Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant

Chapter 460: Chapter 44 Five Dragons Imprison Array_1

“Boom!”

The enormous sound startled Lin Boyue, who was in the midst of cultivation, with his eyes closed.

A shock rushed through his heart. Immediately, he stood up from his futon, flickered, and appeared outside the main hall.

He noticed that many disciples had also gathered outside.

Upon seeing Lin Boyue, they bowed respectfully one after another:

“Sect Master!”

“Hmm, what happened? What’s the situation?”

Lin Boyue quickly asked.

As he was speaking,

Several astonishingly bright lights lit up again in the northeast direction.

Over ten breaths later, several booming sounds reached them!

“It’s Yanqiao Pass!”

The surrounding disciples cried out in shock.

Lin Boyue also looked towards the distance with a very solemn expression.

He infused his mana into his eyes and vaguely saw numerous rays of light bursting around a ball of light in the northeast direction.

When he sent his spiritual sense to probe, he could vaguely sense several amazing auras rising from that area.

“Nascent Souls!”

Fear flickered in Lin Boyue’s eyes.

Just at this moment,

A Perfect Foundation Establishment Cultivator hurriedly flew over.

Looking grave, he reported:

“I have urgent news for the Sect Master. We received a report from the spirit food store at Yanqiao Pass. Moments ago, Incense Fire Dao suddenly appeared below Yanqiao Pass and five Nascent Souls from Incense Fire Dao attacked Yanqiao Pass!”

This news caused a great shock in Lin Boyue’s heart.

When the grey-robed cultivator from the Incense Fire Dao appeared previously, he had already had a premonition.

But he didn’t expect this premonition to become reality so quickly.

He hurriedly moved forward and inquired:

“What’s the situation in Yanqiao Pass now?”

“Has the city been breached?”

“And where did these Incense Fire Dao cultivators come from?”

Overwhelmed with a barrage of inquiries, the Foundation Establishment Cultivator didn’t know how to respond and was suddenly bewildered.

Seeing this, Lin Boyue quickly composed himself.

He knew that the sect’s shop inside Yanqiao Pass would surely have relayed the message back at the very first moment the battle erupted, and what they knew was probably not much more than he did.

He forced himself to stay calm and contemplated the current situation while flying high to watch from a distance.

“Where did these Incense Fire Dao cultivators come from? Yanqiao Pass is situated between Qiao State and Yan State, and it’s somewhat near Xu State, but there are several cities of Qiao State in between. Given how heavily guarded Qiao State is now, crossing a few cities would be like trying to evade multiple Chu Dynasty Nascent Souls’ defenses. Logically, that’s not so easy… unless… ”

A certain possibility suddenly occurred to him, causing his heart to sink.

Soon, there were changes in the northeast direction again, immediately drawing his attention.

Outside the distant ball of light, there was an abrupt eruption of radiant light, which then quickly vanished.

Afterwards, there was no further change.

Noticing this, Lin Boyue couldn’t help but look tense, absolutely riveted on the distant ball of light.

In the high sky, there were faint sounds of howling wind.

“The Defense Array is still in place… but did we win? Or lose?”

The sight cast a heavy look on Lin Boyue’s face.

If Yanqiao Pass won, everything would remain as it was.

However, if Yanqiao Pass fell and Incense Fire Dao took control of Yan State, what would the Xuli Sect do then?

Would they perish together with Yanqiao Pass, or…

He didn’t dare to think any further, yet he had no choice but to do so.

As the Master of a Sect, it was his responsibility.

Just then, a figure swiftly rose up from below.

Lin Boyue quickly swept over with his spiritual sense and found it to be Qiao Yushan. He was immediately relieved.

However, his face revealed no emotion, and he asked in a low voice, “What’s the matter?”

Qiao Yushan showed a respectful face as he raised his hand in a bow, “Sect Master, we received a message from Yanqiao Pass.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Boyue immediately asked, disregarding his dignity as the Sect Master,

“What did Yanqiao Pass say?”

Qiao Yushan remained respectful as he replied, “Sect Master, Yanqiao Pass… won!”

“Princess Gao or Master Li took action, and with the help of the Five Dragons Imprison Array, single-handedly fought against five Class IV Cultivators of Incense Fire Dao.”

“After Incense Fire Dao lost several Class III Cultivators, they were forced to withdraw from Yanqiao Pass.”

Upon hearing this news, Lin Boyue immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he was deeply moved by Li Xiangyun’s battle record. He couldn’t believe it and said,

“This Li Xiangyun…Master Li, is she really that powerful? Didn’t she only recently make a breakthrough to Nascent Soul?”

“It might be because of the formation.”

Qiao Yushan speculated.

Lin Boyue nodded, then shook his head, “Surely, the formation is an important reason. But the ability to utilize the formation properly, that’s Master Li’s skill.”

“Did any more news come from Yanqiao Pass?”

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yushan hesitated for a moment, then said,

“After Incense Fire Dao withdrew, Master Li immediately asked for all the sects in Yan State to urgently support Yanqiao Pass with supplies.”

“Yanqing from Huifeng Valley was there at the time, and was the first to respond. Not only did he provide a lot of resources, but he also volunteered to assist House of Prince Gao in guarding the ‘Five Dragons Imprison Array’.”

“However, he was politely rejected by Princess Gao.”

At this, Lin Boyue’s brow furrowed.

“Huifeng Valley…Yanqing…”

Immediately, he asked,

“What supplies does Yanqiao Pass need? Is there a list?”

“Yes!”

Qiao Yushan immediately took out a piece of paper from his sleeve with a long list of resources written on it.

Upon seeing the names of the various spirit materials on the paper, Lin Boyue’s face instantly darkened.

“Most of them aren’t rare spirit materials, but this quantity… they want to bleed us dry!”

Most of the items on the list were extremely common Class I and Class II spirit materials, but the required quantity was massive.

In Lin Boyue’s estimation, this was probably due to the Defense Array outside Yanqiao Pass being damaged and thus requiring repairs.