As soon as Song Changsheng returned to Lineage, the news from the Wind Whisper Hall almost caused him to stumble.
"What did you say!
Two Great Sects came out in full force, gathered Bianzhou?
Great City Lord of Sunset City breaks through Golden Core, and kills Thunderous Demon King with the Sunset Mountain Range's sword?
The five Golden Core True Person besieged Black Dragon Demon King, and Black Dragon Demon King was severely injured and escaped?
Coalition Army entered Hundred Thousand Great Mountains? "
The news that came back was more shocking than the last, shocking Song Changsheng to his core. In the end, he began to wonder if Lineage's spies were writing a novel.
"How could this happen? Aren't the main forces of Two Great Sects all fighting in Quanzhou? How could they suddenly appear in Sunset City and join forces to fight against the enemy? Could it be that the war is fake and Two Great Sects is just faking it?"
Looking at the pile of information about the Two Great Sects war in front of him, Song Changsheng suddenly felt a little shuddering. If it was a scene they acted together, then the cost of this scene would be too high.
The entire north was crippled, and the casualties were hard to estimate. The number of Two Great Sects's casualties was close to ten thousand, and several Purple Palace Cultivator died.
If this is a big show co-directed by Two Great Sects, then who are these monks who died in the war, and who are those monks who died fighting against Beast Tide?
A joke?
At this moment, Song Changsheng felt deeply unworthy for them.
From the beginning, they were treated as pawns that could be discarded at any time.
Perhaps in the eyes of the superior Golden Core True Person, they are not even as good as mediocrity.
Beast Tide's defeat was originally a joyful thing, but Song Changsheng suddenly felt a little uninterested. Perhaps from the beginning, this Beast Tide was deliberately guided by someone with intentions.
He suddenly wanted to know what role Great City Lord played in this drama.
Thinking of that magnificent man, Song Changsheng suddenly didn't dare to think deeply anymore. If even such a character played a disgraceful role in this drama, then there would really be no light at all in this dark world.
What a terrible thing that is...
Song Changsheng sent all the spies out to find out more information.
He didn't believe that Two Great Sects paid such a high price to set up a trap just to surround and kill Black Dragon Demon King. There must be some other purpose!
And the fact is just as Song Changsheng expected, the siege and killing of Black Dragon Demon King is just a part of their plan, and there are deeper reasons hidden in it...
Bianzhou, Sunset City.
Five days have passed since the war, and everything is calm. The broken mountains and rivers and the blood everywhere silently tell the story of the tragedy of that battle.
Sunset City's tenacious vitality is reflected at this moment, and post-war reconstruction is in full swing.
Mu Guibai Standing on the top of Heavenly Sound Mountain, looking at the devastation on the ground, there is a trace of sadness in his eyes, Sunset City, I will never see those thousands of miles of clouds again.
Zhan Tianxia walked to him silently and said, "The battle damage has been calculated.
In this battle, City Lord's Mansion lost 3,621 people, including twenty-two Foundation Establishment Cultivator, three Purple Palace Cultivator, Qianri and Qianyue are both dead, Huguang is also dead, and Mingxiu is also dead..."
Every time a number is reported, Mu Guibai's heart will tremble.
Needless to say, the three Purple Mansion are all his elders and juniors.
Qianri and Qianyue are the two most respected elders of Sunset City. Huguang is his Direct Disciples, and Mingxiu is Zhan Tianxia's Direct Disciples.
This battle completely destroyed Sunset City, and it will be difficult to recover for a long time in the future. Fortunately, Mu Guibai has broken through Golden Core, making Sunset City's strength not decrease but increase.
On the bright side, this battle is profitable.
But Zhan Tianxia felt that there were some things that he couldn't say and he was unhappy.
"Did you know they were acting from the beginning?" Zhan Tianxia's tone was a little stiff.
Mu Guibai slowly shook his head and said, "I don't know, otherwise I wouldn't have broken through Golden Core in advance."
Everyone knows that Great City Lord of Sunset City is extremely talented, but he has not yet broken through Golden Core Stage at the age of four hundred, which makes everyone find it incredible.
In fact, it's not that Mu Guibai is trapped by a bottleneck, it's because he has higher pursuits.
When the monk breaks through Golden Core, he will smelt a Golden Core in the Purple Mansion.
The acupoints on Golden Core represent the quality of Golden Core. The more acupoints there are, the faster the spiritual energy is converted into dharma power, the stronger the explosive power during combat, and the higher the chance of breaking through Nascent Soul in the future.
Golden Core has at most nine orifices, and above this, there is Nine-Aperture Violet Gold Core of higher quality.
The goal of Mu Guibai is exactly the pinnacle achievement of Nine-Aperture Violet Gold Core.
But the quality of Golden Core is closely related to his own understanding of Five Element Laws. Over the years, he has been understanding Power of Law and striving to condense Nine-Aperture Violet Gold Core.
If not, he would have already broken through Golden Core Stage.
Originally, he was only one step away from Five Elements's perfection, but unfortunately Demon Beast's army pressed on. In order to grab a chance of survival, he left the city through a secret passage and broke through Golden Core in a secret place in advance.
Unfortunately, the rules were incomplete and only achieved Nine-Aperture Golden Core, which became a regret in his life.
Hearing what he said, Zhan Tianxia's eyes softened a little, and then asked, "Then when did Senior Martial Brother start contacting them?"
Mu Guibai's eyes were like water, and he said faintly, "After I broke through Golden Core, I knew that I was no match for Black Dragon Demon King, so I went to the Golden Crow Sect for help.
I was fortunate enough to meet True Lord Su Ding, and that's when he told me everything..."
Qing Province, Golden Crow Mountain Range, Jinyang Peak.
Xia Qingxue walked firmly towards a magnificent palace, her pretty face covered with frost, and the chill emanating from her whole body made all the disciples around her retreat.
"It's so scary. Who provoked Little Martial Ancestor?"
"This aunt is rarely seen in person, so who can mess with her?"
At the corner of the main hall, two Golden Crow Sect disciples gathered together and whispered.
Suddenly, they felt a bone-chilling chill coming down on them. When they looked up, they found that Xia Qingxue was looking at them coldly, with no expression in his eyes, as if he was looking at a dead person.
Their scalps suddenly exploded, and they hurriedly crawled to Earth Dao in fear. "Greetings to Little Martial Ancestor."
"Hmph!" Xia Qingxue's Qiongbi snorted coldly, then passed the two of them and headed towards the main hall.
The two Golden Crow Sect disciples suddenly breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this. They raised their heads and looked at each other, only to realize that their eyebrows were already covered with fine ice crystals...
"Boom"
Xia Qingxue reached out and pushed open the heavy palace door.
As the retreat place of the Golden Crow Sect's first Grand Elder Su Ding, it has always been a restricted area for the sect, and only Xia Qingxue, who is Direct Disciples, dares to be so casual.
The main hall is very empty, with only seven vermilion pillars placed according to the Big Dipper pattern, six of which have a wooden box tightly wrapped by Restriction placed on them.
Only the front pillar was empty.
In the center of this Seven Star Array, there is a bright yellow embroidered Meditation Cushion. An old man with white beard and hair and an immortal spirit sits cross-legged. Around him are seven or forty-nine Ever-Bright Lamps arranged in a mysterious pattern.
This old man is the strongest Great Qi Cultivation World, Golden Crow Sect Grand Elder, True Lord Jinyang who is more than 1,200 years old - Su Ding!
In the previous battle with Black Dragon Demon King, Su Ding, as the main force of the attack, suffered some minor injuries, so only the remaining True Person were left to sit in front of Bianzhou, while he returned first and recovered his injuries with the help of Great Qi's only Fifth-Tier Spirit Vein.
Seeing the arrival of Xia Qingxue, Su Ding seemed not surprised. He stretched out his hand and a Meditation Cushion appeared on the ground and said calmly, "Sit down."
Xia Qingxue saluted him, then knelt down on Meditation Cushion, looked at Su Ding's face full of ravines, and asked directly, "Is the previous war with the Heavenly Meridian Sect really just a show?"
Looking at his beloved disciple, Su Ding nodded calmly and said, "Yes, this plan was made twenty years ago. The purpose is to lure the old dragon out of Black Water Great Marsh."
As soon as these words came out, all Xia Qingxue's doubts were solved at this moment.
After she was rescued by Song Changsheng, she returned to the Golden Crow Sect as quickly as possible, informed Su Ding that Blood Demon Sect attacked her and killed her Dao Protector Dai Zichen, and tried to prevent Golden Crow Sect from starting a war with the Heavenly Meridian Sect.
But Su Ding's attitude was very strange at that time. He just nodded calmly, and then continued to promote the war with the Heavenly Meridian Sect. The matter of Blood Demon seemed to be forgotten by him.
At that time, Xia Qingxue was very confused. He knew clearly that Blood Demon was framing Blood Demon, so why did Su Ding persist in fighting with the Heavenly Meridian Sect? When started the war, why did Su Ding still claim that the murderer was Heavenly Meridian Sect despite knowing that the culprit who killed Dai Zichen was Blood Demon.
She argued hard with reason, but Su Ding simply refused to see her on the grounds of seclusion, as did the other two Golden Core True Person.
She only thought that a few True Person had other considerations, so she temporarily suppressed her thoughts of seeking revenge from Blood Demon.
Until a few days ago, news of Beast Tide suddenly began to spread within the sect, emphasizing how tragic and Wuwei Sunset City, who had selflessly guarded the border for Great Qi for thousands of years, performed in this battle.
Although most Golden Crow Sect disciples knew about Demon Beast going north, for some reasons they did not know that the situation had reached such a serious stage.
As a result, the sect, from the outer disciples to the elders and Sect Master, all began to advocate a truce with the Heavenly Meridian Sect and instead join forces to deal with Demon Beast, a powerful enemy.
Not only Golden Crow Sect, but also Heavenly Meridian Sect's internal situation is similar, and they all advocate unanimous disclosure to the outside world.
In the strong appeal of all the disciples of the sect, Su Ding "had to" declare a ceasefire.
In this way, the disciples of Two Great Sects who had already made a real splash temporarily put aside their past grudges because of Demon Beast, the public enemy of all mankind, and decided to jointly support Sunset City.
And successfully caught Demon Race by surprise. Not only were millions of Demon Race wiped out in one fell swoop, they also attacked Hundred Thousand Great Mountains with full fury.
At this moment, all the grudges and anger were vented on Demon Beast.
This was originally an unprecedented victory, but after the war, some rumors spread.
There are many different versions of these rumors, but the summary is that Two Great Sects's previous battle was just a trap set for Demon Beast of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains. Two Great Sects's disciples, even Sunset City and the entire Great Qi Cultivation World were used as pawns.
This rumor also reached the ears of Xia Qingxue. She was not a fool. Thinking of all the abnormalities before Su Ding, she understood everything in an instant.
Hence the scene where she questioned Su Ding.
At this time, she was still taking chances. She hoped that her master would tell her personally that these were all rumors. It was for the sake of Human Race's righteousness that Two Great Sects decided to put aside their past grudges and speak out unanimously, instead of being full of conspiracy and calculation.
You must know that in this battle, not only did the sect and its affiliated forces suffer heavy losses, but the entire north was also maimed, and Human Cultivator was not even alive.
How many lives were these, even though her heart had been frozen for many years, she was still trembling!
Su Ding's words shattered her last glimmer of hope, and she suddenly felt an unspeakable anger. Looking at the person she respected most in front of her, Xia Qingxue said coldly, "Why?"
"Why?"
Su Ding raised his head, smiled bitterly and said, "Because there is no time left for us to continue planning, my... deadline is approaching!"
After the words fell, Xia Qingxue opened his eyes in shock.
The average lifespan of Golden Core Cultivator is less than a thousand years, but Su Ding once took a life-extending treasure and lived to be more than 1,200 years old.
Su Ding's lifespan is short. Xia Qingxue knows it, otherwise she would not enter Qiantian Secret Realm to compete for Spirit Plant who is suspected to be able to extend his life.
But knowing it is one thing. When Su Ding heard these words spoken by himself, Xia Qingxue still felt his mind was shaken and his thoughts were confused.
"Looking at the entire Great Qi, I am the only one who can compete head-on with that old dragon. If I sit down, the old dragon will definitely invade on a large scale, and then the entire Great Qi will face a disaster.
So, I contacted Heavenly Meridian Sect, planning to set up a plan to kill the old dragon before I passed away, so as to eliminate this scourge for Great Qi.
But the old dragon is suspicious by nature, cautious and cautious, and will not easily step out of his nest. We have been planning for more than 20 years, but we have achieved nothing.
That day, you were attacked by the Blood Demon Sect, Dai Zichen fell, and you didn't know whether you were alive or dead. Although I was sad in my heart, I found that this was a good opportunity.
I immediately contacted Heavenly Meridian Sect and formulated this plan. In order to avoid leaks, no one under Golden Core was informed.
From the perspective of the world, this plan is very cold-blooded and even inhumane.
As everyone knows, this is the stupidest idea. If that old dragon is not removed, after I am dead, the entire Great Qi Cultivation World will be destroyed!
Sacrificing some people can save the vast majority of people. I think it is very worthwhile.
The crime is in the present time, but the merit is in the future! "
Su Ding's eyes were cold. In his eyes, this was a very good deal!
Xia Qingxue suddenly became silent. Did Su Ding do the right thing?
Yes and no.
Considering the future of Great Qi Cultivation World, Su Ding did the right thing. Only by killing Black Dragon Demon King, a serious threat, and Su Ding is dead, can the top combat power of both human and demon sides be balanced again.
But for those who died in this battle, they probably want to eat their flesh, drink their blood, and sleep on their skin!
After all, they become expendable pawns.
No one in the world can comment on what is right or wrong, and can only leave it to future generations to comment.
But no matter what, Su Ding will leave a mark in Great Qi Cultivation World's tens of thousands of years of history...