Chapter 414

"Investigate!"

"Investigate it thoroughly for me!"

"I want to know exactly what happened that caused the Luoyun Sect to mobilize ten Golden Core True Persons in one go!"

On Danxia Peak, inside the newly rebuilt Luo Tian Hall.

Luo Chen's expression was gloomy, and he roared in a low voice, almost like a growl.

Not long ago, the spiritual senses of those ten Golden Cores swept over him, making him feel a life-and-death crisis for the first time in his life.

That was the fear of an ant facing a giant!

Those ten people, even if they didn't have to do anything, just by harboring a little malice and having a single thought.

The ten Golden Core-level spiritual senses could instantly crush his soul, erase his intelligence, and turn him into a corpse.

Even if he had the soul defense of the Lankes Black Chess.

Even if he had a physique comparable to a third-tier ancient desolate beast.

Under that kind of attack, he would have no power to fight back.

Fortunately.

The ten Golden Cores of the Luoyun Sect had no malice toward him; they were merely curiously peeking at him.

That feeling.

It was just like passing by and curiously admiring a flower that was growing very well.

Was the flower not picked because it looked good?

No!

It was just because others didn't want to pick it.

Luo Chen does not like this kind of luck, and he doesn't like the feeling of his life and death being in the hands of others at all.

He must now know why the ten Golden Cores of the Luoyun Sect would appear together on a flying boat for no reason.

And!

The direction they flew from was not the Leishan battlefield, nor was it where the Luoyun Sect mountain gate was located.

The direction they flew toward, instead, looked more like going home.

In other words, before this, they must have joined forces to go somewhere and do something.

Inside the hall, Xing Zonghan bowed his waist, cold sweat streaming down his face.

He had never seen Luo Chen lose his composure like this.

Those roars sounded more like the angry shouts of someone driven to desperation.

With the cultivation of temperament Luo Chen had gained after weathering storms for so many years, he shouldn't have lost his composure like this.

But, those were ten Golden Core True Persons!

Even, among them were great cultivators in the late Golden Core stage!

Xing Zonghan swallowed his saliva and immediately said: "Society Master, please give me some time; I will definitely have the Luo Net investigate this matter clearly."

Luo Chen closed his eyes and waved his hand somewhat powerlessly.

After Xing Zonghan left the hall, a capable and crisp female voice rang out at the right time.

"Actually, you can't blame Elder Xing."

"He just took over Su Xiaolin's position and has only been in control of the Luo Net for a short time. He is still familiarizing himself with the intelligence gathering work and may have missed some of the stirrings in the cultivation world."

Luo Chen closed his eyes and said gloomily: "I know, this is not his fault. But Huiniang, you don't know what kind of fear it is to be watched by a group of tigers and wolves."

Sima Huiniang was startled.

She remembered Luo Chen's loss of composure earlier.

Even when facing the direct bombardment of Qin Tairan before, Luo Chen had never changed his expression.

But earlier, Luo Chen retreated seven steps wildly, cold sweat streaming down.

She couldn't help but say: "Are you sure it was really the spiritual senses of ten Golden Core True Persons?"

"Could this be fake?" Luo Chen still kept his eyes closed, as if recuperating his spirit; his tone gradually calmed down, "Those ten spiritual senses, although they were peeking, did not hide themselves in front of me. It's just that they were directed solely at me, so you couldn't feel it."

Sima Huiniang shook her head, "If the Luoyun Sect dispatched ten Golden Cores to act together in one go, either what they did was extremely secretive, or it was completely undisguised. In these two situations, the former is something Xing Zonghan can't investigate, and the latter, actually, doesn't need much investigation; perhaps in a few days, it will spread throughout the Yuding Region."

Swish!

Luo Chen opened his eyes abruptly, and a bright light flashed through the dim hall like lightning.

"It is definitely not a secretive act!"

"For them to ride a flying boat back to the mountain so openly, they might deceive us Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators, but Golden Core True Persons along the way would inevitably notice."

"What I need is not just first-hand news, but also the corresponding details!"

Sima Huiniang nodded thoughtfully.

Subsequently, she said: "If so, relying on those people in the Luo Net is probably not enough; I will mobilize the power of the Luo Tian Society to investigate the corresponding intelligence!"

Over these years, the Luo Tian Society has done a lot of business.

The connections established are also quite impressive.

Even if it can't be said to cover the Yuding Region, it has certain channels in the various large and small markets nearby, as well as several large immortal cities.

If fully mobilized, small matters would be fine.

But if it involves a major event where ten Golden Cores took action, it will definitely be investigated clearly.

Not only that, Luo Chen also has his own plans.

He is preparing to seek an audience with Elder Fei Ming of Mount Ailao.

As a Golden Core True Person, the speed and channels for him to obtain news must be faster and more numerous.

However.

When Luo Chen returned to Tianlan Immortal City and sought out the Jia-1 cave dwelling, he was told by the disciple under the elder that he was not seeing guests.

Luo Chen directly stuffed a fine top-grade magic tool to the disciple, and only then did the disciple cautiously tell him: Elder Fei Ming left in a hurry yesterday and has not returned yet.

One must know that a large immortal city must have a Golden Core True Person stationed there all year round.

Previously, when the Peerless Fairy went out, it was also because Haoranzi was in long-term seclusion on Tianlan Peak that it was convenient for her to leave.

But for Fei Ming to disregard the safety of the immortal city and leave so urgently, one can see the urgency of the situation.

Standing outside the cave dwelling.

Luo Chen muttered: "It seems that something really big has happened!"

……

Just as Sima Huiniang guessed.

Matters involving the actions of ten Golden Core True Persons are either so secretive that no one knows, or they are definitely major events that shake the Yuding Region.

And this major event reached Luo Chen in just half a day.

The Yan Alliance was slaughtered!

The Green Elixir Valley was broken!

Not one, but two major events!

The moment he learned this news, Luo Chen gasped in shock, Sima Huiniang's face turned pale, and Xing Zonghan, who reported the intelligence, was even shaking.

The entire hall was extremely oppressive, with only the sound of rapid breathing echoing in each other's ears like thunderous drums.

After a long while!

Luo Chen couldn't help but speak: "Are you sure the news is true?"

Xing Zonghan said with a trembling voice: "It should be true; this matter has already spread throughout Daguang Immortal City and Liuli Immortal City. We received the news late because the vassal forces of the Yan Alliance in Tianlan are few and far between. But the movements of the vassal forces over at the Green Elixir Valley can verify this news."

Sima Huiniang said in shock: "Has the Luoyun Sect gone mad? Even as a newly promoted Nascent Soul sect, it's impossible to deal with two major sects, and it's on the same day; could it be that True Person Han Zhan took action himself?"

"No!" Xing Zonghan shook his head violently, "The news I received is that Luoyun slaughtered the Yan Alliance, and the Sword Sect broke the Green Elixir."

"How is this possible? Have the two major sects lost all sense of shame?" Sima Huiniang muttered.

"Society Master, look..." Xing Zonghan asked.

Luo Chen took a deep breath, "Details, I need the specific details of this battle; even if it's hearsay, I need as many details as possible."

"This subordinate understands!"

Without hesitation, Xing Zonghan immediately left the Luo Tian Hall.

Sima Huiniang didn't delay either; after saying a few words to Luo Chen, she also hurried out the door.

If the news is true, it means that the Yuding Region is truly going to be turned upside down.

Two Golden Core major sects were suddenly attacked by a Nascent Soul sect, and they even used words like "slaughter" and "break," which shows the intensity of the war.

And under this change in the general trend.

The Luo Tian Society, a mere Foundation Establishment-stage small force, is like a small boat in a storm, and who knows how it might be caught in the crossfire.

Only by obtaining enough intelligence details can one prepare accordingly.

……

The Yan Alliance was slaughtered, the Green Elixir was broken!

Two major events erupted on the same day.

In the Yuding Region, which had finally calmed down slightly, this was equivalent to a thunderclap on flat ground!

For a time!

Throughout the Yuding Region, wherever cultivators gathered, they were frantically discussing this matter.

At the same time, many cultivators, holding the philosophy of "stuffing the bold and starving the timid," rushed toward the mountain gates of those two major sects.

And on Luo Chen's desk, pieces of intelligence were also constantly being reported after being sorted out by Sima Huiniang and Xing Zonghan.

"On the night of September 7th, in the 3433rd year of the Shanhai Calendar, outside the Burning Incense Valley of the Yan Alliance, five hundred Luoyun Sect Foundation Establishment true cultivators and ten Golden Core True Persons gathered. Taking advantage of their lack of preparation, the ten Golden Cores took action together, shattering the Yan Alliance's mountain-protecting formation; it is suspected that someone used Nascent Soul means..."

"Some cultivators saw with their own eyes that the Luoyun Sect dispatched thousands of powerful puppets, and after the formation was broken, they bombarded the Yan Alliance's Burning Incense Valley indiscriminately..."

"There were even large-scale war puppets personally refined by True Person Han Zhan of the Luoyun Sect, appearing for the first time and wreaking havoc in the Burning Incense Valley."

"This battle came abruptly; the Yan Alliance had no reaction and couldn't hold them off for a time. Even when they brought out all their foundations, with more than a dozen Golden Core True Persons who were rumored to have passed away appearing, they still couldn't stop the Luoyun Sect's army!"

"For a time, countless Yan Alliance cultivators fell. Even the Golden Core True Persons, whom rogue cultivators view as fierce tigers, turned into fireworks and exploded to their deaths amidst the bombardment of puppet artillery fire..."

Looking at the messages one by one, the corners of Luo Chen's eyes twitched wildly.

What kind of hatred or grudge would lead them to personally attack the mountain gate?

Although this kind of battle is very much in line with the fighting style between cultivator forces, those are Golden Core major sects!

And in the shock.

Some details that hadn't been noticed before were also gathered together, becoming clear clues.

Some say the Yan Alliance obtained a True Artifact from the White Night Cave Dwelling.

An innocent man is innocent, but his treasure makes him guilty?

Since the civil war of the Yuding major sects began, the Yan Alliance suffered heavy losses, losing two Golden Core True Persons in succession in the Black Water Swamp and the Leishan battlefield.

Strength declined, mountain gate empty?

Also!

Luo Chen narrowed his eyes, remembering the matter of Han Zheng taking people out for a trip two months ago.

Although it is a custom for major sect Foundation Establishment disciples to travel and learn, there was no reason for so many people to move together.

Now it seems, it was clearly to leave the mountain in batches, surround the Yan Alliance, and then annihilate them together.

Especially, the other party also mentioned the matter of "sect missions."

Not only that!

"Han Zheng actually already hinted at this to me."

"At that time, I spoke of revenge, but he said that the higher my expectations, the greater my disappointment. At that time, I just thought he was a high-ranking disciple of the sect, always arrogant and looking down on me."

"Thinking about it now, isn't it that the other party already knew the decision to attack the Yan Alliance and no longer regarded the Yan Alliance cultivators as living people."

"He is different from other Foundation Establishment cultivators; Han Zheng is the grandson of True Person Han Zhan and must know some inside information."

If these subtle clues are connected.

What the Luoyun Sect did is almost no different from when Luo Chen led the crowd to attack the Fu family fortress back then.

First, give you the crime of possessing a "True Artifact," and then directly attack the door; this can also be considered a justified reason.

And!

The Yan Alliance itself defected to the Sword Sect and attacked the Luoyun Sect many times; there was a huge grudge between the two sides.

One must know that the Luoyun Sect and the Sword Sect have not reached a ceasefire agreement to this day.

It is a matter of course for them to attack the Yan Alliance's mountain gate.

"Then what about the Sword Sect?"

Luo Chen muttered.

Why did they sit idly by and instead go to attack the Green Elixir Valley?

……

"The world rumors that the Green Elixir Valley's Supreme Elder, Green Elixir Child, obtained a formula for the Nascent Soul Pill."

"The Sword Sect has been negotiating for the past few years, but the Green Elixir Valley is unwilling to give it out."

Looking at this intelligence, Luo Chen sneered.

Regardless of whether the news is true or false, isn't this operation exactly the same as the Luoyun Sect's?

It's just that the True Artifact was changed to a Nascent Soul Pill formula.

And then, they attacked the door?

Xing Zonghan said quickly: "The Yan Alliance was attacked and immediately asked the Sword Sect for help."

"The two sides' bases are relatively close, and upon receiving the call for help, the Yuding Sword Sect immediately mobilized."

"However, they did not directly rescue the Yan Alliance, but under the decision of True Person Yaoguang, they carried out the strategy of besieging Wei to save Zhao."

Luo Chen raised his eyebrows, "Besieging Wei to save Zhao?"

Xing Zonghan nodded and said: "Yes, True Person Yaoguang, who is in the late Golden Core stage, personally led eight hundred sword cultivators to kill the Luoyun Sect's ally, the Green Elixir Valley."

"Attempting to force the Luoyun Sect to retreat by this."

"Different from the Yan Alliance, the Green Elixir Valley seemed to have been prepared for the enemy's arrival. By the time the Sword Sect army arrived, the mountain-protecting formation had already been opened."

"Eight hundred sword cultivators took action together, but for a time, they couldn't shake the Green Elixir Valley's formation."

"Finally, True Person Yaoguang took action himself, using great means to cut off the Green Elixir Valley's Yuanhua Mountain with one sword."

"At this time, the Luoyun Sect chose to retreat to reinforce the Green Elixir Valley, and the Sword Sect cultivators, not wanting to be attacked from both sides, left."

"By this time, this suddenly erupted major war was declared over."

This battle result is very much in line with the performance of an offensive and defensive battle.

In a state of preparation, as long as no stronger powerhouses of a higher realm take action, a force's mountain-protecting formation is not so easy to break.

However.

Yuanhua Mountain was broken?

Luo Chen's eyelids twitched wildly; he vaguely remembered that Yuanhua Mountain was the gateway to the Green Elixir Valley!

In the Green Elixir Valley's five-peak-covering-the-valley pattern, Yuanhua Mountain is the least important, but also the most important.

The gateway is broken, and spiritual energy leaks outward.

In this way, wouldn't the Green Elixir Valley's plan to upgrade the elixir valley's spiritual vein, which they had been planning for hundreds of years, be washed away?

Was the Sword Sect's goal really to besiege Wei to save Zhao, or was it the Nascent Soul Pill formula, or was it to destroy the five-peak-covering-the-valley pattern?

Currently, except for the Nascent Soul Pill formula, the other two goals have been achieved.

Also!

There is another very critical point.

Was this surprise attack a unilateral action by the Luoyun Sect, or was it a coordinated effort with tacit understanding between the two sides?

If it was a tacit understanding.

But the Sword Sect broke the Green Elixir Valley's five-peak-covering-the-valley feng shui pattern; didn't that also destroy the Luoyun Sect's covetous plans for the fourth-tier spiritual land?

Did the Sword Sect go back on its word and change its mind halfway?

Finally!

Will such a surprise attack happen again?

Mount Ailao also has weak strength and is in a precarious situation.

The Ice Fortress is located in a remote area, backed by the millions of mountains of the Eastern Wasteland; if they were attacked, I'm afraid they wouldn't even have anywhere to run.

Will the always neutral Hundred Flowers Palace change its stance?

These questions have no answers.

However, judging from Elder Fei Ming's sudden departure from Tianlan Immortal City, I'm afraid he is also worried about this matter.

"Not enough!"

"The intelligence is still far from enough!"

Luo Chen muttered to himself.

Xing Zonghan said in confusion: "Even if the war is fierce and the situation is critical, it is a battle between major sects and major sects; why is the Society Master so concerned?"

A fierce look flashed across Luo Chen's face.

"The Yan Alliance is our enemy; you say I'm not concerned?"

Xing Zonghan was startled.

He only recently joined the Luo Tian Society and didn't have such a strong sense of belonging.

Only when the other party mentioned this did he realize why Luo Chen kept asking about the news of this battle.

If the Yan Alliance were to be removed from the name, wouldn't that mean the Luo Tian Society had avenged its great grudge?

Xing Zonghan vaguely guessed Luo Chen's thoughts.

It just so happens that he hasn't joined the Luo Tian Society for long and hasn't made any contributions.

If he could take this opportunity to make a great contribution, wouldn't he have a chance to exchange for the Luo Tian Society's Golden Core secret technique in the future?

His heart stirred, and Xing Zonghan immediately spoke:

"Give me a little more time, and I will definitely collect the intelligence on the Yan Alliance side completely!"

Luo Chen looked at him deeply, then nodded slowly.

I've really let you down recently; the updates have been lagging. It's my first time suffering from tenosynovitis, and typing is very uncomfortable.

My writing is very easily disturbed by the external environment, and even a little discomfort makes it very difficult to write. Every day I take showers, use ice, sugary drinks, cigarettes, and air conditioning to ensure my spirit is in the best state, but this sudden tenosynovitis distracts my attention every time it aches.

Let me adapt for two days and see if I can restore the daily eight thousand to ten thousand words.