Chapter 346 – Linghu Old Ancestor
Han Li and the little old man walked out of the house together, and Xiao Cui’er, who was guarding the courtyard door, also heard a series of loud bells, and couldn’t help but look toward the little old man in alarm.
Seeing this, the little old man frowned a bit and took a few steps over to whisper something before the young girl’s expression returned to normal.
Then the little old man greeted Han Li, the two of them on the imperial weapon flying sky, straight to the council hall and go.
Along the way, Han Li saw numerous cultivators flying in the same direction, but most of them were disciples at the Qi Refining Stage, so it was evident that the strength of the valley was already greatly insufficient ah. I’m sure that when the Devil’s Way really attacks, even with the faction protection array to aid in defense, it won’t be able to hold out for long.
The gloomy face of the two people on the road speechless, not long to the huge stone hall before.
At this time, thousands of cultivators had gathered in front of the hall’s door, but they were all stopped by the guards at the entrance, allowing only cultivators above the Foundation Establishment Stage to enter and deliberate.
Han Li and the little old man naturally had sufficient status, so they silently walked in amidst the complicated eyes of others.
As soon as they entered the hall of the Deliberation Hall, Han Li was stunned! Because there is no imagined chaotic scene like ants on a hot pan, even the presence of nearly a hundred cultivators were silent, all staring respectfully at the main seat of a person.
Of course, this person is not the nominal Yellow Maple Valley Sect Leader Zhong Ling Dao, because Zhong Da Sect Leader himself is honestly standing on the side. Sitting in the main seat was a brocade-clothed old man with a white beard and hair.
The old man’s face was burnt and yellow, and his small eyes were dull and lifeless, making him really ugly. But for some reason, Han Li’s heart thumped as soon as he looked at this person, and his hands and feet trembled somewhat uncontrollably.
”What’s going on here?” Han Li was stunned in his heart.
As soon as the old man saw Han Li and the little old man come in, he only gave a faint glance. But this glance made Han Li’s body go cold and his heart feel uncomfortable, as if all of his dark secrets had been seen through, and he couldn’t help but change his color.
”Huh! Yuan Shen cultivation is good, practicing some kind of technique that exercises the Yuan Shen, right!” After the old man looked at Han Li, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes as he faintly asked.
When Han Li heard this, his heart was filled with a mixture of shock and fear.
But what was even more unbelievable to him was that he couldn’t sense the presence of spiritual energy from the old man, which indicated that the difference in cultivation between the two was vastly different for such a situation to occur. But Li Huayuan and other JieDan stage cultivators, have not given him this feeling over, rare this one is ……
Han Li thought briefly, heart appalled up, that a little anger has long been thrown into the sky, but instead respectfully busy replied: “Enlightenment seniors, under the cultivation of a little and Yuan Shen related techniques, seniors really eyes like a torch!” Han Li secretly praised the old man.
When the brocade-clothed old man heard Han Li say so, Silk smiled faintly, then gently waved his hand. Han Li and the little old man immediately stood in the crowd with good sense.
After waiting for about another meal, a dozen more Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators came one after another.
Only then did this clock Ling Dao respectfully speak to the old man, “Old Ancestor, the existing Foundation Establishment cultivators in the valley have all arrived. And Uncle Huang is currently at Tianshi Peak, I’m afraid he won’t be able to rush back for a while.”
Hearing this, the brocade-clothed old man lightly frowned, and then immediately commanded with a normal demeanor, “Forget about not coming. Right now, saving people is like putting out a fire, there’s no need to wait for him first, let’s start.”
”Yes, what the Old Ancestor says is right!” Zhong Ling Dao concurred obediently.
The brocade-clothed old man heatedly smiled at this, but said nothing.
”Senior brothers, let me introduce to you all, this is the long-heard of Old Ancestor Linghu. Old Ancestor reached the YuanYing stage three hundred years ago and is the only Supreme Elder of this sect. Now that this Sect has encountered an unprecedented extinction crisis, the following is for Old Ancestor to arrange everything.”
Zhong Ling Dao said a few words on the scene and consciously retreated to the side.
The crowd below, although most of them guessed the identity of the brocade-clothed old man, there was still a commotion after hearing these words, and they all looked at this Linghu Old Ancestor with strange eyes!
This is the Yellow Maple Valley nearly a thousand years, the only one YuanYing stage cultivator, I heard that already nearly 800 years old, can be called the Yellow Maple Valley’s ageless ah!
Seeing this chaotic situation below, Old Ancestor Linghu gently coughed, the hall immediately quieted down, who would dare not give face to this old ancestor ah.
”Since you guys have heard the alarming dragon bell, I won’t say any more nonsense. Now that the seven factions allied forces have suffered a great defeat in the front, our cultivators have suffered heavy deaths and injuries, and although we have barely managed to re-establish our camp in the second line of defense, the defeat is already inevitable.”
As soon as the old man’s words left his mouth, the many cultivators in the hall changed color explosively, while Han Li and the little old man exchanged complex glances and could only be secretly speechless.
”Old Ancestor, how is this possible? Isn’t the day of the decisive battle between us and the Devil’s Way still to come? It’s clearly still more than a month away!” A middle-aged cultivator couldn’t help but stand out and ask.
”It’s because those people in the front think like you, that’s why they were sneak attacked and defeated by the people of the Devil’s Way!” The brocade-clothed old man sunk his face into an impolite reprimand, causing the middle-aged man to turn red in the face, and after giving a salute, he hastily retreated back.
Seeing the middle-aged cultivator in such a state, how could anyone else be unwise, so although their hearts were full of doubts, they still quietly listened to what this Linghu Old Ancestor had to say below.
”In fact, the loss of this great battle cannot be completely blamed on the person in charge in front of us not being careful enough to watch out for the other side’s use of deception, but rather, there is a traitor in our seven sects. That person from Spirit Beast Mountain, even while one of their sects was on guard, he privately opened up the great formation outside and let the people of the Devil’s Way in, which led to this great defeat.” As the old man spoke, he revealed a few shades of annoyance.
Hearing these words from the brocade-clothed old man, the many cultivators came to a sudden realization and immediately cursed at that Spirit Beast Mountain’s cultivators, the scene was once again somewhat chaotic.
”Alright, what’s the use of talking about this now? The other party is highly skilled, we can only resign ourselves to the fact that we are inferior. The most important thing nowadays is for this sect to avoid the scourge of extinction. Knowing that the remnant cultivators in front of us will at best buy us two or three days, we must evacuate the Yue Country as early as possible before we can do so.” Old Ancestor Linghu said calmly and unusually.
”Evacuate the Yue Country?” As soon as these words were uttered, the entire hall fell silent and no one spoke up, as if the crowd was shocked!
For these cultivators born and raised in the Yue Country, leaving the Yue Country was too difficult to accept, and for a moment, no one spoke up to echo the old man’s words.
”What? Can’t bear to part with it?” The old man said blandly, not panicking, as if he had already expected this situation.
”Old Ancestor, could it be that your old man and the other YuanYing stage seniors were unable to repel the devil’s path?” Finally, a young man in his thirties asked with some hesitation.
”Of course we can, if us old guys join forces, we can easily exterminate these Devil Dao cultivators who are confronting you.” The old man said without hesitation.
”Then how does the old ancestor ……”
”But you guys shouldn’t forget that since the six sects of the Devil Dao can have such a great reputation, how could they have less YuanYing stage cultivators? A few of us have long ago done several fights with the old ones among them. As a result, we were at a disadvantage. Therefore, the other party forced several of us to take a poisonous oath that, like them, we are not allowed to personally participate in this great battle, which can only be limited to the level of JieDan stage cultivators.” Old Ancestor Linghu sighed softly, revealing a hidden secret that was greatly unexpected.
Only then did Han Li below suddenly realize why he had never seen YuanYing stage level cultivators appear in the great battle.
”If we don’t move away, when the entire Yellow Maple Valley is surrounded by others and wiped out, I won’t be able to come to the rescue even if I limit myself to my oath. Therefore, my mind is made up, the entire sect must leave the Yue Country. Moreover, not only our country, the other five sects will also work together with us, so that in a strange place, we can still rise again. At that time, when we are strong, we will just snatch the Yue Kingdom back.” Old Ancestor Linghu said with a cold smile. Obviously withdrawing from the Yue Country was not something unacceptable to it.
Seeing this Old Ancestor speak so decisively, the others didn’t dare to speak up even if they had different ideas, so they could only follow this old man’s orders.
”Everything else is fine, but there is one dangerous thing that someone still needs to do.” Old Ancestor Linghu suddenly said something that stunned the crowd, and the others couldn’t help but look at each other in disbelief.
”The people I pointed out below, follow me to the back hall, the others stay here and listen to Sect Leader Zhong arrange for the evacuation!” After saying these words, this old man stood up from his seat and walked towards the crowd below with an expressionless face, causing everyone to continue to be stunned.
”You, and you ……,” this old man was unfazed, pointing out as many as half of the people present with his fingers in a row, with Han Li and the little old man among them. After pointing out the people, this old ancestor went to the back hall on his own.
Han Li and the others were a bit uneasy, and after a bit of hesitation, they honestly followed.