Chapter 71 Something's not right.
Chapter 71 Something's not right.
Meanwhile, in the control room next door, Deacon Jin curiously asked Qin Bilian, "Peak Master, what kind of morale-boosting combination of the character '神' (divine) do you think Wang Yan will come up with for Flying Eagle Mountain this time?"
Qin Bilian pondered for a moment, then said with absolute certainty, "It's definitely more than four characters."
Deacon Xiao Jin's lips twitched, and after a few breaths, he chuckled dryly, "Why don't I give it a try?"
When Qin Bilian looked over in surprise, Deacon Xiao Jin chanted, "Don't lose your will to fight! Once reinforcements arrive, our strength will increase significantly, and we'll be able to take revenge!"
"Our predicament is temporary; one day, we will launch a counterattack and triumph!"
"Grandmaster, what do you think of these two lines of mine?"
Qin Bilian stared at him speechlessly for a few moments, then said expressionlessly, "You selected a portion of the articles written by the late Grandmaster Rao and Grandmaster Wen and combined them together. The meaning is good, but it's not yours, and Wang Yan would never use it."
Deacon Xiao Jin immediately smiled sheepishly, "As you know, my Literary Heart Flower only has three petals, and my talent for divine script is indeed not high. I was able to enter Divine Script Peak thanks to your guidance, Grandmaster."
Because Shenwen Peak needed a capable person to handle trivial matters and coordinate internal affairs with other peaks, Xiao Jin and Qiu Xuankuang were selected from among the inner disciples who had developed the Wenxin Flower as candidates for internal affairs.
Furthermore, because he and Qin Bilian were from the same hometown and his sea of consciousness level was slightly higher, Qiu Xuankuang was responsible for guarding the Divine Script Hall. He followed Qin Bilian around and often received martial arts guidance.
In writing divine texts, he is no match for Zhou, Fang, Du, and Chen, and even less so for Li and Zhang, who are on duty outside.
Li Huanzhang and Zhang Ming are both Divine Script masters at the Condensation Realm of the Divine Script Hall.
Qin Bilian pondered for a few moments, then suddenly murmured, "Warriors, be patient when the time is not right. Once reinforcements arrive, we will definitely launch a counterattack."
As he chanted, a corresponding combination of the character "神" (divine) rapidly emanated from between his brows, releasing energy with varying fluctuations.
Deacon Xiao Jin was quite excited: "This is great! The word 'warrior' is very encouraging."
Qin Bilian's eyes brightened slightly, a hint of smugness in his eyes: "You think so too? Then I'll give it a try!"
He walked out of the room and came to the room with the character "War God" inscribed on it, and confidently wrote these words on the stone.
After a short wait, a hint of joy appeared on Qin Bilian's face.
Top eight in the category!
His best result before was only in the top nine of his category!
When he left the room and returned to the control room, he heard Xiao Jin say with eyes full of admiration, "Congratulations, Grandmaster! Your use of the words 'warrior' and 'timing' is excellent!"
A while later, Qin Bilian received a notification that several disciples of Shenwen Peak and other peak masters and elders had redeemed his application.
After another half a cup of tea, everyone sent their congratulations one after another.
"Congratulations, Grandmaster, on your progress in combining the character '神' (divine)!"
"Grandmaster's use of the words 'warrior' and 'opportunity' was excellent; I will remember them from now on!"
Qin Bilian's handsome face showed even greater joy as he replied to each of the peak masters, elders, and disciples who came to offer their congratulations: "You can also learn from Wang Yan's combination habits and simplify your wording."
Hu Jingfa, who was allocating pills at Dan Ding Peak, pondered Qin Bilian's reply for a while after seeing it. He then used his identity token to send messages to several trusted stewards and elders.
"Our disciples are all brave warriors. We endured the hardship and waited for our fellow disciples to arrive in time so that we could take revenge together."
A few dozen breaths later, Hu Jingfa also received a large number of supportive congratulatory messages.
Even Qin Bilian, who usually liked to compete with him in combining the characters for "god," surprisingly sent a reply: "It has a bit of the concise feel of young friend Wang Yan. Keep up the good work. Think of a few more good ones. When you have time, come to the Divine Script Hall to apply. Perhaps, your second debater's 'Flower of Literary Heart' can be upgraded to three petals."
The grandmaster actually compared him to Wang Yan!
Hu Jingfa laughed triumphantly.
Then, several elders began to use ordinary characters to form words and sentences for each other, as a way of making progress together.
At that moment, Qin Bilian suddenly saw that on the water mirror, under the pitch-black night and amidst the starlight, the Blazing Fire Sect's airship fleet, which had been circling several times above their sect's mountain gate, suddenly stopped.
Immediately afterwards, the airship fleets of the Shuihua Sect and Jiangyin Sect, which were circling in the other two directions, also stopped one after another.
Qin Bilian's expression immediately changed: "This is bad, they're starting to suspect something. Xiao Jin, quickly notify Fang Heyun to prepare for energy-gathering defense!"
"Yes!" The previously relaxed Xiao Jin immediately straightened his back, solemnly answered, and relayed the message.
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At this moment, on the Blazing Fire Sect's airship, Second Elder Qian Li, a late-stage Solidifying Realm cultivator, sent a divine sense message to the leaders of the other two airships: "Elder Jiang, reporting to the elders, something's not right. Have we entered a maze?"
A few breaths later, he received a divine sense from Jiang Mingkun, the leader of the Shuihua Sect: "I also find it strange. This is clearly the place, so why can't we see any buildings or people, only trees?"
Then, the elder leading the Jiangyin Sect returned to Hetian and cautiously sent a questioning divine sense: "We were here five years ago, we can't be wrong. Perhaps they lost too badly in the battle at Flying Eagle Mountain and became wary of our five sects, activating the hidden formation."
"Why don't the three of us each choose a direction and unleash an 'attack' technique once, forcing them out of their shells!"
"That Huihe Tian is so cunning! He clearly suspected they activated a hidden formation, but he didn't warn them, wasting so many Xuanjing crystals on flight!" Qian Li cursed inwardly, but decisively accepted: "Okay! I choose the south!"
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Mingkun chose the north, while the cold and gloomy Huihetian chose the west.
A dozen or so breaths later, they each piloted their airships, and from their chosen positions, about a few miles apart, they launched an "Attack" divine technique towards the verdant mountains in the clouds before them.
In the deep black sky, a character for "attack" appeared one after another, roughly several feet long and several feet wide, in the south, north, and west.
The space around them began to distort violently, causing the moonlight and starlight that had gathered to reflect and collide in the distortion, eventually merging into white flames that were too bright to look at directly. In an instant, the entire mountain range within a radius of several miles was annihilated.
Seeing this, Qian Li was very satisfied with the smooth cooperation of the two collaborators, and relaxed his slightly reddened eyebrows.
Inside the Divine Script Hall, in front of the monitoring water mirror in the control room, Qin Bilian saw the three huge airships floating in mid-air suddenly launch a huge "Attack" character into the air. His sword-like eyebrows immediately furrowed more tightly than a twisted rope.
"They launched an attack with the force of a mid-stage Solidifying Realm cultivator right from the start; they're determined to annihilate our sect this time!"
When the dazzling light made the surface of the monitoring mirror so bright that it was impossible to look directly at it, Qin Bilian sighed inwardly.
If the Nebula Formation can mobilize enough experts at the Solidifying Yuan Realm and Condensing Yuan Realm, and with the sect's profound energy veins, it can withstand attacks from early-stage Transformation Yuan Realm experts for twelve hours.
However, the sect now has less than one-tenth of its usual number of disciples at the Solidifying and Condensing Realms who can support the Nebula Array. Under such a fierce attack, they will probably only be able to hold out for an hour.
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