At the headquarters of Tianxuanling in the Huanhua Wetland, Yunxia sat in the guest seat and looked at Yang Bing with a helpless face, and said with a wry smile: "Lord Yangling is really a good means, and the concubine can't admire it." ”

Yang Bing laughed and said, "Haha, what did Elder Yunxia say, originally we didn't want to make such an unpleasant mess with your country, but what your country did was really a bit uncomfortable." ”

Yunxia smiled bitterly again: "Lord Yangling, if it is revealed that you have such strength, why would we be so unhappy with each other, hey, this time we admit it, and we are willing to redeem those merchants, but I also hope that Lord Yangling will not open his mouth, after all, we are not a rich country, and the guys of the three major powers are not so easy to talk to." ”

How could Yang Bing not hear her half-concession and half-threatening words, but on the surface, she still had a warm smile, and said: "We will detain all the goods, and then 10,000 catties of grain per person, including all their guards, a total of three hundred and eighty-four people, and then, you must no longer deliberately make things difficult for us under any pretext, and we need to buy 50 million yuan crystal of grain from you at a flat price every year." ”

Yunxia frowned when she heard this, "You only make these requests!?" ”

Yunxia's surprise Yang Bing saw it at a glance, and quipped: "Hehe, it seems that you think these conditions are not enough, so it doesn't hurt to add more to this seat." As he spoke, he seemed to be about to open his mouth and continue to put forward conditions.

Yunxia was startled, and hurriedly said: "No, no, we will agree to all these conditions of Yangling Lord, and we will never bargain, but this trade route is ••••••."

"Hehe, open as usual, the tax rate remains the same." Yang Bing smiled.

Yunxia nodded and said again: "Lord Yangling, the concubine has a reluctant request, you see, every time these merchants bring back a large number of goods from outside, it is a necessary resource for our country to resist the attack of the Yeyue Empire, if there is such a batch missing, we will be very passive, Lord Yangling will see if we can redeem this batch of goods at a low price as appropriate, after all, we are also very poor." ”

Yang Bing laughed and said: "Elder Yunxia, don't cry poor here with me, you have the support of the three major powers, although you are not rich, but poverty has nothing to do with you, and you should also know that the value of that batch of goods is hundreds of thousands of superb Yuan Jingna." ”

Yunxia cried with a sad face, and said pitifully: "Lord Yangling, you also know that it is hundreds of thousands of superb Yuan Jing, we have not collected a penny back now and have been taken by you, and we have to buy it back out of our own pockets, you also know that our country's total income a year is only a little more than 10 million exquisite Yuan Jing, this loss can really make our hearts drip blood, the support of the three major powers for our country is not unlimited, those stingy guys, not only sent us some emperors, And in terms of resources, it is not enough to even barely resist the consumption of the Yeyue Empire, so, Lord Yangling, please be sure to think about it, after all, it is not a good thing for you to drag us down, is it. ”

Yang Bing smiled and said, "Elder Yunxia's eloquence would be a waste if you didn't become a lobbyist, I admit that I was moved by what you said, so please tell me how much you are willing to buy this batch of goods back." ”

Yunxia immediately smiled when she heard this, and at the same time, her mind also became active, her eyes flowed, and she thought for a moment before she said with a smile: "We are willing to buy it back at one-tenth of the price of this batch of goods, after all, these are also free for you, aren't they." ”

Yang Bing squirted out the tea he had just drunk in his mouth, and coughed twice before laughing: "Elder Yunxia is not joking with me, in this case, we might as well sell this batch of goods to Linyue and Shangnan at half price, they also need this batch of goods, after all, we are allies now, and we are jointly dealing with the Mad Wolf Guard invaded by the Yeyue Empire, this must be unknown to Elder Yunxia." ”

Yunxia panicked when she heard this, she was thinking of negotiating some prices and saving for herself, but before she set off, she got a death order to bring this batch of goods back, if the other party really sold it to the two countries, the punishment for not completing the task is quite serious, so she immediately said: "Lord Yangling, just now the concubine was speechless, we can discuss anything, this batch of goods is too important for us, Lord Yangling must be gracious." ”

Next, the two of them bargained, and finally set the price of buying back this batch of goods at three and a half percent of its total value, and finally, Yunxia said that due to the departure of Pi Yanchuan, their strength was greatly damaged, and it would become very difficult to resist the Yeyue Empire, and they could no longer give any help in terms of troops in the Huanhua Wetland, but they also promised to provide free aid of 10 million catties of food every year during the war, and talk about their hearts.

Yunxia took those merchants and their goods away, and at this time Qiu Jinfeng walked out from behind and said: "The value of more than three million catties of grain is only tens of thousands of high-grade yuan crystals at most, and the value of those merchants in the Zongmeng is obviously much higher than this, I think even if we put forward ten times more prices, they will have to pinch their noses and admit it, but why do we only need such a little?" ”

"Hehe, this is what Childe meant, after all, we can't completely offend the Sect Alliance to death now, and the resources they spend to resist the attack of the Yeyue Empire are indeed not small, if they are blackmailed ruthlessly, it will not be a good thing for us in the end, and it proves that these are also picked up by us for nothing, and the most important thing is food, in Childe's long-term plan, the need for food is very huge, and our sect's own production alone is far from being able to supply it, so, Now we need to hoard a large amount of grain, and this alliance is a super grain production base, if they don't also need a lot of grain to resist the Yeyue Empire, the amount of grain requested by Gongzi may have increased by dozens of times. Yang Bing smiled faintly.

Qiu Jinfeng thought for a long time when she heard this, and finally shook her head, and said with a wry smile: "The master's plan is too mysterious, it's not something that a woman of my level can speculate, forget it, anyway, we can do whatever the lord says, thinking too much will give you a headache, and you will grow old quickly." ”

Yang Bing smiled and quipped: "By the way, why didn't you see Senior Taka by your side, I remember that he has always paid attention to you." ”

Qiu Jinfengqiao's face flushed, but she didn't make any little daughter's twisting gesture, after all, she was also nearly a thousand years old, and said: "Senior Taka said that he was going to the Holy Land to bring those boys from the sect over, so that they could grow up in actual combat, which was also ordered by the Lord." ”

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The courtyard wall of the inner gate of the Linghua Sect is much smaller than the outer wall, and it is not so grandiose, it looks similar to the family courtyard wall that is about the same size, and there are no disciples guarding the door here, but all the outer disciples are very consciously not breaking inside, but doing it cross-legged in front of the wall, staring at the relief on it, or thoughtful, or pondering, or communicating in pairs, or silently remembering••••••

"That's the Blue Thunder Purple Lightning Sword Technique, the technique of the Twilight Level!" A middle-aged man in the team exclaimed in a low voice.

"And over there, you see, that's Aoki Gong, and our royal family also has a collection, the Twilight-level Heavenly Rank Exercises!" Old Ghost Yin also snorted.

"Hmph, this Linghua Sect is really wealthy, even these outer disciples are cultivating twilight-level exercises, which no big sect can do, for example, big sects like the Heavenly Desolate Sect and the Demon Heaven Sect, if their outer disciples want to cultivate twilight-level exercises, they also need to do a long time to do the sect's tasks, and they can only get it after accumulating enough contribution points." The green-robed old man sighed.

"Oh my God, isn't that the Huang-level martial arts and sword skills that Fang Lin obtained in the Sorrowful Shark Lake Trial before?" At this moment, Pei Shan's exclamation caught everyone's attention.

Looking in the direction she pointed, everyone saw that it was the Yanyang Jue and the Zihua Red Lotus Sword carved there!

"Damn, what the hell does this Linghua Sect want to do, even the Huang-level exercises and martial arts are carved on the wall, are they as many high-level exercises as cabbage!" Long Yuzhen scolded with an angry face.

"Hehe, there is a total of one Huang-level exercise with five elements of the five elements carved on the courtyard wall of this inner door, two Huang-level martial arts, seventy-two twilight-level exercises, and sixteen martial arts. Shang Taijun sighed.

"Let's go, let's not stay too long, or we will be suspected." After Yin Laozu finished speaking, he took the lead towards the inner door.

Everyone immediately followed, and Pei Shan pulled Liu Yi over and asked, "I heard that Linghua Sect still has core disciples, so is there a star-rated exercise carving on the courtyard wall there?" ”

Liu Yi shook his head, pointed to the mountain peaks in the distance and said: "The core disciples all live on the peaks, we inner disciples can't go up without permission, and besides, after entering the inner gate, there will be no courtyard walls and other things, how can there be any carvings, if you want to have more advanced exercises, you can only rely on your own sect contribution to change." ”

Hearing this, Pei Shan patted her chest and said, "I'm scared to death, I really thought that if Ling Hua Sect even carved star exercises on the courtyard wall, it would be too terrifying, by the way, do you know how many star exercises Ling Hua Sect has?" ”

Liu Yi shook his head with a wry smile and said: "That's not something that a disciple of our level can access, millions of contribution points, ordinary inner disciples can't earn it anyway, only core disciples can't do it." ”

Next, the group didn't speak again, Lu Yuan and Liu Yi took the eight people to their residence, and after Yin Lao Zu laid down a layer of prohibition, he took out a sketch prepared in advance and spread it on the table, explaining the situation of Ling Huazong to everyone in detail.

The night scene of Linghua Sect can be said to be not inferior to the night of Shanghai, the top of each building has a moonstone that is at least the size of a fist, and important places such as the Council Hall, the Pill Pavilion, the Refining Pavilion, and the Meritorious Hall are inlaid with a moonstone the size of a human head on the roof, in addition, the corresponding position on the ground will also be embedded with a thumb-sized moonstone for decoration and lighting, and the sect is not like other sects, and the disciples have entered a state of sleep or cultivation. From time to time, I would also encounter disciples coming and going, or doing all kinds of things, but it was less than during the day.

"Are the disciples of the Linghua Sect so diligent, they don't even rest at night!?" Long Yuzhen was surprised.

"Of course not, most of the disciples have to rest at night, but there are also a considerable number of disciples who like to go out at night to activities, and some disciples practice exercises that are to absorb the aura of the yin attribute at night in order to improve their cultivation, and some go out to do tasks during the day, and only come back at night to hand in tasks or exchange rewards, etc., so in Linghua Sect, there are also people on duty at night." Lu Yuan explained.

Soon, a group of people came to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, it is an eight-storey pagoda-style building, very huge and magnificent, the crimson tower body is faintly treasured light flashing under the cover of the moonstone, in each layer of the pagoda each piece of glazed tiles are inlaid with a thumb-sized moonstone, there is a moonstone with a large human head on the spire, the soft light will reflect the whole pagoda and a large area around it as if it were day, the door is open, the inside is brightly lit, and the disciples who enter and exit it are also endless, not at all less than during the day.

"This...••This is the Scripture Pavilion! It's full of all kinds of exercise books? Shang Taijun asked in disbelief.

"Yes, the sect master and his entourage came back from the northern country this time, it is said that they destroyed several big sects and some big families over there, and got all their inheritances and treasury, the previous scripture collection pavilion only had a third of the collection of books, and now only a small part of the space is free, and the collection of books is so rich that my brothers and I can't count them at all." Lu Yuandao.

"Isn't Ling Huazong having statistics on these collections!?" Pei Shan said suspiciously.

"Of course there is, it took three thousand disciples a whole month to count, at present, there are seventy-three thousand eight hundred and forty-seven different types of mortal-level exercises and martial arts in the Linghua Sect, and the number of spirit level is about the same, and there are more than 57,800 at the Twilight level and Huang level, as for the number of star exercises, it has not been announced to the public, but it is said that it is very complete, so that the disciples can rest assured, no matter what type you require!" Liu Yi spoke.

Listening to Liu Yi's return, everyone couldn't help but gasp, and Old Ancestor Yin said: "With such a huge collection, even our royal family has to sigh to themselves, wait, could it be that there are duplicates of these collections of Linghua Sect?" ”

"Yes, and there are quite a few, some of them were assigned to the original Purple Pole Sect's Scripture Pavilion, and the other part was sold at a low price to those forces and cultivators who were close to Linghua Sect, which also brought a lot of income to Linghua Sect." Lu Yuan explained.

Pei Shan's chest rose and fell violently before she spoke: "In addition to various exercises and martial arts, are there any other classics in this?" ”

"There are a lot, such as the chronicles of the continent, illustrations of rare treasures, books on alchemy, refining, arrays, and talismans, as well as countless miscellaneous books on feng shui, crafts and other aspects." Liu Yi said.

Long Yuzhen smiled and said: "Hehe, sure enough, plundering is the fastest way to accumulate strength, you see that the rise of this Ling Hua Sect has only been more than ten years, and it has even surpassed the accumulation of hundreds of years of the royal family, if we get it right now, we will save thousands of years of accumulation time." ”

Meiqi frowned and said, "But the current state of this Hidden Scripture Pavilion, how can we start?" I can feel that although this place looks very loose, there is a very powerful formation guarding it, and it is absolutely impossible for us to succeed without anyone knowing. ”

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At the junction of the Huanhua Wetland and the border pass of the Yeyue Empire, Qin Wuhui raised his hand to stop the army from advancing, and just stood in place and thought for a while before sighing regretfully, but he said in a flat tone: "Hey, we were fooled and missed an opportunity to kill and injure a large number of enemy soldiers." ”

Next to him, a black-robed old man spoke: "General, what do you mean ••••••?"

"Hehe, I was shocked by that woman before, and she overestimated the strength of her opponent, she should be quite uncomfortable, otherwise she should have come to chase me, instead of just watching me withdraw." Qin Wuhui said here and took a deep breath and continued: "I have to admit that I didn't think seriously about it at that time, when the enemy pressed on the whole army, I was still a little panicked, so I ordered a retreat, and their main purpose was not to kill us, but to retreat!" ”

The black-robed old man was surprised: "General, this is too unbelievable, obviously you want to retreat, but why do you order the whole army to press, as if you want to fight to the end with the advantage of numbers?" ”

Qin Wuhui's face did show a hint of a smile, and he looked at Bu Yueyi's direction and said: "This is where the other party is smart, Yun Lao, think about it, if they ordered the whole army to retreat at that time, with the quality of their army, it would inevitably collapse completely, and then it would be a plate of scattered sand, under the pursuit of our army, at least two or three percent of the troops would be lost, and their strong men would not be able to fall a few, so they took the method of advancing and retreating." ”

Yun Lao was even more puzzled and said: "But at that time, they had the advantage, why should they retreat in a hurry?" ”

Qin Wuhui smiled bitterly and said: "Hehe, this is the situation that we didn't notice at the time, at that time they had such a high attack density and attack intensity, but the damage caused to us was very limited, and when the short-handed combat was their losses were dozens of times more than ours, one of our soldiers in the Nine Shadows Realm could barely cope with them as an elite of the Yanyan Realm, and it was even possible to kill them, in this case, if they still had to die, in the end, It's hard to say how much they have left, but our losses will definitely not exceed 10%. ”

After a pause, Qin Wuhui continued: "After all, I still have experienced too few battlefields, and the lack of experience is revealed, after all, the few battles we have experienced before have been too smooth, if the other marshals were faced with the previous situation, they should not make the same mistake as me, and they must reflect on it when they go back." ”

Yun Lao looked at the great general, nodded secretly, and said in his heart: "No wonder this great general was valued by the royal family back then, and spent hundreds of years cultivating it, such a state of mind that is not discouraged and frustrated is the main reason why he can stand out from the crowd at this age." ”

At this moment, another gray-robed old man in the realm of life and death spoke: "General, why don't we kill the horse pistol now, maybe they haven't withdrawn yet, and they are just caught by us!" ”

Qin Wuhui waved his hand and said: "No need to go, the commander of the other party is a real talent, they must have retreated for hundreds of miles now, the most important thing is that we are quite unfamiliar with the terrain of the Huanhua Wetland, and when they withdrew, they must have destroyed the road signs of the entire trade route, without guidance, we will have a lot of trouble, and maybe it will cause a lot of unnecessary damage, which is not a good thing for us." ”

The gray-robed old man said unwillingly: "But General, you should know that the willow trees in this Huanhua Wetland don't know what the reason is, the growth rate is simply beyond our imagination, as far as the terrain we have opened up, I'm afraid it will only take a month to restore its original appearance, and then we will have to reopen it again?" ”

"Hehe, Gan Lao is too worried, when we find them next time, the battlefield will definitely not be in Buyueyi, so it is meaningless for us whether the terrain there is restored." Qin Wuhui said.

Gan Lao said: "Then, if these people have been hiding from us in the willow forest of this wetland, we won't have any way to deal with them!" ”

"Hehe, no matter how they hide, but the location of Tianxuanling will not change, the Shadow Guard is already exploring the way to Tianxuanling, when the time comes, we only need to go straight to Huanglong, even if they want to hide, hehe, now we just need to go back to the city to recuperate, and then want to apply for some masters in the imperial court, and then we can do it once and for all, our soldiers still need further combat training." Qin Wuhui said lightly, and led everyone to the Guannei.

On the other side, Dongfang Meteorite and his party have left Buyueyi for four or five hundred miles, and on this section of the road, there are no other buildings at all, even a few small bandit cottages have been all taken in, and their cottages have been completely destroyed and turned into a willow forest.

As Qin Wuhui said, where Ling Huajun passed, all the road signs had been completely destroyed, and Gao Xuan originally wanted to change the direction of these road signs and lead the Yeyue Army to those poisonous areas or areas where powerful spirit beasts were located, but he was stopped by the Eastern Meteorite.

"Ancestor, why is this, isn't it good to let them go to those death zones?" Gao Jue asked confusedly.

"If you can really lead the other party over, it will naturally be the best, but it is not easy for anyone who can get into the position of general in the regular army of the Yeyue Empire, when they go to Bu Yueyi and find that we have withdrawn, they will definitely think that we will definitely destroy or change the road signs, and when they find that the road signs have been changed after a few trials, then they can judge the correct direction from the direction of the change, at least roughly judge the correct direction, And if we destroy the road signs completely, they will not be able to judge, which will buy us more time. Eastern Meteorite explained.

Gao Jue looked at the Eastern Meteorite with admiration, and said with a deep salute: "Thank you for the guidance of the ancestors, Gao Jue has been taught." ”

Dongfang Meteorite laughed and said: "These words are not something I can say, but Childe asked me to tell you at this time, Childe said that if this situation did not happen, then there was no need to say what I said to you just now." ”

When Gao Jue heard this, his heart suddenly turned over, and his admiration for Fang Lin had reached the level of god-like worship, and after a while, he raised his head and said, "Old Ancestor, did the sect master say what we should do next?" ”

"Hehe, next, let's naturally fight guerrilla warfare with the people of the Yeyue Empire in this willow forest, it is estimated that they will not send a large number of troops in a short period of time, but the Yeyue Empire has a very powerful spy organization called the Shadow Guard, and in the next period of time, we will have to fight guerrilla warfare with these guys who are quite difficult to deal with." Dongfang Meteorite said solemnly.

Gao Jue wanted to ask something more, but was interrupted by Dongfang Meteor waving his hand: "Don't ask more now, you will naturally understand when the time comes, I can only tell you that although the number of those guys is not large, and the cultivation is not high, but it is extremely difficult, but you have to pay attention to it." ”

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In front of the Linghua Sect's Scripture Pavilion, Old Ancestor Yin and his party were in a dilemma, everyone was silent for a while, and finally Old Ghost Yin took the lead in losing his breath and said, "What should we do, can we directly wash this Scripture Pavilion away?" ”

Mei Qi hurriedly said: "Absolutely not, I can feel it, the guardian array here is definitely not something we can break in a short period of time, even if I want to break the formation, I am afraid it will take a long time to study, and I dare not guarantee that no one will find out when the formation is broken, not to mention, is there no big array in this pagoda to guard, I'm afraid that the big array inside is even more powerful and vicious, right, rushing in rashly, whether we can come out is a question, I really didn't expect that Ling Huazong would be so willing to spend the capital!" ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be depressed in their hearts, seeing that a huge treasure mountain was in front of them, but they couldn't get it anyway, that feeling was so uncomfortable, and finally Shang Taijun, who had a calmer personality, spoke: "In that case, we might as well go to their sect treasury to have a look." ”

Everyone had to nod helplessly, and as Liu Yi and the two went in the direction of the sect, about a quarter of an hour later, a huge hemispherical building appeared in front of everyone, covering an area of about 10,000 acres, different from the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, its walls are dark blue, which depicts all kinds of genius treasures, and each kind of genius treasure is inlaid with moonstones of different numbers and sizes, reflecting the whole building brightly, gorgeous, and the whole building only has a front door, It can accommodate about five people side by side, and the inside is also brightly lit and crowded, and if you listen carefully, you can also hear the faint sound of conversation inside.

"It's really good, someone actually exchanged it for a treasure like the Adamantine Iron Mother, if you add it to the weapon, it can immediately double its power." Long Yuzhen said after listening for a while.

"Hehe, it's really a good thing, just now I heard that my kid exchanged the six-leaf agave he found for fifteen hundred contribution points, hehe, Lu Yuan, Ling Huazong's contribution points are so valuable, you must know that the six-leaf agave is the best in the sixth-level elixir, if it is exchanged for our royal family, it will definitely be exchanged for at least one Taiji Realm Breaking Pill." The green-robed old man said.

"Hehe, Ancestor, the price of the Tai Chi Realm Breaking Pill in the Linghua Sect is seven hundred and fifty contribution points." Lu Yuan said with a smile.

"What!" Everyone was not calm when they heard this, and they were even more jealous of Ling Hua Sect's wealth to the core, and at the same time, they all looked at the sect treasury not far away with red eyes, and Old Ghost Yin muttered uncontrollably: "Wash it, you must wash it cleanly, it must not fall into the hands of others, absolutely not!" ”

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