Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 346 - 295

Chapter 346: 295

Li Xuan quickly reached out to support Xue Yunrou, who was on the verge of falling.

He could sense the deep-seated hatred in Xue Yunrou. If what Xuanxiang said was true, then there would be more than one grievance between Li Zhetian and the girl.

Moreover, as far as Li Xuan knew, Xue Yunrou’s elder brother seemed to have been bedridden due to the Knife Demon as well.

The enmity between the two parties was deep as the sea itself.

But the girl soon broke free from his grasp and continued towards the waist of the mountain.

Li Xuan followed closely with Fumo Vajra in tow. At the same time, he asked the accompanying Xuanxiang Taoist, "Who exactly is this so-called Heavenly Master Qianyuan Zhang Guanlan?"

He guessed that anyone able to severely injure Master Zhang must also be of heavenly level.

Yet, of the more than twenty heavenly level figures that he knew about in the present age, none of them were this person he had never heard of.

"That was a person from the Former Yuan Dynasty, the thirteenth Heavenly Master of the Tianshi Sect."

The reply was from the trailing Ao Shuying, she said nonchalantly, "This man was conferred by former Yuan to serve for Meng Wu and repeatedly made the Great Ancestor his enemy. As a result, the Great Ancestor commanded the general Fu Youde to lead the army and surround the mountain, forcing the Tianshi Sect to choose another successor from the descendants of Madam Zhang. Zhang Guanlan had no choice but to give up his position as Heavenly Master and retired not long afterwards.

However, I did not expect that he is still alive. When I was sealed, he was already over two hundred years old. If it’s him, then this ’Qiantian Wufang Wulei Array’ makes sense. As a former Heavenly Master, he is proficient in many secret skills of the Tianshi Mansion. It would be easy for him to find some inside agents in the Tianshi mansion, and breaking the ’Shenxiao Duotian Thunder Array’ of the Tianshi Mansion will be a piece of cake."

"The Shenxiao Duotian Thunder Array was indeed broken because of this."

The Taoist Xuanxiang responded with a bitter smile, "I had a hard time believing it when I heard it was Zhang Guanlan. He was a figure of our ancestral generation in the Tianshi Sect, ruling the Tianshi Mansion for seventy-four years, with far-reaching influence within the sect. It is said that at least twenty-two of his old colleagues in the Shangqing Palace rebelled, with three of them alone from The Fourth Gate, unexpectedly catching everyone off guard."

As he spoke, he was sizing up Ao Shuying, wondering what kind of figure she was since he could not see through her.

However, just from her calm demeanor, he could tell that she was of a high status and her cultivation was extraordinary.

After a moment of thought, Li Xuan pointed towards the base of the mountain, "Then where did those monsters at the base of the mountain originate from?"

"They should be the ones summoned by Zhang Guanlan, right?"

Taoist Xuanxiang replied with uncertainty, "Longhu Mountain belongs to Xiangshan Mountain Range, and the Wuyi Mountain Range to the south of Longhu Mountain was even known as one hundred thousand large mountains in ancient times, with countless demons dwelling within it. The Tianshi Mansion of ours was entrusted by The Court to guard Longhu Mountain from the Tang Dynasty to protect against these demons."

Li Xuan was well-aware about this

He knew that to the north of Wuyi Mountain Range, the topography of Jin Dynasty is similar to that of modern China. But to the south of Wuyi Mountain Range, there are significant differences. There are more large mountains, and the land area is at least fifteen times that of Fujian and Guangdong.

About two thousand years ago, there existed a large demon kingdom there, spanning thousands of miles from north to south, with an army of millions of demons.

Even to this day, many kinds of demons still pervade the Wuyi Mountains. The Jin Dynasty has yet to gain effective rule over this area, only managing to reign it in by granting local chieftains autonomy.

Both Gezao Mountain and Longhu Mountain were once frontlines for the Central Plains Empire to resist the massive mountain range.

"These demons are nothing more than minor nuisances; they cannot even break through the small Taoist temples at the foot of Longhu Mountain."

Taoist Xuanxiang said with a worried expression, "The real trouble is the ’Qiantian Wufang Wulei Array’ and the ’Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle’."

As soon as his words ended, Li Xuan sensed something. When he looked up, he saw countless silver needles shooting down from the sky again.

Everyone was on alert simultaneously, each taking cover behind the ’Fumo Vajra’ without any coordination.

Only then did Xuanxiang notice the power of this Organ Puppet. With the help of Xue Yunrou’s ’Liudingliujia Body Protection Spell’, the Fumo Vajra was able to withstand thousands of needle rain!

This Organ Puppet seemed to have endless energy. The ’Fumo Shield’ in its hands was always ignited at full power.

Shortly after the needle rain abated, Taoist Xuanxiang said with a bitter smile, "This is the ’Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle’! Both the Shenqi Union and the Mohist School have produced this kind of hidden weapon designed to break the vital energy of cultivators. Zhang Guanlan used an unknown method to continuously and endlessly rain down the Pear Blossom Needles from the sky. Moreover, they were shot out in thousands at an instant, their power tremendous. Two of my fellow disciples were wounded by these needles earlier, and they had to recuperate in Pixuan Temple."

He continued gravely, "This needle rain seals off Longhu Mountain, not allowing entry or exit. According to the head of Pixuan Temple, the Heavenly Master once dispatched disciples from the sect to attempt to repair the ’Shenxiao Duotian Thunder Array’ that was set up inside the mountain, but dozens of disciples were killed on the way by the needle rain. Furthermore, there is not only thunderbolt strike at Shangqing Palace, but there are also heavy artillery bombarding from an unknown location. I am worried that they will not be able to hold on."

Ao Shuying stood with her hands on her back and said, "These needles all come from those five floating battleships hovering eighteen thousand feet above us. Each of them has thirty huge needle cannons, each capable of firing a thousand silver needles that can travel one hundred and twenty li to here. There are also three giant cannons at the bow of the ship, each about fifteen feet long with a muzzle diameter of twelve inches. The barrel is completely etched with Daoist runes. The firing range must be extremely exaggerated, and the power of the cannonball should also be astonishing."