Chapter 348: Jade Tripod Civil War, Twenty Years as One Day

On Pill Glow Peak.

Because of Luo Chen's return, the atmosphere that was still slightly restless almost calmed down in a short time.

A stabilizing needle, nothing more than this.

It's just that, today in the Battle Hall, many cultivators were coming in and out.

That urgent and anxious expression made those familiar with the Battle Hall cultivators curious.

"What happened?"

"Rarely see so many Luo Net cultivators appear at once?"

Facing these curious questions.

The Luo Net cultivator responsible for intelligence collection and processing glared fiercely with hawk-like eyes.

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask!"

After speaking, he held a large pile of files and entered the Battle Hall.

"These are the latest intelligence within the year and a half since you left."

"This pile is the general intelligence of Tianlan Xiancheng collected within five years after the establishment of Luo Net."

"This last pile of files just sent over was collected by Su Xiaolin through many channels with great effort and money after your instructions. It has been urgently organized, although it is still somewhat messy and incomplete, as long as it is related to the war of the sects, it is basically all here."

In the Battle Hall, Sima Hui Niang placed the bamboo slips categorized by type in front of Luo Chen.

Battle Hall Master Sima Xian and subordinate Luo Net Elder Su Xiaolin stood on both sides, waiting for instructions at any time.

Looking at the densely packed files, Luo Chen took a deep breath.

Not disliking the trouble, Luo Chen spread out a bamboo slip and read it seriously.

"October, 3408 of the Shanhai Calendar, Falling Cloud Sect Supreme Elder Han Zhan broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, advocating the recovery of three large markets and seven small markets remotely controlled by the Jade Tripod Sword Sect within the sphere of influence. The means were rough, provoking protests from the Sword Sect, and finally ended with the Sword Sect cultivators withdrawing from the Falling Cloud Sect's sphere of influence."

"This matter was also defined as the fuse of the sect war."

Luo Chen paused, calculating according to the timeline.

At this time, he was probably at the ninth level of Qi Refining; at this time, Pang Renxiong had just died, and Dahe City had become a ghost city.

"November of the same year, a Foundation Establishment True Disciple of the Falling Cloud Sect was suspected to have died at the hands of a Sword Sect True Disciple. At the same time, the Sword Sect suspected that the mysterious death of a Golden Core Superior under its sect was related to the Falling Cloud Sect. The conflict between the two sides intensified, and the sect masters of both sects came forward to negotiate, but to no avail."

"The Falling Cloud Sect proposed to recover a third-grade mineral vein, which was rejected by the Sword Sect. It is unknown which side started first, but a small-scale battle within the scope of the Foundation Establishment realm occurred near that third-grade mineral vein."

"Although this battle came quickly and ended quickly, it was recorded as the beginning of the Jade Tripod sect civil war."

"The real outbreak originated from Ailao Mountain refusing to repair the Xiancheng for the Sword Sect, and a core disciple was killed by a Sword Sect True Disciple. The master of that core true disciple, in a fit of rage, destroyed the Xiancheng center, provoking a large-scale attack by nearby monsters."

"The Sword Sect was dissatisfied and sent three hundred sword cultivators to question Ailao Mountain. Ailao Mountain sought help from the Falling Cloud Sect, and the two sides broke out into the first true large-scale battle outside the mountain gate of Ailao Mountain."

Luo Chen estimated the time.

After this battle broke out, Tian Xingzi of the Dahe Square Treasure Black Market left in a hurry.

That was in the spring of the second year.

He united with Nangong Jin, led the crowd to kill up Little Huan Mountain, and annihilated the Duan family.

After that, he successfully reached Foundation Establishment with difficulty, and even left Dahe Square.

And in this process, the two great Nascent Soul sects in the Jade Yu Yu Dingyu had deeper and deeper contradictions, and the friction intensified!

Battles of all sizes, with the Foundation Establishment True Disciples of the two sects as the core, broke out constantly.

The battlefield was also constantly expanding its scope.

Within the Sword Sect, masters emerged in large numbers, and even a Golden Core Superior led hundreds of sword cultivators, intending to kill into the hinterland of the Falling Cloud Sect, but was blocked by the strong men of the Falling Cloud Sect.

The world thought that the Falling Cloud Sect's foundation was shallow and could not stop the Sword Sect's thunderous power.

But no one expected that the Falling Cloud Sect's puppet technique, known as strange and tricky skills, exploded with powerful power in the initial battles.

In terms of combat power, it was completely not inferior to Jade Tripod sword cultivators.

There were even examples of sword cultivators of the same rank killing five puppets of Falling Cloud Sect disciples in a row, but finally being blown into blood foam by the other party.

Of course!

On the whole, the Sword Sect was still much stronger than the Falling Cloud Sect.

After the Falling Cloud Sect united with Ailao Mountain and blocked the first few waves of offensives, they felt deeply that it was difficult to support alone.

It was also at this time that Green Elixir Valley cultivators joined the battlefield, and they helped the Falling Cloud Sect side.

The Sword Sect side was not to be outdone and sent many first-rate subordinate forces under its command to participate in the war.

Not only that, even the Yan Alliance joined them.

By this time, the battle between the two sides had already involved five major sects and more than a dozen first-rate and second-rate forces.

It seemed that both sides also knew that it was not good to spread indefinitely like this.

Therefore, they gradually narrowed the scope of the battlefield, mainly concentrated in three major battlefields: Lingkong Secret Realm, Black Water Swamp, and Jilei Nine Mountains.

Although there were three battlefields, there was a clear distinction between primary and secondary.

The center of the battle was in the Lingkong Secret Realm.

That was a legendary ancient ruin, which was later developed by the Sword Sect for a small half and occupied alone for hundreds of years.

There were even rumors.

The reason why the Jade Tripod Sword Sect had more Golden Core and Foundation Establishment cultivators than the wealthy Green Elixir Valley in just a few hundred years was because they obtained a large amount of benefits from the Lingkong ruins.

The Falling Cloud Sect sent Golden Core experts, trying to take down this ruin and share it with Ailao Mountain and Green Elixir Valley.

The Sword Sect naturally refused and sent strong sword cultivators to compete with them.

And the other two battlefields.

Black Water Swamp produced many resources, among which Black Demon Swamp Mud was the scarcest thing for Ailao Mountain, and they had to spend a high price to buy it from the Sword Sect all year round.

Therefore, the main battlefield for Ailao Mountain cultivators was here, uniting with Falling Cloud Sect cultivators to try to dominate this place.

As for Jilei Nine Mountains, it was even more complicated.

There was a super-large fourth-grade thunder mineral vein here, and under the erosion all year round, it even created the wonder of the Ten Thousand Mile Quicksand Wasteland.

Everyone wanted it, but no one could eat it.

The two sides sent a large number of low-level disciples to fight for dominance in an inch-by-inch manner.

And this battlefield was also the place with the largest number of people and the most complex composition of forces.

Sects, major sects, first-rate and second-rate forces, and even many loose cultivators were involved.

Ten years ago, the Lingkong Secret Realm suddenly closed!

Declaring the end of one battlefield.

This led to the disappearance of the battlefield where high-level cultivators of the two major sects directly fought.

They restrained slightly and no longer took action personally.

Instead, they led the forces and allies under their command to launch a protracted war in the Black Water Swamp and Jilei Nine Mountains.

"So, is this why everyone feels that the intensity of the Nascent Soul sect war has decreased and eased in recent years?"

Luo Chen muttered.

With his powerful soul and intelligence.

In just half a day, he had finished reading the summary of the files known as the "Jade Tripod Civil War."

There were many doubts, and there were not a few places worth savoring.

But these were not the key points.

At least, it didn't have much to do with Luo Chen.

He rubbed his eyebrows slightly and took the intelligence of recent years from Su Xiaolin.

Compared to the previous summary files, it was more detailed.

Like in the Black Water Swamp, Ailao Mountain seemed powerful, but under the allied army of subordinates led by the Jade Tripod Sword Sect, they suffered heavy losses.

Even two Golden Core cultivators died and one was injured.

And in Jilei Nine Mountains, the conflict between Green Elixir Valley and the Yan Alliance also became more and more serious.

Many Foundation Establishment True Disciples fought with real fire, and the number of fallen cultivators was not small.

Among them, there were many first-rate and second-rate small forces that were scattered under the crushing of the general trend.

Like the descendants of the Ghost God Valley Luo Chen was familiar with, because the family's Foundation Establishment cultivators died in battle one after another.

Finally, they were looted by a group of loose cultivators, and the family land was robbed clean.

There were many such examples!

"I only thought that Tianlan Xiancheng was treacherous and survival was not easy."

"I didn't expect that in this immortal cultivation world, there were even more tragic struggles happening all the time."

"Probably because of this, the Golden Core major sects restrained themselves, wanting to control their own losses. Even Green Elixir Valley, under the pretext of re-establishing the Dao Seed, launched the Dao Seed Struggle to recall many disciples from the battlefield."

From the evolution of the general trend, Luo Chen found many details.

He even deduced that some sects no longer wanted to continue fighting in this war quagmire.

Finally, Luo Chen looked at the intelligence collected by Luo Net in the year and a half since he left.

"3425 of the Shanhai Calendar, Falling Cloud Sect Supreme Elder Han Zhan and Sword Sect Supreme Jade Tripod True Person met publicly for the first time on the banks of the Qinhua River, and the two sides parted on bad terms!"

Seeing this line, Luo Chen's expression changed slightly.

He finally knew what big things happened in the year and a half he left.

Meeting on the banks of the Qinhua River, two sects negotiating.

True Persons meeting, parting on bad terms.

Everyone knew what this meant.

Of course, this Qinhua River bank was definitely not the river bank on the side of Tianlan Xiancheng.

The Qinhua River ran through the entire Jade Yu Yu Dingyu and was a veritable big river, second only to the Lancang River.

The specific negotiation address was not mentioned in detail.

The specific content of the negotiation was also unknown.

But just a "parting on bad terms" meant that this Jade Tripod civil war would continue!

It could even be said that the accumulated contradictions would be completely detonated, and the intensity of the war would also rise.

One year ago!

Wasn't that when the Dao Seed Struggle unfolded?

Luo Chen recalled the many Golden Core Superiors he saw on the Heavenly Palace.

He remembered very clearly that Tao Yisheng said that the Golden Core cultivators of the four major sects, Falling Cloud Sect, Hundred Flower Palace, Ice Fortress, and Ailao Mountain, came to observe the ceremony.

However, on the Heavenly Palace, he clearly didn't see the Falling Cloud Sect Golden Core.

"Came but didn't show up, or came and left directly."

"What does it mean?"

"Notification!"

"Yes, it was to notify the results, and by the way, just go through the motions."

"In other words, after the end of the Dao Seed Struggle, the war machine of the Falling Cloud Sect was completely running, Green Elixir Valley and Ailao Mountain still agreed to take action, and even the Ice Fortress no longer hesitated, completely leaning toward the Falling Cloud Sect, preparing to join the war!"

After reasoning through all this.

Time had reached late at night.

Luo Chen leaned on the back of the chair, his mind tired.

He said without raising his eyelids: "You go down first, Hui Niang stay."

Sima Xian and Su Xiaolin, who had been standing for a day, looked at each other and then respectfully withdrew.

Looking at the tired Luo Chen, Sima Hui Niang stood behind him and massaged his acupoints on both sides.

"I haven't seen you pay attention before, why are you so concerned about the sect war today?"

"I have to pay attention!" Luo Chen closed his eyes and said heavily: "Because not long from now, we will participate in it."

"What did you say?"

Sima Hui Niang's movements slowed down, as if she hadn't heard clearly.

Luo Chen sighed, "Ice Fortress Fairy Jueqing requires my Luo Tian Society to participate in the war with everyone at the seventh level of Qi Refining and above, and only one Foundation Establishment True Person can be left behind to guard Pill Glow Peak."

These words were spoken.

The fingers on both sides of Luo Chen's face suddenly stiffened.

Sima Hui Niang's pupils shook, and she sat opposite Luo Chen.

"Really?"

"How could I joke with you about this kind of thing?"

Sima Hui Niang said astringently: "How could it be like this..."

Yes!

How could it be like this?

But thinking carefully, everything had signs.

If the Luo Tian Society was still like the beginning, with only one or two Foundation Establishment cultivators, the Ice Fortress naturally wouldn't look at it.

But when Foundation Establishment True Persons emerged one after another like bamboo shoots after rain.

The Ice Fortress had already included it in its eyes.

Foundation Establishment Ceremony!

No!

Perhaps when the Luo Tian Society was attacking everywhere in the beginning, annihilating the Pill Origin Gate and Divine Art Gate, and showing its own martial power, the other party had already taken a fancy to the Luo Tian Society.

Even, adding fuel to the fire, during the Foundation Establishment Ceremony, they sent a Foundation Establishment Pill that was completely useless to Sima Hui Niang.

Didn't that mean the more Foundation Establishment True Persons in the Luo Tian Society, the better?

At this moment, Sima Hui Niang must have realized what consequences would occur if the Luo Tian Society participated in this level of war.

She revealed a shock she hadn't had for many years.

And, panic.

But when her gaze fell on Luo Chen, for some reason, her heart calmed down.

The woman smoothed her hair and said with realization:

"The situation is not up to us; for so many years, we have enjoyed the huge convenience brought by being a subordinate of the Ice Fortress."

"Now, it is only natural for the other party to ask us to contribute."

Luo Chen wanted to say that the Ice Fortress subordinate status was exchanged by him with Jade Dew Pills.

But when the words reached his lips, he paused.

The Jueqing lineage buying Jade Dew Pills was not for free; they also paid a large amount of spirit stones.

If calculated one by one.

Even without counting the threat brought by the Golden Core Superior, it was only natural for the Luo Tian Society to fight for the Ice Fortress.

In the world, where is there a good thing that only takes benefits without paying a price!

But this kind of thing, falling on himself, was still a bit hard to accept.

Sima Hui Niang took a deep breath and said urgently and clearly:

"If we really have to participate in the war, then many current decisions of the Luo Tian Society must be reconsidered."

"Close and shrink the branches everywhere."

"Stop the agency cooperation with loose cultivator Foundation Establishment for the time being, otherwise it will cause a situation where the tail is too big to wag."

"Business with other forces must discuss new cooperation methods as soon as possible."

"The plan against the Bo family of Flowing Light Square is also directly canceled!"

"And..."

Luo Chen's wandering gaze fell on the pretty woman.

The other party seemed to have accepted this fact.

And entered the future situation extremely quickly.

Thoughts and actions were all considering the future.

This adaptability was outrageously strong!

"Since the Ice Fortress said that my Luo Tian Society can leave one Foundation Establishment True Person, President, you stay behind!"

"On the battlefield, I will be responsible for coordination, letting as many people as possible come back alive!"

Speaking to the end, Sima Hui Niang's tone was somewhat low.

But the clanging sound was fearless.

Luo Chen laughed.

In Hui Niang's stunned gaze, he reached out and pinched her straight, pretty nose.

"Fool!"

"It's fine to let you show your face and manage the Luo Tian Society on weekdays. In this kind of life-and-death matter, how can I let you go."

Sima Hui Niang was somewhat unaccustomed.

This kind of doting little action was not common on weekdays.

But she still felt warm in her heart.

It's just that, considering the unknown situation she would face on the battlefield, she was still extremely worried.

"But..."

"There is no 'but'." Luo Chen shook his head, "Jueqing Fairy only said to leave one person, not including me. In any case, I am also a pill-refining master famous in the Jade Yu Yu Dingyu; how can such a technical talent be consumed on the battlefield..."

As he spoke.

Luo Chen's voice lowered.

Pill-refining master... consumed...

Vaguely, a thought emerged in his heart.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 349 =====