714: Chapter 218_6 714: Chapter 218_6 Yan Yourong, while unleashing The Art of Five Elements to help two disciples of the Hundred Peaks Sect block the attacks from the Sun and Moon Demon Sect, curiously transmitted a secret message to Cao Zhen, “Master, why did you let the Sun Erosion Demon go?
He must be a high-ranking member of the Sun and Moon Demon Sect.
If we had captured him, with the methods and secret techniques of our Hundred Peaks Sect, we would have made him reveal their secrets.”
“Indeed, I believe he would have revealed many secrets, but there are some secrets he might not even be aware of.
The Sun and Moon Demon Sect’s missions can often be impromptu decisions.
And that Sun Erosion Demon, how do you think I knew that the Sun and Moon Demon Sect intended to annihilate Jijiang City?”
“Master, has the Sun Erosion Demon abandoned the darkness for light and defected to us?” Yan Yourong exclaimed in surprise.
Cao Zhen began to explain, “No, he has not defected to us.
If he truly defected and acted as an undercover agent for us, with his level of intelligence, it’s uncertain when he would be exposed and discovered by the people of the Sun and Moon Demon Sect.
The master merely planted a secret technique on him.
The master can check on his situation at any time through the secret technique, and he is unaware of its existence.
Among the heavens, apart from the master himself, absolutely no one would be able to detect it.
But this secret technique is not to be used lightly, which is why I had you leave the Sun Erosion Demon behind.”
“So that’s how it is!”
With Cao Zhen and others present, the people of the Hundred Peaks Sect were at their peak.
Though outnumbered by the Sun and Moon Demon Sect, they were completely overwhelming them in the battle, forcing them to flee desperately towards the distance.
Those who ran fast might escape; those who ran slow would likely die right there.
And the Hundred Peaks Sect pursued them fiercely.
After a long while, when no more standing disciples of the Sun and Moon Demon Sect could be seen, they finally stopped and began to clean up the battlefield.
Meanwhile, in Jijiang City, even though the flying boat of the Sun and Moon Demon Sect hadn’t fallen into the city due to Cao Zhen’s attack, the residents of the city, witnessing the battling figures in the void outside and the devastating divine skills, naturally hid in their homes in terror.
However, there were always some bold individuals who, even while hiding at home, leaned by the windows to watch the outside.
And the city’s guards, each constable dutifully armed with long swords, stood in the streets, witnessing the battle outside the city from start to finish.
Seeing the black-clothed figures fleeing in haste, the city erupted with cheers.
“They’re running, those demons from the Demon Sect are running!”
“Those who intervened, they’re from the Hundred Peaks Sect.
My grandfather joined the Hundred Peaks Sect; I recognize their uniforms.”
“Not only you, but who in Jijiang City doesn’t recognize the attire of the Hundred Peaks Sect!”
“Us being near the Hundred Peaks Sect is truly our good fortune!”
“Yes, that flying boat flew straight here, and if it had landed in our city, who knows how many would have died.”
“Indeed, fortunately, immortals from the Hundred Peaks Sect intercepted those from the Demon Sect just outside the city.”
“Hundred Peaks Sect, thankfully the Hundred Peaks Sect shields Jijiang City!”
“Right, this year is just when the Hundred Peaks Sect is supposed to select disciples.
With the world in such chaos now, I wonder if the Hundred Peaks Sect will still come to select disciples.”
“Who knows, let’s hope the Hundred Peaks Sect will continue to select disciples.”
“I remember your two sons, each one smarter than the next.
If the Hundred Peaks Sect comes to select disciples, your children could very well be chosen.”
“If they were selected by the Hundred Peaks Sect, it would be a blessing from our ancestors.”
In the crowd, the focal point of the discussion swiftly shifted from the great battle between Hundred Peaks Sect and Demon Sect to the selection of disciples by Hundred Peaks Sect.
In Jijiang City, they had always been proud that only the Hundred Peaks Sect came to select disciples, and that their family members could enter the Sect.
In the crowd, a middle-aged man dressed in luxurious clothing, with a somewhat corpulent figure, looked on with envy at the immortals of Hundred Peaks Sect descending from the void and boasted, “Do you know that the current Hundred Peaks Sect is different from before?”
Someone immediately played along and asked, “What’s different?
I see the immortals of Hundred Peaks Sect are still the same as before, they help us, they think of us.
I know, although the Grand Preceptor said that all immortals and us mortals are the same, with no distinction between high and low, many immortals look down upon us and often do not care whether we live or die.
But the immortals of Hundred Peaks Sect are different; they are the true definition of esteemed and upright sects!”
The corpulent man shook his head with disdain and said, “Is that really what I’m talking about?
You speak without knowing anything.
Do you know that our Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty has ten great Immortal Sects?”
Those around who heard him immediately joined in with contempt.
“Who doesn’t know that?”
“Exactly, we also know that Hundred Peaks Sect is one of the ten great Immortal Sects!”
“Don’t act like just because you have money, you know more than the rest of us.”
“Right, I also know that the current Hundred Peaks Sect is the strongest of the ten great Immortal Sects.
One of the Peak Masters of Hundred Peaks Sect is our Dynasty’s State Preceptor, and the first under Heaven!”
“Therefore, it is indeed fortunate for our Jijiang City to be so close to Hundred Peaks Sect.
People from other places don’t even have the chance for their children to join Hundred Peaks Sect, but our children have the opportunity to do so!”
The corpulent man listened to the crowd’s responses and laughed dismissively, “I thought you knew something new, but this is common knowledge.
What I’m referring to is the person who was just flying in the sky.
That person is our Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty’s State Preceptor, Peak Master Cao Zhen of Hundred Peaks Sect.”
“Ah?
What?”
“The State Preceptor?”
“That person is currently the number one in the world?”
“How do you know?”
The crowd looked at the corpulent man, brimming with curiosity.
Feeling his vanity satisfied, the corpulent man said proudly, “Because, I have seen that Peak Master Cao’s portrait, which a merchant friend of mine showed me; he has a friend from the Capital City.”
Outside Jijiang City.
Cao Zhen and others did not enter the city, but quickly began cleaning up the battlefield.
This battle, because they launched a sudden attack on the Sun and Moon Demon Sect and had Cao Zhen, Yan Yourong, Ling Xi, and Little Beiyan to protect the disciples of Hundred Peaks Sect, no disciple of the Sect had died, only some were injured.
The reason for cleaning the battlefield was to take care of the bodies of the deceased from Sun and Moon Demon Sect; after all, if not dealt with, even the death of cultivators could cause epidemics.
They collected the bodies and set them on fire.
At the same time, they could also look for any treasures or even Qiankun Bags on these people.