The demon army invaded rampantly, and blood pools sprang up everywhere. Over the past six months, the major sects had to spend a lot of effort to eliminate some of the blood pools, most of which were hidden in small sects.
The Dan Sect also fell in the incident in Linquan City. There were several reasons for this. First, the leader of the Dan Sect was invited to the Shangque Sect for treatment. Second, the Dan Sect was also infiltrated by the demons, who placed a blood pool. The demon army broke through from within, leaving the Dan Sect defenseless.
There is also one most important reason, the Dan Sect does not have any powerful people who are in seclusion.
Throughout the world of cultivation, after the period of the death of the gods, cultivators gradually discovered that using the sword to prove their truth was the fastest way to improve their realm. The more force they used, the faster they advanced.
Alchemy practitioners concentrate on refining elixirs, which has basically nothing to do with martial arts.
Kunlun, Wujian Sect, Wanfo Sect, and Hehuan Sect all have several great masters who are in seclusion to overcome tribulations. Even the Five Elements Sect and Shangque Sect have at least one great master who is in seclusion to overcome tribulations.
Therefore, if a demon lord led the demon army from the inside, he could easily encircle and annihilate Linquan City.
Because Ye Su suddenly transferred Linquan City to Kunlun, the powerful Kunlun was alarmed and the demon army in the city was instantly wiped out. However, the brown-haired old man still had to work hard to find a way to teleport the entire city back.
The matter was finally brought to the attention of Le Ji, the leader of the Wanfo Sect.
Fortunately, Dan Zong controlled the elixir refining of the entire cultivation world, and Wanfo Zong's leader Le Ji soon came to Kunlun, where he spent a day setting up a teleportation array, and then went to the empty former Linquan city site to set up another teleportation array.
Two days later, Linquan City returned to its original position.
The leader of the Dan Sect therefore proposed to all the major sects, hoping that each sect would assign some cultivators to stay in the city to protect Linquan City, to prevent similar incidents such as the demon army kidnapping an entire city from happening again.
The leaders of all sects agreed. There were many alchemy practitioners and medical practitioners in Linquan City, and protecting them was the same as protecting themselves.
However, when the leader of the Wanfo Sect, Le Ji, returned, he discovered that the Wanfo Sect was also attacked by the demon army.
There was another internal problem. This time, it was not just a blood pool formation set up by someone, but a real big problem.
—Three great masters who were in seclusion in the Wanfo Sect died.
When this news spread throughout the world of cultivation, Xin Chenzi had just formed a sword formation with a group of Wujian Sect disciples for Qianji Sect when Zhang Fengfeng came down from the top of the mountain and greeted him when he saw him.
"You... are Yi Xuan's master?" After hearing Zhang Fengfeng's self-introduction, Xin Chenzi leaned back and stared at his overly young and handsome face. "Why do you look different from before?"
Xin Chenzi suddenly felt a sense of crisis. He was used to having messy hair. He also saw Zhang Fengfeng as an old man before, so he felt that his image was not inferior to that of the master.
"The previous illusion has been solved." Zhang Fengfeng said concisely.
"I heard that the Qianji Sect's formation is broken. Weren't Ye Su and the others captured by Peng Lai? The sect leader said that he would use the sword formation to hold out for you for a while." Xin Chenzi controlled the movement of his facial muscles and said calmly.
He thought to himself that he would find a place to get his hair trimmed later. He would not lose face, and although they were not as good-looking, his hair had to be trimmed neatly so that Yi Xuan would come back and see that his second master's hair was thicker than his first master's!
"I would also like to thank the Sect Master for his kindness." Zhang Fengfeng hurriedly thanked him. This just solved his biggest worry at the moment, especially since all the disciples of Qianji Sect had run back.
Before Xin Chenzi could say anything, he suddenly received an urgent message from the sect leader, which shocked everyone: three great masters in seclusion in the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect had died.
"Is it me who is crazy or is it the world of cultivation that is crazy?" Xin Chenzi couldn't help but swear when he heard the Sect Master's words, and then asked, "Two Demon Lords of the Demon Realm self-destructed at the same time in the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect?"
Only this possibility can explain why the three great tribulation-transcending masters all died.
"No, the Wanfo Sect is still there." Zhou Qi said.
If the Demon Lord and the Tribulation Master self-destruct, the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect will basically be razed to the ground.
"I'm going to the Wanfo Sect. You guys should be careful in the Qianji Sect." Zhou Qi instructed.
Zhou Yun hurriedly called out to his father: "The situation of the Wanfo Sect is unclear. If you go there now, what if..."
"The Kunlun Sect Master has passed away." Zhou Qi said solemnly, "The death of a great man who has transcended the tribulation is no small matter."
In fact, after receiving the news, he immediately went to the forbidden area of Wujian Sect to meet with several masters and confirm that they were okay.
Next, we have to go to the Wanfo Sect to confirm what happened there that led to the deaths of the three great tribulation-receiving masters.
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When the leaders of various sects arrived at the Wanfo Sect, there was chaos inside, with many disciples killed or injured, and even more corpses of the demon army.
Sitting alone in the main hall of the sect was Le Ji, with his eyes closed, turning his rosary beads and muttering something.
Taoist Feng Chen had just seen him the day before yesterday. However, within two days, the face of Le Ji, the leader of the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect, was almost sunken, and his mind seemed to have been severely traumatized.
Wu Yue, the leader of the He Huan Sect, stepped in and walked around for a few rounds. "How could such a small army of demons kill three great men of the Wan Fo Sect? I didn't sense any movement."
The power of the tribulation-transcending masters is too enormous, they are almost like gods. As soon as they appear, the major sect leaders in the Mahayana realm will be the first to feel it. However, the three tribulation-transcending masters of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect died silently.
The leader of the Wanfo Sect, Le Ji, opened his eyes and said in a hoarse voice after a long while: "There are spies from the demon world infiltrating our sect. This is all my fault."
"Which spy could cause the great man who transcends tribulation to die?" asked the leader of the Five Elements Sect, "Could it be that the Demon Lord sneaked in?"
The veins on the back of the hand of the Wanfo Sect leader, Le Ji, who was holding the staff, bulged. It took a long time before he spoke: "It's not the Demon Lord, it's... Gu Liangtian."
"A new Buddhist disciple?" Wu Yue, the leader of the Hehuan Sect, paused and turned to look at Le Ji. "Is he a spy from the demon world?"
“I never avoid him in all matters of the sect. I have also brought him to see my master who was in seclusion, and I have taken care of his cave for him.” The leader of the Wanfo Sect, Le Ji, closed his eyes. “I never expected that he would develop a demon in his heart after the sect competition. He has been in contact with the demon world for the past six months and even… surrendered at the cost of my master’s life!”
"So, Gu Liangtian has colluded with the Demon Lord?" Zhou Qi asked with a frown.
When a favored child of heaven is trampled upon by others one day, it is easy for him to develop inner demons if he is not relieved in time. However, even if a great man who has transcended the tribulation is in seclusion, it is not something an ordinary person can do to him.
The leader of the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect, Le Ji, was so angry that he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood: "The three masters were drained of their power one after another by the Demon Lord, and I didn't even notice it!"
Zhou Qi stepped forward and supported him: "No one could have imagined that this would happen. Sect Master Le, please don't blame yourself. There are still matters to be dealt with in the sect."
"Master Le, where did the three great masters die?" Taoist Fengchen suddenly asked, "Can you take us there?"
Le Ji stood up slowly, his whole body like a bamboo dried by the wind, and he led them to the mansion where the great man who had transcended the tribulation was practicing in seclusion.
The three palaces are adjacent to each other, and powerful people who are in seclusion live in them. They have a large formation running under them to protect their safety in seclusion.
"The formation was altered by Gu Liangtian, and the situation was reversed. The masters and the others..." Le Ji, the leader of the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect, paused several times before he finally finished speaking. "In the past six months, the Formless was weakened by the formation and was trapped in the formation, unable to wake up. The day I went to Kunlun, Gu Liangtian seized the opportunity and let the Demon Lord in to kill the three masters. If it weren't for... Fox King and Ning Qianyao discovering something was wrong, I'm afraid all the disciples of the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect would have been slaughtered."
The expressions of several sect leaders were solemn; they never expected Gu Liangtian to be so bold.
"This is the plan of the demon world." The leader of Shangque Sect had just recovered. He suppressed his anger and said, "From the time I was injured, to the time when the leader of Dan Sect left Linquan City, and then to the time when the leader of Wanfo Sect left the sect, the goal was to kill the three great masters who transcend the tribulation!"
"Then we should go back early." Wu Yue, the leader of the Hehuan Sect, said, "Now we have all come to the Wanfo Sect. If the demon army uses the same trick again, all the sects will be finished."
Before the other sect leaders could speak, Wu Yue opened the scroll and returned to the Hehuan Sect, leaving behind only a gust of fragrant wind.
"… "
Although several sect leaders had ensured the safety of the masters in seclusion and left messages before coming, they only stayed in the Wanfo Sect for a while before starting to find excuses to go back, especially the Shangque Sect leader and the Five Elements Sect leader.
"Where is Gu Liangtian now?" Taoist Feng Chen asked Le Ji.
"He escaped before I came back." The leader of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect, Le Ji, said with a gloomy face, "I have issued a wanted notice to the entire cultivation world. As long as Gu Liangtian has not yet arrived in the Demon Realm, I will capture him and bring him back to comfort the spirit of my master!"