Chapter 197 Defeat!

"Ah! Junior Brother Chen did an excellent job. He saw through the real situation right away. However, the possibility of the Nine Nations Alliance taking action against the three major forces in the battle at the same time is not very high. It is more likely that they will choose to join forces with one or two of them to jointly attack a specific force. This situation is not what our Tiandao Alliance wants to see."

"Because if we succeed in defeating Mulan Fasi, the world of immortal cultivation will not be able to gain true peace. Our alliance will never tolerate such a thing happening! We must ensure a balance between the major forces in Tiannan to prevent any one party from becoming too powerful."

After a brief moment of astonishment, Lu Luo smiled bitterly and expressed his opinion.

"So that's how it is. What the two brothers mean is..."

Chen Yun smiled slightly and asked calmly.

"It's actually very simple. Although the monks from our three major forces can temporarily obey the command of the Nine Nations Alliance, we must not let them take the opportunity to weaken our strength."

"As to how to deal with this problem, we have already had an in-depth discussion with the representatives of the six sects of the Demonic Path and the Righteous Path. We plan to jointly discuss a practical solution in the meeting hall tomorrow to prevent similar situations from happening again."

"At the very least, the Nine Nations Alliance should be open and transparent about how many high-level cultivators our three major forces are sending to participate in the war. We cannot deliberately hide our strength and refuse to send sect elders to participate in the battle. This requires cultivators like Junior Brother Chen to stand up and express your positions and opinions."

The Fire Dragon Boy calmly stated his point of view.

"I totally agree. I also don't want to have to be on guard against someone plotting against me from behind while fighting against the Fa Shi." Chen Yun agreed without hesitation.

"That's enough. In addition to Junior Brother Chen, we will also contact other like-minded colleagues, and then the Beiye Sect and the Huayi Sect will have to accept this fact. We hope that this war can end as soon as possible, otherwise more of our fellow believers in the Tiannan region will sacrifice." Lu Luo was the first to let out a deep sigh, as if he was lost in a moment of emotion.

"Haha! With our own strength, as long as we are cautious enough and protect our lives on the battlefield, we are still very confident. During the last large-scale attack by the Mulan people, Lan personally killed many magicians. This time, it seems that I will have to show my skills again."

The Fire Dragon Boy responded with a sneer, with a hint of murderous intent on his face.

When Chen Yun heard this, he couldn't help but look at the Fire Dragon Boy in surprise.

This cultivator who looks like a boy is actually only at the early Nascent Soul stage, but the murderous aura he exudes far exceeds that of cultivators at the same level. It is obvious that he has experienced countless life-and-death struggles and has a lot of blood on his hands.

Lu Luo and the Fire Dragon Boy discussed with Chen Yun some specific matters concerning tomorrow's meeting in the meeting hall, and made some speculative remarks about the sudden appearance of the giant beast and the strange magician.

After finishing their conversation, they stood up and said goodbye. When Chen Yun sent them to the door of the attic, Lu Luo hesitated for a moment, and finally turned back to ask one more question:
"Junior Brother Chen, you went to visit that old friend today. What was the result?"

When Senior Brother Lu asked this question, his eyes were fixed on Chen Yun's facial expression, trying to find some clues from there.

"Everything went well. We were just simply reminiscing and chatting, recalling the past." Chen Yun's face was calm, without any fluctuation.

"That's great! In this case, I can rest assured now."

After hearing this, Lu Luo's worry instantly disappeared. He continued to talk with Chen Yun with a smile on his face, and finally left with the Fire Dragon Boy, feeling satisfied.

Chen Yun stood at the door of the attic, watching the two men affectionately as they walked into another nearby attic. They seemed to be contacting other practitioners.

It seems that these two people may have some kind of position in the Tiandao League. Otherwise, why would they be chosen whether it is the palace meeting or the search for agents by the good and evil forces?
Chen Yun touched his chin and thought about this question alone. Then he turned around and walked into his attic.

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The next day, at the palace meeting, the number of Nascent Soul cultivators who came to attend the meeting suddenly increased a lot. In addition to the elders of the two paths of good and evil and the Heavenly Dao Alliance, there were also many old predecessors in the world of independent cultivators.

This surprised Kunpeng of the Beiye Sect and Madam Qi of the Huayi Sect, who were in charge of presiding over the meeting.

However, whether it was the original idea of ​​the Nine-Nation Alliance or the pressure exerted by many practitioners, they finally had to agree to some of the conditions proposed by everyone.

The most crucial point is that no matter what kind of task involves high-level practitioners, the four major forces must send personnel to participate evenly, so as to prevent one party from secretly playing tricks and causing harm to the practitioners of their own forces.

What shocked Chen Yun later was that after receiving the notice from Lu Luo and Fire Dragon Boy, the Elders Council of the Tiandao League, which was composed of Nascent Soul cultivators, made a decision after intense discussion.

Each sect in the alliance sent a Yuanying-stage elder or several Jindan-stage practitioners to Tiantian City to provide assistance. Due to the long distance, it would take some time for these people to reach Tiantian City.

Before that, Lu Luo and others will temporarily obey the command of the Nine-Nation Alliance to slow down the Mulan people's offensive.

In order to ensure fairness, after the reinforcements arrive, those practitioners who have made great efforts will be regarded as having made great military achievements and can return to their respective sects safely.

They no longer need to participate in subsequent battles, but reinforcements will take over to deal with future major battles.

Now, whether it is the Fire Dragon Boy, Lu Luo and others, or the tasks assigned after discussion in the palace, they have all begun to take action and are heading towards various front-line areas.

Chen Yun and two other Nascent Soul cultivators, led by seven or eight Core Formation cultivators, were sent to an important stronghold on the border of the Yu State where a large forbidden formation was set up to provide assistance.

That was the place that the French had to conquer when they invaded. There were more than ten places like this along the way.

If they cannot be completely cleared, the Mulan people will not be able to live there in peace and will not be able to truly occupy this place.

However, the coalition forces formed by the Nine-Nation Alliance are currently unable to engage in a full-scale battle with the Mulan people. They have to rely on the advantages of their geographical location and a carefully constructed defense system in order to slow down the advance of the Fashi army as much as possible.

Otherwise, considering the flying speed of Mulan's senior mages, they could quickly reach the city of Tiantian from the battlefield in just a few months.

Although the army of mages has not yet arrived at the important position where Chen Yun needs assistance, the only high-level cultivator stationed there is a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Nine-Nation Alliance itself.

Based on the analysis of the invasions by mages in the past years, this Nascent Soul cultivator alone, combined with the assistance of the defensive magic array, should be able to deal with a certain scale of mage attacks.

However, given the current powerful offensive of the French army, such a deployment of troops is obviously difficult to resist.

The two monks of the same level who acted together with Chen Yun were the old man surnamed Ma from the Haoran Pavilion of the Righteous Dao League, who was thin and tall, with an extraordinary temperament and quite Taoist style, and the old man with a green robe and a dove face who had met him once in the hall that day, named Gu Shuangpu.

Although Chen Yun only found a spirit beast bag on the waist of the old man surnamed Ma, the subtle aura emanating from it made Chen Yun feel a little uncomfortable, as if the spirit beast in the bag was not an ordinary thing.

These two cultivators are both in the early Nascent Soul stage, so there is no obvious difference in superiority or inferiority among the three.

In order to prevent the army of mages from arriving at the place where assistance was needed ahead of time, after a brief discussion, the three decided to leave first, leaving the seven or eight Jindan stage cultivators to follow.

On the way, the old man surnamed Ma seemed quite talkative, chatting and laughing with Chen Yun and the others, as if this trip was not a fierce battle but a relaxing and enjoyable journey.

In contrast, Gu Shuangpu of the Yuling Sect had a gloomy expression and was silent, as if he was thinking about something.

Chen Yun kept smiling and responded to the old man Ma's words from time to time, showing a gentle and elegant temperament.

Since both of them knew that Chen Yun had just been promoted to the Nascent Soul stage, they did not pay much attention to his actual strength.

After a long and tense half month, on Huanglong Mountain, which is located at the border between Yu State and Lizhou.

Looking into the distance, among the magnificent Qiongtai Pavilions, a burly man in his forties with sparse eyebrows was pacing anxiously in a spacious hall, his face revealing a deep worry and uneasiness.

After just a short moment, the big man sat down heavily on a rattan chair, picked up a cup of tea from the table, took a sip, and tried to calm his restless mood.

However, just when he had calmed himself down a little, a dazzling red light suddenly rushed in from the window, circling and dancing on the roof of the hall like a cheerful little bird.

Seeing this scene, the big man's expression suddenly changed. He quickly stretched out his palm and gently waved towards the red light. The red light immediately fell into the palm of his hand as if summoned, and turned into a ball of hot flame, burning fiercely.

The big man's mind was completely immersed in the flames, but soon his expression became extremely ugly.

After a moment's silence, the sullen-faced man suddenly reached into his arms and took out a small green bell.

Without any hesitation, he stretched out a short, thick finger and hit the clock hard.

With a "ding" sound, the melodious and pleasant bell sound instantly resounded throughout the hall and was transmitted far away with the echoing sound waves.

Soon after, the same bell sounds were heard all over the top of Huanglong Mountain and in every corner between the pavilions and towers.

Lights of various colors rose up, and practitioners dressed in different clothes flew out of the building one after another, dispersing in all directions in an orderly manner.

Soon after, a thick green strange fog filled the entire Huanglong Mountain, turning the area within dozens of miles into a strange green ocean.

At this moment, several cultivators had gathered in the hall where the bald-browed man was. They were three male cultivators and one female cultivator, all of whom were at the Jindan stage.

Two of them were male practitioners who were around thirty years old and looked almost identical. They were obviously twin brothers.

The other male practitioner was wearing a Taoist robe and holding a whisk. He was a middle-aged Taoist priest.

The only female practitioner has a petite figure and delicate and beautiful facial features.

The four of them stood on both sides of the big man, each with a serious and heavy expression on their face.

"Senior Lu, is it true that the army of mages has arrived so quickly? The news we received earlier clearly showed that the army of mages that came to attack us was blocked by Senior Bu!"

"Could it be that in just seven or eight days, the 'Heavenly Wind Mysterious Wave Formation' guarded by Senior Bu has been breached? Did something go wrong?"

The female practitioner asked with a little confusion, her face full of disbelief.

"Error? I hope the guy who sent the sound transmission note made a mistake. But this sound transmission note was indeed sent by Bu Tuozi himself, and he was seriously injured."

"Those defeated monks and the soldiers who followed them will soon reach our Huanglong Mountain. We can no longer have any illusions. We can't wait for the arrival of reinforcements, and we can only face this battle on our own."

The bald-browed man replied with a sneer, his tone full of gloom and coldness.

Hearing this, the four Jindan stage practitioners in front of them could only look at each other helplessly, then smiled bitterly and nodded in agreement.

Just as the big man issued several instructions in succession, arranging the four people to act separately and prepare for the upcoming fierce battle, another red light shot in from outside the door, which surprised everyone present and filled their hearts with doubts.

The big man was stunned for a moment, but without any hesitation, he reached out and held the sound transmission note in his palm.

The flame flickered in his hand. He heard every word of the message in the sound transmission note, and a very strange expression appeared on his face.

"Senior Lu, what happened? Could it be that the magic warriors have already attacked here?"

Seeing this, the female cultivator could no longer hold back and started asking questions. Upon hearing this, the other three people's faces all changed, with deep worry in their eyes.

"That's not the case! Rather, our support team has arrived. Three fellow Daoists in the Nascent Soul stage are now outside the formation. Hong Ling, the four of you should quickly go to greet the three seniors and bring them in."

The big man smiled slightly, trying his best to suppress his inner excitement, and gave the order calmly.

Instantly, the four Jindan-stage cultivators were all ecstatic, and immediately accepted the order and bowed respectfully to the big man, then hurriedly left the hall to look for the three Yuanying-stage Taoist friends. (End of this chapter)