Moxiu's large-scale invasion of Yue country was not continuous.
The reason why they attacked the Yue country did not seem to be to occupy the Yue country, but just to plunder a fortune.
Therefore, after the initial stalemate, the number of demon cultivators in the Yue Kingdom dropped sharply.
In addition to being suppressed at the beginning, in the later stage, the five participating forces are also counterattacking, attacking the remaining demon cultivators one by one, and slowly driving them out.
By this time, the goal of exterminating the Demon Sect has basically been achieved.
They plundered a lot of wealth, and also caused many massacres in the country of Yue, killed an unknown number of people, and collected the flesh and soul of many people.
In this process, at least millions of people were killed or injured.
So many killings and so many industries are enough to feed the Extinct Demon Sect with one bite.
Of course, the reason why the Extinct Demon Sect chose to withdraw is also related to external pressure.
The Extinction Demon Sect is not without opponents, and there are also forces that can rival it.
Tianmingzong is one of them.
This is the opponent of the Extinction Demon Sect for many years. The two have been fighting in the outside world, and now it is unknown how many years have passed.
It is precisely because the two are involved with each other that the power between the two is restrained and cannot be invaded outward.
As for this time, it was because of some disturbances in the Tianming Sect, so the Extinction Demon Sect seized the opportunity and quickly attacked everywhere, plundered everywhere, and continued to use this to strengthen itself.
But even so, Tianmingzong reacted quickly, turned around and suppressed this part of the power of Extinct Demon Sect, preventing it from going any further.
It was precisely because of this that the demon cultivators in the Yue Kingdom retreated in large numbers.
Otherwise, they probably wouldn't mind taking the entire Yue Kingdom and directly annexing this area.
The forces of the Tianming Sect intervened, and the forces belonging to the Extinct Demon Sect in the Yue Kingdom quickly withdrew.
As for the other scattered demon cultivators who followed in the footsteps of the extinct demon sect, they were quickly wiped out by the remaining five major sects, without causing any splashes at all.
Many demon cultivators in Yue Kingdom were quickly suppressed.
However, although the Moxiu Rebellion has been suppressed, some established facts have already been formed.
After this turmoil, the power of the five factions of the Yue Kingdom has been greatly reduced, and several of them have even cut off the inheritance of Taoism and were completely wiped out by those who exterminated the Demon Sect.
As for the other people, they also suffered heavy losses, with dead bones everywhere, and corpses killed by demon cultivators everywhere.
Pieces of empty cities remain outside, and there are not many residents left in them.
From the looks of it, after going through this experience, the whole country of Yue was seriously injured, no matter mortals or monks.
In less than a few decades, I'm afraid I won't be able to recover.
It can be described as unprecedented chaos.
But amidst the chaos, there are also new opportunities.
During the Demon Cultivation Rebellion, a large number of monk families were slaughtered, and even a few of the five factions of the Yue Kingdom were wiped out.
Although these powers are destroyed, the inheritance they left behind is still there.
Moxiu can plunder ready-made instruments and spirit stones, but there is no way to take away some fixed industries directly, so they can only keep them.
And these things are extremely important to monks.
For the remaining forces and monks in the Yue Kingdom, the property left by these slaughtered monks is the best prey.
This is the case with the Zhang Family in Nine Peaks City.
After Moxiu retreated, the Zhang family began to attack aggressively, annexing the properties of other families in Jiufeng City, as if they were the only one.
Since then, it has expanded outwards, annexed many spiritual gardens and mines, and brought them into its own hands.
With these things, this originally ordinary small family is already a tyrant at this moment.
If it had been the past, if the Zhang family had done this, it would have already caused an uproar and caused countless people to crusade.
But now, no one cares.
Because everyone is doing the same thing, so naturally there is nothing to care about.
The difference between them and the Zhang family is only the difference in food appearance and strength, and there is no difference in the rest.
The period of wild expansion has passed for quite some time.
It wasn't until a few months later that the situation in Yue State stabilized and gradually calmed down.
The five factions of the Yue State reorganized their forces, recruited new disciples, and wantonly supplemented their own strength.
As for other forces, the same is true.
However, after this chaos, there are only three factions left in the original five factions of the Yue Kingdom.
For Chen Heng, it was no different.
Liuyunzong still exists, but it has been severely injured.
He received the news that the deacons of the cemetery who had returned to the Liuyun Sect before had basically turned to dust.
As for the cultivator who planted the demon seed for him back then, he is nowhere to be seen now either. Maybe he died in the chaos of the battle, or maybe he left and no longer lurks.
However, after this chaotic battle, Liuyunzong's strength was greatly damaged, so the treatment of the remaining disciples also increased.
Chen Heng went back, because of his outstanding talent in refining weapons, he directly became an inner disciple of Liuyun Sect.
For Chen Heng's predecessor, this was a difficult goal to achieve, but now it is easily achieved.
For this change, Chen Heng didn't find it surprising or strange, but just accepted it silently.
However, even though he became an inner disciple, Chen Heng still stayed in Jiufeng City most of the time and rarely left.
Time passed by slowly and kept moving forward.
In a flash, thirty years passed.
Thirty years later, the world has changed again.
"The scenery doesn't seem to have changed."
In the early morning, in a courtyard, Chen Heng sat cross-legged alone, with a calm face, looking outside.
Under his gaze, the scenery of the outside world unfolded, and a little bit of sunlight bloomed in it, which was extraordinarily bright and brilliant.
Outside the courtyard is a garden.
In the garden, spiritual grasses of various colors are planted, and under the sunlight at this moment, they exude a faint fragrance of green grass.
Surrounded by a mist of aura, surrounded by it.
A unique scenery.
Chen Heng sat cross-legged in the courtyard alone, holding a cup of bitter tea in his hand.
Thirty years have passed, and his appearance doesn't seem to have changed much. He is still the same as before, a young man.
Time seems to have frozen at this point, and nothing has changed.
Only the external scene changes.
"I heard that there have been changes within the Liuyun Sect."
Behind him, Zhang Ya looked respectful and served there: "After Martial Sister Hou returned to Liuyun Sect, she was out of control. Not only did she get a large sum of money to enter the inner sect, but she also seemed to be valued by an elder. The idea of accepting it as a true inheritance."
She knelt alone behind Chen Heng, looked at Chen Heng's figure, spoke respectfully, and said softly.
"Is that so?"
Chen Heng nodded, not surprised by the news: "She has been with me for thirty years, to be honest, it's about time."
"They are all brothers, you have taught them well."
Zhang Ya looked respectful, and said seriously: "Without your continuous attention and training, even if Martial Sister Hou could practice, she probably wouldn't have this day."
For the past thirty years, Chen Heng has treated Hou Juan very well.
Not only do he often explain the practice to her on weekdays, but also if there is something good in daily life, he will send it to her as soon as possible.
With this kind of treatment, let alone other people, even Zhang Ya is a little jealous.
In contrast, she, a real member of the Zhang family, seemed to be an outsider instead.
The members of the Zhang family generally felt that most of their patriarchs had special views on that Deacon Hou, otherwise why would they value him so much
After all, that Deacon Hou is notoriously poor in aptitude.
"No, you don't understand."
Hearing Zhang Ya's words, Chen Heng didn't say much, just shook his head and said so.
From his perspective, he can see more things, and he naturally understands that things are not as simple as they appear on the surface.
Thirty years have passed and many things have changed.
The same is true of Hou Juan's performance at the moment.
After entrenched on top of her head in the past, the power of destiny, which had always been silent, finally began to become active at this moment.
The reason why Hou Juan has such performance in Zongmen Dabi is precisely because of this.
This is the strength of the power of destiny.
When the destiny is in full bloom, even if you are a waste material, you can get many opportunities and stand above ordinary people.
Even if Hou Juan didn't have Chen Heng's teaching before, at this time, those who should rise will eventually rise.
Chen Heng's help may be important to her, but it is not necessary.
Without Chen Heng, other opportunities would come to her and help her rise further.
Chen Heng understands this truth, but obviously, other people don't understand it.
Chen Heng did not intend to explain in detail.
After drinking the bitter tea in his hand, Chen Heng got up and walked out slowly.
In Jiufeng City, compared with thirty years ago, there are great changes at this moment.
The surrounding area is very lively at the moment, and monks can be seen everywhere.
In the original Jiufeng City, although there were also monks, the number was very small, and only scattered ones could be seen, which were considered rare creatures.
But now it is very common. Although it cannot be said that it is everywhere, it is basically not as rare as in the past.
This is all thanks to Chen Heng's efforts.
Thirty years ago, after Chen Heng became the lord of Jiufeng City and the head of the Zhang family, he obtained a large amount of property.
Some of these properties belonged to other cultivation families, and some belonged to other forces outside Jiufeng City, but in the end when Chen Heng came to power, they were all annexed and entered the hands of the Zhang family.
Taking these industries into his hands, Chen Heng chose to take out part of the resources he harvested every year to sell them off, or do other things.
At the same time, he has also set up a small workshop himself, and he can regularly produce a lot of instruments and other materials every time.
Over time, this place has become a small distribution and trading center.
Many monks from all over the world came here to exchange goods or do other things.
Thirty years have passed, and a lot has changed here.
Of course, it's not just here.
During the turmoil back then, Chen Heng did far more than that.
With Jiufeng City as the center, many places have been occupied by the Zhang family and have become the territory of the Zhang family.
After thirty years of development, in today's Yue Kingdom, apart from the Liuyun Sect and other three sects that survived from the beginning, the Zhang Family is the most powerful.
Of course, even though his strength is already so strong, Chen Heng still rarely goes out. Most of the time he stays in Jiufeng City and rarely goes out.
He even retained his status as an inner disciple of the Liuyun Sect, and did not completely lose it.
The two sides have maintained a peaceful attitude, which has continued until now.
In fact, under the leadership of Chen Heng, the relationship between the Zhang family and Liuyunzong is pretty good.
From the fact that Hou Juan was able to perform so well within the Liuyun Sect, and was able to be valued by a certain elder and was ready to be accepted as a disciple, one can see part of the relationship between the two.
Whether Hou Juan wanted it or not, staying by Chen Heng's side from the beginning to the end left a deep mark on her, which couldn't be washed away no matter what.
Regardless of her own wishes, in the eyes of others, she is Chen Heng's person and represents a part of Chen Heng.
Walking in Jiufeng City, Chen Heng did not walk for too long.
Walking around, at a certain moment, Chen Heng seemed to feel something, and looked up at the sky.
In the middle of the sky, the sun was shining brightly, and everything seemed normal, nothing different.
However, Chen Heng couldn't help but frowned. He had already felt something at this moment.
"The wind is about to change."
He spoke softly, and the thought flashed through his mind.
A gust of wind blew by, bursts of soft noises came from everywhere, and passed away.
Under the breeze, Chen Heng turned calmly, turned around silently, and walked aside.
Time gradually passed.
Far away, within Liuyunzong.
Hou Juan walked silently into the back mountain and came to a dense land.
In front of her, several men in black stood there, looking at Hou Juan with cold expressions on their faces.
"Have you figured it out?"
The three men in black looked at Hou Juan in front of them, with a sneer on their faces: "Hand over the things, and we can spare your life, otherwise"
"Otherwise, so what?"
Hou Juan's expression was very peaceful, but also a little indifferent. She just stood there, looking at the people in front of her, as if she didn't care at all.
"Then don't blame us for being rude."
Among the three, the leader sneered and said, "If you stay in Liuyun Sect safely, we will have nothing to do with you."
"But now that you've come out on your own initiative, don't blame us."
He said in a cold voice, then picked up the knife in his hand, and rushed forward actively.
A sound came from the front.
The three of them rushed towards Hou Juan at the same time, with great momentum.
It's just that Hou Juan didn't even look at these three people, but just stood there, as if she didn't care about them at all.
Under her gaze, the three of them rushed forward slowly, but they just skipped her and rushed behind her.
When they got here, the three of them didn't seem to realize what happened. They drew their knives and wanted to fight each other.
Hou Juan just turned around.
Under the light of the sun, her appearance was revealed, and a pair of eyes flashed with blood.
(end of this chapter)