Chapter 138: What Excuse Did Tiangang City Give for Not Sending Aid?
Chapter 138: What Excuse Did Tiangang City Give for Not Sending Aid?
This night was relatively peaceful, with only a few Lesser Demons appearing at the edges, but they dared not approach.
These Beast Demons truly possess some sensing abilities.
As long as there are strong cultivators present, they won't come near, avoiding them.
They only dare to sneak attack and assault when the strong cultivators leave.
Historically, some have considered this idea.
If strong cultivators were stationed at the frontline permanently, wouldn't it be a permanent solution?
With the demons unable to approach, humans and demons would remain in their respective territories, living in peace without disturbing each other.
Unfortunately, this method is impractical and would create even bigger problems.
Firstly, without confrontations, the population of demons would increase too rapidly.
This situation might even trigger a Beast Tide.
When the Beast Tide occurs, it doesn't matter if there are strong cultivators guarding the frontline defense or not.
The ferocious demons would charge at everyone, tearing and biting, fighting to the death.
Compared to the Beast Tide, everyone would rather have these demons raid from time to time.
Secondly, although most demons are Lesser Demons with weak strength, there are also a few powerful demons.
Golden Demons are only a small portion.
But this doesn't mean there aren't powerful Heavenly Demons in the wilderness.
If strong cultivators are stationed at the frontline for an extended period, the Heavenly Demons in the wilderness will take notice of this frontline.
These Heavenly Demons will become wary and cautious.
They will fear that these strong cultivators are scouting and preparing to attack them.
This might provoke the Heavenly Demons to launch an offensive.
This is why strong cultivators rarely venture deep into the wilderness, as they are easily provoked by the Heavenly Demons.
The strong cultivators who went treasure hunting in Mao Family Valley also dared to enter the wilderness because they were in a large group.
Even then, they didn't venture too deep, as they were afraid to go further.
Within two days, all the injured disciples were sent back to the Yunyang Sect.
Just as things were slightly stabilizing, the frontline encountered this calamity.
The previous casualties had already left the Yunyang Sect's disciples fearful and demoralized.
After yesterday's events, with over twenty deaths, the fear and low morale have likely spread throughout the frontline.
Taiwu Zhenren assigned most of the Yunyang Sect's Hall Masters to the frontline.
The previous team leaders had their command authority transferred to the Hall Masters.
The frontline disciples are now under the command and arrangement of the Hall Masters.
With the Hall Masters leading and commanding, the disciples on the scene seemed to calm down a little.
Their previous team leaders were mostly people who relied on connections to get their positions.
Seeing so many deaths, they couldn't even console those below them.
Inside the tent.
Taiwu Zhenren sat in the center, with five Elders at his side.
Below them were the four Hall Masters who had been in charge of the frontline operations.
With so many deaths, the four Hall Masters knew they would be held accountable.
Before the questioning, Taiwu Zhenren inquired about the situation.
Hearing only half of it, Taiwu Zhenren couldn't help but scold them.
"Who ordered you to counterattack?
The frontline defense has only been stable for a few days, how dare you launch a counterattack!"
Taiwu Zhenren seemed extremely angry, his words accompanied by uncontrollable twitches.
"The accuracy of the scouting information is only 70%, and it's just a recent development with some significance.
What were you Hall Masters thinking, so casually sending so many disciples?
The situation was already stable, but look at the mess you've created!"
Taiwu Zhenren was seething inside, and he, who rarely scolded others, even wanted to say harsher words.
By his side, the five elders didn't dare say a word, and the hall masters could only endure the scolding.
But this tragedy was indeed caused by the decisions of these hall masters.
Without a clear analysis of the situation, they recklessly launched a counterattack.
Of course, everyone also wanted to counterattack and kill all those demons.
But the result of their miscalculation is the current predicament.
"Among those who died and were severely injured, how many were supporting the sect?"
After calming down slightly, Taiwu Zhenren asked about the identities of the disciples who had died and were injured.
"Two died in Blue Peak Mountain, one died and one was injured in Qiyun Valley, and four disciples perished in Immortal Willow Garden. They suffered the most casualties."
Xia Kun replied softly, afraid that Taiwu Zhenren would suddenly fly into a rage again.
"All of you, think about how you will apologize to others.
Our elite disciples died on the Yunyang Sect's frontline."
Sighing, Taiwu Zhenren pinched the bridge of his nose.
He felt like he had been having headaches lately and couldn't relax.
Silence filled the tent for a while before he continued, "Regarding Tiangang City, it seems they haven't come to support our frontline.
What's their excuse?"
Taiwu Zhenren's sudden mention of Tiangang City startled the elders.
"Last year, when Tiangang City's frontline was in trouble, our Yunyang Sect helped them a lot.
This year, Tiangang City's frontline is so stable, and they are known for their exceptional reconnaissance abilities.
Logically, Tiangang City should be the one to come to our aid.
What excuse did they give for not wanting to provide assistance?"
Taiwu Zhenren looked at the Great Elder, wanting him to provide an answer.
Before deciding to seek aid, Taiwu Zhenren had already considered the issue of Tiangang City.
Now that Tiangang City is doing so well, with an incredibly stable frontline, Taiwu Zhenren wanted to see how they achieved this and if their disciples were particularly skilled in reconnaissance.
There's also Su Chen; Taiwu Zhenren, the leader of the Yunyang Sect, had heard a lot about Su Chen.
Nowadays, Su Chen has even gained the status of a direct disciple in Tiangang City.
Taiwu Zhenren believed that Su Chen must have acquired abilities to achieve such a rapid rise in status.
However, after Taiwu Zhenren finished speaking, a long time passed without a response.
"Great Elder, what's the situation with Tiangang City? Is there a major problem?"
Now, whenever he saw their silence, Taiwu Zhenren felt like something bad was about to happen.
The Great Elder's gaze shifted to the Fifth Elder, as the root cause lay with him.
He wanted the Fifth Elder to speak up himself.
Unable to dodge the question, Sun Xuerong hesitated for a long time before speaking.
"We previously discussed that having one less sect wouldn't make a difference, so we didn't bring it up with Tiangang City."
Hearing this, Taiwu Zhenren was so angry that he almost laughed.
When someone gets angry to a certain extent, they really can't help but want to laugh.
Taiwu Zhenren grumbled inwardly, blaming Tiangang City for accepting Yunyang Sect's help last year but refusing to aid them this year.
But in the end, it was because they themselves didn't approach Tiangang City.
It's not like Tiangang City would come running to offer aid to the Yunyang Sect on their own.
"Having one less sect doesn't matter, that's what you, the Fifth Elder, said.
Tiangang City's frontline is so stable.
How did they manage to emerge from last year's quagmire? Isn't it worth learning from them?
And you deliberately avoided Tiangang City. Can't you, as an elder, consider the sect's predicament?"
(End of Chapter)
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