Chapter 308: The Battle is over

Fighting till now, Taoist Jinlan has always had a back-up plan. He has a higher cultivation level than Yang Wangyuan and has spare energy to help others.

But Shen Chenzhou suddenly sacrificed the fifth-level spiritual talisman, which was still beyond Taoist Jinlan's expectation. Shen Chenzhou is a Jindan cultivator, which is enough to exert the full power of the fifth-level spiritual talisman. Even Taoist Jinlan has to be careful to deal with this wave of attacks. He can only reluctantly provide protection for Hu Peiyu and Zhu Wuya, and watch Sun Changgeng die at the hands of the enemy.

This fierce battle has lasted only a quarter of an hour from the pursuit to now. In this short period of time, the Purple Mansion cultivators who have practiced for hundreds of years have died one after another. They are the high and respected Purple Mansion ancestors in the sect. But at this moment, their lives are also humble, not much better than those of the Qi training and foundation building cultivators.

Seeing Sun Changgeng die, Taoist Jinlan shouted: "How courageous!" He waved his sleeves, and a green spiritual light stood out and hit Shen Chenzhou's back.

Shen Chenzhou has not been in the golden elixir for long, and his cultivation level is three levels lower than that of Jinlan Taoist, and his magic power is far less profound than that of Jinlan Taoist. Moreover, he only has a fifth-level magic weapon on him, and he is no match for Jinlan Taoist in a head-on fight.

"Be careful, it's the Qingyang Sword!" Yang Wangyuan saw this spiritual light, his face changed and he reminded Shen Chenzhou loudly.

The Qingyang Sword is named after the mountain gate of Qingxuan Sect, and its power is naturally extraordinary. After several generations of sacrifices and refinement by the sect, the grade of this magic weapon is already the fifth-level upper grade. In the entire Hongshan Sect, only the Xuanyang Flag can be compared with it.

Yang Wangyuan fought with Jinlan Taoist several times and had a deep understanding of the power of this magic weapon. When he saw Jinlan Taoist take action, he immediately sent out the Xuanyang Flag, wanting to rescue Shen Chenzhou.

Facing Yang Wangyuan's fierce attack, Jinlan Taoist did not choose to stop at all, and still used 70% of his strength on Shen Chenzhou.

At the same time, Hu Peiyu and Zhu Wuya also took action to restrain Shen Chenzhou, so that he would not use all his energy to protect the Qingyang Sword.

Shen Chenzhou did not have a fifth-level defensive magic weapon. The fourth-level defensive magic weapon he sacrificed was still used to resist Hu Peiyu's fifth-level life magic weapon Feiling Sword. Facing the sneak attack of the Qingyang Sword, he could only hastily lay down a layer of Gangqi shield, and then used Blood Shadow Escape once to escape from the battlefield.

The Gangqi shield naturally could not resist the Qingyang Sword, and was pierced by the Qingyang Sword like a bubble.

However, this Gangqi shield still bought Shen Chenzhou a certain amount of time. He was seen emitting a bloody light from his body, and in the blink of an eye he escaped a hundred miles away.

After using Blood Shadow Escape continuously, Shen Chenzhou's face turned pale, and his vitality had begun to deplete. He breathed a sigh of relief, took a fifth-level elixir to replenish his vitality, and then immediately fled to the battlefield to cooperate with Yang Wangyuan to deal with the Qingxuan Sect monks.

Shen Chenzhou knew that if the lips and teeth are cold, the teeth will be cold. If he hesitated a little, Shi Changqing of Hongshan Sect would not be a match for the many purple palaces of Qingxuan Sect. After Shi Changqing's death, Hongshan Sect only had three purple palaces left. From then on, Yang Wangyuan could only guard the mountain gate. Even if he had just captured two counties, there were not enough high-level cultivators to guard them.

A distance of a hundred miles only took about two or three minutes for a Jindan cultivator. When Shen Chenzhou rejoined the battlefield, he found that the four purple palaces of Qingxuan Sect were desperately besieging Shi Changqing, and Taoist Jinlan was also trying to contain Yang Wangyuan.

It turned out that Taoist Jinlan was distracted and attacked Shen Conglong just now, and Yang Wangyuan seized the opportunity and chased him relentlessly, and he actually turned the situation around, but now he was defeated.

Seeing that Shen Chenzhou had arrived, the two purple palaces of Nanlu Pavilion, Chen Yuanyou and Yu Yunzhong, were also desperately supporting him. Taoist Jinlan knew that it was impossible to achieve results, so he decisively sacrificed the Yajiao Boat, tried his best to stop Yang Wangyuan, and fled to a distance with the four purple palaces.

The battle lasted only ten minutes, but two purple palaces died. Even though Shi Changqing barely managed to save his life, he was already seriously injured. His body was almost cut off by Zhu Wuya, and his soul was severely injured by Hu Peiyu. He almost relied on his tenacious will to wait for Shen Chenzhou's help.

Shen Chenzhou was not in a good condition either. He used the Blood Shadow Escape continuously, and his meridians were still aching. Seeing the miserable state of the two purple palaces of Hongshan Sect, he finally realized that Qingxuan Sect was not easy to mess with and was a tough nut to crack.

Even if the power of the three northern counties was somewhat inferior to that of the Hongshan Sect and Nanlu Pavilion Alliance, if he wanted to conquer Jiangkou County, he was afraid that his Nanlu Pavilion would also suffer countless casualties. Rather than both sides being injured and letting Huanshui Sect take advantage, it would be better to stop while the going is good.

The Purple Mansion of the sect suffered heavy casualties, so Yang Wangyuan naturally had no intention of causing trouble for the Lu family. He immediately returned to Taihong Mountain with Shi Changqing to recuperate, and then sent Wang Boxiong to guard Huaping Mountain, finally choosing to stop the war.

Huaping Mountain is located in the buffer zone of the war between the two sects. Once Qingxuan Sect recovers and launches a large-scale attack, this place cannot be defended at all.

The last time Wang Boxiong guarded Huaping Mountain, he was quick to see the opportunity and successfully escaped. The next time, without the containment of Zhemei Mountain, he may not be able to break through the siege and find a way to survive again.

After thinking about it, Wang Boxiong and his disciples thought about it, and finally secretly surrendered to Shen Chenzhou.

Shen Chenzhou was very happy that the Purple Mansion cultivator came to surrender. Although Wang Boxiong was an ally and could not openly join Nanlu Pavilion, Shen Chenzhou still wrote a letter in person to accept Wang Boxiong as a Purple Mansion.

In order to reassure Wang Boxiong, Shen Chenzhou also sent Chen Yuanyou and Yu Yunzhong to cooperate with him to guard Huaping Mountain. Moreover, Shen Chenzhou also passed down the message, allowing him to evacuate Huaping Mountain if the situation became unfavorable, and the three purple mansions in Huaping Mountain also mainly followed his opinion.

The different treatments from both sides made Wang Boxiong think to himself: "Yang Wangyuan only knows that I abandoned Huaping Mountain and watched Wan Qingyuan die, but he doesn't understand that if I don't run, I will become a bird in a cage, and neither of the two purple palaces can be saved. Compared with Yang Wangyuan's petty mind, Shen Chenzhou is more intelligent. Following him is more promising than hanging on a tree in Hongshan Sect."

Shen Chenzhou's vitality was depleted and he had to retreat to recover his vitality. Yang Wangyuan didn't dare to continue attacking the foundation-building families below alone, so as not to be ambushed by Taoist Jinlan again.

In the battle of Luyang County, both sides suffered losses. In order to avoid being taken advantage of by Huanshui Sect, both sides chose to avoid the battle. With the death of Sun Changgeng and the loss of twenty foundation-building people, the Qingxuan Sect did not have enough deterrent power to implement the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields, and could only migrate half of the families.

The remaining half of the families did not have much hatred with Hongshan Sect, and once again became fence-sitters and joined Hongshan Sect.

The battle line between the two sects once again retreated to the state after the battle of Chaoyin Mountain.

After the war, Jin Lao Zu was also injured and needed to retreat to recover. Hu Peiyu took over the overall situation on his behalf. After several battles, Hu Peiyu had already been in the limelight and had already gained prestige among the high-level cultivators of Qingxuan Sect. Even Zhu Wuya, a cultivator of the ninth level of Zifu, was convinced and obeyed her.

Yuntai Mountain was guarded by four Zifu cultivators, Hu Peiyu, Zhu Wuya, Zhao Xinlian, and Shen Conglong. Even if Yang Wangyuan and Shen Chenzhou personally led people to attack, it would be difficult to break through the mountain gate in a short time.

The situation fell into a stalemate again. Although Hongshan Sect did not take any action, it successfully contained a Jindan, four Zifu, and dozens of foundation-building cultivators of Qingxuan Sect. Such a large force was contained in the north, and Qingxuan Sect was somewhat short of power in the south.