Chapter 453 - 411: How to Deal with the Spirit Talisman Sect

Chapter 453: Chapter 411: How to Deal with the Spirit Talisman Sect

It was Qian Ji, whom everyone thought was dead!

He wasn’t dead after all!

The rolling toxic clouds and mirage qi obscured the area, with illusions filling all around, accompanied by sharp screeches that made one’s head ache and ears hurt.

Suddenly enveloped by the mirage qi, the three of the Xuanguang Sect hastily used their defensive spiritual artifacts to resist. Liang Zhixing, shocked, reacted slightly slower, and his skin got a little contact with the toxic cloud, which in an instant corroded and festered open, with blood blisters sprouting, causing him to cry out in pain.

What’s going on? After suffering such attacks, is this person still not dead?

At the moment when the mirage qi spread, Wang Yu seized the opportunity, broke out from the encirclement, and fled to the distance with his wounded body.

"Where do you think you’re going!" Xu Chengyun and the other two rushed out of the mirage qi, each launching an attack towards Wang Yu.

But the previous scene replayed itself. The Yunshan Sect Foundation Establishment Feather Scholar, wearing a ghost mask, shielded with a defensive spiritual artifact, fearlessly used his body to block the three strikes!

Xu Chengyun couldn’t help but curse out loud.

Ridiculous! At such a sacrifice, is Wang Yu your own son!

Boom!

Xu Chengyun’s invisible sound waves turned into ropes, tying Qian Ji tightly, the Xun Wind Giant slammed a heavy blow, causing his chest to cave in, Liang Zhixing’s mighty sword pierced through his shoulder.

After this strike, Qian Ji made no more sound, Xu Chengyun confirmed that his vitality was severed, then released the sound waves, letting the twisted corpse fall.

Due to this obstruction, Wangg Hao looked up in anger, and Wang Yu had already become a small dot on the horizon, beyond reach.

Turning to look, the three Yunshan Sect Divine Ships in the distance had vanished without a trace, and their own battered floating battleships were retreating here.

In the end, the people of the Yunshan Sect still managed to escape!

Wangg Hao roared, dispersing the Xun Wind Giant, while Xu Chengyun furrowed his brow, pondering how to report the situation to Master Fengfeng without incurring too much wrath.

Hmm, the battle wasn’t without gains, at least they reclaimed Kongming Mountain, slew quite a number of Spirit Talisman Sect disciples, and killed one Yunshan Sect Foundation Establishment Honored Guest...

Just then, some disciples of the Xuanguang Sect who had fled early flew back from the floating battleship skirmish site, shouting loudly: "Sect Leader, it’s bad! Honored Guest Zhang Wei is dead!"

Xu Chengyun’s face turned ashen, and he staggered, shouting: "What happened?"

He wouldn’t be so flustered over the death of one Honored Guest; the key was, counting the two Foundation Establishment Honored Guests who died earlier with Hee Yangchen, three Honored Guests of the Xuanguang Sect perished in a short time.

This news, once spread, would make it difficult for the Xuanguang Sect to recruit Foundation Establishment Honored Guests again for a significant time!

A disciple stammered: "There was a female cultivator from the Yunshan Sect who is a Foundation Establishment Feather Scholar, she always hid, and when Honored Guest Zhang arrived, was caught off guard and killed by her..."

Female cultivator? Xu Chengyun immediately thought of Guh Niqiang, who had been missing for a long time.

However, another disciple added: "That was the Sect Leader’s Disciple Wu Yan from the Yunshan Sect, I’ve seen her image before."

Wu Yan?!

Wangg Hao exclaimed: "How is this possible?"

It’s well known that Wu Yan is extraordinarily talented, having reached late-stage Qi Cultivation within eight years of entering the sect with dual spiritual roots talent, and she was thus taken as Lu Qian’s Sect Leader’s Disciple.

However, regardless of the circumstances, it’s impossible to leap directly into Foundation Establishment!

Xu Chengyun’s face turned pitch-black, and his brows were almost knotted. He said in a deep voice: "It’s not impossible, you all forget, how did that thief Lu Qian suddenly go from late-stage Qi Cultivation to Qi Cultivation Perfection?"

"It was the Innate Spirit Pill!" Wangg Hao narrowed his eyes.

Xu Chengyun nodded: "Over the past year, the Yunshan Sect somehow acquired several exclusive pill formulas, even their practice creations began to flow into the marketplace. So, it’s very possible they obtained some Alchemy Dao cultivator’s legacy. To get another Innate Spirit Pill is also possible."

"Of course, the specifics need to be explored to find out."

No one spoke further, the Yunshan Sect’s strength was growing far faster than they anticipated!

"Clean up the battlefield, take over Kongming Mountain, assess battle damage, collect spoils, and report to the Zhenren!"

With an order, the Xuanguang Sect disciples, who had been scattered and fled, regrouped after discovering the enemy’s retreat, quickly compiling a simple battle report.

In this battle, the Xuanguang Sect deployed four Foundation Establishment Feather Scholars, five floating battleships, and two hundred Qi Cultivation elites. One Foundation Establishment lost, two floating battleships destroyed, and over sixty Qi Cultivators gone.

Killed one Yunshan Sect Foundation Establishment, more than forty Spirit Talisman Sect cultivators, several Shuangye Alliance cultivators, and reclaimed level-two high-tier spiritual vein Kongming Mountain and its subordinate territories, with five Qi Cultivation vassals originally allocated to the Spirit Talisman Sect all surrendering.

Additionally, they acquired some intelligence the Yunshan Sect had deeply hidden, such as the combat strength of Wang Yu and Wu Yan.

Purely from a numerical standpoint, it can still be considered a victory, so Master Fengfeng should not be too harsh.

Just as he was about to report the battle status to Master Fengfeng with the Thousand-Mile Mirror, Wangg Hao suddenly stormed in with an unpleasant expression.

"The body of that Yunshan Sect Foundation Establishment is gone!" Wangg Hao said coldly, "The disciples cleaning up the battlefield have searched through the forests below, and found nothing."

Xu Chengyun jumped up, recalling this battle, the unreasonable fearlessness of this cultivator, and how despite his heavily wounded body, hardly any blood was seen flowing out.

There must be something strange here.

Unfortunately, after Hee Yangchen’s death, the intelligence system buried within the Shuangye Alliance was uprooted, and now there’s a severe shortage of intelligence, especially regarding the Yunshan Sect, so they can only report it for the Zhenren’s decision.

At dusk, outside Lingsha City, late-arriving Spirit Talisman Sect cultivators arrived.

By this time, Wu Yan, Wang Yu, and the Shuangye Alliance cultivators had successively returned to Lingsha City. This was quite abnormal.

The Spirit Talisman Sect cultivators, particularly Zhuang Qing and Yinn Hongbo, had originally withdrawn first and should have arrived much earlier than the Shuangye Alliance members, but they fell behind. The slowness is quite suspicious.

However, Wang Yu had no energy to ponder; he was too injured. Upon returning, he only had time to give an order: "Keep an eye on the Spirit Talisman Sect, keep them in Lingsha City," before hurrying into seclusion for healing. Yang Jiye stationed troops in Liuhua Valley, and was not in Lingsha City, leaving Jiang Qingfeng as the one in charge of the city.

She summoned Wu Yan and Lin Le for a discussion but couldn’t come up with any idea.

The matter of sowing discord inherently involves countless variables, whether it succeeds and how much it achieves are all unknowns. Hence, decisions must adapt to changing circumstances.

Abandoning Kongming Mountain and bringing the Spirit Talisman Sect cultivators to Lingsha City presented a significant problem in arrangement.

Hearing that Zhuang Qing and Yinn Hongbo finally appeared outside the city, Jiang Qingfeng hurriedly went to greet them.

But she saw on a peak not far outside the city, a banner of the Spirit Talisman Sect was erected. Zhuang Qing and Yinn Hongbo stood under the banner, surrounded by Spirit Talisman Sect cultivators.

Jiang Qingfeng’s heart sank, she forced a smile and went forward to greet them.

But when invited by Jiang Qingfeng to enter the city for rest, Zhuang Qing straightforwardly refused.

He asked back: "I wonder which spirit vein your sect plans to use to settle us?"