Yang Wangyuan and others escaped, and Lu Hongniang was eager to give chase. Taoist Jin Lan flicked his sleeves and stopped him suddenly, saying: "Hong Kong, don't chase the enemy when you are in trouble. We have won a lot this time. We still need to be steady. Time On our side, if we fall into the trap of Yang and Chen, we will lose more than we gain."
Lu Hongniang raised her hand and said angrily: "Senior Brother Jin, if we don't chase him now, I'm afraid Yang Wangyuan will blow up his spiritual veins, search for floating wealth and go to Nanlu Pavilion Mountain Gate. We have been fighting with the Hongshan Sect for almost a hundred years. , If you don’t pick the fruit when it’s ripe, I’m afraid it will be completely destroyed by Yang Wangyuan, and all the years of hard work will be in vain.”
Taoist Jin Lan waved his hand and said: "How can you say it is useless? At least we control the three counties under the Hongshan Sect, and there are tens of millions of mortals under our rule. As long as we can treat everyone equally, these mortals can continuously provide us with By adding more monks, the foundation of the sect will be stronger. And even if Taihong Mountain's spiritual vein is blown up, it will still be a fourth-order high-grade spiritual vein. With the addition of Huaping Mountain's spiritual vein, something will be gained after all.
We currently don’t have enough high-level monks, but we already have a lot of spiritual veins. Even if the Taihong Mountain spiritual veins are of high value, it’s not worth taking the risk. Once enough monks are deployed, we can defeat the enemy in an upright manner.”
The words of Patriarch Jin persuaded everyone. He has more experience than others and knows the combat power of Jindan monks better. Once Yang and Chen fight for their lives, they still have five fifth-level spiritual talismans in their hands. I'm afraid that those present today will also suffer heavy losses.
After defeating the Hongshan Sect, Yuntai Mountain began mobilizing that night, raising food and manpower, and launched a large-scale army the next day. Ten days later, everyone led the army to the gate of Taihong Mountain.
Now the high-ranking monks on Taihong Mountain had already left with Yang Wangyuan, and the low-ranking monks also heard the news and fled because they were afraid that the Qingxuan Sect monks would pursue him.
The elixir garden on the mountain was also looted by the monks of the Hongshan Sect. The treasury was empty, with almost nothing left except the spiritual veins that had declined in grade.
However, Taihong Mountain has been operated by the Hongshan Sect for many years, and a large number of spiritual fields have been opened on the mountain. The monks of the Qingxuan Sect carefully counted and found that the spiritual fields on the mountain exceed 10,000 acres, and there are more than 200 acres of spiritual medicine gardens that can be used.
Because he was afraid of being surrounded by Qingxuanzong monks, Yang Wangyuan had no time to pollute a large number of spiritual fields, so this large amount of resources fell into the control of Qingxuanzong monks.
If we want to develop these tens of thousands of acres of spiritual fields, we must invest at least three million spiritual stones. Relying on ten thousand acres of spiritual fields, the Hongshan Sect's annual income is about one hundred thousand spiritual stones. After losing such a big year, Even if Bi Caiyuan, Hongshan Sect, and Nanlu Pavilion join forces, they will not be able to support many people in their practice, and they will probably gradually decline.
The senior officials of Qingxuan Sect stood in the large spiritual field. Taoist Jin Lan looked at the top of Taihong Mountain and said: "The monks of Hongshan Sect didn't even destroy the formation. It shows how hastily they left. From today on, this sect will It is no longer a serious problem for us, and I can breathe a sigh of relief and return to Qingyang Mountain to practice."
After hearing the words of Patriarch Jin, Luo Ziyan immediately said: "There are three fourth-level spiritual veins in the four northern counties, with a population of tens of millions. They are more important to us than the three southeastern counties, and they also border the Huanshui Sect. Yang Wang Yuan and the two are still eyeing each other, but without the Golden Core Stage monks in charge, I wonder if it will be stable?"
Patriarch Jin nodded and said: "Don't worry Zi Yan, Pei Yu and I will stay here for a while and wait for the situation to stabilize before returning to the mountain gate. The top priority is the Lingshi mine in Dongyang Mountain. According to the reports from the foundation-building monks we sent to investigate, Huanshui The Sect has already intervened, the Lingshi Mine has planted the flag of the Huanshui Sect, and they took the Lingshi Mine under their control without even saying hello to us."
After receiving the news, everyone's faces were a little gloomy.
Huanshui Sect has three Jindan monks. Before Qingxuan Sect developed and grew, they were basically the only ones in the Yu Kingdom.
Because it is close to the Kingdom of Wu and received many refugees from the Kingdom of Wu from the Ancient Demon Rebellion, the Huanshui Sect controls a population of more than 20 million, which is far more than small sects such as the Qingxuan Sect and the Hongshan Sect.
Not only are there more monks in the Golden Core Stage, but the Huanshui Sect, which is the backbone of the Foundation Establishment Stage monks, has more than 500 people, and there are even 17 Zifu Stage monks. Even though they were attacked by demonic cultivators in the past few years, Despite losing some strength, their war potential still exceeds that of the current Qingxuan Sect.
Moreover, once a war breaks out with the Huanshui Sect, I am afraid that Yang Wangyuan and Shen Chenzhou will still act rashly, and there is no telling how many people will die once the war begins.
In the eighty-five-year war with the Hongshan Sect, even if the Qingxuan Sect was the victor, sixty or seventy foundation-building monks died in the battle. Had it not been for the capture of the Hongshan Sect’s elixir garden a century ago and the cultivation of a large number of The Qingxuan Sect cannot replenish this loss in a short period of time for the foundation-building monks.
Even the Zifu period monks Sun Changgeng and Shen Conglong also lost their lives in this long war. Three or four Zifu monks suffered heavy losses, which affected their path. If the war continues, even them To be honest, these sect senior leaders don't have much confidence.
During the war that lasted for more than eighty years, even the dignified ancestors of the golden elixir stage could only practice on low-level spiritual veins, which affected the progress of cultivation, not to mention the suffering of low-level monks.
Especially the battlefield near Jiangkou County has lost countless people due to years of war.
Because the battle lines were constantly changing, monks had to move back and forth with mortals. This continuous turmoil caused serious population losses.
Because of this long-term war, more than a hundred immortal cultivating families were destroyed in Jiangnan, Jiangkou and other counties, and more than a million people died during the migration.
Although the Qingxuan Sect suffered relatively small losses, the war situation on the northern front put great pressure on them every year, and half of the sect's high-level monks were restrained on Yuntai Mountain. Finally, the war was over, and the sect returned from Jindan. When the ancestor reached the Qi-training stage, his disciples were all happy and excited, and none of them were willing to continue fighting and continue to work hard on the expedition.
When Zhang Zhixuan saw no one speaking, he immediately said: "Ignoring it will not work after all. If we don't care about Dongyang Mountain, outsiders will think that we have no spine and will expose our weakness to outsiders. It will be difficult for our interests to be protected by others." Respect. So no matter how difficult it is at this time, we must bite the bullet and pocket the benefits of the Dongyang Mountain Lingshi Mine. As the saying goes, if you hit with one punch, you will avoid hundreds of punches. Even if this Lingshi Mine is no longer It is better to have a war than to endure it."
Taoist Jin Lan sighed and said: "Zhixuan is right, but we should try not to break out a war if we can. This time we still have to be polite before fighting. Several of our sect senior leaders will go to Dongyang Mountain in person in three days to see See if you can talk to Huanshui Sect. Even if you give up some of your benefits, try to strive for a long-term peaceful situation.
If the Huanshui Sect thinks that we are easy to bully and wants to monopolize the Dongyang Mountain Lingshi Mine, then listen to Zhixuan and attack Dongyang Mountain immediately, pull out this nail, and then prepare for a long war."