Chapter 1923 - 1147: Gathering Storm Clouds, Shrouding the Sky (Part 2)

Chapter 1923: Chapter 1147: Gathering Storm Clouds, Shrouding the Sky (Part 2)

Even though he called Yang Zhenshan arrogant, in his heart he didn’t look down on Yang Zhenshan in the slightest, he even felt sure Yang Zhenshan must have something to rely on.

Without some trump card, who would dare provoke their Unpredictable Ghost Sect?

Therefore he had practically gathered all the high-end combat power of the Soul Refining Hall, including two Vice Hall Masters, two Directors, two Vice Directors, plus himself, for a total of seven Golden Core Cultivators.

In addition, there were six Demon King–level Ghost Soldiers, as well as a Ghost Soldiers Blood Puppet army three million strong.

This was all the power he could mobilize for now.

Everything else was negotiable; the key was the Ghost Soldiers army. Yang Zhenshan’s guess was correct: the Unpredictable Ghost Sect’s Ghost Soldiers army had already reached the bottom, the Corpse Sea was about to be hollowed out by them.

Of course, even if the Corpse Sea was hollowed out, the Unpredictable Ghost Sect still currently had plenty of Ghost Soldiers Blood Puppets.

Scattered throughout the Wanhua Mountain Range and the Yunxiao Mountain Range, there were still thirty to forty million Ghost Soldiers Blood Puppets.

A few days later, one Bone Flying Boat after another took off from various points in the Wanhua Mountain Range, flying toward the south. As time passed, the Bone Flying Boats gathered around the boat Li Shanghun was riding, and in a mighty torrent they charged toward the southern part of the Wanhua Mountain Range.

...

At the forward base, Lin Qihe hurried back.

"The Unpredictable Ghost Sect is here!" As soon as he saw Yang Zhenshan, he spoke in an urgent tone.

"How many have come?" Yang Zhenshan asked.

"Over three hundred Flying Boats, all of them large ones!" Lin Qihe said solemnly.

The Unpredictable Ghost Sect’s Bone Flying Boats were much larger than the Vermilion Bird Cloud Boats. Although White Jade City also had several hundred Flying Boats, most of them were medium-sized Flame Sun Flying Boats; there were only a few dozen Vermilion Bird Cloud Boats.

"How long until they arrive?" Yang Zhenshan asked.

"Estimate is that they’ll reach us in two days!" Lin Qihe said.

Yang Zhenshan narrowed his eyes. "Go bring Xuanzhen and Yue Yao back. We’re about to have a vicious battle on our hands."

Xuanzhen and Yue Yao were still out in the Outer Sect fighting guerrilla battles. During this period, their battle results had been quite good: Xuanzhen had harvested many Yin Soul Ghost Generals, and Yue Yao had gathered quite a few Mutant Beasts and demon beasts.

The Yin Soul Ghost Generals had been sent to the Divine Soul Hall, to be used in training Divine Generals.

The Mutant Beasts and demon beasts had been settled in the Spirit Source Land; in the future they would become part of the Spirit Source Land.

Although turning those Yin Soul Ghost Generals into Divine Generals would take time, and those demon beasts and Mutant Beasts were just a disorderly rabble, this was still beneficial to the strengthening of both White Jade City and the Spirit Source Land.

As for whether there were any in that lot who refused to submit to control, of course there were.

The Yin Soul Ghost Generals were all unruly; the process of turning them into Divine Generals was entirely coercive, they simply weren’t given any chance to resist.

As for the demon beasts and Mutant Beasts, if any dared resist or cause trouble, naturally someone would flay them, strip their tendons, and eat their flesh.

The Spirit Source Land was not lacking in wild, untamable demon beasts and Mutant Beasts either; it was just that those beasts had all ended up as food on everyone’s table.

...

Lin Qihe quickly found Xuanzhen and Yue Yao and brought them back to the forward base.

With Lin Qihe’s speed, he could make a round trip from south to north in the Wanhua Mountain Range within a single day; the key was that the consumption for his Void Shuttle was very low, and even if he shuttled back and forth nonstop, it wouldn’t leave him feeling exhausted.

With Xuanzhen and Yue Yao returned, Yang Zhenshan then gathered all of White Jade City’s Golden Core Cultivators and Demon Kings.

Counting Su Mei, Su Qingfu, and Su Jiangxue, White Jade City currently had a total of twelve Golden Core Cultivators and Demon Kings.

Aside from Yang Zhenshan, the strongest was Su Mei, with Yue Yao next, then Su Qingfu and Su Jiangxue; after that were Qing Niu, Lin Qihe, Yun Xiao, and Xuanzhen. The remaining Kou Ta, Hong Fuxiu, and Yu Qingyi had only recently entered the Golden Core Realm, and their strengths were similar.

And Qing Niu’s strength was actually above Lin Qihe’s. Don’t be fooled by that Old Niu loafing at home all day; in truth his cultivation had already reached mid-stage Demon King, and his combat power was far from weak.

With everyone gathered, Yue Yao looked at Su Mei and the other two, first in a slight daze, then breaking into a knowing smile.

"Lady Fox Venerable! It’s been a long time!"

Su Mei smiled and nodded. "Indeed, in the blink of an eye it’s been several decades since we last met!"

"I never thought I’d have the chance to work alongside Lady Fox Venerable again; this truly is Yue Yao’s good fortune!" Yue Yao said with a smile.

Su Mei chuckled. "That’s not quite right. It should be that being able to join White Jade City and serve His Excellency is our honor!"

The two leaned together whispering, and no one else minded.

They were old acquaintances to begin with. Back in the Wanhua Demon Court, the Spirit Deer Clan had been close to the Fox Clan. Back then, when Yue Yao led the Spirit Deer Clan to defect to the Yang family, it had been under Su Mei’s guidance.

On another side, Yu Qingyi was also whispering with Hong Fuxiu. She held the Flower Qing Pearl in her hand, showing off with an expression full of pride, provoking Hong Fuxiu’s deep envy.

During this recent period, Yu Qingyi had already familiarized herself with the functions of the Flower Qing Pearl, and she had even moved all the Tree Men she had previously cultivated into the Hundred Flowers Cave Heaven, fully accepting this heaven-sent surprise.

With the Flower Qing Pearl, Yu Qingyi’s strength had risen another level. The Flower Qing Pearl wasn’t just for helping cultivate Flower Soldier Tree Men; it could also assist Yu Qingyi in battle, enhance her Path of Spirit Giving, and deepen her comprehension of Wood Attribute Dao Intent.

Spiritual Treasures all carried Dao Intent and could aid their owner in comprehending Dao Intent.

The Life Realm Immortal Palace, for instance, could provide Yang Zhenshan with opportunities to realize Dao Intent.

Likewise, the Flower Qing Pearl could provide Yu Qingyi with opportunities to realize Dao Intent. The Flower Qing Pearl was a Spiritual Treasure specialized for the Wood Attribute, itself containing several types of Wood Attribute Dao Intent; if Yu Qingyi could comprehend even one or two of them, that would absolutely be a tremendous harvest.

"Madam is truly blessed by heaven, I really can’t help but envy you to death!" Hong Fuxiu said, her face full of envy.

"Hee-hee-hee, just cultivate diligently. Who knows, maybe you’ll have a chance to obtain a Spiritual Treasure in the future too!" Yu Qingyi said with a playful grin.

"Better forget it, I wouldn’t dare dream so big!" Hong Fuxiu shook her head repeatedly.

Spiritual Treasures—there were only a handful in the entire Wanhua Domain.

If we’re talking about authority artifacts, the Wanhua Domain could still come up with a dozen or so, but when it came to Spiritual Treasures, those were secrets tightly held by the major powers, and very few people could name more than a couple.

Everyone clustered in twos and threes, chatting and laughing, showing not the slightest hint of tension at the imminent great battle.

Of course this didn’t mean they weren’t taking the coming fight seriously; it was simply that they all knew Yang Zhenshan had already reached Half-step Enlightenment, so they didn’t harbor too much worry about the battle ahead.

Time ticked by, second by second. The sky shifted from day to night, then from night back to day.

The soldiers and cultivators had rested for two days; both their physical strength and Mana had recovered to peak condition.

They held their posts, waiting for the enemies that were about to appear.

When the blazing sun stood high, a vast swathe of dark clouds suddenly appeared on the northern horizon.

The dark clouds surged, covering the sky and blotting out the sun, rolling forward, leaving dense Yin aura everywhere they passed.

Naturally, this was no ordinary dark cloud, but the Bone Flying Boats of the Unpredictable Ghost Sect. More than three hundred Bone Flying Boats flying together could only be described as mighty and overwhelming, their momentum magnificent.

A massive concentration of Ghost Soldiers Blood Puppets gathered, and a massive number of Yin Attribute cultivators gathered; the Yin aura they unconsciously released was hardly inferior to that of a true Ghost Realm.

On one of the Bone Flying Boats, Li Shanghun looked toward the forward base growing closer and closer.

Of course, he didn’t know it was a forward base; he just thought it was a city, a city established by the Yunx Xiao Yang Family.

The name "forward base" was something Yang Zhenshan had come up with himself.

Strictly speaking, the forward base wasn’t really a city. It had walls but no gates; while it encircled the canyon, within there were only a dozen or so pavilions and no other buildings, so it was just a temporary station.

At this moment, the Yellow Earth Thick Spirit Array had already been fully laid out. The array blocked Spiritual Sense from the outside and also prevented any aura within from leaking out.

Even someone like Li Shanghun could only see the towering walls and the Flying Boats hovering in midair; he could not use Spiritual Sense to probe the situation inside the forward base.

Gazing at those ever-closer walls, a sharp light flickered in Li Shanghun’s turbid eyes.

"A Third-tier Array! Looks like the Yang family is even stronger than I imagined!"

So he thought in his heart.

Large Flying Boats, a Third-tier Array, and multiple Golden Core Cultivators.

A power of that level was among the rarer existences in the entire Wanhua Domain.

The Wanhua Domain had over a hundred Golden Core Powers, but most of them only had one or two Golden Core Cultivators or Demon Kings. Those that could truly be called major powers were only a handful.