Chapter 603: Three-Pronged Attack

In the thick fog, footprints surged like raindrops.

What was even more astonishing was the barking of dogs.

At first, it was very distant, but before anyone could react, it appeared densely in all directions, as if they were surrounded by a pack of dogs.

This sound could be heard even by ordinary people.

Sha Lifei felt his scalp tingle.

"Bad, who poked a dog's nest?"

"Earth-Listening String" Yue San'er possessed the ear divine ability; he just pinched a spell slightly, wanting to investigate, but felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground.

The old man had sweat on his forehead and said tremblingly, "Run!"

On the banks of the Yellow River, what had he not seen?

Ghost cats, Yin dogs, any animal with a bit of spirituality could turn into an evil object and cause trouble due to the special environment, and he had dealt with quite a few.

But one as fierce as this was rare in his life.

It didn't even feel like ordinary ghost objects to him.

"Everyone, don't worry."

Li Yan hurriedly explained, "This is a senior who has arrived; his cultivation is profound, far above mine."

Hearing this, the crowd breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ghost-Faced Scholar" Situ Bo looked at the surrounding footprints, his eyes flashing with sharp light, somewhat suspicious, and said, "This is not a pure ghost object; it is also stained with the incense Qi from the temple, is it... Yin soldiers?"

Once the words were out, even he didn't quite believe it.

In the world, there were many types of Yin soldiers.

The inferior ones were those lonely ghosts wandering in the wilderness, as well as Yin soldiers on the battlefield, and the residual souls of fierce spirits and monsters in the mountains...

The mediocre ones were the Wuchang soldiers and horses.

The fiercer ones were those five-directional barbarian soldiers remaining from ancient times.

The ones even higher were Li Yan's Yin soldiers, the Mystic Sect's Lu soldiers.

But regardless of the type, most were human-shaped.

How did these ones summon a bunch of dogs?

He didn't know that Yang Chenghua had wandered in the wild all year round, and coupled with the influence of Erlang Zhenjun Erlang's spiritual charm, he had a special fondness for canines.

His incense power could be described as endless, so he had very extravagantly refined a spirit dog army...

Li Yan ignored it and looked forward.

Originally, he and Yang Chenghua had agreed to contact at a teahouse in the western suburbs of the Daoist Qingyang Palace, but with such a big thing happening, the other party must have started looking for him too.

For Yang Chenghua to find someone, it was simple.

Releasing the spirit dogs, he could search within a radius of a hundred miles.

Sure enough, firelight soon flashed in the distance.

Starry dots, the number was quite large.

Only after getting closer did he see clearly that not only Yang Chenghua had come, but also people from Mount Qingcheng and the Cheng family, and even hundreds of garrison soldiers.

"Greetings, Senior Mingshanzi."

After exchanging pleasantries with acquaintances, Li Yan looked at Cheng Jianxin, who was becoming more and more aged, his mood somewhat complicated, and he bowed his hands:

"Senior, we meet again."

"Hmm, truly a talented junior."

Cheng Jianxin stroked his beard and smiled, without saying much more.

Not all seniors saw Li Yan as a treasure.

This Sword Immortal of Shu had spent his life traversing the world and had personally beheaded countless geniuses; now that his lamp was running out of oil, he only wanted to protect his disciples to the end.

No matter how many opportunities Li Yan had, he was too lazy to lay out plans.

Moreover, their inheritances and paths were completely different.

Li Yan nodded to Chang Tianque as a greeting, and he and Mingshanzi inquired of each other, exchanging information.

Something really happened at Dujiangyan...

Lu Sheng wanted to introduce the Long Gong into Chengdu from the very beginning!

Li Yan was thoughtful, then looked at Yang Chenghua, his face solemn, "Senior, they really got the mask; do you still have any impression?"

This remark was confusing.

Yang Chenghua, however, understood Li Yan's meaning.

As he awakened step by step, inheriting all the incense spiritual charm of Erlang Zhenjun Erlang, his memories of the other party became more and more numerous.

The Lord of Chuan had suppressed the rivers of Shu, and countless people had worshipped him for thousands of years.

He knew countless secrets.

"I have some impression."

Yang Chenghua nodded, "Back then, the Great Lord Jiang Shen ravaged the rivers of Shu, and there were quite a few fierce evil objects following him."

"One of them was a water demon transformed from ancient Shu shamanic sacrifices, harming people with curses; those cursed had eye-shaped scars on their bodies. Later, an alchemist got a mask from somewhere, and Li Bing carried it, borrowing the national fortune and power of the Great Qin to suppress that evil object in the Long Gong Water Mansion..."

"Later, this mask should have been returned..."

Once said like this, many things were connected.

The Qiang people were defeated and moved south, and were almost destroyed by the ancient Shu state. At that time, they won a narrow victory in a great battle and were still fearful, so they suppressed the Nuo mask.

Their shamanic legends used demons as metaphors for ancient Shu.

Naturally, they were unwilling to return this national sacrificial artifact.

Later, the Great Lord Jiang Shen ravaged, and the Qiang people had also integrated into Shu for many years, so naturally, they were willing to lend the artifact to suppress the demon.

That demon's true body was an ancient Shu shamanic sacrifice, which could be considered one thing subduing another.

And Lang Wu had borrowed the demonic Qi of the demon-specter remaining from the demon to turn the bronze Nuo mask into a demonic artifact.

Thinking of this, Li Yan said sternly, "Senior, you must be careful."

Yang Chenghua nodded slightly, "Don't worry, I will stay away from that thing."

They spoke cryptically, and some people from the Qingcheng Sect did not understand the reason, their brows furrowing, and they felt somewhat dissatisfied in their hearts.

They were meeting Li Yan for the first time and had heard of his reputation, but at such a critical moment, he was still being evasive, which was truly somewhat unauthentic...

Of course, they didn't say anything.

As for Mingshanzi, he looked at the two of them calmly, occasionally glancing at Yang Chenghua's waist, his eyes full of suspicion.

Along the way, he had tried to probe Yang Chenghua's background with words, but was brushed off by the other party.

But some things were exposed.

The techniques the other party used were driving Mystic Sect secret arts with incense power, which he had never even heard of.

There were also the spirit dogs, the silver bow and golden pellets at his waist...

Even the appearance was somewhat similar to those in the temple.

Could it be...

Mingshanzi shook his head, feeling it was absurd himself.

Thinking of this, he cast aside distracting thoughts, looked at Li Yan, and asked, "Li Li Shaoxia, you said you have a way to break the formation?"

"Hmm."

Li Yan lifted the bronze flower basket in his hand, "The divine soul of the Dragon Lady from the Qin Dynasty is condensing inside. She is a benevolent god; once the divine soul condensation is successful, the Great Lord Jiang Shen will completely dissipate between heaven and earth."

"Breaking the curse is not difficult for her, but at the moment, her ability is insufficient. Once she takes shape and takes over the Long Gong Water Mansion, she can restore peace to Chengdu..."

Li Yan didn't say much, but Mingshanzi understood instantly and nodded, "Since she is a benevolent god, that's easy to say. After this matter is over, Qingcheng will help her build a temple and establish a shrine to promote her worship."

In a short time, the two had reached an agreement.

The Dragon Lady's matter could be considered to have a result.

Just as Li Yan said, as long as the Dragon Lady successfully condenses her form, this mysterious Long Gong Water Mansion would be easy for her.

They had to enter a dream to have a chance to enter.

But the Dragon Lady could directly take charge and manipulate it to leave.

The thick fog in Chengdu Prefecture would also dissipate.

"That's good!"

A cold, stern voice suddenly rang out from behind.

But he saw a Battalion Commander of the Commandant's Office step forward, bowing respectfully, "Zhao Xianda, Battalion Commander of the Chongqing Prefecture Commandant's Office, greets Li Li Shaoxia." "It's you?"

Sha Lifei's eyes widened when he heard this.

He had heard of Zhao Xianda's reputation; he was a rising star who had broken many major cases recently, and in a short time, he was as famous as Wan Baoquan, known as the number one divine catcher in the Southwest.

More importantly, he was the one who first released the name of the Twelve Yuan, and although he helped them gain fame, he also caused some trouble.

"Lord Zhao, I have long admired you."

Li Yan stopped Sha Lifei and stopped dwelling on these trifles.

Zhao Xianda also pretended not to know and bowed respectfully, "I heard that something happened in Chengdu, so I brought troops to help with Dong Cunshan of the Bagua Sect in the capital."

"Originally, several elders of the Lushan Sect also wanted to come, but people from the Yang family of Bozhou were escorted to the capital. I received wind of it, and many remnants were trying to rescue them, so I asked the Lushan Sect to escort them away."

"Now there are nearly 10,000 garrison soldiers. We were trapped in the formation and were attacked by commoners on the road; many people were scratched and showed signs of being cursed, and have already fallen into a coma. Please, Li Li Shaoxia, take action."

"Nearly 10,000 people, easy!"

!

Li Yan's eyes lit up when he heard this.

The biggest trouble they faced with Lu Sheng was the opponent's military strength, nearly 30,000 people, and a large number of firearms; even if everyone set up their best formations, it would be difficult to deal with.

Not to mention, the Shu Prince's Mansion had a large number of firearms.

With these nearly 10,000 troops, they could at least drag down the opponent's army.

He did not dare to be slow and, led by the crowd, immediately headed toward Chengdu Prefecture; only when passing through the city gate did he know that the two sides had just missed each other.

The troops from Chongqing Prefecture were stationed in the South City.

This place could originally be considered a gathering place for dignitaries, not only with the Chenghuangmiao but also the Five Commandery Prince's Mansion.

However, with the chaos in the city, these wealthy families could not escape disaster and fell into madness, rushing into the street.

Chongqing Prefecture had many troops and directly captured this place, even knocking down a few walls to serve as a temporary stronghold.

Passing by the Five Commandery Prince's Mansion, Li Yan turned his head to look.

But he saw the gate of the Commandery Prince's Mansion closed tightly, with a seal on it.

Mingshanzi sighed, "I have already found out that the Five Commandery Princes, along with other Commandery Princes, as well as people from the Huang Ling Sect of the Chenghuangmiao, have all been captured by that demon and imprisoned in the Shu Prince's Mansion."

"Now, I'm afraid it's more ominous than auspicious..."

"I broke my promise."

Li Yan shook his head slightly, somewhat helpless.

This was their first mission failure.

Things happened too suddenly, and he was also exhausted, having no time to rescue the Five Commandery Prince's family.

"It is not your fault."

Mingshanzi comforted him and continued forward.

Not long after, they arrived at the station of the Chongqing reinforcements.

Sure enough, many soldiers had already fainted.

They had claw marks on their bodies, and around the wounds, blood vessels bulged like vertical forks, turning into black patterns, spreading outward.

This was the manifestation of being cursed.

Li Yan did not hesitate and lifted the bronze flower basket in his hand.

Whoosh~

As his mind communicated, a wild wind blew up again in the surroundings.

The wind and snow rolled, forming a twisted tornado above the flower basket, and then sweet dew fell nearby, carrying a cool incense Qi.

The raindrops fell, and the ferocious-looking soldiers gradually had peaceful expressions, and the abnormalities at their wounds also gradually disappeared.

"This Dragon Lady is truly extraordinary!"

Mingshanzi's eyes lit up when he saw this.

He had originally promised Li Yan just to sell a favor and hadn't taken it to heart.

After all, the Mystic Sect of Shu had a long history, and the Daoist Qingyang Palace even had the vulgar god of Laozi, so one more Dragon Lady didn't count for much.

He didn't expect it to be so effective.

Heaven sends down sweet dew to eliminate disasters.

This was not something an ordinary vulgar god could do; if worshipped devoutly, it might be able to stir up wind and rain and eliminate water disasters along the river.

Not mentioning Mingshanzi's thoughts, after dispelling the curses for the many soldiers, Li Yan gathered everyone together while they were not yet sober.

"The one possessing the Shu Prince is the late Qin alchemist Lu Sheng..."

Things had come to this, and Li Yan no longer concealed it.

He had originally not wanted to leak the matter of the Nine Cauldrons, as this object was of great importance and he didn't know how much greed it would arouse.

But Zhao Changsheng and those people had already taken action.

Judging from various phenomena, there were many such hidden evildoers in the human world, supported by the power of the Great Luo Dala Fajie, wanting to take out all the Nine Cauldrons.

Lu Sheng was just one of them.

The Nine Cauldrons were already connected to the earth veins; if Lu Sheng used the Long Gong Water Mansion to fish them out, Shu would inevitably have a dragon turning over, causing an unprecedented earthquake.

At that time, there would be countless casualties, and there would be natural disasters for several consecutive years afterward.

If all Nine Cauldrons were taken out, the entire divine land would be in turmoil, the Great Xuan Dynasty would collapse, and it was possible that overseas countries would also take the opportunity to invade.

"This is the Nine Cauldrons appearing, the divine land sinking..."

Li Yan recounted his guess.

Of course, he dared not talk nonsense about the Great Luo Dala Fajie.

Snap!

Situ Bo slammed the table hard, stood up suddenly, and gritted his teeth, "These demon people actually want to destroy the fortune of our divine land; even if I die, I won't let them succeed!"

Although the Six Hermits of the Bamboo Forest were of the side path, they were all people who upheld justice and were like-minded; hearing this, everyone was furious.

Even Fan Tieguai, who was always silent, had killing intent in his eyes.

The people from the Qingcheng Sect also had gloomy faces.

They didn't expect that right under their noses, there were demon people who dared to be so bold and reckless; it was simply crazy...

Zhao Xianda also had a pale face.

He had originally just wanted to come and make a contribution, but didn't expect such a big thing; he gripped his fist tightly, suppressing his trembling body, "Absolutely cannot let them succeed; I will go and organize the army to set off."

"No rush."

Li Yan said in a deep voice, "That demon knows we are coming, so he must have been prepared long ago; we must succeed in one blow."

"I plan to divide into three teams."

"The first team will feign an attack, with Battalion Commander Zhao as the leader, leading the army to launch a frontal surprise attack, attracting the opponent's troops, and at the same time spreading this matter to disrupt their military morale. My brother Wu Ba here has a Tiger-Crouching Cannon, using new-style firearms, which should be able to temporarily suppress the opponent..."

"We have already investigated the secret tunnel leading to the Shu Prince's Mansion, but they have sorcerers and spirit dogs listening, so we will inevitably be discovered."

"The second team will be led by Brother Lu San, who is familiar with the secret tunnel, and Old Sha is good at using gunpowder; I ask a few seniors to send people to guard and place the gunpowder under the palace gate to break through directly..."

"The third team will be led by me to break the opponent's altar. When the palace gate opens, everyone from the Qingcheng Sect will help me operate the altar..."

The Kun Dao from the Qingcheng Sect frowned, "Helping with the altar is easy to say, we all can, but why does that altar need so many people."

The people they brought this time were all elites of Qingcheng.

They were brave in battle and proficient in sorcery.

With so many people not going to attack but helping him with the altar, it really didn't make sense. Wasn't this Li Yan good at martial arts and close combat?

Li Yan didn't talk nonsense and took out a copper talisman from his bosom.

Its age was ancient, with twenty-four characters "Ten Thousand Calamities Heavenly Book" engraved on one side, and sixteen characters "Chasing Demons and Summoning Servants" book on the other.

As soon as it was taken out, the fierce aura pressed directly toward everyone's faces.

"Bing Ding Ghost-Born Talisman?"

The Kun Dao was shocked when she saw it, and suddenly remembered something, "Uncle Master Juechen, passed this object to you too?"

Li Yan nodded and said in a deep voice:

"I want to summon Wen Lingguan to cleanse the demonic Qi of Chengdu!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 604 =====