"Logically speaking, that shouldn't happen. The Purple Tribe is too far away from here. However, that Purple Tooth is too aggressive, and they might really attack us. That guy holds grudges a lot, so will he let the Bullhide Tribe go easily?" said the second priest.
"Maybe, they will even set their sights on our Poseidon City. Don't forget, Poseidon City has a huge salt output, which will cause a lot of jealousy, envy and hatred." What Luo Bai said made sense. The location of the Poseidon City of the Sea Tribe was really good. It was suitable for boiling salt, farming, grazing, and anything else.
The wealth of Poseidon City is indeed extremely enviable.
"There are quite a few people in Poseidon City, but because they are trying to support our Seven Hundred Cities as much as possible, the proportion of able-bodied men in Poseidon City is a bit low." Luo Bai continued.
"There are still not enough people." The second priest also sighed.
"Perhaps the charlatan is also worried about this, so he has hesitated for two or three years and has not yet made up his mind to build a new city." Without sufficient defensive power, what's the point of building a city? Luo Bai still considered it from a military perspective, which was right.
In the past three years, many of the young children in the Hai Tribe have grown up. In theory, the number of able-bodied men has also increased. However, with a population base of around 4,000, how many able-bodied men can you have?
Although the Hai Tribe had been peaceful for nearly three years and Ma Yue hadn't been in charge much, the policy of stabilizing the tribe for a few years, vigorously developing the internal economy, and not accepting outsiders remained unchanged. Who dared to disobey the general direction set by the charlatan?
"What is the charlatan waiting for?"
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What is Ma Yue waiting for?
Ma Yue couldn't even remember how many years he had been here since he traveled through time to this primitive society. Was it seven or eight years? Or was it more than ten years?
Ma Yue clearly felt that he was about to advance. That's right, he was at the peak of the late warrior stage. The next step up would be the martial arts master, a major advancement. Ma Yue was inexplicably nervous.
The High Priest and even Gray Wolf in Poseidon City had sensed this, especially with the onset of winter. Why were the charlatans so nervous? Did the Poseidon have some new warning, or was the Sea Tribe facing some major crisis?
Damn it! Why are you so nervous? I've cultivated to this level step by step. I've laid a solid foundation and haven't rushed anything. Having the opportunity to advance to the Martial Master realm is a good thing.
"I'm back, how's it going?"
"In half a month, the brothers dug up thousands of fire-type spirit stones." Chun Wu brought people back and got the fire-type spirit stones that Ma Yue needed; as for Xia Wu, he had accumulated nearly a thousand water-type spirit stones dug from the cliffs near the sea.
"Alright, brothers, thank you for your hard work." The fire spirit stone was also in place. "I'm going to retreat for a while. Don't let anyone in even if the sky falls."
"Yes!" Chun Wu and Xia Wu have become accustomed to the identity of the guards. Aren't the guards responsible for protecting the safety of the charlatans? In the Sea Tribe, the guards are also sacred.
Even high-ranking officials of the Sea Tribe like the High Priest and Gray Wolf cannot command the 40-odd guards of Chunwu and Xiawu.
"Spring fog, summer fog, what's going on?" The special situation of the guards almost closed the entrance of the charlatan's cave, alarming the high priest and Wolf.
"The charlatan said that we have to go into seclusion! Even if the sky falls, no one is allowed to enter." Chun Wu and Xia Wu led people to take turns on duty at the entrance of Ma Yue's cave.
"Retreat? What does that mean?" Big Bad Wolf looked confused.
"I understand!" The high priest had seen it once. When Ma Yue advanced to the late stage of warrior cultivation, he said that he had been in seclusion once.
"What do you understand?" Gray Wolf asked curiously as they walked back.
"The charlatan has a set of cultivation techniques that are said to be passed down by the sea god. They are very powerful. Every time the charlatan advances, he becomes much more powerful." said the high priest.
"Can we become immortals?" Of course, Big Bad Wolf has seen the power of the charlatan's fireball, which can even burn holes in stones.
"The charlatan said that to cultivate immortality, one needs spiritual roots. Our Hai tribe doesn't have any spiritual roots, so how can we cultivate immortality?"
"That's right! Spiritual roots might be a special gift from the Sea God, but of course not everyone can have them." Gray Wolf agreed. In this primitive world, it would be abnormal if you didn't believe in ghosts and gods.
"Gray Wolf, you have to work hard during this period. The deputy soldiers guarding the city must also strengthen their vigilance, the regular soldiers should also increase their sentries, and the reconnaissance cavalry outside cannot slack off... The advancement of the charlatan is a big deal."
"Don't worry, I will personally rectify and inspect it."
The number of deputy soldiers on duty on the defensive platforms of Poseidon City's walls had increased significantly. A weak constitution didn't matter; the shifts weren't long, just more frequent. With a thick fur coat, it wasn't a big problem.
There were more reconnaissance cavalry outside the city, and even an additional squadron of able-bodied reconnaissance cavalry for longer distances.
Fifty extra strong men were wasted? When it comes to the important matter of cultivating immortality, the high priest will not be stingy. It is just a matter of having fewer strong men to boil salt.
Ma Yue is facing what may be the most important retreat in his life.
Advancing from the rank of Warrior to that of Martial Master was a qualitative improvement for a cultivator. After several days of concentrated meditation, Ma Yue gathered a handful of spirit stones. Advancing required a large amount of pure spiritual energy to be stimulated into the Dantian, which would allow him to break through the bottleneck of the higher rank.
In normal practice, spirit stones are consumed piece by piece. This time, he held ten fire spirit stones in his left hand and ten water spirit stones in his right hand. The spiritual energy absorbed from the spirit stones was twenty times what he consumed in normal practice.
A huge amount of spiritual energy is impacting the bottleneck.
The gaseous spiritual root in the Dantian was gradually changing under the impact of the massive spiritual energy...
Damn it! This is going to be a failure.
No... What should I do? The gaseous spiritual root still can't be liquefied...
Suddenly, Ma Yue's sea of consciousness had some small fluctuations. Yes, I have three thousand faith powers.
Ma Yue was deliberately mobilizing the power of faith in his sea of consciousness, and sure enough...
The huge changes in his spiritual roots and the severe pain that felt like his body and mind were broken opened up a major bottleneck in his advancement. When Ma Yue was in excruciating pain, he clearly felt a stream of purer spiritual energy from heaven and earth pouring into his body and dantian.
Is this the legendary great advancement, the huge reward given by heaven and earth?
Ma Yue, who nearly fell to the ground from the pain, persevered. Under the guidance of the purer spiritual energy between heaven and earth, the pain gradually eased.
Haha! Ma Yue didn't know how long he had been sitting there. He looked inward and saw the two spiritual roots in his dantian sparkling. How cute!
The gaseous spiritual roots, once liquid, were naturally brighter and more attractive. Liquids were naturally more condensed and powerful than gases. No wonder martial artists were ten times more powerful than warriors. It was thanks to these more powerful liquid spiritual roots.
After taking the most difficult step towards becoming a martial artist, all that remained was to absorb a large amount of spiritual energy from the spirit stones to consolidate his cultivation. Fortunately, with thousands of spirit stones, it wasn't a big problem.
"Woo woo..." Wangcai, who had been lying beside Ma Yue, felt Ma Yue's inner joy and finally made some movement, although it was a very lazy one.
Wangcai is a spiritual beast, very intelligent. When Ma Yue was in seclusion to reach the level of martial artist, Wangcai lay obediently beside Ma Yue without making any sound, for fear of affecting Ma Yue's practice.
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