"Oh dear, the God of War left too quickly, I didn't even have time to ask him for the cultivation techniques and formations."
Lu Tao was somewhat annoyed.
I finally met a martial arts master, and I admire him very much.
In the end, they only gave him a jade talisman and left before he could ask for any cultivation techniques, formations, or other items.
If he had the divine array and set it up, Lu Tao wouldn't be afraid of anyone, not even a martial god, let alone a single Shan Yu.
Upon hearing this, Kong Hao, General Wei, and the others exchanged bewildered glances.
The current Lu Tao is vastly different from the Lu Tao of the great battle.
The previous Lu Tao.
To slaughter hundreds of thousands of soldiers without batting an eye—such composure is beyond the reach of even those of us who are not yet twenty years old.
Moreover, he calmly and easily resolved the verbal dispute with General Du, making General Du look foolish, which gave people a very mature feeling.
Now look what's happened.
First, he almost begged the God of War for a reward, and now he's acting like a child, which is both funny and exasperating.
However, it must be said that Lu Tao was actually more acceptable to them at this point.
This is what a young person should be like.
"Brother Lu, don't be too greedy. The martial god's techniques are all of the Heaven Rank, and you can't just give them away to anyone."
Kong Hao comforted him, "For cultivators below the Martial King level, cultivating Earth-rank techniques is sufficient. Heaven-rank techniques are rather time-consuming and wasteful."
He had intended to say that it would take some time to comprehend, but considering Lu Tao's comprehension, he could only change his mind.
"If Young Hero Lu likes collecting martial arts techniques, our army has some, and we can make a copy of each and give it to you."
General Wei said this.
Everyone had guessed that Lu Tao might be planning to combine the strengths of various schools to create his own martial arts technique, but no one explicitly stated it.
Lu Tao said happily, "Then thank you, General Wei."
"Young Master Lu, you're too kind."
While everyone was talking, the grandmaster-level experts had already arrived at the border.
Under the leadership of several generals, they were stationed here to guard the border.
Before long, a large group of innate experts arrived at the border. Under the arrangement of the Divine Platform generals, they began to clear the border cities and repair them.
Lu Tao, Kong Hao, General Wei, and the three Divine Platform experts brought by Kong Hao flew towards Mufeng City.
During the journey, Lu Tao asked with great curiosity, "General Wei, may I ask you a question?"
"Young Master Lu, please speak."
Lu Tao asked curiously, "I'm very curious. Since both my Da Gan and the Ancient Barbarian Kingdom have Martial Kings and Martial Gods, why are they nowhere to be seen during the great battle? Like today's battle, if my Da Gan had just sent out one Martial King, it should have been easy to turn the tide of the battle, right?"
Lu Tao really didn't understand. He had only been in this world for a little over ten days and didn't know much about many things.
He could only turn into a curious child and ask these seniors for advice.
Upon hearing this, General Wei and Kong Hao exchanged a smile.
Kong Hao explained, "The Martial King and the Martial God are too powerful. They can destroy cities and armies with a wave of their hand. Therefore, their battlefield is in the heavens."
As he spoke.
Kong Hao pointed to the sky and continued, "That is the Outer Heaven. It not only has the Outer Heaven Battlefield, but also cave heavens, secret realms, and so on. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is rich there, making it more suitable for Martial Kings and Martial Gods to cultivate."
"More importantly, it is a gathering place for martial kings and martial gods from the entire martial arts world. It is not only the strong people from Da Gan and the surrounding countries, but also martial gods from overseas, and even strong people from the demon race and the monster race."
"In short, it is a place where all the strong gather, which is more suitable for exchanging martial arts and easier to improve cultivation and strength."
Beyond the heavens.
Listening to Kong Hao's introduction, Lu Tao felt a surge of longing.
The place where the strongest people in the entire martial arts world gather must have countless Heaven-rank cultivation techniques.
Lu Tao was so eager to break through to the Martial King realm that he went to the Outer Heavens to buy supplies.
"Once you reach the Martial God realm, you're basically focused on ascending to the God Realm, and you generally don't care much about other trivial matters."
General Wei added, "Moreover, all the Martial Kings and Martial Gods in the entire martial arts world have signed a Martial God Agreement. Cultivators at these two levels cannot participate in ground wars between countries. Once they do, they will not only be hunted down by all the Martial Gods, but their country will also have to pay a large sum of compensation, which is not worth it."
"I see."
Lu Tao suddenly realized, and then asked, "Doesn't Shan Yu's behavior violate the Martial God Agreement?"
"No, he only enslaved others to fight. Unless a Martial King directly intervenes, it doesn't count. For example..."
Kong Hao explained, "For example, there are some small countries with weak national strength, only having Martial King level experts, but there are also some arrogant geniuses in the country. In order to prevent the country from being overthrown in the future, the royal family will choose to enslave these geniuses to serve them and make them join the army to fight. This situation is unavoidable, so the Martial God Agreement will not restrict it."
Lu Tao nodded to indicate that he understood.
Lu Tao understood the situation quite well.
Let alone a country, even some families, when a genius appears in a collateral branch, the narrow-minded direct descendants will not be able to resist suppressing and bullying him, for fear of having their power and resources taken away.
They even went so far as to assassinate the genius from the collateral branch of the family.
If families are like this, how much more so is the state of the nation, where a slight misstep could lead to a change of dynasty, leaving them no choice but to be ruthless.
This is also a cruel aspect of the martial arts world.
It can only be said that Lu Tao himself is fortunate not to live in such a small country, but in a country like Daqian.
Great powers have the magnanimity of great powers, while small countries face the helplessness of small countries.
Lu Tao asked again with doubt, "If the ancient barbarian kingdom were to occupy Yongkang Prefecture because of Shan Yu, and even advance towards Yanzhou and the capital... wouldn't the Martial King and Martial God, who are fighting fiercely, care?"
“Brother Lu, you underestimate Da Gan. Yongkang Prefecture is just one of the hundreds of prefectures in the entire Da Gan Dynasty. Even if they occupy Yongkang Prefecture, they can forget about annexing Yan Prefecture.”
Kong Hao patted Lu Tao on the shoulder and said in a deep voice, "Our Great Gan Dynasty has a large population and vast territory. Even with the lives of Grandmasters and Divine Platforms, we can overwhelm their ancient barbarian army. Besides, this time we only suffered a loss because of Shan Yu's scheming, not because the ancient barbarian army is really that powerful."
Lu Tao nodded.
Indeed, if Shan Yu hadn't enslaved Qi Gan, Shen Tu Nan, and others, catching the garrison army off guard, the ancient barbarian army would have had little chance of winning.
"Why did that ancient barbarian kingdom wage war against us?"
"It's to seize resources."
General Wei explained, “Our Great Gan is vast and rich in resources. Such a behemoth could feed those small countries for many years with just a bite of it.”
Seemingly knowing what Lu Tao was about to ask, General Wei continued, "As for why we fought them, it was mainly because we were forced to fight back. In fact, we didn't want to fight them at all. They were too poor, and even if we won, we wouldn't be able to get anything good. It would be meaningless."
"Another reason is for training. Have you noticed that there are many young disciples from various sects in our garrison? They are here to train in the army, to experience life and death in war, which is beneficial for their cultivation breakthroughs and mental development."
When Lu Tao heard General Wei say that the ancient barbarians were too poor, he almost couldn't hold back his laughter.
But upon closer reflection, it is indeed the case.
The ancient barbarian kingdom used the lives of countless warriors to seize resources, while the Great Campaign was merely for training.
It is easy to imagine how different the two countries are.
Sudden.
Lu Tao then thought of something and asked, "What if there is such a genius who is not only invincible among his peers, but can even kill a Martial King at the Divine Platform Realm, and no one below the Martial King can stop him? What if this person leads an army to break through Yongkang Prefecture, break through Yanzhou, and reach the capital? Even the Martial God can't take action?"
These words were spoken.
Kong Hao and General Wei looked at Lu Tao with a somewhat subtle expression.
Why does this kid always ask such questions about big projects being encroached upon?
If it weren't for the song Lu Tao sang earlier and the annihilation of the ancient barbarian army, the two of them would have even begun to suspect that Lu Tao had some ulterior motives.
Lu Tao quickly explained, "I was just curious. After all, there should be geniuses like that, right?"
"No, the difference between the Divine Platform and the Martial King is not just a matter of one major realm, but a different kind of transformation. You will understand later."
Kong Hao said, "Moreover, even if there is such a genius, it is impossible for the entire army he leads to be composed of such heaven-defying combat power, right? As long as the rest of his army is dealt with, leaving only him, one person cannot form an army, and the God of War can then take action to kill him."
"Moreover, he will eventually become a Martial King. If he really does that, once he becomes a Martial King, there will be no place for him to survive."
"Besides, rules are rigid, but people are flexible. We can just send a martial god to secretly kill him, as long as we don't get caught in the act."
After Kong Hao finished speaking, he winked at Lu Tao.
Lu Tao was slightly taken aback.
Goodness, I was still too noble and virtuous.
As they spoke, the six arrived at the battlefield where hundreds of thousands of troops were frozen in place...
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