Chapter 724: Support

Returning to the pavilion where he lived, his "Senior Brother Lu" and the Fire Dragon Child were both in the hall on the first floor of the pavilion, with Mu Mu Peiling sitting on the side as a companion, looking like a hostess.

Seeing Han Li walk in, the woman stood up immediately and said with some concern:

"Young Master, Senior Lu and Senior Lan have been waiting for you for a long time. Did something happen?"

"Nothing, you go upstairs and rest first. I will have a good chat with the two Senior Brothers," Han Li smiled at Mu Mu Peiling for once and said gently.

"Yes, Young Master," Mu Mu Peiling bowed obediently and went upstairs without saying much.

Han Li looked at the woman's back and was very satisfied with her intelligence, but after thinking about Nangong Wan's matter, he couldn't help but sigh.

"What, Junior Brother Han is becoming sentimental?" Elder Lu saw Han Li return and was very happy, saying with some teasing.

"Hehe, Senior Brother is joking. Senior Brother Lu and Fellow Daoist Lan are here for today's hall discussion, right?" Han Li smiled slightly, sat down next to the two, and said unhurriedly.

"Junior Brother Han is right. It is indeed for the Mulan people. I have already sent letters to the alliance about this matter and also notified other fellow daoists of the Heavenly Dao Alliance in the city. Most of the fellow daoists understand the principle that if the nest is overturned, there will be no whole eggs, and they are all willing to help the Nine Nations Alliance resist the vanguard of the Mulan people before the reinforcements arrive. Of course, letting these Nascent Soul cultivators take action, some compensation in spirit stones is definitely unavoidable. On this point, I think the Nine Nations Alliance will not be stingy. After all, although the Mulan people are the great enemy of all cultivators, it is true that the Nine Nations Alliance is bearing the brunt," Elder Lu said slowly.

"Since that's the case, what else is there to discuss? Han will also do his part to resist the enemy," Han Li nodded and asked somewhat strangely.

"You don't know. The Righteous and Demon paths suddenly joined forces to visit and said some things to the two of us. Brother Lan feels that there is some truth to it, and we cannot help but guard against it," the Fire Dragon Child interjected from the side, his face slightly solemn.

"What words? It wouldn't be that they are afraid that the Nine Nations Alliance will use this opportunity to weaken the strength of our three major forces, right?" Han Li's gaze flickered, and he said with a smile that was not a smile.

"Eh! Junior Brother Han is truly intelligent, guessing it right away. However, the possibility of the Nine Nations Alliance dealing with the three major forces at the same time is not high. It is very likely that they will secretly unite with one or two forces to take action against a certain force. This is not something our Heavenly Dao Alliance is willing to see. Otherwise, even if the Mulan spellcasters are repelled, the cultivation world will not be stable. Our alliance must not let this happen! We cannot let the major forces of Tiannan appear in an unbalanced state," Elder Lu was stunned, then said with a bitter smile.

"Oh, what do the two Senior Brothers mean..." Han Li curled his lips and asked expressionlessly.

"It's very simple. Although the cultivators of our three major forces can temporarily listen to the Nine Nations Alliance's dispatch, we must not let the other side use this as an excuse to weaken our strength. As for how to do this specifically, we have discussed it with the people of the Demon Sect's Six Sects and the Righteous path, and we are preparing to discuss feasible regulations together at the Council Hall tomorrow to ensure that this situation will not happen. At the very least, no matter how many high-tier cultivators our three major forces dispatch, the Nine Nations Alliance cannot hide it and refuse to send Elders to meet the enemy. This requires Junior Brother Han and other cultivators to speak out in support," the Fire Dragon Child said calmly.

"No problem. I also don't want to be secretly plotted against by others while resisting the spellcasters," Han Li agreed without hesitation.

"That's it. Besides Junior Brother Han, we will also contact other fellow daoists. By then, the Baye Sect and the Transformation Intent Gate will have no choice but to oppose this matter. I hope this great war can end as soon as possible. Otherwise, I don't know how many fellow daoists will fall in Tiannan!" Elder Lu sighed first, as if he were somewhat emotional for a moment.

"Hehe! With our cultivation, as long as we are careful, we can still save our lives in the great war. Last time the Mulan people invaded, Brother Lan killed quite a few spellcasters. Looking at it this time, I'm afraid I'll have to go on a killing spree again," the Fire Dragon Child sneered, a flash of murderous intent appearing on his face.

Han Li was somewhat surprised when he heard this and glanced at the Fire Dragon Child.

This child-like cultivator only had an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivation, but the baleful aura on his body was much heavier than other cultivators of the same level. It seemed that the number of lives lost at his hands was truly not small.

Elder Lu and the two chatted with Han Li about some specific details of tomorrow's hall discussion and said some speculative words about the giant beasts and strange spellcasters that suddenly appeared, before standing up to say goodbye.

Just as Han Li sent the two to the door of the pavilion, Elder Lu hesitated for a moment and asked one more question:

"Junior Brother Han, how did it go when you met those old friends today?"

As the Senior Brother asked this, his eyes were fixed on Han Li's face, wanting to see something.

"Nothing happened, just chatting about the past," Han Li said expressionlessly, without blinking.

"That's good! Then this Senior Brother can rest assured."

Upon hearing this, Elder Lu felt much of his worry disappear, smiled, said two more words to Han Li, and left with the Fire Dragon Child.

Han Li stood at the door of the pavilion, watching the two enter another pavilion nearby. They were truly contacting other cultivators.

It seemed that these two held other positions in the Heavenly Dao Alliance; otherwise, why would they be sought out for both the hall discussion and the Righteous and Demon paths looking for spokespeople?

Han Li rubbed his chin, lost in thought. Then he turned around and entered his pavilion.

At the hall discussion the next day, the number of Nascent Soul cultivators participating increased by more than half. Among them, besides the Elders of the Righteous, Demon, and Heavenly Dao alliances, there were also individual old monsters among the rogue cultivators.

This caught Wu Peng of the Baye Sect and Lady Qi of the Transformation Intent Gate somewhat off guard.

As a result, regardless of whether the Nine Nations Alliance really had other ideas, they were forced to agree to some conditions of the cultivators.

The most important one was that no matter what tasks high-tier cultivators needed to perform, the four major forces had to send people to participate equally, so as to avoid any other forces playing tricks and secretly harming cultivators of their own forces.

What Han Li didn't expect afterward was that the Council of Elders of the Heavenly Dao Alliance, composed of Nascent Soul cultivators, made a decision after some debate to have each sect in the alliance send one Nascent Soul Elder or several Core Formation cultivators to support Tiannan City. Of course, because the distance was relatively far, these people would definitely take some time to arrive at Tiannan City. In the meantime, the cultivators who were already here, like Elder Lu, would listen to the Nine Nations Alliance's dispatch and delay the Mulan people's offensive.

Of course, for the sake of fairness, once the reinforcements arrived, these cultivators who had already exerted great effort would be considered to have made a great contribution and could return to their sects, without having to participate in the subsequent battles, and would be replaced by the supporting cultivators to deal with the subsequent great war.

And now, whether it was the Fire Dragon Child or Elder Lu and others, after some discussion at the hall, they had all received tasks and began to support the various fronts.

Han Li and two other Nascent Soul cultivators, leading seven or eight Core Formation cultivators, were sent to support a key location guarded by a restriction array on the border of the Yu Kingdom.

That place was a location that the spellcasters had to take down for the invasion. There were more than a dozen such places along the way.

If they were not cleared, the Mulan people would not be able to sleep or eat in peace and could not be considered to have truly mastered the occupied territory.

And the Nine Nations Alliance now lacked the strength to launch a decisive battle with the Mulan people and could only rely on geographical advantages and the restriction arrays that had cost countless efforts to build, delaying the spellcasters' army little by little.

Otherwise, with the flying speed of the Mulan high-tier spellcasters, just a month would be enough for them to fly from the battlefield to the foot of Tiannan City.

The spellcasters' army had not yet attacked the key location array that Han Li was going to support, but the high-tier cultivator guarding that place was only one Nascent Soul cultivator of the Nine Nations Alliance.

Judging by the intensity of the spellcasters' invasion in previous years, one Nascent Soul cultivator sitting in town, combined with the cooperation of the array restrictions, was enough to deal with a certain number of spellcasters for a while.

But with the sharp offensive of the spellcasters now, it was very difficult to resist with that little manpower.

The fellow cultivators of the same level traveling with Han Li included an Elder Ma of the Righteous Alliance's Haoran Pavilion, who looked thin and sturdy, with a good appearance of a Daoist immortal. The other was the green-robed, pigeon-faced elder he had seen in the hall that day, named Gu Gu Shuangpu.

Although Han Li only saw a spirit beast bag at his waist, the aura faintly emitted from it made Han Li feel uncomfortable, as if the spirit beast inside was extraordinary.

These two were both early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, so naturally, there was no difference in status among the three.

Because they were afraid that the spellcasters' army would arrive at the location to be supported ahead of time, the three of them discussed it briefly and immediately left the seven or eight Core Formation cultivators behind, flying ahead with their extremely fast escape lights. They let the juniors of the Core Formation stage catch up on their own.

On the way, Elder Ma was quite talkative, chatting and laughing with Han Li and the two, as if they were not going to face the spellcasters but were sightseeing.

As for Gu Gu Shuangpu of the Spirit Beast Sect, his expression was gloomy, and he didn't say a word for half a day, not knowing what he was thinking.

And Han Li wore a smile on his face, often responding to Elder Ma's words, giving the two a feeling of being refined and polite. Plus, both knew that Han Li was a newly advanced Nascent Soul cultivator, so they didn't pay much attention to Han Li's strength.

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