August 15th drew nearer, everyone else was nervous, meeting every day to discuss how to resist the enemy. Hua Qian Gu was too lazy to care, staying in the kitchen to make mooncakes for everyone to eat.
The bells in the hall rang loudly, it seemed the Sect Leader wanted to make an important announcement. When Hua Qian Gu arrived at the main hall, everyone else was there already.
The Sect Leader of Tai Bai, Fei Yan, looked worried and sat in the middle, the immortals around him also looked worried.
Hua Qian Gu sat down next to Qing Shui, wondering Fei Yan is the Sect Leader of Tai Bai Sect but why is his complexion dark? She had been seeing a dark blue robe floating toward her for the past couple of nights, making her think she was seeing an evil spirit.
Fei Yan began to talk: “Mount Lao just sent a message, the sect was threatened this morning by an army of monsters and demons, requesting help from the immortals at Tai Bai as soon as possible.”
After he said this, everyone was shocked.
“But isn’t today August 13th? Why would they attack two days early?”
“Monsters and demons are devious, they never keep their words. They want to take advantage that some immortals haven’t arrived to help, attacking quickly so we do not have time to retaliate.”
“Then why did they send the threat notices, is it not easier to launch a surprise attack? I think they are tricking us, wanting to check our size and strength, we will mistakenly think the target is Mount Lao, and all the immortals will go there to help. It takes two days to get there. They will use this opportunity to attack Mount Tai Bai, Mount Tian or Mount Chang Bai.”
Hua Qian Gu looked up, the speaker was Erlang Shen who was leading Heaven’s army and had come to help, appearing extraordinarily handsome, with an incomparable demeanor.
Fei Yan nodded: “Erlang Shen is right, but there is a limit to the strength of the monsters and demons. It seems they used all of their army, Chun Qiu Bu Bai and more than 10 unbeatable monsters and demons went to Mount Lao. They probably do not have anyone left to attack Mount Chang Bai, even if they wanted to, it takes at least two days to get there. We can return in time.”
Everyone nodded in agreement.
“In that case, we will leave immediately for Mount Lao.”
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The immortals flew on their swords leaving Mount Tai Bai, Hua Qian Gu’s group stayed behind to care for Luo Shi Yi and Shuo Feng because they had not healed fully.
“I wonder if Huo Xi’s group is all right, if they’re safe?” Hua Qian Gu continued to feel something was wrong, the monsters and demons acted blatantly as if wanting Mount Tai Bai to be empty, but she could not say what exactly was wrong.
“Don’t worry, a lot of immortals are there, and Huo Xi has the Cui Lei Bell, they only need to endure for two days, the other immortals will get there and crush the monsters and demons.” Qing Shui assured her.
“Let’s hope so…..”
On August 14th, Bai Zi Hua received an echo message, flew on his sword across the ocean to Mount Lao to lead the immortal realm. Everyone rejoiced, everything would be all right now.
Huo Xi reported how he helped Hua Qian Gu, that they took back the Cui Lei Bell and Shuan Tian Chain, and Sha Qian Mo suddenly appeared to help them. Bai Zi Hua nodded impassively, looking down at the dense army of monsters and demons shouting provocation in the ocean, but they were only surrounding not attacking, as if waiting for the right moment.
Bai Zi Hua was puzzled, he felt he knew what they were planning, yet there was a knot that could not be untied.
Evening came, the sun set in the west, the disciples from Mount Lao appeared with alarming news. Everyone hurried to the cliffs and looked down, tens of thousands of monsters and demon disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Bai Zi Hua was startled, finally realizing what the untied knot was, it was the holy instrument Kun Lun Mirror that Chun Qiu Bu Bai stole along with the Cui Lei Bell and Shuan Tian Chain. If they unsealed a portion of the Cui Lei Bell and Shuan Tian Chain, they could also do the same with the Kun Lun Mirror. Although they could not move through time, moving to another location would not be a problem, hence they deliberately came up with this diversion.
He used his fingers to calculate Heaven’s will, Hua Qian Gu’s group was still at Mount Tai Bai, and Mount Tai Bai could not handle an attack from an army of monsters and demons, he could not help but worried. Bai Zi Hua left instructions, then anxiously flew on his sword to Mount Tai Bai.
Seeing a massive army of monsters and demons suddenly descending out of the sky, Hua Qian Gu was stunned, her mouth dropped open.
The foot of the mountain was covered with mystic traps and protection barriers, but Chun Qiu Bu Bai’s army did not have any problems, now appearing before the main hall of Mount Tai Bai. Their purpose was simple, destroy Mount Tai Bai, then dig out Fei Yan’s heart and organs to find the Lian Yao Jar protected by Mount Tai Bai. While the immortals tried to return to help, they would rush to Mount Lao to steal the holy instrument there, then to Mount Chang Bai and Mount Tian.
This would cause the immortals to panic, not knowing where to help. If successful, they would have a few more holy instruments by tomorrow night.
Chun Qiu Bu Bai nodded and praised the person who thought of this plan – Yun Yi, the reason stealing the holy instruments had gone well in the past couple of years was because of Yun Yi’s planning. The other monsters and demons only knew how to kill day in and day out, what a worthless bunch.
Next to him was a gorgeous bed covered with silken gauze, Zi Xun Qian Xia laid inside, oblivious to the weapons rattling loudly outside, still deep in sleep.
Long eyelashes covered her white face, eyes like jade and picturesque eyebrows, from her head to her toes was the aura of an immortal, nothing like a demon.
Right now in the monster and demon realms, except for Sha Qian Mo who never bothered to care, the governing power was divided between five people, Chun Qiu Bu Bai and Ci Yu of the demon realm, Lan Yu Lan Feng and Kuang Ye Tian of the monster realm, the final person was the fallen immortal Zi Xun Qian Xia.
Because only Zi Xun Qian Xia knew how to unseal the holy instruments, the other four had to give her at least a little respect.
The five of them came together now, this never happened before, showing their determination to possess the holy instruments.
Chun Qiu Bu Bai wanted a win as quickly as possible, he flew on his sword, calling out arrogantly: “Old man Fei Yan, we wanted to deal with your lot last, who knew Mount Tai Bai has so many holy instruments. If you hand over the Lian Yao Jar, Shuan Tian Chain, Cui Lei Bell and Fu Xi Zither, I’ll spare everyone.”
Fei Yan knew they had the Kun Lun Mirror, they could go anywhere on Mount Tai Bai, nothing could stop them. Based on a handful of immortals still here and more than 3,000 disciples, fighting them was like a grasshopper throwing itself against a carriage wheel, winning was impossible.
He was the Sect Leader of Tai Bai, his duty was to protect a holy instrument, but he still had ulterior motives. The lives of more than 3,000 disciples and the history of Tai Bai lasting for hundreds of years in exchange for the Lian Yao Jar, he did not want the same ending like Mount Mao. However, the monsters and demons never kept their promises, the slaughter would still occur even if he surrendered the holy instruments. The only way was to delay this, to drag it out as long as possible, to wait for the immortals to show up or a miracle would occur.
“Do not spout nonsense, how can the holy instruments fall into the hands of monsters and demons?”
Hua Qian Gu looked up at Chun Qiu Bu Bai, remembering that he killed Lin Sui Yi and destroyed Mount Mao, her heart burned with anger.
Chun Qiu Bu Bai had a strange appearance, seemingly half man and half woman, his face was also half yin and half yang. His voice sounded sometimes masculine and sometimes feminine, sometimes ferocious sometimes soft. He laughed contemptuously, raising one hand, the monsters and demons swarmed forward.
“You’re about to die, but you still have a big mouth.”
“All the disciples listen to my order, set up the ‘Fu Tu Qiao Xin Men, Bagua Han Tian’ formation!”
Three thousand disciples immediately lined up into three layers inside and three layers outside the main hall, forming a giant formation, the defense was impregnable, the monsters and demons inside the formation were strangled, they could not push forward, falling back.
Yun Yi whispered something to Chun Qiu Bu Bai, Chun Qiu Bu Bai nodded.
Not waiting for everyone else to react, Hua Qian Gu suddenly cried out: “Sect Leader, be careful!” The Emotionless sword shot forward to slice off the enemy’s arm, but it was too late.
A demon with green hair appeared unexpectedly behind the formation, catching everyone unaware, she thrust her hand into Fei Yan’s chest, breaking through the internal energy barrier protecting him, pulling out his heart dripping with blood. Although Hua Qian Gu cut off one arm, the demon had seven more arms.
The woman’s face was green, she was covered with moss, looking like a mermaid. Her eyes were thin slits, small and seductive like snakes. Her long seaweed hair danced in the air. She opened her mouth to swallow Fei Yan’s heart, then licked her bloody fingers in contentment, causing other people to feel nauseous, their hearts to pound rapidly, this was Ci Yu of the demon realm.
She easily warded off all attacks, suddenly disappearing from the formation, returning to Chun Qiu Bu Bai’s side. Her laugh was partly pouting like a baby partly scolding, she said: “The Lian Yao Jar wasn’t in his internal coffer.”
The disciples saw their Sect Leader killed in the blink of an eye and fell into disarray, cries of grief rose up continuously.
Hua Qian Gu and the others held Fei Yan, in disbelief that the monsters and demons used the Kun Lun Mirror to sneak to the back of the formation to attack. Fei Yan’s internal energy began to dissipate, with his dying breath he told his sect juniors Fei Sheng and Fei Se to protect the holy instruments and Tai Bai Sect, passed the leadership position to Fei Yu, asked Hua Qian Gu to think of a way to escape the mountain with the holy instruments, then he closed his eyes.
Hua Qian Gu knew what he wanted, but she could not run away by herself, leaving everyone else behind to be killed!
As of now, the Lian Yao Jar was sealed so it could not be used. The monsters and demons had the Kun Lun Mirror so the Shuan Tian Chain could not hold them, she could only rely on the Fu Xi Zither.
Everyone else withdrew inside. Only Hua Qian Gu sat in front of the hall and played the zither, trying to delay this as long as possible until help arrived.
As soon as tens of thousands of monsters and demons heard the zither, their minds were controlled intermediately, laying down their weapons. Chun Qiu Bu Bai’s group sealed their hearing, afraid to move forward. There would be heavy casualties if this continued so they quickly used the Kun Lun Mirror to send the monsters and demons back to the two realms, leaving behind a selected few that were the most powerful, concentrating on circulating their internal energy, sealing their five senses, sitting in a group.
Ci Yu touched her chopped arm, her eyes lost in thought. A green light appeared from her body, a new arm sprouted slowly like a seedling, but it looked like a baby’s arm, chubby and soft, different from the other arms.
“Can I use the Kun Lun Mirror to go over there and kill that brat?”
“She’s playing the Fu Xi Zither, you can’t go near her even if you use the Kun Lun Mirror.” Yun Yi stared at Hua Qian Gu, his eyes full of hatred.
“Then what should we do? Our time is limited, do we keep on sitting here and waiting?”
“The Fu Xi Zither is a holy instrument, it’s not easy to control, the brat’s cultivation is not high, she’s injured every time she plucks the strings. How long can she keep on playing? We don’t have to be anxious, let’s wait until her strength is gone then we can easily take the Fu Xi Zither. Also, Lan Yu Lan Feng and Kuang Ye Tian are using the Pan Gu Axe to block the immortals, the two of them will be here soon. At that time, how can we be afraid we can’t defeat the brat’s Fu Xi Zither? Besides, I think the Shuan Tian Chain and Cui Lei Bell are in her hands.”
Ci Yu, Chun Qiu Bu Bai looked in bewilderment at Yun Yi: “Who is she?”
Yun Yi sneered: “Sect Leader of Mount Mao, Hua Qian Gu……”
Zi Xun Qian Xia suddenly mumbled something, as if the music from the zither woke her from a dream, she pushed apart the silken gauze in confusion.
“Who’s playing the zither, is Bai Zi Hua here?”