Chapter 6248: Conspiracy

As the head of the Tao family, Tao Yongheng made the Tao family stronger, not only because of his own talent and strength, but also because of his wisdom.

He did not start a war against Lingjiu Mountain on impulse, but had planned it long ago.

He used Lin Ning's identity to lure a star master from Lingjiu Mountain to Yunshang City, and killed him with thunder, greatly weakening the power of Lingjiu Mountain.

Then, before Lingjiu Mountain could react, he launched a powerful attack on the various strongholds of Lingjiu Mountain, occupying many mineral veins, medicinal fields and other resource points in Lingjiu Mountain.

Although Lingjiu Mountain was not attacked, it also caused Lingjiu Mountain to suffer heavy losses.

What is strange is that Yunshang City has not sent anyone to fight, so where did the manpower come from to attack the various strongholds of Lingjiu Mountain?

This question not only puzzled Lingjiu Mountain, but also surprised Yunshang City.

It was not until Tao Yongming returned to Yunshang City with his men that everyone knew that it was Tao Yongming who attacked the strongholds of Lingjiu Mountain.

In the civil strife of Yunshang City, the brothers Tao Yongheng and Tao Yongming turned against each other, which not only affected the development of Yunshang City, but also the situation of the entire Tiannan Region.

But no one expected that all this was a play arranged by Tao Yongheng.

The so-called hawk-dove faction and the ideological dispute were all fake.

In fact, Tao Yongheng took this opportunity to arrange Tao Yongming and others outside Yunshang City to develop secretly, and then launch an attack on Lingjiu Mountain when necessary to achieve an unexpected effect.

In other words, Tao Yongheng had arranged and prepared for the conquest of Lingjiu Mountain as early as decades ago.

Even his marriage to Lin Ning was part of the plan.

No one could understand why Tao Yongheng was so radical and chose Lingjiu Mountain, the top power in Zhonghao Realm, as his target.

If he wanted resources and hegemony, he could attack Guxuan Island.

Although Guxuan Island is also one of the top forces, it is still slightly inferior to Lingjiu Mountain and easier to defeat.

As for Songfeng Zen Temple, it is not competitive and has no resources, so no one would want to attack them.

Therefore, Tao Yongheng's choice of Lingjiu Mountain as a target is a puzzle to those who are not aware of it.

Yu Lu used many connections but could not find out the answer to this puzzle.

After Tao Yongheng started the war, Lingjiu Mountain, which had long been plotting against Yunshang City, immediately launched a powerful counterattack.

But Yunshang City was well prepared, and most of the important strongholds were set up with solid protective formations.

More strongholds have been hidden in recent years, and only Tao Yongheng and a very small number of trusted senior officials know about them, so even Lin Ning cannot pass this information back to Lingjiu Mountain.

In this way, most of the strongholds in Yunshang City are safe and sound, and the teleportation formation is preserved, which has the convenience and advantage of transportation.

However, Bayin Pavilion did not escape.

It's not that Tao Yongheng gave up Bayin Pavilion, but he didn't expect that Lingjiu Mountain had already arranged people to lurk around Bayin Pavilion, ready to attack at any time.

Not only that, Vulture Peak also set up a large formation in the Death Desert.

So when the City on the Clouds notified the Bayin Pavilion, although the practitioners of the Bayin Pavilion evacuated in time, many people were killed by the formation and practitioners of Vulture Peak.

The loss of the Bayin Pavilion was mainly a loss of personnel for the City on the Clouds, but after all, the main force of the City on the Clouds was above the clouds, and the foundation of the Tao family was not shaken.

Therefore, the City on the Clouds launched a more fierce attack on Vulture Peak.

Moreover, Tao Yongheng showed the power of the Eightfold Star Venerable at this time, and everyone knew that he had advanced to the Eightfold Star Venerable.

Originally, the mountain master of Vulture Peak, as the Eightfold Star Venerable, was the biggest reliance of Vulture Peak.

He even ignored the surprise attack of the City on the Clouds.

But when Tao Yongheng's realm was exposed, the situation suddenly became different.

Both forces were very large and had a deep foundation. The leaders of both sides understood that it would be impossible to really kill each other in the end.

Unless they follow the plan of Lingjiu Mountain and slowly kill Tao Yongheng, it's a pity that the plan failed.

Now the goal of Yunshang City and Lingjiu Mountain is very simple. While killing more powerful people of the other side and weakening the other side's strength, they occupy the other side's resources and weaken the other side's ability to develop sustainably.

In this way, the side that gains the advantage will become stronger and stronger.

The weaker side will develop slowly.

Therefore, the purpose of both sides is not to fight to the death, but to determine the winner and the ownership of resources.

In this way, Tao Yongheng and the mountain master of Lingjiu Mountain will not appear on the front battlefield, but only be responsible for dispatching and commanding, sitting in the middle army.

The two of them must not fight.

Because they all understand that they can't afford to lose, and they can't win.

Because the same level cultivators are one-on-one, unless they have an absolute external force advantage, it is difficult for the two sides to kill each other.

If they lose, the family and forces behind them will be completely destroyed.

If they win, the opponent is not dead, which is always a hidden danger, and no one can cure it except themselves.

Therefore, the war between Cloud City and Vulture Mountain has been going on for a while, but the two Eighth Star Lords have never fought each other.

As for their Star Lords and Saint Masters, they were arranged to fight in various important battlefields. Cloud City has a certain advantage through years of potential management.

Lin Ning and Tao Jue, mother and son, were placed under house arrest by Tao Yongheng.

Tao Jue, who was full of vigor and ambition, only wanted to inherit the throne and ascend to heaven in one step, but he never expected that he would end up like this.

He was also heartless. He immediately said that he would break off the mother-son relationship with his mother and was willing to follow his father to conquer Lingjiu Mountain. He could also swear to follow the heaven and never compete for the inheritance of the head of the family. In the future, he would wholeheartedly assist his sister Tao Xiaotong.

Despite this, Tao Yongheng still did not trust Tao Yongheng and locked him up.

Fortunately, Tao Yongheng was a saint master, so he didn't have to worry too much. Someone would just keep an eye on him.

But Lin Ning was a six-level star master, a top strong man, and had to be imprisoned.

Therefore, Lin Ning, the wife of the team leader, had a really hard life.

But who knew that Tao Yongheng's guard commander, a subordinate he trusted very much, actually betrayed the Tao family and rescued Tao Jue.

If Lin Ning hadn't been locked in the formation, only Tao Yongheng could open the formation, otherwise Lin Ning would have been rescued.

What was even more unexpected was that Tao Xiaotong was also robbed at the same time as Tao Jue was rescued.

Soon after, Tao Yongheng received news from Lingjiu Mountain that his son and daughter were detained in Guiyuan Mountain and were not in danger for the time being.

Lingjiu Mountain did not put forward any other conditions, nor did it threaten Tao Yongheng.

But Guiyuan Mountain was a very sensitive location.

Because Guiyuan Mountain was the largest mineral vein in Lingjiu Mountain, it stored a large amount of star stone ore.