[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-martial-saint-has-too-much-hp":3,"chapter-this-martial-saint-has-too-much-hp-this-martial-saint-has-too-much-hp-chapter-876":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","This Martial Saint Has Too Much HP",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2366297,4633,"Chapter 876: National War","this-martial-saint-has-too-much-hp-chapter-876",876,"\u003Cp>Inside the great hall, the smoke dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone’s gaze turned toward the Imperial Guard soldier who had been chosen to block the bullet fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man had already retracted his protective internal energy; his chest armor was shattered, leaving behind several conspicuous bullet holes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the Imperial Guard soldier’s armor was a piece of protective gear; after the bullet pierced his protective internal energy and the armor, it ultimately failed to penetrate the protective gear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, this Imperial Guard soldier was not injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the power displayed by this assault rifle, named \"Black Fire,\" brought out by the Western delegation, still shocked the ministers of the Great Lan Dynasty!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being able to train high-level internal energy meant that this Imperial Guard soldier was at least a third-tier Dao Foundation realm martial artist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such an expert was already part of the backbone of the Great Lan Dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, the Western Continent, with just a single weapon, had made it possible for ordinary people to harm an expert of this level!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Lan Dynasty officials present had not never seen such firearms capable of continuous fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The existing heavy machine guns were exactly such weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the existing heavy machine guns used a water-cooled structure, weighed over one hundred catties, were extremely cumbersome, inconvenient to carry, had a high failure rate, and their theoretical maximum rate of fire could only reach 400 rounds per minute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking now at this assault rifle brought out by the Western delegation, it was smaller in size, lighter in weight, faster in rate of fire, higher in precision, and greater in power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leading slightly in every category, when combined, it was an all-around crushing superiority!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emergence of firearms had already changed the form of warfare and enhanced the role of ordinary people in war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as of now, the gunpowder weapons mastered by the Great Lan Dynasty could at most allow ordinary people to threaten martial masters at the Qi Transformation realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moving up to the Dao Foundation realm, the threat of gunpowder weapons became much smaller. Even if ordinary people carried mortars, it was very difficult to threaten a Dao Foundation realm powerhouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The advantage that mid-level powerhouses held over gunpowder weapons meant that firearms could only play an auxiliary role in war, making it difficult to produce a decisive effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when the West brought out an assault rifle like \"Black Fire,\" the situation was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the ministers of the Internal Affairs Cabinet present were civil officials, they were not ignorant of military affairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What they thought of first was not just how great a threat ordinary people could pose once they mastered such weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The essence of a weapon is merely a tool; what determines its upper limit is, after all, the person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power exerted by the same weapon in the hands of an ordinary person versus in the hands of a transcendent is completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If several Qi Transformation realm martial masters held such weapons, could they easily kill Dao Foundation realm powerhouses below the third tier?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or conversely, if a Dao Foundation realm powerhouse held such a weapon, to what extent would the killing efficiency against lower-level martial artists increase?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Zek said this was an epoch-making weapon; it was truly no exaggeration at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\".\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The great hall fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zek signaled for his subordinate to take the gun and sit back down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took the Black Fire assault rifle from the other person's hands, placed it on the table, and pushed it forward:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chief Grand Secretary, are you satisfied with the gift we have presented?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Zean had remained calm and composed from beginning to end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the assault rifle on the table and said indifferently: \"Your delegation represents seven countries; are you only gifting one gun?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smile on Zek's face stiffened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Miller, sitting to his left, smiled slightly and said in fluent Central Plains language:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every one of our countries has such assault rifles. Besides these, there are large-caliber multi-barrel heavy machine guns and sniper rifles with a range exceeding two thousand meters. If the Chief Grand Secretary likes them, we can gift them all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Zean nodded: \"Then I shall thank you all for the gifts on behalf of His Majesty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miller looked at him: \"It seems the Chief Grand Secretary likes this gift very much; we can also sell these firearms to your country.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words immediately caused the complexions of the civil officials present to change in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are willing to sell these firearms to us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cabinet official could not help but speak up to confirm once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, if your country is willing to do business with us, all these new-style weapons can be sold.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zek nodded and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do you wish to do business?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cabinet official asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Western delegation had long been prepared for this; upon hearing this question, the seven envoys immediately took out identical booklets and handed them to the Great Lan Dynasty officials sitting opposite them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The officials of the Internal Affairs Cabinet took the booklets and began to read, and their expressions grew increasingly ugly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, a cabinet official suddenly slammed a palm heavily onto the wooden table, his face livid:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Simply preposterous!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This so-called \"proposal\" prepared by the Western delegation demanded that the Great Lan Dynasty fully open up commercial trade between it and the Western Continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seven Western countries wanted to build ports on the coastline of the Western border and open companies and build factories in every province of the Great Lan Dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Great Lan Dynasty was not to restrict commercial trade between the two sides in any form, which even included the buying and selling of opium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren't for the fact that the other party had written in the proposal that all commercial transactions would pay commercial taxes and tariffs according to the law, which could barely be considered leaving some dignity for the Great Lan Dynasty, I fear some officials would have already been unable to resist tearing the booklets in their hands to shreds!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even for the two desert nations that bowed and paid tribute to the Great Lan Dynasty, the Great Lan Dynasty's merchant caravans could not have such great freedom of trade within their borders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Ye Zean initiated the Mingxin Reform, commercial trade between the Eastern Continent and the Western Continent had never ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this trade had always been firmly controlled in the hands of the imperial court; even if some forces among the people secretly traded with the Western Continent, it was only small-scale tinkering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the seven Western countries wanted the Great Lan Dynasty to cede all the power in its hands; this was just as vile as allowing outsiders to relieve themselves wherever they pleased in one's own home!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the Great Lan Dynasty officials present, only two remained calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was Li Fei, who had not opened his eyes from start to finish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other was Ye Zean; he only glanced casually at the contents of the proposal before placing it on the table and looking no further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All seven dukes focused their gazes on Ye Zean, waiting for his reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Zean pressed his palm onto the small booklet in front of him and pushed it gently forward:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep the gift; take this back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Zek frowned slightly: \"What does the Chief Grand Secretary mean by this? If there is anything in this proposal you are dissatisfied with, you can bring it up; we can discuss it slowly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seven Western countries naturally knew that the proposal they had put forward was an exorbitant demand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one asks for a high price, and the other bargains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many things could be discussed further, and they were not incapable of making concessions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ye Zean's attitude was that he didn't even want to talk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Zean was just an ordinary person with no cultivation base at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this moment, as this old man with graying temples sat there, he possessed an aura that even the seven dukes dared not underestimate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze swept across the seven dukes one by one, and he said slowly and firmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On the land of the Great Lan Dynasty, the Great Lan Dynasty will always possess the highest authority. This point was true in the past, is true now, and will be true in the future!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene fell silent for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver-haired Duke Miller once again revealed his signature smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As far as I know, the current Great Lan Dynasty's situation does not seem very good. That Buddha from Pudu Temple killed your Emperor, yet you still dare not take action against Pudu Temple to this day. With internal troubles yet to be resolved, does your country really want to reject our goodwill?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words caused the cabinet officials to show expressions of anger, yet also a measure of helplessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could the Western Continent, with just an assault rifle, even adding other more powerful weapons, truly completely change the gap in strength between them and the Great Lan Dynasty?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, this was impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as Miller said, with the Buddhist faction yet to be eliminated, did the Great Lan Dynasty really have the spare energy to deal with the tiger-watching Western Continent?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday, the delegation had encountered an attack before even entering the city; this undoubtedly made the seven Western countries even more certain of the Great Lan Dynasty's current predicament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the seven Western countries invaded a second time while the Buddhist faction simultaneously launched an attack, how would the Great Lan Dynasty respond?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seven Western countries sending a delegation at this time was precisely because they had seized the opportunity, knowing this was the Great Lan Dynasty's weakest moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, how would they dare to bring out such a proposal?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who didn't know might have thought it was the Great Lan Dynasty that had been defeated by the seven-nation allied forces twenty-two years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is Duke Miller representing the Seferen Kingdom in threatening us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Zean met Miller's gaze and asked this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fake smile on Miller's face gradually faded, and the fierce, violent aura hidden beneath it emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes were fierce, staring fixedly at Ye Zean, like a savage beast ready to devour someone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just at this moment, Li Fei, who had been sitting beside Ye Zean with his eyes closed to rest, slowly opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gaze as tangible as substance landed on Miller.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miller's expression stiffened; he felt as if he had been pierced through by a sharp sword, nailed firmly to his seat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, he finally understood the feeling Saina had experienced yesterday!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Chief Grand Secretary has misunderstood; this Duke was merely offering a well-intentioned reminder.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miller's smile was stiff as he managed to say this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The subsequent negotiations did not continue, because Ye Zean's attitude was firm, and the two sides parted on bad terms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Fei and Ye Zean were the last to walk out of the great hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We will talk again later, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Fei turned his head to ask Ye Zean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Zean nodded: \"Of course.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then will we make concessions?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Fei stared intently at the other party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had proposed to the new monarch that they endure for three years, it did not mean he could accept any form of retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ze turned his head to look at Li Fei:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have said it before, if the logic of us civil officials does not work, then you will need to go and reason with them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Fei understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether the Great Lan Dynasty would ultimately make concessions to the seven Western Continent nations depended on whether 'reason' could prevail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the next few days, under the instruction of Ye Ze, the group of cabinet members from the Ministry of Internal Affairs responsible for negotiations each met with the envoys of the seven Western Continent nations more than once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coercion and bribery, sowing discord, and dividing interests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the help of the intelligence on the Western Continent they held, combined with the deterrent power left behind by the Great Lan Dynasty in the past, and the various interests they could offer, these civil officials truly exhausted every trick in the book to form alliances and play sides—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, although Duke Zeke Lane was representing the Deni Kingdom as an envoy this time, he also held the identity of the head of the Lane family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Great Lan Dynasty were willing to privately offer the Lane family more benefits, would the other party consider putting personal gain before public duty?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or, for example, the Kalan Principality was actually part of the Sifelun Kingdom in the past, only later becoming independent and establishing a principality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The relationship between the two countries had always been subtle; by sowing discord between them, it was not impossible to make the two sides drift apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the way the civil officials, as Ye Ze put it, reasoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was negotiation, but it was also a special form of war between nations!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is not only slaughter on the battlefield that counts as a national war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, Li Fei remained within the Imperial City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not asked to appear in any of these individual negotiations, nor did he need to worry about them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spent every day immersed in cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a natal magic treasure to advance from Earth-grade to Heaven-grade, it theoretically requires gathering the 'Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits' and 'Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends', which is one hundred and eight types of mid-tier third-grade implants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Li Fei's Flying Sword Body had only incorporated twelve types of mid-tier third-grade implants, refining them into a [Eternal Stability] divine ability, after which it advanced from Profound-grade to Earth-grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, for the subsequent upgrades, he needed to tread a path that no predecessor had walked before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A path unique to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a pioneering method of cultivation was not something that could be completed in a single day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not even something that could be completed in a single generation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Fei had mastered the arts of the Nightmare Sect, allowing him to simulate and deduce within dreams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also had the notes on the integration of martial arts and magic written by Lin Tian during his time as a Grandmaster and top-tier True Person, obtained from the Xiao family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, he possessed the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl and the \"Five Phases Reverse Wheel Method\", which allowed him to test and fail repeatedly without fear of injury or damage to his own foundation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All these unique conditions combined gave Li Fei the possibility of deducing a brand-new path in a short period of time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had now basically determined what the first spell-type implant he would incorporate next would be—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sixth-grade fire-attribute implant [Fierce Mountain Shell].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sixth-grade implants are all extremely rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even within the imperial inventory, not all types of sixth-grade implants were available.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Fierce Mountain Shell] that Li Fei now required was not in the imperial inventory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, among the exotic beasts raised at Mount Tiansha was the sixth-grade Fierce Mountain Flame Shell Beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Fei had already sent a letter to Mount Tiansha, hoping to exchange resources for a sixth-grade Fierce Mountain Flame Shell Beast from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mount Tiansha naturally did not refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, this exotic beast was already on its way, and once it was delivered to Lanling City, Li Fei could have people begin crafting the implant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Southern Border.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanping Town, one of the twenty-eight military towns of the Southern Border.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the First Imperial Prince and King Li raised their armies in rebellion, the highest officer of Nanping Town, Regional Military Commissioner Jiang Yufei, took more than thirty loyal subordinates and led them out of the town to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, they all died at the hands of the Imperial Guard Army that came to suppress them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, more than eight hundred of the one thousand two hundred Southern Border frontier troops in the military town were taken away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the battle at the Baifeng Plains, the vanguard of the Southern Border army was defeated, and the fifty-thousand-strong army that had not yet arrived either surrendered or fled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, fewer than thirty thousand frontier troops returned to the Southern Border.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the imperial court replenished a portion of the troops from various places, the total strength of the entire Southern Border now amounted to only sixty thousand men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were currently only eight hundred garrison troops in Nanping Town, more than half of whom were city guards who had never been to the border before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the warning horn sounded from the watchtower, most of the people in the military town were bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, everyone felt the ground beneath their feet shaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside Nanping Town, yellow sand filled the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A yellow dragon rolled forward!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a scene created by the galloping of over ten thousand cavalry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the new Regional Military Commissioner of Nanping Town scrambled up the high tower and saw the flags fluttering in the distance, he collapsed onto the ground, his face full of despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flags in the distance were black, embroidered with an eight-armed Asura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the flag of the 'Asura Army', the strongest imperial iron cavalry of the Xuanmo Kingdom, one of the two great desert nations!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although not as good as the Great Lan Dynasty's Imperial Guard Army, this Asura Army was also composed entirely of martial artists!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the slightest hesitation, the new Regional Military Commissioner of Nanping Town decided to open the gates and surrender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mutiny soon broke out within the town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the soldiers who dared to resist had no chance to leave the town; they all died under the blades of their own people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time the Asura Army arrived, the gates of the military town before them were slowly opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The forty-ninth year of Hongguang, November 27th.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two great desert nations raised their armies and invaded the Southern Border!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",3032,"2026-06-25T10:09:36.004Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","0d3879ce92eb0ff366474d1a40f2d50d7314cf3f405776b9439ee38a0ac12fca","this-martial-saint-has-too-much-hp-chapter-877","this-martial-saint-has-too-much-hp-chapter-875",895,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-martial-saint-has-too-much-hp-cover.jpg"]