Chapter 973: Strategies of War and Peace

Just when Zhang Yunlan had just released the vision of forming a baby, a beam of light flew from afar, crossed the Hengduan Mountains, and entered the core territory of Ziyang Sect.

The light was accompanied by a trace of flames and thunder, and its speed was as fast as thunder, far exceeding that of ordinary Jindan cultivators.

The cultivator who could release this kind of light must be a Yuanying stage master.

The light had just entered the territory of Taicheng County and was still thousands of miles away from Lingjing Mountain when it was detected in advance by the cultivators stationed nearby.

Although they did not dare to offend the senior masters, due to the sect rules, several foundation building and purple mansions still stood in front and stopped the strange Yuanying ancestor.

"Senior, stop. The front is the mountain gate of Ziyang Sect. If you want to pay homage to the mountain, you need to notify our ancestor so that we can let you go."

The Ziyang Sect has very strict control over the core territory. Mortal towns are built on Lingshan Mountain. Innate Qi training cultivators are stationed in ordinary villages and towns. There must be foundation building cultivators stationed in county towns with a large population.

When you arrive at a county town, there are basically Purple Mansion cultivators in charge of the nearby spiritual mountains. If there is any abnormal situation, they can immediately report it to the nearby Nascent Soul ancestors.

Although the territory of Ziyang Sect is large, with the six sixth-level spiritual veins of Lingjing Mountain, Shennv Peak, Tianyuan Island, Huohu Mountain, Jueying Mountain, and Daiyang Mountain as the core, all the territories can be connected in series. Controlling these six sixth-level spiritual veins can firmly control the vast territory.

In the entire territory of Ziyang Sect, except for five or six market towns open to the public, the remaining spiritual veins do not welcome foreign cultivators to enter.

Even if a Nascent Soul cultivator passes by, at least he must say hello to the owner.

This strange Nascent Soul is named Wang Ciyang, an elder from Lundao Sect.

After being teleported to Nanyazhou with the letter of peace from Wumu Zhenren, he entered the territory of Ziyang Sect from Qi State day and night.

In order to show sincerity, this person deliberately revealed his tracks after crossing the Hengduan Mountains, and revealed his situation to the Ziyang Sect monks, so as to prevent Zhang Zhixuan from misunderstanding and attacking her.

Wang Ciyang waved his hand, and a letter was delivered to the Zifu monk who was in the lead.

Although he didn't know who was the enemy or the friend, the Yuanying monk who inspected the letter did not dare to neglect it, and immediately took the teleportation array to return to Lingjing Mountain and handed the letter to the high-level monk.

The Yuanying monk of Lundao Sect came in person, and his sincerity was not insufficient.

The letter was immediately delivered to Zhang Zhixuan, asking them to decide whether to fight or make peace?

Regardless of whether it was an enemy or a friend, since Wang Ciyang came in person, Zhang Zhixuan naturally had to follow the etiquette and would not do the dirty thing of killing the envoy, which would ruin his reputation. The most urgent task was to contact the envoy of Lundao Sect first.

Zhang Yunlan had just survived the thunder tribulation, and the little Yuanying was uneasy and did not dare to see strangers. It turned into a spiritual light and fell into Qingchan's sleeves.

Zhang Yunlan is more than a hundred years younger than Zhang Zhixuan and Qingchan. He is considered a junior who has grown up under the care of the two Yuanying ancestors. He is not too reserved in front of Zhang Zhixuan and others.

On the contrary, Zhang Sihong, although only a dozen years younger than him, is still his peer in terms of the age of cultivators. Facing elders of the same clan such as Zhang Zhixuan and Hanyan, he is very respectful and full of awe.

Zhang Yunlan successfully refined the Yuanying, and needed a large amount of five elements essence to sacrifice the Dharma body.

Today, the Ziyang Sect is a big family. With a single order from the sect, tens of thousands of cultivators can be mobilized to collect the five elements essence immediately, and the task can be completed in just one or two years.

After receiving Wang Ciyang's letter, Zhang Zhixuan hesitated. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should negotiate with the Lundao Sect?

Seeing Zhang Zhixuan's face full of sorrow, Qingchan chuckled and said, "Is the person coming from Lundao Sect?"

"How did you guess?"

Qingchan looked at the rising sun in the east, and suddenly said with some emotion, "Only the Yuanying of this sect sent a letter of peace, which made you feel so embarrassed and show such an expression. Since we became Yuanying, we have been blessed by heaven and everything has gone smoothly. I haven't seen you so embarrassed for many years."

Zhang Zhixuan has been very thoughtful since he was a child. Because of the Huangting Dao Sutra, he rarely opens his heart to outsiders, and does not easily make friends with outside cultivators.

When he was young, he was very scheming and did not look like a young man who was successful at a young age.

Sometimes Qingchan would also feel that he was also a person who turned the catastrophe.

At that time, their cultivation was low, and the protector Liu Lingjun was hiding in the dark. Zhang Zhixuan did not know that he had such a big backer behind him. Facing the high-level cultivators with bad intentions, the two of them walked on thin ice every step they took, and often thought carefully and looked ahead and behind.

After that, facing the pressure from Xuansu Sect, Zhang Zhixuan was even more worried and sighed day and night. He wanted to leave Tiantai Peak several times and take Qingchan to become a casual cultivator. But his responsibility made him not choose this path, and he walked step by step to the present.

Ziyang Sect has become one of the ten major sects in Dazhou, and the Zhang family of Tiantai Peak has also become the first family in Nanhuang.

The reason why Zhang Zhixuan was a little embarrassed was that he agreed to sign a contract with Lundao Sect, which was against his original intention.

Lundao Sect made them suffer and affected Qingchan's next step of cultivation.

Zhang Zhixuan was also a person who remembered grudges, so naturally he didn't want to let this sect go easily.

He hoped to make great progress in cultivation and exterminate the sect's lineage, and get the greatest benefit. Sometimes, after refining the Yuanshen, the importance of enemies to you is sometimes no less than that of friends.

But once you refuse this sect's goodwill, it is clear that you will not leave them a way out. At that time, Lundao Sect will be forced into a corner, and in order to survive, this sect will inevitably launch a sect war.

Now the Lun Dao Sect has the upper hand in strength. Once the top leaders of this sect come in full force, the Zi Yang Sect will surely be unable to take care of itself and the sect’s territory will be plunged into war.

By then, the people will be devastated and displaced, and it is unknown how many people will be killed or injured.

The only advantage of Ziyang Sect now is the right time and place.

The Lundao Sect came across the state, so it is impossible to mobilize too many people, and only the Jindan Yuanying can take action.

Moreover, Qingyunzi and Yu Daoren are in charge of Nanyazhou. Once the Lundao Sect crosses the border, the Yuanshen cultivators are likely to intervene and expel and kill the foreign cultivators.

However, Zhang Zhixuan's family knows his own affairs. Ziyang Sect has no origins with the two Yuanshen ancestors. It is also unclear why Qingyunzi has good intentions for him and has taken care of Ziyang Sect cultivators many times, forming a good relationship.

It is a pity that Qingyunzi, who takes the most care of him, is busy with something, and Yu Daoren has a big sect behind him and a family.

Even if it is a Yuanshen cultivator, it is impossible to offend people everywhere without scruples. Unless it is a free-spirited person like Qingyunzi, he dares to kill people everywhere and make enemies without leaving a way out for his relatives, disciples, and sect inheritance.

The Lun Dao Sect and Zi Yang Sect were only fighting because of personal grudges, not to invade Nan Yazhou and gain a foothold here.

If Zi Yang Sect rejected the goodwill of Lun Dao Sect, they would have reason to invite the Yuan Shen cultivators from Zhong Chizhou to intervene.

As long as Lun Dao Sect is willing to pay the price, the Yuan Shen artifacts and skills inheritance of this sect are also quite attractive to Yuan Shen cultivators.

Otherwise, the Xuan Ting Sect cultivators would not take the initiative to provoke disputes, but just want to subdue this sect and obtain the collection of books of the Xiling Patriarch.

At that time, it is not impossible for Lun Dao Sect to invite Yuan Shen Zhenren to take action and contain Yu Daoren.

Zhang Zhixuan is not the son of Yu Daoren, so naturally he does not have such a big face to let the Yuan Shen Patriarch fight for him and fight with the same level cultivators.

As long as the Yuan Shen cultivators from Zhong Chizhou are willing to take the lead, Yu Daoren may not give Zi Yang Sect too much help.

It is very likely that a war between the two sects will happen.

If the sect were to be dragged into a war with countless casualties due to a selfish thought, it would very likely affect Zhang Zhixuan's spiritual faith, causing him to fall into guilt and ruin his future.