Chapter 295: Monster Riot, the Black Hand Behind the Scenes
"Wei Jinfan, He Guang, you came at the right time."
Hongmei had just received the wooden box that Li Dingguo asked the big golden eagle to bring. After opening it and reading the letter, she saw Wei Jinfan and He Guang arriving.
"This is because the commander-in-chief has collected some rare hundred-year-old spiritual medicines again, and has successively refined two furnaces of third-level top-grade elixirs, the Marrow Cleansing Pill and the Spirit Nourishing Pill."
"You must know how precious these two kinds of elixirs are. They can be said to be priceless treasures."
"This is a personal reward from the commander-in-chief because he is very satisfied with the recent excellent work of you core generals."
"After you core generals take the third-grade top-grade elixirs, Cleansing Marrow Pill and Nourishing Spirit Pill, most of you will probably be able to improve your aptitude by one level, or at least break through a small realm."
"For example, Wei Jinfan might be able to break through the bottleneck of the peak of level 4 in one fell swoop, step into the early stage of level 5, and become a true master."
Even Hongmei was shocked by Li Dingguo's generosity this time.
She thought of the five-colored sacred tree on the island in the middle of the lake, and its great effect in promoting the growth of various spiritual medicines, and then she felt relieved.
Although with the innate spiritual root Five-Colored Divine Tree, it will no longer be difficult to obtain the rare spiritual medicines needed to refine the two kinds of elixirs, but even if one can only harvest a furnace of Marrow Cleansing Pills and Level 3 Top-Grade Spirit Nourishing Pills in half a year, they are still priceless treasures.
With the rapid growth and development of the two restoration armies outside the Great Wall and Lingshan Island on the southeast coast, there is only one furnace of nine third-grade top-grade elixirs, Cleansing Marrow Pills and Nourishing Spirit Pills, every six months. How can they be enough to exchange for so many talented generals?
Needless to say, in the next ten years, these two kinds of elixirs that have miraculous effects on practitioners will still be in short supply.
"what……"
"This……"
"The commander-in-chief is very thoughtful. We are unworthy of his kindness."...
Seeing the two kinds of rare elixirs they had long dreamed of being placed in front of them as personal rewards by the commander-in-chief, Wei Jinfan and He Guang were shocked, and then with surprise, they took the two small jade bottles containing the Marrow Cleansing Pill and the Spirit Nourishing Pill respectively.
But now comes the important matter.
After Wei Jinfan carefully put away the two small jade bottles, he reported to Hongmei with a solemn expression, "General Manager, the two of us came here this time to report urgent military information..."
She reported to Hongmei what He Guang had said earlier about the Great Salt Lake crisis and the riot of tens of thousands of wolf monsters in Qinglang Mountain.
"This information is accurate."
"This is the information that our military intelligence department's brave general Lu Yanni personally investigated and sent back riding a level 4 three-tailed demon wolf day and night."
"In order not to delay the mission, Lu Yanni even gave up using the spirit pigeon to send the message, and rushed back to the military headquarters at a speed that was no slower than that of the spirit pigeon."
"Lu Yanni's intelligence also said that she has found out the basic information of this group of blue wolf monsters."
"This group of blue wolf monsters is led by the Blue Wolf King, who has already reached the peak of level five. He has four level five blue wolves under him, and nearly a hundred level four blue wolves. The remaining blue wolf monsters are at least at the level two."
"The reason why they are so powerful and there are no first-level monsters in their group is because they belong to the upper-grade monster group and have the blood of the divine beast Howling Moon Wolf in their bodies."
"It can be said that, in terms of apparent strength, this group of Blue Wolf is comparable to our Renaissance Army outside the Great Wall, and they are evenly matched."
"What's most worrying is that according to long-standing rumors, this group of blue wolves also has a bloodline inheritance formation: the Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf Formation!"
"This is a demon clan formation that is no worse than our human military killing formation. It has a great reputation in some ancient books."
"In ancient myths and legends, those wolf-like monsters used this Howling Moon Wolf Formation to slaughter countless of us humans!"
Wei Jinfan had a worried look on his face, and continued, "Although that is just an ancient myth and legend, and its authenticity needs to be verified, it is enough to show that this demon killing formation is not simple."
"This powerful group of demon beasts, the Blue Wolf tribe, can be said to be the first demon beast force that our Renaissance Army has faced so far. It is terrifyingly powerful."
Her current concerns are justified.
The combat power of monsters is inherently stronger than that of ordinary human warriors of the same level.
In the past, the soldiers of the Restoration Army had encountered groups of monsters that were scattered and fragmented, so they were able to use the military killing formation to easily defeat and destroy them.
But the green wolf monster tribe in Qinglang Mountain is completely different.
They are organized and disciplined, and even have demon killing formations.
"Humph!"
Hongmei snorted coldly, "If it was ten days ago, when the commander-in-chief hadn't returned, we would have been a little worried that we might not be able to defeat this large wolf monster."
"You don't know yet, right?"
"Cao Yongxiang has already broken through to the initial stage of level five. His combat power has increased by more than ten times."
"The commander-in-chief also broke through to the middle stage of level five ten days ago. With the addition of the level five peak golden eagle, the many spirit beasts and war horses of our Renaissance Army, and the three-tailed demon wolf tribe led by two top-grade spirit dogs that have reached the peak of level four, why should we be afraid of this blue wolf tribe?"
"Each of our main combat corps has been fully equipped with a land artillery battalion, and there is no shortage of magic cores for ammunition reserves."
"Once we find the right opportunity, we can launch a concentrated fire attack and defeat this group of blue wolves in one battle."
"The commander-in-chief has killed more than two hands of level five warriors in the past year. This Blue Wolf Clan has at most five level five monsters. They can't stop the joint attack of the commander-in-chief and the Great Jin!"
"Even I, with the help of the military killing array, can directly compete with the Howling Moon Wolf array led by a level 5 late stage demon beast!"
After obtaining a life-saving artifact, Hongmei's combat power has greatly increased. If she launches a surprise attack and uses her trump card to make a full-force attack, she is likely to kill a level five monster.
She has already felt the bottleneck of her cultivation, and believes that after this battle, she should be able to successfully break through to the mid-level fifth realm.
"Pass the order down, all warriors and soldiers who remain on the Jialu River line, except for the navy Xuanwu Battalion, the rest of the four legions, immediately prepare for the northern expedition!"
"Also, notify Cao Yongxiang to lead the half of the Azure Dragon Legion that has already headed to the source of the Wuding River directly to the Great Salt Lake. While preparing for defense, wait for our army heading north to join them!"
"For the remaining soldiers from the five major legions that have already arrived at the Wuding River Basin, the original plan remains unchanged. We will continue to clean up all the Tatar tribes along the Wuding River's outer section!"
"With the cooperation of four field artillery battalions, our Fusion Army does not need to mobilize the entire army to defeat the Blue Wolf Clan army coming from Blue Wolf Mountain!"
"If the fighter plane seizes the opportunity well, it is not impossible to annihilate them in one fell swoop."
Hongmei's current working style is becoming more and more vigorous and decisive. She immediately ordered all main combat corps to make advance preparations for response.
"Yes! Chief Steward!"...
Wei Jinfan and He Guang received the order and then dispersed, using the intelligence department's large number of spirit pigeons to convey the latest orders from the military. After Wei Jinfan and He Guang left, Hongmei left the military building, called Xiao Jin who was playing in the backyard of the military, flew to its back and sat down, and flew towards the island in the middle of the lake.
Xiao Jin, the big golden eagle, is at the critical point of breaking through to a higher realm. It won’t be long before he can successfully break through to the fifth-level spirit bird.
The big golden eagle Da Meng that was with Wan'er was in almost the same situation.
It is estimated that after a period of time, Da Meng will return to the island in the middle of the lake with Wan'er to go into seclusion, and strive to make a breakthrough in one fell swoop with the magical assistance of the five-colored sacred tree.
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A hundred miles east of the great salt lake on the Dongtao Plain, on an extremely vast grassland, there was a large Han merchant caravan resting there.
Looking at their appearance, they seem a bit cunning and don't seem like good people.
"The shopkeeper's!"
"This Great Salt Lake is so huge, and the prairie we are on is uninhabited for hundreds of miles. We don't need to be so nervous, right?"
A leader of the servants and guards who had reached the late fourth level of cultivation said to the old man beside him who looked a little nervous.
"Huang Chengyong, we must not be careless!"
The old shopkeeper turned around and glared at the other party, and scolded, "This great salt lake seems to be infinitely large. With the size of the Renaissance Army, they can't guard it at all."
"There is no trace of anyone within hundreds of miles of the grassland we are in, but this time the plan of putting the blame on others was repeatedly explained by several family heads, and we must not be careless!"
"In order to destroy the source of the Renaissance Army's wealth, our Wang family paid a price of several level five top-level spiritual herbs: the demon-luring grass."
The demon-luring grass he mentioned is one of the most special spiritual herbs in the world today.
This is a fifth-level spiritual herb, which is extremely rare and hard to come by.
It can emit a special smell that spreads at an unimaginable speed, and its attraction to any Qi Refining Realm monster far exceeds that of other natural treasures.
The demon-luring grass has only one function. After a demon beast in the Qi Refining Realm swallows it, it can greatly enhance its own mental strength and bloodline.
For a level five monster, the Monster-Luring Grass is one of the most precious top-grade treasures of heaven and earth, and is a rare and unrivaled magical herb that can only be encountered by chance.
There is naturally a reason why the monster-luring grass is so scarce.
It's not just because the growth rate of the attractant herb is very slow. It takes at least a hundred years for a attractant herb to take root and sprout to maturity.
The number of attractant herbs is scarce, mainly because they are too attractive to all Qi Refining Realm monsters.
Once discovered, even the unripe attractant herbs will be devoured by the Qi Refining Realm monsters.
The attractant herbs can emit a special smell, which can arouse the impulse in the blood of the Qi Refining Realm monsters to the greatest extent, making them lose their minds and only want to swallow the attractant herbs in one bite.
The attraction of the attractant herbs to any Qi Refining Realm monster is like a strong man who has just been released from prison and meets a delicate young lady at a foot massage parlor. He cannot control his impulse at all.
Once the luring herbs are discovered by the Qi Refining Realm monsters, they will be devoured crazily.
It is precisely because of the special nature of attractant herbs that their numbers are becoming increasingly smaller.
In the past thousand years, it has been basically extinct and is difficult to find.
The bosses behind this disguised caravan have profound backgrounds, so they were able to take out several mature medicinal herbs from their own secret spiritual plant garden.
Their purpose was clearly revealed from the conversation between the two just now: they wanted to use the special properties of the monster-luring grass to attract a large number of powerful monster tribes and flatten the several large salt fields that the Renaissance Army soldiers were vigorously developing.
Only by destroying this source of income for the Fuxing Army can these wealthy merchants in the three northwestern provinces continue to monopolize the salt industry in the three northwestern provinces.
Otherwise, once a large amount of salt from outside the country is allowed to enter the country, it will inevitably affect their huge interests.
In view of the growing strength of the Fuxing Army, the wealthy merchant alliances, who are seeing this and feeling anxious, know that they can no longer defeat the Fuxing Army outside the Great Wall openly, so they have to resort to underhanded tactics to achieve their goals.
These wealthy merchants have eyes and ears all over the world. The Renaissance Army has been so active in the past two years that it is impossible for most of the Renaissance Army's situations to be hidden from these people.
It is estimated that except for the headquarters of the Restoration Army, which outsiders know nothing about, the true situation of other aspects of the Restoration Army outside the Great Wall has long been heard by these powerful businessmen.
"Boss, you can rest assured."
The head of the household guards of the Wang family, one of the great merchants in Jin, patted his chest confidently and assured, "Are you still not confident in my ability to do things?"
"I have already perfected the invisibility technique that my master went through so much trouble to obtain from the Japanese pirates."
"I'm not bragging. In this world, as long as there is no place covered by a formation, or a forbidden place, there is no place that I, Huang Chengyong, cannot go to."
"I spent more than half a month planting five monster-luring grasses in a remote grassland near the living area of the five large salt fields."
"The demon-luring grass looks like a larger weed. It is not noticeable except for its larger size. I don't think the Fuxing Army's bandits are capable of discovering it."
"Now that more than ten days have passed, I estimate that the first large group of monsters led by the first batch of Qi Refining Realm monsters will arrive soon."
"If the more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians of the Renaissance Army here have worse luck, it is not impossible that the luring herbs will attract all the Qi Refining Realm monsters within a radius of 30,000 miles."
"Ha ha……"
Huang Chengyong smiled sinisterly and said fiercely, "When the time comes, facing a large number of monster tribes headed by countless Qi Refining Realm monsters, I don't believe these mud-legged rebels will be able to withstand it!"
“As long as one or two large groups of demon beasts arrive, the five large salt fields around the Great Salt Lake will be destroyed in an instant, and will be completely flattened by the massive tide of demon beasts that have been driven mad by the smell of the bait herbs!”
"Humph!"
"A group of rebels consisting of a large number of peasants also want to turn the world upside down?"
"You want to compete with us big Shanxi merchants for the salt market in the three northwestern provinces?"
"I have to say, these rebels have beautiful ideas, but they will soon realize they are wrong."
(End of this chapter)
