just leave it to me to deal with."

"Although there is no guarantee that we can completely eliminate him, I am still fully confident that we can defeat him successfully."

Wan Tianming smiled slightly, and his expression surprisingly showed that he didn't care at all.

The old woman and the old man surnamed Long looked at each other, and both showed surprise on their faces, but then their mood gradually calmed down.

Based on each other's understanding of Master Wan, since he has made such a promise, it is most likely true and credible.

"Since Fellow Daoist Wan has expressed his opinion, I can rest assured. As for the others, Fellow Daoist Long and I will be responsible for dealing with them together."

The old woman responded with a sinister smile.

"As for ordinary harassment, I will entrust the formation to the two Taoist friends. Wan is naturally very relieved." (End of this chapter)