Seven days later, Red Flower Ghost Mother Zhu Ying completed the cultivation of her Magical Treasure. When she emerged, she asked everyone what actions Shi Feiyang had taken during this period.
Cang Baonang informed her that Shi Feiyang had not come to Ghost Mother Mountain to cause trouble in recent days, but he had intensified his pressures in various state and county cities.
Shi Feiyang had established two organizations, the Heavenly Corpse Sect and the Central Plains Security Bureau, which had taken over all the businesses of the Pima Sect, Ghost Mother Sect, and Black Evil Sect!
"It's utterly outrageous!" Zhu Ying exclaimed, "Let's head to Sunflower Valley now! Now that my Magical Treasure is ready, and with the four of us combining forces, even if we cannot kill him, we can at least destroy his lair, obliterate his physical body, and let him know the four evils of the border mountains are not to be trifled with!"
She was ruthless and took pride in being evil without any hesitation.
They then devised a plan, and the four sects acted together.
First, the Pima Sect mobilized one hundred thousand followers from the north through Dongting Lake, encircling the northeast of Sunflower Valley through Changsha;
Meanwhile, the Ghost Mother Sect went all out, opening the ghost pits of Ghost Mother Mountain, releasing a hundred thousand evil spirits, allowing the followers to summon them from the west toward Sunflower Valley.
Suddenly, within a thousand miles around Changsha City, raging wind howled, evil Qi surged into the sky, and even during broad daylight, leaden clouds obscured the sun as if doomsday had arrived. The clear heavens turned into a Ghost Realm; shadows and ghostly figures stirred everywhere, corpses howled shaking the heavens, and numerous lead-gray streams of evil Qi surged toward the center, intermingled with clusters of green Ghost Fire, like countless stars in the sky, casting everything in a ghoulish green hue.
The ordinary people were terrified, and some followers of the four sects took the opportunity to propagate, claiming that if people did not believe in the four sects, they would suffer retribution!
During these days, Shi Feiyang had spent a large amount of Dragon Coins to establish the Heavenly Corpse Sect and Central Plains Security Bureau.
Other than the three young disciples of the Heavenly Corpse Sect who had been captured, the Heavenly Corpse Sect also gathered many unorthodox Sword Immortals under Li Zhenchuan's temporary leadership; many followers from Pima Sect, Ghost Mother Sect, and Black Evil Sect had also defected.
The Central Plains Security Bureau, headed by Bai Qi as the chief escort, had also gathered many unorthodox Sword Immortals and Jianghu figures, including many followers from the Pima Sect. Bai Qi had been leading men these days, continuously challenging and then taking over the businesses mainly in logistics and transport.
At this time, members of both organizations were maintaining order, capturing remnants of the four sects, turning over those who surrendered to the government, and executing those who resisted on the spot.
But concerning the Pima Sect, more than one hundred thousand men swarmed like they meant to storm a city or pull down a domain. The leading Squad Leaders thought to themselves, let's not go to Sunflower Valley; let's take Changsha City while we are at it. Once the sect leader and Ghost Mother kill the State Preceptor, we will raise our flag and rebel, rule over a region ourselves, and everyone can enjoy the fruits together!
These men were desperados, thinking so, they acted accordingly, gathering from Dongting Lake and immediately surrounding Changsha City.
Shi Feiyang had indeed anticipated that Changsha would face this calamity and had previously arranged for Mr. Wei and the government to station thirty thousand soldiers in the city, along with the Qingcheng Sect and Snow Mountain Sect disciples. Han'er was also sent here.
Changsha City was completely engulfed in pitch-black evil Qi, dark clouds shrouded above while human and ghostly figures intermingled on all sides, with large clusters of green fires like Kongming lanterns floating in the sky.
Standing atop the city walls, Han'er witnessed this scene and chuckled, "These creatures don't know life from death, letting me see such a spectacular sight is somewhat beneficial."
Ling Yunfeng, who had always been nervous, heard her say this and didn't understand the meaning, only feeling her confusion resurfacing...
Having followed Han'er for a fair amount of time, she increasingly realized that her master was often irrational, speaking nonsense without reason, sometimes laughing abruptly over some thought, startling others, or sometimes staring at the moon or at flowers could lead her to tearfully lament for quite a while.
She was not known for her patience; originally, she was a fairy from the Emei Sect. Fairies aren't meant to live together for long; over time, they grow to loathe each other.
She often discussed Han'er's erratic behavior with Dai Xiangying, unlike her, who knew her ancestors were Sword Immortals, she harbored a sense of superiority. Dai Xiangying treasured the current path of Immortal Cultivation and always ended the topic quickly.
This irked Ling Yunfeng, who planned to find her own ancestral Ling Family in the future and pursue Immortal Cultivation with them, leaving Dai Xiangying behind.
These days, as she had interactions with the Snow Mountain Sect, hearing that the Sect Leader's surname was Ling sparked her interest. The more she inquired, the more she was convinced it was her own ancestor. She planned to take a moment after this ordeal to visit home, which was just outside Changsha City, to clarify her ancestor's details with her father Ling Cao, to see if they were indeed the same person.
Now having learned swordsmanship, although just beginning and still clumsy, she could still take someone's head from a hundred steps away. Standing on the city walls, she mused about her future.
While the Pima Sect surrounded Changsha City, the other three sects directly attacked Sunflower Valley.
Red Flower Ghost Mother Zhu Ying did not follow the main forces but, relying on her newly cultivated Green Phosphorus Charge, burrowed from Ghost Mother Mountain straight down through the mountain, and tunneled a direct underground passage to beneath Sunflower Valley, then attacking upward straight towards Liangyi Palace!
She pierced through rock, breaking directly into the floor of Liangyi Palace, creating a large hole that led her right into the great hall.
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