Destiny Martial God

Fengrun City, inside the City Lord's Mansion!

After hearing Lan Rong's detailed report, Yu Haoran, who was sitting on the armchair in the study of the City Lord's Mansion, frowned slightly.

Originally, according to his initial expectation, the Han Empire, which had suffered five consecutive defeats, would definitely gather millions of elite soldiers and generals in a short period of time, whether to eliminate the hidden dangers in the rear of the empire or to obtain the nine corpses of the sacred beasts hidden in the sacred beast mountain, and then recapture Fengrun City at all costs.

This is also the main reason why he is in a hurry to return to Fengrun City.

However, according to the investigation of the spies arranged by Lan Rong, the Han Empire has indeed gathered more than five million elite soldiers and generals in recent times, and the Han Emperor personally led the expedition.

But the target of the expedition is not Fengrun City, but the more powerful Central Region.

The reason why the Ministry of War and the Royal Family of the Han Empire can ignore the hidden dangers in the rear and temporarily give up the nine corpses of the sacred beasts must be that changes that he did not know about have occurred in Tianxuan Continent during this period.

"Sir, should we contact His Majesty?"

As a veteran of decades of battle, Lan Rong instinctively believed that the sudden change in the Han Empire's goal was likely related to the Qin Empire's plan to conquer the Central Region, so after thinking about it, he couldn't help but remind him.

Lan Rong's reminder made Yu Haoran immediately realize the connection between the two things. He quickly took out a top-notch Jade Talisman, recorded his questions in detail in the Jade Talisman, and then sent it to Qin Lingfei, who was far away in the Prince Consort's residence in Xianyang City.

At the same time, considering that Qin Lingfei was not at the forefront of the battle and was not very familiar with the situation of the army, he took out another top-notch Jade Talisman and sent it to Meng Zhengkai, who was back in battle.

Afterwards, Yu Haoran closed his eyes and began to wait, waiting for Qin Lingfei and Meng Zhengkai's reply.

Fortunately, the top-notch Jade Talisman transmitted messages very quickly. Just five minutes later, he received a reply from Qin Lingfei.

"The peak of the ninth rank of the martial honor!" Yu Haoran shouted in shock after reading the content of Qin Lingfei's reply.

Yu Haoran's shouting made Lan Rong, Han Guangbei and others who were waiting in the study room look confused. They looked at each other, but no one dared to ask.

Although he also noticed the eye contact between Lan Rong and others, Yu Haoran did not intend to explain. After closing his eyes again, he waited for Meng Zhengkai's reply while thinking about the changes that had taken place in Emperor Qin.

Qin Lingfei's reply was very simple, that is, the campaign in the central domain of the Great Qin Empire was not only very smooth, but also the Qin Emperor who personally led the campaign army successfully promoted to the peak of the ninth rank of the honor realm.

It was precisely because of this that he was extremely shocked!

At the beginning, when arguing whether the target of the campaign was the East Domain or the Central Domain, Emperor Qin was just using the high-quality soul fire he gave him to break through the second rank of the martial honor realm.

Now, only half a month has passed since the original debate. With Emperor Qin's own talent and accumulation, it is difficult to improve his cultivation by one small realm, let alone break through seven small realms in succession and reach the peak of the ninth level of martial honor.

Just as Yu Haoran was wondering about the reason for Emperor Qin's rapid progress in cultivation, the Jade Talisman in his hand that was connected to Meng Zhengkai suddenly trembled violently, which made him temporarily suppress his doubts and then use his mind to read the information in the Jade Talisman.

Luck!

According to the information left by Meng Zhengkai in the Jade Talisman, the reason why Emperor Qin was able to directly advance to the peak of the ninth level of martial honor in just half a month.

The reason is that the Northern Expedition Army attacked hundreds of cities and mountain gates with great momentum, and gathered a lot of luck from the central domain in a short period of time. Emperor Qin relied on the blessing of huge luck to finally achieve a rapid progress in cultivation.

Although Meng Zhengkai's explanation seemed reasonable, Yu Haoran knew that this situation was absolutely abnormal.

First of all, the abundant spiritual energy of heaven and earth, rich cultivation resources, the complete martial arts heritage, and the cruel competitive environment make the inheritance families and sects in the Central Region not only very powerful, but also fierce and aggressive, making it difficult for them to surrender voluntarily.

Secondly, although the army of the Great Qin Empire that conquered the Central Region this time was said to have more than 10 million elite soldiers, in fact, nearly half of the elite soldiers were just recruits at the level of warriors and martial artists.

The cultivation and strength, knowledge and courage of these recruits are not of much use, and will delay the speed of the army's march.

In other words, in just half a month, with the strength and speed of the Northern Expedition Army, it is impossible to occupy hundreds of cities and mountain gates.

Finally, the most important point is that the luck that hundreds of cities and mountain gates can gather cannot be compared with the huge luck gathered by the entire Southern Region.

With the huge luck of the entire Southern Region and the assistance of a large number of top-notch elixirs that he refined, Emperor Qin finally managed to break through the ordinary Martial Honor realm.

So, how could Emperor Qin, who was far inferior to the luck of the entire Southern Region, break through the bottlenecks of seven small realms in succession and reach the peak of the ninth level of Martial Honor in one fell swoop!

Thinking of this, Yu Haoran suddenly had a strong feeling in his heart, that is, someone secretly manipulated the plan and process of the Great Qin Empire's northern expedition, and secretly provided countless imaginary help.

Even the sudden change of the goal of the Han Empire's conquest is likely to be directly related to that person or that force.

Thinking that the Emperor Qin might have secretly reached an agreement with a certain force with ulterior motives, or was secretly controlled by someone, he immediately wanted to return to Xianyang City and then go to the army on the northern expedition to understand the situation.

Compared with opening up a rear area for future refuge, the safety of the Emperor Qin and the survival of tens of millions of elite soldiers and generals are more important.

Therefore, Yu Haoran suddenly stood up and ordered Lan Rong.

"General Lan, I will leave Fengrun City for a while. Your task is to defend Fengrun City, and then use the special environment of the Qinghu Mountains and the cultivation resources I left behind to fully improve your own and the army's strength."

Originally, the five million elite soldiers and generals drawn by the Han Empire to fight in the central region would inevitably cause the defense of the rear to be empty, which was a good opportunity for them to expand their territory.

However, limited by the influence of the top powerhouses of the left army, without the escort of himself and the Chiyan Beast, and without the protection of the sun, moon and stars defense formation, a rash battle would likely lead to the danger of annihilation of the entire army.

After all, Lan Rong and Qian Guangbei, the strongest among the left army, were only at the peak of the ninth level of the Martial Saint, so he could only temporarily give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"I have received your order!" Lan Rong and other generals hurriedly bowed and accepted the order.