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Chapter 996: Chapter 967: The Aura
"But this is also good, it can help us share some of the pressure." After all, with their intervention, the Sea Clan from the North Sea and South Sea wouldn’t be able to provide full support.
"Since they want to come, let them come." As soon as the leading Human Immortal spoke, the others stopped dwelling on the matter.
"When can the cultivators from the other forces arrive?"
"It will take about ten years for all of them to reach the East Sea Shore."
"That’s too slow! Discuss with the other four major forces to see if we can launch a surprise attack on the Sea Clan within five years, pushing the battlefield towards the East Sea, instead of having it erupt in our own territory."
Moreover, the movements within Immortal Tao couldn’t possibly be hidden from the Sea Clan; they are very likely to be already discussing countermeasures, even starting to summon the clans.
"Yes!"
After discussing the division of labor, everyone hurried to their respective tasks.
The entire Cave Abyss Sect, as a result of this matter, had a large number of disciples start to take action, but in order not to expose the specific movements to the Sea Clan, nothing could be seen from the surface.
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Several months later.
The Zhang Family from Mount Yun suddenly sent their clan members to Mount Wanxian.
Clan Leader Li Hongshi greeted them with a group of Elders, speaking with considerable respect, "Honored guests, you must be tired from the long journey, why not come into the mountain to rest for a moment?"
"Thank you for your kind offer, Clan Leader Li, but we have urgent matters to inform other forces in the mountains, so we won’t be entering."
The leading Zhang Family Cultivator spoke with a decent attitude, "The matter we need to inform is contained in this Jade Slip. Your Excellency can personally examine it; we will take our leave first."
Saying this, he transmitted a mysterious Jade Slip using mana and then left with his followers.
"Clan Leader, why does the Zhang Family need to be so secretive? Can’t they just speak directly?" An Elder frowned, thinking that the Zhang Family looked down on them, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.
Although the Zhang Family is an Integration Family and indeed more powerful than the Li Family, the one who came was just a Lianxu Cultivator. He should maintain basic respect towards Clan Leader Li representing the Li Family!
However, Li Hongshi shook his head, his gaze shifted away from the Jade Slip, "I’m afraid things aren’t so simple; let’s go back to the clan’s Great Hall first."
He was now in the Middle Stage of Divine Transformation, and he could vaguely sense something extraordinary about this Jade Slip—there seemed to be a high-rank prohibition placed on it!
Upon returning to the clan’s Great Hall, Li Hongshi looked at the Jade Slip but hesitated to use his Divine Sense to inspect its contents.
One impatient Elder couldn’t wait and said, "Clan Leader, if you are worried that the Jade Slip might contain some danger, why don’t I have a look first?"
"Not necessary."
Li Hongshi shook his head, while extending his Divine Sense into the Jade Slip.
In an instant, the Jade Slip burst into Spirit Light, and Li Hongshi, who was closest, caught a glimpse of a complex prohibition flash by. The next moment, he felt something added to his Sea of Consciousness.
"Clan Leader, a prohibition appeared in my Sea of Consciousness!"
"Me too!"
Before Li Hongshi could examine this sudden development, several sensitive Elders started speaking out.
"We have it too!" The rest of the Elders were somewhat panicked and shouted.
"It’s alright, this is a prohibition placed by the Cave Abyss State for the sake of secrecy." 𝖓𝔬𝖛𝔭𝔲𝖇.𝔠𝔬𝖒
Li Hongshi then understood why the Zhang Family only delivered the Jade Slip and left—it was probably because of the existence of a secrecy prohibition, making it impossible to reveal any information.
And if he wasn’t mistaken, all members of the Li Family had this prohibition added to their Sea of Consciousness at the same time!
But this method was truly too severe! Using just one Jade Slip, prohibitions were placed on the entire Li Family, affecting tens of thousands of cultivators. The mystery of it was something even Li Hongshi didn’t know how to fathom.
"Cave Abyss Sect?"
"The one closest to our clan, the Great Sect of the Immortal Realm? Why would they do this?"
Without any concealment, Li Hongshi immediately shared the content of the Jade Slip, "The Cave Abyss Sect has mobilized the entire East Continent Immortal Tao, preparing to launch a great war against the East Sea. And this time, they came to summon our clan cultivators for the battle!"
Whoosh—
The complexions of all the Elders in the hall changed instantly. Just from that one sentence, they could imagine the blood and carnage that the great war would stir up!
A great war between the East Continent Immortal Tao and the East Sea Sea Clan!
For their small Lianxu clan, getting involved was akin to cannon fodder—after the war, they couldn’t know how many casualties the clan would suffer!
"How many people do they intend to conscript?" An Elder asked in haste.
Li Hongshi’s face revealed a bitter smile as he spoke with difficulty, "Ten Lianxu, fifty Divine Transformation, two hundred Nascent Soul, five hundred Golden Core."
The Foundation Establishment and Qi Cultivation levels did not need to be dispatched by the Li Family, or rather, cultivators of these realms wouldn’t even participate in the battle, and would only perform menial tasks in the rear.
"What!"
All the Elders, no longer preoccupied with the worry of post-war casualties, could not believe what they were hearing in that moment.
"If anything unexpected happens, our Li Family’s power will be greatly diminished, causing the family to regress by hundreds of years!"
To know that the Li Family currently had only about a dozen Lianxu, nearly a hundred Divine Transformation, and just over four hundred Nascent Soul.
The number of Golden Core clan members was indeed not small; there were over a thousand, but in the Primal Spirit Realm, a Golden Core Cultivator is just a Little Cultivator, without any significant influence.
Yet the Cave Abyss Sect demanded nearly half the strength of the Li Family at once. Even though it was powerful, this was too much!
"Did the Cave Abyss Sect mention any rewards or compensation?" After a while, the Elders gradually calmed down, and one of them couldn’t help but ask.
They all knew very well that, no matter how unwilling or angry they felt inside, they could not refuse the summon from the Cave Abyss Sect, as the opponent could put a bounty out within the scope of the Immortal Dao Forces! Unless the Li Family was willing to join the Demonic Tao, there was simply no escape!
