Chapter 698: The Invasion Begins!

He Lingchuan's heart tightened: "How could..." At a critical moment, how could such a huge mistake happen! But before he finished speaking, he changed his words. Fang Canran had an organization behind him, unlike him, a loose wild man.

With many people, the probability of making mistakes was high. This was not subject to anyone's will.

It was meaningless to pursue right or wrong now. If it were Dong Rui, he would probably say, "Your people being exposed, what does that have to do with me?" After all, Fang Canran didn't participate much in their subsequent plans.

He Lingchuan frowned: "What does he want to do?"

According to the original plan, two days later, when the Heavenly Luo Xing moved over the Tianxuan Peak, would be the best time to act.

"He wants you to make the decision!" Ling Bo said in the parrot's unique strange tone. "If you insist on the original plan, we will immediately withdraw the exposed personnel!"

He Lingchuan glanced at it: "You arranged many people?"

Ling Bo tilted its head and didn't answer.

It seemed the answer was yes.

"Task advanced!" He Lingchuan calculated. "Do it tonight!"

If following the original plan, the position of the Heavenly Luo Xing was more appropriate; but this error could be corrected, and Fang Canran had many people there; if they waited any longer, who knew if another mistake would happen, and could they solve it silently?

Better to act now than later. Once started, there was no turning back; just do it tonight! Ling Bo nodded, flapped its wings, and flew away. It had to hurry back to deliver the message.

Subsequently, He Lingchuan went to wake up Dong Rui, and then contacted Zu Ju through the Fire Spirit Avatar, stating that the Mount Xushan plan was advanced to tonight.

"What, now?" Zu Ju's voice suddenly rose. "Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm heading to Mount Xushan now!" He Lingchuan said decisively. "As soon as I arrive, we start!"

"Good, good!" Zu Ju was also very excited. "I've said before, you're too slow!"

How could plans keep up with changes? How could there be perfection, how could there be no leaks? Complaining now was just a waste of time; He Lingchuan and Dong Rui entered the Snail Toad's giant shell, and this monster dived into the ground, advancing toward Mount Xushan.

He Lingchuan took out paper and pen, calculating rapidly.

The data he had calculated originally was to be used two days later; since the plan was advanced, he had to calculate the position of the array eye tonight.

Any detail error, any sudden accident, could lead to failure.

Facing a behemoth like the Tiangong, his trial-and-error cost was too high, and he had to be extremely cautious.

He had also prepared a contingency plan for failure, but even if he could escape in the end, he was afraid that the opportunity to get the Great Fanghu lid would only come once.

Miss it, and it was gone.

Dong Rui on the side didn't dare to disturb him, but he had already taken two deep breaths, his anxiety hard to vent.

After many days of planning, was it about to start! His task was simple, just responsible for support, the difficulty was all on He Lingchuan's side. But even so, he was so nervous that his palms were sweating.

Dong Rui secretly wiped his hands on his pant legs, but couldn't help asking He Lingchuan in a low voice:

"Hey, are you really not nervous?"

What this guy was going to do tonight was to challenge the Heavenly Gods of Lingxu as a mortal!

For six hundred years, all the madmen who dared to do this had died.

Not one had succeeded!

But how could he be so calm, calm as if he were going to visit someone else's house, rather than rushing to a life-and-death battle.

He Lingchuan glanced at him and continued his work: "Maintain a calm mind when facing major events. Isn't it a bit late to be nervous now?"

Isn't it abnormal not to be nervous now? Dong Rui rolled his eyes.

"What I care about is that Fang Canran himself has his own small calculations. According to the prior agreement, his people should have been on standby in the north of the city, so why were they exposed in the south of the city at this moment?"

Dong Rui's heart tightened: "You mean, he will betray us?"

He Lingchuan waved his hand: "No, there's no need to worry about this. Fang Canran has a firm will and hates Lingxu City more than I do. I think he has another plan in private."

"If he doesn't get any benefit himself, why help us?" Dong Rui said casually. "He's not on the same path as us."

He Lingchuan clapped his hands: "Well said, that's exactly it!"

Fang Canran had been planning in Lingxu City for so long, how could he be content with just cooperating with He Lingchuan's plan? But the arrow was on the string and had to be fired; He Lingchuan only needed to know that Fang Canran wouldn't interfere, and he had to focus on the task at hand first.

Two quarters of an hour later, the calculation was completed, and he checked it carefully several times until he confirmed it was correct.

The Soul-Sucking Mirror had been holding back for a long time, and finally coughed.

He Lingchuan ignored it.

The mirror coughed again.

He Lingchuan sighed, stood up, walked to the side, and whispered: "Speak."

The mirror immediately chattered: "I want to ask you, I ask you again... once you step into Mount Xushan, there is no turning back. Are you, are you sure you want to do this? It's not too late to turn back now."

This was the last chance to give up the adventure and exchange it for safety!

The master's plan was truly crazy and bizarre, even though it watched He Lingchuan layout bit by bit, prepare bit by bit, from illusory to promising success.

But it thought about it and felt terrified! What if it failed?

The probability of this "what if" was not small; after all, He Lingchuan was facing the Tiangong.

The Tiangong that all living beings must look up to.

Whether it succeeded or failed, He Lingchuan would face the anger of the entire Beijia.

That overwhelming pressure, that search from the heavens to the yellow springs, it felt suffocating just thinking about it.

Was it too late to cry and shout to change masters now? He Lingchuan pressed his knuckles, making a cracking sound, his face and tone as calm as an ancient well: "I can turn around and leave, but I will be on the run for the rest of my life."

As long as the Tiangong held the divine object, the secret of He Lingchuan being bound to the Great Fanghu would be revealed sooner or later.

Who knew when the Tiangong would find him.

They wouldn't let him go, just as they wouldn't let the Yuan Nation go, wouldn't let Panlong City go.

If he left now, it would only be a temporary stability, and he might spend the rest of his life in anxiety—if he really had a rest of his life.

"If I can take back the divine object, from now on the sea is wide and the sky is high."

This hurdle was the hardest, but only after passing it were there infinite possibilities.

In essence, this was a multiple-choice question.

Did he want to choose to live in repression, or fight happily? Dong Rui happened to lean over, not hearing clearly: "Take back what?" Did he mean Zhu Xiuer's immortal slough?

He Lingchuan ignored him.

On this trip to Beijia, he was like a different person from a few months ago.

Whether it was vision, insight, pattern, or cultivation, martial arts, state of mind, all were advancing by leaps and bounds.

And he faintly sensed that the key to the next breakthrough was still the four words "courageous and diligent advancement."

He practiced the Wave-Slicing Heart Technique, destined to face the surging waves and become a proud leader of the tide.

This was the price of growth, the price of progress.

The Mount Xushan plan was a natural chasm for his future, for his cultivation progress.

Cross it, and the dragon enters the sea.

Don't cross it, and this life is over.

He could also follow the mirror's suggestion and give up directly. But once such a good opportunity was missed, he didn't know if there was any possibility of starting over.

So, what multiple-choice question? The only path laid before him had always been one.

He still remembered before the He family left Black Water City and rushed to Xiazhou, He Yue had asked him a question:

"Brother, I'm ready, are you?"

The Snail Toad happened to float to the ground; He Lingchuan looked up at the pitch-black sky and let out a long breath:

"I'm ready too."

Ready to poke a hole in this sky!

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The moon was dark and the wind was high.

He Lingchuan and Dong Rui drove the Snail Toad and emerged in the mountain forest on the outskirts of Mount Xushan.

With the Spirit Gathering Array, the territory of Mount Xushan forbade escape techniques; except for Zu Ju, this mountain swamp monster, no one could enter or exit by earth escape.

This time, they were closer to the Yang Peak. Because according to He Lingchuan's calculation, the array eye of the Spirit Gathering Array should be at the east-tilted position above the Kaiyang Peak at this moment, and the angle needed to be calculated.

If they had acted two days later as originally planned, the array eye of the Spirit Gathering Array would be directly above the Tianxuan Peak, which would be easy to identify.

But Fang Canran had the risk of exposure, so they had to increase the difficulty for themselves and force it.

This place was far from the Tianxuan Peak, and the defensive strength on the ground was relatively weak, which was more conducive to their actions.

He Lingchuan put on his mask, patted Dong Rui's shoulder, and whispered: "See you before the Tianxuan Peak!"

"Two quarters of an hour!" Dong Rui handed the bat monster puppet to him and gritted his teeth. "If you don't come down within two quarters of an hour, I'm leaving."

He was about to turn around when he suddenly stopped and grabbed He Lingchuan's arm: "May you succeed!"

Having said that, Dong Rui dived back into the Snail Toad's shell and disappeared into the ground.

He Lingchuan ran out a hundred feet and entered the territory of Mount Xushan.

The rock-fire monster Zu Ju was already waiting for him here. It compressed its body, turning into a stone man only four feet tall, with only its joints revealing a little red light, and other parts were pitch-black stones.

Upon meeting, it didn't talk nonsense:

"Follow me!"

Honestly, the defense of Mount Xushan could not be said to be not tight; there were corresponding sentries on the mountain top, mountainside, and valley bottom. Five people per post, the sentries could see each other and support each other.

This was just on the surface; there were even more hidden sentries. Don't forget this was a demon nation. Monsters participating in guarding the sentries made it impossible to guard against.

It was a pity that Zu Ju knew the distribution of local defensive forces better than they did themselves.

With this insider, He Lingchuan moved smoothly and easily avoided guards and probes everywhere.

Zu Ju stood under a large tree and stopped, lowering its voice: "Don't move. There is a night owl guard on the cliff fifty feet ahead, which was temporarily added tonight."

The owl's eyes had night vision dozens of times stronger than humans. It was not easy for He Lingchuan to walk past under its nose openly.

But he knew that Zu Ju, as a mountain swamp monster, must have a way.

Sure enough, after more than twenty breaths, Zu Ju suddenly said: "Go quickly, quick!"

They took advantage of the night and flew through the dwarf bushes. The rock-fire monster said: "I let my avatar drive a nest of rats under its nose. It flew down to the ground, and we could pass."

He Lingchuan asked it: "Did you probe the airflow interception path outside the array eye?"

"Probed it, three feet." Zu Ju's answer was exceptionally confident. "I measured it repeatedly, there will be no mistake."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 699 =====