Head all the way north, passing Yubi Mountain and Yinbi Mountain.
Although the journey is long, there is no need to make trouble at night. Especially after Yubishan and Yinbishan knew that Xia He had been captured, they honestly provided supplies, which saved them a lot of trouble.
More than a thousand miles further north, someone came to greet him.
"What's the matter?" Zhu Jianyang couldn't help asking when he saw Xia He's clothes were messy and he looked like he was waiting for death with his eyes closed.
"Brother Zhu, what do you want to ask?" Chun Yutao asked with a smile.
"She harassed cargo ships along the way. She came and went like the wind, so she must have accomplices." Zhu Jianyang said.
"That's a lot of trouble." Chun Yutong laughed, "There are various sects along the way, and everyone who can be named has colluded with her. We also have moles, not only in your family, but also in mine! But come here We have explained to each sect at that time that it is not possible to do this accurately.”
Zhu Jianyang also smiled.
"Are you okay, ancestor?" Lin Bai asked with concern.
Upon asking this question, Chun Yutao and Tian Guiqin both looked at Lin Bai.
Seeing the sheep caressing its beard, Zhu hesitated for a moment before saying: "Ancestor is well."
"What's going on ahead?" Tian Guiqin asked.
"You'll know when you get there. It's better to see it than to hear it." Zhu Jianyang didn't want to say more.
Another half month later, the cargo ship arrived at the Zhouhui Mountain boundary. Along the way, you can see patrolling monks coming and going, including people from Qiaoshan and people from Jiuzheshan.
The Shoutian Pavilion monks are huddled near Wanshou Mountain and Heifeng Mountain. Many ordinary people have no time to move away, and they have already accepted their fate. They don't care about you monks beating and killing them. They should farm the land and have children.
After all, Qiaoshan and Jiuzheshan were large sects, and they acted with dignity. They only sent low-level monks to restrain the common people and prevent trouble, and they did not commit any killings.
Continuing forward, there were more monks coming and going, and no fighting was seen. It seemed like nothing happened here.
After wandering around for three or four days, I was able to see Wanshou Mountain from a distance.
The monks of Shoutian Pavilion relied on the seventh-level blessed land of Wanshou Mountain and opened the protective array. Wanshou Mountain and the surrounding area for dozens of miles seemed to be sealed in frost.
Looking from afar, it looks like a frozen world. The cold wind blows wisps, as if you are in a snow country.
The disciples were left behind to hand over the supplies, and the group took Xia He and went to find the two ancestors.
In this siege of Wanshou Mountain, Qiaoshan made great efforts. Not only did all the monks come out, but they also recruited many casual cultivators.
Gu Qingshui and the ancestors of the Yang family were at the forefront of Songhe Mountain, which was located fifty miles away from the Wanshou Mountain protective formation. Thousands of miles behind were Black Wind Mountain and Yanshou Peak where Taoist Lihuo was stationed.
The Chinese army led by Jiang Xingchi also met with Jiuzhe Mountain in the Yanshou Peak area.
The five parties of men and horses roughly formed a line, each with its own formation. Songhe Mountain and Yanshou Peak are in the middle, Wanshou Mountain and Heifeng Mountain are on both sides.
I don’t know who decided to set up the place. Anyway, Qiaoshan and Jiuzhe Mountain are back to back, which can be regarded as cutting off the cornering situation between Wanshou Mountain and Heifeng Mountain. Wanshou Mountain and Heifeng Mountain are on opposite sides, which seems to have surrounded Qiaoshan. and Jiuzheshan Alliance.
It's like a joke.
"Our station is more than fifty miles away from them. Most of them are juniors. The fighting is not too cruel and they don't fight with all their strength. Not long ago, there was a big commotion at Heifeng Mountain. Xia Yufeng lured the enemy deeper. I heard that There is a divine relic that seriously injured Senior Du." Zhu Jianyang asked Tian Guiqin and Chun Yutao to go ahead, while he took Lin Bai to talk about the layout of this place and went to Songhe Mountain.
"What about our side?" Lin Bai asked.
"We are very restrained here." Zhu Jianyang chuckled, "Maybe we want to defeat Xia Yufeng in Black Wind Mountain first, and then defeat Senior Kong in Wanshou Mountain. We have troubles here from time to time, mostly for foundation building. Sometimes the golden elixir comes on stage, and the two Yuanyings sometimes come out to scold each other.”
"Scold?" Lin Bai was shocked.
"Yes." Zhu Jianyang looked into Lin Bai's eyes and whispered: "Beihuang Territory is indeed a barbarian. He is not very good at scolding people and is too far behind us. But Zou Mi turned over and over and only stared at Old Ancestor Gu and scolded... Alas, the dignified Yuanying is a highly cultivated person, but he is just like an ordinary scoundrel, looking for the third party to scold, which is not appropriate. "
"..." Lin Bai seemed to understand a little bit.
"Brother," Zhu Jianyang pulled Lin Bai's sleeve, glanced at Dugu Jing and Shi Qingyu, and then sent a message: "Old Ancestor Gu has been very angry recently. If Old Ancestor Yang and Old Ancestor Jiang hadn't persuaded him, he would have fought earlier. Get up, you have to be careful and don't fall into other people's tricks."
"..." Lin Bai nodded blankly.
Soon, the group arrived at Songhe Mountain.
Surrounding this mountain, there are many monks in front and behind, and they are in battle formations. They are obviously ready to fight at any time.
There are many old acquaintances here, and they all greet Lin Bai and salute, but their eyes are a little strange.
Climbing to the top of Songhe Mountain and standing here, you are facing Wanshou Mountain. It is really the front line among the front lines.
There is a simple main hall, I don't know if it was built by Zhou Huishan or if it was a new building of Shouting Pavilion.
The group entered the hall and saw the ancestors of the Yang family and Gu Qingshui sitting upright, with Gu Jiuzhong and Yang Shaoan beside them.
After bowing, Patriarch Yang briefly asked about Qiaoshan. After hearing that Xia He had been arrested, he asked Gu Jiuchong and Yang Shaoan to deal with it, but did not assign tasks to Lin Bai.
Gu Qingshui kept her eyes closed and didn't say a word.
Lin Bai didn't dare to come forward to flatter him. When he left the room, he was held back by Gu Jiuzhong and Yang Shaoan.
The three of them interrogated Xia He for a while and then took him into prison.
"You're here at the right time. Please give me some advice." Gu Jiuzhong was very worried. "Under this situation, nothing can go wrong."
"When brother Zhuan Lun comes, your ancestor will naturally smile." Yang Shaoan smiled.
"Yang Shaoan!" Gu Jiuzhong immediately became angry, pointed at Yang Shaoan's nose, and shouted: "My ancestor is innocent. As the head of the Yang family, you are spreading rumors. Do you believe it or not? I will file a lawsuit against your ancestor." Ancestor?”
Yang Shaoan quickly apologized, Gu Jiuzhong also stopped his anger, and the two of them started talking and laughing again.
Lin Bai felt a headache from seeing this, and felt that the Gu and Yang families were both unreliable.
Patriarch Gu did not summon him, and I don’t know whether it was to avoid suspicion or for other reasons. Instead, Yang Shu came to find him, so Lin Bai asked Yang Shu to lead the way and first took a look at the layout of Songhe Mountain.
"Feixue is there." Yang Shu came to a camp and pointed to it from a distance, "She is now following Li Shouyan of the Huaqing faction. They fought against each other a few days ago and seriously injured one of the Shouting Pavilion's foundations."
Speaking of this, Yang Shu winked and said, "The same one who beat Miaomiao until she cried in our hometown before. She is now worried about you and your apprentice!"
"Although Miaomiao lost, she didn't cry!" Lin Bai immediately rectified his apprentice's name.
"Yes, yes, yes."
The two of them chatted and went forward to meet Li Shouyan of the Huaqing faction.
The Huaqing sect had always been a force in the Gu family and was very familiar with Lin Bai. He immediately grabbed Lin Bai and Yang Shu and said sadly: "Two brothers, it has been a year since we came from Qiaoshan, and there has been no movement. I Of course, these old bones are not afraid of wear and tear, but the people below are not good at it. If they delay for ten or eight years, they will delay their practice. It will be difficult to move forward in the future. "
"The superiors have their own arrangements, and I can't do anything about it." Yang Shu spread his hands and looked like a rogue.
"But there is a shortage of supplies?" Lin Bai asked.
"Exactly."
Li Shouyan suffered miserably, "Although there was no big fight, the small fights never stopped. Many of the people below were injured and their morale was low."
Still missing a big win!
After dealing with Li Shouyan, Lin Bai found Gu Feixue.
After chatting about what happened here, Lin Bai told her to cherish her life. "Put this away." Lin Bai took out the homemade talisman, "It may save lives."
Gu Feixue received it in her hand, and the ice and snow beauty smiled and said: "The battle formation is dangerous, so you should be careful."
When she said this, she hesitated for a while and said: "My ancestor's magnificence is unparalleled, indeed a hundred times a thousand times better than mine..."
"..." Lin Bai rubbed his eyebrows, "Don't believe the rumors!"
After spending five days, Yang Shu accompanied Lin Bai around Songhe Mountain and met everyone who needed to be seen.
Lin Bai finally figured something out. The current general strategy should be to divide and defeat Xia Yufeng and others in the Heifeng Mountain area first. Therefore, Songhe Mountain is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, mainly to prevent the rescue of Kong Shu and others.
Of course, Songhe Mountain only has two Nascent Souls, Yang and Gu, while Wanshou Mountain has Kong Shu and two Nascent Souls of Zou Chi, so Songhe Mountain does not have an advantage.
The two sides defended each other's positions and had small fights from time to time, but never a major fight. Wanting stability in Wanshou Mountain, I just want to drag them down, but I am also afraid of setting up an ambush in Songhe Mountain. Although Yang Gu in Songhe Mountain also had a formation to protect him, he was still afraid of Kong Shu's sneak attack.
It's true that a weak man is fighting a wolf with both ends.
There was nothing going on here. Yang Shu and Lin Bai called Zhu Jianyang again, and the three of them drank at night.
"The formation here borrows the aura of the blessed land of Songhe Mountain, absorbs the thick soil from all directions, and leads the river into it. As long as the top of Songhe Mountain is not lost, it can prevent and trap the enemy. This formation is completely natural, it does not seem to have been created temporarily, but it is in line with the geography of this place. It matches the trend of the spiritual energy here, and even matches the situation between the enemy and ourselves." Lin Bai poured wine for Yang Shu and Zhu Jianyang, "But thank you for your work?"
"Exactly." Yang Shu nodded heavily, "Senior Xie is an unparalleled genius!"
"Senior Xie is at Yanshou Peak now?" Lin Bai asked.
"I don't know." Yang Shu shook his head, "Senior Xie was with Senior Jiang when we raised the army. Later, Senior Jiang went to Yanshou Peak, but he never saw Senior Xie again."
"I heard from Comrade Jiuzheshan that after Senior Xie set up the formation in the Yanshou Peak area, he never showed his body again." Zhu Jianyangren had a broad face.
After chatting all night, the three of them didn't say anything, but they were too drunk, so they were caught by Cheng Yuanli, who was under the temporary command of the law.
The three of them were scolded and dispersed.
Two days later, Yang Shu approached Lin Bai and said he wanted to fight.
Lin Bai had heard from Yang Shu long ago that both sides were having a small fight, and Nascent Soul Gao Xiuqian was watching.
The battle formation is between Songhe Mountain and Longevity Mountain. Usually, foundation-building monks appear, and occasionally Jindan appears.
When I arrived at the ground, I saw that the two sides were quite powerful, but each of them only sent ten foundations to fight in the middle of the two sides.
This doesn't look like a battle formation, but like a beating.
Scenes like this have gone on many times. There was a tacit understanding between the two sides, and only juniors were sent, with few monks dying in battle, as if they were practicing their skills.
However, the monks of Shoutian Pavilion are fierce, and Qiaoshan's side has more losses than wins.
Seeing that the twenty foundation builders were getting angry and some were about to die, the two sides unexpectedly made a tacit agreement to withdraw their troops.
This doesn't look like a battle between the Nascent Soul Sect, it's like playing house.
"Do you two dare to go up?" Lin Bai saw that nothing happened, so he looked at Dugu Jing and Shi Qingyu, wanting them to see blood.
"Dare!" the two women said immediately.
"Good!" Lin Bai was very satisfied, and just as he was about to praise him, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
He raised his head and followed what he felt in his heart. He saw a person on the other side's high platform outside the battle formation. He was wearing a brown robe, and it was Zou Mi!
Lin Bai looked back and saw Patriarch Yang behind him, so he didn't take it seriously.
"Old Monster Yang, why don't you see Gu Qingshui?" The sound of shouting came and reached the ears of everyone here.
"If fellow Taoist misses you, I will lead the way." Old Ancestor Yang smiled slowly.
Zou Mi snorted coldly, looked at Lin Bai again, and said, "Lin Zhuanlun, do you still dare to come here? Do you really think I don't dare to kill you?"
Lin Bai was more than ten miles away from Zou Mi, but it was as if he was talking in his ear.
He couldn't lose his momentum at this time, so he immediately flew up, stood next to Patriarch Yang, and said loudly: "Senior was reluctant to kill me before, how can he be willing to kill me today?"
As soon as the ambiguous words were said, both groups were in an uproar. Even Patriarch Yang glanced at Lin Bai unconsciously, and Gu Jiuzhong and Yang Shaoan looked at each other, both feeling incredible but also admiring.
"Seeking death!" Zou Mi was indeed angered, and immediately took a step forward, and the golden ring flew out.
For a moment, the Nascent Soul's aura surged, and the pressure was endless. The low-level disciples felt helpless, and the Jindan monks also felt short of breath.
At this moment, a wisp of clear water came from the direction of Songhe Mountain, and immediately covered half of the sky. Everyone looked up at the sky, only to feel that they were falling into the deep sea.
High in the sky, the green water submerged the golden ring, and the two people were fighting inextricably.
When Lin Bai was at a loss, he saw Patriarch Yang smiling slightly, "This opportunity is rare, please take a closer look."
He raised his head and looked carefully, but he could not see Gu Qingshui and Zou Mi at all. Only the blue water covered the sky, and gold and silver lights flashed from time to time.
"The best is like water, but fellow Taoist Gu does not follow this path." When the fight was getting fierce, a corner of the Wanshou Mountain Ice Formation was lifted, and then a gray light escaped.
"Brother Kong lives on a high mountain." There were black and white light spots flashing in the distance. Then he came closer and saw Jiang Xingchi standing on the clouds. He looked at Kong Shu with a smile and said, "But I forgot that water has no permanent shape, because it has no permanent shape. The ground controls the flow. ”
Kong Shu was old, hunched over and looked at Jiang Xingchi, his cloudy eyes suddenly shone with light, and then his figure moved towards the clear water in the sky, "High mountains can hang upside down, and waterfalls can also flow back!" Ignorant children, how dare they Talk about destiny! ””
Jiang Xingchi immediately followed and pulled out a chessboard in his hand.
Kong Shu immediately turned to Jiang Xingchi and pointed out.
Jiang Xingchi did not dodge, and the chessboard in his hand shone brightly.
For a time, the sky was boundless with clear water, and from time to time gold and silver swayed out, like a river hanging upside down, with sparkling waves.
Under the clear water, the shadow of the vast chessboard spread out, as if the world was being transformed into the chessboard.
The disciples on both sides feel confused, and they only feel that all living beings are like chess pieces, and people are also like chess pieces.
At this moment, the finger pointed towards the chessboard, like a move.
The Nascent Soul's power was so great that the disciples on the field, no matter our enemy or friend, all felt a sense of admiration and admiration, and all their magical powers seemed to have been stripped away.
In an instant, the chessboard fell into dust and the clear water disappeared.
Gu Qingshui stepped back and looked at Kong Shu with a frown, feeling very fearful.
Jiang Xingchi's face was pale and he said with a smile: "Brother Taoist and the Supreme Master of Qiaoshan have followed a similar path. If not today, I would invite fellow Taoist to come to Qiaoshan to talk about it."
Kong Shu remained silent, his rickety body looked into the distance, shook his head slightly, and turned away.
The two sides returned to a tacit understanding and each recruited people.
If panicked disciples run into the opponent's formation, they will be released.
Lin Bai followed him back to the mountain, feeling as if he had experienced a farce. (End of chapter)