The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror-Chapter 393 - 173: The Times Have Changed (Please Subscribe) _2

Xu Qing was here, rallying the troops and planning the battle strategy.

Su Lianqing and other key members of the Red Flower Society were acting as scouts at the foot of the mountain, gathering intelligence.

In addition, Xu Qing had also enlisted the help of Households Commander Zuo.

After all, Su Lianqing was nominally still with the Inner Factory.

In the eyes of the Inner Factory, Su Lianqing was a secret agent placed by the Inner Factory at Xu Qing’s side, responsible for feeding Xu Qing’s intelligence to their superiors.

However, in reality, it was Xu Qing who had agreed to Su Lianqing joining the Inner Factory.

With the help of the Inner Factory’s Ti Qi, Xu Qing’s side had a better grasp of the intelligence on Qishan Island.

On the other side, the Zhou Family had already been protected by the Official Army and overseen by Feng Wu. Furthermore, King Lin was in seclusion at the Xu Residence, and once he completed the final stage of his cultivation, he would be able to come and support Xu Qing.

Should the Xu Residence encounter danger, King Lin could forcibly end his seclusion to assist.

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Qishan Island.

The altar had been set up, with the corresponding Magic Artifacts, Talismans, and the necessary offerings for the Ghost Gate opening ritual, all prepared one by one.

The Luo Sect Master was somewhat restless as he said, "Now there are some unidentified individuals appearing outside the island, seemingly probing us. Most likely they are Xu Gongming’s men, and he will probably come to sabotage the Ghost Gate opening ritual."

A white mist condensed into the form of the Heart Moon Fox, "He cannot possibly recover his peak strength, and the youngster surnamed Lin needs to heal his wounds. With the power he currently has in his hands, what can he use to fight us? As for his troops, their arrival would serve well as offerings. Once the Ghost Gate is opened, the rest will be taken care of without our need to intervene."

It was confident, even anticipating that Xu Qing’s side would bring people to attack, providing additional sacrificial offerings when the time came, thereby deepening the degree of the Ghost Gate opening.

Many birds with one stone.

After the Xu family’s youngster has had enough setbacks, tempting him to return to the Wenxiang Sect and revitalize its prestige would naturally follow.

Once the grand undertaking of the Wenxiang Sect is achieved, with the Qi Fortune of the founding Holy Spirit, it might even be able to endure another Heavenly Tribulation.

Hmph, if not for the Heavenly Master Dao’s lack of compassion, still suppressing its true body, it wouldn’t have to go through so much trouble.

Seeing the frenzied state of the Heart Moon Fox, the Luo Sect Master felt even more unsettled and decided that if the situation turned sour, he would be the first to retreat.

After all, the Luo Sect has always been about causing trouble, whether it succeeds or not doesn’t matter, as long as chaos ensues.

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On the half of the seventh month, the Ancestor Worship Festival, also commonly known as the "Ghost Festival."

Xu Qing and his people set sail for Qishan Island.

This island was not only desolate but also scattered with a lot of irregular rocks, with only one flat area suitable for landing.

And at this moment, that one flat area was still surrounded by strangely shaped rocks, which at noon, surprisingly emitted white mist. Within the mist, there seemed to be the wailing of ghosts and howling of wolves, all very eerie.

"This is an Array." Ren Tianyou said.

Xu Qing nodded and said, "I’ll take care of it."

As soon as his voice fell, he took the Wuji Saber and flew ashore. The white mist turned into ferocious monsters and charged at him.

Xu Qing remained composed, drew the Wuji Saber, and suddenly arcs of electricity appeared on the blade, flashing wildly. Before long, those misty monsters dissipated like smoke.

However, the irregular rocks began to move on their own.

With a slash of his saber, Xu Qing split the stones in front of him, and paper figures emerged to attack.

"Xu Jieyuan, I’ll assist you." Gu Wuji, seeing the Wuji Saber in Xu Qing’s hands emitting the effect of Thunder Skill, felt a bit bitter in his heart.

After all, the Wuji Saber had been with him for many years, and he subconsciously didn’t want the saber to be damaged, so he rushed forward.

Seeing Gu Wuji charge ahead, Ren Tianyou felt it improper to hang back, and followed suit.

Then came the disciples of the True Gang Sect and the members of the Giant Whale Gang, each making their way ashore.

Next, under the command of Li Gongpu, the Official Army charged forward.

In just this short period of time, Xu Qing, relying on his powerful Divine Soul and the Heavenly Repairing Tribulation Hand’s perception of the Array’s Qi patterns, had already figured out the operation of the Array.

With the Wuji Saber’s strokes, he quickly broke the Array, leading his troops successfully ashore.

But this was just the first step. When they truly arrived outside the altar, they found themselves surrounded by dense poisonous creatures, and the air filled with a terrible, bizarre fragrance, causing anyone who smelled it to become dizzy and disoriented.

"Heavenly Fragrance Miasma." Ren Tianyou, with his broad experience, recognized this substance immediately.

Fortunately, Xu Qing had been on guard, his Divine Soul Power had already raised a strong wind, blowing the miasma toward the altar. But over there, a strange fox’s laughter emerged, and soon Xu Qing’s Divine Soul Power could no longer move the miasma, instead being gradually pushed back by the opponent.

"Indeed, my current Divine Soul Power is still lacking compared to a Possession Level Divine Soul," Xu Qing tested quietly.

He transmitted a message secretly to Gu Wuji and Ren Tianyou, and the three of them erupted with Qi-Blood at almost the same time. Their strong and masculine blood energy directly made the Divine Soul Power within the miasma show signs of dispersing.

At the same time, Gu Wuji and Ren Tianyou were also shocked.

The Demon Fox’s Divine Soul Power was so solid that it did not immediately disperse even when driving the miasma with Divine Soul Power.

Their powerful Qi-Blood impacted the fox’s demonic laughing Divine Soul, but the laughter became even more unrestrained, with the pitch rising higher as if reaching into the Nine Heavens.

The sky also grew darker and darker.

During the standoff, Li Gongpu instructed the Official Army to form up and move closer, reaching about one hundred and fifty steps.

"Fire the arrows!"

These Archers, who had been prepared mentally in advance, drew their bows and nocked their arrows.

In a three-stage volley, the barrage of Purple Thunder Rockets was unleashed generously towards the altar.

"Rockets?" The Luo Sect Master on the altar saw this and was first puzzled, then heard a loud bang.

These rockets burst before they even hit the altar.

"Purple Thunder Gunpowder from the Fang Immortal Dao." The Luo Sect Master, smelling the gunpowder, felt utterly suppressed in spirit.