The reason why Lu Yuan used this move was because he did not want his soldiers to suffer too many casualties. Although he could kill the enemy easily, the same could not be said for his subordinates.

After the defenders of the south gate were defeated, bandits from other gates in the city immediately swarmed in to fight with Lu Yuan's army.

They took advantage of Lu Yuan's small number of soldiers and tried to use the human sea tactic to completely defeat Lu Yuan. However, during the battle, Lu Yuan's brave offensive made the rebels retreat steadily.

However, Lu Yuan also knew very well that he and his troops alone would not be able to completely recapture Changning. There was an extremely powerful defensive array within the inner walls of Changning City. If they were to attack by force, they would only suffer heavy losses.

After a fierce battle, Lu Shan's army killed 30,000 thieves and suffered a loss of 1,000.

Seeing that his goal was accomplished, Lu Yuan led his troops to retreat in an orderly manner.

After this battle, Shixue'an in the southeast became more worried about Changning's hometown, and had another layer of scruples about Lu Shan.

He withdrew part of the army that attacked Jianghuai and returned to defend Changning. In this way, the pressure on Jianghuai guard Zhang Xun was suddenly relieved.

Everyone returned to Lushan, and Lu Yuan received a Jianghuai intelligence report: Zhang Xun was defending the Jianghuai Canal and would not retreat until death. Lu Yuan looked at the intelligence report and thought to himself: "General Zhang, you must hold on!"

While I was thinking about this, a familiar burst of laughter suddenly came from outside the meeting hall: "Hahahaha! My nephew, I'm out of seclusion!"

As the laughter fell, Qing Qiuzi walked steadily into the hall.

Lu Yuan saw that he was very energetic and seemed to be much younger, and the subtle lightning flashing in his eyes revealed his current cultivation level - the sixth level Dan Emperor!

"Haha! Congratulations, uncle, for being promoted to Alchemy Emperor!" Lu Yuan happily walked down and said with cupped hands.

"You kid found a good place. The profound energy here is particularly abundant. I succeeded in breaking through without spending too much effort."

"Uncle Master, with you as a sixth-level monk, our chances of winning are much greater."

"Hey, it's your young people's job to charge into battle. I can only help you with the logistics."

Lu Yuan smiled and said: "Don't be modest. Without you as the logistics manager, how could our Lushan power become stronger day by day? And the elixir you refined can indeed allow us to take the initiative in the battle."

Qing Qiuzi patted Lu Yuan on the shoulder: "I just hope that the war will be over soon and we can go back to Changning."

"Are you still thinking of renewing your relationship?"

"Well, that still needs to be continued, but it's not the main thing. After my cultivation is improved, I can refine many powerful elixirs that I couldn't refine before. This is really an interesting thing!" Qingqiuzi said.

"Okay! I'll take care of you then, junior!"

"Hahahaha! You kid is so glib!"

While the two were chatting and joking, another person walked in:

"Hey, what are you talking about? So happy."

When the two of them saw it, they immediately became happy!

"Brother Qinglian, what a coincidence? You are also out of seclusion!"

"Congratulations, uncle, for coming out of seclusion!" Lu Yuan said, cupping his fists.

Li Qinglian came out of seclusion this time and has cultivated to the third level of Taoism.

He pulled up a chair and sat down: "I have broken through to the third level a few days ago. I have also learned new sword skills in the past two days, so I came out a little late."

The Taoist master trained by Li Qinglian combines the power of the five elements with swords and follows the path of the "Sword Sect".

"Uncle Master, I heard that your master is Pei Hao, the best swordsman in Dayu?"

"Yes. He is the first swordsman, so I am the second swordsman." Li Qinglian's beard curled up, which made Lu Yuan amused.

"You two came out at the right time. We still have a lot to do next."
Chapter completed!