Yellow Court Daoist

Juyun Mountain Range.

Red Rainbow Sect, Golden Wave Sect, and Demon Extermination Castle act simultaneously.

Red Rainbow Sect launches a surprise attack on Luoxia Sect's spirit stone veins, slaughtering dozens of disciples and severely injuring Luoxia Sect's Supreme Elder Sui Hanshan along with two Foundation Establishment Elders.

Golden Wave Sect dispatches cultivators to attack three of Luoxia Sect's medicine gardens and one beast garden in succession. The disciples of Luoxia Sect stationed at these places either die or flee, with half of the six Foundation Establishment Elders perishing.

More than a dozen Curled Feather Pelicans are plundered.

Demon Extermination Castle's experts move out, pouncing towards Silver Horn Mountain with formidable momentum.

Regrettably, among the three sects, only Demon Extermination Castle returns empty-handed.

Within Silver Horn Mountain, siblings Lu Qingfeng should have been in secluded cultivation on the mountain. When Demon Extermination Castle arrived, they discovered that 'Lu Qingfeng', 'Qingyu', and the others were all puppets in disguise.

The real persons had long since vanished without a trace.

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More than four hundred li south of Silver Horn Mountain, a hidden cave dwelling exists within an inconspicuous little mountain.

"Red Rainbow Sect."

"Golden Wave Sect."

"Demon Extermination Castle."

Lu Qingfeng stands outside the cave dwelling, gazing at the three pieces of imagery in the sky, a cold light flickering in his eyes.

Three months earlier.

After surviving a stealth attack by Chanyun Old Ghost, Lu Qingfeng remains vigilant. Afterward, by divination, he foresees good and bad fortune and quickly takes measures—

As he did in Upper Sun Country before; burrowing into dense forests to conceal himself.

This maneuver is extremely practiced.

As for leaving the puppet on Silver Horn Mountain, Lu Qingfeng wanted to see who exactly would make a move against him.

Today, when the group of cultivators and evil spirits show up at Silver Horn Mountain, Lu Qingfeng uses the 'Peeping Heaven and Earth Great Method' to see everything clearly.

The one who made the move—

Demon Extermination Castle.

Red Rainbow Sect and Golden Wave Sect attacking simultaneously, striking at the two foundations of Luoxia Sect.

Demon Extermination Castle's move on Silver Horn Mountain was naturally aiming for Lu Qingfeng.

Immodestly speaking, with Lu Qingfeng's accomplishments in alchemy and artifact refining, he is equally an important pillar of the Luoxia Sect.

"Even so, the three sects of Red Rainbow Sect are precisely anxious that big brother, in alliance with Luoxia Sect, will rapidly expand their power by leveraging the gains from the Hundred Herbs Garden, thus they resolutely band together to deal with Luoxia Sect."

"My behavior with Qingyu in the Hundred Herbs Garden was merely the catalyst."

Lu Qingshan stands next to his elder brother, sees the situation of Luoxia Sect on all fronts, and shows a regretful look on his face.

If he had not been too impetuous in the Hundred Herbs Garden that day, not too eager to stand out and make a name for himself, perhaps—

"Do you think if you hadn't fought back in the Hundred Herbs Garden, the three sects would just sit back and watch Luoxia Sect rise and surpass them?"

Lu Qingfeng hears this and laughs lightly.

Lu Qingshan does not know, but he is aware.

Even before entering the Hundred Herbs Garden, Red Rainbow Sect had intended to eliminate him, probably having seen his talent in both alchemy and artifact, wanting to strike preemptively to nip potential threats in the bud.

Failing in Hundred Herbs Garden and with heavy losses for Red Rainbow Sect.

Red Rainbow Sect would not just leave things be.

This is something Lu Qingfeng had anticipated. However, Red Rainbow Sect convincing Golden Wave Sect and Demon Extermination Castle to join forces against Luoxia Sect so swiftly was indeed beyond Lu Qingfeng's expectations.

It is rare for the three sects to reach a consensus.

They share a common stance, all wishing to eliminate Luoxia Sect, to reduce the division of the Juyun Mountain Range pie from four to three.

Furthermore, Red Rainbow Sect, because of the trip to Hundred Herbs Garden, will likely not recover for nearly a hundred years.

Golden Wave Sect and Demon Extermination Castle naturally have no reason to hesitate.

Even if they fail to eliminate Luoxia Sect, they could still slow Luoxia Sect's rapid development or even cause it to severely regress.

As for Qingshan and Qingyu?

Regardless of whether they acted in the lower levels of the Hundred Herbs Garden, the overall situation remains unchanged; at most, when the Red Rainbow Sect persuades the other two factions, it may require a bit more negotiation.

Blaming the enemy's words, actions, and atrocities on oneself is indeed an act of cowardice.

Hearing his elder brother's words, Lu Qingshan fell silent without a word.

Beside him, Lu Qingyu spoke up, "Elder brother, the Luoxia Sect is currently facing enemies on three fronts; what should we do next?"

The powers of the Juyun Four Sects are balanced. Although the Luoxia Sect made great gains in this trip to the Hundred Herbs Garden, there hasn't been enough time to convert them into foundational strength and power.

Currently facing three enemies alone, the disadvantage is significant.

The Red Rainbow Sect and the other two sects dare not press directly onto Jinyun Peak, lest they provoke a desperate counterattack from the Luoxia Sect, resulting in heavy losses.

But eradicating the Luoxia Sect's industries one by one outside of Jinyun Peak is truly a problem without a solution.

With the Foundation Establishment Elders of the Luoxia Sect being few, how can they compare with the three factions' Foundation Establishment?

"Rest assured, I have a method."

Lu Qingfeng waved his hand and closed the 'Peeping Heaven and Earth Great Method', "I had intended to accumulate enough strength before retaliating against the Red Rainbow Sect. Now it seems we have also attracted the attention of Demon Extermination Castle and the Golden Wave Sect. Our plans need to be expedited."

Within the Nameless Mountain.

Lu Qingfeng sat cross-legged, cultivating.

When he left the Upper Sun Country initially, it wasn't long since Lu Qingfeng advanced to the True Qi Realm.

During the seven years plus in the Crying Swamp, he reached the Sixth Layer of the True Qi Realm.

Later, he cultivated for three years on Silver Horn Mountain and didn't neglect his cultivation before and after his time in the Hundred Herbs Garden.

Upon careful calculation, he had been in the True Qi Realm for nearly twelve years. Lu Qingfeng had also reached the Ninth Layer of the True Qi Realm, with the Foundation Establishment Stage just within reach.

This time in the Hundred Herbs Garden, he harvested a large number of first, second, and third-rank Spirit Grass.

He not only successfully refined a batch of the Foundation Establishment Pills but also refined a number of entry-level Spirit Pills, which are needed for the cultivation of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

In the game, he had reached Foundation Establishment countless times.

In reality, the day for Foundation Establishment had finally come.

Lu Qingfeng's cultivation technique operated, his True Qi within was turbulent.

The 'Yellow Robe True Skill' replaced the 'Iron Refining Body'.

Under the domineering nature of the 'Yellow Court Scripture', which controls all methods, the True Qi refined from Iron Refining Body seamlessly transformed into the True Qi of 'Yellow Robe True Skill'. His body was tempered even more comprehensively and powerfully than when cultivating 'Iron Refining Body'.

Even at just the True Qi Realm, the strength of his body has reached an unfathomably formidable level.

The Mysterious-level Body Refinement Techniques were powerfully indescribable.

As for the 'Five Thunder Heart Sutra', Lu Qingfeng had already cultivated it to the Foundation Establishment Level in the game, but in reality, he was just at the beginning stage, still at the Inner Breath level.

He initially planned to elevate this technique to the Ninth Layer of the True Qi Realm before commencing Foundation Establishment.

But this might slow down the pace.

For now, Foundation Establishment takes precedence.

As his cultivation level continually increased, he drew ever closer to the True Qi Peak. While cultivating, Lu Qingfeng also sought out the appropriate place for his Heavenly Tribulation, with various preparations simultaneously in progress.

Time passed by.

The Red Rainbow Sect, Golden Wave Sect, and Demon Extermination Castle continued to target the Luoxia Sect, occupying its industries one by one, uprooting each of its strongholds. Even the six cities controlled by the Luoxia Sect were gradually showing signs of breaking away from the sect.

The Luoxia Sect defended on one hand and counterattacked on the other, sending out Foundation Establishment Cultivators to strike at the three sects' various industries.

Now it was a matter of whether the Luoxia Sect would be the first to falter or if the three sects of the Red Rainbow Sect would voluntarily retreat due to substantial losses.

Lu Qingfeng ignored the battles, taking time to refine various Elixir Pills for recovering True Qi and True Yuan, as well as healing Elixir Pills, seals, and so on, to sustain the consumption of the great war.

Fortunately, the Luoxia Sect had obtained a substantial amount of Spiritual Medicine this time, which could support them for a short period.

Days went by.

Lu Qingfeng was getting closer to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Finally.

In the seventh month after the end of the trip to the Hundred Herbs Garden, which was also the second month after the Demon Extermination Castle left Silver Horn Mountain empty-handed.

Twelve Foundation Establishment Pills were consumed, each refined one by one.

The peak of True Qi was broken through, and the Foundation Establishment Thunder Tribulation arrived.