Chapter 445: Horse Hooves Tread on Fallen Flowers

"Quick, try it out." Sun Lingtong also felt very excited.

Unlike Ning Zhuo closed his eyes and silently sensed his new spleen.

In a trance, it was as if he had entered a temple.

He sat on the platform and became the Earth God statue worshipped in the temple!

From outside the temple, large amounts of blood, essence, qi, and so on continuously drifted in. After falling into the temple, they were illuminated by the Earth God statue, undergoing baptism after baptism.

The baptism continued without stopping, absorbing impurities, settling down, and enriching the foundation soil under the temple.

The function of the spleen itself was to transport and transform food, blood, and qi, and to resist disease. Now, with Unlike Ning Zhuo's own spleen as the foundation, the refined Earth-Element Spleen Temple was even more efficient in this regard!

"It can also absorb all impurities and settle them, as if it were the earth, accepting everything, bearing everything, and nurturing everything. Through deep accumulation and the scouring of time, it eventually turns waste into treasure."

This immediately reminded Unlike Ning Zhuo of the divine ability Stone-Casting Earth Treasure!

He began to instill magic power, mobilizing the Earth-Element Spleen Temple.

Suddenly, a surging force rose from the depths of the spleen and then poured into all directions, actively participating in the life operation of his entire body.

Unlike Ning Zhuo felt as if he had been fiercely pushed, and a feeling of indescribable comfort gradually arose all over his body.

He sat down cross-legged and tried to absorb the natural spiritual energy around him.

In an instant, a large amount of earth-element spiritual energy was absorbed and poured into the Earth-Element Spleen Temple within his body.

Such a spiritual energy absorption effect made Unlike Ning Zhuo's heart shake fiercely.

Even though he was the improver of this spell, he was pleasantly surprised by the actual cultivation effect!

"This level of spiritual energy absorption far exceeds my use of the Tornado Car magic tool."

"No wonder the Five-Element Divine Lord cultivated all five elements back then, and his cultivation speed was still extremely rapid."

Five-Element Qi Law Art!

Unlike Ning Zhuo quickly absorbed the vast majority of the earth-element spiritual energy and converted it into the other four elements of spiritual energy, maintaining the five-element balance of the qi sea within his body.

"In the future, if I can possess a complete Five-Element Five-Viscera Divine Temple, my cultivation speed will inevitably be a huge leap."

Unlike Ning Zhuo could not help but be moved.

"The Five-Viscera Temple Spirit Divine Art I designed currently requires the use of five-element essence, and it is best to possess spiritual nature."

Without spiritual nature, Unlike Ning Zhuo could not create external gods.

He blood-sacrificed his internal organs, more of which was using his own spiritual nature to create temples and control external gods.

He had just refined it, and he was almost the god statue himself, with the deepest level of control. But as long as his own spiritual nature could not be replenished at all times in the future, the spiritual nature originating from the Old Monster of the Stone would inevitably rise, or even gradually occupy the dominant position, eventually controlling the Earth-Element Spleen Temple.

This was the drawback of the Five-Viscera Temple Spirit Divine Art!

"Therefore, the Earth-Element Spleen Temple cannot leave the physical body for too long; it must often return to itself to replenish spiritual nature and suppress the external god."

Unlike Ning Zhuo secretly warned himself.

"Next, is the key!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo's heart moved, immediately causing his own spleen to shake, breaking free from its original position and turning into a ball of earthy yellow light.

Unlike Ning Zhuo opened his mouth and spat out the ball of light.

While controlling the ball of light to drill into the stone ball, he mobilized the Demonic-Dyed Blood Tendon Art, causing the place where the spleen was missing to form a patch of blood tendons as a temporary replacement.

The ball of light followed the thin hole drilled on the stone ball before, all the way deep into the stone heart.

There, the ball of light expanded, filling the void of the stone heart, vaguely turning into an earth-element temple. The temple gate was wide open, with a god statue sitting inside, the face of the god statue resembling Unlike Ning Zhuo.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's connection with his own Earth-Element Spleen Temple was extremely tight. He immediately controlled the Earth-Element Spleen Temple to quickly penetrate the stone ball itself.

A moment later, it was as if he had grown another organ.

He mobilized the earth-element magic power within the top-grade spirit crystals in the stone ball, and the magic power sprayed out, immediately causing the stone ball to flip and roll everywhere, exceptionally flexibly.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's heart moved, and the Earth-Element Spleen Temple suddenly erupted with strong suction, immediately sucking back the sprayed earth-element magic power and storing it in the spirit stones.

Sun Lingtong had been watching from the sidelines, and seeing this scene, he clapped his hands fiercely: "Little Zhuo, you succeeded!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo also revealed a brilliant smile: "Boss, with the Earth-Element Spleen Temple, I am as flexible as an arm with the stone ball itself."

"But I still need to carry out modifications internally, turning it into a mechanism, so it's convenient for me to use it better!"

The core layer of the stone ball was a large amount of top-grade earth-element crystals, containing surging Nascent Soul-level magic power; this was a natural magic power pool.

Unlike Ning Zhuo also planned to make multi-faceted stone mirrors.

The stone mirrors originated from the Mirror Platform Spirit-Communication Art, which had an alternative amplification for spiritual sense, and paired with the stone ball, it could be said to complement each other perfectly.

Time was very tight; Unlike Ning Zhuo did not sleep or rest, working continuously for two days and two nights, only then reaching the expected goal.

He was pale, with two quite obvious dark circles under his eyes, and returned to the Three Generals Camp.

While training the new recruits, the three generals were also very concerned about Unlike Ning Zhuo.

After all, Unlike Ning Zhuo had taken away quite a lot of military funding, and there had been no news since he left.

Learning that Unlike Ning Zhuo had returned, Liu Er laughed loudly and personally went out of the camp to welcome him.

When he saw Unlike Ning Zhuo, he was stunned for a moment.

The Unlike Ning Zhuo of the past was dressed in white, with bright eyes and fair skin, full of spirit. The young man of today was haggard, pale, with puffy eyes and deep dark circles, as if he had been sucked of most of his yang energy by a female ghost.

Liu Er took a deep breath and reached out to support Unlike Ning Zhuo's arms: "The military advisor has done too much for our army, actually becoming this exhausted!"

"Just enter the military camp, rest for a few days, and recuperate well; you must not work so hard again."

He only cared about Unlike Ning Zhuo and did not even mention the matter of divination.

With such social skills, regardless of whether it was sincere, Unlike Ning Zhuo felt warm in his heart at this moment.

Unlike Ning Zhuo shook his head immediately and transmitted his voice to Liu Er: "Reporting to the Grand General, this subordinate has fortunately not failed the mission this time; the divination was successful, and I have calculated a prophecy poem."

"The content of the poem is soul-stirring, so I did not dare to rest at all and immediately rushed back to inform the General."

"This prophecy poem is—"

"Horse hooves tread on fallen flowers,"

"Wind rises, shadows sink into the sand."

"Who can keep the bright moon,"

"Who will bury the smoke and clouds?"

Liu Er heard this, frowned immediately, pondered for a moment, then looked at Unlike Ning Zhuo, and transmitted his voice: "Military advisor, how is this poem interpreted?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo shook his head with a bitter smile: "I also cannot fully interpret it; just looking at this poem, I feel that the future is fraught with crises."

"The so-called 'horse hooves tread on fallen flowers', the horse hooves seem to imply that our army is about to set out."

"The term 'fallen flowers' makes this subordinate tremble with fear. As the saying goes, fallen flowers and flowing water; I fear that the army's advance is worrying."

Liu Er, however, shook his head: "Horse hooves tread on fallen flowers; if interpreted according to my understanding, couldn't it be that our army sets out, trampling the enemy along the way, beating them into fallen flowers and flowing water?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo was slightly stunned: "This prophecy poem cannot be interpreted by a single line, Grand General."

"Because next, 'wind rises, shadows sink into the sand' indicates that the situation will take a sharp turn for the worse; the enemy is like a rising wind, and the situation becomes confused and dangerous."

"'Who can keep the bright moon', the bright moon represents hope."

"'Who will bury the smoke and clouds', smoke and clouds represent the smoke of war."

"The two lines indicate that someone will perish in the upcoming crisis, while others will survive until the second night, seeing the hope of survival. This means that our army itself has not been completely wiped out, and there is still a light of hope."

Liu Er listened carefully and shook his head again: "Military advisor, you are too pessimistic."

"In my opinion, the last two lines clearly say that both sides have casualties on the battlefield; some people survived, and some people lost their lives."

"We need to be careful of enemies who are good at using smoke and cloud spells."

"But as I see it, our Fire Cloud Camp can stir up fire clouds, covering the battlefield; aren't those the 'smoke and clouds'?"

"Hahaha."

Unlike Ning Zhuo was speechless.

A Golden Core cultivator of the Thousand Peaks Forest only felt a flash of golden light before his eyes, and fell into endless darkness.

As a result, he came to persuade Liu Er, but the latter was unexpectedly optimistic.

Unlike Ning Zhuo took a deep breath: "Grand General, I personally divined and personally experienced it; I have my own inspiration and touch."

The injured person possessed a teleportation talisman and luckily picked up his life, fleeing frantically.

"The General must not be paralyzed by carelessness."

Liu Er nodded repeatedly, continued to comfort Unlike Ning Zhuo, and sent him all the way to the military advisor's tent to rest.

Tu Ming cultivated poison, although his physical body also had a foundation, it was not his main cultivation, how could it compare to a demon beast?

Halfway through, the three bumped into each other.

Liu Er waved his hand: "This divination has exhausted the military advisor; let's all go back and don't disturb his rest."

Zhang Hei laughed: "Hey, I knew the military advisor was worth trusting!"

He said, glancing at Guan Hong.

Guan Hong stroked his beard: "I just stated that everything is possible."

He asked Liu Er about the result of the divination.

Liu Er told him the prophecy poem.

Zhang Hei was dumbfounded, while Guan Hong pondered: "The military advisor's and the big brother's interpretations both make sense. Prophecy poems are just this kind of ambiguous tone."

Just as they were talking, a military messenger carrying a military order rode a fast horse into the military camp.

Seeing the three Golden Core generals, the military messenger still rode his horse, without any salute, just raising the military order: "Order the Three Generals Camp to prepare immediately to set off early tomorrow morning and follow the main army to the front line!"

Liu Er, Guan Hong, and Zhang Hei stared wide-eyed in unison, and Zhang Hei took a light breath.

Such a strange reaction actually startled the messenger.

"You still don't accept the order? Do you want to disobey it?!" the military messenger shouted.

Liu Er quickly took the military token.

Just as the military messenger left, Zhang Hei could not hold back: "Big brother, second brother, the military advisor is worthy of being a military advisor; he really has some skills."

"He actually predicted that our army would set out."

"Does this... mean that our future is very bleak?"

Guan Hong pondered without speaking.

Liu Er took a deep breath, his face solemn: "Second brother, third brother, actually I trust the military advisor more."

"After all, the military advisor is good at divination, and I am completely a layman."

"But why did I still comfort the military advisor like that?"

Speaking of this, Liu Er said with extreme solemnity: "Two virtuous brothers, if the future is fraught with crises and there are life-and-death dangers, will we therefore retreat three steps?"

"I will not!"

Liu Er took a deep breath, his eyes reddening: "Although I am a relative of the Blood Slaughter Emperor, so what?"

"Who would think highly of me because of this identity?"

"More people disparage me as a half-breed of human and demon!"

"I want to get ahead."

"I want to very much!"

"But in today's cultivation world, a cultivator with my identity is hard to be recognized."

"This expedition of the two kingdoms to the Thousand Peaks Forest is, for me, an opportunity that must be seized!"

"So, even if it is dangerous, I have to go on."

Liu Er's words were sincere and resonant.

Zhang Hei was moved and said immediately: "Big brother, I understand you!"

"I brought a portion of my clansmen to move to Canglin Xiancheng because I wanted to use the resources near the Thousand Peaks Forest to develop and grow. But when I really migrated, I found that important positions were all occupied by others."

"Although Canglin Xiancheng is big, the space left for outsiders to develop is too little, too little!"

"Only by participating in the crusade can I make contributions, and only then can I not be squeezed out and truly gain growth and development."

"So big brother, rest assured, on the battlefield, I, Old Hei, will definitely rush to the front!"

Guan Hong also said: "I have traveled the world and seen this golden age like cooking oil with a raging fire; the number of cultivators is as numerous as locusts."

"I think that a great age of contention is bound to come!"

"Men of our generation should follow the trend and ride the waves at the forefront of the era."

"Big brother, third brother, Guan will never flee without fighting."

Seeing the two express their hearts, Liu Er was overjoyed and grabbed their arms with both hands: "Good! Worthy of being my sworn brothers. From now on, the three of us will advance and retreat together, watch over and help each other, and we will definitely be able to make some achievements in this world!"

"Big brother (Big brother)!"

"Second brother, third brother!"

"Big brother (Big brother)!"

"Second brother, third brother!"

The three generals were of one mind, and their friendship deepened by another layer.

The three generals began to mobilize soldiers and make various preparations for breaking camp and moving forward early tomorrow morning.

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The next day.

Heavy fog.

Dense fog enveloped the mountains, and the rivers, grass, and trees were all swallowed by the white fog. The distant mountain peaks appeared and disappeared, the outline of the mountain tops was blurred, and it seemed that they would be completely swallowed by the mist at any time.

The grass and trees by the roadside drooped, and moist dew hung all over the branches and leaves, shaking gently, like silent whispers.

In the mist, even the sunlight of sunrise appeared pale and powerless, as if everything had fallen into endless silence, empty and confused.

As the commander of the Golden Halberd Army and an important general of the two kingdoms, Sun Gan was responsible for this march.

The messenger reported: "My lord, General Liu Er of the Three Generals Camp sent someone to ask, today the fog is dense, should the march be suspended?"

Sun Gan sat on the commander's seat, was stunned upon hearing this, and then sneered: "Mere fog, how can it stop the march? Ridiculous!"

After another moment, Sun Gan sent someone to ask: "Why hasn't the Three Generals Camp, as the vanguard, moved yet?"

Immediately, someone reported that the Three Generals Camp hadn't finished dismantling the tents yet.

Sun Gan snorted coldly, extremely dissatisfied: "A bunch of trash!"

The deputy general beside him said disdainfully: "The Three Generals Camp was originally a rabble. Xu Dali of the Savage Demon Camp is at least a military man who specializes in military strategy. What are Liu Er, Guan Hong, and Zhang Hei? They just learned some military strategy and think they can lead troops to fight? It's ridiculous!"

Sun Gan: "Pass down the order, the Three Generals Camp's march is too slow, violating military orders; punish the main general Liu Er with thirty strokes of the cane. Record it first, and wait until we reach Wooden Wheel Town to execute military law."

"Order the Savage Demon Camp to take the lead and be the vanguard army!"

"The White Jade Camp follows."

"My Golden Halberd Army is in the center."

"Behind our army is the Red Flower Camp."

"The Three Generals Camp brings up the rear."

"The whole army sets out!"

Sun Gan's punishment and questioning were immediately passed to the Three Generals Camp.

Unlike Ning Zhuo said guiltily: "Following my plan, it has implicated the Grand General to be punished with thirty strokes of the cane; it is Zhuo's fault."

Liu Er waved his hand immediately: "Mere thirty strokes of the cane, I can bear it, it doesn't matter."

"The military advisor thinks for our Three Generals Camp; we all understand it in our hearts."

"Let's not talk about it, pass down the order, let the whole army pack up properly, be vigilant throughout the journey, and do not be negligent; violators will be punished with sixty strokes of the cane!" ===== CHAPTER 446 =====