Chapter 205 Ask for a good news (5K)

Under the ground of City No. 98, the ground veins fluctuate in a chaotic manner, and now they form a sentence, which is very conspicuous.

The information transmitted by the earth vein fluctuations was quickly captured by Zhao Xing.

He opened his eyes and looked upwards.

"Old Chen is trying to recruit the God of Land." Zhao Xing smiled lightly.

Just stomp your feet and you will go up. Isn't it just like asking the land god questions?

It's not to mention that in the inland of the Great Zhou, there are indeed temples for land and mountain gods. However, this method is impolite and is generally only used by high-ranking officials.

If a small official dares to use it, he will be beaten.

"Stop shouting, it's coming." Zhao Xing looked at the golden ripples emanating from above and immediately controlled the earth veins to reply.

Afterwards, he collected everything in the cave, burned it, and used his magical powers to guard it.

"What's the hurry? I've only slept for a few hours."

Chen Shijie said: "The spies sent out by Wen Shaoyang's troops have returned one after another. After the intelligence has been gathered, Captain Liao plans to call everyone together to discuss how to fight next."

As they walked, Zhao Xing asked, "Where did Wen Shaoyang's scouts go?"

Chen Shijie said: "The farthest point in the northeast is Qucheng in Xixianling, and the farthest point in the southeast is Jihunguanbao."

"Guanbao?" Zhao Xing's eyes narrowed. He had been to this place in his illusion, and Wen Shaoyang's troops were trapped there. "Did the scout team have any problems?"

"No, why do you ask?" Chen Shijie noticed Zhao Xing's strangeness and asked immediately.

"Nothing, just asking." Zhao Xing said, "Isn't there an elite group of Holy Spirit Royal Court guarding the Soul Sacrifice Pass?"

"Yes." Chen Shijie nodded. "So Wen Shaoyang's men didn't get too close. That place is too gloomy and full of ghosts. It's hard to sneak in and gather intelligence."

"But from what Captain Liao said, he wants to attack the Soul Sacrifice Pass first." Chen Shijie said.

"What do you think?" Zhao Xing asked.

"I don't have any ancestors worth remembering." Chen Shijie said calmly, "So I think any one of them will do."

Zhao Xing nodded slightly. He knew that Chen Shijie was an orphan. His parents died very early. He had some relatives in the form of an uncle and aunt, but they were bad relatives and the relationship had been severed long ago.

The reason why Zhao Xing asked this was mainly because the officers and soldiers of the Great Zhou all had a natural aversion to the Holy Spirit Royal Court!

Because the Holy Spirit Royal Court among the four royal courts is good at controlling ghosts.

They often tear open weak points in the underworld, releasing a large number of ghosts, which then transform into ghost soldiers and generals of the Holy Spirit Royal Court.

The underworld is quite special: entering the underworld from the Great Zhou and entering the underworld from the Nanman may be in the same place.

This resulted in the Holy Spirit Royal Court sometimes capturing the souls of those who died in the Great Zhou.

It had a great impact on the ritual and music system and the Yin-Shen system of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

From a simple emotional perspective, the actions of the Holy Spirit Royal Court are equivalent to "controlling your ancestors."

How could he endure this?

Of course it makes people hate it!

"Among the four great courts, the Golden Feather Court has the most tribes. It has a relatively complete range of professions, such as insect wizards, blood wizards, sorcerers, and strongmen. Its equipment is also not much different from that of the Great Zhou."

"The Purple Dragon King's Court is good at taming beasts, and the exotic beasts they raise are very ferocious. Because large-scale climate change often occurs in the southern barbarian region, it is simply a natural place for ferocious beasts. There is no need to specially raise them, just tame them."

"The Flame Light Royal Court is the most difficult to defeat. It has a vast territory and few people. It also has the cooperation of natural beasts such as the Babok Worm. Fighting them is like whack-a-mole."

"The Holy Spirit Royal Court is the most disgusting. After a battle, their combat effectiveness is hardly lost because their main combatants are ghosts, who can be replenished continuously. Even after the first battle, you may find that your former dead comrades have risen again and become your opponents in the second battle."

Zhao Xing said: "Now if we go west along the eastern route, we will encounter support troops sent by different royal courts, because the Golden Feather Royal Court intends to defend the Fire Demon Tribe's land... mainly to defend the precious land of the Qinggang Mine."

"Personally, I don't want to fight the Soul Sacrifice Level because we don't have that many priests."

There are not many priests in the Liao Rulong and Wen Shaoyang teams.

The vast majority of the main generals are warriors, and most of them have warriors under their command, while there are relatively few priests. This is the current situation in the army.

The priest profession is more difficult to train, even more difficult than Si Nong. In the Shiyang Cave Heaven, there were more than 10,000 Si Nong reserve personnel being trained.

But what about the priests? There are only about 2,000 of them.

When he was in Gucheng, there were over 500 petty officials in the Ministry of Agriculture, and only 40 to 50 priests and clerks.

This is how priesthood works. It is not something that can be cultivated on a large scale.

So is there any army that can attack the Holy Spirit Royal Court?

Of course there are. The Huanyou Cave Heaven among the five great cave heavens is the exclusive base of the Huanyou Army. There is only one army in this cave heaven, and its commander, Huanyou Hou, is a fourth-rank ghost and god priest.

The vast majority of members of the Phantom Army are combat priests.

After Zhao Xing arrived at the meeting hall and expressed his thoughts, Xia Jing continued:
"Now it's not a question of whether or not we want to fight, but we have to fight."

"The defense line of the Sacrifice Soul Pass is much longer than before. The loss of the Fire Dragon Pass angered the Golden Feather King Court, and they placed the troops sent by the Holy Spirit King Court to defend the eastern line."

"It is now October 13th. The Holy Spirit Royal Court's army has gained a firm foothold and its defenses are much tighter than before."

Zhao Xing shook his head in his heart. The three armies at Huolong Pass were supposed to set out after resting, and the defense along the Jihun Pass was not that strong.

But the incident of Qian Shougang delayed the whole process for more than ten days, which gave the Jinyu Royal Court the opportunity to mobilize troops.

But this is the variable on the battlefield, no one can predict. How can everything go as planned?

Of course, the bottom line is that they have too few people on their side, and after taking Huolong Pass they have to rest and expand their army.

"Can we cooperate with the Phantom Army?" Wen Shaoyang put forward his own opinion, "If we have the Phantom Army, we will have a better chance of breaking through the defense line of the Soul Sacrifice Pass."

Liao Rulong hesitated and said, "The Huanyou Army is a strong army ranked over 200, and their main force is on the northern front with the Zhaoyuan Army, Danxia Army, and Yuanhua Army. They may not be willing to abandon the strong army cooperation and come to us."

Xia Jing smiled and said, "It's impossible to send the main force, but it might be feasible to transfer 20,000 to 30,000 people."

"Oh?" Liao Rulong was puzzled. "What do you mean?"

Xia Jing pointed at Zhao Xing and said, "Didn't Zhao Xing kill Qian Shougang near Xixianling earlier?"

"What does this have to do with me?" Zhao Xing wondered.

"We confronted the Black Dragon Army and frightened the commander of Xixian Pass." Xia Jing said. "Qi Yuanjun of Zhaoyuan Army, Yi Yue of Yuanhua Army, Nangong Ye of Huanyou Army and Pang Zheng of Zhaoyuan Army were originally planning to attack Xixian Pass."

"They had feigned defeat several times before, hoping to lure out the main general of Xixian Pass. They had been working on this for more than a month, and had some hope, but it was ruined by Qian Shougang's unexpected incident."

After hearing Xia Jing's words, Zhao Xing was speechless.

Good fortune lies where misfortune lurks, and misfortune lies where good fortune lurks.

Killing Qian Shougang wasted time, making the defense line of Jiehun Pass difficult to attack, but now there is a possibility of cooperation with the Huanyou Army. It is hard to tell whether it is good luck or bad luck.

"Are they willing to cooperate?" Liao Rulong hesitated.

It’s not that he feels inferior, it’s just that the Phantom Army is indeed ranked much higher than the Divine Power Army, even higher than the Tiger Dragon Army.

In the last military parade held by the military community, the Divine Power Army ranked over 500, while the Phantom Army ranked over 200.

They can occupy an entire cave as their base, and their numbers and strength far exceed those of the Divine Power Army.

"Let's give it a try." Xia Jing said, "If it doesn't work, forget it, let's fight on our own. If everyone agrees, I'll write a letter to ask."

"I agree." Wen Shaoyang expressed his opinion.

"I agree." Liao Rulong also nodded.

"I agree." Zhao Xing had nothing to object to. There were more meat than wolves now, so there would be nothing wrong in cooperating with more powerful armies.

Xia Jing and Liao Rulong invited Nangong Ye from the Huanyou Army to bring his men to the Huolongguan war zone.

Nangong Ye was immediately attracted after receiving the invitation.

Because they originally wanted to borrow a passage from Huolong Pass, but it was difficult to ask for it.

However, even so, discussions on cooperation are not always smooth.

Because the Huanyou Army led by Nangong Ye had been fighting together with the Yuanhua Army led by Yi Yue and the Zhaoyuan Army led by Qi Yuan for a long time.

But the Shenwei Army only invited his small detachment.

How to say it, if only Nangong Ye went there, he would definitely be a helper. Even though his army is a strong one, the number of people is not as many as the combined number of the Shenwei Army, the Xuanjia Army, and the Zhenhai Army.

So Nangong Ye requested that the two allied armies, Zhaoyuan Army and Yuanhua Army, be included in the count.

But in this way, their number is not much different from the combined number of the Shenwei Army, the Xuanjia Army, and the Zhenhai Army, and their strength is even stronger than the combined number of the three armies.

Liao Rulong, Xia Jing, Wen Shaoyang and others were also unhappy.

Although it is said to be cooperation, once they are brought in, they will inevitably be affected when the fighting starts.

Therefore, this kind of cooperation is really difficult to achieve if the relationship between the two parties is just average.

Zhao Xing didn't care about all this. He did not participate in the communication throughout the whole process. Time was precious. He would probably have to return to Shiyang Cave Heaven in March next year.

He had to practice the secret techniques he learned from Tianji Pavilion as soon as possible.

As for military merits, it will be the same if you try to gain them later.

"Captain Jiang, please help me."

"Brother Zhao, don't be so distant. Just call me Brother Jiang." Jiang Ming said with a smile, "What can I do for you? Tell me."

"The Zhenhai Army should normally catch a lot of exotic animals like river turtles and tortoises on the Canglan River, right?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Yes, of course!" Jiang Ming spread his hands, "And it's very big."

"Is it delicious?" Zhao Xing asked.

"It depends on how it's cooked." Jiang Ming said, "The meat of turtles is better than that of old ones. We in Zhenhai Army usually don't eat meat, we just use it to make soup."

"Why, brother, do you want to try something new?" Zhao Xing said with a smile, "Yeah, I've never eaten that kind of turtle before, I wonder if Brother Jiang can get some over here?"

Jiang Ming clapped his hands and said, "That's easy. Do you want other fresh river or seafood? If you want, I'll get it for you. There are still many delicious things in this sea..."

When Zhao Xing talked to Jiang Ming about it, the other party immediately agreed.

Even if it was a high-grade spirit turtle, it would not be a difficult task for the Zhenhai Army.

In order to please Zhao Xing, Jiang Ming specially sent the fastest ship directly to Canglan River to tow a boatload of turtle-like monsters to Zhao Xing, at least one or two thousand of them.

When Zhao Xing got on board, he saw what a great thing it was.

There are very few ninth-grade ones, most of them are eighth-grade turtle-like beasts, and there are even seventh-grade spirit turtles!
"Is it enough?" Jiang Ming said, "If not, tell me later. I'll ask the brothers on the river to catch some."

"Enough, enough." Zhao Xing nodded quickly. He just wanted to use the turtle to practice magic, not that he really liked to eat it.

"Okay, if you need anything, just call my boat and I'll stop here." Jiang Ming was very generous.

"Thank you."

After Jiang Ming left, Zhao Xing used his wind magic to pull out an eighth-grade river turtle from the cabin, and placed it on the guillotine on the deck.

"Pfft~"

The guillotine fell and immediately cut off the glans.

"go with!"

Zhao Xing's golden light hit the turtle shell, and then the turtle flesh and bones underneath began to shrink rapidly.

All the blood is concentrated in the turtle shell and absorbed by it.

This is the "Practicing Gua" in the Turtle Coin Gua Method.

The blood and marrow of the spirit turtle are extracted and all used to nourish the turtle shell.

Once you have mastered the divination tools, you can use them as a basis for divination.

"The blood refining method is the simplest and most brutal refining method, but the deduction carrier refined by this method generally does not last long."

"The more advanced soul training method is to extract the blood, marrow and soul of the spirit turtle."

"There is also a spiritual training method, so you don't have to kill the spiritual turtle."

"But now we are just practicing, we can't do anything too complicated."

Zhao Xing followed the instructions on the Turtle Divination Method and poured blood and marrow into the tortoise shell.

Soon, the shell of this eighth-grade spirit turtle began to emit a dark red light.

"Now that the hexagram is complete, I can use many methods to predict the future."

“One is a simple way to predict fortune, which is to carve words on the tortoise shell.” Zhao Xing carved “great fortune,” “medium fortune,” and “minor fortune” on one side of the tortoise shell.

The other side is engraved with "great disaster", "medium disaster" and "minor disaster".

"Then burn the tortoise shell with fire. The side with the most cracks represents the individual's fortune. The length of the cracks represents the duration of this divination."

Zhao Xing stretched out his hand and pointed, and the Sky Fire Technique was activated.

A wisp of flame suddenly enveloped the tortoise shell and calcined it.

After burning for a quarter of an hour.

There was a slight sound coming from the tortoise shell.

"Kakaka~"

When cracks stopped appearing, Zhao Xing stopped calcining and took a closer look.

"Xiaoji's side has the most cracks, which spread across four shields and are one inch deep, meaning they lasted for four days."

"There is a crack on Zhongji's side. The crack is less than an inch deep and extends across a shield. Zhongji was born within four hours."

"Although there are many cracks on the side of the minor evil, there is not a single major crack. The medium and major evil have no cracks at all."

"This means that my luck has not been bad recently. The cracks are long because I am on the battlefield. It is normal for them to last so long."

Zhao Xing interpreted the hexagram.

It is relatively simple to ask about good and bad luck, but asking about himself is even more difficult to get any answers. Is Yan San's good fortune just for nothing?

Zhao Xing slaughtered ten eighth-grade spirit turtles and asked the question a hundred times, and the results were basically the same.

There are more good things than bad things.

As Zhao Xing practiced, the good and bad luck displayed on the tortoise shell became more and more accurate.

After he practiced for a few hours, he started to see some results and also had some feelings in his heart.

Zhao Xing looked at the panel.

[Fire-trained Turtle Divination·Good or Bad Luck: Intermediate Level 7.]

【Effect: Burn the tortoise shell pattern to predict good or bad luck, and know the fortune or misfortune of the day or night. 】

The Turtle Money Divination Method is a complete set of magic spells.

Now this is just the simplest question about good or bad luck, and it is quite general.

But it is better than the [Almanac] issued by the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Because the almanac of the Great Zhou Dynasty was all for warding off bad luck, one could not ask for good fortune, only for warding off bad luck.

Moreover, they are all passively triggered and cannot be used actively.

"What are you doing?" Long Xiao carried Shanmao onto the boat, "Aotian has been looking for you for a while."

"What does Aotian want me for? Didn't he just have breakfast this morning?" Zhao Xing asked.

Long Xiao was speechless: "Look at what time it is now?"

Zhao Xing looked inward at the five elements biological clock, then smiled awkwardly.

"Sorry, I got too caught up in my practice."

Before I knew it, six hours had passed.

No wonder the mountain cat looked a little resentful.

"Practice?" Long Xiao looked at the turtle shell in confusion, "What kind of practice do you use the turtle to practice?"

"Have you ever heard of a spirit turtle asking about good and bad luck?" Zhao Xing asked. He was not afraid of being known.

Taizu just cut it with a knife, he did not kill the profession of fortune-telling, which means that no matter officials or civilians, they are allowed to figure it out on their own.

However, the authorities do not provide you with the secret manuals for cultivation, and Taizu's "Aspiration to Establish the Dao" has blocked the way to ascend. No matter how much you practice, you will not achieve anything.

This kind of method is not even as strict as the Soul-Binding Grass Man's review.

The Soul-Binding Grass Man is forbidden to be practiced within the Great Zhou. It can only be practiced on the battlefield, and it must be reported.

"Oh? You can do this?" Long Xiao immediately became interested. "How's your practice going?"

"Not bad, it can tell you about good and bad luck in a short period of time." Zhao Xing said. "But it may not be accurate, do you want to try it?"

"Okay." Long Xiao said, "Let's ask for good luck."

"?"

I always feel like this is insulting.

After muttering to himself, Zhao Xing said to Long Xiao: "Give me a drop of blood."

Long Xiao scratched his palm with his fingertips and blood oozed out.

Zhao Xing used the wind to blow and found that Long Xiao's blood was quite heavy.

His qi and blood are like mercury. He is worthy of being a swordsman among warriors. His physique is strong.

"Chichi~"

Zhao Xing smeared the dragon's blood on the tortoise shell and drew the good and bad luck on both sides.

Then it is calcined with heavenly fire.

"Kakakaka~"

Cracks were heard and crackling sounds were heard.

Zhao Xing's expression changed slightly.

Why is there so much movement?
Could it be that……

"Why are you looking so gloomy?" Long Xiao said, "Don't scare me."

Wait until the flames dissipate.

Zhao Xing took a closer look and his sullen expression immediately turned into a smile.

I saw that the cracks were secretly distributed in the [Daji] area, and the cracks were deep and short.

On the ominous side, there were very few cracks, similar to the ones Zhao Xing had measured himself.

Wow, it turns out to be Daji!

But where does the good fortune of the Dragon come from?

　It’s a little late today, so I’d like to recommend a book to my friend called “Taojun Starts from Alchemy”. The portal is below.

　　
　
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