Chapter 134: Showing Weakness to the Enemy

After dealing with Xu Wenwu, the problem of supplies was placed back in front of Wei Yuan.

The few who had already arrived came empty-handed, and didn't think supplies were a problem at all. For them, as long as they could recover spiritual energy, it was enough. Azure Void expanded its boundary domain extremely fast; once the boundary domain expanded to two or three hundred li, the spiritual energy within the boundary domain would be enough for several people to cultivate at the same time.

Let alone mortals, even those ordinary cultivators were considered useless by Zhang Sheng and Ji Liuli; they only needed to do some dirty work, and stay far away when fighting, so as not to get in the way.

These great immortals were all stubborn, but Wei Yuan shouldered a heavy burden and had to consider everything comprehensively. Wei Yuan agreed with Xu Wenwu's view on supplies, so now his last hope could only be placed on Cui Yu.

As an outstanding figure of the younger generation of the Cui family, this young master had always liked to call friends and companions, and travel with a crowd. So if he wanted to come, he would likely bring a bunch of fox friends and dog companions, and wouldn't be fast on the road. With so many people, he would inevitably bring supplies.

Cui Yu was actually sincerely good to these fox friends and dog companions, taking them around, training everywhere, earning merit points together, and facing dangers together, so as not to let them really become playboys.

After killing Xu Guanwen, Wei Yuan carefully looked at the map and found that the flying boat routes to Hanyang Pass and the land routes to the old Ningxi County were all under the control of the Xu family. It wouldn't be easy to transport supplies from the Grand Primordial Palace.

Therefore, Wei Yuan attached great importance to supplies, but didn't hold much hope, only hoping that the powerful figures he called would bring some in their luggage. As for the daily cargo routes of the Grand Primordial Palace, Wei Yuan felt that they would likely be paralyzed.

However, thinking that these great immortals in front of him were all the talents of the Grand Primordial Palace, and it was rare for them to gather together, it would be unreasonable not to do something big. Thinking of this, Wei Yuan suddenly had a not-so-mature idea.

At this moment, he coughed and said: "This is the record of my last killing of a Great Shaman. You guys take a look first. Maybe we can get some more Heavenly Merit?"

Heavenly Merit? Xiang Xiaoyu's two ears pricked up.

This was the record of killing a Great Shaman; Zhang Sheng, Ji Liuli, and Behind Bao Yun all became serious and carefully watched the images recorded by Wei Yuan using his Primordial Spirit. Only Xiang Xiaoyu was a bit confused; how did it go directly to Heavenly Merit, was it a bit fast?

Everyone was very quiet, and only after watching the complete process of the entire battle did they ask a few key questions. Wei Yuan naturally explained that the Tinghai Xianjun had taken action from across the air to tear apart the Dharma Form, and then used a remnant evil thought of an ancient immortal to kill the Great Shaman's sea of consciousness, which was the key to killing the Great Shaman.

The few then looked at the corpse, the gelatinous substance, and the white pupa left by the Great Shaman.

Zhang Sheng asked: "What are your thoughts?"

Wei Yuan said: "The heaven and earth here are broken, and there is a cave heaven fragment a few hundred li away; the Shaman tribe cannot calculate the karma here. I have only established Azure Void for less than two days, and the Shaman tribe might think that strong reinforcements won't arrive so quickly. They colluded with the Xu family, and if a Dharma Form True Person enters the broken domain, they will likely know immediately. So they likely think that we don't have a Dharma Form garrisoning here now."

Speaking of this, Wei Yuan looked at Xiang Xiaoyu and said: "The only reinforcements that arrived in time were a sword cultivator, and as a result, both were sealed, so the defense of our boundary domain should be exceptionally empty now."

Xiang Xiaoyu snorted and said unpleasantly: "What kind of sword cultivator are you?"

Wei Yuan didn't entangle with him on this issue; talking too much would easily attract education about respecting teachers and valuing the Dao; after all, the one most affected was still Zhang Sheng.

Wei Yuan continued: "With the Shaman tribe's ability, they should soon discover that the previous Great Shaman actually died by the Tinghai Xianjun's means. This kind of trump card is gone once used. So now there might be another Great Shaman hiding in the vicinity, wanting to see if we still have such trump cards.

If nothing unexpected happens, they will test us many times today, and we only need to let the Great Shaman see that we really don't have any trump cards, then this Great Shaman will likely take action, and it is very likely that he will rush into the boundary domain. After all, if it's any later, the reinforcements from the palace might arrive at any time, and there won't be such a good opportunity to uproot us."

Ji Liuli asked: "How do you plan to show weakness to the enemy?"

Wei Yuan had already thought it through: "When the Shaman tribe comes, Xiang Xiaoyu and I will lead the troops to meet the battle, then suffer a crushing defeat, escape back to the boundary domain with serious injuries, and then pretend to pull up the boundary stone and run away. That Great Shaman definitely cannot sit by and watch us take away the boundary stone, so he will likely take action to snatch it. Once he enters the boundary domain, everyone will take action together, and maybe we can keep him here."

Ji Liuli nodded: "Although this strategy is simple, it is feasible, but there are still some small flaws. I will re-arrange a Feng Shui formation in a while to add a bit of 'wishful thinking' attribute to your boundary domain. With good luck, little Wei Yuan, take out some of your luck, and I will set up a luck-fishing formation; I'm not worried that guy won't take the bait."

Wei Yuan sent out the last bit of luck, Ji Liuli had a small pagoda in her hand, suppressed the luck, and then got busy setting up the formation. She naturally brought the spiritual objects for setting up the formation with her.

Behind Bao Yun also said: "I'll check the surroundings to see if I can find the direction where the Great Shaman is hiding. If I can find it, I can use the treasure tree to influence him secretly, making him irritable and impulsive."

Wei Yuan listened, and a lingering fear arose in his heart, once again recognizing the importance of reflecting on himself three times a day. Otherwise, encountering enemies like Ji Liuli and Behind Bao Yun, he might be tricked at any time without knowing it, being led by the nose without realizing it.

Behind Bao Yun's figure disappeared. Zhang Sheng also said: "I will set up a sword formation in advance; as long as that Great Shaman dares to come in, he will naturally know how powerful it is." The three were busy with their own work, leaving only Xiang Xiaoyu with nothing to do. He didn't speak either, just followed Wei Yuan with his sword in his arms; he wanted to see what Wei Yuan did and how he did it, so as not to accidentally fall into the trap of this seemingly honest fellow in the future.

At this time, Yun Feifei had already brought people back, having set up dozens of warning traps in the area where the Shaman tribe would pass. Xu Waner also led a team to cut down over a hundred trees, and was now moving them back one by one.

Wei Yuan selected thirty people from the cultivators, all of whom were accomplished in Body Forging, and then ordered two Dao foundation cultivators to be the captain and deputy captain, then reorganized their equipment, issued part of what was obtained from the secret treasury, and replenished the equipment of this team. Then Wei Yuan ordered them to rest and meditate, to recuperate and prepare for the upcoming battle.

After making preparations, Xiang Xiaoyu saw that Wei Yuan was a bit unhappy and asked: "What's wrong?"

Wei Yuan sighed softly and said: "If the Great Shaman is indeed nearby, then we will have to retreat to the boundary domain in a while. Many of these people will definitely die. I always have a feeling that this time I am pushing them to their deaths."

Xiang Xiaoyu was silent for a moment, then said: "If the Great Shaman is not removed, they will die sooner or later anyway. In the previous battles, didn't more people die?"

Wei Yuan shook his head: "That's different. Once a battle starts, who lives and who dies is up to heaven, but this time I have to personally pick the people to send to their deaths."

Xiang Xiaoyu didn't know how to comfort him, only silence. Wei Yuan shook his head, putting his worries aside. No matter how unbearable it was, the people who should die would die, and there couldn't be fewer, otherwise the Great Shaman would see through the flaws and wouldn't take the bait. Only having him and Xiang Xiaoyu go out to battle wouldn't show the feeling of having exhausted everything.

A moment later, Behind Bao Yun appeared in front of Wei Yuan and said: "Found him. He is hiding in the woods to the northwest, currently in the form of a small lizard. I have already quietly planted a seed on him, and it will gradually take effect in half an hour. It's just that I don't know if this is his true body or just an avatar used for reconnaissance. In addition, there is a large group of Shaman troops marching in the west, expected to arrive in an hour."

With Behind Bao Yun, the movements of the Shaman tribe were all in sight. Wei Yuan immediately had Yun Feifei and Xu Waner take the remaining cultivators to start processing the wood and build a batch of simple wooden houses first. The location for building was in the planned disciple area, and the specific location was on the route of the Shaman army's arrival; the boundary domain had not yet covered that area.

Wei Yuan urged them to flee back to the boundary domain immediately upon seeing the Shaman tribe.

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This was a normal response; Yun Feifei and Xu Waner both agreed, and then took people to process the logs and transport the wood.

Dozens of cultivators didn't know their true mission; at this moment, they were carrying pieces of sawn wood and walking toward the designated location. The place where the wooden houses were built was thirty li away from the edge of the boundary domain, and at the moment there was no protection, which was very dangerous.

The cultivators moved very quickly; in less than an hour, the outlines of ten wooden houses had been built. Because they were building houses they would soon live in, the cultivators worked with great enthusiasm. Although they were wooden houses, they were built quite decently.

At this time, the dense forest in the distance suddenly became quiet.

Several experienced cultivators were immediately alert, stopped their work, and looked toward the dense forest. From the edge of the dense forest, several poison lizards slowly walked out, with warriors holding shields and axes riding on the lizard backs.

"Shaman tribe!" Someone shouted, and the clever cultivators threw down their things and ran. Two of them were a bit reluctant to part with the newly built wooden houses, hesitated for a moment, ran slower, and were immediately nailed to the spot by several long arrows!

Patches of Shaman warriors surged out of the dense forest like a tide, and none of the warning traps set by Yun Feifei were triggered; it seemed they had been dismantled by experts in this area among the Shaman tribe.

This Shaman troop used poison lizard knights as the vanguard, moving very fast, and soon caught up with the fleeing human cultivators.

At this time, Wei Yuan and Xiang Xiaoyu killed their way out of the boundary domain. Wei Yuan shot out several flaming immortal swords and smashed out several tripods. The tripods were still shining with gold light and were very powerful, smashing more than ten poison lizard knights into meat paste in one breath. But the power of the immortal swords was much worse; the flames were dim and almost couldn't burn, and the seven swords thrown out only killed four knights.

On the other side, Xiang Xiaoyu swung out several sun flames, sweeping away dozens of knights in front. He looked majestic. But before, killing these people only took one sword.

With Wei Yuan and Xiang Xiaoyu covering the retreat, the large group of cultivators was able to flee back to the boundary domain. Immediately after, another team of cultivators rushed out from the boundary domain; they were well-equipped, their combat power was obviously better, and they set up a formation at the edge of the boundary domain.

Shaman soldiers were still surging out of the dense forest continuously; in the blink of an eye, there were already six thousand people!

Several Dao foundation late-stage noble warriors flew up from the troops and fiercely pounced on Wei Yuan and Xiang Xiaoyu. Wei Yuan and Xiang Xiaoyu resisted with all their might, but the power of their immortal swords was greatly reduced, and they fought very hard against the enemies who were superior in number, gradually falling into a disadvantage, and had to fight while retreating, withdrawing toward the boundary domain.

This time the Shaman army did not stop and killed directly toward the boundary domain.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 135 =====