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Chapter 399 Crimson Sun Dao Soldiers
Chapter 399 Crimson Sun Dao Soldiers
Danxingfang.
As one of the most famous medicine markets in the Mountain Annihilation Realm, this place is home to many alchemists and spiritual plant masters, and is also guarded by Golden Core experts from the Mirror Moon Sect.
At midnight, the council chamber was brightly lit.
"Senior sister, are you done counting?"
A young girl with a youthful face, who looked about eleven or twelve years old, sat in the main seat with a serene expression.
"Junior Sister Wan'er." The veiled female cultivator nodded slightly. "The quantity has been counted and verified. The quality of the pills is all top-grade. Thank you for your hard work this time."
"The ingredients for the next batch of Rejuvenating Pills, Detoxifying Pills, and Healing Qi Pills will arrive within three days. I hope you will urge the alchemists to speed up the alchemy process, even if it's just two or three days ahead of schedule."
"Senior sister, you're making things difficult for those mediocre people." Li Wan'er looked up and corrected her, "Alchemy is similar to cultivation; the more you rush, the more mistakes you're likely to make. It's fine if we finish half a day early."
"As for two or three days in advance?"
She paused slightly, then added, "Not every alchemist possesses the superb alchemy skills of Fairy Yun Wan. Senior Sister, you're making things unrealistic for her!"
"Alright, alright, your senior sister knows you're skilled at alchemy." Yun Yishu was somewhat amused and exasperated. "But now, medicinal supplies are scarce at the front lines. Could you help your senior sister think of another way?"
Even though Junior Sister Wan'er successfully formed her Golden Core and attained enlightenment, she still retained some childlike qualities, so she could only discuss things with her in a way that resembled coaxing a child.
Upon hearing this, Li Wan'er remained silent for a moment before saying, "The medicinal herbs will be delivered on time, at most one day ahead of schedule."
"Furthermore, compared to the supply of medicinal pills, I think Senior Sister should pay more attention to the supply route. The most recent batch of medicinal pills transported to the front line was attacked twice. I suspect there is a traitor within the sect."
"I'm already investigating this matter, and I'll be able to identify and arrest the suspect soon." Yun Yishu walked to the window and looked up at the bright moon in the sky.
"The investigation is underway, but please be careful, Senior Sister, don't die on the front lines," Li Wan'er said calmly.
Yun Yishu's eye twitched, speechless: "Junior sister, can't you say something nice? What's with all this talk about dying? It's a bit unlucky."
"What's so unlucky about it? Life and death are common occurrences. Everyone will die one day; it's just a matter of how long it takes."
Li Wan'er pursed her lips, then changed the subject: "By the way, Senior Sister, have you heard anything about Zi'ang lately?"
"You miss him?" Yun Yishu glanced at her junior sister.
"Yes, my junior brother still has something left here with me."
Li Wan'er's storage ring flashed, and a plain-looking, feather-light golden cicada shell appeared in her hand. She boasted, "Hehe, Senior Sister, look, this is an extremely rare Calamity Fire Golden Shell!"
"If it weren't for this treasure back then, I would probably be back in the world by now, with grass growing about ten feet tall on my grave."
After saying this, Li Wan'er sighed and feigned maturity: "A life-saving grace must be repaid. Senior Sister, what do you think of repaying me with your body?"
"There are many ways to repay a debt of gratitude. Why do you have to put yourself in this situation, Junior Sister? Isn't it better to be alone?" Yun Yishu sighed.
"Hehe, senior sister, you don't understand."
Li Wan'er jogged up behind Yun Yishu and put her arm around his slender waist: "Junior brother has a bright future, is handsome, has a good personality, and we get along well. If things really work out, wouldn't I be hitting the jackpot!"
"Junior brother saved you before, senior sister, weren't you ever tempted?"
Li Wan'er said this jokingly.
Yun Yishu turned around, her eyes fixed on her junior sister Wan'er, then smiled naturally and teased, "What gratitude? I think you're clearly taking revenge."
Seeing Senior Sister Yun's feigned calm demeanor, Li Wan'er bit her lip.
A woman who is two-faced is truly terrifying!
They're all ancient foxes, why are they playing at Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio?
"Buzz!!!"
Suddenly, a sharp, piercing bell rang out.
Upon hearing the warning sound, Yun Yishu and Li Wan'er's expressions changed drastically.
Three chimes signal the highest level of alert for an impending enemy attack.
"How is that possible!"
Yun Yishu reacted extremely quickly, and in a flash, she was outside the council hall.
Above Danxingfang, numerous third-tier defensive arrays had been activated, blocking various colored escape techniques.
"Junior sister, quickly arrange for the alchemists to evacuate via the teleportation array. I will buy you enough time."
Without hesitation, Yun Yishu rushed towards the location of the Danxingfang array pivot.
Without saying much, Li Wan'er immediately went to the alchemy hall to make arrangements.
On the other side, at the core of the Danxingfang array, many cultivators gathered, and the atmosphere was solemn.
"Master Zhou, are you confident you can hold out?" Yun Yishu asked succinctly.
The strongest person in charge of Danxingfang is Zhou Yushu, a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, whose strength is considered formidable even among Golden Core cultivators.
Even if she joined forces with Senior Sister Wan'er, they would still be no match for Master Zhou.
"The probability of holding on is less than 20%." Master Zhou's expression was grim.
"Can we hold out until the sect sends reinforcements?" Yun Yishu asked with a serious expression.
"We can't hold out. The enemy came prepared. The space around the market has been sealed off, and the teleportation array is unusable. Envoy Yunyue, please take a look."
Master Zhou made a hand seal, and ripples surged in front of him, quickly condensing into a water mirror.
Inside the water mirror is the view outside Danxingfang.
The sky was filled with flashes of light, and hundreds of beams of light linked together to form an incredibly powerful array.
Without a doubt, the attacking enemy was not an ordinary cultivator, but a well-trained elite Dao soldier, each of whom was at least at the Foundation Establishment stage.
Don't underestimate these Foundation Establishment soldiers!
A Foundation Establishment cultivator is indeed extremely weak in front of a Golden Core cultivator, and can be destroyed with a wave of the hand.
However, if it is a well-organized army of hundreds of Dao soldiers, led by a Golden Core cultivator, arranged in formation to form a Dao soldier array, even a Golden Core cultivator would flee at the mere sight of them.
"This is the Shangyang Army!" a Foundation Establishment deacon exclaimed in surprise.
Every major sect of cultivation has its own unique method for crafting Dao weapons.
After all, the training of Dao soldiers by a sect is different from the training of disciples.
The former, in order to achieve systematic training and save costs, adopts a quick-fix method, which requires enduring hidden injuries and aftereffects that ordinary cultivators cannot tolerate, thus severing their path to immortality.
For example, the vast majority of Dao soldiers need to use various secret methods to temper their muscles and bones from childhood, take many pills to temper their meridians, be equipped with uniform spiritual weapons and armor, and undergo countless trials before they can become an army.
The Shangyang Army within the Water Mirror is the renowned Foundation Establishment soldiers of the Chiyang Sect, one of the four Nascent Soul sects in Huangyan Realm.
"If it were only three hundred Shangyang soldiers, that would be fine!" Master Zhou said in a heavy tone.
He had some knowledge of the Chiyang Sect's Daoist soldiers; one hundred Shangyang soldiers could fight against a Golden Core True Person.
Two hundred Shangyang soldiers can surround and kill a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator, and three hundred Chiyang soldiers can surround and kill a late-stage Golden Core cultivator.
"The key is the Chiyang General who commands these Shangyang Dao soldiers."
Master Zhou activated his hand seals, and the scene in the water mirror changed, revealing three figures standing in mid-air in front of the Dao soldiers.
These three figures were also clad in special armor, their auras as unfathomable as a dormant volcano, no less powerful than that of Master Zhou.
"Three Crimson Sun Generals at the peak of the Golden Core stage!" Yun Yishu's pupils shrank.
With a large number of Foundation Establishment cultivators, a few Golden Core cultivators will inevitably emerge and break through to the next level.
Although they are of the same realm, a Golden Elixir Daoist is no match for a Golden Elixir True Person.
However, if three peak Golden Core cultivators were to jointly command three hundred Dao soldiers in battle, they could probably overwhelm and kill even a Golden Core Perfection cultivator.
It is no exaggeration to say that even a Nascent Soul cultivator would choose to avoid a direct confrontation with an army of Dao soldiers of this size, let alone the Danxingfang, which is only staffed by a late-stage Golden Core cultivator.
At this moment, one of the Red Sun Generals noticed something and looked up.
"boom!"
The water mirror shattered with a crash, leaving behind a group of Mirror Moon cultivators whose eyes held a hint of despair.
The three Golden Core Peak Dao Generals led three hundred Foundation Establishment Dao Soldiers. This was no longer a small-scale surprise attack, but a long-planned and determined strategic operation aimed at destroying part of the Mirror Moon Sect's pill logistics.
"Why don't we feign surrender and admit defeat for now, so that we can save our lives and serve the sect at a critical moment!" suggested a newly promoted Foundation Establishment deacon.
"Anyone who dares to disrupt the morale of the sect's army will be executed!"
Yun Yishu's expression turned slightly cold. A beam of moonlight slashed down, instantly decapitating the Foundation Establishment cultivator who had just opened his mouth, annihilating his aura.
Upon seeing this, the surrender faction cultivators exchanged glances and dared not raise any further objections.
"What's the panic? The market's formation is incredibly powerful. Even if a Nascent Soul True Monarch were to descend, it could hold them off for a while. By then, the sect will definitely be able to react."
"Senior Sister is right. If the Crimson Sun Sect dares to send Dao soldiers into the Mountain Annihilation Realm, it will surely provoke the Ancestor's wrath, and he will send a Nascent Soul True Monarch to deal with it."
Li Wan'er suddenly appeared, her expression grave: "As long as we can buy enough time, this army of Dao soldiers will surely be annihilated."
"I'm afraid they came prepared." Master Zhou sighed, his expression complicated.
The higher-ups of the Crimson Sun Sect are not stupid; they will not let the Dao soldiers they have nurtured with all their resources go to waste. They must have prepared means to break through the market's formation.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
As expected, with a series of loud bangs, the earth beneath everyone's feet trembled, and the heavy arrays covering the entire Danxingfang let out a mournful cry of despair before shattering in the despairing gazes of all the cultivators.
The cultivators responsible for maintaining the formation in the market all coughed up blood, their energy dissipated, and they collapsed and died.
One after another, scorching red suns carrying destructive energy fell to earth like meteors, instantly engulfing several buildings built together and spewing out towering flames.
"The formation—the formation is broken!"
"Run!"
"Shangyang has broken in!"
Numerous exclamations and cries rose and fell.
Yun Yishu and Li Wan'er exchanged a glance and simultaneously activated their escape light to flee.
Being loyal to one's sect does not mean being blindly loyal.
For safety's sake, they had already carried some of their elixir reserves with them and destroyed some cultivation resources that they couldn't take with them.
"call out!"
With a flash of light, Yun Yishu casually killed several cultivators who dared to block her path.
"Senior sister, there's no need to pay attention to these robbers taking advantage of the chaos. Our priority is to escape."
Li Wan'er took out many escape talismans from her storage ring.
No matter how strong the power of the Golden Core is, it cannot surpass the strength of a well-organized Daoist army.
If they were to accidentally encounter the Shangyang Army and be surrounded by their Daoist soldiers, they would most likely face certain death.
But sometimes it's really weird; the more they don't want to see something, the more likely it is to appear.
"Given the current chaos and turmoil, where do Fairy Yunwan and Fairy Yishu plan to travel? How about we visit my Chiyang Sect?"
Three figures clad in armor appeared in a flash, connecting with the aura of the Shangyang Army soldiers below, forming a suffocating encirclement.
At the same time, three hundred Shangyang soldiers appeared out of nowhere, taking a step forward in unison, their spears pointing diagonally at Yun Yishu and the two women, unleashing a massive military force to lock them in place.
Yun Yishu's expression turned extremely ugly.
The word "guest" sounds nice, but in the end, one is still a prisoner.
But what bothered Yun Yishu even more was that her guess was wrong!
The Chiyang Sect's target was not Danxingfang, but her and her junior sister Wan'er.
However, she and her junior sister were merely early-stage Golden Core cultivators, not worth the Chiyang Sect's higher-ups mobilizing such a large force of Dao soldiers.
Unless the Crimson Sun Sect has other motives.
Upon thinking of this, Yun Yishu's heart stirred slightly, and she revealed a calm smile as she probed, "The Crimson Sun Sect dares to act so recklessly, aren't you afraid of incurring the wrath of my sect's ancestor and causing the annihilation of our ten-thousand-year-old Dao Unity in one fell swoop?"
"The future of the Crimson Sun Sect is none of your concern, fairies," a young-looking Crimson Sun general said with a smile. "I do not wish to be presumptuous, and I hope you two fairies will cooperate."
"Sigh, this is difficult." Li Wan'er sighed.
"Fairy Yunwan, there is no need to worry. You are a renowned fourth-tier Xuan Dan master in the Earthly Realm. Our sect will certainly treat you with the utmost respect and ensure your safety," Chi Yang said politely.
"Your target is Junior Brother Chen, isn't it?"
Upon hearing Li Wan'er's words, one of the Red Sun Generals subtly narrowed his pupils and said gently, "You're overthinking it, Fairy."
Unexpectedly, the next second, two violent auras suddenly erupted, and Yun Yishu and Li Wan'er simultaneously unleashed extremely dazzling golden light from their dantian.
That was the terrifying aura of an immortal golden core exploding, yet the two women maintained a calm indifference to life and death.
"Oh no, they're about to self-destruct their golden cores!"
The three Crimson Sun Generals' expressions changed slightly, and they decisively mobilized the power of their Dao soldiers to take action.
The reason they maintained a friendly attitude was because they were afraid the two women would become resolute in their decision to die.
After all, these two female cultivators were not ordinary Golden Core cultivators; they possessed many treasures.
If the two women are determined to die, even a cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core stage cannot stop them.
But why?
It's better to live a miserable life than to die a good death!
Ordinary female cultivators might suffer unimaginable humiliation if captured, but Fairy Yunwan and Fairy Yishu are high-ranking members of the Mirror Moon Sect and are not included in this category. Why did they choose such a tragic and resolute way to resist?
"Damn it!"
Master Zhou, who was not far away, also changed his expression drastically and wanted to intervene.
However, the self-destruction of a Golden Core cultivator is a terrifying strike that unleashes the full power of a Golden Core cultivator's life's cultivation. The process is as fast as lightning, and once it begins, it is almost impossible to reverse unless the self-destructor cultivates a special secret technique.
At this moment, even if the four Golden Core cultivators attacked simultaneously, they could not stop Yun Yishu and Li Wan'er from self-destructing.
"If I had known this would happen, I should have expressed my feelings back then!"
Yun Yishu's eyes showed regret, and the images in her mind kept changing, all of them showing Chen Beiwu.
"It's not a pity to die, but it is a pity that I couldn't see my junior brother one last time before I died, to fulfill our promise from back then, to return the things to him, and to repay his life-saving grace." Li Wan'er bit her lip and gripped the Calamity Fire Golden Shell tightly in her hand.
There's nothing we can do; the difference in strength is just too great.
With the space sealed off, even if they carry valuable treasures, they cannot escape the encirclement of the Shangyang Army. Instead, they may be captured after exhausting their strength in the battle, suffer humiliation, and become hostages, dragging down their junior brothers.
Since that's the case, why not just fry it all up?
Anyway, she's exploded her furnace many times while refining pills, so occasionally exploding herself is a rare experience for her.
At this critical moment, a figure in white broke through space and appeared, reaching out to embrace Yun Yishu and Li Wan'er, activating the Primordial True Qi.
"Buzz!"
As the Primordial True Qi circulated, the two extremely violent energies instantly returned to calm, and the Golden Core returned to stability.
Yun Yishu raised her head, and the veil on her face fell away, revealing a genuine smile.
"Is it a hallucination?"
"It doesn't matter if it's an illusion, it's so good to see you before I die!" Li Wan'er hugged Chen Beiwu tightly and murmured.
"It's not a hallucination." Upon hearing these words, Chen Beiwu's eyes flickered slightly, his emotions a complex mix of feelings: "Junior Brother is late!"
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