Through Lin Yu Laozu's disclosure, Lu Ping knew that because it involved the reward for entering the top secret place, the various sects and clans that had gathered, even if they were only Loose Cultivators, would bring out their true abilities to fight against Mara's army. Under such circumstances, obtaining a place to recuperate near the Nine Mysteries Tower as soon as possible was undoubtedly the most important thing.
The battle to encircle and annihilate Mara would not be completed in one go. It would definitely be a long and difficult battle. Otherwise, Mara's army would not have been able to besiege a Holy Land to such a sorry state.
The Purple Sun Palace, which had just entered a stalemate with the Demon Clan in the Western Wilderness, sent people over. The conflict between the Lingyun Valley and the Demon Clan in the Endless Mountains also gradually eased. In the end, the Lingyun Valley did not manage to seize Magic Cloud City. The situation gradually stabilized, so they also sent people to the Nine Mysteries Tower. Soon after, the Skyward Pavilion and the Yuwen Clan once again sent pure Yang practitioners to lead their disciples over. Even the Wuxing School's Shui Zhirou came with the new Five Elements Straight Disciple of Wuxing School.
When had the Holylands ever lacked heir disciples? The so-called sixth, seventh and eighth heir disciples were only slightly inferior compared to the Five Great Rulings. The brand-new Five Great Rulings were still the true experts of the third generation of cultivators.
The Crystal Palace was the last to arrive, but in the Central Plains cultivation world, which had always been overbearing, no one dared to look down on this overseas giant. One only needed to look at the Heavenly Moon Sect, which was supported by the Nine Mysteries Tower and the Skyward Pavilion, to pay a huge price and painstakingly block the Crystal Palace's invasion into the Central Plains. One could see the strength of this overseas Holy Land.
After the five Holy Lands arrived at the outer perimeter of the Nine Profound Tower, they quickly set up camp with the Nine Profound Tower as the center.
After the Five Holy Lands, the Yuwen Family, Heavenly Arcana Sect, Skyrend, Heavenly Moon Sect, Supreme Arcana Sect, Soaring Cloud Pavilion, Carefree Sect, Thunderstorm Island, Violet Talisman Pavilion, Guangfa Sect, Flowing Cloud Sect, Vast Ocean Pavilion, Talisman Sect and other large sects from the Middle Plains, Eastern Sea and Southern Sea began to send their cultivators to gather around the Nine Profound Tower. Even the Spirit Beast Sect, which had always been elusive, began to appear in large numbers around the Nine Profound Tower.
As the cultivators of these large sects gathered around the Nine Profound Tower, rumors about the secret location of the Seventh Patriarch's Taoist Altar spread like wildfire in the cultivation world. It was said that in this battle to annihilate Mara of the Nine Profound Tower, the various sects and loose cultivators would be rewarded for entering the secret location of the Seventh Patriarch's Taoist Altar. In addition, there might be a few other secret locations that could be jointly opened by Pure Yang cultivators as additional rewards for the sects and sects.
However, among these secret locations, the one related to the Seventh Patriarch's Taoist Altar was the most famous. It was said that this place was once the Heaven Splitting Seventh Patriarch's Taoist Altar. The Seventh Patriarch had once preached to the Human Race here. The famous legacy of the 49 True Spirits that had been passed down through the ages came from here. The foundation of all the cultivation systems of later generations came from the 49 True Spirits' branches or extensions.
When the Seventh Patriarch gave his speech, it was said that there were still echoes of the Seventh Patriarch's Heaven Splitting Speech left behind in this secret location. If a cultivator could hear even half a sentence of it, they might be able to break through a bottleneck in their cultivation, cultivate a certain magic power, or comprehend a certain secret technique and obtain great benefits.
The opening of this secret location was extremely strange. There were indeed many people who knew the exact location, but usually, only Pure Yang cultivators could control it. Usually, Pure Yang cultivators could not open it by themselves. Instead, they needed to gather at least seven Pure Yang cultivators. However, these Pure Yang cultivators could not just gather seven at will. Instead, these seven Pure Yang cultivators had to have one of the seven major bloodlines. Even the attributes of their cultivation techniques had to be the same as the seven attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and ice.
Therefore, not to mention that a sacred ground might not be able to have seven Pure Yang cultivators, even if they had seven Pure Yang cultivators, they would still fail because of these harsh requirements.
In fact, every time the Seventh Patriarch's Taoist Altar was opened, at least ten Pure Yang cultivators would need to join forces to fully meet these harsh conditions.
It was precisely because the major sects and families had found out about this in advance that they had dispatched their cultivators to the vicinity of the Nine Profound Tower. It was for the sake of making preparations in advance so that they could obtain a greater result after the war began. That way, they might be able to obtain more rewards.
Fortunately, Lu Ping had received a hint from Lin Yu Laozu in advance. Although Zhenling was far away in the ocean, due to the existence of Ying Shan Courtyard, he must have received the news. With Tian Ling Laozu's shrewdness, he would definitely send cultivators from his sect to participate in this event.
All Lu Ping could do was to occupy a place for Zhenling as soon as possible and show his sect's name. Only then would he be able to occupy an advantageous position in the encirclement of Mara's army and obtain greater results in the war.
Very soon, the six Pure Yang cultivators from the six sacred grounds, Sky Splitter Sword Saint Xiao Baiyu, Yuwen Family Clan's Yuwen Tongtian, Heavenly Mystery Sect's Seven Fans Laozu, Spirit Beast Taming Sect's Feng Lu Laozu, Heavenly Moon Sect's Full Moon Laozu, Middle Earth's loose cultivator Lin Yu Laozu, Southern Sea's Pure Yang cultivator Yu Xiang Laozu, and the rest of the 13 Pure Yang cultivators announced to the entire cultivation world that they would use this battle to encircle the Nine Mystical Tower's Mara to decide how to enter the Seventh Patriarch's Taoist Altar.
The rumor in the cultivation world was finally confirmed. Be it the large sects of the Central Plains or the overseas region who had been slow to react, as well as the other small and medium-sized sects, all came to their senses and began to send their cultivators to the Nine Mystical Tower.
Lu Ping, Qin Yu and Qin Gang chose a place at the foot of the Nine Mystical Mountain that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. It was also a good place for them to set up a formation. This place was close to the Qing Ming River and was one of the directions where Mara's army could break out of the encirclement. However, if Zhenling stubbornly stood in their way, they would not attract the full force of Mara's attack. After all, the Qing Ming River was very wide and Zhenling would not be able to defend the entire Qing Ming River.
Moreover, as an overseas sect, most of Zhenling's cultivators practiced water-type magic arts or were very familiar with and adapted to places with abundant water. Lu Ping had chosen this place because of its geographical advantage.
More importantly, Lu Ping still needed to borrow the Qing Ming River's water vein to speed up the refinement of the water vein that he had absorbed. Moreover, because the water vein and the Qing Ming River were originally one, Lu Ping could easily capture the main water vein of the Qing Ming River with the help of the water vein in Linglong's wine cauldron. He could then use the power of the main water vein to temporarily transform the campsite into a place with abundant spiritual energy.
Of course, all of this was just Lu Ping's imagination. To complete it, he still had to hope that when the cultivators of Zhenling arrived, they would not forget to bring 2 formation masters with them.
Lu Ping called out all of his holy pets that he could use from the Golden House. Qin Yu and Qin Gang, who were beside him, stared with their mouths agape. The Green Sea Snake was not a big deal, but was that arrogant tiger a member of the Hanging Eyes White Forehead Tiger Clan?
And that Black Tortoise, with such a huge body, was not something that ordinary Black Tortoises could reach. Could it be that it had the bloodline of Tyrant Tortoise?
What was the background of that little girl with a peach blossom in her hair? How could they not know?
And then there was that fat mouse. Could it be a Spirit Seeking Mouse? Since when could a Spirit Seeking Mouse reach the middle Core Forging stage?
The identities of Lu Ping's holy pet followers greatly surprised Qin Yu and Qin Gang. However, at this moment, Lu Qin-er was at a critical stage of her breakthrough, so Lu Ping did not disturb her practice. Otherwise, if a Wind-fire Luan appeared, who knows how shocked they would be.
With the help of these holy pet followers, Lu Ping and the others were able to encircle a lot faster. Under Lu Ping's command, a simple Five Elements Formation was quickly set up in just 3 days. Even though this formation could not provide too much of a defense, it was enough to occupy a territory.
Because of Lin Yu and Laozu's hints, Lu Ping was able to encircle a territory only when the cultivators of the large schools had just started to move in. The best locations had already been occupied by the 5 holy lands, such as the Heavenly Mystery Sect, the Spirit Beast School, the Yuwen clan, and the Skyrend. Even if Lu Ping had chosen a superior location, they would still look down on it because it was too small. However, to some ordinary large schools, some of them were envious of the territory occupied by Lu Ping.
The Houtu Sect was a large school in the northwest region of Central Earth. It was not located in the Western Wilderness, but compared to other places in Central Earth, it was a bit barren.
However, the Houtu Sect happened to be located outside the range of influence of the Purple Sun Palace and the Wuxing School. Although the Houtu Sect was not affected by the 2 holy lands, it still had quite an extraordinary influence in the northwest region. Although it was not as powerful as the Heavenly Mystery Sect, the Houtu Sect had two great cultivators to oversee it, and it could be considered as a rather powerful school among the large schools in Central Earth.
Compared to the other large sects, Houtu Sect was not the first to arrive. Thus, most of the more ideal campsites had already been occupied by the other large sects. Seeing no other choice, Houtu Sect had to settle for the next best thing. They wanted to find a slightly inferior campsite. It was then that they found a very good campsite. At that moment, however, the campsite was occupied by a group of cultivators, a mix of humans and yao.
Looking at the words "North Sea Zhenling Camp", which were formed by Lu Ping using a secret technique to condense the water vapor of the Qing Ming River, the great cultivator leading the Houtu Sect was slightly taken aback. He said, "Where did this North Sea Sect come from? Could it be that there is another large school in North Sea after Fei Ling Sect? "
A disciple next to the great cultivator stepped forward and said, "There are no large schools in North Sea. In recent years, Lu Tianping, a third-generation disciple of a medium-sized North Sea Sect Zhenling, has made a great name for himself in the cultivation world of Central Earth. I think this camp has been occupied by that Lu Tianping, so they are making preparations for their own school."
After hearing this, the great cultivator sneered and said, "A medium-sized school wants to occupy such a treasured place? There are no heroes in this era, and he has become famous! Just go and tell him to leave this place! "
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