The envoys from Xichuan Kingdom come and go in a hurry.璱
After reaching an agreement on the issue of affiliation, brothers Hui'an and Huiming quickly said goodbye and left.
Their tasks are still very heavy.
Negotiating terms with the Chu State is only the first step. The next step is to prove one's worth and fulfill the King of Chu's requirements for the entire Baifeng Temple.
For example, under the attack of the Nanzhao army, the most critical thing is to defend Nanchong Mansion until at least April.
Because only by holding on and completing the mission will it prove that their Baifeng Temple is useful, can they be accepted by the Chu State, and can they have a future.
And if you can't hold on...
If Nanchong Mansion cannot be defended, then Baifeng Temple will naturally not be lucky enough to be surrounded by Nanzhao's army.璱
It will be their final fate to perish together with the people in Nanchong Mansion.
Fortunately, the King of Chu also knew the difficulties of the Xichuan Kingdom, and finally promised to send a forbidden army of 20,000 people to Nanchong Prefecture to help defend against the Nanzhao army.
This made Hui'an and the two feel somewhat at ease.
They were somewhat aware of the strength of Chu's imperial army.
I know that it was built by the King of Chu for more than ten years. During this period, he continued to absorb elite soldiers from the former Yue, Zhou and pseudo-Sichuan.
There are only nine elite soldiers like this in the entire Chu State, and they are all the most elite and invincible troops in the world.
Now that the King of Chu can send one to them, it can be seen that he is indeed interested in the Xichuan Kingdom and is not simply using them.璱
Yes, it is like that.
Hui'an and others believed that if there was only Baifeng Temple, then the King of Chu might make a bad promise and trick them into working to the death, and then refuse to admit it.
But with this forbidden army here, he didn't believe that the King of Chu would give up one of his forbidden troops just to trick a small and dying country like Xichuan.
That would be too extravagant.
Yes, in Hui'an's eyes, a 20,000-strong Forbidden Army was worth more than their entire Xichuan Kingdom.
After all, with the current situation of Holy King Jihui, it is a question whether he can defeat five thousand elite soldiers on the battlefield, let alone twenty thousand.
Especially those 20,000 forbidden troops were all direct descendants of the King of Chu, and they were just outsiders and lacked a sufficient foundation of trust.璱
The value of both sides to the King of Chu was obvious.
Hakuho Temple, which has declined to this day, really doesn't have much capital to bargain with others.
However, it was precisely because of this that Lu Yuan's move to mobilize troops to assist in defense better appeased Baifeng Temple, allowing them to serve the Chu Kingdom with confidence.
"And now, it's time for me, Hakuhoji, to repay all this."
After the spring rain, on the muddy road, as the envoys from the Xichuan Kingdom returned, Hui'an looked at the lush green mountains with firm eyes.
…
After seeing off the envoys from Xichuan Kingdom, Lu Yuan ordered Yousi to dispatch troops to Xichuan County, and asked the country to transport grain and grass to Xichuan County. After stocking up on supplies, he didn't pay much attention to that side.璱
As mentioned before, the war in Xichuan County will not break out until April at the earliest.
Before that, everything was just a preparation stage to accumulate strength for the next war.
Lu Yuan does not need to take care of these matters. He only needs to issue orders, and only his subordinates will do the rest.
Otherwise, if he spends so much money every year to raise so many officials, is he just raising pigs with a kind heart?
Therefore, after making the decision to go to Xichuan County in April, Lu Yuan not only did not care about these trivial matters, but also completely delegated some government affairs that needed to be handled by himself to Cui Changqing, the left prime minister of the country, and Queen Lancai. Son.
All domestic affairs, big and small, are left to these two people for decision-making.
Lu Yuan just grasped some general directions and read the government affairs reports sent every two or three days to understand what was happening in the country.璱
And all the time saved by taking charge of the state affairs was used by him in cultivation.
It is now the middle of the first month, and there are only more than two months left until April, the scheduled expedition date.
But now Lu Yuan's understanding of the Yellow Turban Warriors is just a beginning, and he barely has some understanding.
This was far from enough for his plan and for developing this magical power.
Lu Yuan must master this magical power before going on an expedition, and at least he must refine a Yellow Turban Warrior.
In this way, after he leaves, there will be innate-level combat power in Qianzhong County.
Don't worry that if you are away, someone will take the opportunity to do something in Qianzhong County and ruin the good situation here.璱
Time passed slowly, and it was the Lantern Festival in a blink of an eye.
It's the festive season, and the Chu people who have newly moved to Shicheng have finally passed the hard days in the early days after settling down for more than a year, and their families have accumulated some surplus wealth.
So after celebrating the Spring Festival, the people in the city who still had a lot of savings celebrated the Lantern Festival lively again.
Lanterns are hung up in the streets, which come from the customs of the Chu people, including guessing lantern riddles, eating Yuanxiao, setting off river lanterns, lighting fireworks, and watching faces change...
Interesting things that had never appeared in Stone City before appeared in this newly developed wilderness at a dizzying speed.
The original Yi people in the city could not help but indulge in this prosperous scene. Some teenagers, or people who learn quickly, have already integrated into it and started to have fun together.
In this bustle, the boundaries between the Chu people and the Yi people did not seem to be as clear as before.璱
The light emanating from civilization is gradually infecting the wilderness, making it splendid along with it.
At this happy moment, Lu Yuan was also in the palace, entertaining all the officials in the city.
However, he did not indulge in it. Instead, after making a brief appearance at the banquet, he quickly left and went to a secluded hall.
"The Lantern Festival is full of people. This prosperous time of joy and fireworks is the time when people gather together and luck rises."
Lu Yuan walked to the center of the hall and came to a row of large wooden boxes. He bent down to open one of them and took out a jade bone shining with white fluorescence. He murmured in his mouth: "This time is just right." Used to refine the Yellow Turban Warrior."
After more than a month of dispatch, the first batch of spiritual materials sent from the country had arrived in Shicheng three days ago.
However, due to his lack of understanding of the magical power of the Yellow Turban Warriors and the lack of people at the right time, Lu Yuan did not start refining it even if he had the materials.璱
But in the past few days, he has gained some understanding of magical powers and made some progress.
In addition, it is the Lantern Festival at this time, which is the time when the people's luck in the city is most active and concentrated. For Lu Yuan, who practices the way of luck, it can be called the time of heaven and the people.
So taking advantage of this perfect opportunity, he finally planned to try to refine the Yellow Turban Warrior.
Of course, it's just preliminary refining, some preliminary preparations, and a little processing of the materials.
It's not yet time to truly refine the Yellow Turban Warriors. Lu Yuan's level is not enough, and the materials are not enough.
He had to continue to comprehend and wait for the materials collected from those martial arts sects in the country to be collected before sending them over.
"For now, let's practice with these."
Holding the jade bone in his hand, after looking at it carefully for a long time, a yellow light flashed in Lu Yuan's eyes, and then a stream of mana flowed out from the palm of the hand holding the jade bone and poured into the jade bone.
Suddenly, a faint yellow light shined through the jade bones, illuminating the somewhat dim hall.
On the surface of the jade bone emitting light, mysterious runes began to flow continuously.
While flowing, Lu Yuan's spiritual thoughts gradually penetrated into the jade bones, integrated with the runes, and slowly attached to the jade bones.
Although the Yellow Turban Warriors look the same as weapon refiners, they refine all kinds of treasures from heaven and earth into various powerful magic weapons, and finally use them as weapons.
In a way, this is indeed similar to a magic weapon.
But as an external supernatural power, how could the Yellow Turban Warrior really be the same as a magic weapon?璱
The biggest difference between it and a magic weapon is that as a magical power, it is essentially equivalent to Lu Yuan's fixed spell. Every move depends on his own will and is completely controlled by him.
This means that after the Yellow Turban Warrior is refined, he is almost equivalent to a clone of Lu Yuan. He can serve as an extension of his will and has considerable autonomy.
For example, he planned to go to Xichuan in April, and then leave the Yellow Turban Warriors behind to protect Qianzhong County.
What this relies on is the nature of this clone.
Even if the two sides are thousands of miles apart, Lu Yuan can control and influence the Yellow Turban Warriors to a certain extent, making them fight according to his own wishes.
Based on this alone, the magical power of the Yellow Turban Warriors is infinitely stronger than those magic weapons that become dead if no one controls them.
The reason why the Yellow Turban Warriors have this characteristic is the magical runes that Lu Yuan has infiltrated into the jade bones at this time.璱
It is this magical rune that contains his own spiritual thoughts that is the key to his ability to control the Yellow Turban Warriors from thousands of miles away.
Because those magical runes already contained Lu Yuan's spiritual thoughts, which was equivalent to a trace of his distraction.
And when the materials for refining the Yellow Turban Warrior are all penetrated by these magical runes that contain divine thoughts, then the final Yellow Turban Warrior is essentially equivalent to the aggregation of Lu Yuan's countless divine thoughts.
When these divine thoughts are gathered together according to the rules of magical runes, they produce the effect of a clone of divine thoughts.
In fact, it is precisely for this reason.
Refining the Yellow Turban Warrior requires too much spiritual energy, and with the strength of Lu Yuan's spiritual soul at this time, it is impossible to separate too much.
With the cultivation level that has been condensed at this time, it is almost the limit to be able to separate the spiritual thoughts required by a yellow scarf warrior.璱
Any more, with his current soul strength, there is a risk of damaging his foundation or even causing his soul to collapse.
The danger here is too great, and Lu Yuan would not do it unless it was absolutely necessary.
If it weren't for the lack of top-level combat power in Chu State, he wouldn't even be able to practice the magical power of the Yellow Turban Warrior in front of him.
There is no other reason.
Each Yellow Turban Warrior is equivalent to a spiritual clone of Lu Yuan.
And when the clones of these yellow scarf warriors are severely injured or even destroyed, it is equivalent to that his soul is severely injured, or even part of it is permanently destroyed.
Although the soul that has been severely injured, or even killed, can be made up for by cultivating the soul in the future.璱
But when you think about your own soul being severely injured or even partially destroyed, this is not a good thing.
Moreover, things like the soul are too secretive and important, related to the very foundation of life, and may even affect cultivation.
If such an important thing was damaged, Lu Yuan was not sure what impact it would have.
"One or two Yellow Turban Warriors is okay, but if there are more of them, the number of Yellow Turban Warriors that are damaged all at once exceeds my endurance limit. I'm afraid it will directly turn me into an idiot, or even my soul cannot bear the collapse, right?"
While recalling the details of the magical power of the Yellow Turban Warriors and tempering the jade bones in his hands, Lu Yuan slowly thought in his mind.
The moonlight is long.
The moonlight in the middle of the month is exceptionally bright, and the bright white light shines into the hall through the windows and doors of the hall, complementing the pale yellow light here.璱
In the gorgeous brilliance, Lu Yuan held the jade bone in his hand, his figure mysterious and lonely.
This night is destined to be long.
…
After the Lantern Festival, Lu Yuan devoted all his energy to tempering various spiritual materials.
He doesn't have much understanding of magical runes, and he has only mastered about half of all the divine runes of the Yellow Turban Warriors so far. The rest needs to be understood slowly, and there is no way to refine the entire magical power at once.
Moreover, every time a piece of material is tempered and every time a divine pattern is carved, it is almost equivalent to dividing a part of Lu Yuan's spiritual thoughts, which is constantly weakening his soul.
With his current soul strength, he can withstand the mental energy required to split a yellow scarf warrior.璱
But being able to withstand it doesn't mean that he can instantly separate this part of his soul.
If this is true, a large number of souls can be divided directly, and I am afraid that there will be no need to wait until a large number of Yellow Turban warriors are destroyed in the future.
At this time, Lu Yuan would directly turn into an idiot, or his soul would be severely damaged and broken.
Therefore, for the sake of safety, and for the sake of supporting one's own soul, these separation tasks of spiritual thoughts should not be done too hastily, but should be carried out slowly and steadily.
Separate a strand today, separate a strand tomorrow, and spend a few days and a half to refine a piece of material. Then it took two or three months to refine the materials needed for the entire Yellow Turban Warriors.
In this way, on the basis of not harming the soul, the mind can be slowly divided, giving Lu Yuan enough time to endure and recover.
It was precisely for this reason that he told Hui'an, the envoy of Xichuan Kingdom, that they would have to wait until at least April.璱
Because this was the time that Lu Yuan had just enough time to complete the tempering of all the materials for the entire Yellow Turban Warriors after careful calculation.
When all the materials are tempered, a set of magical runes for the Yellow Turban Warriors will be painted and engraved.
The runes will be ready by then, and they only need to be arranged and assembled, and a powerful clone of the Yellow Turban Warrior will be freshly baked.
So everything was under planning, things were not out of control, and Lu Yuan was not in a hurry for time.
Now you just need to follow your plan, execute it step by step, and wait for the arrival of April.
Under such planning, the time soon came to the third day of February.
Lu Yuan had just finished tempering his spiritual materials for the day. Before he could recover his split spiritual thoughts from meditation, a piece of information quickly came from the south, quickly pulling him out of his immersive practice.璱
"The King of Nanhai has passed away!"
Lu Yuan took the secret report urgently sent from Lingnan by the Imperial City Foreign Affairs Bureau. After reading the contents, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Although at the end of the third year of Shenwu, when there was news from the South China Sea that Yan Wangqiu was so angry that he was bedridden because of the scandal involving his son and concubine, he had already anticipated what would happen today.
Even Yan Wanqiu can endure a serious illness and continue to survive until the beginning of the sixth year of Shenwu, which is quite amazing.
But when this day came, Lu Yuan still felt a little shocked and sad.
He is not a heartless person.
If you can achieve what you have now and establish the Great Chu, Yan Wangqiu's contribution is indispensable. Especially the establishment of the three alliances with the Nanhai Sect and the Jiuchuan Sword Sect was all due to this old senior.璱
Because of this kindness, Lu Yuan has not made any small moves towards Nanhai Country in these years.
Such things as accepting refugees from the Soviet Union have never happened to the Nanhai Kingdom.
And in recent years, in foreign diplomacy, especially when Yan Wangqiu was seriously ill in the past two years, Chu State also took care of Nanhai State, helping him to block many threats from Ning State and Su State, and reducing countless troubles. .
All of the above are to repay Yan Wangqiu's kindness to him.
I just didn't expect that the old senior who had helped me a lot and was recognized by me would finally leave this world today.
"Life is short, life and death are separated. If you don't live forever, it will only be a passing moment between heaven and earth, fleeting.
Last time it was the Marquis of Wu'an, and now it's the King of Nanhai. I don't know who it should be next time.璱
The road to immortality is long, and I don’t know anyone in this world who can reach the end with me.
Or maybe I am destined to be alone in this vicissitudes of the world. "
Lu Yuan recovered from the shock and couldn't help but sigh sadly.
I still remember the first time I met Yan Wangqiu, in the sixth year of Zenue Hongdao's reign. It has been ten years since the other party passed away in the blink of an eye.
In just ten years, he had sent away two old friends.
Then in another ten years, I don’t know how many people will be sent away.
Lu Yuan didn't know about the others, but his left prime minister Cui Changqing was already over sixty years old.璱
Such an old man manages the affairs of a country all year round, and spends an incredible amount of energy every day.
At this time, although the other party is still energetic and full of energy, he can handle the many government affairs presented to him in an orderly manner every day.
But Lu Yuan knew that the other party's current attitude was actually overdrawing his life and burning his last energy.
Under the high-intensity work pressure every day, even if someone told him that Cui Changqing might die suddenly tomorrow, he would not be surprised.
Lu Yuan had also persuaded the other party before.
But no matter what, Cui Changqing, who wasted the first half of his life, met Mingzhu in the last period of his life and got a stage to display his talents. He was not willing to give up his lifelong ideal for the sake of a temporary existence.
The other party ignored Lu Yuan's polite advice and still chose to shine for the Chu country and fight for his ideals.璱
And the results did not disappoint him.
With the help of Cui Changqing and Sun Siwen, Chu State is now prosperous.
Not only the people are happy, but the national strength is greatly increased.
Nowadays, it is constantly expanding its territory and moving towards Yangzhou's position in the world as promised by Lu Yuan.
All of the above are far more important to Cui Changqing than giving up his ideals and living as a dog for a few more years or ten years.
But that's exactly why.
Under this overdraft, Lu Yuan had a hunch that Cui Changqing, an old senior like Yan Wangqiu who had helped him a lot, might not be able to survive the next ten years.璱
It may be one or two years, it may be two or three years, or it may be five or six years later, the other party will die of illness at his job just like Zhuge Wuhou in his previous life.
He devoted all his energy and blood to the Chu State.
And Lu Yuan will also send away another person who is very important in his heart.
Even in the next fifty, one hundred, or two hundred years, he will send away Sun Siwen, Zhou Qing, Lan Cai'er, and their descendants one after another...
Sad! It hurts!
The path to immortality was just his first experience, and Lu Yuan was already deeply aware of its suffering.
