Starting from the Greyhound, seventy-two changes.

Huainan Prefecture.

A huge palace floats in the air above Huainan Prefecture.

Looking down from the main hall, there were numerous corpses on the walls of Huainan Prefecture. There were corpses of Qigong practitioners and corpses of Huainan Prefecture guards, but basically there were more corpses of Huainan Prefecture guards.

The emergence of the coalition forces of the six sects of the Yuan Dynasty was too incredible.

A special cave magic weapon, used as a war fortress, appeared directly above the Huainan Prefecture of the Ji State. The hall opened, and an army of 100,000 Qigong practitioners poured out.

No city could withstand such a sudden attack.

Whether it was the number of people or the incredible nature of the enemy's attack, it was not something that a small city could defend.

The six sect leaders sat in the main hall.

Listening to the battle reports coming from below:

"Report, six clan leaders, the four city gates of Huainan Prefecture have all been captured, and each of them has sent out 3,000 Qigong practitioners, a total of 12,000 Qigong practitioners, to reinforce the city walls and set up formations."

This is the custom of their Yuan Kingdom's sect system and the Qigong system for attacking cities.

When conquering a city, the first thing to do is to reinforce the city into the 'city defense formation' that Qigong practitioners are accustomed to.

This move can not only consolidate the captured city and prevent it from being recaptured by the enemy, but also use it as a temporary stronghold and a springboard for further sieges.

"Report! The Martial Arts Temple in Huainan Prefecture has been successfully destroyed, but the 'Martial Arts World Fragments' that were contained within were not captured in time. They should have been recovered immediately by the higher-level Martial Arts Temples in Ji State."

Another piece of news.

“What a pity.” The Demon Spirit Island Master exhaled and said, “Each of the fragments of the world in the Ji State Martial Temple is inherited from the ancient Martial Temple, and is condensed from the martial arts luck and the fragments of the ancient world. There is a great opportunity in each fragment. The fortune contained in a prefecture-level martial temple is not inferior to the heritage of half of our sect.”

“This is something that has been expected.”

The Qingxiao Cave Master slowly opened his mouth and said:
"If it were our immortal world fragments, they wouldn't be easily taken away by the enemy. They contain the core secrets of the immortal temples. Each temple is connected to each other and can recover the luck and world fragments at the first time. But this is also a good thing. It means that Ji Chao gave up Huainan Prefecture at the first time, allowing us to concentrate on mining the top-grade spiritual veins under Huainan Prefecture."

The female celestial master nodded and said, "That's true. The martial temple is very special. There is a 'teleportation stone tablet' that can teleport people to another location. This is not a creation of the Ji Kingdom, but a legacy of the ancient martial temple. However, the people of Ji Kingdom have used it in the outside world. When necessary, they can consume a large amount of martial arts luck to continuously teleport the army to any martial temple."

"Now, the Huainan Prefecture Martial Arts Temple has been destroyed, and the martial arts world inside it has also been extracted. This means that the Huainan Prefecture we have captured now will not be in danger of being suddenly attacked by the Ji Kingdom's martial arts army."

They used this trick when the divine soldiers descended from the sky. They crossed the sky through the hall and landed in Huainan Prefecture at the first time. When the hall was opened, there were 100,000 Qigong practitioners.

But they are not the only ones who can do this.

In ancient times, there was a 'Kingdom of Martial Arts' that inherited the Martial Temple. It also had a history of conquering cities. Whenever a city was captured, a Martial Temple would be built in the local area as soon as possible to create a martial arts world to contact the rear, so as to ensure that reinforcements and logistics from the rear would be continuously delivered to the front line as soon as possible.

This is the special way of warfare of the Wumiao State.

At this moment, in the Martial Temple of Jinyang Prefecture, another prefecture not far from Huainan Prefecture, three thousand miles away.

Almost immediately after the smoke of war was lit in Huainan Prefecture, the martial arts world of Huainan Prefecture was recovered. Within less than half an hour, all officials of Jinyang Prefecture and priests in the Martial Temple were already waiting outside the Martial Temple.

All I saw was a flash of golden light in the Jinyang Martial Temple.

Immediately afterwards, groups of soldiers wearing precious armor and holding famous weapons were teleported in from the Martial Temple. They walked out of the Martial Temple and immediately stationed at the four city gates of Jinyang Prefecture.

Soon, a mighty man riding a black jade lion walked out of the Martial Temple.

"It's General Wei!"

The officials of Jinyang Prefecture, both high and low, obviously knew the mighty man. They all exclaimed in surprise and were extremely respectful.

Wei Yanmen, riding on a black jade lion, walked out slowly with a stern look on his face. He took out a yellow scroll from behind his waist and said in a deep voice:
"There is an imperial decree. All officials in Jinyang Prefecture and scholars in the Martial Temple must listen to it."

In an instant, all the officials of Jinyang Prefecture, including the prefect, the chief priest, and the lieutenant general in the prefecture, all knelt down to receive the order.

Wei Yanmen held the decree in both hands and said in a deep voice:
"The Emperor of Wu Chengyun proclaims:

The barbarians of the Yuan Dynasty, with their wolfish ambitions, led their armies to invade our territory and have already occupied the land south of the Huai River. They are an unforgivable country.

Li Shentong, the former governor of Longyuan Province, was given the title of "Governor-General of Yuanyue" and was given the power to command local military affairs in Longyuan and Taiyue provinces.

General Wei Yanmen was promoted to General Pingnan, a third-rank official, and was given an army of 80,000 to the north to fight against the Yuan Dynasty.

In order to recover the country's territory as soon as possible and annihilate the enemy.

——Written on July 23, the 20th year of the Daji Dynasty, in the Upper Study Room of Yujing City.”

After Wei Yanmen finished announcing the decree.

All the officials of Jinyang Prefecture shouted, "We obey your orders."

My heart was completely shaken.

"Governor Yuanyue! General Pingnan!"

The two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Daji Dynasty were divided into: Yujing, Hongjing, Longyuan Province, Taiyue Province, Mo'nan Province... and other thirteen provinces.

Among them, Longyuan Province and Taiyue Province are two neighboring provinces, covering an area of ​​hundreds of millions of square kilometers.

Li Shentong mentioned in the imperial edict was originally only the governor of Longyuan Province. Now, he has been promoted two levels. Not only can he be in charge of all military affairs in the province, he can even transfer military forces from neighboring provinces.

Obviously, this was also to allow Longyuan Province to suppress the 100,000-strong army of Qigong practitioners heading south as soon as possible.

Therefore, Governor Longyuan was temporarily promoted two levels.

The general standing in front of them was even more deafening to everyone present.

He was a native of Youzhou and was a military scholar. In a country with a population of 10 billion, there were probably 100 million people with military honors. In other words, the 20 people who passed the imperial examination every year were selected from 100 million people.

Among these twenty Jinshi scholars, three ranks will be selected: top martial arts scholar, second place martial arts scholar, and third place martial arts scholar.

The Wei Yanmen in front of him was a Jinshi who passed the imperial examination ten years ago, and was the runner-up that year.

In other words, he was the second person in the country to take the martial arts exam ten years ago. Ten years ago, he had already stepped into the tenth level of martial arts. Later, he easily achieved the title of military scholar and was promoted to military general.

Now, ten years later, he has reached an unknown level of cultivation, perhaps even further, reaching the eleventh realm. He has the reputation of an ordinary general, but is specially named "General Pingnan". If he can pacify the southwest, then with his achievements, it will not be a problem for him to be named a marquis in the next step.

"Everyone get up."

Wei Yanmen said with a stern expression:
"We have received the imperial edict. The imperial court had prepared for the Yuan invasion a few days ago. Therefore, as soon as the Yuan invaded our Huainan Prefecture, the cabinet officially declared war on the Yuan and launched a 'national defense war'. We have also joined forces with 36 countries including Qiuci, Yuli, Gumo, and Beilu to strongly boycott and condemn the Yuan."

There are five big countries in the world, but more than 200 small countries, not to mention some special tribes and regions left over from ancient times.

The thirty-six countries that Wei Yanmen mentioned were not big countries, but thirty-six small countries in the western region of Ji State.

After Wei Yanmen conveyed the official intention of the court, he continued:
"The war between the two countries has begun. Now, under the order of General Pingnan, I have issued a notice to the border troops, ordering them to quickly move towards Jinyang Prefecture and follow my command to launch a general attack on the 100,000 Qigong practitioners in Jinyang Prefecture to recover the country!"

"Your mansion's elixirs and weapons must be used to ensure military supplies as much as possible, but don't worry, this pressure will not be borne by your mansion alone. From today on, the Governor-General will be stationed in the rear of the two provinces, and will continuously transport logistical supplies from other prefectures and states!"

"From today on, elixirs, weapons, armor, and bows and crossbows are all listed as the most important military supplies. All sects that develop and manufacture the above military supplies, as well as the weapons and elixirs they create, must be purchased as soon as possible to prepare for the front-line military supplies."

All the officials in Jinyang Prefecture were on high alert. Although the Martial Temple could deliver reinforcement supplies, it was time-consuming and laborious to transport them from the central government, and the amount of luck consumed in transportation was also enormous.

If we raise funds from Longyuan and Taiyue provinces, we can save a lot.

"Your Excellency, I'll go down and do it right away."

……

In Qiulong Prefecture, Li Lishan also received a personal order from Li Shentong, the governor of Yuanyue, advertising the twenty states of Longyuan and Taiyue.

Li Lishan's face trembled, and he looked towards the direction of Baojiao County:

"Baojiao County has not yet been quelled and recovered, but Huainan Prefecture has been captured by the Yuan Kingdom again. Could this... really be the beginning of a chaotic era?"

……

In the Qiulong Martial Arts Competition.

The presidents and leaders of the thirty-six martial arts associations, who were still hesitant and unbelieving, saw the smoke of war rising into the sky and heard the declaration of war against Yuan issued by the court in the prefectural hall.

The hanging heart finally died.

"Huainan Prefecture, fortunately, it's not Qiulong Prefecture..." Some of the leaders who were originally frightened all breathed a sigh of relief.

But, the next moment, the look he gave Chen Ku was full of admiration and excitement as if he had sensed some opportunity.

"President, if I remember correctly, the elixir you used to treat us before didn't seem to be of high quality, but it healed us very quickly?"

"Yeah, I remember that too!"

These thirty-six martial arts associations have different industries and interests. For example, the Hongwu Association runs casinos, the Wuming Newspaper and the Honghua Inn, and is mainly engaged in intelligence errands.

Martial arts associations like the Di Family and Dugu Fort are mainly based on planting.

But now, the war has started. Once the war spreads to them, all their revenue and business will be wiped out.

But there is one thing that is still in extremely short supply.

That is naturally military supplies.

In war, there will be injuries and deaths. There is no doubt that armor and healing pills will be the most scarce items.

The healing pill that Chen Ku intentionally displayed captured the attention of these people in an instant.

Chen Ku saw that all these people had taken the bait and whispered:
"That kind of elixir is made from demon flesh. With the speed of the seventh-level alchemist beside me, if he is refining elixirs below the third grade, he can produce a thousand pills a day. But after all, we have limited manpower. If you can send all the talented alchemists in the sect's martial arts conference here, then there will be no problem in increasing the output. Perhaps... we can directly contract a part of the elixir consumption of the imperial army during the war against Yuan."

Everyone was shocked and could imagine how huge the profit was.

Fighting is a waste of money.

If they could merge the forces of the thirty-six martial arts associations into one at this time and all choose to make elixirs, they could not only support the imperial court in resisting the Yuan Dynasty and offer part of their own wishes, but also earn huge profits.

"I'm in!" "Me too!"

"join in!"

As the leaders of the martial arts associations who had just been conquered by Chen Ku's strength, now saw an opportunity to be loyal to the country and make huge profits at the same time, they all rushed to follow Chen Ku.

Qin Fang was shocked when he saw how his junior uncle had united the leaders of the martial arts associations in less than a day.
"When a war breaks out, elixirs are in short supply. I guess there are sects in other provinces that will discover this business opportunity. But if we can gather the strength of the thirty-six martial arts associations like Qiulong Prefecture, and if all the forces in a large prefecture can make elixirs, then the competitiveness that can be formed in the elixir market of Yuanyue Province is self-evident."

He looked at Chen Ku and found that his junior master's eyes were still calm.

The meeting was over.

Chen Ku transformed the new Erlang, Kong Xin, and the Seven Realms Fire Mouth Pot, who had already transformed into one with the Champion Marquis, and said:

"I'll leave the business matters here to you."

As the changes that Chen Ku had just pulled out of his mind, Erlang and Kong Xin had witnessed everything in their original body. At this moment, they already knew what Chen Ku was going to do, and smiled:
"Don't worry, I can go to Black Wind Cliff to break through the seventh level of the Imperial Power. I will take care of the business matters here."

He has now integrated the new changes of the Champion Marquis, and his strength has reached the peak of the Seventh Realm. With the assistance of Kong Xin, the Seventh Realm Alchemist, and Huozui Hu, the natural alchemy change, it can be said that even if Chen Ku left, their three changes would be enough to suppress everything in the Qiulong Mansion.

"None of us knows when the Qigong practitioners of Yuan Kingdom will attack us. It may take me several months to practice. Once Qiulong Mansion is captured, you must remember that talent is the most important. Just take the people of the Thirty-Six Martial Arts Association and run away to the rear."

Chen Ku advised:
"As long as the Alchemy Alliance can be maintained, we will have made a good start."

The two of them nodded in agreement.

Chen Ku said no more. After he accomplished this task, he flew towards the Black Wind Cliff.

The war has begun.

He can only play a small role in it for now. No matter whether it is the heads of the six sects who are at least at the tenth level of the Divine Transformation Realm, or General Wei Yanmen of Pingnan who is at least at the eleventh level sent by the Ji State, they are not the big figures that Chen Ku can reach.

Even with a fire-mouthed kettle, I am no match for those people.

He must continue to seize opportunities to improve and break through himself, so that he can survive in this world that is already showing signs of chaos. (End of this chapter)