Chapter 589: Calamity (Part 1)

The demonic smoke on the north bank was dark and heavy. The northern cultivators of all parties landed on the shore, gathering into small camps. Several major forces occupied one end each, their brilliance gathering, heading down the river, with a majestic momentum.

There were even more northern rogue cultivators in the rear. Looking at it, the sky was full of escape lights, following far behind, just waiting for the riverbank formation to break and pour into the south.

The rolling demonic smoke stopped at the riverbank. A bright pass was suspended in the air. White bricks were tightly embedded, bright and crystal clear, very majestic. The city gate was towering, and the two white gate feet were engraved with many patterns, and the witch spells were mysterious.

Inside the city gate, it was shining brightly, hazy, as if facing a bright sun. The dazzling light was emitted, flying into the rolling black smoke, illuminating the demonic cultivators and causing them to retreat.

At the very top of this pass sat a person quietly, dressed in a golden Daoist robe, with a white round plate the size of a palm floating in front of him. The patterns were complex, and the young man sat on it, watching quietly.

Another person was dressed in white feather clothing, with a spiritual fan tied around his waist, graceful and generous, with a dashing demeanor, holding a sword in his arms, his gaze staying on the north, carefully pondering.

Li Xizhi should have gone to Bianyan Mountain to report, but a few hours ago the entire north had been swept by demonic smoke, and Bianyan Mountain was isolated in the demonic smoke. He had an excuse, so he stopped in front of the pass.

After all, Li Xizhi was too lazy to face a group of Chi family members at Bianyan Mountain, and plus, this great formation was behind his own home. Now that there was a disturbance, he was even more eager to stay and guard.

He took the short knife of the demonic cultivator here, checked it carefully, and exchanged it for a Foundation Establishment magic sword, brown-yellow all over, named 【Xu Hour】. Because the material itself was not very good, the quality was not high, and it could be considered the bottom among Foundation Establishment.

After asking carefully, he found out that this thing actually came from Yuanwu Peak and was an early work of Tang Shejun, a Tang family member who failed to break through to Zifu and died. This sword was now a hundred years old.

"It's a coincidence..."

Li Chijing's Green Ruler Sword back then was requested to be refined by the then Yuanwu Peak Master, who was precisely this Tang Shejun. Li Xizhi looked around and found nothing better, so he finally chose this magic sword.

"What exactly happened to the Great Ning Palace..."

Half an hour ago, the demonic cultivators gathered in front of Li Ximing's formation were becoming more and more numerous, and from time to time, people would make a move to probe. He simply manifested his immortal foundation and stood on the formation.

No matter what Li Ximing's own strength was, this immortal foundation condensed from the late Foundation Establishment and fourth-grade technique was shocking enough, plus the late Foundation Establishment Li Xizhi, it was enough to deter everyone. There were many ferry crossings on the riverbank, and the crowd of demons saw that this person was not easy to provoke, so they naturally gathered elsewhere.

"The Northern cultivation direct line all went to the Great Ning Palace, and there has been no sign of them to this day. The rest are all easy to deceive... they have no heart for battle..."

Li Ximing was not stupid, specifically picking the timing, but watching the demonic cultivators retreat quite a bit, his mood was still very low.

He waited for a moment, and a green-clothed female cultivator flew from afar, landing beside him, dressed in a light green Daoist robe, with brilliant magic light, and an suppressed angry look on her beautiful face. Seeing Li Ximing, she paused slightly.

"Seen Senior Neighbor Valley."

The person in front of him was Lin Gu Linggu Lanying, who was also guarding the riverbank. This woman lost her mount spiritual pet in the previous chaos, and only drove the wind back a few days ago, retreating to guard the riverbank. Li Ximing and the two asked a question, and she took out a jade talisman from her hand, handed it to Li Xizhi, and whispered: "News from Bianyan."

Li Xizhi looked at it carefully, his spiritual sense probed into it, and Lin Gu Linggu Lanying said bluntly: "News from Bianyan Mountain... Chi Zhiyan is tough and decisive, adding troops, saying that reinforcements will arrive soon, asking us to hold this place."

She laughed sarcastically and continued: "My family got the news. Although he sent people back to mobilize cultivators, he gathered all the direct descendants back to Bianyan Mountain. Obviously, he wants us to face the demonic cultivators head-on..."

Li Xizhi heard this, and sighed slightly in his heart. Chi Zhiyan was not a magnanimous person. Although he had a set of skills on the surface and usually pretended to be magnanimous and approachable, he exposed himself completely when he actually acted.

The holding in this order was what the Li family hoped to see. After all, their own Wangyue Lake was behind them. Li Xizhi and others were the batch of people who most hoped that Green Pine would stand firm and confront the demonic cultivators. Although Chi Zhiyan started from his own interests, it could be considered to meet the interests of the Li family.

But the demonic cultivators were surging, and he gathered all the Green Pine direct descendants outside, the guests of the Chi family, and the Chi family's Qi refining cultivators back to Bianyan Mountain, adding various families, obviously not taking the lives of the families as lives, and wanting to squeeze out the last bit of value.

Li Ximing sat quietly on the Bright Pass, looked at his brother, and understood in his heart, watching coldly:

"Although Bianyan Mountain is now on the opposite bank, isolated in the north, it is the safest place, with heavy formations. The demons flow down, like reefs dividing water, and the demonic cultivators are more willing to come and impact our much more fragile earth dam."

After all, the great formation on Bianyan Mountain could be seen from far away. Not to mention whether it could be broken, the first batch of demons to charge the formation would definitely lose their lives. And the defense line across the river was full of loopholes. As long as one found a place to drill in, behind it was the rich Jiangnan.

'Chi Zhiyan gathered the direct descendants to live in Bianyan Mountain, truly sitting steady and not losing. Even if the worst ending is that the Zifu never appears and the Jiangnan lines collapse, it is just looting the north...'

As soon as this order came down, Lin Gu Linggu Lanying, Li Xizhi, and even the various families saw it clearly. This person was narrow-minded. Now that he had torn off his disguise, his actions almost clearly said: 'Once you cross the river, it is the foundation of your families. The demonic cultivators can't break through Green Pine Mountain, right? If you can't hold it, it's your own disaster!'

He was silent for two breaths and replied:

"How does Senior see it?"

Lin Gu Linggu Lanying's apricot eyes opened slightly and replied: "We have already sent people back to the sect to report to the Sect Master. Chi Zhiyan acts like this, how can this riverbank be held?!"

Li Xizhi shook his head slightly and whispered: "It's too late. Besides, the disciples of the Upper Sect are good at self-preservation. How can they fight to the death with us? Even if they come to the formation, they will just sit and watch."

He spoke euphemistically, but very clearly. How noble were the Chi family disciples? Even if they were sent over, could they really obey the orders of Li Xizhi and others? Li Xizhi paused for two breaths and reminded again:

"If they are really sent over, I'm afraid the adults have other requirements, which will be difficult to handle."

"This..."

Li Xizhi reminded Lin Gu Linggu Lanying. If the Chi family really came to guard the formation, it would be fine if they snatched the command. The fear was that if the situation was slightly unfavorable, they would ask a few people to escort them away. What should be done then? After two sentences, the female cultivator paid more attention to the young man and said warmly: "It is a force after all... Alas! What exactly happened to the Great Ning Palace? This appearance doesn't look like the North and South have torn their faces... This place is full of loopholes. It can be held for a while, but it cannot be held for days or months... Why hasn't the True Person said a word!"

Li Xizhi took over her words and comforted:

"The True Person doesn't respond, perhaps because he is fighting with the demonic cultivators. Now six hours have passed. Although Zifu fighting is long, it won't last for months. If it is held for a long time, perhaps there will be a turning point."

Lin Gu Linggu Lanying was slightly silent. She also knew that behind the great formation was Wangyue Lake. The Li family would only be more anxious about this matter. On the contrary, her Lin Gu family lived in the south and was hard to be affected.

Lin Gu Linggu Lanying's urgency was mostly for the Lin Gu family disciples in the formation and the people of the various counties after the formation was broken, much lighter than the Li family. At the moment, she also settled down and whispered:

"Besides the various families on the riverbank, there is also the Xiao family, which is a Zifu Immortal Clan. What if True Person Chuting takes action..."

She said this, but she knew in her heart that the hope was slim. Sure enough, she saw Li Xizhi shake his head: "The Xiao family has closed the mountain for many years. True Person has long made it clear that he does not want to intervene, and he went to the North Sea early. The demonic cultivators are not stupid. They will not touch the Xiao family's territory even a little bit."

He said so, and everyone had a common answer in their hearts: "Back then, Li Xia slaughtered the county, and the Xiao family's own territory was slaughtered, yet Xiao Chuting still refused to take action. Now, I don't know how many calculations are involved in the North-South matter. He has always been the most rational and meticulous, how could he take action?"

None of them dared to say it out loud, only Lin Gu Linggu Lanying nodded and replied:

"Then I will go back to the formation to guard."

She drove the wind and left. Only then did Li Ximing speak, his voice slightly lower:

"Brother... is the Zifu really willing to bury the families here, making the northern cultivators go south... but this matter is also a great injury to Green Pine itself... why..."

"Hard to say."

Li Xizhi responded and asked:

"Is there a reply from home?"

"Not yet."

Li Ximing urged the secret method and transmitted the sound: "However, a few days ago, Zhou Wei reached the seventh level of Qi refining. This trip brought three complete breakthrough pills and talisman pills. With the two superimposed, perhaps there will be a chance for Foundation Establishment soon."

"Foundation Establishment... and he is not even twenty years old... even if he retreats for five years, he will only be twenty-five..."

Li Xizhi frowned, the secret method operated, and he whispered:

"It's too fast. This is about to catch up with the cultivation speed of True Person Junjian. Zhou Wei is gifted, and could have accumulated more, but the changes are increasing, and it doesn't allow for slow progress."

Li Ximing sat quietly on the Bright Pass, his voice slightly light, and whispered:

"Not necessarily. People like him cannot be measured by common sense. For him, conforming to the trend is more important than polishing and accumulating. If he establishes the Foundation, what is missing in one or two spells? How many high-grade Bright Yang spells can our family take out for him to learn before Foundation Establishment?"

Li Xizhi was stunned, tilted his head to look at Li Ximing, nodded and replied:

"Brother Ming's words also make sense."

"We must first pass this hurdle."

Li Ximing looked forward, the magic light shone, and the torrential rain was already magnificent in the heaven and earth. Before it fell on his Bright Pass, it had already evaporated, making a sizzling sound.

The demonic smoke struck rapidly, and countless tentacle-like escape lights flew out from it, dragging out pieces of black clouds rolling with tail flames. Five rays of brilliance flew nearby, hitting the formation under the two people's feet.

Behind these demonic cultivators were northern cultivators like locusts, falling in front of the formation one after another. Li Ximing's immortal foundation operated, randomly chose two people, and smashed down violently.

"Boom!"

A brilliant radiance flew out from that great pass. The Minghuang Pass is best at grinding and suppressing, and it also restrains demonic cultivators. A bright, glaring luster flowed out from within, immediately causing the two suppressed people to curse loudly and cast out magic treasures to resist.

"Hmph...!"

The two were pressed down, their bodies sank, and the curses were blocked in their mouths halfway, turning into muffled groans. These two were early Foundation Establishment. Where could they eat a blow from Li Ximing, who was late Foundation Establishment and sacrificed his immortal foundation? One person immediately opened his mouth and cursed:

"The ones behind! This person's immortal foundation is strange, like the same thing... quickly come one to help!"

Li Xizhi on the side drew his sword, his gaze swept, and he picked an old demon among the five whose cultivation was the highest, which was mid-Foundation Establishment. His heart moved, his figure disappeared, and a rosy golden brilliance jumped a few times in the air, having already appeared behind that cultivator, throwing out a sleeve of rosy light.

【【Cloud Golden Fall】!】

This demonic cultivator was scared out of his wits, pulled out the long knife at his waist, but was caught off guard. The knife energy could not yet gush out, and Li Xizhi pinched the formula again. The figures each took a step, turning into several rainbow shadow clones, each pinching the formula and reciting the method.

The old demon was caught off guard. Li Xizhi still had the heart to observe his actions, looking at his appearance with some suspicion. Six great figures drew their swords at the same time, swinging white crescent-shaped sword light.

Li Xizhi was using a Foundation Establishment magic sword for the first time. Taking 【Xu Hour】 into his hand, the sword light added half a percent of power, raising a piece of sharp brilliance.

Until this moment, the old demon had the opportunity to show a piece of gloomy knife light, which was smashed to pieces by this sword light. His figure flew up with blood, screamed, and manifested his figure several feet away, not daring to stop, pinching the formula to cast the spell.

Li Xizhi saw that this person's inheritance was shallow, only picked up a rainbow light, pulled and pulled in the clouds, the spiritual machine was immediately chaotic, and he casually emptied the spell in his hand, leisurely moving forward.

This old demon could no longer hold back, only shouting:

"Quickly come to help!"

So a demonic wind had to be folded back under his feet, manifesting a female cultivator in mid-Foundation Establishment, holding a sword in her hand, picking up sword light and slashing at him.

This female cultivator seemed to be a rare Wood Virtue immortal foundation in the Yue State. Between waving the sword, she brought up a piece of wood spiritual energy. Li Xizhi's expression finally became slightly serious, the immortal foundation operated, and rosy clouds flowed out from his body.

He joined his two fingers, manifested rosy light, casually pinched in the fierce sword energy gushing over, and returned a sleeve of brilliance. The female cultivator's spiritual sword had already arrived in his hand, but it was only at the Qi refining level.

【Floating Light Picking Things!】

This northern cultivator was obviously stunned, and her eyes were full of disbelief: 'There is such a spell!'

Li Xizhi's heart was even stranger. He had never had the experience of playing the enemy at a loss with a casual hand, and was suddenly a bit emotional.

Since he left the pass, the enemies he faced were either the first cloud energy spat out by the Dragon Lord or the princes of the Tuoba family of the Great Liang, and at worst, they were old demons like Chi Fu of the Chi Gate who had deep accumulation and background.

He had always been a bit strenuous against these enemies, and was about to forget that he was also a Green Pine Peak Master. Truly facing these Foundation Establishment who had no Dao lineage inheritance in the north and relied on luck and blood energy to pile up, there was really a gap.

The two people in front of him were like facing a great enemy. Although the two moves just now could not be considered a life-and-death struggle, the two being played in the palm of his hand was enough to show the high strength of the person in front of him... secretly communicating: "The person in front of you is afraid of being surnamed Chi! He is an old demon of many years, not easy to deal with, and should quickly call a few more people over..." ===== CHAPTER 590 =====