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"Junior Bai."
Outside a green-tiled house in a quaint building surrounded by clouds and mist, a young man dressed in a light green robe with his hair tied up in a bun and a gentle smile on his fair and clean face, greeted the young man with a gentle smile.
The Junior Brother Bai that he spoke of was a short and stout young man with a stocky build. At this moment, he was sitting cross-legged on a praying mat in the green tiled room with a solemn look on his face. It seemed that he was meditating and cultivating. However, based on the man's understanding of him, he understood that this fellow was slacking off and dozing off again.
Hearing someone greet him, the short and stout young man called Junior Bai quickly woke up from his half-asleep state.
"So it's Senior Zhao." Seeing the person who came, Junior Bai stood up from the praying mat with an embarrassed expression and greeted him with a silly smile.
"Eh, is it time to change shifts already?" Junior Bai looked up at the sky outside and said excitedly.
Clearly, this Junior Bai was like a white-collar worker in the secular world who was full of enthusiasm for rest.
"Yes." Senior Zhao smiled and affirmed.
"Great, I can finally go back to sleep." Junior Bai spoke in a tone as if he was relieved. Then, he nimbly took out a green and white jade slip from his bosom and handed it to Senior Zhao.
"Since I'm done with the handover, I'll be leaving first, Senior Zhao." Junior Bai looked at Senior Zhao with an expectant expression.
"Okay, go." Senior Zhao shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly.
"Hehe, I'll leave the Spirit Hall to Senior Zhao. I'm leaving." Junior Bai chuckled and quickly ran out of the green tiled house. Not long after, he disappeared into the thick darkness of the night.
Senior Martial Brother Zhao shook his head helplessly and raised his head to look at the Spirit Station Hall.
In an instant, lamps that looked like ancient copper oil lamps with brass bases and small flames burning on them appeared in front of his eyes. They were arranged in rows and placed on tall or short wooden shelves.
These oil lamps had a scientific name. They were called Soul Awakening Lamps. As the name implied, each flame on the lamp represented whether a person's soul was complete or not. If there was a mishap, it meant that the connection would be severed, such as death. There would be an oil lamp that would automatically extinguish. Through this method, they would report their situation to Senior Martial Brother Zhao, Junior Martial Brother Bai, and the others who were guarding this place, in order to attract the attention of the sect.
Brother Zhao looked at the many intact oil lamps and nodded slightly. Then, he turned around and walked to a futon nearby and sat down with his legs crossed. However, just as he was about to close his eyes and begin to meditate, an oil lamp suddenly went out with a "hu" sound.
Seeing this, Senior Brother Zhao paused. A look of astonishment appeared on his face.
However, in the next moment, the flames on the oil lamps were extinguished one after another.
Senior Martial Brother Zhao's lips trembled as he stared blankly at the several dozen extinguished soul lamps in the Spirit Stop Hall. "The world is about to change..."
"Hu!"
Another oil lamp went out.
Seeing this, Senior Martial Brother Zhao immediately came back to his senses. He jumped off the futon and hurriedly walked to the extinguished oil lamps. He took out the green and white jade slip that Junior Martial Brother Bai had given him. He formed a seal with one hand and guided the wisps of smoke from the extinguished oil lamps to the jade slip.
In the next moment, familiar and unfamiliar names appeared on the surface of the jade slip.
Then, Senior Martial Brother Zhao didn't dare to hesitate. Holding the jade slip in his hand, he quickly rushed to the palace where the elder on night duty was.
In less than a minute, Senior Martial Brother Zhao appeared in front of a magnificent ancient building.
Senior Martial Brother Zhao stood still and said with a respectful attitude, "Zhao Shouren on duty at the Spirit Stop Hall requests to see Elder Wang. This one has an urgent report."
After the voice, the building in front of him was calm.
Zhao Shouren didn't rush him. He still maintained a bowing posture and waited outside the door.
Then, after about ten seconds, there was a strange creaking sound. The tightly shut door in front of Zhao Shouren slowly opened to both sides.
"Follow me." The male disciple who opened the door said coldly.
After he finished speaking, he ignored Shouren Zhao and walked into the inner room. Shouren Zhao didn't dare to hesitate. He quickly followed after him.
Under the guidance of the male disciple, the two passed through a spacious courtyard. After entering the room, they walked straight through several halls until they reached a tightly shut door. Only then did they come to a complete stop.
At this time, the male disciple who led the way bowed at the door and said, "Master, I've brought him."
So this person was an elder's disciple. No wonder his attitude was so cold.
"Let him in." In the room, an old voice came through the door.
"Yes." The male disciple respectfully replied. Then, he stepped forward and opened the door.
Zhao Shouren bowed to the male disciple and quickly walked into the room.
The room was not big. It was about the same size as the ancient bedroom in movies and TV series. Even the decoration was the same. A middle-aged woman, dressed in brocade clothes, with a fair and solemn face and long black hair tied up with a jade hairpin, was sitting cross-legged on an antique brown wooden bed with intricate carvings in a meditative posture.
This middle-aged woman was the Elder Wang that Zhao Shouren asked to see.
"Greetings, Elder Wang." Zhao Shouren bowed.
"What's the matter?" Elder Wang didn't move and didn't open her eyes. She still maintained a meditative posture and asked in an indifferent tone.
"A soul lamp in the Soul Residence Hall extinguished." Zhao Shouren quickly replied.
"This kind of small matter can be reported to the steward. Why do you need to tell me?" Elder Wang frowned slightly and said coldly. Obviously. In her mind, she only thought of this as an ordinary soul lamp extinguishing and didn't think that a large number of people had died. Instead, she was wondering if this disciple wanted to use this as an excuse to show off in front of her and get her to look at him favorably.
After all, this kind of thing didn't happen often in the past, but it didn't happen before.
"No, Elder, this time it wasn't a simple soul lamp extinguishing. It happened at that moment. As many as 28 soul lamps extinguished at the same time. This matter has exceeded the authority of the steward. This disciple came to report to you directly. "Zhao Shouren, who felt the change in Elder Wang's attitude, quickly explained.
"What!?" Elder Wang's eyes snapped open when he heard the number of extinguished soul lamps. He stared at Zhao Shouren with awe-inspiring eyes and exclaimed, "What?
The moment Elder Wang opened her eyes. A powerful aura enveloped Shouren Zhao.
"Yes, Elder. This is the list of the disciples whose soul lamps were extinguished. Please take a look." Under the pressure, Zhao Shouren, who was a little pale, took out a green and white jade slip. He held it with both hands and presented it to Elder Wang.
Elder Wang snatched the jade scroll over. She lowered her head and quickly browsed through it.
"These are..." Looking at the names that appeared on the jade slip, Elder Wang's expression couldn't help but change.
As an Elder in the sect, she was very clear about some things in the sect. Therefore, the moment she saw the names on the list, she knew who these people were and what they were in charge of. So almost instinctively, Elder Wang understood that someone must have attacked the recently acquired enclave of Phoenix Cry Cave. Otherwise, how could there be such a large number of casualties?
"Who is it? Could it be the people of the Lou Mountain Faction? "Elder Wang's expression changed again.
Until now, she still hadn't considered the possibility that someone else had attacked them.
"No, I have to inform the Sect Master quickly."
With this thought, Elder Wang immediately stood up from the wooden bed. Her body turned into a stream of light and disappeared from the room in an instant.
The next moment. In front of another majestic house, Elder Wang's figure appeared. He pushed open the door in front of him without any trace of politeness. As he walked in quickly, he called out, "Is the Sect Leader in? Wang Xuexia requests an audience."
"What's the matter?" Almost as soon as Wang Xuexia's voice fell, a man with a dignified expression suddenly appeared in the room. His brows were slightly furrowed, and his expression was slightly displeased as he questioned in a deep voice.
"Greetings to the Sect Master." Seeing the person who came, Wang Xuexia quickly stopped and bowed.
The man nodded slightly. He walked to a chair at the side and sat down.
After bowing, Wang Xuexia said anxiously, "Sect Master, it's not good. Something happened at the enclave."
"What's wrong?" The man's expression changed slightly as he asked.
"I just received a report from the Spirit Stationed Hall disciple. A large number of disciples' soul lamps suddenly extinguished. After I checked the list, I found that these disciples who died were all stationed disciples who were previously sent to the enclave to guard it! So if there is no accident, the enclave should have been attacked and it should have fallen by now. "Wang Xuexia said and handed the green jade slip to the Sect Master.
The Sect Master took the jade slip and lowered his head to check it. Then, with a whoosh, the man suddenly stood up from the chair. His eyes were filled with uncontrollable anger.
"Men, go and call Elder Liu and Elder Xing over!" The man raised his voice and ordered.
"Yes." A disciple's voice sounded in response.
Then, after two to three minutes, two middle-aged men of similar height walked into the room. One of them had a dignified face and a cold expression, while the other had a kind expression and was always smiling.
"Greetings to the Sect Master." Seeing the man sitting on the main seat, the two greeted in unison.
"Junior Brothers, please take a seat." The man pointed to the empty seats at the side and said.
Hearing this, the two didn't refuse and sat down.
"Senior Brother Sect Master, why did you summon us so urgently in the middle of the night?" The kind man asked.
"Junior Sister Wang, you tell us." The Sect Master ordered.
"Yes." Wang Xuexia replied. Then, she turned to the kind man and the cold man and said, "Senior Brother Xing, Junior Brother Liu, just now …"
Wang Xuexia described the entire matter in detail to the two of them.
"What do you think about this matter?" After Wang Xuexia finished, the Sect Master asked.
"Who else could it be? It must be those people from the Lou Shan Faction who did it. Otherwise, how could our disciples have suffered so many casualties in an instant! Moreover, only Wang Fuxiao from the Lou Shan Faction could possibly force Junior Brother Liu to the point that he couldn't even send a signal back. "Wang Xuexia gritted her teeth and said.
Hearing Wang Xuexia's words, the Sect Master and the other two people's eyes moved.
"It shouldn't be. No matter what, the Lou Shan Faction is still a big faction. I don't think they would do something like breaking the contract." The kind man with a smile said hesitantly.
This was also the reason why the Sect Master and the other person didn't immediately make a decision.
"Junior Brother Liu, wealth moves people." Wang Xuexia shook her head and said.
"Wealth moves people's hearts. We've already distributed everything that we can. Now, the only thing left is the herb garden on that piece of land. The people of Lou Mountain Faction shouldn't be so unwise as to fall out with us over that little bit of spiritual herbs," the dignified man, who was Senior Brother Xing, disagreed.
"If it wasn't them, who else could it be? Who would have the guts to offend both of our factions at the same time? Aren't they afraid that we will gang up on them? "Wang Xuexia sneered in disbelief.
"Could it be those women from the Phoenix Cry Cave?" Senior Brother Liu said with a frown.
"It shouldn't be. There are only two Golden Core cultivators in their faction. Their Sect Master, Long Ying, had her cultivation crippled by us. Although the other one, Bai Yunzhu, escaped, there is still a certain gap between her and Junior Brother Liu in terms of cultivation. It is impossible for her to force Junior Brother Liu to the point where he couldn't even send a signal back. Moreover, it is impossible for so many of our disciples to die at once. Therefore, I think an attack from an external force is the most likely. "Senior Brother Xing analyzed.
After hearing Senior Brother Xing's words, apart from Wang Xuexia who seemed to be certain that the Lou Shan Faction did it, the Sect Master and Senior Brother Liu felt that it made sense.
"However, the most important thing now is to send people to the Phoenix Cry Mountain to see the situation there and rescue Junior Brother Liu who might still be there." Senior Brother Xing said again.
As soon as he said that, the three people in the room all looked at the Sect Master.
"Let's do that." The Sect Master decided. Then, he raised his voice and ordered, "Elder Liu, Elder Wang."
"We are here." Wang Xuexia and Elder Liu stood up and cupped their fists.
"I order the two of you to immediately lead eight Core Formation realm disciples and twenty Foundation Establishment realm disciples to the Phoenix Cry Mountain to check the situation."
"Yes." The two of them accepted the order and left the room.
"Elder Xing, from now on, the entire mountain will enter a state of alert. We must not leave any chance for the enemy to attack." Then, the Sect Master looked at Elder Xing and ordered.
"Yes." Elder Xing stood up and replied. Then, he also left the room, leaving behind the Sect Leader, who was frowning. No one knew what he was thinking.
Then, after about seven to eight minutes, the group of thirty people turned into a ray of light and shot into the night sky, flying towards the Phoenix Cry Mountain in Dian Province.
At the same time, the people from the Lou Shan Faction made the same decision.
Now, the scene changed to the Phoenix Cry Cave on the Phoenix Cry Mountain. At the same time, the time moved slightly forward.
Under the attack of Sei Itō, whose level was much higher than the two Golden Core realm cultivators, almost instantly, the disciples of the two sects guarding the Phoenix Cry Cave were all captured and killed by Sei Itō. Their corpses were sent to the alternate world using the space rules.
Then, Sei Itō's figure flashed and returned to the main building …
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