Chapter 424 Dongyang Mountain

Yang Wangyuan and his men escaped, and Lu Hongniang was eager to chase them. Taoist Jin Lan flicked his sleeves and stopped them, saying: "Hongniang, don't chase a desperate enemy. We have won a lot this time, so we still need to be steady. Time is on our side. If we are tricked by Yang and Shen, it will be a loss." Lu Hongniang raised her hand and said indignantly: "Brother Jin, if we don't chase them now, I'm afraid Yang Wangyuan will blow up the spiritual veins and plunder the floating wealth to the gate of Nanlu Pavilion. We have been fighting with Hongshan Sect for nearly a hundred years. If we don't pick the fruits when they are ripe, I'm afraid they will be ruined by Yang Wangyuan soon. All the hard work for many years has been in vain." Taoist Jin Lan waved his hand and said: "How can you say it's useless? At least we control the three counties under the jurisdiction of Hongshan Sect, and more than 10,000 counties under our jurisdiction. Tens of millions of mortals have been destroyed. As long as we treat them equally, these mortals can continuously replenish our cultivators, and the foundation of the sect will be stronger. Moreover, even if the Taihong Mountain Spiritual Vein is blown up, it is still a fourth-level upper-grade spiritual vein. Together with the Huaping Mountain Spiritual Vein, we will gain something after all.

We don’t have enough high-level cultivators now, but we have occupied a lot of spiritual veins. Even if the Taihong Mountain Spiritual Vein is very valuable, it is not worth it for everyone to take risks. Once enough cultivators are drawn, we can defeat the enemy in a dignified manner. "

Ancestor Jin persuaded everyone with his words. He has more experience than others and knows more about the combat power of Jindan-stage cultivators. Once Yang and Shen fight for their lives, they still have five fifth-level spiritual talismans in their hands. I am afraid that those present today will also suffer heavy losses.

After defeating Hongshan Sect, Yuntai Mountain began to mobilize that night, raising food and fodder and mobilizing manpower. On the second day, they sent troops in large numbers. Ten days later, everyone led the army to the gate of Taihong Mountain.

Now the high-level cultivators on Mount Taihong have already left with Yang Wangyuan, and the low-level cultivators have also heard the news and fled for fear that the cultivators of Qingxuan Sect would pursue them.

The spiritual medicine garden on the mountain was also plundered by the cultivators of Hongshan Sect, and the treasury was empty. Except for the spiritual veins of reduced grade, there was almost nothing left.

However, Mount Taihong has been managed by Hongshan Sect for many years, and a large number of spiritual fields have been opened up on the mountain. The cultivators of Qingxuan Sect carefully counted and found that there were more than 10,000 acres of spiritual fields on the mountain, and there were more than 200 acres of spiritual medicine gardens that could be used.

Because he was afraid of being surrounded by the cultivators of Qingxuan Sect, Yang Wangyuan had no time to pollute a large number of spiritual fields, and this large amount of resources fell into the control of the cultivators of Qingxuan Sect.

If you want to develop these tens of thousands of acres of spiritual fields, you have to invest at least 3 million spiritual stones. Relying on the tens of thousands of acres of spiritual fields, the annual income of Hongshan Sect is about 100,000 spiritual stones. Without such a large source of income, even if Hongshan Sect and Nanlu Pavilion joined forces, they would not be able to support too many people to practice, and they would probably gradually decline.

The high-ranking officials of Qingxuan Sect stood in a large spiritual field. Taoist Jinlan looked at the top of Taihong Mountain and said, "The cultivators of Hongshan Sect did not even destroy the formation, which shows how hurried they left. From today on, this sect is no longer a big concern for us. I can also breathe a sigh of relief and return to Qingyang Mountain to practice."

After hearing what Patriarch Jin said, Luo Ziyan immediately said, "There are three fourth-level spiritual veins in the four northern counties, with a population of tens of millions. They are more important to us than the three southeastern counties, and they are also adjacent to Huanshui Sect. Yang Wang The two of them are still eyeing the situation. Without a Jindan-stage cultivator, I wonder if it can be stable? "

Ancestor Jin nodded and said, "Don't worry, Zi Yan, Pei Yu and I will stay for a while and return to the mountain gate when the situation stabilizes. The most urgent task is the spirit stone mine in Dongyang Mountain. According to the report from the foundation-building cultivator we sent to investigate, Huanshui Sect has intervened and the spirit stone mine has been planted with the flag of Huanshui Sect. They took control of this spirit stone mine without saying hello to us."

After receiving this news, everyone's faces were a little gloomy.

There are three Jindan-stage cultivators in Huanshui Sect. Before Qingxuan Sect grew and became stronger, they were basically the only one in Yu State.

Because it is close to Wu State, it received a lot of Wu State refugees from the ancient demon rebellion. The population controlled by Huanshui Sect is as high as more than 20 million, which is far more than small sects such as Qingxuan Sect and Hongshan Sect.

Not only are there many Jindan-stage cultivators, but there are also more than 500 foundation-building cultivators, who are the backbone of the Huanshui Sect, and even 17 purple-mansion cultivators. Even though they suffered attacks from demon cultivators in the past few years and lost some strength, their war potential still exceeds that of the current Qingxuan Sect.

Moreover, once a war breaks out with the Huanshui Sect, I am afraid that Yang Wangyuan and Shen Chenzhou will still act rashly, and I don’t know how many people will die once the war starts.

In the 85-year-long war with the Hongshan Sect, even if the Qingxuan Sect is the winner, there are 60 to 70 foundation-building cultivators who died in the war. If it weren’t for the fact that they seized the spiritual medicine garden of the Hongshan Sect a century ago and cultivated a large number of foundation-building cultivators, this loss would not be replenished by the Qingxuan Sect in a short period of time.

Even the purple-mansion cultivators Sun Changgeng and Shen Conglong died in this long war, and three or four purple-mansion cultivators suffered heavy injuries, affecting their path. If the war continues, even the high-ranking officials of their sects, to be honest, don’t have much confidence.

The war lasted for more than 80 years. Even the great Jindan stage ancestors could only practice on low-level spiritual veins, which affected the progress of cultivation, not to mention the suffering of low-level cultivators.

Especially the battlefield near Jiangkou County, which lost countless people due to the long-term war.

Because the battle line kept changing, the cultivators had to migrate back and forth with the mortals. This continuous turmoil caused serious population losses.

Because of this long-term war, more than a hundred immortal cultivating families were destroyed in Jiangnan, Jiangkou and other counties, and more than a million people died during the migration.

Although Qingxuan Sect's losses were relatively small, the war situation on the northern front every year put great pressure on them, and half of the sect's high-level monks were restrained on Yuntai Mountain. The war was finally over. Everyone in the sect, from the golden elixir ancestor to the disciples in the Qi training stage, were happy and excited, but they were unwilling to continue the fight and continue the expedition.

When Zhang Zhixuan saw no one speaking, he immediately said: "Ignoring it will not work after all. If we don't care about Dongyang Mountain, outsiders will think that we have no spine and will reveal our weakness to outsiders. It will be difficult for our interests to be protected by others." Respect. So no matter how difficult it is at this time, we must bite the bullet and capture the benefits of the Dongyang Mountain Lingshi Mine. As the saying goes, if you hit it with one punch, you will avoid hundreds of punches, even if it is because of this Lingshi Mine. It is better to have a war than to endure it. "

Taoist Jin Lan sighed and said: "Zhixuan is right, but we should try not to break out a war if we can. This time we still have to be polite before fighting. Several of our sect senior leaders will go to Dongyang Mountain in person in three days to see See if you can talk to Huanshui Sect. Even if you give up some of your interests, try to strive for a long-term peaceful situation.

If the Huanshui Sect thinks that we are easy to bully and wants to monopolize the Dongyang Mountain Lingshi Mine, then listen to Zhixuan and attack Dongyang Mountain immediately, pull out this nail, and then prepare for a long war. "