At Beichen Sect, on Dan Yang Mountain, several disciples on duty watched the ominous clouds that rolled in from the sky, nearly obscuring the sun and sky, their faces turning pale, their eyes full of fear. After a long time, one of them finally reacted, shouting hoarsely, "Quick, quickly report to the Sect Leader, Demon Sect practitioners have invaded our Beichen."
A Deacon Elder was the first to arrive, seeing chaos all around, realizing the situation was dire, and immediately shouted angrily, "What are you panicking about! With the Mountain Gate Formation here, they cannot reach the mountain. Be careful to guard your positions within the formation."
The disciples present, upon hearing these words, reconsidered and felt reassured, calming down somewhat.
Within less than a hundred breaths of time, a tunneling light flew out from Left River House, heading straight for this place.
An eagle-eyed disciple called out, "Elder Yan has arrived."
The tunneling light approached steadily but not quickly, landing softly in front of the mountain, and Great Elder Yan Zhengting emerged from it. He looked at the surrounding disciples and smiled, "There’s no need to gather here, disperse now."
The disciples saw his relaxed demeanor, seeming not to take the scene at heart, and were naturally influenced by him, each returning to their post, restoring calm to the previously chaotic situation.
Elder Yan stared at the slowly swirling demon cloud in the sky, but his heart was far from as calm as he appeared on the surface.
The appearance of such a situation indicated that at least six Nascent Soul Elders had come from the opposing side, to create such a momentum.
When constructing the Dharma Platform on orders from Mingcang Sect, he had anticipated that the Demon Sect would sooner or later make a move, but never imagined that the first to target them would be Beichen Sect, and with so many people at once; even during the previous siege on Linqing Temple, such a large operation hadn’t happened.
Then, there was a noise coming from a water pond not far away, with water splashing, and tunneling lights flew out one by one. More than a hundred disciples appeared from the water, all looking shaken, among them the leader, Elder Yan’s grandson Yan Zhenhua, who saw his grandfather and immediately came up to greet, "Grandpa."
Elder Yan glanced at him and sighed, "How many are missing?"
Yan Zhenhua replied gratefully, "Everyone has successfully retreated, not a single loss."
These disciples were ones sent to build the Dharma Platform outside, with mostly low Daoist cultivation, initially terrified when the Demon Sect practitioners came with great momentum, and Gang Wind Yin Thunder shook the Heavenly Vault, fearing for their lives. Yet no one paid attention to them, allowing for their successful escape.
Upon hearing this, Elder Yan’s expression did not relax, but became more grave.
He thought to himself, "Seeing the opponent’s demeanor doesn’t look like they are bluffing, letting the disciples outside return might very well be their scheme to capture all of Beichen in one fell swoop, hence they are not hurried to take action."
Although he had some preparations earlier, thinking about it now made him still uneasy, so he whispered, "Activate the prohibition in Left River House, but be careful not to let the sect’s disciples notice, to prevent unsettling their hearts."
Yan Zhenhua’s body trembled, "Grandpa means..."
Elder Yan did not explain, instead, he waved his hand repeatedly, "Just go quickly, don’t ask too much, and by the way, summon your big mother over."
Yan Zhenhua bowed and hurried away.
Elder Yan glanced around and saw more than a hundred disciples left, all bewildered, causing him to frown secretly. These disciples had just experienced fright and may still be invaded by the Demon Sect Secret Technique into their heart and spirit, so they couldn’t be allowed to scatter, otherwise chaos would ensue within the sect. He said, "You don’t need to panic, our Beichen Sect’s Mountain Gate Formation is passed down from the former Great Xuanmen Sect Linqing Temple by our ancestral master. These few demon cultivators can’t do anything about it."
His words were not empty assurances. Although the Beichen Mountain Gate Formation was not arranged by Cave Heaven True Masters, it is after all the foundation of the sect. Since its establishment, every sect leader has never treated it lightly, maintaining it for hundreds or thousands of years. As long as a Cave Heaven True Master does not come, it is sufficient to hold the enemy outside.
These disciples were comforted by him, though still fearful, began to calm down slowly, no longer so panicked as before.
After approximately the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, a female cultivator in white flew over from afar, landing on the mountain top, and the disciples opened a path for her.
Elder Yan turned his head to look, "Madam has arrived."
Lu Mei Niang looked up at the sky, "Master, the visitors are not friendly, I think we should immediately send word to Mingcang Sect for help."
She saw Elder Yan deep in thought and not speaking, then continued, "This is not the time to worry about reputation.
Elder Yan shook his head, "When it comes to sect survival, how could your husband care about such trivial face considerations, it’s just that I was thinking earlier, doesn’t the Demon Sect know of our Beichen Sect’s relationship with True Master Zhang? If they came here only for Beichen, that’s one thing, but could it be they specifically want us to send word for help?"

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