Ying Chong came out from the back of the hall and returned to the front of the Rainbow Hall. Here, he was thinking of a strategy to deal with Tianxia.
Although Guyang and the rest allowed him to use Shangchen's magic items, the help it provided him was limited. It was better than nothing. However, he could move the vassal sects to other heavens at will. This allowed him to be more flexible in his arrangements, which was exactly what he wanted.
He ordered someone to call the boy in white over and said, "I can give you the things you needed earlier, but you must obstruct the Tianxia cultivators like before. However, you don't have to kill anyone. You just have to keep harassing them and report the whereabouts of every Tianxia cultivator to me."
The boy in white was stunned for a moment and said, "Okay." He stretched out his hands and said, "Give me the things first."
Ying Chong took a three-foot long golden ruyi from the table. He waved it and a ball of auspicious clouds flew over. A crane-neck vase landed at his feet. The mouth of the vase was much higher than the boy in white. He said, "Take it."
The boy in white went forward and hugged it. The crane-neck vase seemed to be rubbed into his body. After a while, he said, "I'm working on it."
Ying Chong nodded.
With the Evil Gods' harassment, he could delay the Tianxia cultivators for a while. Furthermore, he could accurately understand where the Tianxia Xuanzun cultivators were through these Evil Gods and make arrangements in advance.
With these conditions, he could carry out the plan in his heart.
He took out a long green spiritual branch from his sleeve and raised it in front of him. He raised his hand and stroked it. Then, he waved it down. As the branch fell, an empty space was created in the void.
After looking at it for a while, he used his mana to condense a letter. He called one of his trusted disciples over and said, "Pass this letter to Daoist Hun Kong and let him make the arrangements."
The disciple bowed and received it. Then, he left.
Ying Chong stared at the void and said, "Let's see how Tianxia reacts to this move."
In the Clear Dome Cloud Sea Conference Hall, the Head Daoist and the incarnations of the Court Enforcers were discussing the matters of Shangchen.
Lin Tingzhi said, "A few days ago, the needles on the Inquiry Heaven Platform suddenly stopped, but only half a day later, they started spinning again. Since then, there have been no other changes."
Zhong Tingzhi thought for a moment and said, "Head Deacon, Deacon of the Supreme Court, I think that Shangchen has found the place where the Huanyang school was exiled. However, we have never seen the Huanyang school. It is very likely that the Huanyang school is no longer in its original place. Shangchen has no choice but to continue searching. Therefore, the suspending needle is spinning again."
Most of the Court Enforcers who were present had the same thought. Unconsciously, they agreed with his judgment.
Daoist Yu Su said, "This is a good thing. Shangchen needs more time to find the Huanyang school. This gives us more time to prepare. However, it would be best if we can find the location of Shangchen's main sky during this time and find a way to stop this person's actions."
In fact, as long as Shangchen was not destroyed, this matter could not be stopped. However, if it could be done, it would not be difficult to delay this matter. Tianxia's power would be greater than before in a few decades or even a century. At that time, even if the Huanyang school was really summoned back, Tianxia was confident that he could suppress the two schools together.
Zhong Tingzhi shook his head and said, "However, after capturing Gu Shang Pai, Zhengqing and Wei Yi searched many other sky regions. However, they were all empty. Now that more and more branches of the Cymbidium Lucidum have appeared, the location of Shangchen's main sky region is becoming more and more difficult to find. We can't have too much hope."
Daoist Yu Su said coldly, "Difficult to find doesn't mean that we can't find it. The branches of the sky are increasing. We can also increase our manpower accordingly and refine more magic tools."
Feng Tingzhi said, "Yu Su's words are reasonable. Even if we can only attack a few more subordinate sky regions, it would be good."
Many Court Enforcers nodded in agreement. Now was Shangchen's weakest time. If they did not take advantage of this time to speed up their attacks and find a flaw, when they recover, it would not be so easy to deal with them.
The Chief Daoist saw that most of the Court Enforcers agreed with this suggestion and said, "Then everyone, let's discuss the manpower arrangements."
In the blink of an eye, it was August.
Zhang Yu spread out an imperial edict in front of him. This was a magic tool prepared in advance. After being refined by the light of heart, it could bear a certain amount of the power of word seals.
The price of refining this item was not lower than refining a magic tool. He could feel that this item could only be used once. Once used, it would be destroyed. However, if it could help him obtain a chance of victory in battle, it would be an incomparably worthwhile thing.
Moreover, this was only for now. When his cultivation improved a little, he would not need this item. He could just condense it with the light of heart. That way, it would be even purer.
Therefore, this item was only used in case of an emergency. He felt that he needed to seize the opportunity to cultivate and strive to not need this item when he was in an all-out confrontation with Shangchen.
It was just that he had been in frequent closed-door cultivation recently and had gone to that high and misty place to comprehend. He had not asked about external affairs for many days. He also needed to understand the changes in the current situation. Therefore, he kept the imperial edict and ordered the Deity Duty Department to hand over the report. However, the report was written on it and did not mention the details.
He thought for a moment and said, "Is fellow Daoist Ming Zhou here?"
Following his call, Daoist Ming Zhou appeared in the field. He cupped his hands and said, "What can I do for you, Shouzheng?" Zhang Yu said, "Fellow Daoist Ming Zhou, how is the situation in the external world recently?"
Daoist Ming Zhou said, "Reporting to Shouzheng, in May, the imperial court saw that Shangchen's resistance was declining. Therefore, they arranged for more Xuan Zun to search for Shangchen's subordinate heavenly domain. However, during this period of time, the Xuan Zun has been frequently harassed by evil gods. Until now, we have not seen any results."
Zhang Yu asked in detail. Only then did he know that the evil gods did not have the goal of killing anyone this time. Instead, they were purely obstructing the operation. On the surface, this also showed that the power available to Shangchen had become very limited. Now, they could only rely on the evil gods to go into battle.
However, he felt that Shangchen would not be in such a predicament at the moment. They should still have some tricks that they had not used yet.
At this time, Daoist Ming Zhou's expression suddenly changed. He cupped his hands and bowed, saying, "Shouzheng, Chen Tingzhi invites you."
"Oh?"
Zhang Yu was slightly surprised. He nodded and said, "Please lead the way, fellow Daoist Ming Zhou."
After a while, under the guidance of Ming Zhou, Zhang Yu took the flying carriage to a cloud platform. Chen Tingzhi was waiting for him there.
Zhang Yu got down from the carriage, raised his sleeves and cupped his hands, saying, "Chen Tingzhi greets you."
Chen Tingzhi returned the salute and said, "Zhang Shouzheng greets you." He came to a seat on the side and made a gesture of invitation. "Zhang Shouzheng, please take a seat."
Zhang Yu bowed again and sat down.
Chen Tingzhi also sat down. He said, "I noticed that Zhang Shouzheng has been borrowing jade slips containing records many times recently. Moreover, these jade slips are mostly related to cultivators who have plucked the fruits of the coexistence of reality and illusion."
Zhang Yu said, "That's right. As Shouzheng, I need to resist foreign enemies. With the current situation, I don't know when I will encounter such people. Therefore, I need to find a way to understand them first. "
Chen Tingzhi nodded and said, "It's good to prepare for a rainy day."
After a pause, he said, "The one in charge of Shangchen right now should be Ying Chong. I'm familiar with this person. He's an expert in scheming. Shouzheng has ruined his plans several times, so he must have a countermeasure. As for the people who can control Fellow Daoist, it seems that they are only those who have plucked the fruits of greater achievements."
Zhang Yu said at this time, "I've read the records of the Ming Dynasty. In Shangchen, the people who have obtained the fruits of this achievement are Guyang, Tian Hong, and Lingdu. Apart from them, is there anyone else we don't know? "
Chen Tingzhi said in a low voice, "When Shangchen was separated from Tianxia, there were indeed some cultivators with profound skills who left. There were also some people who were extremely talented. After these hundreds of years, if they could make progress, it wouldn't be strange for them to pluck the fruits of this achievement.
But these people exist. Based on my understanding of Ying Chong, he won't easily reveal himself now. Instead, he will let these people appear at a more crucial time.
It's more likely that he's looking for someone who has obtained the fruits of this achievement in the past. I don't know who that person is, but Shouzheng has made preparations in advance. That's definitely not a bad thing. "
Zhang Yu raised his sleeve and cupped his hands, saying, "I've always had a question. Since I've met Chen Tingzhi today, and we've talked about this matter, I'd like to ask you."
Chen Tingzhi said, "What's Shouzheng's opinion?"
Zhang Yu said, "I've flipped through a few books. I saw that in ancient Xia, there were actually quite a few cultivators who had cultivated to the state of Virtual and Real. But now, it seems that there are only a few of them. I wonder where those seniors are now?"
When a cultivator reached the state of Xuan Zun, as long as they could resist the erosion of heaven and earth, they could extend their lifespan indefinitely. Unless they died in battle, then they could survive.
Just like the cultivators of ancient Xia, even if they were ordinary Xuan Zun, as long as they crossed over to this world and did not die in battle, then most of them could be found.
But when he looked through those books, there were quite a few cultivators who had cultivated to the state of Virtual and Real as well. But now, other than a few whose fame spread far and wide, there seemed to be no news of the rest. The jade books did not record their whereabouts either.
However, such a character was actually very difficult to kill, which made people feel very puzzled.
Chen Tingzhi said in a low voice, "Shouzheng asked this question too early. I'm telling you now, but it'll only disrupt your cultivation. When you obtain the fruits of this achievement, then you'll understand."
Zhang Yu nodded slightly. Although Chen Tingzhi did not directly answer him, it was not difficult to understand from his words that this should be related to cultivation.
At this time, Chen Tingzhi took out a jade slip from his sleeve and placed it on the table. "These are some of my experiences and understandings over the years. Although I cultivate the Xuan Zun Zun, it's still a Xuan technique. Perhaps it can be used as a reference for Zhang Shouzheng."
Zhang Yu glanced at it and reached out to take it. He put it away and cupped his hands. Solemnly, he said, "Thank you very much, Chen Tingzhi."
Chen Tingzhi said, "Zhang Shouzheng, you created the state of Xuntian Dao Zhang. Your contribution is great. As long as you protect your body, you can go further in the future. There's no need to strive for temporary success."
He stood up. "I've said what needs to be said. I'll bid farewell to Zhang Shouzheng." He nodded to Zhang Yu and walked out. His figure gradually faded, and as he walked, he slowly merged into the sea of clouds.
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