Chapter 376: Summoned by Ancestor

Since its establishment, the Northern Shanmen had been on the front line of the battlefield. Since then, more than one Immortal Lord and multiple True Lords had passed away here, only then expanding to its current scale.

This place had always been a thorn in the side of the Liao tribe. For thousands of years, the two sides had fought countless life-and-death battles. Countless cultivators and Liao tribes were buried here.

The Northern Shanmen had many unique settings, such as Dao soldiers and War Daoists.

To become a War Daoist, one not only had to be proficient in fighting but also had to study marching and formation, battlefield offense and defense, and even military equipment and supplies, raising troops and hoarding grain, etc. In addition, forging and refining, alchemy and medicine also had to be dabbled in. And the learning of various miscellaneous arts was all set around battlefield slaughter, and the content was significantly different from general knowledge.

For example, battlefield medicine: for the same knife wound, the Profound Bright Hall would carefully clean the wound, remove residual magic power, repair the body and tendons, and finally grow flesh and bones. But battlefield medicine was to first stuff a handful of medicinal powder into the wound, fill it up to stop the bleeding, and then talk. If the bleeding still couldn't be stopped, then stuff another bandage into it.

Dao soldiers could be regarded as the Grand Void Palace's own private army, valuing quality over quantity. Basically, everyone knew a few special Daoist arts. Now, there were twenty thousand Dao soldiers hoarded in the Northern Shanmen, and even the most ordinary small soldiers were at the Body Forging Great Completion.

In addition, the Northern Shanmen also trained thirty thousand elite soldiers and nearly a million civilian braves. Only with such a million-strong army stationed, plus countless high-level cultivators, could they survive the Liao tribe's wave-like attacks time and again.

Xuan Tongzi gritted his teeth and pulled fifty people from the reserve Dao soldiers, handed them to Wei Yuan, and clarified the merit standard. Adding the fifty Dao soldiers already in the military fortress, there were a hundred Dao soldiers in total. The merit had to be one-for-one, meaning he had to kill Liao tribes equivalent to a hundred Dao soldiers to break even.

Late at night, a large number of Liao cavalry came under the cover of night, and heavy arrows whistled into the military fortress.

The style of the Northern Shanmen's military fortress was different from the Western Jin. The walls were not high but thick, and most of the buildings inside were built semi-underground, with the roofs covered with iron-clad wooden boards, not afraid of heavy arrows falling from the sky.

The army under the Grand Void Palace was small in number but powerful in combat, not afraid of fighting on foot with Liao cavalry. If the Liao cavalry dismounted and jumped over the city walls for street fighting, that was exactly what they wanted.

Facing the Liao cavalry, Wei Yuan directly released three Dao Foundation warriors to shoot with the Liao cavalry, shooting the Liao cavalry down one by one. After leaving behind dozens of corpses, this team of probing Liao cavalry retreated, and then there was no movement for the rest of the night.

This wouldn't do, Wei Yuan was a bit anxious.

He only had seven days in total, and now a day had passed in the blink of an eye, and he had only killed a few dozen small soldiers. How could this battle record be enough? So all day long, Wei Yuan let the hundreds of soldiers in the military fortress dig fortifications, and spider-web-like trenches constantly extended.

Subsequently, Wei Yuan let the garrison of the military fortresses on the left and right wings retreat, leaving his own military fortress isolated on the front line, and then raised a large flag. On the flag was written in Liao language a greeting to the ten-thousand-man commander Cang Lei's female ancestors.

The Liao tribe initially had no movement, but on the fourth day, two thousand-man teams suddenly appeared, occupying the original locations of the two military fortresses, cutting off Wei Yuan's retreat, and then an army of over ten thousand Liao tribes surrounded Wei Yuan's military fortress. At this time, there were only a thousand defenders in the military fortress, and thirty Dao Foundations.

The first round of attacks was, as usual, heavy arrows covering the sky, pressing the defenders in the military fortress so they couldn't lift their heads. Subsequently, hundreds of Liao cavalry elites followed the arrow rain to charge, cooperating seamlessly. They were indeed a race naturally good at riding and shooting.

These elite knights were very good at controlling horses, and the Liao horses jumped lightly, jumping over the trenches. However, several square boxes suddenly rose in front of them. Amidst the roaring sound, countless flying swords shot out in a fan shape, turning the first batch of cavalry into sieves. Then, Dao soldiers appeared in the trenches on both sides, harvesting the lives of the Liao cavalry with heavy crossbows from the flanks.

The Liao tribe's main general was furious and immediately dispatched a thousand-man team to reinforce. As a result, several Dao soldier captains on both sides picked up flying sword guns and fired a round of sweeping shots. This was a batch of flying sword guns Wei Yuan had specially rushed to make. The flying swords were only seven inches, and the power was just enough to injure a Dao Foundation, but for Body Forging cultivators, it was enough to be fatal.

This kind of gun didn't need training at all. A dozen Dao soldier captains only needed a little guidance to use them. They used spiritual sense to correct the flying swords, and they were accurate within a hundred zhang. This batch of flying swords themselves had been adjusted, and when fired, half relied on pre-input Dao power, and the other half used the Dao power of the gun holder himself.

These Dao soldier captains had long fought with the Liao tribe and were well-versed in the opponents' vital points. Every flying sword didn't shoot at people but at horses, instantly causing the second wave of reinforcements to fall into a quagmire.

The Liao tribe's main general didn't expect the opponent to be so fierce, losing several hundred cavalry before even seeing the enemy's shadow. He immediately pressed on with two more thousand-man teams, attacking the left and right wings respectively. Wei Yuan withdrew the Dao soldiers on both wings and instead relied on the military fortress to fight the opponents.

This was the first time Wei Yuan had fought the Liao tribe as a commander. He patiently deployed troops, and every time it was a critical moment, he released three Dao Foundation warriors, sometimes using flying sword guns, sometimes using the Water Blade Technique, and sometimes simply rushing up to fight hand-to-hand. Time and again, he beat back the Liao tribe's attacks, and from beginning to end, Wei Yuan didn't use Dharma Form-level combat power.

The slaughter lasted all night, and the Liao tribe left nearly two thousand corpses in front of the formation. The main general finally couldn't hold back and dispatched three thousand-man commanders for the first time. It was just that the three thousand-man commanders were taken on by Xuan Tongzi, Wei Yuan, and another Grand Void Palace True Person, and the two sides fought in the sky until thunder moved the earth and fire moved.

The Grand Void Palace had the advantage of terrain, while the Liao tribe's thousand-man commanders had the blessing of military Qi, and the two sides were evenly matched. Seeing that the battle situation was deadlocked, the Liao tribe's main general dispatched two more thousand-man commanders.

Seeing reinforcements arrive, the fighting Liao tribe thousand-man commanders' morale was greatly boosted, and they began to attack without restraint. The thousand-man commander fighting Wei Yuan saw that Wei Yuan was only at the Dao Foundation Great Completion, and his attack was even more fierce, striking down with a bolt of falling thunder. As a result, Wei Yuan actually didn't dodge or evade, eating that bolt of falling thunder raw!

The thunder light dissipated, and Wei Yuan was only a bit scorched black, but two figures appeared on both sides behind that thousand-man commander, a scholar and a tall warrior, each holding a revolving sword cannon.

Wei Yuan raised the Scarlet Night Execution Immortal Sword, and with the power of the Immortal Sword, fixed the thousand-man commander with one sword, and subsequently, this thousand-man commander was drowned by a torrent of flying swords. The two Dragon Guards bombarded with sword cannons in one hand and slashed wildly with large swords in the other, and after a moment, they beheaded this thousand-man commander.

The two thousand-man commanders who came to reinforce were dragged to death by Xuan Tongzi and another Dharma Form True Person, unable to help. With the fall of this thousand-man commander, the Liao tribe finally retreated, and a great battle came to an end. In this battle, the Liao tribe left behind three thousand corpses and one thousand-man commander, while Wei Yuan's losses were less than two hundred. After inspecting the corpses after the battle, most of the Liao tribe were shot and killed by the Dao Foundation cultivators' flying swords, and those who died from bows and crossbows were less than twenty percent.

For the next two days, the Liao tribe's movement was much smaller, and Wei Yuan was truly idle, even having to rely on observing the Liao tribe's camp layout to pass the time.

This time, no matter how Wei Yuan provoked, the Liao tribe just defended strictly and never came out to fight. But outside the defensive zone where Wei Yuan was, they were attacked fiercely one after another.

By the time Wei Yuan rushed over to support, the Liao tribe had no movement again. After pulling back and forth several times, Wei Yuan also became alert, understanding that the Liao tribe was not really afraid of him, but wanted to find a flaw when mobilizing him, so as to hunt and kill him in one fell swoop.

The main general of the Liao tribe opposite was truly deep in strategy. After suffering a small loss, he immediately adjusted his strategy and never gave Wei Yuan another chance. And Wei Yuan didn't dare to leave the mountain gate's range. He estimated that now, as long as he left the mountain gate, that woman wreathed in lightning would immediately descend from the sky.

In this stalemate, on the seventh day, news came that Fenhai Zhenjun Xuan Yue had come out of seclusion and summoned Wei Yuan.

When they met again, Fenhai Zhenjun Xuan Yue was still immortal and elegant, with unparalleled demeanor, and there were swirling mists at the tips of her long eyebrows. Seeing Wei Yuan, Fenhai Zhenjun Xuan Yue couldn't help but stand up, came to Wei Yuan, sized him up from top to bottom, and then said, "Good, good, good! It's good that you're back!"

Wei Yuan keenly saw a pale fire constantly burning in the depths of Fenhai Zhenjun Xuan Yue's pupils and hurriedly asked, "Ancestor, that fire is..."

Fenhai Zhenjun Xuan Yue laughed, "Isn't it that little matter you caused? At that time, this old person took the initiative to provoke, and that Heavenly Shaman didn't hold back, giving me a vicious blow. However, wanting to burn this old person to death with just this kind of fire, that's still far from enough!"

Wei Yuan understood. Fenhai Zhenjun Xuan Yue had shared much of the power of the Great Karmic Curse; otherwise, he really might not have been able to resist it at that time.

Wei Yuan immediately said, "This junior has obtained some heavenly merit again this time, which can be exchanged for merit points or immortal silver. I was thinking about whether I need to repay part of the owed immortal silver. This matter still needs your decision."

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Fenhai Zhenjun Xuan Yue laughed, "You child are truly filial! Having heavenly merit is a good thing. How much heavenly merit did you get this time? This old person will take a look first, hmm... hmm?!!!"

Fenhai Zhenjun Xuan Yue's two long eyebrows flew up, and she said in shock, "Did you kill some old demon?"

Exchanging heavenly merit for merit points and then for immortal silver would be about a thousand taels. Even though the war was fierce now and various merit points had increased significantly, the immortal silver that could be exchanged had decreased a lot, but it was still a thousand taels.

Killing an ordinary Fenhai Zhenjun was only five thousand heavenly merit points. Wei Yuan's new heavenly merit of ten thousand—was this killing two early-stage True Lords, or killing some mid-stage old demon?

Wei Yuan said, "Killed several Dharma Forms, one of whom seemed a bit powerful." Then he concisely stated the process.

Fenhai Zhenjun Xuan Yue asked for some details and then said, "Good, very good! You don't know, but for genius Dharma Forms like the Dragon Eagle, killing one is actually more useful than killing two early-stage True Lords! The palace's heavenly merit system still has some flaws in this regard. You have made a great contribution to the palace this time. That old scoundrel Dan Ming is not yet confused and knows to add a reward."

"Keep the heavenly merit you earned yourself and use it. You can hand over the heavenly merit rewarded by that old scoundrel Dan Ming to the hall for maintenance. Otherwise, it doesn't look good for the main hall to always be collapsed."

"The Heavenly Azure Palace collapsed?" Wei Yuan was startled.

"To block that Great Karmic Curse that day, I drew too much Qi luck from the hall, so it collapsed. It doesn't matter, just rebuild it if it collapses." Fenhai Zhenjun Xuan Yue really didn't care at all.

Fenhai Zhenjun Xuan Yue looked at Wei Yuan carefully again and was suddenly shocked again, "You have already reached the Great Completion of Nurturing Spirit?"

Wei Yuan said, "Swallowed some blood Qi and Dharma Forms, and my cultivation has had a breakthrough."

Fenhai Zhenjun Xuan Yue's expression became stern, becoming rarely solemn, and said, "How did you swallow it? Tell me in detail."

Seeing Fenhai Zhenjun Xuan Yue was solemn, Wei Yuan didn't dare to hide it and told everything related to the True Dragon bloodline, only not mentioning the matter between himself and Zhang Sheng.

Fenhai Zhenjun Xuan Yue carefully checked Wei Yuan's body and looked at his sea of consciousness. It was just that Fenhai Zhenjun Xuan Yue was very cautious and had rules when her divine sense entered, neither looking at the full moon nor the maiden Yin-Yang, only being surprised when seeing tens of thousands of mortals, and then retreated.

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