Chen Ping's Sword

Chapter 327: Chapter 66: Entrusted in Crisis, Cyan Wood Dragon Locking_4

With such a son, Jiang Wuji naturally would not hold back. As the patriarch, he was not accustomed to leading troops into battle. Instead, he actively sought out talented individuals and jade among them, teaching personally, and imparting all he had learned in his lifetime to the younger generation of the family.

Unlike ordinary people who enjoy the company of their grandchildren, this old fellow was not idle at all. Besides enjoying life and teaching at home, he would occasionally set out personally to kill the leaders of different factions.

With his Grandmaster cultivation, he dominated all directions. As a result, the momentum of the East Wood Army in the southeast was no weaker than that of the True Martial Royal Capital in the Vice Capital.

"If this person takes action, we will have to consider the elite forces besieging us."

Sima Rou raised her eyebrows slightly, feeling a chill in her heart.

"Indeed, the surroundings of Jade Pen Peak already have traces of troops. Judging by their deployment, they could set up a military array at any time to gather strength and attack the mountain."

Han Xiaoru stuck her head out to the back of the cave’s wind mouth, observed for a while, and returned to report.

Having commanded cavalry in the Xuanwu Guard and learned various battle arrays and tactics, she could roughly judge the situation from the flags and numbers of people. It was clear that the opposing side was well-prepared and had made targeted arrangements regarding the situation on Primordial Mountain.

"It should be Jiang Yuandong. He is the third brother of Jiang Yuanhao and has reached late-stage Innate cultivation. He’s unlisted on the Earth List," Yuk Zhixian glanced to the side, then said, "Yuantong, you’re most acquainted with the situation at the foot of the mountain. Please speak."

Deng Yuantong stepped forward, saluted, and said in a deep voice, "Sect Leader, this Jiang Yuandong is stationed at Qingzhou Prefecture and rarely takes action. He travels with the army, so his specific cultivation is hard to judge, but I suspect he’s much stronger than I am.

Still, that’s not the most important thing. This person seldom resides within the government office and usually lives and eats with the soldiers, claiming to love them like his own children...

His best skill is not the ways of Jianghu competition, but the Cyan Wood Dragon Locking Array, which is unparalleled in defense, with immense endurance.

If he sets up the array, even a Grandmaster trapped within it would find it difficult to escape in a short time, being tightly ensnared. Thus, I can infer that his plan to surround the mountain with a military array and set up a grand formation likely aims to collaborate with his father to ambush and kill the Sect Leader.

In my assessment, descending the mountain to break through the array and force a confrontation with Jiang Wuji is a last resort to be avoided."

One Grandmaster is already headache-inducing enough.

Adding a grand array that entangles and ensnares from the side, if trapped, it would be a sure death.

"The best method is to lure them to attack. However, who knows whether Jiang Wuji, being confident in his prowess, would ascent the mountain to confront the Sect Leader personally?"

"A grand formation?"

Chen Ping mused for a while and shook his head, "If I were Jiang Wuji, I certainly wouldn’t abandon my advantage and ascend the mountain to attack. He has no reason to take such a risk. Therefore, he’ll find a way to force us down the mountain into a trap to eliminate us permanently."

He did not vocalize a certain thought, which was that there was enmity between the Jiang family and himself, as Jiang Ziyang died by his hand.

Without counting himself, perhaps after the Primordial Sect disperses and flees in all directions, a few might escape, but with him on the mountain, none would be spared. The extermination of the sect was imminent.

"Sect Leader, something’s wrong. A senior brother from the mountain’s base sent a message saying soldiers are bringing kerosene and deadwood from afar, looking to set fire to the mountain..."

A young disciple rushed into the Ancestor Master Cave, panting as he reported.

Everyone’s expressions changed drastically.

"Vicious."

"Despicable..."

Chen Ping pressed his hand down, sneering, "Calm down... This is to force us down the mountain for a decisive battle. That old fox isn’t foolish at all.

Martial Uncle Ancestor, do you think that if our inheritance secret manual was taken by him, would he enter the battle with a bundle?"

"Probably not, even if Jiang Wuji is a Grandmaster. But considering the Golden Body Perfection cultivation and sword skill martial arts demonstrated by the Sect Leader, he wouldn’t dare be so arrogant. He’d certainly enter the fray at full strength."

"Very well, since he wants to lure me into the array, let him have his wish. Let’s see if the father and son can keep me down?

Martial Ancestor, Master, you must have secret techniques to sense the whereabouts of the Ancestral Master’s Secret Manual, so I leave the matter of retrieving the legacy to you.

After descending the mountain, do not get entangled... regardless of success, within ten breaths, withdraw from battle and ascend the mountain immediately."

"Isn’t that too risky?"

Sima Rou looked gravely worried.

She wasn’t concerned about her own safety but understood that Chen Ping’s active charge could truly result in being surrounded and killed by the Jiang family duo at the mountain’s base.

"Junior Brother."

Han Xiaoru looked at him longingly.

"You can’t go; Senior Sister, you need to hold the mountain, steady the troops’ morale."

Chen Ping was too embarrassed to say she was too weak and couldn’t be of use, so he put it this way.

"Alright then, take care. It doesn’t matter if you can’t snag the item back. As long as we protect everyone and get off the mountain, however many can escape will count."

"It’s fine; I know my own limits. Have you forgotten that I’m the best assassin in the world?"

Chen Ping smiled broadly, though a shimmer of determination flickered in his eyes.

This was no boast.

He had mastered both the Silk Thread Puppetry of hiding Qi and Blood, and the Clear Wind Shadowless into perfection.

Some of his techniques hadn’t been used for a long time, not because he couldn’t, but because no one in the world was worthy of him using them.

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