Bringing the farm to another world

However, what puzzled General Wu was that the magical artifacts seemed to appear out of thin air. They could not see the people using them, so when faced with such attacks, they could only passively defend themselves. This left General Wu at a loss for what to do.

Just then, a sudden inspiration flashed in General Wu's mind. Looking at the magical artifacts, he made a decision and immediately shouted, "Everyone, defend yourselves while retreating. Do not engage those magical artifacts any further!"

Everyone responded, and although they didn't quite understand what General Wu meant, they still slowly retreated.

Although there have always been rumors that cultivators' magical artifacts can take lives from tens of thousands of miles away, that's all nonsense. Even from a hundred miles away, it's impossible to take a life.

For a magical weapon to attack an enemy, you at least need to be able to see the enemy. You can't possibly use a magical weapon to take someone's life without even knowing where the enemy is, right? That's impossible.

Of course, it's not that such magical artifacts didn't exist before. For example, there was the jade sword used for delivering messages. It could locate a person based on their aura, but it was only used for delivering messages. However, there were indeed similar magical artifacts created before, specifically for killing people. They created a flying sword that could lock onto a person's aura and then use this flying sword to kill them from beyond their sight, just like using a jade sword to deliver messages. However, it wasn't for delivering messages, but for killing.

However, this method is somewhat difficult. First, your magical artifact must have a strong spiritual quality. Second, the power of your magical artifact cannot be too great. Most importantly, you must know the other party's aura, which is also very important.

If a magical artifact lacks spirituality, it's difficult for it to find its target. The reason jade swords are made of jade is because jade is the most common and also the most spiritual material in the cultivation world. Even so, jade swords have limitations on their range. Generally, a jade sword's transmission distance cannot exceed three thousand li (approximately 1,500 kilometers). Only the finest jade swords, made from the highest-grade jade, can achieve this distance. The maximum transmission distance of an ordinary jade sword is only about one thousand li. Of course, there's a cheating method for using jade swords: they can use teleportation arrays to find their target. For example, even if two people are ten thousand li apart, if they are connected by a teleportation array, the jade sword can find them and fly to their side. However, this raises a question: if they truly have a teleportation array, why use a jade sword? They could simply use the teleportation array to find each other directly.

Another point is that your magical artifact cannot be too powerful. Because a powerful magical artifact will have more magic arrays inside, making it more difficult to control. Even if such a magical artifact has a spirit, it cannot fly too far. Therefore, magical artifacts that want to attack enemies from a distance cannot be too powerful. They can only achieve the effect of a surprise attack. If the opponent is prepared, such a magical artifact will not be able to succeed.

Finally, and most importantly, you must possess the other party's aura—a genuine aura. However, a cultivator's genuine aura is not easily obtained; it must be from a trustworthy person. If your aura is obtained by your enemy, they won't need to use a magical artifact that flies so far to deal with you. They can simply use some spells to kill you, which is much easier than using a magical artifact to attack you from a distance.

In fact, the jade swords used for communication in the cultivation world were originally made for killing, but they later found that the success rate was too low and they were not very useful. So they changed them to be used for communication, and the effect was surprisingly good. So they continued to use them for communication until now.

It is precisely for this reason that there are no magic weapons with ultra-long-range attack capabilities in the cultivation world. In other words, if you want to use a magic weapon to attack someone, you must at least be able to see them. After all, ordinary magic weapons cannot fly to find and attack enemies on their own. You need to see the other party and lock onto them with your energy before you can use the magic weapon to attack them. This is the most basic working principle of magic weapons.

However, when General Wu and his men faced those magical artifacts, they couldn't see them at all. The artifacts seemed to appear out of thin air and attacked them directly. This was definitely not normal. General Wu hadn't thought of this before, but when he couldn't see the enemy, he suddenly realized it. They couldn't see the enemy, yet they were attacked. There was only one possibility: the enemy had become invisible.

At this moment, who would be the enemy who could become invisible? Most people would probably think that it must be someone from the Blood Slaughter Sect, who had all become invisible and then released their magical weapons to attack them as soon as they saw them coming.

However, General Wu did not think so. Indeed, the Blood Slaughter Sect might use this method to deal with them, but there was another possibility: the enemy could use an illusion array to separate people who were originally on the same side, and then have one side use magical artifacts to attack the illusion array. The illusion array would then redirect these magical artifacts to another group of people on the same side. In this way, people who were originally on the same side would start fighting, because they were separated by an illusion array and could not see each other. This would make both sides think they were fighting the enemy, but in fact, they were killing each other.

General Wu had thought of this, which is why he ordered everyone to retreat. As he retreated, he observed the magical artifacts. Sure enough, there were many different kinds of magical artifacts, which meant that the users of the magical artifacts might be their own people.

Upon realizing this, General Wu immediately shouted, "Are you from the Divine Kingdom? I am Wu Yuanqing." His voice was very loud and could be heard from a great distance, because he did not know who the other party was, so he could only use this most primitive method.

He now only hopes that if the other party is truly one of their own, they won't go too deep into the illusion array. If they go too deep, they won't be able to hear him.

Fortunately, the other party did not seem to have gone too deep into the illusion array. Soon, a voice came: "I am Liu Qing from the Lingyu Mountain Base."

General Wu breathed a sigh of relief, and then immediately shouted, "We should have reached the outskirts of Wuwei City, but there is an illusion array here. Let's retreat, get away from the illusion array, and then regroup."

Liu Qing responded, and then General Wu directed everyone to slowly retreat. General Wu led everyone to retreat about a hundred miles away. After confirming that they were far away from the area of ​​Wuwei City, he then circled around to the direction from which the magic weapon had attacked.

They had only flown a short distance when they spotted a large group of people. The other side also spotted them, and both sides slowed down. Once they recognized each other, they both breathed a sigh of relief and then regrouped. General Wu glanced around and then said in a deep voice, "There is a Jade Screen Mountain outside Wuwei City. Let's go there. I'll write to General Wu now and have him send a message to the people at the other bases, asking them all to gather at Jade Screen Mountain to avoid a repeat of the misunderstanding we just had."

Everyone responded, and then they flew towards Yuping Mountain. General Wu immediately sent a letter to Wu Qian, who replied shortly after, informing them that he had arranged for someone to do it.

Not long after General Wu and his troops arrived at Yuping Mountain, the armies from the other bases also arrived. General Wu immediately summoned the leaders of each base together. After everyone had arrived, General Wu looked at them and said, "As you all have seen, the enemy used an illusion array, so we couldn't see the location of Wuwei City at all. However, now that we've arrived at Yuping Mountain, it means we can find Wuwei City. But what should we do next? That's the question. I wonder what everyone's thoughts are on this?"

The group exchanged glances and frowned. They realized they had underestimated the situation. They only knew the location of Wuwei City from a map, so how could they possibly provide support? They were all at a loss, unsure of what to do.

General Wu said in a deep voice, "Let me first tell you a bad result. Everyone came here to support Wuwei City, but Wuwei City is covered by an illusion array. Doesn't that mean that the people in Wuwei City are probably in grave danger?"

His words startled everyone, and then their expressions changed. They understood all too well what General Wu meant. If the enemy hadn't completely occupied the Wuwei City base, then the teleportation array in the Wuwei City base couldn't possibly be malfunctioning, and he couldn't possibly be completely unable to contact the people of Wuwei City. Most importantly, the enemy couldn't have so easily enveloped the entire Wuwei City with an illusion array.

They can't contact the people in Wuwei City now, and Wuwei City is still surrounded by the illusion array, which means that the people in Wuwei City are probably already in grave danger. Even if the people in Wuwei City are still alive, their numbers are probably not many, and they probably can't save them.

General Wu continued, "I'll write to General Wu now and tell him about the situation here. Let's see if we should continue our attack. This must have been planned by the Blood Slaughter Sect for a long time, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to take Wuwei City so quickly. But what's strange is that we had already made arrangements, the Shattering Star Sword was in place, and the Illusion Stone Array was set up. Why was Wuwei City still taken? This is very abnormal."

Everyone nodded. They had only just realized this problem. Wuwei City wasn't some small base; it was the most important base controlled by powerful families, teeming with experts and cultivators. Under these circumstances, it was extremely strange that the Blood Slaughter Sect could capture Wuwei City in such a short time. How did they manage it? This was something General Wu couldn't understand, so he could only await Wu Qian's orders. (End of Chapter)