Chapter 744: Driving the Wolf to Swallow the Tiger

The battlefield was also cleaned up; quite a few cultivators from Chen State had come this time, and besides the few corpses that were directly blasted into slag by magic techniques, there were sixty-two corpses left, and the lowest cultivation was at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Among them were eight Purple Mansion cultivators.

Losing eight Purple Mansion cultivators all at once could really be said to be a not-insignificant loss.

Placed in the former Yunyang Sect, losing eight Purple Mansion cultivators at once would really be a blow to the bones and muscles.

Even for the current Purple Firmament Sect, losing eight Purple Mansion cultivators at once would make them ache for a long time.

The Huangfu family and the Danhe Sect losing eight Purple Mansion cultivators at once, with each family losing about four, was almost one-fifth of their number.

The two families had already lost quite a few in their previous fighting.

Even after swallowing the Shangling Sect, they had not increased much strength over these years.

This time, the surprise attack on Zheng State failed, and they suffered losses again, although the four Golden Core pillars had all broken through.

But to break through, the four Golden Core cultivators all paid different degrees of price; the one who was injured the most was Huangfu Zhen, whose arm was slashed off by Zhang Laozu.

If he could not recover this arm, then he would have no chance to attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul stage in the future.

Of course, with the size of the Huangfu family, it was very difficult for the other party to have a chance to attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, so this point was also insignificant.

But losing an arm had a very large impact on his strength, and from now on, it would be even more difficult for him to break through to the seventh layer of the Golden Core stage.

And his strength would also drop by thirty percent; such a loss was very heavy for the Huangfu family.

The strongest late-stage Golden Core patriarch of the Huangfu family had also been seriously injured before and was still recovering and unable to act; now this second powerhouse was injured again, which could be called "leaking roof and meeting rain."

The Danhe Sect was the same; that seventh-layer Golden Core cultivator had suffered not-light injuries in Lu Qingshan's hands, two artifacts were smashed, and his divine soul was seriously damaged.

The other two Golden Core cultivators also needed to recover, which required time.

This time, the two major forces could be said to have tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice; suffering such a large loss, they had to think about how to guard against other forces.

Over these years, after the two major forces finished off the Shangling Sect, they began to extract from Chen State, causing dissatisfaction among many small forces.

It was just that they were afraid of their power; the Danhe Sect was an alchemy sect, while the Huangfu family was much more overbearing.

They would destroy families at every turn; in these decades, they had destroyed a full six cultivation families, two of which were Purple Mansion families.

It had long since aroused the public anger of other cultivation families.

This time, the Huangfu family suffered such a large loss; although other families were still no match for the Huangfu family, don't forget that the disciples of the Shangling Sect were not all dead.

These people definitely would not be willing to just leave Chen State like this.

With their strength, it was true that going to other places would not be too bad, but wanting to re-establish a mountain gate was not so easy.

After all, there were few ownerless territories in various countries. If they went to other cultivation countries, they would have to compete with other forces, which was not so easy.

Either they attacked the territory of the Demon Clans, which was even more dangerous, and even if they took it down, it would require a massive amount of time and wealth to develop those mountain heads.

Building a side was not so easy.

The Su family's construction of Liuyun Mountain back then consumed a lot of resources, and it was also thanks to Su Fan's support from behind.

So it was not less difficult for the Shangling Sect to restore the Shangling Sect in other places than to retake the mountain gate of the Shangling Sect in Chen State.

So the disciples of the Shangling Sect simply were not willing to leave.

Moreover, the Huangfu family and the Danhe Sect also had blood feuds with the Shangling Sect.

Once the two major forces weakened, they would inevitably come up to bite.

This time, the Huangfu family and the Danhe Sect suffered such a large loss; the Shangling Sect would definitely not sit idly by and would definitely act secretly.

"Senior Brother, it has all been recorded."

"And the wounded have also been arranged for treatment."

"How are the casualties?"

Lu Qingshan asked.

"Our sect disciples, thirty-two died, including twenty-three Qi Refining, and the rest were Foundation Establishment, but six Purple Mansion cultivators were injured."

"And the coalition of loose cultivators and small families, one hundred and sixty-six died, and the injured reached over three hundred..."

One number after another was quickly spoken from Zhang Laozu's mouth.

Lu Qingshan's eyes did not move; there was no war without death. This time, compared to the two major forces of Chen State, their casualty numbers looked larger.

But the casualties combined were five or six hundred people, the vast majority were Qi Refining cultivators, and the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators who died was less than thirty.

And only eight Purple Mansion cultivators were injured.

Injured, for the Purple Firmament Sect, there were enough healing holy medicines, even if an arm was broken, it could be perfectly reattached, intact, without any impact on the body.

So the disciples of the Purple Firmament Sect were never afraid of war, because war meant they had merit to take.

Even if they died, there was enough pension, so they did not worry that their descendants would be bullied after they passed away.

"Senior Brother, actually we still have so many people, we can pursue them; even if we pay some price, as long as we leave behind one or two Golden Core cultivators, by then, wouldn't it be even easier for us to take down Chen State?"

Now that only Zhang Laozu and Lu Qingshan remained, the former said in a low voice; he was still somewhat unwilling.

"Junior Brother, what you said is right; indeed, paying some price to leave behind two Golden Core cultivators is indeed not difficult."

"And I am not some pedantic and kind-hearted person."

"But I have a better way, why should we lose our own people?"

Lu Qingshan's eyes revealed a look of deep meaning.

"Another way?" Zhang Laozu was puzzled.

"Junior Brother, have you forgotten the Shangling Sect?"

Lu Qingshan's reminder made Zhang Laozu startle: "Senior Brother, could it be that the Shangling Sect has returned? Didn't they say they had long since left Chen State?"

"If you were them, would you be willing to leave just like that?"

Lu Qingshan's question made Zhang Laozu silent; he naturally would not be willing. Before the Su family merged, he actually was not willing to abandon the Yunyang Sect either.

But now it was truly fragrant.

But the Yunyang Sect and the Shangling Sect were different; although the Yunyang Sect was gone, they were still there, the Purple Firmament Sect merged with the Yunyang Sect, those Yunyang Sect disciples were still there, and even better than before.

It was just abandoning a name.

But the Shangling Sect had its mountain gate pushed down; could they be willing?

If it were him, he would also want to take crazy revenge.

"Senior Brother, you mean, the disciples of the Shangling Sect have returned, and you want to use their hands to deal with the Huangfu family and the Danhe Sect?"

"No wonder, over these years, you let us all withdraw from Chen State."

Zhang Laozu, who had reacted, was even more shocked in his heart, looking at his Senior Brother with some surprise; he had never seen his Senior Brother have such a scheme before. ===== CHAPTER 745 =====

Ancestor Zhang, who had reacted, was even more shocked in his heart, looking at his senior brother with some surprise; how had he never noticed before that his senior brother had such schemes?