Chapter 274: Fishing (2)
Luo Xuanyi took out the gold paper and counted it. The three cities had collected a total of 200,000 living souls, with Fang Huicheng, the main city, contributing 140,000. Each formation flag required the living souls of approximately 2,000 people. She had enough other materials, so making twenty was no problem.
The next three cities were fortresses that were easy to defend but difficult to attack. They were sparsely populated, and there was no lucrative trading opportunities to be had. The most valuable assets were probably the three Nascent Soul cultivators stationed in each city.
Unlike her previous fight with Master Ding Jing, Luo Xuanyi had now entered the realm of formations. Back then, due to her lack of dharma, she couldn't unleash her full strength, only able to defeat Master Ding Jing but unable to completely kill him. Now, Luo Xuanyi could unleash eighty-nine tenths of her strength, and facing three Nascent Soul cultivators didn't seem to be much of a challenge.
Moreover, the Soul-Falling Formation in the Intermediate World has never been used by cultivators to test it.
Either use these three Nascent Soul cultivators to test the formation, or let them go for the time being and head directly south to the foot of the Zhongqu Mountains.
Luo Xuanyi only had an old map of the Yu Clan ruins, left to her by Yu Linghe ten thousand years ago. If the mountains and rivers had shifted over the years, the map would be obsolete. If the location had truly changed, she would have to spend some time in the Zhongqu Mountains to find the Yu Clan ruins.
The Zhongqu Mountains are home to strange and unpredictable beasts, and the demons harbor hostility and murderous intent toward cultivators, creating a dangerous landscape. Compared to humans, Luo Xuanyi knew she didn't understand these alien races, which is why she wanted to master the Eight Formation Flags and at least one defensive formation before entering, so she could at least be prepared for a fight.
Luo Xuanyi wasn't one to procrastinate. After a brief moment of hesitation, she made her decision.
It was necessary to try the formation. The Zhongqu Mountains were full of mysteries, and she couldn't just rush in without even mastering her own formation.
But the three cities are fortresses, and it is too slow to capture them one by one. It is better to let them come out by themselves and gather together to solve them all at once.
Thinking of this, Luo Xuanyi rolled up her right hand, and the main flag fell into her hand. She walked through the air like a leisurely stroll in the garden, the main flag in her hand fluttering in the wind.
With a light wave, the black blade transformed from death energy cut through the earth, causing waves of soil to surge. Thousands of miles of fertile fields were quickly turned into sand, and wisps of vitality filled Luo Xuanyi's body.
She continued southward, not deliberately circling the Ming Castle. The main banner in her hand hung upside down, causing tassels of pus to droop, falling into the wounds in the earth ripped open by the deathly aura. Every drop of pus that fell caused yellow-green pustules to emerge from the sand, constantly bursting and expanding.
In the blink of an eye, the area around the castle turned into a rotten and poisonous swamp.
Hearing the alarm sounds coming from Ming Castle, Luo Xuanyi floated over with satisfaction. In the blink of an eye, she flew over Ming Castle, harvesting fields along the way and approaching the next city, Gushe Castle.
The earth shook uncontrollably, and the flying mud hit the Penglai Xuanye-shaped city wall, making a corrosive sound. However, the abscesses were squeezed off by the growing vines and fell to the ground, leaving the city intact.
The Penglai Xuanye above Gushe Fort swiftly shifted, opening a small hole and revealing a wooden watchtower. Ma Xuan, the soldier standing atop, rubbed his eyes, staring in shock at the world turning upside down in the blink of an eye.
When you came out to check for worms this morning, everything was fine, right?
Was he still drunk from last night's drinking? Or was he still dreaming? Just as Ma Xuan tapped his helmet suspiciously, covering his ears from the reverberation, a dark shadow drifted across the sky, right into his sight.
According to the general's instructions, Ma Xuan, as a sentry, should immediately sound the alarm if he sees any unfamiliar monks or soldiers. No, even if he doesn't see anyone, he can't ignore any abnormalities.
However, the troops near the Zhongqu Mountains have been at ease for too long.
Ma Xuan had just spent the previous night drinking with his comrades, wondering whether the court would issue him new clothes this year. The armor he'd received last year was a mixture of grass and linen, so he scoffed at the idea of leather armor for the new soldiers.
A place that even the higher-ups don't care about, so there can't be any big deal. Anyway, I can catch up on some sleep in the tower, so why not drink more? With this thought, the lingering pain of a hangover lingered in his mind. So much so that when he saw the shadow, his first reaction was to freeze in place.
But even if he were awake, he might not be able to immediately determine that the black shadow was the culprit of all this. Because in Ma Xuan's eyes, the black shadow was too... leisurely.
She walked slowly and leisurely, the corners of her black robe fluttering in the wind like the wings of a sharp-winged butterfly. There was no hint of murderous intent, as if she were just passing by on a normal, ordinary day. If she had been carrying a jug of wine, Ma Xuan would have almost thought she was visiting a friend.
When Ma Xuan was trying hard to recall the face of the monk who had been here before from his dizzy brain, the black shadow seemed to notice the movement here and turned to look over.
It was a rather young, pale face, devoid of any aggression. She met his gaze with curiosity and nodded politely.
Holding the hemp rope tied to the alarm in his palm, Ma Xuan nodded in response blankly.
Seeing Ma Xuan nod, the black shadow smiled kindly, waved the strange flag in his hand, and pointed it at the ground, "Aren't you going to sound the alarm yet? This is what I did."
The waving flag cast a black blade before Ma Xuan's eyes, slicing through the earth like a blade, staining the last remaining patch of intact land black. Without a trace of regret, the shadow vanished into the southern sky.
Ma Xuan looked at the sky, which seemed to have never been visited by anyone, and then looked at the swamps on the earth that had replaced the grain fields and were constantly emitting poisonous gas. He was stunned for a moment, and finally reacted and sounded the alarm.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
The entire fort vibrated with the sound of the alarm, and thousands of soldiers hurriedly donned their light armor of straw and vines and rushed into the streets. The general inside dropped the stone chess piece in his hand, hurriedly opened the window, and shouted at the arrow tower, "Did you misunderstand the alarm order?!"
Ma Xuan's hand trembled, and he finally woke up completely. He rang the alarm bell, two long and two short, and shouted in a trembling voice.
"The enemy is a monk, heading towards Nanliao Fort!"
All the soldiers turned to look at the central serving palace within Gushe Fort. After this distinctive bell rang, the palace gates flew open with a bang, and a red shadow flashed across the city before disappearing into the southern sky.
The stone gate crashed down onto the street, and the soldiers quickly ran back into the building. Ma Xuan only heard a cracking sound from the stone-paved street, mixed with the general's roar at him.
"Ma Xuan, get down here and repair the street by yourself!"
It's over.
Ma Xuan, no longer hungover, climbed down the tower dejectedly. Just as he landed, he suddenly remembered something and added, "The fields outside have all turned into a swamp under the enemy's attack!"
The general was silent. He took a deep breath.
"Ma Xuan, can't you just report all the military intelligence at once?! Come, drag this guy away and give him thirty lashes according to military law!"
As Ma Xuan begged for mercy, another green shadow flew from the direction of Ming Fort, crossed the sky above Gushe Fort, and also chased southward towards Liao Fort.
First update~ I'm a bit stuck today, so I'll probably only have two more updates. I'll see if I can finish the other one tonight. If not, I'll make up for it later~
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