Chapter 290: The Beginning
It didn’t take too long for the Five Elements Mountain to mobilize their people and headed straight to the Joyful Union Sect.
However, such an operation astounded everyone, especially the Kunlun Mountain and the Heavenly Sword Sect.
In Kunlun Mountain, an old man was sitting in his pavilion while sipping his tea and watching the wind gently blowing the tree. It was such a soothing environment.
But that peace didn’t last long when he saw someone flying toward him. The guy also noticed him from afar and landed to the ground, clasping his hands. "Master... We have an emergency. The Five Elements Mountain has moved toward the Joyful Union Sect. We’re afraid that there will be a war between the two influences!"
"What?" The old man widened his eyes in shock before rising from his seat to confirm that matter. "I—"
Unfortunately, he couldn’t finish his words before another person came to him while shouting, "Emergency! We’ve just got the news from the disciples who guarded the gate. There is a visitor from the Ancient Buddha Sect."
"!!!" His heart’s thumped. Although he could vaguely understand the situation, he realized that the Ancient Buddha Sect was trying to stall him.
"Not good!"
...
Just like the Kunlun Mountain, the Heavenly Sword Sect also received the same news. The sect master was taking care of the sect’s matters as usual, but he was abruptly stopped by an outer elder.
"Not good. The Five Elements Mountain’s flying ship is now heading toward the Joyful Union Sect. We’re afraid that the Five Elements Mountain is launching a huge attack that will decimate the Joyful Union Sect."
Right after they received the news, another one came in. "A message... The Divine Kingdom’s Crown Prince is visiting us. He’s waiting right in front of our gate."
"!!!" The people in the meeting were dumbfounded.
There was only a reason for the Divine Kingdom to visit them. They wanted to take advantage of this ’visit’ as a way to stall them.
If the Joyful Union Sect was destroyed, the balance would be broken. As long as the five remaining influences split into two sizes, those with lower numbers would be suppressed in the future.
That was why this matter was so important for all of them.
Unfortunately, they were too late because of the swift movement from the Five Elements Mountain. Even though they had expected the war, they thought the war would happen in two weeks or later. Never in their wildest dream would the Five Elements Mountain launch an attack this fast because of the lack of supply.
In other words, there was a huge reason that could convince the Five Elements Mountain to attack them.
...
Meanwhile, the Joyful Union Sect also received the news from their spies. But they were panicking more than anyone else right now.
"This is not good. What are we going to do, Sect Master?" one of the elders asked.
"That’s right. We have lost all of our Core Disciples. Even if we mobilize all of our Inner and Outer Disciples, they can’t stop the Core Disciples of the Five Elements Mountain."
"There is also the matter about that mysterious demon clan who is helping the Five Elements Mountain."
"We don’t have enough time to ask for help from the other influences."
"That’s right. The Yin Yang Bell. Let’s use the Yin Yang Bell to kill their Mountain Master. As long as the Sect Master kills their Mountain Master, we will be able to turn around the situation."
"That’s..."
One of the elders panicked, confusing everyone. The shame of losing the Yin Yang Bell was so big that no one would break the news. At the same time, the Core Disciples from other sects also knew about this news, but the news just hadn’t arrived to the Joyful Union Sect.
Even the sect master wanted to hide his son’s shame, albeit this became a curse of the Joyful Union Sect.
"What’s wrong with you?" Another elder furrowed his eyebrows, glaring at the panicking elder.
The latter didn’t seem to want to talk about it, but others began to glare at him as well, forcing him to release the news.
The shock silenced the room for a split second before the anger erupted.
"What? You lost the Yin Yang Bell?"
"No. The Young Master wanted to use it and it was taken away by the enemy."
People’s faces became pale, realizing their greatest trump card had disappeared.
"Sect Master. You—" The elders were blaming the sect master this time since it was his son’s fault. They were even emitting killing intent as if thinking to kill their sect master for forgiveness.
The sect master maintained his calm this whole time and asked, "Even if you can kill me, do you think you can gain their forgiveness? No, you’ll be exterminated like how they killed our Core Disciples.
"This is actually the time we have to unite to resist them. Besides, if we resist long enough, I’m sure that other influences who don’t want the balance to be broken will stop the war. That’s why we’re going to use all of our resources to maintain our Great Sect Defensive Formation."
"But maintaining that formation..." One elder wanted to stop it but realized it was the best idea in this situation. Even though they would go broke for this, they would be able to resist the enemy for a few days.
The people were angry at the sect master but because they had no choice, they could only follow him.
It only took a day for the flying ship to arrive at the Joyful Union Sect’s door.
The Mountain Master, accompanied by the elders, looked down and saw the translucent barrier that was protecting the sect.
"Mountain Master. This is..." The First Elder furrowed his eyebrows.
"Their defensive formation... What do you think, First Elder?"
"I’m not sure. I don’t think I can solve it. Still, maintaining this barrier will require a lot of resources. They seem to be prepared to go broke just to wait for someone’s interference. We can’t really wait for too long either."
"Then, shall we break it? Do you have any solution? After all, I and the rest of the elders have to conserve our stamina to fight theirs."
Suddenly, Li Mu raised his hand and said, "Actually, Albert is suggesting something..."
