Chapter 206: Ghosts steal vegetables in the middle of the night, and the soul-binding straw man rises! (6K)

At the hour of Mao the next day, Long Xiao, who was sleeping, felt something and suddenly got up and flew into the sky.

Zhao Xing, who had not yet slept, was slaughtering a turtle on the warship when he suddenly saw Long Xiao's figure soaring into the sky and flying directly into the strong wind layer on his sword.

Zhao Xing activated the Sky Eye Technique and paid attention to Long Xiao's movements. Through the Gangfeng layer, he could see Long Xiao continuously climbing and soon reached the 3,000-meter Gangfeng layer.

"So this is Daji?" Zhao Xing suddenly realized.

However, he was not worried about Long Xiao's breakthrough.

Long Xiao is a sword cultivator. Even if he breaks through on his own without the blessing of national luck, he will not be as dangerous as an ordinary seventh-grade cultivator.

Natural cultivation is against the will of heaven and is extremely difficult. If an ordinary seventh-grade cultivator wants to draw the inner energy into the body, he has to make a lot of preparations, such as taking organ-protecting pills and visceral-protecting pills to protect the five internal organs, and he may not succeed.

In the ancient system, the description of practicing the Mirror Breaker is always "a life and death struggle". Of course, those with good talents and rich family background are another story.

At noon, Long Xiao broke through the shackles of the seventh-grade Earthly Demon Realm, successfully drew the Gang Qi into his body, and entered the initial stage of the sixth-grade Heavenly Gang Realm.

But the breakthrough was not over yet. Long Xiao continued to fly upwards and soon disappeared within the range of Zhao Xing's Sky Eye Technique.

"I can't see it anymore." Zhao Xing retracted his gaze. "There's a strong wind blocking it. Even the high-level Sky Eye Technique can only see three thousand meters."

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Long Xiao flew down from the sky.

Zhao Xing activated the Sky Eye Technique again and could see that there was a small golden sword in Long Xiao’s dantian—the Tiangang Sword.

Transforming the Qi into sword Qi and using it for my own benefit, this is the difference between a sword cultivator and an ordinary warrior.

After Long Xiao’s breakthrough, he directly reached the middle stage of Tiangang.

Zhao Xing used the Qi-Looking Technique to take a look.

A beam of light appeared above Long Xiao's head.

"The luck is two meters high, and it is completely red, without any gray or white. This is the stable second level of luck."

"Qi Luck is in the shape of a column, condensed and not dispersed, which means that a wave of good luck has just occurred."

“There is a little green light in the center, which is a sign of development towards Yan San. However, it is still too early for him to reach Yan San’s destiny.” Zhao Xing said secretly.

The Qi-Looking Method cannot be used to see oneself, but he has a panel, so he doesn't need to use the Qi-Looking Method to see himself.

"Your divination is really accurate!" Long Xiao happily jumped onto the warship and gave Zhao Xing a thumbs up. "You just finished talking yesterday, and I broke through today and reached the middle stage of Tiangang."

"It's not that mysterious." Zhao Xing said with a smile, "You have already reached the bottleneck and can break through at any time. Besides, I can only predict good and bad luck, but I don't know where it should be exactly."

He only calculated that the dragon sign would be very auspicious, but he didn't know what the specific thing would be or in which aspect.

"Can't you think of something specific?" Long Xiao asked.

"I haven't tried it yet." Zhao Xing said. "Do you want to try it?"

Long Xiao said: "Then calculate the result of the Pingman War."

Zhao Xing: "...If you want me to die, just tell me."

Long Xiao was surprised and asked, "What's wrong? What do you mean?"

Zhao Xing pointed to the south and then to the north: "The court has officials, fortune plates, and earth mirrors, who are always deducing the secrets of heaven."

"In the sacred mountain of the Southern Barbarians, there are ten celestial witches and nine pillars of heavenly evolution, doing the same things as the imperial court."

"At this moment, the national destiny of both sides is like two millstones... no, like two long rivers full of whirlpools turning."

"If a small shrimp like me dares to calculate such a secret, I will be retaliated and killed immediately."

Long Xiao was shocked: "Is it that exaggerated?"

It’s no wonder that Long Xiao doesn’t understand, the destiny of the profession is far away from them.

"That's what the book says anyway, but I don't dare try it." Zhao Xing said. "Why don't you ask another question, like what to eat tomorrow?"

"Tsk, do I even need to ask? Just go to the Huotou Camp and you'll know."

Zhao Xing shrugged his shoulders. Being in the battlefield of the Southern Barbarians, there was not much that he could think about.

Although the Turtle Divination Method used a spirit turtle to bear the cost, if he dared to calculate the result of the Pingman War, not to mention a seventh-grade spirit turtle, even a first-grade spirit turtle would not be able to withstand it.

"Let's go, it's boring." Long Xiao planned to get off the boat.

"Ask him to come over when you go see Lao Chen."

"How did you know I was going to find him?"

Zhao Xing smiled and said nothing.

Long Xiao has broken through to the sixth level. With his personality, shouldn't he show off in front of his brothers?
He must go to see Old Chen, and the other one is Yu Ziqi. My little brother is still at the seventh rank, so we must show off before he breaks through!
After Long Xiao left, Zhao Xing continued to kill turtles.

"It doesn't matter if it's too big, but it can be counted as a small matter."

Zhao Xing looked at the cracks on the tortoise shell.

At this time, the tortoise shell no longer only shows good and bad luck, but also the time of the year and the branches.

In Zhao Xing's eyes, the tortoise shell was magnified and spread all over the hexagrams.

"This hexagram is Ze Shan Xian, there is a marsh in the mountain, the mountain and the water are in harmony, the gentleman is modest and accepts others' suggestions with humility."

This was a divination using seventh-grade tortoise shell, asking about the outcome of the cooperation negotiations between Liao Rulong's army and Nangong Ye's army.

The result is that Nangong Ye will be convinced and the negotiations will produce results immediately.

The Turtle Coin Hexagram was derived from the Liu Yao Jing. At this time, there was only tortoise shell, and no coins specially used by fortune tellers. Zhao Xing didn't know how accurate it was.

Seeing that the tortoise shell was still usable, Zhao Xing asked about the follow-up, namely the situation of the six armies cooperating to attack the Soul Sacrifice Pass.

The question was very general, and it was just a local war in the rehearsal stage, so Zhao Xing estimated that it would be successful.

"Kakakaka~"

The cracks on the tortoise shell grew larger, and the flames emitted a grayish color, as if they had encountered a great obstruction.

"Crack~"

At the last moment, the tortoise shell finally completed its hanging appearance, and then exploded completely.

"Hey~"

The tortoise shell splashed around like a blade.

Zhao Xing turned sideways and was scratched on the shoulder by the turtle shell, and a strand of hair fell off.

"When it comes to the battlefield of the Southern Barbarians, even if it's just a local war, it will be difficult to deal with." Zhao Xing looked at his palm. He had just been scratched and a trickle of blood was oozing out.

"The changes in the hexagrams, Zeshanxian, and Shandibo, mean that villains are in power, gentlemen are out of power, and dangers are everywhere."

“You can only be lucky if you follow the trend.”

A trace of thought flashed through Zhao Xing's eyes. "Should we stop cooperating after we defeat the Soul Sacrifice Pass? Who will destroy our cooperation? The Zhaoyuan Army? The Yuanhua Army? The Huanyou Army? Or the Liang Wang faction?"

There were too many possibilities, and Zhao Xing didn't know what the outcome would be for a moment.

"Zhao Xing, why did you call me over here?" Chen Shijie came flying like a cloud and landed on the warship.

He looked at the burnt tortoise shell fragments on the ground and couldn't help but frowned: "Are you really fortune-telling?"

When Long Xiao told Chen Shijie about Zhao Xing fortune-telling for him, he thought it was a joke, but he didn't expect it to be true.

"I read some miscellaneous books and did some calculations for fun." Zhao Xing said.

"You've already used a seventh-grade spirit turtle, this is not a calculation for fun." Chen Shijie said, "Don't learn it recklessly, it's easy to fall into the art of divination."

"Are you still afraid that I will get stuck?" Zhao Xing said with a smile, "Have you forgotten what I told you?"

Chen Shijie's brows relaxed. Yes, Zhao Xing didn't seem like the kind of person who believed in such superstitious things, since he could say "my fate is in my own hands" in the Flaming Mountain.

Since there was no such worry, Chen Shijie was also a little curious: "What are you calculating?"

Zhao Xing said: "Let's consider the cooperation."

Chen Shijie said: "Oh? What's the result?"

Zhao Xing said: "Of course it's done."

Chen Shijie raised his eyebrows: "You really learned something? I just came from the meeting hall, and Nangong Ye, Qi Yuanjun, and Yi Yue have already left. They agreed to our cooperation plan."

While Lao Chen was talking, Zhao Xing used the Dayan Wangqi method.

"The center of the Qi is grayish white, with only the outer layer being dark red and full of cracks. The Qi is scattered, with red, gray, and white often interlaced, and occasionally gray and white even prevail."

"Old Chen's luck is between Yan Yi and Yan Er. It's a bit of a stretch for him to match his sixth-grade rank. He's much worse than Long Xiao." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

People like Lao Chen are short-lived and have a short life. If he had not been an official of the Great Zhou, he would have died long ago. He should not have lived so long.

"Give me some blood and I'll calculate it for you." Zhao Xing said.

A drop of blood popped out from Chen Shijie's fingertips.

Later, Zhao Xing got a new seventh-grade tortoise shell.

This time, Zhao Xing not only wanted to ask about good and bad luck, but also wanted to ask about Lao Chen's fortune for the year.

Because there are less than two months left until the eighteenth year of the Jingxin calendar.

When a disaster occurs in Shiyang Cave Heaven, he will have to see whether Lao Chen will die in this disaster. He cannot directly blame Shiyang Cave Heaven.

"rise!"

The tortoise shell floated, smeared with blood, and a round of flames enveloped the tortoise shell.

"Click~"

Faint cracks appeared on the tortoise shell and gradually spread throughout the tortoise shell.

As the calcination progressed, Zhao Xing stretched out his five fingers and looked inward at the world.

Five Finger Destiny Technique! Activate!

Zhao Xing felt a hint of resistance.

Because he took longer to calculate this time.

Chen Shijie is blessed by the luck of the Great Zhou, and no one else is allowed to make predictions.

Although his Turtle Coin Divination Method and Five Finger Destiny could circumvent this ban, they were too far into the future and he would still feel this resistance.

"Oh!"

The seventh-grade tortoise shell exploded directly.

"Ok?"

Chen Shijie immediately captured Zhao Xing and retreated.

"咻咻咻咻咻咻~"

The sharp turtle shell immediately cut many cuts on the bodies of both men.

"Are you okay?" Chen Shijie frowned and looked at Zhao Xing.

"It's okay." Zhao Xing put his right hand into his sleeve without leaving any trace. "It was over-burned, so it didn't count."

"It's not a proper method, so you should practice less." Chen Shijie said. The court did not have any secret methods related to destiny professions, and he was also afraid that Zhao Xing would practice some crooked methods by mistake. "Okay, I will practice less in the future." Zhao Xing nodded.

"I'm leaving now. I have military duties to attend to."

"Ah."

Zhao Xing watched Chen Shijie leave and his face turned gloomy.

Then he took his hand out of his sleeve, and at this time, all five of his fingers were broken.

"I'm afraid that Lao Chen's calamity will really happen in Shiyang Cave Heaven." Zhao Xing thought, resetting his finger bones. "Jian Gua, Water and Mountain Jian, is not conducive to traveling north, and Shiyang Cave Heaven is to the north of this direction. The treasure land of Shiyang Cave Heaven is either mountain or water. Lao Chen will face many challenges and obstacles when he goes in, and his fate is unpredictable."

Of course, this is just a possibility, but based on his experience in his previous life, he feels that this possibility is very high.

"We still have to let this guy earn a million military merits as soon as possible, and then wait for the phased rewards next year, and promote him to the sixth rank and get the title of marquis. If we can improve his luck a little bit, maybe he can get through this."

The way of destiny is mysterious, but there are still some basic rules. In this matter, Zhao Xing cannot take the responsibility for Chen Shijie.

For example, he directly told Chen Shijie: "Don't go into Shiyang Cave Heaven until March next year."

In this way, if Chen Shijie really had a disaster in his life, he might not die, but the disaster would befall Zhao Xing.

Even Yan San's luck might not be able to withstand the catastrophe of the Ten Yang Cave Heaven, which was a catastrophe that would kill even a fifth-grade cultivator.

If he wants to resolve the problem, Chen Shijie has to improve his luck.

In the next few days, Zhao Xing stayed on the warship to kill the turtle and practice the four new secret techniques he had learned.

Among them, the practice progress of Five Finger Destiny is average, but the Turtle Gua Method in the Turtle and Money Gua Method has reached the intermediate level of perfection.

More than 2,000 turtles were also killed.

It is impossible to go further because of the lack of the Qian Gua method. These two methods must be combined to transform into a high-level method.

Five Finger Destiny is only a mid-level spell. It stops at the seventh level and cannot advance any further. This is related to one's own strength.

On the contrary, the divination method, perhaps linked to his job, plus the fact that the weather in the southern barbarians was unpredictable, made Zhao Xing very adept at it. It didn't take him long to reach the intermediate level.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye it was October 19th.

At this time, Zhao Xing had already followed the army down Huolong Pass and arrived at a place called "Tonghuo City" to camp.

The current army is composed of six armies.

There were 18,000 Black Armored Army led by Xia Jing, two Divine Power Armies led by Liao Rulong and Wen Shaoyang totaling 70,000 people, and the Zhenhai Army led by Jiang Ming and Li Que totaling 50,000 people.

The above only counts the combat battalions of the three armies. The logistics and supply battalions are deployed along the way to build cities, repair cities, and cultivate land. They may be transferred to combat personnel at any time. The scale remains at around 10 people.

Why has the logistics battalion increased so much?

It was mainly the result of discussion. Nangong Ye of Huanyou Army, Qi Yuanjun of Zhaoyuan Army, and Yi Yue of Yuanhua Army led 8,000, 10,000, and 15,000 people respectively, totaling 33,000.

Almost all of the above 33,000 people are combat personnel, with less than one-tenth being logistics personnel. This includes the military officers who fight in the war and the mechanical engineers who operate the warships.

In other words, the logistics of these three armies cannot be replenished by themselves. They have to rely on the logistics of the Shenwei Army, the Zhenhai Army, and the Xuanjia Army.

This is the first time everyone is cooperating, so they must rely on each other and no one can do without the other, only then can the cooperation be established. Otherwise, with the strength of the three powerful armies, Zhaoyuan Army, Huanyou Army and Yuanhua Army, after passing the Fire Dragon Pass, they will no longer need anyone else.

As a result, Zhao Xing, the "logistics manager", was under a lot of pressure.

Nominally he only led a mixed battalion of 3,000 soldiers, but in reality he was in charge of the entire army's supplies.

There is pressure, but also motivation.

The military would be watching all performances on the Eastern Front. If Zhao Xing could guarantee the logistics of these six armies, he would be promoted to the sixth rank in a short time.

"Fifty miles east of Tonghuo City, there is a volcano, to the south there is a river, to the north there is a lot of flat land, and only the west is a sandy wasteland. I plan to use Tonghuo City as the largest supply city for the six armies."

Zhao Xing stood in front of a sand table: "With Tonghuo City as the center point, deliver supplies to the troops on three lines."

"Han Bing, you will lead the 1st to 15th Battalions of the Agricultural Department to the north to sow seeds. Cultivate the 36 kinds of supplies on the list. This area will serve as our largest granary!"

"Yes!" Han Bing responded.

"Che Shihai, you take three hundred Si Nong and go to the big river in the south to collect rainwater with cloud rain beads. Work in three shifts and make sure there is enough cloud and rain in the north."

"Yes!"

"Wang Ji, there is no need to build the barrier of Tonghuo City. The land is all outside. It doesn't matter whether there is a barrier in the city or not. Go to the big river in the south first and set up the Shuiqingqingyuan formation to prevent the attack of the insect witch."

"Then we need to set up the Ksitigarbha Guiyuan Formation in the north, and build the foundation of the Earth Fire Three Absolutes Formation on the volcano in the east."

"Especially the big river in the south. I want to develop it into a medicinal material base. Heartworm grass and blood essence fruit need to grow by the water. We can't lose any of them!"

"My three thousand mixed camps are all in your hands. You must protect the water source and prevent the insect wizards!"

Wang Ji said solemnly: "Yes, if I make any mistakes, I will chop off my own head!"

"He Fengnian! Zhang Zhong!"

"You two are..."

Zhao Xing gave orders quickly, and soon the flying boats and warships in Tonghuo City took off, and each camp began to complete its tasks under Zhao Xing's arrangements.

What about Zhao Xing himself?
He boarded a sea-covering ship of the Zhenhai Army and began to patrol cities No. 110 to 135 around Tonghuo City.

Tonghuo City is the largest supply city because of its excellent geographical location, but there are also many smaller cities around it.

Either it has a unique geographical location or it has water sources.

Zhao Xing was very busy at this time as he had to take care of the logistical supplies for hundreds of thousands of people.

After working for several days in a row, he was exhausted.

Because there are so many things to consider, I have to process at least tens of thousands of messages a day!
Not only does he have to deal with logistical matters, he also has to pay attention to the battlefield ahead and even the movements of the entire war zone to avoid missing any great opportunities or encountering any major disasters!

"When I have time, I really have to go back to Lao Liu to learn how to scar people with my original self. I'm too busy to do that." Zhao Xing couldn't help but sigh.

If there were a straw man, he would be able to act hundreds of miles away!
You can get the information of cities in various places at the first time without having to run around.

Even if you have to run, at least you can run with a plan.

November 4th, sacrifice to the souls on the Kanto Front, Luoya City.

The leader of Luoya City is named Morik.

He is a sixth-rank warlock. Morik was born into a superior tribe in the Holy Spirit Royal Court. He is very young, less than a hundred years old, but he is already a soul control warlock.

The sorcerers related to ghosts in the Holy Spirit Royal Court are divided into three levels: soul-serving sorcerers, soul-controlling sorcerers, and all-soul sorcerers.

The lower three grades are the soul-serving sorcerers. They are at the stage of serving ghosts, understanding ghosts, and can also borrow the power of ghosts, but they require precious media and the cost is relatively high.

Unless you are born into a large family and have powerful ghosts guarding your home, it will be difficult to achieve anything special and you may easily be backlashed.

A soul-controlling sorcerer can already control powerful ghosts and even begin to train souls, and knows many strange spells.

Before he was a hundred years old, he had already become a sixth-rank soul control sorcerer. Morik was highly appreciated by the clan leader, and it was definitely not because his grandfather was the clan leader.

The city of Luoya, where Morik is stationed, has not been directly affected by the war.

Because the Six Armies Alliance went to the upper, middle and lower routes to attack the Soul Sacrifice Pass, and Morik was in the "wild area".

Morik is not the kind of person who would sit and wait for death. Today, he decided to do something big - a surprise attack on the supply city of these six armies!

"Protector Qi Yuan, I want to launch a surprise attack on the enemy's supply city. Where should I start?" Morik looked at a Taoist priest sitting next to him.

Xuantian Sect has a very high status in the Holy Spirit Royal Court. Although it is not the "state religion", it is also highly valued by the royal family.

The Holy Spirit Royal Court sent troops to support the Golden Feather Royal Court, and to show its importance, it also sent many masters of the Xuantian Sect.

Qi Yuanzi is Morik's chief advisor.

"According to intelligence, Tonghuo City is the largest supply city. If we can cause a devastating blow to this city, the three armies of the Great Zhou will collapse directly." Qi Yuanzi smiled and said, "The punishment from the military world alone is enough for them to bear. They must withdraw their troops."

"Tonghuo City is probably heavily guarded." Although Morik was full of energy, he was not stupid. If he wanted to destroy it so easily, he would not send the elite of the Holy Spirit Royal Court to guard the Soul Sacrifice Pass.

"If we can't destroy it, we can at least do some damage." Qi Yuanzi said, "We can..."

Morik's eyes lit up when he heard what Qi Yuanzi said: "Okay, we can give it a try!"

Tonghuo City, midnight.

Zhao Xing, who was checking intelligence in the City Lord's Mansion, suddenly frowned.

"Ok?"

Zhao Xing immediately flew out of the City Lord's Mansion and flew into the sky.

At the same time, he activated the Sky Eye Technique and looked towards the north.

"The Yin Qi is obscure and difficult to understand. Is there a team of ghosts lurking towards Tonghuo City?"

Without any obstruction, the divine eye technique can see very far.

Zhao Xing could detect a hidden evil energy spreading in the north.

"Zhang Yi!"

Zhao Xing immediately shouted to Zhang Yi in the temple: "Zhang Yi, have you noticed anything?"

Zhang Yi in the temple immediately opened his eyes: "Sir, I don't feel anything unusual."

Zhao Xing frowned and said, "Take two hundred priests with you and head to the southern river."

"Yes!"

The negative energy came from the north, but Zhao Xing asked Zhang Yi to take people to guard the south because the water source in the south was vital.

As for the north?

Zhao Xing was not actually worried. He made a lot of soul-binding grass men and had them squat in the fields in the north.

The Soul-Binding Grass Man is now at the Intermediate Nine Stages.

It may not be able to eat big fish, but it has no problem dealing with ordinary ghosts.

“The methods of the soul-controlling sorcerer of the Holy Spirit Royal Court are not so obscure... Let’s go and take a look.” Zhao Xing cast the Mist Invisibility Technique and flew quickly to the planting area in the north.

When he arrived at the northern planting area and activated the Sky Eye Technique, the ghosts below were instantly exposed.

However, after seeing their actions, Zhao Xing was speechless.

There were one or two thousand ghost warriors who entered the planting area and began to move the ripe crops in the planting area.

"The Five Ghosts Moving Technique, this is a sect spell... Damn it, how dare this old pervert from the Xuantian Sect come and steal my food?"

Zhao Xing's fingers were wrapped in golden light, and after they all entered the planting area, the golden light spread out.

"Soul-binding Grass Man, get up!"

Brush, brush, brush, brush~
In the dense forests in the north, four square formations of straw men were lying in ambush.

When Zhao Xing's spell command arrived, the soul-binding grass men suddenly looked up, with a captivating light flashing in their eyes.

They jumped out quickly and rushed towards the ghosts.

"Detain them all, Master!"

　One more chapter!
　　
　
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