Chapter 438: Gathering for the Northern Expedition
The day after Liu Changxu arrived at Honglian Island, he and his wife Li Zhenxin began busy arranging the third-level formation for upgrading the spiritual veins.
What they are planning to set up is the third-order low-grade Blue Sea Tide Formation and the third-order mid-grade Five Elements Gathering Formation.
The Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array is used to upgrade spiritual veins and has no offensive or defensive capabilities.
The Bihai Tide Formation is a set of formations that can be used both offensively and defensively, and is most suitable for use as the island protection formation for Honglian Island.
Because the layout of the formation must take full consideration of the mountains, rivers, terrain and surrounding environment, the layout is extremely cumbersome.
Although the array devices and disks of the large array are ready-made, the specific placement of them in a more reasonable place is a test of the level of the organizer, and the level of the array layout is directly related to the power of the large array.
Li Zhenxin is now a second-level formation mage. Although he is not a third-level formation mage due to his cultivation, he is still capable of setting up a third-level formation. In addition, Liu Changxu, the golden elixir master, is assisting on the side, making these two formations
The arrangement of the method went smoothly.
But even so, the couple had been busy for more than a month to complete the arrangement of these two formations.
When Liu Changxu activated these two formations one after another, the originally cloudless sky above Honglian Island began to change, and all kinds of spiritual energy from heaven and earth within a thousand miles around gathered here.
And these gathered spiritual energy of heaven and earth are continuously absorbed by the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array on Honglian Island, and form a huge funnel-shaped colorful cloud above Honglian Island.
Affected by this, the spiritual energy on Honglian Island shrouded by the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array was like mist, surging like a tide, and then a dense spiritual rain fell. The various spiritual plants on the island immediately glowed under the nourishment of the spiritual rain.
With the vibrant vitality, the spiritual energy concentration on the island also slowly increased.
The increase in spiritual energy concentration caused the Liu family monks on Honglian Island to feel that their spiritual power was becoming more active. Some Liu family Qi refining clan members who had not broken through for a long time even broke through the bottleneck and advanced on the spot.
The spiritual veins on Red Lotus Island took a long time to advance, and it was not until half a month later that they reached the level of the third-level low-grade spiritual veins.
It took another half a month for the spiritual veins on Honglian Island to stabilize at the third-level low-grade level. At this point, the upgrade of the third-level spiritual veins on Honglian Island was completed.
After completing the upgrade of the spiritual veins, the war to conquer the monsters in the north will begin.
Therefore, Liu Changxu began to travel back and forth to Taohua Mountain, Baihua Mountain, and Honglian Island to check the war preparations.
In the Baihuashan Clan Affairs Hall, Liu Changxu occupies the main seat. The family elders are sitting on both sides. The clan leader Liu Shijie is introducing the preparations for the Northern Expedition to everyone.
"In this Northern Expedition, we are going to send most of the monks from our family to form the Northern Expedition army. There is one Golden Pill monk, eleven Foundation-building monks, and 700 Qi refiners. It should be noted that among these 700 Qi refiner monks,
Two hundred people were recruited as casual cultivators.
After more than a month of simple training, the family monks participating in the war have basically mastered the Three Talents Formation, the Ten Jue Formation and other battle formation methods, and are ready to go into battle."
"Okay, then we will gather for the battle in three days."
After listening to the introduction from the patriarch Liu Shijie, Liu Changxu issued the order to go to war. The elders present were all gearing up and in high spirits.
On the morning of the third day, at dawn, more than 700 Qi Refining monks were neatly arranged in several columns in the square at the foot of Baihua Mountain.
A group of tribesmen gathered around the square to see off their families. Most of them were underage children and old and weak women.
In this Northern Expedition, the Liu family sent most of the family's strength, leaving behind mostly old, young, women and children.
The foundation-building monks who stayed behind in the family were also women. The third concubine Shi stayed at Baihua Mountain, Lian'er stayed at Honglian Island, and Liu Changxin stayed at Taohua Mountain.
On the high platform of the square, the eldest brother Liu Changyong read out family orders and various wartime rewards and punishments.
When they heard the announcement of the high reward, not only the casual cultivators were very excited, but also the faces of the Liu family's Qi Refining clan members were filled with excitement.
Although the Liu family controls a lot of resources for cultivating immortals, ordinary members of the Liu family are not wealthy. In the final analysis, the reason for this situation is that the Liu family has given birth to too many children, and the burden is too heavy. No matter how many spiritual objects they have,
An average is not enough.
Uncle Liu Shi'an and fifth brother Liu Changshun are typical representatives. Because there are too many children, family rewards are not enough, and cultivation resources have been very tight. For them, this Northern Expedition is a good opportunity to make a fortune. Naturally, they cannot
miss.
After the eldest brother Liu Changyong finished reading, his father Liu Shihao divided the monks participating in the war into teams.
According to the results of prior discussions, the family's more than 700 participating teams were divided into three brigades, each with more than 200 people.
The captain of the first team is his father Liu Shihao, and the deputy captains are his mother Lin Yulian and his younger sister Liu Changxue.
The captain of the second brigade is uncle Liu Shijia, and the deputy captains are uncle Liu Shi'an and third sister Liu Changling.
The captain of the third brigade is the eldest brother Liu Changyong, the deputy captain is the fifth brother Liu Changshun, and the brother-in-law Liang Wei.
Each brigade is divided into three squadrons. Each squadron has more than 80 Qi Refining monks. The squadron leader is concurrently served by the Liu family's Foundation Establishment monk, and the deputy squadron leader is served by the Liu family's Qi Refining Dzogchen monk.
Each squadron is divided into eight teams, each team has ten Qi refining monks, and the captain is a late Qi refining and Dzogchen monk from the Liu family.
After the team formation was completed, his father Liu Shihao, the captain, his ninth uncle Liu Shijia, and his eldest brother Liu Changyong all launched their own flying boats.
The three flying boats that were originally the size of a palm grew in the wind and eventually turned into three behemoths that were dozens of feet long.
Then, under the organization of the elders of the Liu family, more than 700 monks who participated in the Northern Expedition boarded the flying boat in an orderly manner.
When all the monks boarded the flying boat, their father, Liu Shihao, and the three men immediately controlled the flying boat to take off and fly towards the north.
After the Liu family's Northern Expedition Brigade left by boat, Liu Changxu also released the Qingyun Eagle, took his wife Li Zhenxin, and took his daughter Liu Fujiao to fly high into the sky on the Eagle.
As a late-stage foundation-building monk, Li Zhenxin did not arrange to lead a team on an expedition because she shouldered the responsibility of being a supporter. When the team encountered hard-to-gnaw bones and irresistible dangers, she and her daughter Liu Fujiao would go there.
support.
To this end, Liu Changxu also used his spiritual beasts Qingyun Diao Xiaoyun, Huangshan lions Xiaojin and Xiaohuang, white-eared macaque Xiaoyin, and Li Zhenxin's spiritual beast blue-scaled dragon Xiaozhu. The power Li Zhenxin controlled was quite powerful.
According to the information Liu Changxu has, no monster on the second-level spiritual mountain is a match for Li Zhenxin and her daughter.
In fact, the reason why Liu Changxu launched this Northern Expedition was not only to expand the Liu family's territory and reduce the threat of the third-order monster, but also to train the Liu family monks and make a small fortune with the Liu family.
Moreover, Liu Changxu also realized that he could not protect his clan members as well as he did in the past, otherwise, once he was away and attacked by a powerful enemy, the family would surely suffer serious losses.