The early spring sunshine shines on the mountain snow that has not yet melted, and the shadow of late winter has faded away.

Beside the Yugou Mine in the Wangshu Mountains, a dozen Lingyue Sect disciples gathered together and were talking about the sect's mission.

"Senior Brother Li, what does this Star Order say, 'You must pay attention to self-protection when guarding the mines', what does it mean?

The senior sisters who were on duty last time have been here for several days, and nothing happened.

Could there be thieves coming to attack us this time?"

A young female disciple asked a male cultivator next to her in confusion.

Li Yuanbo was silent for a moment and replied slowly:

"It may not be safe recently. In short, just protect yourself."

"oh."

In fact, he knew.

Elder Mingjing, who is in charge of task announcements in the sect, had privately notified the Eighth Morning Star of Jinbo Peak a few days ago to send a team of outstanding disciples to garrison at the Yugou Mine, and he was one of them.

As the only son of Li Shang in Guang'an City, although Li Yuanbo looks average and likes to be glib, his abilities are not weaker than those of other disciples at the same time.

Just a few days ago, he successfully built a foundation, entered a new realm, and received several bottles of elixirs and several spiritual talismans newly issued by the sect. Since then, he has been taken seriously by the Morning Star of Jinbo Peak.

The priest sister told him: Our "eyes" came with news that this time, the Yutian Sword Sect has united people from the three major sword sects to form a "Sword Alliance", and they will go to Wangshu Mountain in the next few days.

They occupied the mine as a test before starting the war.

Generally speaking, when a large-scale battle between sects breaks out, high-level monks will not be dispatched directly. Doing so is equivalent to leaving no way for oneself to fall back. Not only does it lose the possibility of future reconciliation, it may even be easily taken advantage of by other hostile camps.

Come in empty.

Therefore, all the sects stick to their old ways and regard the battles between disciples within the foundation as an appetizer for the war.

Disciples in the Foundation Establishment Stage and Qi Refining Stage lack spiritual power and cannot wield swords or fly for long periods of time, so their battlefields are usually on the ground, while the battlefields of Golden Core Stage monks and Yuanying Ancestors are in the sky, which is different.

"Junior brother Li, you haven't changed your guard for a long time, go and rest for a while."

In the mine, a skinny female cultivator walked out and said to Li Yuanbo.

She is wearing the Taoist uniform of the January 2 Star, with shoulder-length straight hair parted in the middle. She has a beautiful face and looks very quiet. This woman is the eighth of the Twelve Morning Stars of the Spiritual Moon - Mu Ying.

On the day of the Moon Festival last year, she was the only Morning Star who was willing to accept Li Yuanbo as a disciple under the peak, so in a sense, she was considered his noble person.

"Ah! Pastor sister, it's okay."

Li Yuanbo quickly raised his hand and said, "The people who came to station here this time are all junior sisters. As a man and the face of Lingyue's new male disciple, I must not let myself become lazy."

His expression was serious but also had a bit of self-deprecating humor. His humorous words made several junior sisters around him burst into laughter, and he immediately won a lot of favor.

"Haha, Junior Brother Li is surprisingly reliable at times like this." Mu Ying also covered her mouth and snickered.

However, just when she was about to arrange the next steps, dozens of black spots suddenly appeared on the horizon and flew towards her quickly.

"Then, what is that!"

The cultivators of Lingyue used the "Spirit Eye Technique" one after another, squinting and looking into the distance.

I saw that under the visual field bonus of the Spiritual Eye Technique, those black spots gradually became clear, and then, a horrified scream came from the crowd:

"It's Feijian! There are monks from other sects coming here!!"

Li Yuanbo's eyes twitched, and he and Mu Ying quickly stood in front of the junior sisters and took out the spiritual talisman, spiritual sword and other weapons from the storage bag.

What was supposed to come did come.

Mu Ying immediately cheered up and shouted to the disciples behind her:

"Disciples, listen to the order! Prepare to fight!"

"yes!!!"

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In the sky, twenty-one sword cultivators stepped on various spiritual swords and flew quickly in the direction of the Jade Hook Mine.

The leader is none other than Cong Xin.

Things changed, and this time the person following him became Qiao Nai.

Since the last turmoil passed, Cong Xin's status in the Yutian Sword Sect has flourished, and he soon became a popular person around his senior brother Yun Jianlai.

Although he only has the cultivation level in the early stage of foundation building, under the vigorous training of Senior Brother Yun, he not only obtained various skill secrets, but also received a top-grade flying sword - the Seven-Star Sword. Now he is equipped from head to toe, and his whole body

It's all martial arts.

During this attack on the mine, Cong Xin was appointed as the captain of the four factions of sword cultivators, and Qiao Nai served as his deputy.

The teams of sword cultivators behind him were disciples from Xuanyuan Sword Sect, Ziwei Sword Sect and Huangquan Sword Sect, and their strength was all at the early stage of foundation building.

The purpose of this operation is two-fold.

The first is to give Lingyue Sect a sudden blow, and after killing a small number of disciples, judge the attitude of Lingyue senior leaders towards this war through the reactions of those old guys, and use this to find out the reality within Lingyue Sect.

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Second, this place is located at the core of the Wangshu Mountains, straddling the Lingyue Sect and the main city of the Qin Kingdom. It can be said that it is the only way for Lingyue disciples to travel.

If we can occupy this important place and use it as a stronghold, it will be easier for the disciples of the other three sword sects to dispatch here. This will have huge strategic significance for the preliminary plan to attack the Twelve Peaks of Lingyue in the future.

As for the "Lingshi Mine" here, it was actually almost mined out a few years ago.

This is equivalent to leftovers for Lingyue Sect, even if it is thrown away, it will not hurt or itch.

But to the Jian Meng, mosquito legs are still meat no matter how small they are, so it is best to grab them.

"Cong Xin, what are you going to do when we get here soon? Do it directly or...?"

Qiao Nai asked gloomily beside him.

"Haha, of course we will do it directly. Surround them first, and then attack them all."

Cong Xin didn't seem to pay attention to Ling Yue's Chenxing and his disciples at all. He just snorted coldly with a look of pride in his eyes.

To put it bluntly, what he is now is no longer the same as last time. Coupled with the numerical advantage brought by the disciples of the four sects behind him, it is more than enough to deal with a dozen or so low-level disciples of Lingyue.

Cong Xin didn't know that Qiao Nai had already leaked the news, and the "more than ten low-level disciples" originally stationed here in Lingyue had become "more than a dozen foundation-building disciples" and one "Morning Star"...

Qiao Nai himself was also very worried.

His cousin Qiao Rui just told him in the reply, "You don't want to participate in this raid either," but she didn't tell him clearly that she had reported the secret message to Lingyue's senior management.

Perhaps she did this because she was afraid that her cousin would blame her for not keeping the secret.

Soon, more than twenty people came to the top of the hillside and surrounded all the Lingyue disciples at the entrance of the Jade Hook Mine in a circular formation.

"Who are you!" Mu Ying stood in front of Lingyue's disciples and asked coquettishly.

Li Yuanbo stood by her side, the talisman in his hand already soaked with sweat.

This was his first time on the battlefield. Looking at the sword cultivators in the sky who were out there licking blood from their swords all day long, it would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous.

Cong Xin was seen floating in mid-air with a cold face. He did not immediately lead others to take action, but asked condescendingly:

"Junior sister Mu Qing of your sect, how are you doing lately?"

"Mu Qing?!"

Before Mu Ying could answer, Li Yuanbo and Qiao Nai were shocked at the same time.

Li Yuanbo was shocked that Junior Sister Mu from Silver Gong Peak had disappeared with Lu Lingqiu a long time ago. Why did the expatriate in front of him come up and want to know the news about her? Could this war be related to her or started because of her?

?

What Qiao Nai was thinking was that, judging by his tone, this "Junior Sister Mu Qing" must be very important to Cong Xin. Looking at his eager look, it was obvious that there must be something that she didn't know about.

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The increasingly sinister Cong Xin was indeed not what he seemed. It was just to avenge Zhou Feng that he burst into tears during his speech that day, which aroused the anger of his fellow students. And Zhou Feng's death must not be so simple. Presumably, the Mu Qing in his mouth must be able to

Find the key to the truth!

He quickly glanced at the crowd and saw that there was no figure of his cousin in the opponent's camp, and then he felt a little relieved.

Mu Ying frowned and replied calmly: "Junior sister Mu Qing is no longer in Lingyue. Besides, what does the matter of my disciple, Lingyue, have to do with you evil people?"

"Haha, that's very good. Then I'll feel relieved."

Cong Xiupi waved his hand with a smile, then his face turned cold and he shouted ferociously:

"Leave no one behind!"

"yes!!!"

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Directly in front of the entrance of the Jade Hook Mine is a small piece of flat land. At this moment, more than twenty sword cultivators descended from the sky, and the various colored spiritual swords in their hands emitted a dazzling cold light.

Cong Xin used the Spirit Eye Technique first and glanced at the Spirit Moon monks stationed in front of the cave entrance.

But soon, he frowned and discovered a problem.

"Um?!"
To be continued...