The truth was just as Bai Xiaowen speculated.
After Li Chun and Li Yan failed at Iron Blood Cliff, they did not report the failure to Li Feng, Qiu Zhenli, and the others. They even suppressed the news of Lv Wang's appearance. This indirectly caused the Black Sky Sect members who besieged Shangqing school to be defenseless against Bai Xiaowen and the martial artists of Jianghu.
If the Black Sky Sect and Tang Empire cooperated sincerely, the Devil Army besieging Shangqing school would know of Lv Wang's appearance and the fact that he organized the martial artists of Jianghu at Iron Blood Cliff. It would not be easy for Bai Xiaowen to control Li Feng and make the Giant Barbarian Soldiers change sides. Not to mention using Li Feng as a puppet to poison Qiu Zhenli, Sheji, and the Branch Leaders of the Black Sky Sect.
Although Bai Xiaowen was confident that the outcome of the war would not change, the losses on his side would increase by at least 30%, which would further affect the execution of the follow-up plan.
Li Chun and Li Yan, of course, did not purposely make things easier for Bai Xiaowen. They just did not expect such serious consequences.
They were still working hard on the recruitment mission that was previously assigned to them. Kidnapping the families of the six lords of the "Two Mountains and Four Islands" and forcing them to submit was their plan.
According to the thoughts of Li Chun and the others, the Black Sky Demon Army that besieged the Shang Qing Sect was a powerful deterrent; if they kidnapped the families of the six Clan Leaders, relying on the deterrence of their superior military strength, it was very possible to force the six Clan Leaders to submit.
Then, with the help of the six lords' reputation in Jianghu, they could rope in the martial artists of Jianghu from other forces. The recruitment mission would definitely be completed and would take at most two months.
Unfortunately, Bai Xiaowen did not give them such a long time.
Now, the six Sect Masters, including Yun Zhongli and the other two Sect Masters whose families were kidnapped, would not yield to Li Chun and Li Yan. This was because the offensive and defensive positions had changed. The righteous path alliance led by the Shangqing Sect was powerful, and the righteous path sects such as the Penglai Pavilion had responded one after another. On the other hand, the Black Sky Sect's Dragon Vein was broken and became an arrow at the end of its flight.
After listening to Bai Xiaowen's speculation, Yun Zhongli and the others became more anxious. They looked at Bai Xiaowen and waited for him to make a decision.
Chen Rong suddenly said, "Cloud Mountain Lord, I would like to ask you a question."
In front of Chen Rong, Yun Zhongli didn't dare to take advantage of his seniority and said respectfully, "Please go ahead, Sect Leader Chen."
Chen Rong said: "If … I'm saying if, Black Sky Sect uses your family to threaten you into submission, to force you to betray the righteous path alliance, will you submit?"
Yun Zhongli remained silent for a while, then said, "Only death awaits."
Chen Rong looked at Zhao Wuji, the owner of Immortal Visit Island.
Island Master Zhao Wuji also expressed the same attitude as Yun Zhongli.
Chen Rong sighed softly.
"I'm not unreasonable. I'm very grateful that the two of you are willing to follow Leader Lu to save Shangqing school. However, there are some things that must be made clear in advance, lest the two of you make the wrong decision.
"Now Black Sky Sect is weak. Even if we can draw the two of you to our side, it can't change the outcome of Black Sky Sect's defeat. It will only ruin the reputation of the two of you."
Although Yun Zhongli and the others felt a little uncomfortable, they also agreed that Chen Rong was telling the truth.
Even though they were the Banner Masters under Bai Xiaowen's command, and had a very high reputation in the martial arts world, but if they were to defect to the Black Sky Sect, their reputation would definitely plummet. It was impossible for them to incite the martial artists under their command to defect, let alone rope in other martial artists to join them.
The final result of defection was that two more people would be buried with Black Sky Sect.
Bai Xiaowen secretly praised Chen Rong in his heart. She was really different from ordinary women.
Even if Chen Rong didn't say these words, Bai Xiaowen would have made them clear, but he would have reminded them in a more tactful way. However, now that Chen Rong was the villain, it wouldn't affect the relationship between Bai Xiaowen and his Banner Masters.
Since Chen Rong was the villain, Bai Xiaowen naturally took advantage of the situation to play the good guy. "Cloud Mountain Master, Island Master Zhao, you don't have to be too pessimistic. This Lu will find a way to save your families from Black Sky Sect."
After Bai Xiaowen said this, he received a notification that he had triggered a side mission to save the families of Cloud Mountain and Zhao Mountain.
This mission was only an elite side mission with an A-rank difficulty. For ordinary evolvers, they might have to do their best to deal with it, but for Bai Xiaowen, it could only be considered a small mission.
Yun Zhongli and Zhao Wuji hurriedly thanked him.
Bai Xiaowen then said to the remaining people, "Since Black Sky Sect has done such a despicable thing, then your families must be in danger. Why don't we use Shangqing school's Message Talisman to let your families hide temporarily? The elites of Black Sky Sect's many branches have all been mobilized, and their intelligence abilities have greatly decreased compared to before. It should be very difficult to find the hiding place of your families in a short period of time. "
Shangqing school's Message Talisman was based on Gold and Dark Gold grade spiritual materials, and it took a lot of effort to inscribe them.
High-grade Message Talismans made of Dark Gold grade materials could store a large amount of spiritual energy and fly thousands of miles at extreme speed. Even low-grade Talismans made of Gold grade materials could fly hundreds of miles.
It was too late to send someone to pass on the message now, but the Message Talisman could reach them in half a day and complete the warning.
Chen Rong agreed immediately, and then asked, "Alliance Master Lu, how do you plan to save the families of Cloud Mountain and Zhao Mountain?"
Bai Xiaowen sighed inwardly. Chen Rong had changed the way she addressed him. Originally, she called him "Ah Wang", but now it had degenerated into "Alliance Master Lu".
This was not because she was embarrassed in front of others — in the last battle, when she had rushed over to provide support, she had called him "Ah Wang" in front of so many people …
Bai Xiaowen could understand that Chen Rong definitely minded Bai Xiaowen's "sweetheart" — that was why she had this feeling of alienation.
And this was under the situation where she only knew about Cecilia. If she knew that Bai Xiaowen also had Li Shuyi and Zhen Mi … Oh ho, she would probably put Bai Xiaowen into the ranks of scumbags on the spot.
Bai Xiaowen was calm. He felt that although he was a scumbag, scumbags had a bottom line, and disdained to use deceitful methods to step on multiple boats.
Although Chen Rong was very outstanding, and Bai Xiaowen quite admired her, it was not necessary to have the most intimate relationship, as long as it did not affect the alliance relationship.
So many thoughts turned in his mind in an instant, but it did not affect Bai Xiaowen's answer. He smiled and said, "I plan to disguise myself and sneak into the Black Sky Sect. In addition to finding out where the Cloud Mountain and Zhao Mountain are being held, I also want to find out the location of the Old Sect Leader and Great Elder from the Black Sky Sect's intelligence network. "
"You … sneak into the Black Sky Sect? No! It's too dangerous! "
Chen Rong's first reaction was to object, then her face turned slightly red, and she added, "What I mean is … you are now the Alliance Master of Wulin, an important part of the righteous alliance. If something happens to you, we will be very passive."
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