Chapter 142 Feed First, Then Cut Off the Food "kill!" Emperor Guan held the head of the candidate demon from the Langmo Sect in his left hand, lightly clamped the belly of the Red Hare again, and holding the Green Dragon Crescent Blade in his right hand, he took the lead in charging towards the black cloud that had no command and was completely dispersing. The remaining soldiers and horses dispersed the Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams formation, and formed groups of three or five, or formed the Three Talents Formation, or the Five Elements Formation, or the Seven Stars Formation, interspersed and encircled, dividing the exposed elite magic cultivators of the Langmo Sect into many small pieces. When it comes to fighting in a large formation, the Langmo Sect is no match for the troops led by Guandi. When it comes to small-scale fighting, the Langmo Sect is even worse. As the Saint Emperor charged in the front, several elite troops followed closely behind, disrupting the formation of the Langmo Sect's magic cultivators and undermining their morale. The soldiers and horses dispersed into small formations and quickly completed their respective strangling tasks. In less than half an incense stick of time, the battle on the sea came to an end. Apart from sporadic resistance, the Langmo Sect's carefully planned and untold efforts to bypass Pinghaiwei's fleet patrol and launch a surprise attack on Fuli Island completely failed. Not only did they lose more than a thousand elite disciples, but they also lost a demon child and a candidate demon child.

Yes, from the scene point of view, the troops commanded by Emperor Guan always maintained suppression on the demon cultivators in the black cloud of Langmo Sect. However, in terms of the ratio of casualties, this suppression and final victory were achieved by relying on an extremely high battle loss ratio. There is nothing we can do about it. Soldiers are always soldiers, and the means to control and mobilize them are limited. With the same level of magical power, the combat effectiveness of soldiers is definitely far weaker than that of monks, no matter which family the monk comes from. However, the advantage of training personal soldiers is that as long as the true spirit stored in the talisman and altar is indestructible, it can be recalled by consuming a certain amount of resources. Even after experiencing battle after battle, the soldiers can still undergo transformation. Like Guandi did before, as an internal cultivation general, with the magical power of the sixth rank or above, he suddenly attacked the formation and killed the fourth rank demon cultivator. This feat is rare and can only be encountered by chance. First of all, the inner-cultivation general Guandi summoned a trace of the divine will of the Three Realms Demon-Subduing Emperor Guandi, who himself had the power and authority to subdue demons. Secondly, the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams Formation is a two-way magic formation that can not only enhance the soldiers and horses that make up the formation, but also bless the commander who commands the formation. Finally, the previous sword strike used the first three moves of Guandi's unparalleled Spring and Autumn sword technique, but the true meaning behind it was Tao Tie's One Breath Taiyi Sword. If the candidate demon can withstand it, it means he can withstand it and survive. If you can’t withstand it, you will die. There is no such thing as being unable to defend yourself but dodging in time to save your life. After chopping off the head of the last demon cultivator, the inner cultivation god general Guan Shengdijun rode on his red rabbit horse, holding the head of the candidate demon cultivator, and came to Tao Tie: "The enemies have been slain, and I have come to report." "Please rest for a while, Lord Guan, and take your troops back to rest." Tao Tie replied politely. "I obey the order of the law." Emperor Guan bowed and led the less than a thousand remaining soldiers and horses back to the Ziwei Jade Palace's Liudun Zhentian Command Department.

More than one million sticks of faith incense and spiritual incense have been transformed from real to virtual by Tao Tie and are stored in it. Without any instructions, the surviving soldiers immediately took action and inserted sticks of incense and spiritual incense into the corresponding positions. Faith incense and spiritual incense will burn spontaneously without fire. Under the lingering fragrance of smelting and refining, the soldiers who had fought bravely before returned one by one. After a wave of smelting and refining, the Liudun Zhentian Command Department was full again. However this is not enough. Guandi waved his hand, and each soldier took out a stick of faith incense and a stick of spiritual incense and inserted them in front of themselves. The aroma lingered again. More than ten thousand soldiers began to practice large and small formations in the mist of fragrance. After an actual combat, every soldier has become more capable and iron-blooded. Although the improvement in magic power is not obvious, the combat power has been greatly enhanced. Tao Tie felt very distressed as he "looked" at the incense and spirit incense being consumed like water. If you don't become a householder, you don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive. According to Guandi Emperor's straightforward use of the method, I'm afraid Cheng Yi of the three southwestern states won't be able to hold on for long. Is that incense that is burning? It's money! Sighing in his heart, Tao Tie thought for a moment and made a request to another inner cultivation general, Shenxiao Zhao Gong. "I obey the order of the law." Lord Zhao of Shenxiao bowed to the primordial spirit "Taiyi Great Emperor" on the throne, temporarily put aside the work of refining and annihilating the Shadow Demon's clone, and turned to enter the Liudun Zhentian Command Department. Anyway, the Shadow Demon clone, which had already lost half its life, was suppressed under the throne, unable to move or escape. The divine thunder of [Mastering the Five Thunders] quickly began to generate in the Liudun Zhentian Command Department. Tao Tie also separated a small part of the five-colored merit divine light that was continuously transformed and added, which fell into the Liudun Zhentian Command Department and was evenly sprinkled on every soldier. As for Emperor Guan, like Lord Zhao of Shenxiao, he wants to continue to improve. What matters more is Tao Tie's comprehension and mastery of the inner practice of Zhaohe, as well as the degree of his compatibility with the ideas of the two great gods. After completing these two actions, Tao Tie, who was still flying in the wind and standing above the sea, seemed to have a green light in his eyes, staring fiercely at the commander of the Pinghaiwei Fleet who was responsible for patrolling this sea area: A military commander at the level of a thousand households. Tao Tie's voice seemed to be forced out, and he said in an extremely stiff tone: "I will write a memorial truthfully about what happened tonight and report it to the Pinghai Guard General and the three deputy general managers, to the Qingzhou governor, and to the court." This thousand-household-level general had a gloomy expression and said nothing. Hearing what Tao Tie said, Qianhu just bowed and flew back to his own ship. He immediately commanded a fleet of nine warships of various types to clean up the battlefield and clear the sea. You can’t just kill the evil cultivators.

The debris must also be cleaned up in a timely manner to avoid polluting the environment. Tao Tie was quite stunned by Qianhu's behavior, and then felt very surprised. Is this person so honest? Did you fail to understand the real meaning of his words, which was that I could not report the truth, but you had to compensate me for my losses, or did you understand it but was unwilling to do so? With doubts, Tao Tie took a deep look at Qianhu who was concentrating on commanding the fleet, and flew back to the main peak of the central mountain range of Fuli Island with a cold face. Damn, the power was established, but the money was also burned. I feel a little unhappy because of this. This performance made Cai Weiming, Jin Can, Lin Yuhui and Zheng Qinghe, who had watched the entire short but extremely intense battle through the circular light water mirror, feel uneasy. They also thought that Tao Tie was suspecting whether someone on Fuli Island had colluded with the Langmo Sect, or wanted to make use of the incident to do something. So, after the four of them looked at each other, Cai Weiming said, "Director, our Cai, Jin, Lin, and Zheng families are willing to donate another 100,000 pieces of upper and lower-grade spiritual stones and spiritual jades, 20,000 pieces of medium-grade spiritual stones and spiritual jades, and some natural treasures to help build the missionary academy." "Ah." Tao Tie responded calmly and looked directly at Tan Jinxuan, "You should contact the four clan leaders and handle this matter. The transaction must be completed before noon tomorrow." Afterwards, Tao Tie said to Cai, Jin, Lin, and Zheng, "I am a little tired. Excuse me." After saying this, he didn't even give the four people a chance to say anything polite, and disappeared in an instant. The five ghosts, Mo Yuhan, Chu Yingying and the ghost wife Xiaoqian stayed. Tan Jinxuan smiled and said, "I am Tan Jinxuan, please take care of me in the future." It's okay if you don't laugh, nothing special. This smile immediately reminded Cai, Jin, Lin and Zheng of the time when Tan Jinxuan casually mentioned words like public trial and equal distribution of land, with a similar smile on his face. I didn't think anything of it at the time, but now when I think about it carefully, I feel that I was a little neurotic. Or to be more precise, evil nature! Cai Weiming's heart skipped a beat, knowing that for at least the next three months, the four major clans, Cai, Jin, Lin, and Zheng, would not have an easy time. A gentleman can be deceived. Although Tao Yuanzheng has a cold temperament and acts in a tough manner, it can be seen that he is a gentleman at heart. The person in front of me now looks like a complete villain. Maybe he is still a sinister villain. In this way, the Cai, Jin, Lin and Zheng families can have no other thoughts except being squeezed and flattened. Even the term "four major clans" should not be mentioned from now on. All in all, Cai Weiming is worried. Jin Can, Lin Yuhui and Zheng Qinghe are not much behind. Chu Yingying, who was not far away, could understand the feelings of the four people at the moment, but she absolutely did not want the Cai, Jin, Lin, and Zheng families to get through it safely.

There was fire burning in Chu Yingying's heart. At this moment, there was another person whose heart was also burning with fire. Tao Tie captured the demon Cai Kang of the Langmo Sect alive. It was not a casual act, but he wanted to torture him to get some information about the overseas demon sects. The reason why being assigned to build a missionary on Fuli Island was the most dangerous task was that the overseas demon sects could counterattack at any time. Fuli Island is the farthest from the mainland of the Celestial Empire and is too close to the open sea and the many demonic sects on the open sea. It doesn’t matter that the Langmo Sect, which has been completely defeated, is just a loser. Just like tonight, although the Langmo Sect successfully bypassed the patrol of the Pinghaiwei Fleet and sent in more than a thousand elite disciples, they were wiped out when they encountered a ruthless character like Tao Tie. If Pinghaiwei really makes up his mind to pursue the Langmo Sect until it is completely destroyed, it won't take much effort. The key point is that in the sea areas further out, a large number of overseas demon sects have already gathered. If Pinghaiwei stretches the battle line too long, the troops are too dispersed, and the captured islands are not digested in time, it is very likely that the losses will outweigh the gains. A clenched fist is more powerful than spreading your fingers. Therefore, it is better to keep a crippled Langmo Sect and indirectly understand the movements of the gathered overseas demon sects through the actions of the Langmo Sect. Time is on the side of Dayong Dynasty. But Tao Tie doesn't have that much time to waste. The practical phase only lasts three months. If you perform well, you perform well; if you perform poorly, you perform poorly. The criteria for judgment are very simple. Therefore, in order to win the championship again and gain greater support from the Celestial Empire, Tao Tie will stop at nothing! After all... just one month of preaching and one month of self-cultivation allowed him to complete a journey that many people might not be able to complete even after decades! It is easy to imagine how much support China will provide in the future! Imprisoning Cai Kang in the Ziwei Jade Palace and burning him with the Divine Fire/Heart Fire in order to destroy Cai Kang's will with almost endless pain was Tao Tie's warm-up method before the formal torture. After a whole night, Cai Kang was burnt on the outside and tender on the inside, and finally collapsed. Demon cultivators are originally people with weak wills. However, Tao Tie was in no hurry to torture him, but threw Cai Kang into the Liudun Zhentian Command Department to serve as a sparring partner for more than ten thousand soldiers. One by one, one on one, fighting each other. Guandijun and Lord Zhao of Shenxiao were supervising. Whenever Cai Kang slacked off, he would be hit with a knife or a thunder, causing great damage. As long as you can't kill him, try to kill him. Tao Tie wanted to study what similarities and differences Cai Kang's three characteristics and abilities, namely shadow affinity, shadow leap, and shadow escape, had with their corresponding bloodline talents and magical powers. But these are things to do when you have free time. Now, after the sun rises, Tao Tie will officially start the construction of five missionary houses, one above and four below. The first thing is to recruit workers. Cai Weiming, Jin Can, Lin Yuhui and Zheng Qinghe, who delivered the promised money, grain, spiritual stones, spiritual jade, and natural treasures overnight, proposed that the Cai, Jin, Lin and Zheng families were willing to help Tao Yuanzheng organize manpower, but Tao Tie rejected it without hesitation.

And the warnings were issued relentlessly. If any of the four families dared to do something behind his back, whether it was to destroy his plan or to comply with his plan, they would be asking for trouble. The best thing for the four companies to do is to keep silent. It would be best if their four major clans did not exist on Fuli Island. This warning leaves no room for maneuver and no room for turning back. Tao Tie didn't care about the expressions and moods of the four people. After sending them away without any courtesy, he went straight to assign tasks to his followers. Tan Jinxuan and his ghost wife Xiaoqian were responsible for recruiting workers in the shantytowns near Caicheng in the northwest; Mo Yuhan is responsible for recruiting workers in the shantytowns around Jincheng in the Northeast; Chu Yingying went to Lincheng in the southwest, and the five ghosts went to Zhengcheng in the southeast. After receiving the task, the eight people and one ghost immediately carried it out, each with different methods. Mo Yuhan hid his whereabouts and secretly went deep into the shanty towns around Jincheng to investigate the real situation. Particular attention was paid to the size, composition and style of some dynamic organizations. From the looks of it, it seems like they want to put together a replica of the Shahe Gang in a short period of time? Chu Yingying arrived near Lincheng and chose a mound of earth that could be seen from all directions of the shantytown. He cast earth magic and leveled the land with a wave of his hand, building a platform and a square. A long banner was hung on the platform with eight large characters written on it: "Recruiting workers! Free food! Free accommodation! Free pay!" It was very eye-catching. The five ghosts did not stay in the shantytown for long, but went into Zhengcheng and spread the job recruitment news in a few teahouses, taverns and some herbal tea shops that the poor could afford. Without exception, the content is all about food, accommodation and money. Tan Jinxuan’s approach is quite interesting. I don't know when I mastered verbal criticism and verbal sparring, and I'm very close to doing what I say. It adds a "loud as a bell" boost to your voice. While walking through the shanty towns of Caicheng, he shouted loudly: "Recruiting workers! The missionary school on Fuli Island in Qingzhou, Dayong Dynasty, is hiring workers for construction! No matter men or women, young or old, we are all welcome! Food and accommodation are provided! Every person will be given three bowls of rice every day, and the starting wage is ten cents. The more you work, the more you earn! One person working can feed the whole family!" Walk and shout all the way. Soon a large group of people gathered and followed him closely. Looking at the recruitment progress and actual results in the four areas, Tao Tie was somewhat dissatisfied. Tan Jinxuan had made preparations and proposed that recruitment must focus on providing food and accommodation, and paying workers. This statement made a lot of sense. Not only Mo Yuhan and the others agreed with it, but Tao Tie also agreed with it. However, the eight people and one ghost follower all grew up in an environment without worries about food and clothing, so even if they knew some things, they did not have a deep understanding of them. It is inevitable that some of them are just scratching the surface. Therefore, the entire island of Fuli knew about the missionary construction recruitment and generous benefits, but not even one person actually responded. Those who were a little braver just followed and watched from a distance, not even daring to ask a question.

Under the rule of the Demon Sect, many lives are lost, and this is not an exaggeration. In the past, it was normal for the Langmo Sect disciples and the core members of the four major clans to kill people at will. The Langmo Sect would never allow any word related to the Dayong Dynasty to spread on Fuli Island, which is located in the vast ocean. Apart from being powerful, having driven away the Langmo Sect and ruling this place, all the common people on the island actually have little understanding of and trust in the Dayong Dynasty. This would still be the case even if the Qingzhou provincial government had sent officials to register the people and distribute land equally to them. Under the rule of the Demon Sect, there are too many acts of amusement to first give hope and then destroy it. Even the toddlers on the island have become numb in their hearts and dull in their eyes. Tan Jinxuan and others wanted to recruit workers by just talking big. They indeed knew some principles but lacked the ability to put them into practice. It is difficult to achieve the effect they want. Because they lacked the process of moving trees to build trust, they have not yet gained the trust of the people of Fuli Island! Just when Tan Jinxuan was about to change his wording and shout it a few more times. Tao Tie sent a message to the eight people and the ghost: "Stop everything you are doing and just do these few things in public: build a stove, boil water, and cook rice. Distribute it to everyone for free. Do this in all the shanty towns." After a pause, Tao Tie added: "Find a few dogs. After the rice is cooked, let the dogs eat first, then the elderly, then the children, and the strong and women stay last." "Tentatively set the time to be three days, three times a day." "Let them have three days of full meals, then stop eating, and then we can recruit workers." "If you want to have enough to eat and get paid, you have to work for me." “He who does not work shall not eat.” “Labor pays off.” "Believe it or not." After giving detailed instructions, Tao Tie no longer paid attention to the recruitment matter. He who works with his mind rules others. Since you have followers, you have to learn how to use people and delegate power, learn how to focus on the big things and let go of the small things, and not do everything yourself. He devoted his time and energy to the seven earthly evil techniques he had exchanged this morning: "Disintegration", "Staff Deliverance", "False Form", "Spraying", "Finger Transformation", "Qi Restraint", and "Light Generation". And studying and researching the Tiangang method [Throwing beans to create soldiers]. While studying, he started making clay figures. This was an inspiration that suddenly came to him after the battle last night, during the process of burning Cai Kang, the demon son of the Lang Demon Sect. If this inspiration could be realized, the problem of so many teaching vacancies in the four or five missionary houses could be easily solved. Tao Tie felt that he might be able to use this opportunity to try to step into the realm of "Lianxu" and "Hedao". The Void Refining Realm can barely be called that... Great supernatural being! (End of this chapter)