A golden line cut through the sky, hovered slightly over the Suzaku statue, and landed on the top of the statue.
Zhang Ke revealed his figure and turned his head to look in the direction of 'Flame Bay City'.
I sneered secretly in my heart, having guessed that this would happen.
Back then in the 'Blue Sky Realm', he tried his best to save her, but he was still subject to suspicion and fear.
Promote rice and fight with rice and hate!
The human heart is like a ghost, the most difficult to fathom.
Of course, what he said before was not true. Not to mention the investment of so many resources, just to revive everything, the Suzaku Kingdom also needed to win this war.
To achieve this, it would be impossible to rely on people like the Suzaku Kingdom, so Zhang Ke was prepared to guide the development of the war himself.
But no one will give up their power easily, especially the leader of a country who rules hundreds of millions of people.
In addition, he was injured in the fight against [Qi Banner] and has been sleeping in the stone statue for more than a hundred years. His influence on the Suzaku Kingdom is almost non-existent, otherwise Feng Xingshou would not dare to speak out to test it today.
If you want to take the lead in this war, you must make these people feel the threat of national subjugation and genocide.
According to his guess, before coming into contact with other outsider forces, the expansion of the Suzaku Kingdom should not encounter opponents.
Therefore, the Suzaku Kingdom will not feel pressure for the time being. If this is the case, then you can just practice with peace of mind.
Zhang Ke sat down on the head of the Suzaku statue, flicked his sleeve, and a dark golden 'Rubik's Cube' appeared in his palm.
This 'Rubik's Cube' is somewhat unique, with six sections and 384 squares covered with mysterious runes.
After he cut off the [Contract Flag], millions of talisman patterns appeared on the broken half of the flag, and he embodied a 'Magic Cube' to collect them.
Now that there is nothing to do for now, Zhang Ke wants to analyze the structure of these runes.
Zhang Ke was moved by the power of rules in [Deed Flag]. War deeds can well restrain those who sign the deeds.
In the 'Blue Realm', the reason why the group of practitioners promoted by Zhang Ke has never been able to take shape is ultimately due to the lack of trust between them.
After all, wishes and oaths are a relatively idealistic thing. If they are too illusory, there will always be people who violate them.
Zhang Ke wanted to use the half of the [Contract Flag] fragments he obtained to parse out a binding oath contract.
If this idea of mine can succeed, it will definitely greatly promote the development of the spiritual practice world.
Of course, it is not easy to do this. [Conformity Flag] was made by three deities working together, and it contains the rules of the great road.
Once the creature who signed the [Contract Flag] violates the rules of the contract, the rules of the great road will impose punishments on their own.
Zhang Ke himself has personally experienced the impact of the Dao Rules, and he understands how powerful they are.
According to Zhang Ke's understanding, the level of the rules of the Great Dao is still higher than the laws of the Heavenly Dao.
Fortunately, he never thought about copying the [Deed Flag]. This was not something he could do now. He just wanted to see if he could deduce a simple oath and deed.
There is only one core rule in this kind of contract:
‘No one is allowed to hurt each other in a limited time, limited place, and limited team’.
The rules of this contract do not mean that teammates attacking each other will not cause harm, but that those who actively attack will be punished by the laws of heaven contained in the contract.
In Zhang Ke’s original conception, the core rule of this ‘oath deed’ was ‘obey the oath sworn’.
There are only six words, but after Zhang Ke carefully tasted it, he felt that this rule was too general and could be exploited by those who wanted to.
After some thought, he refined the core rules of this 'Oath Deed' as much as possible, highlighting the three key elements of 'time, place, and no harm between teams'.
As long as the practitioners are familiar with the 'Oath Deed', they can reach an agreement after discussion.
Under the attack of the laws of heaven in this 'Oath Deed', Zhang Ke prepared to integrate into the 'Five Thunders of Heaven's Heart'.
Anyone who violates the oath in the contract will be attacked by lightning, and the mark of betrayal of the oath will be left on his soul and body.
In this way, even if someone violates the oath and survives the thunderstorm, others will understand what he has done with this mark.
Zhang Ke also thought about integrating methods such as 'Sword Intention' and 'Spell Technique' into the 'Oath Deed'.
But after thinking about it, it seems that only the Thunder Law, the most rigid, most yang, most public law in the world, has the power to shock people's hearts.
If the power of the 'Purple Sky Divine Thunder' were not too powerful, he would even want to incorporate this thunder method into the 'Oath Deed'.
Zhang Ke never thought that all kinds of disputes in the spiritual world could be resolved with just a piece of paper.
But as long as there is such a deed, it represents the birth of an order.
As long as this order can enable practitioners to trust each other, practitioners will naturally take the initiative to maintain it.
Zhang Ke even planned to divide the levels of this 'Oath Deed' into four levels: 'Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang', to correspond to the practitioners of the four realms of 'Tao Lord, Yuanshen, Jindan, and Xiantian'.
It cannot be said that practitioners in the Xiantian realm violate the rules of the contract and receive the same punishment as those in the Yuanshen realm.
Similarly, from the four levels of grading, we can see Zhang Ke's pattern. He includes all the immortals of the 'Azure Realm'.
Every time he thought about this, Zhang Ke couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed.
This 'Oath Deed' comes from half a [Deed Flag], and it is extremely difficult to parse. Zhang Ke doesn't know when he will be able to successfully parse it, but he has decided to fight it to the end.
...
In the spring of the 201st year of the lunar calendar, the twelve major camps of the Suzaku Kingdom continued to expand and fight.
It’s still devastating, it’s still unstoppable!
During this year's campaign, the Suzaku Kingdom suffered very few casualties, but it expanded its territory by another 20%, conquering no less than a few hundred tribes with a population of hundreds of thousands.
Almost every few days, there would be a continuous stream of convoys transporting the trophies captured by each battalion to the capital.
Looking at the carts of rare treasures, the citizens of the Suzaku Kingdom suddenly discovered that war could bring huge wealth.
Driven by huge interests, countless citizens wrote petitions asking for voluntary participation in the war.
The joy of hearing the war represents the spirit of the people. This cannot be said to be a bad thing, but the senior officials of the Suzaku Kingdom have not been dazzled by the continuous victory.
From the analysis of the news sent back, they found that the rate of expansion of each battalion was slowing down. Although they still did not encounter opponents, the casualties were increasing day by day.
So, after deliberation, King Shan Xing promulgated the decree again:
All citizens over the age of sixteen, regardless of gender, must undergo military training every ten days.
At the same time, a large amount of various resources are stored in various cities and places to prepare for emergencies.
In the 202nd year of the lunar calendar, the Suzaku Kingdom continued to expand outwards, destroying cities and villages, and was unstoppable.
Lunar calendar two hundred and three years...
Two hundred and four years of the lunar calendar...
The sergeants of the 12th Battalion have achieved unimaginable growth in their personal strength, combat experience, and cooperation with each other through constant fighting.
Countless conquests made this army increasingly powerful.
Confidence, honor, and courage can only be obtained through victory.
It wasn't until the summer of this year that the 'Reishi Battalion' that rushed eastward encountered its opponent for the first time.
...
The ninth day of the seventh lunar month in the year 205 of the lunar calendar.
early morning.
Grindstone Woodland.
A soft-bodied creature that was several feet in size and looked like a slug was crawling in the forest.
The whole body is pink and limp without a single bone. It is as smooth as grease, and its two seven-foot-long tentacles are trembling flexibly like a snail.
This creature is called a mirage. It is very timid and feeds on omnivorous food. It looks huge but has no attack or defense capabilities. Its movement speed is not much faster than ordinary people walking.
It stands to reason that such extremely weak creatures should have been extinct long ago, but in fact these creatures are still alive and well, and most of them can even survive until they die of old age.
Just because the mirage has a special ability, when it is tense, its two tentacles will secrete a liquid. Once this liquid comes into contact with the outside world, it will transform into a strange mist.
This kind of fog is very strange. It can not only confuse the five senses, but also affect the normal operation of the vitality of heaven and earth.
It is only because of this unique talent that the mirage race can continue to this day.
"Shasha~Shasha~"
The body of the mirage squirms slowly, leaving traces of gray-white mucus wherever it passes.
While it was crawling, the mirage's two continuously trembling tentacles suddenly froze, and then its head quickly turned to the left, as if it was exploring something.
After a while, the mirage slowly turned around and crawled in the other direction, but it could only crawl no more than ten feet away. It froze again and turned its head to look to the other side.
"Hiss~~"
A slight buzzing sound came from the rapid trembling of the two tentacles. After a few breaths, the tips of the two tentacles began to secrete drops of gray liquid.
As soon as this liquid came into contact with the vitality of the outside world, wisps of mist spread from the location of the mirage.
The mist spread extremely quickly, and in a short time it covered the entire area of more than ten miles nearby.
And the mirage changed its direction and crawled slowly.
...
East side of Grindstone Grove.
A team of two thousand people marched quickly through the mountains and forests.
There were two knights at the front holding two flags, one was the Suzaku flag representing the Suzaku Kingdom, and the other was the long-handled horizontal sword flag representing the designation of the 'Rui Shi Camp'.
Behind the two knights followed a mighty army of soldiers and horses.
The twelve newly-built battalions of the Suzaku Kingdom, with each battalion having 500,000 people, are subdivided into the sixteen armies of "The sky and the earth are black and yellow, the universe is vast, the sun and the moon are waxing, and the stars and constellations are arranged".
Each of these sixteen armies is divided into three armies: upper, middle and lower. Each army has 10,000 people, totaling 480,000 people. The leader of the army is called a general.
Under the army, there are soldiers and horses numbered as "Heavenly Stems".
Appearing here at this moment are the sergeants from the Gengzi School on the column of "Ruishi Camp". In addition to the 1,000 people in the headquarters, there are more than 1,000 "Xianden" servants who have gathered together.
The chief officer of the Gengzi School is named Feng Xinglu, who is also a descendant of Feng Jiushu, and is a brother of the same clan as Feng Xingshou, Zhisu Neishi who was sentenced to death row.
Different from Feng Xingshou's character who hides needles in his hair, Feng Xinglu has a stubborn temperament and looks down on people like Feng Xingshou the most. Therefore, although he and Feng Xingshou are of the same race, their relationship is very weak.
Since the beginning of the "Tao Demon War", Feng Xinglu took the initiative to join the army and serve.
Several years have passed, relying on his own strength and fearless fighting style, Feng Xinglu has accumulated merits and become a school official, in charge of a thousand troops.
At this time, he was riding in the queue and suddenly noticed a faint mist filling the surroundings.
His heart trembled slightly and he said in a deep voice:
"This fog is coming unexpectedly, please pass on the order and be careful!"
"yes!"
The messenger next to him responded and then rode his horse to walk among the queue. From time to time he heard words like 'be careful'.
After several years of fighting, this group of troops has lost its youthfulness and immaturity. Even if there is no one to command, all the soldiers will be more vigilant when they find fog appearing around them.
The march of the queue did not stop, but the structure of the sergeants was changing rapidly.
A shield-bearing warrior wearing heavy armor quickly walked to the front of the queue, followed by a large number of infantry, and two hundred light cavalry were scattered and wandering around.
The "first" servants were taken away to the back of the team, and a hundred "engineers" were protected in the middle.
The 'Ruishi Battalion' has no heavy cavalry, and the strongest is the 600 infantry. In addition to the standard bows and arrows, these infantry are only equipped with horizontal swords.
The entire team slowed down and marched cautiously.
The fog filled the air very quickly, and in just a few minutes, the surrounding area was already shrouded in gray-white fog.
Feng Xinglu looked around a few times, but he couldn't see anything five feet away, just moving shadows.
He couldn't help but secretly feel alarmed. He didn't see any fog here on the map.
Why does this happen? Could it be that someone is doing something secretly?
Feng Xinglu did not dare to hesitate any longer and immediately shouted in a deep voice:
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Speed up your pace and quickly leave the scope of the fog."
But when he gave the order, he suddenly realized that his voice sounded like a whisper.
Feng Xinglu was horrified and hurriedly listened carefully to the movement around him.
Only then did he realize that even the footsteps of the marching sergeants were vague and indistinct, making it difficult to discern the direction.
Feng Xinglu took a long breath, opened his mouth and puffed out.
"Huh~!"
A ball of green breath came out of his mouth, but this innate magical power that could usually stir up strong winds only blew away a little of the fog about a few feet in front of him.
Feng Xinglu jumped up from his one-horned war horse and quickly came to a 'Mr.' based on his memory.
Just as he was about to order him to use a spell to dispel the fog, he saw that the 'heralder' was sweating profusely and moving his hand seals, but he couldn't even cast a spell.
Feng Xinglu's heart suddenly thought, this was not a good sign.
He turned around and walked quickly towards the front of the team, gathering the people and horses as he walked.
The benefits of having a complete military system are reflected at this moment. With the restraints of officers at all levels of captain, tun, corps, and corps, the entire team remained calm despite some commotion.
Feng Xinglu moved very quickly and reached the front of the queue in a short time.
Seeing two rows of shield-wielding warriors pushing forward like a wall with their shields erect, Feng Xinglu's heart relaxed a little.
Grindstone Woodland is a mountain forest with straight and towering trees everywhere. The team cannot even form a formation during the march, and can only advance forward in a rough fan shape.
If the fog clears at this moment, look down from above.
You can see two teams approaching the middle of the grindstone forest from opposite directions.
But at this time, the mountain forest was shrouded in the fog emitted by the mirages, causing sight and sound to be restricted.
Therefore, the two teams are getting closer and closer to each other, but no one has ever noticed each other.
In the other direction of the two teams, the mirage squirmed slowly, getting further and further away.
As the mirage disappeared, the fog in the forest gradually began to dissipate.
Feng Xinglu walked at the front of the queue and was keenly aware that the fog was gradually dissipating, and he could vaguely see dozens of feet away.
'It seems the fog is about to lift!'
While he was enjoying himself, he suddenly noticed that the mist thirty feet away was rolling rapidly, as if something was rushing towards his direction.
Feng Xinglu felt a chill in his heart and did not dare to speak. He patted the person behind him twice on the shoulder.
Several years of fighting have given this team a high degree of tacit understanding.
The shield-wielding warrior reacted very quickly. First, he quickly turned around and patted the person behind him twice on the shoulder, and then patted twice on the shoulders of the left and right robes.
'Meet the enemy!'
As the sergeants quickly delivered the news, hundreds of people had received the instructions in just a few breaths.
The shield-wielding warriors in front stood up a shield as large as ten feet in front of them to erect a barrier for the friendly troops behind.
A soldier stood as motionless as a statue with his bow and arrow drawn, aiming at the place where the mist was turbulent.
No one made a sound, and the air in the forest became stagnant.
After a few breaths, a figure stepped out of the mist first, but before he could see the scene on the other side through the mist.
Suddenly I heard someone shouting.
"Fire the arrow!"
He couldn't understand what the person who spoke was saying, but the next second...
"Peng——!"
There was a dull loud noise.
The dense white feathers all over the sky like rain are reflected in the pupils like lightning from far to near.