Chapter 1749: Feng Ling Zhenren takes action, breaking the formation base

Continuing the battle against the Corpse Refining Sect, the sect's frenzied actions stimulated the people of Tian Du Men and the Accumulated Dust Sect, who also noticed some clues from the sacrifices at Wind-Rain Town and Abundant Source Town. Wu Mie Zhenren and Feng Ling Zhenren met up again, and the two gathered once more.

They had previously discussed the plan to jointly destroy the Corpse Refining Sect; each would attack from their own sect's direction, forming an encirclement and gradually shrinking it to prevent the Corpse Refining Sect's disciples from escaping, aiming to wipe them out completely.

On another front, the Mangshan Mountain Range intercepted them, requiring no concern from them; moreover, the Mangshan Demon Palace would not meet with them nor follow their plan, as it had its own plan, beginning to step by step oppress and compress the Corpse Refining Sect's living space.

During this time, the encirclement shrank by at least double; the cleared Corpse Refining Sect disciples numbered not just a few thousand but several hundred. Ordinary Corpse Refining Sect disciples were not valued by them; they cleared only some core disciples, and the deaths of these disciples dealt a heavy blow to the Corpse Refining Sect, though it was still not enough.

Moreover, during this time they discovered some clues and also uncovered the Corpse Refining Sect's secret, and they began again to discuss the plan to destroy the Corpse Refining Sect. After meeting, Feng Ling Zhenren spoke first: 'Fellow Daoist Wu Mie, what have you discovered?'

Wu Mie Zhenren was the main overseer of this operation, although Emei Zhenren also came, but she was the one in overall charge; Emei Zhenren was unsuited for this kind of task, only wanting to charge forward, her mind filled only with frontal combat, making her unsuitable as a…… commander.

This task fell to her, and likewise for the Accumulated Dust Sect, everything fell to Feng Ling Zhenren—not because other elders couldn't do it, but because they didn't want to manage such matters; they only needed to carry out orders.

Lingjian Zhenren also came, but merely stood nearby, not interjecting, quietly watching the show.

'Fellow Daoist Feng Ling, you must have noticed the Corpse Refining Sect's movements; they are even more ruthless than we thought. All of their towns have been laid out with formations, the vast territory connected into a gigantic sacrificial formation.'

'The area covered by this great sacrificial formation is the largest I have ever seen; to achieve this, the Corpse Refining Sect must have planned it for at least a hundred years.'

'Within the Corpse Refining Sect, only the hidden Bai Zhongsheng could accomplish this; what exactly does he intend to do? Could he possibly want to sacrifice everyone?'

This was merely her speculation; Wu Mie Zhenren was eighty percent certain it was true.

Those people of the Corpse Refining Sect are fully capable of doing this; they are utterly ruthless, not regarding human life at all.

Those are all Corpse Refining Sect disciples, plus many corpse commanders and elders; even their own people are so ruthless, or rather, from the very beginning the Corpse Refining Sect existed for sacrifice. Over the years it has expanded considerably, recruiting many disciples, those disciples being nothing but offerings.

Thinking this way, everything makes sense.

'Fellow Daoist Wu Mie, you're right; my speculation is the same.' Feng Ling Zhenren nodded, accepting Wu Mie Zhenren's statement.

The truth lay before them, not his random guess.

Not far away, it was also one of the human cities; beneath that city lay a formation.

More precisely, the entire city is a formation; from the start it was part of the formation, and once the formation is activated, these people will be sacrificed, leaving no chance of survival, just like the other several cities.

It's not only this town before us; the surrounding human towns are the same.

The Corpse Refining Sect's purpose is simple: anyone within its jurisdiction is an offering, whether human, demon beast, zombie, or even its own disciples—no matter who you are or what faction you belong to, entering makes you an offering.

Among them are these people of ours, the disciples of Tian Du Men and the Accumulated Dust Sect, whose numbers are not small; once the formation activates, they……

The consequences are unimaginable.

'We have all fallen into a trap; if we continue to besiege the Corpse Refining Sect, we too will be turned into offerings.'

'Or rather, from the very beginning the Corpse Refining Sect has been luring us into action, prompting us to attack it so that we all become its offerings.'

'What exactly does Bai Zhongsheng want to do? What plot does he have?'

Feng Ling Zhenren looked at Wu Mie Zhenren, wanting to learn some secrets from her; he had been investigating all along, and after learning of this trap he began to send a group away from here back to the Accumulated Dust Sect, in order to protect those disciples.

But we cannot let them all be buried here; fearing not the ten thousand but the one chance, Feng Ling Zhenren cannot afford to gamble, and neither can the Accumulated Dust Sect.

Tian Du Men is no different; its numbers have been halved.

Moreover, both of them want to destroy this formation so that the great sacrificial formation cannot be activated.

Wind-Rain Town is gone.

Abundant Source Town is also gone.

These cities all need to be destroyed, whether the formation's foundations or other things; we must absolutely prevent the formation from activating successfully.

'I'm not entirely clear either, but I can be certain of one thing: these towns are formation bases; destroying the bases will destroy the formation, preventing the great sacrificial formation from activating.'

'Fellow Daoist Feng Ling, I have already sent people to seek out the formation bases and then destroy them.'

Wu Mie Zhenren had long prepared; Emei Zhenren led people to search for and was responsible for destroying these formation bases, while the disciples of Tian Du Men also dispersed; the urgent task is not to slaughter the Corpse Refining Sect's disciples, but to locate the formation bases and destroy them.

'You're right, Fellow Daoist Wu Mie; I will now arrange people to destroy the formation bases, absolutely preventing the formation from activating successfully.'

Feng Ling Zhenren turned back, briefly instructing the people behind him; those people took the orders to carry out the plan.

The sooner the better; there can be no delay or laxity.

'You had better also check the surroundings of the cities; the White Forehead Corpse King Bai Zhongsheng is no fool—he naturally anticipated all this, expected you would destroy the formation bases, and surely has a backup plan.'

'Search comprehensively, destroy the formation bases comprehensively, ensuring that wherever we pass, no formation base remains.'

Lingjian Zhenren, not far away, spoke slowly, reminding the two not to be careless.

What they thought of, Bai Zhongsheng naturally also thought of; otherwise he could not remain so calm. At such a time, he would start turning on his own people rather than presenting a united front outward.

Lingjian Zhenren very much wanted to know what the Corpse Refining Sect intended to do, what the White Forehead Corpse King intended to do.

Sacrificing so many people could not be for oneself.

'You're right, Fellow Daoist Lingjian.' Wu Mie Zhenren and Feng Ling Zhenren nodded repeatedly, fully endorsing Lingjian Zhenren's words.

The White Forehead Corpse King is very cunning and also deeply scheming; he could not easily be seen through.

The two then set to work making arrangements.