NOVPUBChapter 776: Chapter 420 Everything is Ready_1 Chapter 776: Chapter 420 Everything is Ready_1 Following Chen Jingtian’s lead, as he took his cultivators and retreated back to the Qingshui Market to stand guard, Song Hanchun also gathered some cultivators and fell back to guard the Shaoyang Market under the Golden Sword Sect.
Between the two sides, there were several mountain ranges, with each side acting as a nail, stationing themselves on territories that had never experienced the scourge of war.
During this time, a vast area spanning over twenty mountain ranges, which had witnessed the mutual assaults of the two sects of cultivators, had become a wasteland.
Moreover, the various larger and smaller family powers within had suffered devastating losses, with almost no intact familes existing outside of the markets.
Apart from the tremendous loss of cultivators, the primary issue was that all sorts of cultivation resources had been plundered by the enemy, leaving the place picked clean. 𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑝𝘶𝘣.𝑐𝘰𝘮
Such a vast expanse of battered land would, without question, require one to two hundred years to recover, and even then, it might be difficult to return to its heyday.
Perhaps it was for these reasons that the decision-makers of both sects seemed to tacitly agree not to deploy too much force to guard these ravaged territories.
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As a result, both sects possessed large swaths of land that no one inquired after, which gradually became a buffer zone between them.
Now, with both sects stationed across this buffer zone, there seemed to be no immediate plans to take the offensive within a short period.
In this manner, the months-long siege and battle between the two sides finally came to a stop.
However, it was obvious that the Golden Sword Sect’s main focus of attack was not on the Zhenyang Sect, otherwise, with the combined strength of the Golden Sword Sect and the Blood Red Alliance, if they had concentrated their forces on a first strike against the Zhenyang Sect, they would not have ended up in such a difficult situation of advance and retreat.
At this time, Chen Jingtian took a momentary breath of relief, but he also understood that they could not afford to be careless yet.
After all, the main force strength of the Golden Sword Sect remained formidable, and for any side to repeatedly engage with them, there was no chance of success.
If the Golden Sword Sect were to make a significant advance at Myriad Medicine Valley, causing heavy losses or even annihilation of Myriad Medicine Valley, their Zhenyang Sect would face even greater troubles.
Therefore, at this moment, he was also considering his strategies, whether to continue to pressure the Golden Sword Sect, or to take some people to support Myriad Medicine Valley.
Upon considering this idea, he hesitated for a long while, and then came to his own conclusion.
He was more inclined to support Myriad Medicine Valley, as the pressure there was too immense, with two Late Stage Golden Core cultivators leading the charge; such overwhelming collective strength meant that even if Zhou Yunxiao relied on the Defensive Great Formation to hunker down, it was likely that they couldn’t hold out for long.
As for continuing to attack deep into the Golden Sword Sect’s territory, relying solely on their few Golden Core cultivators, it would be very difficult to gain much advantage from Song Hanchun.
More crucially, should Zhao Hongsheng return, if he were to venture deep into the Golden Sword Sect’s territory alone, he might end up trapped and in a situation with no return.
If Myriad Medicine Valley were to fall, the Zhenyang Sect would likely follow in their footsteps; it was just a matter of time.
It could be said that the safety of Myriad Medicine Valley was equally vital and time could not be delayed any further.
Thus, weighing the various pros and cons, Chen Jingtian also felt that supporting Myriad Medicine Valley had become imperative.
However, it was only a few days later that Lu Xingfeng, the Sect Leader of Zhenyang Sect, assessed the current situation and devised a counter strategy.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Xingfeng sent word, instructing Chen Jingtian and Lan Yu to visit the two Great Golden Core Families—the West River Li Family and the Yingchuan Chen Family.
The purpose of this was also to invite the Golden Core cultivators of the two large families to join forces at the Myriad Medicine Valley Sect Gate, to assist Zhou Yunxiao in dealing with Zhao Hongsheng and others.
Lu Xingfeng’s idea coincided with Chen Jingtian’s.
With the matter settled, Chen Jingtian was not inclined to delay and immediately began arranging to support Myriad Medicine Valley.
As for Qin Xi and the other summoned cultivators, they were left in Qingshui Market under Zhu Yun’s command, and as long as the Golden Sword Sect did not take the offensive, they were unlikely to leave this place easily.
This arrangement was favorable as with the protection of the defensive formation of the market, the place was relatively safe for the moment.
It was especially timely as the three of them, following their team, had gone all out in attacking the Pingyang Mountain Range, destroying several Foundation Establishing Families and even more Qi Refining Families in total.
As such, their team acquired a good amount of treasures, and the three divided no small portion among themselves; since this was a comparatively peaceful period, it was a good opportunity to cultivate during this interval.
In this way, with Chen Jingtian and Lan Yu’s departure, Qingshui Market became calm, with neither of the two opposing sects showing any intention to stir trouble.
In the tense atmosphere of a major war, these peaceful days quietly passed by.
In the blink of an eye, a year had gone by.
To this day, the great war involving the three sects had been ongoing for over a year.
For a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, this duration is neither particularly long nor short.
In the meantime, Qingshui Market remained relatively calm; both Zhu Yun and Song Hanchun adopted a conservative approach, symbolically raiding each other a few times, and after deaths and injuries of several dozen Foundation Establishment Cultivators, they each withdrew.
Subsequently, there were several months of quiet, and as time went on, an unspoken understanding almost formed.
The main battlefield of the entire war was at Myriad Medicine Valley; as Golden Core Cultivators converged there, it also attracted the attention of all the cultivators in the Wei Kingdom.
As for the past year, Myriad Medicine Valley, with the support of Chen Jingtian and others, as well as the two Great Golden Core Families of the Chen and Li, had fought fiercely with Zhao Hongsheng and others numerous times.
