Time flew by. Five years had passed since the battle at Mian Lu City.
Over the past five years, King Xi would summon his relatives from time to time to discuss war strategies, while Shi Yanxin subtly changed their consciousness and perception.
In addition to these people, he also used the same method on some of their important subordinates and heirs.
This was because these relatives and nobles not only had their own interests, but also represented the interests of the group behind them. They themselves could be overthrown or replaced by others.
When the upper echelons of these people who held most of the power were affected by the illusion, they would no longer oppose King Xi's wishes on certain matters.
Even if there were some people or forces who might be exceptions, they would take the opportunity to clean up and take in the people of the region.
Therefore, over the past few years, although there seemed to be no changes under King Xi's rule on the surface, the internal forces had unknowingly completed an integration.
External forces, such as the elder group, King Lie, and even the sects beyond the heavens, had been paying attention to King Xi's movements after his defeat at Mian Lu City. Unfortunately, after this failure, King Xi didn't seem to have any plans to attack Mian Lu City in the short term.
On the other hand, Mian Lu City had been actively preparing for war these past few years. The various forces were happy to see such a force behind King Xi, so they supported him openly and secretly. Thanks to this, Mian Lu City had gradually grown stronger over the years.
After more than six years of recuperation, King Xi's rule had recovered some of its vitality, and he himself had completed his war preparations. Therefore, he decided to attack the Central Region once again.
What was different from before was that this time, the clansmen and nobles all expressed fervently that they would fully support this expedition.
Perhaps it could be said that after the transformation, this generation's desire to attack the Central Region had become extremely strong. It was the number one desire among all of them, far higher than their other desires.
King Xi held a military meeting before the battle as usual. After this meeting, he picked up his staff and whip under everyone's gaze and pointed it at the map behind him. First, he pointed at Spirit Corner City, then drew a line to the east. When he reached the Yang Capital of the Central Region, he pointed there heavily!
On the other hand, a few days later, flying vessels that covered the heavens and the earth set off towards Spirit Corner City, and they stopped here with the intention of using this city as the vanguard to attack the central territory.
Although the Council of Elders had built a large number of fortifications on the road leading to the Central Region in order to guard against King Xi's army, it was completely incomparable to the Spirit Corner City that they had painstakingly built for decades. This time, the military strength that King Xi had mobilized was even greater than the previous time. It was clear that he was determined to deal with the Central Region in one fell swoop.
Because of this, the elders once again sent a letter to the Fierce King. It wasn't that the two sides didn't have any disagreements in the past, but in the face of the more powerful King Xi, they could only put aside their temporary disputes and join forces to fight against this great enemy.
At the same time, the two families also sent messengers to the relatives and nobles under King Xi's rule. They secretly gave them support, promised them benefits, and persuaded these people to think of ways to restrain King Xi.
Of course, they didn't forget about Mian Lu. Mian Lu had the precedent of repelling King Xi. With King Xi's temperament, there was no way he would let them go, so they could rest assured and give more support to Mian Lu.
Another three months later, millions of flying vessels finished assembling in Spirit Corner City and launched an attack on the fortress leading to the Central Region.
This time, it was different from the previous time. Because most of the upper echelons were determined to destroy the Council of Elders, their military movements were in sync, and their coordination was appropriate. Their attacks were extremely sharp. The defensive line of the fortress that the Council of Elders had set up at the front was broken through bit by bit.
Some of the advisors under King Xi's command were optimistic that if this continued, it would take the army less than half a year to reach the Yang Capital.
At this time, King Xi was riding on a royal boat and arrived at a mountain pass in Spirit Corner City. He asked Shi Yanxin, who was beside him, "Supreme Venerable One, is this the place?"
Shi Yanxin looked for a moment and said, "This is the place."
King Xi said, "I will use all my strength to cooperate with Supreme Venerable One."
Shi Yanxin nodded silently.
This time, he set up a large formation here. It was a formation that mainly used illusions and could be used to kill the upper echelons.
Because of this expedition, King Xi's side was prepared to let the upper echelons of the two sides confront each other. Instead, they were prepared to set up a trap to kill the Creator Realm cultivators and Daoist cultivators on the other side.
In the past, King Xi didn't have this kind of determination because the power of the upper echelons was mainly used to guard against and deter the people below him. But now, because of the change in the perception of the various clans and nobles, although it couldn't be said that they were completely united, they were completely united in their stance of conquering the central region. They were even willing to pay any price, so he dared to take a gamble.
Since this was the case, he decided to take a gamble. If he succeeded, he would definitely be able to deal a heavy blow to the other side. At the same time, he would use the upper echelons of his side to destroy the other side's defensive forces. At the same time, the general would quickly rush to the Yang Capital and engage in a decisive battle with the Council of Elders!
Before the internal integration, it was impossible to carry out a surprise attack. Just the formulation of the plan wouldn't be passed so smoothly. During the execution, each side would have their own ulterior motives. In the end, it would most likely be left unsettled. But now, these constraints didn't exist.
The key point of the entire plan was speed. Before King Lie's army and the upper echelons of his side made their move, they would attack the Yang Capital as quickly as possible and then destroy the Council of Elders as quickly as possible.
If they fought step by step, the two sides would be competing in terms of population and war potential. They would gnaw at the defensive lines of the forts one by one. In the end, there would be the Yang Capital, which was known to be unbreakable. But a surprise attack was different. The Council of Elders and King Lie would never think of this. It was enough to achieve the goal of surprise.
King Xi looked at the specks of light in the sky above the defensive line. He swung his staff and whip and said, "The success or failure of this battle depends entirely on the Supreme Venerable's formation."
While the army at the front was fighting, Mian Lu was still consolidating the previous gains.
Zhu Zonghu was no longer sitting upright in the city. Instead, he sat in King Xi's royal boat and handled official business here every day.
After he finished reviewing all the documents, he couldn't help but stretch his body. Daoist Wang timely said, "Zonghu, Daoist Bo is here again."
Zhu Zonghu thought for a moment and said, "Please."
After a while, Daoist Bo came in from outside and greeted him, "Zonghu, greetings."
Zhu Zonghu returned the greeting and said politely, "Daoist Bo, please take a seat."
After a few polite words, Daoist Bo immediately revealed the purpose of his visit. He said that the Everlasting Life Sect intended to continue their relationship with Mian Lu. He also said that the sect master had decided to give Mian Lu more support.
Most of the cultivators of the Six Sects beyond the Heavens were willing to place their chips on King Lie, but there were still some who insisted on supporting Mian Lu. Among them, the Everlasting Life Sect's sect master and Elder Fu held this opinion. Especially after Mianlu City defeated King Xi's attack under almost impossible circumstances, they were even more determined to stick to their own ideas.
They believed that they needed to increase their communication with the Celestials and Mian Lu. They also asked Daoist Bo to mend their relationship with the upper echelons of Mian Lu because of the Ancestral Elder.
If Daoist Bo was just making empty promises, Zhu Zonghu would naturally say a few polite words and politely ask him to leave. However, the conditions that Daoist Bo gave afterwards made him quite interested. Daoist Bo said that the Everlasting Life Sect was good at divining the mysteries of heaven and was willing to send a cultivator who was good at it to assist Mian Lu.
The divination of Everlasting Life Sect had always been very accurate and very useful. Not to mention the mysterious and unpredictable general trend of heaven, when it came to specific battles and confrontations, if they could make a more accurate judgment during hesitation, it could help them gain an advantage in all aspects. In addition, with the cooperation of the Celestials, the effect would be even greater.
Zhu Zonghu thought for a moment and revealed a smile, "Then I have to thank your sect for their good intentions. Your sect is allied with me, and I think that I would like to send an envoy to your sect. Is that possible? "
When Daoist Bo heard this, he was delighted and said, "That's great. If Zonghu wants to do so, my Everlasting Life Sect would be more than happy to oblige."
Zhu Zonghu said, "Alright, then I will choose a person to visit your sect leader and elders in the next few days."
Various things were happening. Within the great formation of Mian Lu, Zhang Yu stood at the center of the formation with his sleeves behind his back.
During these days, he had been cultivating here. At this moment, his gaze was focused on a certain place where his spirit was residing. His aura was also focused on a certain item. After a long time, he suddenly reached out his hand. In an instant, a long scroll bound with red silk appeared in his originally empty hand.
This was the magic tool that Daoist Wei used to entrust himself to. Now that he was holding the shadow of this tool, he wanted to see what was recorded in this scroll.
After Daoist Lin died, this item became an ownerless item. This item had been entrusted with the spirit of several people, which meant that under certain conditions, this item wouldn't reject the summoning of others.
However, although this item wouldn't reject summoning, it wasn't easy to see what was inside. If one forcefully looked at it, they might not be able to see it even if it was destroyed. They could only slowly convert it. If they summoned it casually, it might cause the shadow to be incomplete. Therefore, he had been guiding it slowly. After a few years, he finally succeeded in summoning this item.
At this time, he stretched out his hand to take the silk ribbon and slowly opened the book. Inside, mysterious Taoist talismans appeared one after another. What was recorded here was not the key to the cultivation method, but the explanation of the principle. Moreover, it faintly pointed to a higher realm.
However, when he saw this, he felt that something was wrong. This was because the principles didn't seem to be a summary of a dao cultivator's dao. Instead, it seemed to be a description of dao itself. Moreover, it gave him a very familiar feeling.
It wasn't that he had seen the things on the scroll before, but the "dao" mentioned in the scroll gave him a sense of deja vu. His eyes couldn't help but flash. Could it be what he thought?
If that was the case, then where was the "dao" described in the scroll?
After looking at it for a moment, he waved his sleeve and scattered the light from the scroll. He raised his head to look at the place where the spirit was residing. It seemed like this item was worth investigating again.
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