Yuzhang, Tianluo Mountain.

Just when the Kyushu monks activated the Northern Netherworld Capital and drained all the active spiritual energy between heaven and earth, hundreds of thousands of miles away, Lu Yuan immediately noticed the changes between heaven and earth.

"What's the matter, why is the aura between heaven and earth suddenly dried up?"

In the Liuyue Pavilion of the back mountain, Lu Yuan, who was meditating and cultivating, suddenly opened his eyes, and a pair of eyes looked out at the mountains through the curtains.

The divine consciousness enveloped this area, and the spiritual energy felt was deserted, and there was no trace of spiritual light that could be seen before.

This is undoubtedly extremely abnormal.

It must be known that although it is now the end of the world, the aura of the outside world does not exist, and mortals cannot cultivate at all.

However, in a few cave heavens such as Tianluo Mountain and Miluo Mountain, there is still a small amount of spiritual energy left for people to cultivate.

But at this time, in Tianluo Mountain, the aura that was still abundant just now was instantly attracted by some kind of power, and directly extracted all the aura, leaving no half point in this mountain.

"There must be a reason for the sudden dissipation of the aura......"

Lu Yuan frowned, pondered for a while, and thought, "It's now May of the twelfth year of Shenwu, and it's been almost two years since those Kyushu monks crossed the sea to the north.

Calculate the time, in two years, they should also arrive in the Northern Netherworld.

So now that the aura of heaven and earth has dissipated, is it because the monks of Kyushu activated the formation and extracted all the active aura between heaven and earth? ”

When the Flying Frost Dao Master Mo left, he had said to Lu Yuan that activating the Northern Netherworld Capital Circle required a large amount of spiritual energy as running energy.

Therefore, when the magic circle is opened, the remaining aura in Kyushu will be drained, and there will be no trace left.

At that time, even in a high-grade cave like Tianluo Mountain, the monks could not breathe out spiritual energy and accumulate mana.

Because of this, Mo Li warmly invited Lu Yuan to follow them across the sea and ascend.

Otherwise, Lu Yuan, a monk, living in this kind of peerless world, not only would the greatest means be restricted because he had no spiritual energy, but the immortal path would also be completely cut off.

Instead of living like this, it is better to soar together and gain an immortal path.

However, this invitation was naturally rejected by Lu Yuan, who still had many ways to retreat, without hesitation.

It's just that although the common ascension refused, Mo Li still told Lu Yuan about many details of the ascension plan for the sake of allies.

Therefore, when he noticed that the world had changed, he immediately thought of the Northern Netherworld.

"It should be this reason, the Kyushu monk has soared, and my last hidden danger in this world is gone."

Lu Yuan thought of this, and his heart was a little excited.

There were one or two hundred monks in that group of Kyushu monks, and there were more than ten people who condensed one qi, and it was not known if there were two condensers among them.

Such a huge force, even if Lu Yuan is already an immortal Dao two qi, the realm of a great martial arts master, he doesn't dare to say that he can defeat it.

If you insist on fighting, there is a high probability that you will lose.

Therefore, if the Kyushu monk does not ascend for a day, Lu Yuan's shackles will exist for a day.

At this point, these people are gone.

Regardless of whether they have ascended to the Immortal Realm or not, according to past practice, these people will never be able to come back.

And without these people, Lu Yuan at this time can be regarded as a real one-man press.

In this world of Kyushu, no one is his opponent anymore.

However, in addition to being excited, he thought of something again, his complexion changed slightly, and he hurriedly sensed the Heavenly Pillar, and countless Qi Luck added to his body and entered the Heavenly Pillar.

In an instant, a massive amount of spiritual energy, as before, was attracted from the heavenly dome and flowed along the heavenly pillar to the area of Lu Yuan.

"That's right, the aura extracted from the Northern Netherworld is just an active aura scattered between heaven and earth.

The dead aura hidden in the heavenly vault has not been drained.

In this case, the impact on me is not too great, at most it is a pity that the cave of Tianluo Mountain is a pity. ”

Lu Yuan absorbed the spiritual energy, felt the mana in his body that had thickened a few points, and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.

Although the last active aura between heaven and earth has been emptied, the cave of Tianluo Mountain has also been abandoned, which is quite regrettable.

But for Lu Yuan, as long as the Heavenly Pillar is still useful, and the Heavenly Dome can still attract spiritual energy, then the situation is not bad.

After all, when he sensed the Heavenly Pillar, he could roughly understand the amount of aura inside, so he also knew that the aura left in the heavenly vault was far superior to those cave aura between heaven and earth.

Relying on the remnants of the aura in the cave sky, it may be possible to cultivate a monk who condenses the three qi and four qi, but it is absolutely impossible to cultivate a mortal with the five qi dynasty to the extreme.

But the remnant aura in the heavenly dome can satisfy Lu Yuan's cultivation all the way to the Five Qi Dynasty, and even if he is lucky, it is possible to cultivate a human flower real person.

Human flower is the fruit of the way of immortals: human flowers are real people, also known as human immortals.

In other words, staying in Kyushu, Lu Yuan also has a chance to become an immortal.

It was precisely because of this hope that Lu Yuan was able to be so simple at the beginning, refusing the temptation of Mo Li and the others to fly to the immortal realm together.

After all, even if the Kyushu monk ascended to the immortal realm, it only meant that he had changed to a place with more abundant spiritual energy, and his cultivation would be smoother.

It's not that if you ascend to the immortal realm, you can become an immortal.

If you can soar and become an immortal, then it can be regarded as tempting to Lu Yuan.

can neither become an immortal, but the aura is abundant, which is limited for him who already has the retreat of the heavenly dome aura.

And when you go to the fairy world, just by looking at this name, you can know that this definition is obviously countless immortals and gods, and monks are everywhere.

In this kind of place, Lu Yuan's cultivation of condensing two qi is not the lowest level of cannon fodder.

If the fairy world is a little more sinister, it is an underworld cultivating the immortal world, paying attention to killing people and grabbing treasures, and the weak eat the strong, it will be even more terrifying.

Wherever Lu Yuan went, his life was in danger.

He is in the Kyushu world, he is the king of Chu, the first master in the world, with glory and wealth in his hands, unlimited life, and no one can threaten his life.

Basically, as long as Lu Yuan himself doesn't seek death, no one can kill him.

This kind of immortal day is in hand, and if you are stupid, you will go to the fairy world to find some immortal immortal path.

Not to mention, whether the so-called Northern Netherworld can still connect to the immortal world is also a matter that no one can determine.

Maybe the other end of this Ascension Circle is directly Void Chaos, and it is very possible that it will be lost and die in the past.

"However, although there is no obstacle to cultivation, but without the aura of Tianluo Mountain, with my current luck, the aura of the Heavenly Dome that I can leverage cannot meet my cultivation needs."

Lu Yuan was relieved, but couldn't help but feel slightly bored.

Originally, with the blessing of Tianluo Cave Heaven, when he cultivated, he could maintain a full load of spiritual energy.

But now that he lacks the Cave Heaven Aura, with his current realm of condensing two qis, the existing Heavenly Dome Aura leveraged by qi luck can only supply about eighty percent of his own full aura throughput.

Although this amount is not small, for Lu Yuan, who is used to eating and suffocating, there is always a feeling of not being full and hungry, which makes people very uncomfortable.

"It seems that we have to speed up some expansion, try to strengthen the Chu State, and gather enough luck to fill these gaps."

Lu Yuan thought to himself, then looked to the west, and thought, "Huang Xin and Qinghezi, it's time for them to speed up their progress." ”

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Just when Lu Yuan was distressed because of the dissipation of the Cave Heaven aura, there were also people in distress at this time in Lingnan, thousands of miles away.

Song Kingdom, the national capital Song Pingcheng.

Today, all the ministers of the Song State and Xie Ning, the king of the Song Dynasty, gathered together, all with solemn faces and worried expressions.

"King, the envoy of the Chu people has come to urge again, we must reply as soon as possible."

In the solemn atmosphere, Xie Yong, Zong Zhengqing below, broke the silence.

As soon as these words came out, it seemed to open the conversation, and the ministers in the hall spoke one after another.

"Yes, king, the Chu people have now gathered 100,000 soldiers and horses in the two counties of Tonghai and Yulin, all of whom are the elite of the forbidden army.

Qinghezi, the southwestern governor of the Chu people, also personally felt the front-line overseer.

Counting him, the Chu people gathered three innate beings on the border.

In addition, Qianzhong, Kunhai, Chili, Jianchuan and other military states, there are also a large number of soldiers and horses gathered.

If I don't make plans early, the Chu people will come over. ”

"Now that the Chu people have swept Jiangdong and Lingnan, the Su State and the South China Sea Kingdom have been destroyed, the Ning Dynasty has been defeated and retreated, and the turtle has retreated in half of the Jiangdong Wall, and the general trend has gone.

Yangzhou now only has uneven land, and only this southwest is left.

The Chu people cover the land of eleven counties, and there are three kingdoms in the southwest, and it is difficult to resist in the southwest corner, and the king really has to make plans early. ”

"Whether it is war or peace, please make a decision as soon as possible."

The ministers expressed their opinions one after another.

Xie Ning looked at the people below, listening to the chaos, and a trace of bitterness appeared in his heart.

Although all the ministers said that they would let themselves make up their minds, and did not directly say that they wanted to surrender, but the meaning of those words was that the Chu people were unstoppable, so surrender quickly?

However, thinking of the current momentum of the Chu State, Xie Ning couldn't help but despair.

The gap between the current Chu State and the Song State is too big.

The difference in territory is eight or nine times, the gap in population is more than ten times, the gap in strength is more than ten times, and the gap in innate grandmasters is more than twenty times......

Between the Chu State and the Song State, it is simply a baby and a giant, not in the same volume at all.

For the current Chu State, if you want to destroy the Song State, you don't need to send special troops and horses, just send the border troops that are close to the Song State.

Just like now, the state of Chu just gathered the forbidden troops stationed in the two counties of Tonghai and Yulin, and a governor came, and the Song state was in danger of extinction.

The whole country was terrified, and the whole country was shaken.

It's just that the surrender conditions offered by the Chu people really made it a little difficult for Xie Ning to decide, so he couldn't make up his mind.

"Nanzhao and Dali, what is the situation over there? How did they choose the conditions of the Chu people? ”

After hesitating for a long time, Xie Ning looked at the ministers below and suddenly asked.

This time, the Chu State sent troops, not only against him and the Song State, but also at the entire Lingnan and Southwest, and the remaining three countries outside the Chu State system.

Of the three countries, the Song State is undoubtedly the weakest one, which is the least in terms of territory, population, and number of grandmasters.

Therefore, the choice of the Song State does not affect the situation of the entire Three Kingdoms, and the two Yi countries of Dali and Nanzhao are the key to determining whether this southwest region can change peacefully.

"Back to the king, Dali's side, like my country, has not yet replied to the news of Chu.

But on the side of Nanzhao, news has come these days that the whole country seems to have agreed to accept the conditions of Chu, and at this time it has already started negotiations with the envoys of Chu to contact the tributary Chu State and seal the country to build a state. ”

There are ministers who are responsible for these aspects and are well-informed, and they report back.

"Nanzhao State has agreed, can they accept to divide the entire country into three, and also divide a part and hand it over to the Chu State for direct control?"

When Xie Ning heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised.

This time, the state of Chu rectified the three southwestern countries, and the conditions given to Dali, Nanzhao, Song and other countries were not harsh, but they also did not need to be lenient.

The requirements of the Chu State are that the three southwestern kingdoms, according to the number of congenital beings in the country, with one congenital canonization of half a county as the condition of the country, will split the original three kingdoms as a whole into small countries headed by the innate grandmaster.

If this requirement is followed, then the Nanzhao Kingdom, which originally had two counties, will be split into three small states with only half a county.

There is also half of the county that will be recovered by the Chu State and become the land directly under the direct jurisdiction.

Dali doesn't need to be reclaimed, because there are four innate masters in his country, one and a half counties, which is just enough to divide the land of the two counties in the country.

It was Song Guo who really suffered.

Because Xie Ning is only a congenital person, if he does it according to this policy, then he will directly lose the land of one county, and can only retain half of the county.

And what's even more excessive is that I don't know if Chu also knows that Song is easy to bully, so the half-county land left for him is not Jiuzhen County, which has been developed and matured.

It is Yinsheng County, which has just been developed by the Song Kingdom, and is full of barbarians.

How can Shainin accept this?

You must know that when Yinsheng County was originally under the Dali Kingdom, it was a barren land.

Later, after Shainin's conquest, the barbarian natives on the land were killed and dispersed in large numbers, and the population loss was extremely serious.

Therefore, in the entire Yinsheng County, there are only more than 80,000 registered households and more than 300,000 people.

What's the point of being a king in a poor place like this?

Neither can he collect much taxes, nor can he raise many large troops, saying that he is a king, but in fact he is not as good as a prefect in the mainland, and his name is much better.

And Jiuzhen County, which is about to be ceded out, is a real rich land, with 360,000 households and a population of more than 1.7 million, which is worth five or six Yinsheng counties.

Of course, under the condition that the Chu State occupies an absolute advantage, the Song State can still protect the country, Xie Ning can still be a king, and many ministers present can still retain their status, which is a rare and beautiful thing in all dynasties.

After all, in the past, when the enemy dynasty was destroyed, it was all about entering the enemy royal family, and the ministers of the whole country were all reduced to slaves of the country.

Now it is really rare for the Chu State to treat the Song State so favorably.

But everything is afraid of comparison.

Seeing that Nanzhao and Dali have received more benefits than themselves, even if they know that their treatment is already good, Xie Ning will still feel that he has suffered a loss.

Naturally, he hesitated in his heart, and he was very unwilling, and he couldn't make the decision to surrender.

"Great King, the Nanzhao Kingdom was heavily damaged by the Chu State before, and then it was harassed by Chili, Kunhai, Jianchuan and other countries for several years, and it can be said that it has suffered from war and the country is tired in recent years.

Although it has two counties, on this territory, nearly half of the people have been plundered, and there are still 1.5 or 6 million left, which is not bad.

Therefore, although it has three innate grandmasters, it can raise the country's soldiers, at most 100,000.

However, the Chu people in the two counties of Hegu and Xichuan had 100,000 soldiers, led by two innate grandmasters, and the troops pressed the northern border of Nanzhao.

The three kingdoms of Chili, Kunhai, and Jianchuan also gathered troops in the country to respond to the soldiers and horses in the Guizhou of Chu.

These armies gathered over, and there were no less than 300,000 soldiers and horses, and there were also six innate grandmasters.

With the power of the Southern Zhao Kingdom, how can it resist?

If you carry it hard, I am afraid that you will really have the worry of destroying the country and extinction.

Rather than this, it is better to surrender directly.

Anyway, the Nanzhao royal family has two congenitals, even if the land is divided into four parts, their own family can keep half of it.

And the country's great witch festival can also get a fief of a country, which can be said to be beneficial.

At the same time, after returning to the Chu State, under the same dynasty, the three kingdoms of Chili, Kunhai, and Jianchuan were bound by the Chu State, and they could no longer attack the three kingdoms of Nanzhao.

They can also be freed from the long war and enjoy peace.

With these benefits, even if you want to divide half of the county, it is actually acceptable to Nanzhaoguo. ”

There are ministers who are familiar with Nanzhao and analyze the situation with Xie Ning.

However, the meaning of this person's words is also to take Nanzhao Kingdom as an example, and he wants to persuade his own king to surrender.

"Great King, the Nanzhao Kingdom has surrendered, and the Chu State has its help, and in the southwest, there will be three more, 100,000 soldiers and horses.

The momentum can be described as another victory.

And even if our country unites Dali, there are only three or four hundred thousand soldiers and horses at most, five congenitals.

But the Chu people can gather 500,000 elites, and there are 12 people in the first place.

This kind of strength is something that our two countries can resist.

Now on the Dali side, if you learn the news of Nanzhao's surrender, I am afraid that it has been shaken, and I don't know when I will surrender to the Chu State.

At that time, if our country is stubborn and last, it will be a question whether the Chu people are still willing to accept our country.

You need to know that killing chickens and monkeys is an example! ”

Zong Zhengqing Xie Yong painstakingly admonished.

"Kill chickens and make an example of monkeys......" Xie Ning listened, and his heart suddenly trembled.

This time, the Chu people did not spend a single soldier and did not kill a single person, and they surrendered the Three Kingdoms.

Although it is necessary to avoid a large amount of casualties, it will inevitably leave hidden dangers, which will make many people unconvinced.

Therefore, for the state of Chu, if a suitable target can be found, the goal of deterring the southwestern countries can be achieved by severely punishing this target, but it is undoubtedly excellent.

Looking at the three southwestern countries, only the Song State best meets this condition.

There is no other reason.

The Song State has the weakest soldiers and horses, the smallest territory, and the fewest grandmasters, and is undoubtedly a soft persimmon in the eyes of everyone.

If you don't use yourself to establish your authority, will you go to Dali Kingdom, which has four congenitals and can produce 300,000 soldiers and horses?

"Zong Zhengqing is right, my Song Kingdom can't be delayed any longer."

Xie Ning suddenly woke up, no longer dared to hesitate and covet, and hurriedly said to the ministers in the hall: "Quickly send someone to invite the envoy of the Chu State, and say that Gu is willing to pay tribute to the Chu State, and invite the envoy to discuss the detailed affairs." ”

"Yes."

The minister in charge of foreign affairs below immediately left in a hurry when he heard this.

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