Chapter 375: Peaceful Years

Two disciples led Ji Weiwei Yuan to the cave dwelling allocated to him. The cave dwelling was not large, and all necessary items had been provided. The front part of the cave dwelling was a courtyard, and the back part was inside the rock wall, with a cultivation room connected to a spiritual vein below.

Ji Weiwei Yuan first checked his heavenly merit. As expected, it had increased by twenty thousand, ten thousand of which was gifted by the long-eyebrow old Daoist. These heavenly merits were all within Ji Weiwei Yuan's expectations, so he was not surprised.

Although he couldn't update his heavenly merit in real-time while in the north, Ji Weiwei Yuan had a rough idea of how much he could get, and the difference wouldn't exceed one thousand. However, looking at the final heavenly merit, the Dragon Eagle was still stronger than imagined, and the heavenly merit obtained was also more than expected.

Having obtained so much heavenly merit, Ji Weiwei Yuan originally thought about paying off part of his debts first. However, he felt it was best to ask Ancestor Xuan Yue first; it would be better to wait for her to come out of seclusion and let her decide.

After bathing and changing clothes, Ji Weiwei Yuan left the cave dwelling to visit Zhang Sheng.

Zhang Sheng's residence was not far away. At this moment, he was reading by the window in the study, calm and focused. The lines of his profile were so beautiful and smooth that it was as if he were faintly glowing.

Ji Weiwei Yuan entered the study and had originally walked to Zhang Sheng's side, but after being glared at by him, he had to honestly retreat two steps and sit in the guest seat.

Zhang Sheng put down the book in his hand and said, "I have told you how many times, after returning to the mountain gate, you must not overstep the rules. True Lords hold power and have the ability to monitor heaven and earth within the mountain gate. They might be looser at ordinary times, but now it is wartime, and True Lords will not care about so much and will inevitably inspect every corner of the mountain gate to prevent enemies from mixing in and causing chaos. At this moment, you and I might be in the sight of some Fenhai Zhenjun. Of course, they consider their status and shouldn't eavesdrop on our conversation."

Ji Weiwei Yuan said, "True Lords can't watch everything, right? Besides, we just returned from bloody slaughter in the north; why stare at us?"

Zhang Sheng said, "Nonsense! It is exactly people like us who need to be watched closely. Only after a period of time, when it is confirmed that there are no dark hands left by alien races, will the surveillance be relaxed."

Such cases were not rare in history books. Anyone returning from the enemy side, whether they were undercover agents or released captives, would always experience many twists and turns after returning, and suspicion and doubt were even more common.

Although Zhang Sheng and Ji Weiwei Yuan's experiences were not problematic, no one knew if there were dark hands left by the enemy on them. It was not that True Lords had never made mistakes in judgment.

Although Ji Weiwei Yuan acted boldly and decisively, there were some things he really couldn't do under the watch of several True Lords.

He could only sit properly and say, "Creation View Master Dan Ming said your Dao heart has a problem."

Zhang Sheng glanced at him and said, "It has less than ten percent to do with you, don't think too much. Simply put, I previously used the Immortal Sword to nurture an invincible heart. But after a battle across space with the Heavenly Shaman, the Immortal Sword shattered, and the sword array was also destroyed. But the truly critical point was that I discovered that even if I followed this path to the end, I still couldn't defeat the Heavenly Shaman. This caused my heart to waver, and I decided to rethink the path ahead."

Ji Weiwei Yuan was silent for a moment and said, "That Heavenly Shaman, can he be ranked at the front in the current world?"

"Not bad." Zhang Sheng nodded.

A Heavenly Shaman who could activate the Great Karmic Curse, placed among the human race, probably had no more than three immortals who could fight him. Zhang Sheng felt he couldn't beat him in the future, so it affected his Dao heart?

However, this was Zhang Sheng. No matter where he stood, he always looked toward higher places.

The master was preparing to redefine the Dao path, and Ji Weiwei Yuan had no good suggestions. It was just that this path was destined to be difficult. Zhang Sheng's three Immortal Swords could originally suppress many genius immortal foundations, and after the fourth Immortal Sword was born, he climbed to the peak. Looking at the past and present generations, only Ji Liuli and Feng Chutang could compete with him. If Ji Weiwei Yuan's Myriad Worlds of Rivers and Mountains didn't appear, once Zhang Sheng's sword array was completed, he would be the undisputed first immortal foundation of the Grand Void Palace.

Now wanting to go a step further on this foundation, how difficult it was!

At this time, Zhang Sheng was bathed in the sunlight, possessing a beauty that was simple and extreme, absolutely no worse than anyone else, especially those hands. Whether holding a book or casually resting on the armrest, they made people unable to move their gaze away.

Ji Weiwei Yuan quietly moved his chair, silently and slowly approaching Zhang Sheng.

Zhang Sheng looked up, majestic without anger. Ji Weiwei Yuan had to stop his approaching movement and stared fixedly at his hands.

Suddenly, those five fingers stretched out and lifted slightly.

Ji Weiwei Yuan finally understood his meaning with great difficulty. Both surprised and happy, and feeling uneasy in his heart, he reached out his hand, but then hesitated and asked, "Is it okay? Won't we be discovered by the True Lords?"

"After True Lords control the mountain gate, their divine sense is equivalent to the mountain gate's artifact spirit. It has its own spirituality and won't report every detail to the True Lords. They won't care about such small matters."

Ji Weiwei Yuan then became a bit bolder and held his hand.

Outside the window, the sunlight was gentle, and the wind was warm. The soft light flowed over the two people sitting hand-in-hand, like a glowing stream, thus becoming a painting slowly unfolding.

I don't know how long it had been, but the wind blew the flowers and trees outside the window, and a few petals flew into the window, falling on them, which finally broke the quiet.

Ji Weiwei Yuan suddenly realized he had forgotten the time. Unknowingly, an hour had passed. And the book in Zhang Sheng's hand had always stayed on that page.

Zhang Sheng suddenly smiled slightly and said, "Being able to waste a period of time like this is also quite good."

Ji Weiwei Yuan suddenly felt a movement in his heart, secretly calling it bad, and said, "It seems a Fenhai Zhenjun's divine sense just swept past. They... shouldn't have already known, right?" Zhang Sheng said indifferently, "It doesn't matter, they will know sooner or later."

Ji Weiwei Yuan's originally uneasy heart suddenly calmed down.

Zhang Sheng said, "Ancestor is still a few days away from coming out of seclusion. If you have nothing to do, you can participate in the defense of the Northern Shanmen, make some contributions to the sect, and by the way, refine your cultivation."

"I will."

At dusk, Ji Weiwei Yuan flew all the way to a camp on the front line and handed his identity token to a Daoist in the camp. This Daoist was wearing heavy armor, with a long saber hanging at his waist, and several saber scars on his face, making him look exceptionally fierce and ferocious.

He looked at the identity token Ji Weiwei Yuan handed up and the documents from the palace, sized up Ji Weiwei Yuan from top to bottom, and said, "You are the Ji Weiwei Yuan who established the Azure Void in the west and killed hundreds of thousands of Shaman tribes and the Xu family's private army?"

"Exactly."

The Daoist laughed loudly, his voice like a booming bell, and patted Ji Weiwei Yuan on the shoulder with force, saying, "This poor Daoist is Xuan Tongzi, serving as a War Daoist! Nothing else to say, what I admire most is people who kill many alien races! Wait, you, your cultivation..."

Xuan Tong looked carefully again. At this time, Ji Weiwei Yuan did not conceal it. Spiritual essence surged within his Dao power, like patches of light mist, and there were even faint signs of various immortal family scenes, clearly signs of great spiritual nature and great Dao power, only a step away from the Dharma Form.

Xuan Tong looked at Ji Weiwei Yuan's identity jade pendant again, almost unable to believe his eyes. Even if Ji Weiwei Yuan spent two or three years to achieve the Dharma Form, he would still be under twenty at that time. A Dharma Form True Person under twenty was truly somewhat shocking.

Xuan Tong's thoughts turned, and he understood, "Junior brother wants to consolidate your cultivation and by the way share the worries for the palace. Since that is the case, you can choose one of these positions to defend for seven days."

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The Daoist pulled Ji Weiwei Yuan to a huge defense map and reached out to point at several places, all of which were quite critical positions.

Ji Weiwei Yuan asked, "What is the current battle situation?"

The Daoist opened another map. This map had a much larger range, covering the entire Northern Shanmen and a portion of the borders of various countries. It marked the current battle lines and the distribution of troops at major nodes.

"This time, the Liao tribe is constantly increasing troops, dispatching a total of several dozen tribes and millions of cavalry. Just those surrounding our Northern Shanmen number nearly two million. The strategy of the several True Lords is to defend based on the fortresses and constantly bleed the Liao people. Every day we fight below, and the True Lords fight beyond the heavens, just to see who can outlast whom."

On the map, the yellow area representing the Liao tribe had constantly moved from the two wings toward the deep south. The shape of the Grand Void Palace's Northern Shanmen at this moment was like a mushroom, and the connection with other human countries was only a thin line left.

Now, the camp where Ji Weiwei Yuan was located was at the handle of the umbrella. Once it was broken, the Liao tribe would be one step closer to encirclement. Seeing this map, Ji Weiwei Yuan finally knew the danger of the Northern Shanmen's situation. Once the Liao tribe broke through the umbrella handle and joined forces from east to west, they would completely surround the Northern Shanmen.

The Northern Shanmen was originally six thousand miles in radius, but now the outer thousand miles had fallen into the hands of the Liao tribe.

Ji Weiwei Yuan had also led a large army to fight, and from the map, he could see that the True Lords of the Grand Void Palace were abandoning the frontier land bit by bit, in exchange for killing more Liao tribes.

It was just that after the Liao tribe occupied the land, they would migrate their large army to station there, and the land contaminated by their military Qi would cut off water Qi, turning into yellow soil without any vitality or use. Even if this kind of soil had water, it was difficult to grow anything and needed to be repeatedly fertilized year after year to become fertile again.

So the strategies of both sides were very clear: the Grand Void Palace exterminated people, and the Northern Liao destroyed the land. It just depended on who couldn't hold on first.

"In our direction, what powerhouses does the Liao tribe have?"

Xuan Tong said, "Mainly the ten-thousand-man commander Cang Lei. Under his command are twenty thousand-man commanders, and the troops include thirty thousand elite iron cavalry, and one hundred thousand light cavalry and infantry each. Our defensive forces are distributed in over a dozen military fortresses, totaling fifty thousand."

Ji Weiwei Yuan looked at the map and finally said, "I can only stay here for seven days, and then I must return to the Western Realm. In these seven days, my main goal is to kill and injure the enemy."

"Junior brother, don't take risks. Defend the position first, and then talk about other things." Xuan Tong reminded.

Although Xuan Tong was at the Dharma Form stage, Ji Weiwei Yuan was only a step away from the Dharma Form, so he didn't treat Ji Weiwei Yuan as a junior, but as a peer.

Ji Weiwei Yuan said, "Take me to the warehouse to see first. As long as you give me enough military supplies, the rest is just counting military merit."

An hour later, Ji Weiwei Yuan took fifty elite Dao soldiers, drove four large military carts, and arrived at a military fortress at the very front before nightfall. After handing over with the garrison commander here, Ji Weiwei Yuan took over the command.

Subsequently, Ji Weiwei Yuan checked the terrain, counted the military strength, distributed the military supplies he brought, assembled the military equipment, and prepared to bleed the Liao tribe.

At this time of precariousness, Ji Weiwei Yuan was close to achieving success in cultivation and it was time to give feedback to the palace. Even if it was only for a few days, as long as he could have a slight impact on the battle situation, it was good.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 376 =====