Chapter 212

Stir up the storm

Chapter 212: Stirring Up the Storm

I heard that the Southern Demon Sect announced the closure of the mountain. The fastest reaction was still Song Guo. All the factions in the world were shocked by this news, and when they urgently studied countermeasures, the Song State had already ordered all the soldiers and horses, and Liu Wu, the generalissimo of the southern expedition hand-picked by Zhao Kuangyin, led an army of 100,000 to the south to conquer Houchu.

Since Nanping had been incorporated into the Song State and became a province, not only did it not stop the army from moving south, but the government along the way also provided food, grass and clothing for the army. Abundant logistics made the army have no worries. There are elders and disciples of the Holy Fire Gate, Yuping Gate, Tianjian Gate, Chongyang Gate, Daming Temple, Jade Buddha Temple and other sects, totaling about 1,000 people, including 10 masters in the Returning Void Period and 30 masters in the Transformation Period, which can be regarded as an extremely powerful force

Therefore, when the Great Song army entered the territory of Houshu, whether it was the army, the city along the road, or the Xiuzhen sect, they were all like facing the enemy, and they could not hold out, until the army arrived in Chengdu, and the unbearable Shushan faction sent an elder to ask the Song army about the intention.

"Poor Dao Shu Mountain Inner Gate Elder Li Jun has seen all the Taoist friends. What is your intention in leading a heavy army like our country? Do you want to fight with my Shushan without declaring it?" This lean Shushan elder also has a mid-stage cultivation of returning to the void. He can be regarded as a strong man in the world, his beard is snow-white, his face is like a middle-aged man, his eyes are sharp, and a serpentine sword light flew straight into the camp, floating outside the tent where the cultivators of the army were resting, and shouted loudly.

Hearing that Shushan came to the tent, all the cultivators did not dare to slack off, and the cultivators who returned to the void period for the sake of Taiyan and Fairy Han'e immediately stopped what they were doing and went out to greet them.

"Hahahaha, the arrival of distinguished guests is disrespectful and disrespectful. Your faction, don't misunderstand me, the Great Song Dynasty is not here to be the enemy of Shushan, but not long ago, my country's Youlongzi National Teacher was attacked by the Southern Demon Sect in Houchu. Although he was not injured, the Southern Demon Sect brazenly attacked our national teacher without declaring war with our country, which was a provocation in the eyes of our Great Song Dynasty! Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor ordered the use of troops against Hou Chu, first, to avenge the national teacher and teach the Southern Demon Sect a lesson, and second, to defeat and occupy Hou Chu, and to fulfill His Majesty's desire to unify the world. It's just destiny. The direction of heaven still hopes that your sect will understand. Tai Yanren laughed and laughed boldly, and in a few words, he pushed away the other party's accusations.

"Yes, the Southern Demon Cult is too deceitful. "Hou Chu is under the oppression and rule of the Demon Sect, and Li Min is in dire straits, and he needs me to wait for the Heavenly Master to come to his rescue. "That's right, the world's bitter demon sect has been around for a long time, and my Great Song Dynasty was born out of thin air, just to clear the demon atmosphere and restore peace in the world. "It's really not difficult for the Southern Demon Sect to provoke us first. As soon as Taiyanren's voice fell, the rest of the Returning to the Void Stage Grandmaster echoed one after another.

"Oh, so you're only here to attack, and Chu has no other intentions?" Li Jun's face slowed slightly, looking relieved, but he immediately raised his face and said, "Since you want to attack Houchu, why did Chu enter my Houshu country?"

"Ah, Daoyou don't know. Fairy Han'e's voice like a clear spring sounded, which made people feel relieved in their hearts. "Since I, the Great Song Dynasty, want to defeat and occupy Houchu this time. Naturally, we can't just rely on us cultivators, but we still have to rely on these ordinary soldiers and Taoists, yes yes or no?"

Fairy Han'e is as beautiful as a fairy, although she is veiled, her pleasant voice still makes people feel good when she hears it, and Li Jun is no exception. She moved lightly in her lotus step, and the "Cold Jade Cold Light Screen" shrunk into half a palm-sized in her hand was like a ball of ice crystals in her palm, constantly rolling and scattering bursts of cold air. With a hint of coldness in her beautiful eyes, she said lightly to Li Jun.

The outwardly calm cultivation realm is actually cruel and realistic, and killings, conspiracies, and disasters are full of disasters, and if a cultivator can stand out from it and become a Returning to the Void Stage, I don't know how many tribulations and adventures he will have to go through;

Therefore, there are very few female cultivators who can get ahead in the cultivation realm and become the grandmaster of the Returning Void Period, all of them have a well-known name, and most of them are the head of a certain sect. It is very rare to have a sect master like the Cold Moon Fairy who is still single and controls a family and has a faint tendency to become a large sect.

Although the people in the cultivation realm are busy cultivating, their human feelings are relatively weak, but it does not mean that they have been extinguished**. A female cultivator like Fairy Han'e, who attaches equal importance to beauty and strength, wisdom and personal wealth, can be regarded as a "star" among cultivators, and there are many cultivators who pursue it out of greed, admiration, or sincerity. Even among the major sects, there are quite a few such suitors of the Han'e Fairy.

It's just that the exercises practiced by Fairy Han'e are biased towards the cold attribute, so she is cold in heart and never pretends to be a suitor, like an iceberg, which makes many suitors sigh. But as the saying goes, what is good is the best. Fairy Han'e's singleness and indifference made her more strangely charming, so those cultivators were even more reluctant, and all kinds of entanglements made her secretly annoyed. (I don't know if it's annoyed by the fly-like suitor or "someone" who doesn't show closeness to him.) However, in terms of influence alone, Fairy Han'e can be regarded as the first person under the Great Song Dynasty since Yunlong.

Although Li Jun was dedicated to cultivating a pure heart, he didn't dare to slack off in the face of Fairy Han'e, and what the other party said was right, he nodded and said: "Yes, although we and other cultivators can meddle in the affairs of Hongchen at some time, they must not go too deep into the cause and effect entanglement of the Dao Heart and degenerate. This mortal conquest is mainly done by the mortals themselves. ”

"That's it. Fairy Han'e continued: "But between the Great Song Dynasty and Hou Chu. The road is far away, these soldiers are mortal with the naked eye, if they only walk in our country, I don't know how many years it will take. In this way, not only will the saddle horse be tiring, but it will also consume countless grains and grass, and the national strength will be wasted. That's why we decided to take a shortcut from Houshu to attack Houchu. This can both reduce consumption and have a surprising effect. ”

Li Jun's face twitched slightly when he heard this, and he forcibly resisted the urge to roll his eyes. Leng snorted. The other party is obviously talking nonsense, it is true that if the Great Song Dynasty bypasses Hou Shu and attacks Hou Chu from the original Southern Tang territory, the distance to Hou Chu will be greatly increased, and it will consume a lot of food and body;

"Shu Road is difficult to Qingtian. This poem is about the difficulty of Shu Road, if ordinary people want to pass through Shu, if they are not familiar with the terrain of the locals, it is difficult to climb to the sky. Most of the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty were from the north, and they had been in the flat and vast northern land for a long time, and they had not even seen the hills in ordinary times, and it was simply a dream to pass through these mountains, valleys, and lofty mountains in Houchu.

Even if they were able to get out of Shu after all the hardships and dangers, the time it would take would definitely be much greater than the time to detour from the Southern Tang Dynasty. "Fellow Daoist, I belong to the same righteous sect, and it is also our duty to eliminate demons and defend the Dao, but don't take us for fools, what's the purpose, let's tell the truth. Li Jun pointed his hand at the several soldiers standing guard around him and said, "Although these soldiers are strong, their bodies are far from reaching the point where they are still alive after crossing the Shu Road. ”

"Fellow Daoists, my soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty can make a difference with him, you can take a closer look here. Listening to Li Jun's words, a hint of understanding flashed in Fairy Han'e's eyes, her veiled face smiled silently, and she pointed at the soldiers.

Li Jun followed the direction of Fairy Han'e's finger and finally saw that the soldiers were different from the Houshu soldiers he had seen before: on each side of their legs, there were a rune paper with some simple talismans drawn on the surface. There is also a pattern of a horse outlined in cinnabar in the middle.

"Divine Talisman! You actually have a Divine Talisman for every ordinary soldier? This is really too much" Li Jun swallowed the "loser" in his mouth, and he finally showed the difference between the 100,000 Song soldiers, and there were actually two "Divine Talismans" on both sides of their legs!

The Shenxing talisman is one of the most basic talismans of Taoism, and it is juxtaposed with talismans such as evil amulets and exorcism talismans, which can be used by ordinary people with only blood and energy. Stick to the side of the leg to add a tutorial, travel 800 miles a day, travel 500 miles at night, and be as light as a swallow and as fast as a galloping horse.

Since the aura required is very small and the materials are extremely simple, even a cultivator who has just entered the qi cultivation period for a few days can refine it. The specific method is to find a piece of yellow paper, grind it with cinnabar, write the Shenxing Fu on the yellow paper, and then enter a trace of it into it, which is about equivalent to the aura that the cultivator cultivates for a day in the early stage of Qi training, and complete the last stroke of the talisman while entering the aura.

Since yellow paper and cinnabar are the most basic materials in the cultivation realm, even if they are sold in the secular world, almost every cultivator who has practiced how to refine talisman paper has refined the popular talisman that is very widely spread. However, even if the materials are poor, 100,000 copies can be piled up as high as a hill.

Similarly, the yellow paper and cinnabar consumed by 100,000 copies of the Shenxing Talisman should not be underestimated, and its huge quantity, the cumulative value brought by it is almost equivalent to a magic weapon, not taking into account the rejection rate and time consumed. In order to walk faster, he paid such a big price, and it is no wonder that Li Jun felt that this was a loser's behavior. You must know that it was not until he became the grandmaster of the Returning Void Period that he was given a superb magic weapon by the sect and did not repeat the embarrassment of only having a magic weapon. This is still a top-level sect like the Shushan faction, and if it is replaced by an ordinary small sect, even if it is the treasure of the town, it may not be able to compare with the magic weapon.

"Now the Taoist friend understands, with the help of the Shenxing Fu, it will no longer be difficult to cross the Shu Road, but it will be like walking on the ground. If the local people of Houshu cooperate with me, the Great Song army may not be able to march into Changsha in January!" "Fairy Han'e was stunned when she saw Li Jun, an inner gate elder who was also high in Shu Mountain, and her heart was not only funny, but also a sigh.

When Yun Long took out the mountains of Shenxing talismans from the ring space and placed them in front of her and Taiyanren, the strong impact was simply more than the shock of a magic weapon completely destroyed in front of her eyes—not that the value of 100,000 Shenxing talismans was more than a magic weapon, but the visual impact caused by too many of them.

She was very curious about where Yunlong got so many Divine Talismans, a full 100,000 pieces, even Maoshan and Dunjia Sect, who were good at the art of talismans, couldn't come up with such a big hand, not that they didn't have enough money, but they couldn't use so many Divine Talismans at all. After all, apart from being able to make the body as light as a swallow and walking, the Divine Walking Talisman is of no use, and only those low-level cultivators and cautious cultivators will carry some with them to save energy consumption when they are in a hurry. Therefore, usually, these major sects do not reserve so many Shenxing runes, even if there is enough cinnabar and yellow paper, they are used to refine other rune paper, and it is impossible to "waste" these lowest-grade rune papers.

In response to her question, Yunlong just smiled mysteriously and only said, "Gifted by a friend." "I didn't say anything more. In fact, Yun Long didn't lie to her, this whole 100,000 copies of the Divine Talisman was passed on by Yun Canghai's doppelganger, and Haizhou's Yin-Yang Sect and Vinaya Sect monopolized the entire Haizhou cultivation realm, and there were many disciples. After hundreds of years of exhibition, in addition to the core disciples who are still carefully selected, the number of the rest of the outer disciples, disciples, disciples, disciples, disciples and disciples in Beppu, branch altars, temples and other places is tens of thousands. Although the su zhì among them are uneven, they have all received a basic cultivation education system, and these lowest-level divine talismans are still within their reach.

As for the materials, Haizhou has many volcanoes, earthquakes, cinnabar is originally sulfide ore, it can be said that it is everywhere in Haizhou, as for yellow paper, it is easier to do, this era of papermaking has been very good, the paper made is soaked in lime water and then dried, it is yellow paper. With the support of huge manpower and material resources, 100,000 Shenxing talismans were made in just two days, and then carried by Yunlong to the Great Song Dynasty.

But the relationship between the Yin Yang Sect and him is still a secret, and now is not the time to reveal it, so Yun Long did not sue the others. As a result, Fairy Han'e became even more curious about Yunlong, and she felt that this man seemed to be shrouded in a fog around him, making it impossible to see the mystery clearly. This also aroused his great curiosity, and Yun Longyue didn't tell her, but she just wanted to know the secret. But what she doesn't know is that when a woman is curious about another man, it often means that she has an "interest" in that man, and it is not far from being captured in her heart.

Throwing off the thoughts in her mind, Fairy Han'e felt that her heart was beating a little fast, she suddenly lost her interest in speaking, nodded apologetically at Li Jun, and returned to the tent.

Although he was a little puzzled by Fairy Han'e's sudden departure, Taiyanren reacted quickly, and hurriedly said to Li Jun: "Hehe, Daoist friend Han'e may be a little uncomfortable today, don't be surprised." We have also finished explaining the reason for entering Houshu, and after Elder Li returned to the sect, he explained to the master and the real person. ”

What else can Li Jun say now, the other party is clearly willing to be a loser, but also pass through Houshu, and the two of them are not hostile now, and this is to "eliminate the demon and defend the road", naturally it is not easy to stop, although he knows that the other party must have a "conspiracy", but there is no excuse to stop it, so he can only say depressedly: "It turns out that it is so poor, and after I go back, I must explain this matter to the master." Here, I wish you all success and farewell!" said goodbye to all the grandmasters of the Void Period, and then the sword flashed and the sword was gone.

After reaching an understanding with the Shushan faction, the Great Song army continued to advance, trekking through mountains and rivers all the way, and due to the blessing of the divine talisman, the progress of the army was extremely fast. At that time, Shu was still dominated by lofty mountains, and the mountains were layered on top of each other, like a natural wall to isolate the land of Sichuan and Shu from the outside world. The complex and steep terrain is not only for birds, but for people and beasts, there is no other way to get out of the outside world than to take those ancient roads that have been explored since ancient times. Due to the inconvenience of transportation, most of the Lebanese people are trapped in one place, and there is little communication with each other. Fortunately, Shu is a land with outstanding people, wind and rain, and can also produce enough food for the people to eat and drink, which has the meaning of "small country and widowed people".

However, the inconvenience of transportation hinders not only travel, but also the circulation of economy and economy. Because the mountain road is difficult to walk, even those locals who have been growing up here to climb the mountains and mountains like walking on the flat ground, can only go out for a long trip during the New Year's holidays, and exchange for some clothes, money and goods. Moreover, the government of Hou Shu corrupted corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and exploited the people by changing the law, thanks to the favorable weather, there would not be a large-scale famine, so although the people's lives were barely satisfied, they were definitely not rich.

In the face of such a situation, the "righteous and benevolent" Great Song army naturally could not "sit idly by". So the Song army immediately sent a group of special troops, they looked rigorous, polite, and wore standard clothes, but they "righteously and awe-inspiringly" destroyed the tax cards set up by those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, entered the villages and towns, listened to the grievances of those people, and adjudicated and avenge those people like a lord in the blue sky. After the ruling, he also formed a team to rush into the county government's "righteous words" to confront those corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

Since corrupt officials and corrupt officials can do things that haunt their conscience, their conscience is naturally eaten by dogs, where will they take care of these outsiders, and naturally send officials to drive them away. Seeing that "persuasion and education" were ineffective, these originally polite soldiers immediately turned into martial arts heroes, and beat these lackeys to the point of being in the desert with three fists and two feet.

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