The patriarch stayed in Chaoyin Mountain for a few days, and then began to arrange manpower to escort the Ma family's migration. The journey from Jiufeng Mountain to Tiantai Peak was long, more than 10,000 miles. Although the distance is not long for a foundation-building monk like Zhang Leqian. It's only three or four days, but for ordinary mortals, this trip may take half a year.
In half a year, 20,000 people migrated thousands of miles, consuming astronomical amounts of food and supplies along the way.
The journey was tiring, and there were no waterways to travel. Even a large family like the Zhang family, which controlled hundreds of thousands of people, would have great difficulty moving 20,000 people at once.
But mortals are the foundation of the cultivating family. Only with a sufficient population base can we raise enough monks. This time, the monks in the Chaoyinshan family suffered serious blood loss. With a population of 20,000 to be replenished, the patriarch Zhang Leqian simply could not refuse, no matter how troublesome it was. , he will also protect these mortals migrating to Lushan.
As long as these 20,000 people go to Lushan, they can easily integrate into the Zhang family without monks to rely on. According to the normal fertility rate, in just a hundred years, the descendants of these people can give birth to dozens of children with spiritual roots, which is enough to supplement The family suffered a loss of blood this time.
In this way, Zhang Leqian took several family Qi-training monks to protect these mortals and left Jiufeng Mountain, while Qingchan temporarily followed Zhang Zhixuan to station in Chaoyin Mountain.
As time slowly passed, the men mobilized by Qingxuanzong began to come to Chaoyin Mountain. This time, in order to make the invasion of Jiangkou County smoother, the monks of Qingxuanzong also roped in the casual cultivators on the Black Mountain.
During this battle, a total of eleven black mountain foundation-building casual cultivators came down the mountain, including Kang Duhe, the fourth disciple of Ancestor Liang.
Although Kang Duhe is only the fourth disciple of Ancestor Liang, his cultivation level is no less than that of his eldest disciple Wei Boxan. He has been cultivating to the ninth level of foundation building for many years, but he is still more than twenty years younger than Wei Boxan. At the same time, the hope of opening up the Zifu is also greater.
Kang Duhe's presence is enough to represent the attitude of Patriarch Liang. This time he is almost blatantly siding with the Qingxuan Sect.
In the past, when there were conflicts and conflicts between the four major factions of the Yu State, the attitude in Heishan was almost always that the two factions would not help each other.
But as Patriarch Liang was not far away from being enthroned, he also had to make plans for his disciples.
Black Mountain is close to Qingxuan Sect, and it seems that the invasion of monsters is not far away. Once he is gone, if you want to defend this place, you must need the support of Qingxuan Sect monks. In the future, you will have to rely on Qingxuan Sect to survive. The casual cultivators on Black Mountain I can only sit here with Qingxuanzong.
So this time, the Black Mountain monk almost blatantly helped Qingxuan Sect.
Perhaps when Patriarch Liang is gone, the casual cultivators in Black Mountain will completely lose their independence and either join the Qingxuan Sect as a whole, or completely become vassals of the Qingxuan Sect.
Eleven foundation-building monks came from Black Mountain, plus the twenty-six foundation-building monks from the three southeastern counties gathered here, and the fifty-seven foundation-building monks from Qingxuan Sect, they already have enough strength to climb over Duanyun Mountain. , have a big battle with the monks of Hongshan Sect.
This time when they went to Jiangkou County, Qingxuan Sect mobilized in large numbers. Except for the necessary mountain-guarding monks, almost all their mobile forces were mobilized to Chaoyin Mountain.
Even the monks of Zifu, because Lu Hongniang and Hu Peiyu returned to Qingyang Mountain, were unable to take action in the next battle. Qingxuanzong also dispatched Shen Conglong and Zhu Wuya from Zhongxuan and Qingyang Lingshan. The monks from Zifu came down the mountain.
These two are both ascetic monks of the Qingxuan Sect. They are both veteran Zifus who are about the same age as Zhang Chuyun. They are both over three hundred years old and spend most of their time practicing at the Qingxuan Sect's base camp.
The cultivation base of these two people is very good. Shen Conglong is already at the sixth level of the Purple Mansion, while Zhu Wuya is even more powerful. His cultivation level has reached the late stage of the Purple Mansion.
Among the thirteen Zifu monks of Qingxuan Sect, except for Lu Hongniang, who has the highest level of cultivation, this person is more powerful than Sun Changgeng.
In order to prevent Yang Wangyuan of the Hongshan Sect from bullying the younger ones, Taoist Jin Lan of the Qingxuan Sect also personally came forward and secretly followed the monks of the Zifu sect, always on guard against Yang Wangyuan of the Hongshan Sect hurting anyone.
In order to mobilize the maximum strength, Qingxuanzong Zifu only left ten foundation-building monks in Chaoyin Mountain and 200 Qi-training monks to guard the spirit stone veins. Then they led a large group of people and menacingly crossed the Duanyun Mountains and entered The boundaries of Eguchi County.
The monks of the Hongshan Sect controlled a total of four counties, and these four counties guarded Taihongshan, the gate of the Hongshan Sect.
Jiangkou County is located at the southernmost tip of Taihong Mountain, on both sides of the Li River.
Although the four counties controlled by the Hongshan Sect have a larger population and have developed more farmland, their fourth-level spiritual veins are actually inferior to those of the Qingxuan Sect.
There are only three fourth-order spiritual veins controlled by the Hongshan Sect, which is far inferior in number to the Qingxuan Sect.
Although Qingxuan Sect could only control one fifth-level spiritual mountain, Qingyang Mountain, at first, they quickly took over three fourth-level spiritual veins, Zhongxuan, Tuoshan, and Jiaokou.
More than 200 years ago, under the command of Zhang Chuyun, they occupied Jiaohe River again.
More than ten years ago, Shuangjiao Mountain was captured, and now Chaoyin Mountain has been cultivated.
Qingxuan Sect has twice as many fourth-level spiritual veins as Hongshan Sect. Their Zifu monks also far surpassed Hongshan Sect after the Battle of Chaoyin Mountain.
Although according to Qingxuan Sect's strength, it is not yet capable of annihilating Hongshan Sect, it is still very confident to occupy their territory and capture a fourth-level spiritual mountain of Hongshan Sect.
There are only seven Zifu monks of the Hongshan Sect who can do it now, and their cultivation levels are not as good as those of Sun Changgeng and Zhu Wuya. In addition to retreating to the fifth-level spiritual vein of Taihong Mountain, the fourth-level spiritual mountain It is simply impossible to hold on.
So after the Qingxuan Sect monks came over, the Hongshan Sect monks quickly gave up on a fourth-level spiritual mountain near Jiangkou County.
This mountain is called Yuntai Mountain, and it is the most important stronghold for the monks of the Hongshan Sect to control Jiangkou County. There is also a large-scale market on the mountain, which can provide considerable financial resources to the Hongshan Sect every day.
For such a very important spiritual vein, Yang Wangyuan of the Hongshan Sect gave up as soon as he said he wanted to, without any delay at all.
It can be seen that this person has a decisive character, just like a poisonous snake that retracts its head. If you are not careful, you will be bitten.
Taoist Jin Lan of the Qingxuan Sect was also someone who accepted what was good for him. He seemed to have some tacit understanding with Yang Wangyuan. After taking Yuntai Mountain, he stopped and began to clear out the Zhuji family in Jiangkou County.
These foundation-building families have been entangled with the Hongshan Sect for many years, and their relationship is complicated and unclear. Taking advantage of the absolute advantage now, the high-level monks of the Qingxuan Sect are not willing to leave any hidden dangers, and must kill them all.
Zhu Wuya and others have decided that after taking Lingshan in Jiangkou County this time, they will distribute it to the casual cultivators on the Black Mountain and settle them down as vassal families of the Qingxuan Sect in Jiangkou County, helping them control this brand new territory.
As long as these Black Mountain foundation-building monks can take root in Jiangkou County, hundreds of years later, relying on their help, Qingxuan Sect will be able to control this territory as firmly as it controls the three southeastern counties.