C178 Bounty
C178 Bounty
After passing by the Desolate Mountain Town, they finally understood the situation. There was a group of Heavenly Wolf Sect cultivators that had snuck into the Desolate Mountain Town of Mengyu County through the passage of Mount Qu. They had then launched a surprise attack on the garrison.
The Martial Disciples of the Desolate Mountain Town went all out to resist, but in the end, the defenses were breached before they could react. The warehouses of the Spirit Valley that Desolate Mountain Town had collected this year were found by these people, roughly a third of the spirit valleys and other cultivation resources were looted.
The group of Sirius Sect cultivators had no choice but to retreat. Before they left, they even lit a fire in the warehouse of the Desolate Mountain Town. Although they had exterminated everyone, a third of the spirit valleys and cultivation resources had still been burnt.
When Yang Tian had just heard the story of Desolate Mountain Town from Hero An, his expression immediately turned serious. He asked, "Where is that group of Heavenly Wolf Sect cultivators? Did they break out of the siege and return to Zhang County, or did they flee to Mengyu County?"
An Xia said, "This is what I want to tell you, third brother. That group of cultivators were chased by the border guards and fought a big battle, both sides were wounded, and a large amount of supplies were brought back. However, the remaining members of the Heavenly Wolf Sect were also defeated and escaped, but the border guards quickly sealed off Qu Wu Shan, and the secret passage was discovered at that time, so the members of the Heavenly Wolf Sect should be spreading throughout Mengyu County."
Yang Tian stood up and said, "Inform all Martial Disciples in the village to be on alert. I need to tell Meng Shan to inform the other villages in the Barren Town to prevent the wandering Celestial Wolf Sect from causing any trouble."
Yang Tian was currently both in charge of the town and vice garrison. The matter of the town had probably already been reported to the county magistrate, but the order to return to the village like this was already a waste of time.
At this moment, Yang Junshan suddenly thought of something and asked An Xia, "Oh right, Seventh Uncle, how strong are these group of Sirius Sect cultivators?"
An Xia said, "You can't say. They have people from the early to late stage of the Martial Saint Realm. Now that they have been defeated by the border guards, each of them has their own way. No one knows which one they will encounter."
Shi Nan Sheng said, "This Desolate Mountain Town is really unlucky. Three years ago, the Sirius Sect destroyed the town guards, and when the giant locusts came, they bore the brunt of the disaster. Now, it was not easy to recover some of their vitality, but now the Sirius Sect is snatching it away …"
From what I can see, the Heavenly Wolf School is not only retaliating because of the previous attack by the Dream Yoga Guards on Yuanwu Town, they really lack the Spirit Valley. This time, when the county magistrate ordered the border to be sealed, almost all the secret passages were sealed, and even the proper trade routes were not allowed to move away. Without the Spirit Valley supply in Yu County, the Heavenly Wolf School would not be able to do anything.
As they were talking about the Desolate Mountain Town, Yang Junshan suddenly thought of the current Wu Fengzhu, who was guarding the town. After Sun Zelei, who was guarding the town, colluded with the Sirius Sect to kill Ning Ji, the position of the town's guardian fell into the hands of Wu Fengzhu.
Wu Fengzhu was quite capable. She had worked diligently in the Desolate Mountain Town for the past few years, and had brought it from being just a pile of ruins to its current state. It could be said that she was quite a popular person in the Desolate Mountain Town, but this kind of person was the first to voluntarily surrender and open the gate to Dreamy Cloud County before the Heaven Shaking Sect was destroyed and the Heavenly Wolf Sect invaded Mengyu County.
Yang Junshan himself only suspected if this person was a chess piece set up by the Heavenly Wolf School. He wondered if the attack on the Heavenly Wolf School this time had anything to do with him. However, in his heart, he had already placed Wu Zhanhan, the town's guardian, in a dangerous position.
Yang Tian just happened to return at this time. Hearing this, he said, "What you're saying is, the Heavenly Wolf School may have another big looting operation coming up?"
Blacksmith Zhang spread out his hands and said, "How would I know? I was just guessing."
Yang Junshan looked gloomy and said, "What Uncle Zhang says makes sense. The border between Mengyu County and Lingzhang County is nearly a thousand miles long, so how can we just rely on border guards to guard against it completely? I think we should be careful. We should rely on the village protection array in the Spirit Source Land to set it up as soon as possible."
Shi Nan Sheng replied, "How can we make it in time? The village protection array will protect the entire village. Even the Prominent Classes would need several years to complete it. The amount of materials needed is too great."
An Xia couldn't help but complain, "What do you think our County Magistrate Chen is thinking? With the strength of a single county, he can fight against the neighboring Zhang County, Ling Zhang County, and Yao County's Hu Yao County. Although these two counties belong to different counties, but that is under the control of the Heavenly Wolf Sect and the Spirit Opening Sect. The Heavenly Wolf Sect and the Heaven Shaking Sect have a deep grudge, and their revenge can come very quickly, but I think that opening the Spirit Sect is impossible without suffering a loss! "
Everyone in the room was silent for a moment. Yang Tian suddenly glanced at Yang Junshan and said, "In a few days, you should go to the county and exchange the batch of spiritual herbs that are mature in this year's mid grade spirit farmland for some pills. Also, you should ask about the materials that are needed to set up the array and see if Shopkeeper Kong has any connections."
Yang Junshan knew that Yang Tian wanted him to meet the county magistrate, Spiritual Master Chen. That day, West Mountain Village did not compete in the Martial Arts Competition, and many Martial Disciples saw that Song Wei was biased towards Yang Tian, but at most, they were only suspicious. As for Yang Junshan, being an honorary disciple of Chen, it was the biggest secret of the Yang family.
Yang Tian had just asked Yang Junshan to pay a visit to Daoist Master Chen Ji. Apart from thanking him for helping with the matters of the village, he naturally wanted him to find out more about this matter from County Magistrate Chen.
This made everyone uncertain about the county magistrate's intentions and path of action. The current Xishan Village was a small power in Mengyu County under the influence of Yang Tian Gang, and the matter of Xishan Village was also a part of Xishan Village. In the eyes of people, Xishan Village was already a part of the county magistrate, so Yang Tian Gang felt the need to follow the county magistrate's footsteps and make preparations.
However, when they heard that Yang Tian had access to the Great Cauldron Hall, both Shi Nan Sheng and Zhang Xing both revealed a surprised expression. They only knew that Yang Tian had just sold all the spiritual herbs he grew to the Great Cauldron Hall, but from the words he said just now, it seemed that he had a special relationship with Shopkeeper Kong of the Great Cauldron Hall.
Yang Junshan nodded and said, "Ok!"
Yang Tian took a deep breath and said, "I've already sent people to call Patriarch Xu and Young Master Li. Let's discuss how to guard against the wandering Celestial Wolf Sect cultivators."
There were over a hundred families in the Li family. Other than the Xu and Shi families, they were considered the third largest family in the Western Mountain Village. Moreover, Li Shaoqun was a Martial Disciple, so the Li family held quite a bit of importance in the Western Mountain Village.
Not long after, Xu Sanniang and Li Shaoqun arrived one after the other. After hearing about what happened in Desolate Mountain Town, the two of them also felt that the situation was serious and immediately began discussing how to guard against the wandering Heavenly Wolf Sect cultivators.
Furthermore, the key point is that the strength of the opponents are hard to determine. Although all of them have escaped after being defeated, it is difficult for them to reunite midway. Even if they have not reunited, we do not know whether they are early stage Martial Disciples or late stage cultivators. Xu Sanniang frowned and said.
Yang Tian Gang replied, "With the strength of our village, regardless of being an early or mid Martial Disciple, we don't really care about them. But if it's a late Martial Disciple, that's the real problem."
Shi Nan Sheng added, "The key is that these people are like the wind, and their whereabouts are hard to determine. If we destroy a few acres of spiritual land and burn a few houses tomorrow, once we chase them out, they'll escape."
Yang Junshan said, "The Sirius Sect sneaked into Mengyu County not only for revenge, but also for robbery. What if they built a warehouse in the village with some spiritual valleys or cultivation materials as bait?"
After a while, Young Master Li said, "What do we do if the people who came here are powerful? We might be able to block them with our combined strength, but it would not be easy to make them stay, even if we can't destroy the warehouse. What are we going to lose then?"
Yang Junshan said, "What if we have the help of an array formation?"
Everyone was stunned. After a moment, An Xia asked with some worry, "Can you really trap a cultivator in the late stage of the Martial Disciple Stage?"
Yang Junshan smiled and said, "If they really want to come, we have to face them anyway. We don't have the initiative."
Li Shaoqun asked again, "There is another problem, just like what Young Master Yang said, the initiative is in the hands of others, but we can't just let them take it all. As the saying goes, only a thousand days of being a thief cannot guard against a thief."
Yang Junshan thought for a while and said, "Looks like I need to borrow Lin Chengzi's help."
The decoys were all ready, the Western Mountain caravans' carriages were all outside of the Yang Mansion, and the warehouse was originally located in the middle of the Yangtian Mansion, but Yang Tian Gang naturally wouldn't bring the fire of war into his own home, so he moved the Spirit Valley that he had not changed this time back into the car, and built a suggested warehouse on the flat ground of the stage in the village, pretending to be a village caravan that was about to depart.
At least three villages had been attacked by strong people, resulting in dozens of casualties. Among them, there were two village chiefs, and the village's main warehouse had been completely plundered. At the same time, at night, there were also people from the village of Tu Meng, who had attempted to attack the village. However, because of Yang Tian's reminder, they were discovered by a martial arts cultivator on the night watch.
In the afternoon, an emergency notice from the county magistrate was sent to every village in Mengyu County. At the same time, a bountiful reward was handed over!