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Chapter 292 Mobilization before the war (please subscribe)

"Meet the Sect Master!"

The deafening shouts echoed throughout the sky above the nameless island.

The current leader of the Ghost Crying Sect, a powerful Yin God who has reached the realm of refining the spirit and returning to the void - Jiang Li had a cold smile on his face.

Jiang Li nodded slightly, then turned to Kaohsiung, the leader of the Ghost Crying Sect's War Hall on his right and asked:
"How's the crowd gathering?"

As the name suggests, Kaohsiung is a strong man with a sturdy build who looks like an iron tower.

Hearing Jiang Li's question, Kaohsiung replied respectfully in a muffled voice:
"Reporting to the Sect Master, we have now gathered 20,000 outer disciples, 8,000 inner disciples, and more than 20,000 affiliated forces. Among them, there are 19 Golden Core cultivators at the Refining Qi Transformation Stage, 13,000 cultivators at the Refining Essence Transformation Stage, and the rest are below the Refining Essence Transformation Stage."

After listening to Kaohsiung's report, Jiang Li's expression did not change much. As the leader of the Ghost Crying Sect, Jiang Li already knew the situation of his own side.

He nodded slightly, then asked:
"What about the enemy's intelligence?"

It seemed that he had expected Jiang Li to ask about the situation in Laoshan. Kaohsiung answered without any pause:

"According to the information shared by Chongming Sect, Tianshi Sect, and Huanxi Sect, there are a total of 50,000 enemy troops in Laoshan, most of whom are martial artists unique to Jiuzhou, and there are not many practitioners."

Upon hearing that most of the people from Laoshan were just a group of martial artists, everyone from the Guiku Sect immediately showed contempt on their faces.

Jiang Li nodded, but did not show any other expression, and asked indifferently:
"Where is the high-end combat power?"

"According to intelligence, there are currently six people in Laoshan who have reached the level of Golden Core Refining Spirit. Two of them have achieved breakthroughs in the past two years, and one of them is an ancient Gu worm that was subdued in Laoshan."

Having said this, Kaohsiung paused for a moment, and then suddenly said in a heavier tone:
"The next three people are the ones we will focus on."

As he spoke, Kaohsiung flicked his fingers and a jade slip popped out, then he injected magic power into the jade slip.

The next second, Wang Lingguan's portrait appeared in the air, looking extremely lifelike.

"This man is called Wang Lingguan, the most powerful general under Chen Yan. Five years ago, he was in the middle stage of Qi Refining and Spiritualization. Now, he is very likely to have broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining and Spiritualization. He is proficient in thunder and fire magic and has good combat power."

After saying that, Kaohsiung immediately popped out another jade slip. As magic power was injected into it, the portrait of Yi Mu's spirit appeared next to the portrait of Wang Lingguan.

"This person's name is Huai Qing. He was originally the second king of Black Mountain. It is said that he was subdued by Chen Yan and has survived the thunder tribulation. He is suspected to be the legendary Yimu spirit body. Five years ago, he was in the early stage of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation. His current cultivation level is unknown. He is proficient in wood-related magical powers."

After introducing the Yimu spirit, Kaohsiung took out the last jade slip. As the jade slip flashed with white light, a portrait of Chen Yan appeared in the air. Kaohsiung's expression became more serious at this time, and he said:
"Chen Yan, the supreme commander of Laoshan, is currently the commander of Xiangzhou. His Taoism has reached the initial stage of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation. It is said that his martial arts strength has been amazing since then, and he has reached the first level of martial arts in the world. According to the realm of martial artists, he has reached the innate perfection and his strength is comparable to that of a golden elixir."

As Kaohsiung's voice fell, tens of thousands of people from the Guiku Sect present all focused their eyes on Chen Yan's portrait.

Contempt, indifference, vigilance, curiosity, questioning...all kinds of looks gathered together.

After all, Chen Yan's reputation spread throughout the three thousand worlds. Five years later, even in remote places, people have heard of Chen Yan's name.

Jiang Li stared at Chen Yan's portrait in the air with his cold eyes for a long time. He did not speak immediately. After about a quarter of an hour, he slowly opened his mouth:
"This boy has reached the top of the human ranking?"

Kaohsiung was silent for a moment, then nodded:

"That's right. According to the Human Ranking published by the Tianji Pavilion, five years ago, this person was already number one on the Human Ranking, and he has been at the top of the Human Ranking for five years."

Jiang Li's eyes were cold, and his tone also became cold:

"A young man in the early stage of Qi Refining and Spiritual Transformation has been at the top of the Human Ranking for five years. Do you think there is something wrong with the Tianji Pavilion or with your intelligence?"

Kaohsiung's voice was choked, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment. In the end, he could only lower his head in shame:
"It's my subordinates who are incompetent!"

Jiang Li's expression remained unchanged. His cold eyes flashed with a cold light, and he spoke in a cold voice:
"Since this boy is able to surpass all the top geniuses in the three thousand worlds and become the number one, then we should treat him as a top genius."

"Zhao Wuji, who is ranked second on the Human Ranking, has the strength to face the Soul Refining Return to Void head-on and remain undefeated, so let's assume that this boy also has the fighting power of the Soul Refining Return to Void."

At this point, Jiang Li's eyes flickered, as if he was thinking about something. Kaohsiung and other Ghost Crying Sect elders beside him did not dare to disturb him, and all stood respectfully with their hands clasped.

After a while, Jiang Li finished thinking and spoke again:
"Kaohsiung, please pass my message to Old Man Tiancan, saying that when the other world is opened this time, my Guiku Sect can share the entrance to Xiangzhou with him, but the prerequisite is that he helps us conquer Laoshan."

Old Man Tiancan is one of the casual cultivators in the Endless Sea Small World who have reached the stage of refining the spirit and returning to the void. His strength is slightly weaker than Jiang Li, as he is only at the second level of refining the Yin Spirit. However, his reputation in the Endless Sea Small World is no worse than that of Jiang Li, the leader of the Ghost Crying Sect.

Because in the Endless Sea Small World with scarce resources, it is very difficult for a casual cultivator to cultivate to the point of refining the spirit and returning to the void, so this old man Tiancan also occupies a small territory in the Endless Sea Small World. Although it is not as good as the four major demon sects and ghost sects, his status in the Endless Sea Small World can be considered transcendent.

However, no matter how transcendent one is, it is impossible for him to sit still in front of the big cake of the underworld.

But now, the entrances to Jiuzhou are basically occupied by major forces, and there will be geniuses and strong men coming from other three thousand worlds in the future. It is not easy for Tiancan old man, who has only reached the second level of Yin Shen, to enter the inner world.

Therefore, if a loner like Old Man Tiancan wants to enter the inner world, he must enter through the entrance occupied by other forces.

However, it is not so easy to enter if other forces occupy the entrance. There is a high probability of severe "exploitation". Even if Old Man Tiancan is a master of the Yin Shen realm, who doesn't have a master of the Yin Shen realm?

Especially for the geniuses who have forced their way here from other worlds, there are even powerful Yang Gods behind them. Unless old man Tiancan finds a hidden entrance to the inner world by himself, it is basically impossible for him to enter the inner world.

Now that the Ghost Crying Sect is willing to share the entrance to the other world, Jiang Li believes that this is a condition that Old Man Tiancan cannot refuse.

Kaohsiung seemed not to have expected that his own sect leader would actually take the initiative to seek external assistance when facing Laoshan who had no Yin Shen combat power, and it turned out that the person he found was a master in the Yin Shen realm.

After he heard Jiang Li's words, he was obviously stunned for a moment, but he was the head of the War Hall after all, so his psychological quality was beyond doubt. He quickly came to his senses and bowed his head respectfully:
"As ordered!"

After saying that, Kaohsiung turned and headed towards the space channel.

Jiang Li did not choose Tiancan Lao Ren as the foreign aid casually.

Jiang Li had a purpose in choosing Tiancan Lao Ren as the foreign aid.

The first reason is that Tian Can Lao Ren is the closest to his Gui Ku Men, so it won't take long for Tian Can Lao Ren to come to help. Another reason is that Tian Can Lao Ren is weaker than him, Jiang Li, even if he enters the inner world, Jiang Li is confident that he can suppress it.

As for the third reason, it is that old man Tiancan is very old and does not have many years left to live. Even for the sake of the future, he is likely to make great efforts in the next battle and make plans for his descendants.

Thinking of this, Jiang Li's eyes became even colder.

He has always been willing to assume the worst about his enemies. Since the young man opposite him was able to top the human list, he must have something special about him.

In this case, we might as well treat the other party as an enemy at the same level as us, who is at the Spirit Refining and Returning to the Void Realm.

If one-on-one is not safe, then two-on-one.

When it's two against one, old man Tiancan can take the lead. Even if the young man has some special trump card, the most he will lose will be old man Tiancan. Jiang Li only needs to surrender safely in the end and kill the opponent.

Then, Jiang Li looked at the disciples of the Ghost Crying Sect around him. Under the expectant gazes of the disciples of the Ghost Crying Sect, Jiang Li waved his hand and pointed in the direction of Xiangzhou, saying:

"Destination Xiangzhou, let's go!"

"Yes!!!"

Amidst earth-shaking shouts, tens of thousands of Guikumen troops marched towards Xiangzhou in a mighty force.

As the Ghost Crying Sect's army advanced, the various forces in Jiuzhou that had been closely following the movements of both sides immediately spread the news. For a moment, the white light transformed from the sound transmission note sword could be seen everywhere in the sky above the Jiuzhou continent.
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Just as Jiang Li led the Ghost Crying Sect's army to attack Xiangzhou, all of Chen Yan's senior personnel also gathered in Laoshan, far away in Xiangzhou.

Yi Mu spirit, Wang Lingguan, Yuantong, Wu Guhan, Zhang Tianzheng, Xu Ji, Qin Chong, Heihu, Luda, Li Taibai, Embatu, Zhang Yan, Honggu, Four-winged Cicada... and so on and so forth. At one time, all the senior officials of Xiangzhou who were stationed in Heishan, Changze and Qianzhong County appeared in Laoshan.

On both sides of the lobby, everyone sat upright and quietly, their eyes fixed on the Yi Mu spirit sitting in the main seat.

As Chen Yan's clone, to some extent, he is Chen Yan himself.

Yi Mu's cold gaze swept across the faces of the people in the audience, and then he spoke lightly:
"Tell me, what do you think about the Ghost Crying Sect's attack?"

As Yi Mu's voice fell, the lobby fell silent and the scene was silent for a while.

The main reason was that the enemy was too powerful, far stronger than their own. If Chen Yan had not led them to defeat countless powerful enemies several times, everyone present would have been shrouded in despair.

But now that Chen Yan's real body was not there, and without a backbone, everyone present felt an invisible and tremendous pressure in their hearts, making it hard for them to breathe.

News about the configuration of the Ghost Crying Sect’s army had already been passed on.

Although the people from Xiangzhou present were not aware that the Guiku Sect had invited in another Yin God as external aid, the mere fact that the Guiku Sect's leader, who had reached the third level of Yin God, was leading a dozen Qi-refining and Shen-transforming Golden Cores and an army of 50,000 to attack still made the generals present feel under tremendous pressure.

The scene was silent for about a cup of tea. Xu Ji looked up and around. Seeing that no one spoke, he showed a hint of hesitation on his face. Finally, he took the initiative to stand up, clasped his fists and said:

"Your Excellency, I think the most urgent task right now is to gather all the soldiers who can fight and find out the direction of the enemy's attack. Will they attack Laoshan with a large army, or will they attack various parts of Xiangzhou from multiple directions?"

At this point, Xu Ji hesitated for a moment, but still asked sincerely:
"I wonder, sir, how are you doing over there?"

After Xu Ji asked this question, all the people from Laoshan who were sitting in the audience looked over. Obviously, although they didn't say it, everyone present was still very concerned about the whereabouts of Chen Yan's real body.

As if he had expected Xu Ji to ask this question, Yi Mu's spirit shook his head and answered without hiding anything:

"There is no news. We must prepare ourselves for the possibility that we will not be able to catch up with this battle for the time being."

As Yi Mu's spirit finished speaking, the entire hall fell silent. It was obvious that the morale had reached its lowest point at this moment. Obviously, the absence of Chen Yan's real body still had a great impact on the morale of Laoshan.

Although Chen Yan is only in the initial stage of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation (no one knows Chen Yan’s true cultivation level yet), and his realm seems not high, no one looks down on their master in the slightest, because their master has demonstrated through countless battles that realm means nothing to them.

Seeing the low morale of the people present, Yi Mu's eyes turned cold and he spoke in a cold voice:
"What? Without the main body here, you don't know how to kill the enemy?"

"If I have to do everything myself, then what's the point of having you? If you can't help the lord at a critical moment, it's better not to have such a subordinate."

Hearing Yi Mu's harsh rebuke, everyone present couldn't help but reveal looks of shame on their faces.

Qin Chong, who was an absolute die-hard fan of Chen Yan, blushed, stood up from his seat with his neck stiff, and shouted:
"When a man dies, his eggs will fall to the sky. If he lives forever, he will live forever! Let those bastards from the Ghost Crying Sect come! Just in time for them to have a taste of the power of my 'Iron Finger Golden Pill'!"

Qin Chong's shout immediately attracted the response of the crowd, and they all stood up in shame and excitement:

"Yeah!! At worst I can just fight them!"

"We all have one head and four hands. I don't believe that these bastards from the Ghost Crying Sect are immortal!"

"Kill them all!"

"kill!!"

Seeing that morale had recovered, Yi Mu Spirit nodded in satisfaction, and then spoke again:
"Very good, this is what my Xiangzhou Dragon Bird should be like. However, we cannot blindly go to die. War requires strategy."

At this point, Yimu Spirit looked down at the formation master Luda and asked:
"Master Lu, I wonder how many [Binghuo Thunder God Cannons] we have in Xiangzhou now?"

The Binghuo Leishen Cannon is the most powerful weapon of Xiangzhou, and everyone present has witnessed its terrifying destructive power.

If there are enough Binghuo Leishen cannons, it may be possible to repel the enemy's attack.

And the most crucial thing is that due to Chen Yan’s attention, the news of the Binghuo Thunder God Cannon has never been leaked.

At least up to now, the Guiku Sect still knows nothing about the Binghuo Thunder God Cannon.

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(End of this chapter)