After having in-depth contact with the spirit girl, Lu Yuan became very interested in the statue of the Damo Sect.
But now is not the time to plot this.
Chu State is currently engaged in in-depth cooperation with Xueyuan, and it can be said that it is in the honeymoon period.
Rushing to attack the Damo statue will undoubtedly affect the cooperation between the two countries, undermine Lu Yuan's future strategy for the Zhou Kingdom, and disrupt his process of overcoming the great catastrophe of heaven and earth.
This is undoubtedly unacceptable.
Therefore, even if I still covet the statue of Damo at this time, I can only bear it for the time being and wait for the future to slowly take advantage of it.
Fortunately, this statue is not a monk, but a dead object. However, there is a lot of divine power stored in the dead object, and it seems to have transformed into some kind of unconscious god.
In this way, there is no need to worry, the statue of Damo will also ascend to the immortal world together with the Kyushu monks.
As long as this statue continues to stay in Kyushu, it will not escape from the Damo Sect. Lu Yuan can slowly acquire it in the future.
Even as time passed and the environment of heaven and earth continued to deteriorate, those Tibetan people continued to migrate.
Maybe in the end, without him asking for it, the Tibetan people would offer him the statue of Damo in exchange for Chu's blessing, without any effort at all.
all in all.
Lu Yuan was actually not in a hurry about the statue of Damo.
Time was on his side.
Nothing can be seen at the moment, but in the future when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is exhausted and all laws are hidden, in a certain sense, this will be the prosperous age that truly belongs to oneself.
The prosperous age has not yet arrived, so we have to wait patiently for the time being.
The statue of Damo can be left alone for now. Things like gods are still too scary after all.
Even an unconscious deity.
Lu Yuan felt that he had better understand the nature of divine power first, and then get in touch with the statue after he had enough confidence.
Now...
Let's go through Ling Fei first, analyze the divine power in depth, and conduct research slowly.
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Lu Yuan's research did not last long, and he had to stop after about a month.
This is not to say that he gave up halfway and lacked perseverance.
Mainly due to changes in the surrounding situation, the international environment faced by Chu State suddenly deteriorated a lot.
Lu Yuan had to devote more energy to cope with the pressure from around him.
The first is Jiangdong Ningguo.
In October last year, after the news came that the Chu State sent troops to Hanzhong, there was some strange movement on the Ning State side.
Two hundred thousand Ning troops gathered in Yuzhang County for large-scale exercises, and there seemed to be signs of sending troops to march westward.
At that time, Lu Yuan was in the capital. After learning about the commotion in Ning State, he immediately mobilized 100,000 troops and marched across the border to confront Ning State without giving in.
Then, after receiving money from the Tibetan people, Lu Yuan recruited 100,000 troops in Chu State, and conducted military exercises in Dongting with great fanfare, creating a huge momentum.
After seeing this scene, Ning Guo may be worried about the more than 200,000 Chu troops stationed in Dongting; or maybe he is worried about Lu Yuan, the reincarnated military god; or considering that a large number of new soldiers have been recruited in his country, At this time, the training has not been completed and it is not fully ready for war.
All in all, no matter which reason it was, or a combination of the above, Ning Guo finally gave up his plan to send troops under heavy scruples.
But even so, the 200,000 Ning troops in Yuzhang County still did not evacuate. Instead, they stayed at Pengli Lake and conducted drills with the 150,000 new recruits.
As if to compete with the Chu State, the momentum was extremely huge.
For a time, although the two countries Chu and Ning did not really go to war, there was not even any friction on the border.
But the stormy situation and the heavy war clouds still attracted the attention of the whole world.
Everybody knows.
If things continue like this, it won't take long before there will be a battle between Chu and Ning.
It could take as short as one or two years, or as long as three to five years. When the two countries have completed their savings, the war will break out.
The current confrontation is just a rehearsal for war.
But this is just an outsider's opinion.
Lu Yuan was not very optimistic about Jiangdong Ningguo's plans.
He knows it very well.
After receiving the support of Ziyundao, Ning Guo's strength will definitely increase significantly. It may be an exaggeration to say that it will be doubled directly, but it will be absolutely no problem to increase it by 40 to 50%, or even 60 to 70%.
really.
This prediction soon came true.
At the end of October, the news of Chu's capture of Hanzhong was sent back to Baling, and then from Baling back to Ning.
Not long after, less than ten days later, the news that Lord Ning Shen Qiu had enthroned four Wuhou on a large scale in the Ning Kingdom in the east of the Yangtze River spread all over the world in an instant.
The title of Wuhou of Ning State is equivalent to the title of Protector of the State of Chu, and the title of General of Zhu State in China is a title exclusive to the innate master.
Ning Guo canonized four Wuhou at once, almost announcing to the world that there are four more innate masters in his country who belong to the imperial court.
Even Lu Yuan couldn't help but be surprised by this.
He was not surprised that Ning Guo suddenly had these four masters.
After all, with the help of Ziyun Dao, it is not surprising that Ning State has four more innates. Feishuang Dao also sent three Dharma-protecting generals from Chu State in one breath!
What surprised Lu Yuan was that the four extra grandmasters from Ning Guo were all trained by Ning Guo himself.
Yes, these are the four Xiantian Grandmasters conferred by Ning Guo. They are all descendants of aristocratic families from the six surnames and seven clans of Linhai County, direct descendants of Ning Guo.
This is surprising.
Although the Linhai County family has a profound heritage, it does not mean that it can use a large amount of precious resources without a bottom line.
For treasures like the Divine Blood Pill, accumulated over thousands of years, the six surnames and seven clans must have more than ordinary innate sects.
But as early as more than ten years ago, Ningguo had already trained two innate talents, Yang Jing and Shangguan Ming.
In the past few years, two more geniuses have been trained.
In just eleven or twelve years, Ning Guo has cultivated four innates. Based on the calculation of five hundred elixirs for one innate, Ning Guo has spent at least two thousand elixirs.
You know, the average Xiantian sect only has a few hundred spiritual elixir reserves, or at most a thousand or so, which is just enough to maintain the inheritance.
Ning Guo spent two thousand spiritual pills and almost all the information of about two or three innate sects. It was not a small price to pay.
Even with the Linhai family's background, if they come up with so many elixirs at once, even if the six surnames and seven clans gather them together, they will almost spend all their wealth.
But that's the situation.
In just four or five years, Ning Guo actually produced four more innate masters and another two thousand elixirs.
Even if Lu Yuan saw this generous gesture, he couldn't help but secretly click his tongue.
Although he was equally generous at this time, launching the Five True Innate Plans in one go.
But the premise of this plan is the accumulation of more than 20 years in Chu State.
Domestically, many rebellious sects were eliminated in the country, and at the same time, many obedient people were collected from elixir taxes, and the spirit beasts they tamed were also produced.
Externally, it attacked and destroyed countless small countries in the southwest and plundered their treasury. At the same time, it accepted donations from Baifeng Temple, as well as funding from the Tibetan people and Feishuang Dao.
Walking both internal and external paths together, it took more than twenty years to finally scrape together the elixir that was enough to transform five innate masters.
Lu Yuan mainly relied on plundering other people's background to complete this grand project.
But there was peace all over the country in Ningguo, and there had been no war for more than ten years, so they had no other way to plunder.
Now that the expenses of four innate masters have been collected at once, how can people not be surprised?
After all, according to outsiders' estimates, with the Linhai family's background, the remaining elixir reserves can only train one innate grandmaster at most, which is the limit.
At this time, there were three more people. It was obvious where they got their innate elixir of transformation.
"Ziyun Dao is worthy of being the leader of the Immortal Sect in Yangzhou, and its foundation is profound!"
When Lu Yuan heard the news, he couldn't help but sigh like this.
When Fei Shuangdao gave the Chu State a thousand elixirs, he had felt arrogant and arrogant.
But now that he saw Ziyundao directly giving Ning Guo one thousand and five hundred pieces, Lu Yuan felt sad and couldn't help but praise him as a generous person.
No wonder Ning Guo looked down on Feishuang Dao.
Think about it too.
With this amount of financial resources alone, Ziyundao is better than anyone else.
When you have such a big thick leg to hug, why bother to hug another small thick leg?
However, although he was a little envious of Ning Guo's luck, Lu Yuan didn't complain too much about it.
Although Feishuang Dao on his side is not as good as Ziyun Dao, no matter how you say it, it is still an immortal sect.
Compared with other small countries that no one cares about, Chu is lucky enough to have the support of an immortal sect like other hegemonic countries.
With the help of Feishuang Dao, the Chu State was able to cultivate two more innates and get three guardian generals.
This round and round is equivalent to five more innate combat abilities.
You must know that in the original state of Chu, including Lu Yuan's two clones, there were only six innate-level figures.
At this time, there are five more people, which can be said to have doubled.
With such benefits, what else can you complain about?
Moreover, although Ning Guo has four more innates, including these four people, the number of grandmasters has only just exceeded ten.
After acquiring the spirit girl and the three divine generals to protect the country, Chu State also has ten innate masters, no less than Ning State.
What is worrying is that the innate masters exposed in Ning Guo are only direct descendants of the Ninghai family, and Ziyundao's assistance has not been revealed yet.
With the background of Ziyun Dao, if they were like Feishuang Dao, they would directly send the guardian generals within the sect to join the Ningguo camp.
That would undoubtedly greatly enhance Ning Guo's innate heritage and give the other party a huge advantage over Chu State in terms of the number of masters.
This will undoubtedly affect the balance.
really.
Lu Yuan's concern soon became a reality.
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The tenth day of the second lunar month in the tenth year of Shenwu.
The atmosphere of the New Year has just faded away. As the ice and snow melt, people are freed from the cold winter and start production and operations in the new year.
It was at this time.
As a large number of people in Feishuang Dao relocated and left, the power originally used to cover up was gradually withdrawn. Ning Guo finally discovered belatedly that the second largest immortal sect in its territory had unknowingly...
Rebellion!
Moreover, the target of the rebellion was still his enemy Chu State.
Now the entire Feishuang Dao people have basically withdrawn to the territory of Chu State, and even joined the Chu State court.
This news was like thunder, instantly shocking everyone in Ningguo.
When he realized what he was doing, Shen Qiu, furious, ordered to intercept and capture Feishuang Dao's people. It was already too late.
Miluo Mountain, where Feishuang Road is located, has been hollowed out, and there is no one on the mountain.
After a search, the officers and soldiers sent found nothing at all.
Except for capturing some believers who were close to Feishuang Dao at the foot of the mountain, punishing them severely, and directly smashing many Taoist temples of Feishuang Dao, not a single hair was found.
Even the brutal behavior of these officers and soldiers aroused the anger of many people in Guangling County who believed in Feishuang Dao, and led to many tragedies.
For a time, the entire Guangling County was agitated and the situation was unstable.
In response, Shen Qiu had to deploy troops and horses to various places to suppress civil unrest in order to maintain the situation in Guangling.
But compared to the rebellion and civil unrest in Feishuang Dao as a whole, it is actually insignificant.
No matter how many ordinary people gather together, they can't withstand the swords and guns of Ning Guo's elite army, and they can't make any waves.
But if those monks of Feishuang Dao and those who have accumulated thousands of years of experience in Feishuang Dao were used, the storm they set off would be enough to destroy a hegemonic country.
At this time, this power was already in the hands of Chu State.
After understanding this, Shen Qiu and the Linhai family couldn't help but feel terrified.
Then just like in Journey to the West, the Jade Emperor’s favorite shout-out is, go and invite the Buddha in the West.
Shen Qiu immediately sent an envoy to Tianluo Mountain to ask for help from Ziyun Dao.
The only one who can deal with the Immortal Sect is the Immortal Sect.
At this time, Feishuang Dao, the second immortal sect in Yangzhou, had defected. If he wanted to deal with the opponent, of course he had to ask the original first immortal sect to deal with him.
After getting the news from Ning Guo, Ziyundao finally realized that Feishuang Dao had unknowingly made such a big move behind his back.
The ownership of Yangzhou hegemony is related to the continuation and prosperity of Ziyun Taoism in the future, which cannot be lost.
Therefore, after getting help from Jinling, Taoist Master Ziyun made a prompt decision and sent four Dharma-protecting generals directly from the gate, ordering them to go down the mountain and go to Jinling to serve.
At the same time, manpower was also mobilized, and Baling was dispatched to explore the reality of Feishuang Road, and the door began to make corresponding preparations.
Feishuang and Ziyun, two old acquaintances, finally turned to opposite sides for the sake of future orthodoxy battles.
Ever since.
After receiving Ziyundao's help, Shen Qiu was relieved and happy, and immediately realized that this was an opportunity to greatly enhance the prestige of Ning Country.
Immediately, he ordered to prepare a canonization ceremony for the four guardian generals of Ziyundao, and to give them the title of Marquis of Wu.
The time is on the tenth day of February this year.
At the same time, perhaps it was because of Feishuang Dao's rebellion that Shen Qiu and those Linhai aristocratic families were stimulated.
Or maybe it was because the Chu State captured Hanzhong and continued to expand its army, feeling tremendous pressure.
Out of self-protection, Ningguo, which had just expanded its army by 150,000 men last year, issued another order to expand its army.
Shen Qiu ordered Shangguan Ming to recruit 100,000 troops in Yuzhang County, and then conducted training at the local Penglize Camp.
At this point, counting these 100,000 new troops, the 150,000 new troops recruited last year, and the 50,000 naval troops stationed in Penglize, there are already 300,000 Ning troops stationed in the entire Pengli camp.
In addition, there are also 100,000 Ning troops stationed on the border between Yuzhang County and Chu State.
In the entire Yuzhang County, including local county soldiers, the size of Ning's army has reached more than 400,000, accounting for half of the country's troops.
It can be said.
With so many soldiers and horses here, as long as Shen Qiu gives an order, a national war can start in an instant.
Coupled with the assistance from Ziyundao, the number of innate masters in Ningguo has reached an astonishing fourteen.
In addition to the need for border defense in various places, Ningguo can draw out ten innate masters at any time to participate in the war.
The threat of more than 400,000 enemy soldiers and horses on the border, plus more than ten innate masters, was such a huge force that even Lu Yuan felt deeply pressured.
Although he is already the top figure in the world, he still has a headache when it comes to dealing with ten innate masters at once.
It’s not that you can’t win.
In fact, with one against ten, Lu Yuan was under pressure, but he was not afraid.
Whether it's a wheel battle or a fight together, he has confidence. Even if he can't win, there is no problem in returning with his whole body.
Even defeating and annihilating the opponent is a lot of certainty.
But just because you can handle it, doesn't mean that others in your camp can also handle it.
Ning Guo could send a few people to hold Lu Yuan down, and then use their numerical advantage to break through Chu State from several fronts.
Although the Chu State is in Baling, in addition to Lu Yuan, the Xiantian Grandmasters include Lan Cai'er, Ling Nu, Sun Siwen, and Han Hu, who can also share some of the pressure. It is not that they cannot deal with the threat of Ning Guo.
But doing so will undoubtedly make things complicated and add countless risks and changes.
If one of Lan Cai'er and the others made a mistake during the battle, it would be a bolt from the blue and a heavy blow to Lu Yuan and the Chu State.
Therefore, with this in mind, Lu Yuan naturally had to deal with Ning Guo's threat carefully.
So in addition to letting Lan Cai'er and others carefully assassinate, the military defense of Dongting County was also strengthened.
Lu Yuan had to temporarily take some risks and asked the three southwestern vassal states to send 100,000 troops. Then Li Xiong, the Duke of Kunhai, led the troops to the front line of Dongting County to listen to them.
In this way, with the addition of this force, the number of Chu soldiers and horses in Dongting can reach more than 300,000.
The number of innate masters will also increase to six, including Lu Yuan, who has extraordinary combat power.
In this way, just defending is enough to deal with the strong pressure from Ning Guo.
After making these arrangements, Lu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
But he wasn't completely relaxed either.
Ning Guo's incident gave him a warning.
Now that Ning Guo has received support from Ziyundao, his strength can soar.
It is hard to say that the same is not true for the Zhou Kingdom in the north.
Now that the State of Chu has offended the other party and seized Hanzhong County from the State of Zhou, the other party must be holding a grudge in their hearts and may want to take revenge.
Although the complex situation faced by Zhou State, three battlefields were opened nearby, and heavy troops and experts were stationed on each side to maintain the situation.
Under such circumstances, it is of course impossible to imitate the Ning State and use all the strength of the country to target the Chu State.
But if Zhou Guo just can't swallow this breath, grit his teeth and work together, relying on the help of Yu Chan Dao, the immortal sect of Zhou Guo, maybe he can really pull out five or six innate masters.
With an army of more than 100,000 or 200,000 people swarming up like this, Huang Xuan might not be able to handle it all by himself.
Fortunately, Qingyunzi is still staying over there, and the Chu State's Northern Expedition Army still has 60,000 troops stationed there. Counting the 100,000 new troops and 30,000 county soldiers being trained in Hanzhong, they can still handle it.
However, in this case, Qingyunzi and the 60,000 soldiers and horses from the Northern Expedition were temporarily entrusted to Hanzhong County and could not be transferred back to Dongting.
Lu Yuan was also quite helpless about this.
Plans cannot keep up with changes.
The world cannot revolve around him alone, there will always be countless changes.
Ning Guo and Zhou Guo could not just watch Chu State grow and stupidly wait for their enemies to develop and then cause trouble for them.
Taking action in advance and killing a powerful enemy before it grows up is the choice that ordinary people would make.
That's it at this point.
Therefore, he could only send a spiritual message to Huang Xuan and Qingyunzi to let the two clones be more prepared to deal with the possible counterattack from Zhou State after the beginning of spring.
Only by solving the Zhou State's troubles first can the Chu State transfer Qingyunzi and the 60,000 soldiers and horses back to the south.
As for the southern expedition to Lingnan, it can only be temporarily postponed until the threats from Zhou and Ning are eliminated.
The plan was suddenly disrupted, things are unpredictable.
