The Rise of the Shen Family

In an empty cave in Tuyang Valley, Ye Ming sat on his seat with a gloomy face, and his face was already full of worry and helplessness.

In recent days, one bad news after another has been continuously passed to him, which made him feel deeply worried about his current situation.

First, Qingyunmen suddenly mobilized a large army to prepare for a comprehensive counter-offensive, and the goal of the former's first battle was the large mine in Tuyang Valley where he was stationed.

This time, Qingyunmen almost came out of their nests, and they recruited a large number of vassal families and loose cultivators.

Then came the news that Qingyang Zhenren, a cultivator of Yuanying, personally attacked Luqiu Mountain. Although he did not succeed in the end, the former blocked the mountain gate.

Whether it is their disciples outside who want to return to Luqiu Mountain, or the disciples from the sect to support them on the front line, it will not work.

With the support of Zongmen in the back, Ye Ming was very confident to fight against the Qingyunmen army, and defended the Tuyang Valley large mine, preventing the Qingyunmen army from going north to attack the Zongmen.

But now, it is obviously impossible for the Zongmen reinforcements to support him here. On the other hand, the various forces on the Qingyunmen side are constantly coming to Tuyang Valley.

Therefore, at the moment, he is unable to advance or retreat, and the Wujizong Mountain Gate cannot go back, and he is stationed in the mine but will be surrounded by the Qingyunmen army, and the final result can be imagined.

Although the situation is difficult, Ye Ming is not unprepared for anything. He has sent a request for help to Wang Yuanqing stationed in Jiangmin County not long ago, hoping that the latter can lead his troops to join him and gather the strength of the two of them. And the fourth-order protective formation on the mine to defend against Qingyunmen's attack.

At the same time, he also forcibly recruited all the vassal families in Canglan County in the name of Zongmen, and asked them to send their clansmen to the Tuyang Valley Mine to defend against Qingyunmen's attack with him.

In Ye Ming's view, if Wang Yuanqing and the family monks from Canglan County can arrive as promised, they may not be able to resist the pace of the Qingyunmen army by relying on the solid fortifications in Tuyang Valley.

However, just as he was thinking about the way to break the game, a dazzling light suddenly flew into the cave and turned into a magic talisman and stayed in his hand.

And when Ye Ming saw the information on the communication talisman, a look of joy flashed in his eyes, and then the whole person turned into an afterimage and rushed out of the cave immediately.

He came to the sky above the protective formation on Tuyang Valley, and immediately waved a spiritual force to open a gap in the light curtain of the protective formation.

It didn't take long before a black shadow flew in directly from the gap and entered the inner area of ​​the protective formation.

This embarrassed figure is none other than Wang Yuanqing, who fled all the way from Jiangmin County to here.

Ye Ming looked at Wang Yuanqing who was in a state of embarrassment, frowned slightly and said:

"Brother Wang, why are you so embarrassed?"

On this side, Wang Yuanqing just breathed a sigh of relief. Facing the former's question, he waved his hand and said:

"It's a long story, Wang still needs to talk to fellow Taoists in detail..."

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Ye Ming and Wang Yuanqing, who had just met, had a brief conversation and then walked back to Ye Ming's cave.

After being seated, Wang Yuanqing sent Qingyunmen two Jindan real people to surprise Jiangmin County, and told Ye Ming the news of Jiangmin County's fall.

Of course, he will not say anything about the fact that he abandoned the Wuji cultivator and escaped alone. After all, he still needs the protection of the Wuji sect.

And when Ye Ming heard about Qingyunmen Jindan real person's surprise attack on Jiangmin County, he couldn't help falling into silence, and the gloomy color on his face became more intense.

"This is the end of the matter. If Jiangmin County is lost, it will be lost. It is not easy for Wang Xiong to escape smoothly..."

He looked at Wang Yuanqing and sighed, but he didn't mean to ask any guilt. Obviously, he also knew that he needed the help of the other party now.

"Right now, the sect is blocked by Qingyang Zhenren, and the two of us are helpless, so we can only defend this mine if we work together..."

Hearing this, Wang Yuanqing fell into silence, and after a long time he spoke again:

"I don't know how your defense strength is here, Brother Ye?"

Here, Ye Ming couldn't help but glance at the former. After pondering for a while, he decided not to hide it, so he said in a low voice:

"Today, there are more than 50 foundation-building cultivators in the mine and Canglan County's family cultivators, and if the qi training cultivators include miners, there are more than 300 people..."

It has to be said that the Promise Sect really values ​​this large mine in Tuyang Valley, and actually arranged more than twenty inner disciples of the foundation-building stage in this mine.

In addition to these inner disciples, there were more than 20 foundation-building cultivators from various vassal families in Canglan County who came to support them.

Although Canglan County and Linhai County are close to the boundless sea, the area is several times that of Linhai County, and the territory is mostly plains, rivers and lakes, so it is very suitable for mortals to thrive.

In addition, the development time of Canglan County was several hundred years earlier than that of Linhai County, and the cultivation families in the territory took advantage of the convenience of being close to the boundless sea to obtain cultivation resources from the sea and trade with the Sanctuary Alliance, so the Canglan County was made. The overall strength has become second only to the existence of Tai'an County where Wuji Zongmen is located.

Today, there are sixteen foundation-building families in the entire Canglan County, large and small. Among them, the Song, Qi, and Liang families have been inherited for more than a thousand years.

This time Qingyunmen attacked the Tuyang Valley large mine, which made these Canglan County families feel their lips and teeth were cold, and they sent people to support the Promise Sect.

After all, because of the geographical advantage, these families have obtained a lot of benefits from the Tuyang Valley mine, so it is natural to hope that the Wuji Sect can always occupy this large mine.

Furthermore, if the Tuyang Valley large mine is breached, the Qingyunmen army will be able to drive straight in, and the next one to attack is Canglan County, where their family is located.

Therefore, in order not to let the family fall into the flames of war, they can only help Wuji Sect resist Qingyunmen, hoping to stop the latter's conquest outside Canglan County.

On this side, Wang Yuanqing fell silent again after hearing the strength of the troops on the mine, as if he was already starting to measure the difference in combat strength between the two sides.

And Ye Ming seemed to see what he was thinking, so he immediately said:

"Although Qingyang Zhenren blocked the sect, he was unable to break through the mountain gate for a while, so I just need to stick to the mine, block the northward passage of Qingyunmen, and then wait for the support of those foreign monks to get through this smoothly. robbed..."

Hearing this, Wang Yuanqing nodded slowly and sighed:

"That's all for now..."

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At the same time, on a spiritual mountain more than 200 miles away from Tuyang Valley, the cultivators of the Shen family and the cultivators who accompanied him on the expedition were stationed here.

This Lingshan Mountain was originally a small market that was born because of the mine, and it specialized in the business of miners and monks who were employed in the mine.

However, as the Tuyang Valley Mine was seized by the Wuji Sect, the square market that was born because of it gradually declined, and now it can only become a temporary camp for the Shen family allied army.

Because the Shen family was the closest to Tuyang Valley, the cultivators of the Shen family were also the first to arrive at the periphery of Tuyang Valley.

When the army marched here, Shen Huanchi ordered everyone to set up camp in this square city, and did not lead the crowd to advance rashly, but waited for the arrival of the rest of the forces with peace of mind.

At this time, in a house in Fangshi, several senior members of the Shen family gathered here. Shen Huanchi, who was wearing a dark green robe, sat in the first place, while Shen Ruiling, Shen Ruizhi, and Shen Yongxuan sat in the seats Left and right sides of the former.

I saw that Shen Huanchi was holding a communication talisman passed by Qingyunmen in his hand, and a contemplative color gradually appeared on his ancient well-free face.

"Patriarch, what did Qingyunmen say in the communication talisman?"

After seeing this scene, Shen Ruiling couldn't help looking at Shen Huanchi and asked.

On this side, after Shen Huanchi slowly lifted up, he said with emotion:

"Last night, Zhentian Zhen and Long Zhuqing from Qingyunmen attacked Jiangmin County. In the end, the Jindan Zhenren of Wuji Zong who was stationed in Jiangmin County escaped with serious injuries. Jiangmin County has been recovered by Qingyunmen..."

Hearing this, Shen Ruiling and Shen Ruizhi couldn't help but look at each other, the former sighed after carefully trying to figure out the deep meaning behind it.

"It's a good move!"

When Qingyunmen's true strategic intentions were revealed, it really made Shen Ruiling and others feel wonderful, and their hearts were secretly startled.

The Qingyun gatekeeper attracted the attention of the people in Lingnan to the Tuyanggu mine, but behind the scenes they dispatched two Jindan real people to surprise Jiangmin County, recovering the entire Jiangmin County at the fastest and least cost.

"Now there is a message from Qingyunmen that Wang Yuanqing will flee to the Tuyanggu Mine to join Ye Ming, so let us and other forces speed up the advance and encircle the Tuyanggu Mine as soon as possible..."

At this time, Shen Huanchi, who was in the first place, glanced at the three of Shen Ruiling and continued to speak.

Hearing this, after pondering for a while, Shen Ruiling took the lead and said:

"Now we are less than 300 miles away from the Tuyang Valley mine, and we can reach the designated location in just one day, so we are not in a hurry."

"Besides, if Wang Yuanqing also fled to the Tuyang Valley Mine, then there are likely to be two Jindan real people in the mine now, and once we rush forward alone, it is very likely that the opponent will seize the opportunity to attack head-on. ..."

As soon as this statement came out, both Shen Ruizhi and Shen Yongxuan nodded, obviously they also agreed.

On the other side, Shen Huanchi also looked at Shen Ruiling with satisfaction, and then asked again:

"Where are the Ouyang family, Baihua Palace, and the Qingyunmen army now?"

Facing the inquiry, Shen Ruizhi quickly got up and said:

"The Ouyang family and the monks from the Hundred Flowers Palace have already joined forces. Now they are less than a thousand miles away, and they can arrive in two or three days."

"As for the army of Qingyunmen, it is not far away, and it can arrive in five days at most..."

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In this way, Shen Huanchi asked some questions about the march of the army and the affairs of those vassal families, then looked at Shen Ruizhi and Shen Yongxuan and said:

"The two of you should step back first, and let the rest of the people wait here with peace of mind, and be careful!"

"Yes, patriarch!"

Shen Ruizhi and Shen Yongxuan quickly agreed, then turned around and left.

After the two of them left, only the patriarch and Shen Ruiling were left in the room. The latter looked directly at the former and asked:

"Patriarch, do you have any orders?"

On this side, Shen Huanchi glanced at him with a slightly solemn expression, and then took out a jade slip from his sleeve and handed it to him.

"This jade slip records the hiding place of the spiritual water of heaven and earth. In this war, you will find an opportunity to sneak into Canglan County to secretly retrieve the spiritual water."

Hearing this, Shen Ruiling couldn't help but light up, and quickly took the jade slip.

Now, he has cultivated the "Three Yuan Zhuan Lei Jue" to the perfect stage of the ninth floor of the foundation, and the next step is to prepare to cross the Golden Core Thunder Tribulation, using the power of the Thunder Tribulation to make his three spiritual roots mutated.

But now he has not cultivated the spiritual power of three different attributes in his body to a balanced state. The spiritual power of the water attribute is slightly weaker than the spiritual power of the fire attribute and the earth attribute.

This is because in the process of cultivating the "Three Yuan Zhuan Lei Jue", he needs to continuously refine the three heaven and earth spirits with different attributes of fire, earth and water for his own use. With the help of the essence of those spirits, the day after tomorrow He tempered the three-lineage spiritual roots in his dantian to prepare for the final fusion and mutation.

Up to now, he has refined the fire-attribute spirit of heaven and earth [Flame-Eating Flame], the spirit-fire of heaven and earth, and the earth-attribute spirit of heaven and earth is the [heaven-repairing stone], but only In terms of water attributes, there is a lack of heaven and earth spirits that can be compared with [Flame Devouring Flames] and [Heaven Patching Stone].

It's not that Shen Ruiling has refined too few water-type spirits over the years, but that none of them can compare to [Flame Devouring Flames] and [Heaven Patching Stone] in terms of quality.

So this also led to the fact that among the three spiritual powers in Shen Ruiling's body, the fire attribute spiritual power is the most powerful, followed by the earth attribute spiritual power, and finally the water attribute spiritual power.

The different intensities of the three kinds of attribute spiritual power also means that the intensities of the three spiritual roots in the body are different, and it is not a perfect balance.

Although the strength gap between these three spiritual powers is not obvious, it will be very fatal to Shen Ruiling's next cultivation.

If in the face of the Golden Core Thunder Tribulation, the three attribute spirit stones in his body have not yet reached a perfect balance, then his attempt to temper his spiritual roots with the help of Golden Core Thunder Tribulation is doomed to fail, even if he is very It is possible to fall under the thunder tribulation.

Therefore, if he wants to change the imbalance between the three spiritual powers and the three spiritual roots in his body, Shen Ruiling can only refine another piece of water that can be of the same rank as [Flame Devouring Yanyan] and [Heaven Patching Stone]. Attributes of Heaven and Earth Treasures will do.

Right now, this heaven and earth spirit water is his hope!

"Don't worry, Patriarch, I will definitely bring back the spirit water from that day!"

Hearing this, Shen Huanchi couldn't help but glance at him, then smiled and said:

"But this time, you also need to be prepared to get nothing, because it is not known whether this heaven and earth spirit water is still in this place."

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