Chapter 575: Alliance (6)
At the main temple of Xianghuodao, Lu Yi didn't get anything good.
The cultivation realm of the incense monks depends entirely on their own spirits, so the incense faith is their main cultivation resource. Other floating wealth is some array of spirit crystals, some health-preserving spiritual medicines, some caves and pavilions, some reserve flying boats and warships, etc.
In addition to these, the largest amount of items seized at the Xianghuo Dao headquarters were actually silks and satins, fine wines and delicacies, as well as a large number of handsome boys and beautiful women, and all kinds of gold, silver, and jewelry; they were all the top-level pleasure toys in the secular world!
From this we can see what kind of life the monks of the Xianghuo Dao usually lead.
While others are practicing in seclusion in the caves, they just need to sit on the altar and act like gods, fool the people, and reap as much money as they can from offerings of incense and leeks. That way they have plenty of time to enjoy life!
In terms of the comfort of daily life alone, none of the many sects in Yuanlingtian can compare to Xianghuo Dao.
Looking at the mountains of gold, silver, jewelry and other sundries in front of him, Lu Yi pressed his forehead and shook his head continuously.
After capturing the main altar of the Xianghuo Dao Mountain Gate, they were unable to find even a few low-level cultivators who could be recruited as soldiers. In the territories of other sects, countless common people in the secular world had obtained entry-level cultivation methods and began to practice with trepidation. A large number of common people had cultivation levels of the Furnace Realm or even the Fiery Realm.
But in the way of incense, if you want to become a qualified leek, you obviously cannot have any cultivation.
Therefore, in the main mountain gate of the Xianghuo Dao, in the vast territory covering hundreds of millions of miles, there are trillions of common people, but there is not a single one with any cultivation. Even none of them practice the basic body-building boxing techniques.
They are complete mortals, pure common people, and they are useless except for farming.
This is very embarrassing.
The military strength of the Nine Phoenix Immortal Dynasty was limited. After they had previously conquered the two major dynasties directly under the Xianghuo Dao, their military strength was a bit stretched. After they had captured the main altar of the Xianghuo Dao Mountain Gate, the number of soldiers could only barely guard the major cities, and the towns and villages below were completely in chaos.
The "Da Yin" created by Lu Yi and Yin Yuan is no longer able to expand outward.
They chose Xianghuo Road as their target, but were unable to draw enough troops from it as a reinforcement. It was obvious that there was a huge problem with the strategic plan they formulated.
"This is very embarrassing." In the ancestral hall of Xianghuo Dao, at a large round table, Lu Yi, Yin Yuan, and Qing You were enjoying top-notch delicacies. Xianghuo Dao had a large group of top-notch chefs, whose cooking skills were extremely superb, much better than the skills of the Jianmen imperial chefs around Bai Yuan. The various dishes were so delicious that people could swallow their tongues.
The three Qingyou girls' cheeks were bulging from eating so much.
Lu Yi and Yin Yuan, on the other hand, drank their wine with sad faces and showed little interest in the food.
This is embarrassing.
Wrong target chosen.
If they had not attacked the Xianghuo Dao first, but instead took a detour to attack the Demon Puppet Sect, perhaps they would have gathered a team of millions of monks by now, and those monks, regardless of their skills, would at least be able to gather hundreds of millions of demon puppets for battle and attack.
Even if he captured several elders of the Demon Puppet Sect alive and refined them, they would become excellent Taoist soldiers. They could still control their own demon puppets for Lu Yi to drive.
But the incense business really doesn’t make much money.
Even if you sacrifice those monks of the Incense and Fire Dao to become Dao soldiers, their spirits and souls are one, and once they are sacrificed to become Dao soldiers, their spirits and souls will also collapse. And 90% of the fighting power of the monks of the Incense and Fire Dao lies in their spirits and souls. Without their spirits and souls, these monks are useless!
"How about, after looting for a while, we look for an easy target to attack?" Yin Yuan pointed his finger, and a curtain of light burst out, displaying a geographical map of the area around the Xianghuo Road.
In addition to being adjacent to Jianmen in the east, Xianghuo Road is bordered by the Demon Puppet Sect to the north and an ocean stretching for hundreds of millions of miles to the west. Across the ocean is the Jiuyun Sect, a major evil sect that is one of the top 100 sects.
To the south of the incense road, across a vast and chaotic mountain range, is a vast area similar to the Cangling Plain, called the 'Wild Hu Plain'. In this plain, all the forces, big and small, exist in the form of villages and families. The people are extremely fierce and have fought against each other for countless years. With a little training, everyone is a good fighter.
However, the Yehu Wasteland is too barren. It is said that a great battle between gods and humans once took place here, which shattered the earth veins and destroyed the mineral veins. As a result, this wasteland stretching for billions of miles can only grow grass, some meager crops , and some common low-level spiritual herbs, but nothing else.
Conquering such a large territory requires enormous energy and material resources.
But apart from a large group of low-level cultivators, it seems that it cannot bring any direct benefits to Dayin.
Naturally, Jianmen cannot be attacked.
It’s not easy to take action against the Demon Puppet Sect now.
A cross-ocean expedition to the Jiuyun Sect? Tsk, the troops Lu Yi and his men now have are really not enough. Don't think that Lu Yi can do whatever he wants just because he has broken through the Heavenly Man Realm. He may be fine, but Yin Yuan might fall into their evil tricks. If something really happens, it will be too late to regret.
While he was hesitating, Yu Changle rushed in and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, there is a distinguished guest outside! He is said to be the leader of Senluo... his name is..."
Lu Yu and Yin Yuan's eyes lit up at the same time: "Wan Xiang? What is he doing here?"
Yin Yuan stood up and said with a smile: "Please, um, keep a low profile, don't make a big fuss, block the news, don't let anyone know he's here."
Lu Yu stroked his chin thoughtfully: "Shouldn't this guy be in Jishengtian? When did he come back? Why did he come to my house? It's quite interesting. This guy never comes to visit for no reason!"
A quarter of an hour later, in the side hall of the Patriarch's Hall, Lu Yi and Yin Yuan prepared snacks and tea to entertain the Senluo Sect's entourage.
There were three people from the Senluo Sect who came to visit.
There were two great elders of the Senluo Sect, one was Wu Jian who specialized in swordsmanship, and the other was Wu Zhen who studied formations. After hearing their names, Lu Yi kept looking them up and down. These names seemed a bit perfunctory!
But these two elders are really called this name. They are the two freaks in the Senluo Sect. They have studied the way of swords and the way of formations to the state of selflessness, so they use "Wu" as their surname.
And the rest can no longer be considered human beings.
It was two feet away, dark gold in color, with countless Dao patterns faintly visible in the surface armor. This was a powerful war puppet of the Senluo Sect, with a wisp of Wanxiang's soul placed in it, controlling the puppet's actions with the soul.
"It's been many years since we last met, Master. How are you?" Lu Yi personally brought a cup of tea and placed it in front of Zhan Kui.
The war puppet's eyes flickered. If it had this function, it would have rolled its eyes at Lu Yi... It is a solid war puppet and does not have the function of eating and drinking. You are so attentive in serving tea and water. Aren't you just winking at a blind man?
Shaking his head, Zhan Kui... no, Wanxiang 'buzzed' and said, "Indeed, I haven't seen you for many years. I never thought that my choice back then was indeed correct. You have great luck and can thrive in Yuanlingtian. As expected, when a world is facing a desperate situation, there will definitely be a person with destiny who will come into being and will be successful in everything."
Lu Yi and Yin Yuan just laughed.
Wan Xiang didn't say much and got straight to the point: "You openly put up the sign of 'Da Yin'. It's difficult for me to pretend that I don't know your details... I won't talk nonsense anymore. Bai Zhu of Jianmen has found Senluo Sect."
Lu Yi raised his eyebrows: "Bai Zhu? That old man is not a good-tempered person!"
Bai Zhu attacked the gate of Senluo Sect. Lu Yi was busy extorting money from the main temple of Xianghuo Dao Mountain these days. He was annoyed about the meager resources for cultivation. The news of the battle between Bai Zhu and Senluo Sect had not yet reached him. Even if it had, he probably wouldn't have had the time to deal with it.
After coughing lightly, Lu Yi asked, "What's the matter?"
Wanxiang's eyes were full of anger, and he angrily slapped the small table beside him into ashes. "I don't know which bastard spread rumors that the recent chaos in Yuanlingtian is related to my Senluo Sect, and that the deaths of several core members of the Bai family were caused by my Senluo Sect. He even said that the things about the Fengzhuo Tower and the Yingzhuo Pavilion... also... also..."
Wanxiang looked at Lu Yi.
Lu Yi looked at Wanxiang with a strange expression.
After a while, Wan Xiang asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Lu Yu pointed at Wanxiang and asked, "Didn't you do it? I also think that this matter must be related to you..."
Wanxiang laughed, "Hey, don't dwell on this kind of thing... I'm angry because Bai Zhu has no evidence. What right does he have to attack the gate of my Senluo Sect? But, my Senluo Sect really doesn't want to go to war with his Jianmen Sect right now! To be honest, I'm unsure!"
Lu Yi looked at Wan Xiang thoughtfully: "So... you should go to the mountain gate of the Changsheng Sect!"
Wan Xiang snorted coldly: "Wouldn't it be a waste of time to go to the Changsheng Sect and travel a long way? Instead of going to the Changsheng Sect, why not come directly to you?"
Lu Yi smiled: "Since my father and I revealed our real names, we no longer want to hide anything. Hmm, are the Senluo Sect and the Changsheng Sect allied?"
Wan Xiang nodded heavily: "That's right, the Senluo Sect and the Changsheng Sect should form an alliance."
Lu Yi tapped the table with his fingers and said calmly, "Well, the Changsheng Sect is just about to recuperate, and it is a very appropriate thing to have a strong arm to echo and increase momentum. But as for this alliance, brothers should settle accounts clearly. How much benefit is the Senluo Sect prepared to give?"
Lu Yi looked at Wanxiang and said, "Since you don't want to fight against Jianmen, we have to put a certain amount of pressure on you. How much benefit is Senluo Sect willing to give you?"
Wan Xiang was equally straightforward, saying without disguising anything: "You have even raised the banner of Dayin. You want to occupy another piece of territory outside of the Changsheng Sect and develop your own power, right? But you are starting from scratch. What can you do with this little power of the Nine Phoenix Immortal Dynasty?"
"You must not reveal that Dayin is related to the Changsheng Cult, so you cannot mobilize the Changsheng family to help you."
"For the past 30,000 years, our Senluo Sect has raised some people outside the sect. They can join the Dayin army and even swear a great oath to be loyal to you... How about using this as a price to exchange for an alliance between the Changsheng Sect and the Senluo Sect?"
Lu Yi and Yin Yuan burst into laughter.
