Chapter 1327  One Step Ahead

Time flies, spring goes and autumn comes.

One year has passed quietly.

Three years ago, a Tiandu Martial Arts Contest was held in Tiandu City, which was held only once every few hundred years. The details may have long been out of date.

Only one thing is recorded in the history books.

The Great Round Table Conference of the Heavens decided: Three years after the closing day of the Tiandu Martial Arts Contest, the five states of the world will send troops to the East China Sea to encircle and eliminate the cancer - the Three Temples of the East China Sea!

As the agreed date approaches, the five states of the world are surging.

In fact, as early as when the resolution of the Great Round Table Conference of the Heavens was popular in the five states, the people of the five states of the world had already made preparations for the battle of the East China Sea.

Due to the geographical relationship, as early as the beginning of the year, the West Shuzhou sent elite monks of the Buddhist and Ghost Dao to cross the entire Zhongzhou and go to Dongwuzhou.

At the time of the summer solstice, the Heavenly Demon Palace and the Holy Queen Palace, which were in charge of the affairs of Beiwei Prefecture, also sent forces representing Beiwei Prefecture to Dongwu Prefecture.

In theory, the distance between Beiwei Prefecture and Dongwu Prefecture is similar to that between Nanyue Prefecture and Dongwu Prefecture. Since Beiwei Prefecture has already moved, there is no reason for Nanyue Prefecture not to move.

The fact is that Nanyue Prefecture was indeed ready to set off at that time.

Except for the Tianzun Realm strongman Wan Zongsheng who needed to stay in Nanyue and could not go to Dongwu Prefecture in person, the entire Nanyue Prefecture almost used all its strength to send troops to the East China Sea.

The leader of the Nanyue Army this time was the Confucian Supreme Elder who had just entered the Nascent Soul High-level Great Monk - Shang Shusheng!

Below the scholar, there were ten Nascent Soul Initial-level monks who assisted from the side.

Below the Nascent Soul Realm, there were nearly a thousand Jindan monks who were ready to fight.

As for the monks in the Foundation Establishment Realm, they naturally had no chance to participate in such a grand event of the five states.

The name of the East China Sea is the best in the world.

Although all the cultivators knew that the East China Sea was rich in resources and spiritual energy, there were many monsters in the East China Sea, and it was extremely dangerous. Low-level cultivators would only be cannon fodder if they went there.

Besides, how these more than a thousand people traveled from Nanyuezhou to Dongwuzhou had already been planned - Xiangfu Chamber of Commerce had lent a ground-level treasure ship - Bingfu!

This was the ground-level treasure ship that Xiangfu Chamber of Commerce temporarily lent to Nanyuezhou. It was also the flagship of the scholar's expedition to the East China Sea and the base camp of the Nanyue Army.

It seemed that everything was ready, except for the east wind.

However, the two armies of Beiweizhou had already set off, but there was no movement in Nanyuezhou.

It seemed that the entire Nanyuezhou was waiting for something...

On the first day of October, a stream of light flew over the southern sky of Wanzong City.

Like a spark breaking through the sky, a huge fireball hit Wanzong City directly, but it stopped ten miles away from Wanzong City.

The firelight converged, revealing the appearance of a huge treasure ship.

Huofu - another earth-level treasure ship of Xiangfu Chamber of Commerce.

However, Xiangfu Chamber of Commerce did not lend this Huofu to Nanyue State, but lent it to Nanyue State's enemy for thousands of years - Nanyan Demon Realm!

A flash of fire suddenly appeared on the bow of the Huofu, which was all red.

The fire broke out, revealing a monster beast with a red body. A domineering aura emanated from the fire-colored monster.

The demonic aura was even stronger than that of the transformed monster such as Qingqiu Patriarch.

It turned out that this fire-colored monster was called Chiling, and was originally an eighth-level red spirit fire ape. It was once the first general under the throne of the Blood Demon King. After the Blood Demon King was plotted against by the Ghost Demon, the master of the Ghost God Palace, Chiling was promoted to the ape demon king and became one of the new ten demon kings.

Because of the matter of the Blood Demon King, the Ten Thousand Demon King of the Nanyan Demon Clan also hated the Three Temples of the East China Sea. The Nanyan Demon Clan, which had not paid much attention to the battle in the East China Sea, sent a group of demon soldiers led by the Red Spirit King to the East China Sea front.

In this way, the strength of Nanyue State has risen.

But even the allied forces have arrived, and the Nanyue Army has no excuse to delay.

At the bow of the Bingfu, the scholar stood in the wind, and Kong Yuanren stood beside him.

"Master Shang! Yuanren knows you are waiting for Brother Xiao! But since he entered the Ten Thousand Sects Holy Temple a few years ago, there has been no news. Senior Wanzong Sheng only said that he was in seclusion, and until today, there has been no news of him coming out of seclusion." Seeing that the scholar did not say anything, Kong Yuanren continued to persuade: "It's okay for us to wait for the Nanyue monks for a while. But since the Nanyan demon soldiers have arrived, it's not good to let them wait. As for Brother Xiao..."

God knows when Xiao Mian will be able to come out of seclusion?

Kong Yuanren didn't say this out loud, but he had already pointed it out.

Kong Yuanren naturally knew that Xiao Mian was strong. If Xiao Mian participated in this trip to the East China Sea, it would be no less than having another Yuanying ancestor accompany him for Nanyue Province.

However, the East China Sea War was a major event for the five states in the world.

Xiao Mian's retreat was his personal matter.

How could the world's major events be delayed because of one person's affairs?

The scholar understood these principles, and he understood them better than Kong Yuanren!

The East China Sea War was a military training prepared for the spiritual war catastrophe in the near future after the entire cultivation world reached a consensus.

Yuanying ancestors like the scholar were just there to take charge.

The ones who really came in handy were the numerous Jindan cultivators.

Fighting to support fighting is the best way for cultivators to break through bottlenecks.

Although dangerous, it is very effective.

When the battle of the East Sea is successful, the cultivation world may have many more Yuanying ancestors - but at the same time, the cultivation world will also lose many Jindan strongmen.

Compared with this, the attack and defense of the Chishui River is nothing more than a small witch meeting a big witch.

For other forces, the East China Sea War is naturally a coexistence of opportunities and challenges.

But for the already weak Nanyue State, the danger of the East China Sea War far outweighs the rewards it can wait for - just because Nanyue State can't afford to lose!

Other forces have a lot of talents to cultivate, but Nanyue State, one less person will die!

In this case, the scholar naturally hopes that Xiao Mian can accompany him. With Xiao Mian's care, the casualties of the monks in Nanyue State will be much smaller...

Unfortunately, at this point, man's plans are not as good as God's plans!

Xiao Mian, actually didn't come out in the Wanzong Temple!

With a sigh, the scholar raised his right hand and waved the folding fan in his hand lightly.

As the supreme leader of this Nanyue Corps, with an order, thousands of troops were sent out.

In this way, the Bingfu was in front and the Huofu was in the back. The two earth-level treasure ships set off from Wanzong City and rushed towards the east.

Seeing the two treasure ships gradually going away, Wanzong Saint had no sadness or joy.

Taking out a wine gourd, Wan Zongsheng took a big sip of Jiulong Bayin.

"Tsk! Good wine!" Using the powerful spiritual power generated by Jiulong Bayin, Wan Zongsheng said to himself: "Boy! Nanyuezhou, I entrust it to you..."

Before he finished speaking, he was gone.

The huge Wanzong Temple was empty.

Let's talk about Xiao Mian later. He was no longer in Wanzong Temple.

At this time, Xiao Mian was not even in Nanyuezhou!

When he got the "Wanfa Daodian" last time, Xiao Mian did fall into the state of enlightenment by chance and comprehended the "Wanfa Daodian" with his whole body and mind.

However, this process lasted only more than a month, and then Xiao Mian woke up.

For another three months, Xiao Mian practiced hard in seclusion in Wanzong Temple, and he had the crazy idea of ​​combining "Wanfa Daodian" and "Senluo Wanfa".

One is a method of practicing Qi, and the other is a magical power of practicing body.

The two complement each other.

After Xiao Mian broke through the barrier, he was obviously three times stronger when he used the Wanhua Sword Intent.

Calculating the time, Xiao Mian bid farewell to Wanzong Saint and left Wanzong Holy Temple.

Unnoticed, Xiao Mian sneaked back to Huoyun Ridge and climbed to the top of Biluo Peak.

On Biluo Peak, Xiao Mian summoned Huangfu Ling, Fu Qingqiong and Xuancao.

The four of them worshipped in front of Leng Ningyu's tomb, and Xiao Mian revealed his intentions.

Xiao Mian actually wanted to leave immediately and rush to Dongwuzhou to prepare for a rainy day.

After that, after asking Huangfu Ling to guard Biluo Peak, Xiao Mian took Fu Qingqiong and Xuancao and left Huoyun Ridge and headed towards the Daqing Mountain in his memory.

On the top of Daqing Mountain, there is the tomb of his parents built by Xiao Mian himself.

In front of the tomb of his parents, Xiao Mian held Fu Qingqiong in one hand and Xuancao in the other. The three of them were of one mind, and the heaven and earth were witnesses, and they made a vow to grow old together.

When Xiao Mian left the Five Elements Sect and traveled around the world, he chose to escape because he was afraid that he would die and delay Fu Qingqiong.

This time when he returned, Xiao Mian became more mature and understood the true meaning of love.

In particular, in order to save Fu Qingqiong, Xiao Mian, Xuancao and Fu Qingqiong experienced the difficulties of life and death together, almost like a trinity.

Since it is true love, even if you die, you must love.

From then on, he, Xiao Mian, is the husband of two women.

The greater the responsibility, the more powerful strength and authority are needed to protect.

After understanding this wish, Xiao Mian sent the two women back to Huoyun Ridge and took out the God-Descending Grass that was nurtured in the Yellow Spring Pond.

Today, Xiao Mian has enough means to preserve the God-Descending Grass.

Today's Huoyun Ridge is different from the past. There are many people and eyes. If someone finds out that this place where the bones of the Fire Beast are buried, there will be another set of twists and turns.

In this case, it is better to bring the God-Descending Grass with you.

After all, this divine grass was a magical object that Xiao Mian had thought of using long ago.

Another thing was the fire beast Qing Jing.

Qing Jing had been in seclusion for many years. Seeing that Qing Jing was still in seclusion, Xiao Mian did not dare to disturb her. He left a communication talisman and left this mysterious cave.

After that, Xiao Mian used a stool to teleport directly back to Xuanwei Cave.

Today's Xuanwei Cave is more lively than before.

Sixty teenagers selected by the Canghai Yizhu plan and forty teenagers collected from Nanyue Province were sent to the Xuanwei Cave Secret Realm by Guitou.

These one hundred people either have natural spiritual roots, or mutant spiritual roots, or have special physiques, or are gifted - in short, they are all extraordinary talents!

These teenagers are learning all kinds of knowledge in the Xuanwei Cave Secret Realm.

There is a long way to go. When they grow up, they will be the backbone of Nanyue Province.

After going through Xuanwei Cave, Xiao Mian turned around and left without any worries.

When he reappeared, Xiao Mian was already on a huge teleportation array. Walking down from the teleportation array, Xiao Mian smelled the faint smell of the sea in the air and smiled faintly.

At this time, it was the first day of the first lunar month of this year.

This place is the largest city in Dongwuzhou-Wangxian City!

When Xiao Mian shared the secret of Xuanwei Cave with Xiangfu Chamber of Commerce, the latter connected the teleportation array of Xuanwei Cave with the five states of the world.

In this way, Xiao Mian can connect the world while sitting in Xuanwei Cave!

For Xiangfu Chamber of Commerce, this is undoubtedly a way to make money with a lot of money!

The so-called buying and selling is to sell something from place A to place B and earn the difference. This thing is often unique to place A, with large quantity and low price, and scarce in place B, and rare goods are worth living.

The biggest cost of buying and selling is transportation!

Whether it is a treasure ship or a teleportation array, it requires a sky-high cost.

After the Xuanwei Cave is completely abandoned, this transportation cost will be greatly controlled.

This is the covenant made by Shancai Tongzun and Xiao Mian that day.

Of course, for Xiao Mian, the significance of Xuanwei Cave is not only this.

Xuanwei Cave is a natural fortress that can be used for attack and defense, allowing Xiao Mian to travel through the five states in an instant without anyone noticing.

If combined with the blood pool teleportation array, Xiao Mian will have the confidence to face the world.

Taking all these things into his heart, Xiao Mian strolled leisurely in Wangxian City.

Wangxian City, the largest city in Dongwuzhou, is two thousand miles in radius and has 500,000 cultivators.

Compared with Tiandu City, Wangxian City may be slightly inferior, but compared with Wanzong City, Wangxian City is better than the best.

Walking on the streets of Wangxian City, Xiao Mian is not only watching the scenery of Wangxian City, but also observing the cultivators coming and going in Wangxian City.

Although the cultivators on the street are mainly low-level cultivators in the foundation-building stage, the proportion of Jindan cultivators is not low.

What is more rare is that these Jindan cultivators have strong cultivation.

Compared with the embarrassing situation that nine out of ten Jindan cultivators in Wanzong City are in the initial stage, the Jindan cultivators in Wangxian City are actually different: there are very few in the initial stage, but there are quite a lot of intermediate and above.

Of course, Jindan top-level cultivators are not ordinary goods.

Xiao Mian only encountered two Jindan top-level cultivators along the way, and neither of them had condensed their spiritual consciousness.

Even so, the second in the world is well deserved.

After making a rough positioning of Wangxian City in his mind, Xiao Mian walked into a restaurant with a grand facade, ordered a table of good dishes in the lobby, and drank by himself.

No matter where, restaurants and wine shops are the gathering places for all kinds of gossip.

Although most of these news are hearsay and not entirely true, as long as you can filter out those artificially exaggerated components, you can still get some dry goods.

After finishing his meal, Xiao Mian walked out of the restaurant and headed straight for the treasure house opposite the restaurant!

The treasure house looked magnificent from the outside, but there were few people inside.

Xiao Mian went in and walked around. A waiter in the store clearly saw him, but he still shrank lazily to the side and did not take the initiative to greet him. It was not until he saw that Xiao Mian had no intention of retreating that the waiter reluctantly came forward out of boredom.

"Senior! Do you have any objects you like?"

"..." Without even looking at the servant, Xiao Mian said to himself: "I have heard that there are thousands of treasures in the Treasure House, but now I see that it is nothing but this!"

"Yes! Yes! Yes! The Treasure House is not worthy of its name, it is indeed nothing but this!"

"So even the clerks of the Treasure House think so? In this case, even if the Treasure House really has some rare treasures, how can it be sold?"

"This..., what does the senior mean?"

"I have heard that the Xiangfu Chamber of Commerce has industries all over the five states of the world, and it is a top-notch chamber of commerce giant in this cultivation world. Isn't the Treasure House afraid of ruining the Xiangfu Chamber of Commerce's reputation?"

As soon as Xiao Mian said this, he stared at the servant with his eyes fixed.

It turned out that this Treasure House was the branch of the Xiangfu Chamber of Commerce located in Wangxian City!