The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror

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City of Juzhou.

Not long after Xu Liushou's good news arrived, bad news began to emerge one after another.

First, the Miao rebellion caused the Song family great panic, requesting assistance from the An family. As such, the two Tusi leaning towards the Court were temporarily unable to lend their aid.

In addition, the rebellious Yang family had high morale, capturing Qianzhu and Longli, with their military force pointing directly at Juzhou City.

For a time, the momentum of the rebel army greatly increased, both inside and outside of Juzhou City, leaving people in panic.

"Everyone, the enemy's momentum has suddenly increased, how should we respond?" Though Zhou Daren managed civil affairs well, his military understanding was quite lacking. He never thought the favorable situation could revert in such a short time.

Scholar Yang stepped forward and said, "Sir, there must be someone within the enemy ranks familiar with our military's situation advising them. Whether it's the Miao rebellion or quickly breaking through the two Tusi, the timing and precision are just right..."

Zhou Daren acknowledged Scholar Yang's statement and looked towards Xu Qing, "What does the Supervisor think?"

Xu Qing: "Just as Mr. Yang said, there must be an insider among the enemy, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing."

Zhou Daren said, "Does Gongming have any special strategy?"

Xu Qing smiled slightly: "Sir, when two armies meet, strategy is secondary. From my perspective, our greatest challenge right now is how to engage the main force of the enemy in close combat. Since the enemy broke through the two Tusi to force us to fight, is that not to our advantage?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Daren pondered deeply.

Indeed, his nephew-in-law hit the key point. Given the current logistical capabilities of Juzhou City, attempting to march out and suppress the rebellion would be wishful thinking.

Now with the enemy pressing close to Juzhou City, it has unexpectedly become advantageous.

He also no longer needed to worry about the enemy army roaming or even disturbing Ba Shu.

"But the troops in the city are not well-trained, it will be quite difficult to defeat the enemy."

Xu Qing: "Please rest assured, Sir. In my view, as long as our army has the courage to fight, we already have a seventy percent chance of victory in this battle."

Xu Qing took out a sand table, employing the power of his Divine Soul. The sand table gradually transformed, unfolding the entire battlefield situation.

With Xu Qing's sand table simulation, even though Zhou Daren wasn't well-versed in military matters, he gained a clear understanding of the situation to come.

Xu Qing then mentioned that before dispatching troops, he would project his consciousness to observe the enemy, and then march out to meet them, thus knowing the enemy as well as ourselves.

To be honest, Xu Qing's plan was nothing extraordinary.

But from another dimension, he dissected the operation like a Butcher's Skill, turning a major problem into something very simple.

Only Xu Qing could do this. Anyone else, even a Divine Soul Master projecting consciousness to observe the enemy camp, would find it difficult to gather much information.

Xu Qing had the Purple Emperor Dragon Armor to protect his Divine Soul and the Purple Mansion to nourish it, giving him a unique advantage in this regard.

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At night, Xu Qing instructed Su Lianqing to guard outside, summoned the Five Great Demon protectors, and then confidently projected his Divine Soul, leaving the Purple Mansion.

His Divine Soul, protected by the Purple Emperor Dragon Armor, appeared in the form of a small dragon to outsiders.

A small dragon was seen flying into the night sky, quickly disappearing over Juzhou City.

At this time, it was early summer, corresponding with the celestial phenomenon of the Seven Azure Dragon Constellations' Flying Dragon in the Sky. Xu Qing felt as if the power of countless stars, guided by the Seven Azure Dragon Constellations, was pouring into his Divine Soul, incredibly fulfilling.

This was, of course, an illusion, but it was also a form of heavenly and human resonance, an embodiment of the Daoist Law of Nature.

This was one of the great benefits of opening the Purple Mansion, and attaining the realm of understanding the Daoist Law of Nature.

Any Divine Skill, once cultivated to perfection, can enter the stage of heavenly and human resonance, and over time, may even allow the Divine Skill to spontaneously operate in harmony with the natural laws of the universe.

However, within the records found at the Capital's Wen Yuan Pavilion, he discovered clues regarding Elder Fang's dealings.

This elder, when taking action, almost never exhibited any Divine Communication Skills, but rather something peculiar.

"All Techniques Immune?"

To be precise, the Divine Communication Skills that hit Elder Fang seemed to have no effect on him, at least that's how it seemed so far. Moreover, any physical damage could also be nullified by Elder Fang.

Back then, the Main Temple of the Lotus Sect had numerous experts, but they were easily defeated by Elder Fang. The biggest reason was that, even though the Five Great Demons were worshiped into entities akin to Divine Spirits, when faced with Elder Fang, they lost their Divine Skills, rendered useless.

This trait made Elder Fang distinct from any contemporary expert.

Or perhaps, Elder Fang could emit an aura with characteristics similar to the End of Dharma?

Of course, the related records were from many years ago. The current state of Elder Fang, Xu Qing did not know.

Yet, he understood that such self-realized individuals were hard to predict, only by engaging with them could one truly experience their characteristics.

He had the Heavenly Repairing Tribulation Hand, which might be able to explore Elder Fang's methods, but Xu Qing had no desire for such an opportunity.

Elder Fang had one good trait, he almost never caused trouble.

Xu Qing had no interest in opposing him.

It could be said, Elder Fang was a typical moderate figure, finding the Five Great Demon Gods Visualization Method troublesome, and simply giving it away without the intent to keep it.

Furthermore, it seemed he wouldn't teach his descendants cultivation, or perhaps what he comprehended couldn't be passed on to others.

Or perhaps Elder Fang felt that spreading such things wasn't beneficial.

The old man was indeed very interesting, though when Xu Qing attempted to invite him to deal with the Black Mountain Demon, he was declined.

Xu Qing planned to utilize the backdoor of His Majesty as a last resort, to see if he could get Elder Fang involved.

Perhaps Old Fang alone could take on the Black Mountain Demon.

One should always have dreams!