Chapter 414: Slaughter the Yan Alliance, break the Green Pill

"Investigate!"

"Investigate it thoroughly for me!"

"I want to know exactly what happened that caused the Falling Cloud Sect to mobilize ten Golden Core masters in one go!"

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

Luo Chen's face was gloomy, growling almost like a roar.

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

It was the fear of an ant facing a giant!

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

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 Rotten Black Chess.

Even if he had a physique comparable to a Grade-3 ancient monster.

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

Fortunately.

The ten Golden Cores of the Falling Cloud Sect had no malice toward him; they were merely curiously probing him.

That feeling.

It was as if someone passing by had casually and curiously admired 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 didn't like this kind of luck, and he didn't like the feeling of his life being in the hands of others at all.

He now had to know why the ten Golden Cores of the Falling Cloud Sect would appear together on a flying boat for no reason.

And!

The direction they flew wasn't the Mount Jilei Mountain battlefield, nor was it the location of the Falling Cloud Sect's mountain gate.

The direction they flew seemed more like going home.

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

Inside the hall, Xing Xing Zonghan bowed, cold sweat dripping from his face.

He had never seen Luo Chen so uncomposed.

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

Given Luo Chen's cultivation of his temperament after weathering so many storms over the years, he shouldn't have been so uncomposed.

But, those were ten Golden Core masters!

And among them, there were even Great Cultivators in the late Golden Core stage!

Xing Xing Zonghan swallowed his saliva and said immediately, "President, please give me some time; I will definitely make this matter clear for you."

Luo Chen closed his eyes and waved his hand powerlessly.

After Xing 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 Su Xiaolin's position and hasn't been in charge of the Luo Net for long. He is still getting familiar with intelligence gathering, so he might have missed some of the winds and movements in the cultivation world."

Luo Chen kept his eyes closed and said dully, "I know, this is not his fault. But President Sima Hui Niang, you don't know what kind of fear it is to be watched by a pack of wolves."

President Sima President Sima Hui Niang was stunned.

She recalled Luo Chen's uncomposed behavior earlier.

Even when facing Qin Qin Tairan's frontal bombardment before, Luo Chen had never changed color.

But just now, Luo Chen had retreated seven steps in a frenzy, cold sweat dripping.

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

"Could that be fake?" Luo Chen still kept his eyes closed, as if recuperating his spirit. His tone gradually calmed down. "Those ten spiritual senses, though probing, didn't hide themselves in front of me. It's just that they were aimed only at me, so you couldn't feel them."

President Sima President Sima Hui Niang shook her head. "If the Falling Cloud Sect mobilized ten Golden Cores at once, either what they did was extremely secret, or it was completely unhidden. In both cases, the former Xing Xing Zonghan wouldn't be able to find out, and the latter, actually, there's no need to investigate; in a few days, it might spread throughout the Yuding region."

Swish!

Luo Chen opened his eyes suddenly, a bright light flashing in the dim hall like lightning.

"It was definitely not a secret act!"

"For them to return to the mountain so openly on a flying boat, they might have hidden it from us Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators, but Golden Core masters along the way would inevitably have noticed."

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

President Sima President Sima Hui Niang nodded thoughtfully.

Afterward, she said, "If that's the case, relying on those people in the Luo Net might not be enough. I will mobilize the power of the Luo Tian Society to investigate the corresponding intelligence!"

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

The connections and relationships established were also quite impressive.

Even if it couldn't be said to cover the Yuding region, it had certain channels in the nearby markets and several large immortal cities.

If fully mobilized, small matters would be fine.

But if it involved a major event where ten Golden Cores took action, it would definitely be found out clearly.

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

He intended to seek an audience with Elder Fei Ming of Mount Ailao Mountain.

As a Golden Core master, the speed and channels through which he obtained information would surely be faster and more numerous.

However.

When Luo Chen returned to Mount Tianlan Xiancheng and sought out the Grade-1 cave dwelling, he was told by the other party's disciple that he was not seeing guests.

Luo Chen directly tossed a high-quality top-grade magic tool, and the disciple then cautiously told him: Elder Fei Ming had left in a hurry yesterday and had not returned yet.

One must know that a large immortal city must have a Golden Core master sitting in town all year round.

In the past, when Fairy Master Jueqing went out, it was because Senior Haoranzi had been in long-term seclusion at Mount 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 could see the urgency of the situation.

Standing outside the cave dwelling,

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

Just as President Sima President Sima Hui Niang had guessed.

Matters involving the action of ten Golden Core masters were either so secret that no one knew, or they were bound to be major events that shook the Yuding region.

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

The Yan Alliance was slaughtered!

The Green Pill Valley was broken!

Not one, but two major events!

The moment he learned this news, Luo Chen gasped in shock, President Sima President Sima Hui Niang's face turned snow-white, and Xing Xing Zonghan, who reported the intelligence, was even trembling.

Inside the entire hall, it was suppressed to the extreme, 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 open his mouth: "Are you sure the news is true?"

Xing Xing Zonghan said with a trembling voice, "It should be true. This matter has already spread throughout Daguang Xiancheng and Liuli Xiancheng. We got the news late because the Yan Alliance's vassal forces in Mount Tianlan are already few and far between. But the movements of the vassal forces near Green Pill Valley can verify this news."

President Sima President Sima Hui Niang gasped in shock, "Has the Falling Cloud Sect gone mad? Even as a newly promoted Nascent Soul sect, it's impossible to deal with two great sects, and on the same day? Could it be that True Person Han Zhan took action personally?"

"No!" Xing Xing Zonghan shook his head violently. "The news I got is that Falling Cloud slaughtered the Yan Alliance, and the Sword Sect broke the Green Pill."

"How is this possible? Have the two great sects lost all sense of shame?" President Sima President Sima Hui Niang muttered.

"President, what do you think..." Xing 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 Xing Zonghan left the Luo Tian Hall.

President Sima President Sima Hui Niang didn't delay either; after saying a few words to Luo Chen, she also left in a hurry.

If the news was true, it meant that the Yuding region was truly about to be turned upside down.

Two Golden Core great sects were suddenly attacked by a Nascent Soul superior sect, using words like "slaughter" and "break"—one could see the intensity of the war.

And in this change of situation,

the Luo Tian Society, a small Foundation Establishment force, was like a small boat in a storm, who knew when it would be caught in the crossfire.

Only by obtaining enough intelligence details could they prepare accordingly.

The Yan Alliance slaughtered, Green Pill broken!

Two major events erupted on the same day.

In the Yuding region, which had finally calmed down slightly, this was no different from a thunderclap on flat ground!

In an instant!

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

At the same time, many cultivators, holding the philosophy of "better to die of gluttony than starvation," rushed toward the mountain gates of those two great sects.

And on Luo Chen's desk, pieces of intelligence were also being reported after being sorted by President Sima President Sima Hui Niang and Xing Xing Zonghan.

"In the year 3433 of the Shanhai calendar, on the night of September 7th, outside the Burning Incense Valley of the Yan Alliance, five hundred Foundation Establishment True Cultivators and ten Golden Core masters of the Falling Cloud Sect gathered. Taking advantage of their lack of preparation, the ten Golden Cores attacked together, breaking 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 Falling Cloud Sect mobilized over a thousand powerful puppets, and after the formation was broken, they indiscriminately bombarded the Yan Alliance's Burning Incense Valley..."

"There were even large-scale war puppets personally refined by True Person Han Zhan of the Falling Cloud Sect, appearing for the first time, ravaging the Burning Incense Valley."

"This battle came abruptly, and the Yan Alliance had no reaction, unable to parry for a time. Even with their full foundation, more than a dozen Golden Core masters who were rumored to have already passed away appeared, but they couldn't stop the Falling Cloud Sect's army!"

"For a time, countless Yan Alliance cultivators fell. Even the Golden Core masters, whom rogue cultivators view as fierce tigers, fell one after another, turning into fireworks in the sky under the bombardment of the sky-filling puppet artillery..."

Looking at the messages one by one, 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 was very much in line with the style of fighting between cultivation forces, those were Golden Core great sects!

And in the shock,

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

Rumor had it that the Yan Alliance had obtained a True Treasure from the White Night Cave Dwelling.

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

Since the civil war of the Yuding superior sects began, the Yan Alliance had suffered heavy losses, losing two Golden Core masters in succession at the Black Water Swamp and Mount Jilei Mountain battlefields.

Strength declined, mountain gate empty?

Also!

Luo Chen narrowed his eyes, recalling Han Zhan's outing with people two months ago.

Although it was a custom for direct disciples of superior sects to travel and learn, there was no reason for so many people to move together.

Looking at it now, it was clearly a case of leaving the mountain in batches, surrounding the Yan Alliance, and then annihilating them.

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

Not only that!

"Han Zhan actually gave me a hint early on."

"At that time, I spoke of revenge, and he said that the higher my expectation, the greater the disappointment. I just thought he was arrogant, as a high disciple of a superior sect, looking down on me."

"Thinking about it now, wasn't it that he already knew the decision to attack the Yan Alliance and didn't view the Yan Alliance cultivators as living people."

"He is different from other Foundation Establishment cultivators; as the grandson of True Person Han Zhan, he must have known certain inside information."

If these subtle clues were connected,

what the Falling Cloud Sect did was almost no different from when Luo Chen led the crowd to attack the Fu family's fortress years ago.

First, give them the crime of possessing a "True Treasure," and then attack the door directly; this could be considered having a teacher and a name.

And!

The Yan Alliance itself relied on the Sword Sect and had targeted the Falling Cloud Sect many times, so there was a huge grudge between the two sides.

One must know that the Falling Cloud Sect and the Sword Sect had not reached a ceasefire agreement until now.

It was only natural for them to attack the Yan Alliance's mountain gate.

"What about the Sword Sect side?"

Luo Chen muttered.

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

"World rumors say that the Supreme Elder of Green Pill Valley, Green Pill Child, obtained a Core Formation Pill formula."

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

Looking at this intelligence, Luo Chen sneered.

Regardless of whether the news was true or false, wasn't this operation exactly the same as the Falling Cloud Sect's?

It was just changing the True Treasure into a Core Formation Pill formula.

And then, they attacked the door?

Xing Xing Zonghan said quickly, "The Yan Alliance was attacked and sought help from the Sword Sect at the first opportunity."

"The two sides were close in location, and upon receiving the call for help, the Yuding Sword Sect mobilized immediately."

"However, they didn't directly rescue the Yan Alliance, but instead, under the decision of Master Yaoguang, carried out the strategy of besieging Wei to save Zhao."

Luo Chen raised an eyebrow. "Besieging Wei to save Zhao?"

Xing Xing Zonghan nodded. "Yes, Master Yaoguang, who is in the late Golden Core stage, personally led eight hundred sword cultivators to kill the Falling Cloud Sect's ally, the Green Pill Valley."

"They tried to force the Falling Cloud Sect to retreat with this."

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

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

"Finally, Master Yaoguang took action personally, using great means to cut off the Mount Yuanhua Mountain of the Green Pill Valley with one sword."

"At this time, the Falling Cloud Sect chose to retreat and rescue the Green Pill Valley, and the Sword Sect cultivators, not wanting to be attacked from both sides, left."

"By this time, this suddenly erupted great battle was declared over."

This battle result was very consistent with the performance of an offensive and defensive battle.

With preparation, as long as there were no stronger experts of a higher realm taking action, a force's mountain-protecting formation was not so easy to break.

However.

Mount Yuanhua Mountain was broken?

Luo Chen's eyelids twitched wildly; he vaguely remembered that Mount Yuanhua Mountain was where the entrance to the Green Pill Valley was located!

Among the Green Pill Valley's five-peak formation, Mount Yuanhua Mountain was the least important, yet also the most important.

The entrance was broken, and the spiritual energy leaked outward.

In this way, wasn't the Green Pill Valley's plan to upgrade the Dan Valley spiritual vein, which they had been plotting for hundreds of years, all in vain?

Was the Sword Sect's purpose really to besiege Wei to save Zhao, or the Core Formation Pill formula, or to destroy the five-peak formation pattern?

Looking at it now, except for the Core Formation Pill formula, the other two purposes had been achieved.

Also!

There was another very critical point.

Was this surprise attack a unilateral action by the Falling Cloud Sect, or a tacit understanding between the two sides?

If it was a tacit understanding.

But didn't the Sword Sect break the Feng Shui layout of the Green Elixir Valley's five-peak valley-covering formation, and in doing so, destroy the Falling Cloud Sect's covetous schemes for the fourth-tier spiritual land?

Crossing the river and tearing down the bridge?

Going back on their word?

Changing their minds halfway?

And what about the future? Caught between two superior sects, how should the Green Pill Valley conduct itself?

These questions had no answers.

However, judging from the fact that Elder Fei Ming suddenly left Mount Tianlan Xiancheng, it seemed he was also worried about this matter.

"Not enough!"

"The intelligence is still far from enough!"

Luo Chen muttered to himself.

Xing Xing Zonghan was puzzled. "Even if the war is fierce, it is a battle between superior sects and great sects; why is the President so concerned?"

Luo Chen's face showed a flash of ferocity.

"The Yan Alliance is our enemy; you say I shouldn't be concerned?"

Xing Xing Zonghan was stunned.

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

At this moment, when the other party mentioned this, he realized why Luo Chen kept asking about the news of this battle.

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

Xing Xing Zonghan vaguely guessed Luo Chen's thoughts.

Just right, he hadn't joined the Luo Tian Society for long and hadn't made any contributions.

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

His heart stirred, and Xing Xing Zonghan said immediately:

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

Luo Chen looked at him deeply, then nodded slowly.

I've been slacking off on updates lately, first time having tenosynovitis, typing is very uncomfortable.

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

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

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Once I adapt for two days, let's see if I can restore the daily output of 8,000 to 10,000 from before.

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