Chapter 497: Eastern Domain, war breaks out
Qiang——
The chirping of the phoenix startled the sky and stopped the clouds.
The glow of tens of thousands of flying swords poured in from above the city wall, and the sounds of fighting and the crackling of spells shook the world as if they were trembling.
A fire phoenix spread its wings thousands of feet high in the sky in Donghuang. After circling the city twice, it jumped straight to the deck of an immortal boat outside the city and landed on Li Longling’s raised right arm.
Since Immortal Danyue ordered the massacre of the city, disciples from various sects in the Western Domain followed their elders and poured into Donghuang to eliminate the Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators in the city.
After the death of Kong Xiangmo, three elders of the Ghost Spirit Sect were left. The two were surrounded and killed by the elders and sect masters headed by Lei Wanjun, and they fell. The remaining one also lost all his magic weapons and lost his spiritual thoughts, half-destroyed, he fled.
The remaining demon cultivators in the city were now like candles in the wind, not worth mentioning.
The guard beside her looked at the smoke in the city, nodded, and said:
“Master, the cleaning should be completed in two days.”
“Um…”
Li Longling nodded in response, but there was a look of helplessness on her face. She felt a little unrealistic. It only took them five days to attack an immortal city with four god-transformation stage cultivators.
And…
“Where are the casualties?”
“About seven Nascent Soul Stage cultivators suffered minor injuries, and twelve Core Formation Stage cultivators died.”
“What about the demon cultivators?”
“So far, a total of two elders of the Ghost Spirit Sect in the transformation stage, twenty-seven cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage, and more than 1,400 disciples in the core formation stage have been killed. If we count what Mr. Ye did before we came, I’m afraid it should be there will be two to three thousand more people.”
Li Longling breathed a sigh of relief and couldn’t help but sigh:
“As expected of him, he captured an immortal city by himself.”
“It is indeed thanks to Mr. Ye, otherwise we would have killed and injured many disciples when we captured Donghuang…”
“I really want to see him commanding tens of thousands of immortal cultivators with a sword.”
Li Longling smiled slightly and said as if joking:
“I even deliberately changed the armor left by my father into something he could wear, but Anping couldn’t see the end of it. Alas… It’s true.”
With that said, Li Longling walked to the birdcage hanging on the side, reached out and took out a sharp-eyed black eagle, then took out a jade slip from the storage bag, used her spiritual power to seal the good news, and then it was tied to Black Eagle’s leg.
She sent Black Eagle beyond the railing and shook her hands slightly:
“Seven Star Pass in the Southern Domain.”
With a sweet cry, the black eagle spread its wings and jumped into the air, calling out an eagle call that spread for hundreds of miles, and then turned into a black eagle and fled quickly towards the southeast.
The black eagle jumped over thousands of miles of yellow sand in the east of the Central Domain, passing through the snow-covered plateau and the wasteland that had been abandoned for thousands of years, all the way south, and after seven days’ journey, it reached the top of another immortal city.
This immortal city was called “Seven Star Pass” and was located at the junction of the Southern Domain and the Eastern Domain. Due to the special geographical location, the demonic cultivators set up a large number of formations and spiritual weapons there. Many demonic cultivators in the Nascent Soul and god transformation stage were stationed there all year round to prevent the Southern Domain’s Immortal Sect from breaking through the territory and advancing eastward.
However, when Black Eagle reached the sky above the Seven Stars Pass, there were already numerous flying boats of the Immortal Family sects parked inside the pass, and there was a palace built on a huge pumice stone above.
In the attic in a corner of the palace, Yun Yiyi, who was wearing the uniform of the Young Master of the Moon Shadow Sword Sect, looked at the jade slips presented by her disciples, with a slightly depressed look on her face.
Unlike Donghuang, conquering the Seven Star Pass in the Southern Domain came at a heavy cost.
Just from her Moon Shadow Sword Sect, seven Nascent Soul stage cultivators were injured, and many of their disciples were killed and injured. Even Yun Tianchong was stabbed in the waist during a fight with the master of the Blood Flame Sect in the Eastern Domain. Now he was lying in bed and recuperating.
“Hey… Just taking down a Seven-Star Pass is enough. If we enter the Eastern Domain, we don’t know how many people will die.”
Yun Yiyi couldn’t help but lament.
At this time, with a sound of “Bang——!”, the door of her room was kicked open from the outside.
Yun Jiujiu, who had a bandage on her forehead, walked in with a look of resentment on her face. He looked around, and her eyes also went to Yun Xi, who was now wrapped in a bandage on the bed in the room.
“…”
After staring at Yun Xi for a while, Yun Jiujiu walked up to Yun Yiyi with a look of disgust, jumped up and sat down on her desk, and asked:
“Sister, what the hell are you thinking?! Why did you agree to Yun Xi coming with you?!”
“Attract firepower…” Yun Yiyi shrugged slightly and said, “Didn’t you notice that when we broke through the level, those demonic cultivators were chasing her with their spells? But it was a big burden for the elders of Taibai Sect.”
Hearing this, Yun Xi, who was lying on the bed, rolled her eyes, then rolled them up and gave her eldest sister a big roll of her eyes.
Zhang Yihe, who was accompanying Yun Xi by the bedside and helping her meditate by tapping the wooden fish, quickly explained:
“Miss Third, you are a great hero!”
“…”
Yun Yiyi curled her lips in frustration. She was actually just joking. When the sects in the southern domain were attacking the city, she specially arranged for Yun Xi to ride on the Sword Sect’s flying boat and hide behind the flying boats of other sects.
Taibai Sect was at the front, and after seeing them, the demon cultivators in Seven Star Pass immediately gathered tens of thousands of people and formed a combined evil technique to attack them.
Under normal circumstances, this first spell was just like the first arrow. It basically acted as a deterrent. It would not be deliberately aimed, and it would basically miss.
However, the first combination of evil spells in the war was directly selected from the nearly a thousand flying boats in the sky at that time, and the flying boat that Yun Xi was riding on was chosen.
Fortunately, Yun Yiyi made preparations just in case, and asked other Nascent Soul Sword Sect disciples to follow her and Yun Jiujiu in another flying boat. There were only two people on that flying boat, Yun Xi and Yun Tianchong, otherwise, it would have been serious.
“Zhang Yihe, after Yun Xi recovers from her injuries for a while, you take her back to the Moon Shadow Sword Sect. If, she goes to the Eastern Domain later then who knows what kind of mess she will encounter.”
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound like a bird pecking wood from the direction of the window of the house.
Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta…
Yun Jiujiu jumped off the desk and went to the window to open the latch.
Li Longling’s letter eagle pushed open the window with its hooked beak, peered inside, then spread its wings and flew to Yun Yiyi’s desk, grabbed the jade slip tied with it, and lifted it up.
“The news sent by Palace Master Li… It should be about the situation in Donghuang.”
Yun Yiyi pursed her lips slightly, stretched out her hand to take off the jade slip, and looked up with her spiritual consciousness.
Yun Jiujiu also ran over quickly and raised her eyebrows curiously:
“…How are they doing over there?”
“We captured Donghuang in five days with almost no casualties…”
“Ah?!”
“The Ghost Spirit Sect is dead, along with the three late-stage god-transformation cultivators including the great elder… As for the immortal cultivators, only a few Nascent Soul-stage cultivators were slightly injured, and twelve core-formation cultivators died.”
Yun Jiujiu was stunned: “Real or false?”
“It’s probably true.” Yun Yiyi seemed not to be surprised. She shrugged slightly and sighed, “After all, Anping is over there. If he is there, the capture of Donghuang will be smooth.”
“…”
Yun Yiyi suddenly showed some admiration:
“It’s a pity that Anping and others are incompetent. Otherwise, the casualties here in the Southern Domain would not have been so heavy, and the Han Tian Kingdom in the Northern Domain would have suffered less than us.”
This time the Immortal Family’s eastward expedition was carried out by the combined efforts of the Immortal Sects from the West, South and Northern Domains. The first step was to capture the three Immortal Cities of “Donghuang”, “Seven Stars” and “Beihan” that were connected to the Eastern Domain.
The Immortal Family now knew very little about the situation in the Eastern Domain. Even the map of the Eastern Domain in their hands was an old map left over from the last war between the Immortal Family and the Demonic Cultivator.
And now that thousands of years had passed, no one could tell clearly what the Eastern Domain was like.
Therefore, what each sect of the Immortal Family needs to do now was to use the three Immortal Cities as strongholds and send the Immortal Family disciples from three directions to investigate, step by step, and explore the situation in the Eastern Domain as clearly as possible.
In other words, many, many cannon fodders from the Immortal Family were needed to serve as top soldiers in the Eastern Domain.
Before the situation in the Eastern Domain was known, Immortal Danyue, Sun Juehu, and Sect Master Wu Sun would never dare to step directly into it. Otherwise, if one of the three of them falls into an ambush or trap, the Immortal family would be defeated.
Yun Yiyi had not experienced the last war, but she had read through all the classics in the Sword Sect’s library a few days ago.
In the last war, it took the immortal family nearly sixty years to find out the situation of demon cultivators.
How long it would take this time was anyone’s guess.
But there was no doubt that the next step was to compete with the demon cultivator for patience.
Thinking of this, Yun Yiyi felt a sudden pressure in her heart. After all, she was now the young master of the Sword Sect. Her father would definitely go to the Eastern Domain to fight with Demons, which would require her to lead the Sword Sect disciples in the Seven Star City.
She really wanted to relieve the pressure, but unfortunately, Ye Anping was not here…
“Sigh…”
Yun Yiyi sighed slightly and asked:
“Jiujiu, I must stay in the Seven Star City all the time. How about you…”
“Okay~” Yun Jiujiu waved her hand and said, “I’m not the kind of person who sits back and strategizes. Besides, I’m also a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage. After that, I will definitely take the Sword Sect disciples to the Eastern Domain and drill inside.”
Seeing her like this, Yun Yiyi frowned slightly.
However, seeing her elder sister’s sad face, Yun Jiujiu smiled crookedly and said:
“What’s wrong? Are you worried about me?”
“I only have two sisters. One of them had to go through eighty-one tribulations for breaking the immortal rules in her previous life, and the other one is carefree and knows how to drink all day long. How can I not be worried?”
“Ha!” Yun Jiujiu smiled cheerfully, patted Yun Yiyi’s shoulder, and said, “Sister, didn’t you wish that I would die before?”
“…”
“Don’t worry! I will definitely come back alive. Didn’t I come back alive like that last time in Donghuang?”
Yun Jiujiu grabbed her wine gourd, took a sip, and said:
“What’s more, heroes emerge in these troubled times! Didn’t our grandfather become famous during the war between the Immortal Family and the Demon Cultivator? Maybe I can still make a name for myself. I’ve already thought of a title! Let’s call it ‘Jiu Sword Master’ Immortal’!”
“You’d better be more careful, alas…”
“Okay, okay, why are you sighing… Just like an oil thief.” Yun Jiujiu pursed her lips and handed the wine gourd to her, “Drink some?”
Yun Yiyi didn’t drink much on weekdays, but when she saw Yun Jiu being handed the wine, she simply accepted it, raised her head and took a sip of her own.
Gududu…
“Ha…” Yun Yiyi raised her sleeve and wiped her mouth, and warned, “Be careful in everything, take every step carefully, and don’t be as careless as usual.”
“I got it, mother-in-law! I said before that one Nascent Soul cultivator will lead five core-formation cultivators, right?”
“Well, a team of six people, the best ones, will split up to explore the Eastern Domaion.”
“Okay! Then I’m going to get someone…”
“Who are you bringing?!” Yun Yiyi was stunned for a moment, then interrupted with a frown, “Why don’t you give it to your sister, I’ll take care of the injury on your head!!”
“It’s okay! Small injury…”
Yun Jiujiu curled her lips, took back her wine gourd, and ran out quickly.
Yun Yiyi stood up, chased after her, and shouted:
“Hey! Jiujiu!! Come back!!”
“…”
Unfortunately, when Yun Yiyi chased her out, Yun Jiujiu had already disappeared.
She looked at the few Sword Sect disciples standing guard in the corridor, sighed slightly, and then returned to the desk and looked at a map in the center of the room.
Yun Yiyi was thinking that if Ye Anping knew about the situation in the East Domain, he should tell her what he knew, but until now, Ye Anping had not said anything to her…
She didn’t think Ye Anping was unwilling to share what he knew with her.
Therefore, Yun Yiyi guessed that the reason why Ye Anping didn’t tell her was because he didn’t want her to become a thorn in the eyes of those demon cultivators.
In other words, I’m afraid there were still many spies of demon cultivators in the Immortal Family.
“Anyway, except Yun Xi, Jiujiu and Dad, everyone else should be careful.”
Yun Yiyi murmured, and unconsciously looked toward Zhang Yihe who was knocking on the wooden fish beside the bed.
Ta-ta-ta…
“Blessings and blessings~ May the third lady gain nothing in exchange for losses!! Blessings and blessings!!”
Yun Xi’s eyes were a little lifeless at this moment, and she said in a weak voice:
“Yihe… Shut up.”
“Oh~~”
Ta… Ta… Ta…
Yun Yiyi sighed. Although she had felt that this Yihe was extraordinary before, it didn’t look like he was a spy of a demon cultivator.
If Zhang Yihe is really a bad person, then Ye Anping will definitely remind her that he is.
Yun Yiyi shook her head slightly, then returned to the desk and sat down, continuing to handle the affairs of the Sword Sect.
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