Immortal Road.

Chapter 308 A bright future
The two of them stared at the two mutton-fat jade bottles in front of them, stunned and unable to react.

They once led more than 20 tribesmen and came to the forbidden area of ​​the cliff after a narrow escape. Fortunately, they were rescued by Mr. Bei, and they were able to live in peace in this valley. They spent more than ten years secretly exploring and visiting everywhere, and exploring the underground river.
It is to be able to sneak into Hongya Cave, the lair of the Yuanlu Demon King, to find the Reed Jade Stalactite!

They are all young geniuses, stuck at the peak of foundation building, unable to make any progress. Having lost the support of their families and the access to resources, they are now at a point where it is difficult to continue.

The key is that they are unwilling to force themselves to condense the golden elixir. Not only will there be the risk of failure in breakthrough and regression in cultivation, but the quality of the elixir cannot be guaranteed.

Young people are arrogant and proud, so they naturally will not adopt this method to form the elixir at will.

Therefore, he planned to look for spiritual objects of heaven and earth such as the Reed Jade Stalactite to assist in the Jade Liquid Form Refining to improve his own foundation and potential, so that he could gain a firm foothold among high-level cultivators as soon as he broke through the Golden Core Stage.

These are two young people with ambition and dreams.

But just now, the thing they had dreamed of for so long
actually
It was placed in front of him so easily, and it was delivered to him personally by the Yuanying stage overlord of Hongya Cave, the Yuanlu Demon King!

If Lin Shan, Zhong Shenxiu and others saw this, they would probably be so jealous that their eyes would turn red!
They worked so hard for the Kuihu Demon King, but now, not only did they not see the shadow of the Reed Jade Stalactite, they couldn't even get into the main gate of Hongya Cave!

These two people are so lucky. They can sit at home and have treasures fall from the sky.

"Brother Zhu, should we accept this?"

The tall and thin young man was hesitant. Although he needed this treasure very much, it was a gift from the Yuanlu Demon King. As the saying goes, one should be grateful to the one who eats the food. If he accepted the gift, he would probably have to do the gift a favor.

"Why not accept it?"

The young man in the crane cloak was stunned for just a moment, then he reacted immediately. He then took one of the mutton-fat jade bottles under his nose, looked at it and smelled it, with an intoxicated expression.

But from his slightly trembling hands, one could tell that he was not as calm as he appeared to be.

"Yes, it is indeed a reed jade stalactite, a genuine spiritual object, but it seems to be only 800 years old, not even a thousand years old, but it is not bad either."

The age of the Lu Yu stalactite simply refers to its weight.

After all, every drop of spiritual liquid dripping from the top of Hongya Cave has the same effect. It accumulates and hides in the stalactites and is baptized by the essence of reed jade, so that it can stand out among countless stalactites.

After a thousand years, it will almost fill up the inside of the tip of the Luyu stalactite. Any more will flow down along the stalactite forest, drip onto the ground and gather into small streams into the underground river.

This is the internal structure of Hongyadong.

These two bottles of reed jade stalactites should have been taken by the Yuanlu Demon King when he entered Hongya Cave two hundred years ago. In order to invite the two young men to come out of the cave, he saw that their cultivation was stuck at the peak of the late foundation building stage, so he gave them the gifts to please them.

The eight hundred years here refers to the amount of eight hundred years. It was not filled to the brim, but only about four fifths of the small bottle.

However, assisting the two of them in refining their bodies with the Jade Liquid is barely enough, so there is no need to worry too much about perfection.

This gift from the Yuanlu Demon King is not only unique in the Forbidden Cliff Land, but it is also extremely valuable. It is placed right at the weak spot of the two of them, making it impossible to refuse.

The young man in the crane cloak sighed. It seemed that he had to help this time.

To be honest, in the battle between the Yuanlu Demon King and the Kuihu Demon King, the two of them did not have the strength of the Jindan stage, so they did not dare to take part in it at all. It was very likely that they would die in the chaos if they were not careful.

Is war something you can joke about?
An ordinary young general in the demon clan can fight against enemies of higher levels with the help of his clan members. If they go beyond the late stage of foundation building, their lives will not be guaranteed!

There is a high possibility that he will die at the hands of an unknown person the next day.

Fortunately, this time I have Mr. Bei's recommendation and the Yuanlu Demon King has personally invited me, so it would be nice to be a councilor in front of the tent. At least I don't have to take risks on the front lines.

Of course I still have some concerns.

"Brother Zhu, if we accept the gift so easily and follow the Yuan Deer Monster King back as soon as he invites us, won't it be too cheap and make the Yuan Deer Monster King look down on us?"

This is indeed a problem, as it concerns how they will be treated when they get there.

The tall and thin young man then remembered a biography in an ancient book and began to ask the young man in the crane cloak next to him.

"I have read in ancient books that the emperor of ancient times visited the thatched cottage three times in order to ask the sage to come out of seclusion, and finally got his wish. So why don't we learn from him and go out for a trip to escape for a while?"

"No!"

The young man in the crane cloak interrupted him directly and told him not to do that.

"The Yuanlu Demon King is a Yuanying-stage expert. His demonic awareness is enough to cover an area of ​​ten miles or more. If we try to escape now, we will definitely be discovered. If we pretend to be reserved, we will be eliminated."

"And it is said that the battle in Hongya Cave is going on fiercely at this moment. The situation of the Yuanlu Demon King should be very critical. There is no time to drag it out any longer. We must make a decision immediately."

"The most important thing is that the Yuanlu Demon King is a dominant giant. The two of us are just cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage. How can we be so arrogant in front of him? Since we have taken the Luyu stalactite and are doing things for others in exchange for money, we should stop being scheming."

Upon hearing this, the tall and thin young man nodded repeatedly, and then went down the hill with the young man in the crane cloak to meet the Yuanlu Demon King.

The Yuanlu Demon King was waiting quietly on the Long Mountain, with Mr. Bei standing behind him.

Seeing the two people coming from afar, he took two steps at a time to meet them and burst into laughter.

"Thank you two gentlemen for coming out to greet me. I am really sorry to bother you!"

The two did not dare to be negligent and bowed in greeting.

"Yunchuan Academy, I can't wear it."

"Jingyang Academy, Zhu Duiyou."

"See you, Your Majesty!"

……

"No need to be polite, please follow the host's wishes, please!"

"please!"

The two of them briefly greeted Mr. Bei, and the four of them went up the hill together and came to the place where they had drunk wine with Mr. Bei in the past. They sat down, lit the stove and made tea, looked out at the Tianhe restricted area, and chatted about recent interesting things.

After getting acquainted, Mr. Bei took the lead in breaking the deadlock and explained the purpose of his master's visit.

"Brother Dai, Brother Zhu, the king and I have long known that there is a great talent living in seclusion here. We have come here today to visit you and to ask you to come out of seclusion and help us. What do you think?"

Dai Budong and Zhu Duiyou smiled at each other. They had reached an agreement earlier and now spoke in unison.

"Your Majesty has condescended to pay attention to us. How dare we, who are of low rank, not obey you?" "I am willing to serve you, Your Majesty!"

"Hahaha, good!"

The Yuanlu Demon King originally thought that the hermit would have some temper, and he was even prepared to visit him three times or even pay a greater price. He did not expect these two young men to be so sensible and straightforward, and he could not help but admire them more and more.

So he did not hide anything and described in detail the many setbacks he had encountered recently in the war and the difficulties he was facing now, hoping to ask them for their advice.

After Dai Budong and Zhu Duiyou heard about the recent situation of the Yuanlu Demon King, they did not show any surprise, but just nodded slightly.

"So, your Majesty is now blocked in Hongya Cave, facing the fierce attack of 4,000 elite soldiers of the Kuihu Demon King, and there are only a few old, weak and sick people around you, less than twice the number of the enemy."

"Mr. Bei needs three days to practice the military formation. The mountain protection formation cannot stop the formation master on the opposite side. The strategic depth is gradually lost, and the counterattack is seen through."

"There are only 10,000 elite soldiers left in Xuanwu's corpse-rejecting area, which is useless to eat and a pity to abandon. They have the intention of making a move behind enemy lines in the future battle for world dominance, but they have no chance to buy time and turn the tables now. They are caught in a dilemma and cannot get off the tiger's back!"

……

After hearing this, the Yuanlu Demon King and Mr. Bei felt upset. This was indeed the awkward situation they were in, and it was difficult to break the impasse, so they sought off-field assistance.

Zhu Duiyou gently waved his goose feather fan, stood up and paced back and forth, pointing out the most urgent issue in a straightforward manner.

"Right now, the way to stabilize the situation as soon as possible is to buy time for Brother Bei to train his troops and set up the Eight-Gate Golden Lock Formation as soon as possible to block the enemy army from entering."

"As long as we can ensure the safety of our base camp, we can gradually make up for the remaining disadvantages through management."

"After all, time is on our side. Whether it's the king's growth rate or the herbivorous monsters' numerical advantage, the longer we fight, the stronger they will become. The Kuihu Monster King wants a quick victory, but we can't fulfill his wish!"

"I am not talented, but I have a way to buy you three days."

……

The Yuanlu Demon King and Mr. Bei were overjoyed and immediately asked for advice.

Zhu Duiyou did not hide anything and told him everything slowly and calmly.

Dai Budong listened thoughtfully on the side. He remembered that when he was in the Dai family, a famous cultivation family in Ludong, Zhu Duiyou, as his aide, had helped him add a foundation to the Dai family. From then on, he gained a lot of resources for his fight for the position of young patriarch.

And now this method is being used among the demon clan, and specifically here is the Yuanlu Demon King. It seems to be naturally suitable for it, and can even be said to be tailor-made for him!
That is.
Fire Bull Formation!
"I know that there are many cattle-like monster tribes under the king's command. Because their intelligence has not been civilized and they still retain the instincts of wild beasts, they have not been absorbed into the army for training. They are still grazing freely in the Hongya Plain outside."

"These bull monsters are huge in number, with a large population, ranging from a few thousand to tens of thousands. They migrate back and forth in areas with abundant water and grass. This is also where the subordinates of the Kuihu Monster King occasionally hunt for food."

“Although these can only be called wild beasts and are not intelligent monsters that can be trained, if they can be gathered together and supported by the temporary control method of the Fire Bull Formation, even without the power of a formal army, they are enough to catch the Kuihu Monster King off guard!”

"I think it's no big deal to buy three days of time."

……

The Yuanlu Demon King and Mr. Bei were both surprised and accepted the method of arranging the "Fire Bull Formation" given by Zhu Duiyou.

Back then, in the Lujiang River basin in the west of the State of Lu, the Lujiang League gathered 72 forces and jointly attacked the Dai family, a giant family in the east of Lu. After the Dai family's protective formation was broken, they used the Chongyang Tianzhu Formation and the Fire Bull Formation in the sky and on the ground, causing heavy losses to the Lujiang League coalition forces.

At that time, because the Dai family raised a small number of cattle-like spirit beasts, only a few hundred, they were unable to turn the tide of the battle. After a group of Jindan-stage elders from the Lujiang League destroyed the Chongyang Tianzhu Formation, they lost their air cover, and the remaining fire bulls on the ground could not make any waves and had to be wiped out one by one.

However, the Yuanlu Demon King is different from the Dai family, a family of cultivators.

The difference in size between the two pieces is too big!

The key point is, as for the cattle-type monsters, the Yuanlu Monster King has as many as he wants under his command!
The Dai family worked very hard to raise hundreds of them, but here at the Yuanlu Demon King’s place, the number of their herds is in the tens of thousands at the worst!

You have to know that monsters and monster clan are two different concepts.

The demon race refers to intelligent monsters, which is why their numbers are so rare.

But there are so many unintelligent monsters in the sparsely populated wilderness such as the Star-Swallowing Mountains and even the Forbidden Cliff Land that it’s scary to death!

It is simply because of their wildness, undisciplined nature, and low strength that they cannot be properly utilized by the two demon kings. The only thing they do is increase the chances of giving birth to demons, and serve as a breeding ground for a source of soldiers.

Just like the human race, those cultivators with the spiritual roots for cultivating immortals almost all come from the mortal world. This is the source of the immortal sects recruiting disciples.

It’s just that the probability of having spiritual roots among mortals, as well as the quality of the spiritual roots, are extremely rare events, but the base number is huge!
The same goes for the demon race. The birth of intelligent demons and whether their bloodlines revert to their ancestral state are also uncontrollable. It all depends on the probability based on a large base number.

The Yuanlu Demon King wants to set up a fire bull formation. The trained bull monsters in his army can be used, and the uncivilized wild buffaloes outside can also be used!
The key thing about the demon race is that many wild demon beasts have their own cultivation!
Although they may not be very intelligent, there may be leaders in the Jindan or foundation-building stages. There are also countless miscellaneous monsters in the Qi training stage among the population, which are much stronger than humans in terms of innate strength when they were mortals.

Of course, as humans are the leaders of all spirits, mortals, even if they have not achieved any spiritual cultivation, have the ability to awaken their spiritual wisdom at a young age. This is like God closing a door for you but opening a window at the same time.

It can be said that Zhu Duiyou's delaying tactic played exactly into the Yuanlu Demon King's hands.

As many cattle-like monsters as you want!
If we can hold out for these three days and Mr. Bei succeeds in training his troops, we can defend our nest.

Then the two camps will fall into a stalemate again. At that time, the Xuanwu Corpse Rejection Land will come in handy as a chess piece. The passive and active power of the two sides will change hands again, and the outcome is still unknown.

The Yuanlu Demon King finally saw the light and bowed immediately.

"I have been wandering for half my life, fighting and losing repeatedly, but I have fought again and again. Fortunately, I have the help of the two gentlemen today. When the building is about to collapse, I am able to survive. How lucky I am!"

Dai Budong and Zhu Duiyou did not dare to accept the gift, and quickly bowed their heads to return the greeting.

"Your Majesty is such a great king, how can you bow down so easily? We two are grateful for your appreciation and will do our best to help you!"

The Yuanlu Demon King was overjoyed. He finally had three think tanks on his side, which were on par with the Kuihu Demon King.

Now that we have made up for the shortcomings and found a solution, why should we worry about not being able to continue to compete for supremacy?

"Gentlemen, the situation is urgent. If you don't have anything important to do right now, please pack your luggage and lead your tribesmen. I will personally escort you to Hongya Cave! But the autumn wheat on Longshan Mountain is growing well."

Dai Budong and Zhu Duiyou readily agreed and acted decisively.

"How dare I delay the great king's important affairs with just two taels of my personal belongings? Just throw them away."

He immediately summoned more than 20 members of the Dai family, and under the guidance of the Yuanlu Demon King, they returned to Hongya Cave together.

This secluded valley gradually fell into silence as they left.

(End of this chapter)