Chapter 289 The mysterious big stone, developing the Wuding River
With the added merits, Li Dingguo felt increasingly refreshed.
His mental strength also became much more active, and his perception of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the outside world became clearer. It was as if a layer of dust had been wiped off his soul, making his whole body clear and transparent.
It was also the first time that Li Dingguo came into contact with such a magical thing. After a while, he regained his composure.
Anyway, this is a good thing, a very good thing.
"This huge stone that can store so many human souls is definitely a treasure. It is very likely a divine artifact of high quality."
Li Dingguo cast his gaze towards the large stone in front of him whose color had completely changed, and said to himself, "My three natal artifacts are full, and I can no longer claim it as the master of my natal artifact."
"Xiangzi and Hongmei don't have their own divine weapons, so it's a good opportunity for one of them to refine this mysterious stone and recognize it as the master."
"But looking at the bright white light of this big stone, it doesn't seem very suitable for Xiangzi."
"After we return to the base camp on the lake island outside the pass, we'll give it to Hongmei to refine and recognize as her master."
"As for Xiangzi, I should get other divine weapons in the future, and I can just give them to him to refine."
Now, after being burned and purified by the karmic fire, this magical big stone has changed its appearance greatly. It looks very holy and no longer has its original gloomy appearance.
This is suspected to be a very good stone artifact, more suitable for women, and it would be more appropriate to give it to Hongmei to refine.
Since it has not been refined and recognized as its owner, Li Dingguo does not know the information about this very unusual big stone, so it remains a mystery for the time being.
But Li Dingguo was certain that this magical big stone was definitely not the natal object of the magician who set up this low-level magic circle in ancient times.
In all likelihood, he obtained it accidentally, and used it to collect the souls of the enemies who died in the war, so that even after death, the enemies would never be reborn!
What a vicious thought!
Because this magical big stone collected a large number of human souls of the Chinese people and was filled with tremendous resentment. The Western magician was afraid of being punished by heaven or backlashed, so he used it as the centerpiece of the magic circle and suppressed it in this ghost domain.
The fact that such a magical and mysterious big stone could be abandoned is enough to show that the magician had no idea what kind of treasure it was and only used it as a container to collect the souls of his enemies.
As for why those powerful people who came to this ghost land to check the situation after such a long time did not take the big stone away?
Apparently, like Li Dingguo, they were attacked by tremendous resentment when they used their spiritual sense to explore the big stone. Even if they did not die, they were scared and fled quickly.
For any practitioner, once they are tainted with overwhelming resentment, it is equivalent to incurring overwhelming cause and effect. Even a person with great luck will not be able to withstand it.
As long as you have no way to resolve the tremendous resentment inside this big stone, this big stone will become a hot potato and whoever touches it will be in big trouble.
It won't be long before he dies due to his own bad luck.
That is to say, Li Dingguo himself happened to have an innate divine weapon that was specifically designed to restrain the overwhelming resentment: the Twelve-Rank Karma Fire Lotus, which allowed him to safely survive this disaster.
Otherwise, even if he was immortal, he would avoid this mysterious big stone as much as possible.
Even the gods in ancient myths and legends could not bear such a huge cause and effect.
Cause and effect, luck, and merit are the embodiment of the operating rules of the origin of the universe.
No cultivator in the universe can stay out of it, and should not think of avoiding or forcibly seizing these three supreme original rules of the universe.
Unless you destroy the entire universe, turn it into nothingness, and let it return to its origin.
"receive!"
Li Dingguo threw the Human Emperor Cauldron in his hand, and it turned into a square of more than ten feet. He reached towards the mysterious big stone and put the things inside it.
As the big stone that served as the eye of the magic circle disappeared, the magic circle that enveloped the entire ghost realm shattered immediately.
Since all the bull-headed ghosts here have disappeared, the thick yin energy in this ghost domain, which was gathered by this yin-attributed magic circle and evil spirits, began to dissipate rapidly.
In less than an incense stick of time, all the negative energy had dissipated between heaven and earth. Under the sunlight, this area no longer had its original gloomy appearance and merged with the nearby environment.
It is estimated that it won’t be long before this ghost town that has existed for countless years disappears. It will attract the investigation of some experts and will also become a topic of conversation among the military and civilians nearby.
Li Dingguo did not leave immediately. Instead, he flashed and flew around, using his powerful spiritual power to check again the area that had regained its clarity.
The spiritual materials used to set up this ancient magic circle and the other nodes of the formation were also all stored in his natal artifact, the cauldron.
What surprised him was that these spiritual materials were all level six spiritual materials, and they were the Xuanming Cold Iron Beads that were extinct in the world today.
It would be a waste if they were used to refine third-grade top-grade magical weapons.
When Li Dingguo's cultivation level is raised to the point where he can accept the inheritance of the intermediate alchemy and refining of the Human Emperor Cauldron, he can refine a more advanced magic weapon, or an acquired divine weapon. In general, this is a good harvest.
"It's normal that there are no other treasures left in this ghost area."
After a thorough search, Li Dingguo did not find any other treasures. He said with some regret, "When the Western magician left, he would definitely take away all the treasures he could. It is impossible for him to leave them behind."
No matter what, the gains from this trip southwards were far beyond my imagination.
"Dajin, let's go. Leave here as soon as possible and return to the outside of the pass."
After this encounter, Li Dingguo no longer had the interest to revisit Dingbian City or Desheng Fort. He flew to the waiting big golden eagle and sat on its back. He said to it, "This ghost area has disappeared. There should be practitioners coming to check it out soon."
"If we don't leave quickly and run into them, it will cause some trouble."
As soon as he finished speaking, the big golden eagle nodded its big head. Seeing that Li Dingguo had activated the protective light shield on the special magical saddle, it neighed and flapped its wings to fly high.
After it reached a height of thousands of feet, it suddenly increased its flying speed, turned into a golden stream of light, and disappeared into the northern sky in the blink of an eye.
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"Is Wuding River so deserted now?"
"This is completely different from the previous situation when there were a large number of merchant fleets traveling back and forth."
He Guang, the second in command of the Military Intelligence Department, was riding on the back of a large black eagle. He frowned slightly as he looked at this unusual scene.
In order to find out the distribution of the Tatar tribes along the Wuding River as quickly as possible, the heads of the Military Intelligence Department, Wei Jinfan and He Guang, personally rode on Spirit Eagles to conduct reconnaissance and draw topographic maps.
As a result, the two of them walked along the bank of the Wuding River, but saw that the river was deserted.
In the past, as the main northwest waterway connecting the interior and exterior of the Great Wall, major merchants in the three northwestern provinces almost all had their own fleets, traveling between the interior and exterior of the Great Wall through the Wuding River and conducting a large number of various transactions with various Tatar tribes.
"He Guang!"
Wei Jinfan, who was riding a big black eagle and flying side by side with He Guang who was riding another big black eagle, said to him, "According to the report from our military intelligence officers, this situation has only occurred in the last three months."
"The reason is that after our Renaissance Army became the only human power in the Dongtao Great Plains, the merchants inside the pass knew that we were not easy to mess with. In addition, we did not like them, so they were afraid of us and reduced the scale of trade on the Jialu River and Wuding River routes on a large scale."
"In view of this situation, the first and second battalions of our outer naval forces, under the leadership of Liang Hetang and Huang Lan, are transferring their fleets and naval officers and soldiers to prepare to enter the outer section of the Wuding River."
"It's just right that those mainland merchants don't come. We can build our own fleet and replace the trade of those mainland merchants."
"Grand Steward Hongmei has already issued an order to form several large caravans to boost the trade routes between the Jialu River and the Wuding River."
"These caravans that are being formed are equipped with several low-quality treasure ships and one medium-quality treasure ship."
"All sailors and boatmen will be recruited from new recruits. Each fleet will be equipped with three Qi Refining Realm commanders to deal with various potential dangers."
"General Manager Hongmei said that our Fuxing Army is no longer what it used to be. Once our caravans are harassed and blocked inside the pass, we will definitely launch corresponding retaliatory actions!"
"In order to avoid this kind of trouble, Chief Steward Hongmei decided to give up a certain amount of profit and share the profits with the merchants inside the pass so that everyone can get rich together."
Wei Jinfan told He Guang the latest plan of the military so that He Guang could know some information in advance and prepare for the subsequent shift of the focus of the Military Intelligence Department.
From all aspects, the large-scale development of the Wuding River Basin has much greater potential than that of the Jialu River.
As long as all the Tatar tribes, big and small, along the banks of the Wuding River outside the Great Wall are cleared out, it would be easy to accommodate tens of millions of people.
Once the banks of the Wuding River outside the Great Wall are developed, all the soldiers and civilians of the Fuxing Army outside the Great Wall will have enough food, completely eliminating the biggest hidden danger in the future.
In the three northwestern provinces within the Great Wall, due to the inaction of the government, increasing taxes and levies, coupled with the increasingly severe natural disasters over the years, the price of grain began to soar.
Compared to the past two years, the prices of various grains have at least doubled!
If this trend continues, food prices are expected to double again in a few years.
If the Fuxing Army cannot achieve self-sufficiency in the production of various types of food, even if it has money, it will be difficult to buy enough food in the three northwestern provinces within the Great Wall.
In order to completely solve the hidden dangers in the future, Hongmei has officially issued a military order to vigorously develop the banks of the Wuding River.
(End of this chapter)
