In the Zixuan Gate, all Jindan cultivators were summoned to discuss matters in the Grand Hall.

  The dignified and elegant Purple Mystic Sect's leader, Dugu Ming, had a somewhat heavy expression at this moment. The Golden Elixir cultivators below him also had solemn expressions, and Wu Lianqing was standing among them.

  "What Old Man Wu just said, everyone has already understood. According to the speed of those demonic cultivators' advance, although there are some small immortal families blocking along the way, I'm afraid that within half a month, the demonic army will reach Red Python Ridge. Once they cross Red Python Ridge, it's Qingfeng Valley. With Qingfeng Valley's current strength, I'm afraid they won't be able to withstand for long and will be annihilated."

  "As soon as Qingfeng Valley is destroyed, the next one will be Bixiao Gate. If Bixiao Gate is destroyed, the Demon Dao army can march north to attack my Zixuan Gate, and south to attack Qifeng Sect. In that case, our sect will be in danger!"

  Dugu Ming's eyebrows were tightly locked, and after a moment of contemplation, he continued: "The situation is now critical. Quickly dispatch people to inform the Qī Fèng Pài, Bì Xiāo Mén, Qīng Huá Shān, Xuán Yáng Zōng, Bái Yún Guàn, and Qīng Fēng Gǔ, and according to previous agreements, gather at Chì Mǎng Lǐng to jointly resist the demonic invasion!"

  "Zhang Fang, Wu Lianqing, Guo Taiquan... you few people immediately prepare to lead the disciples of your sect to Chi Meng Ridge for an alliance!"

  ……

  Dugu Ming issued a series of orders in one breath, and the Golden Elixir cultivators below all followed their respective commands.

  Three days later, the Qiufeng Sect, Bixiao Gate, Qinghua Mountain, Xuanyang Sect, Baiyun Temple and Qingfeng Valley all received the message sent by the messenger of the Zixuanmen Sect.

  In the Yuanchuang Xianfu, Li Hui was sitting in the Linshui Pavilion, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was rotating into his body at an extremely fast speed.

  In the lower abdomen, the current dantian qihai is nearly twice as large as before. In the center of the qihai, a spiritual energy vortex is frantically rotating and absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

  Two months ago, Li Hui's "Five Elements Reincarnation Technique" finally reached the ninth layer of the Great Perfection of Qi Refining again, and immediately afterwards, Li Hui began his third dispersal of skills to rebuild.

  Each time he dispersed his cultivation and rebuilt it, Li Hui would use the spiritual energy that was about to be dispersed to temper his physical body's muscles and bones. Every time, he had to endure the pain of his muscles and bones tearing apart. Fortunately, having already experienced two dispersals, this time he only suffered some superficial injuries and passed through safely without any major incidents.

  Then within just two short months, Li Hui's cultivation had recovered to the fifth layer of the Qi Refining stage!

  This is the characteristic of "Five Elements Reincarnation Technique", every time it disperses and re-cultivates, its cultivation speed will be incredibly improved. Even surpassing the cultivation speed of those with Heavenly Spirit Root or Heterodox Spirit Root.

  Of course, when cultivating the Five Elements Reincarnation Technique, one must go through five cycles during the Qi Refining stage. In this way, overall, the speed is about the same as those with Heavenly Spirit Roots and Heterodox Spirit Roots.

  Li Hui's physical strength has increased by more than double, while his spiritual cultivation has almost dropped to a halt. It's really hard to say whether his overall strength has improved or declined.

  Suddenly, Li Hui opened his eyes, and then the figure moved. Li Hui appeared in Yun Xiao Feng's own residence, putting away Yuan Huan Xian Fu. Li Hui walked out of the inner room, through the living room, and cast a spell on the door, which automatically opened. A paper crane flew in and landed in Li Hui's hand.

  A moment later, Li Hui furrowed his brow: "Suddenly notified to go to the square in front of the mountain gate to gather, could something big have happened?"

  The paper crane in his hand suddenly turned into flying ash and dissipated. It turned out that the paper crane was a special means of communication, but it could only be used once. The message in the paper crane just now was to let Li Hui quickly go to the square in front of Bixiao Gate Mountain to gather.

  Although he had many doubts in his mind, Li Hui did not dare to hesitate and walked out of the door, rushing down the mountain.

  Along the way, there were also many disciples heading to the square at the foot of the mountain. Li Hui looked up and saw that he had caught up with the main group, so he slowed down his pace and kept the same speed as these disciples.

  "What's going on? Why did they suddenly call us out to gather in the square?"

  "Heaven knows, I was just about to break through the eighth layer of Qi Refining, and now it's been interrupted at this critical moment!"

  ……

  "It seems that the other disciples were also suddenly called to go to the square at the foot of the mountain." Li Hui hurried along while listening to the conversations of these disciples they met along the way.

  Arriving at the Mountain Foot Square, he found that many Foundation Building cultivators were already lined up in formation on the square. Li Hui roughly estimated that there were over a hundred people. So many Foundation Building cultivators gathered together, it was still Li Hui's first time seeing this, even the Foundation Building cultivators were neatly lined up and waiting, probably Golden Dan cultivators would be coming soon too.

  Li Hui thought as he found a spot to stand in the square. After a while, more and more Qi Refining stage disciples gathered in the square, with over a thousand people present.

  Thousands of people on the square were in an uproar for half a day without standing in line. At this time, a Jīgōng (Foundation Building) monk stood out, and the oppressive aura on his body burst out, instantly making these Qi Refining disciples obedient. Then, under the command of this Jīgōng monk, they lined up in ten rows.

  At this moment, two rays of light shot towards the square and instantly arrived on the stage in front of the square. The lights converged, revealing the figures of Murong Lie, the leader of Qingfeng Peak, and Lin Yu, the leader of Fenghui Peak.

  Murong Lie's face was stern, his eyes scanning the entire room, and everyone felt an invisible pressure. As his gaze swept past each person, they all tried to make themselves stand up straight and look more dignified.

  Murong Lie then withdrew his gaze and said to Lin Yu beside him: "Lin Shidi, you announce it to these young ones!"

  Lin Yuxiao nodded with a smile, stood up and smiled at the disciples standing below: "Today, I have gathered everyone together for something. I want to let you all leave the mountain gate and go out to practice."

  Lin Yu spoke in a gentle voice with a smile on his face, and many of his disciples instantly had a good impression of this Lin elder.

  Recently, some evil demons and villains have suddenly appeared in the territory of our Orthodox Taoist sect, launching some invasions. You are all elites under my Azure Sky Gate, so the Master's brother has decided that Elder Murong and I will lead you out for a training exercise while eliminating demons and upholding the righteousness of our immortal family!

  "This time, the Zixuan Gate, Qifeng Sect, Qinghua Mountain, Xuanyang Sect, Baiyun Temple, and Qingfeng Valley will also send their elite disciples to join forces to eliminate demons and protect the Tao. You must not lose your manners in front of fellow Taoists from other sects, nor can you tarnish the prestige of our Bixiao Gate."

  Lin Yu still didn't have the slightest hint of arrogance, and lightly said, "The disciples below were already stirred up with fervor, thinking only of going to eliminate the demons and protect the Tao, to bring glory to their sect."

  Lin Yuxiao laughed and raised her voice a few degrees, asking: "Did everyone understand?"

  "I understand!" The voices of over a thousand people below the stage responded in unison, especially the thousand Qi Refining disciples who answered even louder.

  "Alright everyone, go back and prepare for now. We'll gather here at Chen time tomorrow. Disperse!" Lin Yu said with a very satisfied smile.

  Murong Lie walked over, smiling with a complex expression at Lin Yu: "Lin Shidi, I really admire you. It's clearly a mission that might be gone forever, but when it comes out of your mouth, those younger generations are all excited and can't wait to set off!"

  Lin Yuxiao smiled and said no more. The two of them immediately transformed into two rays of light and flew to their respective caves.

  Li Hui did not rush back to his residence, but stood on the spot with a frown, his mind racing.

  "Devilish Daoist? A petty thief? Descend the mountain to temper oneself, eliminate demons and protect the Dao?" Li Hui repeatedly thought about the key points Lin Yu had said. Of course, he wasn't the kind of person who would get carried away by Lin Yu's words, "You are all my elite disciples of Bi Xiang Men", and become completely infatuated.

  Li Hui noticed that among the third-generation disciples gathered in the square this time, none of the Tianling Gen, Yiling Gen, and Zhēn Líng Gēn disciples he knew had appeared. Not even people like Ren Yunfei, Han Xue, Chen Mufeng, or Liu Kun were seen.

  Instead, he saw many familiar faces among the five hundred fellow disciples who had entered at the same time as him, such as Qin Gang with his loud voice. Just now when Lin Yu asked questions, his answers were thick and powerful.

  "Li Shixiong, what are you thinking about?" A sudden voice interrupted Li Hui's thoughts.

  Li Hui was slightly surprised, as there weren't many people he knew in this inner circle. He turned his head to take a look and found it was Lu Yingjie, the one he had defeated in the last round of the arena match when he first entered.

  "Long time no see, Brother Lu!" Li Hui still had some good feelings towards this Lu Yingjie and smiled as he greeted him.

  "It's been a long time since we last met, Brother Li's reputation is now very great!" Lu Yingjie had also heard the news of Li Hui and Ren Yunfei's battle.

  Li Hui smiled helplessly and shook his head.

  "Brother Li, what's your take on this trip out of the mountains?" Lu Yingjie suddenly asked with a serious expression.

  Li Hui was taken aback for a moment, then said nonchalantly: "It's just some demon cultivators causing trouble, we can just go and chase them away!"

  "Do you think some demon cultivators causing trouble are worth our sect making such a big fuss? Moreover, the other six sects have also sent people." Lu Yingjie continued to say seriously.

  Li Hui's heart also moved, but his face showed no abnormality, and he smiled and said: "I'm afraid Brother Lu is worrying too much. Besides, what can we do about these things that the elders of the sect are concerned about?"

  Lu Yingjie was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "In that case, I was worried for nothing. The little brother will go back and prepare, and we'll part ways here with Brother Li."

  "Go slowly!"

  After Lu Yingjie left, Li Hui also stopped staying and returned directly to his residence.

  He didn't enter Yuanhao Xianfu either. Li Hui sat in front of the window, poured himself a cup of spiritual tea, and continued to ponder this strange experience of descending the mountain.

  "What Lu Yingjie said makes some sense, this matter is probably not simple!"

  "To speak of the elite of our sect, in the eyes of those senior masters, perhaps only Ren Yunfei, Tong Mengyao and Chen Mufeng are considered as elites. But this time, none of them have shown up!"

  "The number of Qi Refining stage disciples is in the thousands, Foundation Building cultivators are in the hundreds, and Golden Core stage elders are two. This is just one family from Bi Xiang Men, adding the other six families, it's probably enough to form an army."

  Thinking of this, Li Hui suddenly had an epiphany: "The army! That's right, the army! This is essentially a military force composed of immortal cultivators! Those Golden Elixir masters are equivalent to high-ranking generals in the army, while those Foundation Establishment masters are like commanders of various squads. And we, as Qi Refining disciples, are just ordinary soldiers!"

  Li Hui continued thinking along this line: "The army is only used in war, so the army formed by the cultivators will go to war with whom?"

  "It's a demon repairer!" Li Hui's heart suddenly shook violently, and the hand holding the teacup trembled, spilling tea all over the table.

  In an instant, he understood everything.

  "This is a trap, a thorough trap!" Li Hui's face turned extremely ugly, with a few parts anger and a few parts chill: "From the beginning of Bi Xiang Men to the so-called 'going down the mountain to practice' this time, it was all a trap set by Bi Xiang Men!"

  "For some reason, the cultivators of immortality and the cultivators of magic are going to wage a war. In order to preserve their own sect's strength and prevent those core disciples from being harmed, the Azure Sky Sect came up with this plan, gathering us scattered cultivators under their wing and then sending us to the battlefield to die for them!"

  Li Hui's eyes were blazing with anger, but his heart was completely icy cold.

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