Volume 1 The Lord of Snake Pan Mountain Chapter 194 The First Expedition of the Warship Formation
On the eighth day of the first month of March, under the leadership of Wei Wuxian, the first warboat formation began its first journey.
Target Jade Tan Sect.
The Jade Tan Sect is on the Jade Tan Mountain, which is close to the Tianquan Sect. At present, the Jade Tan Sect is occupied by the Fallen Soul Sect, and in addition to those who died in battle, the remaining more than 1,500 people are mining.
Most of these are low-level monks, who have been mining day and night under the supervision of the Fallen Soul Sect, and the bleak scene is no different from the previous Beichenmen monks and Qingyang Sect monks.
This time, the command of the battle was handed over to Yuwen Qingtian, whether it was a commander or a soldier, only by truly refining blood and fire could he truly grow up.
He was only a spectator.
Yuwen Qingtian couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, Wei Wuxian's trust made him both moved and felt a great responsibility, the life and death of a thousand soldiers under his command were now all in his hands, if there was no pressure, it would be fake.
Hong Zhan was excited, he was eager for such a fight, and he was also eager to prove his strength, and the deputy was never the position he wanted.
Three squadrons, ten squads, and one hundred warships quietly approached Yutan Mountain under the cover of night.
Each squad has a heavy warship equipped with a five-foot-long crystal cannon in addition to concealment parts.
Nine formations also meant that there were nine crystal light cannons, and if this kind of heavy weapon, which even Wei Wuxian felt frightened, hit a target at the same time, its strength would not be able to withstand even the Yuan Shen Cultivator.
Now that the brigade has entered Yutan Mountain, the forward warboat team has begun to attack.
Facing the formation of warships that suddenly appeared from the void, the monks of the Fallen Soul Sect who were in charge of guarding were all frightened.
Messily sacrificed the flying sword to stop them.
But before the flying sword was sacrificed, hundreds of light arrows shot from the opposite side like raindrops, and those flying swords were broken into pieces in the rain of arrows, and the monks of the Fallen Soul Sect who controlled the flying swords below were harvested one by one, without the slightest power to resist at all.
The warship is advancing in a zigzag array, and a battle of this scale does not require any fancy tactical arrangements, just push it over.
Wei Wuxian noticed that each wave of light arrows in the warboat was very rhythmic, which not only reduced the ineffective attack of light arrows, but also greatly enhanced the mobility of the soldiers.
The cooperation between them is indeed much higher than before.
Such a big movement naturally alarmed the Jindan monks of the Fallen Soul Sect who were guarding Yutan Mountain.
Two Jindan early stage monks came down from the mountain with hundreds of Fallen Soul Sect monks.
Yuwen Qingtian and Hong Zhan exchanged glances.
The nine warboat squads began to change formations, changing from a pinzig to a diamond shape.
The coordination between the meetings of this structure will be better, and the command will be in the middle, and the warship will begin to slowly move forward. However, the formation on both sides of the advance is slowly changing, the two wings are spreading outward, and the distance between the entire warship formation is expanding.
In the early stage of the two Fallen Soul Sect Jindan, each holding a sword weapon and rushing over with hundreds of subordinates, they were ready to break up the battle boat formation.
Hundreds of flying swords flew to the opposite side under the leadership of the two Jindan monks, and the flying swords were like a rushing galaxy, and the entire night sky was illuminated.
However, two dazzling blue beams of light shot out from the opposite side, and the two Jindan monks sensed the terrifying aura coming from it and hurriedly turned sideways to avoid it, not daring to make a hard connection, the beam passed through the torrent of flying swords, even the flying sword ten zhang away from the speed of light was shattered into several pieces when it passed, and the flying sword that directly faced them turned into nothingness, the beam did not stop, kept moving forward, the speed was amazingly fast, the monks of the Falling Soul Sect behind had no time to dodge at all, most of the hundreds of people were vaporized under the beam, and the far away ones escaped by luck, but were harvested by the light arrows around themγ
When the two Jindan monks turned their heads to look, there were only a few dozen of their men left, and they were so frightened that they fell to their knees and did not dare to move.
The two Jindan monks basically didn't think much about it, and directly turned into a retreat and turned around and fled.
However, the battle boat formation had already formed a semicircle in silence, and the light arrow at the front end was like a rain curtain, and the light could not find any loopholes to go out, and was forced back.
At this time, the front and back were full of war boats, and the light arrows were woven into an impermeable net in the air, and the two were forced to show up and resist with their swords.
But how could they stop the endless waves of light arrows, and in a few moments, the two of them were shot in mid-air by the light arrows, leaving only the storage bag and two mid-level low-grade sword weapons to fall to the ground.
Wei Wuxian sacrificed the Yin Yang Bottle and sucked all the corpses of the Fallen Soul Sect into it, as long as it took a moment or three of his efforts, these corpses would be refined into pure Yin and Yang Qi.
As for the war power, its own soldiers are responsible for collecting it, and then hand it over to the Ministry of the Interior, and the merit is recorded according to the number of captured and killed enemies.
The battle was fought cleanly, and the fifteen hundred monks of the Jade Tan Sect who were suffering were speechless in horror when they saw them.
More than 1,000 people, under the leadership of Yuwen Qingtian, began to frantically ransack the storehouse of the Fallen Soul Sect here, as long as they could take everything away, more than 2,000 people began to return to Shepan Mountain after an hour.
The harvest this time was also very huge, especially the harvest of a large amount of refined iron and copper, as well as a large amount of elixir.
The Jade Tan Sect is based on alchemy, and the northern region is not large, and the major sects must have their own unique places if they want to survive.
Beichen Sect is good at refining weapons, Yutan Sect is good at alchemy, Qingyang Sect is the smallest, all kinds of dabbles, but they are not very proficient, Tianquan Sect is famous for spirit planting techniques in the Northern Regions, as for the Falling Soul Sect, it is more comprehensive, it is the largest sect in the Northern Regions.
At present, there is still a lack of an alchemy academy in Shepan Mountain, but this time it can be established with more than 1,500 Jade Tan Sect monks.
Thinking that the two Zhuji Dan that Wei Wuxian got at the beginning were from the Jade Tan Sect, he was very concerned about whether there were any monks who could refine the Zhuji Dan among the remaining people of the Jade Tan Sect.
In the council hall of Shepan Mountain, a monk of the Jade Tan Sect in the late stage of foundation building sat on the right side of Wei Wuxian very respectfully, he was an elder of the Jade Tan Sect in the past, after such a catastrophe, the former majesty and pride were all crushed in the mine.
"Courtyard Chief Xiao, can you still refine Zhuji Dan now?"
"The mountain lord asked if he could refine Zhuji Dan, in fact, it is not difficult to build Zhuji Dan, it is rare that several of the main ingredients are controlled by the major sects, and outsiders are not allowed to plant, as long as there are materials, there is no problem in refining Zhuji Dan. β
Xiao Rulian replied truthfully, he still didn't know the character of this overly young Jindan Mountain Lord, and he was extremely careful when he spoke.
"Okay, as long as you can refine it, but in the near future, let's get the Spirit Plant Courtyard up first, and if you need any help, you can find Wang Fu, who is in charge of internal affairs. "Wei Wuxian heard that it could be refined, and he was in a good mood.
Xiao Rulian got up and arched her hand and said, "My subordinates must do their best, please rest assured." β
Wei Wuxian was satisfied with his attitude and asked him to sit down and talk, and the two of them had a detailed discussion on some preparations for the establishment of the Alchemy Academy, which ended in the evening.
Wang Fu has a lot of things to do recently, and as the chief steward of the Shepanshan base, he has to be responsible for all aspects of things, and has already begun to propose to Wei Wuxian to add a deputy.
Now that his cultivation has reached the foundation building stage, he naturally wants to get closer, and there are too many things that have affected his normal cultivation.
In addition, there is another problem, although there are spiritual veins under the Snake Pan Mountain, they are too far away from the ground, and they can only penetrate into a small part of the place, and the cultivation depends on the Yuan Qi Pill and Yuan Jing, as well as getting a little replenishment from the Spirit Valley, which is certainly not a long-term solution.
Therefore, Wei Wuxian decided to open up the spiritual veins below, so that the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi could penetrate from below, this was a huge project, but fortunately, the number of people in the base had increased to more than 10,000, of which monks accounted for more than seventy percent.
The project was in charge of a former Beichenmen mid-foundation building monk who practiced earth attribute exercises, and a separate public works institute was set up for this purpose, and the former Beichenmen foundation building mid-stage monk named Huang Qiao served as the head of the institute, and several monks were drawn from all over the place to serve as the head of the courtyard, and began to prepare for the opening of the spiritual veins below.
The battle between Snake Pan Mountain and Jade Tan Mountain finally made the sect master of the Tianquan Sect unable to sit still, and on the day he got the news, he personally led people to the Fallen Soul Sect to discuss how to deal with the increasingly powerful Shepan Mountain base.
At this time, the other two giants of the Fallen Soul Sect who were fighting against Beimang also returned to their main sect, and the brigade sent to the Central Plains outside also urgently recalled the sect, and a representative of the Xuanyue Sect came from it, and this time they wanted to discuss to eradicate the spike inserted in their hearts.
Xie Sanyi's listening team soon received the information, and after multiple investigations, the reliability of the information was basically confirmed. That night, Snake Panshan held an emergency meeting to make a corresponding plan for the joint action of the Fallen Soul Sect and the Tianquan Sect.
Wei Wuxian asked Shen Tao: "How is it, how many soldiers are trained to fight now?"
Shen Tao said: "Three thousand five hundred people can be put into battle, but our battle boats are not enough, and now in addition to the first brigade that has been formed, at most one well-equipped squadron can be formed." Others can only participate in positional warfare. β
Wei Wuxian looked at Fan Li and said, "If you guys put all your efforts into the construction of the battle boat, how much can you produce in a day now?"
Fan Li said: "The construction of the war boat is only capable of being controlled by some refiners, and it is impossible for all of them to put it into it, and now there are at most two ships a day." β
Wei Wuxian: Of course, the construction of the war boat is not an ordinary job, and it seems that it will take a certain amount of time to accumulate two brigades.
"Can you build a bigger ship?"
Fan Li said: "We should be able to build a warship now. However, warships take more time, and it is estimated that one will not be built in a month or two. β
Wei Wuxian roughly understood the situation and said, "Okay, you guys just follow the current plan, and I'll figure out a way for the warship." β
That night, he left Shepan Mountain and came directly to Luoyang Sect.
Song Yuanqing, the head of the Foreign Affairs Hall of the Luoyang Sect, has been very troubled recently, after the last battle with the Blood Soul Alliance, the Luoyang Sect has suffered a lot of losses and consumption, and now the Wuyang Sect is living with them, which has invisibly increased their burden. The above didn't care about so much, and urged him to hurry up and raise resources in order to deal with the next attack of the Blood Soul Alliance.
"Your Excellency. Outside, a monk from the Tianshui Sect asked to see him. "A deacon from outside came in to give a report.
Song Yuanqing glared at the deacon, knowing that he was in a bad mood now, and he came in to report this kind of thing at this time, wouldn't he let the other party come back tomorrow morning!
He was about to have a seizure, when the deacon stepped forward and whispered, "My lord, it's the one from Shepan Mountain, who said he wanted to make a big deal with him!"
"Oh, it's him, you brought him in. Speaking of this, he felt that it was inappropriate and said, "It's better for me to go myself!"
Wei Wuxian waited in the outer hall, and soon saw a mid-stage Jindan monk walking out of the inner hall accompanied by the previous deacon, and he knew that this was Song Yuanqing, the head of the Luoyang Sect's Foreign Affairs Hall.
Song Yuanqing smiled and arched his hand: "Let Wei Daoyou wait for a long time!"
Wei Wuxian bowed his hand and replied, "Song Daoyou is polite. I'm sorry to interrupt you late at night. β
Both sides sat down according to the position of guest and host, and the deacon left the hall very sensibly after serving tea.
"Wei Daoyou's actions in Shepan Mountain have also been heard by Song, it's really amazing!" Song Yuanqing first complimented Wei Wuxian.
"Daoist friends are too famous, your sect is really in the decisive battle with the Blood Soul Alliance this time, by the way, I heard that your sect used two hundred warships for this war, that kind of scene must be very spectacular!"
Speaking of the warship, Song Yuanqing said proudly: "Not to mention the rest of the sect, the warship is indeed quite able to get on the stage, by the way, what is the matter with Wei Daoyou coming this time, as long as Song can solve it, it will definitely not disappoint Daoyou." β
Wei Wuxian said: "Then thank you Daoyou in the future, I can't hide it, this time I want to buy a few warships from your sect, I don't know if it's okay?"
Song Yuanqing hesitated for a while and said, "Does Daoyou represent the Tianshui Sect or himself?"
Wei Wuxian said: "This has nothing to do with the Tianshui Sect, I want to buy it privately." β
Song Yuanqing said: "Let's not talk about the price first, Daoist friends may not know that warships are the strategic resources of this sect, and they are generally not sold to the outside world, and at present, your sect has purchased 200 ships from us." I'm afraid that Song can't help his request. With that, he picked up the tea on the table and drank it himself.
Wei Wuxian said unhurriedly: "Of course, I don't know this, but if there is an exchange of reciprocal things that are beneficial and valuable to your sect in the future, can it be considered?"
Song Yuanqing said with a smile on his face: "Is Daoyou talking about the kind of Yuanli Bow that can be used by ordinary people?"
Wei Wuxian shook his head and said, "I have already handed over the Yuanli Bow to the sect, but I have obtained three secret techniques from the Fallen Soul Sect, how about exchanging one for one warship?"
Of course, Song Yuanqing knew about his handing over the refining method of the Yuanli Bow to the Tianshui Sect, as long as the other party was not crazy, he would never use it to negotiate with him again, but since the other party knew the importance of the warship to the Luoyang Sect and insisted on coming to the door to ask for an exchange, it would definitely bring something unusual. Now that I heard that it was the secret technique of the Three Fallen Soul Sects, I immediately said in my heart: "Are those three sects?"
The importance of magic for a sect is self-evident, and it is sustainable to bring benefits to the sect, if the three secret techniques are good, one door in exchange for a warship Luoyang Sect will not suffer.
Wei Wuxian said: "Soul Breaking Technique, Soul Attracting Array and Soul Forging Technique. β
These three spells are all world-famous spells, Song Yuanqing didn't feel moved in his heart, but he didn't agree immediately, such a big thing is no longer something that he, a hall master of the Foreign Affairs Hall, can do.
"Daoyou's conditions are really good, so let's do it! Daoyou will wait here for a while, I'll go and discuss with the sect, and I'll give Daoyou an answer when I go back." β
Wei Wuxian said: "Fellow Daoists, please, I am waiting for good news here." β
About an hour later, Song Yuanqing came back from outside.
With a smile on his face, he said, "Let Daoyou wait for a long time." β
Wei Wuxian said, "It's okay, has your sect discussed it?"
Song Yuanqing said: "It has been discussed, Wei Daoyou is so sincere, and it is from the Tianshui Sect, the opinions of the elders in the sect can be exchanged according to the wishes of Daoyou, but each warship will have to pay an additional one million lower grade Yuan Crystals." β
The expression on Wei Wuxian's face became a little stiff when he heard this, the cost of a warship is only about two hundred lower-grade Yuan Crystals, the cost of a thousand warships is only 200,000 lower-grade Yuan Crystals, one million lower-grade Yuan Crystals is enough for him to build five thousand warships, five thousand warships can carry fifty thousand soldiers, and one warship can only carry five hundred soldiers, he is crazy to spend another one million to buy a warship, the other party is purely blackmailing him.
"Hall Master Song, isn't this how this business is done!"
Song Yuanqing also put away his smile and spread his hands and said: "Wei Daoyou said that, I have no choice, Daoyou might as well purchase from other sects, maybe the price will be cheaper." β
What he said was to squeeze Wei Wuxian, in the entire cultivation realm, except for their Luoyang Sect, no one had the ability to build a warship.
Wei Wuxian smiled and said, "No need, since your sect has no intention of trading, then I won't bother in the future." "Say goodbye.