It’s still Mei Changyuan.
The plum blossoms were not in bloom at this time, but the fruits were already ripe. Lu Yuan picked a plate of bright red plums and drank wine with Mo Li.
After a while, they talked to each other, and the two got down to the topic.
"After leaving this time, the seven monks from Feishuang Dao Sect will all set off together and rush to Beiming Youdu. After this, the only ones left in the sect will be the guardians who practice martial arts."
Li Li talked about his own Taoist sect first, then glanced at Lu Yuan, and continued: "The Ziyun Taoist side has the same arrangement. All eleven monks in their sect will also leave, and those who remain will There are only divine generals who protect the law, and there are no immortal cultivators.
From now on, the king can rest assured that there is no need to worry about monks influencing the world to fight for dragons and interfering with the world. "
Nowadays, the atmosphere in Yangzhou is becoming increasingly depressed, and even farmers in the fields can sense the cloud of war.
But this kind of atmosphere has only continued to accumulate, constantly adding sparks to the powder keg, making it even more fierce when it explodes.
Many outsiders have speculated that the King of Chu had been holding back and had no plans.
But monks like Mo Li, or people in the Immortal Sect, actually had some vague guesses about Lu Yuan's waiting.
In terms of worldly affairs, everything is ready. Whether it is Chu State, Ning State and other four countries, they are all ready and waiting for the war to begin.
But no.
Because above the secular world, there is a transcendent power like the Immortal Sect, which affects the situation in the world.
As a member of the Immortal Sect and a dominant member, Mo Li certainly knew what kind of thoughts the secular dynasty had for these immortal sects like him, who were above all else.
Therefore, he only had to think about Lu Yuan's thoughts for a moment before he understood them.
But even though he knew it, he didn't want to change anything.
Just like what the world is afraid of, the Immortal Sect is aloof and does not interfere with the ordinary world.
But in fact, every bit of the mundane world has the shadow of being controlled by the Immortal Sect behind the scenes.
This is an interest that belongs exclusively to the Immortal Sect.
As a person with vested interests, Li Li would certainly not take the thankless task of making changes.
and.
The last remnants of their immortal sect will soon ascend and leave.
At that time, all the shadows lingering on the mundane world will be completely separated.
Ziyun Dao, which Chu State is now afraid of, will soon lose its formidable power.
Everything happens naturally, and everything you need can be achieved without anyone having to put in any extra effort.
The only thing you need to pay is time.
And now, the time has arrived.
However, after listening to what Li Li said, Lu Yuan was quite surprised.
This is not because they are surprised that the other party left, but because in this age of law-ending, there are still so many monks in these immortal sects.
There are seven monks in one Feishuang Dao.
There are even twelve people in Ziyundao.
The foundation of these immortal sects is indeed profound.
It was a wise choice for him not to take action against these immortal sects in the first place.
Otherwise, even with his current strength, if he is faced with the siege of more than a dozen monks at once, even if most of them have not even entered the Immortal Sect and have less than one level of cultivation.
But dozens of spells blasted at him, mixed with some possible magic weapons, were enough to be fatal.
"Fortunately, these remnants of the old era are finally leaving."
After listening to what Li Li said, Lu Yuan's expression moved slightly, and he thought to himself, but soon regained his composure, and said with a calm smile: "It's a good thing that fellow Taoist friends and others are leaving this prison. In today's world, everything is... Spirits are extinct and disasters occur frequently, just like the end of the world.
When you are there, even if you have the six desires of the mortal world, it is only a temporary pleasure, and it is difficult to transcend it in the end.
Now abandon this small prison cage and go to the big world. From now on, you can be free and at ease, and you can look forward to the path to immortality.
On the other hand, I am now bound by the world of mortals and find it difficult to escape.
Once my Taoist friends and others have left, I wonder if there will ever be a day of transcendence in the future. "
When Mo Li heard the words, he couldn't help but smile, but he thought of something, and then sighed: "If you can really ascend as you wish, this is indeed a good thing. But the affairs of the Northern Underworld Capital have long been mysterious and dangerous.
No one knows whether it will be bad or good after ascending, let alone whether the legends in the fairy world are true or false.
Tens of thousands of years have passed since ancient times.
With the help of some classics, we and other future generations have glimpsed the secrets of ancient star points, so we think we have mastered the road. How is it different from sitting in a well and observing the sky?
Misfortune brings blessing.
Maybe after transcendence, it is just a bigger cage, or a place of death.
On the contrary, the Taoist friend stayed in Kyushu, so he was in a small cage, but maybe he could spend his life safely and let his descendants enjoy continuous blessings?
This is not a bad thing. "
The Taoist Master Feishuang suddenly became sad and sighed.
The matter of ascension is of great importance and affects everyone's lives.
No matter how enthusiastic and energetic the original plan was, the determination was firm and no room was left.
But when it comes to the end, it is always inevitable to feel a little apprehensive.
And full of uncertainty about the future, feeling hesitant.
This was Mo Li's mentality at this time.
Lu Yuan glanced at the other party and said with relief: "The theory of the immortal world has existed since ancient times. Over the past tens of thousands of years, countless people have ascended. Since the ancient sages have chosen this path one after another, many of them have become immortals and gods. generation.
The Taoist cultivation of those seniors is far better than mine. They all chose this way. Does it mean that the path to ascension is feasible?
Fellow Taoists don’t have to think too much, it’s easy to ascend with peace of mind. "
"Maybe." Li Li smiled, then suppressed these emotions, and said seriously: "I will lead my disciples to set off tomorrow, and Ziyundao should leave at this time.
Fellow Taoist, if you don't want any changes to occur, you can wait another half month.
By then, we and other Kyushu monks should have all taken a boat out to sea, far away from the mainland.
What great things happened in Kyushu at that time, we and other people at sea were not aware of it, and it was even more difficult to intervene.
From then on, everything in Kyushu had nothing to do with it. "
Considering that Feishuang Dao's orthodoxy has been bound to Chu State, Li Moli is giving this last reminder and advice.
After Lu Yuan heard this, he also said seriously: "I know, thank you for your kind words."
"Um."
Li Qiye nodded, and then didn't say anything more. He just continued to drink wine and discuss Taoism with Lu Yuan, exchanging mysterious methods. He felt very uncomfortable.
Lu Yuan also cherished this last discussion with the Jiuzhou monks and humbly asked for advice.
For a while, the two sides were chatting happily.
It wasn't until it was getting dark that he was reluctant to see Mo Li off.
On the palace wall.
Looking at Mo Li's back gradually fading away in the darkness, Lu Yuan, who had gathered his mind from discussing the Dharma, couldn't help but sigh in a low voice: "The end of the Dharma begins today."
He knew that with the departure of Mo Li, the last group of monks, and the draining of all the active spiritual energy in the world in Beimingyoudu, the true age of the end of the law belonging to Kyushu was about to officially come.
From then on, the immortals and gods disappeared, and all spirits did not appear. This is called the end of the Dharma.
This is the sorrow of all those who aspire to transcendence, but it is also the prosperous age of all mortals.
Without the intervention of innate warriors, immortal monks, or other extraordinary powers, the world would completely belong to ordinary people.
From now on, power can no longer determine everything, and power and status will be the main theme in the world.
This was the age of mortals, and it was also the age of him, the only transcendent being.
The prosperous age for the immortals will soon begin.
The lights of thousands of houses in the city show the prosperity of Baling and the rich atmosphere of worldly fireworks.
Looking at the vast starry sky and the boundless Milky Way, Lu Yuan's thoughts suddenly drifted away.
…
On the second day, no one came to say goodbye, and no one was disturbed.
At the pier outside Baling City, Mo Li and his group of seven people left quietly on a boat marked with the flag of Feishuang Dao.
They will follow the river, go straight down east, and rush to the vast sea.
Lu Yuan had just woken up from his bedroom when he received the news. He was stunned for a moment, then ignored it and started practicing this morning.
Although when the last monks like Mo Li leave in Kyushu, he will truly be the number one master in Kyushu.
In the entire Kyushu, there is no one else who can compare with him.
But even so, Lu Yuan didn't really sit back and relax.
You might be able to become the best in the world just by concentrating your cultivation.
But this person who is the best in the world does not mean that he is invincible.
Otherwise, during the previous Immortal Sect period, Mo Li and others would not have retreated to the mountains.
At this point, they had to offer benefits to support a secular dynasty to cooperate.
Although the monks say that they should be pure and have few desires, so as not to be involved in the worldly world and disturb their Taoist cultivation.
You can go on these, but it’s all nonsense.
As long as the heart of the Dao is firm, people like Lu Yuan can still step into the gate of the Immortal Dao.
Moreover, various immortal sects openly stated that they would not interfere in the world of mortals.
But in fact, it is not just about accepting believers, just as wings. At the same time, he secretly made friends with powerful people and controlled the government.
All these actions show that the Immortal Sect is not as clean and otherworldly as it appears.
Immortal monks also have selfish motives.
However, these selfish monks did not dare to stand upright and openly and directly establish an earthly kingdom.
This can only show that there are forces in the secular world that they are afraid of.
And this power is naturally those innate masters in the world.
At the innate realm, a master can be compared to a monk with magical powers.
In today's world, there is no great master.
But if more than a dozen innate masters join forces, even Tao master-level monks who are united will have to avoid the edge temporarily.
A hegemonic country in the world, with all its resources, can basically gather more than ten innates.
It is these innate warriors who form the balance with the Immortal Sect monks, allowing the secular dynasty to have the confidence to negotiate terms with the Immortal Sect monks.
Therefore, Lu Yuan will soon become the best master in the world.
But it is really difficult for him to conquer the world of Jiuzhou with his own strength.
It may be nothing to use personal force to show off Yangzhou.
But Lu Yuan really wants to rely on Taoism and rule the world.
It doesn't mean that all the Xiantian Grandmasters in Jiuzhou must unite first to eliminate this hidden danger that exceeds the norm.
And all the Xiantian Grandmasters in Jiuzhou, even if calculated based on the dozen or so people in one state, already exceed a hundred.
If the masters of the ten domains are added, the number of innates will exceed two hundred, maybe even three hundred.
With so much innate combat power, it is not necessary to unite them all. As long as two or three states join forces, it will be difficult for Lu Yuan to deal with it.
So being the best in the world sounds good, but actually it means nothing.
If you want to be truly invincible, you have to continue to improve your strength, and at least reach the level of condensing two qi. Maybe you can barely say that you can suppress Kyushu by yourself.
However, given Lu Yuan's stability, even if he had condensed Qi, he still felt that it was not safe enough.
Only when the three qi are condensed, the magic power in the body forms a small perfection, and the immortal path is achieved, can we say that we are safe and worry-free.
With his current level of cultivation, entering the realm and condensing the two Qi will only be a matter of the next two years.
It will take no more than thirty years to condense the three qi.
This is because the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is thin. Otherwise, given the characteristics of the luck method, in ancient times, it would only take a few years to condense the three qi.
This Dharma-ending world is indeed a prison for monks, which makes people despair.
It's no wonder that Mo Li and the others, knowing that the road to ascension was slim, still embarked on this unknown road without hesitation.
…
On the ninth day of the ninth month of the tenth year of Shenwu, Feishuang Dao left Dongting and set off for the Northern Underworld Capital.
On September 13th, the informant who stayed in Yuzhang County returned the news that a large ship left Tianluo Mountain, sailed out of Penglize, and went straight to the lower reaches of the river.
Then a few days later, news came back from Yuhua Mountain in Yongzhou, Tiannan Mountain and Panlong Mountain in Qingzhou that a small team left Sanmen and took a boat away.
at the same time.
During this period, all countries in Kyushu stepped up various actions and carried out many preparations and warnings.
Within Yangzhou, the Ning, Su, Song, and Nanhai countries were making frequent moves, mobilizing their troops and horses one after another, as if a war was about to begin.
And Chu State.
On September 25th, the sky was clear and the wind was gentle and the sun was warm.
Outside Baling City, Lu Yuan formally went to the stage to pay homage to the general. In the presence of the generals of the three armies, he awarded his clone Qingyunzi the position of General of Hussars and ordered him to form a marching camp to the south as the camp's commander. He also appointed Li Xiong, Duke of Kunhai, as his deputy. handsome.
Then he declared that the Nanhai Kingdom had rebelled against the treaty, had an affair with the Ning Kingdom, was treacherous, and had a great conspiracy, which was unforgivable.
He ordered the two men to lead the three armies and lead the battalion southward to conquer Nanhai, a country that had rebelled against the alliance.
After this edict was read out in front of the three armies, it was immediately spread throughout the world and announced to the world.
In an instant, the whole of Baling was boiling.
The spies from various countries who stayed in Baling soon heard about this matter, and then used various means to convey the matter back to their countries at extremely fast speeds.
Amid this commotion, Qing Yunzi and Li Xiong also led their own troops and light cavalry, heading south overnight to rush to the frontline camp.
The soldiers and horses for this expedition to the south had been raised several months ago. They were mainly composed of 100,000 vassal soldiers and 60,000 forbidden troops. A total of 160,000 troops had been deployed on the Lingnan front line.
The troops on the front line, money and food, and the brave men and women in the countryside are all ready.
At this time, they only need to wait for the arrival of the two generals, the main and deputy generals, and they can immediately set up camp and march south.
Therefore, it only took one day for Qingyunzi and Li Xiong to arrive at the camp front line. On the next day, the camp vanguard of 50,000 troops marched southward under the leadership of Li Xiong.
Officially crossing the border between Chu and Nanhai, troops entered Lingnan.
The Nanhai Kingdom was shaken for a while, and wherever the Chu soldiers passed by, they all fell to the wind.
The leader of the Nanhai Kingdom was horrified and had to gather his troops. In addition to the 100,000 troops originally gathered in the capital, he recruited another 50,000 people to defend the capital and stay behind closed doors.
At the same time, messengers for help were sent to the three countries of Song, Su and Ning to request reinforcements.
The beacon of war instantly ignited on the land of Lingnan and quickly spread to all directions.
…
Pengli camp.
The light boat broke through the river and rushed down, quickly reporting Baling's movements back.
After the news was sent to the camp, Shen Qiu, who was reviewing the memorial, instantly dropped his ink pen and stood upright.
"Instruct all generals to come to the tent to discuss matters."
Shen Qiu looked a little excited and quickly gave orders to the guards on his left and right.
He has been in business for ten years since he succeeded to the throne after the founding of the country. After leading the holy drive to the west, we waited for several months.
At this time, the time for a decisive battle with Chu State finally arrived.
So after hearing that Chu State had launched troops against Nanhai State, Shen Qiu immediately summoned his generals and prepared to declare war with Chu State.
There is no room for two overlords in Yangzhou, and there must be a battle between Chu and Ning.
After this battle, the winner swept Yangzhou and unified Jiangnan.
The loser will be completely defeated and lose everything.
Shen Qiu had already staked everything on him, and now was the time to fight on the battlefield and decide life and death.
The first day of October in the eleventh year of Jianwu.
After receiving the news of the Chu State sending troops and confirming that a war had broken out in Lingnan, Chu and Nanhai were at war, and that the Nanhai State had sent envoys to ask for help.
On this day, Shen Qiu, the emperor of Ning State, also built an altar to worship heaven outside Pengli's camp, declaring that the Chu State was tyrannical and attacking the vassal states of the Celestial Dynasty for no reason. This move was absolutely unforgivable and troops must be sent to attack it.
Later, Wuchenghou Shangguanming was appointed as the general of the southern expedition, and Wuyanghou Yuan Yi was appointed as the deputy commander. The two formed a southern expedition camp, leading 100,000 troops, and sent troops south to rescue the Nanhai Kingdom.
In addition, Yang Jing, Marquis of Wu Xuan, who was far away in Xiangyang, was appointed as the general of the expedition to the north, and Marquis of Wuyi Li Tai was appointed as the deputy commander. They formed a camp for the expedition to the north and commanded 50,000 navy and 50,000 infantry and cavalry troops from Xiangyang County of Ning State to attack Xiangyang County of Chu State.
At the same time, Shen Qiu appointed himself as the commander-in-chief, formed the expedition camp to the west, and led the remaining five Wuhou, as well as 50,000 navy troops and 350,000 infantry and cavalry troops as the main force to attack Dongting County of Chu State, with the goal of taking Chu State directly. Dubaling.
For a time, Ning's three armies from the north and south, with a total of 600,000 land and water troops, launched a mighty attack on Chu.
As the news spread, Yangzhou was shaken and surrounding countries were shaken.
When the ripples reached Lingnan, following closely behind the Ning State, the leader of the Song State, Xie Ning, led his troops to the north and met with King Su Xuange again, and the two countries once again offered sacrifices to heaven and swore an alliance.
Then, at the scene of the oath of alliance, the kings of the two countries read out the crimes of Chu, listed all kinds of unethical acts, drank blood and drank wine, jointly announced to the world, and announced the crusade against Chu.
Then the Song State sent 70,000 troops, the Su State sent 30,000 troops, and the two countries combined 100,000 troops. With Xie Ning as the commander-in-chief and Su Xuange as the deputy commander, they announced the northern expedition of the army to attack the Chu State.
The armies of the two countries crossed the Five Ridges and went straight to Lingling Mansion in Dongting, Chu State, and took the initiative to provoke a war.
In just half a month, the flames of war raged across the four kingdoms of Song, Su, Ning, and Nanhai, and flames of war broke out around Chu.
The millions of troops from the five countries suddenly moved, and a decisive battle broke out around Chu's southern expedition.
At this point, the war sweeping Yangzhou officially kicked off.
