After throwing Peng Xingtian, who looked like a waste man, out like a dog, the men and horses of the Lingjun Hall quickly withdrew from the western foot of Hengyun Mountain.

Chen Xun was not in a hurry to return to Canglan, and temporarily stayed in Hengyun Mountain as a guest.

Chen Xun claimed that he would not interfere in the affairs of the sect in the Northwest Regions, but that did not mean that he could not stay in Hengyun Mountain as a guest.

The Kaiyang Yu clan did not react at all on the east shore of the Xize Sea, and the Northwest Domain Protectorate also pretended to be deaf and dumb, but the Lingjun Hall occupied the men and horses of Qiyun Gate, and soon withdrew and retreated to the important place of the mountain gate.

They were obviously afraid that Chen Xun would not play his cards according to common sense, so they directly led three thousand Wushan disciples to destroy the Lingjun Palace.

The Lingjun Palace's mountain protection array is at the forbidden level, and it is laid out according to the spirit vein, which can resist the strong attack of the Heavenly and Human True Monarch, even if Chen Xun can attack it by force, the price will be a lot, not to mention that he can't Wushan fall into the chaotic sect war in the northwest region.

Fighting a proxy war is the best choice for Wushan.

Chen Xun saw that the more than 100 disciples who escaped after the destruction of Qiyunmen, the highest cultivators were only in the late stage of the birth realm, unless there could be a demonic figure like Ji Lie among them, otherwise, Qiyunmen, which had been inherited for thousands of years, might not see any hope of revitalization.

The situation in the Hengyun Sect was better, at least the vast majority of the disciples were preserved, but even if Gu Xuanzhen's Wangji Peak, where he was in retreat and cultivated on weekdays, had set up a forbidden-level magic array and had not been broken at the last moment, the spiritual vein rock formations in the depths of the mountain had also been destroyed by Yan Zòng.

The pavilions, palaces, and villages scattered by mortal relatives within a radius of hundreds of miles were all destroyed without exception.

Hengyun Mountain, which is close to the West Cliff of the West Crystal Sea, is 3,000 miles longitudinal and horizontal, in addition to the peaks and cliffs, the spiritual energy is abundant, and it is suitable for the first-class sect to establish a foundation here to inherit the Taoist system, and the geographical location is also extremely important.

The west side of Hengyun Mountain is the most important granary in the Northwest Regions, and it is also the ten counties of Hengyun with the most dense population in the Northwest Regions, and the Shenjin River, which originates from Shenxiao Mountain, flows into the Xize Sea from the northern foot of Hengyun Mountain.

As long as the Kaiyang Yu clan can control Hengyun Mountain in his hands, he can control the fertile land of more than ten counties in the lower reaches of the Shenjin River and the two or three billion people who inhabit and breed on this land.

Population is always the most important resource.

At this time, the four sects of Wushan had more than 6,000 disciples above the realm of rebirth, all of whom were selected and cultivated from hundreds of millions of people.

At the peak of the Northwest Regions, there were as many as two or three hundred thousand monks in the Rebirth Realm, and as many as two or three thousand monks in the Tianyuan Realm.

Although after the demonic calamity, the number of middle and high-level Xuan cultivators in the Northwest Regions has plummeted, and it may not be as good as one-third of what it was at its peak, as long as the sects in the Northwest Regions do not continue to wither, as long as the two or three billion people in the Northwest Regions continue to thrive and reproduce in this land, it is possible to restore the number of cultivators in the Birth Realm and the Tianyuan Realm within one or two hundred years.

As long as the Kaiyang Yu clan controls Hengyun Mountain, although it is difficult for the number of high-level Xuan cultivators above the Yuan Dan Realm to increase dramatically, the number of low-level Xuan cultivators in the Rebirth Realm and Tianyuan Realm that can be controlled by his command is likely to increase exponentially in one or two hundred years.

Hengyun Three Sects, Lingjun Hall is a corner of the southeast, Hengyun Sect is located at the west foothills, directly facing the Hengyun Plain, and Qiyun Gate, located at the northeast foothills, is directly controlled by the lower reaches of the Shen Jin River, Kaiyang Yu Clan's Tong Guò Lingjun Hall controls Hengyun Mountain, Qiyun Gate and Hengyun Sect are two nails that must be removed.

Chen Xun stood in the clouds, looking at Qiyun City, which was destroyed by the Lingjun Hall at the northern foot of Hengyun Mountain.

Qiyun City was once the largest city controlled by Qiyunmen in the lower reaches of the Shenjin River, and along with the Qiyunmen sect at the northern foot of Hengyun Mountain, it was destroyed by the Lingjun Hall a month ago.

Large swathes of houses have been destroyed, and large numbers of refugees are scattered in the wilderness on the south bank of the Shenjin River, with no clue where to go.

The more than 100 disciples who escaped from Qiyun Sect all volunteered to join the Hengyun Sect.

This means that the land at the northern foot of Hengyun Mountain and on both sides of the lower reaches of the Shenjin River will automatically become the territory of Hengyun Sect, but the strength of Hengyun Sect at this time will be a problem to resist the attack of Lingjun Palace, let alone effectively control such a large area.

And in this land, in addition to the three larger sects of Qiyun Sect, Lingjun Palace, and Hengyun Sect, there are dozens of other small and medium-sized sects and clans with uneven strength.

Lingjun Hall secretly has the support of the Kaiyang Yu Clan, and the edge is flourishing, these small and medium-sized sects and clans obviously dare not be tied to the Hengyun Sect anymore.

Chen Xun led three thousand Wushan disciples to stay in Hengyun Sect as guests at this time, and the Kaiyang Yu Clan did not react at all, and the Lingjun Hall did not dare to poke out the fierce minions for the time being, but it did not mean that after Chen Xun left the Hengyun Sect, the Yu Clan and the Lingjun Hall would not move.

The disciples of the Hengyun Sect who had temporarily escaped the catastrophe of annihilation, their faces were still gloomy, and they were lifeless to clean up the mess left by the sect war.

There are many disciples of Hengyun Sect who have participated in the Demon War of the Thousand Demon Sand Sea, and Chen Xun is considered to have an old relationship, and in the past few days, they have frequently found Chen Xun, Zongya, Su Tang, and Qingxuan to catch up with them, and their words revealed the thoughts of some disciples of Hengyun Sect, that is, they want to move the sect west.

To the west of Tushan, although the Western Wilderness region is huge, the environment is much worse than that of the Northwest Region.

Even if there are some mountains in the Western Wilderness that are more majestic and precipitous than Tu Mountain, most of them are desperate and desperate places, which are not suitable for the sect to gain a foothold, not to mention the barbarian tribes struggling to survive in the Western Regions, and the people are extremely scarce.

If it weren't for this, Tu Shan alone would not have been able to stop the Yunzhou Sect's westward expansion.

If it weren't for that, it would be impossible for Cetianfu to acquiesce to the unrestricted expansion of the four sects of Wushan.

In the ferocious and desolate land of absolute spirits, except for poisonous insects and beasts, no one can survive, and there is no point in Wushan's unlimited expansion to the west.

The area suitable for the reproduction and inhabitation of the human race in Yunzhou is mainly concentrated in the eight domains of Yunzhou controlled by the Jiang family and the six sects, and it is also the essence of Yunzhou.

It's the same reason that everyone entered the Heavenly Furnace Secret Realm before, desperately trying to gain a foothold in the Heavenly Fire Mountain Range.

At this time, the Heavenly Fire Mountain Range was the only essence place in the Heavenly Furnace Secret Realm that was worthy of everyone's investment in resource development, and other places were hundreds or thousands of times larger, and they did not have any significance at this time.

Tu Mountain was also after the disappearance of the Heavenly Flame, and it became a spiritual mountain suitable for the great sect to gain a foothold and inherit the Dao system.

Previously, except for the desperate ancestor of the Su clan who led his clan to move west, only a few small and medium-sized sects such as Xuanhanmen and Yishan Sect had a foothold in the wasteland west of Tushan, and most of the situation was similar to that of the remnants of the Su clan, all of whom moved west after being cornered.

Of course, no matter how barren the Western Wilderness is, there will not even be a place to settle the Hengyun Sect, but after the Hengyun Sect moves out, what choices will the thousands of sects and clans in the Northwest Regions make, and the shape of the Northwest Regions will develop like this, it is not something that Chen Xun can predict at this time.

Of course, if the Hengyun Sect really wants to move west, Chen Xun will not refuse.

Even if he can't meddle in the affairs of the sects in the Northwest Regions at this time, sects like the Hengyun Sect move westward, the Cetian Mansion and the Northwest Regions Protectorate will not stop them, and at the same time, they can greatly enhance the power of the Xuanxiu Sect west of Tu Mountain.

It is impossible for Chen Xun and the Wushan disciples to stay in Hengyun Mountain for a long time, whether to leave or stay, the disciples of the Hengyun Sect must make a decision immediately.

On the sixth day of Chen Xun's temporary stay in Yashan at the northern foot of Hengyun Mountain, Gu Xuanzhen came to visit and directly talked about this matter:

"Wushan really has the Dao of the Shenxiao Sect, Chen Zhenren really doesn't want to meddle in the affairs of the sect in the Northwest Regions?"

Chen Xun smiled and said: "Whether Wushan can inherit the Dao system of the Shenxiao Sect is not something that Wushan can say, and at present, even the Thousand Swords Sect cannot return to Gushan, and it doesn't make much sense to say anything else." ”

Gu Xuan really thought that no matter which one Cetianfu finally decided to fill in the Northwest Territory, it was most likely to directly gain a foothold in Gushan, enclosing Xinmeng Mountain, Wuteng Shahai, Yuanwu County and other places, and actually blocking the possibility of Wushan's influence infiltrating to the east of Tushan, and it was even more out of reach of Xizehai and Hengyun Mountain.

There was no reaction from Kaiyang Yu's side, and to put it bluntly, it was expected that such a shape would be expected, so that he had the mind to respond to all changes with the same and brake with static.

Gu Xuanzhen said: "Hengyun Sect has been passed into my hands, it is already the sixth generation, I will never abandon the place where the ancestor is buried and leave, but I can't force everyone to stay and burn the jade of Lingjun Palace......"

Chen Xun understood what Gu Xuanzhen meant, Gu Xuanzhen and the vast majority of people in the Hengyun Sect would choose to stay and fight against the Lingjun Palace, but they would arrange for the young disciples to move west, find one or two spiritual veins to settle down temporarily, and see what the future would look like before making other plans, so as not to cut off the Dao system of the Hengyun Sect.

Hengyun Sect's arrangement was most in line with Chen Xun's wishes, and he said with a smile:

"Ce Tianfu didn't say it explicitly, but I knew in my heart that they didn't want the four sects of Wushan to develop to the east of Tu Mountain, and we also wanted to make it clear that we would not develop to the east of Tu Mountain, and we wouldn't even expand the land of the sect to the mountains at the eastern foot of Tu Mountain. In this way, the mountains at the eastern foot of Tushan will be empty, and the Hengyun Sect must partially arrange for the disciples to move west, and we can lend one or two mountain ranges......"

After Tu Mountain, it was all the territory of the four sects of Wushan, but it was impossible for the four sects to develop and occupy all the spiritual vein resources of Tu Mountain in just three or five hundred years.

Chen Xun now picked one or two mountains from the eastern foot and lent them to the Hengyun Sect as a base for foothold, firstly, to strengthen ties with the Hengyun Sect, and secondly, to encourage the Hengyun Sect to work with the ambitious forces of the Yu Clan, so that there is no need to worry about having no place to retreat.

Gu Xuanzhen was also overjoyed when he heard this, and he was sure that Wushan could not really abandon the Northwest Regions, but he lacked an excuse for strong direct intervention, and at the same time, he didn't want to be caught by Ce Tianfu.

Hearing Chen Xun's words, Gu Xuan's heart became confident, and he asked again: "Wushan refining is famous all over the world, I don't know if Hengyun Sect can exchange one or two?"

It is inconvenient for Wushan to directly meddle in the affairs of the sect in the Northwest Regions, but the weapons of war, magic weapons, etc., barter with Hengyun Sect, Chen Xun is not afraid of what the Yu Clan, the Northwest Regions Protectorate, and Cetianfu can bite him.

And the Hengyun Sect only has five Yuan Dan real people in charge, if there is no Blue Flame Lotus Arrow and a batch of sharp weapons, it is impossible to fight against the Lingjun Palace, which has the strong support of the Kaiyang Yu Clan behind it.

Since you want to fight a proxy war, you must first be an arms dealer, and while supporting the Hengyun Sect, you will also ensure that a large number of cultivation resources will continue to flow into Wushan in the Northwest Region.

As long as the Hengyun Sect is indeed reliable, Chen Xun can even arrange for the disciples of the Hengyun Sect to enter the Heavenly Furnace Secret Realm to cultivate.