Chapter 745: Chapter 79: Qiu Changtian Personally Goes to War
Not long after contacting Shushan, the reply ca from the other side.
Contrary to the expectations of the Kunlun Elders, Shushan declined the proposal to cooperate with Kunlun in attacking the Asura Path Sect, citing internal sect affairs that needed tending to.
This was quite unusual. As everyone knew, whenever it ca to matters related to battle, Shushan was always eager, even fearing they might fall behind others.
What internal sect affairs could they be dealing with?
Since Shushan’s response was vague, Qiu Changtian was clueless about the specifics. Although he intended to seek information using Ling Yunpo, considering he was currently engaged in a strategic bout with another persona, Wei Dongliu, he had to let it go.
Thus, the day for Kunlun’s deploynt arrived, with a host of High Rank Cultivators gathering in front of Jade Void Palace, with the Ziwei Master delivering a speech.
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It was the usual lengthy and tedious leadership speech that nearly bored one to explosion, as Qiu Changtian kept a stern face throughout the entire ti, striving not to be distracted. He did so to set a good example for the other Kunlun Cultivators.
After the speech, with a wave of the Ziwei Master’s horsetail whisk, they imdiately set off.
Above the Kunlun Heavenly Pillar, suddenly, ten thousand strands of light brilliance lit up, making the sky above brightly transparent.
Nurous streaks of Sword Light flew across the Kunlun Mountain Range, hastening towards Iron City Mountain at the edge of the plateau like a glorious teor shower!
The Sword Light of the Ziwei Master led the vanguard, with the Tai Yi Dividing Light Sword closely behind, ready to thwart any surprise attacks on the main force.
Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian followed closely on their swords, with several Kunlun Elders guarding above, below, left, and right, protecting them so tightly that only a Demon Cultivate Immortal attacking could possibly breach such a formidable guard.
As for the Chi Song Immortal, there was no need to ntion him. Being the Sect Guardian Immortal, he had his own divine techniques and secret thods that allowed him to move instantaneously between Kunlun and Iron City Mountain, thus not needing to accompany the main force.
The Asura Path clearly had wind of the situation in advance; not a single monk could be found within a hundred miles of the outskirts of Iron City Mountain, foiling Kunlun’s intention to kill a few Demon Path Cultivators as a sacrificial offering.
When the Kunlun forces arrived at the base of Iron City Mountain, they imdiately began setting up Formations on site.
Formations are essentially the cultivation version of war machinery. The larger the scale of war, the more important Formations beco.
If no Formations were set up, and the Asura Path employed so super-powerful large area-of-effect secret techniques targeting Kunlun’s main formation, the High Rank Cultivators might be able to protect themselves, but a multitude of Low Rank Cultivators would perish, ending the need for further combat.
As the commander, Qiu Changtian went to personally inspect the setup of the Formations.
The individual in charge of the Formations was the Nascent Soul Elder, Jinpo. This Nascent Soul Elder had a unique passion for Formations, and it was said that he originally intended to join Penglai but sohow ended up in Kunlun instead.
Upon inspection, Qiu Changtian found that the arrangent techniques were rely standard, with anti-fly, weakening, and alert Runic Scripts, all employing the most conventional structures—put in programr’s terms, this fellow was copying and pasting code, which should be fine.
“Changgeng True Person!” Jinpo Elder warmly greeted as he ca over, “Who would have thought you also understood Formations?”
“Not at all, not at all,” Qiu Changtian swiftly denied, shaking his head, “Just ca to see, how is the progress going?”
“Is that so?” Jinpo Elder appeared sowhat disappointed, but quickly patted his chest confidently and said, “There’s definitely no problem with the Formation, I’ve been arranging it like this for nearly a thousand years, absolutely no mistakes will occur!”
Nearly a thousand years without an update? Mistakes might not happen, but the fear is that the Demon Cult might find a loophole!
Qiu Changtian fell silent for a mont, thinking that this certainly wouldn’t do.
Martial matters must never be too cautiously addressed. If there were any vulnerabilities in the Formations, and those from the Demon Cult seized upon them, could Wei Dongliu really prevent them from exploiting the vulnerabilities?
After pondering for a while, Qiu Changtian sincerely smiled and said:
“Although I don’t understand, I wish to learn from the elder.”
Jinpo Elder’s eyes lit up, and he quickly replied:
“Sure! Changgeng, whatever you wish to learn, I’ll hold nothing back!”
“Let’s start with this Formation then,” Qiu Changtian said humbly.
Eagerly, Jinpo Elder began to explain the Formation to him.
Having explained a concept, Qiu Changtian pretended not to understand and started to ask questions.
After only two or three questions, Elder Jinpo found himself unable to answer.
As an elder who served in the Kunlun, although he was quite interested in formations, his main focus was always on practicing breathing exercises. He was no match for Qiu Changtian in the mastery of formations and soon beca at a loss for words.
With earnest persuasion, Qiu Changtian shared so of his insights, prompting Elder Jinpo to fall deep in thought.
By the ti he fully grasped the intricacies and knew how to modify the formation, he realized Qiu Changtian had quietly left long ago.
Having taken care of the formation defenses, Qiu Changtian started to confirm the strategy for arranging the troops.
Surrounding Iron City Mountain were many steep cliffs, many of which had been hollowed out to create stone caves to house Buddha statues.
Careful inspection by the Kunlun Cultivators revealed nurous secret passages behind these caves, though their destinations were unknown.
To be safe, Qiu Changtian ordered everyone to stay away from the caves to prevent the Asura Path monks from erging and launching surprise attacks. He also sent people to the Asura Path Sect to openly challenge and engage in unceasing magical combat to attract the attention of the Demon Cult.
After several days, both sides had suffered injuries.
Although there were more victories than losses on the side of the Kunlun, two Golden Core True Persons unfortunately fell in battle—one’s spiritual light was shattered by a blow from a Vajra Pestle, causing his soul to disperse on the spot, while the other was sprayed with a mouthful of poison blood and failed to survive long enough for rescue, passing away upon return to their own ranks.
Qiu Changtian was also troubled. Although casualties are inevitable on the battlefield, considering that the plan to approach Iron City Mountain was his proposal, the more Kunlun Cultivators who died there, the more the responsibility would inevitably be placed upon him.
Furthermore, considering that most of the Kunlun Cultivators were venerable recluses, focusing only on breathing exercises and Qi refinent and nowhere near as combat-ready as the Shushan Sword Immortals, the only way to genuinely reduce the casualty rate was to strengthen the threshold of strength for those entering battle.
The strength referred to here is in comparison to others of the sa rank. For example, if the Asura Path sent out a Golden Core Realm Cultivator of Obscure Weave Rank, Kunlun certainly wouldn’t dispatch a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator to fight them.
Yet, among those of the Golden Core Realm Obscure Weave Rank, the one with stronger magical competition abilities would more likely survive.
Hmm, if one must use a standard of asure, the higher the grade of the Golden Core, the stronger the cultivator’s strength among those of the sa tier…
Having realized this, Qiu Changtian suddenly understood and laughed heartily.
After all that’s said and done, it would still take Changgeng True Person stepping forward to reduce the casualty rate of Kunlun to zero.
I must personally join the battle!
Qiu Changtian quickly proceeded to the Ziwei Sect Leader’s location, repeated his reasoning to his master, and then volunteered for battle.
The Ziwei Sect Leader mused in silence.
In the past, he would definitely not have agreed to let his beloved disciple go to war. After all, there was only one First Grade Golden Core in the world—if he went to battle, who knew how the Demon Cult might secretly conspire against him with all manner of sches.
But now, with the Kunlun Taiqing Sect and the Asura Path fully at war, if Qiu Changtian continued to conceal his strength, it could cause dissatisfaction among the sect mbers, suspecting favoritism or even doubting his abilities…
Enough of that. Since he’s to succeed as the Sect Leader, how could he do so without proper tribulation and training?
“If I rember correctly, you said you have reached a bottleneck, right?” Ziwei Sect Leader asked leisurely.
“Yes, Master,” Qiu Changtian nodded and said.
“Hmm.” The Ziwei Sect Leader then took the Tai Yi Dividing Light Sword and handed it over, saying, “Take this for self-defense.”
“The Asura monks are fierce and skilled in combat. If you can break through your bottleneck in a life-and-death confrontation, it would be fortuitous.”
“But you must guard against complacency and never take things lightly… though, with your temperant, I have no concerns,” the Sect Leader added.
Qiu Changtian assented repeatedly, took the Tai Yi Dividing Light Sword, and left.
The Ziwei Sect Leader watched his beloved disciple depart, feeling restless. Unable to help himself, he continued to divine his disciple’s fate.
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