Chapter 108 Ten Years Have Passed in the Blink of an Eye (1/2)
Extracting dragon energy will lead to natural disasters, and natural disasters will lead to man-made disasters. The reason why the northern border has been plagued by natural disasters and man-made disasters recently is because the Great Xia court has been constantly extracting dragon energy.
The dragon energy is reduced, and the ruling power of Great Xia is weakened.
Although Feng Tianzong does not know what dragon energy is, combined with the words of the fat old man in the foundation-building period of Great Xia, he guessed that this should be the case.
If a regime is established now, it will be considered as completely cutting off the rule of Great Xia over the northern border, which is equivalent to cutting off the dragon vein of the Great Xia Dynasty in the northern border.
It will inevitably usher in a never-ending blow from the Great Xia Dynasty. However, when the northern border is completely corrupted, the rule of the Great Xia Dynasty here will be completely in name only, which proves that the dragon vein of the Great Xia Dynasty here has been cut off.
At that time, it will be the time for all forces to fight for the dragon. Establish a new regime, consolidate the rule, stabilize people's hearts, and establish a new dragon vein.
Although these are just Feng Tianzong's guesses, they may not be correct, and there are still many things that are not understood, such as how to form a dragon vein and what role does dragon energy play? But at least, he now understands where the bottom line of the Great Xia Dynasty is.
Before he thoroughly understands how powerful the forces behind the Great Xia Dynasty are, he dare not confront the Great Xia Dynasty easily.
Knowing where the other party's bottom line is, many things are actually easier to deal with.
He certainly can't wantonly draw people to Liaoyuan City. The population is not only important to him, but also to the Great Xia Dynasty.
In contrast, although the situation of the Hu people is unknown, it should be similar to that of the Great Xia Dynasty.
As long as he doesn't do too much, he shouldn't attract the power behind the Hu people.
He sent Jin Jinyun and Xiang Yijing to the county government with a team of iron and wood puppets to handle government affairs.
Feng Tianzong started to refine puppets again, refining iron and wood puppets in large quantities.
The bone spirit puppet will be refined after the tax is collected next year. He doesn't have the magical seeds now. If the puppets are refined, the strength is not enough, then it will be a waste of materials.
He was going to launch a tentative war against the Hu people, but he certainly couldn't do it himself, let alone let his natal puppet do it.
With the strength of the foundation-building period, it would have a big impact if he made a move in the mortal world. It would be bad if he caused the sensitivity of the strength behind the Hu people.
Now was the period when his strength was rapidly increasing, and he really shouldn't mess around, but the people under his rule needed to eat, which was a big problem.
So he planned to let the iron wood puppet take action, and then let some mortals lead these iron wood puppets to attack, which was also a cover.
Anyway, the Hu people came to the northern border to plunder every year, and it was normal to be counterattacked.
Feng Tianzong suddenly thought of his cheap father-in-law Jin Hongzhi, whose identity was a good vest. If he was allowed to lead people to take action, it would be much safer.
If there were masters from the Hu people coming to investigate, Jin Hongzhi was also the commander of the Zhenyuan Army of the Great Xia Dynasty.
Feng Tianzong's strength in the foundation-building period was extremely fast, and he also had the magical power of the Eye of Exploration to search for people in a large area.
It is not difficult to find some Hu tribes in the grassland. The tribes near the northern border of Daxia are all large tribes. There are strong energy fluctuations in the tribe.
In Feng Tianzong's exploration eye, he can feel the strong energy fluctuations, but he can't find out what this energy fluctuation is. It doesn't feel like a human, nor a monster.
And this energy fluctuation is extremely huge, not weaker than his energy fluctuation. Feng Tianzong didn't dare to use his mental power to explore too carefully.
The exploration eye is very hidden when it is used. The opponent is not easy to be discovered. Even if the opponent is one level higher than Feng Tianzong, it is not easy to find that he has been detected.
The exploration eye can only feel the opponent's energy fluctuations, but if you want to explore the specific situation in detail, such as seeing what the opponent looks like, it is easy to alarm the opponent.
Feng Tianzong observed the periphery of this tribe for three days, but found that the huge energy fluctuations never moved, and it was in the center of the Hu tribe.
This Hu tribe has herds of cattle and sheep, a population of 10,000 to 20,000 households, and many looted people from the northern border are used as slaves. It is a very large tribe on the grassland.
If this tribe can be conquered, the livestock problem of Liaoyuan City will be completely solved. And it is also a huge supplement to the population of Liaoyuan City.
But he still can't figure out what the huge energy in the center of the tribe is? The existence of the foundation-building level is only in the capital of the entire Daxia Dynasty.
There is only one in this Hu tribe, which is a bit too exaggerated. If the Hu people are so strong, how can there be a Daxia Dynasty in the past two hundred years? They have already broken through the boundary gate and entered.
Feng Tianzong studied for three days and finally decided to test it. Even if the other party is really a cultivator in the foundation-building period, he is not afraid. With his own puppet, he can get away even if he can't beat him.
With the careful exploration of mental power, Feng Tianzong discovered that the huge energy reaction was actually an altar. It is an altar used by the Hu people for sacrifice.
He had long heard that the Hu people wizards worshipped monsters and could drive monsters to fight, and their fighting power was very strong. I don't know if it has anything to do with this altar.
Feng Tianzong did not act rashly. The world of cultivation was so mysterious. There were too many things he didn't understand, and there were too many powerful things. Facing the unknown, he had to remain in awe.
After a few more days of observation, it was the night of the full moon. The entire Hu tribe, led by the wizard, gathered beside the altar and held a grand sacrificial activity.
They slaughtered cattle and sheep, and many people from the northern border were tied up and thrown onto the altar. Amidst the howling, he disappeared into the altar.
The moonlight in the sky suddenly shone, turning into a silver beam of light, shining on the body of the tribal wizard.
Feng Tianzong could feel that the wizard's breath was constantly rising, and the other scattered moonlight shone on the warriors behind the wizard.
These warriors of the Hu tribe, with naked upper bodies and blood-colored runes painted on their bodies, seemed to flow alive under the silver moonlight.
Their breath was also faintly enhanced, but Feng Tianzong could also feel that it was not their own power, but some kind of existence projected its own power on them through those blood-colored runes.
At the same time, through these projected powers, they were also attracting the moonlight.
Just as Feng Tianzong used the Eye of Exploration to look at the scene in detail. A huge will looked at him.
Although there were no eyes, it seemed that the word "look" should not be used, but Feng Tianzong could feel that the other party had noticed him.
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This will was so huge that Feng Tianzong's consciousness at the foundation-building stage had no power to resist. Even when he was watched by this existence, he couldn't even move.
Both the body and the consciousness seemed to be paralyzed. This feeling was really terrifying. He didn't understand why such a powerful existence would pay attention to the mortal world.
Fortunately, Feng Tianzong was just like an ant to that kind of existence, not worthy of attention. He just glanced at him and then retracted his gaze.
Although he was three hundred miles away from the Hu people's altar, Feng Tianzong still sat down on the ground, his back was soaked with cold sweat, and he was breathing heavily.
To be honest, when he was in the Qi Refining Stage, he never felt so weak. Unexpectedly, after being promoted to the Foundation Building Stage, he felt his weakness in the mortal world.
There are always people outside of people, and there are always heavens outside of heaven. The little pride in Feng Tianzong's heart was completely beaten away. However, Feng Tianzong was not discouraged. He had the talent and magical power. He would be able to become the strongest sooner or later. There was plenty of time, so there was no rush.
It turned out that there was such a terrifying existence behind the Hu people. No wonder the Great Xia Dynasty allowed the Hu people to plunder the northern border, and even when extracting dragon energy, they first extracted the dragon energy of the northern border.
Of course, he would not mention plundering the Hu tribe. The existence behind the altar could kill him with one glance.
"Forget it. If there are no livestock, just use iron and wood puppets to plow the land. Just hold on!" Feng Tianzong calmed down his restless heart.
The water in the mortal world is so deep, how dangerous is the immortal world?
Feng Tianzong now doubts how he survived in the immortal world for more than 20 years. Fortunately, he became a disciple of the Puppet Sect. Even though he was just an outer disciple, he was protected by the sect.
Originally, he thought that the power behind the Great Xia Dynasty was only a Jindan strongman. Now it seems that the opponent must be a being of the same level. The power behind the Great Xia Dynasty must be the one who can compete with the Hu people's sacrifice.
Adjusting his mood, Feng Tianzong simply returned to Liaoyuan City and relaxed his mood with his personal maid. A night of wildness, venting all the fear in his heart.
At the same time, all the iron and wooden puppets in his hands were handed over to Wang Mingyuan, asking him to take them to farm the land.
Many maids who were learning fast were also taken to the government office by the two concubines Jin Jinyun and Xiang Yijing to help.
After all, it was a city with a population of 120,000, and there were a lot of things to do everywhere, and the government office was also very busy.
Feng Tianzong still spent his days in a carefree manner, refining puppets in his spare time.
Ten years passed in a blink of an eye, and Aunt Lan was in her forties, dressed like an old woman. The two concubines still looked so beautiful, but they were less youthful and more mature.
Over the years, Feng Tianzong's maids have also been replaced. When the maids who were not in his eyes at the age of 18 were released by Feng Tianzong to marry, but in the same way, new maids would be added every year.
The inner city of Liaoyuan City has also been built more and more beautifully, with pavilions and towers, and now it is no worse than the state residence he lived in when he was in the capital, and even better.
Lord: Feng Tianzong (lifespan 1275 years).
Territory: Liaoyuan City.
Population: 125605.
Tax rate: 1%/year (taxes can be collected from the population under his jurisdiction every year.)
Tax revenue: 1256 years.
[Cultivation: Foundation Building Stage]
[Puppetry: Second-level Intermediate]
[Born Puppet (Consumable Time Sacrifice (Later Stage of Level 6 Foundation Establishment) - Two Hundred and One Years]
[Supernatural power: omitted...]
Over the years, the puppetry technique has also stayed at the second-level intermediate level. He does not have the subsequent inheritance in his hands. When he needs to return to the sect, he will go to the sect to learn it.
Although his cultivation level has not improved in the past ten years, the fifteen bone spirit puppets in his hands have all been upgraded to the strength of the late foundation building stage. Among them, six puppets made from the bones of high-level monsters have all been integrated by him. Received two magical seeds.
The five bone spirit puppets at the back are refined from the bones of monster beasts that have been collected over the past ten years.
The two magical power seeds were both the Divine Movement Curse and the Golden Light Curse. He did not fuse the magical power seeds of Palm Thunder into the puppet.
After testing, it was found that the offensive magical power of palm thunder can give the puppet the ability to attack from a distance, and it also has a certain degree of lightning resistance. But the increase is not large, and it is far less practical than the Divine Movement Spell and the Golden Light Spell.
Therefore, when he subsequently refined the puppet, he no longer had the magical seeds of the thunder in his palm integrated into it.
It's just that the consumption of integrating two magical seeds into the puppet is really high, and the consumption is doubled. With Feng Tianzong's mana in the foundation-building period, he could only fuse into one magical seed if all was used up. If he wanted to fuse two magical seeds, he would have to consume a certain amount of life.
Fortunately, Feng Tianzong is not short of time and life. At the beginning, I just wanted to try the fusion of two magical seeds. How much better would it be than the puppet fused with one magical seed?
However, after testing and comparison, it was discovered that it was really too powerful. Although the defense was only increased by 50%, this kind of defense was quite advantageous in battles of the same level. One against five, no problem at all.
That's why Feng Tianzong made up his mind to incorporate two magical seeds into the next few puppets made from the skeletons of high-level monsters.
At the same time, in order to upgrade these bone spirit puppets, he also consumed all the tax revenue from the previous eight years, and added a thousand years to his life span. Also, he has not used the tax revenue he just collected this year. He plans to return to the sect and become a disciple to use it to improve his cultivation.
"I'm going to return to the world of immortality. Before I come back, Liaoyuan City will be handed over to you. Don't make any mistakes.
This time I go out, maybe it will take a little longer. There are a lot of things to solve when I return to the division. You don't have to worry.
If the barbarians come to plunder, just guard the city and don't take the initiative. Wait until I get back to tell you everything. "Feng Tianzong called his two concubines and warned him before leaving.
"In ten years, my husband's appearance has not aged, but my body has become old and yellow, but I have not left a child for my husband..." Jin Jinyun said with a sad face.
Xiang Yijing also looked sad, and at the same time looked at Feng Tianzong's ageless face with envy. She said dreamily: "Husband, I wonder if Sister Jin and I can follow my husband and become immortal masters together?"
"You don't have the qualifications to cultivate immortality. If you did, my husband would have taught you already. Please wait with peace of mind. When I return to the world of immortality this time, I will find a way to buy a Dingyan Pill for you. Although I can't let you He also became an immortal master, but he was able to keep his appearance forever.
Stay at home and wait for me to come back. "Feng Tianzong pinched the two concubines' cheeks out of habit. They were no longer as smooth as when they were young.