After in-depth contact with the spirit girl, Lu Yuan became interested in the statue of the Great Mo Sect.

But now is not the time to plot this.

The state of Chu is now in deep cooperation with Xueyuan, and it can be said that it is in the honeymoon period.

Rashly attacking the Da Mo God Statue will undoubtedly affect the cooperation between the two countries, undermine Lu Yuan's future strategy against the Zhou State, and disrupt his progress in surviving the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth.

This is undoubtedly unacceptable.

Therefore, at this time, even if you covet the statue of Da Mo, you can only endure it for the time being, and wait for it to be slowly drawn in the future.

Fortunately, this idol is not a monk, just a dead thing, but a dead thing has a lot of divine power stored in it, as if it has transformed into some kind of unconscious god.

In this way, there is no need to worry, the statue of Damo will also follow the monks of Kyushu to ascend to the immortal realm.

As long as this idol continues to stay in Kyushu, then if it is placed on the side of the Great Mo Sect, it will not run at all, and Lu Yuan can slowly obtain it in the future.

Even with the passage of time, the environment of heaven and earth continued to deteriorate, and those Tibetan people continued to migrate.

Maybe in the end, he didn't have to take the initiative to ask for it, and those people would sacrifice the statue of Damo to him in exchange for the blessing of the Chu State, without any effort.

All in all.

Regarding the statue of Da Mo, Lu Yuan was actually not in a hurry.

Time is on his side.

I can't see anything at the moment, but when the aura of heaven and earth is exhausted in the future, and the ten thousand laws are hidden, this is in a sense, it is the prosperity that truly belongs to itself.

At this time, the prosperity has not yet arrived, and we need to be patient for the time being.

The statue of Damo can be put first, and such a thing as a god is still too fearful after all.

Even if it's an unconscious deity.

Lu Yuan felt that he had better understand the essence of the divine power first, and after he had enough certainty, he should come into contact with the divine statue.

Now......

Let's go through the spirit concubine first, analyze the divine power in depth, and study it slowly.

……

Lu Yuan's research didn't last long, and he had to stop for more than a month.

It's not that he gave up halfway, and he didn't have perseverance.

The main reason is that the changes in the surrounding situation have suddenly made the international environment facing the state of Chu suddenly deteriorate a lot.

Lu Yuan had to spare more energy to cope with the pressure around him.

The first is Jiangdong Ningguo.

In October last year, after the news that Chu State sent troops to Hanzhong, there was some change on Ning's side.

The 200,000 Ning army gathered in Yuzhang County to conduct a large-scale exercise, and there seemed to be signs of sending troops to the west.

At that time, Lu Yuan was sitting in the national capital, and after learning of the commotion in Ningguo, he immediately mobilized 100,000 soldiers and horses, and also Chen soldiers bordered the border, confronting Ningguo without concessions.

And then after getting the silver of the Tibetan people, Lu Yuan recruited 100,000 troops in the territory of Chu State, and trained soldiers in Dongting with great fanfare, which made a great momentum.

After seeing this scene, Ning Guo may have been concerned about the more than 200,000 Chu troops stationed in Dongting; may also be the military god who is afraid of Lu Yuan, a reincarnated famous general; Or considering that they have also recruited a large number of new recruits in their own country, they have not yet completed their training and are not ready for a complete war.

All in all, no matter what the reason, or all of the above, under the scruples, Ning Guo finally gave up the plan to send troops.

But even so, the 200,000 Ning troops in Yuzhang County still did not evacuate, but stayed in Pengli Lake and conducted drills with the newly recruited 150,000 recruits.

As if he was going to compete with the State of Chu, the momentum was extremely huge.

For a time, although the two countries did not really go to war, they did not even see any friction on the border.

But the imminent stormy situation, as well as the heavy war clouds and depression, still make the whole world pay attention.

Everybody knows.

If it continues to brew like this, it won't take long for there to be a war between the two kingdoms of Chu Ning.

It can be as short as one or two years, or as long as three or five years, and when the two countries have finished their savings, the war will break out.

And the current confrontation is just a rehearsal for war.

But that's just an outsider's opinion.

Lu Yuan was not much optimistic about Jiangdong Ningguo's plans.

He knows it well.

After receiving the support of Ziyun Dao, Ning Guo's strength will definitely usher in a substantial increase, and it may be an exaggeration to say that it will be doubled directly, but it is absolutely no problem to increase it by four or five percent, or even six or seven percent.

Really.

This prediction soon came true.

At the end of October, the news of the capture of Hanzhong by the state of Chu reached Baling, and then from Baling back to Ning.

It didn't take long, but more than ten days, on the side of Ningguo in Jiangdong, the news of Ningzhu Shenqiu and the large-scale canonization of the four martial marquis instantly spread all over the world.

The Marquis of Ning, which is equivalent to the title of protector of Chu, and the general of China's Zhu State, are all titles exclusive to the innate grandmaster.

Ning Guo canonized four martial marquis at once, which was almost equivalent to announcing to the world that there were four more innate grandmasters belonging to the imperial court in his country.

In this regard, even Lu Yuan couldn't help but be surprised.

He wasn't surprised that Ning Guo had these four grandmasters all of a sudden.

After all, with the assistance of the Purple Cloud Dao, it is not surprising that there are four more congenital generals in the Ning Kingdom, and the Flying Frost Dao also sent the three Dharma Protector Divine Generals of the Chu State in one go!

To Lu Yuan's surprise, the four extra grandmasters of Ning Guo were all cultivated by Ning Guo himself.

Yes, these are the four congenital grandmasters canonized by Ning Guo, all of whom are from the children of the six surnames and seven clans in Linhai County, and the descendants of Ning Guo.

This is surprising.

Although the heritage of the Linhai County family is profound, it does not mean that it can take out a large number of cherished resources without a bottom line.

Just like the treasure of the Divine Blood Spirit Pill, relying on thousands of years of accumulation, the six surnames and seven clans must be more than ordinary innate sects.

But as early as more than ten years ago, Ning Guo had already cultivated Yang Jing and Shangguan Ming.

A few years ago, two more congenitals were cultivated.

In just eleven or twelve years, Ning Guo has cultivated four innate spirits, and according to the calculation of one innate five hundred spirit pills, Ning Guo has already consumed at least two thousand spirit pills.

You must know that in ordinary innate sects, the reserves of elixirs are only a few hundred, at most about a thousand, which is just enough to maintain the inheritance.

Ning Guo spent two thousand spirit pills, and almost exhausted the essence of about two or three innate sects, which is not a small price.

Even with the heritage of the Linhai family, so many elixirs were taken out at once, even if the six surnames and seven clans made it together, it was almost all the family property.

But in this case.

In just four or five years, Ning Guo actually took out four more innate grandmasters, and another two thousand spirit pills.

This big deal, even if Lu Yuan saw it, he couldn't help but secretly sigh.

Although he was also generous at this time, he started the True Inheritance Five Innate Plan in one go.

But the premise of this plan is the accumulation of more than 20 years in the Chu State.

Internally, Israel eliminated many rebellious sects, and at the same time collected Dan taxes from many obedient people, plus the production of spirit animals domesticated by themselves.

Externally, he destroyed countless small southwestern countries, plundered their treasury, and at the same time accepted the contributions of the White Phoenix Temple, as well as the support of the Fan people and the Flying Frost Dao.

It took more than twenty years to walk the inner and outer paths together, and it barely came up with enough elixir to transform the five innate grandmasters.

Lu Yuan mainly relied on plundering the heritage of others to complete this big deal.

The territory of the country of Koning has risen to peace in all directions, and they have not heard of war for more than ten years, and they have no other channels for plunder.

Now that the cost of the four Innate Grandmasters has been made up all at once, how can it not be surprising?

After all, according to outsiders' estimates, with the background of the Linhai family, the remaining elixir reserves, at most, will cultivate one innate grandmaster, which is the limit.

At this time, there are three more people, and it is self-evident where they have transformed into an innate elixir.

"Ziyun Dao is worthy of being the head of Yangzhou Xianmen, and the background is profound!"

When Lu Yuan heard the news, he couldn't help but sigh.

At the beginning, Feishuang Dao gave the Chu State a thousand elixirs, and he also felt arrogant.

But now seeing that Ziyun Dao directly gave Ning Guo 1,500 pieces, Lu Yuan saw this, and at the same time, his heart was sour, and he couldn't help but say that he was generous.

No wonder Ning Guo didn't look down on Feishuang Dao.

Think about it too.

With this financial resources alone, Ziyun Dao is better than I don't know much.

There is such a big thick leg to hug, why bother to hug another small thick leg?

However, although he was a little envious of Ning Guo's fortune, Lu Yuan didn't have too many complaints about it.

The Flying Frost Dao on his side, although the background is not as good as the Purple Cloud Dao, no matter how you say it, it is also an immortal gate.

Compared with other small countries that no one cares about, it is already a fluke that the Chu State can get the support of an immortal sect like other hegemonic powers.

With the help of the Flying Frost Dao, the Chu State was able to cultivate two more innate beings and get three Dharma Protector Generals.

This back and forth is equivalent to five more innate combat powers.

You must know that the Chu State originally, counting Lu Yuan's two clones, there were only six characters at the innate level.

At this time, there are five more digits, which can be called doubled.

With such benefits, what more can you complain about?

Moreover, although Ning Guo has four more innate beings, counting these four people, the number of grandmasters has only just broken ten.

After the Chu State got the Spirit Maiden and the three Protector Divine Generals, there were also ten innate grandmasters, which were no less than Ning Guo.

It's just worrying that the innate grandmasters exposed by Ning Guo now are only the descendants of the Ning Hai family, and the assistance of Ziyun Dao has not yet been revealed.

With the background of the Purple Cloud Dao, if they were also like the Flying Frost Dao, they would directly send the Dharma Protector Divine General in the door to join the Ning Kingdom camp.

That would undoubtedly greatly enhance the innate heritage of the Ning State, so that the other party would form a huge advantage over the Chu State in terms of the number of grandmasters.

This will undoubtedly affect the balance.

Really.

Lu Yuan's concern quickly turned into a reality.

……

The tenth day of the second month of the tenth year of Shenwu.

The atmosphere of the New Year has just faded, and as the ice and snow melt, people have been relieved from the cold winter and started the production and operation of the new year.

It was also at this time.

With the relocation and departure of a large number of people from the Flying Frost Dao, the power originally used for concealment was withdrawn one after another, and Ning Guo's side finally realized that the second largest immortal gate in his territory was unknowingly ......

Mutiny!

Moreover, the object of the rebellion is still his enemy Chu State.

Now the people of the entire Flying Frost Dao have basically withdrawn to the territory of the Chu State, and even joined the Chu State court.

This news was like thunder, and it instantly blew up and down Ning Guo.

Later, when he reacted, Shen Qiu, who was annoyed and angry, ordered to intercept the people who captured Feishuang Dao, and it was already too late.

Miluo Mountain, where the Flying Frost Road is located, has been hollowed out, and the mountain has long been empty.

After a search, the officers and soldiers sent found nothing.

Except for catching some believers who were more close to Feishuang Dao at the bottom of the mountain, punishing them fiercely, and directly smashing a lot of Taoist temples in Feishuang Dao, I didn't find any hair.

Even because of the tyrannical behavior of these officers and soldiers, it also aroused the anger of many people in Guangling County who believed in the Flying Frost Road, and caused many tragedies.

For a time, in the entire Guangling County, the people were in turmoil and the situation was unstable.

In this regard, Shenqiu had to transfer troops and horses to be stationed in various places to suppress the civil unrest in order to maintain the situation in Guangling.

But compared to the defection of the entire Flying Frost Dao, a little civil unrest is actually insignificant.

No matter how many ordinary people gather, they can't withstand the swords and guns of the elite army of Ningguo, and they can't set off any storms.

But those monks of the Flying Frost Dao, as well as those of the Flying Frost Dao who have accumulated thousands of years of heritage, if they are all used, the storm set off is enough to destroy a hegemon.

At this time, this power was already in the hands of the Chu State.

After knowing this, Shen Qiu and the Linhai family couldn't help but be terrified.

And then just like Journey to the West, the Jade Emperor's favorite sentence to shout, go and invite the Buddha of the West Heaven.

Shen Qiu immediately sent a messenger to Tianluo Mountain to ask for help from Ziyun Dao.

The only one who can deal with Xianmen is Xianmen.

At this time, Feishuang Dao, the second immortal gate in Yangzhou, defected, so if you want to deal with the other party, of course, you have to ask the original first immortal gate to deal with it.

After getting the news from Ning Guo, this Ziyun Dao realized it later, it turned out that unconsciously, Feishuang Dao actually made such a big move behind his back.

The ownership of Yangzhou's hegemony is related to the continuation and prosperity of the Dao system of Ziyun Dao in the future, and it is absolutely impossible to lose.

Therefore, after receiving Jinling's help, the Purple Cloud Dao Lord made a decision and directly sent four Dharma Protector Divine Generals from inside the gate, ordering them to go down the mountain and go to Jinling to serve their lives.

At the same time, he also dispatched manpower, sent Baling, and explored the reality of the Flying Frost Dao, and began to make corresponding preparations in the door.

Feishuang and Ziyun, two old acquaintances, finally went to the opposite side at this time for the sake of the battle for Taoism in the future.

And so.

After receiving the assistance of Ziyun Dao, while rejoicing, Shen Qiu also immediately realized that this was an opportunity to greatly revitalize the prestige of the Ning Kingdom.

He immediately ordered to prepare a canonization ceremony for the four Purple Cloud Dao Dharma Protector Divine Generals, and to give them the title of Marquis of Wu.

The time was on the 10th day of the second month of February this year.

At the same time, perhaps because of the rebellion of the Flying Frost Dao, Shen Qiu and those Linhai families were stimulated.

Or maybe it's because the state of Chu took Hanzhong and expanded its army again and again, feeling great pressure.

Out of the idea of self-preservation, Ningguo, which had just expanded its army by 150,000 last year, issued another order to expand the army.

Shenqiu ordered Shangguan Ming to recruit 100,000 troops in Yuzhang County, and then train in the local Peng Lize camp.

So far, counting the 100,000 new troops, as well as the 150,000 new troops recruited last year, and the 50,000 sailors stationed in Peng Lize, 300,000 Ning troops have been stationed in the entire Peng Li camp.

In addition, on the border between Yuzhang County and Chu State, 100,000 Ning troops were also stationed.

In the entire Yuzhang County, counting the local county government and county soldiers, the scale of the Ning army has reached more than 400,000, accounting for half of the country's soldiers and horses.

Arguably.

With so many soldiers and horses placed here, as long as Shen Qiu gives an order, a national war can be started in an instant.

Coupled with the assistance of the Purple Cloud Dao, the number of innate grandmasters in the Ning Kingdom had reached an astonishing fourteen.

In addition to the border defense needs of various places, Ning Guo can draw ten innate grandmasters at any time to participate in the war.

The threat of more than 400,000 enemy soldiers and horses on the frontier, plus more than ten innate grandmasters, such a huge force, even Lu Yuan felt deep pressure.

Although he was already the top figure in the world, if he wanted to deal with ten innate grandmasters at once, he still couldn't avoid headaches.

It's not that you can't win.

In fact, with one enemy and ten, although Lu Yuan had pressure in his heart, he was not afraid.

Whether it's a wheel battle or together, he has confidence, even if he can't win, it's still okay to retreat with his whole body.

Even defeating and destroying the other party has a lot of certainty.

But you can handle it yourself, and it doesn't mean that other people in your camp can handle it.

Ning Guo could send a few people to drag Lu Yuan, and then give full play to the advantage of numbers to break through the Chu State from several fronts.

Although the Chu State is in Baling, in addition to Lu Yuan, the Innate Sect Master also has Lan Cai'er, Lingnu, Sun Siwen, and Hanhu, who can also share some of the pressure, and it is not that they are unable to deal with the threat of Ning Guo.

But in this way, it will undoubtedly make things complicated and add countless risks and changes.

In case any of the people in the middle of the battle, Lan Cai'er and the others made a mistake, it would be a thunderbolt from the blue for Lu Yuan and for the Chu State, and it would be a heavy blow.

Therefore, considering this, in the face of the threat of Ning Guo, Lu Yuan naturally had to deal with it carefully.

So in addition to letting Lan Caier and others assassinate carefully, they also strengthened the military defense of Dongting County.

Lu Yuan had to take some risks for the time being, and let the three southwestern vassal states draw 100,000 troops, and then lead the troops to the front line of Dongting County under the command of Li Xiong, the Duke of Kunhai.

In this way, with the addition of this force, the soldiers and horses of the Chu State in Dongting can also reach more than 300,000.

The number of Innate Grandmasters will also increase to six, including Lu Yuan's extraordinary combat power.

In this way, if you just defend, it is enough to deal with the strong pressure given by Ning Guo.

After making these arrangements, Lu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

But he didn't fully relax.

Ning Guo's affairs gave him a vigilance.

Now that Ning Guo has received the funding of Ziyun Dao, his strength can skyrocket like this.

Then the Zhou State in the north, it is difficult to say that it is not so.

Now that the State of Chu has offended the other party and seized the Hanzhong County of the State of Zhou, the other party must have a grudge in his heart, and he may have to take revenge back.

Although with the complex situation faced by the Zhou State, three battlefields were opened nearby, and heavy troops and masters had to be stationed on each side in order to maintain the situation.

In this case, of course, it is impossible to learn from Ning Guo and draw out the strength of the whole country to target Chu State.

But if Zhou Guo couldn't swallow this breath, he gritted his teeth and put it together, relying on the help of Zhou Guo's Immortal Sect Jade Toad Dao, maybe he could really pull out five or six innate grandmasters.

With an army of more than 100,000 or 200,000 people in this way, they swarm up, close to Huang Xuan's strength, and they may not be able to deal with it.

Fortunately, Qingyunzi is still staying over there, and there are still 60,000 soldiers and horses left in the army of Chu's Northern Expedition stationed there, counting the 100,000 new troops and 30,000 county soldiers who are being trained in Hanzhong, they can also cope with it.

However, in this case, Qingyunzi and the 60,000 northern conscription horses were temporarily entrusted to Hanzhong County, and they could not be transferred back to Dongting.

Lu Yuan was also quite helpless about this.

Plans can't keep up with the changes.

The world can't revolve around him alone, and there will always be countless changes.

It is impossible for Ning and Zhou to watch the Chu State grow stronger, stupidly waiting for their enemies to develop, and then come to find trouble for themselves.

Strike ahead of time and strangle a strong enemy before it grows up, which is the choice that ordinary people will make.

That's what happened at this point.

Therefore, he could only send a message to Huang Xuan and Qingyunzi, so that these two clones could be more vigilant and deal with the possible counterattack launched by Zhou Guo after the beginning of spring.

Only by solving the troubles of the Zhou State first can the Chu State transfer Qingyunzi and the 60,000 soldiers and horses back to the south.

As for the southern expedition to Lingnan, before the threat of Zhou and Ning was ruled out, it could only be postponed temporarily.

The plan was suddenly disrupted, and the world was impermanent.