Zhan Chen was stunned for a moment, turned around, and asked, "Sect Master, there is something you command." ”

Zhuang Weiye smiled slightly and said, "I'm not talking to you about business, just call Dad!"

"Yes, Dad. ”

"Zhan Chen, Xue Ting, did she leave?"

"Yes, it was gone last month. ”

Zhuang Weiye smiled bitterly when she heard this, and said, "As a result, she still didn't say a few words to us." ”

Zhan Chen also sighed and said: "This child has been in the Nine Peerless Palace since she was a child, and she has developed a withdrawn character, she is lucky to be able to recognize me as a father, to let her accept you, I'm afraid it will take time, come step by step." ”

Zhuang Weiye was silent for a while, and then asked, "Do you blame me for letting you participate in this Western Expedition?"

Zhan Chen was stunned and said: "What are you talking about, I am also an elder of the Spirit Crane Sect, and it is incumbent on me to contribute to the sect!"

"But Xiaodie is pregnant, and the valley of the soul is far away, and the demon cave is extremely dangerous, when I think of the hardships of your trip, my heart as a father will not go. ”

Zhan Chen was silent for a moment and asked, "Dad, you must have a hard time." ”

Zhuang Weiye sighed and replied, "Yes, who doesn't want their children to be by their side and enjoy the joy of family?" It's just that as the sect master, I have to play an exemplary role everywhere, and you are now also a popular figure, and many sect disciples worship you as an idol, so you can't go out of this western expedition." ”

Hearing his words, Zhan Chen couldn't help but smile bitterly, is this the retribution he got for being too showy.

"To be honest, I really don't want you to go to such a dangerous place, so you have to promise me one thing, that is, don't be reckless, don't rush out, and try to give me a safe return. Remember, Xiaodie and I will always be waiting for you!"

Zhan Chen nodded and said, "Don't worry, Dad, I'm still waiting to see my son!"

He was an easy answer, but the real development of events was often unexpected, and sometimes, fate was really irresistible.

"Okay, you go back and get ready, remember to spend more time with Die'er!"

"Got it, Dad. Zhan Chen nodded heavily.

After leaving the Linghe Hall, Zhan Chen went directly to Xiaying Peak and found Zhuang Xiaodie, Zhuang Xiaodie was extremely happy when he saw him coming, and shouted: "Zhan Chen, why are you here." ”

Zhan Chen smiled slightly and said, "I'm here to see my little baby!" As he spoke, his gaze subconsciously aimed at her slightly bulging lower abdomen.

Zhuang Xiaodie glared at him fiercely and said, "You are not competent as a father, Zhuang Xin, who came to see us so late." ”

"Okay, it's all my fault, let me touch it!" Zhan Chen stretched out his big hand and wanted to press it on Zhuang Xiaodie's lower abdomen, but she opened it with a palm, and said angrily: "Look at you, the palm of your hand is not heavy!"

"Okay, I'll be gentle!" Zhan Chen hurriedly "sweared".

Touching his hand on Zhuang Xiaodie's slightly bulging lower abdomen, Zhan Chen seemed to be able to feel the beating of a new life in it, this was his future son, and a warm and happy feeling came to his heart.

His child is called Zhuang Xin, which is the name given by Zhuang Weiye, and "Xin" means that the sun is about to come out, which is quite similar to his name Zhan Xu. He had already had a "gentleman's agreement" with his father-in-law before, and this son should have the surname "Zhuang" to continue the incense for the banker.

"Tell me, is there something going on today, why did you suddenly come to me. Zhuang Xiaodie seemed to see that Ding's own doctor had something to say.

Zhan Chen sighed and said, "Alas, yes, everything can't be hidden from your eyes, senior sister. ”

"What the hell is going on?"

"I'm — maybe going to be away for a while. ”

"Where to go?"

"Have you heard recently that our Righteous Path Alliance is going to launch a general attack on the Corpse Soul Sect?"

"Yes—are you going too?"

"Yes, Daddy summoned me today. ”

A trace of deep worry flashed in Zhuang Xiaodie's eyes, and she blurted out: "I'll go with you too!"

"Little fool, have you forgotten our children, you just stay at home obediently, I don't want to carry you oil bottle. Zhan Chen smiled, but this smile was a little bitter no matter how you looked at it.

Zhuang Xiaodie was silent for a moment and said, "Then when are you going to leave?"

"There's still time, because this matter has just been announced, and we still have to recruit disciples in the sect. ”

"Hmm. Zhuang Xiaodie replied in a low voice, she knew that it didn't take much time to recruit disciples, and the day when the two of them would be separated was not far off.

"Don't worry, I will accompany you and our baby these days. Zhan Chen hurriedly comforted.

For the next two months, Zhan Chen stayed at Xiaying Peak to accompany his wife and children, and at the same time, the recruitment of the Western Expedition army was also in full swing in the Linghe Sect, and all the three thousand disciples had been finalized in two months.

On the first day of the third month, Zhuang Weiye held a grand oath-taking meeting in the sect, enumerating the various crimes of the Corpse Soul Sect and directly pointing at Xiao Xie's attempt to destroy the Spirit Crane Sect, which caused a stirring of emotions. Zhuang Weiye took advantage of the hot iron to announce the expedition, and appointed Elder Xu Chang as the commander of the Linghe Sect's westward expedition. On the second day, the Linghe army officially set out and advanced in the direction of the expedition to Xicheng.

Let's say that Zhan Chen followed the large army, and after three days and three nights of flight, he came to Zhengxi City again. Entering the city, they immediately noticed that the atmosphere in Zhengxi City was different, and there was a sense of tension everywhere.

The Spirit Crane Sect was still one of the earliest among the major sects of the Righteous Path Alliance, and in the next two months, the teams of many more sects arrived one after another, and the total number of Righteous Path Alliance coalition troops finally assembled in the West City reached more than 200,000!

With so many sects concentrated in Zhengxi City, they are basically fighting on their own, and they can't be called an army at all.

Therefore, Kong Qiliang, the city lord of Xicheng, had to spend time gathering everyone, reorganizing, concentrating on military regulations, and adding drills to make the coalition forces of various sects truly integrate together, and this process took everyone nearly three months.

However, Kong Qiliang understood that this time had to be spent, as the so-called sharpening of the knife does not mistake the woodcutter, only by truly twisting the people of all the sects into a rope can they exert their maximum combat effectiveness, and in this way, attacking the headquarters of the Corpse Soul Sect will also be overwhelming.

When everything was ready, Kong Qiliang finally gave an order and led the huge alliance of immortal cultivators towards the direction of Yin Soul Valley.

The large army trekked all the way through mountains and rivers, and also had to deal with the invasion of fierce beasts and the ambush and harassment of fragmentary demon cultivators. Sure enough, as Zhan Chen and the others had expected, it took a whole year to approach the hinterland of the Corpse Soul Sect, the Yin Soul Valley.

The terrain of the Yin Soul Valley is dangerous, surrounded by mountains up to tens of thousands of meters, these mountains are steep, cliffs are numerous, and there are many caves in between, meandering and intertwined, like a natural labyrinth, and there are large areas of gray mist wandering between the mountains all year round, these gray fogs are formed by the accumulation of the rich earth aura here, filthy and turbid, which not only greatly limits everyone's vision, but also makes everyone have a very depressed feeling.

The natural environment here is the favorite of demon cultivators, so the Corpse Soul Sect will arrange the sect in it, and there has been no news since Xiao Xie disappeared. Yu Yukun, the head of the Corpse Soul Sect, summoned the disciples of the Demon Sect sent to various places as much as possible, and retreated in the Yin Soul Valley, trying to make the last stubborn resistance, so the Yin Soul Valley can really be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Since this is naturally the base camp of the Demon Sect, the vanguard of the Righteous Path Alliance does not dare to go too deep, they have sent several reconnaissance teams to go deep into the Yin Soul Valley, wanting to find out the reality of the Demon Sect, but those people have gone and never returned. This made the Righteous Path Alliance even more reluctant to act rashly, and only waited for the arrival of a large army. Now that the army of the Righteous Path Alliance led by Kong Qiliang has finally arrived, it also means that the total battle against the Corpse Soul Sect is about to start!

Let's say that Kong Qiliang arranged for the army to be stationed on a hill outside the Yin Soul Valley, and ordered people to build a city, as the so-called everyone gathered firewood and the flame was high, and it took less than a week for the army of more than 200,000 immortal cultivators to let a majestic fortress rise from the ground. Kong Qiliang called it the Demon City, and it was used as the temporary base camp of the Righteous Path Alliance.

When everything was arranged, Kong Qiliang summoned the representatives of all the sects to the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion to discuss the attack. The chief elders of more than forty sects gathered together, and Kong Qiliang was in a high position and asked everyone, "Everyone, I think you must have understood what I summoned you here today. Yes, it is to discuss how to most effectively attack the Corpse Soul Sect! ”

The people below began to discuss, and after a while, an elder stood up and said, "Elder Kong, isn't this simple? You are an elder of the Yuan God Realm, as long as you take the lead in rushing into the Yin Soul Valley, and then we follow behind to cover up and kill, then you must be invincible and invincible, and the Demon Sect can be broken in an instant!"

Another elder immediately stood up and retorted, "I don't think this strategy is appropriate! Elder Kong is the commander of the coalition forces, how can there be a reason to charge ahead? Moreover, the situation in the Yin Soul Valley is complicated, and if we rush in before we can find out the situation, we will definitely be ambushed by the Demon Cultivator and suffer heavy losses!"

"Hmph, looking ahead and backward like you, it will take the Year of the Monkey and Ma Yue to break through the Corpse Soul Sect?"

"I advocate steady progress, from the outside to the inside, and gradually encroach, what's wrong with that!"

......

For a while, there were different opinions in the hall, and there was no agreement, and the confrontation was fierce, so it was almost impossible to fight.

Kong Qiliang took a sip of tea slowly, cleared his throat, and when everyone heard him make a sound, they all realized that Elder Kong had something to say, so they all closed the chatterbox, and looked at him one after another, wanting to hear what was going on.