Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

"Senior Brother Qi, most of the subordinate sect cultivators from the Profound Sky Sect are on their way. Should we forcefully attack Turtleback and break this formation first?" Chi Donglai asked through voice transmission.

Qi Xuyang shook his head: "That's precisely what we want them to do. Those subordinate sect cultivators can't form a proper formation with the Profound Sky Sect cultivators. At most, they can only provide some interference from the side, which is insignificant. Moreover, the more people there are, the easier it is for them to become uncoordinated, disrupting the original battle formation instead. Let's wait for Elder Ling to drive the demon birds over. We'll use the demon birds to break the formation and weaken the enemy, reducing our own losses. Once the formation is broken, we can annihilate them in one fell swoop. The plan set by the various True Persons can still proceed!"

Chi Donglai stopped speaking. Previously, he thought that this Senior Brother Qi only wanted to lead everyone to a safe retreat. He didn't expect that he was still planning to complete the True Persons' deployment.

He couldn't help but shake his head secretly, not because he thought that demon birds couldn't break the formation, but because he didn't think that Elder Ling would act according to the plan.

In the core area of Cu Mountain, Ling Zhijian's expression was a little unsightly after hearing the words from the voice transmission jade. He glanced at the various spirit talismans placed on the square table, as well as the formation flags hanging on the wall, and hesitated in his heart.

He didn't think much of using demon birds at all. As a dignified Daoist Qi Refinement cultivator, he had so many methods available, so why should he rely on a group of feathered beasts to defeat his opponents!

He pondered for a moment, thinking that Qi Xuyang was, after all, the current Elder in charge of the Heavenly Demon Abyss, and also a well-known figure in the sect. It was not appropriate to directly disobey him, so he got up and left the stone chamber.

The two Foundation Establishment cultivators guarding outside the door quickly stepped forward to salute. Just as they were about to ask if he had any instructions, Ling Zhijian waved his hand: "Guard this place. No one is allowed to enter without my permission. I'm going out!"

"Yes!" The two lowered their heads and replied.

Ling Zhijian walked out of the Hub Pavilion and went straight to Yueze Hall, where Qi Xuyang usually handled important matters. There were two teams of Foundation Establishment cultivators guarding the hall.

Seeing that everyone was about to come forward to greet him, Ling Zhijian nodded and said, "Is anyone in the hall?"

A late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator replied, "Junior Brother Du Jue has been in the hall all along."

"Has been in the hall all along? Why?"

"Before Elder Qi left the hall, he summoned Junior Brother Du into the hall, and he has been inside ever since, without coming out. Elder Qi didn't give any instructions, so we didn't dare to ask."

Ling Zhijian's mind raced, and he immediately understood Qi Xuyang's purpose, so he said, "Open the hall door."

Everyone dared not disobey and hurriedly opened the gate of Yueze Hall.

"You all come in with me."

Ling Zhijian instructed as he walked into the hall.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators looked at each other, nodded, and followed Ling Zhijian into the hall.

Passing through the foyer and the front hall, they quickly entered the middle hall. The hall was empty.

"Why isn't Junior Brother Du here!" The late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator who had spoken earlier was startled and quickly used his divine sense to search the hall, but he couldn't find anyone.

"Stop searching. There's no one else here besides us. Are you sure that Du Jue has been in the hall ever since he entered?" Ling Zhijian asked with a solemn expression.

The late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator immediately said, "This disciple has been guarding outside the hall, and indeed did not see Junior Brother Du come out of the hall door."

The other Foundation Establishment cultivators also shook their heads.

"In that case, you all go guard outside the hall first. I have important matters to report to the True Person!" Ling Zhijian said without容质疑.

Upon hearing that the matter involved a True Person, the Foundation Establishment cultivators didn't dare to stay and quickly left the hall, closing the door behind them.

Ling Zhijian's divine sense enveloped the entire hall. Everything was intact, and there were no traces of anyone forcing their way in.

"Could it be that he burrowed out from the ground?"

He thought of someone and couldn't help but recall past events, sighing after a long while.

He took out a jade pendant from his storage bracelet, identical to Qi Xuyang's. He placed the jade pendant into the wooden door. As the formation patterns lit up, the jade pendant merged with the light and flames, and the wooden door opened inward.

Walking through the passage, he used the key to open the stone door. He walked to the stone platform and skillfully installed the spirit stones. Before long, a phantom image appeared on the stone platform.

"Oh, it's Zhijian. What happened that requires you to report in person?"

Ling Zhijian respectfully saluted the phantom image and said, "Zhijian greets the True Person."

"Forget it, you are the Legacy Disciple personally approved by the Supreme Venerable, so there's no need for such formalities."

"Thank you for your consideration, True Person. Zhijian has come because he feels that the matter of Cu Mountain is no longer viable. Senior Brother Qi and the others are in danger of being overthrown, so I ask the True Person to decide what to do?" Ling Zhijian stood up straight and spoke frankly.

"In danger of being overthrown? Are you saying that Tong Tianfu has appeared near Cu Mountain?"

"It's not like that."

Ling Zhijian pondered for a moment and then reported all the things he had discovered one by one, and briefly explained his judgment.

Finally, he said: "Since the Profound Sky Sect knows that there is a great formation here and has sent people to break it, they will not throw themselves into a trap. Since they are still coming into the mountain, they must have something to rely on."

"The Profound Sky Sect's methods are, firstly, lightning techniques, and secondly, formations. By the Daze, they used formations combined with lightning talismans to defeat Senior Brother Qi and the others. Then they chased to Mingyu Peak, fighting more with less, and were not afraid even when surrounded. Why?

"Presumably, this hidden method is much more powerful than what they used before, and those below the Core Formation stage will definitely not be able to resist it. Therefore, this disciple did not discuss it with Senior Brother Qi and used the spare jade to report here. I beg the True Person to decide!"

The phantom image was silent for a moment and then said, "Since Xuyang has already made a plan, you should follow it. I have my own arrangements for the rest!"

Ling Zhijian's expression remained unchanged, and he bowed and replied, "I respectfully obey the True Person's orders!"

After coming out of Yueze Hall, he first selected two people and ordered them to hold items that were easy to warn with and go inside to guard outside the wooden door. Once they discovered any abnormalities, they were to immediately send a signal.

Then, he hurried to the Hub Pavilion and instructed the cultivators to rely on the guardian formation outside the pavilion to guard it strictly, not allowing anyone to enter or leave.

Only then did he summon a flying sword with colorful brocade, and a sword light rose up, heading north.

Before long, he left the great formation and entered the colorful dense forest.

However, the scene before him shocked him.

The forest was filled with a strong bloody smell, almost making him vomit. Thousands of demon birds, as if they had lost their minds, were fighting each other on the branches and under the leaves, with pieces of flesh and feathers flying from time to time.

Looking through the branches at the ground in the forest, it was covered with a thick layer of demon bird corpses, mostly incomplete, some broken into pieces, and dark red blood flowed out of the dense forest, flowing towards the side gullies.

The entire dense forest was like a living hell, a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, a tragic sight.

The birds that were fighting were all demon birds in the late stage or Great Perfection stage of the Spirit Enlightenment realm. They were not weak, and they had lost their only intelligence. As soon as they saw him appear, they immediately pounced over like wild beasts smelling meat, staring with blood-red eyes.

Ling Zhijian frowned and waved his hand, summoning a roulette-shaped magic weapon, which rotated rapidly above his head. A strong gale swept in all directions, driving the demon birds away.

He pondered for a moment, guessing that someone from the Profound Sky Sect must have come and used some means to make the demon birds kill each other, destroying Qi Xuyang's many years of preparation.

Knowing that he could not hesitate, he immediately took out the voice transmission jade and told Qi Xuyang about the tragic scene in the dense forest, and then flew east on his sword.