This time, the joint operation of the Lu family and the Cai family was a great success, and the bandit forces in Hongyanling suddenly broke their arms, and their strength declined greatly, at least for now, they no longer have the ability to threaten the surrounding areas of Jiahe City.

However, if you want to exterminate the general altar of the bandit forces in one fell swoop, you also need to think in the long run, Zhu Jiu, as the big boss of the bandit forces, has rarely shown his head for many years, he is rooted in the mountains, guarding the general altar of Huoyun Mountain, and no one has been able to attack there for many years.

Huoyun Mountain is located in a mountain field between Jiahe City and Black Rock City, where the terrain is dangerous, the road into the mountain is rugged and narrow, it is difficult to carry out a large-scale raid, Huoyun Mountain is surrounded by mountains, located in the depths of the Fire Domain, if you want to fight a decisive battle with Zhu Jiu there, you must have a complete battle plan.

Huoyun Mountain has been rooted here by the bandit forces for countless years, and outsiders have no way to approach it at all, and even the people of the Lu family and the Cai family in Jiahe City have no way of knowing the terrain there.

This is also the reason why Lu Xu wants to unite all the families in Hongyan Ridge to act together, there is a huge risk in rashly attacking Huoyun Mountain, and if you want to succeed in one fell swoop, you must have enough certainty.

After Shi Xuan returned to Jiahe City from Weigu, he returned home again, on the one hand, taking care of his father, on the other hand, he was also preparing for the attack on Huoyun Mountain.

Shi Xuan naturally also understood that Zhu Jiu was able to take root in Hongyan Ridge, and the dangerous terrain of Huoyun Mountain was the best guarantee, for this reason, if they wanted to successfully exterminate Zhu Jiu's forces this time, they must master the map of Huoyun Mountain.

Since Huoyun Mountain was occupied by Zhu Jiu, even the nearby hunters could no longer get close to it, let alone have a map there, for this reason, Shi Xuan was ready to go there to investigate in person, only by personally mastering the situation there, he would have the confidence to plan an attack.

With his current strength, as long as he doesn't run into a spirit master in the late stage of the Spirit Spirit Realm, even if he can't beat it, it will be enough to protect himself, which is also the reason why he dares to take risks himself.

In Jiahe City, the house that Shi Xuan was optimistic about before, the Lu family gave it to him for free in order to win over Shi Xuan, after all, in the future, they would have to rely on Shi Xuan to help them get closer to Tianhua Sect.

Shi Xuan finally reached an agreement with the Lu family, the Lu family must not continue to collect protection fees from Shi Village, and the head of the Lu family also agreed to this small request made by Shi Xuan, Shi Village is poor, and the protection fee that can be collected from here every year is not worth mentioning to them, and they can't afford to offend a strong person like Shi Xuan for this little profit.

Shi Xuan helped Stone Village waive the protection fee all at once, which made the villagers very happy, and in the future, they would also be able to scrape together spare money for their children to enter the academy and let them fulfill their dream of being a spirit master.

Shi Xuan's father and mother also moved to live in Jiahe City under his persuasion, after all, Shi Xuan had to leave here after completing his trial, he didn't want his parents to have no guarantee of life, with his current strength and status, it was enough for his parents to have no worries about food and clothing in Jiahe City.

In the residence of Jiahe City, Shi Xuan took his parents to visit everywhere here, and his father has been able to walk freely and recover quickly with the help of Shi Xuan's elixir these days.

"Dad, this residence will be ours in the future, you can live here with peace of mind, I will hire a few servants to take care of your life, you don't have to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation in the future, you have been busy for most of your life, and it is time to recuperate", Shi Xuan said to Dad.

"Actually, Stone Village is very good, these mansions are not important to us, we are most concerned about your safety, as long as we see you well, we don't care about anything", said Daddy.

"Dad, don't worry, I'm not the kid I was back then, I know how to go in the future, and I will take care of myself," Shi Xuan said.

"Well, wherever you go in the future, you remember, your mother and I are waiting for you at home?" said Daddy.

"I understand", Shi Xuan looked at his father, who was a lot haggard, they had already been depressed by life over the years, and now that Shaohua was gone, the only one who supported them was Shi Xuan.

Shi Xuan finally waited for a letter from Dai Tiande, his proposal to directly recruit new disciples in Hongyanling Tianhaiyuan was adopted, and Dai Tiande also agreed to establish a permanent stronghold in Jiahe City, and they also noticed the strategic value of Hongyanling, relying on the spiritual materials produced here alone, they already had a huge strategic value.

Once the Tianhua Sect has a firm foothold here, it will not only be able to attract countless fresh bloodlines to join the sect, but also master the almost inexhaustible spiritual materials here, which will play a vital role in the future development of the Tianhua Sect.

Dai Tiande's letter to Shi Xuan also mentioned that the Tianhua Sect was also willing to let several big figures of the Cai family and the Lu family become the guest elders of the Tianhua Sect, and form an alliance with the two of them, so that the two of them would enjoy the blessing of the Tianhua Sect, and at the same time, the spiritual materials they produced would be supplied to the Tianhua Sect first, so that they could be regarded as mutually beneficial and win-win.

The Cai family and the head of the Lu family jointly held a grand ceremony to celebrate this event, Shi Xuan also became their nobleman, and the masters of the Spirit Realm of the two families were recruited by the Tianhua Sect as the guest elders, which also gave them a huge security guarantee, and they could rely on this identity to ensure the safety of the family in the future.

At this ceremony, Shi Xuan said to the two family masters: "We, the head of the Tianhua Sect, personally promise that if the two of you are attacked by foreign enemies in the future, it will be my Tianhua Sect as an enemy, and we will definitely send disciples to help you, and we will be allies in the future, and the masters of your Spirit Realm also enjoy the title of Elder Keqing, and no one will dare to violate you when walking the rivers and lakes in the future", Shi Xuan conveyed Dai Tiande's instructions to them.

"Brother Shi Xuan can be said to have found a good backer for our two families this time, and in the future, if Brother Shi Xuan has any instructions in Jiahe City, we will definitely die," said the head of the Lu family.

"We are all from Jiahe City, and we will be considered real allies in the future, the most important thing in front of us now is to exterminate the bandits, and I hope that the two family masters will bother more?" Shi Xuan said.

"We have been planning this matter for many years, even if Brother Shi Xuan doesn't mention it, we will definitely not let Zhu Jiu become bigger, we have sent disciples to contact other families in the past few days, waiting for their reply, I think it won't be long before there will be an answer?" Cai Kun said.

"That's good, in a few days, our Tianhua Sect's disciples in Canghai will arrive, and when the time comes, we are going to establish a permanent stronghold in Hongyan Ridge to specialize in the transactions between us, and we hope that the two family masters will cooperate more?" Shi Xuan said.

"That's natural, the old man hereby solemnly promises: the spiritual materials produced by our two families are excellent at the lowest price, and the purchase of your sect is guaranteed first, which can be regarded as the guarantee of this cooperation," said the head of the Lu family.

"With the guarantee of the two family heads, Shi Xuan will be relieved, and from now on Jiahe City will be in our hands," Shi Xuan said.

In this way, the Lu family and the Cai family, with the help of Shi Xuan, established a strategic and mutually beneficial relationship with Tianhua Sect, which was of great benefit to both of them.

Lin Zixu, who was located in Canghai, also received a letter from Dai Tiande, he informed Lin Zixu of a series of plans, Dai Tiande signaled Lin Zixu to send a group of disciples to establish a permanent base in Hongyanling, responsible for all affairs of Hongyanling, from now on, Tianhuazong will also Hongyanling into the core of the strategy.

Whether Shi Xuan unites the Wu clan of Beicang or the two major families of Hongyan Ridge, they have all attracted vital allies for the Tianhua Sect, and in their hands they hold the cherished spiritual materials that the world's spiritual masters dream of, and these spiritual materials will inevitably play an important role within the Tianhua Sect.

Shi Xuan had always believed that forming allies was definitely beneficial to the future of the Tianhua Sect, and now that the strong rise of the Moon Worship Sect had threatened the balance of the continent, and in order to curb their continuous expansion, the Tianhua Sect must also become strong.

Shi Xuan also learned from the merchants who arrived in Canghai that the Tianhua Sect had won a great victory in the Canghai generation, and their sect, which had been inherited for a long time, had been broken by Lin Zixu's army, and Lin Zixu's siege had made significant progress, and the main force of the Blood Ring Sect had almost been wiped out, except for their sect master and a small number of core disciples who had escaped, and the Blood Ring Sect had been completely removed from the mainland.

As a veteran force in the sea, the Blood Ring Sect has been extremely powerful for many years, and there is a faint tendency to become bigger, their brutal Blood Soul Dafa is notorious on the mainland, and they have long been spurned by the majority of spirit masters, and the defeat of the Blood Ring Sect this time is also reasonable.

Within the sect of the Blood Ring Sect, the wealth and power accumulated over the years have also been divided among many forces such as the Tianhua Sect and the Jingyue Sect, and since then, there has been no Blood Ring Sect on the Southwest Continent.

The battle in Canghai became clear in a blink of an eye, the allied forces led by Lin Zixu were unstoppable, leaving a great reputation in the Canghai generation, and now the final battle is only the Sea Shark Palace located in the sea archipelago.

The disciples of the Divine Sword Valley, under the leadership of Yin Qianxi and the others, had already launched many raids on the Sea Shark Palace, they were isolated, and they were far away from the mainland and lacked supplies, and it was only a matter of time before they were defeated.

For Tianhua Sect, the Canghai generation is also a paradise for water system spiritual materials, the reason why the Sea Shark Palace has developed and grown, and the high-quality water system spirit materials produced here are inseparable, Shi Xuan also served as a mercenary on some islands in Canghai back then, so he naturally knows that the strategic location here is very important.

This time, if the alliance can carve up the forces that the Sea Shark Palace has entrenched here for many years, then the Tianhua Sect will gain a lot of benefits.

Shi Xuan began to prepare for the operation against Huoyun Mountain these days, the first thing was to reconnoiter the terrain, Shi Xuan decided to go in person for the sake of safety, on the one hand, to explore Zhu Jiu's defensive deployment, and on the other hand, to complete his trial, to find the core of flames.

The Lu family and the Cai family have not been idle in the past few days, they sent people from their families to many families in Hongyanling to lobby them to participate in this clearance operation, and they have now won the support of many families, and they have also heard about the affairs of Weigu, and know that the thieves have suffered huge losses, and it is the time to exterminate them.

Shi Xuan learned that there were many roads leading to Huoyun Mountain, both waterways and mountain roads, but there were bandit forces guarding many passes, and if he wanted to go directly, he would inevitably be blocked by bandits.

With Shi Xuan's current strength, this is not difficult for him, and he can directly fly over the mountain to investigate Huoyun Mountain.

On a sunny day, Shi Xuan finally set out from Jiahe City, and he decided to fly over the mountains from the mountain road in Vigu, and then set out to investigate.

Shi Xuan rode his purple-winged mad lion all the way towards the depths of the Red Rock Ridge, Wei Gu was at his feet, he could clearly see the many spirit mines entrenched here in mid-air, countless hard laborers were busy here, the mountains in the distance looked dark red, and the blazing heat came to the nose, as a place very close to the fire area, it was extremely hot.

However, for Shi Xuan, as a fire spirit master, he seemed very comfortable in such an environment, and the abundant aura here could also improve his power.

The road leading from Vigu to Huoyun Mountain was winding and full of dangerous places, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty of this attack, once the bandits occupied the advantageous position, it would be difficult for them to attack.

Shi Xuan flew all the way along the road, and also detected several strongholds of the bandits in mid-air, most of them were established in dangerous passes, once the foreign enemy attacked, they occupied an absolutely favorable terrain. Some bandits also noticed Shi Xuan riding the purple-winged mad lion in mid-air, but these people's strength was low, and they could only watch Shi Xuan's whip out of reach.

"Big brother, look at that spirit master in the sky, he seems to be riding a purple-winged mad lion, it's incredible?" said the bandit on duty pointed to Shi Xuan in the sky.

"Oh my God, the Purple Winged Madness Lion he rode has also reached at least the middle of the fifth order, that's terrifying?" someone exclaimed.

"What the hell is he doing here?"

"Whatever, lift our crossbow arrows out, drive him down the mountain, don't let him get near Huoyun Mountain", one of the leaders ordered the other bandits, pulling out their crossbow arrows, ready to drive Shi Xuan away.

Shi Xuan had already seen all this in his eyes, their crossbow arrows could not threaten him at all, the bandits shot many crossbow arrows in a row, all of them missed, and they couldn't hit him at all, and in full view of everyone, he flew over the mountains and went straight to Huoyun Mountain.

"It's not good, he's going to the main altar, let's hurry back and tell the big boss", the leader looked at Shi Xuan, who was dashing and far away, there was nothing he could do, with their strength was really beyond reach.

Shi Xuan broke through many levels in a row, and flew straight to Huoyun Mountain, which was surrounded by mountains, and in the distant sky, Shi Xuan could see at a glance the extraordinary things about Huoyun Mountain, where the mountains were surrounded, and the magma flows left over from volcanic eruptions over the years were everywhere, and some craters were still steaming, and the fiery breath was coming.

Above the sky, the fire clouds gathered above the Fire Cloud Mountain, and there was an extremely strange fire cloud shrouded in it.

Only then did Shi Xuan realize that Huoyun Mountain was indeed extraordinary, and the terrain here seemed to have some special existence.

Several rugged mountain roads crossed the mountains and entered a big mountain, which was where the main altar of Huoyun Mountain was located, where Zhu Jiu's power was entrenched, and for many years his minions were from these mountains to the ordinary haunts, robbing homes and houses, and doing everything.

Shi Xuan obviously felt that the checkpoints near Huoyun Mountain had become more, and it would indeed take a lot of effort for them to break through these sentry posts smoothly this time, Shi Xuan drew a simple map while scouting, marking all the bandits' sentry posts, which was very critical to their future combat deployment.

Shi Xuan continued to leap over several high mountains, and he saw many shocking scenes, several mountains around Huoyun Mountain, which had also broken out in terrible battles in ancient times.

Shi Xuan saw that there were many terrible traces left on the mountains, these traces could only be left by the strong people above the Holy Realm, and even the peaks of several mountains were collapsed by the terrifying force, and on the highest mountain in the middle, he saw a terrible corpse, this skeleton had been dead for an unknown number of years, and the body was as huge as dozens of zhang.

When Shi Xuan carefully sensed the bones lying on the top of the mountain, he felt a familiar aura, "This, this is the strong man of the Phoenix Clan in ancient times?" Shi Xuan felt the remnants of the Phoenix bloodline in the bones, which was completely similar to the bloodline in the body of Huang Shuhan, and even more refined.

"This is not the bones of the Ice Phoenix Clan, but the bones of the Ancient Divine Phoenix?" Shi Xuan felt something different, and he found the aura of fire essence remaining on this skeleton.

"The Divine Phoenix that fell here must not have suffered the curse of ice, this is the real Flame Divine Phoenix", Shi Xuan finally understood why the aura he felt on this skeleton was different from that on Huang Shuhan's body.

Shi Xuan didn't dare to rush in, there might be some important ancient secrets hidden here, and even the legendary Divine Phoenix appeared here.

A strong man who can kill the Divine Phoenix must also be an extremely terrifying existence, Shi Xuan flew over the highest mountain and found many traces of war, even if it has been shocking for thousands of years, such a Phoenix corpse is actually more than one move, Shi Xuan has seen at least a dozen corpses, each of which has terrifying strength.

However, to Shi Xuan's surprise, he flew to Huoyun Mountain and didn't find the bandit's lair, which made him feel very strange.

He flew around in disbelief, but couldn't find the nest he imagined anyway.

"Could it be that the information of the Lu family and the Cai family is wrong?" Shi Xuan couldn't believe it.

He flew to the entrance of the mountains again and finally found the cat, "It turns out that the main altar of the bandits is not on the mountain, or in the belly of the mountain, is it any wonder that I didn't find it above the sky?" Shi Xuan finally found a huge cave in the place where he entered the mountain, leading to the belly of the mountain.

This cave hidden under the mountainside is hundreds of zhang wide, and there is a sentry stationed here at the entrance of the cave, it is not easy to enter the cave, Shi Xuan bypassed Huoyun Mountain and saw three exits in other directions, leading to different places in Hongyan Ridge.

The information detected this time made him speechless, the main altar of the bandits was actually in a mysterious cave deep in the mountains, such a place was indeed difficult to attack, and it was even difficult to ensure that they had other hidden exits.

Shi Xuan thought of the corpse of the god phoenix on the top of the mountain, and he even thought that this cave might be a secret cave of the ancient god phoenix, and in the end all of them were killed here because of the arrival of the old enemy, and finally the bandits found this place and set up camp here.

Shi Xuan also saw a bandit transporting men and horses from the top of the Jia River into the cave, which also confirmed his previous thoughts.

After Shi Xuan made a general estimate after some flight, the actual size of this cave will not be smaller than Jiahe City, such a huge cave, there must be no cave, if the bandits take root here all the year round, they will definitely be able to set up an ambush inside, and if outsiders are not clear about the specific deployment inside, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

After thinking about it for a long time, Shi Xuan even came up with a way to trap these bandits in the cave by blocking the exits of the three caves, but after thinking about it carefully, he was worried that there were other hidden exits, and this trick might not work.

But when he saw the bandits' convoy, he had a new idea, and he was ready to secretly capture a leader and get the key information from his mouth.

Shi Xuan's target was too big during the day, and he was ready to act after nightfall, and only when they detected the situation inside the cave would their action be guaranteed.

In Huoyun Mountain, in the huge Huoyun Cave, Zhu Jiu has long been unable to bear it, the spies he planted in Jiahe City have already learned of the movements of the Lu family and the Cai family, this time he lost the spirit mine of the valley at once, and also lost a large number of subordinates, even his arms, the three masters died tragically in the valley, this is a fatal blow to him.

He has been operating here for many years, taking over the general altar from the hands of the previous big boss, and becoming a big boss, after years of development, he has lost a lot of outlaws in his network, and his power has grown and grown, robbing houses and houses in Hongyanling, committing many crimes, but he has also accumulated huge strength, which can even be comparable to the four major families in Jiahe City.

He also assisted the Shen family in defeating the Wang family and occupied one acre and three points of land in Jiahe City, but at that time he was quickly driven out of Jiahe City by the Lu family and the Cai family, and his ally Shen family was also wiped out. Since then, he has once again shrunk his power in his lair, unexpectedly, he has come to even the interests of the valley are all occupied by the two major families, and even the two families have prepared to come to the city, which makes him worried, although he occupies a strong fortress, but he has lost his right hand, like a lonely family.

In order to resist the liquidation of the two major families, Zhu Jiu must be ready for battle, he is still in control of the strong fortress of Huoyun Mountain, as long as he holds this attack, the two families will no longer be able to launch a large-scale encirclement and suppression against them in the future.

In the past few days, the bandits have been dispatched continuously to purchase a large amount of food and weapons in Hongyan Ridge, which is the capital for him to compete with the two major families.

The cave where Zhu Jiu is located is extremely huge, and for countless years, the power of the bandits has been entrenched here, at least for thousands of years, although the leader has changed for countless generations, but this place is still firmly in their hands.

Inside the cave, the bandits who have been stationed here for generations have set up countless ambushes to deal with the enemies who dare to come here to fight them.