Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor-Chapter 1238: Leng Buyan’s Ruyi Scheme

"Open the gates, kill the enemy!"

After storing the Ninth Rank low-level Earth Attribute Spirit Crystal in his Waist Storage, Yun Xiao suddenly turned his head and shouted loudly from the city walls of Lishui City, causing all the human cultivators to pause in surprise.

Although Yun Xiao had just killed three Ninth Rank Advanced leaders of the alien spirits, there were still countless alien armies remaining, with some having even climbed up the walls. Opening the gates at this moment was unpredictable.

"Look over there!"

While the human cultivators on the city walls of Lishui hesitated, Jun Tieshu's peripheral vision caught sight of numerous human figures appearing to the north beneath the East Gate City Wall.

"Are those human cultivators? Reinforcements have arrived?"

There were still many individuals on the walls skilled in the Power of Soul, and even if those figures were still blurry, they could sense that these were humans, not alien spirits.

"The alien spirits' morale has waned, open the gates!"

Seeing the cultivators on the Lishui city walls still hesitating, Yun Xiao suddenly shouted again, and this cry made everyone shiver with excitement, their hearts filling with heroism.

Especially as they observed the alien spirits retreating like a tidal wave, the cultivators in Lishui City finally understood that the death of the three alien leaders meant the remaining spirits had lost much of their fighting spirit.

"Open the gates, quickly!"

Wu Tong was on good terms with Yun Xiao, so at this moment he decided to trust this rugged youth, and under his lead, many Lishui City cultivators recalled the youth's previous prowess, their morale soaring.

"Charge!"

"Kill!"

With the East Gate of Lishui City wide open, the situation was swiftly reversed. In a burst of fighting, joined by the human cultivators of Gushan City, morale rose even higher, and they slaughtered the alien armies, turning the land into a river of blood and piling bodies like mountains.

Naturally, many alien spirits had no blood, and killing them left no bodies, but sensing the increasing number of Strange Spirit Crystals in their Waist Storage, the cultivators of Lishui City, like the Gushan City cultivators before them, felt unprecedented pride and satisfaction.

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West City of Lishui City!

Leng Buyan, the Sixth Elder of Wuyan Palace, leading a few late-stage Elders of Earth Bending Realm, barely escaped to this spot, but suddenly sensed the atmosphere behind him seemed off. He immediately sprang onto a pavilion dozens of meters high and looked towards the distant East City Gate.

"What's happening?"

This glance made Leng Buyan furrow his brows, because looking far into the distance, there wasn't a single alien spirit on the East Gate city wall, and not even a human cultivator in sight.

He didn't know that those alien spirits voluntarily retreated and that the humans had opened the gates to attack, only feeling that the situation was exceptionally bizarre, as some things weren't within his expectations.

Several days ago, Leng Buyan personally led the cultivators of Lishui City to battle against the alien spirits, but the humans suffered heavy losses in the end. He was also injured by the Ninth Rank Advanced Water Attribute alien leader from the river, taking several days to barely recover.

Because of the powerful Ninth Rank Advanced Water Attribute alien spirit leader, seeing the alien armies already climbing the walls, the situation seemed helpless. Leng Buyan decided to take the major elders of Wuyan Palace and escape Lishui City, seeking a way out.

As they say, "As long as there are green mountains, there's no worry about firewood." Leng Buyan believed that with his status as the Sixth Elder of Wuyan Palace, coupled with his Peak of Earth Bending Realm cultivation, along with a few Wuyan Palace elders, they'd surely become sovereigns in any city they reached.

"Song Feng, go check out the East Gate, see what's happening?"

With doubts arising in his mind, Leng Buyan pondered slightly before instructing an elder next to him. This elder named Song Feng was the successor to Zhang Daohe, the original Seventh Elder who had died, and a formidable late-stage Earth Bending Realm expert.

Truth be told, Song Feng really didn't want to enter such a perilous place at this moment, but Leng Buyan's position was higher than his, and his cultivation far superior, making him ultimately unable to defy such orders.

When Song Feng went to the East Gate to investigate, he returned soon after, with an expression of disbelief, seemingly unable to accept certain things.

"What's the matter?"

Seeing Song Feng's expression, Leng Buyan found it peculiar, and asked impatiently, only to see the former raise a slightly bewildered face.

"Wu Tong and the human cultivators of Lishui City, they've charged out of the city!"

When Song Feng uttered this fact, his tone was still extremely shocked, but as soon as he spoke, Leng Buyan was first taken aback and then showed a hint of a cold smile.

"They can't hold the city by defending it, and they still dare to open the city to charge and kill. Are these guys from Wu Tong crazy?"

The situation of the bitter battle at the East Gate was witnessed by Leng Buyan himself. If there was any chance of victory on the human side, he wouldn't have undertaken the act of abandoning the city and fleeing.

Because once such a thing spreads, it will surely cause his reputation to plummet. Unless absolutely necessary, he does not want to go this route.

Leng Buyan even thought to himself that those stubborn guys would do best to die in Lishui City. Once the city falls, it's not impossible for the Strange Spirits to slaughter all the human cultivators in Lishui City.

This way, his despicable action of fleeing the battlefield would not be known. Now hearing that Wu Tong and others are charging out of the city, it only made this idea firmer.

"No, Elder Leng, someone killed the three Advanced Ninth Rank Strange Spirit leaders outside the city, and the Strange Spirit army's morale plummeted. Currently, they have already collapsed like an avalanche!"

Hearing Leng Buyan's sneer, Song Feng directly shook his head. The words spoken not only left this Sixth Elder dumbfounded, but also caused several other powerful figures from Wuyan Palace to gasp.

When they charged out of the city initially, their goal was to kill the Advanced Ninth Rank Water Attribute Strange Spirit leader to undermine the Strange Spirits' morale, but little did they know they would ultimately return defeated.

Thus, they all knew how formidable the Water Attribute Strange Spirit leader was. Combined with the presence of the great river outside, wanting to kill it posed a formidable challenge even for several Peak Earth Bending Realm experts joined forces.

"Wasn't there only one Water Attribute Strange Spirit leader? How come there are two more?"

After recovering from the shock, Leng Buyan finally grasped a key point in Song Feng's words and asked directly, already having some vague guesses in mind.

"It's said there were two more Advanced Ninth Rank Strange Spirit leaders hiding alongside, but all were eventually killed by a strong figure from Guanshan City!"

Song Feng only gathered generally known information from some ordinary cultivators, but he wasn't aware that the one who killed the three Strange Spirit leaders was the young Yun Xiao, who had deep enmity with Wuyan Palace.

Truth be told, seeing the human side's overwhelming victory earlier, even Song Feng wanted to charge out and harvest some Strange Spirit Spirit Crystals. If he hadn't been anxious to report, he would've wanted to participate in such a one-sided human victory himself.

"A strong figure from Guanshan City?"

Hearing this statement, Leng Buyan's brows furrowed slightly, but soon relaxed into a smile, hinting as he said, "Seems like there's no need for us to rush leaving Lishui City!"

Despite Leng Buyan's typically unemotional demeanor, he was actually hypocritical at heart, a remarkably ambitious person. Leading the team to the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield was indeed an attempt to gain a good reputation, so he could climb the ranks in Wuyan Palace beyond the Sixth Elder position.

That's why as soon as he arrived in Lishui City, he led the group to open the city gates and attack the Strange Spirits, hoping to use that battle to make a name for himself, yet unaware of the ensuing outcome.

Later when the Strange Spirits attacked the city and the situation seemed hopeless, Leng Buyan had no choice but to decide to abandon the city and flee. Yet surprisingly, in such a dire situation, the tide had turned, resolving the crisis in Lishui City overnight.

Regarding the reinforcements from Guanshan City, although Leng Buyan was amazed that the opponent killed three Advanced Ninth Rank Strange Spirit leaders, he wasn't overly concerned, as he had the powerful backing of Wuyan Palace, a top power on the Tenglong Continent.

In Leng Buyan's view, the Strange Spirits from Guanshan City were no threat, and those cultivators from Guanshan City, upon hearing the crisis in Lishui City, came to aid. After providing assistance, naturally, they would return to Guanshan City.

Therefore, Leng Buyan made a decision at this moment, which was to continue staying in Lishui City. When the human cultivators from Guanshan City leave, wouldn't Lishui City again become his for the taking?

Moreover, he could manipulate today's events over time. Eventually, the aid from Guanshan City would be forgotten. After expelling the Strange Spirits, all human cultivators would only remember him, Leng Buyan, as the leader of Lishui City, not the helping hand from Guanshan City.

This was the entirety of Leng Buyan's plan. As a Peak Earth Bending Realm expert with Wuyan Palace's background, he believed that as long as he stayed here, no one would dare contest his position as the leader of Lishui City, this was beyond doubt.

"Let's go, this Elder shall lead the charge against the Strange Spirits!"

His mind made up, Leng Buyan waved his big hand, the previous despair of fleeing disappeared instantly, replaced by a dignity befitting Wuyan Palace's Sixth Elder, exuberantly confident.

Of course, figures like Song Feng and the other Elders from Wuyan Palace were naturally followers of Leng Buyan's lead. Especially now with the Strange Spirits' morale plummeting, it was a prime opportunity to reap benefits, an opportunity they wouldn't easily miss.

However, as Leng Buyan led several Wuyan Palace Elders hurriedly towards the East Gate, they were met with a large crowd of human cultivators streaming back in from outside the East Gate.

Clearly, the assault on Strange Spirits outside had concluded, leaving them with no spoils to claim.

Seeing this scene, Leng Buyan's face turned somewhat grim. Then he noticed a familiar figure entering from outside the East Gate, none other than Elder Wu Tong from Firewood Valley.

And Wu Tong's gaze towards him carried a hint of anger and an undisguised disdainful mockery.