Seeking Immortality

Xianxia, ​​auspicious clouds, and crane calls surround Jiuhua Mountain. Bluestone, pine trees, and cranes dot the scenery of Jiuhua Mountain.

When Zhang Hualing and others broke the formation, Jiuhua Mountain was still surrounded by immortals. Occasionally, a few low-level disciples of Jiuhua Mountain walked together, whispering side by side, with a leisurely look.

And these low-level disciples of Jiuhua Mountain, even now, have no idea that Jiuhua Mountain has changed its leader a few days ago, nor do they know that their former leader is now colliding in the "Nine Extreme Formation", let alone a group of terrifying monsters are about to attack Jiuhua Mountain.

They are so happy without any sense of danger, but they don't know whether it is lucky or unfortunate.

Suddenly, a thunderous roar sounded, completely breaking the quiet and peacefulness in Jiuhua Mountain. Under this powerful roar, the disciples who stayed on Jiuhua Mountain fell to the ground one after another. Even after the roar fell, these disciples still had a buzzing sound in their ears and their faces were pale.

In shock, the disciples raised their heads in a hurry and looked in the direction of the sound, but they were even more shocked to find that the protective mist formed by the Jiuhua Mountain's protective formation "Jiuji Formation" had actually broken a black hole. Strong winds and thunders kept coming out of the hole, making the vegetation of Jiuhua Mountain a mess, and the fairyland scenery was destroyed in an instant.

Then, hundreds of immortal cultivators quickly flashed out of the black hole. Although these immortal cultivators were embarrassed because of breaking through the "Jiuji Formation", their aura was still compelling. Obviously, they were all immortal cultivators who had at least reached the late stage of Qigong. The more than ten old men who led the charge were even more colorful. They were obviously masters of the Jindan stage.

Could someone come to attack Jiuhua Mountain?

The disciples who stayed on Jiuhua Mountain immediately thought of this possibility. In addition, the "Jiuji Formation" that they thought was indestructible was broken, and they all panicked for a while.

Some disciples prepared to resist with weapons, some prepared to evade, and some stood there at a loss. For a moment, the entire Jiuhua Mountain seemed in chaos.

At this moment, a sharp-eyed disciple finally saw through the heavy dust the identities of these suddenly appearing immortal cultivators, and shouted to the brothers around him: "It's the headmaster. It's the headmaster and the elders and brothers who are back."

With the reminder of this disciple, the disciples of Jiuhua Mountain finally noticed the identities of the immortal cultivators flying in the sky. Because of the obstruction of Jiuze Taoist and Mantian, Zhang Hualing only brought back a group of elders and nearly a hundred of the most elite disciples of Jiuhua Mountain this time. These people are usually quite famous in Jiuhua Mountain, so they were quickly identified one by one by the Jiuhua disciples who stayed behind.

"It is indeed the head master, don't panic."

"Look, that's Elder Lu and Elder Yuchi."

"Those three are Senior Brother Xu, Senior Brother Jin, and Senior Brother Lu. Eh? Why is Senior Brother Feng being held by Senior Brother Xu? What happened to him? And where is Senior Brother Wang? Didn't they go to participate in the newcomer competition in the world of immortal cultivation together?" He regained his composure because he recognized the identity of the person who came. But he was still puzzled as to why Zhang Hualing and others did not come in properly but broke into the formation. When he saw that the number of Jiuhua cultivators who came back was only half of the number when they went, although he didn't know what happened, the Jiuhua disciples suddenly had an ominous premonition in their hearts.

But Zhang Hualing and others who had just broken out of the formation didn't care about the mood of the disciples under their feet. They still couldn't believe that the mountain protection formation that had been passed down for thousands of years in Jiuhua Mountain was actually broken by themselves. For a while, they were excited and disappointed. They were excited because they broke the most famous formation in Jiuhua Mountain, and they were frustrated because they were disciples of Jiuhua.

And at this time. Only two people on the field remained calm, one was Zhang Hualing, the head of Jiuhua, and the other was Xu Qingfan. They had anticipated this scene before.

And now, they have begun to consider the next arrangements.

Zhang Hualing shouted to the monks: "Elders, hurry up and take the elixir to restore your spiritual energy. I will welcome Zhou Huahai and others soon. As for all the Jiuhua disciples, you all go downstairs to evacuate the other disciples of Jiuhua to avoid chaos. If someone spreads rumors to confuse the crowd, I will give you the power to make temporary decisions!"

After that, Zhang Hualing swallowed a few elixirs first. Then he sat cross-legged on the auspicious cloud and meditated. Seeing Zhang Hualing like this, they followed Zhang Hualing and swallowed the elixir and sat cross-legged to meditate.

In fact, they all knew that Zhou Huahai would definitely not give them a moment to breathe. After seeing them break through the formation, he would definitely rush to fight them when their spiritual energy was depleted. But now the spiritual energy of the elders was indeed seriously depleted. It would definitely not work to fight the enemy in this state, so they had to seize the time to recover as much as possible.

As for Zhang Hualing not letting other disciples stay to fight Zhou Huahai together, it made sense. The Jindan stage and the foundation building stage are completely two completely different realms. A great master in the early stage of Xudan can easily defeat more than ten masters in the late stage of Lingji. When fighting with Zhou Huahai and others, these disciples can't intervene at all, and may even be affected by the residual power of the battle. Instead, they are a burden. It is better to find an excuse to send them away.

More importantly, Zhang Hualing didn't know whether Zhou Huahai had controlled all of Jiuhua Mountain. Whether those low-level disciples were also controlled by Zhou Huahai like some elders. So he let these Jiuhua elite disciples who were loyal to him control other Jiuhua disciples to prevent accidents. Moreover, the power of the Jindan stage cultivators was extremely strong when fighting. If these Jiuhua disciples stood under his feet, they might be affected by the residual power and suffer countless casualties when the two sides fought.

In short, compared with those famous Jindan stage elders, Xu Qingfan actually valued the safety of those low-level disciples more. Although these elders represented most of Jiuhua Mountain's strength, the future of Jiuhua Mountain did not depend on them.

And the elite disciples obviously understood this. After hearing Zhang Hualing's order, they did not hesitate and flew quickly towards the Jiuhua disciples under their feet under the leadership of Xu Qingfan, Jin Qinghan, Lu Qingshang and others.

Obviously, Zhou Huahai had not had time to control these low-level disciples. They were completely unaware of the changes that had just occurred. In addition, these elite disciples who followed Zhang Hualing usually had high prestige among the low-level disciples of Jiuhua Mountain, so they quickly controlled the situation.

Some of Zhou Huahai's direct disciples who knew about it were knocked unconscious by Xu Qingfan and others the moment they wanted to fish in troubled waters. Because the situation was urgent, some disciples could not control their strength. This caused some casualties among Zhou Huahai's direct disciples. However, the elite disciples could not keep up with the guilt, and hurriedly called other Jiuhua disciples to fly to the foot of the mountain, away from the battlefield that was about to fight.

At the same time, Zhou Huahai also brought a group of elders loyal to him, Yu Yunfei. Unlike the previous time, Zhou Huahai was now wearing the same headmaster's clothes as Zhang Hualing, with a dignified look on his face.

Feeling the arrival of Zhou Huahai and others, Zhang Hualing and others sighed in their hearts, knowing that Zhou Huahai really did not give them a moment to breathe as they thought. So they ended their meditation and rest, stood up, and looked at Zhou Huahai and others who were approaching with serious expressions.

When Zhou Huahai and others came to Zhang Hualing and others three feet away, they pressed down the clouds and looked at each other quietly like Zhang Hualing and others.

"I didn't expect you to break out of the formation so quickly." Zhou Huahai said.

But Zhang Hualing did not respond to Zhou Huahai's words at all, but instead focused on Xiao Huazhe beside Zhou Huahai, and his eyes flashed with sadness again. He said: "Brother Xiao, are you going to go against me now?"

Xiao Huazhe said lightly: "Junior Brother Zhou gave me the Azure Dragon Flag, and I can't refuse it."

"Azure Dragon Flag" is a high-level magic weapon of the heavenly rank that is not inferior to the "Sky Mirror" in Jiuhua Mountain.

Zhang Hualing sighed slightly when he heard what Xiao Huazhe said, and when he turned to look at Zhou Huahai, his eyes were extremely cold. In fact, when he learned that Zhou Huahai had killed many elders who stayed in Jiuhua, Zhang Hualing had already cut off all ties with him.

"Brother Zhou, this is the last time I call you this. You did this today. Is it really for the position of the head of Jiuhua?"

"You have been the head for hundreds of years, so you naturally don't understand what I think." Zhou Huahai said coldly: "Brother Zhang, this is also the last time I call you this. Since you became the head, we brothers have never sparred again. I don't know if you, Brother Zhang, have slackened your progress in cultivation because you want to be the head."

"You will know soon." After hearing Zhou Huahai's answer, Zhang Hualing's eyes were already full of murderous intent. Zhou Huahai's words just now extinguished the last trace of Zhang Hualing's idea of ​​forgiving him.

As they were talking, more than 30 great masters of the Jindan stage on the field had begun to gather their spiritual energy. The dazzling five-color spiritual light kept shining on these people, and even the sun in the sky lost its due brilliance under the shining. And the momentum gathered in them. It had already begun to collide before they made a move. A roar sounded in Jiuhua Mountain, and sand and rocks flew under the elders.

A rare melee between great masters of the Jindan stage in the world of cultivation was imminent.

At this time, on the other side. Xu Qingfan saw that the situation of the chaotic Jiuhua Mountain low-level disciples began to stabilize under the control of himself and others. He could no longer resist the urgency in his heart and handed over the matters here to Jin Qinghan and others. Then he quickly flew to his cave in the back mountain.

In this Jiuhua crisis, Xu Qingfan was most worried about the safety of Ting'er, who was left in the back mountain by himself.

But Xu Qingfan didn't know that an enemy who had been holding a grudge against him for decades was waiting for him in his cave. A battle, although less powerful but no less intense, was about to begin in the back mountain.