Chapter 40 A Chess Game

"Master came to see me, but what about the frontline battlefield?"

Su Ming thought for a moment and then slowly asked.

"It's not stupid! I'm looking for you because I have something to tell you about the frontline battlefield."

Fang Yuechan nodded, walked to the map on the bow control platform, raised her finger and pointed out a spiritual light that flew into the map.

In the blink of an eye, the map on Guiyuanzhou emitted little auras.

In Su Ming's somewhat surprised gaze, these spiritual lights continued to connect and reorganize in mid-air, and finally turned into a translucent map two feet long and wide, which was an enlarged version of the Jingzhou border map.

On the map, there is a blood-red area that is very conspicuous.

Su Ming observed carefully and discovered that this blood-red area was an underground mineral vein that had not yet been fully developed. If he guessed correctly, this area was the medium-sized spirit stone vein that the three Yuan Ying sects were competing for.

There are three yellow areas surrounding the Lingshi mine veins, surrounding the Lingshi mine in the middle. Each yellow area is about fifty times the size of the red area.

Observe carefully, each yellow area has thirty-six light spots of different colors, including pink, green, and orange.

There are a total of one hundred and eight light spots, forming a small circle in the sky, surrounding the red area in the middle like stars.

Looking at the three areas and one hundred and eight light spots in mid-air, Su Ming was thoughtful and could probably guess what they represented, but the specific details had to wait for Fang Yuechan to explain to him.

Fang Yuechan didn't do any ink, looked at the map in mid-air and said lightly:

"The area shown on this map is the front line of the Lingshi Mine War..."

"The red area is the mid-grade spiritual stone mine that the three sects are competing for, the three yellow areas are the three sects' positions, and the 108 light spots are the strongholds of each sect..."

"The pink light dot represents the Hehuan Sect's stronghold, the cyan light dot represents the Yuling Sect's stronghold, and the orange light dot represents the Guiyuan Sect's stronghold..."

"The light spot is still on, which means that the stronghold has not been lost. If it is dim, it means that the stronghold has been completely destroyed by the enemy..."

Listening to Fang Yuechan's explanation, Su Ming couldn't help but look at the translucent map to see what the current situation of the three sect's strongholds was.

In the field of vision, twenty-four of the Hehuan Sect's strongholds were still lit, and twenty-six of the Guiyuan Sect's strongholds were still lit.

Among the light spots of the three major forces, Yuling Sect, which is farthest from the Lingshi Mine, lights up the most. A total of thirty cyan light spots flash, clearly having the upper hand in this war.

Upon noticing this, Su Ming had some doubts in his eyes.

The three sects have occupied the immortal cultivation world of Jiang Kingdom for thousands of years and have always been in a three-legged state. There is not much difference in strength between them. Why is it that the Yuling Sect, which is far away in Yunzhou and has the slowest support speed, has the upper hand?

"The Yuling Sect monks have special skills. During the Qi refining period, they will contract with their natal spiritual beasts. As the Yuling Sect monks break through the foundation building period, the spiritual beasts will also be promoted to the second level..."

"In the areas of Qi refining and foundation building, the average fighting ability of the Yuling Sect monks is undoubtedly the best among the three sects. If you encounter Yuling Sect monks on the battlefield, you must not be careless and be prepared to be "sieged" at any time. Prepare......"

As if sensing Su Ming's doubts, Fang Yuechan slowly spoke.

Hearing this, Su Ming couldn't help but nodded. For ordinary disciples, it was indeed difficult to defeat many with one person.

"Why are you looking at this war image?"

After reminding her apprentice to be careful of the Yuling Sect monks, Fang Yuechan suddenly asked.

"Disciple is lying, compared to a battle map, this map looks more like a chess game..." After thinking for a moment, Su Ming said in a deep voice.

"Yes, this war in the spirit stone mine is just a game of chess..."

"The chess players are the three Nascent Soul Lords, and the monks like us are the chess pieces in the hands of the ancestors..."

Fang Yuechan nodded, but her calm tone made people shudder, as if being treated as a chess piece didn't matter.

"The Jiang Kingdom is in a delicate position in the Tiannan Immortal Realm. It is backed by the Kunwu Mountains led by the demon clan, and there are two evil forces in its belly that are eyeing..."

"If it weren't for the fact that it was not too close to the territory of the demon clan, and the three sects' Nascent Soul Lords hugged each other to keep each other warm, and watched and helped each other, the current Jiang Country would probably have become one of the territories of good and evil..."

"Everyone understands the truth that a single tree cannot support itself, and its lips are cold and its teeth are dead. This is also the reason why the three sects have been in constant dispute for thousands of years, but none of them has fallen. They have always stood at the top of Jiang Guo's world of immortality..."

"The value of the medium-sized spirit stone mine is not small, but it cannot shake the balance of Jiang Guo's immortal world. Even if there is a civil war among the three sects, the situation will be limited to a certain range by Nascent Soul Lord..."

"And the war map in front of me is the result of discussions and chess games between the three ancestors..."

Listening to Fang Yuechan's explanation, Su Ming's eyes fluctuated, and he had a deeper understanding of this war that lasted for eleven years.

As long as the three Nascent Soul Lords standing on the top of the mountain are still there, the sect's loss of strength will be controlled within a certain range.

"From the moment the news of the Lingshi Mine leaked, it was impossible for this mine to be monopolized by one sect. The final result is just to see who gets more points and who gets less points..."

"In this war, there are thirty-six strongholds in each sect's position. Once destroyed by the enemy, they cannot be rebuilt..."

"Not only that, the number of strongholds also represents the number of monks that each sect can send..."

"Except for the three Jindan cultivators in the early, middle and late stages of each sect who are stationed on the front line, each stronghold represents the quota of 100 Qi Refining cultivators and 10 Foundation Establishment cultivators. There are also restrictions on their cultivation, and they cannot all be late Foundation Establishment cultivators..."

"If we lose a stronghold, we will lose some cultivators..."

"After the war, the sect with the most strongholds will occupy 40% of the income of the spirit stone mine in the next 500 years, and the remaining two sects will each occupy 30%..."

"Whether it is a Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment disciple, if you want to gain enough military merits in this war, the best way is to capture the enemy's stronghold, and the second is to kill the enemy cultivators..."

After Fang Yuechan's explanation, it took Su Ming about half a cup of tea to understand the rules set by Yuanying Zhenjun for this chess game, or this "game".

As for when the war will end, Fang Yuechan did not mention it, and it is not clear.

It is estimated that when Yuanying Zhenjun feels that the "loss" is almost enough, this war will really come to an end.

"But now the Yuling Sect's stronghold has the upper hand. According to the advantages of the Yuling Sect's cultivators in fighting, won't the other side become the biggest beneficiary of this war?"

After Fang Yuechan finished explaining, Su Ming looked at the number of Yuling Sect's strongholds and spoke in a deep voice.

Although it is only 10% of the profit, after 500 years of mining, this amount of spiritual stones is an astronomical figure even for Jindan cultivators.

As a disciple of the sect, Su Ming naturally hopes that his sect will be the final winner.

After all, resources are limited. The stronger and richer the sect is, the greater the room for improvement for these foundation-building cultivators.

Hearing this, Fang Yuechan looked up at the Yuling Sect's position and said lightly:

"That's why your teacher asked you to be careful of the Yuling Sect cultivators. In the next few years, most of the tasks issued on the battlefield of our sect will need to face the Yuling Sect cultivators..."

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