The old blind man shook his head and said, "Some things can be obtained, but some things cannot be obtained even if you risk your life. As for the immortal fate, I have never thought about it. As for whether the Ninth Prince has obtained the immortal fate, I don't know.""It was you, Gu Qingyang who invited you to come out of retirement, right?" Wen Wuqing said: "Who asked me to come out of the mountain? You can't control it. You protect your prince and I will do my job." The old blind man said coldly: "Not many people in this world know about your dealings with Gu Qingyang. You should know who Gu Qingyang is better than me. Since you have sealed your sword and retired from the martial arts world, you should not contact him anymore." "If you continue like this, you will die because of him sooner or later." "Old blind man, is it your turn to teach me a lesson?" Wen Wuqing snorted coldly. He and the old blind man were from the same generation and the age difference between them was not that big. At this age, the difference of thirty or fifty years was meaningless. The old blind man said: "I am not qualified to teach you, but I am telling you the truth." Wen Wuqing said coldly: "The Ninth Prince wants to set up a martial arts alliance in Lizhou, I just can't stand it, if Li Quanwu doesn't listen, let him die in three days." "If Li Quanwu is dead, there will be Wang Quanwu and Zhao Quanwu. Will you kill them all?" "If anyone interferes with the Martial Arts Alliance, I will kill them." "Then why don't you kill the leader of the Qingyang Realm Martial Arts Alliance first? What are you doing in Lizhou?"

"What? Can't it?" "So, you are deliberately targeting the Ninth Prince?" "You can't control it." Wen Wuqing said coldly, took a step forward, and was already thousands of miles away. The old blind man frowned slightly. Wen Wuqing's three-foot steps were much faster than those four hundred years ago. It was obvious that during the hundreds of years since he sealed the sword, his cultivation had made a great breakthrough. He should have reached the late stage of supernatural power, or perhaps even perfected his supernatural power. Return to the palace. The old blind man conveyed the message to Ning Chen. When Ning Chen heard that Wen Wuqing wanted to kill Li Quanwu, his face suddenly changed. Because the old blind man doesn't care about Li Quanwu's life or death, and the Fist Saint King Yin in Hancheng has completely given up on Lizhou, so he can only protect Li Quanwu by himself. "Please ask the Gou family?" Ning Chen's face was a little solemn. The ancestor of the Gou family had great magical powers, and he was afraid that he could not defeat Wen Wuqing. After thinking about it, Ning Chen decided to call Li Quanwu to the palace to stay for a while. The next day. Li Quanwu brought important members of the family to the palace. At the same time, the core figures in the Martial Arts Alliance were asked to temporarily stop recruiting independent martial artists. For half a month, Li Quanwu was safe and sound. But Ning Chen knew that Wen Wuqing had been here twice and was about to enter the palace when he was stopped by the old blind man. The two did not fight and Wen Wuqing just left. Wait another five days. Ning Chen's cultivation was still stuck at the fifth level of Wanxiang. He found the old blind man to ask about Wen Wuqing's situation, but the latter did not show up again. But the Martial Arts Alliance was suspended for twenty days and suffered heavy losses. In a blink of an eye, a month passed and Wen Wuqing did not show up again, so Ning Chen let Li Quanwu move back to the Li Mansion.

The Martial Arts Alliance began to continue operating. However, less than three days passed. A small family in Beiyuan County City was wiped out, a total of 273 people, no one was spared, young or old, male or female, all were killed with a single sword. The small family is a member of the Martial Arts Alliance. When Li Quanwu heard the news, his face suddenly changed. There are still some people in that small family who are still alive and are currently training in the training camp. Li Quanwu hurried to find Ning Chen. "It must be Wen Wuqing." Ning Chen received the news and anger flashed in his eyes. Wen Wuqing was indeed ruthless. Instead of dealing with Li Quanwu, he picked a small family to attack. There were more than 200 people in the family, and he killed them without any hesitation. Obviously, this is a threat to the small families and small forces that join the Martial Arts Alliance. When the news reached Beiyuan County City, some small sects and families that had joined the Martial Arts Alliance turned pale and found Li Quanwu one after another to decide to withdraw from the alliance. Li Quanwu also had an unsightly expression. There were at least 10,000 people in Beiyuan County who had joined the Martial Arts Alliance. Now that a small family had been destroyed, everyone became frightened birds. Ning Chen's face was solemn, and he took Yan Conglong, Qin Fei and others to Beiyuan County City to check the situation. The small family that was destroyed was the Yu family. The young genius of the Yu family, who had reached the Jade Sea Realm, rushed back to Beiyuan County City as soon as he heard the news. "Who killed him?" Looking at the bodies of his tribesmen displayed one by one, his eyes turned red. It was too late to regret now. He could only grit his teeth and ask the Ninth Prince to give his family members a proper burial, and then return to the training camp to continue training. Ning Chen looked at the young man's resolute back and felt very sad. The original intention of forming the Martial Arts Alliance was to send talented people to the imperial court. However, now, a small family was massacred and more than 200 people died in front of him, which made him feel endless anger in his heart. "Wen Wuqing! I've made note of this account, don't let it fall into my hands." Ning Chen clenched his fists tightly and ordered Yan Conglong to give a proper burial to all the members of that small family. Return to Licheng Palace. Li Quanwu looked grim: "Your Highness, what should we do now? Those people in Beiyuan County are clamoring to withdraw from the alliance. If they continue to make trouble, the small forces and families in other county cities will probably be shaken." "Keep calm first." Ning Chen said. The Martial Arts Alliance cannot be disbanded. Judging from Xie Zifeng's feedback, the young talents selected from the Martial Arts Alliance are quite good and stronger than those trained in the military camps. Of course, it was not only the Yuhai Realm that was transported to the military camp, but also Banxue and Chongyuan. Such young people also have great hope of reaching the Jade Sea Realm, but it just takes time to cultivate. Three days passed in the blink of an eye. Ning Chen thought Wen Wuqing would not attack again, but more than 300 people from a small sect in Donglin County, including the sect leader, were all killed.

There were more than ten disciples from that sect in the training camp, and they were all grief-stricken when they heard the news. Within half a month, small families and sects were destroyed in Shanhai County City, Linxi County City and other places. In the nine county cities, other small families and small sects were in a panic and came to Licheng to ask to withdraw from the Martial Arts Alliance. The original group consisted of 50,000 to 60,000 people, but in a blink of an eye, half of the forces asked to withdraw. Ning Chen asked Li Quanwu to completely stop all activities of the Martial Arts Alliance and gathered Gou Datang, Qin Fei, Xie Zifeng, Nie Yongxuan, Yan Conglong, Luo Kang and others to discuss the matter. Wen Wuqing wiped out nine forces in succession within half a month, and more than two thousand people died. Other small forces felt completely threatened. Gou Da Teng said: "Your Highness, if it were you, I would say that the Martial Arts Alliance should be left as it is. We should not form one, but directly recruit soldiers from the military camp. As long as the conditions are good, there will still be martial artists willing to join." "Wen Wuqing wouldn't go so far as to charge into the military camp, that would be an enemy of the imperial court." “Not forming an alliance?” Ning Chen's face condensed slightly. If he didn't form an alliance, the speed of forming an elite force of 100,000 people would be reduced by at least half. Qin Fei said: "Your Highness, I think what Master Gou proposed is feasible. Wen Wuqing is a powerful man in the supernatural realm. He is obstructing the progress of the martial arts alliance. If he continues, more people will die." "It would be better to recruit soldiers directly from the military camp. In this way, those independent martial artists or talented people from small families who want to join the military camp would do so voluntarily. Wen Wuqing would not be able to control them. If he continues to massacre small families and small sects, it would be killing innocent people." "Killing into the military camp means being an enemy of the imperial court. Wen Wuqing should understand the stakes." Nie Yongxuan said, "Your Highness, I think what Master Gou and Master Qin said is right. Since the formation cannot be continued, just stop it completely. Or you can follow the example of other princes and not take it too seriously. I believe that Wen Wuqing will not obstruct it anymore." Ning Chen clenched his fists tightly. The three of them agreed to stop the martial arts alliance, which was not what he wanted. "In that case, let's pause." He looked at Li Quanwu and said. Li Quanwu thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, I will arrange for the young genius of my Li family to enter the military camp." Ning Chen nodded: "Arrange it as soon as possible." The opinions were unanimous. The branch alliance of Lizhou Martial Arts Alliance was temporarily stopped. Li Quanwu no longer let his clansmen manage the alliance. He formed a group of 800 available people and entered the Lizhou military camp. The Gou family also formed a group of 3,000 people and entered the Lizhou military camp for formal training. Xie Zifeng withdrew the three training camps in Lizhou and mobilized all the people to the military camp. The number of people above the Yuhai realm reached 50,000. There are quite a few people in Chongyuan Realm and Banxue Realm, reaching more than 50,000. There are still two years left. By recruiting and training soldiers at the same time, we should be able to compile a team of 100,000 elite soldiers above the Jade Sea Realm. After the Martial Arts Alliance was suspended, Wen Wuqing never appeared again, nor did he leave the state to kill anyone again, as if he had disappeared. A month passed in the blink of an eye. The weather is getting colder. Xie Zifeng found Ning Chen to report the latest situation.

"Your Highness, the recruitment is not as good as before. After a month, there are only more than 3,000 people, and less than 500 people above the Jade Sea Realm." "So few?" Ning Chen's face looked a little solemn. In a month, he could recruit less than a thousand talents above the Jade Sea Realm, and in a year, less than ten thousand. He is still short of 50,000 people. At this rate, it will take five years to recruit, which is too slow in terms of time. The emperor will also punish him. "As for conscription, the requirements for those above the Jade Sea Realm are a little more stringent, especially in terms of cultivation of mental skills," said Ning Chen. For martial artists in the martial arts world, the most important thing is the mental method. Xie Zifeng said, "Your Highness, regarding the mental method, the Jade Sea Realm can only practice the upper-grade mental method at most. This is stipulated by His Majesty. If the conditions are to be further improved, then it will be a top-grade method. This condition is not available in the Demon Suppression Army, the Desolation Suppression Army, and the Demon Suppression Army." Ning Chen took a deep breath. He had been to the Demon-Suppressing Pass before, so he naturally knew the answer. If one wants to practice top-grade martial arts, one must have at least the strength of the Lingkong Realm to be qualified. The best and upper-middle grade skills require one to be at the Jade Dan realm or above. The top-grade skills currently prepared in the Lizhou military camp were provided by the imperial court. They were only used to attract independent practitioners and some small martial arts families that did not have top-grade skills. If he wanted to use top-grade skills to attract her, he would have to ask his father for permission, but he was afraid that his father would not support it. After all, the power of top-grade martial arts is extremely strong, and the imperial court will not easily give it out for people to practice. Many of those who were able to practice the imperial court's top-grade skills had served in the army for more than five years. They were either geniuses trained in the army or had military merits. Of course, there are still three top-grade martial arts in the Lizhou military camp. Such martial arts can be found in all the Nine Realms military camps. They are prepared by the court to train top talents. In addition, all the people above the Jade Dan Realm in this military camp practice top-grade martial arts. But he could not allow the newly joined Jade Sea Realm Jianghu cultivators to practice as a condition. "Then let's start with salaries and elixirs." Ning Chen said. Hearing this, Xie Zifeng secretly shook his head, "Your Highness has been to the Demon Suppression Pass before, so you should understand that salary is not a big deal, but elixirs, especially, are not something that can be purchased with a few taels of silver." "Your Majesty allocated 3 million pills, but now there are less than 200,000 left, and they are all of medium and low quality. There are less than 3,000 high-quality pills. If one pill is distributed to each person, it will only be enough for 3,000 people." Ning Chen's face was solemn. Pills were expensive and the production volume was low. The imperial court would need at least half a year to prepare three million pills. If he were asked to prepare them, he might not be able to get three million pills even in a year. "How many medicine pavilions are there in Lizhou? How many families and sects are there that refine medicine?" Ning Chen never asked about such things before, but he didn't ask now. Xie Zifeng said: "There are 129 medicine pavilions in Lizhou, one in each county, one in the prefecture, and three in Lizhou. As for the families and sects that refine medicine, there are very few, only 87 in total. Fourteen can refine high-grade medicine, and only three can refine top-grade medicine. No family or sect can refine heavenly-grade medicine." Ning Chen asked: "How many pills can the alchemy families and sects refine in a month?" Xie Zifeng said: "About 500,000 pieces, most of them were taken away by the Pill Pavilion and then sold to some Lizhou Jianghu people."

"Since the imperial court did not allocate elixirs, the military camp also purchased elixirs in large quantities from the Alchemy Pavilion, but it was not enough." "Because the Medicine Pavilion will leave a portion to Jianghu families, sects and independent cultivators to take care of old customers." Ning Chen nodded secretly and said, "Let Nie Yongxuan handle this matter. We'll take as many pills as we can get." Xie Zifeng hesitated, but still nodded and said goodbye. He wanted to say that Nie Yongxuan had a headache making money recently, because the money in each city lord's mansion in the nine county towns had been almost plundered, and they had already started to plunder the city lords in the county towns. I don’t know how much money I can get. If the imperial court does not allocate gold and silver resources, the situation in the Lizhou military camp will only last for half a year at most before returning to its previous state. The soldiers could not receive their salaries and lacked resources for cultivation. They could only rely on absorbing spiritual energy from heaven and earth to accumulate it bit by bit, which was too slow. …… The news that the Ninth Prince had stopped forming a martial arts alliance in Lizhou had long since spread to Kyoto City. The eldest prince Ning Quan received the news, sneered and went into the palace to find Emperor Ning. Emperor Ning was extremely angry when he heard the news: "That idiot finally messed up everything." Ning Quan said, "Father, I don't think it's my ninth brother's fault. It's the Jianghu forces that are obstructing him and making it impossible for him to proceed. That's why he stopped the formation of the Martial Arts Alliance. This can't be blamed on my ninth brother." The more he said this, the angrier Emperor Ning became. "Asshole, if he hadn't publicly formed a martial arts alliance, how could so many problems have arisen? Now other territories have also been affected. The seventh brother was killed by the evil demon, and I haven't blamed him yet." "Cut off all resource supplies to Lizhou and let him do it on his own. I want to see what he can come up with in Lizhou." Ning Quan's eyes flickered as he asked, "Father, are they all cut off?" “All cut off.” "Will my ninth brother feel resentful?" "He dares." Emperor Ning shouted coldly: "There are still two years before an elite team of 100,000 people can be formed. I will hold him accountable." Ning Quan said nothing more. "Has Yu Fenglin not been caught yet?" "Replying to Father, not yet." "That evil demon killed Old Seven. I will never let him go. Tell King Xu Qin to catch him alive. I will torture him." "It's Father." Ning Quan bowed and left the imperial study. (End of this chapter)