Chapter 557 239: Stinging Dragon Dharma Body, Blood Jade Rakshasa (Part 3)

What does this signify?

If there is no response, and a large force cannot be dispatched to defend,

it is very likely that the enemy will seize Guan City. Then, when the Hu People's cavalry sweeps south again, attacking simultaneously with the Great Li Dynasty, you will be caught in a dilemma, unable to attend to both ends.

When it rains, it pours.

Besides the directions of Liiyang City and the Celestial Gate Pass,

there is another place where, as the black aura thickens, a little blood light appears.

That is Nanyun City and the Desolate Forest and Swamp.

The black aura heads directly toward Nanyun, nearly enveloping the entire Nanyun City.

Chen Ping even discovered that the water-blue light representing his own forces had retreated to Du Mountain and Chongyang areas.

"This means, there was a lost battle, with considerable losses, and a calamity of bloodshed. Who is it?"

Initially, two armies set out simultaneously, east and west.

Chen Ping led one army to attack Jiangdong, while entrusting Cui Huchen with the southwestern battlefront.

He expected the other to be an old minister who would surely prioritize stability and not advance recklessly.

Yet, unexpectedly, this old general, in the end, became very greedy for功, pursued deep into the Desolate Forest and Swamp, and a few days ago, Chen Ping just felt slightly uneasy in his heart.

Now it seems a crisis has erupted, ruining the promising situation at once.

Fortunately, for now, only Nanyun has been lost, and the defense line can still be maintained temporarily.

After a glance, Chen Ping no longer concerned himself, thinking that with Sun Yun and Han Wushang's army backing up from behind, whether victory can be achieved or not, at least holding Chongyang City would mean it's not a total defeat.

At present, there is no time to deal with the southwestern battle matters.

There is another place more critical than the direction of Nanyun Prefecture City in the southwest.

That is the Shenxiao Mountain Range.

Originally, only slight traces of black aura appeared at the foothill Huan City and Wind Valley City, yet now blood light surges to the sky.

In such a short time, people have died, and many at that.

Chen Ping's gaze turned slightly cold.

In his heart, he both loved and hated the cultivation method of the Stinging Dragon Scripture.

The fortune cultivation is indeed fast.

Ordinary people can't really handle it.

With the slightest mistake, one will fail miserably.

In such a short time, the good situation turned into a predicament.

Who knows how many among the southern populace have already harbored different intents towards him, the de facto Lord of the Southern?

"Azure Dragon Suppressing Fate, come, drum up and summon the generals, prepare to set out."

Chen Ping knew everything else was illusory.

The most critical task now is not to continue cultivation.

Any more cultivation might cause his foundation to collapse in one go.

The most needed action is to quell the chaos.

To kill the enemy.

"If the Great Li Dynasty's Ji Tang had obtained the Azure Dragon Seal and used it well, would the situation not have developed to this point?"

"No wonder there was a saying back then, 'He who obtains the Azure Dragon Seal, obtains the world,' turns out it applies here."

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"More than twenty days have passed, why haven't the disciples from the foot of the mountain returned from purchases? Not to mention meat and herbs, even the daily Jade Lake Rice is running out."

"Indeed, even if Jade Sword Sect and Five Thunders Gang were inefficacious in their tasks, it's unlikely that the stewards who descended the mountain would be so incompetent. If they delay the Supreme Elder's cultivation, how could it end well?"

The Jade Sword Sect and the Five Thunders Gang are branches stationed in Huan City and Wind Valley, respectively, and were founded by the capable disciples of the Shenxiao Sword Sect.

These two factions occupy the land of two prefectures, and in recent years, haven't heeded the Court's orders at all, their influence spread across twenty-six cities, and their word carries more weight than the Government officials'.

In fact, many of those officials also come from this faction, appointed by the Shenxiao Outer Sect disciples, so the Great Li Court only holds a titular status for the sake of appearance.

At this time, in the Purple Thunder Hall within the Shenxiao Mountain Range, these clamoring disciples were discussing the strange delay in resource deliveries that were supposed to happen every half a month.

This has never happened before.

Though the Shenxiao Sword Sect is a Daoist Sect, it does not entirely follow the path of ascetic cultivation.

On the contrary, the quality of their food and goods is of the highest grades, superior to that of the officials at the foothill.

Moreover, quite a number of disciples in this sect follow the path of Yin and Yang... harmonious union... even acquiring talented women for pair cultivation.

And whether the other party would be willing, do you even need to ask?

Who wouldn't want the prosperity of following a Daoist of the Shenxiao Sword Sect?

Unless, they wish for disaster to befall their entire family, otherwise, once chosen, they comply and serve faithfully, for none dare defy the orders of Shenxiao.

"They've arrived, they've arrived..."

"What is that?"

"Piggy Dragon?"

Just as the disciples on the mountain waited with eager eyes for the purchase errands of the steward disciples, suddenly they heard a wave of exclamations halfway up the mountain.

Dozens of disciples dressed in purple Daoist robes leapt and dashed away.

Some disciples with curious expressions carried over the corpse of a Piggy Dragon, the stench of blood permeating the air.

Why call it a corpse?

Because, this hideously fierce Piggy Dragon had half its head blasted away by thunder, charred black.

This creature had long since gone limp, evidently dead for some time.

What caused such an uproar wasn't the Piggy Dragon corpse, but the half-corroded corpse of a Shenxiao disciple removed from its belly.

The purple Daoian robe on his body barely retained its true color, now full of holes and ragged like rags.

Yet he was still alive, shouting loudly, "Urgent report, Jade Sword and Five Thunders are simultaneously in peril, facing possible annihilation."

"Quick, save them."

Someone immediately fed this disciple an elixir, and as his breath gradually calmed, someone questioned: "Which force dares to provoke our Shenxiao Sword Sect?"

Who doesn't know that Jade Sword and Five Thunders are auxiliary forces of the Shenxiao Sword Sect?

The fact that they dared to attack recklessly, indicates they are targeting Shenxiao Sword Sect.

They could not even imagine who, near the East Sea shore, near the foot of Shenxiao Mountain, could be so audacious.

"It's Jade Rakshasa, leading the Primordial Iron Cavalry...

And assassins from Bright Moon Sword's Sword Pavilion.

These two demonesses have sealed off the hundred miles radius around Shenxiao Mountain, killing everyone like maniacs."

The half-bodied disciple wailed sorrowfully.

From his brief utterances, all the Shenxiao disciples could envision,

just how severe the deaths and injuries of those people at the foot of the mountain were.

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