At this time, Zhao Dutian also figured out something and immediately shouted outside the palace: "Here comes someone!"
As soon as he finished speaking, an old eunuch wearing a blue and green ink robe suddenly entered the palace, knelt down in front of the jade steps silently, and said in a gentle and respectful voice: "Your Majesty, the old slave is here!"
Zhao Dutian's face was as dark as water, and he issued the imperial edict without hesitation: "Inform me of my decree, and immediately order Longlin, Jinyi, and the Four Directions to do their best to find out whether there are any signs of army mobilization in the three dynasties of Han, Qi, and Yan. At the same time, summon beacon fire and Baiyun
Luo, Tianjue, Qilian and other fortresses and border gates will all be blocked and imprisoned, and smoke formations will be activated to guard against any abnormal movements such as the enemy's knocking on the gate, sneak attack and so on!
In addition, I have issued an edict to immediately resurrect Zhao Bingzhong from the Central Pillar State and order him to command the Hurricane Army and the Pingluan Army. After receiving the Tiger Talisman, he immediately enters the camp to prepare weapons and food for any eventuality!"
"Old slave, accept the decree!" The old eunuch kowtowed respectfully, then flashed and disappeared in an instant.
Zhao Sheng was slightly surprised. Although the old eunuch just concealed his secrets very well, he could not conceal his feelings from him. This person's cultivation had reached the realm of Golden Elixir Perfection, and he was only half a step away from crossing the threshold of the Nascent Soul Realm.
After a second thought, he secretly thought: It seems that the eunuchs in the imperial city should not be underestimated, maybe one or two eunuch ancestors will emerge in the future!"
At this moment, Ancestor Qingshan had activated a Wanli Talisman and sent a message to his ancestor.
When Zhao Sheng saw Zhao Dutian's worried face, he immediately realized that the Holy Emperor was busy with everything, and he couldn't sit still, but because the three ancestors were in front of him, he absolutely did not want to be rude.
Seeing this situation, Zhao Sheng immediately sent a message to the Seventh Patriarch and the Ninth Patriarch.
Later, the three people hurriedly left from the Imperial Study Room and came to the Hall of Eternal Life to wait for their ancestor's reply.
Within half a day, a clear light suddenly penetrated the roof of the palace, fell from the sky and fell into the hands of Patriarch Qingshan, turning into an apricot-yellow jade talisman.
Ancestor Qingshan held the jade talisman tightly, and a ray of divine light shot out from the center of his eyebrows and penetrated into the jade talisman. His face changed slightly in the next moment.
He said nothing and handed the jade talisman directly to Zhao Zhenhai's hand.
Zhao Zhenhai read the information in the talisman and handed it to Zhao Sheng silently.
Zhao Sheng took it over, penetrated it with his spiritual mind, and raised his eyebrows, his thoughts were as expected.
Unexpectedly, there are only a few words in the jade talisman. In short, it is: "One day ago, Xie Juenan came to the ascension platform, hit it off with me, and asked me about chess. I have been discussing mysteries and Taoism recently, so please don't disturb me!
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Xie Jue Nan is just a name, but it can completely represent the Taishang Insect Sect, because this name means the second true king of god transformation in Central Continent.
In the Tianzhu Realm, the True Monarch of Transformation God has always been aloof and aloof, rarely interfering in mundane matters.
Xie Juenan took the initiative to come to the door, and his purpose was very simple. He just wanted to entangle the great master of subduing dragons and slaying demons so that he could not be distracted for the time being.
It has to be said that the Taishang Induction Sect is indeed a veteran overlord, and it almost played its cards right from the beginning.
People have clearly told the Zhao family: I want to return to the hegemony of Central Continent. If you, Zhao, know better, you should abdicate immediately, otherwise I will slap you in the face."
Zhao Sheng was very sure that a series of changes would happen next, with the sole purpose of damaging the Nantian Zhao family's high prestige in the world of immortality in Central Continent.
All of this is to re-establish the golden signboard of Taishang Induction Sect.
From the moment they received the reply from their ancestors, Zhao Sheng and the other two people instantly realized: everything was caused by the Taishang Induction Sect secretly!
After understanding this, the three of them realized the seriousness of the matter and immediately entered the matter into the jade talisman and sent the Wanli talisman to the Yuan Ying of the family who was in Shenlong Valley.
Soon after receiving the urgent news, the Yuan Ying ancestors of the Zhao family immediately gathered everyone and briefly discussed countermeasures.
On that day, each of the Jindan masters of the family led a Taoist army, and soon set off from Shenlong Valley and rushed to the spiritual veins and large resource points throughout the dynasty.
Three days later,
In the Palace of Eternal Life, Zhao Sheng and the other three each held a stack of urgent reports and carefully looked at the contents without any unnecessary expressions on their faces.
"...Urgent report, the Korean army and the midnight raid on Fenghuo Pass... the pass fell half a day ago. After the army broke through, the whereabouts are now unknown."
"...Gan Dang Province reports: Qifeng Mountain suddenly saw wolf smoke, the smoke was blood red, and it went straight up to 30,000 miles! The head of the Sanhuang Sect took the initiative to report that Fengyao's army was most likely to be wiped out, and the one who took action was the Great Qitian Sword Army.
The swordsmen have reached the hundred-man level."
"...there has been a strange movement in the sky burial. It seems that there is a gathering of corpses. The Heshan Sect has sent out a secret report. This matter is caused by the joint efforts of the Ten Thousand Corpses Sect and the Blood Demon Sect. The two sects have surrendered many left Daoli cultivators and want to attack this
Bad luck!"
"...The Xuanwu Jade Mine in Guhanling was breached, and nearly a thousand kilograms of black marrow were swept away. The Jindan masters and eight foundation builders who guarded the mine were missing, and they are all suspected to have been wiped out."
"...The Great Yan Giant Spirit Army left Shangjing one day ago and their whereabouts are currently unknown!"
After Zhao Sheng looked at it, he couldn't help but frown secretly.
Good guy!
Zhao only had borders with Han, Qi, and Yan, but these three dynasties unexpectedly attacked Zhao in unison.
It would be really bad if no one was secretly working to make peace with it.
Needless to say, this is another bright card played by Taishang Induction Sect!
You must know that behind the three dynasties of Han, Qi, and Yan stood the Immortal Weapon Sect, the Sky-Splitting Swordsmanship, and the Yuanshi Demon Sect.
The Immortal Weapon Sect and the Taishang Induction Sect have had a deep friendship for more than ten thousand years, and their alliance is almost unbreakable.
The disciples of the Sky-Splitting Sword Way are all a bunch of sword madmen who are afraid of the world being in chaos. With the endorsement of the Supreme Sensing Sect, this bunch of fighting madmen happily join in.
As for the Yuanshi Demon Sect, the founding of this sect cannot be remembered for a long time, and it has always been the leader in the Demonic Way of Central Continent.
In the past ten thousand years, although the Zhengdao Sect has been prosperous and the Demonic Dao has declined in Central Continent, the Yuanshi Demon Sect hiding in the northwest wilderness has never been destroyed by the Zhengdao Sect, not even once.
Zhao Sheng even boldly guessed: There is probably an unspeakable tacit understanding between the Yuanshi Demon Sect and the Taishang Induction Sect, or the two sects simply have some unclear connection. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the countless demonic ways over the past tens of thousands of years.
The sects were all wiped out by the Righteous Way one after another, but the Yuanshi Demonic Sect always prospered and remained standing.
"Qingtian, Han, Qi, and Yan are knocking on the gate at the same time. It seems that the plan is not small, and the person who comes is not good!" Zhao Zhenhai put down the letter and sighed.
"Humph, with our ancestors here, how can a few little things shake the Zhao family's ten thousand years of foundation! According to me, the enemy's real intention is to attack our family's prestige and plunder the cultivation resources while others are knocking on the door and invading.
Killing people and other actions are just a pretense." Ancestor Qingshan said coldly with a gloomy face.
After Zhao Sheng listened, he added in a deep voice: "Not only that, if I guess correctly, one of us is likely to have an accident, and at the same time, a few chickens will be picked out and slaughtered!"
"You mean...kill people to establish authority!" Zhao Zhenhai raised his eyebrows angrily, and his face was filled with murderous intent.
"That's right! Nowadays, there are countless forces that are vassalizing my Zhao family, and there are quite a few loyal ones among them. And they are the best targets to use to establish authority."
Zhao Sheng's words were quickly confirmed.
Two days later, among the thousands of urgent reports were four bloody posts.
All posts are left by the murderer!
In one day, four medium-sized immortal cultivating forces including the "Qingxian" Shi Family in Xihe Province, Fengbo Valley Queyangmen, Canglongjiang Lingyu Gang, and the thousand-year-old Liu Family were all slaughtered from top to bottom.
According to the report from the Dragon Scale Secret Guard, the perpetrator's methods were extremely brutal. The traces left at the scene indicated that the murderer's spellcasting style was biased towards the devil, and he was suspected to be the work of evil heretics.
At the same time, there were beacon warnings in the east, west, north, and west directions of Da Zhao. Several fortresses and border gates were simultaneously besieged by unexpected armies, and dozens of state capitals suddenly lost their news.
In addition to these, many mineral veins, medicinal gardens and other resource points in the three directions were breached, all cultivation resources were plundered, and two Jindan Keqing died.
Zhao Sheng soon received the news that the Yuan Ying ancestors of the family who were stationed in Shenlong Valley finally couldn't sit still and took action one after another, rushing to various places, either to guard the most important large-scale mineral veins, or as a mobile force to protect the spiritual veins while waiting for opportunities for the enemy.
Look at this awesome one.
Regarding the actions of Zhao Changdu, Zhou Li, Qu Feng and other Taishang clan elders, although Zhao Sheng felt that they were not determined enough, he could understand their actions.
After all, Zhao was facing enemies on three sides at the same time, and there were wars everywhere. The situation was very unfavorable to the family for a while, and it seemed that everyone was facing enemies.
It was under this situation that the Zhao family could not sit still and wait for death, and must choose to attack forcefully!
After all, there are countless caring people watching. If the Nantian Zhao family gets "cowarded", it will undoubtedly be a major blow to their prestige.
For this reason, Nantian Zhao's power was inevitably dispersed.
This may be the situation that the Taishang Insect Sect hopes to see, and it can be regarded as a conspiracy.
After the ancestors of the Zhao family went out in force, the situation in Zhao suddenly changed and soon stabilized again. The wars in various border provinces quickly ceased, and the massacres of family members also decreased sharply.
As time goes by, several of the most cunning and difficult enemies gradually surface.
The Great Qi Heavenly Sword Army, the royal Taoist army of the imperial dynasty, is composed of all foundation-building sword cultivators, and the number of the entire army is less than a thousand. Each Heavenly Sword sword disciple has experienced hundreds of battles, is not afraid of death, and is far more powerful than the immortal cultivators of the same level.
The flying magic weapon of the Tianjian Army is a cloud-penetrating sword boat. The escape speed of this boat is ranked first among the flying magic weapons of the same level. It has strong concealment performance and is often elusive. It can travel thousands of miles in a day, giving full play to its maneuverability.
Extreme.
The Korean Machine Army is composed of all elite disciples of the Immortal Weapon Sect's inner sect. The number is unknown, but it is known as "one man's army" and is especially good at controlling machine puppets to fight in groups.
The combat power of the organization army is directly proportional to the number of people. A team of ten people can often fight across ranks with the combined force of one team.
Dayan's ten dead soldiers, their number is unknown, their strength is unknown, and all those who fight against them are killed. This is a terrifying legion that does whatever it takes to achieve its goals, and often perishes with the enemy to complete its mission. (It is suspected to be a weapon refined by the Yuanshi Demon Sect.
Dead people usually have powerful Yin thunder and poisonous fire hidden in their bodies, and if they touch it, they will die.)
In addition to the above three Taoist legions, there are thousands of masked men with strengths ranging from Qi refining to golden elixir.
In addition, the ruins of seven or eight sects and families that were attacked at Shanmen Station still have traces of Yuanying's attack.
There are various signs that many Yuan Ying ancestors have secretly been involved. The only ones who "accidentally" exposed their identities are Master Tianzhi, Cao Gui Langjun, Zhengshan Old Monster, and Moyun Patriarch, four giants of the devil.
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Three days later, Zhao Sheng, who was staying in the divine capital, suddenly received a messenger talisman from the third ancestor, Zhao Changdu, giving him a guarding mission.
After Zhao Sheng received this letter, he immediately informed Patriarch Qingshan and Zhao Zhenhai, and then rushed to the Qihuang Basin without stopping.
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The Qihuang Basin is located in the east of Da Zhao. It is a huge crater covering an area of thousands of miles. The Canglong River that cuts across Zhongzhou flows through here, dividing the Qihuang Basin into two.
The northern part of the basin is rich in spiritual energy, with ancient trees and exotic plants everywhere, and numerous spiritual medicines. There is a second-level high-grade wood spiritual vein underground, a large spiritual stone mine, and numerous spiritual jade crystal marrow spiritual mines derived from the spiritual stone mine.
The south is desolate and lifeless, with a rugged surface and almost no greenery. There are only yellow rocks and gravel on the ground and many dark mines.
Compared with the northern part where spiritual energy is abundant, the southern basin also contains a variety of rare spiritual minerals, ranging from Five Elements Spiritual Gold to Houtian Geng Gold, Moonlight Mercury, etc.
Since ancient times, the Qihuang Basin has been one of the most famous treasures in Central Continent. It was occupied by the Ziyang Sect thousands of years ago.
After the collapse of the Ziyang Sect, and after hundreds of years of bloody struggle, the Qihuang Basin finally fell into the hands of the Nantian Zhao family.
After hundreds of years of careful management, this place has been fully owned by the Zhao family and has become one of the family's most important resource points.
That evening, a cloud boat broke through the clouds, plummeted down, and landed in a square in front of a cluster of buildings in the north of the basin.
As soon as Zhao Sheng flew off Yunzhou, the eagerly awaited tribesmen crowded into a grand wooden building.
After that, Zhao Sheng settled in Qihuang Basin.
This stay lasted only half a month.
In the past few days, Zhao Sheng has traveled throughout the Qihuang Basin, leaving countless marks along the way.
For half a month, no enemies had come to this place, which made him feel a little bored.
However, he did not know that the enemy had actually targeted him.
Who makes Zhao Sheng keep a low profile and rarely take action in front of outsiders, yet he is sitting alone in the Qihuang Basin?
You must know that the extremely rich cultivation resources here have already made people salivate.
Little did they know, this move just fell into Zhao's plan.
It is difficult for outsiders to know that this unusually low-key Sixteenth Patriarch is actually a late-stage great monk, with the highest combat power in the Zhao family.
In other words, Zhaosheng and Qihuang Basin are both baits deliberately released by the Nantian Zhao family, just for "fishermen" to take the bait!
As day by day passed, Zhao Sheng realized that the enemy might arrive at any time, or might never come.
Just because Xie Jue couldn't hold Zhao Xuanjing back for two months, which was already the limit.
If you dare to be ungrateful again, don't blame Zhao Dazhenjun for turning against him and refusing to give him any face!
One day later, night fell.
After Zhao Sheng inspected the mine, he walked out of the cave entrance, looked at the dim sunset from a distance, and slowly stood up.
At this moment, the ground under his feet suddenly cracked, revealing a thick crack more than ten feet long. Countless black energy swarmed out from inside, condensed into extremely thick tentacles, and rolled towards Zhao Sheng's body at a high speed.
As fast as lightning.
Zhao Sheng's reaction was also extremely fast, and he had already dodged away the moment the ground cracked, narrowly escaping the attack of the black tentacles.
"Roar!"
A roar came from the cracks on the ground, and the next moment, a giant black hand stretched out from the cracks and patted towards where Zhao Sheng was.