Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 16414 Retreat
The sect leader's words made everyone nod in agreement. In fact, they had already realized that Gongliang Juewen also wanted to withdraw his troops from Qianhe Mountain. Otherwise, he wouldn't have said that withdrawing from Qianhe Mountain would be very passive, but would have directly refused to withdraw from Qianhe Mountain. So his attitude was already very clear.

It was precisely because they discovered Gongliang Juewen's attitude that the sect leader dared to say such a thing. Was he right? Yes and no. If they really withdrew their forces, they could leave several bases at Qianhe Mountain. After all, their strength was not weak. They not only had many kingdom-level experts, but also many sect-protecting treasures. If they concentrated all these treasures, it would be very difficult for the Blood Slaughter Sect to break through their bases. So from this perspective, the sect leader was wrong.

However, there is another problem they need to solve: morale. General Li's prestige at the front line is still very high. Although they had suffered several defeats at the first line of defense, the responsibility for those defeats did not lie with General Li. Therefore, General Li held a high position in the hearts of the cultivators at the front line. Now that he has died in battle, it is a great blow to those cultivators. Under such circumstances, if the Blood Slaughter Sect attacks too fiercely next time, the cultivators at the front line may collapse directly. So from this point of view, what the sect leader said is not wrong.

Gongliang Juewen glanced at the others and then spoke up: "Does everyone think the same way? If everyone agrees with this approach, then we can order them to retreat to the first line of defense. Does anyone have any objections?"

Everyone shook their heads. Gongliang Juewen nodded and then said, "Last time, the Blood Slaughter Sect attacked fifty of our bases at the same time. It's certain that they have a hundred Creation Golden Wheels, but they only have fifty of their sect's most treasured magical artifacts. If we send more magical artifacts to the front line, can we stop the Blood Slaughter Sect's attack?"

Upon hearing Gongliang Juewen's words, everyone nodded in agreement. At this moment, Qingxuan spoke up, "Your Majesty's words make sense, but we must also be careful. The Blood Slaughter Sect can mass-produce Creation Golden Wheels, which means that their number of Creation Golden Wheels may increase at any time. In addition, there are their sect's treasured magic weapons. We have been fighting with the Blood Slaughter Sect for so long, and we should understand their style of doing things. The Blood Slaughter Sect will not bring out all their powerful things at once. Just like the Creation Golden Wheels, when they first used the Creation Golden Wheels, they did not send out all of them at once. I am worried that this time will be the same. The number of their sect's treasured magic weapons may not be more than fifty, but may be more. We must be mentally prepared for this."

His words startled everyone. Gongliang Juewen said with a serious expression, "That makes sense. The Blood Slaughter Sect has always operated this way. We must be careful."

Everyone nodded, and Gongliang Juewen continued, "Then we'll send more sect-protecting treasures to the front lines. If no one has any objections, then it's settled."

Everyone responded, and Gongliang Juewen continued, "Those who retreated from Qianhe Mountain will be directly incorporated into the first line of defense, under the unified command of Wu Qian. The rest will be left to Wu Qian."

Everyone nodded. Gongliang Juewen glanced at everyone and then said, "We also need to think carefully these days about how to defend the first line of defense. The Blood Slaughter Sect's experience is not useless. Can we send people to set up some land-solidification arrays at the first line of defense? In this way, can we gain the upper hand in future battles? Oh, and there are illusion arrays too."

Everyone nodded, and Gongliang Juewen said, "The Blood Slaughter Sect's array techniques seem to be much stronger than ours. Therefore, we need to make our first line of defense even more difficult to breach. Our current advantage lies in our superior numbers, our numerous sect treasures, and the fact that our first line of defense has been in place for a long time. These are our advantages. The Blood Slaughter Sect's advantage lies in their array techniques, their Creation Golden Wheel, and their shape-shifting protective shield. What we need to do now is to make our first line of defense even stronger, making it even harder for them to overcome. Only in this way can we defend our first line of defense."

At this point, Gongliang Juewen suddenly spoke up, "Sect Master Wen."

Wen Jing immediately stepped forward, and Gongliang Juewen continued, "At the main nodes of our first line of defense, how long will it take to establish a land solidification array and an illusion array? What materials are needed? Also, what kind of array is required? Can you tell us?"

Everyone looked at Wen Jing. Wen Jing pondered for a moment, then said, "For magic arrays, we can use the Illusion Stone Array. This is an illusion array that combines earth-solidification techniques, similar to the array used by the Blood Slaughter Sect, but its power might be greater. The Blood Slaughter Sect created a large array plate to make the array movable, and then combined it with array flags to set up the array. The advantage of this is that setting up the array is very convenient, and because array flags are used, the array can be set up as long as the environment is similar. However, there is also a problem, which is..." The power of an array is somewhat limited. However, if we were to set up this kind of illusionary stone array, we could directly place the array within the underground base using array runes. The disadvantage of this approach is that the array cannot be moved, but the advantage is that its power would be greater. As for what's needed to set up this array, it's array runes, and they must be large-sized runes. With the runes, setting up this array isn't actually that difficult. We just need to dig out a large, flat space at the bottom of our current base, place the array within that space, and that will be all. It will also be completed quickly.

Upon hearing this, Gongliang Juewen immediately said, "Good, that's great! Go back and study it now, see how big the array talisman you need is, and we'll start refining it right away. Everyone will be involved this time, and we'll definitely refine the array talisman you need in the shortest possible time. The task of setting up the array is entrusted to you." Wenjing quickly replied, "It is what I should do."

Gongliang Juewen glanced at the others again, and then said, "Although we have given up on Qianhe Mountain, we must set up sentries around it. We must know immediately if the enemy launches an attack."

At this moment, Wan Hai spoke up: "Your Majesty, I believe that setting up hidden sentries around Qianhe Mountain is meaningless."

Upon hearing this, Gongliang Juewen looked at Wan Hai with some confusion, and then asked, "Oh? Why do you say that?"

Wan Hai said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, the enemy's large magical artifact is the Creation Golden Wheel, which can transform into various magical arrays and also has the ability to become invisible. Our sentries cannot detect the Creation Golden Wheel after it becomes invisible. Therefore, I say that it is meaningless for us to set up sentries on the outskirts of Qianhe Mountain."

Gongliang Juewen thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "That makes sense. Then we won't set up any hidden sentries around Qianhe Mountain. Everyone should retreat to the first line of defense. Alright, everyone go back and prepare. Wenjing, tell us the dimensions of the array symbols as soon as possible."

Wen Jing responded, and Gongliang Juewen waved his hand. Everyone stood up, bowed to Gongliang Juewen, and then left the main hall.

After they retreated, Gongliang Juewen directly gave orders to the people at Qianhe Mountain, instructing them to return to the first line of defense and to place everyone under Wu Qian's command. At the same time, he also sent a letter to Wu Qian, informing him of what had happened at Qianhe Mountain and asking him to handle those people properly.

Of course, Gongliang Juewen also told Chang Jun the news. Chang Jun was very happy because this meant that Qianhe Mountain would be completely in their hands.

Soon, everyone at Thousand Lotus Mountain received Gongliang Juewen's order. Upon seeing that it was to leave Thousand Lotus Mountain, Elder Chen and the others all breathed a sigh of relief. They hadn't dared to leave Thousand Lotus Mountain before because they didn't have orders from above, but to be honest, they really didn't want to stay there. The Blood Slaughter Sect could attack them at any time, and if they stayed, they would be waiting to die. So they had wanted to leave for a long time, but to leave, they needed orders from above. If they left on their own, Gongliang Juewen might use that as an excuse to deal with them, and they didn't want to be dealt with. So they had no choice but to stay. However, they were also determined that if the Blood Slaughter Sect really attacked them, they would run away directly and would not stay here to fight the Blood Slaughter Sect to the death.

Elder Chen has already had another passage built beneath their base, leading directly to the outside of the mountain they are on. If the Blood Slaughter Sect attacks them, they can escape through this passage; they don't want to stay here and wait to die.

All of Gongliang Juewen and the others' previous guesses were correct. The morale of the Divine Kingdom cultivators at Qianhe Mountain had plummeted to its lowest point. They could collapse at the slightest disturbance. If they were really allowed to hold Qianhe Mountain to the death, they might be defeated the moment the Blood Slaughter Sect attacked. Therefore, letting them retreat from Qianhe Mountain was the most correct choice.

After receiving the order, Elder Chen immediately notified the people in the base to pack their things and retreat. However, he did not retreat through the normal entrance and exit of the base, but directly through the escape route they had prepared in advance. They suspected that the normal entrance and exit of the base had been targeted by the Blood Slaughter Sect, and they were worried that if they retreated through the normal entrance and exit, they would be hunted down by the Blood Slaughter Sect.