Chapter 281: False Dao Attacking Shu, Drawing West to Suppress South (First update, congratulations)

Fifteen days later.

Huyan Jun arrived late with his disciple Yu Nanlin.

"Daoist Temple Master Profound, my apologies."

Huyan Jun apologized repeatedly as soon as he entered the door.

Cheng Xinzhan smiled and let them sit down:

"No matter, no matter. I am an idle person. Daoist Huyan, sit down and talk."

Huyan Jun sat down and saw that besides Feng Jihu, Wu Qingbo was also there, so he said:

"When I first met Daoist Wu last time, I said we would meet again, but I didn't expect to see him so soon."

Cheng Xinzhan was somewhat surprised:

"You know each other?"

Huyan Jun explained:

"It was when I came to the Temple Master here last time, I bumped into him when I left the mountain."

"That's a coincidence. Qingbo is my good friend and will stay here for a long time. Daoist Huyan, I'm afraid you will see him every time you come."

Cheng Xinzhan smiled.

And Huyan Jun laughed out loud upon hearing Cheng Xinzhan's words.

"Why is the Daoist laughing for no reason?"

Huyan Jun stroked his chest to calm his breath and said:

"When we first met outside the mountain last time, Daoist Wu asked me what kind of person you were, Temple Master. It turns out he was testing whether I had secretly spoken ill of you behind your back!"

Wu Qingbo just cupped his hands and smiled upon hearing this.

After an interlude, Huyan Jun said to Cheng Xinzhan again:

"I am truly sorry, Temple Master. I came late even though we agreed on the time. Sigh, I really didn't expect such a big change on that day."

"Is it about the south?"

Cheng Xinzhan asked.

Huyan Jun nodded:

"Yes, I think the Temple Master must have heard about it. Now Miaojiang has fallen, and the Southern Sect's soldiers are pointing directly at our Shu territory. Now the whole of Shu is shaking, and the alliance has been meeting for days, and it was only until today that I could get away."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Xinzhan said:

"I don't know what plans the Xuan Sect has now, is it convenient to disclose? However, if it is a confidential matter, then forget it."

Huyan Jun thought for a moment and said:

"It's not good to talk about the details, but it doesn't matter to talk about the general direction with the Daoist. And I think it won't be long before the Daoist will naturally know when the movement gets big."

"This poor Daoist is all ears."

Cheng Xinzhan said.

"The general direction will definitely change next. Before, it was advancing west and guarding the south, and it was advancing as the main and guarding as the secondary. But now, the Southern Sect's momentum is so fierce, so next, although the policy of advancing west and guarding the south will not change, it will definitely be guarding as the main and advancing as the secondary.

"That is to say, a large part of the manpower will be withdrawn from Xikang and go to Southern Shu."

Huyan Jun said truthfully.

Cheng Xinzhan said upon hearing this:

"But now the extermination of demons in Xikang has reached the final critical moment. Xuanxin Temple is at the junction of Xikang and Tibet, which doesn't count. Looking at the whole of Xikang, there is only the Bai Gu Zen Monastery.

"If manpower is withdrawn at this moment, what kind of vast and sparsely populated place is the Five-River Realm of Xikang? I am afraid that after these high-cultivation masters of the Xuan Sect leave, those demonic cultivators who are temporarily dormant in Xuanxin Temple and Bai Gu Zen Monastery, as well as those demonic heads who fled with the wind before, will probably emerge again like bamboo shoots after rain in this season of the Awakening of Insects."

Huyan Jun nodded repeatedly and sighed:

"What the Daoist said is not wrong at all. Xikang is indeed at a critical moment. After years of cultivation, we are about to see the harvest, but the border of Southern Shu is even more urgent!

"The alliance has been meeting for so many days, arguing every day, and it is very difficult to make up their minds. But with the strength of our Shu land alone, it is indeed difficult to refuse the south and advance west, taking care of one and losing the other is what is in front of us.

"Sigh! This year's Awakening of Insects really shocked us. This Green Robe Old Demon's timing is so good!"

The speaker had no intention, but the listener had heart. Cheng Xinzhan suddenly thought, did the Green Robe Old Ancestor's sudden ruthless hand, besides using the time and place, also have the meaning of besieging Wei to save Zhao?

"However, the situation will not wait for us to slowly decide. On the day of the Awakening of Insects, Xin Chenzi personally ordered tens of thousands of demonic soldiers to go north, out of Loushan Pass, pointing directly at the Yangtze River, almost destroying the Lingyun Sword Pavilion that Emei deployed in Jiangjin Four-Face Mountain.

"When this news came back, Madam Miaoyi overruled all objections and said, 'First be invincible, then wait for the enemy to be invincible,' and set the policy of withdrawing from the west to help the south."

Huyan Jun said.

Cheng Xinzhan understood as soon as he heard it. That Lingyun Sword Pavilion in Southern Shu is the place where her precious son Qi Jin Chan is, so she must be anxious.

So he smiled upon hearing this.

Huyan Jun knew what he was laughing at and followed with a smile.

"Then is Daoist Huyan also going?"

Huyan Jun nodded:

"Yes. Now the situation in Shu land, east and west have Wuling and Xikang as buffers, only north and south face the demonic sect directly. However, the northern Longyou and Guanzhong areas still have righteous sects, and the Northern Sect has no power to go south on a large scale. Only the south is almost unified by the Green Robe Old Ancestor, and it connects to the sea in the south, and demonic soldiers are endless, which is a heart-troubling problem.

"The alliance said that it wants to build nine cities on the north of the Yangtze River and the Shu-Miao border to resist the Southern Sect, and I am also going to build cities."

At this time, Huyan Jun sighed again:

"To tell the truth, this time the Southern Sect suddenly borrowed the way from Miao to attack Shu, which really caught us off guard. After all, the Miao people and the servants have been fighting for so many years, and it can be said that the hatred is deep as the sea, and they actually let the Southern Sect cross the border."

Cheng Xinzhan could understand the Miao people and said:

"Because in previous years, no one could do anything to anyone, but this time, the Green Robe has completely cut off the Miao people's retreat from the time and place, and they have no other way."

Huyan Jun nodded:

"The reason is this reason, and this time thanks to Emei setting up Sword Pavilions everywhere before the Xuan Sect, to be honest, we all felt that Emei's steps were a bit too big, but now it seems that the True Person Miaoyi is still far-sighted. If there were no Cuiping Sword Pavilion, Lingyun Sword Pavilion, and Heliang Sword Pavilion guarding Southern Shu, this time the Southern Sect's demonic soldiers would probably have rushed directly into the Ba-Shu territory."

"Then Daoist Huyan, you say, did the True Person Miaoyi put her pair of children in Southern Shu a few years ago because she felt it was safe there, or did she foresee the demonic disaster today and want them to be the mainstay?"

Cheng Xinzhan said with a smile.

Huyan Jun's eyes flickered, then he laughed and hit a haha:

"The True Person's thoughts, how can we speculate? By the way, Temple Master, is my flying sword repaired? The war is imminent, and my flying sword is going to drink demonic blood."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded with a smile, summoned with his hand, and the flying sword on the orchid stand flew over and stopped in front of Huyan Jun.

Huyan Jun took the flying sword, looked down, and indeed the green spot of Sha fire was gone. After pouring in magical power and entrusting divine thoughts to test it, there was no stagnation at all. He was overjoyed:

"The Temple Master truly has divine skills!"

Cheng Xinzhan smiled slightly.

Huyan Jun put away the flying sword, took out a golden box from his bosom, handed it to Cheng Xinzhan, and said:

"Many thanks to the Temple Master for your hand, Huyan also has a thin gift to offer."

Cheng Xinzhan saw this and waved his hand:

"Meeting is fate. Speaking of which, you are also the first high Daoist of Qingcheng I have met. It is just a lift of a finger, forget it, forget it."

Huyan Jun did not agree:

"Temple Master's words are wrong. Because of my flying sword, I delayed the Temple Master's cultivation for a few days, how can there be no expression? And if the first Qingcheng Daoist the Temple Master met was a person who didn't know etiquette, if my master knew, he would punish me. If you don't dislike the gift, please accept it."

Cheng Xinzhan saw that Huyan Jun insisted, so he didn't decline anymore, took the golden box, didn't open it to see, and put it into the cave stone.

"In this case, this poor Daoist will accept it thick-faced."

"That should be the case."

Huyan Jun replied with a smile, then looked at Yu Nanlin and gave a wink.

Yu Nanlin understood, stood up, took out a wooden box from her bosom, held it, walked to Feng Jihu's side, offered it with both hands, and said:

"Many thanks to the Daoist for your guidance. This junior has already recuperated after returning to the mountain, and specifically came to thank you."

Feng Jihu saw this and also declined:

"This is really a lift of a finger for me, just moving my mouth, really no need to thank me."

This Yu Nanlin could stand out from the layers of selection of the Yu family and be sent to the famous "Thunder Fire Golden Sword" sect of Mount Qingcheng. Although her vision was high and her nature was arrogant, she was naturally intelligent. She immediately replied:

"A word from the Daoist is a lift of a finger, but for this junior, it is a major event related to my body and cultivation. This junior's reward naturally cannot be calculated according to the Daoist's hard work, but according to this junior's benefit."

Everyone in the temple heard this and their eyes lit up. Cheng Xinzhan said to Huyan Jun sitting beside him:

"Daoist, you have accepted a good disciple."

Huyan Jun was also very happy to hear this. He didn't teach this.

Feng Jihu also smiled upon hearing this and said:

"Little friend's insight is unique, making this poor Daoist look new, so this poor Daoist will accept it."

After the young girl returned to her seat, the atmosphere in the temple was much more harmonious. After the attendant added tea, the few chatted for a while.

"Daoist, I don't know what you said just now about withdrawing from the west to help the south, to what extent should it be withdrawn? Xikang cannot be let go all at once, right?"

Cheng Xinzhan asked.

"That is natural."

Huyan Jun said:

"It is still those eight words, 'Advancing west and guarding the south, mainly guarding and secondarily advancing.' Advancing west is only secondary, not giving up. The Temple Master said it well just now. If we withdraw too quickly in the west, the demons will definitely make a comeback, and our years of hard work will be in vain.

"Advancing west is the millennium plan of our Xuan Sect. Before, we were prepared to clear the whole territory and then comb the mountains and rivers, and then move Shu to fill Kang, step by step to create a blessed land.

"Therefore, expelling the demonic heads is only the first step; the subsequent task of combing through the mountains and rivers is what will consume great energy. The five rivers of Xikang converge, and the mountains are cut across; it is a rare and excellent place. However, for millions of years, it has been ravaged by demonic heads. After carefully combing through the mountain and water veins, it will certainly be a blessed land no less than the 'Wilds of Duguang'."

"But now, our Xuan Sect certainly doesn't have the energy to do it step by step according to the plan. No matter how good Xikang is, our foundation is in Shu, and Ba-Shu must not be lost.

"Therefore, for Xikang, first of all, we must slow down our pace, don't seek the whole territory, pause expansion, and first guard the land we have already cleared.

"The northern boundary of Xikang was originally scheduled to reach the source of the Yalong River and the Yellow River, but now because the Bai Gu Zen Monastery has not been pulled out, and the Northern Sect has been reinforcing the Bai Gu Zen Monastery, so we currently plan to establish a small northern boundary with the east-west Zengqu River as the boundary south of the Que'er Mountain glacier. People who are currently besieging the Bai Gu Zen Monastery will gradually retreat, some will go to Southern Shu, and some will guard the small northern boundary to prevent demons from going south.

"The western boundary of Xikang was originally scheduled to reach the Nujiang River, but Xuanxin Temple has been guarding the river and resting, and we have no power to deal with it in the short term, so we are prepared to retreat to the Jin Sha River in the west. Like the north, some will go to Southern Shu, and some will guard the river."

Hearing this, Cheng Xinzhan asked:

"Is the small western boundary set directly to the Jin Sha River? Don't you want the Lancang River either?"

Huyan Jun shook his head:

"The three rivers of Kangxi Nujiang, Lancang River, and Jin Sha River merge, and they are too close. Behind the Nujiang River is the Mohe Sect. It is too risky to put the small western boundary on the Lancang River."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded upon hearing this:

"That is also true."

"The southern boundary of Xikang was originally scheduled to reach the southern section of the Jin Sha River, that is, the section from the south-flowing turn to the east-flowing turn, which is to invade some land in Dianwen. However, the terrain of Kangnan is extremely complex, and there are many small demonic temples that have not been cleared. Coupled with the serious demonic disaster in Dianwen, the small southern boundary will directly retreat to the Baima Snow Mountain-Lugu Lake-Qionghai line.

"The eastern boundary goes without saying, it is still to the Dadu River, directly connecting to our Shu land."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded and calculated, then said:

"In this way, the 'Small Xikang' only occupies four percent of the Xikang territory expected by the Xuan Sect."

"Looking at the current situation, it is not bad to be able to guard and manage the Small Xikang well."

Huyan Jun said.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 282 =====