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Li Chang'an believed that once he broke through to the first rank, he would be able to refine the Blood Pill and the Relic with a single stroke.
He casually tossed the relic to Li Miaozhen, saying, "Miaozhen, you've been traveling the world for years, take this for self-defense."
Li Miaozhen caught the glittering relic. This thing could unleash the combat power of a third-rank martial artist at a crucial moment, and it was indeed a powerful weapon.
"Master! The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox has lost track of the inhuman Xu Pingfeng!"
On the ground, Xu Qi'an sprinted toward Li Chang'an and the others who were suspended in the air.
Then, the ground where he was standing was instantly blocked from the sunlight by the huge fox tail, turning it gloomy.
The nine-tailed fox arrived before Li Chang'an first, bowing gracefully, "Your Majesty, it is my incompetence..."
At this moment, Kou Yangzhou, whose hair reached his feet, also arrived, looking apologetic. "Your Majesty, I am incompetent and have wasted a drop of your essence blood. However, a lot of my sword energy has also remained in his body, and he will not be able to recover to his original state in the short term!"
Li Chang'an activated his five senses but couldn't detect Xu Pingfeng's presence at all. The methods of the sorcerer system, like those of the Confucian school, were somewhat unreasonable.
In terms of pure combat strength, Li Chang'an could certainly crush Xu Pingfeng, but he still had to be wary of Xu Pingfeng's strange sorcery.
Li Chang'an's task for Nine-Tailed Fox and Kou Yangzhou was to stall Xu Pingfeng and prevent him from resorting to underhanded tactics.
"The essence blood was left by Wei Yuan so that you could temporarily leave seclusion."
"Go back and cultivate in seclusion. Six months later, I will send you a complete lotus root to help you break through to the second rank."
Because Li Chang'an developed it earlier, the spiritual energy within Mu Nanzhi's body is slowly reviving.
Therefore, if she cultivates this nine-colored lotus, she should be able to grow another one within six months.
Kou Yangzhou naturally believed Li Chang'an's words without a doubt, immediately bowed and accepted the order, and then returned to the depths of Quanrong Mountain to go into seclusion.
Then Li Chang'an looked at the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox and said, "With your strength, you still want to cooperate with me? Wait for another opportunity."
The nine-tailed celestial fox looked at Li Chang'an with a pitiful expression, her alluring eyes filled with affection, appearing utterly pathetic.
"What a vixen! She didn't even get the job done, so why is she pretending to be pitiful!" Before anyone knew it, the female ghost Su Su appeared beside Li Miaozhen, pointing at the nine-tailed celestial fox and speaking sarcastically.
"Hmph." The fox spirit, having encountered the beautiful female ghost, couldn't argue and simply obediently returned to the jade pendant at Li Chang'an's waist.
Although the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox was powerful, it was forced to obey Luo Yuheng's powerful Human Sect curse.
Li Chang'an looked at Su Su and tossed her a lotus seed, saying, "Take this. After we return to the capital, I'll have Caiwei refine a physical body for you."
"Master~~ Once I have a physical body, I will definitely serve you well!" Su Su held the lotus seeds and obediently offered them to Li Miaozhen.
"Can't you serve your husband just because you don't have a physical body? I see you're quite adept at serving tea and water!" Chu Caiwei put her hands on her hips, her pretty face full of doubt.
Su Su dared not offend this female sorcerer from the Imperial Observatory; she was still counting on Chu Caiwei to refine a physical body for her.
"Madam Caiwei, I will tell you about this matter slowly after I return to the capital."
"Okay, then." Chu Caiwei nodded, looking very interested.
A nine-colored lotus flower has a total of fourteen lotus seeds. Li Chang'an distributed some to the members of the Heaven and Earth Society and the Golden Lotus, and gave one to Cao Qingyang. He kept three for himself in case of emergency.
With a major battle imminent, after defeating the Witch God Cult, none of the enemies will sit idly by. Providing Da Feng with a continuous stream of high-level combat power is the most important task at present.
The nine-colored lotus seeds can enlighten all things, and are of great benefit whether used for cultivation or for refining divine weapons.
"Brother Cao, I hope you will be more understanding of the situation in Jianzhou."
Cao Qingyang was overjoyed to have obtained a nine-colored lotus seed, which could be used to refine a magical sword into a peerless divine weapon, greatly enhancing his combat power.
"Your Majesty, rest assured, with me in Jianzhou, neither Buddhism nor witchcraft sects can hope to establish any influence in Jianzhou."
With the matter of the Nine-Colored Lotus Seeds concluded, Li Chang'an remained in Jianzhou for the time being, while the others dispersed.
Deep in Northeast China.
To the north of Jingshan City, the headquarters of the Witch God Cult, lies the majestic Jingshan Mountain, at the foot of which lies a dark valley backed by a vast ocean.
In the very center of the valley stands a hundred-foot-high altar, upon which stand two enormous stone statues.
A stone statue has a crack between its eyebrows.
He wore a Confucian robe and a Confucian hat, with a long beard hanging down to his chest; the image of an elderly Confucian scholar was that of a Confucian sage.
The other stone statue is a sculpture of a witch god, dressed in a long robe, wearing a crown of thorns, with a face as beautiful as jade, and an unparalleled demeanor.
As the first rays of dawn shone on the altar, the statue of the witch god suddenly trembled.
In an era when sorcerers do not appear in the human world, the Grand Sorcerer is the supreme leader of the sorcerer religion.
The highest level in the wizarding system is the Wizard God, and the highest level is the Grand Wizard.
The current great wizard is named Salen Agu, a top-tier powerhouse who has existed since ancient times.
Before the first Supervisor was promoted, he was a disciple of this ancient powerhouse. In other words, Salun Agu is the grandmaster of the current Supervisor.
Salun Agu wore a cloak and a hood. He lived in a thatched hut at the foot of Jingshan Mountain and loved herding sheep.
Every morning, the shamans of Jingshan City would see this great leader singing folk songs as he drove a flock of sheep up the mountain against the backdrop of the rising sun.
Today, Salun Agu is somewhat anxious, with an anxiety that has never been felt in thousands of years.
He had just figured something out that plunged him into despair.
The Buddhist sect's plan to capture the Great Heavenly King failed, and they also lost an Arhat and a Vajra.
This means that his plan, along with that of Empress Zhen De, to ambush Wei Yuan, will face enormous risks.
Wei Yuan besieged Yandu with a large force, but his ultimate goal was Jingshan City, the headquarters of the Witch God Cult, where he came to seal the Witch God.
Twelve hundred years ago, the Confucian sage loosened the seal on the sorcerer god, allowing some of the sorcerer god's consciousness to leak out. For the sake of the Central Plains dynasty's fortune, Wei Yuan had to seal the sorcerer god back.
The spirit of Empress Joan of Arc was hidden between the brows of the great sorcerer. Both of them could guess Wei Yuan's plan, so they wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of Wei Yuan.
However, Li Chang'an has just broken through to the second rank of the Daoist sect and crossed the Yang God stage, so he can support Wei Yuan at any time.
Moreover, Li Chang'an has connected with several extraordinary beings in the capital of Da Feng, and Luo Yuheng, the Grand Preceptor of Da Feng who was originally at odds with Wei Yuan, may also be able to come to Wei Yuan's aid.
At this time, the main altar of the Witch God Cult had a first-rank Grand Witch and a third-rank Spiritual Wisdom Master.
A newly promoted Spirit Master from the Witch God Cult was killed by Heng Yuan and Li Chang'an in Chuzhou City.
In addition, there are three other spiritual masters: Wuda Baota, the national master of Kang Kingdom, who was ordered to come to Jingshan City to assist in the defense; and Yierbu, the national master of Yan Kingdom, who is in Yandu, assisting Yan Jun Nurhega in defending the city.
The Grand Preceptor of Jing Kingdom, Ma Mudun, was leading his army to sweep across the territory of the demons and barbarians, and there was no original plan to let him return.
The first-rank wizard Salun Agu, the second-rank Taoist priest Zhen De Yang Shen, and the third-rank wizard Wu Da Bao Ta are facing off against the second-rank martial artist Wei Yuan, the dual-system second-rank Li Chang'an, and the second-rank Taoist priest Luo Yuheng.
Both sides have three extraordinary experts. The Witch God Sect has the home advantage and also has a powerful first-rank expert, so in theory they should have a huge advantage.
However, the great wizard could not predict the outcome of this battle, which made him uneasy.
“Sarun Agu…”
Salun Agu, who had been sitting lazily and worrying, suddenly stood up, faced the direction of the shaman statue, and bowed with his hand on his chest.
"Here is your faithful follower, my God."
"I have already notified Mamudun and Yilbu to return. We cannot afford to be careless in this battle," the sorcerer instructed.
Salun Agu was startled. It seemed that even the Witch God had sensed a great crisis. If Mamudun and Yilbu returned safely, the ratio of extraordinary experts on both sides would be five to three, making it more likely that Wei Yuan and Li Chang'an would be ambushed.
“My God, I have been unable to predict the fate of the Great Fengtian King Li Chang’an, and that is why I am very worried.”
In response to Salun Agu's concerns, the Witch God's consciousness slowly replied, "I cannot deduce it either; I can only increase the stakes."
The headquarters of the Witch God Cult has never been breached; to be precise, it has never been the site of any war.
This time, Wei Yuan went straight to Jingshan City, and he had many trump cards up his sleeve. He was aiming to seal the Witch God. If he succeeded in sealing the Witch God, the time for the Witch God's rebirth would be delayed by twenty or thirty years.
"God, we have no more bargaining chips left. According to your plan, Yandu will have to give up."
If we can bring Yilbu back, the Fengtian Army has a good chance of capturing Yandu.
After all, this time the Great Feng army marched north without splitting its forces to fight for the demon and barbarian territories as in the original story, and without the dog emperor cutting off supplies and dragging them down. When they reached the city of Yandu, they had already slaughtered seven cities and were advancing with unstoppable momentum.
"No need to ask any more questions, he'll be here soon."
"In this critical moment, use the blood sacrifice technique to summon me."
The sorcerer emphasized the blood sacrifice ritual, and then his consciousness returned to slumber.
The Blood Sacrifice Ritual, using the lives of all the wizards in the city to summon the will of the Wizard God, is Jingshan City's ultimate trump card.
Even without the Witch God's emphasis, Salun Agu would not hesitate to use this trump card in the most critical moment.
If the main altar of the Witch God Cult is gone, what use are these witches?
Salun Agu took the wine flask from his waist, took a sip of ginseng wine, clicked his tongue twice in bitterness, and then gently tapped the ground with the branch he was using to herd sheep.
"Uda Pagoda, come here!"
A wizard, also wrapped in a robe and wearing a hood, appeared where the tree branch had touched.
“Great Wizard!” said the wizard named Udapata, bowing.
“Irbu and Mamutun return immediately; this time we will face a tough battle.” Salun Agu’s gaze was grave.
Wuda Pagoda felt a chill run down his spine. This meant abandoning the demon-barbarian territory and Yandu; such a sacrifice was far too great.
However, he did not ask any further questions; there was no need to question the witch god's decision.
He placed one hand on his chest, his expression solemn, and said, "I am willing to dedicate my life to the gods."
Salun Agu said with a kind face, "The Witch God said there's still a backup plan, so our chances of winning are not small."