Chapter 625

Seeing the red sound-transmission spiritual talisman in the hand of the person who came, everyone in the hall, including Song Qingming, immediately focused their eyes on him.

Song Qingming, sitting at the head, beckoned to take the sound-transmission talisman from the person's hand, opened it and looked at it, and soon frowned.

Song Qingyu, who was on the side, saw this and immediately asked softly: "Seventh Brother, has something big happened in the sect?"

"The Lingyin Sect on the front line of the Lu Kingdom suddenly retreated in defeat, the Fenggu Plain defense line has been broken by the Heaven-Sea Alliance, and Senior Brother Lu... Senior Brother Lu also died in battle on the front line!"

"What? How could this happen!" Hearing this shocking news, all the Song family cultivators present immediately shouted in surprise.

"Seventh Brother! Are Yuanli and the others okay?"

Song Qingming said seriously, shook his head slightly: "The letter didn't say anything about Yuanli and the others. I don't know the situation yet. Qingyu, you stay in the clan first. The Sect Master summoned me, I must go to the sect for a meeting immediately."

Over the past year or so, Song Qingming had also inquired about some war reports on the front line of the Lu Kingdom, but all the news he heard basically said that the front line of Fenggu Plain was stable and there was no major abnormality.

Everyone in the Song family, including Song Qingming, basically thought in their hearts that this great war between the Lingyin Sect and the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" should not last too long.

Song Qingming did not expect that there would be such a big change on the front line of the Lu Kingdom at this time. Not to mention the sudden retreat of the Lingyin Sect, even the Jin Dan Elder Lu Boyang, who went to support from the Xiaoyao Sect, actually died on the front-line battlefield. How could everyone not be so surprised.

Over the years, in order to support the Lingyin Sect in resisting the "Heaven-Sea Alliance," the Xiaoyao Sect had already sent many cultivators to support the front line of the Lu Kingdom. Now that even the Jin Dan Elder Lu Boyang, who led the team, had died in battle, the Foundation Establishment and Qi Condensation cultivators below did not need to think, they must also have suffered heavy losses.

The sudden fall of a Jin Dan Elder could be considered a matter that had a great impact on the sect for the Xiaoyao Sect. No wonder they directly used an emergency sound-transmission talisman to summon Song Qingming to the sect for a meeting.

Knowing the seriousness of the matter, Song Qingming did not dare to delay too much. After explaining a few words to Song Qingyu and the others, he took the flying boat alone to Guyang Mountain.

By the time Song Qingming arrived at the Xiaoyao Hall, except for Chen Xuanxin, who was still supporting on the front line of the Lu Kingdom, and Bai Yuxian, who was in seclusion to impact the Nascent Soul realm, all the Jin Dan Elders of the Xiaoyao Sect had already arrived in the hall.

Everyone had also heard the war report of the Lingyin Sect's front-line retreat and was exchanging and discussing this matter, but there was a trace of heaviness in everyone's tone.

Especially the several elders who had a good relationship with Lu Boyang had a lot of sadness on their faces. Obviously, they were caught off guard by the sudden fall of this fellow sect member who had been with them for many years.

After Song Qingming came in, he hurriedly inquired with the Sect Master Yao Ganshu, who was sitting on the side, and finally understood the reason for the Lingyin Sect's sudden retreat and the current situation of the battlefield ahead.

Over the past year or so, the Lingyin Sect side, although always at a small disadvantage, relied on several third-grade protective mountain formations to block the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" on the Fenggu Plain line, not letting them invade the core area inside the Lu Kingdom.

Seeing that the front-line battlefield was a bit difficult to break the stalemate, the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" used a strategy of differentiation and disintegration, and reached an agreement with the "Yuxiao Sect" guarding Zipeng Mountain, using great benefits to exchange for them to defect to the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" side.

The "Yuxiao Sect" was originally an important force on the front-line battlefield of the Lingyin Sect. Their sudden defection in the face of battle let the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" cultivators in from the side, which also caused the entire battlefield force to lose balance quickly.

The Lingyin Sect side, which was flanked from the rear, had no choice but to take the initiative to abandon the Fenggu Plain defense line and retreat all the way to the sect's spiritual land, Mount Baimeng.

In this battle, the Lingyin Sect side lost three Jin Dan cultivators, and the Xiaoyao Sect's Lu Boyang also encountered an ambush by "Heaven-Sea Alliance" cultivators during the retreat and died directly on the battlefield.

Apart from this, there were thousands of low-tier Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment cultivators on the front line of the Lu Kingdom who died in this great war. The entire southern part of the Lu Kingdom had now fallen into the hands of the "Heaven-Sea Alliance."

Mount Baimeng, which had been surrounded by the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" cultivator army, was now also in a precarious state. If they could not get support from the rear, I am afraid the Lingyin Sect people would not be able to support for too long.

Knowing the situation on the front line, Song Qingming inquired with Yao Ganshu about Song Yuanli's situation again. After getting the other party's affirmative answer and that this name was not yet on the list of fallen soldiers sent from the front line, Song Qingming finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After everyone talked in the hall for a while, the Supreme Elder of the Xiaoyao Sect, Li Mufeng, dressed in white, finally walked in from outside the hall.

After scanning everyone in the hall, Li Mufeng said calmly: "Summoning everyone here, I think you should all know the reason. Now the situation in the Lu Kingdom is critical, and the sect needs to send reinforcements to support as soon as possible."

"Inviting you to come here is also to discuss how to support the Lingyin Sect. If you have any ideas, you can say them now and let me hear them."

As soon as Li Mufeng's voice fell, the True Person Daoist Guangling, who was already white-haired and white-bearded, sighed and said: "Senior Brother Li, our Xiaoyao Sect has paid enough price to support them over the years, and even Senior Brother Lu died on the front line of the Lu Kingdom."

"If the war continues like this, the sect is afraid that it will have to pay a lot of price. Once the sect's strength is seriously damaged, I am afraid that we will be unable to deal with the demonic beast turmoil in the north in the future."

Just after True Person Daoist Guangling finished speaking, Zhao Menglian on the side also echoed: "After the Lingyin Sect's great defeat this time, even Mount Baimeng can't be defended. Even if we send people to support now, we may not be able to stop the Heaven-Sea Alliance army."

"Relying solely on the strength of the countries around us, it is already difficult to contend with the Heaven-Sea Alliance. Senior Brother Li, should we consider letting Junior Brother Chen and the others withdraw first to preserve the sect's strength?"

"Even if the Heaven-Sea Alliance annexes the Lu Kingdom, it will take a lot of time to thoroughly digest such a large piece of territory. In a short time, it should not have the ability to expand again."

"Once the Lu Kingdom falls and the Heaven-Sea Alliance's power penetrates into the Floating Yunshan Range, the Wanling Sect side should probably not be able to sit still. As long as we can drag them into the water, we will have enough ability to contend with the Heaven-Sea Alliance."

Over the years, only the cultivators of some countries in the east of the Floating Yunshan Range, such as the Wu Kingdom and the Wei Kingdom, have supported the Lingyin Sect in resisting the "Heaven-Sea Alliance."

Many sects headed by the "Wanling Sect" of the Qin Kingdom, which are relatively far away and close to the west side of the Floating Yunshan Range, have not yet participated in this great war.

Relying only on the support of these countries around the Lu Kingdom, the strength of the Lingyin Sect was indeed slightly weaker than that of the Heaven-Sea Alliance. Over the years, they could only defend passively and had no ability to counterattack to recover lost territory.

According to Zhao Menglian's idea, as long as the Wanling Sect can be dragged in, all the sects in the Floating Yunshan Range will unite, and their strength will have greatly exceeded the "Heaven-Sea Alliance," so they will naturally not be afraid of the other party's expansion and invasion.

Li Mufeng nodded slightly: "I have actually thought about these things you considered long ago. Originally, I had the idea of withdrawing all sect cultivators from Mount Baimeng."

"However, yesterday the old ghost Situ sent a letter again, saying that the Wanling Sect side had already agreed to send people to support. If this matter is true, maybe the Lingyin Sect will have a chance to defend Mount Baimeng."

"If the Wanling Sect is willing to enter the game, then the Lingyin Sect still has hope of winning this battle. Senior Brother Li, we still cannot abandon them at this time!"

Hearing that the Wanling Sect was already willing to intervene in the Lu Kingdom war, all the Jin Dan Elders of the Xiaoyao Sect in the hall, including Song Qingming, showed a trace of surprise and had the confidence to continue fighting with the "Heaven-Sea Alliance."

The Wanling Sect is the first large sect in the Floating Yunshan Range and has a pivotal position in the Floating Yunshan Range cultivation world. As long as they are willing to send reinforcements, other sects near the Wanling Sect will definitely follow.

At that time, everyone will be of one mind, and it is not impossible to thoroughly drive the power of the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" out of the Floating Yunshan Range.

Seeing that no Jin Dan Elder in the hall opposed the support of the Lingyin Sect, Li Mufeng made a decision on the spot, sending Li Wutong, Jin Ziyuan, and Song Qingming to lead a batch of sect cultivators to rush to the Lu Kingdom to support.

After the Xiaoyao Sect crowd arrived near Mount Baimeng, Song Qingming and Jin Ziyuan first went to explore. They unexpectedly found that Mount Baimeng had been surrounded on three sides, leaving only a gap in the north, and the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" had not arranged for cultivators to garrison this place.

Seeing this situation, Song Qingming and the others immediately knew the intention of the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" cultivators. They deliberately left this gap to give the cultivator army on Mount Baimeng a way out, wanting to win without fighting, forcing the Lingyin Sect side to know the difficulties and retreat, and take the initiative to withdraw from the Lu Kingdom.

The main purpose of the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" was still to expand territory. If the Lingyin Sect was willing to take the initiative to retreat, they did not want to fight to the death with the cultivator army on Mount Baimeng.

Sending a sound-transmission talisman to Mount Baimeng, under the response of the Lingyin Sect cultivators, the Xiaoyao Sect crowd soon entered Mount Baimeng, and Song Qingming finally saw Song Yuanli and the others who had retreated from the front-line battlefield not long ago on the mountain. (End of chapter)