Chapter 303: Drawing Lots

Five days later, in the meeting hall of Qinghe Market, representatives of the four major families of Qinghe County—Huang, Gao, Song, and Lu—had all arrived here.

Although Feng De was a young cultivator who had only recently reached Foundation Establishment, because Qinghe Market was his main territory, he still sat in the head position on such an occasion.

"Fellow Daoists, this time the sect's decree requires the conscription of cultivators above Foundation Establishment to go together to the State of Lu to resist the Tianhai Alliance. I presume everyone is already somewhat aware of this.

This conscription order states that everyone will take turns going to the State of Lu. Our Qinghe County is considered a relatively small county, so this time we only need to send one person first, rotating once every year.

As for who goes first, for the sake of fairness, I have already prepared four talisman papers that I made myself. Let's determine the order based on the drawing of lots that each family will perform in a moment. You all have no objections, right!"

"Fellow Daoist Feng's preparation is indeed very appropriate. We have no objections. Let's do as you say!" Seeing that people from the other three families did not speak out against it, Lu Xingde also hurriedly nodded and agreed with a smile.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Feng De took the bag containing the four spirit talismans and placed it in front of Lu Xingde.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, please go first!"

Lu Xingde nodded with a chuckle and was the first to draw a talisman paper.

Subsequently, Gao Yubai representing the Gao family, Huang Shengyue of the Huang family, and Song Qingming also successively drew their own talisman papers from Feng De's hand.

Injecting his magic power into the talisman paper in his hand, he saw the yellow talisman paper instantly reveal a faint blue light, and then a burst of red flame suddenly emerged from within the blue light, forming a large "two" character in front of Song Qingming.

Looking at it this way, the Song family should be ranked in the second rotation; this time the luck was slightly worse.

Looking around, Gao Yubai and Huang Shengyue were both fine, their faces were very relaxed, only Lu Xingde, who had just been chuckling, suddenly lost the smile that had been hanging on his face, looking somewhat ugly at the "one" character on his body that was somewhat of an eyesore.

"Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Lu for winning the first prize and setting an example for our Qinghe County. When you arrive at the front line of the State of Lu, you must give us a good face. When you come back in the future, you can explain the way of survival on the front line to us more, haha."

Seeing that the one who drew the first was Lu Xingde, a guy who only cared about his Dao path, Huang Shengyue, who drew the last, couldn't help but step forward and mock him a few times.

Faced with such sarcasm from Huang Shengyue, Lu Xingde responded with a bitter face: "Fellow Daoist Huang, rest assured, Lu is just taking a step first. Everyone will have a chance to give face."

Lu Xingde's words actually felt a bit like self-deception. Although the war between the Lingyin Sect and the Tianhai Alliance was much larger in scale this time than in the past, and had caused no small losses to the side of the Floating Cloud Mountain Range, discerning people knew that the "four" that Huang Shengyue held, which was the latest to go to the front line, was definitely the best lot at present.

For such a great war, the materials consumed by both sides every year are massive. It is hard to say specifically how long the front line can fight. There is a high probability that when it is the Huang family's turn to go to the front line, the entire battle will be almost over. This is also the biggest reason why Huang Shengyue could be so smug when she drew the last lot.

Not only her, even Gao Yubai, who had always been Lu Xingde's ally, was also shaking his head slightly at Lu Xingde with a helpless smile at this moment. He also knew at this moment that it didn't matter who drew the first lot, as long as it wasn't the Gao family.

Seeing Lu Xingde's dejected appearance, Feng De, who was standing at the head, looked at everyone with a serious face and said: "Fellow Daoists, please rest assured. Conscripting you to the front line is not to let you go and fight to the death with others.

The sect is only conscripting everyone to the front line to help guard some relatively important places, and will not arrange for everyone to go directly to the front battlefield. In the future, everyone can be at ease and not be too panicked because of this matter."

Although Feng De's words sounded very nice and were what everyone most wanted to hear, the people present did not take his words seriously. Although the Xiaoyao Sect says it nicely now, it will be different when they arrive at the front line. When a real crisis comes, who will remember these verbal promises made by the people below now? At that time, ordering you to go to the front battlefield will be just a temporary order.

Arriving at the front line of the State of Lu, thousands of miles away, the danger level of this level of great war is no less than the beast turmoil back then. Even if you are allowed to hide in the second line to escort materials and guard important strongholds, such a task is not absolutely safe. If you are unlucky enough to encounter an ambush or robbery by the other side, whether you can successfully survive still depends on your own ability.

After walking out of the meeting hall of Qinghe Market, Song Qingming was also somewhat heavy-hearted. The Song family drew the second rotation. With such a large scale of battle this time, Song Qingming also knew that the war would definitely not end so early, which means he only has at most one year left, and the Song family must have someone go to the front line.

Song Qingyu has only reached Foundation Establishment for a few years, and her injuries from the last market battle have not yet fully healed. Song Qingming will not feel at ease letting her go to such a dangerous place as the front line of the State of Lu, so it can only be him going himself.

However, before that, he had to handle the task Long Feng had entrusted to him first. Otherwise, if he were to meet with any accident and fail to fulfill what he had promised Long Feng, the entire Song family might suffer a great disaster, and they would certainly be unable to withstand the wrath of a demon king like Long Feng.

Not long after walking out, Song Qingming suddenly received a sound transmission from not far behind him, and could only stop his steps and turn around to walk into a small teahouse not far behind him.

Although this teahouse was not large, the location was quite good. However, it was still morning, and there were not many people wandering around on the street, and there were only a few sparse guests in the teahouse.

After walking into a small private room, Song Qingming saw a man pouring tea. It was none other than Lu Xingde, who had just won the first prize.

"Fellow Daoist Song, come and sit down. That you could give me face and come over, this really makes me very happy!"

Seeing Song Qingming come as promised, Lu Xingde hurriedly smiled and stepped forward to welcome him into the private room, smilingly helping him pour a cup of fragrant tea that was nourishing with spiritual energy.

"Fellow Daoist Lu invited me over, I wonder what important matter there is?" After Song Qingming sat down, he did not exchange too many pleasantries with him, and asked directly about the purpose of his invitation.

Lu Xingde smiled when he heard this and said: "Little Brother Song, I have already determined that I must take a step first. Everyone is a cultivator of Qinghe County. Although the two families occasionally have some conflicts, we have also shared hardships together. My trip is too hurried and I will set off in two days. I really don't have time to go out and purchase spiritual objects. I wonder if you can help me transfer a few spirit talismans to me."

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