Cultivation: Fortune by Lots

The good news is that Senior Sister Tang Xiaotang has come, giving Shangguan Yunbo, Ye Dongming, Ye Cheng and others some relief.

Although the former Celestial Master, Master Tang, has come this time primarily to hunt down the Ninefold Sky Great Demon Long Sky Gray Wolf.

But Long Sky Gray Wolf is already injured.

Although the Ninefold Heavens Martial Saint expert from the Solitary Eagle Khanate is quite formidable, the alliance of a man and a demon is not enough to overpower Tang Xiaotang and Shangguan Yunbo with the Expelling Invaders Halberd in hand.

Finally, in a chaotic battle, the Great Demon Long Sky Gray Wolf, who had once rampaged across the Northern Border, ultimately failed to escape, suffering a heavy blow from Shangguan Yunbo, and was killed on the spot by Tang Xiaotang.

This demon had previously roared arrogantly in its territory, its attacks fierce and ruthless, while also being adept at feigning death or preserving itself, thus roaming the Northern Border for years.

Both the other Great Demon Snow Country Bear King in the Northern Border and the human cultivators from the Great Tang Imperial Dynasty in the south had suffered significant losses to Long Sky Gray Wolf.

However, this time, it was relentlessly pursued by Tang Xiaotang, and all its feigned death or replacement tactics were exhausted, making escape impossible in the end.

On the other hand, the Martial Saint from the Solitary Eagle Khanate managed to escape during the chaos after being struck by Tang Xiaotang.

Tang Xiaotang and Shangguan Yunbo continued to pursue this wily opponent.

Thus, the Solitary Eagle Khanate’s second invasion met with failure, and the situation seems mostly resolved.

However, to prevent any contingencies, since Tang Xiaotang and Shangguan Yunbo are absent, Celestial Master Lei withdrew from combat and remained in the northwest to oversee.

In the final stage of the great battle, many tasks remained.

Completely sealing the Void Gateway on Guyun Plains.

Eradicating the remaining foreign tribes scattered and fleeing with low to medium cultivation levels.

Pacifying people’s hearts, providing aid to affected citizens and herdsmen, calming natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes caused by the previous battle, returning peace to the people.

Specific details are handled by the imperial envoy and Pure Yang Palace like the local authority.

Lei Jun returned directly to Pure Yang Palace to oversee for the time being.

Sect Leader Jiang Yu of Pure Yang Palace and King Zhang Zhen of Weiyang were both heavily injured in this battle and needed some quiet rest.

Elder Yue Xiling, Wang Xuan, Lü Jinduan, and other Pure Yang Palace elders managed the palace affairs, and received Fang Zhu and others who had retreated together.

Remaining at Pure Yang Palace, Xiao Chunhui left to meet up with his elder brother Xiao Hang, taking charge of the cleanup of residual enemies while also handling disaster relief.

Elder Miaoyi from Tianlong Temple and Abbot Suoyang from Vajra Temple assisted from the side.

"Is that Ninefold Heavens Martial Saint named Bomu Ge?" Lei Jun asked in Pure Yang Palace.

In the early years, after the first invasion of the Solitary Eagle Khanate was repelled, the Great Tang Imperial Dynasty captured some foreign people.

Through years of continuous attempts and exchanges, especially examining historical records of dealings between the Central Plains and northern aliens before the end of the Great Han Dynasty, the Tang Imperial Court gradually became able to interrogate captives to obtain some necessary intelligence.

According to Lei Jun’s previous observation, perhaps due to the presence of Guo Licheng and Han Yu from Three Springs Palace, key figures over there in the Solitary Eagle Khanate, such as Mi Han, were also familiar with Han writing and language of this world.

However, because of the divergent historical currents after the end of the Great Han Dynasty, with the passage of time, subtle differences have emerged even in Han writing and language of different mortal worlds.

But eliminating these language discrepancies is relatively simpler.

Ye Dongming and Ye Cheng, seated next to Lei Jun, both nodded: "Based on the current interrogation of captives, this wily foe named Bomu Ge is a leader of the Sunset Tribe, which is one of the prominent tribes in the Solitary Eagle Khanate and holds a significant position."

In the previous battle, the Ninefold Heavens Martial Saint realm’s Bomu Ge greatly troubled Shangguan Yunbo, Ye Dongming, Ye Cheng, and other Great Tang cultivators.

The core reason was his speed and attack-defense strength.

With Shangguan Yunbo wielding the Expelling Invaders Halberd, he could temporarily counter the mighty foe of the Nine Heavens Realm.

But if the enemy of the Nine Heavens Realm chooses his opponent, the one most difficult for Shangguan Yunbo to face is the Martial Saint expert who similarly follows the martial cultivation path.

This point mostly applies to others in similar situations as well.

The reason is simply that their characteristics are generally the same, and even their strengths and weaknesses are quite similar, making Shangguan Yunbo almost devoid of any advantage facing Martial Saint experts like Bomu Ge.

As a result, while Shangguan Yunbo could protect himself in that battle, he could hardly restrain Bomu Ge the way he could other strong opponents like Wei Ancheng.

Without Shangguan Yunbo wielding the Expelling Invaders Halberd to withstand the greatest pressure from the enemy, the risks for Ye Dongming, Ye Cheng, and other Great Tang cultivators increased dramatically.

Ye Cheng cultivated Confucian Classical Studies, and thanks to improvements by Confucian scholars like Ye Yan and Ye Moquan, he was not as vulnerable to Martial Artists from the Solitary Eagle Khanate as a Scholarly Cultivator.

However, Bomu Ge’s cultivation realm was evidently higher than his, worsening the situation again, and he was the first to be injured by Bomu Ge.

Mount Shu Sect High Merit Elder Ye Dongming’s Snow Peak Umbrella, one of his two life-bound magical treasures, was originally adept at protection but was destroyed by Huangquan Li Shushan cultivators’ attacks.

In recent years, he successfully reforged the Snow Peak Umbrella, but its foundation was still weaker compared to before.

With Bomu Ge having the body of a Martial Saint, his attacks were extremely fierce, and Ye Dongming was injured after Ye Cheng.

Fortunately, Tang Xiaotang arrived to hunt down Long Sky Gray Wolf, eventually turning the tide of battle.

"Long Sky Gray Wolf fled from Master Tang’s pursuit and sought out the foreign tribes, might there be some hidden meaning?"

Elder Lü Jinduan of Pure Yang Palace speculated: "Logically, it shouldn’t be such a coincidence; perhaps the Great Demon might have contacted the foreign tribes..."

Although he speculated as such, his tone was uncertain.

"Elder Lv’s speculation is not impossible." Lei Jun stated.

Ye Dongming gave a Taoist salute to Lei Jun: "This time, we owe much to the two Masters from the Celestial Master Mansion arriving in time, preventing a great disaster."