War is a meat grinder.
Determining the outcome of a regional war based on whether the border can be defended seems to be for the sake of the lives of the people in the entire region.
But it is precisely such a cruel mechanism that will cause this war machine to run at full power.
The border will become incredibly brutal.
Because there is no retreat for both sides.
If Luoyang Territory fails to break through the border in thirty years, it will be a defeat.
The losing side must compensate half of the entire domain's cultivation resources to the victor. This is unconditional. If it cannot do this, the upper domain will take action.
And if Chengshan Territory does not need compensation, they can choose to counterattack. Once they enter the border of Luoyang Territory, it means that Luoyang Territory will be annexed by Chengshan Territory.
All the sects in Luoyang Region will obey Chengshan Region, and the monks of this generation in Luoyang Region will be marked with defeat and unable to resist the monks in Chengshan Region.
After several generations like this, the sects in Luoyang Domain will no longer exist.
As for the Chengshan Region, they can directly choose not to engage in the war and cede half of the region's cultivation resources to the Luoyang Region.
Within five hundred years, Luoyang Territory is not allowed to launch another territorial war against Chengshan Territory.
But Chu Ning believes that the major sects in Chengshan Domain will not choose this path.
Taking advantage of the land to serve Qin, he still holds the salary to put out the fire. If the salary is not exhausted, the fire will never be extinguished.
There is no reason why these monks who have lived for hundreds of years should not understand the truth that many ordinary people understood in previous lives.
Surrender can only delay annexation.
And having lost half of its resources, the next domain war will be completely incapable of resistance.
Chu Ning stood in front of the mountain peak, frowning. Senior Duan did not tell him the strength of Luoyang Territory.
Not to mention, either Senior Duan doesn’t know, or the overall strength of Luoyang Domain is higher than that of Chengshan Domain.
If Luoyang Territory dares to initiate a domain war, it must be certain, and the latter is very likely.
"I thought it would be stable for hundreds of years. I would wait until the late stage of the Golden Elixir to slowly look for opportunities for the Nascent Soul."
Chu Ning sighed lightly. The appearance of this domain battle caught him off guard.
Even if he wanted to leave Chengshan Domain at this time, he couldn't. During the domain war, monks from both domains could not leave, and monks from other domains could not come in.
All he can do is to improve his strength as much as possible to face the upcoming domain war.
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Half a month later.
Meng Si once brought a piece of news to Chu Ning.
The four major sects have reached a united front with the Hundred Cities Region, taking over this domain battle, and have already responded to the Upper Domain.
Chu Ning was not surprised by this result.
If the disciples of the four major sects may hesitate, the monks in the Hundred Cities Region will never hesitate, because the monks in the Hundred Cities Region have grown up by fighting and killing.
The major forces in the Hundred Cities competed with each other for the city, and almost every ten years a city's power changed hands. In the eyes of the monks in the Hundred Cities area, the domain war was an expanded battle.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, establish an alliance..."
Just as Meng Sizeng was about to speak, his expression changed the next moment, and he turned back to look at the sky above in panic.
Above the sky, changes occurred.
A ray of purple light suddenly appeared, and then quickly tore open the entire sky, tearing the sky into two halves in just a few breaths.
Looking at this scene from a distance, it seems as if the original sky is an unfolded picture scroll, but this picture scroll is covered by a layer of curtain.
Now the curtain was lifted from the middle by a terrifying force.
Several large characters slowly appeared in the middle of the torn sky. With the appearance of these characters, all the monks in the entire Chengshan Domain felt a terrifying pressure that made them breathless.
"The battle between two realms is allowed!"
Just six words, but they weighed down the entire Chengshan Domain's monks.
Chu Ning couldn't imagine how terrifying the master behind the handwriting was.
Fifteen breaths later, the writing slowly disappeared, the torn sky returned to its original state, and the pressure that could destroy the world also disappeared.
"All Xiyue Sect Foundation Establishment disciples, come to the main hall immediately!"
This time, instead of the bells ringing loudly, Feiyuelan's voice echoed directly in every corner of the Riyue Mountain range.
Meng Si once said hello to Chu Ning and then hurried to Yuefeng.
Chu Ning didn't go, he was not a disciple of Xiyue Sect.
But Chu Ning soon understood why Xiyue Sect summoned these foundation-building disciples.
Distributing spiritual weapons and elixirs, all the spiritual weapons and elixirs in the Xiyue Sect's treasury are open to the Foundation Establishment disciples.
Chengshan Domain only has ten years of preparation time, and the only way to improve the strength of the monks within these ten years is with the help of elixirs and some special secret techniques.
Therefore, the Xiyue Sect not only distributes spiritual weapons and elixirs to its disciples, but also releases authority to all foundation-building monks in the library pavilion.
In the past, some secret techniques that were powerful but required a certain amount of contribution points were now open to the disciples.
Chu Ning knew that it was not just the Xiyue Sect that was doing this, but the other three sects, including those affiliated sects, and the sects in the Hundred Cities area were also doing the same thing.
In the past, the sect's treasury kept spiritual weapons and elixirs, which were needed to keep the sect alive for a long time and to be given to new disciples, but now that the domain war is coming, these do not need to be considered.
Once you lose, the treasures in the treasure house belong to others.
One month later!
The four major sects of Xiyue Sect jointly issued a notice in the Hundred Cities Region.
All monks in Chengshan Domain are not allowed to engage in any civil war behavior, otherwise they will be executed without mercy.
At the same time, the Chengshan Territory Alliance was formed, with the leaders of Xiyue Sect, Wentian Sect, Xuantian Sect, Liuhe Sect, and a veteran late-stage Jindan powerhouse from the Baicheng area as the alliance leaders.
The role of the five alliance leaders is to coordinate the monks from all parties and make arrangements for the border battle.
There were many small families and sects, and they were fighting fiercely, but they had to stop because of this announcement.
Because there are already lessons learned.
Two small sects and a small family did not listen to the announcement and continued to engage in civil war. In the end, they were completely wiped out by the two golden elixir powerhouses sent by the Chengshan Territory Alliance.
The Chengshan Territory Alliance wants to use thunderous means to warn all forces and monks. At this time, it can only deal with the outside world and does not allow any civil war to consume its own strength.
And on the sixth day after this announcement came out, Chu Ning met his master Xie Shouping.
Xie Shouping came to Xiyue Sect again. Along with Xie Shouping, there were Zhao Yangming and several other third-level alchemists.
Zhao Yangming and others lived in Lanyue City, and Chu Ning also met his master in Lanyue City.
"Master, why are you here?"
"According to the orders of Chengshan Territory Alliance, all alchemists will gather together to refine elixirs to prepare for future border battles."
Xie Shouping told Chu Ning the reason. Not only were they coming, but other alchemists were also coming here.
Alchemists from the entire Chengshan Domain will gather in Lanyue City. This will become the gathering point for alchemists. Various medicinal materials for elixirs will also be transported here and distributed to the alchemists to refine the elixirs.
Chu Ning understood that this was treating Lanyue City as a logistics support base.
"One of the elders who is responsible for refining alchemy for the teacher. Do you plan to refining elixir here, or do you have other plans?"
Chu Ning smiled and said: "Wherever the master is, then I, the disciple, must be there."
Xie Shouping was not surprised at his disciple's answer. Some young monks wanted to go to the border to kill the enemy, because the rewards given by the Territory Alliance for killing enemies in battle were extremely high, and every foundation-building monk who set foot on the border front line, You can get a Shouyi Dan.
But his disciple definitely has no interest in these. Based on his understanding of Chu Ning, Chu Ning must choose to stay behind.
Being an alchemist just gave Chu Ning a reason to stay behind.
"Okay, then I will put your name in the register and report it to the Domain Alliance."
Xie Shouping nodded, and the next moment he suddenly made a gesture with his hands, and four flags flew out and were planted on the ground around him.
"This formation can isolate the spiritual consciousness beneath the Nascent Soul from prying eyes."
When Chu Ning heard this, she knew that her master had something important to say to her, and her expression became serious at the moment.
"Please tell me, master, can you refine a third-grade elixir now?"
"able."
Chu Ning answered without hesitation.
"Then what if I ask you to refine a fourth-grade elixir? Can you do it?"
Xie Shouping had a look of expectation in his eyes, and Chu Ning frowned. For a fourth-grade elixir, only a strong Nascent Soul could do it.
He cannot yet refine fourth-grade elixirs under the Nascent Soul.
Chu Ning shook his head. Even with the help of the Mysterious Mirror, he could not refine the fourth-grade elixir.
Fourth-grade elixirs are completely different from third-grade elixirs. He can refine third-grade elixirs with the help of the Mystic Mirror, but fourth-grade elixirs already have spirituality, and they cannot suppress this spirituality until they reach the Nascent Soul realm.
The result of being unable to suppress it is that the alchemy furnace bursts, or the elixir becomes difficult to form.
"There are a total of forty years, and the last ten years cannot be counted, which means that there are only thirty years. I hope that during these thirty years, you will put all your energy into refining alchemy, even if you can't refine it. A complete fourth-grade elixir must also be able to be refined into a semi-finished product."
Xie Shouping's expression was serious, but Chu Ning understood the first half of his master's meaning.
Ten years of preparation time, plus thirty years of war on the border, the total time to determine victory or defeat in this field is forty years.
But if the fight really reaches the last ten years, I am afraid that the monks on both sides will have suffered countless injuries. By that time, even the alchemists who are in the rear will have to go to the front line.
"Master, do you have any secrets in asking your disciples to devote all their attention to alchemy?"
In the face of war, what is more important is to improve one's own strength. The stronger the strength, the higher the probability of survival.
"Well, as a teacher, you should prepare for the worst. If Chengshan Domain is defeated, then alchemy is your only way out."
Chu Ning narrowed his eyes. It seemed that the master was not optimistic about this domain battle.
Think about it, if the declarer is not sure, how could he choose to declare war? Only the strong declare war on the weak, and I have never heard of the weak declaring war on the strong.
This is a domain, not a decision that a small sect or a small country can make on a whim.
"One of the nine central realms is called the Dan realm."
"The Alchemy Domain is an extremely special domain. The entire Alchemy Domain is dominated by alchemists. If there are alchemists from each major domain who meet the conditions, they can join the Alchemy Domain."
"Master means to let me meet the assessment standards of the Dan Realm, and then enter the Dan Realm to escape this domain war. But during the domain war, aren't the disciples from the two domains not able to leave the domain?"
Chu Ning was a little confused. Chengshan Region was blocked, how to get to Dan Region?
"There is no need to leave. As long as you meet the conditions of a Dan Realm disciple, you can attract the powerful ones from the Dan Realm."
Xie Shouping took out a jade slip from his storage bag: "This jade slip comes from the Dan Realm. It was left by my master. It has the mark of the Dan Realm inside. As long as you crush this jade slip before making elixirs, your The entire alchemy process will be recorded and sent to the Dan Realm. If the conditions are met, the Dan Realm will send someone to pick you up."
Listening to his master's narration, Chu Ning understood what his master meant.
The master's master, that is, your own Grand Master, was extremely talented in alchemy at the time, and there happened to be a senior who had entered the Alchemy Domain and saw Grand Master's talent in alchemy, so he left this jade slip.
This Dan Realm senior told Grand Master that if he thought he had reached the level required to recruit Dan Realm disciples, he would crush this jade slip and people from the Dan Realm would come.
It was a pity that Grand Master still failed to meet the recruitment requirements of Dan Realm, so this jade slip has been passed down, from Grand Master to Master, and then to the master.
"Master, what are the requirements for disciples in the Dan Realm?"
"Successfully refined fourth-grade elixir."
The corner of Chu Ning's mouth twitched, and she successfully refined the fourth-grade elixir, which meant that she would only recruit Nascent Soul disciples.
In a Dan Realm, the lowest level is Nascent Soul. Chu Ning could not imagine how powerful this Dan Realm was. A few disciples could destroy a Lower Realm.
"The Dan Realm has very strict requirements for accepting disciples from outside, but not every monk in the Dan Realm is a Yuanying monk. There are still many monks in the Dan Realm who are also building foundations and golden elixirs, and even ordinary people. "
Listening to the master's explanation, Chu Ning felt that this was reasonable. After thinking about it, he understood even more.
Isn't this the rules of college admissions in previous lives?
Scores from other places are completely different from those from local places. If a province from other places gives a few places, the only ones who can get the places must be extremely outstanding students. However, local places are given more places, so the performance requirements for students are much lower.
It makes sense when you think about it. There are only so many resources. Naturally, only geniuses are needed in the outer domain. There are many ordinary disciples in this domain. Should we recruit them to share the resources?
"Master, it's a little difficult to refine the fourth-grade elixir."
In thirty years, Chu Ning didn't think he could do it.
"My master also knows that it is a bit difficult for you to refine fourth-grade elixirs, so I took a step back and refined semi-finished elixirs. When your Grand Master asked so many seniors in the elixir realm, according to that senior, the elixir realm is not a The sect has multiple sects. The stronger the sect, the higher its requirements for disciples from outside the realm, and the requirements of the lower sect will be correspondingly lower."
Xie Shouping smiled bitterly and said: "You are less than two hundred years old now. If you can refine a semi-finished fourth-grade elixir, there may be an Alchemy Domain sect that values your potential and is willing to recruit you."
Chu Ning frowned. The master was not sure that the semi-finished fourth-grade elixir would be valued by the Danyu sect, and he was also betting on it.
"These are the alchemy notes of your Grand Master and your Grand Master. Please study them carefully."
Xie Shouping gave Chu Ning two jade slips, then patted Chu Ning's shoulder and said with a smile: "We are just preparing for the worst. Maybe the situation is better than what we thought. We defended the attack of Luoyang Domain. It’s also possible.”
Watching his master leave, Chu Ning was not so optimistic and silently returned to Xiyue Sect.
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Seven years later, there was a bell ringing inside the Xiyue Sect's mountain gate.
When Chu Ning walked out of the cave, she felt that the entire Riyue Mountain was no longer as leisurely as before. It was filled with a low pressure. Even the sky was shrouded in clouds. Looking at it, there were only disciples wielding swords heading towards Yue Peak.
Half an hour later, the earth trembled, and Chu Ning immediately looked at the wisp of blue waves under the moon peak.
Sun Moon Lake.
The deep pool connecting Red Sun Peak and Moon Peak has been calm and waveless since Chu Ning entered Xiyue Sect. At this moment, the pool water is surging, as if something giant is about to break out of the water.
A quarter of an hour later, a huge flying boat completely emerged from the water and floated quietly in the air. The pool of water receded, revealing complex and incomprehensible runes on the surface of the flying boat.
"Registered disciples, listen to the order and board the ship!"
Fei Yuelan's voice resounded throughout the mountains, and one disciple after another began to board the flying boat.
There are Jindan elders and foundation-building monks.
After boarding the spaceship, no one entered the cabin. They all stood on the deck of the spaceship with a solemn expression on their faces.
The cold wind rustled, making the clothes of these disciples rustle.
Chu Ning saw a few familiar faces, including Nangong Feng, Liu Yi, Elder Yang, and Elder Yang's loyal licker, Elder Qu, but most of them were disciples who had met each other but did not know their names.
"Set off!"
Fei Yuelan's figure also appeared on the flying boat, and behind her was a large flag embroidered with the word "Xi Yue".
The flag fluttered, and the words "Xiyue" shone brightly, shining on the faces of everyone on the flying boat.
"Set off!"
"Set off!"
On the flying boat, all the disciples roared, and the momentum around them was released without reservation.
Those Xiyue Sect disciples who had not boarded the flying boat were floating on both sides of the flying boat at the moment, shouting and cheering.
Chu Ning stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the flying boat in the distance, clasping his fists and saluting.
This time, I don't know how many disciples will have their bones buried at the border, and how many will survive.
"I wish you all a safe return."
With a long sigh, Chu Ning bid farewell to Feizhou. Chu Ning went down the mountain and found Meng Siceng, who drank dozens of glasses of wine in a wine shop in Nafang City.
The departure of Xiyue Sect's flying boat had a huge impact on Chu Ning's mind.
Before this, he had never regarded himself as a person from Chengshan Domain, because he was just a time traveler, and his soul came from another world.
But seeing the disciples of the Xiyue Sect boarding the flying boat one after another, the high-pitched cheers, and the despair on the faces of these disciples and the collective sudden silence after the flying boat left, gave him a huge impact. .
There was a fire in his heart, and he even had an impulse to get on the flying boat.
Perhaps, this is what those middle school students and junior high school students say: Drinking ice for ten years can hardly cool your hot blood.
Chu Ning laughed to herself and looked at Meng Siceng, who was already drunk, and silently returned to Tangshan.
Refining alchemy, practicing!
If Chengshan Domain is really defeated, he will run away with Tang Ruowei and come back for revenge in the future!
ps: Brothers, please give me monthly tickets and subscriptions. From the time the book was published to today, in less than three months, it has already written more than 800,000 words. This speed is not slow, right?
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