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Chapter 472 Qingxiao Zhenren's Conditions [Please Subscribe]

The battle at Yinxuan Cave ended in a resounding victory for the Tianling Legion.

In this battle, nearly 80% of the demonic cultivators stationed at Yinxuan Cave were killed or wounded, including two Golden Core stage demonic cultivators who perished and two who were seriously injured.

On the other hand, the Heavenly Spirit Legion only had one Golden Core cultivator who was seriously injured in a desperate counterattack by a Golden Core demonic cultivator, two others who were slightly injured, and none of them died!

This resounding victory greatly boosted morale.

Wei Yong and other Golden Core cultivators who spearheaded this operation all received commendations from multiple commanders and each acquired a considerable number of [Demon-Slaying Tokens].

Zhou Chun's outstanding performance and remarkable achievements on the battlefield earned him a [Demon-Slaying Token] and numerous battle merit rewards.

At this point, based on his battle merits, he had risen to third place among the "Seven Heroes of Heavenly Spirits"!

Of course, these were just official rewards for his battle achievements; he also gained a considerable amount from the dead demonic cultivators.

Leaving aside everything else, let's just talk about spirit coins.

Zhou Chun now has over 300,000 spirit coins!

Prior to this, he had already stored hundreds of thousands of spirit coins in his cave in Tu Yunling.

In addition, he still has more than 200,000 spirit coins as a reward that he has not yet claimed.

If this trend continues, he won't have any problem producing a million spirit coins by the end of the war!

This is in stark contrast to the situation when Lin Hongyu had to beg and plead with everyone she could to raise spirit coins to buy spiritual items that could help her reach the Core Formation stage.

It can only be said that war is indeed the fastest way to get rich.

On the battlefield, as long as you keep winning, your wealth will keep snowballing!

"The demonic cultivators suffered heavy losses in the battle at Yin Xuan Cave. Given their vengeful nature, they will certainly not let this go easily. Zheng Chun, you must be extra careful from now on and it's best not to leave the camp lightly!"

Inside the battalion headquarters, after Wei Yong presented Zhou Chun with an award on behalf of the legion, he also gave him some special instructions.

Now, Wei Yong is no longer just giving Zhou Chun special treatment because of what Baiyue Zhenren instructed him to do; he genuinely sees Zhou Chun as someone who can protect his own interests.

With Zhou Chun, one of the "Seven Heroes of Heavenly Spirits," serving under his command with ease, his role as commander became much more relaxed.

In every major operation, he was able to gain a great deal because he had someone like Zhou Chun under his command, reaping much more rewards than other commanders.

He couldn't possibly treat such a subordinate, who could continuously bring him great benefits, poorly, for both reason and emotion.

Zhou Chun, naturally, would not ignore Wei Yong's overtures, and quickly thanked him solemnly: "Your subordinate understands, thank you for the reminder, Commander."

Then, for the rest of the time, Zhou Chun stayed obediently in the camp to cultivate, trying not to go out at all.

Anyway, he now takes direct orders from Wei Yong. As long as he doesn't leave, no one can bypass Wei Yong to force him out of the camp.

In the following six months, things unfolded exactly as Wei Yong had predicted. In an effort to boost morale, the Yuanmo Legion, having lost its stronghold at Yinxuan Cave, launched several targeted attacks against the Tianling Legion.

One of the attacks targeted the camp of Zhou Chun's battalion!

Unfortunately, the Heavenly Spirit Legion had already established an advantage and, being well-prepared, did not allow the Yuan Demon Legion to gain much of an advantage.

Ultimately, the situation once again descended into a stalemate.

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Yasukuni, the Seiren Mountains.

It was still the same spiritually rich Lake of the Eye, where the two Nascent Soul stage cultivators, True Person Silver Moon and True Person Azure Sky, were still brewing and enjoying tea in the small courtyard of the thatched cottage.

However, the atmosphere this time was much more somber than the last.

Finally, after drinking what seemed like the umpteenth cup of tea, True Immortal Yinyue slowly raised his head and looked at True Immortal Qingxiao, saying, "What has True Immortal Qingxiao thought about Fellow Daoist Kunxu's suggestion?"

Upon hearing this, Master Qingxiao's expression immediately hardened, and he replied solemnly, "To sacrifice oneself for the greater good of the cultivation world is naturally Qingxiao's inescapable duty!"

Then, changing the subject, he continued, "But Qingxiao's life doesn't just belong to himself; it's also closely related to the thousands of disciples of Qinglian Temple. If he can't protect these younger generations, Qingxiao won't be able to die in peace!"

Upon hearing his words, True Person Silver Moon narrowed his eyes and immediately said in a heavy tone, "Does Fellow Daoist Qingxiao mean he is dissatisfied with the conditions offered by Fellow Daoist Kunxu and my Moon Wheel Sect?"

"Fellow Daoist Silver Moon can also think that way."

Master Qingxiao replied in a low voice, making no attempt to hide anything.

Upon seeing this, True Person Silver Moon stared directly at him and asked, "Then what exactly do you want, Fellow Daoist Qingxiao? What are your conditions?"

Upon hearing this, Master Qingxiao took a deep breath and then said in a solemn voice, "The alliance and the Moon Wheel Sect will extend the period during which our sect's status will not decline to two hundred years, and will also provide our sect with either a [Nascent Soul Pill] or a [Nascent Soul Transformation Pill]!"

"Extending it to two hundred years is manageable, but the [Nascent Soul Pill] and [Nascent Soul Transformation Pill] are simply impossible!"

Master Yinyue said in a heavy tone, "Even if several neighboring countries jointly gather materials to refine such spiritual objects, it would only take hundreds or thousands of years to refine one batch, and each batch would only yield five or six pieces. It's impossible for anyone to give one away to you!"

Having said that, he looked at Master Qingxiao rather rudely and said, "Even if you, Fellow Daoist Qingxiao, were no longer here, during all these years you have lived, your Qinglian Temple would never have had a share of such spiritual objects!"

Although his words were somewhat harsh, they also revealed the reality.

You can't say that you absolutely can't do without a foundation, but having one will definitely make things much better.

Compared to the long-standing Moon Wheel Sect, the Green Lotus Sect, which only produced a True Person Qingxiao after a stroke of great fortune, is undoubtedly far inferior in terms of its foundation.

The Qinglian Temple had no right to participate in matters like the various sects joining forces to gather materials to refine the Nascent Soul Aid Pill.

Because they simply don't have the essential materials to refine such rare elixirs!

In contrast, the Moon Wheel Cult almost always manages to obtain one of these elixirs.

The Yan Yang Sect is also frequently involved in these events.

At this moment, Master Qingxiao was in a good mood and was not angry at Master Yinyue's words.

He calmly stated, "Just because the Moon Wheel Sect cannot produce such a spiritual item doesn't mean Fellow Daoist Kunxu cannot. As a powerful cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage, I believe such a spiritual item is not difficult for him to obtain!"

"Since Fellow Daoist Qingxiao has said so, I have nothing more to say. I will convey your words to Fellow Daoist Kunxu as they are."

Yinyue Zhenren gave Qingxiao Zhenren a deep look, then got up and left.

After traveling hundreds of miles away from the Azure Lotus Mountains under the watchful eyes of Master Qingxiao, he finally turned back to look at the mountains one last time, muttering to himself, "Qingxiao, you certainly know how to rip people off! But making money off war isn't so easy!"

Soon after, True Person Silver Moon arrived at the battlefield of Feng Kingdom and privately visited True Person Kunxu, informing him of True Person Qingxiao's conditions.

After hearing what True Person Silver Moon relayed, True Person Kunxu remained silent for a moment before looking at him and asking, "Fellow Daoist Silver Moon, how much lifespan does Fellow Daoist Qingxiao have left?"

Upon hearing this, Master Silver Moon was slightly taken aback, then replied in a low voice, "It shouldn't be more than twenty years!"

"It's not unreasonable to exchange twenty years of a Nascent Soul cultivator's life for a Nascent Soul Transformation Pill."

Kunxu Zhenren muttered to himself, then quickly nodded and said, "Alright, Fellow Daoist Yinyue, hand him this [Nascent Soul Pill] and agree to his conditions!"

After saying that, he raised his hand and patted the storage bag at his waist, took out a cyan jade bottle from it and handed it to Silver Moon True Person.

Seeing him casually pull out an extremely precious [Infant Transformation Pill], Master Yinyue was also surprised, and his heart was filled with emotion.

Is this the foundation of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator?

He muttered to himself, his feelings a mix of emotions.

As a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, he was only one small realm away from the late-stage Nascent Soul.

However, this small difference in realm now seems like a huge difference, making it difficult for people to overcome!

A late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator can be considered one of the most outstanding individuals in this world. Even in front of those reclusive Nascent Soul Venerables, they can still hold their own.

Only cultivators of their level have the opportunity to meet those reclusive Nascent Soul Venerables.

Throughout the entire history of the Moon Wheel Sect, there has only ever been one late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

That was four or five thousand years ago!

As for the extent of the supernatural abilities of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, even the mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, True Person Silver Moon, was not entirely clear, because he could not possibly make an enemy of such a powerful cultivator.

It is only known from the sect's records that the supernatural abilities of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator are significantly different from those of a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

Although that gap is not as large as the gap between the Nascent Soul stage and the Golden Core stage, it is still much larger than the gap between the mid-Nascent Soul stage and the early Nascent Soul stage!

If the sect elders who left the records were not exaggerating, then even if True Person Silver Moon were to use the sect's inherited spiritual treasure, the [Holy Moon Wheel], he would at most be able to fight against a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator for a while, provided that the opponent did not have such a powerful inherited spiritual treasure!

Regardless of her complex emotions, after examining the pills inside the jade bottle, True Person Silver Moon immediately replied, "I understand. I will personally deliver this [Nascent Soul Pill] to Fellow Daoist Qingxiao!"

Then he quickly left Fengguo.

About half a year later, the commanders of all the battalions of the Heavenly Spirit Legion were suddenly summoned to the Jingyang Sect's mountain gate for a talk.

After these commanders returned from the Jingyang Sect's mountain gate, they quickly intensified the training of their troops.

At the same time, a batch of newly recruited soldiers were added to the various battalions, and they intensified their training to master the art of military formations.

This unusual change has led many to speculate whether another large-scale war is about to break out.

As for the final all-out attack, even Zhou Chun hadn't considered that possibility.

After all, although the demonic cultivators were weaker, they still had 60,000 to 70,000 people and many strongholds to defend. It seemed unrealistic to launch a general offensive and decide the outcome in one battle.

Even if it's not the final all-out attack, a large-scale war is still a test for every cultivator in the Heavenly Spirit Legion.

Because the larger the scale of the war, the greater the uncontrollability!

In small-scale battles, everyone basically fights in pairs, each seeking out cultivators of the same cultivation level to engage in combat.

As long as one's strength isn't too weak, the chances of saving one's life are not small.

However, on large-scale battlefields, there are relatively fewer different opinions.

It's quite normal for cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage to take the opportunity to slaughter Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, or for Golden Core stage cultivators to "casually" kill a few Purple Mansion stage cultivators when fighting against other cultivators of the same level.

Therefore, in such a large-scale battlefield, whether one can save one's life depends not only on one's own strength, but also on luck and keen observation.

Zhou Chun also tried to get some information from Wei Yong, but this time Wei Yong kept the information very secret. It was said that even the two deputy commanders were not very clear about it.

This situation alarmed him, and he hurriedly sent a message to Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Zhengyong, who were also serving on the battlefield, reminding them to take the upcoming battle seriously.

He himself is also gearing up for the upcoming big battle.

But time didn't give Zhou Chun and the others much time.

Just five months after the new recruits arrived at the camp and had begun to grasp the basics of battle tactics, the great war broke out!

On this day, the melodious alarm bells rang out one after another in the garrison, summoning all the soldiers.

Soon, as the bell rang, all the thousands of soldiers in the garrison had arrived.

Wei Yong didn't say much at this time, he simply said "Come with me", and then he and the two deputy commanders used a large flying artifact to pick up everyone.

Before long, eighty percent of the cultivators in Zhou Chun's camp boarded more than a dozen flying boats and magic artifacts, and together they flew towards the territory controlled by the Yuanmo Legion under Wei Yong's leadership.

Around the same time, the same scene was unfolding in twenty or thirty battalion headquarters of the Heavenly Spirit Legion.

Along the battlefield border stretching for thousands of miles, hundreds of airships staged a scene of fierce competition!

Such a dramatic change naturally alarmed cultivators at all levels of the Yuanmo Legion.

All demonic cultivator strongholds immediately went into a state of maximum alert.

Given the current numbers of the demonic cultivators, they basically lack the strength to leave their stronghold and engage in a direct battle with the Heavenly Spirit Legion.

Therefore, they could only hope to divert the number of Tianling Legion cultivators through various strongholds and then defeat them one by one.

On the other hand, the Heavenly Spirit Legion, although launching a full-scale attack, did not disperse too much. Instead, they concentrated their efforts on attacking six important demonic cultivator strongholds and sweeping away smaller strongholds along the way.

Naturally, this war involving over 100,000 cultivators attracted the attention of many Nascent Soul stage demons, who couldn't help but pay attention and secretly observe the situation from the front lines.

This is exactly the effect that the Nascent Soul stage monsters on the Heavenly Spirit Legion side wanted!

First update!

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