Chapter 2733: The Blessings of Di Liujiang

In short, the current environment is temporarily more friendly to the army than to cultivators. If one waits until the concentration of heaven and earth spiritual Qi rises another twenty percent or so, then immortals and Xian Sects will emerge from seclusion like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

And if the heaven and earth spiritual Qi continues to rise, the Heavenly Demons descending into the world will be able to move freely in the mortal realm!

For Panlong, and for the human world, this is by no means good news.

Just as dawn broke, new flying dispatches arrived from the east.

They were information shared from Lingshan:

Lingshan's sea clans have recently appeared on the new supply transport route to Between Between Between Beijia. Upon close observation, it was discovered that quite a few of the ocean-going freighters transporting supplies were actually using giant sea beasts to pull them, just like oxen and horses pulling carts.

The sea beasts that have appeared so far include Silver Whales, Spiral-Toothed Sharks, Whale Sharks, Giant Skates, and other colossal creatures. Sometimes even dozens of sea beasts and sea yaos jointly pull a single giant vessel, and the sailing speed is truly not slow.

In this way, although the journey distance has not shortened, the shortcoming of too-slow speed when sailing against the wind has been solved.

"Spiral-Toothed Shark?" Wen Daolun asked in surprise, "Does the Bolang Nation have this kind of sea beast?"

He Lingchuan pursed his lips. The Spiral-Toothed Shark is not a specialty of the Bolang Nation; it is very likely a subordinate of the Sea King Xuandu.

Perhaps at the request of the Lingxu Saint Venerable, the Sea King Xuandu also lent his strength.

The number of sea clans under his command is astonishing, and he is not lacking in big fellows.

"Never heard of it. Probably some sea clan from somewhere was incited by a Heavenly Demon to join forces." He Lingchuan exhaled a breath of restless Qi, "This is the Heavenly Demons contending with the Yao Emperor; it is also bad news for us."

The logistics of the western campaign against Panlong — isn't the Yao Emperor insisting on slow sea transport? The Heavenly Demons cannot change that, so they work on sailing speed. With foreign sea beasts coming to help pull ships, can the Yao Emperor still object?

At the speed they are currently advancing, it is at least thirty percent faster than the original sea transport plan.

In other words, the main legions of the vassal Yao nations will be invested into the Wilderness battlefield faster and in greater numbers!

Wen Daolun wanted to say a few comforting words, but his lips moved twice and nothing came out.

The situation is indeed too severe.

Although General Huyi is very good at inspiring morale, and the Panlong army has a will of steel, in the increasingly cruel and intensifying war, the soldiers have still shown signs of fatigue.

Ultra-long-duration combat — people get tired, wills grow despondent; this is objective reality. Although Panlongcheng strives to rotate troops to the front line, under the condition of rapid personnel consumption, this system is no longer at ease.

Two months ago, Wen Daolun never imagined the battlefield situation could deteriorate further.

Truly, hell has eighteen layers.

"Hold on." It was He Lingchuan who patted his shoulder instead, saying gently, "A turning point is about to appear."

When General Huyi spoke these words, the two men were leaning against the flagpole, bathing in the Di Liujiang. Military affairs were too exhausting; they had come out for a breather.

If not for the spiritual rain nurturing them night after night, the Panlong army's condition would certainly be worse than it is now.

Wen Daolun sighed toward the sky: "If only the spiritual rain fell only on us."

"Spiritual rain universally benefits all beings; how could it favor Panlong alone?" He Lingchuan gazed at the darkness of the eastern sky, "But with the Di Liujiang erupting continuously like this, I fear many uncontrollable factors will appear afterward."

"Uncontrollable?" Wen Daolun felt a bit numb; war numbs the nerves. "Is it a good thing for us, or a bad thing?"

"Perhaps both." Heaven and earth are in a chaotic mess; in such a complex situation, even the Nine Nether Great Emperor cannot make a judgment.

Alas, a great upheaval unseen in thousands of years.

In the following half month, the scale of the spiritual rain only increased, with a major eruption every two or three days.

From some unknown time, the time for Tianluo Star to convert Di Liujiang shortened, from the original three months down to about two months. That is to say, within two months of a Heavenly Demon's fall, its life essence would turn into Di Liujiang and begin descending to the mortal world.

On this law, the Panlong world and reality are synchronized.

The first to arrive was a good thing.

Ever since the Between Between Between Beijia army invaded the Wilderness, Panlong's territory has gradually shrunk, arable land has become increasingly scarce, and the food supply problem for the military and civilians has grown ever more severe. To save rations for the army, the commoners of Panlongcheng even went outside the city to dig up leaf buds and tree bark to eat.

But just after these few days, the rear suddenly had a large new grain supply!

Seeing one grain cart after another drive into the camp, the warriors all cheered. Opening the grain bags, it truly was new grain, even carrying a faint yellow bran powder; one sniff told them it was fresh!

They hadn't eaten freshly milled grain in a long, long time.

Also transported with the army were live pigs, sheep, rabbits, and chickens; upon entering camp they were slaughtered on the spot. The fresh pig breed used by Panlongcheng originally had a slaughter time of four and a half months, but under the recent crazy irrigation of Di Liujiang, Panlongcheng also used spiritual-juice specially formulated feed, and the livestock were rapidly fattened — the fresh pig maturation period actually shortened directly to fifty-one or two days!

Zhong Shengguang personally tasted it himself; the meat fragrance of this kind of large-scale enclosed breeding combined with short-term fattening is far inferior to naturally free-range, but they grow fast enough and fat enough to provide nutrition to frontline soldiers in the shortest time.

Everyone knows, only by eating meat can one gain strength.

Taking advantage of the aroma of stewed mutton and roast pork permeating the whole camp, the Central Army camp hurriedly announced: tonight's meal is all you can eat!

The whole place cheered.

The big-pot rice wasn't even cooked yet, but everyone was already holding their mess tins, smiling as they lined up.

The commanders' nerves, taut for years, finally relaxed as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

Man is iron, rice is steel; as long as there is rice to eat, the Panlong warriors are still an iron-clad camp.

To prepare military grain for the front line, the King's hair has turned white.

The logistics grain officer escorting the grain said that the recent major Di Liujiang eruptions directly catalyzed several bumper harvests. Wheat and rice that originally took over a month to grow actually matured in three days under the nightly irrigation of Di Liujiang!

Panlong's officials bared their arms and took to the fields, leading the commoners to harvest grain, working day and night at farm labor, only then able to deliver the new grain to the front line and into the soldiers' hands at the first moment.

Taking advantage of the recent surge of spiritual Qi on the Wilderness, Panlong also switched to planting higher-yield grain crops; they demand more spiritual Qi and mature more slowly, but their nutrition is more comprehensive, and the spiritual Qi they contain is also more abundant.

Panlong's territory is being constantly nibbled away; they must strive to increase yield per mu, so that the Panlong military and civilians suffer less hunger and can hold out three to five more months.

The major Di Liujiang eruptions are truly timely rain, suddenly alleviating Panlong's ration problem. Not only the army, but civilians also have rice to eat and no longer need to gnaw tree bark.

Even He Lingchuan did not anticipate this point.

Even when Zhong Shengguang contacted them, a rare smile appeared on his face.

At least, these past few nights he has been able to sleep well.

"Also, I received a bit of hearsay: taking advantage of the recent major Di Liujiang eruptions, it is said that a Heavenly God has already descended to the mortal world." Zhong Shengguang emphasized, "Not a clone coming down for a stroll, but a full divine descent!"