Chapter 187: Battlefield
I thought I would be very calm, but when the time came, I suddenly realized that I was a little nervous… I don’t know where this nervousness comes from, but it definitely can’t be fear.
When I put on the new robe that the old master had prepared for me, my hands trembled slightly when I was tying the belt… How long would the battle last? One day, or two days?
After all, this is a battle between humans, and I don’t think this kind of violent collision will last long… But in this short period of time, the fate of many people, and even the fate of the entire world, will be rewritten…
I quickly changed into the new robe and tidied up my personal appearance… Then I followed the old master out of the cave.
Unlike the mountain gate of the past… when I walked out of the cave, I saw not the mountain gate that was always bustling with people, though it was not exactly lively, but it was full of vitality… what greeted me was a mountain gate that was extremely quiet.
It wasn’t that there were no people, but that all the people were lined up on both sides, looking at me and the old master with complicated expressions.
Most of these people’s faces were young… The Snow Mountain Sect is said to have 28 grand elders and 36 elders, all of whom are powerful beings in the secular world… Now, only six grand elders and ten elders remain here.
Among them, there was Chen Chengyi, who had just entered the Snow Mountain sect. The elder with the smile of an old fox… At this moment, his face was also complex, and rarely did he not wear a smile.
I understood, and as I walked down the stairs with the old master, I asked, “Are these the people who are going to stay?”
“Yes, if there are too few, the foundation of the Snow Mountain School will be destroyed… After all, after this battle, if you return safely, you will find… the Snow Mountain School has its own important responsibilities, and this foundation must not be destroyed… In addition to me, there are two other elders in seclusion who are in charge of the Snow Mountain School. I’m sure you will be able to see them when you return from the battle.” The old headmaster whispered to me.
As we spoke, we had already passed by a row of disciples… and the smiling elder was silently following behind us.
“Master, old master… As long as I am here, the foundation of the Xue Mountain sect will not be destroyed… If the worst comes to the worst, the disciples selected by the Xue Mountain sect, along with other selected righteous disciples, will be sent to a secret location chosen by the old master… I believe that in time, it will also inject new blood into our righteous sect and will not allow the evil sect to gain the upper hand.” The old master whispered to me and the old master.
After all, this matter was classified as top secret during the meeting, and it was always necessary to find a suitable person to do it.
The old master who had been walking with me stopped at this time… and turned to look at him and said, “Originally, you strongly petitioned to participate in the war, and I refused you. I hope you don’t feel wronged… Speaking of your cultivation, it’s fine, but the management of the entire Snow Mountain lineage has always been your greatest contribution, and it is also the best management. The Snow Mountain lineage cannot do without you… especially in this situation, you must…”
Before the old master could finish his sentence, the elder had already bowed deeply and said, “Old master, there is no need to say more. I understand naturally… As long as I am here, the upper and lower reaches of the Snow Mountain lineage will still be well-tended, and the foundation of the Snow Mountain lineage will not waver.”
The old master nodded and said, “That’s good, we can go and fight with peace of mind… and the more important reason behind this, I think you understand even better, so I won’t say more here.”
After saying that, the old master turned around and was about to leave… but the elder’s gaze lingered on me, and his eyes suddenly became red with emotion. He then said, “I will assist the new master well, so don’t worry, old master.”
This sentence did not receive a response from the old master. This time, he did not walk behind me, but only led me forward, leaving behind a burst of hearty laughter.
“Old Master, why did you leave such a message?” No matter how stupid I am, I can hear the meaning of a last will and testament in this.
“Haha… the chances of survival for old guys like us in this war are so slim that they can be ignored. It’s better to make things clear.” The old master’s voice was not at all fearful, as calm as if he was telling me what he had eaten for lunch.
Compared to Chen Chengyi, I am a person who does not know how to express his feelings… Faced with the old master’s words, although I was moved and sad, I didn’t know what to say.
In the silence, the two of them had already walked out of the mountain gate… At this time, it was already October, and the weather was already winter in the highlands. As soon as I walked out of the mountain gate, the cold wind blew my robe… The sky was covered with fine, fluffy snow, and the grassland outside the mountain gate was covered with a thin layer of snow.
Seeing me and the old master walk out of the gate, Jenny, who had been leaning against a SUV, put away her flask and said, “We’ve been waiting for you… it’s time to go.”
At this time, I looked out… and saw many SUVs neatly parked outside the gate. I couldn’t even count them all at a glance… and outside the cars, everyone was standing, and it looked like there were only a few hundred people who were going to fight.
There was no pre-battle blood-boiling oath… nor was there the oppressive atmosphere of a pre-battle… everything was very calm, and there was not even the feeling of blood and iron, as if it were something that was destined to be done in fate, and so it was done in a casual manner.
The only thing that accompanied me was the snowflakes falling from the sky… At that time, blood would have stained such white.
Facing Jenny’s words, the old head of the clan looked at me in silence. I was the real head of the clan here, and I knew it was my turn to say something, so I just glanced at everyone and said, “Let’s go.”
The voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for everyone outside the quiet mountain gate to hear. All kinds of arrangements had already been made. After my words, everyone got into the car one after another.
The old chief and I rode in a car together… On the car, the old chief said to me, “Many places in the no-man’s land are not traversable by vehicles… Before this, someone had already driven a herd of horses there…”
He was telling me some trivial things, and it seemed that he was just making conversation. Although the atmosphere was calm on the surface, how could everyone’s hearts be completely calm?
The SUV traversed the real underground tunnels of the Snow Mountain clan. This was the secret of the Snow Mountain clan. According to the old clan leader, after the war, the Snow Mountain clan would open its doors.
I closed my eyes in the car to rest my eyes… I somehow felt that this battle would bring about great changes… but what exactly? I couldn’t figure it out, but I didn’t think this feeling would be wrong, only because I believed in my own spiritual awareness.
The road in the no-man’s-land was easy to travel before… but when we got to a certain place, the car’s progress did indeed become difficult… After driving for a few hours, we all got off the car and switched to horses…
As the old master said, people from the Snow Mountain clan had already set up the horses here… In a short time, hundreds of people got on their horses… The hundreds of people on horseback galloping in the snow-covered world had an indescribable sense of tragedy and desolation… Because the destination of this trip might be a place of death…
The atmosphere in the group was very silent. The old master and I rode ahead. The horses, which had been trained, climbed a snowy mountain range very smoothly. At this time, the sky had gradually darkened, but the horizon appeared again.
It was a snow-covered grassland… Since it was only the first few snowfalls, the bare ground with dead grass was exposed… It seemed a little lonely in the desolation…
“Giddyup,” I looked at the vast grassland in front of me, and at the vague mountains at the end. I knew that this was probably the place where the battle would take place. This grassland should be dyed red with blood in the near future. An inexplicable feeling of strangeness rose in my heart, and I was the first to charge out on horseback.
Now, all that is needed is courage to go forward… Behind me, the sound of horses galloping in succession… Then, the sound of hooves pounding the ground in this grassland… like the sound of war drums, gradually bringing the silent atmosphere to life… The blood is finally beginning to boil…
The mountains are getting closer and closer… the wind is getting stronger and stronger… the vast grassland, after galloping for nearly an hour, is finally coming to an end… I see the place I saw on the map, the lonely hillside in front of the mountains… and the small, solitary temple slowly appears in my eyes…
I suddenly pulled the reins hard… and stopped the horse… The place of the battle will be here!
According to the plan, we will arrive here a few hours before Yang Sheng and his group… naturally, we will take another route… because we need to set up in advance… In fact, in terms of strength, with the addition of Yang Sheng and Wu Tian, the power of the righteous path is slightly weaker.
Besides, Company A has always been mysterious. We don’t know what kind of power they are hiding.
This is just a way for the stupid birds to fly first. It still depends on luck. The secret war between the two factions of the Life and Fortune Sect… the timing must be calculated well. If you come too early, the people of the Life and Fortune Sect over there, the intelligence agents are not eating vegetables. If you come too late, what is there to talk about?
Judging from the quiet grassland now… everything is going well. In a few hours, Yang Sheng and his group should be here… and that’s when the real battle begins.
The snow seemed to be falling harder, and the wind was blowing harder… In the midst of the snow and wind, I suddenly shouted, “Set up the formation!”