After entering August, Wang Wei sent a report on the progress of the third annihilation, and the time of annihilation was again advanced by two months—three years and another eleven months.

Gu Zuo informed the research and innovation team of this progress, and everyone understood a truth more clearly, annihilation is indeed accelerating, in fact, it is not three years and eleven months, but less, probably less than three years, or even less than two years.

News came from the north, because there was no Chongxuan Bureau, the cultivation world was becoming more and more chaotic, and large-scale sect fights had occurred in many states and counties, and the root cause of everything was to snatch the spirit stone.

What touched Gu Zuo the most was that among the eighteen great sects that divided the world, there was a second sect that had fallen, the Zuoshenmen.

Zuoshenmen is located in the northeast of Jiangnan East Road, and the richest prefecture and county in the hands is Huiji County, where the ancestral court of Huaixian Pavilion is located. Their problem lies in the fact that the sect does not have a deep background.

Lin Meihai, the head of the Zuo Shenmen, is refining the void and was summoned to Zhongnan Mountain by the Chongxuan Agency, Lin Meihai's wife is Huang Shenyan who once attacked Gu Zuo on Zhongnan Mountain, although Li Mi didn't like Huang Shenyan, and even said in public that Huang Shenyan was not allowed to go up to Zhongnan Mountain for half a step, but at this time and that time, Lin Meihai must bring his family with him, and Chongxuan Agency can only pinch his nose and admit it.

After Lin Meihai and Huang Shenyan ascended with the Chongxuan Bureau, there was only one dying Yuanying left in the Zuoshenmen, they were not like Qingcheng and Luofu, after walking a bunch of refining voids and Yuanying, there were still two Yuanying in charge, and the number of Jindan monks was not as good as other sects, so a crisis appeared.

The Lanting faction of Huiji County, the Liulin Sect and the Dushan Sect took the lead, bringing together eighteen sects to attack the Zuoshenmen, due to the sudden change, the Zuoshenmen Mountain Protection Array had not yet opened, and it was broken by thousands of Huiji County monks, and most of the disciples were killed and injured, and the rest fled.

As a result, Linwu Mountain changed hands and was occupied by the monks of Huiji County, and the spirit stone veins also fell into the hands of the factions of Huiji County. I heard that in this battle, Luo Xiandi, a monk of the Jindan Sect of Liulin Sect, shined, and her fighting strength was amazing, and she became famous in the first battle, and was faintly known as the first female swordsman in Jiangdong.

Senior Sister Luo has also entered the Golden Dan, Gu Zuo couldn't help but be in a trance, remembering the unbearable past in Huiji County.

The destruction of the Zuo Shen Gate sounded the alarm for Gu Zuo, this critical moment was by no means the time to be stingy with spirit stones, he immediately ordered to increase the Tiandu Array that was opened on weekdays from one to two, expanding the scope of the no-fly, and at the same time, the two Liangyi Sword Light Arrays of the South Main Peak and the South Second Peak were also activated, ready to give a thunderous blow to the possible rebels at any time.

In addition, Gu Zuo also deployed a Red Refining Cloud Fire Array on the north and south banks of Dongxi to strengthen the protection of the Xihe Road Pavilion.

In addition to activating the magic circle to keep it running, Gu Zuo asked Chengshanhu to strengthen the guards at the south entrance, north entrance and Dongxi exit of Nanwu Prefecture, and increased patrols around it. At the same time, he once again told the research and innovation team to strictly prevent the news from leaking and never let outsiders know what they were doing.

Only this research and creation group really knows the intention of refining the magic circle, and the rest of the people only know what kind of magic circle they are refining, what kind of magic circle they are refining, and what the role of the magic circle is, no one knows.

In addition to strengthening the vigilance, Gu Zuo also assigned Wang Sanhe, Zhao Xianglu, Jia Gui and others to start purchasing and hoarding grain. Wang Sanhe is in charge of the direction of Yizhou, Zhao Xianglu is in charge of Jiangnan, and Jia Gui is in charge of Lingnan, these three places are the main grain producing areas, the output is extremely rich, and it is easier to buy.

In addition, Gu Zuo also made an offer to the Dongting faction, in addition to fulfilling this year's Lingmi purchase agreement in advance, but also to increase the acquisition as much as possible.

After two months of exploration, the research team led by Deacon Gu officially completed the refining of the first array plate material, a moire composite stone, weighing ten catties. The moire composite stone is the main material for refining the base at the bottom of the Panlong pillar, and the successful refining of this composite stone has greatly boosted the morale of the rest of the groups.

By the end of September, a research team from the Eight Formations Gate of Pingdu had successfully refined the wind spirit liquid, which was the raw material for the wind blade to be blown out by the Panlong Array in the future, as long as the wind spirit liquid was stored enough, it could form a blade-like wind on the South Mountain at the end of the day.

The good news continues, the Nanhua faction also quickly conquered their first level, refining the rainbow glue, this glue is the most suitable for the fusion of the various parts of the dragon pillar, made of six kinds of demon beast glue tendons, there are fifteen difficult steps, the success of the refining of the rainbow glue directly raised the Nanhua faction's magic circle refining level to a higher level.

From this point on, various new materials and technologies began to appear like mushrooms after a rain, and the level of magic circle refining in Southern Wuzhou entered a new stage.

By the beginning of October, the progress of world annihilation sent by Wang Wei continued to accelerate and shorten, and there were still three years and six months before the end of the world.

October and autumn are also the season of harvesting, although the world is annihilating, but this year is hotter than in previous years, and the rain is more frequent, according to a line of people and others, this is the reason for the intensification of moisture, next year will be hotter, the rain will be more, the yield of wheat and millet will have an impact, but for the place where rice is grown, it is a good year of wind and rain.

In addition to the normal taxes, Gu Zuo also levy a 10% "counterinsurgency tax", and through large-scale purchases, he received 60,000 stone rice and 8,000 stone spiritual rice, and hoarded the granary of Nanwu Prefecture.

Of course, Gu Changshi's popularity has declined slightly because of this, and he can't control that much, he even plans to prepare for the implementation of grain rationing from the end of next year.

In addition to the local area of Nanwu Prefecture, Wang Sanhe, Jia Gui, and Zhao Xianglu also overfulfilled the procurement task. Wang Sanhe bought 20,000 stones in Jiannan Road, Jia Gui bought 15,000 stones in Lingnan, and Zhao Xianglu's achievements were the most outstanding, buying back 45,000 stones. In addition, Zhao Xianglu also pulled back the Dongting faction's quota of spiritual rice this year, and bought more 3,000 stones.

Gao Changjiang's apprentices continued to concentrate on the work of the masons, and urgently built a huge granary to store all the grain in it.

When Gu Zuo visited the newly built granary, he said to Gao Changjiang: "Lao Gao, you have worked hard for your master and apprentice all these years, and after coming to Nanwu Prefecture, in addition to building a house, you still build a house...... But don't worry, you will know in the future, follow me Gu Zuogan, yes!"

Gao Changjiang said: "Hard work is not hard, in the past few years, several of my disciples have broken through the realm to build a foundation, and their skills have become more and more refined, which is a good thing...... By the way, I was about to tell the owner that the old man had recently built a house and had a little understanding, and he was ready to retreat, so he rushed to Jindan. ”

Gu Zuoxi said: "This is a good thing, Lao Gao, when you get out of the customs, I will give you a banquet to celebrate!"

Gao Changjiang said that retreat is retreat, and at his age, there is still hope for Dandan, which is indeed not easy. In fact, he really accumulated thick and thin hair, and he was out of the customs in a month.

When Gao Changjiang was in retreat, his disciples were not idle, and at Gu Zuo's request, they were building a second large warehouse, and according to Gu Zuo, they wanted to reserve the food of all the military and civilian monks in Southern Wuzhou for three years.