But in the midst of this suffering, the nine major forces also discovered that the Supreme Elder of Zhenhun Palace had never appeared.
This caused the nine major forces to go from initial tension, to entanglement, confusion, and later surprise.
This made their fighting spirit stronger and stronger, and their momentum was like a rainbow!
On the contrary, turmoil began to appear inside the Zhenhun Palace.
They have been fighting for several years, and they have been hoping that the two supreme elders will come back and settle the situation in one fell swoop, but they have not shown up yet.
Then the news coming from the isolated peak of Houshan Mountain forced all the disciples to continue to wait. Because the formation restrictions in the Taishang Elder's retreat place were too strong, only more than 30% of the restrictions have been broken so far.
In just a few years, the prohibitive formations in the combined monks' retreat have been broken to this extent, which is actually quite fast.
However, the nine major forces are not fools. Of course, they will increase their psychological offensive and spread all kinds of unfavorable news everywhere, saying that the two supreme elders of Zhenhun Palace have long since died, and listing various evidences.
There are many types of evidence, and as long as you don't have a Fusion Realm boss coming out for a day, these messages will become more and more true.
This caused many monks in Zhenhun Palace to begin to discuss the matter privately, and began to secretly try to prove whether this was really the case based on some evidence from the nine major forces.
And often after they pass a test, the final result they get surprises them. The situation is just as the nine major forces said.
At this time, there were some undercurrents slowly surging inside Soul Soul Palace, and the atmosphere in the entire sect became depressing.
At the same time, some of the "weeds on the sidelines" who were still waiting and watching were still hesitant and continued to act for both sides to see.
Some forces simply didn't want to show off anymore, and directly began to defect and enter the camp of the nine major forces...
On this day, there were more than twenty figures in the Gufeng Hall of Zhenhun Palace, not only the Void Refining monks, but also some core disciples at the God Transformation level.
"Right now, Yique Hall has lost 40% of its disciples. Due to the last rebellion and now after the war, Hu Shi Hall has less than 20% of its remaining disciples. Fuchen Hall still has 70% of its disciples.
It can be seen that the enemy is desperate and uses all-out attacks to fight us every day, resulting in tragic battles and very serious battle losses.
We should not send any more disciples out, we should shrink our strength, use the sect-protecting formation as a barrier, and let them attack.
What we consume later is resources, and what they consume is lives and morale. It depends on who can't hold on first!"
A Lianxu elder said.
He believed that Zhenhun Palace had a strong foundation and it was necessary to make full use of this condition.
>Use the abundant resources you have hoarded in exchange for the lives of the other side. Once more people on the other side die, morale and confidence will be severely damaged.
When the time comes, the Zhenhun Palace will still have strong troops and horses, and after counterattack, we will definitely get the desired results.
Anyway, the sect-protecting formation was arranged by the Taishang Elder. As long as they, the Lianxu elders, control the formation, they have no fear of being attacked by those people.
"Elder Ding's words are very reasonable. If the wall falls, everyone will push it, and if the drum breaks, thousands of people will beat it!
The grievances we have accumulated with various forces are too deep. Now, except for some sects established by the original disciples after they left, they are still helping from the outside.
There are already more and more forces that we have to deal with. If we keep fighting, every disciple will lose one, but there will really be one less, and no one is willing to add more!"
Another Lianxu elder said.
"I don't agree to retreat. Now with this expansion, we can still connect with many forces, control them at the same time, and also receive supplementary resources from the outside world.
If we once stick to our sect, in the eyes of outsiders, we will be at the end of our rope.
Not only does this make the external forces that were still helping us feel that we are at the end of the road, they will be shaken and leave us.
It will also have a greater impact on the disciples of the sect, making people's hearts unstable and causing endless troubles!"
"But if this continues, how long are we going to persist? Elder Lan, what is going on now..."
These Lianxu elders were discussing non-stop.
And those core disciples who were at the level of gods were just listening quietly. The fact that they were here already showed that they had special status.
But when it comes to discussing, these are major events that determine the fate of the sect. None of them dare to speak casually. Only when these elders ask, they dare to give a brief answer.
As for the sect leader, Xue Tieyi, he had been sitting quietly on the main seat.
After arriving here today, he said something at the beginning, and he has been silent since then, just listening to everyone's continuous discussion.
Master Lan also remained silent. Her expression was the calmest among the elders.
It was only when the elder who said that he wanted to activate the sect-protecting formation and let everyone retreat suggested that she glanced at him, but she snorted coldly in her heart.
Once the sect-protecting formation is activated, it will not only operate normally. Just thinking about how it must be able to resist external attacks every day is frightening.
That must be the result of the continuous attacks by many Void Refining cultivators from the outside world.
Based on this, we know how many resources are consumed every moment. No matter how strong the Zhenhun Palace family is, it has only been more than two years, is it possible to reach this point in advance?
But this is actually not the key point, but as long as the sect-protecting formation is activated to defend against the attacks of so many Void Refining monks, it will definitely not be able to just be passively beaten all the time.
It must be possible to counterattack after using the formation to restrain it. This cannot only rely on the formation itself.
As the elder said, it only takes several Lianxu elders to take action and take turns entering the formation eye to control the formation. But are all of these Lianxu elders really completely reliable now?
As long as one person is not completely ruled out as suspicious, once he is activated, that person only needs to desperately launch a desperate sneak attack in the center of the formation, and then the foundation here will be over in an instant. .??.
While these people were discussing, some people looked at Master Lan, and someone finally asked the question that everyone had been wanting to ask.
It's just that everyone knows about that matter, and only the sect leader and Master Lan are responsible for it. Although others know about it, they don't know the specific progress.
In fact, even Elder Liu, who was guarding the Civil and Military Hall, was not too sure. She just felt that Li Yan's entry protection was too strict, so she had some guesses.
How has the plan to awaken the two Supreme Elders been going?
Only those two people know how far it has been achieved now, but Tang Feng actually knows about it. Due to his special status, he also knows some details of the plan.
After Elder Lianxu finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to Master Lan, but Master Lan's expression did not change.
But she finally spoke.
"In another year and a half, we will reach the final moment. At that time, the whole process will not be slow. It will take up to three months to achieve success or not!"
As soon as she finished speaking, needles could be heard in the hall.
The core disciples below looked at each other with joy in their eyes.
Then, the voices of those Lianxu elders came out one after another.
"Really?"
"Elder Lan!"
"You mean it'll only take a year and a half?"
"..."
One after another, the voices took on different tones in an instant, some were surprises, some were doubtful, some were unexpected...
After a cup of tea, only Xue Tieyi and Master Lan were left in the entire hall. Even Tang Feng was not left in order to take care of the face of the Lianxu elders.
Came down.
"Elder Lan, have you confirmed Li Yan's state? We have been stalling for half a year. The opponent's determination to defeat the enemy has reached its extreme. Now that it will be extended for another year and a half, I am worried that the situation will change rapidly.
The situation is really getting worse and worse. Now we either have to retreat to the sect and activate the sect-protecting formation, so we no longer have to worry about the sect's resources.
Or according to my plan, I will lurk there in the near future and kill the Shenyi Lao Dao!"
Xue Tieyi said.
Their original plan was that if there was no hope of awakening the two supreme elders, Xue Tieyi would personally venture out and assassinate the old Taoist priest Shenyi.
This Shenyi Old Taoist is the most powerful elder of the "Shenyi Sect" among the nine major sects, and is also the strongest monk on the other side.
If he dies, the entire situation will change significantly.
But this is a plan that will only be implemented under the last resort. Xue Tieyi is the sect leader of Zhenhun Palace.
However, Shenyi Lao Dao has also reached the late stage of the Void Refining Realm, and has been immersed in this realm for too long. Only he can be sure to assassinate Shen Yi Lao Dao.
Once Xue Tieyi fails in his assassination, he may fall into a certain death situation!
At that time, in the Soul-Suppressing Palace, without the Supreme Elder appearing, the entire sect may collapse in a very short time, and even the final option of retreat may not be possible.
Therefore, Xue Tieyi has not decided on the implementation time of this plan, just waiting for the results from Master Lan.
But now I have been told that it will take another year and a half.
Xue Tieyi has been running with thoughts in his mind, quickly judging the speed at which things are developing now, and feels that in another year and a half, the deterioration of things will become uncontrollable.
"No, today we will go look for the Supreme Elder! You don't need help from others for such a thing, just a few of us. If it succeeds, it's better. If it doesn't, we will implement other plans.
Today, one and a half years later, the news of the formation's final breaking was released. Even if there were some disloyal people among them, they also revealed this news to the outside world.
Of course the other party will cherish it more, but it will also bring us other conveniences in the next year or so!"
As Master Lan spoke, people stood up.
She still didn't tell the truth when facing the elders who could still enter the hall to discuss matters even now. Even Xue Tieyi didn't know the truth before.
Master Lan has been able to live for such a long time and practice to such an extent that he will never place his hope on the so-called possibility.