Chapter 26 News From the Front

Liu Yuanchen took out a few pine nuts from the bottom of the storage bag and cultivated them with Yimu Peiyuan Technique.

These pine nuts are the seeds of yellow-scaled pine, which is also a kind of charcoal wood.

This tree grows very fast. In an environment with abundant spiritual energy, it only takes one year for the seeds to grow to four or five feet high and as thick as an adult's arm.

Yellow-scaled pine has no requirements for the soil where it takes root. The reason why it can become a spiritual plant is mainly by absorbing the free spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

In fact, this is also the ability of all spiritual plants.

Most of the spiritual energy required for the growth of wild spiritual plants is obtained by absorbing free spiritual energy.

It's just that this method of absorbing spiritual energy is not efficient, and the growth rate of spiritual plants is slow.

In order to speed up the growth of spiritual plants and increase yields, Shennong Technique has various means of maintaining spiritual fields.

Yellow-scaled pine is not picky about places and can be planted on ordinary farmland.

As a low-level spiritual plant, this is a very excellent characteristic.

The only drawback is that there is very little spiritual power in its pine nuts, so it can only be eaten as ordinary nuts.

Liu Yuanchen did not plant these pine nuts in the spiritual field, but planted them directly on the bank of Yingyue Creek.

The spiritual power contained in the stream water is also not small. Although it is not as stable as the spiritual field, it will never delay the growth of the yellow-scaled pine.

Five days later, the pine nuts sprouted.

Similar to the previous seedlings, Liu Yuanchen could see the situation around the pine seedlings the moment they broke through the soil.

Even the range is the same as the growth of the golden rice seedlings, and can only sense the scene and sound within a radius of one foot.

Two months later, the golden rice cultivated by Yimu Peiyuan Technique finally matured.

The rice stalks are much thicker than those of ordinary golden rice, and even the rice ears are more than one foot long, almost comparable to those planted in the Qingshi Mountain Spirit Realm.

The golden rice cultivated by Yimu Peiyuan Technique, at least in terms of the yield of one crop, can already be compared with the Qingshi Mountain Spirit Realm.

However, there is still a big gap in the growth rate. It took about two and a half months for these golden rice plants to mature from planting.

In the Qingshi Mountain Spirit Realm, this process only takes about forty days.

However, these golden silk rice plants are still quite special.

First of all, the vitality of the rice produced is far superior to that of ordinary golden silk rice.

If these rice grains are used as seeds, the future yield will also be significantly higher than that of ordinary golden silk rice.

It is hard to say how many generations this special situation can last.

If you want to keep this special situation, you need to use Yimu Peiyuan Technique to cultivate each generation of seeds.

In this way, it is possible to cultivate golden silk rice with stable high yield and strong vitality.

By then, it will be considered as cultivating a new spiritual grain.

Of course, this possibility is very small. Even if it is not a needle in a haystack, it has to be a needle in a pond.

After the rice ears mature, the rice stalks are still green.

Moreover, the vitality in the rice stalks is very strong.

This surprised Liu Yuanchen a little. Most spiritual grains will drain the spiritual power in the stalks before and after maturity.

After the rice grains are produced, the rice stalks of the golden rice will have very weak vitality even if they do not wither.

Even if the rice stalks are left and allowed to continue growing, it will be difficult to produce ears later.

When planting spiritual grains in Yujin Mountain, the rice stalks will be directly dug up regardless of whether they are withered or not.

And these rice stalks are obviously not at the point of exhaustion.

Liu Yuanchen also wanted to see how great their potential is, so he just picked off the rice ears and left the rice stalks to continue growing.

The yellow-scaled pines cultivated by Yimu Peiyuan Technique are now nearly two feet tall and growing a little faster.

The previous speculation is indeed true. The taller the spiritual plants grow, the larger the detection range.

Now, as long as Liu Yuanchen moves his mind, he can see the scene within ten feet of the saplings.

Unfortunately, this detection range is only useful above the ground.

Underground, it can only sense the situation around the roots of the trees, which is far less than ten feet.

However, these yellow-scaled pines are still the same as the golden rice before.

As long as the distance between Liu Yuanchen and them exceeds ten miles, he cannot sense the situation around the spiritual plants.

After comparing the golden rice and the yellow-scaled pine, it can be determined that the detection distance of the spiritual plants cultivated by the Yimu Peiyuan technique is related to the size of the plants, and has nothing to do with the grade and type of the spiritual plants.

The upper limit of Liu Yuanchen's sensing distance for these spiritual plants is always ten miles, regardless of the grade and type of the spiritual plants.

He thought to himself: "After more than two months of hard work, it's not in vain.

Although I don't know what factors affect the upper limit of the sensing distance, I have roughly figured out the special role of the Yimu Peiyuan technique."

Then, Liu Yuanchen used the Yimu Peiyuan technique to cultivate the newly harvested rice seeds.

These rice grains were originally the second generation after cultivation, and their vitality far exceeded that of ordinary golden rice.

Now that they are cultivated again with the Yimu Peiyuan technique, the vitality in the rice grains is even stronger than the first batch of golden rice.

He also wanted to see if the detection ability brought by the Yimu Peiyuan technique would be improved after repeated cultivation.

Just after planting the golden silk rice, I received a message.

I took out the message jade talisman to check, and it turned out that there was another alchemy task.

Except for the first three months, there were fewer alchemy tasks in the future, and there were only a few furnaces in a month.

I opened the defense formation of the cave and then walked to Qingdan Peak.

When I reached the top of Qingdan Peak, I heard two alchemists whispering.

One of the middle-aged monks, who looked to be in his early forties, sighed: "This time the front line was defeated, one of my two friends was killed and the other was injured."

The other person was younger and looked to be in his thirties.

"Is this true? Some of my tribe are also in Jin'ao Mountain. What is the situation there now? Has Jin'ao Mountain been lost?"

The middle-aged monk shook his head; "The sect sent several Ning Yuan realm monks to guard Jin'ao Mountain, and with the help of Wuyunling's great spiritual veins, they deployed dozens of layers of formations.

If we really attack by force, I'm afraid that all the evil cultivators from Moyun Sect will be killed and they won't be able to chew them down. "

“This failure is due to the evil practice of Moyun Cult.

Moyun Sect sent a large number of experts to take advantage of the black fog to seal the mountain at night, and took the risk to lurk a hundred miles south of Jin'ao Mountain.

We sent people here to attack Gray Goose Lake. After attacking for most of a day, we returned to Jin'ao Mountain.

The evil cultivators of Moyun Sect took the opportunity to rush out and cut off the escape route.

The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered, and the evil cultivators are waiting for work. The monks we sent out to attack Gray Goose Lake lost 60-70%. "

Hearing this, Liu Yuanchen was a little worried.

If Qingdan Sect is defeated in this battle, Moyun Sect will take advantage of the opportunity to occupy Jin'ao Mountain, and Qingshi Mountain will become Moyun Sect's territory from now on.

If he wants to enter or exit the Qingshi Mountain Spirit Realm again, he will have to risk being besieged by evil cultivators.

Not to mention that in the future, the spiritual realm will have to be integrated with new spiritual hubs to make up six spiritual hubs and be upgraded to a blessed place.

After completing the alchemy task, Liu Yuanchen went straight to Jinyang Peak to the west of Qingdan Peak.

Let's ask Uncle Eight about the specific situation at Jin'ao Mountain, and see if we can buy some high-quality magic weapons.

The magic weapons sold by the Weapon Refining Hall are really hard to describe.

Jinyang Peak is the location of the Weapon Refining Hall. The Qingdan Sect has only one natural earth fire eye, which is at Qingdan Peak.

Weapon refining also requires earth fire, and formations can only be used to draw a small amount of earth fire from the Qingdan Peak's fire eye to meet the needs of the weapon refining.

Therefore, the sect placed the weapon refining hall next to Qingdan Peak.

As the manager of the Weapon Refining Hall, the eighth uncle Liu Qingyuan is naturally stationed at Jinyang Peak.

He sent a message to Liu Qingyuan and went straight to the door of his cave.

Liu Qingyuan came out of the cave to greet him: "Yuan Chen, please come in and sit down."

After not seeing each other for a few months, Liu Qingyuan looked much more haggard, and there were a few strands of gray hair on his temples.

After entering the cave and taking a seat, Liu Yuanchen asked: "Eighth Uncle, I heard from the disciples of the Alchemy Hall that the Jin'ao Mountain side suffered a huge defeat. I wonder what the situation is like now?"

When he mentioned this matter, Liu Qingyuan sighed: "The situation is not too serious. There are many formations guarding Jin'ao Mountain, and the Moyun Sect does not dare to attack."

"You also know that Moyun Sect is stationed in Gray Goose Lake.

There is only one small, first-grade, high-grade spiritual vein there, and even casual cultivators cannot support a few.

The Moyun Sect has thousands of monks stationed there, and relying on the small spiritual veins is of no avail.

The resources needed for evil cultivation must be transported from behind, which naturally consumes a lot of money. "

"And Jin'ao Mountain is located on the great spiritual vein of Wuyun Ridge, and there are several spiritual hubs nearby, so the spiritual energy is inexhaustible.

If this war drags on, our Qingdan Sect will naturally have the upper hand. "

"But we also have some hidden dangers here. After all, Jin'ao Mountain is within Wuyun Ridge, and it is shrouded in black fog at night.

Wherever there is black mist, there are records of strange creatures appearing.

Although there are not many records of strange creatures appearing in recent years, there is only once in more than twenty years on average.

But if we encounter him, the disciples guarding Jin'ao Mountain may lose their lives. "

“The sect doesn’t dare to drag it out any longer and wants to consume Moyun Sect to death as soon as possible.

Therefore, men were sent from time to time to attack Gray Goose Lake, consuming as much of Moyun Sect's resources as possible. "

"Since the beginning of the war, this kind of attack with the purpose of consuming Moyun Sect's resources has been launched more than thirty times, and every time it went smoothly.

Unexpectedly, Moyun Sect mobilized more than 2,000 evil cultivators from the rear this time.

The monks who attacked Gray Goose Lake were attacked by evil cultivators and suffered heavy losses. "

Liu Yuanchen recalled the previous conversation between the two alchemists, and it was similar to what his eighth uncle said.

"Among the monks who were besieged this time, are there any members of our Liu family?"

Liu Qingyuan nodded: "If not, how could I be so worried?

In this attack on Gray Goose Lake, all members of our Liu family participated.

There were seven people when we went there, but only three were left when we came back. "

Liu Yuanchen was shocked: "The losses are so heavy? Who has come back?"

Liu Qingyuan's face was full of bitterness: "The Supreme Elder, Yuan Si and Yuan Qi are back, and all other clan members who participated in the war died.

If the Supreme Elder hadn't tried his best to rescue him, Yuan Si might not have been able to come back.

In order to save Yuan Si, the Supreme Elder was also seriously injured.

Yuan Qi, on the other hand, did not suffer any injuries during this trip. "

Liu Yuanqi is a relatively cautious person, and he has nothing particularly outstanding about himself, so it is not surprising that he retreated completely.

On the contrary, Liu Yuansi could still survive, which Liu Yuanchen never expected.

"How are the injuries of the Supreme Elder and Second Brother?"

Liu Qingyuan sighed softly: "The Supreme Elder is your great-grandfather, and he is already older.

This time he was seriously injured again. Even if he could survive, his life span would inevitably be greatly reduced.

According to the news from Yuan Qi, Yuan Si was seriously injured.

There are elders on Jin'ao Mountain who are good friends with our Liu family who have come to help, but we don't know what the situation is yet. "

Liu Yuanchen was not worried about the situation of the Supreme Elder and Liu Yuansi.

The head of the family is a cultivator in the Qi Hai realm. Even if the supreme elder dies in battle, the family is not in danger of destruction.

As for Liu Yuansi, the life and death of this idiot will only affect the future of the family, and has no impact on the present.

Liu Yuanchen is more concerned about whether Jin'ao Mountain can be defended, which is related to the growth of the spiritual realm of Qingshi Mountain.

"What is the situation of Jin'ao Mountain now?"

Liu Qingyuan shook his head slightly: "The situation is not good. There were only more than a thousand sect cultivators sitting in Jin'ao Mountain.

This time, six or seven hundred were lost, and there are less than a thousand cultivators left.

More than three thousand evil cultivators have gathered on the Grey Goose Lake.

The cultivators on the Golden Goose Mountain can only passively defend and dare not leave the protection of the formation."

Hearing this, Liu Yuanchen felt cold in his heart.

The cultivators on the Golden Goose Mountain were suppressed and seemed to be in no danger.

But after the evil cultivators gained the upper hand, there was no need to guard the Grey Goose Lake.

They could send a small number of masters to sneak into the edge of the Qingdan Sect's territory and plunder various markets.

For example, Qinghe Town and Liu's Dongyang Lake.

As long as a few Qi Hai Realm masters are sent over, they can completely sweep through.

"If the sect does not increase its troops, the evil cultivators in Huiyan Lake will be left unrestrained.

They can easily cross hundreds of miles of wasteland and enter the Qingshui River Basin to plunder.

At that time, our Liu family and the neighboring Chen family and Zhang family will be in danger of extinction."

Liu Qingyuan's face turned cold: "I didn't think about it in this way. Now that you say that, it is really dangerous.

There are thousands of miles of wasteland between the Demon Cloud Sea and Huiyan Lake.

And there are only about 500 miles between Huiyan Lake and Qingshui River.

With this little wasteland, it is impossible to stop those evil cultivators.

I have to send a message to the head of the family quickly, asking them to gather the clansmen and prepare for it early, so as not to suffer heavy losses."

" Does the sect's top leaders plan to issue another call for conscription? "

Liu Qingyuan nodded slightly: "I asked a few elders who are friendly with our Liu family before, and the deputy head of the Guard Hall proposed to recruit disciples again.

Not to maintain the advantage, at least to maintain a balance with the evil cultivators of the Demon Cloud Sect.

The sect's top leaders have decided to issue a call for conscription again, but the scope of conscription has not yet been determined. "

"In addition, there are elders who proposed to give up part of the benefits of the Jin'ao Mountain Spirit Stone Mine in exchange for Tieding Mountain's efforts.

It's just that the controversy is quite large, and the top leaders have not made a decision. "

Liu Yuanchen thought in his heart that paying some price and dragging Tieding Mountain into the water was indeed a very clever strategy.

The matter of the Jin'ao Mountain Spirit Stone Mine must not be hidden from Tieding Mountain.

Within tens of thousands of miles, the three major forces of the Demon Cloud Sect, the Qingdan Sect, and the Tieding Mountain are mutually restrained, and the other small and medium-sized forces are all vassals of the three families.

Now the Demon Cloud Sect and the Qingdan Sect are fighting each other, and Tieding Mountain is watching from the side, and both families are uneasy.

If the two sides are both defeated, Tiedingshan will gain an advantage.

Especially since Qingdan Sect is in the middle, once the Demon Cloud Sect makes a promise and attacks Qingdan Sect together with Tiedingshan, the danger of extermination is imminent.

While Tiedingshan has not colluded with the Demon Cloud Sect yet, give up some of the benefits directly in exchange for Tiedingshan's action.

It can avoid the risk of being attacked by the two sides and reduce casualties when dealing with the Demon Cloud Sect.