"Who opened the mountain defense formation?!"

The first person to be alarmed by the sudden movement of the formation on the top of the mountain was General Lian Peng, who was on duty in the main formation hall.

Seeing a group of Nascent Souls surrounding Yuan Tu and Fang Chang, Lian Peng looked directly at Yuan Tu with a slightly aggressive look.

"Yuan Tu, what do you want to do by bringing so many people here? To force the palace?"

"The Council of Elders is about to convene. It seems that you can't wait to step down as general."

Lian Peng sneered again and again.

Yuan Tu glanced at Fang Chang, saw his slight chin, then stepped forward and said in return:

"Lian Peng, this general is here to hold a meeting of elders."

"As the general of the Mountain Army and the heir to my master's five elders, I am qualified to convene the elders' meeting in advance."

"What about him?"

Lian Peng looked at Fang Chang and continued to attack:

"When can an outsider participate in the internal affairs of our mountain army?"

He saw Fang Chang's core position in this team, and even Yuan Tu was half a step behind.

Yuan Tu waved his hand and said with an unquestionable tone:

"How long has it been? You still care about outsiders and insiders? Did everyone in the Hill Army grow up in the Hill Army?

Our mountain army has the strength and status it has today because of its policy and strategy of not rejecting anyone who comes.

This gentleman is wise, powerful, intelligent, and his cultivation is astonishing. In my opinion, he is more qualified to lead our mountain army than the so-called Elder Council.

Not only me, but also the twelve Nascent Soul elders behind me all agree on this."

Lian Peng glanced at all the Nascent Souls, including many who were also generals.

Everyone clearly outnumbered him in terms of numbers and strength, but at this moment they all lowered their heads with a guilty conscience.

If it hadn't been for a moment of obsession, how could they have fallen into the dilemma they are in now.

The feeling of being controlled by others and having no control over one's own actions is really uncomfortable and terrifying.

Before they find a solution, they can only go to the dark side.

At this time, Fang Chang was also observing Lian Peng.

Compared with Yuan Tu, Lian Peng's temperament is more mature, with a standard Chinese character face, firm eyes, and he is very confident at first glance.

Such people generally have their own principles and will not waver easily.

In terms of appearance, Lian Peng and Yuan Tu have their own merits.

"General Lian Peng, I have heard of your name, and personally I admire talents like you.

He has a tough mind and is able to move forward firmly despite his reputation as the second best in ten thousand years, and has defeated his former opponents.

There is a saying that goes well, winning first does not count, whoever laughs last is the hero.

If Yuanda hadn't met me, you would have been the hero with the last laugh."

Fang Chang looked at Lian Peng with admiration.

"My name is Fang Chang. Please give me face and call me City Lord. Are you interested in hanging out with me?"

"Don't rush to refuse. You have time to think about it before I become the marshal of the mountain army."

The core of the Hill Army is the five veterans and the ten generals.

Among the five elders, there is no distinction between high and low, but among the five there will be an honorary marshal, who is nominally the top leader of the mountain army and rotates every hundred years.

Lian Peng was said to be a little confused.

Why did he become the marshal of the mountain army?

But he quickly reacted. When he turned his palm, a token appeared, and a layer of earth-yellow light slowly emerged from the void, covering the entire mountain top.

"No one can act rashly without the order of the Senate!"

As the general on duty in the Formation Hall, Lian Peng has the authority to control the entire mountain formation.

He had already seen that Yuan Tu and others were coming with bad intentions.

My failure to react at first was due to inertial thinking.

In the mountain army, no matter how unruly everyone is, they always make trouble in secret, but on the surface they are still amicable and will not use force.

This is a rule that the Hill Army can continue to follow. Anyone who dares to break it will be the enemy of the entire Hill Army.

But now that even outsiders have intervened, it is destined to be bad.

Of course, despite this, Lian Peng still believed that this was a civil strife and not an invasion by a foreign enemy.

Seeing the formation on the top of the mountain restored, Fang Chang sighed slightly.

If Lian Peng and Yuan Tu weren't really unable to deal with each other, Fang Chang originally wanted to regard him as his first target after Yuan Tu.

It's a pity that after several hookups, even Peng didn't take the bait. The life-extending elixir was not urgently needed for a young man like him who was only a few hundred years old.

"Gentlemen, it's time for you to shine."

Fang Chang retreated behind everyone.

"General Lian Peng, don't stop us."

A Nascent Soul cultivator whose power was not inferior to Lian Peng, and even slightly surpassed him, stood up.

His name is Qi Dao, and he is one of the generals of the mountain army. Unlike Yuan Tu, a casual general, he is an old man among the generals and also controls part of the authority of the mountain formation.

After all, the safety of the mountain top cannot be relied on on one person. There are checks and balances everywhere.

Lian Peng frowned and said: "General Qidao, I didn't expect that even you support Yuan Tu. Is a life-extending elixir so important to you?"

He had also heard that Yuan Tu used the life-extending elixir to win over Yuanying in the army, but he never took it to heart.

He even secretly laughed at the fact that the opponent who once gave him trouble sleeping and eating was now using off-the-table tricks that he himself despised.

Qi Dao smiled bitterly: "You don't understand."

If it was just a life-extending elixir, why would he risk offending the Elder Council?

But now the demon seed has been planted in his body, and through the manual catalysis of the city lord, the demon seed has been integrated into his soul.

Although his mind has not changed, Qi Dao has deeply understood the power of the inner demon, and he does not want another inner demon to come out and snatch the body that originally belongs to him.

The most important thing is that he can't steal it!

"Get out of the way."

As Qi Dao took a step forward, the large formation on the mountain top that originally put pressure on the monks suddenly opened a gap, and the power of the perfect formation was greatly reduced.

"General Qidao, what nonsense are you talking about? Let's all come together! Capture Lian Peng and congratulate the Lord of the City!"

Some Yuanying monks who wanted to please Fang Chang saw that the power of the formation was weakened and took the lead to take action.

In an instant, various spiritual arts exploded, and brilliant lights lit up on the top of the mountain.

"Do you want to rebel?!"

Lian Peng didn't expect that everyone actually dared to take action. Even though they were on guard, they were still beaten away heavily.

If it weren't for the large formation on the mountain top to share the pressure, the siege of more than a dozen Yuanying monks would be enough to defeat his physical body in an instant.

But he was still injured.

Qi Dao stepped forward, his figure swaying like running water, seemingly slow but actually fast. He struck the formation with a palm, and the formation shattered like tofu cubes.

Then he hit Lian Peng hard on the chest.

The huge impact made the air explode, and a body-protecting spiritual light appeared in front of Lian Peng. It was a body-protecting spiritual armor.

Lian Peng, who had already taken off, rolled again.

The formation changed, a cloud of mist emerged, and Lian Peng's figure disappeared deep into the formation.

"General Qidao, why did you let him go?!"

No one is a fool, Qi Dao's little actions are too obvious.

Although most of them have released the water, as long as there is one person who takes the blame, others will not release the water.

Qi Dao said lightly: "How powerful the mountain formation is. Back then, the strong man commanded thousands of ferocious beasts and set off three waves of beasts to break through the mountain-protecting formation.

It's not unusual for Lian Peng to use the power of the formation to escape.

If you don’t believe it, you can ask General Yuan Tu. He was also the general on duty at the Formation Headquarters at the time, so he knows the power of the mountain formation very well.”

When everyone heard this, they looked at Yuan Tu.

Yuan Tu was about to speak when he heard Fang Chang laugh and say:

"It doesn't matter, I was invited by General Yuan Tu to restore the glory of the Shanshan Army. If you use more to bully the less, it will make people unconvinced.

Now it's time for Lian Peng to inform the four elders, and I will solve it together.
To be continued...