Yu Tingzhang looked around a few times and realized that the situation had improved greatly, and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
After hesitating for a moment, he asked a Nanzong disciple on the left:
"Excuse me, Yu Tingzhang, what should I call this fellow Taoist?"
The reason why he asked to the left and not to the right was that he found that the disciple of the Southern Sect on the left had a taller body and should be a disciple of the Southern Sect who was born and raised in the nine counties of Penglai.
Yu Tingzhang's six months in the nine counties of Penglai were not in vain.
Through various information, he found that people born locally in the nine counties of Penglai were much taller than ordinary people outside.
The reason for this situation is that the common people in the nine counties of Penglai eat a kind of spiritual rice called "blood corn" on a daily basis.
This kind of spiritual rice is said to be cultivated from the blood of the giant beasts of 'Qianxi City', and can enhance the physical fitness and qualifications of ordinary people.
However, this kind of 'blood corn' cannot be sold or resold to outsiders. Once discovered, the benefits will be permanently revoked by their direct relatives and descendants.
The person on the right is just an ordinary person. Yu Tingzhang guessed that he only joined the ‘Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect’ in the past two years, and he probably doesn’t know much about some things.
The person being questioned was stunned for a moment and replied:
"Mai Guanzhong has met fellow Taoist priests!"
Yu Tingzhang chatted for a few words to ease the strangeness between each other, and then asked a question that attracted everyone's attention.
"Fellow Taoist, what kind of magic is that jade tree doing, and how long can it last?"
As soon as he said this, dozens of people around him paid attention.
There was no threat from the insect swarm for the time being, and everyone felt a little more relaxed and began to pay attention to other things.
Mai Guanzhong looked up at the illusory jade tree above his head, pondered for a moment and said:
"This technique is called 'Ganlin Yushu'. It is not a magic spell, but a wishing force array. It is one of the six basic arrays of the 'Whispering Wheel Church'.
Generally, it is used to help people in the world and spread teachings.
I didn't expect that after condensing the power of many faiths and wishes, I could actually recover my mana.
Ordinary ‘Gan Lin Jade Tree’ can last for a quarter of an hour, but this Jade Tree has nearly a thousand people’s faith and vows, so I’m not sure how long it can last.”
'The power of faith and will!'
Yu Tingzhang heard an unfamiliar word from Mai Guanzhong's mouth.
'Is this power the reason why ordinary people can cast spells?'
Thinking of the scenes he saw on Penglai Island, a mystery in Yu Tingzhang's mind was solved.
Since Mai Guanzhong didn't know how long this 'Ganlin Yushu' could last, Yu Tingzhang stopped dwelling on the matter and changed the topic.
"Why did my fellow Taoist disciple go west just now?"
Mai Guanzhong looked at Yu Tingzhang, smiled and said:
"Fellow Taoist may have seen it before. There were three fireworks asking for help. In addition to this place, there are two other places waiting for rescue.
Uncle Yugu took people to rescue the rest of our sect."
Yu Tingzhang couldn't help but said:
"We here don't know the situation far away at all. Isn't it inappropriate to act so rashly?"
Mai Guanzhong replied calmly:
"The sect's iron rule: Whenever a disciple of our sect asks for help, he will risk his life and go into trouble!"
He knew that this might be a bit unbelievable to Yu Tingzhang and other casual cultivators, and then explained:
"Actually, this is also for ourselves. When I am in danger, other students will risk their lives to save me!"
When Yu Tingzhang and many other casual cultivators heard this, their hearts shook violently.
Mai Guanzhong's words were very simple, but he pointed out the difference between sects and casual cultivators.
Yu Tingzhang suddenly remembered the song that the Nanzong disciples sang before.
"How can I say that I have no clothes? I share the same robe with you. When the king raised an army, I cultivated my sword and spear, and I share the same enemy with you.
How can I say that I have no clothes? When I was in the same river with my son, the king raised an army, repaired my spear and halberd, and worked together with my son.
How can I say that I have no clothes? I share the same clothes with you. When the king raised his troops, he repaired my armor and soldiers and went with me."
The meaning contained in this song has never been more profound than at this moment.
Yu Tingzhang did not continue to ask, but concentrated on dealing with the swarm of insects in front of him.
As long as Yushu exists, and with the increasingly tacit cooperation between Nanzong disciples and many others, these swarms of insects that only know how to bite cannot pose a threat at all.
But if the jade trees disappear, it may be difficult to maintain the status quo.
The numerical advantage of the insect swarm was too great. After such a long period of killing, the insect swarm could not see any change.
The earth is still covered in black.
A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and everyone on the hill involuntarily turned their eyes to the illusory jade tree above their heads.
In addition to the roar of spells and the hissing of insects, there was only the continuous recitation of thousands of people.
"The wheel turns as you wish, commanding power from all directions, capturing the energy of demons from above, and cutting off the evil atmosphere from below.
Helping people from danger and relieving disasters, rescuing people, manifesting transformation, Yuan Henry Zhen.
May the wheel turn as you wish..."
After a full minute, smoke continued to gather at the roots of the Yushu tree, still hanging in the air without dissipating.
"Uu——!"
Everyone couldn't help but let out a long breath.
Yu Tingzhang glanced at the smoke at the roots of the Yushu tree for a few times, and then looked at the many people.
But I saw that 30% of the incense in front of everyone had been burned.
He had some idea in his mind that perhaps when the incense burns out, the 'Ganlin Jade Tree' will disappear.
I just don’t know if lighting the incense again can manifest the ‘Ganlin Jade Tree’ again.
What Yu Tingzhang could see, other practitioners could naturally see too, but no one asked.
Let this wish become a hope!
Four hundred Southern Sect disciples plus one thousand five hundred casual cultivators, a total of nearly two thousand practitioners, unleashing their magic power unscrupulously is extremely terrifying.
The three-headed centipede giant insect gathered several times to charge, but was repelled by everyone's concerted efforts.
Whenever the corpses of the insect swarm reach a certain height, Master Jin Dan will cast a powerful spell to annihilate the corpse swarm.
Another quarter of an hour later, a violent roar of magic came from the west.
Yu Tingzhang looked around and saw golden threads crisscrossing the sky, and a huge golden light group surging towards here.
Compared with the five hundred Southern Sect disciples who left before, the light group that came back was five hundred feet in diameter, much larger than the hill in front of them.
Yu Tingzhang did not expect that the five hundred disciples actually rescued his fellow disciples.
Nangong Huifeng's eyes flashed with purple light as he looked at the team in the distance. Through the secret method, he could clearly see the expressions of those people in the distance.
After checking for a moment, he suddenly said to a Nanzong Jindan master next to him:
"Fellow Daoist Zixiu, it's a bit difficult to rely on the five hundred people from your sect to support thousands of people. Why don't we organize another five hundred people to support them."
Master Zixiu is a female cultivator of the ‘Xiantian Yiqi Nan Sect’, who is good at swordsmanship.
Female cultivators are basically beautiful in appearance, and Zixiu Zhenren is no exception. Although she is not a beautiful person, she is still far above the average female cultivators.
Her master is Yuan Jinting, so her acting style is very close to Yuan Jinting.
At this moment, she was also observing the distance with her sect's secret skills. The situation among her fellow sects was similar to the situation here before. All the practitioners had basically exhausted their magic power.
It was all thanks to the support of the five hundred Southern Sect disciples that he moved towards his location with great difficulty.
Nangong Huifeng's suggestion suited her very well, and she nodded and said:
"Okay, let's leave this place to Senior Brother Yuan Bin for now!"
After a few words to settle down, Master Zixiu selected a hundred people from the two hundred disciples in the second row, and summoned another four hundred casual cultivators who had performed well and had a certain level of cooperation to set off together.
Yu Tingzhang was also the chosen one.
One hundred Nan Sect disciples once again formed the 'Front Arrow Formation', with Yu Tingzhang and other 400 people on both sides of the formation.
He was feeling a little excited at this moment. Being selected to participate in the rescue was undoubtedly the greatest affirmation for himself.
"rush-!"
Master Zixiu gave an order and turned into a sword light and rushed into the swarm of insects.
Sword cultivators are good at killing, let alone these insects in front of them that even ordinary people can kill.
Each insect swarm was shattered into pieces, and countless insects were annihilated into ashes under the shroud of sword intent.
Unlike Master Zixiu's domineering attitude, Nangong Huifeng's attacks were much gentler.
But he saw a mass of gray mist holding up his feet five feet above the ground, and seven long bows of different styles appeared faintly behind him.
As Nangong Huifeng's ten fingers popped out in turn, dozens of white flying lights flew out from the fingertips.
But with the blessing of the seven bows behind him, each flying light will split into seven.
And with the movement of the long bow, each of the seven split white lights split into seven again.
In other words, every time Nangong Huifeng shoots a white light, it will split into forty-nine. You can imagine how many white lights he will shoot every second.
The most terrifying thing is that every white light can hit an insect with incomparable accuracy.
Moreover, every ray of white light contains the law of [Penetration], which is Nangong Huifeng's most powerful power.
The insect is too weak to reflect the power of his magical power.
Perhaps in the eyes of some people, it is just a matter of killing some bugs, and there is no need to be so strenuous at all.
In fact, it means that Nangong Huifeng's mana consumption is only one forty-seventh of that of other Jindan masters.
Master Zixiu was taught by a famous teacher, and she could see Nangong Huifeng's huge potential in the future at a glance.
Therefore, he has been secretly observing Nangong Huifeng. After this period of understanding, Master Zixiu secretly made a decision.
If you can get out alive and the sect is still alive, you must take Nangong Huifeng into the sect.
The five hundred practitioners quickly advanced toward the west, and encountered much less resistance than Yu Tingzhang expected.
For some reason, the three giant centipedes never came to cause trouble, so after a few minutes, they successfully reunited with their target.
This is a group of up to six thousand people.
To Yu Tingzhang's surprise, among these people, there were three thousand disciples of the Southern Sect. Among the remaining three thousand, there were only more than 800 casual cultivators, and the remaining more than a thousand were ordinary people.
‘Isn’t this proportion quite right?’
Whether it was Yu Tingzhang's earliest group or the group of 3,000 people, the number of Nanzong disciples only accounted for a very small proportion, with more casual cultivators and ordinary people.
'Why are there so few casual cultivators among these six thousand people?'
‘Could it be???’
A trace of doubt arose in the hearts of Yu Tingzhang and other casual cultivators.
There was no words spoken all the way, and thousands of people were smoothly escorted to the foot of the hill.
The number of nearly 10,000 people could no longer be accommodated on the hills, so heavy defense lines could only be built in place.
They rushed back in time, and the 'Ganlin Yushu' still existed.
After the sudden increase of three thousand Southern Sect disciples healed their injuries and regained their magic power, everyone calmed down.
The damage that four thousand 'Ruyi Shuttle' can unleash is enough to make it difficult for the insect swarm to move forward.
Even if the 'Ganlin Jade Tree' disappears, these four thousand people can still take turns to rest, plus three thousand casual cultivators and more than two thousand church believers.
In addition, there are magic circles being set up, all of which gives everyone the confidence to persevere.
A few minutes after bringing back the six thousand people, the incense containing the "sweet rain and jade tree" burned out, and the jade tree also disappeared.
When Yu Tingzhang inquired with some anxiety, he learned that this kind of belief and wish formation could only be formed once a day.
To reunite again, church believers need to continuously pray to gather the power of faith and vows, and cooperate with the incense of faith.
As soon as these words came out, both the Southern Sect disciples and the casual cultivators breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as the 'Gan Lin Yushu' magic circle can still be condensed, it will be fine. Many practitioners believe that the time required can be adjusted.
After quickly integrating nearly ten thousand people, everyone can finally rest separately.
Yu Tingzhang, Luo Jiujiang and other casual cultivators found several casual cultivators who had been brought over. They had a question they wanted to solve.
After a few words of greeting, Yu Tingzhang asked:
"Fellow Taoist Yutang, why are there so few casual cultivators here?"
The casual cultivator known as Yutang was silent for a moment and then let out a long sigh.