Chapter 519 Long-Term Considerations
The mountain protection formation of Tiexian Fortress is of the third-level middle grade. If the Jindan cultivators cannot take action, the Xiaoyao Sect must have at least twice as many low-level cultivators as the opponent, so that it can break through the mountain protection formation in a short time.
For this reason, under Li Mufeng's command, Xiaoyao Sect has quickly gathered manpower in Guyang Mountain and mobilized several large flying boats of the sect to transport low-level cultivators, preparing to directly flatten Tiexian Fortress in one go.
Li Mufeng nodded to Chu Fengping who was reporting the situation below, and then said: "Send another secret letter to Guangling, asking him to go to the sect's Good Merit Pavilion and get two third-level formation-breaking beads. In case the Jiuyuan Sect also mobilizes a large number of people to support, we still need to break the formation by force."
"Master, the sect only has these few third-level formation-breaking beads left. I don't think it's necessary to use such an important spiritual object to deal with the Ma family?" Hearing that Li Mufeng was going to use the third-level "formation-breaking beads", Chu Fengping on the side reminded him hesitantly.
The formation-breaking beads can imprison the spiritual energy in the spiritual veins for a short period of time. They are a rare spiritual object specially used to deal with the mountain protection formation. Because the refining of this thing requires a very rare and precious spiritual object "earth vein essence stone" in the spiritual veins, so the "formation-breaking beads" are also very rare.
Even the low-level formation-breaking beads of level one or two are hard to find in the market, let alone the "formation-breaking beads" above level three. Even in the Good Merit Pavilion of Xiaoyao Sect, there are only a few.
These three-level "formation-breaking beads", like the three-level puppet beasts that supported Jinshanfang in the past, are important treasures of the sect. Xiaoyao Sect generally does not easily use this trump card unless it is absolutely necessary.
"Our Xiaoyao Sect has been established for thousands of years, and it has been the sixth generation under my control. The reason why the sect has been able to lead the Weiguo cultivation world for so many years is not because of mercy. No matter how much it costs, we must break through Tiexian Fort this time.
Otherwise, if even a small Ma family dares to betray the sect like this, how can we lead the entire Weiguo cultivation world in the future? I also know what you all think, but for the long-term consideration of the sect, we must let everyone know what the consequences of betraying the sect will be."
Just as Xiaoyao Sect was gathering its strength, the Ma family of Tiexian Fort was also busy. Many low-level cultivators were running around in the city, carrying various spiritual objects.
On the west side of Tiexian Fort, in a wide cave.
Ma Hongshan and Ma Qiudie, as well as more than a dozen foundation-building elders of the Ma family, were gathering together to discuss the family's future plans.
As early as the monster riot, in order to borrow reinforcements from Yue State to help resist the numerous monsters besieging Tiexian Fort, Ma Hongshan had secretly reached an agreement with Jiuyuan Sect and was ready to lead the entire Ma family to leave Xiaoyao Sect and join Jiuyuan Sect.
At that time, facing the siege of the four demon king armies, the Ma family only had Ma Hongshan, a Jindan cultivator. Without the support of Tuoyun Mountain, they could only rely on the Tiexian Fort mountain protection formation to hold on.
And the Xiaoyao Sect happened to be in a passive position due to the sudden injury of the leader Yao Qianshu, causing the entire Weiguo front to fall into a passive position, and there was no way to send reinforcements to Tiexian Fort.
In order to preserve the family's vitality, Ma Hongshan, who faced huge pressure from the monsters, directly hooked up with Jiuyuan Sect of Yue State after some entanglement.
The Yue State Xiuxian World where Jiuyuan Sect is located is a country with a relatively small territory, and the pressure of facing monster riots has always been much smaller than that of Wei State.
After Jiuyuan Sect unified the Yue Kingdom's cultivation world, with the existence of the Yuanying ancestor, the Yue Kingdom's cultivation world has gained some advantages against the monsters. During this monster turmoil, they withstood the attacks of several monster kings very early, so Jiuyuan Sect was able to send Jindan cultivators to help the Ma family guard Tiexian Fort.
Ma Hongshan originally thought that the Xiaoyao Sect would be seriously injured in the face of the monster turmoil this time. When the monster turmoil was over, Tiexian Fort would turn to Jiuyuan Sect, a new Yuanying force, and the Xiaoyao Sect would be unable to do anything to them.
Unexpectedly, the Ma family had just made the decision to betray Xiaoyao Sect. In just a few months, the situation on the front line of the defense of the country suddenly changed.
First, Song Qingming defended Jinshanfang and killed the White Lion Demon King. Then, under the leadership of Yao Qianshu, Li Xianyun, Song Qingming and others broke through Zixingfang, which was occupied by monsters. Soon, under the support of Xiaoyao Sect, Guiyunfang and Tuoyunshan were relieved of the crisis. Soon, Tiexianbao also welcomed the reinforcements of Xiaoyao Sect.
Faced with this sudden turn of events, Ma Hongshan regretted his original decision, but he had chosen to board the ship of Jiuyuan Sect. At this time, it would not be so easy for the Ma family to get off the ship again.
In order to win the trust of Jiuyuan Sect, the Ma family not only revealed a lot of secrets within the Xiaoyao Sect to them, but also sent Ma Qiudie, the younger generation of the family who had the most hope of forming a pill, to Jiuyuan Sect, and also accepted a lot of benefits from Jiuyuan Sect.
Once Xiaoyao Sect knew about these things, Jiuyuan Sect would not have to do it personally. Xiaoyao Sect, which had long been thinking about cleaning up the Ma family, would definitely flatten Tiexianbao and wipe out the Ma family from the Weiguo Xiuxian world.
In recent years, the Ma family has monopolized the immortal cultivation resources near Tiexian Fort, allowing them to continue to grow and develop. This has also made many elders in the Xiaoyao Sect dislike the Ma family and have the intention of suppressing them.
Ma Hongshan is not like all the cultivators of the Ma family, who can only be a thug for Xiaoyao Sect for their whole life and let others control their fate.
The Ma family has tasted the sweetness of the family's strength, and no one is willing to accept the sect's suppression, which makes the family's efforts for so many years return to the past overnight.
Ma Hongshan, who has made up his mind, discussed with Jiuyuan Sect and decided to do it once and for all. Before leaving Xiaoyao Sect, he also raided Tuoyun Mountain and killed Feng Yangde, looting all the accumulation of Tuoyun Mountain for hundreds of years.
In addition to the old grudge between the Ma family and Tuoyun Mountain, another reason for killing Feng Yangde is that Tuoyun Mountain has a very good relationship with Xiaoyao Sect now. Ma Hongshan and Jiuyuan Sect are also afraid that Feng Yangde will help Xiaoyao Sect to deal with them after knowing that the Ma family betrayed Xiaoyao Sect, so they chose to take action against Tuoyun Mountain first, eliminating a hidden danger for them in advance.
"Clan leader, is there really no other way? Didn't Jiuyuan Sect agree to merge Tiexian Fort into Yue Kingdom's cultivation world? How come they changed their mind so quickly? They let us go to Yue Kingdom's cultivation world, but they only arranged a second-grade upper-grade spiritual vein for us. Aren't they too insincere?"
"Okay! Didn't I just say that since Jiuyuan Sect can no longer defend this place, we are not waiting to die if we stay here. Let's go to Yue Kingdom first. It's better to keep the green mountains and not be afraid of running out of firewood. Yue Kingdom is relatively stable. As long as we develop for a few decades, we can find a way to cultivate a third-grade spiritual vein."
Hearing the tone of a foundation-building elder below, it seems that he is still reluctant to give up the third-grade spiritual vein of Tiexian Fort, Ma Hongshan felt helpless.
In the battle of Tiexian Fort a few days ago, Ma Hongshan didn't expect Jiuyuan Sect to suffer so quickly. Two Jindan cultivators were injured by the opponent, and he also lost a lot of blood and essence in order to rescue Ma Qiudie. Until now, Ma Hongshan's face still looks a little pale.
Another older Ma family elder sighed and asked, "Patriarch, Jiuyuan Sect has only prepared two large flying boats for us. There are so many mortals and monks in the family, and so many supplies need to be transported. How can they all be loaded at once?
There are also the Li family and the Chen family. They have also agreed in advance to leave with us. We can't ignore them now! Do you want to talk to Sect Master Yue again and see if he can send two more large flying boats over?"
Ma Hongshan frowned and said, "Do you think Jiuyuan Sect is so easy to talk to? What's the point of me talking now? I can't take care of these now. The most important thing is It's urgent, so let's load the important things I told you about earlier onto the flying boat.
We have transported a lot of mortals to Yue in the past few years. As for the remaining mortals, forget about those that we can't take away. Xiaoyao Sect will not attack mortals no matter what. As for the people of the Li family, keep them stable for the time being and don't let them know that we are about to withdraw. "
"Fortunately, the clan leader has been prepared and has arranged the withdrawal in advance in the past few years. Otherwise, if the family suffered such a huge loss at once, it would be difficult for us to restore the family's strength in a short time when we arrive in Yue in the future." Seeing that Ma Hongshan was unhappy, an elder below hurriedly flattered him.
"You all know that our Ma family has guarded the Iron Immortal Fort for Xiaoyao Sect for hundreds of years, but in return they still suspect us. No matter what happens in the future if we surrender to Jiuyuan Sect, at least Qiu Die has successfully formed a pill and worshipped Wu Jiuyuan. When we arrive in Yue, they should not exclude us blatantly." Ma Hongshan finished speaking and sighed slightly.
Five days later, before Xiaoyao Sect had gathered its forces, the disciples of Xiaoyao Sect who were monitoring Tiexian Fort on the front line suddenly sent back news that two large flying boats suddenly flew out of Tiexian Fort and headed west.
Upon hearing this news, everyone in Xiaoyao Sect also reacted immediately. The Ma family and Jiuyuan Sect might be running away directly.
Without waiting for the low-level cultivators from the sect who had not yet arrived, Li Mufeng directly used his small flying boat to carry the nine Jindan cultivators of Xiaoyao Sect and headed for Tiexian Fort first.
As expected, there were only some cultivators from the vassal families of the Ma family and millions of ordinary mortals left in Tiexian Fort. The remaining cultivators and people from Jiuyuan Sect had already disappeared.
These cultivators abandoned by the Ma family and Jiuyuan Sect saw that Xiaoyao Sect had arrived outside the formation. Before they launched an attack, these people took the initiative to open the mountain protection formation and let Song Qingming and others in.
“Come chase with me, we must not let the Ma family go like this!” Seeing the deserted Tiexian Fort, Li Mufeng snorted coldly, and led everyone to transform into a ray of white light and chase directly to the west.