Chapter 318: Autumn Frost City

"Why is it like this?"

Facing what Wei Qing said, Mu Yi was puzzled—why would two paths that lead to the same goal differ so greatly?

"The stronger one is, the firmer one's will becomes; now let you take the Buddhist path or the Confucian path—would you go?"

Wei Qing explained plainly.

Mu Yi pondered deeply and realized it was indeed so; Guan Sheng Dijun is the best example—the Buddhist Sect wanted him to convert, but he kept resisting, yet he was helplessly labeled as Buddhist.

"General Wei, I still have a question!"

After figuring it out, Mu Yi kept what had just been said in mind and then posed another doubt to Wei Qing.

"Asura Path!" Mu Yi unfolded the barrier.

"Oh?" Wei Qing's expression rarely showed noticeable fluctuation.

"Your talent is truly heaven‑bestowed!"

【11> Wei Qing carefully examined the Asura warrior stepping out of the Asura Path.

Wei Qing closely surveyed the Asura warrior who emerged from the Asura Path.

"Your future may truly surpass our imagination!"

Wei Qing's expression grew somewhat complex; without needing much display, he already understood what Mu Yi wanted to ask.

"Do you want to merge the Elite Talent into these Six Paths of Reincarnation?" Wei Qing pointed at the Asura warrior and asked.

"General Wei's keen eye!" Mu Yi couldn't help but praise; with guidance, one can surely avoid many detours.

"Actually, it's simple—just detach the talent from yourself!" Wei Qing looked at Mu Yi with a complex expression.

Compared to the difficulty of training nine‑fold smelting soldiers for other war gods, Mu Yi's future will be easy; he only needs to cultivate a three‑fold smelting soldier, then combine it with the Six Paths of Reincarnation, instantly achieving the level of all‑fake nine‑fold.

Even without genuine nine‑fold power, the advantage lies in numbers and experience, which also benefits the soldiers' self‑smelting talent.

"Detach?" Mu Yi looked at Wei Qing doubtfully; the Asura Path had absorbed the Iron‑blooded Slaughter talent, yet he could still use it.

"Detach may not be precise; accurately, it is transferring its structure to this side of the barrier."

"I said before, Elite Talent is a manifestation of refined essence, energy, and spirit; you just need to sense the difference between the two, then shift it as you wish, for they are both your power—mastering your own power is not difficult for you now."

"However, I must remind you: you must carefully construct the attributes of your Six Paths of Reincarnation and the distribution of your soldiers' talents! Achieving balance of essence, energy, and spirit is crucial!"

Wei Qing solemnly warned Mu Yi: the three aspects of essence, energy, and spirit—if any deviates from its course, it will bring a consequence: you cannot bear power, and when you harm others, you also harm yourself.

It is quite possible that the enemy is not yet dead, yet you are struck back and killed.

"Of course, this is merely my view; some also advocate extreme strength!" Wei Qing hesitated, then still reminded Mu Yi, giving him a preventive shot.

It is not strange that war gods hold opposing ideas; all‑round balanced development is just his opinion—he knows some pursue the ultimate extreme.

He worries that Mu Yi will take his words as dogma, then be struck by other war gods' ideas, causing his belief to shatter and leading to mental split—that would not be his original intention.

He merely hopes to fully present his ideas to Mu Yi, letting him absorb their essence.

Ideally, they would find common ground among all war gods to open a broad road for future Military Strategist disciples.

As he said before, the stronger one is, the firmer one's belief; expecting them to accept other war gods' notions is hopeless—just a few words and they'll start fighting.

It's not a bad temper, but a clash of ideas; accepting another's idea means your own wavers, thus weakening and declining.

Moreover, reaching the level of war god proves each idea is viable, so none will yield.

But Mu Yi is different—he has just begun, the perfect time to absorb and integrate.

In fact, all war gods have previously attempted joint cultivation in this regard, but like cultivating Mu Yi by encompassing everyone, this is the first time.

Wei Qing looks forward to seeing Mu Yi's growth, which may be the new direction for Military Strategist development.

Among the known ultimate paths of the Military Strategist, only two can surpass war gods: one is Guan Yu, the other is Chi You—basically they have no reference value.

How to continue growing stronger is also the path many war gods are currently exploring.

Launching a Plane War also considers this; the Military Strategist's growth cannot leave the battlefield, so they prepare a battlefield as vast as possible.

Under the question‑and‑answer flow, time flies swiftly.

"Report, General, urgent military news!"

Just as Mu Yi was like a dry sponge absorbing knowledge from Wei Qing, a figure entered the main tent holding a jade slip.

Wei Qing took the jade slip, frowned slightly, turned his head to look at Mu Yi.

"It seems the lesson must end here! Go carry out your mission!"

"Yes!"

Seeing Wei Qing see off the guest, Mu Yi rose and bowed deeply in the manner of a disciple.

Though there is no formal master‑disciple title, there is the substance of it; no matter what, he feels grateful for Wei Qing's unreserved teaching.

Wei Qing nodded slightly, watching Mu Yi depart.

"Speak up—why did this happen!" After Mu Yi left, the atmosphere in the main tent instantly dropped to freezing point.

"Why do the Buddhist Sect people know our plan!"

"The exact cause is still unclear, but according to the strategists' guess, someone must have leaked the information!"

The guard delivering the report broke into a cold sweat, hurriedly replying.

"Get out!" Wei Qing narrowed his eyes, letting the guard leave.

After the main tent was empty, Wei Qing expressionlessly crushed the jade slip in his hand.

"It seems there is a traitor among us!" A flash of killing intent passed through Wei Qing's eyes.

If it were merely an ordinary leak, the Buddhist Sect could not muster three bodhisattvas, eighteen arhats' formation to aggressively occupy the worlds the Military Strategist is attacking.

The only explanation is that a traitor within the war gods sold the information to the Buddhist Sect.

And the benefit he could gain is obvious—war gods wanting to advance further have no other way than studying Guan Yu or Chi You.

The former was schemed by the Buddhist Sect and became part of it; the latter slaughtered the myriad ancient clans, proving the Dao through killing.

The latter path is hard to walk, while the former is comparatively easy.

There are too many suspects; even Wei Qing cannot quickly find a clue, stuck at the war god rank, unable to advance—for many, this is a torment.

Sun Wu is so enthusiastic about promoting the union of the Military Strategists, likewise to advance further; no one will completely selflessly devote themselves.

"Come here, convey my order, send someone to invite the Champion Marquis!" After Wei Qing pondered for a moment, he decided to summon people.

The information they received may not be true; if the Buddhist Sect intervenes, it might dispatch more force.

No matter how other places are, at least the world he is responsible for must be seized before the Buddhist Sect.

"We need to speed up!" Wei Qing stared at the sand table of the constructed world, his gaze falling on the Beastman Empire at the very center.

In this world, there exists a vast Beastman Empire, under which are seven Beastman Kingdoms, each representing an intermediate deity faith group, plus the various large tribes under its jurisdiction, forming a complete Beastman world.

And within it, there are also kingdom-level forces of other races, such as humans, elves, dwarves, dragons……

These kingdoms also worship intermediate gods of medium divine power, but because this world belongs to the Beastman pantheon, the deities' might cannot be fully displayed, so within these races' kingdoms, sovereign authority actually exceeds divine authority.

After all, they cannot freely seek aid from the gods like the Beastmen can; they more often need to rely on themselves.

And Wei Qing's current series of actions is to drag the gods behind these races into the water.

Mu Yi rested in the camp for a day before setting out.

He digested the information he had learned from Wei Qing, and with the theory in hand, it was time to put it into practice.

Mu Yi had already begun attempting smelting; the process went smoothly, and what he first smelted was the Tenfold Omnipotence.

Within Wei Qing's camp, he could easily find soldiers who had smelted Tenfold Omnipotence; through copying and replicating Tenfold Omnipotence, although he could not directly master it, he still quickly completed the first-stage smelting.

"Tenfold Omnipotence has been upgraded; current Tenfold Omnipotence lvmax (first stage)."

"How amazing!" Mu Yi felt his all-around improvement.

The boost in combat power brought by the all-attribute increase can far exceed a simple numerical increase.

An all-attribute increase of about ten percent results in at least a sixty percent increase in overall combat power, enough for the latter to kill the former.

After all, in reality, if your speed is ten percent faster, it very likely means you can strike first and kill the opponent directly.

"If one could stuff the Tenfold Omnipotence talent into the Human Path..."

Mu Yi felt somewhat tempted; Wei Qing's teaching helped him clarify part of his train of thought.

It is quite evident that placing one's talent in the Six Paths of Reincarnation is feasible.

If what suits the Hell Path is Blazing Ruin, what suits the Asura Path is Iron-blooded Slaughter, then what suits the Animal Realm is quality sharing……

As for the Human Path, due to its universality, Mu Yi had considered other talents, but ultimately he set it aside.

Moreover, without considering other traits, Tenfold Omnipotence, which can enhance all attributes in an all-around way, is clearly the Elite Talent most suited to the Human Path.

Mu Yi pondered, but did not hastily issue a decision; he still needed more thought and practice.

According to the military camp's intelligence, Mu Yi teleported to the vicinity of Qiushuang City.

However, Mu Yi did not rush to attack the city; a forced assault would be too troublesome and carries the risk of failure.

Siege warfare has always required brains.

And within the intelligence provided by the military camp, Mu Yi noticed an extremely useful piece of information.

Qiushuang City lies within a mountain range; it is one of the border cities resisting the Human Kingdom, and this mountain range contains many intrigues.

Mu Yi simply did not believe that these Beastmen, despite occupying such a great advantage, could honestly defend the city.

Know that greed is not exclusive to humans; any sentient being finds it hard to escape the control of desire.

And contrary to Mu Yi's expectation, Chuyi found a cave in the mountain range, a tunnel leading straight to Qiushuang City.

"Well done, Chuyi!"

Chuyi etched the cave map onto the ground; Mu Yi carefully memorized the four-way, eight-direction cave routes. Obviously, among these Beastmen, the giant rats, though greedy, are not foolish.

"Heh heh, even Beastmen cannot escape the giant rats!" However, no matter how clever, if they do not take the proper roads, they will only cause greater destruction.

Just as Mu Yi was thinking, Chuyi issued a warning.

"Someone's coming!" Mu Yi raised his eyebrows; it was truly a case of sleepiness meeting a pillow.

But upon seeing the arrival, Mu Yi overturned his earlier speculation.

This cave was not secretly dug by profit-hungry giant rats; it was actually dug by the regular army.

"Mm... I underestimated these Beastmen!"

Looking at the Beastmen returning from afar, Mu Yi furrowed his brows; it was clearly a Beastman squad that had just conducted a raid.

Their bags were thick with blood aura, and several resentful spirits followed around these Beastmen.

"I had forgotten that the Beastmen's race's greed is more adept at plundering by force!"

Mu Yi gazed at the Beastman squad before him, at least several hundred strong, carrying a large amount of looted supplies, and seemingly also having captured slaves.

When Mu Yi noticed that among the squad were many children and women locked in cages like livestock, his eyes flashed with a hint of killing intent.

"Reincarnation Barrier!"

Mu Yi abandoned his tailing plan, directly unfolded the barrier, and completely swallowed the Beastman squad into his barrier.

"Who goes there!"

Faced with the sudden change in environment, the Beastman squad displayed excellent military discipline, almost immediately discarding their loot, forming ranks, and began to vigilantly monitor their surroundings.

"Get out! We are the guard corps of Qiushuang City; attacking us is tantamount to provoking Qiushuang City. Now withdraw your magic, and I can still treat it as if nothing happened!"

Mu Yi extended his hand, transferring the women and children in the squad to the Human Path, then appeared before the Beastman squad.

"It's a human! All together, attack and kill him!"

The instant they clearly saw Mu Yi's figure, the Beastman squad's commander abandoned all fantasies.

The incident of strong humans intercepting and slaughtering Beastman raiding squads is also considered common news within Qiushuang City.

Previously he had mocked, thinking those who were killed were foolish; now it seems not stupidity but bad luck.

The Beastman squad's commander sweated coldly on his forehead; he could feel from Mu Yi that bone-chilling killing intent, and the human opposite him is likely a Legend-level powerhouse.

Aren't all powerful humans watched by powerful Beastmen? How could such a figure appear here and face them?

"Now the roles have reversed; let you experience what cruelty is! Welcome the fury of revenge!"

The blood light representing the legion's innate talent suddenly flared, and the beastmen bathed in its glow turned pale, as if they had seen something terrifying.

Before them, the Human Dao army poured out, and under the illumination of the blood light they resembled vengeful demons crawling up from hell.