"Now that the stronghold of the Great Shuo army is enveloped by a huge array, I can only vaguely sense that the number of cultivators gathered in the stronghold doesn't seem to be much more than that of Yourong City. As for the specific situation, I don't know," Legg said slowly.
Hearing this, the others revealed a look of surprise.
"However, the Great Shuo stronghold is the same as us. There are constant reinforcements coming over. It seems that a battle is inevitable. I estimate that in at most half a month, at least four or five days, there will definitely be a large-scale battle between the two sides, "Legg added after a pause.
A strange look flashed in Liu Ming's eyes, but it only flashed for a moment.
This battle would obviously involve the participation of many mighty figures in the Profound Understanding realm. With his current strength, he might not necessarily be able to escape unscathed.
The expressions of the others were not very good, obviously having the same thoughts as Liu Ming.
"Everyone, don't worry. Once the battle starts, our five clans will definitely join forces to advance and retreat together. Even if we encounter a mighty figure in the Profound Understanding realm, we will have more leeway to deal with them," Legg said confidently.
Hearing this, the expressions of the young woman in green and the others eased slightly.
Among the people present, Legg's cultivation was the highest, having reached the late Celestial Phenomenon realm, while the others were the same as Liu Ming, in the middle Celestial Phenomenon realm. If the five of them joined forces, it was indeed possible to fight against a mighty figure in the Profound Understanding realm.
Liu Ming's eyes flickered slightly as he looked around. The small groups around him were almost the same.
At this moment, there was a commotion among the cultivators in the hall. A side door of the hall opened and a silver-haired old man slowly walked in.
The old man was dressed in a green scholarly robe, his face was slightly waxy yellow, and a pair of eyes emitted a sharp light when he opened and closed.
"This person is the current patriarch of the Liu family, Liu Huifeng," Legg said in a low voice, waved his hand, and put away the purple light curtain beside him.
Liu Ming's eyes flashed, and he suddenly heard Mo Tian's cold snort in his heart. He couldn't help but be moved.
At this moment, the twenty to thirty patriarchs in the hall stood up one after another, and a few sparsely said, "Greetings, Patriarch Liu."
"Okay, everyone, sit." The silver-haired old man strode to the main seat in the hall, turned around and sat down.
All the Patriarchs in the hall took their seats and looked at the silver-haired old man.
"Everyone, the Li, Chi, and Kuo Prefectures have rebelled this time and established themselves as the Great Shuo Dynasty. The Lord Fiend Emperor is extremely furious, and he's given strict orders that we must completely crush the other party and completely annihilate the seeds of the rebellion! I am very pleased that all of you Patriarchs were able to rush here in the shortest amount of time possible. "Liu Huifeng paused for a moment after sitting down before opening his mouth to speak.
Although these were meaningless words, the people below were all Celestial Phenomenon Ascendants. Naturally, they wouldn't show any signs of impatience at this moment.
"Senior Liu, you're giving us too much face by saying this. Since the Darshuo Dynasty has already decided to rebel against our Central Dynasty of Myriad Devils, they'll launch an attack on the Hidden Prefecture, Yu Prefecture, and other places sooner or later. We naturally have to do our best to assist Senior Liu in completely crushing them." A middle-aged man in a fiery red robe stood up and said with a smile on his face.
The few people beside the middle-aged man also voiced their agreement as if they had reconciled.
When Liu Ming saw this, a strange light flashed in his eyes.
He had seen this red-robed middle-aged man once before. He was the Patriarch of the Huyan Clan, which was known as the number one clan in the Hidden Prefecture. Compared to the Qing Clan and the Lei Clan, the Huyan Clan's power was even greater.
At this moment, there were seven or eight people surrounding the red-robed middle-aged man. This was the group with the largest number of people in the hall.
Legg coldly snorted, a look of disdain on his face.
Liu Ming's eyebrows twitched slightly. He turned his head to look at Legg, but quickly shifted his gaze away. The Lei Clan and the Huyan Clan were quite close in power, and there were often conflicts between the two clans. Therefore, their relationship was very bad. This matter was known to everyone in the Hidden Prefecture.
Although Legg's voice wasn't loud, everyone in the surroundings heard it. Even the red-robed middle-aged man glanced over, a cold light flashing in his eyes.
Perhaps it was because the Patriarch of the Liu Clan was present that the red-robed middle-aged man and Legg didn't take any further actions.
"It's great that everyone can think this way! I believe that as long as we work together, we will definitely be able to break through the Great Shuo rebels. At that time, the Devil King will definitely reward us according to our contributions. "Liu Huifeng acted as though he didn't see anything as he laughed.
"Dare I ask Senior Liu, how many people do these rebels have gathered in the stronghold outside the city?" A white-robed young man sitting in the corner of the hall stood up and clasped his hands as he asked.
Liu Ming glanced at that person before retracting his gaze. He didn't know this person, he should be the Patriarch of a small aristocratic clan in the Hidden Prefecture. Or maybe he was someone from another prefecture.
"Everyone can rest assured, the investigation is almost done. The rebels of Great Shuo have built a large-scale stronghold outside the city at the Black Wind Gorge. However, there are only 70,000 to 80,000 cultivators in the gorge, and only a few dozen Celestial Phenomenon Ascendants." Liu Huifeng faintly spoke.
As the sound of his words rang out, the cultivators in the hall immediately broke out into discussion.
70,000 to 80,000 cultivators was about the same as the military strength of Yourong City, and Yourong City had double the number of Celestial Phenomenon Ascendants. At this moment, it was an opportunity.
"Although the number of Celestial Phenomenon Ascendants is relatively small, there are three Profound Enlightenment Realm cultivators in charge. Their overall strength is not much weaker than ours." Liu Huifeng seemed to see through the thoughts of the people present and continued to speak.
When the people in the hall heard this, they couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, and the voices of discussion suddenly became much quieter.
"However, just now, the Central Imperial Dynasty sent a message that the Devil King has already sent two Profound Enlightenment Realm elders of the royal family over, and they will arrive in one or two days. At that time, if there are no Profound Enlightenment Realm existences in the Great Shuo Empire as reinforcements, we will take this opportunity to launch an attack. So in the next two days, everyone should rest well in the city for the upcoming fierce battle. "Liu Huifeng said solemnly.
"Yes!" Everyone in the hall agreed in unison, revealing an expression of eagerness for battle.
Just as Liu Ming and the others were discussing tactics, a thousand miles away from Yourong City, between two huge mountains, a huge fortress with a radius of hundreds of miles was built.
The entire fortress was shrouded in a thick black fog, and there were teams of Devil Cultivator soldiers in greyish-white armor patrolling the surroundings. From time to time, there were also streaks of light flying back and forth in the air.
This place was impressively the Black Wind Gorge Fortress of the Great Shuo army.
At this moment, in a somewhat dim side hall in the fortress, a man and a woman in grey robes sat opposite each other.
Both of them looked to be in their thirties. The woman was quite beautiful, and she wore a silver hair band on her head, which made her black hair stand up, revealing her fair and smooth forehead.
The other man in grey robes had a somewhat yellowish complexion, half-bald eyebrows, and thin and long eyes. He looked quite ugly.
The aura emitted from both of them was extremely powerful, and they were both in the Profound Enlightenment Realm.
Between the two of them floated a black round basin, emitting circles of black light.
The two of them stared fixedly at the black basin, as if they were waiting for something.
Suddenly, light flashed in the black basin, and with a crackling sound, a black flame the size of a human head appeared out of thin air. Within the flame, a blurry human face appeared.
"Second Elder!" When the man and woman saw the human face in the flame, they immediately stood up and bowed.
The face in the flame opened its mouth and asked, "No need to be polite. How are the preparations?"
The grey-robed man clearly knew what the face in the flame was talking about, and immediately answered, "The formation flags for the Great Chaos Demon Array have been refined according to the requirements. The people controlling the array are all in place, and we can begin at any time."
The face in the flame commanded, "Good. According to the intelligence, Huangfu Liu Shui and Huangfu Qi of the Central Imperial Dynasty will arrive at Yourong City in two days. When the time comes, we must act according to the plan without any mistakes!"
"Yes!" The grey-robed man and woman's expressions became solemn, and they agreed in unison.
The black flame flickered twice, then dissipated, and the round basin quickly returned to its original state.
The two of them looked at each other, then quickly got up and left the side hall.
…
In Yourong City, Liu Ming and the other patriarchs of the major families discussed the deployment of the battle with the silver-haired old man. After an hour, they all dispersed.
After saying goodbye to Legg and the others, Liu Ming quickly came to the residence of the Qing Family cultivators.
At this moment, Qing Fang was pacing back and forth in the hall from time to time. When he saw Liu Ming walking in, he hurriedly greeted him with surprise.
"Patriarch."
"Have the people of the family been arranged?" Liu Ming nodded to Qing Fang and asked.
"Yes, the residence provided by Yourong City is quite generous, and the children of the family have already been arranged." Qing Fang hurriedly replied.
"That's good." Liu Ming immediately responded, then expressionlessly walked to a chair in the hall and sat down.
When Qing Fang saw Liu Ming's expression, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and he didn't dare to say anything.
"You also sit down." Liu Ming pointed to the chair next to him and suddenly said.
Qing Fang was startled, then cupped his hands and sat down.
"I wonder how the discussion went with the patriarchs of the other families? What's the situation in Yourong City right now? "Qing Fang hesitated and asked.
Liu Ming's expression didn't change as he told Qing Fang what he heard in the main hall of the city. At the same time, he also talked about the secret alliance with the Lei family, Ao family, and several other families. Of course, he also talked about the battle that might start in two days.
"That's great. As long as the two Profound Understanding experts of the Central Dynasty arrive, we'll be able to win!" Qing Fang said with great joy.
"Even so, no one can guarantee that there won't be Profound Understanding reinforcements from the Great Shuo Stronghold outside the city in two days. Moreover, I still feel that the appearance of this Great Shuo Dynasty is very strange. The Li, Chi, and Kuo provinces are located at the border. There has never been a large family that could unify the three provinces. Moreover, according to the Liu family's intelligence, there seems to be no lack of Profound Understanding experts in the Great Shuo Dynasty. Where did these Profound Understanding cultivators come from? It's simply too strange. "Liu Ming's eyes flashed as he said.
When Qing Fang heard this, his expression also calmed down and said, "Does the patriarch mean that there will be some changes in this battle?"
When Qing Fang heard this, his expression also calmed down and said, "This is just my hunch. Tell the people in the family to rest for two days. If there really is a battle later, they must be careful. It's best if they don't leave my sight." Liu Ming said.
"Yes." Qing Fang hurriedly nodded.
"Alright, you also go rest." Liu Ming waved his hand. Qing Fang excused himself and left.
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