Chapter 713: Heavy Responsibility on Shoulders

After patrolling the mortal fireworks, Wei Yuan flew into the sky. Under the drive of his divine thoughts, countless rocks and soil rose from the sea, then gathered in the high sky, and finally turned into a small floating island.

When Wei Yuan felt the area was about right, his heart moved, and courtyards, mountains and rivers, and an ancient tree appeared on the island. Wei Yuan originally wanted to move a few immortal plants up, but later thought that the immortal plants all had their own tasks, and they could transform after advancing, so they would inevitably gossip, so he changed it to an ordinary ancient tree.

When organizing the courtyard, Wei Yuan found that he really had no talent for design, but fortunately, there were ready-made ones to copy, so he copied a copy exactly according to the style of Tinghai Xianjun Yan Shi's courtyard.

Subsequently, Wei Yuan sat down in the study and began to inspect the situation of Qingming through the many avatars left in Qingming, while assigning the resulting tasks to the mortal fireworks.

Unknowingly, Wei Yuan had been fighting in the Northern Shanmen for half a year. During this period, Qingming was relatively calm. Several small forces that wanted to occupy space around were wiped out by horse bandits, but there were still people who were not afraid of death and rushed to the Western Regions one after another.

There were also people who kept trying to greet Qingming, wanting Qingming to let these small forces go, saying that there would be rewards in the future, etc.

Drawing a territory around Wei Yuan touched Wei Yuan's bottom line, so no matter who came to plead, Wei Yuan's avatar was one sentence: The Domain Lord said he is not here.

Anyone who wanted to gain a foothold on the edge of Qingming, whether it was the gatekeeper of the Left or Right Prime Minister of Jin, or the illegitimate child of some prince's brother-in-law in Zhao, was cleared out, and when he took action, he did not care about casualties at all. Anyone who dared to resist was killed on the spot, and there would be no serious injuries.

Wei Yuan's attitude was very clear: if you want to develop, come to Qingming. Those lands outside will sooner or later be mine, and others are not allowed to covet them.

The only exception was the Bishui Domain, but that was the Zhao Wang's handwriting. Other forces that did not reach the level of the Zhao Wang were not worthy.

In half a year, Qingming had successively absorbed 1 million refugees, and now the total population exceeded 5 million. If this were in the ancient times when the population was withered, it would be a small country.

With more people, it was easier to open fields. Qingming had already opened 14 million mu of fields and was opening a new 2 million mu.

At this time, a document from the Zhizheng Academy was sent to Wei Yuan by a Dao Foundation warrior.

This document stated that Qingming had not had a Dao Foundation cultivator advance for four months. At this time, 13,000 Body Forging completion Dao soldiers had been accumulated, and there were also more than 5,000 loose cultivators and various aristocratic families who had paid and were preparing to advance.

The text asked for instructions on whether Wei Yuan could return to preside over this advancement.

This was a big event, so Wei Yuan immediately approved the Dao Foundation Advancement Ceremony to be held in half a month.

Then he left the mortal fireworks, found Fenhai Zhenjun Dan Ming on duty, and proposed to take a batch of Body Forging completion Dao soldiers back to Qingming to try to let them advance to Dao Foundation.

Previously, after multiple rounds of training in Qingming, basically all the Dao soldiers with potential in the Northern Shanmen who could advance had advanced. Now, as the war progressed, a new batch of Body Forging completion cultivators appeared, so Wei Yuan prepared to take them back to Qingming to advance together.

Fenhai Zhenjun Dan Ming looked at the list and nodded. Taking away 5,000 Body Forging completions in one breath was a not-small weakening of the entire defensive line, but Fenhai Zhenjun Dan Ming did not object, only letting Wei Yuan do it, saying that the old guys would hold the defensive line.

For the next few days, Wei Yuan was busy organizing the list, transferring personnel to the rear to assemble, and letting Qingming's officers explain the matters of advancing to Dao Foundation to them, busy and happy.

On the day before returning to Qingming, Tinghai Xianjun Yan Shi suddenly sent someone to summon Wei Yuan.

In the past month, Wei Yuan had not seen Tinghai Xianjun Yan Shi. Classes were taught by other True Lords. Meeting this time, Yan Shi was sitting and drinking tea, still using that incomplete teacup. Wei Yuan subconsciously looked at the corner of the courtyard. The kiln was still burning, and the teacup inside had not been fired yet.

After Wei Yuan sat down, Yan Shi asked: "You intend to transfer a batch of backbone Dao soldiers to Qingming for training?"

"Yes, this batch has a total of 5,000 people. If luck is good, there may be 600 or 700 Dao Foundations, which is a considerable supplement to combat power."

"Well, okay. However, the Northern Liao Little National Teacher has calculated this point and ran to the front line again, intending to take advantage of the emptiness to sneak attack."

Wei Yuan was taken aback: "Are there two immortals in front?"

Yan Shi smiled slightly and said: "Without that dog, he can't even be considered half an immortal. Coming here is just a display."

Wei Yuan didn't think so. No matter how weak an immortal is, he is still a true immortal. The top-level Imperial Landscape might be able to contend with one or two, but it is very difficult to win. Who among those who can ascend to immortality was not one of the top two Imperial Landscapes around back then?

Yan Shi knew Wei Yuan's thoughts and said: "You don't need to worry, just do your own things. Now that there is an extra Little National Teacher, I think it is indeed difficult to win, but it is only difficult."

Wei Yuan understood Yan Shi's implication: he couldn't lose.

Yan Shi said again: "In the past half year, the Liao tribe has lost a total of 2 million troops, nearly half of which were lost in your hands. Everyone has seen this battle record, so now it is time to add some heavy burdens to you."

Wei Yuan felt a chill in his heart, sat straight, and said: "Please instruct, Ancestor."

Yan Shi said: "First of all, the sixth and eighth town cities on your left and right will be under your jurisdiction from now on."

This was a heavy burden of 200,000 Dao soldiers, but Wei Yuan had commanded hundreds of thousands of troops, so he agreed immediately.

Yan Shi took out a golden hall in the shape of a small golden seal and placed it in front of Wei Yuan, saying: "This is the sixth Dao Soldier Hall refined in the palace. I discussed it with the hall masters and temple masters, and decided to give it to you."

Wei Yuan was shocked and hurriedly said: "A Dao Soldier Hall every three hundred years?! What virtue and ability does this disciple have to obtain this immortal treasure?"

Yan Shi pressed his hand and said: "We have all seen the contributions you have made to the palace over the years. Qingming can no longer afford to be lost. After another few decades of nourishment, the Broken Domain will gradually be made up. At that time, Qingming will be dangerous, so this Dao Soldier Hall is a precaution."

Next, Yan Shi taught the usage method and refining secrets of the Dao Soldier Hall.

The Dao Soldier Hall is a unique immortal treasure of the Grand Void Gate, which can only be refined once every three hundred years. This hall is the core reason why the Grand Void Gate can possess a huge number of Dao soldiers, open three mountain gates, and resist Northern Liao without defeat.

After the Dao Soldier Hall is refined and completed, it will take root in the relevant domain, merge with the Domain Stone, and turn into a magnificent hall. Those who intend to become Dao soldiers need to list their names in the hall, leave part of their primordial spirit and essence blood, and from then on practice the unique Body Forging cultivation method of the Dao Soldier Hall.

These are reserve Dao soldiers. Until they practice the cultivation method and complete Body Forging, they will advance to become official Dao soldiers and activate the wonders of the Dao Soldier Hall to obtain blessings.

All Dao soldiers will be connected as one in the dark through the Dao Soldier Hall, prospering together and suffering together. With the blessing of the Dao Soldier Hall, both attack and defense will be significantly improved. Moreover, before the number of Dao soldiers reaches the upper limit, the blessing range will increase with the increase in the number of Dao soldiers.

The more Dao soldiers, the stronger they are, and the more blessings they receive. Back then, Wei Yuan trained a large number of Dao Foundations for the Grand Void Gate, and all the Dao soldiers in the relevant Dao Soldier Hall were significantly improved.

In addition to attack and defense, official Dao soldiers are protected by the Dao Soldier Hall, and their resistance to spells such as cursing, blood curses, bad luck, and diseases is also significantly increased. Taking the Shaman tribe as an example, blood curses that can curse ordinary Dao Foundations to death cannot curse Dao soldiers to death, even those who have completed Body Forging.

This Dao Soldier Hall has an upper limit of 50,000 Dao soldiers. When Wei Yuan took the golden seal, he had already thought of the source of the Dao soldiers: the Xu family teenagers in the new city and the many high-level offerings were enough to make up most of the Dao soldier quotas.

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