Outside the Lieyang Palace, where the Linghua Sect was stationed, Gao Yu frowned and looked at the simple map around the Lieyang Palace that they had drawn these days and was silent, and suddenly, the door curtain was lifted, and a slender figure slowly walked in.

She came to the front with a cup of tea in her hand, gently placed it on the table, did not speak, just stood quietly aside, looking at Gao Yu in contemplation, for a long time, for a long time.

I don't know how much time has passed, Gao Yu let out a sigh, shook his head helplessly, sighed, and smashed his fist on the table, only then did he raise his head, but he was not surprised to see Gao Ling standing on the side, but he just smiled bitterly and said: "This Chu Tianxing is really powerful, the defense can be said to be watertight, at least I have no way to deal with him." ”

Gao Ling said softly: "Don't think too much, let's take a sip of tea first." ”

Gao Yu smiled, thanked him and then took a sip of the teacup, but he didn't notice that when he thanked him, Gao Ling's eyes obviously showed a trace of gloom, and he let out a long breath, Gao Yu casually raised his hand and wiped his mouth and said: "The sect master trusts me so much, and he has handed over such an important matter to me, but I haven't even made any achievements, how can I have the face to see him, hey." ”

Gao Ling smiled lightly and said, "Don't you know the temper of the sect master, so that he won't blame you for this kind of thing, but will praise you for not causing senseless losses because of your reckless actions and exposing our purpose in advance, so you don't have to worry about this at all." ”

Gao Yu sighed and said: "I'm not worried about the punishment of the sect master, I didn't do a good job, I should be punished, there is nothing to say at all, but I swore in front of Sister Shu's grave that I must do my best to do everything for the sect master, and completely dedicate the rest of my life to the sect master, so that I can only have the face to see her after I die, but now is the first thing that the sect master gave me, but I have done this, how can I ••••••"

When Gao Ling heard this, tears burst out of his eyes, grabbed Gao Yu's sleeve, and said astringently: "Senior Brother Gao Yu, don't think so, Sister Shu is such a good person, she would rather sacrifice herself to protect us when she can definitely escape, that means that she definitely doesn't want us to do anything, she just wants to keep us, if she knows that you are so painful for her, I don't think she will be happy." ”

Gao Yu was shocked when he heard this, looked in one direction, and his eyes seemed to have passed through the barrier of the big tent to the grave of Dongfang Yingshu who was not far away, and said leisurely: "Yes, Sister Shu is so good, how can she ask us to do something, she just wants us to live well and grow up well, remembering the scene where she led us across the Huanhua Wetland and killed those dogs of the Yeyue Empire, I have a feeling that my blood is burning, she is very good to each of us, Even if those junior brothers and sisters in the Tai Chi Realm went to ask her for advice, she was smiling at each other and answering seriously, and that warm feeling was really nostalgic. ”

Gao Ling was a little anxious when he heard this, and immediately grabbed Gao Yu's arm, and said with a crying voice: "Senior Brother Gao Yu, you must come out, otherwise Sister Shu's thoughts will be in vain." ”

Gao Yu retracted his gaze, smiled, patted Gao Ling's shoulder and said softly, "Senior Sister Gao Ling, thank you, I know." But he sighed secretly in his heart and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to get out of this life." ”

At this moment, the door curtain was lifted, Dongfang Xuyang walked in with a grin, and when he saw the current posture of the two, he was stunned at first, and then laughed and said: "It seems that my old guy is not the right time to come, you continue, hehe, I'll go out first, haha." ”

At this time, Gao Ling noticed that he was a little out of shape under the excitement, his face turned red, and he immediately let go of his hand, hid his face and fled, Gao Yu was also a little embarrassed, but he quickly adjusted, and said with a smile: "Haha, the seniors shouldn't have deliberately come to make fun of me." ”

When Dongfang Xuyang heard this, his face became solemn, and he said, "Just now, we discovered the whereabouts of a core disciple of the Burning Sun Palace, so we sent someone to arrest him, guess what?" ”

Gao Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "Could it be that all the disciples of our Yin Yang Realm are not opponents, and they were escaped by him?" ”

Dongfang Xuyang shook his head and said: "The disciple of the Yin Yang Realm has no qualifications to fight with him at all, he is already a beginner in the Nai He Realm, this son's combat power and battle awareness are very strong, Gao Hong and Gao Ming joined forces to fight him, but he was not an opponent, and Gao Hong was seriously injured." ”

Gao Yu's face also changed when he heard this, Gao Hong and the two of them also belonged to a very good category among the core disciples of Linghua Sect, although they were not as good as Gao Yu and other leaders, but they had also reached the entrance to the Nai He Realm in terms of realm cultivation, in the battle of the same realm, and it was also a two-on-one situation, this was the first time that the disciples of Linghua Sect were defeated!

Dongfang Xuyang continued: "Then a few more disciples on our side were defeated by him, although there was no danger to their lives, but the injuries were not light, and in the end, Ying Xuan took action to capture them. ”

Gao Yu instantly relaxed when he heard this, as long as there were no dead people, as for the injury, it was not a problem at all, standing up, Gao Yu said: "Senior, let's go and meet this powerful disciple of the Burning Sun Palace for a while." ”

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The plain where the three cities such as Tianyun City are located is indeed very huge, much larger than the original victory level, originally this was just a very ordinary plain, but it was named "Sanyun Plain" because of the establishment of the three cities

The 500,000 Linghua army, which had almost wiped out all the bandits in the outer mountains and forests, was now assembled thirty miles away from Renyun City, and the endless camps showed their strength.

In the big tent, Dongfang Tianxiao was arranging the pre-battle tasks, while Fang Lin and the others continued to stand aside in disguise, and at this moment, a scout came to report: "General, the city of Renyun has closed the city gate and opened the big array, they refuse to surrender, and they also said that if we dare to attack, how many people will die!" ”

In the big tent, all the generals were furious when they heard this, and a general stood up and shouted: "Just by relying on another person to transport 100,000 horses in the city, he dares to make such a big statement, the general, the last general will ask for battle, and the head of the guard will definitely be raised!" ”

At the same time, there were several generals asking for battle, Dongfang Tianxiao suppressed everyone's restlessness, and said calmly: "You must not fall for the enemy's agitation method, according to Master Meiqi's observation, this Sanyun City is connected by a large array, if we want to break the formation, it will be very troublesome, and since they dare to provoke like this, then they must rely on something, and it will definitely not be like the previous Longyin Pass, but don't bury the lives of the soldiers in vain because of our momentary anger." ”

When the generals heard this, they all quieted down slightly, and one of the hot-tempered generals still said angrily: "It's just a country that has only been established for about two years, what kind of background can they have to establish a huge formation, I think they are simply pretending!" ”

A general who took refuge in the former Shang State said: "Rongguo does not have any heritage, but the merchants are not bad, if you really want to trace it, their family history is longer than that of the Shang Kingdom, and they have always been in a high position in the Shang Kingdom, and this Sanyun City was built by the Shang Imperial Court three hundred years ago, at first it was just three small cities, and it developed into what it is today." ”

Everyone was a little confused when they heard this, and another general said, "What's the use of you telling us this?" ”

Dongfang Tianxiao opened his mouth and said: "What he means is that there is something strange in this, for example, our Victory City, if it is just a simple defense of the plain, only one city is enough, so why bother three, and it is still according to the direction of the three talents?" So, let's not be careless! ”

Next, Dongfang Tianxiao ordered some other things to order everyone to leave, but he was not in a hurry to attack, and after everyone left, he looked at Fang Lin on the side and asked, "Patriarch, have you asked Senior Yin about this Sanyun City?" ”

Fang Lin said: "I have already sent a letter to ask the Yin family, I think there will be a return later." ”

"What does the patriarch think about the three cities?" Dongfang Tianxiao asked.

"It's not simple, I vaguely feel that there is a huge killing array hidden in it, but it is impossible to determine what the specific formation is, this needs to break his defensive formation first, or give me time to take a closer look, obviously, the other party will not give me this opportunity." Fang Lin said with a smile.

At this time, Qu Shan'er spoke: "This merchant is really insidious, he actually set up a bureau for us to drill!" ”

"Hehe, no matter how insidious they are, what's the use, it's not useless in front of Fang Lin's conspiracy." Ainata grinned.

"Hmph, what kind of conspiracy is this, everyone, it's obviously a good strategy." Wen Yue'er immediately became unhappy.

Immediately afterwards, a few girls began to chirp and frolic, but this made the dull atmosphere in the big tent become lively, about a stick of incense, the Yin family replied, Fang Lin read the information and said: "The Yin family replied that the original proposal to build Sanyun City was put forward by Shang Rong, the purpose was to prevent the overly powerful martial arts forces in the Eastern Regions from infiltrating the national capital at that time, and the construction of the city and the later management of the city were also the sole responsibility of the merchants, so they didn't know the specific situation!" ”

Everyone was speechless for a while when they heard this, as a royal family, there were still secrets in the country that they didn't know, Fang Lin frowned, and said: "Now we have to be cautious, this business is definitely not simple, it actually started operating hundreds of years ago, could it be that they already have the intention of seeking the country!" ”

Li Haoran said: "Historically, the domain masters of the Eastern Regions have been merchants, so how long has the Shang Kingdom been established, the merchants have been operating in the Eastern Regions for as long as they have been, or even longer!" ”

This is an astonishing conclusion, but it makes everyone have to believe it, Dongfang Tianxiao said: "After many years of fighting, this Sanyun City gives me an extremely bad feeling, if we forcibly attack, I am afraid that there will be more defeats and fewer victories, even if we win, it will be a miserable victory, and the price is likely to be beyond our imagination." ”

This remark immediately shocked everyone, you know, as the supreme commander of the army, before the big war but said that his side will be defeated, it proves that he has no confidence in this battle at all, so this battle can not be fought.

Everyone even felt that Dongfang Tianxiao would be angrily reprimanded by Fang Lin, however, Fang Lin's actions were incomprehensible to everyone, he walked around the big tent with his hands behind his back, without saying a word, and just like that, half an hour passed.

Suddenly raising his head, Fang Lin shouted in a low voice: "Withdraw the troops, retreat to Longyin Pass, and temporarily give up all actions against Rongguo!" ”

Wow~~~ Everyone was in an uproar, and even the dozens of disciples who didn't speak at all couldn't help but make unbelievable sounds, but Dongfang Tianxiao seemed to have let go of a big burden, and his whole body was a lot easier.

Li Haoran was puzzled and said, "Why? ”

Fang Lin said: "It's just an intuition, an extremely bad intuition before the battle, with Shang Rong's old scheming, it is absolutely impossible for him to provoke for no reason, give us the interface and opportunity to attack him, and there is, Longyin Pass, there, he can obviously use the Aoki Great Array to give us a heavy blow, but he gave up, and then there is the mountains and forests on the periphery, if I arrange it, Guan Bao can destroy his hundreds of thousands of troops, even if he can't kill the strong man in the realm of life and death, at least he can be hit hard, But it was still easily broken by us, and there was the weirdness of Sanyun City, and finally, Li Xianzong's silence, originally in my opinion, Li Xianzong's envoy should have arrived at this time, but no, so I guess, this is the big gift that he Shangrong old man prepared for us! ”

"Could it be that we are retreating like this, but Fang Lin, you promised me, do you want to regret it!" Qu Shan'er stopped doing it and said sharply.

Fang Lin looked at Qu Shan'er and said sternly: "Shan'er, when have I ever regretted what I promised, and now even if there is no obstacle in front of us, we can't destroy Rongguo, because Li Xianzong will inevitably intervene, but since I have agreed, I will definitely do it, it just takes some time and opportunity, can you bear to let hundreds of thousands of people use their lives to create such an unattainable opportunity for you?" ”

Qu Shan'er trembled when she heard this, and then remembered that it was not her alone now, biting her lip, tears flowed down her eyes, which was full of unwillingness, and under Li Haoran's comfort, it took a long time to calm down, and said softly: "Fang Lin, I'm sorry, I was too excited just now." ”

When Fang Lin heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, comforted Qu Shan'er with kind words, and repeatedly assured that her affairs would definitely be put first, which made Qu Shan'er's mood stabilize, and then Fang Lin directly ordered: "Retreat!" ”

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In Huangshi City, in a secret room of the imperial palace rebuilt from the original domain lord's mansion, a middle-aged man who looked very shrewd looked at Meng Xuan opposite him with a solemn expression, and only said after a long time: "I never expected that Sister Xuan, you turned out to be a member of Linghua Sect, hehe, when the Emperor of the Yin family asked you to guard the West Gate, it can be said to be a failure among failures." ”

Meng Xuan smiled slightly: "This is thanks to the eldest brother and the elders for their accomplishment." ”

When Meng Yan heard this, his expression suddenly froze, and then he sighed lightly and said: "That's no way, after all, you were the person next to the emperor at that time, if you leave, it will inevitably arouse his suspicion, and ••••••"

Before he finished his words, Meng Xuan waved his hand and said, "Okay, big brother, I don't mean anything else, the situation at that time, even if you tell me to go, I won't leave, and besides, I didn't come this time to ask the master to ask for guilt, but the Lord asked me to come to discuss with the family." ”

Meng Yan nodded, and didn't dwell on this matter, and suddenly showed the momentum of the superior again, and said in a deep voice: "I don't know what Sect Master Fang has to talk about with us, don't forget, my family Changjun Ancestor is still in his hands, if you want to talk about anything, at least show a little sincerity." ”

Meng Xuan sneered when she heard this: "Big brother, I'm afraid you haven't figured out the situation yet, you didn't help Rongguo at the beginning, I thought you were quite wise, but now it seems that you should be cowardly." ”

Meng Yan was furious when he heard this, and said: "Have you talked to your eldest brother like this, and besides, you are a member of the Meng family after all, why don't you think about the family but instead help outsiders speak?" ”

"Hehe, family, when you gave me to the little emperor as an item, you didn't treat me as a family member, as for saying that I don't think about the family, big brother, if I didn't think about the family, I wouldn't be standing here talking to you." Meng Xuan said lightly.

Meng Yan's eyes were a little spewing fire, and he said, "You said we don't treat you as family?" If that's really the case, do you think you can be the commander of the forbidden army, the little emperor is not a faint monarch, think about it again, those concubines who compete for favor in the harem, which one dares to offend you excessively, do you think that those are just relying on your personal charm? Hehe, if it weren't for the family standing behind you, I'm afraid you would have been killed by someone else a long time ago! ”

Meng Xuan was silent, because these were all facts, and there were even some things that she had never figured out, but now she finally figured it out, it turned out that it had always been the family that had been helping her clear the way.

With a long sigh, Meng Xuan slowed down his tone and said, "Big brother, I really came here to help the family this time, even if I had a grudge against the family in the past, I would not harm the interests of the family." ”

After all, Meng Yan was a person who had been in a high position for a long time, and he calmed down when he heard this, and said, "Say it." ”

Meng Xuan didn't do any foreshadowing, and said directly: "The Lord hopes that Chengguo can be attached." ”

Meng Yan's eyes narrowed when he heard this, and he sneered: "Although Ling Huazong's strength is good, it is 108,000 miles behind the Yeyue Empire, you should know that behind us is Generalissimo Li Xianzong, that is, the Yeyue Empire, Fang Lin himself is just a vassal of the empire, why should we be attached to him, it's really a joke." ”

Meng Xuan smiled faintly and said, "Big brother, do you think you really see all of Ling Hua Sect's strength?" Hehe, I can tell you clearly, what you see is just the tip of the iceberg, compared to the Yeyue Empire, we are indeed inferior, but now the Yeyue Empire may put all its power on us, not to mention that the Yeyue Empire has not regarded us as a real enemy now. ”

Meng Yan keenly grasped something from this sentence at once, and blurted out: "Ling Huazong is now delaying time, seeking development, and enhancing strength!" ”

Meng Xuan nodded lightly and said, "The Yin family has two ancestors who have returned to the realm of life and death, Rongcheng fights once, one dies and one falls, so, until now, the outside world still thinks that Ling Huazong only has three old monsters who have returned to the realm of life and death, hum, big brother, do you think so too?" ”

Meng Yan was shocked when he heard this, and said, "Could it be that Ling Hua Sect still hides a powerhouse who has returned to the realm of life and death?" ”

Meng Xuan didn't answer his question directly, and said: "Big brother, the younger sister's cultivation was originally an empowerment, and under normal circumstances, she just stayed in the reincarnation realm and forgot about it, and she couldn't even give full play to the strength of the reincarnation realm, but now you look at me, I have already returned to the reincarnation realm, and it is still real, and the combat effectiveness is probably not inferior to you, do you think this is an ordinary first-class sect or a super sect that can do it?" ”

When Meng Yan heard this, he checked Meng Xuan's cultivation, and when he saw this, he was immediately stunned, and blurted out: "How is this possible, your realm should be hopeless for life, but now you, you are already at the same level as me, how did Fang Lin do it, wait, your exercises are not my Meng family's exercises, is it the exercises of the Star Heavenly Rank?" ”

Meng Xuan nodded lightly, which suddenly made Meng Yan almost crazy with jealousy, as the head of the family, the emperor, he used the exercises that could barely be regarded as star-level exercises, and there was only this one in his Meng family, but now Meng Xuan's cultivation was higher than him, but this was a storm in his heart.

After settling down, Meng Yan spoke: "Sister Xuan, tell me honestly, what is your status in the Linghua Sect?" ”

Meng Xuan smiled, and said without the slightest change in her expression: "I'm just a servant of the master." ”

"That's all, there is no title of elder or anything in the Linghua Sect, as far as I know, within the Linghua Sect, now the reincarnation realm can become an elder with real power." Meng Yan Road.

Meng Xuan shook his head and said: "No, and your information is not accurate, at present, there are only twelve elders with real power in the Linghua Sect, of course, the ten people in the Lord are not counted, although the rest of the elders also have a certain amount of power, but it does not mean that your cultivation is high in strength and power." ”

"Then, with your status and status, how is it possible to obtain the Star Heaven Rank exercises!?" Meng Yan Road.

"A gift from the Lord." Meng Xuan replied simply.

At this moment, Meng Yan was shocked and muttered: "Ling Hua Sect, Ling Hua Sect, how strong are you strength, can you give the exercises of the Star Heaven Rank at will." ”

After a while, when Meng Yan's emotions calmed down, Meng Xuan suddenly spoke: "Big brother, looking at your words and deeds, it seems that you don't care much about the country you have established. ”

When Meng Yan heard this, his eyes flashed, but then he thought of the relationship between the Yeyue Empire and the Linghua Sect and Meng Xuan's identity, so he sneered and said: "Hmph, Shangxin, this country is not our family's, but the Yeyue Empire's, here, as long as he Li Xianzong says a word, my holy decree will give way, do you say that we need to be so attentive, developing a good family is the king's way, after all, our family is too weak now, hey." ”

When Meng Xuan heard this, her eyes flashed and said: "Then, why don't you agree to attach yourself to the Linghua Sect, at least, if you say that the territory of the family is given, the sect will definitely not interfere in anything!" ”

"Hehe, how can it be so simple, we have been coerced by Li Xianzong, believe it or not, as long as we announce our attachment to Ling Huazong today, Li Xianzong will be able to destroy our entire clan tomorrow, and besides, Ling Huazong will probably be quite uncomfortable!" Meng Yan Road.

Meng Xuan sneered and said, "The Lord has already considered this, so he sent me, and the Lord said that we only need to reach an agreement in secret now, and you should continue to be the way you were before, but you don't use troops against us." ”

Meng Yan smiled and said: "Sister Xuan, you should know something about our Meng family, I am not as insidious as the old ghost of the merchant, although the domain master of the Northern Regions has always been served by my Meng family, but we have no power to operate in the Northern Regions, and we do not have the same background as the merchants, after all, we were just a small family at the beginning, but because the ancestor of Changjun and the first generation of Shang Huang at that time formed a brother of life and death at the end of the year, and after a southern conquest and a northern war, my Meng family was created. We can say that we have always been loyal to the Yin family, if it weren't for Li Xianzong's bastard who designed to frame and persecute usher, how could we rebel? ”

Meng Xuan said: "So, now Chengguo doesn't have many troops at all?" ”

"It's a bit troublesome to even protect yourself, if Ling Huazong comes to attack, I'm afraid it will be easy to break the country, and I can tell you that our family will definitely not die, haha." Speaking of this, Meng Yan actually laughed.

Meng Xuan looked at his expression, and his heart was a little strange, because he didn't show worry, but instead there was some mockery and schadenfreude, as if he saw Meng Xuan's thoughts, Meng Yan said: "It's ridiculous that the Huang family still has some former Shang generals who came over, they really think that Li Xianzong values them very much, and they are vigorously developing military strength, but they don't know that once they develop to a certain extent, they will be forcibly ordered to collide with Ling Huazong, hehe, the catastrophe is at the moment but they don't know it, a group of fools!" ”

Meng Xuan immediately understood, these old guys of the Secret Dao Family in his heart were indeed shrewd, and then asked: "Is the strength of the Huang family very strong, as far as we know, they are just a second-rate family." ”

"That's just before, in order to promote the Huang family, Li Xianzong stationed a strong man in their family who entered the realm of life and death, which made their tails to the sky, and they didn't take us in their eyes at all, but this happened to follow our wishes, anyway, the government decree is not reached, the country cannot develop, and it is none of our business, this is what he Li Xianzong made out himself, we just need to develop our family." Meng Yan Road.

Speaking of this, Meng Yan sighed again and said, "If only the ancestor of Changjun was here, we wouldn't have to suffer the Huang family's whims, hey!" ”

Meng Xuan said softly: "Don't worry, Changjun Ancestor is not dead yet, and Ling Huazong has nothing to do with him." ”

Meng Yan nodded and said, "I know, the ancestor's life is still there, I just don't understand, Fang Lin even killed the old lady of the merchant, why did he leave the ancestor of the Chang army?" ”

"That's because Yin Liguang's predecessors pleaded, and I also exchanged the ancestor's life for the price of being a servant for a lifetime, the lord said that when the family belongs to the sect, it is when the ancestor goes home, and during this period, the ancestor can only be in the Linghua Sect." Meng Xuan said.

Meng Yan was overjoyed when he heard this, and said with emotion: "The ancestor of the Yin family is benevolent and righteous, and it is not in vain for my Meng family to follow him." Then he looked at Meng Xuan and said, "Sister Xuan, the eldest brother is here to thank you for the ancestor and the family!" ”

Meng Xuan hugged him and said, "After all, I am also a member of the Meng family, how can I watch the ancestor die, and don't worry, I will definitely take good care of the ancestor." ”

Meng Yan raised his head, his eyes were filled with tears of excitement, and said: "Okay, okay, then there is Sister Lao Xuan, you take a break in the city for a few days, I will immediately hold a clan meeting, with the ancestor here, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer!" ”

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