Chapter 707

Such a tall mountain—how many rocks and trees and plants it must hold.

Though the Dayuan army and its tribute experts were not few in number, working together to destroy all this would not be hard.

But the next sentence from Long Xiang Seng let everyone know this method—

"But the truly formidable experts form arrays by relying on terrain, the primordial force of Heaven and Earth, and the like."

What this meant was that formidable experts could lay arrays with invisible things.

Even if they destroyed this entire mountain, if they could not break the array, they still could not go up the mountain!

Then what's the point of you, Master Long Xiang, saying this?

General Zhebie could not help internally roasting him, but still asked,

"Then is there any other way?"

"Retreat…"

Long Xiang Seng was also a bit embarrassed—breaking arrays really was not his forte.

Fortunately, he still knew another method.

He pointed at the foot of the mountain and said,

"Retreat down the mountain, then we experts will ride the wind into the air, fly straight to the mountaintop, and attack Lan Ruo Temple directly."

The tribute experts, including Mu Huali, General Zhebie, Long Xiang Seng, and others, could all ride the wind and fly.

But these people added together numbered fewer than thirty.

How many experts did the Xuanxinzheng Sect have—were there only the Four Divine Generals of Xuanxin?

Thinking about it, that was impossible!

Therefore Mu Huali had planned to bring elite troops, using the army to pin down ordinary disciples of the Xuanxinzheng Sect.

With Mu Huali, General Zhebie, and Long Xiang Seng as the leaders, the tribute experts together would deal with the Four Divine Generals of Xuanxin.

Now a single labyrinth array had rendered the entire Dayuan army useless?

"This… is there any other way?"

Mu Huali could not help getting a headache.

Without even thinking, since even the Four Divine Generals of Xuanxin had appeared, the Xuanxinzheng Sect on this Lan Ruo Temple absolutely had more than just those four.

Therefore Mu Huali always felt uneasy about bringing troops up the mountain.

So he questioned Long Xiang Seng again.

"Uh! Then we can only go ask the Living Buddha…"

Long Xiang Seng was utterly embarrassed and could only say so.

In the last battle at Long Yin Cave, Ximen Wudi used sword Qi to leave an afterimage and destroyed the physical bodies of the four great Dayuan experts, including Living Buddha Lianhua Sheng, in a single strike.

Even to this day, Wang Si had spent countless cultivation resources and spirit children, and had only managed to let Long Xiang Seng regrow a physical body.

Going to ask Living Buddha Lianhua Sheng—where would they go to ask?

Mu Huali could not help having black lines all over his head, yet was helpless.

"Fine! Withdraw the troops, go down the mountain and plan at length!"

After deliberating for a while, Mu Huali could only pull back the army.

He was a steady man and did not fight battles without certainty of victory.

Relying only on the tribute experts and the three of them, taking down the Xuanxin Orthodox Sect would of course be good.

But if they could not take it down, let alone the loss of himself or General Zhebie or Long Xiang Seng here.

Even losing a few more tribute experts would be an enormous loss to Dayuan.

After all, cultivating one tribute expert required an immense amount of cultivation resources.

Dayuan had originally abolished more than half the sects among the people for the sake of Ming Wang Si's reincarnation.

Producing experts of tribute caliber was far harder than for the other two great dynasties.

Therefore Mu Huali could not let the tribute experts suffer losses under uncertain circumstances.

Hearing his order, the great army could only return along the way.

Strangely enough, when leading troops toward Lan Ruo Temple, they could only go round in place.

But when the army retreated, they walked straight out of the labyrinth array and arrived at the foot of the mountain.

Mu Huali sighed—the Central Plains people's profound and vast learning truly did not deceive him!

He looked back at Lan Ruo Temple on the mountain; those four figures were already gone.

Inside Lan Ruo Temple, the battle was still fiercely intense—one could glimpse it just from the primordial force of Heaven and Earth churning above.

Arriving at the foot of the mountain, he watched the wind and clouds surge above Lan Ruo Temple, the primordial force of Heaven and Earth ceaselessly roiling.

The trees and grass on the mountain were quiet and dim, utterly silent—inexplicably eerie.

Mu Huali wanted to charge once more, but before breaking through this labyrinth array, he truly had no recourse.

Adding to that delay, the sky had already gradually darkened.

With no choice, Mu Huali could only order the army to break camp and return.

As for Master Changsheng, the Undying God, he was not worried.

After all, there might still be some in the world who could defeat Master Changsheng, the Undying God, but clearly there were none on this mountain of Lan Ruo Temple.

If he wished to leave, no one could keep him.

He was still fighting Yan Chixia now—clearly the victor was still undecided.

Just at that moment, the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers List suspended in the sky suddenly emitted waves of strange fragrance.

In an instant, across every inch and corner of the entire Nine Provinces land, all people smelled this strange fragrance.

Everyone knew that a new edition of the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers List was about to begin.

GLOSSARY:

- Long Yin

- Wang Si

- Ximen Wudi

- Long Xiang

- Long Xiang Seng

- Master Changsheng

- Yan Chixia

- General Zhebie

- Xuanxinzheng Sect

- Ximen

- Mu Huali

- Lan Ruo Temple

- Ming Wang Si

- Living Buddha Lianhua Sheng

- Four Divine Generals of Xuanxin

- Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers List

All craned their necks, eager to see who would make the list this time.

Even Yan Chixia and Master Changsheng, who were in the midst of their duel at Lanruo Temple, paused their fight.

Mortals who paid attention to the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers List mostly did so for the beauty.

But experts of Yan Chixia and Master Changsheng's caliber understood.

The Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers List and the Heavenly Dao Gold List were one and the same, two sides of a single coin.

The Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers List appeared to publish nothing but gossip about beauties.

In truth, every time it was released, it exerted no small influence on the world's great trends.

So the two experts actually ceased fighting to watch the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers List.

The people of Xuanxinzheng Sect, hiding in the distance, were also craning their necks in anticipation.

【Nine Provinces Hundred Flowers List, Rank 30 — Murong Xian, Cultivation: Peak Earthly Immortal Realm】

【Identity: The most outstanding heir of Great Ming Gusu Murong Shanzhuang】

【The Petrifying Divine Art is the secret, untransmitted technique of Gusu Murong Shanzhuang, rumored to rival the Innate Thunder Gang Qi】

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【Moreover, the cultivation must be carried out atop ice】

【By sixteen, Murong Xian had already reached the third revolution】

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【Nine Provinces Hundred Flowers List, Rank 30 (Tied) — Lianxing, Cultivation: Half-Step Heavenly Being Realm】

【Identity: Second Palace Master of Yihua Palace, one of the Qinglong Society's Eleventh Month Hall Chastisement Envoys】

【Her voice was nimble and lively, as if carrying a kind of innocent childishness】

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