"Senior sister, what's going on?" When Su Mu arrived at the ancestral hall, Yin Yu was already waiting inside, and the expression on her face was a little overwhelmed.

"I don't know, Brother Mu, I just walked to the library building, and I rushed here when I heard the bell ringing. ”

What could it be, so important that it was necessary to summon the entire sect disciples so urgently? Su Mu pondered, and Gao Yuanshan and several elders also came to the ancestral hall at this time, and the continuous ringing of the bell also stopped at this time.

Gao Yuanshan didn't look at Su Mu and Otoha in the crowd, but walked straight to the main seat of the inner hall.

This made Su Mu have a faint uneasy premonition in his heart.

"Silence!" Gao Yuanshan didn't even wait to stand still this time before he spoke to stop everyone's commotion, Su Mu could see from his expression that Gao Yuanshan's heart was also a little anxious and uneasy at this time.

"Hurry up and be quiet! How many more times do you want to say it?" the Great Elder beside Gao Yuanshan also shouted angrily, everyone had almost never seen the Great Elder who had always been calm and calm with such a big anger.

The inner hall of the ancestral hall suddenly fell silent.

"Say, Yuanshan, time is urgent. The Great Elder sighed and turned his back.

"Hmm," Gao Yuanshan nodded to the Great Elder, then turned around and shouted to the crowd of black oppressors.

"Disciples of the Cold Mountain Sword Sect!" Gao Yuanshan sounded like a bell, "After a hundred years, the ancient bell of vigilance rang again, and the Cold Mountain Sword Sect was encountering an extremely severe situation. Gao Yuanshan glanced at the audience and continued.

"The war has begun. ”

"Our Tu Nanguo took the initiative to launch an attack on the border of Wenjingguo, and although we sang all the way at the beginning, after Wenjingguo reacted, we recently organized a strong blockade in the area of Luofeng City. ”

"I have been beaten and retreated. ”

"So now the Ten Jie Clans of the Tunan Kingdom have officially launched a collection order to all the registered clans. All disciples between the ages of sixteen and thirty-five in the three lower sects of the middle three sects and above the Star Hanging Realm are required to participate in this clan alliance and rush to the front line. ”

"At the same time, the clans of the three middle sects must also each send an elder above the sea viewing realm to be responsible for unified arrangements and scheduling. ”

"Forced order, those who disobey will be strangled by the joint efforts of all the Ten Jie clans. ”

After that, Gao Yuanshan's face was already as dignified as iron.

Su Mu was obviously even more surprised, the butterfly fairy had told him that the clans of the Tunan Kingdom, especially the small and medium-sized clans, had always been autonomous and belonged to the self-sufficient Jianghu forces, and the connection between them and the government had not been so close, and the current sudden conscription of troops from the clans could be said to be unprecedented in the history of the Tunan Kingdom.

What's more, this is an order issued by the Ten Jie clan, and there is almost no room for negotiation.

Li Mengru on the side also had a gloomy face, and couldn't help but ask: "Senior brother in charge, does the Ten Jie clan also want to participate in the conscription?"

"They're just going to send a disciple who is in charge of leading the army. Gao Yuanshan replied through gritted teeth.

"These big clans know how to play these crooked ways! Obviously, they enjoy the best rights and interests, but when it comes time to contribute, they push back and obstruct everything, and throw all of them at us, the clans of the middle three and the bottom three, this is treating us as cannon fodder!"

"Exactly. It is estimated that the imperial court put pressure on them, but they shirked the responsibility. Gao Yuanshan nodded, "My Hanshan Sword Sect now has a total of less than five hundred disciples between the ages of sixteen and thirty-five, of which two hundred are above the Star Hanging Realm, this is almost the most elite core force of our sect, this time I have to be taken away in one breath and go to the battlefield like a meat grinder, this is tantamount to a catastrophe for my sect!"

"But we don't have a choice yet!"

"It will take about a week for the news to come from Luojing, and at this time, the disciples in charge of the statisticians in the upper three sects may come here at any time, and then we will face the worst situation. Many of the people present may have to go to the battlefield and die. ”

"That's why I had to ring this ancient bell and immediately gather everyone here to inform them of our decision. ”

Gao Yuanshan paced back and forth as he spoke, as if he had made up his mind, and finally turned around and continued to speak to the crowd.

"We don't want to see you being pushed into that fire pit like this, so I discussed with the Great Elder for a long time, and finally decided that in order to preserve the vitality of the sect, we hereby dismiss a quarter of these two hundred disciples!"

The Great Elders sighed silently in their hearts.

Su Mu's brows furrowed tightly.

The audience also completely exploded.

"Master, what does dismissal mean? Does it mean expulsion from the sect?"

"No, like your senior brother Li Encheng, he has become a supernumerary who has been active outside the sect for a long time, and he will leave the sect today. Gao Yuanshan replied.

"And what about the remaining three-quarters?"

"I'm afraid I'll have to follow the summoning order to go to the battlefield. Gao Yuanshan shook his head, "According to the custom, the roster of disciples of all the clans in the Tu Nan Kingdom must be handed over to the Ten Masters Association every year, and it contains age and cultivation, I'm afraid we don't have any chance to falsify." According to the requirements of the Ten Masters Society, no more than a quarter of the supernumeraries in each clan can be recruited, which is the maximum number we can win. ”

In an instant, the audience was silent again, and many people had already lowered their heads at this time, and they probably knew what Gao Yuanshan was going to say next.

"Therefore, there is no other way, in order to protect the clan, we can only let the fifty disciples who are relatively high in cultivation and younger become supernumeraries and leave Hanshan! I am very sorry for everyone, as the head of the sect, I have no ability to protect all of you, I can only pray here every day for the disciples who go to the battlefield. ”

"Pray for a safe return!"

"How can this be done, do you have to decide who will survive by cultivation?" Li Xihan, who was straightforward, couldn't help but shout loudly.

"Xi Han, don't be presumptuous on this occasion!" Li Mengru shouted in a low voice, "Do you think this decision is easy for the head to make? When the decision is made, the head has already thought about taking all the responsibilities!"

"Damn..."Li Xihan clenched his fists and said hatefully, "These bastards of the big clans!

"Alas... In the final analysis, after all, my Hanshan Sword Sect is not strong enough, if I can be promoted to the upper three sects earlier, there is no need to make such a difficult choice at this time. One of the Great Elders said.

"Shiya... Life also. Gao Yuanshan also sighed, bowed his head slightly, his eyes were full of emptiness, "This is not only the calamity of my Hanshan Sword Sect, but also the calamity of all small and medium-sized clans in the entire Tunan Kingdom, today's pain reminds us all the time, if we lack strength, we are not even qualified to control our own destiny!"