There are mantras gathered in the eye sockets of the two bronze figures, emitting a bright clear light, as if they are alive.
The mantras wandered around them, interweaving countless array changes.
Eventually all the arrays disappear into the body.
Just when everyone thought the sacrifice was over, there was suddenly another shaking sound, and thunder burst out from the void, striking the bronze man.
"Use Thunder Tribulation to assist in the sacrificial process, let me give it a try."
In the five-color world, Qiang Liang let out a deafening roar.
He opened his mouth, and thunder and lightning spiritual patterns appeared on his body, and a pillar of thunder burst out, which turned into dense lightning like a rainstorm, and fell on the bronze man.
Zhao Huaizhong then sent all the ten bronze figures that had been sacrificed to the Earth Fire Cave to be tempered again.
Qiang Liang's figure grew rapidly, and when he stretched out his hand, the sky fell as if it was collapsing, and the entire sky seemed to turn into a sea of thunder, sucking in all the bronze figures.
Countless thunderbolts fell on the bronze figures, blending with the symbols on them.
Time passes.
Two hours later, the sacrifice was really coming to an end.
The halos and mantra symbols on the twelve bronze figures all converged and disappeared.
In the Earth Fire Cave, all fluctuations slowly calmed down.
This means that the real sacrifice of the Twelve Bronze Men is over.
They correspond to the twelve earthly branches and can be combined into a square formation. Their specific power needs to be tested through actual combat.
It has been ten years of cold and heat since the beginning of the sacrifice of the Twelve Bronze Men.
At the moment when all the sacrifices of the bronze figures were completed, a bronze pillar of light rose up in the Earth Fire Cave, echoing the stars in the sky.
However, before any further vision could appear, Zhao Huaizhong stretched out his hand and put the bronze man away.
It's not appropriate to make too much noise with this thing now, as it has to wait to surprise the demon clan outside the Three Realms.
"I invite all the saints to eat some novel things as a token of my gratitude."
In the main dining room of Xianyang Palace, hundreds of cooks are busy.
This dining room has the most complete range of stoves and cookers in the three worlds today. The stoves alone are divided into copper stoves, iron stoves, wood stoves, and earth and stone stoves, a total of seven or eight types.
Different stoves are used for steaming, stir-frying and deep-frying in order to pursue the ultimate taste.
At this time, on one of the tables that was more than ten feet long, there were many pieces of seafood that were still alive. The main ingredient was a fat fish.
Its body is nearly ten feet long, shaped like a spindle, extremely stout, and nearly oval in cross section.
The mouth of the fish is conical, the abdomen is bulging and swollen with smooth lines, and gradually narrows down to the tail. There are one large and two small ridges on both sides. The tail fin is crescent-shaped, the back is blue and black, and the abdomen is silvery white.
Zhao Huaizhong used a magic spell to bring the scene in the main dining room to his eyes and invited everyone to watch.
He introduced: "This is called tuna. The ocean east of Daqin is one of its production areas. Qin goes out to the sea to the south and is also distributed near the Ryukyu Islands.
What you see is the best species among them, the blue fin tuna, which is the top raw food ingredient."
Under Zhao Huaizhong's long-term training, the cooks of Qin Palace were skilled in knife skills. They first opened the fins and heads of the fish, then cut the tuna into various parts, divided them into different parts, and repaired them neatly.
For bluefin tuna, the meat under the chin is the best because it has been hunted and chewed for a long time. It is alive and fat, which is better than the big belly.
The quality of the meat in the fish belly and other places is divided from high to low, and is divided into big belly, medium belly and sashimi.
The thinner and redder the fish, the more suitable it is for sashimi, but the taste is much worse than the fatter fish.
In a short time, the dining room was ready, and there were young maids from the palace. After washing their hands, they divided the dishes and provided them with exquisite decorations and dipping sauces.
The jade plate with the dragon pattern on it was Zhao Huaizhong's special vessel, and what was placed in it was the meat from the chin of the best fish.
The prepared fish, sashimi, dipping sauces, and braised shrimps were brought out one after another along with the low mats on the table.
Kong Sheng looked at the plates of raw meat in front of him, frowned and said: "We have evolved from ancient times and do not eat raw food. Everything in our mouths is cooked with fire. How can we go back to the ancient times? This food is not elegant."
While he said that eating raw meat was indecent, he also said that he was looking out for the Emperor's face and reluctantly picked up a bite and ate it.
Hey... when the fish entered his mouth, Kong Sheng had a vivid expression of surprise on his face.
He has always tasted delicious food and is a gourmet. He is willing to stay in Qin land instead of returning to the immortal world. This is one of the reasons why Qin Palace has all kinds of delicacies.
The top-quality tuna, the meat in the belly of the fish is plump and has a delicate texture that melts when you take a bite. Not only does it not have the fishy smell as expected, but it also has a sweet aftertaste.
Keep lips and teeth fresh!
This fish is very delicious. Kong Sheng blinked his eyes and picked up another piece, then the third piece...four, five, six or seven pieces, endlessly, and his chopsticks became more and more smooth.
I couldn't stop eating, one bite after another.
"Any more?"
Two voices sounded at the same time.
Qiang Liang also disliked eating meat like this at first because the portion was too small.
But after eating it, I had the same reaction as Kong Sheng.
Pick up the meat, dip it in the sauce, put it in your mouth, chew it, swallow it, and be satisfied. This is a series of processes, an endless loop.
Fortunately, no one catches bluefin tuna in this era. Only Zhao Huaizhong sent people out to sea to catch it.
If you use practice to cheat and capture, the food is quite sufficient and you can eat it in large quantities.
Kong Sheng ate very happily and gulped down the food.
Qiang Liang asked while eating: "Human Emperor, I will join the Qin Dynasty and fight for you. How about you be responsible for providing me with this kind of fish every day?"
As expected, the great witches are all hard workers, and they sold themselves just for the sake of fish... Zhao Huai thought: This guy can't even feed a thousand pigs at one meal. If I raise you for a month, the tuna in the sea will become extinct.
Zhao Huaizhong turned to business matters.
"Last time, I asked all the saints to work together to deduce the military formation. Some saints suggested that I use the technique of flag formation to coordinate with the military formation to increase its change and power.
I want to study the cooperation of the flag formation and the military formation with the saints again."
Everyone chatted while eating and started to deduce the military formation.
Fairyland!
At the northernmost tip of the northern state, there is a vast mountain called Duanjie Mountain. The mountain is bitterly cold and covered with ice for thousands of miles.
The reason why it is called Duanjie Mountain is because the mountain range stretches so long that it is said that it can extend to the northern border of the fairyland. Beyond it is the boundless chaotic time and space, hence the name.
After the demon clan was defeated and the demon master was killed, most of the demon army was wiped out, while a small number were surrendered by the monsters.
But there are still two demon tribes that fled.
One of them is stationed in the northern state of the fairy world, the core area where the demon clan has been operating for the longest time.
After the demon master was killed, they immediately retreated to the bitter cold land in the north and hid deep in the Broken Boundary Mountain, unable to come out. Thus, they temporarily escaped the pursuit and suppression of the demons, goddesses, immortals and other troops, and became a fish that slipped through the net.
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At this moment, deep in the Duanjie Mountain, on the top of the snow-capped mountains, there is a simple stone temple carved into the mountain that is filled with evil spirit.
This is the place where the remnants of the demon clan lurk.
In the temple, the great demon god Shang Yang, dressed in bronze armor, is receiving visitors.
The visitor came quite unexpectedly, claiming to be from outside the Three Realms. He had started contacting Shang Yang a few days ago. This was not the first time the two parties had contacted each other.
"You want me to lead my troops to attack the human race in the fairy world?"
Shang Yang has a thin face and a pair of eyes that are full of evil and deceitful, staring at the visitor in front of him.
"That's right."
Sitting opposite Shang Yang was also a great demon. He had a middle-aged appearance and a strong aura. He made no secret of it and steadily overwhelmed Shang Yang. He was at the pinnacle of creation.
He is an immortal demon clan outside the Three Realms, one of the five commanders under the Demon Emperor Qingri, and calls himself the Demon Saint of Dayan Heaven.
Qingri wants to rule the demon world and replace the demon queen, and his subordinates all call him the demon emperor.
"You should know the momentum and power of the Human Emperor. Our demon clan was no match for it at its peak. Not only the Demon Emperor, but also the Demon Lord were killed one after another, and millions of demons were also defeated by it.
Now that there are only ten of my subordinates under my command, how can I still compete with them?
If you let me take action, it will be like committing suicide." Shang Yang said solemnly.
What he told was the truth. The Demon Lord and the Demon Emperor worked together, and all the elite demon armies joined forces, but they were still defeated by Zhao Huaizhong. Even the demon ruins were lost, their foundation was lost, and there was no chance of recovery.
The remaining demon tribes have become frightened, including Shang Yang himself, who is frightened when he thinks of the Human Emperor.
All he wants now is to escape the Human Emperor's pursuit and survive, which is the greatest luxury he can hope for.
Let us fight against the Human Emperor and sacrifice our lives for you. It's a good idea... Shang Yang complained secretly.
He was willing to talk to these people who claimed to be from the same race outside the Three Realms because he was short of resources and the remaining demons were no longer able to feed themselves.
The northern land is barren and there are very few living creatures. Daily food is a big problem.
Shang Yang had no food left and was on the verge of begging.
"It's not impossible to want my demon tribe to send troops, but my demon tribe's energy and blood are declining and they have nothing to eat, so they really can't fight." Shang Yang tested the other party.
Yantian Demon Saint under Qingri took out a cave that was sealed by magic:
"Rearing the human race in this cave as blood food will be enough to replenish the energy and blood of your subordinates.
A few days later, your troops will be dispatched from the northern part of the Immortal Realm. I don’t expect you to be able to defeat the enemy, but it will only serve as a containment.
The Immortal World will soon be in chaos. If you perform well, the Blue Sun Demon Emperor will appreciate you and lead you to the outside of the Three Realms. Only then can you completely get rid of the plight of the clansmen under your command."
The population of the caves taken out by Demon Saint Yantian were all plundered from the small world of Qiankun where Emperor Xi and Taoist Huanghu evolved.
After he finished speaking, he broke through the void and left.
Shang Yang stood up from his seat and sneered secretly: "I'm waiting to see how you deal with the Human Emperor?"
He lowered his head to look at the cave blood food in his hand, and a cold and bloodthirsty smile appeared on his face.
It would be a good idea to defraud some reserves from these demon clans outside the Three Realms to strengthen yourself.
Demon Saint Yantian returned to the outside of the Three Realms the next day and saw Qingri:
"There are still a few remnants of the demon clan in the Three Realms, but they are all deeply afraid of the Human Emperor and have little fighting power left.
However, our demon clan has always had a sparse population, so it would be okay to bring these demons back for reproduction."
Qingri was sitting behind a low mat, with a focused look on his strange face.
Placed in front of him was the terrain within the Three Realms, and there were five flags representing the five demon tribes under his command.
"With the Human Emperor's methods, it's not surprising that they feel fear.
I didn’t want them to do anything, it would be nice if they could act as a check.”
Qingri planted three command flags in three different directions in the fairy world, and placed another flag in the center of the fairy world.
The last command flag was left unsent.
His eyes fell on both the human world and the underworld.
Demon Saint Yantian also looked at it: "The demon emperor placed a group of troops in the center of the fairy world. This is where the human race has the strongest military strength in the fairy world. If our troops attack this place directly, the losses will probably be considerable..."
Qingri said firmly: "It doesn't matter, Master has other arrangements in the Three Realms. Someone will activate the array at that time to welcome my subordinates into the hinterland of the human race, avoid the human race's defenses, and go straight to their vital points."
So that’s it…Yantian Demon Saint nodded.
Everything is ready.
The world is in the twelfth lunar month of winter.
At noon on this day, the guards outside the Qin Palace were heavily guarded, and people were running around at the palace gate. It seemed that something was happening.
However, Zhao Huaizhong wanted to go outside the city to watch a live pig-killing program, and the concubines in the harem also went to join in the fun, so they put up a guard of honor and prepared to go to the suburbs of the city.
Before Zhao Huaizhong left, he received news that the demon clan had launched an offensive against the fairy world. As expected, he said: "The pigs have entered the pen."
The person who brought him the news was Wang Jian, who was in the immortal world through a bone mirror.
"General Wang might as well take the opportunity to try out the Twelve Bronze Men. I also want to see the power of these twelve big guys."
"No!" Wang Jian responded on the other side of the mirror.
Fairyland.
In the Central Prefecture, Wang Jian was holding a long copper box in his hand.
In the box, there are twelve special figures of the Human Emperor, bronze statues of the earthly branches, arranged in a row.
Each bronze figure emits wisps of brilliance.
Just their dissipated halo made the surrounding void feel like a mountain of pressure.