The retreat lasted for nearly a month, during which time many people were sent away.
Many people who failed to break through in time have exhausted their lifespan. For example, the original forest gods and earth gods under the mountain died of old age, and after death, they turned into ghosts and continued to be gods.
Fortunately, most of them were living people and had a life after death. As for those who were ghosts before, like Xiong Ying, they were naturally dead.
Zhang Qi, the first generation leader of the Xiong clan, passed away, and Xiong Ying, the second generation leader, also passed away.
The former at least saw him one last time, and the latter even died in retreat, without even leaving a word behind, and could only lament the impermanence of the world.
Some people leave this road, and some people make progress.
Zhang Wulang and Xiong Ba are the leaders among them. After entering Qi refining, their life span will be increased by 300 years. In 300 years, Chu country may become the overlord of a generation.
Zhuman of the underworld can become the leader of the underworld in this area.
"It took a total of four hundred and sixty-nine years since I entered the underworld, and I finally conquered the underworld." Tang Ping only felt a full sense of accomplishment.
Compared to Tang Shenyu Renqing and others who spent decades to dominate, they were undoubtedly poor students for more than four hundred years.
But Tang Ping is relatively stable. He spreads the entire force together, and once he dominates, he will be sure.
Unlike others who generally rely on themselves, their own aging and power decline along with it.
"Very good, Yu Renqing should be almost old, right? It's time to close the net."
Tang Ping walked out of the cave in high spirits.
What is this called?
Trying to survive?
This idiom does not seem to have appeared in this era. Do you have to endure hardships by yourself? That's impossible. Gods have always been invincible, so how could they be so desperate?
"This idiom... let Xiong Ying name it, and let it survive in people's memory in this way."
Tang Ping makes up stories when he is not practicing. If he says words that are not in line with the times, it is absolutely impossible to change his words and admit his mistakes. It is an allusion from hundreds of years ago. I am old and you don't understand.
Tang Ping flew to Danyang, State of Chu.
At the foot of the mountain, there are four more counties.
Now there are eight counties in total.
The county god is served by the original old man, such as the original water god, forest god, etc.
The water pool will soon extend to this boundary, and then there will be a water god.
The eight counties have a population of about two million. This is the power of the county system. The population and resources are relatively concentrated, and the incense is also more concentrated. The county god is basically a wandering god.
These two million people can pull out a maximum of 200,000 troops.
Soon, we came to Danyang.
After hundreds of years of operation, Danyang has become a super city with rich heritage.
People flow in and out from all directions, and the city witnesses the vicissitudes of life and the passage of time.
Tang Ping vaguely remembered what the town looked like when it was first established.
Chu Palace.
The King of Chu is actually the Viscount of Chu. He has always been king externally and uses the viscount system internally. If he really becomes the king, they will not be able to implement many systems for the time being, such as enfeoffing princes and so on.
The mountain behind the palace is outside the city, and there is a heavily guarded mountain.
The fire pool on the top of the mountain is constantly burning like a crater. If you look closely, you can see figures bathing in the fire.
His breathing was like wind, and his muscles and bones moved like thunder.
The flames formed long dragons, traveling in the sea of fire and the sky.
The person who is practicing is Xiong Ba.
Xiong Ba is a man with superb martial arts and superb martial arts.
Wow!
The ten-foot-tall flaming body jumped out of the sea of fire, with two dragons under its feet, its eyes shining brightly.
Quickly transforming into a human form, Xiong Ba flew to Meishan.
Meishan Altar.
Zhang Wulang still looks like a young man, with blue eyes that seem to contain the truth of the universe, surrounded by hundreds of beasts and surrounded by ghosts and gods.
Whenever you visit the mountains, you must worship Zhang Wulang. His reputation is greater than that of the mountain god.
Tang Ping appeared out of thin air.
"Xiong Ba will be here soon."
Tang Ping said.
"Are we going to war?" Zhang Wulang asked.
"Yes, the Northern Expedition will annihilate the Wu Kingdom in one fell swoop, seize the river mouth, and control the lower reaches of the Han River."
Now the offensive and defensive momentum has reversed.
After Wu Zhi's death, the only hope for a breakthrough in Qi refining was gone. Yu Renqing had no successor. No matter in terms of quantity or quality of Qi refining, they could not compare with Chu State.
On the bright side of Chu State
Counting the feathered dragons from their own country, they couldn't compete with Chu.
The only worry now is whether Jiang Feng from Jing Kingdom will take action.
Jiang Feng's chance of taking action was low. He had to guard against Chongguo and Huaiyi.
Furthermore, with five Qi refiners and an army of 800,000, he may not be able to attack with all his strength.
At this time, Xiong Ba also flew here.
Hearing Tang Ping's question, Xiong Ba said: "Don't worry about this. We have good relations with Yongguo and often send envoys to build good relations. If we take action, they will send troops to regain their lost territory if they see benefits. Li Fang in the east We have a feud with the Jing Kingdom, and we sent Yuan Chi to communicate with us before..."
Yuan Chi's strategy is to make friends from far away and attack close by, and to make friends with countries with the same goals and no conflict of interests. Even if they cannot send troops and fulfill their promises of joint response, when Chu State is attacking cities and territories all the way, how can these people endure it?
All in all, you still need to be strong in order to strike iron.
Chu State was confident that they would take action.
"Okay, get ready to fight."
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Two months later.
Jiangkou City.
The scenery in the city is different from that in Danyang.
Danyang is lively, with all kinds of people interacting on an equal footing. This place is more repressed and hierarchical. Some people look like slaves at first glance. They are dressed in rags and have their heads lowered, not daring to look directly. Some people are high-spirited and neatly dressed. These people look like Chinese people at first glance.
There was almost no market, and more of it was barter. Slaves and common people were not qualified to participate. All their output belonged to the lord, so how could they be qualified to sell things.
At this time, the army escorted a group of people out of the city. The warrior nobles at the head held their heads high and looked proud.
Most of the people with their hands tied were young adults, and there were dozens of babies held by soldiers.
There are thousands in total.
This is a great festival held every three years.
Following the army to the back mountain, among the clouds on the top of the mountain, you can see the magnificent palace and the feathered men flying around.
There is an altar at the foot of the mountain.
The entire altar is made of white jade, with a small bronze sacred tree, sun pattern vessels and eye-shaped patterns on it.
There are figures of people and birds on both sides.
The altar is nine feet high, overlooking all living beings. On the altar is a Zongmu wizard holding a golden scepter and wearing a pure gold mask.
"Yi and Na Yu! Put me on the drum. Play the drum simply and support my great ancestors."
The sound of drums and ancient songs spread everywhere.
There are eight large sacrificial pits around the altar, where people may be buried alive, beheaded, or voluntarily offered sacrifices by nobles.
The human heads were cooked in the cauldron, and the ghosts and gods shared the flesh and blood.
Mountain top, clouds.
A bronze temple embedded in the mountainside.
Blood seeped out from the bronze sacred tree and gathered on the bronze plate pattern under the tree, growing from small to large, forming a river of blood.
The maid scooped out a ladle, poured it into Tong Jue, and offered the cup of "elixir of immortality" to a very old-looking Yuren old man with a white beard that reached his waist.
After drinking the blood, the old man's complexion became rosy and his cloudy eyes became brighter.
"Where's Bi, Ao, Hou, Yu, Shu?"
Yu Renqing frowned.
As his lifespan shortened, Yu Renqing also tried his best to create humans, causing harm to many women from good families. In addition to the original Yu Renbi, the next four were bastards born after him, which could be regarded as stabilizing his rule.
Yu Renbi has not yet achieved breakthrough in Qi refining, which makes Yu Renqing still anxious. Once he is gone, this foundation will be wasted.
At this time, a variegated feathered man stumbled over.
"Oops! Enemy attack!!"
(End of chapter)
