Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 16346 Purpose
Qingyuan City is very large. This city has a unique feature: the city walls enclose a small mountain within the city. Only in the cultivation world would a city be built in this way. It would definitely not work in ordinary places. The first thing to consider when judging whether a city is qualified is whether the people living in it can live comfortably. Why are many ancient cities built next to large rivers or streams? Because the more people living in a city, the more people need water. If a city is truly short of water, then the city will eventually be abandoned.

There is a small mountain in Qingyuan City, but there are no lakes or rivers on it. If the people living on the mountain are ordinary people, they will have difficulty getting water. However, it is different if the people living on the mountain are cultivators. It is very easy for cultivators to get water; a single spell is enough. It is precisely because of this that cities like Qingyuan City can only be used by the cultivation world, because they do not have to worry about these troublesome matters.

Thirty large magical artifacts, carrying an army of over six million, surged directly towards Qingyuan City. When they arrived above Qingyuan City, they found that the city's defensive array was not activated, and the entire city looked deserted and empty.

Thirty large magical artifacts hovered above Qingyuan City. General Li looked at Qingyuan City and then ordered, "Order those rogue cultivators to enter Qingyuan City. First, move around on the ground and see if there are any people in the city. Remind them to watch their step, as the enemy may attack them from below."

Immediately, a disciple responded and went to relay the order. The next moment, the rogue cultivators rushed into the city like locusts. The city was originally meant to house more than a million people, but there were more than six million rogue cultivators. So, as soon as they flooded into the city, it seemed like the city was full of people. Soon, all the buildings in the city were checked to make sure that there was no one in the city.

After hearing the report from his subordinates that there was no one in the city, General Li immediately ordered, "Have those rogue cultivators use their magic to probe underground, at least fifty feet deep. If there are no enemies fifty feet underground, it means the enemy has indeed left. If there are people underground, have them completely destroy the enemy's underground fortifications." Immediately, a disciple went to relay the order.

Following the disciples' orders, the rogue cultivators immediately began using their magic to probe the ground. The reason General Li set the number fifty zhang was because they had previously discovered that the depth of the enemy's underground fortifications was generally around fifteen zhang, not fifty zhang. Fifty zhang was too deep. If the enemy had indeed built their fortifications fifty zhang underground, it would have taken them a long time to come up from underground, making them easy for people on the surface to discover. Therefore, ordinary people would not build their bases that deep underground.

The reason General Li set such a depth was because he was worried that if the enemy really built their base that deep underground, they might not be able to find it if they dug too shallow. That's why he ordered the rogue cultivators to dig to a depth of fifty feet.

However, it was clear that General Li was overthinking things. There was no need to dig fifty zhang underground at all. Those rogue cultivators only dug a dozen zhang, or about fifty meters deep, before they discovered the underground fortifications, and then the battle began.

Only then did those rogue cultivators realize how terrifying the enemy was. As soon as they entered the underground, a large number of them died. Although more rogue cultivators poured into the underground, they all died as well. The underground space was like a bottomless pit. No matter how many rogue cultivators went in, they could only go in and never come out.

The battle continued, and General Li and his men watched intently. They had to admit that the rogue cultivators were quite useful. Although many of them died, they were numerous after all. More of the rogue cultivators entered the underground and damaged the underground space. Of course, many more enemies died in the underground space.

When they finally wiped out all the enemies in Qingyuan City, General Li and his men tallied the casualties and were surprised to find that more than one million rogue cultivators had died in battle, while the number of the garrison was less than one hundred thousand. The casualty ratio of one to ten was indeed not good.

However, such a casualty ratio is a great victory for the Divine Kingdom, because the casualties this time are all rogue cultivators, not the elites of various sects, families and the military. For them, exchanging one million rogue cultivators for the city of Qingyuan is too worthwhile.

General Li and his men immediately ordered the various sects to rebuild the teleportation array in the city, and at the same time allowed the rogue cultivators to rest and recuperate in the city.

Those rogue cultivators have now realized that something is wrong. The casualties in this battle have been too great. Some of the smarter rogue cultivators have already realized that they are just cannon fodder, and that the enemy is extremely powerful. They should know that the enemies they have encountered here do not even have a kingdom-level expert. If there were a kingdom-level expert, their casualties would only be greater. This incident has also made them realize that the enemy is not so easy to deal with.

Although they discovered this, it was too late for those rogue cultivators to regret it. They simply couldn't leave this place. Coming here was easy, but leaving would be difficult.

General Li was somewhat puzzled. He didn't understand why the Blood Slaughter Sect hadn't used their magic array on them. Did they think that with so many of them, they weren't worthy of the Blood Slaughter Sect using their magic array? In fact, he was right. They really weren't worthy of the Blood Slaughter Sect using their magic array. This time, they were all rogue cultivators. If they used magic arrays to deal with these rogue cultivators, would the people of the Divine Kingdom dare to attack them in the future? So this time, the Blood Slaughter Sect still didn't use their magic array.

Of course, the Blood Slaughter Sect wouldn't just stand by and watch them occupy Qingyuan City. So, on the very night that General Li and his men occupied Qingyuan City, a large number of cultivators launched an attack on the city. This time, the number of cultivators was nearly one million, and among them were many kingdom-level experts.

Although General Li and his group had thirty large magical artifacts and many kingdom-level experts, the enemy's numbers were simply too great. Even with their large magical artifacts, they couldn't withstand the enemy's attack. In the end, General Li and his group had no choice but to break through with all their might. Under the impact of the large magical artifacts and kingdom-level experts, they successfully broke through, but many rogue cultivators were unable to escape. All of those rogue cultivators were surrounded in Qingyuan City. Only about one million people escaped with General Li and his group; the rest either stayed in Qingyuan City or scattered.

After General Li and his men retreated, the more than three million rogue cultivators left in the city were dumbfounded. They were now surrounded in the city. They wanted to rush out, but the enemy had a kingdom-level expert in charge. If they tried to rush out, they would die. They realized in despair that they could only wait to die.

Just when those rogue cultivators were in despair, the Blood Slaughter Sect disciples who surrounded them suddenly shouted for them to surrender. Without even a moment's hesitation, the rogue cultivators surrendered.

After those rogue cultivators surrendered, they were immediately transferred away, and General Li and his men returned to the base they had previously built. Once there, General Li invited Fang Wuwei and Lü Xiaofang over.

When the two arrived, General Li looked at them and said with a wry smile, "I made a mistake."

Fang Wuwei and the other man also looked rather grim, but they understood General Li's meaning and nodded in agreement. Fang Wuwei said, "We're in a hurry. We should have the rear send more elite troops. Although there are many rogue cultivators this time, their strength is very poor, and they are a disorganized bunch. These people are okay when things are going well, but if they encounter a tough battle, they are completely inadequate. If we want to deal with the enemy, we can't rely on those rogue cultivators. We mainly need to rely on our own people. But right now, we have too few of our own people on the front line, which is why we were defeated so quickly this time."

Lu Xiaofang nodded and said, "That's right. It's because we have too few of our own people at the front that we can't stabilize the situation at critical moments. That's why this situation has occurred. We must send a message to the rear that we absolutely cannot have too few of our own people."

The "own people" they referred to were, of course, the elites from sects, families, and the military. During the battle in Qingyuan City, when they were surrounded, the rogue cultivators panicked first. They rushed around recklessly and disobeyed orders, which led to their swift defeat. If the sects or families had more elites to control the situation, they wouldn't have been defeated so quickly. They might have even been able to defeat the enemy and defend Qingyuan City. So, in the end, it was because they had too few of their own people and overestimated the rogue cultivators.

General Li now understood the Blood Slaughter Sect's intentions. The Blood Slaughter Sect wanted to use this method to tell the people of the Divine Kingdom that too many rogue cultivators were useless; they were just there to feed the enemy. They wanted the various sects and families to send more elite disciples and experts to attack them. Once the sects and families had sent enough experts, they could activate the formation and wipe them all out, thus crippling the sects and families.

If all the people who come now are independent cultivators, and they directly use the magic array, then when the various sects and families attack in the next moment, they will be even more careful. At that time, it will be even more difficult to find an opportunity to severely damage the various sects and families.

Thinking of this, General Li couldn't help but smile bitterly. His thinking was still a bit behind that of the Blood Slaughter Sect. In his view, being able to eliminate millions of people at once was enough to warrant the use of a magic array. However, in the Blood Slaughter Sect's view, the millions of people eliminated were just millions of rogue cultivators. Eliminating these rogue cultivators was not worth using a magic array at all. That was the difference.

Thinking of this, General Li couldn't help but sigh softly, and then said, "Report the situation here. Tell the higher-ups that the more rogue cultivators the better, but we can't have too few of our own people. If we don't have enough of our own people, then no matter how many rogue cultivators come, it's useless. They're just a bunch of rabble."