Fire Monster

Chapter 147 The war escalates
"Oh!"

The magic ball that was compressed to the size of a basketball was put into a jar. Zhao Guanshan took the imperial seal oil lamp and pressed a mark of the Lihuo Dao Talisman on it.

With this mark, plus the suppression just now, it can be ensured that there will be no changes within a month.

Of course, you can seal and suppress it again after a month, which is very convenient.

That's good.

Next, the two sealed chariots started up again and headed straight for the next Demon Mother's lair.

Time is a resource and an interest.

But along the way, Xiao Chengyun was very quiet. She was really shocked. She had always thought that Zhao Guanshan was fooling her.

Who could have thought that his so-called declining immortal cultivation family actually had such a powerful foundation.

Zhao Guanshan never lied, but her previous jumping up and down now seemed like a joke.

She was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a place to hide.

As expected, one should not underestimate the people in the world.

There is always someone better than you, so remember that!

While Xiao Chengyun was deeply reflecting on himself, Zhao Guanshan finally calmed down. He would occasionally chat with everyone, and occasionally go up to the roof of the car for a walk, but he would always return to the cab in the end and seize the time to condense and perfect the second fourth-level dispelling rune to the fifth level.

In this way, by using two fifth-level dispelling runes in rotation, it should be possible to seal twenty demon pools.

If converted into merit, it is almost 10,000 merit points.

If it is used to supply a first-level spirit tower, it can last for three to two years.

The situation was thus activated. Zhao Guanshan felt that at this moment, the progress bar of the city-building task should have reached at least 30%.

The next thing is simple.

The two chariots raced across the wasteland, violently destroying the demon mother's lairs one after another.

Zhao Guanshan did not participate in the battle, but Xiao Chengyun, for some reason, also took two psychic swords and showed off all kinds of skills. What's more, the sword energy she released turned into meteors, which was extremely earth-shaking.

Because she activated two long swords at the same time, forming six sword energies, which were then transformed into sword meteors. With one strike, she could even easily destroy the outer barrier of the Demon Mother's lair.

Anyway, even Zhao Guanshan admired him very much. This is the style of a Taoist Qigong practitioner who is a master of both civil and military affairs.

Comparatively speaking, Zhao Guanshan's practice time is too short. As of now, it's not even two months, so there's no comparison.

Fortunately, once the situation stabilizes and the city is built successfully, he can develop boldly and safely.

But this good mood did not last long. Zhao Guanshan and his men had just destroyed the twelve Demon Mother's nests and sealed the twelve magic balls when two convoys suddenly appeared in front of them. After a while, another convoy appeared from the rear.

There were a total of nine first-level imperially-sealed chariots, divided into three teams. They moved at an unstoppable speed and wiped out the rest of the demon mother's nests in the area in such a short time.

"The one opposite is Liu Yuwei, Commander Liu? We are the Fifth Development Camp under the Provincial Government. My commander asked us to say hello to Commander Liu. We have no ill intentions. We were only ordered to come and harvest the designated Demon Mother's lair. Now that the mission is completed, we will say goodbye."

In a convoy, someone stood up and shouted, then the convoy turned around and drove away.

Then, another convoy came forward with similar words, saying that they were the Fourth Pioneer Battalion and were also following orders.

The last convoy left in a triumphant manner without even saying hello.

"This bunch of Chief Secretary bastards!"

Deng Jiu started to curse loudly, and everyone was extremely angry, but there was nothing they could do.

After all, the Chief Secretary has too many cards to play.

For example, this time, they directly transferred troops from several other pioneer camps, without causing any conflict with you, but instead snatched your resources, leaving you trapped in a dilemma.

"It's not bad actually. At least we managed to collect twelve portions of Magic Spirit Liquid. This means that we can keep the Level 1 Spirit Supply Tower running for at least twelve months."

Xiao Chengyun said at this time that she still hoped Zhao Guanshan would change his mind and adopt the three suggestions she had previously put forward.

Because in her opinion, it is really unnecessary to fight to the death with the Chief Secretary. What's the point of winning?

If they lose, they will be in a worse situation.

Zhao Guanshan was silent for a while, then suddenly laughed, "It's pretty good to be able to last for twelve months. I think we've made a good start. Let's go back to the camp now!"

Xiao Chengyun wanted to say something but stopped himself. Well, at worst I can just beg for food.

On the way back, the two sealed chariots sounded the alarm one after another, indicating that the spiritual energy reserves had been reduced to less than 10%.

It would have been impossible for it to be consumed so quickly, but in the past three days, Zhao Guanshan and Xiao Chengyun had been frantically repairing their psychic weapons, and all the psychic energy they used was pulled out of the Imperial Seal Chariot.

"Sun Ze said this morning that there are only 3,000 energy storage spirit stones left in the warehouse. After I go back, I will dig a hole and steal some spirit energy."

In the carriage, Xiao Chengyun almost bit Zhao Guanshan's ear and whispered.

This is not for the sake of ambiguity, but it is a serious violation of the law.

Even though a first-level spirit supply array can be installed and deployed, the raw material for the spiritual energy compressed and refined by the array is magic liquid, which is not extracted from underground.

So it’s actually very safe.

But digging a hole in the wilderness, setting up a psychic circuit, and stealing psychic energy are really different.

Because the entire Linjiang Prefecture is like a big ship floating on the devil's fire. It is not a real solid land, but is stitched together by countless pieces of soil fragments.

In this situation, if pits are dug everywhere, it can easily lead to disastrous consequences.

As the saying goes, a thousand-mile dike is destroyed by an ant hole. This is what it means.

"Don't even think about it. I will never do such a thing without bottom line or principles. Junior sister, don't make the mistake." Zhao Guanshan seriously criticized Xiao Chengyun.

This kind of thing can only be done by one person secretly, without telling anyone, just digging a hole, and the consequences will be small.

But if two people do it with premeditation, then it is absolutely not allowed.

Of course, now, even if Zhao Guanshan were asked to dig a hole secretly, he would definitely not go there. If he offended the Governor, did he really think that they wouldn't keep an eye on him?
If you dare to do this, you will be in big trouble.

"Don't worry, the problem is not that serious. As long as the two of us work overtime, day and night, and deploy the first-level spirit supply tower, the problem will be solved."

“This is really the dumbest way!”

Xiao Chengyun said sarcastically.

“But that’s my way!”

Zhao Guanshan said this firmly.

"From now on, the two Imperial Seal Chariots will no longer be activated. Only rail trains will remain in operation in the city. No one is allowed to leave the city unless necessary, and no one is allowed to activate psychic weapons unless necessary."

"All food and water will be rationed!"

Xiao Chengyun stopped saying anything or complaining. He got off the chariot and without even returning to the barracks, he began to rebuild the city wall with Zhao Guanshan, because this was the only road left.

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In Linjiang Prefecture, south of the Taoist temple, there is a large area covering tens of thousands of acres. This is the Taoist temple’s direct factory and also the Taoist temple’s basic base.

At this moment, an old man with white hair and beard, wearing simple black clothes, was observing here surrounded by a group of people.

The old man in black was the headmaster of the Taoist temple, a fifth-level Qi-refining practitioner.

Following behind him were several deputy principals, as well as important management from the Departments of Taoism, Military Science, and Liberal Arts.

Ever since the Taoist Palace divided the many affairs of Linjiang Prefecture into three yamen, the Taoist Academy has become one of the three giants of Linjiang Prefecture. Over the years, the Taoist Academy has always adhered to the strategy of self-sufficiency, cultivating talents, being impartial and maintaining neutrality.

Only this year, the Taoist Temple has undergone major adjustments and taken over part of the powers that originally belonged to the Chief Secretary.

The reason is that the Taoist temple felt a sense of crisis.

Taoist academies are places responsible for cultivating talents, but in recent years, the liberal arts of Taoist academies have become increasingly declining, because students cannot learn more advanced knowledge in Taoist academies and have no better choices after graduation.

This has led to the situation where liberal arts students all have the ultimate goal of transferring to the military field.

Every year, tens of thousands of martial arts apprentices graduate from the Taoist academy, but there are only a few hundred liberal arts apprentices who become Qigong practitioners.

But what is the actual situation?
In fact, the Demon Suppression Department and the Provincial Government Department had opened small Taoist academies in their respective yamen many years ago. The children of the master craftsmen in the directly affiliated factories, unless they could become Qi Refiners, all followed in their father's footsteps and studied in the small Taoist academies.

So on the surface, there are only a few hundred Qi-refining apprentices graduating from the Taoist Academy every year, but in fact, in the Demon Suppression Division alone, there are thousands of junior craftsmen graduating every year.

These craftsmen, who start learning at the age of six and study for twelve years in one go, and are more like liberal arts students than liberal arts students in Taoist academies, are the real wealth of the Demon Suppression Bureau.

From the research and development and production of the first-level Imperial Seal chariot to the current research and development and production of the third-level Imperial Seal chariot, the Demon Suppression Division has become the only dominant force and has shined in this year's war against the evil demons.

If this continues, what advantages will the Taoist temple have?

The humanities are obsolete.

The martial arts apprentices trained in the military department will soon be replaced by the imperial chariots.

Only the Qi Refiners trained in Taoism have some competitiveness.

"Headmaster, the latest intelligence from the front line is that the Demon Suppression Division is consolidating the battle line and has achieved considerable results, but there are also some casualties, including 24 martial artists and one second-level Qigong practitioner. However, the Demon Suppression Division has reported that they have urgently produced ten third-level imperial seal chariots, so they hope that we can send out ten Qigong supervisors to cooperate!"

Upon hearing this so-called latest news, the Taoist temple's old headmaster's face looked a little gloomy. Fifty-three second-level Qi-refining practitioners had already died in the battle.

The wealth that the Taoist temple had accumulated with great difficulty over the years was almost gone.

But there was really no way to refuse.

Because according to the cooperation agreement between the Taoist Academy and the Demon Suppression Bureau, the Demon Suppression Bureau donated the technology for manufacturing and producing the Imperially Sealed Chariot to the Taoist Academy free of charge, and at the same time ceded certain interests. The Taoist Academy was responsible for providing Qi Refiners.

But everyone knows that the Demon Suppression Division is already the dominant force on the front line.

If this continues, the war will probably not end in the short term.

Yes, no one knows that the invasion of the evil army every few years is actually controlled by the Taoist Palace.

The army of evil demons has never been able to be wiped out. It is possible that they will go back to lie dormant for a while and then make a comeback. They are not kind people, so how could they be kind enough to give them the opportunity to develop?

The entire world of immortal cultivation is filled with evil demons, so how could there be a shortage of troops?

All of this was nothing more than the Dao Palace silently bearing all the responsibilities, and then regularly releasing a certain amount of pressure internally. In this way, it continuously accumulated strength and continuously shared the pressure for the Dao Palace.

Now, the Demon Suppression Division has proven their ability to resist a large number of demons on the front line by developing and producing the Imperially Sealed Chariot. Then, the Taoist Palace will be willing to release a little more pressure inwards, thereby reducing the pressure on the Taoist Palace itself.

The most obvious sign of this release of pressure is the escalation in the difficulty of the war.

The Taoist Palace would originally stop evil demons of level ten and above, but now it is very likely that they will let in evil demons of level ten.

The pressure will gradually decrease.

Then the second-line battle zone will face the eighth-level evil demon.

The third-line battle zone will face the sixth-level evil demon.

This is also an opportunity for the Taoist temple.

The Demon Suppression Department and the Provincial Administration Department are ruthlessly snatching the Taoist Academy's right to train talents, so the Taoist Academy must take the initiative to cultivate its own legion power.

(End of this chapter)