The leader was a man with thin eyes and a long beard, about forty years old. His name was Hu Guang, and he was a disciple of the Xuande Hall Supervisory Department.

There are two people behind him, a man and a woman. The man is about thirty years old, with a broad forehead and broad face. His name is Zhao Xiaohan, and he is a disciple of the Affairs Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The woman is about twenty years old, with icy muscles and jade bones, a face like a peach blossom, and eyes like a full moon. Her name is Xu Lin, and she is a disciple of the Department of Alchemy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

This Xu Lin, Tang Ning once had a relationship with. At that time, he was in the Herb Division, when the sect's trial ground was opening. He met the dying Wu Datong of the Mountain Guard Division there, and was entrusted by his will to store the items. The things he needed to build the foundation in his bag were handed over to Xu Lin, but she was rejected. At that time, the woman's indifference left a deep impression on him.

Later, there were rumors from some good people that he pursued this woman but was ruthlessly rejected.

He had never interacted with the other two people. He had only met them one by one in the Qianxing Hall, where the head general was a general, so he knew their names.

These three men were stationed at Yuanjian Mountain, southeast of Chigan Territory, about a hundred miles away, so they were the first to arrive.

"Thank you, senior brother. I was ordered by Master Yan from the camp to come to support you and others. The three of me will go ahead. The remaining disciples are on their way. What's wrong? The Corpse Puppet Sect has retreated?" Hu Guangdao

As soon as he said this, several people had unnatural looks on their faces.

Xie Lang said: "The Corpse Puppet Sect has not attacked. It is because our intelligence has made a mistake. We have just informed the camp. However, we are unable to contact you, so we are here to wait for you."

"The Corpse Puppet Sect didn't attack?"

"Yes. Come with me and you will know at a glance." Xie Lang said, turning into light and leaving.

Hu Guang and the other three looked at each other and followed him. They walked dozens of miles to the front sentry post. Xie Lang pointed at the disciples of the Corpse Puppet Sect in the distance and said: "We are only a hundred miles away from the Corpse Puppet Sect. , in order to prepare for a sudden attack by the Corpse Puppet Sect, we sent out sentries every ten miles forward, using fireworks as a signal."

"Half an hour ago, the Corpse Puppet Sect members came out of the formation. The disciples guarding the sentry thought they were coming to attack me, so they set off a signal and spread it to the camp. We didn't wait until we saw the signal. I thought the Corpse Puppet Sect was attacking, so I informed the main camp, but later I found out that they were also building sentry posts, hence the misunderstanding."

"I see." Hu Guang nodded and said, "It seems that the Demon Sect is also worried about us attacking his camp."

Xie Lang said: "I troubled my three junior brothers to make this trip in vain. It's because we made a mistake in our judgment. I feel very guilty."

"Senior Brother Xie deserves it for this trivial matter. Isn't it exactly what we expected that the Corpse Puppet Sect didn't dare to attack the camp? Since it was a false alarm, we'll take our leave." Hu Guang said, and with Zhao Xiaohan and Xu Lin, he went away in the light of escape. Go southeast.

Xie Lang returned to the front of the formation, and several people received several groups of reinforcements one after another, explaining the matter to them. After sending away the last batch of reinforcements from the camp, they returned to the formation.

"This is not possible. The front guard post is too far away from our camp. The disciples below were panicked. When they saw the movements of the Corpse Puppet Sect, they fled in a hurry. There was no time to distinguish the authenticity of the enemy's situation, let alone find out the details of the enemy's situation." Xie Lang said.

"What does Senior Brother Xie mean?"

"I want us to take turns guarding the sentry post, once a month. What do you junior fellow apprentices think?"

Naturally, a few people had no objections.

Xie Lang said: "Well, I will be on guard this month."

Zhou Tao said: "Brother Xie, you are the backbone of our team. How can we send a general to guard the sentry? Let's sit in the main camp! Moreover, we have discussed before that you will take care of the Bagua Integrated Formation. I will take care of the sentry post. Just wait for a few people to take turns."

Xie Lang looked at Tang Ning and others, and several people expressed their support.

"Since everyone has said so, the position of sentry post will trouble all junior brothers. Junior Brother Tang, you will lead our disciples to serve as sentry post this month!"

"Okay." Tangning responded.

"How about we, the disciples from the leadership department, take turns to serve as sentry posts, and Senior Brother Xie and the disciples from the transfer department are only responsible for guarding the sound transmission array. This makes deployment easier, how about that?" Wang Tianyu said.

"That's okay, what do you junior fellow apprentices think?"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Junior Brother Tang, you and the disciples from the Intelligence Department will serve as sentry posts this month. Junior Brother Yang, Junior Brother Wang, and Junior Brother Zhou will take turns taking turns. The teleportation array will be guarded by me and the disciples from this department," Xie Lang said.

None of them had any objections and everyone returned to their headquarters. Tang Ning summoned the disciples from the Intelligence Department to discuss matters in his stone house.

Not long after, everyone arrived.

Tang Ning said, "Just now, I discussed with Senior Brother Xie and others. From now on, the guards of the sound transmission array will be in charge of the transfer department disciples, and the guard posts will be in charge of the other four departments. It will still be a rotation system, one duty per month. This month, our intelligence will be responsible.

Keep guard."

"I will arrange your respective positions below."

"Zhao Yong, Qian Mu, you two stay in the formation and are responsible for guarding the warning bell."

"Zhao Liheng, Zhu Zilian, you two are guarding one sentry post."

"Zhong Mu, Qin Yao, you two guard the second guard post."

"Ma Boyong, Tang Zhen and you two will guard the third guard post."

"Ma Yu, Feng Shishi, you two and I will guard the fourth post."

Everyone should claim it is.

"As your cultivation level is still shallow, just send the signal. If you see the fireworks signal ahead, immediately send the signal back to the camp. We will set out to guard the post tonight. You can go back and prepare."

"Yes." Everyone responded and left the stone house.

At nightfall, Tang Ning led everyone to collect fireworks from Xie Lang, left the camp, and climbed to the observation deck according to previous arrangements.

Tang Ning, Ma Yu, and Feng Shishi came to the observation tower forty miles away from the camp. The moon was bright tonight and the stars were bright. They could barely see the Corpse Puppet Sect members who were dozens of miles away. The observation tower had been built about half way.

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"Uncle Tang, in your opinion, now that we have set up our camp, will the Corpse Puppet Sect choose to continue to occupy, or will they just give up and divide the borders and rule?" Feng Shishi asked.

"There are no outsiders here, so don't talk about me as a junior uncle. It sounds quite awkward." Tang Ning said. The three of them were originally from the air support team and had carried out many missions together, so they were relatively familiar with each other.

"This is an unwritten rule in the world of spiritual practice. It is the same for all disciples of the sect. How can we make an exception?" Ma Yudao

Tangning no longer forced herself, shook her head and sighed, "It's impossible to rule by dividing borders."

"Why? Even though his Corpse Puppet Sect has completed the integration, it may not be stronger than our sect. Moreover, it has occupied the Xushu Mountain Spiritual Mine, expanded its territory for thousands of miles, and obtained many cultivation resources. Its situation is worse than that of Yunni back then.

You still refuse to be satisfied even though we are apart? You have to risk your life to fight to the death with me before you give up?" Feng Shishi said.

Tang Ning smiled: "When my Xuanmen gained power, the Corpse Puppet Sect's disciples hid in the deep valleys and mountains. We went everywhere to surround and exterminate them, but did we ever open the door just because they hid behind the scenes? Now that the Demon Sect is in flames,

But isn’t it absurd to expect to divide and govern?”

"The strength of the weak is different. At that time, our Xuanmen was strong enough to crush the Demon Sect, so we had to eliminate evil. Now, even if the Corpse Puppet Sect has the Crescent Sect and the Youmei Sect to help, the overall strength is only comparable to that of the Xuanmen. Why not stop?

Wouldn't it be better to stop fighting and divide the borders and govern?"

"Yes! Didn't you say that? Today, the strength of the Demon Sect and the Xuanmen are on par, but how much territory and resources does the Xuanmen control, and how much does the Demon Sect control? How can we be willing to do so? Our Qianyi Sect has a land of thousands of miles around. , and the Corpse Puppet Sect is only a thousand miles away, and his strength is not weaker than mine, so why should I control the land for thousands of miles, while he can only live in a corner? If we talk about dividing the border and governing, my sect will have to give up thousands of miles. Land will do."

Feng Shishi remained silent after hearing this.

"But looking at the Corpse Puppet Sect's current formation today, it seems that they don't plan to attack. Instead, they built a watchtower like us. They must be worried that we will attack him. Does this mean that they have no plans to attack and plunder the land?" Ma Yudao

"If you don't invade now, it doesn't mean that it will always be the case in the future. It's just that the top leaders of the Demon Sect haven't made up their minds yet. They have continued to expand over the years and have obtained so many cultivation resources. They also need time to digest internally. Maybe with luck, they will invade again in a big way. , I have returned to the sect."

The two of them stopped talking. Tang Ning glanced at Feng Shishi and said, "Junior Sister Feng, your cultivation has reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. Why didn't you apply to the sect for Foundation Establishment preparation? Why did Senior Brother Lu transfer you here?"

Feng Shishi said: "In the past few years, I have attacked the foundation once, but it failed. Fortunately, I stopped in time and only suffered some minor injuries. The spiritual stones accumulated over the years were all used for foundation building and were destroyed. Again. In addition, Senior Brother Cao once again applied for the foundation building preparation, and I took the position of leader on behalf of him, so I did not apply."

"Are you trapped by inner demons?"

Feng Shishi smiled bitterly and said: "We haven't reached that point yet. The meridians and bones in the body cannot withstand the invasion of spiritual power, and they cannot be successfully condensed after being torn."

At the first level of foundation building, the influx of spiritual energy from heaven and earth into the body will melt all the bones and meridians into pieces, and then regenerate them until they can resist the invasion of spiritual power.

There will be about four or five rebirths in the middle process. If the rebirth cannot be successful, the spiritual power will be disordered and directly attack the Linghai point and internal organs, causing the monk to die violently.

Tang Ning took out the Qingxin Bell from her storage bag and handed it to Feng Shishi: "This is the Qingxin Bell given by the sect when I was building the foundation. It is still in good condition. I will keep it for no use and give it to you! It's a pity that the Five Clouds and Water Formation is here. It was destroyed when building the foundation, otherwise this object might be able to help you survive the invasion of the spiritual power of heaven and earth."

"This..." Feng Shishi hesitated, wanting to answer but couldn't save her face.

"Take it! I won't be using this thing anyway, let it use its residual heat."

"Thank you, Uncle Tang." Feng Shishi took the Qingxin Bell and said.

"I don't know when this mysterious war will come again. If you build the foundation earlier, you will have more power to protect yourself," Tang Ning said.

Ma Yu smiled bitterly and said, "I don't have much chance. I'm afraid I won't be able to get over this hurdle in my life."

"The opportunity to break through the bottleneck is only a moment's notice, so you don't need to be so depressed."

Ma Yu remained silent.

On the second day, the Corpse Puppet Sect's observation tower was also built. The two sides looked at each other from a distance of forty or fifty miles. From such a distance, their facial features were impossibly clear and they could barely make out an outline. On the other side's observation tower The two disciples don’t know how much they have cultivated.

Just like here, the Corpse Puppet Sect also has four posts per ten miles.

At first, both sides were still very vigilant. They each looked closely at the movements of the other side's camp. When they saw three or four figures emerging from the formation, they both watched attentively, ready to set off fireworks as a signal.

Especially when she saw the opponent's Foundation-Building monks and the Dunguang entering and exiting the formation from a distance, Tang Ning ordered Ma Yu and Feng Shishi to hold the fireworks in their hands. As soon as they approached their sentry post, they would give the signal and run away.
Chapter completed!