txolops Chapter 191 War Resumes, Lin Chuan Invited to Join!
Chapter 191 War Resumes, Lin Chuan Invited to Join!
The Tongbao Technique is not difficult to cultivate.
In just half a month, Lin Chuan had successfully cultivated the first level and absorbed the Void Heaven Cauldron into his body.
The scriptures don't specify the time required for the Void Heaven Cauldron to cultivate spirituality; it might take a year and a half, or it might take ten or eight years.
Fortunately, the Tongbao Technique can operate on its own. As long as the Tongtian Lingbao is sealed in the body, the divine consciousness will slowly influence its spirituality day and night. There is no need to be distracted and control it at all times. Just wait for the right time to come.
Given time, he will be able to truly harness some of the power of this heaven-reaching spiritual treasure.
Time flies, and another three months have passed.
In the past six months, the situation in Tiannan has changed dramatically, and many major events have occurred!
After the battle at Huanglong Mountain that day, the three great masters of the Mulan sect seemed to be thoroughly enraged and, instead of following the established procedures, took the initiative to attack.
Led by a master-level warrior, the army of mages launched a sudden and fierce offensive, advancing unexpectedly to the city of Tian in just one month.
Caught off guard, the Nine Nations Alliance was filled with shock and anger, but had no choice but to hastily declare independence to fight the enemy.
Fortunately, Wei Wuyai, the Grand Elder of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance and one of the three great cultivators of Tiannan, was stationed in the city. Relying on the restriction array that Tiantian City had been operating for hundreds of years, he barely managed to hold out for two months against the fierce attack of the magic army.
However, the three great masters of Mulan eventually gathered at the foot of the city, and with the help of some mysterious black-robed cultivators' strange methods, they dispatched seven or eight enormous, thick-skinned siege beasts in one go.
These behemoths possessed immense brute strength and were extremely destructive to the restrictions. Under the relentless onslaught, the Tiantian City formation was finally breached, and this fortress, symbolizing the spirit of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance, ultimately fell into the hands of the sorcerers.
Fortunately, Wei Wuyai made a decisive decision, and most of the main force of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance was unharmed. They managed to evacuate all the cultivators in an orderly manner to the territory of the neighboring Northern Liang Kingdom.
Meanwhile, the righteous and demonic cultivators, as well as the Heavenly Alliance cultivators who had received the news, had arrived one after another.
For the first time, the four major powers in Tiannan have put aside their differences and truly joined forces.
After several probing small-scale battles on the border of the Northern Liang Kingdom, the Tiannan Allied Army temporarily withstood the rapid advance of the Mulan people, resulting in a stalemate.
However, both sides' top leaders were well aware that these skirmishes were merely appetizers, and the real battle to decide their fate had not yet begun.
After the Mulan people occupied Tiancheng, they immediately made it their first stronghold in Tiannan, and a large number of allied forces of mages from various tribes poured in from the Mulan grasslands.
Apart from the Jin Yang tribe, the largest tribe in Mulan, who was unable to spare the time to monitor the actions of their sworn enemy, the Tuwu people, the other tribes deployed their elite forces, placing all their hopes for the fate of their tribes on this battle, intending to seize the rich land of Tiannan in one fell swoop.
The southern region, with its advantageous geographical location, naturally wouldn't show weakness.
In addition to the full mobilization of the four major powers, some independent sects and cultivation families outside the four major powers also sent people to participate in the battle.
Even many independent cultivators knew that this battle was no small matter, as it concerned their future foothold in Tiannan. Without any mobilization, they took the initiative to come and help.
Seeing that the people's hearts were at stake, the four major powers immediately gathered the strength of many cultivators near the border of the Northern Liang Kingdom and the Yu Kingdom, and used their great supernatural powers to move mountains and fill seas to build a magnificent stone city overnight. They named it "Tianyi City" as a temporary base camp to fight against the army of magicians.
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Inside the main peak cave in Yellow Maple Valley.
Lin Chuan received the transmission talisman from Elder Linghu and strolled out of his secluded meditation room.
Linghu Laozu was already waiting outside. His face looked a few years older than before, but his eyes were still clear.
When he saw Lin Chuan, a complex expression appeared on his face, a mixture of relief and emotion.
In a short period of time, this junior brother has grown to the point where he needs to treat him as an equal, or even look up to him.
"Junior Brother Lin, the situation has changed."
Without exchanging pleasantries, Elder Linghu cut straight to the point, briefly informing Lin Chuan of the tense situation on the battlefield between Tiannan and Mulan.
Finally, he took out a simple-looking jade talisman bearing the symbol of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance and handed it over.
"This is an invitation personally sent by Fellow Daoist Wei Wuyai of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance, inviting you to attend a high-level meeting in Tianyi City. Now that you have a reputation, they will probably need your help in this battle," said Ancestor Linghu slowly, with a hint of barely perceptible worry in his tone.
The battlefield is dangerous, and even someone as strong as Lin Chuan cannot be guaranteed to survive if he gets involved in a major battle of this scale.
Lin Chuan took the jade talisman and scanned it with his divine sense. The contents were largely the same as what Elder Linghu had said. He nodded calmly.
"Okay, I'll go."
Without giving any further explanation, Lin Chuan transformed into an inconspicuous blue rainbow, streaking out of the Yellow Maple Valley gate and speeding northward.
The Huangfeng Valley sect was originally located in the Northern Liang Kingdom, not far from the newly built Tianyi City.
With Lin Chuan's speed, it only took two days for the outline of that majestic city to come into view.
Although Tianyi City is newly built, it is large in scale and magnificent in appearance.
The towering city walls were built of grayish-white boulders with a metallic sheen, their surfaces covered with newly drawn defensive runes that shimmered with spiritual light.
The entire city was shrouded in a huge, semi-transparent light shield, with ripples spreading across it from time to time, revealing the heavy guard hidden beneath.
The city was clearly divided into four regions according to the territories of the four major powers.
As for the central area, it is a public area for some well-known independent cultivators and representatives of small and medium-sized forces who have been invited to stay.
At this moment, streaks of light rose and fell within the city, cultivators gathered in droves, and the air was filled with a tense and deadly atmosphere, as if a great battle was about to begin.
Lin Chuan flew straight to the Nine Nations Alliance's encampment area in the south of the city.
Press the escape light in front of the tallest and most heavily guarded stone palace.
Outside the hall, two Core Formation cultivators dressed in the attire of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance stood solemnly, their expressions wary.
When they saw the newcomer's face, they were slightly taken aback at first, but then their faces quickly showed respect and even a hint of excitement, and they hurriedly bowed in greeting.
"Greetings, Senior Lin! Elder Wei has instructed that you be invited in immediately upon your arrival; he has been waiting inside for some time!"
One of the older Core Formation cultivators spoke respectfully.
Lin Chuan's appearance has long been circulating among the high-level cultivators of the four major forces. In particular, his feat of fighting against the Divine Master Mu Lanzhong single-handedly and forcing him to retreat has been circulated as if it were a miracle, making it difficult for anyone not to recognize him.
Lin Chuan nodded slightly and stepped into the main hall.
The hall was brightly lit and its furnishings were simple yet grand.
Besides Wei Wuyai in the main seat, there were two mid-Nascent Soul cultivators and five or six early-Nascent Soul cultivators sitting below him.
These people are all core high-ranking members of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance or leaders and elders of affiliated major sects.
As soon as Lin Chuan entered, almost everyone's eyes were immediately drawn to him.
Curiosity, scrutiny, admiration, fear... a variety of emotions flashed through the eyes of those old monsters who had cultivated for hundreds of years.
The battle at Huanglong Mountain made Lin Chuan famous overnight, and the assessment that his "combat strength is comparable to the late stage of the Nascent Soul stage" has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
This is completely different from the situation where Long Han and Feng Bing, the couple from the Heavenly Dao Alliance, need to join forces to fight against a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator; it is a genuine display of individual strength.
When Wei Wuyai saw Lin Chuan, a smile appeared on his face. He actually stood up from the main seat and gestured to an empty seat next to him: "Fellow Daoist Lin has arrived, please sit down." His attitude was very polite, and he regarded Lin Chuan as someone of the same level as himself.
Lin Chuan did not refuse and sat down without hesitation.
"Fellow Daoist Lin's cultivation seems to have improved again; this is truly a cause for celebration."
Wei Wuyai sensed that Lin Chuan's aura was more concentrated than it had been a few months ago, and couldn't help but praise him.
"I've only gained a little."
Lin Chuan responded calmly.
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