Immortal Mansion: With mediocre qualifications, I have no choice but to live forever

"I agree with Junior Sister Qing."

Xu Hanchang took over the conversation, deep worry in his eyes.

"If we are given another two years, after we have digested 70% to 80% of the spiritual objects we have, we can still fight them."

"But now let alone improving our strength, Brother Li has overused his spiritual power, and the chaotic spiritual energy in his body has not yet been sorted out. The current state of the four of us is indeed not suitable for a head-on confrontation."

Having said this, he looked at the jade slip in Qing Jimeng's hand, and a trace of pity flashed in his eyes.

"In fact, if we want to turn defense into offense, we can capture all the cultivators of the Spirit Sword Sect in one fell swoop, but... it will go against the harmony of nature."

Zhou Yiqiao and the other two immediately understood the second half of Xu Hanchang's sentence, their faces changed drastically, and they hurriedly stopped him.

"Absolutely not!"

"Using these mortals from Liujia Village as bait is indeed the simplest method, but slaughtering mortal creatures is an act that is expressly prohibited by all forces in the Tianchen Realm!"

"Although Zhou is a demon cultivator and doesn't care about these red tapes, he has a bottom line in his heart and will never kill innocent people for his own selfish desires."

Zhou Yiqiao's tone was extremely stern, and he was obviously very dissatisfied with Xu Hanchang's dangerous idea.

Although he never considered himself a good person, not slaughtering irrelevant people at will was his bottom line as a cultivator of the magic path.

His words immediately gained the support of Qing Jimeng and Li Mubai.

The two of them were not like Xu Hanchang. They left the sect early in their youth and made their own way. The worldview they received was never as dark as Xu Hanchang's. Naturally, they were unwilling to sacrifice innocence in exchange for a moment of peace.

Xu Hanchang was shocked by the serious expressions of the three people. After a moment of silence, he smiled bitterly and sighed.

"You all have a point. I was anxious and lost my sense of proportion."

"After years of struggling in the world of cultivation, I may have been eroded by the rules of intrigue and deception, and the law of the jungle."

"What I said today was really inappropriate."

"Brother Xu was so eager to survive that he made a stupid move in a hurry. It's understandable."

"If I hadn't found a way to resolve the current crisis, I might have agreed with Brother Xu's method."

Seeing that the atmosphere in the room was becoming extremely awkward, Zhou Yiqiao stepped out to ease the atmosphere.

As he spoke, he took the jade slip from Qing Jimeng's hand and placed it on his forehead again. After a moment, he opened his eyes and snapped his fingers.

The next moment, countless spiritual powers flowed out from his fingertips, drawing a dark blue spiritual power picture in front of the four people.

What was shown on the screen was the defense map of the Lingjian Sect monks that Li Mubai had recorded in the jade slip.

"Please look at this, everyone. This is the Lingjian Sect's defense map that Brother Li collected these days."

Zhou Yiqiao pointed at the dark blue spiritual power picture in front of him and said in a deep voice.

"The Spirit Sword Sect's defense is indeed very strict. They have surrounded the entire Liujia Village, leaving no gaps. It is almost impossible to escape quietly."

"For now, we have to weaken some of their forces first, so that we can break through head-on, or even destroy the Spirit Sword Sect and Xuantian Alliance."

Upon hearing this, the three of them gathered around and carefully examined the spiritual power picture drawn by Zhou Yiqiao.

"Brother Zhou, what did you find?"

A hint of curiosity flashed in Li Mubai's eyes.

"Look here."

Zhou Yiqiao pointed to a location on the picture and said slowly.

"Although the Spirit Sword Sect has a strict defense, their number of cultivators is limited after all. It is impossible for them to be comprehensive before they are completely sure that the four of us are hiding in Liujia Village."

"In this forest, they set up three visible sentries and two hidden sentries. It seems to be seamless, but in fact there is a fatal loophole."

"Oh?"

A gleam of light flashed in Xu Hanchang's eyes.

"What loophole?"

Qing Jimeng also showed a concerned look.

"Although these three visible outposts and two hidden outposts can support each other, their attention is focused on the direction of Liujia Village."

"That is, if we attack from other directions, they will likely be caught off guard."

A cold light flashed in Zhou Yiqiao's eyes.

"Moreover, the distance between these three visible outposts and two hidden outposts is relatively far. Once we launch an attack, it will be difficult for them to form effective support in a short period of time."

"Therefore, we can fully exploit this loophole and defeat their forces in batches."

"If the intelligence collected by Brother Li is correct, there are a total of 100 cultivators from the Spirit Sword Sect and the Xuantian Alliance at each of these five sentinel points, accounting for more than 40% of their high-level combat power."

"As long as we can weaken this part of their forces, even if the rest of their forces react, our chances of success in breaking through head-on will be greatly increased."

Zhou Yiqiao's analysis made the three people's eyes light up. They carefully looked at the spiritual power picture and found that what Zhou Yiqiao said was true.

"Brother Zhou is right. This loophole can indeed be exploited."

Li Mubai nodded.

"That's right. As long as we can weaken their strength, we can break through head-on and catch them off guard."

A hint of excitement flashed in Xu Hanchang's eyes.

"Moreover, if our plan is more detailed, it is not impossible to wipe out the two sects in one fell swoop."

There was also a hint of anticipation in Qing Jimeng's eyes.

"Okay, let's act according to this plan."

A hint of determination flashed in Zhou Yiqiao's eyes.

"But before that, we need to recover our strength first to ensure that we can exert the strongest combat effectiveness when we take action."

"Since Fellow Daoist Qing thinks they will find us in three days, I will give everyone a day to rest and recuperate."

"One day later, we will launch an operation to eliminate those sentinels one by one and weaken the power of the Spirit Sword Sect and the Xuantian Alliance."

After he finished speaking, he turned and looked at Li Mubai.

"Brother Li's injuries have not yet recovered. After we leave Liujia Village tomorrow, we can send Brother Li to a nearby hidden location for placement. After we complete our mission, we will come back to pick Brother Li up and leave together."

The senior from the Sword Sect entrusted Li Mubai to Zhou Yiqiao, so Zhou Yiqiao naturally had to do his best to ensure Li Mubai's safety.

Upon hearing this, Li Mubai shook his head and refused firmly.

"While practicing swordsmanship, who wouldn't want to be penetrated by sword energy and have their meridians damaged? This minor injury is nothing more than a daily occurrence for Li, and it won't delay our actions."

Zhou Yiqiao was also half a swordsman, and he understood that Li Mubai's words were not false. After considering for a moment, he respected Li Mubai's choice.

"In that case, Zhou will not say any more."

"Zhou's injuries have long since recovered. He will be your guardian from now on. The three of you should just relax and take care of yourselves."

Xu Hanchang and the other two did not hesitate. After nodding, they sat on the ground and began to regulate their breathing and recover.