Yuzhang, Tianluo Mountain.
Just when the Jiuzhou monks activated the Northern Underworld Capital and drained all the active spiritual energy between heaven and earth, Lu Yuan was hundreds of thousands of miles away and immediately noticed the changes in heaven and earth.
"What's going on? Why did the spiritual energy between heaven and earth suddenly dry up?"
In Liuyue Pavilion in the back mountain, Lu Yuan, who was meditating, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the mountains outside through the curtains.
Divine consciousness enveloped this area, and the spiritual energy felt was a desert, without any spiritual light that could be seen in the past.
This is undoubtedly extremely abnormal.
It should be noted that although this is the age of the end of the Dharma, the spiritual energy of the outside world does not exist, and mortals cannot practice at all.
However, in a few caves such as Tianluo Mountain and Miluo Mountain, there is still a small amount of spiritual energy left for people to practice.
But at this time, the spiritual energy in Tianluo Mountain that was relatively abundant just now was instantly attracted by some kind of force, and all the spiritual energy was directly drained away, leaving no trace of it in the mountain.
"There must be a reason why the spiritual energy suddenly dissipates..."
Lu Yuan frowned, thought for a while, and thought: "It is now May of the twelfth year of Shenwu, and it has been almost two years since those Nine Provinces monks crossed the sea and traveled north.
Calculating the time, they should have arrived in Beiming Youdu in two years.
So now the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has dissipated because the Jiuzhou monks activated the formation and drained out all the active spiritual energy between heaven and earth? "
When Feishuang Dao Master Mo Li left, he once told Lu Yuan that activating the Beiming Youdu Array requires a large amount of spiritual energy as operating energy.
Therefore, when the magic circle is opened, the remaining spiritual energy in Kyushu will be drained away, leaving nothing behind.
At that time, even in a superior cave like Tianluo Mountain, monks could not breathe out spiritual energy and accumulate mana.
Because of this, Mo Li warmly invited Lu Yuan to cross the sea and ascend with them.
Otherwise, as a monk, Lu Yuan would live in such a spiritual world. Not only would his best methods be limited due to the lack of spiritual energy, but the path to immortality would also be completely cut off.
Instead of living in such a depressed way, it would be better to ascend together and achieve immortality.
However, this invitation was naturally rejected by Lu Yuan, who still had many escape routes, without hesitation.
Although he refused to ascend together, Li Qiye still told Lu Yuan about many details of the ascension plan for the sake of his allies.
Therefore, when he discovered the changes in the world at this time, he immediately thought of Beiming Youdu.
"This should be the reason. The Jiuzhou monk ascended, and my last hidden danger in this world is gone."
Lu Yuan felt a little excited when he thought of this.
There were one to two hundred monks in that group of Nine Provinces. Among them, there were more than ten people who could condense one Qi. It was unknown whether there were any who could condense two Qi.
Such a huge force, even if Lu Yuan is already an Immortal Qi and a martial arts master, he dare not say that he can defeat it.
If you insist on fighting, you will most likely lose.
Therefore, as long as the Jiuzhou monks do not ascend, Lu Yuan's bondage will remain.
At this time these people were gone.
Regardless of whether they ascend to the fairy world or not, according to past practice, these people will never be able to come back.
But without these people, Lu Yuan at this time can truly be regarded as one person dominating the world.
In this world of Kyushu, no one can be his opponent.
However, while he was excited, he thought of something again, his face changed slightly, and he quickly sensed the Tianzhu with his spiritual thoughts, and countless lucks were added to it and input into the Tianzhu.
In an instant, as before, a massive amount of spiritual energy was drawn from the sky and flowed along the Tianzhu to Lu Yuan's area.
“Yes, the spiritual energy extracted from Beiming Youdu is only the active spiritual energy scattered between heaven and earth.
The dead spiritual energy hidden in the sky has not been taken away.
In this case, the impact on me is not too big. At most, it is a pity for Tianluo Mountain. "
Lu Yuan absorbed all the spiritual energy, felt the mana in his body thicken a little, and couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.
Although the last active spiritual energy between heaven and earth has been drained out, the cave in Tianluo Mountain has also been abandoned, which is quite regrettable.
But for Lu Yuan, as long as the Tianzhu is still useful and the sky can attract spiritual energy, then the situation is not bad.
After all, when he sensed the Tianzhu, he could roughly understand the amount of spiritual energy inside, so he also knew that the spiritual energy left in the sky was far better than the spiritual energy in the cave between heaven and earth.
Relying on the residual spiritual energy in the cave, it may be possible to cultivate a monk who can condense the three qi and the four qi, but it is absolutely impossible to cultivate a mortal with five qi and vitality.
But the remaining spiritual energy in the sky is enough for Lu Yuan to practice all the way to the Five Qi Dynasty. If he is lucky, it is even possible to become a real person.
The human flower is the fruit of immortality: the real human flower is also known as the human immortal.
In other words, if he stayed in Jiuzhou, Lu Yuan would have a slight chance of becoming an immortal.
It was precisely because of this hope that Lu Yuan could so simply refuse the invitation from Mo Li and others to ascend to the immortal world together.
After all, even if the Jiuzhou monks ascend to the immortal world, it only means that they have moved to a place with more abundant spiritual energy, and their practice will be smoother.
It’s not like you can become an immortal by ascending to the immortal world.
Only if he could ascend and become an immortal would he be attractive to Lu Yuan.
But he can neither become an immortal, but only have abundant spiritual energy, which has limited appeal for him who already has the spiritual energy of the sky as a retreat.
And when you get to the immortal world, just by looking at this name, you can know that this upper realm is definitely filled with countless immortals and monks.
In a place like this, Lu Yuan, with his mere cultivation of two qi, might not be a cannon fodder at the lowest level.
It would be even more terrifying if the fairy world were more sinister, a underworld cultivating fairy world that focused on killing people and seizing treasures, and preying on the weak.
Wherever Lu Yuan went, his life was in danger.
In the world of Jiuzhou, he is the high-ranking King of Chu, the best master in the world, with glory and wealth in his hands, unlimited lifespan, and no one can threaten his life.
Basically, as long as Lu Yuan himself does not seek death, no one can kill him.
With this kind of fairy life in hand, only a fool would go to the fairy world to find some immortal way.
Not to mention, no one can be sure whether the so-called Northern Underworld Capital can still connect to the Immortal Realm.
Maybe the other end of this ascension circle is directly in the void and chaos, and it is very possible that it was lost and died in the past.
"However, although my practice is not hindered, without the spiritual energy of Tianluo Mountain, the spiritual energy of the sky that I can leverage with my current luck alone cannot meet my cultivation needs."
Lu Yuan felt relieved and couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
Originally, with the blessing of Tianluo Mountain Cave Heaven, he could maintain a full capacity of spiritual energy when he practiced.
But now that there is no Cave Spiritual Qi, with his current state of condensing two qi, the existing Heavenly Vault Spiritual Qi leveraged by Qi Movement can only supply about 80% of his full spiritual energy throughput.
Although this amount is not small, for Lu Yuan, who is used to having enough to eat, he always feels like he is not full and hungry, which is very uncomfortable.
"It seems that we need to speed up our expansion, try our best to strengthen Chu State, and gather enough luck to fill these gaps."
Lu Yuan thought to himself, then looked to the west and thought, "It's time for Huang Xin and Qinghezi to speed up their progress."
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Just when Lu Yuan was feeling distressed because of the dissipation of the spiritual energy of the cave sky, there were people in Lingnan, thousands of miles away, who were also distressed.
The capital of the Song Dynasty was Song Pingcheng.
Today, all the ministers of the Song Dynasty and the Song King Xie Ning gathered together. They all looked solemn and worried.
"Your Majesty, the Chu people's envoy has come to urge you again. We must respond as soon as possible."
In the solemn atmosphere, Zong Zhengqing Xie Yong below broke the silence.
As soon as these words came out, the chat box seemed to be opened, and all the officials in the hall spoke out one after another.
"Yes, Your Majesty, the Chu people have now gathered 100,000 soldiers and horses in Tonghai and Yulin counties, all of whom are the elite of the Forbidden Army.
Qinghezi, the southwest general manager of the Chu people, also personally felt the frontline governor.
Counting him, the Chu people gathered three innates on the border.
In addition, a large number of soldiers and horses gathered in Qianzhong, Kunhai, Chili, Jianchuan and other military states.
If we don't make plans in advance, the Chu people will come over. "
"Now the Chu people have swept across Jiangdong and Lingnan, the Su Kingdom and the Nanhai Kingdom have been destroyed, and the Ning Dynasty has retreated and retreated to the east half of the Yangtze River. The general situation is over.
The only uneven land in Yangzhou now is this southwest one.
The Chu people cover eleven counties, and there are three vassal states in the southwest. It is really difficult to resist in this corner of the southwest. The king really needs to make plans in advance. "
"Whether it's war or peace, please make your decision as soon as possible."
All ministers expressed their opinions one after another.
Xie Ning looked at the people below and felt a hint of bitterness in his heart when he heard the chaos.
Although the ministers all said that they would make up their minds and did not directly say that they wanted to surrender, the implication behind the words was that the Chu people were unstoppable and they should surrender quickly.
However, Xie Ning couldn't help but despair when he thought of Chu State's current momentum.
The gap between the current Chu State and Song State is really too big.
The territorial gap is eight to nine times, the population gap is more than ten times, the military strength gap is more than ten times, the innate master gap is more than twenty times...
Between the Chu State and the Song State, they were basically a baby and a giant, not in the same size at all.
For the current Chu State, if it wants to destroy the Song State, it does not need to send special troops. It only needs to dispatch the border troops close to the Song State.
Just like now, the State of Chu only gathered the garrison troops from Tonghai and Yulin counties. When a governor came, the State of Song was in danger of subjugation.
Everyone in the country was terrified, and the whole country was shocked.
It's just that the surrender conditions proposed by the Chu people really made it difficult for Xie Ning to decide, so he couldn't make up his mind for a long time.
"Nanzhao and Dali, what is the current situation there? How did they choose the conditions for the Chu people?"
After hesitating for a long time, Xie Ning looked at the ministers below and asked suddenly.
This time the Chu State sent troops not just to target the Song State, but to the entire Lingnan, Southwest, and the remaining three countries outside the Chu State system.
Of the three countries, Song is undoubtedly the weakest, with the smallest territory, population, and number of masters.
Therefore, the choice of the Song State did not actually affect the entire situation of the Three Kingdoms. The two barbarian states of Dali and Nanzhao were the key to determining whether the southwestern region could be peacefully changed.
"Reporting to your Majesty, the Dali Kingdom, like our country, has not yet responded to the news from the Chu Kingdom.
But from the Nanzhao Kingdom, news has come in these days that the people in the country seem to have agreed to accept Chu's conditions. At this time, they have started negotiations with Chu's envoys to pay tribute to Chu, seal the country and establish a state. "
Below there are ministers responsible for these aspects who are well-informed and will report back.
"Nanzhao has already agreed. Can they accept splitting the entire country into three parts, and also dividing a part of it and handing it over to the Chu State for direct control?"
Xie Ning couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this.
This time the Chu State rectified the three southwest kingdoms and provided conditions to Dali, Nanzhao, Song and other countries. Although they were not harsh, they were not loose either.
The Chu State's request is that the three southwest kingdoms, based on the number of innates in the country and on the condition that one innate canonize half of the counties as the country, split the three kingdoms that were originally a whole into small countries headed by innate masters.
If this requirement is followed, the Nanzhao Kingdom, which originally had two counties, will be split into three small countries with only half a county.
Half of the county will be recovered by the Chu State and become a land directly under its jurisdiction.
The country of Dali does not need to take back its territory, because there are four innate masters in the country, one person and half a county, which can just divide the land of the two counties in the country.
The one who really suffered was Song State.
Because Xie Ning is the only one who is innate, if he follows this policy, he will directly lose one county and can only keep half of the county.
What's even more outrageous is that I wonder if Chu State also knew that Song State was easy to bully, so the half-county land left to him was not the mature Jiuzhen County.
It was Yinsheng County, which had just been opened up by the Song Dynasty and was full of barbarians.
How can Xie Ning accept this?
You know, when Yinsheng County was originally under the Dali Kingdom, it was a barren land.
Later, after Xie Ning's conquest, a large number of the barbarian indigenous people in the area were killed and fled, resulting in extremely serious population losses.
Therefore, the number of registered residents in the entire Yinsheng County is only over 80,000 households, with a population of over 300,000.
In such a poor place, even if you go there and become a king, what's the point?
He can neither collect much tax nor support many armies. He is said to be a king, but in fact he is not as good as a prefect in the mainland, and his name sounds much better.
The Jiuzhen County that was to be ceded was actually a wealthy land, with 360,000 households and a population of more than 1.7 million, which was equivalent to five or six Yinsheng counties.
Of course, when the Chu State had an absolute advantage, the Song State could still protect Zuo, Xie Ning could still be a king, and many ministers present could still retain their positions. This is a rare beauty in all dynasties. It's over.
After all, when an enemy dynasty was destroyed in the past, it was always necessary to break into the enemy's royal family, and all the ministers of the country would become slaves of the country's subjugation.
Nowadays, it is rare for Chu State to treat Song State so favorably.
But I am afraid of comparison in everything.
Seeing that Nanzhao and Dali were getting more benefits than himself, Xie Ning would still feel that he was at a disadvantage even if he knew that his treatment was pretty good.
Naturally, I was hesitant and unwilling to make the decision to surrender.
"Your Majesty, Nanzhao Kingdom was severely damaged by the Chu State before, and was harassed by Chili, Kunhai, Jianchuan and other countries for several years. In recent years, it can be said that it has suffered from wars and the country is exhausted.
Although it has two counties, nearly half of the people on this territory have been plundered, and there are still 15.6 million left, which is considered good.
Therefore, even though he has three innate masters, he can have at most one hundred thousand soldiers in the country.
However, the Chu people had a hundred thousand soldiers in the two counties of Hehehe and Xichuan. They were led by two Xiantian masters and suppressed the northern border of Nanzhao.
The three kingdoms of Chili, Kunhai, and Jianchuan also gathered troops at home to respond to Chu's troops in central Guizhou.
These large armies gathered together, probably no less than 300,000 soldiers and horses, and six innate masters.
With the power of Nanzhao, how can it resist?
If we continue to carry it on, we are afraid that we will really be in danger of losing our country and destroying our species.
Rather than do this, it is better to surrender directly.
Anyway, the Nanzhao royal family has two innate talents. Even if the country is divided into four parts, they can keep half of it.
And the country's Great Witch Festival can also obtain a country's fiefdom, which can be said to have benefits.
After submitting to the Chu State at the same time, under the same dynasty, Chili, Kunhai, and Jianchuan were bound by the Chu State and could no longer attack the Nanzhao Three Kingdoms.
They can also be freed from the long war and enjoy peace.
With these advantages, even if half of the county has to be divided, it is actually acceptable to Nanzhao. "
A minister who was familiar with Nanzhao analyzed the situation with Xie Ning.
However, the meaning of this man's words was that he also used Nanzhao Kingdom as an example to persuade his king to surrender.
"Your Majesty, the Kingdom of Nanzhao has surrendered, and with the help of the Chu Kingdom, there will be three more troops in the southwest, with a hundred thousand soldiers and horses.
The momentum can be said to be even better.
And even if our country unites with Dali, it only has three or four hundred thousand troops and five innates at most.
But the people of Chu were able to gather half a million elites and twelve innate people.
No two countries can resist such strength.
Now in Dali, if they hear the news of Nanzhao's surrender, they may be shaken and may surrender to Chu at some point.
If our country resists until the end, it will be a question whether the Chu people are still willing to accept our country.
It should be noted that killing a chicken to scare the monkeys! "
Zong Zhengqing Xie Yong took pains to advise.
"Kill the chicken to scare the monkey..." Xie Ning suddenly felt a tremor in his heart after hearing this.
This time the Chu people surrendered the Three Kingdoms without spending a single soldier or killing anyone.
Although just waiting can avoid a lot of losses and casualties, it will inevitably leave hidden dangers and make many people dissatisfied.
Therefore, for the Chu State, if it can find a suitable target and severely punish this target to achieve the purpose of deterring the southwestern countries, it will undoubtedly be excellent.
Looking at the three southwest kingdoms, only the Song Kingdom best meets this condition.
There is no other reason.
The Song Kingdom has the weakest troops, the smallest territory, and the fewest masters. It is undoubtedly a soft persimmon in everyone's eyes.
If you don't want to establish your own authority, why don't you go to Dali, which has four innates and can send out 300,000 troops?
"Zong Zhengqing is right, we, the Song Dynasty, can't delay it any longer."
Xie Ningfan suddenly came to his senses and no longer dared to hesitate to be greedy. He hurriedly said to all the officials in the hall: "Send people quickly to invite the envoys of the Chu State. I said that I am willing to be a vassal of the Chu State and pay tribute. Please invite the envoys to discuss the detailed matters."
"yes."
The minister in charge of foreign affairs below heard this and left in a hurry.
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