Conferred God: Started from Swallowing the Heaven-Repairing Stone

Chapter 423: The Way of Military Formation
In terms of individual strength alone, the witch clan, who have Pangu's divine blood flowing in their bodies, can be said to be the best in the prehistoric world and cannot be compared with the demon clan.

Therefore, in the early stage of the conflict between the wizards and the liches, the demons were always suppressed by the wizards, and a large number of demons became food for the wizard warriors.

But the demon tribe is not without advantages over the witch tribe. Their biggest advantage is their large numbers.

Because the Wu clan was too powerful, they were restricted by heaven and earth, making it difficult for them to reproduce and their numbers grew slowly.

But the demon race is different, because strictly speaking, the demon race is not a race, but a large alliance covering many races.

At the beginning, Emperor Jun and Taiyi defined the demon clan as any creature with a spirit.

What this means is that any living being that has intelligence and can cultivate can be considered a demon.

When such remarks were made, the entire prehistoric world was in an uproar, especially the innate gods and demons, who were extremely dissatisfied with it.

What is their identity? They were born from heaven and earth and are the darlings of heaven and earth. How can this be defined by a mere demon race?

Under pressure, Di Jun and Tai Yi revised the definition of the demon race, and those whose names were on the demon banner were called demons.

With this change, although the number of demons has decreased, Emperor Jun and Taiyi have become more powerful in controlling them. After all, the demon-summoning banner is the demon clan's list of gods, and as long as one's name is on it, his life and death will be controlled by Emperor Jun.

But even if the definition of the demon race has changed and the number has been greatly reduced, the number of the remaining demons is still far beyond that of the witch race.

The demon tribe grew stronger by joining forces, while the witch tribe grew stronger by reproduction. How could the witch tribe, which had the lowest reproduction rate in the prehistoric world, compare with the speed of the demon tribe joining forces?

Therefore, not long after the Yao Clan was established, the number of its members far exceeded that of the Wu Clan. And as time went by, the gap was getting bigger and bigger.

But in the world of Taoism, the strength of a race has nothing to do with the number of people in the race, but rather with the strong people in the race. The more strong people in the race, the stronger the race, and vice versa.

The number of demons has increased, but the quality has never improved. On the other hand, the number of witches has not increased, but the quality has been improving.

Therefore, no matter how many demons there were, they could not change the fact that they were crushed by the witches. This situation continued until the emergence of the Way of the Military Formation, which was then reversed.

Di Jun and Tai Yi were both arrogant and proud people. They could not tolerate being oppressed by the Wu Clan even once, let alone being oppressed by the Wu Clan all the time.

Therefore, they have been looking for ways to break the impasse, but no matter how hard they try, they cannot win. The innate advantages of the witch clan are too great, and they are far from comparable to the demon clan with varying talents.

Finally, they were forced into a corner and decided to give full play to the advantages of the demon race. So, after years of research by Emperor Jun, Taiyi, Xihe, Xihuang, Wahuang, and Kunpeng, the art of military formation finally came into being.

The art of military formation was born out of changes in human nature. Its main purpose is to combine the power of all living beings, thereby leveraging the heaven and earth, turning the power of heaven and earth into one's own use, and thus achieving the goal of defeating the strong with the weak.

The power of one person is limited, but the power of all living things is infinite. Even a hero cannot defeat a large number of people. Although the Quasi-Sage is strong, even if he can defeat a hundred Golden Immortals, what if he faces three to five hundred, or even thousands of Golden Immortals? Can he still defeat them?
Since the demon tribe has so many people, they should make use of their advantage in numbers. If one cannot defeat you, then ten, a hundred, a thousand, or even tens of thousands... come at you all together. I don't believe that we can't kill you.

Of course, this stacking also requires skills, it is not enough to just rush in. If you rush in without coordination, then no matter how many you have, you will not have any advantage, no matter how many you come, you will die in vain, and you will not be enough for the opponent to kill.

When facing a strong person, simply having more people is not an advantage, but a disadvantage. Is there any difference between one ant and thousands of ants? It's just a matter of clapping a few more times.

Therefore, the role of the military formation is reflected at this time. Its essence is actually an upgraded version of the formation, which makes it movable from being fixed together.

As long as the monks are proficient in military formations, they can form corresponding formations and integrate different forces together, not only becoming more powerful, but also able to drive the power of heaven and earth. In this way, the advantage of having more people is reflected.

The more cultivators that formed the army formation, the stronger the army formation would be. Even if 100,000 ordinary immortals joined forces, they might not be able to kill the Daluo Jinxian.

The emergence of military formations completely changed the subsequent mode of warfare.

It allows low-level monks who were originally only capable of being sacrifices and not even qualified to be cannon fodder to play a role, become qualified to fight in the war, and even play a key role in determining the outcome.

In addition, the emergence of the art of military formations fully utilized the advantage of the demon clan's large population, allowing them to gradually reverse the situation in the war with the witch clan. They were no longer being overwhelmingly suppressed and were even able to organize a counterattack.

The rise of the demon race began from this time. The art of military formations also gradually spread from this time on. Even the witch race, as the enemy of the demon race, had to study the art of military formations under pressure.

Needless to say, the emergence of the Way of the Military Formation is of epoch-making significance and can effectively enhance the strength of the race. If you don't learn it, you will fall behind other races and fall into a disadvantageous situation.

For this reason, all the tribes in the prehistoric world had to enter the era of great internal circulation and gather all their strength to study the art of military formation. And this matter did not end with the decline of the witch and lich tribes, but instead became more and more serious due to the decline of the two tribes.

After all, the purpose of the military formation was to serve the war. As long as the war was not over, the myriad races would not stop studying it.

When the witches and liches were around, all races studied the art of military formations to guard against them. After the witches and liches declined, all races studied the art of military formations to fight for supremacy.

Even now, although the world has been settled, all races are still studying the art of military formations in order to guard against the human race. Similarly, in order to prevent their own status from being shaken, the powerful people of the human race who live in seclusion are also constantly deducing the art of military formations.

It can be imagined that the art of military formation was born in such an inward-looking environment. After years of development, it has long been pushed to the limit, or has fallen into a bottleneck with no room for improvement.

Anyway, it has been many years since people have heard of any news of new breakthroughs in military formations.

There were countless talented people in the prehistoric world, and even more powerful people among the myriad races. Even they were unable to break the bottleneck in the development of the Way of the Military Formation, making it go further and become stronger.

Jiang Ziya was an abandoned disciple of the Chan school and not even an immortal. How could he dare to say that he had further improved the art of military formations and made it stronger?
This is not the way to attract attention. This is simply treating everyone as fools and rubbing their IQ into the ground.

If Jiang Ziya really had such ability, then Yuanshi Tianzun must be blind to drive him down the mountain and let him seek wealth and glory in the human world.

People may not believe in their own judgment, but they will never question Yuanshi Tianzun's judgment. Even Yuanshi Tianzun did not like Jiang Ziya and was unwilling to help him become an immortal, and even unwilling to let him continue to stay in Kunlun Mountain.

From this, we can see what kind of person Jiang Ziya is. He may have some ability, but it is definitely not great. He does not have the talent to become an immortal, but he has the ability to become rich and noble. This has been personally certified by Yuanshi Tianzun.

Therefore, the generals did not believe what he said at all.

If Jiang Ziya really had this ability, wouldn't it mean that Yuanshi Tianzun had made a mistake in judging him. He regarded a peerless genius who was comparable to the ancient saints as a mediocre person and let him go?

"Jiang Ziya, we understand that you want to prove yourself, but are you treating us like fools by trying to win the hearts of the people by doing this?" "Who would believe this nonsense?"

"If you really have this ability, you would have been famous all over the world long ago. Why did you end up here, sitting with us?"

"The sages in Huoyun Cave didn't dare to say that they could perfect the art of military formations. How can you, an abandoned disciple of Chan Sect, be wiser than those sages?"

"Or is it that your intelligence is so hidden that even Yuanshi Tianzun can't see through it?"

The generals tried to hold back again and again, but finally they couldn't bear it any longer and stood up and shouted at Jiang Ziya.

They had too many reasons to believe that Jiang Ziya was just trying to attract attention.

The simplest truth is that if Jiang Ziya really had such ability, he would have been taken away by the human race’s high-level officials, or even taken to the Human Emperor to be trained personally. It would be impossible for him to fall into a situation where he was questioned by them.

Even if the people who hang out with them have some talent, how high can they be? The generals still have this self-awareness.

"Please calm down, everyone. There is no need for me to lie about something that can be easily verified. You will know whether I can do it or not later."

Jiang Ziya was very calm and did not get angry because of everyone's doubts.

Because he knew very well that what he said was true, and once this matter was verified, he and the generals would no longer be on the same level. From now on, the generals could only look up to him.

In fact, being able to sit at the same table with him will become the greatest asset of all the generals in the future.

What is a sage? He is one!

Moreover, he is not just a sage who exists only in myths and legends and historical records, but a real, living sage.

A sage walking among the human beings, this is the value of Jiang Ziya's perfection of the art of military formation, which allowed him to ascend to heaven in one step and directly become a sage of the human race.

Who says that today is not as good as in the past? Jiang Ziya proved with facts that today's people are not necessarily inferior to the ancients. What the ancients failed to accomplish, today's people can also do.

"This……"

When the generals heard this, the words that were about to come out of their mouths were immediately blocked.

Because they finally realized that what Jiang Ziya said was most likely true. The fact is just as he said, whether it is true or not, we will know it after trying it.

It is not difficult to verify this. Give an army to Jiang Ziya and let him form a battle array according to his own ideas.

As long as the power of the formation becomes stronger after it is completed, it means that what he said is true. Otherwise, it is false.

Thinking of this, the generals dared not speak. If this was true, then Jiang Ziya would become a great figure that they could not touch, comparable to the legendary saints.

Knowing this, if people still question Jiang Ziya, not to mention whether he will retaliate later, their status in history books will surely become that of an absolute clown, used to highlight Jiang Ziya's extraordinary character.

The more famous Jiang Ziya becomes, the more he will highlight their stupidity, and they will be laughed at by future generations for countless years. Considering such consequences, who would dare to speak nonsense?
In particular, many smart people noticed that from beginning to end, Wen Zhong did not say a word and did not make any statement on this matter.

This is very unusual. If what Jiang Ziya said was false, he should have stood up and refuted it.

But he just kept his mouth shut, which made it hard not to wonder if he knew something in advance and that was why he didn't say anything.

That's right. It's impossible for Jiang Ziya not to inform Wen Zhong in advance about such a big thing as perfecting the formation. Since he knew the truth, he would naturally not question Jiang Ziya with the generals who didn't know the truth.

"Ziya is right. It is very simple to verify this. Just follow me and give it a try."

"If this is true, then there is no need to say more about Ziya's ability. I should step down and let him take over the position of head coach."

"On the contrary, if what Ziya said is false and he is just trying to attract attention, then he is causing chaos in the army and should be executed according to the law!"

Seeing that everyone was silent, Wen Zhong had to stand up and draw a conclusion.

He knew that Jiang Ziya had further improved the art of military formations. That was why he remained silent, a sign that his Dao heart had been hit.

There were not many disciples of the three generations of the three religions, and there were even fewer who could rival Wen Zhong in strength. Therefore, although he did not say it explicitly, in his heart, he always regarded himself as the number one disciple of the three generations of the three religions.

He has this confidence, and it is this confidence that makes him extremely confident. Even his path of cultivation is affected by it and becomes smoother.

But who could have thought that just when he thought he would always be ahead, a Jiang Ziya suddenly appeared. Although his cultivation was not as good as his, his wisdom and talent were far ahead of him.

The military formations that he further perfected were so impressive that even though Wen Zhong was critical of them, he could not help but be amazed and felt inferior to them.

Too strong, this wisdom is far beyond his reach. With this wisdom, even if Jiang Ziya's cultivation is not as good as his now, it is only a matter of time before he surpasses him.

Thinking of this, Wen Zhong naturally couldn't hold it in for a moment.

It is true that Jiang Ziya is a second-generation disciple, not a third-generation disciple. But he has only been a disciple for a few years, only a few thousand years, and he probably hasn't even seen Yuanshi Tianzun a few times.

It is the Dao Fa, which was also passed down by the Nanji Xianweng on behalf of the master. He is said to be a second-generation disciple, but in fact he is not even as good as the third-generation disciple.

It is precisely because of this that Wen Zhong’s self-confidence was hit.

If Jiang Ziya was highly respected in the Chan Sect, he would not have done this. But he was unknown, and being defeated by such an opponent would affect Wen Zhong even if he had a strong heart.

Fortunately, Wen Zhong was not an ordinary person after all. He quickly adjusted his thoughts and began to pave the way for Jiang Ziya, preparing to give the position of commander-in-chief to him.

(End of this chapter)