Chapter 288

The great battle began.

Four years after Dugu Laomo's death, the Yunyang Sect's conscription order reached Yunwu Shan in Yu County. For this great battle, the Su Family needed two Foundation Establishment cultivators, four Qi Refining ninth-layer cultivators, and twenty Qi Refining cultivators.

It could be said that this conscription order pulled away more than half of the Su Family's strength at once.

No one dared to refute, and no one dared to resist the Yunyang Sect. In the Zheng State, the Yunyang Sect was the heavens; it had controlled the Zheng State for tens of thousands of years, and thousands upon thousands of cultivators relied on the Yunyang Sect.

The cultivation families of the Zheng State all had intricate connections with the Yunyang Sect.

And although the Yunyang Sect was overbearing, for these ten thousand years, it had been considered fair; after every great battle, the compensation and rewards were relatively equitable.

Although it couldn't be perfect, it still made the major cultivation families below convinced.

Moreover, the Yunyang Sect had Golden Core Ancestors presiding over it; even if you weren't convinced, you could only endure it.

The Yunyang Sect had a total of two Golden Core Ancestors and eighteen Purple Mansion True Persons. If you added all the cultivation families and loose cultivators of the entire Zheng State together, perhaps the number of Purple Mansion cultivators might exceed that of the Yunyang Sect, but the overall strength was still far inferior to the Yunyang Sect.

Therefore, facing the Yunyang Sect's conscription order, no one dared to refute it.

The Su Family was not too surprised by the Yunyang Sect's conscription. The Yunyang Sect knew about the Su Family's four Foundation Establishment cultivators, and they didn't dare to hide it; after all, the consequences would be unimaginable if the Yunyang Sect found out.

On Yunwu Shan, in the conference hall, all the elders of the Su Family had arrived.

The fourteen of them presided over the fate of the hundreds of thousands of people in the entire Su Family.

Now everyone was discussing the conscription order: who would go, and who would preside over the family.

"Clan Head, my opinion is still that you and I go together, and let Xianhua and Xiao Jiu preside over the family."

Great Elder Su Shi'an expressed his thoughts: "Xiao Jiu and Xianhua's cultivation is not high, and the beast chaos battle is very dangerous. With the two of them presiding over Yunwu Shan, the family has a great array, so even if monster beasts attack in the future, the two of them will be enough to protect Yunwu Shan well."

"Shi'an's proposal is good."

The Clan Head nodded upon hearing this. Naturally, he didn't want the younger generation of the family to be in danger. If it weren't for the Yunyang Sect's conscription order requiring their Su Family to send two Foundation Establishment cultivators, he wouldn't even want Su Shi'an to go.

He had participated in the last beast chaos battle and had experienced it personally, so he understood the danger very well. At that time, with his Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivation, he had only barely survived by relying on the array.

Su Shi'an's cultivation was quite a bit worse than his own back then, and his combat experience was also not comparable to his own at that time.

He had been a loose cultivator back then, fighting his way from Qi Refining to become a Foundation Establishment cultivator over several decades; his combat experience was incredibly rich.

"Clan Head, let the Great Elder preside over Yunwu Shan, and I will go in the Great Elder's stead. After all, the family side is also very important."

Su Fan knew their intentions upon hearing this. He had to admit that he was still somewhat moved. In the cultivation world, where there is deceit at every turn, even biological brothers would turn against each other over an artifact.

For a few spirit stones, they would fight to the death, but the Su Family had always been very united, especially the generation of the Clan Head and the Great Elder; their dedication to the family was evident.

The Su Family being in its current situation was inseparable from the selfless dedication of the older generation, like their grandfather.

So Su Fan thought it would be better to let the Great Elder stay behind.

He hadn't experienced the beast chaos, but he understood the danger. Monster beasts were inherently very powerful, and all along, the Yunyang Sect had relied on arrays to repel the monster race.

Although the Great Elder's cultivation was higher than Su Fangu's, his true combat power was still a bit weaker than his.

"Xiao Jiu, your cultivation has just broken through; you should stay and preside over the family." Su Shi'an's expression didn't change upon hearing this, but a faint smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

"Xiao Jiu, your experience in facing enemies is insufficient; you should just stay in the family."

Su Shaoquan hurriedly said upon hearing this.

"Haha! Good, Shaoquan's words are reasonable. I know, Xiao Jiu, you want to contribute to the family, but the beast chaos battle is too dangerous, even more dangerous than the previous Dugu Laomo. You and Xianhua, preside over the family."

The Clan Head shook his head with a smile.

"Protecting the family is also contributing, especially since our Yunwu Shan is very important now and cannot have any mishaps. Moreover, during the hundred-year beast chaos, demonic cultivators often take advantage of this time to run out and stir up trouble."

"Our Su Family is currently in a period of vigorous development, and those mortals at the foot of the mountain are the foundation of our Su Family. Even if you preside over the family, your tasks are also very heavy."

Speaking of this, Clan Head Su Wanjun's expression became increasingly serious.

"At that time, two of you should also go to Baiyun Feng. Although Baiyun Feng is relatively hidden, since Dugu Laomo could discover it, other demonic cultivators will also be able to."

"Yes, Clan Head."

The few Qi Refining ninth-layer elders nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.

"Then, the conscription order will be fulfilled by me and Shi'an, plus you four: Shaoming, Shaohua, Xianzheng, and Xianqun. As for the remaining Qi Refining cultivators, you can arrange them at your discretion."

"Later, open the family treasury. You four should each take one first-tier high-grade artifact, and for the others participating in the conscription order, give them each one first-tier mid-grade defensive artifact."

The family treasury had stored quite a few good things over the years. The family used to be poor and had no choice, but now the family was gradually becoming wealthy and had saved quite a bit each year.

Moreover, many times, artifacts obtained after killing enemies outside that were not used would be stored in the family treasury, and merit would be calculated separately.

This great battle would inevitably be dangerous; having one more artifact would mean one more layer of self-preservation.

No one had any objections to this.

Afterward, everyone discussed the division of labor and cooperation for the next steps.

Su Fan could only nod upon seeing this and preside over the family.

However, he also planned that if it truly became dangerous, he could go to provide support; as long as he didn't encounter Purple Mansion monster beasts, he wouldn't be in any danger.

If it came to a real bloodbath, he could also kill Foundation Establishment late-stage monster beasts.

And looking at the past, Yu County would not be peaceful either. Sometimes, monster beasts would break through the Yunyang Sect's blockade and enter the interior of the Zheng State, and Yu County was not too far from the front line.

Previously, such an incident had occurred, where Purple Mansion monster beasts, leading a group of second-tier monster beasts, broke through the Yunyang Sect's blockade and wreaked havoc inside the Zheng State.

There were quite a few casualties at that time.

The Clan Head and the others' worries were not without reason.

Fortunately, the Clan Head's array cultivation had broken through to the third tier, and he had already set up a third-tier low-grade defensive array on Yunwu Shan.

With two Foundation Establishment cultivators presiding, even if they encountered several Foundation Establishment late-stage monster beasts, it would be very difficult to break the great array.

After all, compared to humans, monster beasts did not have much of an advantage in breaking arrays; they could only use external force to break the array by force, unlike human cultivators who could often rely on array-breaking beads.