Chapter 767 541 Tuoba

Xu Country.

The cultivators of the Green Pond Sect had gradually gathered, while to the north, only a few streaks of demon light and colorful lights whizzed by, submerged in the thick haze, indiscernible.

Li Xizhi had received news that the Buddhist practitioners and devil cultivators from the north were slowly arriving in Xu Country. Three out of the seven had come, and a group of devil cultivators from Yan Country had also arrived, silently surveying the surroundings.

The mists at Bianyan Mountain were thick. Having been here for several days, Li Xizhi had learned many things. He and Li Xuanfeng were stationed on the eastern side, not too far from but not too close to their own Wangyue Lake.

"We are stationed here, and those little Buddhist and little devil from the south are of no major concern, the main forces we'll have to face are two."

"Great Desire Sect and the devil cultivators of the Tuoba Family from Yan Country…"

Li Xizhi's strength was already quite formidable, and ordinary cultivators couldn't retain him. Only those from the Immortal Sect-level powers could threaten his life and death, so he paid extra attention.

"The Baixiang Valley I'll be going to is frequently visited by devil cultivators, and the direct lineage of the Tuoba Family has also shown their faces…"

He estimated the time, and the cultivators from behind should also have arrived, descending in the formation; cultivators were coming and going. After waiting a moment, he found Yang Ruizao.

This uncle was sitting upright in the courtyard, holding a small letter, his brows deeply furrowed.

Seeing Li Xizhi approach, Yang Ruizao hurriedly put away the letter, stepped forward and whispered,

"Xizhi... the arrangements for each peak have been issued, and the cloud ships must have already arrived."

"I wonder how things are at home..."

Li Xizhi hurriedly asked, only to hear Yang Ruizao say,

"Wangyue Lake is under the assignment of the Ning Family's Moon Lake Peak... Although it's simply a matter of 'returning to rightful owner,' I heard that the Ning Family used many connections to drive away several Immortal Peaks that had their own designs."

'It has indeed fallen into the hands of Moon Lake Peak.'

Li Xizhi somewhat anticipated this and immediately felt a headache, thinking to himself,

"But now the Ning Family is stretched thin, just managing Yuanxing Peak and Cave Spring Peak, and now they have to add Moon Lake Peak... Where will they have enough personnel..."

"The Ning Family is short of manpower to guard these territories... It will definitely require full effort from our family..."

Li Xizhi thought for a moment, and quickly came to a judgment about the situation, his mind becoming clearer,

"The Ning Family getting Moon Lake Peak as they wished, isn't it Chi Zhiyun doing so intentionally... the Ning Family's short-handedness will offend our family's great effort in recruitment..."

"If the Ning Family fails to hold and people die, resulting in severe punishment by the sect, they will secretly blame our family for not doing our best, and if our family members sent there die or are injured, the Ning Family will come asking for more, inevitably causing resentment at home..."

He found the situation quite problematic,

"Pushing the conflicts of Green Pond onto the noble families... This move is truly troublesome..."

With Li Xijun at home, Li Xizhi wasn't worried about a true dispute arising with Moon Lake Peak. It all depended on how much they could compromise, since if the Ning Family couldn't hold their ground, it wouldn't bode well for his own family either...

Li Xizhi understood this and for a moment said nothing. Yang Ruizao kept looking at the letter, his brows tightly knitted, and said gravely,

"As for the various territories within the sect... there's a great deal of resentment... The Ning Family is still planning to send people to borrow manpower from my location... What is the meaning of this..."

Green Pond had allocated territories to each peak, leaving it to them to recruit people to head north. Just before leaving, they were told to recruit forty to fifty percent, and each peak received the order and set off in boats.

But upon arriving at their territories, they found the lands long stretched, apart from the major jurisdictions of the noble families, which peaks could be fully manned? They had no choice but to adjust, drawing from sixty to seventy percent, and even more reaching eighty to ninety percent, leading some small clans without background moving nearly all their clan cultivators there.

Li Xizhi was aware of these pieces of news, having seen a lot of the sorrowful sights in the formations these few days. He remained silent for a moment, then spoke quietly,

"The main part of the sect is focused on the East Sea. As the fellow sect members there are still guarding the islands and haven't been recalled, naturally there's a shortage of manpower everywhere."

Yang Ruizao understood his meaning and whispered,

"These past few days, many cultivators have been discontented, but we must guard this mountain. If the Buddhist and devil cultivators cross the great river, even if they cannot breach Green Pond Mountain, it's hard to ensure that a bloody storm won't envelop much of South River."

Li Xizhi nodded, having got the information he needed. He simply said,

"I shall head for Baixiang Valley now to bid farewell."

Yang Ruizao, who had been assigned to a different location, got up from his position hurriedly when he heard this. His expression serious, he whispered,

"The place you're going to is Baixiang Valley. I've already made inquiries, and it's rumored to be directly opposite the Tuoba Family's territory. This family has always been orthodox devil cultivators, even producing a Golden Core Demon Lord…"

"Although they are in decline now, a dilapidated ship still has three pounds of nails. Be extremely careful; with your cultivation level, as long as you are prudent, you should not suffer too grievous an injury."

Li Xizhi had also made inquiries himself, silently nodding. After bidding farewell and ensuring safety, Li Xizhi rose with the wind, leaving Yan Mountain and heading eastward.

After traveling a hundred miles, suddenly the heavenly light brightened, piercingly scattering across the land. Li Xizhi reined in the rainbow light, flying over a few cities from the south, and slowly came into view of a gorge.

In that valley were all yellow-amber maple trees. Several streaks of escaping light moved from north to south, trailing slowly across the sky. The formations below radiated brilliance, and riding on the rosy clouds, Li Xizhi descended, encountering a few individuals who looked like devil cultivators spying around the formation's edge.

As Li Xizhi descended, his skill in concealing techniques was profound, unnoticed by the few individuals who were still inspecting the trees in the valley.

He merely flicked his sleeve, releasing several strands of rosy light, which with their colorful and gentle floatiness, whirled through the woods and made their way onto those individuals.

Caught off guard, they were swiftly bound tightly, unable to move, and tumbled to the ground. The more vigilant devil cultivators turned around, but with their mere Fetal Breathing cultivation level, they could not withstand it and successively turned into rolling gourds on the ground.