Chapter 779: After the Great Battle

Han Li watched as Long Han released a sound-insulation barrier and took out several small flags from his body, forming a mist wall to isolate them from the outside, and couldn't help but remain silent, secretly thinking about something. (Website)

There were not too many cultivators here; apart from the few old monsters still trapped in the blood barrier, there were only twenty or so people.

These people naturally represented most of the forces participating in the battle.

"Fellow Daoist Long, what exactly happened! The Mulan people suddenly don't want to fight anymore." Master Brother Zhiyang spoke up.

"It is somewhat strange. We have already fought to this point. Could it be that the other side still harbors delusions of making peace?" Wei Wei Wuya also became somewhat suspicious.

"The other side doesn't harbor delusions. It is that we want to not make peace, but I fear we cannot." Long Han smiled bitterly and said.

"What is going on, has another force really intervened!" The Hehuan Old Demon frowned and asked in surprise.

"Correct. The Tulu people have taken action. And it is said that they have also united with several sects from the Jin Dynasty to attack the Mulan people together. The first great tribe of the Mulan people guarding the rear has already been completely wiped out a month ago. It's just that the Tulu people blocked the news well. The other Mulan tribes didn't know about this. It seems the Tulu people are playing the idea of the snipe and the clam fighting, and they are also interested in our Heavenly South." Long Han said in a deep voice.

The remaining cultivators felt their hearts sink upon hearing this. The scene fell silent for a moment.

Han Li also frowned, feeling that things were not good.

This was truly a tiger entering through the front door and a wolf coming through the back!

"Hmph! Is this news true or false? The Tulu people are very far from our Heavenly South. Isn't this the Mulan people bluffing?" The True Person Master Suihun seemed somewhat disbelieving.

"It shouldn't be. The team of Old Monster Friend Tianhen that entered Tiancheng failed. It is said that the Tulu spies lurking among the Mulan people had the same idea as us and also sent a team to sneak into Tiancheng to loot the Mulan people's warehouse. As a result, they happened to run into Fellow Daoist Friend Tianhen. Both sides naturally exposed themselves unexpectedly. And after this battle, everyone must have seen it clearly. The Mulan people who came out with all their strength, in terms of strength, might be slightly inferior to us. But the other side came to fight this battle with a heart of certain death. If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Han displaying great power at the most critical moment, breaking those copper-armored corpse puppets and the Mulan Sacred Bird one after another, I fear a great defeat would have been possible. And although our Heavenly South major forces all set out together, it can't be said that we went all out. Which sect didn't leave behind nearly half of their disciples to guard their mountain gates? If we really fight on, in the end, although we could wipe out the Mulan Dharma practitioners who have no way out, we would definitely lose all our vitality. If the Tulu people really follow up and launch an attack on us, we would definitely be unable to resist." Long Han said helplessly.

Hearing that Han Li had broken the corpse puppets and that demonic bird, the cultivators who were learning of this for the first time couldn't help but glance at Han Li, their expressions full of surprise.

Han Li's expression remained unchanged, without the slightest hint of anything.

"Hmph! The Mulan people want our territory, how can we make peace? Could it be that we are really going to divide half of the place to them." Wei Wei Wuya seemed somewhat unhappy and said coldly.

"Dividing half is naturally impossible. But at the border of the Mulan Grasslands, it is possible to casually carve out two countries for the Mulan to live in. In this way, the Tulu people's offensive is still received by the Mulan people. The two tribes are mortal enemies, and it is impossible for them to turn against each other. Of course, with the Tulu people being powerful now, we still have to join forces with the Mulan people."

Just a moment ago, it was a life-and-death relationship, but in the blink of an eye, Long Han turned them into alliance objects. But all the cultivators didn't reveal any surprise.

They were all old monsters who had lived for hundreds of years; they had seen countless instances of turning against each other.

As long as it met their interests, they naturally wouldn't act based on emotion.

"The place near the border, wouldn't that mean carving out our Nine Nations Alliance territory for them." Wei Wei Wuya's expression didn't look good.

"There is no other way, only your alliance's territory is adjacent to the Mulan Grasslands. Of course, this loss cannot be borne entirely by your alliance. Let's discuss it and see if we can provide some compensation to your alliance." Long Han explained.

"We will talk about this later. Let's see what the Mulan people think first, and it won't be too late to discuss this matter then." Wei Wei Wuya was clearly dissatisfied with this matter. He pushed it aside lightly.

Hearing this, Han Li swept his gaze over the faces of Master Brother Zhiyang and the Hehuan Old Demon. Although these two revealed expressions of contemplation, seemingly considering this matter, Han Li saw some signs of being moved in their eyes. It was just that due to Wei Wei Wuya's face, they couldn't agree immediately.

Han Li sighed. It seemed that once it involved their respective interests, the various forces would immediately start scheming against each other again.

Long Han didn't reveal any surprise upon hearing Wei Wei Wuya's words. Instead, he agreed with a smile:

"These are just Long's one-sided words. How to deal with this matter specifically, we still need to discuss it properly. Of course, we must immediately send people to the Mulan Grasslands to verify whether this matter is true or false. Only then can we negotiate with the Mulan people. As long as the matter is true, we can no longer fight with the Mulan people. We all have to take a step back. Otherwise, we will all suffer together, and the Tulu people will benefit."

Long Han's words made the cultivators present quite satisfied. Wei Wei Wuya's expression also eased slightly.

The crowd immediately began to discuss the details.

And during this period, Han Li remained silent, neither offering advice nor participating in the discussion.

For him, as long as it didn't involve himself and the Falling Cloud Sect, he was too lazy to rack his brains for it. And with Long Han here, he estimated that the Heavenly Dao Alliance forces wouldn't suffer any great losses.

Not long after, these old monsters had discussed the countermeasures and contingency measures. Only then did they remove the barrier and disperse the clouds and mist.

The Dharma practitioner camp opposite, the three Divine Masters and some others also discussed it urgently and ended the consultation.

Thus, both sides each sent a person, communicated slightly, and reached a temporary ceasefire agreement.

As for other matters, they would naturally only be formally negotiated another day.

It was just that the Divine Masters in the cultivator camp all had gloomy expressions.

With their rear path cut off, they had completely become people without roots, feeling that their future was bleak. Compared to the morale before the war, it could be said to have fallen to the extreme.

After witnessing the retreat of the Dharma practitioner army, Han Li and the other cultivators also slowly retreated from this place and headed toward Tianyi City.

This great battle at the border, involving more than one hundred thousand cultivators, ended here.

Within the territory of Xi Kingdom, a hundred miles away from Mount Mount Yunmeng, a green rainbow flew forward as fast as lightning.

In the green escape light, a figure was hidden within, as if there or not.

This person was dressed in a green Confucian robe, with an ordinary and mediocre appearance, but his expression was calm and composed; it was Han Li returning to the Falling Cloud Sect.

At this time, several months had passed since the great battle at the border.

After hearing the news that the Tulu people wanted to benefit as the fisherman, the Mulan people and the various forces of Heavenly South, although somewhat reluctant, could only stop the hostilities.

After confirming from Old Monster Friend Tianhen, who had fled back to Tianyi City, that other forces were indeed also targeting the Mulan people.

The major forces immediately sent several waves of cultivators to take a turn around the Mulan Grasslands, and they really discovered that the Mulan tribe mortals had already been driven to the border near the grasslands. In the original living area of the Mulan tribe, traces of the Tulu people began to appear.

At this point, the people in charge of the Heavenly South side no longer dragged things out and immediately launched fierce negotiations with the Mulan people.

At first, the Mulan people opened their mouths and demanded one-third of the Heavenly South land, otherwise, they would risk the disaster of extermination and fight Heavenly South.

For a time, both sides couldn't reach an agreement at all.

But as large groups of Mulan tribe mortals gathered at the border of the grasslands, and the Tulu people also began to openly hunt down Mulan Dharma practitioners, the few Divine Masters in charge of the Heavenly South tribe could only gradually make concessions.

After all, compared to the future isolation of the Heavenly South cultivators, the Mulan tribe's disaster of extermination was right before their eyes.

Their Mulan tribe and the Tulu people were mortal enemies of tens of thousands of years; there was no talk of compromise or surrender.

After several rounds of concessions, they finally allowed the two countries occupied by them to be used to settle the Heavenly South people. And the Heavenly South side moved all the mortals of these countries to other countries. And the three major forces each carved out some areas to compensate for the Nine Nations Alliance's losses and to settle the cultivators and sects of these countries.

Of course, relatively speaking, in the face of Heavenly South's kindness, when facing the Tulu invasion, the Mulan Dharma practitioners must resist with all their strength. The various Heavenly South forces would assist from the side, and both sides would join forces to resist the enemy.

In this way, although the Mulan tribe obtained a place to recuperate, they also shouldered the same responsibilities as the Nine Nations Alliance before, and must be careful of the Tulu people's attack at all times. And because there were only two countries, the Heavenly South forces didn't have to worry about the Mulan people becoming stronger because of this and turning against them later.

After all, how much cultivation resources one has determines how large a force one can develop.

And although the Mulan tribe was limited to two countries, they finally avoided the crisis of extermination, and when facing the Tulu people, they were no longer fighting alone, gaining a powerful helper in Heavenly South.

Both sides were quite satisfied with this for a time.

However, some things related to Han Li happened during this.

One was naturally that Han Li killed the companion of the Yin Luo Sect Master, making this Jin Kingdom demonic cultivator unwilling to let it go. He sent letters several times, demanding a separate duel with Han Li.

But after Han Li received the challenge letter, he rolled his eyes, immediately turned the jade slip into ashes, and had no intention of replying or agreeing.

A late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator challenging an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator like him, this was truly something the other side could think of.

Han Li was not a hot-blooded young man, so he naturally sneered and ignored it.

Later, after the Mulan tribe and Heavenly South successfully made peace, this Yin Luo Sect Master didn't know how he negotiated with the Mulan Divine Masters, but he actually left with his subordinates immediately. It is said that he returned to the Jin Kingdom.

This made Han Li, who had been holding his heart, finally greatly relieved.

Another matter was about the ancient lamp Han Li seized, the Mulan tribe's heritage treasure, the "Yuanming Lamp".

After the peace talks, several Mulan Divine Masters expressed that this lamp was their Mulan people's heritage treasure and could never fall into the hands of outsiders. They immediately wanted to ask for it back from Han Li.

Han Li didn't have any intention of refusing, immediately opening his mouth like a lion, asking the other side to exchange it with a large amount of Geng Essence.

Unfortunately, the Mulan people didn't have much of this Geng Essence and couldn't gather such a large amount at all, only having a small piece.

Reluctantly, Han Li could only let the other side replace it with other rare materials, and thus returned the ancient lamp.

He didn't have any intention of keeping this lamp.

This ancient lamp was indeed magical and profound, but it was a hot potato. Keeping it in his hands for one day meant being watched by many Mulan Dharma practitioners for one more day. If this continued, something would happen sooner or later. It was better to get rid of it quickly.

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