Chapter 121: Taking the Initiative to Go to War
In the Luo Yun Temple!
Apart from the few Golden Core elders who were closed up in seclusion and those dispatched outside, there were over thirty Golden Core elders gathered in the hall. The Luo Yun Sect had more than forty Golden Core elders in total, and it was said that there were other elders as well, but they had all left Liang Country to travel and seek opportunities elsewhere. These were already the main forces of the Luo Yun Sect!
There are about 400 to 500 disciples in the foundation-building period of the two outer sects, scattered among various places and factions. As for the Qi-refining period disciples, most of them are reserve names, and those who do not advance to the foundation-building period are like cannon fodder on the battlefield, with little significance.
"Everyone, junior brothers," said the master's elder brother, Wang Chen. Wang Chen was slightly stunned and didn't speak. Some nearby Golden Elixir cultivators furrowed their brows, wanting to speak up, but then remembered something and remained silent.
Wang Chen's potential earned him the title of Shixiong (senior brother).
The junior master continued, "This time the war against the southern barbarians is a sect agreement, but it also requires the dispatch of foundation-building period monks from our sect to go to battle. After you return, tell the details to the sect members. After all, this war is also an opportunity for many disciples. If utilized well, various cultivation resources can be obtained easily. Among you junior masters, there are also those who have heard that some fellow sect members advanced in rank during the last war!"
"Of course, although no Golden Elixir cultivators intervened this time, it wasn't very safe either. Battles involving dozens of people are common, and even hundreds or thousands of people aren't rare. It's up to the Foundation Building disciples themselves to work hard!"
The sect master's elder brother gave a detailed explanation of the situation in this war. The scope of this war is roughly four or five thousand meters, involving more than seventy mines and spiritual fields, among which the three major gates of Liangguo and the three major gates of Nanman each have thirty-eight seats.
The disciples of the Qi Refining and Foundation Building stages were fighting over these 76 mineral veins and spiritual fields. Three years later, that sect occupied the spiritual fields and mineral veins, holding onto them until the next war! At the same time, the sect also implemented incentive measures: for every disciple of the opposing side not killed, but whose identity plate was obtained, one could exchange it for contribution points to redeem spirit stones, martial skills, and elixirs.
It also includes a small amount of Takadanobaba!
It can be imagined how fierce this battle was. Someone has calculated that killing a Qi-refining stage disciple is worth about five contribution points, and only after killing 500 Qi-refining stage disciples would there be enough contribution points to exchange for one Foundation Establishment Pill!
In other words, a Qi Gong practitioner needs to kill one of the opposing practitioners every three days on average during the three-year war.
Those who can build a foundation as a monk are either backed by someone or have come out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of bones!
Of course, surrendering equipment, spiritual grass and so on can also exchange for a certain amount of contribution points, and completing the sect's tasks will not be less!
The sect leader droned on for more than two hours, fortunately many of the cultivators who had reached the Golden Elixir stage were patient and didn't leave until he finished speaking.
When most people had left, Wang Chen walked towards his junior fellow disciple who was in charge.
"Master, what's the matter? Don't hesitate to speak!" The headmaster's brother said. Wang Chen was slightly surprised and didn't want to waste too many words, so he spoke up: "Master, I don't know if I can bring my disciple with me to participate in this war?"
"Are you going too?"
The sect leader knew Jian Xiu's temperament, straightforward and to the point, not liking too much fuss, so he directly asked him out. As a result, after hearing Wang Chen's answer, he was still stunned.
"This makes sense, after all, Senior Brother's cultivation is probably at the Golden Core stage or higher. However, it would be best if Senior Brother didn't reveal too much of his sharpness, otherwise, it will lead to dissatisfaction later on! Senior Brother's strength far surpasses that of the Foundation Establishment stage! This has also ruined the rules for both parties!"
The master's brother sincerely explained the severe relationship among them, and even some internal hidden facts that had not been mentioned in front of everyone before were also revealed!
This war not only inherits the tradition of the Millennium War that began thousands of years ago, but also seeks to uncover the mastermind behind it. Even the sect has sent out a Golden Dan period elite cultivator to hide in the dark and investigate the truth!
From this description, Wang Chen gained even more enlightenment. Firstly, the strength of the three major sects of Liang Guo was far from being as simple as it seemed on the surface; its power was so great that even the three major sects of Nan Man had to lower their brows and obey!
Even the scope of the war was stabilized within a certain range, and there is only one situation where this can happen, that is when one side is too strong, so strong that the other side has to compromise! Wang Chen Si thought back and forth, thinking only of the three major doorways of the Liang Kingdom.
The resources in the Dragon's Descent Valley are not something that just any ordinary sect can control, and even the cultivators of the "Spirit Realm" do not directly occupy it, but rather borrow it through other means! Apparently, the strength of the three major sects makes the Spirit Realm cultivators somewhat apprehensive!
But as for what it is, Wang Chen was at a loss!
The three major factions also discovered some clues and wanted to find out the mastermind behind them. This war is probably not as simple as they imagined!
The sect leader also mentioned that three major sects and the Southern Barbarian Demon Cult have been disappearing continuously, but the high-level leaders of both sides secretly compared notes and found that they were not killed by each other. Many people died mysteriously, their bodies could not be found, and a few who were found had lost all their vital energy!
This technique, the three major schools of Nanman are not particularly good at it! The Yin Corpse Sect refines corpses, the Phantom Ghost Sect controls ghosts, and the Ten Thousand Poison Gate governs poison. The Blood Path's techniques are not profound, so it can only be a hidden black hand. However, the three major schools are also secretly investigating, while on the surface, the thousand-year war continues!
However, judging from the situation, that demon cultivator cultivated an extremely powerful blood path technique. Last time, two Golden Dan period cultivators were injured, and the demon cultivator even used the Blood Escape Technique to disappear!
Earlier, the news of two Golden Dan period cultivators being injured was not false. However, although the two were in a hostile relationship, they did not fight each other but were instead wounded by a mysterious demonic cultivator!
The strength of the mysterious demon cultivator was also in the Golden Core stage, which shocked Wang Chen greatly!
In the Liang Kingdom, it was already extremely difficult to build a foundation. None of the foundation-building cultivators had succeeded on their own, meaning someone knew their origins. However, this mysterious demonic cultivator's strength reached the Golden Dan period, yet no one knew where he came from. Therefore, the three major sects felt uneasy and launched an investigation!
The various reasons are really too complicated, even the master's brother doesn't know, and Wang Chen can't guess either, so he had to give up! However, the matter of participating in the war has been settled!
The wars in the Immortal Realm are not just about brutal force, but also about the depth of one's sect. If there were a complete set of formations that could allow the weak to defeat the strong, it wouldn't be so difficult!
Therefore, few cultivators who have a good chance of advancing to the next stage are willing to participate in this war. Only those who find it difficult to advance and want to obtain cultivation resources through the war are willing to risk their lives to seize resources!
Wang Chen also participated in the war to seize spiritual materials and treasures, and then use the Boundary Bead to absorb them, obtaining spiritual energy to build his foundation!
