Chapter 86: Cloud Corridor

Chapter 86: Flowing Cloud Corridor

The bell tolled, shocking the world.

Countless Disciples and Elders within the Sect gate awoke from their Cultivation.

They flew into the sky one after another, looking towards Dao Sheng Peak.

No one knew what had happened.

“Senior Brother, do you know what happened?”

“I don’t know.”

“Could it be another Demon disaster outbreak somewhere?”

“Definitely not. A small Demon disaster wouldn't require the yu fan bell to be rung.”

“Could it be that the Demon Race Army has already invaded Yu Fan Heaven?”

“Hard to say.”

Everyone speculated.

Although they didn't know the exact situation, it must have been an extremely serious matter.

Considering that the Sect Master had ordered the formation of the Demon Suppression Army in various places a thousand years ago,

everyone leaned towards the possibility that the Demon Race had already launched a major invasion.

Besides a Demon Race invasion, there was no other matter that would make the Sect Master so solemn.

The bell's sound spread throughout the world, even reaching Mo Yuetian and others far away in Tianxing Sea, who also heard it.

However, he didn't pay it any mind.

In Mo Yuetian's view,

the advantage was on their side; they just needed to wait for the army to gather and then sweep forward.

…

Zhang Yuhe returned from Undergoing Tribulation in Yunzhong Prefecture.

As he approached the Sect gate, he suddenly heard the bell tolling.

This made him pause.

“Li Tian, why is this bell ringing?”

Li Tian's heart also tightened.

Compared to Zhang Yuhe, Li Tian knew more things after all.

He answered solemnly,

“This is the yu fan bell. When it rings, it signifies a major event concerning the entire Yu Fan Heaven.”

“A major event? Has the Demon Race already launched a major invasion?”

Zhang Yuhe quickly understood.

Besides a Demon Race invasion, he couldn't think of any other reason.

Suddenly, the two of them looked at each other, then each pulled out a jade token.

From the jade token, Feng Xiaotian's solemn voice came:

“Come quickly to Flying Immortal Hall for a meeting.”

“Yes.”

Zhang Yuhe put away his identity jade token and quickly flew towards Dao Sheng Peak with Li Tian.

At this time, he had already suppressed his aura to the Void Refining Late Stage.

No one else knew about his Breakthrough except Li Tian.

Not even Wang Guofeng was aware.

For Wang Guofeng, he only knew that Zhang Yuhe was very, very strong.

As for exactly how strong, he didn't know.

No one knew.

Zhang Yuhe had not only broken through to the Body Integration Realm hundreds of years ago,

but he had now broken through to the Mahayana Realm and had just returned from Undergoing Tribulation.

Zhang Yuhe felt that,

in these troubled times, he should be more low-key.

If even his own people didn't know about his Breakthrough to Mahayana,

it would be even more impossible for the Demon Race to know.

That way, he might be able to secretly cause trouble.

Although Zhang Yuhe didn't know the Demon Race's specific strength,

he had never been so arrogant as to believe he could repel the Demon Race by himself.

Only if the enemy didn't know of his existence,

would they be unprepared, and he could find an opportunity to quietly harvest the Demon Race.

They quickly flew towards Dao Sheng Peak.

Along the way, they saw hundreds of streaks of light also flying towards Dao Sheng Peak.

Upon arriving at Dao Sheng Peak, Zhang Yuhe and Li Tian entered the Flying Immortal Hall.

The hall was silent, dead quiet.

Everyone looked solemn; not a single person spoke.

Feng Xiaotian stood at the front of the main hall.

Soon after, all the Elders of the Dao Saint Sect had arrived.

Zhang Yuhe roughly scanned the hall.

There were more than five hundred people in the hall.

Among them, over four hundred were Void Refining Realm Elders, and only about thirty were Body Integration Realm.

As for the Mahayana Realm, there was only Feng Xiaotian.

The legendary Old Ancestor Wu did not appear.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Feng Xiaotian turned around.

He scanned the crowd with his gaze and said in a heavy tone,

“The Demon Race has already launched a major invasion. Senior Brother Wu, in order to investigate the Demon Race's intelligence, has already fallen.”

“What? The Old Ancestor has fallen?”

“This is impossible! Old Ancestor Wu is a Great Vehicle Middle Stage Cultivator. How could he have fallen? Who could kill him?”

As soon as Feng Xiaotian's words fell, the hall instantly erupted into chaos.

Everyone was mentally prepared for the news of the Demon Race invasion, as the Sect had been preparing for this for over a thousand years.

Outsiders didn't know the details, but as Dao Saint Sect Elders, they naturally had a clear understanding.

However, upon hearing the news of Wu Yuemin's fall, everyone was completely unable to accept it.

How could this be?

Could a Mahayana Realm Cultivator also be killed?

How powerful were the invading Demon Race this time?

They killed a Mahayana Old Ancestor as soon as they appeared.

It should be known that during the last invasion ten thousand years ago, if it weren't for sealing the passage,

not even a single Mahayana Old Ancestor would have died.

What exactly happened this time?

Why did the Old Ancestor fall before the war even began?

Everyone completely refused to believe it was true.

Feng Xiaotian raised a hand, and the hall barely quieted down.

Feng Xiaotian continued,

“I know you all don’t want to believe it, but this is absolutely true.”

“The Demon Race is coming with an exceptionally fierce momentum. There are as many as thirteen Mahayana Demon Race members. Senior Brother Wu, in order to investigate intelligence, was deeply surrounded, leading to his demise.”

“Now is not the time for sorrow. We need to immediately come up with countermeasures.”

“Otherwise, the Demon Clan Army will soon reach outside the Sect gate.”

After speaking, Feng Xiaotian waved his right hand, and a huge map appeared before everyone's eyes.

This was a complete topographical map of Yu Fan Heaven.

Feng Xiaotian pointed to a central location on the map and said solemnly,

“I have decided to build Suppressing Demon City in the Flowing Cloud Corridor of Lingzhou to block the Demon Clan Army.”

Zhang Yuhe looked at the map.

He saw a narrow passage on the eastern side of Lingzhou.

On both sides of the passage were two perilous areas.

To the left was Shattered Moon Void, and to the right was Boundless Sea.

As long as this passage was sealed, the Demon Race east of Lingzhou would not be able to advance westward a single step.

As for those two perilous areas, Zhang Yuhe had heard of them long ago.

Boundless Sea was not a vast ocean, but an expansive, desolate space.

It was riddled with spatial cracks.

Since the beginning of recorded civilization, it had been a perilous area, and no one had ever been able to emerge from Boundless Sea.

And Shattered Moon Void was even more terrifying.

The flow of time there was extremely exaggerated.

A Cultivator entering Shattered Moon Void would instantly turn to dust due to the erosion of time.

Let alone Cultivators.

Even if a stone were thrown in, it would quickly weather into dust at a visible rate.

Zhang Yuhe felt that Feng Xiaotian's strategy was correct.

With these two perilous areas, as long as they held the Flowing Cloud Corridor, they could block the Demon Race to the east.

This way, they could at least defend a small portion of Yu Fan Heaven.

As for charging in and clashing head-on with the Demon Race?

Anyone with a normal brain wouldn't have such an idea.

Wu Yuemin, a Great Vehicle Middle Stage Old Ancestor, went and never returned.

If these people charged in, there would be no other outcome than sending themselves to their deaths.

After Feng Xiaotian finished speaking, everyone discussed animatedly.

Although they were unwilling to lose most of Yu Fan Heaven just like that, being able to defend a small portion was already the best outcome.

“Alright, everyone, go back and prepare. With Elder Lu as the leader, immediately proceed to the Flowing Cloud Corridor to construct Suppressing Demon City.”

“Speed is essential. We don't have much time left.”

“Yes.”

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