Brothers Turn Against Each Other on Joyful Sight Mountain; Buse Asks After Black Shoes' Sword

There's not much to say about the rest of the battle. Xiang Tianxing was indeed quite extraordinary among the Golden Core cultivators. Even though Fei Tianqin didn't hold back at all, he still managed to escape with his life, albeit in a rather disheveled state.

The Fei Household led their army to a great victory at Ancient Immortal Peak, and without lingering, marched into the Ancient Mysterious Circuit.

Joyful Sight Mountain seemed to only then realize what was happening, and led his disciples and vassals to meet them. They fought three battles in a row, but were repeatedly defeated.

It is true that the Ying Prefecture Fei Household is known as the most powerful family in the world, and it is also true that most of their elites were brought to Mountain North Circuit by True Person Cloud Trust to make contributions. However, it is hard to see any dignity in a dignified Nascent Soul sect being forced into such a predicament by a Golden Core sect.

When the cultivators of Joyful Sight Mountain arrived, they felt humiliated and were about to fight the fourth battle. The leader, a Golden Core cultivator from Golden Core Joyful Sight Mountain, had just lined up at the front of the formation when Fei Tianqin found him. At this moment, the old bird no longer held back and immediately lost his life.

To the slight surprise of Sect Leader Kang Da, the Golden Core cultivators of Joyful Sight Mountain seemed to be leaderless after that. Fei Tianqin's subsequent push, while risky, had an immediate and noticeable effect.

The allied forces led by the Ying Mountain Army won a great victory. Joyful Sight Mountain lost six Golden Core cultivators, two of whom were even from Joyful Sight Mountain itself.

Amidst the chaos Kang Dabao actually profited, gaining the heads of three False Core cultivators.

Third Master Jiang was slightly luckier than his senior brother. Although he didn't save the Golden Core cultivator's life, he still managed to catch a severely injured cultivator, cut off half of his body, and then put the storage ring on the cultivator's finger into his pocket.

He had only recently Core Formation and hadn't even fully converted his inner energy, yet he showed no sign of fear when fighting against opponents of the same level. This composure far surpassed that of his senior brother, the sect leader, who was always "cautious" and dared not let go.

After a series of victories, in just over a month, the Fei Household army was about to land outside the Joyful Sight Mountain formation.

It is worth mentioning that Joyful Sight Mountain summoned a large army to fight several times during this period, but in the eyes of the Sect Leader Kang Da, the army of this Nascent Soul sect was not only weak and incompetent, but also had extremely low morale, which was quite strange.

In the end, however, he still Buse to interrogate the stolen Golden Core and obtain a largely true account of the information.

"Rumors have been circulating among the various schools of the Ancient Mysterious Circuit recently that the True Cultivator of Joyful Sight Mountain are having internal strife?"

Kang Dabao was just beginning to feel surprised when Fei Tianqin, sitting in the honored seat, immediately gleamed with a sharp light in his eyes. Fei Donggu was in charge of the operation, was very familiar with the affairs of each family among them, and upon hearing this, he couldn't help but ask in surprise:

"Two Nascent Soul True Person have emerged from Joyful Sight Mountain. True Person Cloud Trust is nominally True Person Tiger Spring's junior brother, but in reality, he was cultivated by the latter to Nascent Soul Formation. Therefore, the two True Person have always been very close, and the phrase 'brotherly affection and respect' is not an exaggeration."

Following this example, even the entire Joyful Sight Mountain sect, which was considered to have an excellent reputation and was always regarded as a role model by other Nascent Soul sects, suddenly started fighting amongst themselves!

"Tiger Spring," Fei Tianqin suddenly remembered when Kuang Liuting questioned him in the hall years ago, and the latter wondered if True Person Cloud Trust had colluded with Bai Canhong to harm True Person Tiger Spring.

At the time, Fei Tianqin was certain that this would not happen, but to avoid any unpleasantness, he still wrote several letters to Tiger Spring. The latter replied to all of them, and the spirit seal was not omitted.

Although Fei Tianqin sensed from these letters that True Person Tiger Spring was gradually becoming less Joyful Sight Mountain responding to the Office of the Duke of Qin's proposal, news of the Nascent Soul Formation also emerged at that time.

Fei Tianqin could only assume that his former comrades were either preparing to switch allegiances or had been persuaded by the rebellious factions within the Supreme Unity Temple, which is why he did not restrain True Person Cloud Trust from aiding and abetting the wicked.

Everyone has their own ambitions. Fei Tianqin knew that he did have some friendship with True Person Tiger Spring in the past, but the latter was now Nascent Soul True Person and was no longer the sharp-willed junior officer who needed to obey his orders.

Receiving a personal reply was already a sign of respect for old friendships; how could this old bird dare to dream of anything more?!

After that, rumors spread that True Person Tiger Spring had suddenly foreseen fortuitous opportunity, and that he was to travel alone to the outer sea. If things did not go smoothly, he might not be able to return for at least sixty years.

Fei Tianqin sent several more letters, but received no response, which led him to believe it was true.

That's why the True Person of the Duke's mansion dared to order Fei Tianqin to lead the army to attack Joyful Sight Mountain; otherwise, wouldn't they have been throwing their lives away?

But when Fei Tianqin heard about the Joyful Sight Mountain, he couldn't help but ponder, "Could that Cloud Trust have really harmed Tiger Spring?!"

At this moment, Fei Donggu's tone had lost much of its certainty, but after thinking for a while, he still asked doubtfully, "But why haven't I heard of any discord among the cultivators of Joyful Sight Mountain before?"

"True Person Cloud Trust is, after all, an elder of the sect. The Golden Core cultivators of Joyful Sight Mountain naturally believe everything he says. Perhaps it was only at this moment that their true colors were revealed." Fei Nanying pondered for a moment, and those who heard it also felt that it made sense.

After pondering for a moment, Kang Dabao, breaking his silence from the previous rounds, stepped forward and said respectfully, "Ancestor, in my humble opinion, regardless of the Joyful Sight Mountain, it might be worth taking a gamble now!"

Fei Tianqin's eyes showed a hint of surprise, and then he asked:

"Oh, you've always been cautious in your military campaigns, always worrying about defeat before victory. But now, after hearing about the changes at Joyful Sight Mountain, why are you so aggressive?! Aren't you afraid that those juniors are deliberately taking advantage of my desire for a quick victory to set up this trap and ambush me?!"

"I am afraid, but if I may be frank, even if we lead our men into the Ancient Mysterious Circuit and become invincible, it will still be extremely difficult for us to conquer this Fourth Tier formation without exception."

"If we fail to break through this strong defense, True Person Cloud Trust will certainly not be in a hurry on the Mountain North Circuit, much less return to provide reinforcements! Our plan to relieve the siege of Wei by attacking Zhao will then be nothing but empty talk."

As he listened to Sect Leader Kang Da speaking eloquently before him, Fei Tianqin's expression kept shifting.

The principle was quite simple, but it was something that the old man with the flat hair, who was caught up in the situation, hadn't thought of for a while. He pondered Kang Dabao's words repeatedly and then realized that they were correct.

Since that's the case, there's nothing else to say. The army, which had only recently stopped, was about to prepare to move again.

At this point in the discussion, it may not be clear whether something is right or wrong, but how to proceed in the future becomes much clearer.

After bowing to the elders in the hall and receiving the greetings from the Golden Core cultivators, Sect Leader Kang Da stepped out to return to the Chongming Sect camp to talk to a few of his junior brothers.

After all, another major battle is imminent, so I need to give them a lot of advice and instructions.

Because there was a constant stream of fugitives in Xian and Yun prefectures, Yuan Jin, who was in charge of this matter, sent them to the front lines. As well as Double Brightness's disciples, they were given preferential treatment and spent most of their time with the Ying Mountain Army to supervise the battle.

Therefore, the Azure Jue and Crimson Zhang Guards, which Chongming Sect had only recently trained to be somewhat capable, were fortunate in this battle and did not suffer too many losses.

This also gave him a lot of insights into military strategy, and the Enlisted Army Talisman bestowed by the emperor himself was certainly useful.

However, flesh and blood puppets are ultimately just flesh and blood puppets. Besides being fearless in the face of death, they are also stupid and unintelligent. After such a test, those recruited soldiers may not necessarily be more useful than these rogue Rogue Cultivator who were won over with great benefits and trust.

For example, Fei Nanying used to look down on these worthless characters, believing that even if these Rogue Cultivators were disciplined, they might not be much better than the beasts that were running rampant in the southwest, destroying families and wiping out clans.

However, although Sect Leader Kang Da had not heard his own Boyue speak, he could roughly be certain that Boyue had changed a lot.

It is true that it is difficult to find people who can uphold the principle of "a scholar will die for one who understands him," but we should ask those in power to have a little more compassion. These volunteers who come to enlist because of their resources and military achievements are much more capable of fighting than those who are arrested by soldiers with chains.

Kang Dabao was pondering the preparations for the upcoming battle when he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind.

"Marquis of Martial Peace, please wait!"

The arrival of the newcomer did not surprise Sect Leader Kang Da. When he looked up, he saw the portly, Buse Chief Secretary wearing a wide-sleeved official robe and riding on a cloud of white mist as he rushed over.

However, just as Kang Dabao was about to respond, he suddenly became surprised:

"Why couldn't I Divine Sense him before? No, in this army, the only ones whose Divine Sense is stronger than mine are Ancestor Tianqin and Donggu. Among the others, even Boyue is far inferior to me."

This is strange! Even among all the Golden Core Early Stage cultivators in the entire Great Wei Immortal Dynasty, it would be difficult to find one who can compare to me! Could it be that this monk was hiding his true abilities all along?!

But as soon as his surprise arose, he thought about it again. Before the Core Formation his core, he had a connection with the Original Buddha Sect, an Exoteric Buddhism temple. Moreover, Buddhist practitioners were already very proficient in the way of Divine Sense. Perhaps Buse surprising that after Core Formation, he would recognize his ancestors and return to his sect, and receive some powerful inheritance.

He explained it to himself, secretly hiding his apprehension, before bowing and asking with a smile, "May I ask what instructions you have for me, senior?"

"My lord, please Buse speak such frivolous words. How dare I, a mere commoner, presume to offer any explanation?!"

After exchanging polite laughs for a while, Buse finally revealed his purpose. "This may be somewhat presumptuous and abrupt, but the reason I've come to pay my respects to Your Excellency is to inquire whether your uncle, Brother Black Shoes, has sent back any news recently!"

"Uncle-Master Black Shoes?!" Sect Leader Kang Da was suspicious again. After all, he didn't think this monk had any close relationship with his uncle. But at this moment, he couldn't hesitate, so he spoke the truth.

Seeing that the polite formalities had been followed by Buse of appreciation, Kang Dabao stopped acting like a junior and said, "Let the Chief Secretary know that my martial uncle has been missing since leaving Shannan Circuit, and we are all very concerned about him."

"Oh, is that so?"

Buse attempt to conceal his lewdness, he directly frowned in front of Kang Dabao before saying:

"There were rumors outside that Brother Black Shoes had appeared on King Yu Circuit, so people assumed that the Marquis also had news. But it seems that these were just rumors. After all, if Brother Black Shoes really had news to send back, how could the Marquis not know? It must be just a rumor."

Back then, I was saved by Brother Black Shoes at the Lingkuang Cave in Tanggu County. I cannot leave this great kindness unreturned. If Your Excellency hears of this, please inform this humble monk."

Kang Dabao didn't really believe what others said. After all, how many people in this world are so loyal and righteous, yet he happened to meet them all?

However, back when the Daoist Black Shoes was still in Cloud Horn Prefecture, this Buse Chief Clerk had shown him no shortage of respect. Now, hearing the latter ask him a question, he couldn't help but feel a bit closer to him and said gently:

"Your Excellency is very kind. When my uncle returns to the sect in the future, I will certainly inform him."

The news that the Daoist Black Shoes had gone to the Outer Dao to seek the formation of Upper-Grade Golden Core had long been circulating in the vicinity, Buse was naturally aware of it.

However, he and Sect Leader Kang Da were indeed in perfect sync. Neither of them mentioned anything about the possibility of the Daoist Black Shoes Core Formation to form his core, which showed that they both thought that such a person would not die silently in the outside world.

At this point, Buse and Sect Leader Kang Da had little more to say. Bu Se then took out a Spirit Plant manual containing the method for advancing the Glazed Treasure Tree. After the latter thanked him in a low voice, the old monk hurriedly took his leave.

After turning his back, Buse Se pondered for a while:

"Interesting. Even this kid hasn't been Black Shoes since?! Among the new Sea Patrol Envoy of the Billowing Dream Palace, there is one who is exceptionally talented. His swordsmanship is so profound that even the deputy envoys have praised him."

Such a person shouldn't have been unknown before Core Formation; it's just that he suddenly appeared out of nowhere. I wonder if it's that kid in Black Shoes.

If it really is him, then the Bright Sword Vajra Technique that Senior Brother Huiyuan obtained in the secret realm might find an excellent successor, enough to ensure the prosperity of our Original Buddha Sect for a thousand years.

Well, well, perhaps he really did die in that remote corner, and we might never find him again. But judging from this, that junior brother of Kang, Jiang Qing, seems to have some merit. We could bring him back for use later. After this matter is over, perhaps we can take him back to the capital and have Senior Brother Huiyuan take a look at him.

If even he can't do it, then we'll need to think of a way to abduct people from sects like the Heaven-Rending Sword Sect. No matter what, we have to accomplish this. Senior Brother Huiyuan is going to be the next abbot; we can't afford not to curry favor with him."

Buse thought this through, Bu Se took only a few more steps forward and then disappeared into the clouds.

Not long after the old monk left, Kang Dabao cautiously probed out with his Divine Sense again, but once again he could not find the old monk's trace, which made him even more surprised.

"Is this guy Divine Sense, or possesses extraordinary escape techniques, or perhaps both?!"

It's no wonder that Sect Leader Kang Da was suspicious. After all, anyone would ponder for a while if they suddenly discovered that an old acquaintance they had known for nearly a hundred years had become so unfathomable.

However, Kang Dabao had no time to think about it carefully at this moment. He simply kept the matter in mind, turned around, and used his movement technique to return to the Chongming Sect's formation.

The camp was as busy as ever. Sect Leader Kang Da flew through the clouds, but he couldn't find a single idle person. Just then, Yuan Jin rushed over, clutching a letter tightly in his hand.

"Senior Brother, Yunzhou has sent a letter: Pupu Pu Honggu has moved!"

Kang Dabao was startled upon hearing this, but quickly calmed down. "It's alright, don't worry."

Yuan Jin was unsure whether to be happy or suspicious, Kang Dabao explained in just a few words, which immediately dispelled Yuan Jin's anxiety.

At that very Joyful Sight Mountain: "Speak, you brat!! Where is my master, True Person Tiger Spring?!"