readx;? Late at night, in the room of Lu Yifan of the Soul Gathering Pavilion, Lu Yifan, Liu Sandao, Xie Yun, Ji Yuan, and Lu Jun, the four elders of the Soul Sect, as well as Chu Ding, Qin Qingyu, Mo Bai and other thirteen Soul Sect protectors, plus Lu Haoqian, Lu Wencai, Han Ling'er, Tang Ruoxi, Ah Chang and the others gathered together, the dim candle flame swayed slightly on the table, the candlestick made a beeping sound from time to time, and the snow was still falling outside the room, even if it was late at night, Xihuang Mountain, which could be shrouded in a piece of silver, still seemed a little brighter than the usual night. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

From the moment it got dark, these people gathered in Lu Yifan's room, and Lu Yifan also told them everything he had talked to the emperor today, and all those who heard the news that Han Xiao was still alive for the first time were deeply shocked, but a touch of ecstasy gradually appeared on everyone's faces. After all, today Lu Yifan has sternly rejected Xuanzong's woo in broad daylight, which means that the Soul Sect has completely offended Dongfang Su, and now Dongfang Su and Lan Shixun are in the same breath, if there is no strong enough support, then the Soul Sect will face a death catastrophe sooner or later. And the news that Han Xiao is still alive has undoubtedly become a sign that Emperor Yan Chong can make a comeback, and as long as Emperor Yan Chong can regain the power of the Holy Domain, even if the Soul Sect has a strong reliance that is no less powerful than Dongfang Su, at least when Dongfang Su wants to deal with the Soul Sect again, he will more or less have to weigh the strength of the Holy Domain Emperor.

It was originally a great joy, but when Lu Haoqian said that there were only 50,000 soldiers and horses under Han Xiao's command, the joy that originally lingered on everyone's faces instantly turned into a touch of hesitation and melancholy. Lan Shixun's ability to command troops is no less than Han Xiao, in this case, 300,000 troops against 50,000 soldiers and horses is simply a one-sided slaughter, as long as you are not a fool, you can guess the ending.

If it is-for-tat, everyone can still fight to the death. But if you hit a stone with an egg, then it's a little hard to say whether you have to fight for this life.

"The people here today are the people closest to me Lu Yifan!" In the room, Lu Yifan's voice sounded again: "I have told you of the current situation without concealment, my father-in-law is in charge of 50,000 troops in Dongjun, and the emperor has sent a secret letter a few months ago, ordering him to lead the army to Jinling City to prepare for a decisive battle with Lan Shixun." I expected that my father-in-law's army would soon arrive in the Jinling area and fight Lan Shixun's 300,000 army. Now the Emperor has come to Xihuang Mountain to ask us for help, and I want to hear the opinions of all of you!"

"Lan Shixun has an army of 300,000, while Lord Han only has 50,000 horses, this ratio is too disparity, right?" Lu Jun said with a deep brow, "And we already know that Dongfang Su has been secretly supporting Lan Shixun, so will other sects in the Holy Domain also get involved?" If Dongfang Su waved his arms and called on all the sects in the entire Holy Domain to send people to join Lan Shixun's army, then it would not be impossible for the number of rebels to increase from 300,000 to 1 million!"

As soon as Lu Jun said this, everyone's faces became a little more solemn.

"The disciples of the sect are far more powerful than ordinary soldiers, not to mention anything else, just saying that the 10,000 disciples of the inner sect of Xuanzong plus 30,000 disciples of the outer sect are enough to torture and kill the ordinary army of 100,000. Tang Ruoxi reminded in a solemn tone, "If you count this account, then the emperor has no chance of winning!"

"Don't worry about this, if Dongfang Su really dares to mobilize the power of the major sects, then the Emperor can justifiably gather the forces of the various academies in the Holy Domain!" Chu Ding said in a loud voice, At the beginning, the purpose of the Holy Domain Emperor to establish the academy was to contain the sect, not to mention that whether it was a student of the academy or a disciple of the sect, the relationship between them could be described as quite complex and changeable, and it was very likely that there would be two brothers in the family, one joined the sect and the other joined the academy, and it was precisely because of this kind of unreasonable and chaotic relationship that hindered it, so the general coup dispute rarely had a large-scale participation of the sect and the academy, after all, the disciples of the sect or the students of the academy were mainly based on cultivation, not to deal with war. What's more, now Dongfang Su has never officially admitted that he secretly communicated with Lan Shixun, and even today Ao Guang has not said anything like that in a grand manner, which shows that Dongfang Su actually does not want to bear the eternal infamy of betraying the lord and killing the king, after all, the Sect Master of the Sacred Domain is nominally assisting the Emperor of the Sacred Domain to stabilize the peaceful and prosperous world, and even when the Emperor is in crisis, the Sect Master should swear to save him with the strongest force!"

"Swear to save each other, Dongfang Su wishes that Yan Chong would die soon!" Liu Sandao pouted and sneered, "But one thing you are right, that is, Dongfang Su This old thing now wants to be a **** and wants to set up an archway, he wants to eradicate Yan Chong, but he doesn't want to bear the infamy of rebellion, so he found Lan Shixun as a scapegoat!"

"I feel the same way!" Lu Yifan nodded, "Listening to Ao Guang's tone today, Dongfang Su seems to have a very high status in front of Lan Shixun, although on the surface, Lan Shixun is taking the initiative to unite the power of Xuanzong, and it seems that he is using Dongfang Su, but in fact, who is the master and who is the puppet in this rebellion, I'm afraid no one can say well now." However, I believe that the alliance between Lan Shixun and Dongfang Su is by no means monolithic, both of them are old treacherous and cunning people, and they must be indispensable for intrigue in private. ”

"That makes sense!" Lu Haoqian nodded and said, "His Majesty the Emperor fled south to Xihuang Mountain, this news must have been revealed to Xuanzong by Lan Shixun, and with my understanding of Lan Shixun, he deliberately released this news to Xuanzong not to let Xuanzong take the opportunity to win over the Soul Sect, but to completely eradicate the Soul Sect by Xuanzong's hand! ”

"The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, at least for now, Lan Shixun and Dongfang Su both know very well who is the enemy at the moment, so we don't really have to care too much about the relationship between Lan Shixun and Dongfang Su, because there will be no internal strife before they completely overthrow the Emperor, we should carefully consider the conditions that the Emperor has put forward for us!" Ji Yuan said in a solemn tone, "That is, whether our Soul Sect wants to help the Emperor deal with Lan Shixun's 300,000 army?"

"This ......"

Ji Yuan's words pierced everyone's hearts like a sharp sword, this is a problem that no one can avoid, but it is also a problem that no one wants to face directly.

After being silent in the room for a long time, Xie Yun took the lead in opening his mouth, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he turned the conversation directly to Lu Yifan: "I don't know what the sect master means?" Xie Yun's words also aroused everyone's curiosity, and they cast inquiring glances at Lu Yifan one after another.

"Me?" Lu Yifan couldn't help but let out a wry smile when he heard this, and then he slowly turned his soft gaze to Han Ling'er, and then said softly, "Let's not talk about leading the emperor, even if it's just for Ling'er and my father-in-law, I must not see death without help! Now that my father-in-law is leading 50,000 troops to fight to the death with Lan Shixun, how can I, my son-in-law, sit idly by?"

"According to the sect master's meaning, do you have to go?" Mo Bai slammed his mouth when he heard this, and his eyes became a little embarrassed when he looked at Lu Yifan, "Forgive me for saying something that shouldn't be said, with the current strength of our Soul Sect, I'm just afraid of ...... If you go, you will let the disciples die in vain, right?"

"Hmph, as a disciple of the Soul Sect, are you still afraid of death?" Mo Bai's words made Yin Xi's face suddenly look ugly, only to see him staring at Mo Bai with a pair of blazing tiger eyes with disdain, and said sarcastically in a cold voice, "If you are afraid of death, then don't go!"

"Yin Xi, don't worry, how can I Mo Bai be a greedy person who is afraid of death?" Mo Bai was not in a hurry to argue with Yin Xi, but said helplessly, "It's just that not being afraid of death and dying in vain are two different things, which of the disciples of the Soul Sect is not the flesh and blood that my father and mother have worked so hard to raise?" Most of them are born in various parts of the southwest, and the foundation of our Soul Sect is precisely in the southwest, if we send all the disciples of the Soul Sect to the battlefield and die in a war, then what kind of face will we have to come back to see the people of the cities in the southwest in the future?" After all, the disciples of the Soul Sect joined the sect to cultivate, not to die!"

Mo Bai's words made Lu Yifan nod again and again, this statement is so reasonable that there is no greed for life and death at all, how can Lu Yifan not understand?

"What Mo Bai said is good, so that's why I summoned everyone here tonight!" Lu Yifan said with a solemn expression, "Lord Han Xiao is my father-in-law and Ling'er's father. His Majesty is the benefactor of my father, and my father has been loyal to the emperor for half his life, so I don't want to make my father bear the notoriety of being unkind and unjust when the emperor is in danger. Therefore, it is reasonable for me to go to Jinling City, and I have to go to Lu Yifan. But the disciples of the Soul Sect are not like this, everyone is not familiar with Lord Han and the Emperor, so I don't want to leave the Soul Sect alone, but I want to leave the power of choice to you!"

"Then there is no need to say anything more, I will go wherever you go!" Liu Sandao said casually, "We can calculate the new and old hatreds with Lan Shixun this time!"

Ji Yuan, Xie Yun, and Lu Jun couldn't help but glance at each other, with a look of determination in their eyes, although no one said anything, but the attitude of the three of them was already obvious, and they were with Ding Lu Yifan in this life.

"I can't care about others, I, Yin Xi and my disciples, will definitely swear to follow the sect master!" Yin Xi said, and after that, he glanced sideways at Liu Meng, and shouted, "Liu Meng, what about you?"

"Nonsense! When did I Liu Meng fall behind in the matter of charging into battle?" Liu Meng said indignantly and loudly, "This time with Lan Shixun's 300,000 army, my Liu Meng's severed head must be more than you!"

"Okay! Then Bibi, whoever loses will drink!" Yin Xi laughed heartily, and the conversation between the two of them also made Chu Ding and the others have a hint of shame on their faces.

Qin Qingyu was almost silent all night, and had been quietly listening to the heated discussion of everyone's words, until at this moment, when the room fell into silence again, Qin Qingyu finally opened his mouth, only to see him first reach out and gently pat the shoulder of Mo Bai, who was sitting on the side with a bitter face, and then said lightly: " What Mo Bai said was just expressing our concerns, since the Sect Master had brought everyone together to discuss this matter, then we must not expect everyone to have the same idea, if that is the case, there will be no point in us all sitting here!Sect Master, what I said makes sense?"

"What Brother Qin said is good!" Lu Yifan nodded briskly and agreed, "Only if all of us speak freely, can the Soul Sect go on better." Yin Xi was impulsive and reckless just now, and he was really a bastard if he didn't choose to say anything to Mo Bai, and he should apologize to Mo Bai!"

"Yes, yes, yes, I made a mistake just now, and I am here to make amends to Brother Mo Bai, brother, don't be like a rough person like me!" Yin Xi said and wanted to get up.

"No, no, no!" But before Yin Xi could get up and salute Mo Bai, Mo Bai smiled bitterly and waved his hand again and again, "Yin Xi misunderstood what I meant just now, so what he said naturally doesn't count, if I hear people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, maybe the reaction will be even worse than Yin Xi!"

"Haha......" Yin Xi's uprightness and Mo Bai's tolerance quickly resolved the unpleasantness just now, and a hearty laugh suddenly sounded in the room.

Seeing this, Qin Qingyu's face couldn't help but show a smile of relief, and then he changed his words, and opened his mouth again and said: "It's just that when this door is closed, we can express our opinions, it doesn't matter how noisy it is, but once this door is opened, what the Soul Sect presents to outsiders will definitely be solid, all the disciples of the Soul Sect will only be the head of the sect master, and the sect master's order will not dare to disobey it! Brother Chu Ding, Brother Mo Bai, what I said makes sense?"

"Not bad!" Chu Ding and Mo Bai nodded at the same time in response, "It must be so!"

"That's good!" Chu Ding and Mo Bai's knowledge of current affairs made Qin Qingyu smile heartily, he slowly swept his gaze in front of Jiang Yi, Baili Feng, Li Du and the others, and then said word by word, "Since the sect master has just stated his position, he has to go to Jinling City this time, and the four elders of the Soul Sect also swear to follow him to the death, so are the thirteen of us as the protectors of the Soul Sect, is there any other choice?"

"Brother Qin, this matter ......"

"Sect Master!" Without waiting for Lu Yifan to open his mouth to explain, Qin Qingyu stood up suddenly, only to see him walk straight in front of Lu Yifan under the surprised gaze of everyone, with an unprecedented solemn look on his face, Qin Qingyu stood in front of Lu Yifan with both hands and fists, and without waiting for Lu Yifan to ask, he suddenly fell to his knees with a 'poof', and then said quickly and solemnly, "Since the day the Soul Sect was established, we will follow it to the death. Now that the sect master has made up his mind, then I, Qin Qingyu, must lead my disciples to live and die with the sect master, let alone 300,000 soldiers and horses, even if he Lan Shixun has an army of three million, I, Qin Qingyu, will never blink an eye! Even if I die in battle, I can walk with the sect master on the Huangquan Road!"

Before Qin Qingyu's words fell, Chu Ding and the others suddenly looked right, and then they got up and knelt down in front of Lu Yifan, and shouted in unison with Lu Yifan: "We swear to live and die with the sect master!"

Endless gratitude instantly filled Lu Yifan's heart, and he saw that his eyes were slightly ruddy looking at the Soul Sect elders and Dharma protectors who were kneeling in the room, and his hands hurriedly waved forward, and suddenly a soft force lifted everyone's bodies.

"We won't lose this one!" Lu Yifan said word by word, "As long as we help Lord Han defeat Lan Shixun, the Soul Sect's position in the Holy Domain will no longer be easily shaken!"

"Damn, fight with them!" Liu Meng sneered, "It's not like we haven't fought in Northern Xinjiang back then, especially the black armor army of the beast clan, for us it's just a group of defeated generals, we can beat him once, we can beat him a second time......!"

Seeing that the emotions of everyone in the room became more and more high, Lu Yifan couldn't help but set his eyes on Lu Haoqian, and asked softly: "Dad, now that His Majesty has promised to restore your official position and the reputation of the Lu family, what does that father mean ......?"

"I'm already old!" Of course, Lu Haoqian understood what Lu Yifan wanted to say, but he smiled and shook his head and said, "If you can help His Majesty the Emperor in this Holy Domain Catastrophe, then I, Lu Haoqian, will be worthy of the Emperor and the heavens and the earth! After going through so many fathers, he has clearly seen the hot and cold state of the world and the sinister court, and now that his father has finally retreated, it is already a great fortune in misfortune, how can he go back to intrigue with others? What's more, the father has long passed the age of competition and competitiveness, and now he just wants to live a stable life with your mother as an ordinary person, and in the future, it is enough to hug his grandson and enjoy his family, and then take care of his life!"

"If Lord Lu refuses to go back, won't the emperor lose a capable minister?" Tang Ruoxi said with a light smile, "It's a pity!"

"Now that Brother Han has returned to His Majesty's side to assist, as for whether there is me or not, it is actually the same. That's it, I'm already old, and my energy and physical strength can't keep up, and I can't compare with you martial arts cultivators. Hehe...... I'll stay in the West Imperial City and plant flowers and plants with your mother, waiting for your triumphant return!" Lu Haoqian smiled and waved his hand, although his tone sounded quite plain and casual, but those who know Lu Haoqian's temperament know that if he can say such a thing, it must be the result of careful consideration, the gentleman is quick to say, Lu Haoqian has been a humble gentleman all his life, since his words are spoken, it means that they will never change.

"Ruoxi, what about you?" Lu Yifan turned his gaze to Tang Ruoxi, "Will you stay here and wait for Mr. Yan or go to Jinling with us?"

"Sister Ruoxi, come with us!" Han Ling'er urged vigorously, "With my father here, you will definitely not be in danger!"

"Mr. Yan left a note in my room last night, saying that he wanted to stay in Xihuang Mountain for a few more days, and it was not known that the retreat would last for a year and a half. And he also specially instructed me to let me, the senior sister, take good care of his beloved apprentice Lu Yifan during this time, how dare I disobey Mr. Yan's words?" Tang Ruoxi smiled and said to Lu Yifan helplessly, "I'll go with you, and I'll rush back after Mr. Yan leaves the customs!"

"Great!" Chu Ding laughed loudly, "This time the Holy Soul Academy has gone to the four sect masters at once, and Lan Shixun's rabble will definitely die this time!"

"Haha......" Chu Ding's words once again caused everyone to burst into laughter, and the confident battle intent in the laughter became more and more intense.

"Wencai!" Just as everyone was discussing how to deal with Lan Shixun with great interest, Lu Yifan greeted softly with a smile on his face, "Go and ask His Majesty the Emperor to come here!"

"Now?" Lu Wencai said in surprise, "It's late at night?"

"Don't worry! The Emperor will have no sleep tonight!" Lu Yifan smiled quite confidently, and then his eyes flashed, and the smile on his face became a little more mysterious.

"What's more, the amount of gold, silver, and food that the emperor wants to borrow is huge, how can it be transported out in broad daylight?"

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