Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 216 The Army Arrives
Pingyang Mountain, pavilion in the mountains.

The fragrant spiritual tea exudes a faint green aura that lingers above the teacup. From time to time, the shadows of various spiritual flowers and herbs appear, as if containing the essence of many plants and trees, with a unique fragrance.

Li Ye took a sip of the spiritual tea, feeling the flavors of the spiritual energy of the plants emerging one after another and the taste produced by the collision with each other. He closed his eyes slightly, feeling very comfortable.

He casually flipped through the latest intelligence sent today and immediately shook his head and complained:
"It's been thoroughly ripped apart like a sieve. This Yasukuni Shrine is completely ruined..."

Every now and then, a group of people from the core base of a certain Jindan sect would rise up in rebellion and be willing to lead the way.

Even the Zixuan Sect back then was not so exaggerated.

Even comparing the Zixuan Sect with the Thousand Islands Water City is still an insult to the former.

Although the Zixuan Sect was severely stabbed in the back, Master Zixuan was able to withstand the personal attack of Taoist Feiyu despite being injured and was able to stabilize the situation.

Afterwards, the Zixuan Sect dealt with these traitors quickly with lightning speed, and this two-pronged approach was able to suppress many rebellions.

Then, they took advantage of the battle at Zimofang City to severely damage the Feiyumen coalition forces, and seized the opportunity to launch a large-scale counterattack.

If the ancient tree secret realm had not suddenly appeared, drawing the attention of both sides, and if the demons had not descended to the territories later, the final outcome of this battle would have been uncertain.

However, although Qiandao Water City also brutally slaughtered the traitors this time, the effect was far inferior to the methods used by Zixuan Sect.

The key point is that up to now they have not been able to decide the outcome with their golden elixir combat power!
As an invader, the State of Wu is now attacking and looting the land of Jingguo. Although it has lost a large number of manpower, it has the support of Jiuding Valley behind it.

In addition, everyone who is still alive is well-fed and their morale is high, so there is no need to worry about this.

However, Qiandao Water City's control over domestic forces has greatly declined, and it is unable to do this.

This has led to the current almost one-sided situation.

If it weren't for the Feiyu Sect that could intervene at any time, Li Ye would have doubted whether Jingguo could really be conquered by the Wu Kingdom!

However, when the two countries were fighting so fiercely, the impact on the Red Land Mountains was far less than what Li Ye had originally expected.

There were only some monks who tried to use this place as a springboard to attack other countries and caused some trouble here.

Li Ye didn't need to pay any attention to it at all. He could easily solve the problem with the help of his four foundation-building masters.

It did not interfere with his daily life at all, which made him very satisfied.

After putting down the information he had read, Li Ye still had a thoughtful look on his face.

"I have a feeling that Jiuding Valley's aggressive tactics are designed to provoke Qiandao Water City, hoping they'll send out their third-tier black dragon to launch a counterattack and halt the continuous invasion of their territory..."

"Indeed... From the perspective of fighting, if Jiuding Valley wants to deal with that black dragon, then taking action outside is the best option!"

"After all, the great formation and favorable terrain of Qiandao Water City can greatly enhance the Black Dragon. Even if Jiuding Valley really has some means to restrain the Black Dragon, I'm afraid it will be largely offset..."

Thinking of this, he smiled again.
"But I don't know if Qiandao Water City is being cautious, or if they've seen through Jiuding Valley's plot. They're really holding their composure and won't easily send a third-level black dragon to quell the war..."

"Perhaps they are trying to maintain their resistance under the pretext of defending their base, and if things go wrong, they will abandon the resources of other forces in the Yasukuni Shrine?"

"If we keep pushing this far, maybe we'll have to reach Qiandao Water City before everything comes to a conclusion!"

Faced with such a situation, Li Ye felt even calmer.

He can only continue to wait and see. Unless he really thinks that he needs to take action, no matter how the two countries fight, it has nothing to do with him, Li Ye!

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The war between the two countries continued. As the Wu monks' army advanced triumphantly, Jing State was about to lose nearly one-third of its territory in a blink of an eye.

The Thousand Islands Water City seemed to have lost the will to resist, and the combat teams it sent out were mainly focused on collecting the many spiritual objects that had been collected from various resource points and bringing them back.

Unless the enemy is really weak, it is rare to actually clash and kill with it!
Even many sects and families were simply abandoned by them under such circumstances, leaving them to make their own choices.

As a result, clans and families in Jingguo who rebelled and defected to Wuguo emerged one after another like mushrooms after rain.

In most of the country, apart from Qiandao Water City’s own direct descendants, there are almost no people who have any loyalty to them.

If it weren't for the current situation, these forces would not necessarily receive any preferential treatment if they switched to the Wu State, and their own foundations might still be divided up by others. It would be better for them to resist for a while and get a good price for themselves.

I'm afraid that the Yasukuni Shrine will be in name only!

But this could not stop the invasion of Wu State, especially after Jiudingzi, the Golden Elixir, suddenly joined the battlefield and took action personally.

The monks of Jingguo could no longer stop the invasion of Jiuding Valley, and they all hoped that Qiandao Water City could send out the third-level black dragon to respond.

If we can seriously injure Jiudingzi and repel him, perhaps we can resolve the current predicament of Jingguo.

When the situation becomes irresistible and one’s own foundation cannot be given up, no one will care about nonsense like monsters controlling the country!
However, Qiandao Water City not only did not send out the third-level black dragon to fight against Jiudingzi who came to the battlefield in person, but instead directly withdrew all the forces it had sent out and concentrated them all in the magnificent city of Qiandao Chaozong, which was covered by its own formation.

Then they set up a formation, isolating themselves from the outside world, as if to hold their ground and not leave.

This is almost like giving up resistance completely, completely handing over the entire territory of Yasukuni Shrine, and only caring about guarding its last foundation.

The Wu army was no longer able to stop them and continued to advance.

The combined army of monks, led by Jiuding Valley, reached Qiandao Lake in just about two years and surrounded the area.

All that’s left is to attack and capture the Thousand Islands Water City, and then we can completely seize Jingguo!

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"Are there any personnel available for transfer from Feiyu Sect and Zixuan Sect?"

In the meeting hall of the flying boat, Jiudingzi sat upright and asked.

"Except for the Feiyu Clan taking advantage of the previous war and turmoil to seize some border resources, there have been no other movements!"

Yu Junli answered respectfully, and then he said,

"Qiandao Water City sent a message asking for peace, willing to cede half of Jingguo's territory to my clan in exchange for this concession."

"Give in?"

Jiu Dingzi snorted coldly, "Then make them hand over the Frost Condensation Water and the third-level black dragon's demon pill, and I will stop!"

"We have already given these conditions..."

Yu Junli quickly replied, "But they are only willing to give a portion of frost water and half of the country. They will not even consider a third-level demon pill."

"Not considering it?"

Jiu Dingzi's eyes flashed with coldness, "Then let them wait for the army to arrive!"

(End of this chapter)