Chapter 211 In the spring of the eighteenth year of Jingxinli, the reward arrives! (6K)
After the Soul Sacrifice Pass was defeated, King Rahu suffered a huge loss.
Because his bet with King Ling De started on November 10th, when Liu Tianning had just arrived in the war zone for a few days.
He and King Ling De bet that Zhao Xing could solve the problem and defeat the Soul Sacrifice Pass within forty days.
As a result, the Soul Sacrifice Gate was not taken down until the end of December.
"Hahaha, Luo Hu, I accept your two seventh-level magic weapons!" King Lingde smiled happily. "Thank you."
King Rahu's mouth twitched and he was speechless.
Zhao Xing's performance was in line with his expectations.
However, the speed at which the Soul Sacrifice Pass was defeated was still a few days too slow.
"If you, Luo Hu, bet for two months, Ling De will definitely lose." King Tianyan shook his head and said, "It's a pity that the difference is only a few days."
"It's only a few days away. I'm willing to admit defeat." King Luohu said, "The resistance at the Soul Sacrifice Pass this time is slightly more than I expected."
"Look at the intelligence submitted by Ying Yuan Mansion. If Zhao Xing hadn't performed amazingly, the Soul Sacrifice Pass would have been defeated next year."
King Tianyan and King Lingde took a look and saw something special.
The military supplies provided by Zhao Xing far exceeded expectations.
Therefore, the Six Army Alliance was able to continue its fierce attacks in the last month, especially the Hunyuan warships, whose attacks almost never stopped in the second half of the month.
If the logistical supplies are not in place, the battle for Soul Sacrifice Pass will really have to wait until next year as King Rahu said.
"But why did the Shenwei Army stop fighting?" King Lingde asked doubtfully.
"The general, Liao Rulong, had a conflict with Yi Yue." King Luohu said in a deep voice, "Liao Rulong missed the opportunity and gave up pursuit after half the chase. Yi Yue had a big quarrel with him, and Qi Yuan's army and Nangong Ye also parted ways with them."
"It may not be a good thing if a partner is too strong. They will be separated sooner or later." King Tianyan said, "But this Liao Rulong is lucky. Maybe there will be a truce soon. If we pursue at this time, there will be no great achievements. The danger is greater than the opportunity.
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"Truce?" King Lingde and King Luohu both looked at King Tianyan, "Why didn't I know?"
King Tianyan muttered: "I am also guessing, there is no definite news yet."
King Rahu said: "If we really make a truce soon, it would be a safe strategy to stop the pursuit at this time."
If we really want to start a high-level battle, some strong high-level players will surely come to the front line to prepare.
There will be a period of chaos at that time, and both sides will no longer strictly abide by the rule of "high-quality products must not attack low-quality products".
If you accidentally hit an area where high-quality items appear, not only will you lose your battle achievements, but you will also lose your troops.
Even if they are not encountered, if they are ordered to retreat, then the fight will be in vain.
"Luo Hu, I might lose to you." King Tianyan felt helpless. If there was a truce, neither Xia Jing nor Zhao Xing would have reached the level of being granted the title of second-class marquis.
It can only be said that Emperor Jing was more impatient than expected. He had not been training for a long time before he wanted to start a real war.
Jihunguan, a separate courtyard.
"Within the five elements of heaven and earth, the destiny of heaven is my destiny, the fate of heaven is my luck, and the longevity of heaven is my life span."
"The yin and yang self, the five elements of heaven and earth, until the end of cultivation, the self school is the king." Zhao Xing sighed in his heart.
It is now the first month of the eighteenth year of the Jingxin calendar. Since the Soul Sacrifice Pass was laid, the Shenwei Army, the Xuanjia Army, and the Zhenhai Army have been resting on the spot.
He had nothing to do in Tonghuo City, so he came to the Soul Sacrifice Pass to practice.
Everything within a hundred miles of the Soul Sacrifice Pass has been transformed.
Its damage was not as serious as that of Huolong Pass. Xuantian Sect's Yin Five Elements Formation was even still functioning. Only the southern section of the barrier still could not be restored.
Being in the great formation of Yin and Five Elements of Heaven and Earth, Zhao Xing's understanding of "Yin Yang Sutra" and "Five Fingers of Destiny" became more and more profound.
Because Liu Tianning taught him the high-level ecstasy formation, which involved the profound principles of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements.
Secondly, he learned how to be a self-inflicted person and to unify the five dharma, which is actually a shallow level of "unification of the five ways".
The combination is also the Five Elements.
Now, I came to this grand formation set up by the Xuantian Sect again, and realized the rare Yin Five Elements Array, and I gained a deeper understanding.
"The five-finger destiny is to use the inner five elements of heaven and earth to combine the five elements of heaven and earth."
"To deduce the destiny of the inner world is to deduce my own destiny."
"I can even vaguely feel how long I can live." Zhao Xing said secretly.
His extra lifespan reached 150 years, which was obtained by taking various Lingxiu, luck-enhancing longevity and other methods.
Then how long can he live as a seventh-level Earth Evil Realm? Less than one hundred and fifty years.
Isn’t it true that the more you cultivate, the longer you should live?
This is not the case.
A low-quality realm cannot effectively prolong life.
Compared to the shackles of heaven and earth, this realm is simply insignificant.
"In the Age of Vitality, the shackles of destiny are the most difficult to shake among the rules of heaven and earth. There is a rule that governs how long creatures of all races should live. This is the so-called destiny."
"Practitioners can become very strong, but it is difficult to break the shackles of destiny even when they become stronger. Even the emperor of the Qiyun Dynasty, who is as powerful as the emperor, can only live for a thousand years."
"After the spiritual energy was revived, the world changed drastically. Entering the spiritual energy era, the upper limit of the shackles of destiny became higher, and the life span of all races of creatures also increased."
"In ancient times, the Xuanhuang Continent also had an era of spiritual energy. Giants were rampant on the land. Animals and plants were all extremely large. Even a small grass could live for a long time. Today's rare treasures could be seen everywhere at that time.
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"After the era of natural disasters, the status of heaven and earth was reduced to the 'vitality level', everything shrank accordingly, and the upper limit of lifespan was also reduced."
Every time Zhao Xing was promoted, he could see 'giants' in the court hall in his fantasy, especially Emperor Jing, who was even bigger, which also meant that his 'destiny' was stronger than others and he could live longer.
Zhao Xing began to calculate how long he would have to live to wait for the hope of immortality.
"There are still nineteen years in the Jingxin calendar. After thirty-seven years in the Jingxin calendar, there will be the Dazhi year and the Yongzhi year. The two calendar years add up to 158 years, and Emperor Jing will die."
"That is to say, there are still one hundred and seventy-seven years left in the reign of Emperor Jing."
"The subsequent Emperor Wu lived for one thousand and twenty years. He broke the shackles of Emperor Longevity of the Qiyun Dynasty, but he still did not go any further."
"After Emperor Wu came Emperor Yuan. From here on, the Zhou Dynasty began to experience internal and external troubles and natural disasters, and its luck began to decline. There were fifteen emperors in total, with an average lifespan of more than a hundred years. Generally speaking, it is 1,700 years."
"The spiritual energy will be revived later, which means I have to live for nearly three thousand years." Zhao Xing said secretly. "The road to immortality is long."
"The road must be walked step by step. First, we must achieve the fifth-grade goal during the Jing Emperor period."
"Now I have 1.6 million battle merits, ranking 45th on the seventh-level battle merit list."
"The positions temporarily promoted by the Divine Power Army are not counted. My current official rank is lower than the seventh rank."
"Currently, I am in the Shenwei Army, following Liao Rulong's tribe, and I have never been defeated."
"With my military exploits, if I were to receive a reward, I wouldn't be able to get promoted to the third rank, so I should be able to reach the sixth rank."
"Old Chen and Long Xiao have a higher starting point than me. They should be able to reach the sixth level."
"With 1.6 million military merits, the title will not be improved. It will still be the third-class marquis. Although this kind of marquis is not a marquis, but an idle marquis, he can still have 160,000 acres of low-grade fertile land and a thousand sixty-six households."
Hundreds of households.”
"The title of casual official should be the fifth-level county council official. He can participate in important decision-making discussions in the county and has some say at the government level and can make suggestions."
"The rank should be able to reach the sixth level. As long as you are on the job, in addition to the salary, the additional bonus should be 300,000 points every year."
Bonuses for military ranks are calculated based on points from the military community, because bonuses for military ranks are awarded by the military community.
After the Zhou Dynasty opened up its territory and expanded its territory, its territory would generate a lot of revenue, and part of the tax revenue from this revenue would be used to pay the soldiers who had obtained the rank.
The military class must be the richest class in the Zhou Dynasty!
Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty were also keen on opening up territories. Because even after retirement, the bonuses brought by the rank were still one-third to one-half of what they were when they were in office.
Zhao Xing's casual official title and rank are not high, because all his previous millions of military exploits were used to exchange for the Yin Shen quota.
"If nothing goes wrong, there will be a truce in February, the entire plain and barbarian battlefield will begin to retreat, and the rewards will be completed in March."
"Then there was a sudden change in the Shiyang Cave, and a large number of beauties in the world began to be born." Zhao Xing sorted out the future direction.
"The explosive appearance of the heaven and earth's beauty lasted for half a year. In September, the two levels reversed. For ten days, the sky was empty, and a disaster that destroyed the heaven and earth occurred."
"In October of the same year, Emperor Jing reopened the mid- to low-level battlefield and continued to train his troops' strategies."
"Then the war continued until the twenty-eighth year of Jingxin Li, gradually investing in mid-level combat power, with the highest level reaching the fourth level. From the twenty-ninth to the thirty-fifth year, the war continued to escalate, and the third level to the first level ended one after another."
"In the thirty-fifth year, the war was lost. The king of Liang colluded with the sects and the Southern Barbarians to rebel. In the thirty-seventh year, the rebellion was extinguished and the war was completely over. After that, it was the Dazhi calendar. Emperor Jing began to create people and breed offspring. The Yongzhi calendar was established.
The candidate to succeed..."
"The window period for the Southern Barbarians battlefield is still a while before Shiyang Cave Heavenly Queen, but I must grasp the situation carefully, otherwise I won't be able to escape when the time comes." Zhao Xing said secretly.
If an officer is promoted high, it is impossible to escape as easily as he wants. After all, the military is not a place where you can come and go freely.
Giving you an official position is to let you do things, and there are only a few points where you can escape.
Once he misses, Zhao Xing will have to continue fighting and participate in the mid-to-high-end battlefield, then he will be cannon fodder.
Great Zhou now has a large number of talented people, including Liu Tianning, Fan Zhaoli, Lu Bang, Tantai Ming...these veteran fifth- and fourth-grade players have all lived for one or two hundred years, or even three or four hundred years.
It was not Zhao Xing's turn to take the position at all, Lu Yuanwei, the son of luck, also fell into disgrace in the battlefield behind, and in the end he could only barely maintain an official position below the fifth rank.
He is like this, and others are even more in danger.
"Enjoy the blessings you deserve, and avoid the disasters you should avoid." Zhao Xing said, "I am not strong now and my status is too low. I must put an end to greed and do not try to influence the pattern of the battlefield."
Practicing the five-finger destiny also sounded the alarm for Zhao Xing. He calculated the Soul Sacrifice Pass and found out that Lao Chen's fate was reversed. What's more, he threw himself into the entire plain-barbarian war?
Yan San's luck was indeed good, but in the later stages of the war, there were many people who were stronger than Zhao Xing.
Take Lu Yuanwei as an example, Zhao Xing estimates that his luck is at least as high as Yanliu!
Because he was born in Luliang Prefecture, this Lu was another king with a different surname. Lu Yuanwei was originally a direct descendant of the king, and he himself was blessed with great fortune!
Comparing him, you can see the dangers of mid-to-high-end battlefields.
"The goal during Emperor Jing's period is to develop. Now, regardless of my connections, strength, and luck, I haven't gained momentum yet. Emperor Jing doesn't have the destiny. This period is not the time for me to show my strength."
After sorting through his mind and confirming his future plans, Zhao Xing closed his eyes and stored the memory deep in his soul using the Dream Spring and Autumn Technique.
I don’t usually think of it, it will only be triggered at key nodes. Of course, you can also take the initiative to recall it at certain safe moments.
In the Age of Vitality, there were very few methods of searching for souls. An almost forbidden method such as the Soul-Breaking Grass Man could only obtain memory fragments of the past few days. However, Zhao Xing was still cautious to take precautions.
In the following time, Zhao Xing practiced spells in the Soul Sacrifice Pass.
In a short period of time, I focused my energy on [Identity Cure Man], because this spell has endless magical uses, and cultivating it is equivalent to cultivating many kinds of spells.
On January 4, the eighteenth year of the Jingxin calendar, the transfer ship arrived at Jihun Pass.
Lu Tingzhi planned to find Zhao Xing to 'talk about their common interests', but he heard that Zhao Xing was in retreat, so he had to give up.
Long Xiao and Chen Shijie exchanged millions of military exploits for the Yin God's place and completed the process of Tianhun living in the temple.
Xia Jing didn't do this because he didn't need it. He had already made great achievements and blessed his descendants. As the heir apparent, Xia Jing already had such treatment.
Wen Shaoyang did not choose the Yin Shen quota, and the others, Jiang Ming, and Li Que did not have such qualifications because their performance was not outstanding, and their military achievements in the Soul Sacrifice Pass were not as high as in the Fire Dragon Pass.
On the twelfth day of the first month of the Jingxin calendar, Qi Yuan's army, Yi Yue, and Nangong Ye's attack failed. The "Winghun" and "Longyang Taoist" who retreated to Linggui City seized the opportunity to counterattack, and the three armies lost thousands of people.
After being greedy for merit and running out of logistical supplies, the three generals realized that the people in the Holy Spirit Palace were not just rookies. It was probably Zhao Xing's support that caused such an illusion.
But because of this incident, the relationship between the three of them, Liao Rulong and Wen Shaoyang fell to a freezing point.
They believed that if Liao Rulong continued to follow up and Zhao Xing led 100,000 logistics troops, they would not be defeated in Linggui City.
Especially Yi Yue, after retreating, reported the battle situation to the main force on the northern front.
He actually publicly denounced Liao Rulong and Wen Shaoyang as idiots.
But when it comes to Zhao Xing, he feels that Zhao Xing is a talent, and Liao Rulong is not worthy of having a logistics general like Zhao Xing.
Although Qi Yuanjun and Nangong Ye were not as extreme as Yi Yue, they also lowered their evaluation of the two generals, Liao Rulong and Wen Shaoyang, when reporting the battle situation.
However, the two people's opinions are relatively objective.
The Shenwei Army can be considered a powerful force, such as Long Xiao, Chen Shijie, and Zhao Xing. They all have a good reputation in their mouths.
It was the generals Liao Rulong and Wen Shaoyang who were indecisive and unable to seize the opportunity.
Qi Yuanjun, Yi Yue, and Nangong Ye are the top three powerful military generals on the seventh-grade battle merit list.
They have wide connections and have broken through the soul-sacrifice barrier. The words they speak will naturally have a great influence.
The reputation of Liao Rulong and Wen Shaoyang has been greatly reduced, but the reputation of Zhao Xing has skyrocketed.
"Yi Yue has a bad temper and scolds the general Liao Rulong like this, but he praises Zhao Xing quite a lot. It seems that Zhao Xing really did a good job."
Wei Hong, who was in the Tiger Dragon Army, couldn't help but smile when he read this letter. He and Yi Yue were good friends.
When Yi Yue's attack was thwarted, the hundreds of thousands of battle credits he had saved before were reduced by 120,000 to 30,000. Naturally, he immediately complained to his friends.
"If it is true what Lao Yi said, then Liao Rulong and Wen Shaoyang really do not deserve such great praise." Wei Hong said to himself.
The most famous people who conquered Huolong Pass were not Zhao Xing, but Liao Rulong and Wen Shaoyang.
Most of Zhao Xing's fame comes from "Beheading Money and Shougang".
Because those two were the main generals, they initially praised Liao Rulong and Wen Shaoyang.
But after the spread of the three powerful armies, the reputation of Liao Rulong and Wen Shaoyang has also dropped a lot.
"Bastard! Yi Yue, that bastard! You actually said that to me!" Liao Rulong was furious at the Soul Sacrifice Pass and the City Lord's Mansion, "When did I ever give in? I'm sorry for your ancestors!"
Liao Rulong was really angry at this moment. He took the letter in his hand and tore it into pieces.
Because in Yi Yue's public battle report to General Yuan Hua, he bluntly said that Liao Rulong was a coward, a fool, delayed the fight, and was not worthy of being a general. Yes, these words were used.
Letters written to friends are even more unsightly!
One can imagine how angry Liao Rulong was after learning about this.
"Mother, I am a sixth-rank captain, and he is only a seventh-rank officer. He actually looks like a superior officer and criticizes me. I am incompatible with this person!" Liao Rulong roared.
Pu Zhong was very calm. After Liao Rulong finished venting, he said: "Yi Yue is quite simple. At least he is scolding you publicly, not the kind of person who secretly pokes fun at you."
"You still speak for him?" Liao Rulong snorted, but did not continue to get angry.
When the two militaries cooperate, it is not uncommon for them to fall apart, especially between strong and weak forces.
He agreed with what Pu Zhong said, and he understood Yi Yue's anger.
But I understand, but I still can’t stand this birdiness!
"If you don't cooperate in the future," Pu Zhong comforted, "You also said that you are a sixth-grade person, so you should be more broad-minded than him."
"You don't say anything, and you don't have to explain it to others, so you can show your magnanimity."
Zhao Xing also learned about the failure of the attack by Yi Yue, Qi Yuanjun and others, and also learned about Yi Yue's scolding of Liao Rulong.
"This irritable old man really scolded the wrong person." Zhao Xing couldn't laugh or cry, "It was me who persuaded Lao Chen, Long Xiao, and Xia Jing. These three people have a strong say, and Liao Rulong decided not to continue the attack."
"If you want to scold me, you should scold me. It would be better for him to praise me instead."
However, as the commander-in-chief, Liao Rulong has to bear the praise and the blame.
Zhao Xing is just a commander, no one can scold him.
On January 20, rumors of a truce spread among the army.
On January 21, Yang An and Jia Pu issued formal orders to Liao Rulong's and Wen Shaoyang's troops, prohibiting them from continuing to attack.
January 21st to 24th.
In every line of the Fire Demon Clan's territory, strong men above level six appeared, both from the enemy and from one's own side.
On this day, Zhao Xing also came out of the underground. He sent a straw man on a flying boat to patrol east of the Soul Sacrifice Pass, and at the same time activated the Heavenly Eye Technique.
Four hundred miles east of Jihun Pass, many large cities appeared. The gloomy air in the city was overwhelming, and the dark clouds were thick and lingering.
A thousand-meter-tall ghost giant appeared in front of him, holding a giant ax and staring eagerly.
Zhao Xing glanced at it from a distance. He almost collapsed and had to retreat quickly.
There are also strong men on our side.
The fourth-rank military general Yang An came to the Soul Sacrifice Pass in person, accompanied by the fourth-rank counselor Jia Pu, and eight former fifth-rank generals.
The Xuanjia Army also had experts. Mingwei Hou Xiang Kui sent his deputy general ‘Zhang Jue’, a fourth-grade military general.
There is also a fourth-grade military sergeant named Li Yuanzhen.
There are also seven fifth-level people, including priests, counselors, warriors, and sorcerers.
Although the Xuanjia Army only has more than 10,000 people, Xia Jing has a special status, so the people sent by Xiang Kui are also very strong.
In addition, Liu Tianning and Fan Zhaoli were also present in person.
Among them, Liu Tianning came on his own initiative, while Fan Zhaoli came at Tian Yan's request.
The most eye-catching ones are 'Liu Tianning' from the Supervision Department and Li Yuanzhen from the Xuanjia Army.
On their way back, Zhao Xing's straw men saw Liu Tianning arriving on the clouds. He directly rolled up all his scouts and boats, including Zhao Xing, and threw them behind him.
"Hoo~" In just an instant, this strong wind blew thousands of people on our side fifty miles away.
At the same time, Liu Tianning pointed forward, and his voice spread across the sky with the strong wind: "The boundary of the truce will be determined from now on. If you dare to take a step forward, you will be killed without mercy!"
Boom~
The ground surged like waves, and a shadow enveloped dozens of miles of front, and then the shadow glowed with a faint light.
Towering trees rise from the ground, each one over 500 meters tall!
They shone brightly on the battlefield, some trees flashed with thunder, and some trees spewed out flames... As a strong man of the I-go sect, Liu Tianning's move directly shocked everyone.
"They are all seventh-level plant soldiers!" Zhao Xing frowned, "Isn't Lao Liu only a fifth-level officer? His strength is definitely more than that."
It is simply astonishing that pure Yuan projection can be cast so far and can raise so many seventh-level plant soldiers.
Li Yuanzhen took the Yunyulou boat, followed closely behind, and pointed to the sky. The clouds dispersed and the sun shone brightly.
A light green solar terms were suspended in the air, driving away the dark clouds in the distance.
"At the beginning of the Spring Festival, he has changed the weather in a thousand-mile radius. The realm of yin and five elements has become balanced between yin and yang. He must have reached the 'settled state'."
Far away, Zhao Xing could feel the vitality of spring, and a touch of green appeared on the earth, which was originally a barren land that had been eroded by the Yin Qi and was barren of grass.
Now he is changed by Li Yuanzhen!
Zhao Xing looked at Li Yuanzhen and Liu Tianning, "Old Liu is really fierce. Li Yuanzhen is a fourth-grade man, and there are men who can reach the second-grade position behind him. Now, at a glance, Lao Liu's power is not inferior to that of Li Yuanzhen."
"As soon as they arrived, there was a real truce. It seems that this time point has not changed."
In February of the eighteenth year of the Jingxin calendar, all major war zones on the Pingman battlefield entered a state of truce.
The four royal courts, the five caves, and all the armies ceased fighting one after another, delineated the boundaries of the defense zones, and left buffer zones.
A large number of mid-to-high-level strong men took over the battlefield, forming a confrontation.
As for the medium and low-quality products, they began to slowly withdraw from the battlefield.
Zhao Xing also boarded a building boat, crossed the Canglan River, and returned to Shiyang Cave in the military world on February 14.
On February 16, a Tianxin Palace appeared in each of the five caves.
Emperor Jing's reward also started on February 16th.
The merits of soldiers of different ranks in the war will be honored at this moment and will last until March.
Shiyang Cave Sky, Yangcheng, where the Shenwei Army is stationed.
Zhao Xing, Chen Shijie, Long Xiao, Yu Ziqi and others were all staying at the station.
Suddenly, a column of golden light descended from the golden palace in the sky. The column of light was surrounded by dragons and enveloped the four people.
"Here we come." The four of them looked at each other and quickly walked into the golden light of the cylinder. They were then led by a powerful force and flew towards the palace in the sky.
Chapter completed!