"After many years of separation, Pindao is back again."
Chi Xuan looked at Chi Shan in front of him and couldn't help but feel a little sad and sighing.
Today, Chishan has already become the largest and most vast mountain in Juling County. Probably because Lord Tushan poured spiritual stones to shape the spiritual veins, Chishan began to gather the atmosphere of the surrounding mountains and rivers as the spiritual veins condensed.
As a result, the originally inconspicuous hills grew into tall mountains and rivers.
Red Sheep Palace is no longer as dilapidated as before.
With the help of spells like Chi Tianlishi, the dilapidated Chiyang Palace can be renovated into a majestic palace on the top of the mountains without spending any money on the people.
There are not many handymen and Taoist boys. They have been too busy in the past few years and Chi Xuan has no chance to recruit apprentices. He can only slowly select the children from the refugees and then absorb them into the Taoist boys of Chiyang Palace.
Speaking of handymen, it’s because the Red Sheep Palace needs people to take care of it, or sweep it, sprinkle water, add oil...
Most of these mundane chores require adults to do them, so they recruit some young believers with clean family backgrounds and hard work with their wages.
Chishan was the first to develop, and there is no shortage of believers.
Most believers in Jixian County surround Chishan, treating it as a place of pilgrimage.
Chi Xuan's return to Chishan was very low-key, and no outsiders knew about it. Even many dharma leaders in Juling County did not know that Chi Xuan left Juling County and returned to Chishan.
The first thing I did when I came to Chishan was to block the news.
Before leaving, he also told Zhou Hui and Li Yuanzhen to pay attention to the military movements of the Da Cang court.
Especially the one closest to them, Chu Liangyong, who led a large army and was stationed in Liangzhou. This man could destroy the Tianli Sect within one month, and his strength should not be underestimated.
Furthermore, both Lizhou and Cangzhou need to be appeased, integrated and recruited.
They are not fleeing bandits, and the territory they conquered cannot be left alone. The other two states were also suffering from natural and man-made disasters, so now the same mess is waiting for Chi Tianhui to clean up.
There are soaring mountains, steep ridges and beautiful peaks, and palaces and towers to watch Taoist people. Chi Xuan couldn't help but sigh, but in just a few years, Chishan has changed greatly, and even the whole world has changed.
Wu Ruoshui looked at the vast Chishan in surprise. She did not expect that the chief helmsman of the Chitian Society would be here, let alone that Chishan would be like this.
She had been to Ji County before and had heard of Chishan.
When we saw him again, he was no longer what he used to be.
Old Monster Jing's eyes lit up and he sighed: "What a rich and solid spiritual energy."
Then he looked at Tu Shanjun who was standing aside. The amount of spiritual stones required to bury a spiritual vein out of thin air would be very large, and formations would also be needed to solidify the spiritual vein.
It's like planting a spiritual seed and waiting for the seed to sprout and grow.
If you want the seeds to germinate, you certainly need a lot of fertilizer.
Most of the rocks under the Chishan Mountain have been replaced by Tushanjun with spiritual stones, just to keep the spiritual energy sufficient.
At least under Tu Shanjun's plan, except for Chi Xuan himself being taken advantage of by his inner demons, otherwise nothing could stop Chi Xuan from forming the golden elixir.
"Spirit sealing method?"
Tu Shanjun smiled calmly: "I got a spiritual vein by chance."
"I sealed this spiritual vein in the storage bag, and it's time to put it into use."
The spiritual vein was drawn from the Chiwu Sect and was a second-level spiritual vein. It was pressed into a jade box using the Xumi Mustard Seed Technique.
Tu Shanjun did not plant all his spiritual veins in Dahei Mountain. The spiritual veins in Dahei Mountain were at the third level, and there would not be much benefit from planting them, so he took the spiritual veins with him in case of emergency.
Forming an elixir is unusual, as it requires a larger amount of spiritual energy, and even needs good spiritual veins for blessing, so that you can have the confidence to form an elixir.
The average small sect only has enough first-level small spiritual veins for foundation building. If you want to form a golden elixir, you have to slowly collect resources and bring the treasures to a large sect to seek an opportunity to form an elixir in the land of spiritual veins.
To form a golden elixir in such a world with depleted spiritual energy requires relatively huge resources, and is naturally more difficult than in a small wilderness.
That is to say, Mr. Tushan has such resources. Otherwise, someone else would have to slowly collect spiritual energy or find a sect in the cave to borrow it.
In the cave where the spiritual energy is exhausted, the spiritual veins are the treasures of the sect, and even the loss of spiritual energy is enough for them to feel distressed.
At that time, other than robbing, the only option is to bite the bullet and forcibly form the elixir.
Tu Shanjun thought of Old Monster Jing. Logically speaking, with Monster Jing's level of cultivation, he should have a lot of resources on his body.
Maybe seeing the strange look in Tu Shanjun's eyes, Old Monster Jing smiled lightly and said: "I have exchanged all my resources for healing and life-saving things. After being on the run for so long, they have been used up long ago, so those three treasures can still be considered as my family's wealth."
"There will always be some spiritual stones left..."
"Except for dozens of top-quality spiritual stones used to activate the formation, the rest are not preserved. Jin Yuanyang didn't think about the way this would leave him." Old Monster Jing fell into deep thought.
He forgot what realm he was in and why he entered Yuanyang.
I don't know if it was too long, or because of the erosion of incense, or both, but he forgot too many things.
Tu Shanjun did not disturb Old Monster Jing who was deep in thought.
These days, Mr. Jing will always be like this. From time to time, he will be stunned. When he comes back to his senses, it seems that he has forgotten what he just said.
This is obviously not a good sign.
Wu Ruoshui wouldn't bother her anymore, she was still immersed in the joy of being filled with spiritual energy.
He San followed closely beside Chi Xuan, whispering to Chi Xuan the news coming from all directions.
Most of them are about the movements of the imperial troops.
"Grand Master, Liangzhou's army set out half a month ago. Xuzhou's line report just arrived today and traces of Liangzhou's army have been discovered."
"Xuzhou Pass?"
"Yanmen."
Lei Heng, the guard at Yanmen Gate, looked solemn.
"Report!"
"The procession carrying the big banner with the character "Chu" disappeared in the Yanmen Canyon and did not come to Yanmen."
"not coming?"
The leader of the Dharma, Lei Heng, frowned. The hundreds of thousands of troops had been staying with him for more than ten days. They thought they were going to attack the city, but the thunder was loud and the rain was small. It looked more like harassment and looking for a way to break through the barrier.
How could it disappear so easily.
Even if they use escape techniques, there are no such powerful monks who can lead them around.
Lei Heng, who was deep in thought, suddenly widened his eyes: "No, they didn't want to cross Yanmen at all, but planned to sneak attack Yiguan and break through the giant ridge."
"Quick, command talisman."
Lei Heng then thought that it would be better to send the message himself. It might be too late to rely on the army sergeants to deliver the message. He immediately opened a forum to invite the talisman to deliver the message, ignited it, activated it, and sent it to Juling County.
Giant Ridge.
Zhou Hui had already received the news that Yiguan had been breached, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Chu Liangyong, Marshal Chu, fooled Lei Heng with three thousand men and horses, and he was able to break through Yiguan before the news came. He really has an idea."
The other two armies of the imperial court have also arrived in Lizhou and are attacking the city and the territory. They are attacking steadily and do not directly attack the weaker Yiguan by detours like Chu Liangyong did.
Maybe he could see Chu Liangyong in a day or two.
"General Zhou, if Yi Pass is broken, the hundreds of thousands of troops will be approaching the city soon. We should ask the defenders of other passes to come to support."
Zhou Hui nodded calmly and said: "General Li, don't be impatient. Juling County will not be defeated so easily. With the support of the soldiers and horses from the six counties, Chu Liangyong will only be killed by us in Xuzhou."
Li Yuanzhen shouted: "Juling County is very important!"
Among the six counties in Xuzhou, the remaining five counties combined are not as important as Juling County. This is the chief helm of Chitianhui and the incense dojo of Chitianjun.
As long as Juling County is not lost, Chi Tianjun's strength will not weaken much.
Therefore, even if Lizhou and Cangzhou were lost, Li Yuanzhen still felt that the troops and horses should be sent back for reinforcements. It would be difficult to defend Chu Liangyong, who was leading the imperial demon-conquering Yamen and monks from all sides, with only 20,000 to 30,000 troops and horses in the city.
He knew the truth. The Archmage wanted to form an elixir and was not stationed in Juling County, which made him even more panicked.
Zhou Hui sat cross-legged in front of the handsome case and looked at the military information document in his hand, and said casually: "General Li, how many years have we been walking together?"
Li Yuanzhen felt a little strange, but he didn't think much and replied: "Four years."
"Four years."
Zhou Hui raised his head. Now he has lost the tenderness of a young man and looks more like a majestic general. He calmly put down the silk book in his hand: "We are no longer the weak and powerless victims of the disaster."
"We can't always rely on the Archmage."
"The garrison arrangements in the six counties are very reasonable."
"Xuzhou and Cangzhou can only believe that they can hold on."
"Reducing strength during war is not a good decision. It will cause many soldiers to sacrifice their lives, will also lead to the displacement of believers, and will further damage prestige and military morale."
"Whether we can hold it or not, we cannot shake the morale of the military."
"We have become stronger." Zhou Hui looked at Li Yuanzhen with a smile, the incense mana turned into steaming breath and rose into the sky, and the phantom body condensed behind him.
Li Yuanzhen suddenly realized that they were very different from before. Some things had to be faced, and avoiding them would not solve the problem.
After the discussion was over, Li Yuanzhen left.
Zhou Hui sat quietly in the main hall. In fact, Li Yuanzhen's idea was not wrong, but the timing was not right.
Juling County is not important, what is important is the Archmage.
As long as the Archmage can form elixirs, Juling County will be lost, and they will all die in battle. Zhou Hui also feels that he has achieved his goal. Juling County should be used to attract firepower and targets, so that these people will not go to Chishan to disturb the Archmage's breakthrough.
"I hope everything goes well with the Archmage." Zhou Hui, wearing full armor, walked out of the coach's hall and prepared to personally inspect the equipment and supplies for the defense of the city.
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"The Archmage."
The Taoist boy who greeted him respectfully raised his hands and saluted.
Chi Xuan motioned to the other party not to follow.
The rebuilt Red Sheep Palace was shaped by Chi Tianlishi according to his wishes, so naturally he did not need others to guide him.
Walking to the worship hall, Chi Xuan looked at the scattered rows of altars, took the incense, cast a spell to light it, threw away the flames, and saw only wisps of smoke and dust flying above. Chi Xuan bowed and bowed again.