The Predicament of the Vast Righteous Sect
Upon hearing this, the City Patrol members were overjoyed. The leader of the patrol team Minor Grandmaster, immediately bowed and said, "Lord Jiang invites you in. Our leader is here."
Jiang Liu nodded, flew down from the Fire-Winged Monkey's back, and then gave it a command to go find food on its own.
The Fire-Winged Monkey's figure flickered, and with a flap of its wings, it left the place.
The members of the Vast Righteous Sect sensed the aura emanating from the Fire-Winged Monkey, and immediately, they all trembled slightly, because the aura emanating from the Fire-Winged Monkey was too strong.
When the patrol leader saw Jiang Liu dismount from the Fire-Winged Monkey's back, he quickly led the way, flying directly towards River City with Jiang Liu.
The two quickly flew over the city wall and headed towards the City Lord's Mansion in Hecheng. The patrol leader leading the way remained silent the entire way, probably waiting for Li Moran to personally explain the details to Jiang Liu.
Before long, Jiang Liu and his companion arrived at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion in Hecheng.
The two guards at the gate immediately bowed and greeted Elder Quan upon seeing the patrol leader and Jiang Liu.
The patrol leader nodded and asked, "Is the sect leader in the mansion?"
One of the guards replied, "Elder Quan, yes, Elder He from the Exotic Beast Valley is also here."
Elder Quan patrol leader, nodded and led Jiang Liu directly into the City Lord's Mansion.
In the council hall, Li Moran, Elder He, and several elders from the Vast Righteous Sect and the Exotic Beast Valley were discussing matters when they looked up and saw Jiang Liu walking in with the patrol leader.
Elder He was the first to stand up, smiling as he said, "Jiang Liu is here! I thought you wouldn't be here so soon."
Li Moran also stood up to greet him, saying, "Nephew Jiang, I am extremely grateful for your help."
The elders in the hall also stood up and greeted Jiang Liu with smiles.
Jiang Liu cupped his hands in greeting to everyone, and then sat down at Li Moran's polite request. Elder Quan, the leader of the city patrol, cupped his hands in greeting and then turned and walked out of the hall.
After the cult members on duty served tea, Li Moran continued the previous topic.
He continued, "Our situation is not optimistic right now. Although the Ji Family has temporarily stopped attacking us, we cannot let our guard down."
"The Ji Family is currently in Fang Prefecture, Du Prefecture has deployed a large number of personnel, presumably planning to attack us at any time. Therefore, everyone must be on high alert and not give the Ji Family any opportunity to exploit us."
"Yes!" the elders of the Vast Righteous Sect stood up and replied.
Li Moran then told the elders of the Vast Righteous Sect to go back, and Elder He also told the elders of the Exotic Beast Valley to go down first.
After everyone had left, Li Moran looked at Jiang Liu and said, "Nephew Jiang, what are your thoughts on the current situation after your journey here?"
Jiang Liu hesitated for a moment and said, "Uncle Li, I don't know the details yet. I only know that you have temporarily ceased hostilities. Could you tell me more about it?"
After thinking for a moment, Li Moran explained the current situation of the Vast Righteous Sect in detail, and also recounted the situation at the beginning of the war.
It turns out that when the Vast Righteous Sect and the Ji Family first occupied the territory, they each launched their own attacks.
The Vast Righteous Sect's headquarters is in Wei Prefecture, where it is currently being guarded by the Vast Righteous Sect's Grand Elder.
Therefore, the Vast Righteous Sect launched an attack and occupied Fang Prefecture, He Prefecture, Sai Prefecture, and Du Prefecture, which were adjacent to Wei Prefecture.
The Ji Family's main base was in Sha Prefecture, and they also sent people to occupy You Prefecture, Bing Prefecture, Xian Prefecture, and Jia Prefecture.
This resulted in the two forces officially bordering each other, and friction between them has occurred frequently ever since they each occupied their respective territories.
However, both sides were relatively restrained at that time. There were no major battles, just skirmishes between Ranked Martial Practitioner.
However, things began to change slowly after the Ji Family returned from the Ye family's banquet.
First, the Ji Family launched a surprise attack on the Vast Righteous Sect's garrison in Sai Prefecture, and then began a large-scale invasion, catching the Vast Righteous Sect completely off guard.
Later, the Vast Righteous Sect learned that the Ji Family had formed an alliance with other aristocratic families, and the other four families began to send people to support the Ji Family.
The main support came from the Liu Family of Gen Province and the Wang Family of Feng Province. Later, the Wang Family of Feng Province also broke out in battle with the White Saint Society, so the Wang Family members who came to support them had to withdraw.
Currently, the Liu Family is mainly supporting the Ji Family in the battle, but even with only the Liu Family, the Vast Righteous Sect is being defeated one after another.
However, the Vast Righteous Sect later allied with the Daoist sect, and the Daoist sect also sent people to support the Vast Righteous Sect, which barely stopped the Vast Righteous Sect's disadvantage.
However, this situation did not last long. The Daoist sect suddenly joined the Lotus Sect's alliance, which caused a moral conflict between the Vast Righteous Sect and the Lotus Sect.
Because the Vast Righteous Sect learned from many sources that the Lotus Sect and Corpse Valley were colluding, the Vast Righteous Sect resolutely refused to join the Lotus Sect's alliance.
This left the Vast Righteous Sect fighting alone. Later, under the combined attack of the Ji Family and Liu Families, the Vast Righteous Sect lost three counties in succession. Of course, both sides suffered heavy casualties.
At the beginning, the most casualties on both sides were only Ranked Martial Practitioner, because in any battle, the majority of casualties on both sides were Ranked Martial Practitioner.
However, in this battle between the Vast Righteous Sect and the Ji Family, even many Minor Grandmaster were killed or injured.
This shows how intense the battle was between the two sides. This was only because Li Moran saw that the situation was not good, gathered his men together, and abandoned some areas.
Otherwise, I'm afraid even more Minor Grandmaster and Ranked Martial Practitioner of the Vast Righteous Sect would die or be injured. But even so, they can't hold out for long.
That's why the Vast Righteous Sect took advantage of the ceasefire to seek help from the Exotic Beast Valley and Yunzhou.
Currently, comparing the combat strength of the two sides, excluding the support troops, the Vast Righteous Sect has two Grandmaster and twelve Lesser Minor Grandmaster.
As for the Ji Family and the Liu Family, there are currently Grandmaster, two from the Ji Family and one from the Liu Family, as well as more than twenty Minor Grandmaster Grandmaster.
That's why they were able to defeat the Vast Righteous Sect so thoroughly that they had almost no chance to fight back.
However, with the support of Grandmaster Jiang Liu and Elder He, Li Moran felt somewhat at ease.
The main issue now is whether the Vast Righteous Sect should launch a counterattack or consider withdrawing from Mo Province.
Because the support from the Exotic Beast Valley and Yunzhou cannot be maintained indefinitely, as the two forces are quite far from Mo Province.
After saying that, Li Moran glanced at Jiang Liu and thought to himself that if Jiang Liu could stay, the strength of the Vast Righteous Sect would definitely increase significantly.
Jiang Liu was unaware that Li Moran was plotting against him, because Elder He had not yet mentioned to Li Moran what Jiang Liu had done in Yunzhou.
Therefore, Li Moran was unaware that Jiang Liu had brought forces from Yunzhou to provide support.
After listening, Jiang Liu thought for a moment and said, "I have already instructed Yi Yue to come and provide support from Yi Yue. It should take some time before they arrive."
Li Moran looked at Jiang Liu with a surprised expression, not understanding what he meant by saying that. Why would it be Yi Yue who came to provide support?