Chapter 119.
Chapter 119: Battle
The Dragon Shocking Bell was a magic treasure that was capable of emitting a dragon’s roar, and only when something major happened would the Imperial Spirit Sect ring the Dragon Shocking Bell to call a meeting with the top brass.
“Luckily it’s only one ring, things aren’t very serious yet.”
Shen Long said.
The more times the alarming dragon bell was rung, it meant that things were more serious, the highest the Royal Spirit Sect had ever rung was nine times, that time, the Royal Spirit Sect was facing extinction, and it was the Protector Spirit Bird that helped the Royal Spirit Sect to get through this difficult time.
“The last time I rang the alarming dragon bell was hundreds of years ago, and I don’t know what exactly happened.”
Chen Bing said.
In the Hall of Deliberation, Chen Xiao stood on the main seat, a dozen or so JieDan cultivators sat on either side, and the Ice Silkworm Realist rushed over and sat down.
“Senior Sect Leader, what major event has happened? To ring the alarming dragon bell.”
A tall, golden-robed old man asked, the golden-robed old man had a square face and big eyes, his eyes were not angry.
Golden Toad Realist, middle stage of JieDan.
“A medium-sized Green Asahi Crystal vein was discovered at the border between our human race and the Skywolf Tribe, Senior Qin of the Xuan Yang Sect sent us a message that Master Du intends to personally lead a team to deal with the Skywolf Tribe together, besides Qin, the State of Zhao and Wei will all send their people to the war, we must take that Green Asahi Crystal vein.”
Chen Xiao’s tone was heavy.
Green Asahi Crystal was a fourth-order weapon refining material, usually used to refine defensive treasures, and was worth a lot, a medium-sized Green Asahi Crystal vein was worth tens of millions of Spirit Stones, so naturally, it was impossible to let it go to the Skywolf Tribe.
“Skywolf Tribe! This is one of the eighteen major tribes of the barbarian race.”
The Ice Silkworm Realist frowned and said.
“That’s why our three countries are joining forces, Senior Qin and Senior Aunt Du’s intention is to let the juniors fight first, to consume as much of the barbarian tribe’s power as possible, and if the barbarian tribe’s YuanYing cultivators don’t make a move, they won’t make a move either.”
Chen Xiao explained.
“How did a medium-sized Green Asahi Crystal vein suddenly appear? Didn’t you explore it clearly when you drew the boundary?”
Fairy Ice Centipede asked in disbelief.
If the small-sized vein had not been discovered, it would still be understandable, and it was strange that the medium-sized vein had not been discovered either.
“I heard that it was left behind by a certain big tribe of the barbarians, and it was hidden with a big formation at the time as a capital to rise again in the east, so I guess it’s useless.”
Chen Xiao said.
The Barbarians almost unified the Eastern China Immortal Cultivation Realm, and the Human Race had fought with the Barbarians for many years, destroying several large tribes of the Barbarians and expanding their territory.
“We’re going to rendezvous with the Xuan Yang Sect’s people then? Or just go over there?”
The Golden Toad Realist asked.
“We’ll rush directly to the front line, Senior Qin has already led a team to the front line, Senior Leng from the Cold Flame Sect of Wei has also personally led a team and rushed to the front line, and Senior Aunt Du has asked me to draw a group of cultivators to rush to the front line.”
Chen Xiao explained.
“Sect Master, count me in this time.”
The Golden Toad Realist took the initiative to volunteer.
“I’ll go too.”
The Ice Silkworm Realist concurred.
Multiple JieDan cultivators took the initiative to ask for battle, this was a great opportunity to make a mark.
“Master Aunt Du attaches great importance to this matter, prepare yourselves, first send ten JieDan cultivators and five hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators to the frontline, logistical supplies should also follow, each hall is responsible for rushing all kinds of strategic materials, pills, talismans, formations, magic weapons, spirit beasts, etc., those who retreat from the battlefield will be severely punished, and those who mutiny and defect to the enemy will be killed without amnesty.”
Chen Xiao’s face was filled with a solemn and murderous aura.
“Yes, Sect Master.”
The Ice Silkworm Realist and a dozen other JieDan cultivators agreed in unison and left one after another.
Soon, the huge machine that was the Royal Spirit Sect was up and running, and all the various halls received orders to rush various strategic substances, as well as sending out a group of spirit beasts and spirit birds.
Iceworm Valley, Iceworm Pavilion.
The Ice Silkworm real person sat on the main seat, and Shen Long and Chen Bing stood on the side.
“Green Asahi Crystal Vein!”
It dawned on Shen Long that the Green Rising Crystal Vein was even more precious than the Gold Lang Jade Vein he had discovered.
The Tianwolf Tribe was one of the eighteen major tribes of the barbarians, and its strength was evident as the three countries joined hands to deal with the Tianwolf Tribe.
“Shen Long, you go to the front line with my master! The frontline also needs alchemists, this time is a great opportunity to build a career, Chen Bing, your senior brother’s strength is stronger than you, so you stay at the general altar to take care of the Ice Silkworm Valley.”
The Ice Silkworm Realist said.
Shen Long’s strength was good, as long as he performed a little, the Ice Silkworm Realist would be able to fight for more benefits for him.
“Yes, master.”
Shen Long and Chen Bing agreed in unison.
Real Ice Silkworm admonished a few words, and Shen Long left.
Returning to the Green Lotus Garden, Shen Long took out the transmission disk and contacted Qian Dafu, asking him to contact Ye Yutang and the others to come to the Green Lotus Garden, there was something he wanted to say to them.
In less than half a quarter of an hour, Qian Dafu, Lin Shan, Ye Yutang, Qin Bao, Ye Yuyi, Sun Furong and others arrived.
“Have you guys heard?”
Shen Long opened his mouth and asked.
“I heard about it, we were ordered to go to the front line, Senior Brother Shen, are you going too?”
Ye Yuqing asked.
Shen Long nodded and said, “Master is going to bring me along, if you guys also join the war, you can take care of each other.”
“Hehehe, this is an opportunity to build a career, I definitely want to go, this battle down, the seventy-two shows may have to be reduced in number, if you make a great achievement, you may be able to be promoted to the seventy-two shows or be admitted by a JieDan cultivator under his door.”
Qin Bao said excitedly.
He was currently in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, and Shen Long was the one who made a big splash at the Xuan Yang Dharma Meeting and was accepted by the Ice Silkworm Realist as a disciple, and this big battle was their chance to make a name for themselves.
“That’s right, staying at the general altar is certainly safe, it’s too hard to get ahead, even if it’s to do odd jobs at the front line, the good deeds received are quite a lot.”
Li Lei concurred.
They could accumulate good merit by completing the tasks issued by the sect, but the efficiency was so low that they didn’t know how long it would take before they could accumulate enough good merit to exchange for conjunctive spirits.
Last time when the five clans of Qin fought the four clans of Zhao, some of the disciples of the Royal Spirit Sect had made great achievements, such as Lin Si Si’s promotion to Seventy-two Xiu.
“I didn’t receive the order to go on a journey and stay at the general altar.”
Lin Shan said.
“I’ve taken on an errand to transport supplies, the business can be left to Master Lin to take care of, there’s not much work, the goods are ready-made, the prices are set, just collect the money.”
Qian Dafu said.
“I didn’t receive orders to stay at the general altar.”
Sun Furong said.
It wasn’t up to them to go out to war, they could take the initiative to participate in the war, but when they received an order to go out to war, they couldn’t refuse.
“Then it’s like this! Senior Brother Lin and Senior Sister Sun manage the business matters while we go on the expedition.”
Shen Long said.
After chatting for most of an hour, Qian Dafu and the others left one after another and went back to prepare.
Early the next morning, a verdant square covering ten thousand acres, thousands of disciples gathered here, mostly at the Qi refining stage.
Qi refining cultivators participated in the war, mainly doing odd jobs, setting up camp, patrolling and watching the gate, etc.
Shen Long, Qian Dafu, Lin Sisi, Bai Yunlong, Wang Chong, Xu Feng and others were all there, and the JieDan cultivators had gathered more than ten.
A red light appeared in the distant sky, a flash stopped, and appeared over the verdant stone square. The light converged, and a hundred-foot-long red flying boat appeared, and a plump red-skirted woman stood on top of the red flying boat.
The red-skirted woman’s features were picturesque, her skin was snowy, and she wore a red jade lock on her chest.
Du Yin Yin, early stage of YuanYing.
“Greetings to Master Aunt Du (Master Ancestor Du).”
The Ice Silkworm Realist and thousands of other disciples bowed and saluted with solemn expressions.
“Everyone has arrived!”
Du Yin Yin asked, her voice sweet.
“Senior Aunt Du, everyone is here.”
The Ice Silkworm Realist said.
Du Yin Yin’s spell was pinched, and the red flying boat slowly landed on the ground.
The Ice Silkworm Realist and thousands of other cultivators walked to the top of the red flying boat one after another, and after all of them boarded the red flying boat, Du Yin Yin’s magic trick was pinched, and the red flying boat suddenly blossomed with a blinding red light, and flew towards the high altitude, with a very high speed.
Not long after, the red flying boat disappeared into the sky.
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Tian Lang Mountain Range, Tian Lang Tribe.
In a quiet manor, Gu Hong and a white-skirted woman with gorgeous features sat in a green stone pavilion, sipping tea and chatting.
“Green Asahi Crystal Vein, such a big piece of fat meat, it’s not easy for our Skywolf Tribe to want to swallow it all by ourselves, the three countries of Qin, Zhao, and Wei have joined forces, and their strength is even stronger than our Skywolf Tribe.”
Gu Hong frowned and said.
“They have helpers, we also have helpers, I have contacted Taoist Bian of the Thunder Eagle Tribe, he has agreed to participate in the war, this one Green Rising Crystal Vein must be in our hands.”
The white-skirted woman was full of confidence.
Gu Bing, mid YuanYing stage.
“The Thunder Eagle Tribe is willing to cooperate with us, there’s no big problem in taking this vein, but the Human Race won’t be able to easily give it up to us, we might even have to make a move.”
Gu Hong said with a frown.
“Make a move, if we can get this Green Rising Crystal vein, it can enhance our strength, not to mention, taking the Green Rising Crystals to other places to sell, it can be used to exchange for other Immortal Cultivation resources.”
Gu Bing said with disbelief.
People die for money, birds die for food, it’s constant.
Gu Hong nodded and said, “Before that, let the juniors fight first, this time is also a sharpening for them, the excellent clansmen can stand out, and the incompetent ones eliminated.”
“I will first lead the large force to support the frontline, you stay behind, I hope the High Priestess will come back soon.”
Gu Bing said.
“The High Priestess has been out traveling for many years, he should be back soon.”
Gu Hong said.
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The Qiyun Grassland was located at the border between the Human Race and the Barbarian Race, stretching for millions of miles.
Deep in the grassland, an imposing giant city could be seen, which was made up of blocks of green-colored boulders and could not be seen at a glance.
There was a golden plaque hanging above the entrance of the city, on which were written the three silver words “Barbaric Rejecting City”, and the spiritual light flickered non-stop.
Teams of cultivators were patrolling near the Barbarian Rejecting City, and some cultivators were arranging formations to strengthen the defense of the Barbarian Rejecting City.
A red light appeared in the distant sky, a flash stopped and a red light flashing flying boat appeared, thousands of cultivators stood on it, the leader was Du Yin Yin.
“It’s seniors from the Royal Spirit Sect.”
Someone recognized Du Yin Yin and the others.
Realist Qian Yang and Supreme Jin Xia flew out and stopped in front of Du Yin Yin with respectful expressions.
“Senior Du, Master Qin has been waiting for a long time, please come with me, Fellow Daoist Lin and the others, Fellow Daoist Jin will be properly placed.”
Realist Qian Yang said in a respectful voice.
Du Yin Yin nodded, and with a spell, the red flying boat landed on an open area within the city, and Shen Long and the others walked down.
Du Yin Yin put away the red flying boat and followed Realist Qian Yang to leave.
Senior Jin Xia was responsible for resettling the Ice Silkworm Realist and the others, and the disciples of the Imperial Spirit Sect were unified to live in the Imperial Spirit Garden, which was large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people without a problem.
Shen Long lived in the Golden Cicada Courtyard, within the courtyard there was a two-story green colored pavilion, the plaque was written with three big words “Golden Cicada Pavilion”.
After settling down, Shen Long left the Royal Spirit Garden and wandered around the streets.
Rejecting Barbarians City was very large and had all kinds of facilities, pill stores, spirit medicine stores, weapon stores, talisman stores, and spirit beast stores.
Shen Long walked around and walked into the store from time to time to take a look.
The city had gathered Immortal cultivators from the three countries, which was convenient for Shen Long to sell spiritual pills and fruits, and he might be able to buy pandanus-forming spiritual objects.
When he passed a fork in the road, Xu Yunfeng and two Hundred Ghost Sect disciples came face to face.
When Xu Yunfeng saw Shen Long, he was slightly stunned and quickly returned to normal.
Shen Long regarded it as if he didn’t see it, and when his back was turned to Xu Yunfeng and the three of them, his right palm gently patted the white spirit beast pouch.
This was for the Spirit Chasing Beast to take note of the strength of the three people’s divine sense, Shen Long did not recognize Xu Yunfeng, and judging from the faint change of expression on Xu Yunfeng’s face, this person knew Shen Long.
If he was a former friend, he could greet Shen Long generously, unless he was an enemy, he would pretend as if nothing had happened, and Shen Long was inclined to the latter.
Shen Long secretly memorized the faces of the three people, and would check their details later, as long as they were within a certain range, the Spirit Chasing Beasts would be able to sense their Divine Sense, thus giving Shen Long an alert.
After a tea time, Shen Long appeared in an extensive green stone square, in the center of the square was located an eighteen-storey high golden pavilion, the plaque was written with three big words “Seven Xia Pavilion”.
He had inquired clearly with people that this was a store opened by the Seven Summers Merchant Alliance, and it was also the largest store in the city.
In theory, the three countries had joined hands to establish Barbarian Rejecting City, and the best location should be reserved for the big forces of the three countries, but the Seven Summers Trading Alliance was not an ordinary force.
The Seven Xia Merchant Alliance had a long heritage, had God Transformation Cultivators in attendance, and had forces all over the Qian Yang Realm with great strength, making it the largest merchant alliance in the Qian Yang Realm, bar none.
Shen Long walked in with big strides, the hall was spacious and bright, tall shelves were decorated with all kinds of commodities, a team of green-shirted attendants were introducing and recommending commodities to the guests.
Shen Long noticed that most of the guests in the hall were at the Foundation Establishment Stage, which was not surprising, the commodities of the Seven Xia Merchant Alliance were certainly good, the prices were not cheap.
A green-shirted attendant walked over quickly and said enthusiastically, “Welcome senior to our store, I don’t know what I can do to help senior?”
“Where is your shopkeeper?”
Shen Long asked.
“Fifteenth floor, senior upstairs please.”
The green-shirted attendant said politely, made a please gesture, and led the way in front.
Shen Long followed the green-shirted attendant to the fifteenth floor and met a curvaceous green-skirted woman, looking at her aura, she was clearly a JieDan cultivator.
“Boss, this senior is looking for you.”
The green-shirted attendant introduced.
“So it’s a young friend from the Royal Spirit Sect, you stand down!”
The green-skirted woman waved her hand, allowing the green-shirted attendant to step back.
“My master is the Ice Silkworm Realist of the Royal Spirit Sect, I don’t know if your store has third-order weapon refining materials?”
Shen Long asked politely.
“So you are a disciple of Fellow Daoist Lin, of course I have, did Fellow Daoist Lin ask you to come here?”
The green-skirted woman was puzzled.
(End of chapter)