Chapter 359: Acquintance and Strategies
"Qi Shuo?" Jiang Yue muttered.
"The person we met in Black Wind City?" Yu Nianzhen asked, a little confused as to why Jiang Yue was bringing that up.
"Yes." Jiang Yue said and then pointed.
"I didn’t expect to see him in the Nine Treasures secret realm."
"His cultivation is at the peak of the eighth level, just a treasure away from the ninth level." Yu Nianzhen said.
"Azhen, should we invite him to join the team."
"His cultivation is okay. Let’s ask and see if he wants."
"Okay."
With that, the two hurried towards the person.
When they arrived in front of Qi Shuo, the person looked at them vigilantly and took a step back.
"Do the fellow Daoists have something to do with me?" Qi Shuo asked.
When the two heard that, they looked at each other in confusion.
[He doesn’t look like he is pretending?] Yu Nianzhen transmitted.
[Did he lose his memory?] Jiang Yue wondered and carefully looked at Qi Shuo.
"Fellow Daoists?" Qi Shuo called.
"We..." Jiang Yue started but suddenly stopped.
Simultaneously, his eyes widened and a smile curled his lips.
"It’s only been less than eighty years but you have already forgotten me? As expected, men cannot be trusted."
At that, Yu Nianzhen and Qi Shuo looked at Jiang Yue in shock.
’What is he talking about? He is also a man!’ Qi Shuo thought but didn’t say it aloud.
Instead, he dredged his mind and tried to recall everyone he had met in the past one hundred years.
However, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t recall ever meeting Jiang Yue.
"Forgive me, I really don’t remember meeting the fellow Daoist." He finally admitted defeat.
"How could you forget me? We spent so much time together."
Although Yu Nianzhen knew that Jiang Yue was messing around, he was still uncomfortable when he heard that.
Involuntarily, a trace of killing intent radiated from him and landed on Qi Shuo.
"This fellow Daoist, I really don’t know you." Qi Shuo said hurriedly.
Just then, he felt the killing intent and couldn’t help but panic.
He didn’t want to encounter an unreasonable disaster so he hurried to find an explanation.
"This fellow Daoist, could you be confusing me with someone else?"
"How could that be? My memory is very good and I definitely remember meeting you in Black Wind City."
"Black Wind City?"
For the second time, Qi Shuo frantically searched his memory but he still couldn’t place the person in front of him.
"Fellow Daoist, I really don’t know you."
When Jiang Yue heard that, he lost interest in playing and snorted in disgust.
"I am Yeying." He said and chuckled.
Yu Nianzhen also smiled and rubbed his husband’s hair.
"Are you Yeying?" Qi Shuo was shocked.
He did meet Yeying in Black Wind City.
However, Yeying always wore a mask or took a disguise pill.
This was the first time he saw Yeying’s true face and he couldn’t help but be surprised.
’As expected, he is very beautiful.’ He thought but didn’t allow the thoughts to show on his face.
"My name is Jiang Yue and my Taoist companion is Yu Nianzhen. You also met him before."
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, fellow Daoist Yu." Qi Shuo called and gave them a slight bow.
"Have you joined a team? Our team is about to head out on a mission to kill Zhang Ling." Jiang Yue said and Qi Shuo was shocked.
He knew there was a team that had taken the task to kill Zhang Ling.
However, he thought it had nothing to do with him so he hadn’t paid attention to its members.
"I haven’t joined a team yet." He gritted his teeth and said.
"Do you want to join ours?"
"Okay." Qi Shuo said and suppressed the fear in his heart.
"What about your Qi family members? You are not with them?"
"Seven members of my Qi family came in with me. Unfortunately, we encountered the Death Flower Ascension Front in the second year. I am the only survivor."
When Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen heard that, they didn’t know what to say.
At a loss, Jiang Yue tapped the man’s shoulder and remained silent.
"Can I invite some others to join the team?" Qi Shuo asked.
After his family was killed, Qi Shuo explored alone for the first twenty years.
He thought he would continue that way but he didn’t anticipate being trapped in an ancient cave.
However, he wasn’t trapped alone.
When he fell into the cave, he found three others.
The three were casual cultivators and had been trapped for varying lengths of time.
As luck would have it, the cave was an inheritance place left behind by an older generation.
Unfortunately, for the inheritance to unlock, four cultivators were required.
With the addition of Qi Shuo, the inheritance was unlocked and the four inherited.
Since then, the four explored together and became good friends.
"They can join if they want." Jiang Yue hurriedly accepted.
"I will get my friends and then find you." Qi Shuo said.
"Alright."
After that, the three separated.
Qi Shuo went to find his friends while Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue went to recruit other teammates.
Three hours later, four hundred cultivators gathered at an empty space in the camp.
Although team Overlords couldn’t recruit the desired five hundred people, four hundred was barely enough.
"Fellow Daoists, my name is Jiang Yue. For this task, I will be the team leader." Jiang Yue said, attracting everyone’s attention.
"As everyone knows, the most difficult part about this task is killing Zhang Ling without getting injured."
"We have two methods to achieve this." Jiang Yue continued and everyone paid attention.
"The first method is long-distance attacks. However, this method is not perfect."
"Zhang Ling is always surrounded by several hundred cultivators. The line of defence is not easy to breach." Someone said and the others agreed.
"The chance of killing her using long-distance attacks is almost zero." Another cultivator said.
"We know this." Jiang Yue said and then continued.
"Long-distance attacks are not enough to kill her but they are enough to disrupt the enemy’s defence formation." Jiang Yue said and someone immediately wanted to interrupt.
However, Jiang Yue waved his hand and didn’t let them speak.
"Long-distance attacks are one aspect. The second aspect is soul attacks."
"All those who are proficient in soul attacks will take turns to attack Zhang Ling. In this way, we can prevent her from focusing enough to unleash any substantial soul attacks."
"Attacking her soul is too dangerous." Someone objected.
"I agree. If the attacker’s soul power is not as powerful as hers, they will be injured while trying to attack her."
"Also, soul attacks cannot be made from a distance. The attackers need to be close to Zhang Ling."
"As the attacking side, we are at a disadvantage."
Listening to the discussion, everyone realised how difficult it was to kill Zhang Ling.
’Only myself, Azhen, and master can compete with Zhang Ling with regards to soul power. However, we can’t approach her without the support of everyone else. Unfortunately, everyone else would be in too much danger if they recklessly come close to her.’ Jiang Yue thought and sighed.
"Our only option is to use an illusion formation." He finally said.
"We will lure Zhang Ling’s team into an illusion formation and deal with them within the formation."
"How is that possible? Zhang Ling has a powerful soul and won’t fall into an illusion." Someone argued.
"If we enter the formation to deal with them, won’t we also be affected?" Another Questioned.
"The illusion formation doesn’t need to trap Zhang Ling; it only needs to trap everyone else."
"What do you mean?"
"When everyone falls into an illusion, it will allow us to easily approach Zhang Ling. At that time, we will quickly control her to prevent her from attacking our team."
"The plan can work but how do we stay sane within an illusion formation?"
"Leave that to me." Jiang Yue said and smiled.
"If leader Jiang has a way, we should discuss the details."
An hour later, the team of four hundred cultivators left the camp and walked towards the camp of the Death Flower Ascension Front.
The distance between the camps was about one hundred kilometres.
For ordinary people, one hundred kilometres was a long distance but for cultivators, it was only a step away.
However, Jiang Yue and the team didn’t intend to go to the enemy’s doorstep. They planned to wait for Zhang Ling’s team to leave the camp before attacking them.
"What if she doesn’t come out?" Someone asked.
"We and the Death Flower Ascension Front are enemies but we agree on one thing."
"What?"
"Neither of us wants to waste time. We want to settle the war as soon as possible. They should have already noticed our team."
"Zhang Ling likes to patrol the area between the two camps. It won’t be long before we meet each other."
