Please call me Huanxian

Chapter 285: Unexpectedly, Invasion of Dingzhou

Under the starry sky, the night breeze blows gently.

Gu Yunzhu, shrouded in hazy light and mist, finished practicing in harmony with the stars, and her figure gradually became clearer and firmer. She had already received a message from Liu Xianfeng, and calculated that the time was almost right, so she flicked her fingers towards the opposite mountain.

She has done her best to help her senior brother to this extent.

Xu Shengtian, who had merged into the root of the mountain, suddenly woke up from his profound practice. He calmed down for a moment and suddenly remembered where he was.

Concentrating his mind, he walked through the thick rocks and soil, walked out from underground, followed the sensation and looked towards the opposite hill. A bright smile appeared on his face. He took a step forward, his figure turned into dust and mist, and appeared beside Gu Yunzhu in the next moment.

He himself did not realize that the magical power he used was extraordinary, and it was exerted naturally, like breathing.

"Junior sister, thank you for waiting. How long has it been?"

Xu Shengtian stayed beside his junior sister, his mind was at peace, and he had time to check his own condition.

Every practice was like a dream. He felt a surge of inspiration during the practice, and seemed to have realized many extraordinary things. He was so immersed in it that he didn't want to wake up. It seemed like many years had passed.

"It's been almost two years. Congratulations, Senior Brother, on your great progress in cultivation and your success in spiritual cultivation."

Gu Yunzhu said seriously.

The talent of the senior brother is indeed amazing. She "gave" away the skills skillfully, and then used a treasure from heaven and earth at the critical moment to help. The senior brother crossed the barrier and advanced to the fourth level. Except for the lack of training, his strength could not be fully exerted. It was amazing.

I heard from Taoist Master Xu that my senior brother was once possessed by the remnant soul of a god who had experienced many calamities. Later, Taoist Master Xu used a spell to resolve the problem. He used the divine light of creation to wipe out the remnant soul's intelligence, and then fed it back with pure energy, which created my senior brother's unique talent.

The creation is magical,

"It's only been two years, but I feel like a long time has passed... Junior Sister, I have realized a method of cultivating the divine power. Hey, that's not right."

Xu Shengtian was just about to show off when he suddenly yelled, "I don't know anything, how can I possibly comprehend the method of cultivating the spirit? Third Uncle once said that things falling from the sky are often traps. Could it be that some villain wants to harm me?"

He fell into a state of paranoia.

Gu Yunzhu looked at his senior brother in surprise as he turned his head in circles and frowned in thought. He was very clear-headed. He smiled and said, "The Wuxian Mountain Region was where the gods practiced and honed their magic. Any inconspicuous mountain here may have left a great opportunity. Is it strange that you can comprehend the magic from practicing? The Pingqian Mountain God told you to choose a mountain in the Wuxian Mountain Region and practice in it for two years. Isn't there a reason for that?"

Xu Shengtian groaned twice, then he was relieved and smiled happily: "Junior sister, what you said makes sense, I was wrong, haha, I will bring a few jars of good wine when I go back, thank you for the advice, Mr. Mo."

He flipped through the first four levels of "Lianshan Tianshenshu" in his mind, but the rest was foggy and seemed to be hidden.

I can finally clearly understand what level of spiritual cultivation I am in.

No longer practicing the way of heaven and earth in a confused manner.

Gu Yunzhu fooled around with the matter, took out the orange-orange translucent life disk, and said, "This fifth-level artifact, called the Life Disk, has both offensive and defensive capabilities, and is perfect for you to use. Taoist Master Xu asked me to pass it on to you. Spend some time on it and cultivate it carefully."

She had cleaned out the miscellaneous incense power in the ordination plate and made slight changes to the magic weapon.

This allows Senior Brother Xu to play a certain role with his current level of cultivation.

Xu Shengtian heard that it was suitable for him and was given by his third uncle, so he took the plate and put it into his sleeve, saying: "Junior sister, do you have any treasures that can be used? I already have three magical treasures. Oh, by the way, the ghost market resources that Senior Sister Bian helped us with should be quite profitable. I will buy you a few more later."

Gu Yunzhu smiled and said, "I have treasures to use."

He looked towards the southeast in the distance and said, "Master Xu is here."

It was a dark and moonless night. Xu Shengtian looked into the distance. After a moment, he noticed some black spots flashing in the sky and moving quickly towards him. He glanced at his calm and composed junior sister with admiration.

The gap between him and his junior sister did not narrow as his cultivation level improved, but seemed to have widened.

Xu Yuanchang descended from the sky, looked at his nephew who was saluting, and said with a smile: "Get up, congratulations to Shengtian for his breakthrough." He raised his hand to stop Gu Yunzhu who was about to salute, and said: "The door to the dark world has been opened, we must rush to Xiyuan to obey the orders, Shengtian, you go back home and see your parents, we will set out tomorrow night, and rush to the Monster Mountain in the evening of the day after tomorrow."

Hand over a feng shui map with the route marked on it.

Liu Xianfeng flew out from the bamboo box behind the young master, greeted the two of them, and talked to Gu Yunzhu in a low voice.

In the name of Gu Yunzhu, she went to Guguan Village twice and gave Yunzhu's parents a total of three hundred taels of silver.

Giving too much away could easily lead to disaster, so Gu Xinghe was specifically told to carefully and slowly purchase land and build a house.

Gu Yunzhu thanked Sister Xianfeng for her thoughtfulness and asked through voice transmission, "Can you contact Fellow Daoist Li? When will he go to Xiyuan?"

Liu Xianfeng stuffed two bags of materials and crystal stones to Gu Yunzhu and Xu Shengtian respectively.

She still hadn't been able to advance and break through, which made her quite depressed, and the battles in previous years probably didn't help much.

The flying speed of Yuanbao, Xueli and Jinchan was too slow, so they were all put into the spirit beast bag and carried by the young master on the journey. She was also worried about the future.

Xu Yuanchang transmitted the message: "We have been able to contact you. Although Fellow Daoist Li is not able to show up, he will not be slower than us."

Gu Yunzhu didn't ask any more questions. She glanced at her senior brother and volunteered, "Master, please go ahead. I'll stay here and wait for my senior brother. He may not be familiar with the road, so as not to waste time looking for the way there."

Xu Yuanchang gave his nephew a few more instructions, then flew away with Liu Xianfeng.

Xu Shengtian, who stayed on the top of the mountain, said with a bitter face, "I don't know how to tell my mother about this. Alas, I'm afraid it will be difficult to return home in a short time after going to Xiyuan. The war is dangerous and life and death are uncertain."

Muttering to himself, he disappeared over the hill.

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The dark world is the portal node connecting to Dingzhou, and the air waves are swirling.

More than fifty miles ahead, there are rolling hills with tall and dense vegetation and dark green leaves.

The old sword master led dozens of monks flying in the air. In the dim night, they kept circling, patrolling and keeping alert, guarding against possible sneak attacks from dark spirits and monsters at any time.

There are thousands of cultivators in the mountains below. Under the command of masters such as Tianzhenshan, Daoting, and Wuyanshan, they have constructed various criss-crossing foundations and complex formations. Xiyue Tower is undoubtedly the busiest one.

"Dig. Don't waste the broken crystal stones and the accompanying jade. Speed ​​up and knock down the 360 ​​main array pillars immediately."

"Lao Ke, increase the depth of the mine pool by another ten feet, and make them hurry up!"

"The Sword Pond is in this location, separated from the Thunder Pond by a mountain. Where is Lao Gu doing?"

Xi Yuelou was flying in the air, no longer as calm as before. He roared and urged people to move back and forth, with a stern voice and expression, and showed no mercy to the other monks in charge of the fifth-floor building.

They discovered a crystal stone mine about forty or fifty miles away from the channel node.

This was a huge surprise for all the high-ranking officials in Xiyuan, as it could save time in building a large protective formation.

"Master Xi, please come over here. The four 'main pillars for summoning souls' need to be laid. The specific locations need your expert opinion to determine."

Someone called out loudly.

Xi Yuelou asked several of his men to watch from the air, and he flew over immediately.

Just as the location of the soul-calling pillar was determined, someone shouted again: "The four puppet soldiers have been installed. Elder Xi, please come here." "Wu Yanshan, Dingxiantai, each of your two families will send four knowledgeable people to assist and immediately debug the puppet soldiers. Make sure to bring out the soldiers' combat power."

Xiyue Tower's roar echoed for dozens of miles, and several people responded and flew away.

Xiyuan's wealth accumulated over thousands of years is extraordinary, and various war weapons left by predecessors are placed in various places on the mountain formation.

Busy all night until dawn.

The city, which was beginning to take shape, was about ten miles in size and included several hills.

Densely packed jade and copper pillars, engraved with various symbols, stand like a forest.

Dozens of huge crossbows were installed on the top of the mountain, squinting at the sky.

Xi Yuelou examined the Zhoutian Star Fighting Array he had constructed with great satisfaction. Based on this, and using the crystal stone ore as the array's core to provide energy, he radiated outwards to arrange supplementary arrays such as the Five Elements and Nine Palaces, extending all the way to the channel nodes.

Advance step by step, wait for the enemy to tire themselves out, and fight with the black spirit who is not good at setting up formations.

Hold on and slowly accumulate strength, seize the opportunity to take a bite, and wait until the moment of launching a counterattack to form a comprehensive counterattack.

This is the experience gained from previous battles.

"Enemy attack!"

"The Black Spirit is coming!"

An alarm was sounded from dozens of miles away.

The old swordsman hurriedly called on the monks scattered around to return to the city. Seeing a dark cloud flying over the sky, he was startled and shouted: "Xiyue Tower, fully activate the formation!"

The location of the Dark World Gate is different every time it opens, and he didn't expect the Black Spirit to find him so quickly.

Moreover, contrary to its usual practice, it did not send out any vanguards to test the waters. Judging from the current situation, the first wave of Black Spirits has already come out in full force. Are they trying to accomplish their goal in one fell swoop?

Send a message to the monks guarding the channel nodes and ask them to quickly pass the news back to Gucheng.

Dark clouds covered the city. Countless black spirit shadows surrounded the city on three sides and launched a fierce attack on the city that was emitting layers of protective light. They did not even bother to test it. Countless black and gray lights burst out, causing bursts of violent colorful light fluctuations.

The old sword master and Xi Yuelou, Wei Zhizuo, Wu Bai and others stood at the highest point in the city.

The other monks of the fifth floor were scattered at various key points, commanding the chariot crossbows, city defense crossbows, thunder pools, and sword pools to launch a counterattack.

"That's not right. There are at least 10,000 black spirits attacking the city, most of which are of the third and fourth levels. I have detected at least five sixth-level black spirits so far, and there may be more hiding in secret. The monsters that have always been inseparable are nowhere to be seen. How strange!"

The old sword master felt powerless.

He could fight off one sixth-order black spirit, but he would surely be defeated if facing two, and he wouldn't even have a chance to escape.

"Four puppet soldiers can hold back two sixth-level black spirits... No, how could they send so many fifth- and sixth-level black spirits to participate in the first wave of siege? I suspect that two or three black spirit forces have joined forces to concentrate their advantages and defeat ours."

Xi Yuelou frowned and asked, "It's been less than a day since the passage was opened. How did they manage to work together and find us in such a short time?"

Wu Bai, the great sorcerer of Wuyan Mountain, fumbled with a few divination coins with his hands and sighed dejectedly.

He used several methods to deduce that it was a sign of great disaster and Dingzhou was in danger.

The former mountain master Wei Zhizuo of the Bushi Mountain Military Academy glanced at the silent and expressionless great sorcerer and said calmly, "According to my guess, they gathered together before they set out. The black spirits joined forces with the black spirits, and the monsters joined forces with the monsters. After entering the passage, they sent experts to expand the search, and then headed straight for the nearest one to kill."

He came to this conclusion through analysis of the current battlefield situation.

Everyone felt a chill in their hearts.

The old sword master's face was as gloomy as water. He waved his hand and sent another message to the monks guarding the passage.

Black Spirit's move was too cruel. He took advantage of their lack of strength and their fear of taking the initiative to attack, and even risked giving up the defense of one or both of their passages, catching them off guard.

What we are most worried about now is that the nodes and retreat routes that are only built with simple formations will be destroyed by the Black Spirit in one fell swoop and kill their way into the Dingzhou territory.

Although Gucheng had built a complete battle formation, it lacked experts in defending the city.

How do we fight this battle?
……

Xu Yuanchang rushed to the Xiyuan Desert without stopping. The sky was bright and the sun was shining brightly.

There were still seven thousand miles to go, so he landed on a sand dune, planning to rest for a while before continuing. Since he was not in a hurry later, he could fly slowly to the Monster-Catching Mountain.

There was a flash of talisman in the air. He reached out to catch the communication talisman and probed it with his spiritual sense. His face suddenly changed.

"How could it be so fast? The Black Spirit Army has besieged the base of Dingzhou monks in the Dark Realm. The next step is likely to capture the entrance and enter Dingzhou's territory."

It was a message from Senior Brother Wu, ordering him to fly to Gucheng as quickly as possible.

Now all the monks' teams in Xiyuan have rushed to Gucheng, and they can only rely on the layers of formations built over thousands of years to fight against the black spirit that is about to invade Dingzhou.

Fellow Daoist Li in the ring space heard this shocking news. After a while, he shook his head and cursed: "Each generation is worse than the previous one. The military strategist of Bu Dai Mountain and the great sorcerer of Wu Yan Mountain, what's wrong with their brains? They didn't even make a plan, and were attacked by the first wave of black spirits and took down the entrance of the passage. Isn't it shameful?"

Xu Yuanchang was speechless and quickly rushed to Gucheng, the westernmost part of Xiyuan.

"Contact Xin Zi first and ask her to come to Gucheng as soon as possible."

Fellow Daoist Li kept walking around in the space and said, "Don't tell me that I can't get in touch with you at this time?"

"If I can get in touch with her, I'll send her a message."

Xu Yuanchang stopped to send a message, then flew at full speed and asked, "Lao Li, can you help resolve the crisis?"

"If the Black Spirit army invades Dingzhou, I will be helpless, damn Heavenly Dao... Unless I can enter the Dark Realm, I can still play a role. In my opinion, since the Black Spirit army is well prepared this time, they will definitely invade Dingzhou."

Li Dan was very depressed.

He had imagined that the battle ahead would be dangerous and difficult, but he had never expected it to turn out like this and end before it even began.

"You are going to summon the three-legged turtle Yuan Zhu. You can only hope that the old turtle does not run back to the upper realm to help you solve the disaster."

Li Dan reminded him, and suddenly froze in place, muttering to himself: "I understand now, old man Yanshan painstakingly arranged so many back-up plans, it turns out that he was preparing for this kind of situation. That old guy... had anticipated the stupidity of his descendants."

Xu Yuanchang flew about a thousand miles when he received the second urging message from Senior Brother Wu.

"The Black Spirit Army invades Dingzhou!"

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(End of this chapter)