Chapter 1273: The Word of the Crowd
Although Dongli Bowang knew that Ran Jianming and Ran Zhiming might not be able to get away with Dongli Yanzhao's death, but with the four Great Divine Realm cultivators participating in the war, even if someone in the 100,000 Immortal Saint Alliance was lucky enough to escape, it would definitely be a number, and it was indeed impossible for there to be 50,000 or 60,000 people, and he also felt incredible about it.
"Well, tell me how so many of you survived from those four Divine Realm cultivators. Dongli Bowang glared at Ran Jianming fiercely, and then said to Luo Mengzi and the others with a pleasant face.
In fact, after Luo Mengzi and the others entered the darkness, they completely lost all vision, and they all heard such words in their ears: "My dark canopy can't support it for too long, and a few Divine Realm cultivators are about to come in, if you want to live, temporarily let go of your consciousness and let me take you out!"
Thinking of the terrifying consequences of the four Divine Realm cultivators once they were chased in, these holy cultivators, who knew that their hope of survival was extremely slim, all did as they were told very simply.
People can arrange such a powerful dark canopy to come out, maybe there is a chance for them to escape. Even if it was a trap, it would not be worse than falling into the hands of the cultivators.
After Cao Fan received these holy cultivators, he could finally let go of his hands and feet in his dark canopy and fight a decisive battle with the Divine Realm cultivators such as the Immortal Realm and the Evil Thunderbolt who arrived later, and he no longer had to worry about the aftermath of the battle hurting his own people.
The army of 100,000 cultivators was miserable, the previous battle with the Immortal Saint Alliance only lost less than two or three thousand people, and after being swept into the dark sky, more than 20,000 people were killed by Cao Fan and the remnants of the great battle of the Divine Realm cultivators.
The morale of the remaining cultivators had completely collapsed, and most of them had been honestly accepted into the Taishang Nine Realms under Cao Fan's intimidation. The rest of the people who were not afraid of death were also quickly knocked out under Cao Fan's attack.
When Cao Fan returned to the army camp, the dark sky had not even completely dispersed, and he walked unaware. Even if there were still Divine Domain Realm powerhouses snooping from afar, they couldn't know that all of this was Cao Fan's handiwork.
There were more than 58,000 rescued Immortal Saint Alliance, and Cao Fan saw that they were all loyal and brave men who were defending the Cangshi Holy Domain, so he gave everyone a chance to choose.
If they don't want to stay in the Taishang Nine Realms, Cao Fan will let them go back, but the relevant memories will definitely be erased.
Those who are willing to stay can naturally enjoy various opportunities and benefits.
In the end, more than 700 people chose to stay in the Taishang Nine Realms, and the vast majority of them wanted to leave.
This is human nature, and who wants to live in a world ruled by others for the rest of their lives? No matter how perfect this world is.
In fact, the more than 700 people who were willing to stay in the Taishang Nine Realms were generally some people who were desperate or difficult to cultivate, and even if they went back, there was no way out, so they simply followed Cao Fan to try their luck.
Even those who returned to the Cangshi Sacred Realm, in the end, they had nothing more than to follow a certain strong person, and they also had to be subject to others and the Heavenly Dao of the First Realm.
Next, Cao Fan exerted his dominance and changed the memories of everyone, including Lomonzi and other 10,000-strong team commanders, so that the follow-up process of this war finally presented another version in their minds:
After Ran Jianming, Ran Zhiming, and Dongli Yanzhao fled, seeing that the surviving Immortal Saint Alliance was already in a catastrophe, they suddenly killed four Divine Domain Realm Saint Cultivators, and fought fiercely with those four Divine Domain Realm cultivators.
With the appearance of these Divine Realm Saint Cultivators, the Immortal Saint Alliance, which was already desperate, suddenly ushered in a glimmer of life.
However, due to the lack of a commander and a 10,000-strong team of saints, the Immortal Saint Alliance still has a great disadvantage.
At this time, Cao Fan came out in time, attacking and killing the cultivators in the early and middle stages of the Nirvana Realm, and organizing everyone to fight their way out of the encirclement.
It was only after the rescue of the four Divine Realm Saint Cultivators and Cao Fan's command to retreat and personal interruption that everyone was able to finally escape with their lives.
Luo Mengzi, You Tianzong and Ying Jizi and other generals of the 10,000-strong team are all the same, and the five of them don't have much friendship in private, if they don't tell the facts, they will never say anything.
"Patriarch Ran, the facts are already very clear now, I can continue to find Ran Jianming to investigate the situation, right?" Dongli Bowang looked at Ran Hongdao coldly and said.
"No way, there must be something wrong with this. Ask the others again, call them one by one and ask!" Ran Hongdao shouted a little hysterically.
At Ran Hongdao's insistence, more than a dozen captains of the 1,000-strong team were called into the big tent one by one for questioning, and even the ordinary holy soldiers were randomly selected to call in more than 20 for investigation.
Ran Jianming and Ran Zhiming regretted it to the extreme, if they knew that reinforcements would arrive in their own hands later, why did they abandon the 100,000 troops under their hands, why did they kill Dongli Yanzhao and wipe out their mouths, resulting in such a passive situation now?
"Ran Jianming, as the commander of the army, you openly abandoned 100,000 soldiers and escaped alone, almost burying the lives of all of them, what crime should you be guilty of?" Dongli Bowang couldn't hold back anymore, and asked Ran Jianming sharply.
"What the Dongli patriarch said is that Ran Jianming's behavior is very bad and should be punished heavily. I suggest that all his duties be removed, that he be fined 10 million Saint Crystals, and that he be severely punished with thirty Holy Sticks to set an example!" Ran Hongdao hurriedly preemptively said.
The holy stick is a low-grade pinnacle holy weapon, and it is not comfortable to hit it on the body, and after thirty strokes, even Ran Jianming's cultivation has to lie down for two or three years to recover.
Ran Hongdao said this, hoping that Dongli Bowang would look at his face and sincerity and let Ran Jianming have a way to live.
If this matter didn't involve Dongli Yanzhao, Dongli Bowang wouldn't mind selling this face to Ran Hongdao. But Dongli Yanzhao's death is unknown, and he must not give up.
What's more, the testimony of Luo Mengzi and others also pointed out that Ran Jianming had colluded with the heterodox cultivators, and this matter had to be investigated.
"Don't be in a hurry about the punishment-Ran Jianming, Ran Zhiming, everyone has accused you of fornicating with other cultivators, but is there such a thing?" Dongli Bowang asked in a cold tone.
Ran Jianming immediately swore and said: "This matter is purely a misunderstanding. At that time, in order to save the lives of the soldiers, I did not hesitate to risk my life and negotiated with the head of the different cultivators, begging him to let everyone go. At that time, he told me that if I evacuated first, he promised to spare the lives of 10,000 soldiers and let them return, otherwise he would kill all them.
I know he's trying to leave my 100,000-strong army leaderless, so he can win this battle faster. But at that time, I had no choice. If I stay, all 100,000 soldiers will be exterminated, and if he does what he says, he may be able to save the lives of 10,000 soldiers.
I'd rather bear the infamy than save as many soldiers as I can!"