Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Chapter 300: Mr. Hou came to help you_2

At this point, Master Fanyin paused for a moment, then continued with a tone of solemnity, "Gu Tianyun, long time no see."

"Sword Chief Xizhao, Gu Tianyun?"

"Wanjian Holy Sect, one of the four great Sword Chiefs!"

"That's right, it was him, it was his Sky-Melting Sword Qi just now, I just remembered."

"I recall, his son is Gu Nianqiu, right!"

"Yes, the Wanjian Holy Sect's chief disciple, Sword God Gu Nianqiu, that's his only son."

...

Somehow, Master Fanyin was unharmed even after the sword light pierced through his body, and he even managed to reveal the identity of the sword light's master through his words.

But upon hearing the name Gu Tianyun, the expressions on the faces of the five great experts indeed underwent a tremendous change, and their successive exclamations showed the immense deterrence power of the name "Gu Tianyun."

All eyes shifted towards the back of the sword light, showing a hint of curiosity.

Including the soldiers who had been saved by the sword light, awoken from Master Fanyin's World-Purifying Evil Sound Mantra, they stopped their attack at this moment too, all staring at the back of the sword light, their eyes ablaze with passion, clearly anticipating something...

As the radiance of the Sword Qi gradually faded in the air, a white figure slowly approached from the eastern sky; it was a handsome middle-aged man. Clad in white brocade, tall and slender, with a face like carved jade, he wore a faint smile from beginning to end. With his left hand behind his back and his right hand holding a blazing red longsword, he fully embodied the image of a swordsman as imagined by the people.

As he stepped through the air, the man glanced up at the sky, seemingly noticing nothing out of the ordinary, before lowering his gazes back to Master Fanyin and nodding slightly, saying, "Master, long time no see!"

This peaceful demeanor immediately elicited a cold laugh from Master Fanyin. However, evidently not her first encounter with such people, her gaze turned serious immediately after the laugh, and she looked past Gu Tianyun with a slightly cool expression and spoke.

"Even Sword Chief Xizhao has come across the border, it seems like tonight, the Wanjian Holy Sect is intent on going down this path to the end. Not helping Ji Yanzhi to break through his barrier, vowing not to rest. With the destruction of the two-state covenant, isn't the Sword Chief afraid of bringing disaster upon Xuzhou's people?"

"Elder Ji is a Great Confucian of Yangzhou, if he can slay the Blood Demon and ascend to the position of a Sub-saint, it truly would be a blessing for the Zhengdao Seven States and for all the common folk in the world. My Wanjian Holy Sect will naturally fulfill this duty. As for bringing disaster upon the people of Xuzhou, I fear that the Demon Sect hardly has such capability. Master, why do you spread such alarmist talk here!"

Upon hearing these words, Master Fanyin's face turned even colder, her voice somewhat deeper, as she sneered, "Does the Sword Chief know, when you crossed over from your own state, my Xingnan Prefecture's army had already penetrated Guangling. Whether Ji Yanzhi can break through his barrier remains uncertain, and your ability to take the city is still far out of reach, so why waste time here? Even if you did capture Tongling and Guangling, how many counties would remain for you?"

Upon hearing Master Fanyin's words, Zen Master Yuan Kong's expression slightly changed, for he had already known about this from his confrontation with Master Fanyin.

The four great Sword Chiefs of the Wanjian Holy Sect were respectively stationed in the east, south, west, and north of Xuzhou. Gu Tianyun, the Sword Chief from Xizhao, was responsible for the west.

Logically, knowing that the Demon Sect's army was attacking Guangling Prefecture, Gu Tianyun should be concerned, but Zen Master Yuan Kong noticed that Gu Tianyun's face not only showed no signs of anxiety but not even a hint of change.

"Master worries too much, even before I came, I already knew that Peng Yuhu had led an army of a hundred thousand to attack Wanyang County. With our Holy Sect's City-Protecting Sword Array, penetrating the city won't be that easy. Moreover, my Guangling Prefecture's army is already on the way to provide support. Once they reach Wanyang County, if they cannot breach the city by then, I fear your ten thousand soldiers will be in danger!

Moreover, how long it takes for Elder Ji to break through remains to be seen, but breaching the city is already within reach. Master, why do you say I'm wasting time here?"

Master Fanyin's beautiful fair face turned a shade darker upon hearing this.

She had to admit, there was some merit to Gu Tianyun's words.

The reason why the situation in Tongling has turned out this way is primarily that the City-Protecting Barrier remained sealed. This has resulted in the Blood Demon and the demon armies advancing into the city, and now the Xuzhou Army's siege. If the City-Protecting Barrier was still intact and, together with ten thousand defending soldiers, holding off the forty thousand-man army would not be much of an issue.

Similarly, Wanyang County also has the Wanjian Holy Sect's City-Protecting Sword Array, and Peng Yuhu's hundred thousand-strong military indeed won't breach it for a while. If his attacking intensity is not significant enough, and Wanyang can hold until the reinforcements arrive, then breaching Wanyang County becomes an impossibility.

That means, currently both sides are laying siege, but due to the Blood Demon and Ji Yanzhi, the experts are tied down on the Tongling front. It's a matter of whether Tongling can hold, or Wanyang can. Whoever manages to hold will have more chips in hand moving forward.

Although Master Fanyin's mind was racing with countless thoughts, to the outside world, only a moment had passed. Looking at Gu Tianyun's confident appearance, remembering his last two sentences, Master Fanyin scoffed, "The city is near at hand, I think the Sword Chief is overly confident."

Gu Tianyun's statement that breaching the city is near at hand clearly indicates his absolute confidence in his own strength. Master Fanyin naturally wanted to offer a biting retort, but being just at the Full Completion of Yuandan stage, her words evidently lacked some confidence.

Others looked at Master Fanyin with puzzled expressions, but only Zen Master Yuan Kong and Gu Tianyun, who was closest to her, remained calm.