Chapter 1709: Robbing Ten Thousand Livelihoods

Every time he came to the Shumin Academy, he didn't forget to bring some gifts.

"Dragon Beard Candy?" They were so familiar that Sun Fuling opened it in front of him, seeing twelve candies lying inside, divided into four colors: pink, white, green, and blue. The sugar threads were as thin as dragon beards, but every thread was neatly organized, and the shape was beautiful, "This is a snack that has become popular in the last half month. The method is passed down from the Baoxiang Nation!"

Sun Fuling tasted one, and it was indeed sweet, crispy, and melted in the mouth.

She only cared about eating snacks, and He Lingchuan cared about looking at her. The beauty's hands were almost as white as the dragon beard candy, and her nails were painted with light pink nail polish, moist and shiny.

A schoolboy happened to pass by, looking at them eagerly, Sun Fuling also shared one with him, and then took a blue one for He Lingchuan.

He was very vigilant: "What is used for dyeing?"

He would rather eat bright red ones, and look like he had vomited blood after eating.

"Butterfly Pea Flower!" Sun Fuling rolled her eyes at him, "You bought it for me, you dare not eat it?"

He Lingchuan had to take it, not daring to chew it, just swallowed it, so as not to stain his lips and teeth. He still had to meet Xu Shichu and Zhong Shengguang later, and attend a public ceremony, so he had to pay attention to his image.

"These trendy snacks on the street change every two or three months, and if you are a little late, you can't catch up." Sun Fuling sighed, "Who dared to think about these things before?"

"Although Panlongcheng is fighting on two fronts, the city gates are not closed, and the Longchuan trade route is still prosperous." He Lingchuan said sternly, "If you want to fight a protracted war, you must constantly generate muscle and create blood!"

The Panlongcheng of the past was poor and fierce, and Beijia didn't take this mud-legged person to heart. After all, a poor ghost could add trouble to it, but it wouldn't be its opponent; but after taking Longchuan and managing it properly, and with the frequent help of the Emperor Flowing Syrup, Panlongcheng fought while fiercely grasping the economy. Even if it was hard-pressed against Beijia, it didn't close the city gates. Merchants from all over the world were a little worried at first, but seeing that Panlongcheng and its subordinate cities were still prosperous in wartime and prices were stable, they were slightly relieved.

Wartime economy is really a science.

While talking, the two also walked to the pavilion where Xu Shichu worked.

"General He!" Xu Shichu was writing vigorously, and when he saw He Lingchuan, he put down his pen to greet him, "Rare guest, rare guest! How is the situation on the Jinchi front line?"

"Stalemate, Beijia's offensive slowed down, and the new commander has not arrived."

"Are you willing to go to the Asking Immortal Hall to teach?" Xu Shichu laughed, "Many children of new soldiers want to know what it feels like to fight against the Beijia army."

A few years ago, the scene where He Lingchuan sat in the audience and asked him questions was still fresh in Xu Shichu's memory, but now he is qualified to answer the questions from the stage in the Asking Immortal Hall.

Time passes so fast, and young people grow up so fast.

He Lingchuan shook his head: "The outcome is not yet decided, how can I be qualified? Dean Xu, do you have something to find me?"

"Yes, yes." Xu Shichu walked behind the desk.

Seeing that they were going to talk about business, Sun Fuling smiled at He Lingchuan and left first.

Xu Shichu took out a painting paper and spread it flat on the desktop: "General He, this is the Earth Sha Array diagram you gave me before, also called the Positive and Negative Tiangang Great Array, which is a combination array. Last time, I already analyzed it for you."

He Lingchuan said immediately: "Thank you, Dean Xu, you really helped me a lot!"

After he got the spirit-gathering array diagram on Bai Mao Mountain, he handed it to this Dean of the Shumin Academy to study together with the array materials donated by Lingshan.

Xu Shichu's array attainments are amazing. When He Lingchuan implemented the plan to make trouble in the Tiangong, the prerequisite was that he calculated the key to the Xushan array and taught it to He Lingchuan.

Such a strong helper, how could He Lingchuan not use it?

Thousand Illusions True Person's "Upside-Down Tiangang" was calculated by Xu Shichu. Of course, he held Lingshan materials and had more clues than Bai Ziqi, so he could fill in the full picture of the array.

"These days, I am still studying this array, and I have another discovery." Xu Shichu said sternly, "The key to the formation of this array lies in the array eye. The more extraordinary the object used as the array eye, the higher the efficiency of its spiritual energy absorption, which is even more powerful than the array diagram you gave me last time!"

The array diagram he gave him last time was the Xushan array of the Tiangong!

Hearing this, He Lingchuan was surprised: "Xu... is that array not as good as it?"

"Not as good, not as good!" Xu Shichu waved his hand, "Although that array has a spirit-gathering effect, its main function is suppression, which is far less pure than this Earth Sha array. And the Positive and Negative Tiangang Great Array is actually composed of two arrays, both of which can absorb spirits!"

Indeed, the main function of the Xushan array is to suppress the big fire spirit, and then it is spirit-gathering. And Xushan is in the north of Lingxu City, so it is not easy to frantically absorb the spiritual energy of the capital, there are too many monsters living here.

He Lingchuan heard a little bad feeling: "How pure is it?"

"How long has this Upside-Down Tiangang array been running?"

"More than 150 years."

"If it is as you said, its array eye is a world-class divine object that even gods covet, it is very likely to continuously extract the spiritual energy within thousands of miles of the two array eyes, the speed is not fast, but it is very stable, day and night."

He Lingchuan was really surprised: "Thousands of miles?"

And it is two arrays sucking together, each thousands of miles!

This "spirit-gathering" range is indeed much larger than the Xushan array in Lingxu City.

Xu Shichu exclaimed: "The setting of this array is almost impeccable, and it can even be simply maintained with spiritual energy. You said this was arranged by an immortal?"

"Yes." Thousand Illusions True Person's array arrangement level is beyond doubt.

"It is indeed a master of this!" Xu Shichu said sternly, "If this array has been running for more than 150 years, under its suction, the spiritual energy in those places should be far thinner than in other places, just like the land of Panlong Wasteland is not as rich as the Chapa Plateau."

Once said, it is true. When he first arrived at the Flash Gold Plain, especially just after boarding the pier of Julu Port, he felt that the spiritual energy here was far less rich than Bailie and the Yangshan Archipelago.

You know, the frequency of the Emperor Flowing Syrup explosion in those two years was already rare in sixty years.

After the Emperor Flowing Syrup fell, it was still like this, so what should it have withered into in the previous sixty years? He originally thought it was a regional relationship, perhaps the rainfall of the Emperor Flowing Syrup in various places was also different.

After Xu Shichu's explanation, tsk, the long-term barrenness of the eastern part of the Flash Gold Plain, besides various natural and man-made disasters, is likely related to the spirit-gathering array on Bai Mao Mountain.

Rich spiritual energy can make even the Panlong Wasteland like the Gobi Desert become lush with water and grass; conversely, spiritual energy exhaustion leads to sparse vegetation, soil erosion, and living things can only live difficultly.

The eastern part of the Flash Gold Plain has poor land, crops are difficult to survive, and people are not full and not warm. In order to compete for that little limited resource, isn't it just mutual turmoil and tilting, and no peace? The more barren the resources, the more turbulent the environment, and the more sinister the human heart.

"Robbing ten thousand livelihoods to supply one's own selfishness." He Lingchuan murmured, "Really greedy."

The immortal retreats in the small cave heaven, and the spiritual energy consumed will originally be greatly reduced; but Thousand Illusions True Person, while closing the door to practice, also used immortal means to set up such a spirit-gathering array with a range that is unimaginable, sucking the spiritual energy of Flash Gold.

The resources he occupies alone are truly amazing.

"This is probably changed from the ancient Tiangang Great Array. At that time, the spiritual energy was extremely abundant, and it didn't matter if it was sucked a little, but it was a bit ruthless in this day." Xu Shichu introduced again, "Also, as I told you, this Upside-Down Tiangang array can be dismantled into two arrays, so it actually has two array eyes."

He Lingchuan nodded.

"Under normal circumstances, no matter which array is broken, it does not affect the operation of the array, at most the efficiency becomes worse. However—" Xu Shichu pointed to each on the painting, "Once the array eye is taken out or destroyed, the entire Earth Sha array will stop immediately!"

"Only need to take out one array eye to have this effect?" He Lingchuan confirmed with him.

"Right! No matter which array is not running, the variables in the other array cannot be skipped, and the cycle will be broken." Xu Shichu laughed, "This is called pulling one hair and moving the whole body. The array eye is like a human brain. If a person is amputated, he may not die, but he cannot live without a brain."

"Understood." That is to say, when he found the heart scale from the White Bear King cave on Bai Mao Mountain, the positive and negative Tiangang arrays arranged by Thousand Illusions stopped soon!

He Lingchuan didn't know how many arrays he had laid out on the Flash Gold Plain, but such an important source of spiritual energy being cut off must be a major loss for Thousand Illusions True Person.

He Lingchuan smiled subconsciously: "Fortunately, fortunately."

Recently, the Emperor Flowing Syrup has exploded, and the spiritual energy concentration of the Flash Gold Plain has risen very fast, and the positive and negative Tiangang arrays just happened to be broken, and they couldn't suck any up.

If the Flash Gold Plain wants to rise, and all living beings want to live and work in peace and contentment, they cannot let the spiritual energy be sucked by whales again!

This Tiangang array broke well, broke in time.

Thinking of how the array broke, He Lingchuan felt more at ease.

It just so happens that the Upside-Down Sea has not been opened yet, and Thousand Illusions True Person can't come out to check, so he must be very angry, right? "Thank you, Dean Xu, for solving the doubts!" After listening to the key points, He Lingchuan stood up and said goodbye.

He has to go to the government office.

Xu Shichu laughed: "See you at the city gate in a while."

Zhong Shengguang had just met the foreign envoy, took time to drink a glass of water, and beckoned when he saw He Lingchuan:

"Come, sit."

His throat was hoarse, and there were bloodshot eyes in the corners of his eyes.

General Hong is attacking on the northwest line, He Lingchuan is defending on the east line, and he, Zhong Shengguang, is sitting in Panlongcheng to coordinate, managing both war and diplomacy, grasping both fighting and economy, and facing the pressure of Beijia, it is very difficult for an iron man to endure.

And this kind of day is endless.

He Lingchuan sat down directly, and didn't say anything to him about taking a good rest. Who would not want to sleep if they had time? He understood Zhong Shengguang's pressure, because he himself had to be responsible for Yuheng City and for the war. ===== CHAPTER 1710 =====