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Chapter 308: Fame in Three Thousand Worlds (Part , please subscribe)
The underworld, Minzhou, Minzhou County, Central Street.

It’s still the restaurant in the city center.

Ye Ming, Yin Mo and Gu Panpan were still gathered together.

But compared with the laughter and joy last time, the atmosphere at the table this time was much heavier and more depressing.

There were unspeakable emotions on everyone's face, including shock, horror, disbelief, fear, terror... and so on.

"How come he's not dead? How could he not be dead?! Why isn't he dead?!!"

Gu Panpan’s eyes were red, and her pretty face was distorted by fear. Where was her former charm?
The last time the news of Chen Yan's death came, it was Gu Panpan who smiled the happiest. The joy was almost painted on her face, without any concealment.

Because among the four major demonic sects, except for the Guiku Sect which is the mortal enemy of Chen Yan, there are also some gaps between her Huanxi Sect and Chen Yan.

Why do you say that?

This story has to start from Youzhou, which was occupied by the Huanxi Sect.

The Huanxi Sect is the weakest among the four major demonic sects, and therefore the capital of the province it occupies is located in Youzhou, the most remote northern part of Kyushu.

It is for this reason that the Huanxi Sect has occupied Youzhou since the beginning of the second blood moon and has continued to occupy it until today.

But not the entire Youzhou fell under the control of the Huanxi Sect.

There is a place that is located in Youzhou, but has always been out of the control of the Huanxi Sect.

That is Hulao Pass located in Youzhou!
It is guarded by Wei Shanhe, the former commander of Lingzhou and current captain of Hulao Pass.

In fact, with the strength of the Huanxi Sect, after three blood moons, it would not be difficult to take down Hulao Pass, which was guarded by only a martial arts master with perfect innate ability.

In fact, the Joy Sect also intended to do so.

There is no need for the Huanxi Sect's Yin Shen masters to be dispatched. Any Qi-refining and Shen-transforming master can recapture Hulao Pass.

But before the Huanxi Sect could take any action, news came out that Chen Yan was still alive and had killed Jiang Li, the leader of the Guiku Sect.

The Huanxi Sect, which had been about to take action, was frightened and suddenly stopped.

After all, everyone knew that Wei Shanhe, the captain of Hulao Pass, had a close relationship with Chen Yan.

What if his Huanxi Sect recaptures Hulao Pass and Chen Yan retaliates right after?

You know, his Huanxi Sect is no match for the Guiku Sect.

At least the Guiku Sect still has an old ancestor of the Nine Yin Gods in charge of the Endless Sea.

His Huanxi Sect only has a sect leader who has reached the third level of Yin Shen Refinement. Originally, the Huanxi Sect also had an ancestor who had reached the ninth level of Yin Shen Refinement.

But unfortunately, the Yin Shen Jiu Lian ancestor of the Huanxi Sect did not survive as long as the ancestor of the Guiku Sect and passed away a few years ago.

This is also the main reason why the Huanxi Sect suddenly became the last of the four major evil sects.

Now, his Huanxi Sect only has one sect leader who has reached the third level of Yin Shen refinement.

And what about Chen Yan?

He had just killed the leader of the Guiku Sect who was also a Yin Shen Sanlian.

The leader of the Huanxi Sect asked himself honestly, he was probably inferior to Jiang Li.

Therefore, the original plan to recapture Hulao Pass was aborted after the news of Chen Yan came out.

As a result, Gu Panpan's status as a true disciple also fell into disrepair.

Do you think Gu Panpan could not hate Chen Yan to the core?
But compared to hatred, Gu Panpan felt more fear.

Even the entire Joyful Sect was in fear and worry.

With the current strength of Lord Chen, he is even capable of occupying more territories.

As the weakest of the four major demonic sects, the Huanxi Sect, how could it not be afraid of being robbed of Youzhou by Chen Yan?

To know.

For the sake of the inner world, the Huanxi Sect even gave up the sect’s local area in the Endless Sea small world.

It can’t be said that we don’t want it anymore.

Instead, the leader of the Huanxi Sect did not stay in the Endless Sea small world, but came to Youzhou to take charge, in order to open a space channel for Youzhou to enter the inner world.

But if Chen Yan came to kill him, his Huanxi Sect would not be able to hold on at all.

Even the leader of the Huanxi Sect hinted to Gu Panpan to try to contact Chen Yan.

As for what to contact Chen Yan for...

I understand everything I understand.

After Gu Panpan finished speaking, there was no response from Yin Mo and Ye Ming who were standing beside her.

Yin Mo sat in the chair, staring at the wine glass in front of him, his eyes blank:

“Refine the Spirit and Return to the Void…”

Ye Ming, the true genius of the Chongming Sect, was also silent and just drank by himself.

Seeing the two people beside him either in a daze or drinking alone, Gu Panpan got angry and shouted:
"Don't you have any reaction at all?!"

"reaction?"

Ye Ming replied in a self-deprecating tone, then picked up a glass of wine and drank it all:

"What kind of reaction can I have? He is a genius who has reached the level of spiritual cultivation and is on par with the ancestor. What are we?"

At this point, Ye Ming pointed at Yin Mo and then at Gu Panpan in a mocking manner:

"You and I are still struggling to perfect the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation, and we are worried about how to break through the Spirit Refining and Return to Void, but others have already killed the Yin Spirit Three Refining like our ancestors. With such a huge gap, how do you think we should react?"

Hearing Ye Ming say this, Gu Panpan's angry and hateful look seemed to disappear all of a sudden, and her body seemed to be drained of all energy, and she collapsed on the seat.

Ye Ming picked up the wine glass in his hand dejectedly, smiled bitterly and said:

"Compared to that Master Chen, you and I are just trash."

Just as Ye Ming and others were dejectedly mocking themselves, news about Chen Yan once again swept the entire underworld.

All the forces and figures from the Endless Sea were speechless.

You know, Jiang Li is a well-known figure in the Endless Sea world!
Being able to sit on the position of the leader of a sect, and the leader of one of the four major demonic sects such as the Guiku Sect, Jiang Li has made a great name for himself in the Endless Sea small world.

But this is just such a person.

He actually died at the hands of a young man who had just broken through to the Spirit Refining and Returning to the Void stage...

Compared with Jiang Li's death, Chen Yan's five-year breakthrough to the Spirit Refining and Returning to the Void realm seemed to become insignificant.

After all, in the world of cultivation, strength is more important than anything else.
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Chen Yan, who was far away in Laoshan, had no idea what kind of uproar the outside world had caused because of him.

But even if Chen Yan knew, he wouldn't care.

No matter what happens in the outside world, it will not affect Chen Yan's determination to make continuous breakthroughs and improve himself.

Chen Yan knew very well that all the praise and compliments were based on his strength.

Only with strength can you have everything.

Closer to home.

With the death of Jiang Li, the Guiku Sect's army was defeated.

With their leader, the backbone of the sect, dead, there is no way the Ghost Crying Sect’s army still has the strength to fight, and their morale has plummeted.

On the contrary, the morale of the Xiangzhou army was very high.

People like Xu Ji, Zhang Tianzheng, Qin Chong, Enbatu, Yuantong, Wu Guhan, and Lang Xing, when they witnessed Chen Yan killing the Yin God Sanlian Jiang Li with their own eyes, the enthusiasm in their hearts was overflowing to the extreme.

On the huge Laoshan battlefield, the sound of killing was deafening, rolling in like thunder and coming in waves like the sea.

Under the light of the fire, the swords, spears, and halberds shone with cold light, and with every collision, a disciple of the Ghost Crying Sect fell. The "bang bang bang" sound of the blood thunder curse bird guns rose and fell, more like the sickle of the god of death, and every gunshot could take the life of a disciple of the Ghost Crying Sect.

As for those in the Guiku Sect who were refining their Qi and transforming into gods, they had no intention of fighting anymore. They only wanted to escape to the vast ocean, escape back to the Endless Sea, and never come to Xiangzhou again.

On the battlefield, blood flowed like a river. Blood gushed out from the wounds, staining the ground beneath their feet red.

The sounds of war drums, shouts, horse neighs, and bird guns intertwined together to form the most soul-stirring music on the battlefield.

The fight lasted from day to night, and from night to dawn.

It was not until the sun rose to the middle of the sky that the sounds of fighting on the battlefield gradually faded.

All that remained were the faint groans of pain and pleas for mercy.

After killing Jiang Li, Chen Yan did not participate in the subsequent fighting. He just let the Dragon Sparrow Sword come out and allowed it to reap the lives of the Guiku Sect's Qi-refining and Divine Golden Elixir cultivators one after another.

Considering the Dragon Sparrow Sword's immortal embryo grade, it is no exaggeration to say that even if Jiang Li was reborn, he would not be a match for the Dragon Sparrow Sword.

In fact, Jiang Li's performance was slightly beyond Chen Yan's expectations.

The existence of the top-grade Taoist weapon Yinsha Ghost Head Sword allowed Jiang Li to temporarily possess power that rivaled the Four Refinements of the Yin God.

This was something Chen Yan had not expected.

But in the end Jiang Li still died.

Died by the Dragon Bird Knife.

For the last slash, Chen Yan actually used the power of the Dragon Sparrow Sword.

Of course, it is not used much.

At least it will not affect the transformation of the Dragon Bird Sword into the Dragon Bird.

At the same time, the power displayed by the Dragon Sparrow Sword did not disappoint Chen Yan.

Even if only a small amount of power was revealed, it was far comparable to the third level of Yin Shen.

All I can say is that Jiang Li’s death was not unjust.

Soon, led by Wang Lingguan and Xu Ji, followed by Siyi Hanchan, Zhang Tianzheng, Enbatu, Yuantong, Wu Guhan, Zhang Yan, Hong Gu... and a group of people from Xiangzhou came to Chen Yan in unison.

He stopped about ten feet away from Chen Yan, then knelt on one knee, bowed his head respectfully, and shouted excitedly:
"We, greet the Lord!"

Everyone's face was filled with excitement, excitement, awe and reverence.

No wonder Xu Ji and his men behaved so enthusiastically. How could they not feel proud and excited to have such a powerful figure as their lord and subordinates?

Chen Yan's eyes swept across the faces of Wang Lingguan, Xu Ji and others, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth as he nodded:

"Everyone, get up."

"Thank you, sir!"

Xu Ji and others responded in unison.

Chen Yan nodded slightly, looked at Xu Ji and said:

"Tell me about the results of the battle."

Xu Ji suppressed his excitement, clasped his hands together, bowed his head respectfully and said:
"Your Excellency! In this battle, we killed more than 38,000 enemies, more than 6,000 surrendered, and another 6,000 fled to the Endless Sea."

The Guiku Sect's army had a total of 50,000 people, and nearly 40,000 were wiped out in one battle, leaving less than 6,000 people escaping.

This battle can be described as a resounding victory.

Of course, the key turning point of this great victory all started when Chen Yan killed Jiang Li.

"Six thousand people escaped..."

Chen Yan nodded.

It is almost impossible to annihilate all 50,000 troops of the Ghost Crying Sect.

The main reason was that they were the defending party and had not been prepared in advance. Fifty thousand people were too many. If they were determined to escape, it would be difficult to stop everyone.

The fact that only 6,000 people escaped was the result of Xu Ji and his men's strenuous pursuit.

"Yes! I failed to do my job well, please punish me, sir!"

Xu Ji lowered his head in shame.

"Don't worry, they can't escape."

Chen Yan sneered, but did not say anything more. Instead, he asked again:

"What are the casualties?"

"My Lord, the Dragon Sparrow Army lost 300 men and 1,200 were injured; the Xiangxi County soldiers lost 2,000 men and 4,800 were injured; the Changze County soldiers lost 1,100 men and 3,000 were injured; the Qianzhong County soldiers lost 1,400 men and 2,200 were injured; the Black Mountain Demon soldiers lost 1,000 men and 3,500 were injured..."

Chen Yan listened silently to Xu Ji's report on the casualties of Xiangzhou without saying a word.

To be honest, although this battle was a great victory for Xiangzhou, the losses on Xiangzhou side were also quite heavy.

After all, for Xu Ji and his men, the Ghost Crying Sect's army is much stronger in overall strength.

Most of these casualties occurred before Chen Yan arrived.

At that time, the Laoshan battlefield was in a white-hot stage. The Xiangzhou side had to pay almost double or even triple the casualties ratio to defeat the Guiku Sect army.

If Chen Yan had not appeared in time, the number of casualties would have more than doubled.

Fortunately, the Xiangzhou side did not suffer too many losses at the general level.

One reason is that Chen Yan had told Xu Ji and others not to put themselves in danger unless it was absolutely necessary.

After all, the death of a commander or general in a battle can have an immeasurable impact on morale.

The death of Jiang Li caused the morale of the Guikumen army to collapse completely, which was evident from the fact that.

Therefore, Chen Yan was mentally prepared for the heavy casualties on his side.

At least, after this battle, those who survive will become the most elite soldiers and the sharpest sword in Chen Yan's hand!

With a thoughtful look in his eyes, Chen Yan said:

"Xu Ji, you go and make arrangements to gather the wounded. For any soldier who is still alive, no matter what the injury is, you must save him at all costs. As for the soldiers who died in the battle, you must give double the compensation to their families. For those who have no family, you can adopt the orphans in the prefecture as your successor."

"I will obey your orders!"

Chen Yan looked at Zhang Tianzheng, Qin Chong and the others again:
"You all assist Xu Ji and arrange your respective men."

"We obey!"

Zhang Tianzheng, Qin Chong, Yuantong and Wu Guhan respectfully accepted the order.

Chen Yan then turned his gaze towards Zhang Yan, Hong Gu and the others and said with a smile:
"I would like to thank Fellow Daoist Zhang for this battle."

Zhang Yan and Hong Gu waved their hands quickly and said with great fear:
"Master Chen, you are not worthy of saying that. This is my husband and I's job."

Chen Yan smiled and nodded, then said:
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, you should also make arrangements. The cultivators who assisted us in killing the enemy in Xiangzhou will receive the rewards they deserve, and they will not lose a cent."

"Yes!"

Zhang Yan and Hong Gu responded respectfully.

Afterwards, Chen Yan looked at the four-winged cicada at the end, whose body was shaking like a sieve.

His eyes were slightly cold, and his voice was cold:

"Give me a reason not to kill you."

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(End of this chapter)