All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 469 - 95 Dust Li Iron Cavalry

Chapter 469: Chapter 95 Dust Li Iron Cavalry

If it were someone else, the focus would definitely be on aspects such as "the sect competition," "the Five Sects’ martial trial," "the three-year agreement," "internal targeting within the sect," and so on.

But upon hearing the whole story, An Jing only caught one truly important point, and immediately his eyes lit up with joy, "There is a whole mountain for me to farm?"

[Farm?]

Chenyinzi did not understand, and An Jing coughed, "Ancestor, as you know, your disciple hails from the Gufeng An Family... Though it’s called a poor scholar family, in reality, it’s just a rural family that farms and herds livestock, occasionally engaging in small business ventures."

"Just by hearing the name Gufeng County, you know that my family is best at farming, and we even have some skills in cultivating spirit plants, but due to the poverty of the Northern Border, we couldn’t put them to use."

"So, the thought of coming to the Bright Mirror Sect and actually having a mountain where I can experiment with the family’s spirit planting skills immediately excited me."

[I see.] Upon hearing this, Chenyinzi understood and explained, [But Mingguang Peak isn’t really just a single peak. It is a territory carved out within the Visible Empty Mountain Range, roughly... about the size of the area around Broken Blade Mountain.]

He spoke of this astonishing size casually, Chenyinzi continued in his unusually nonchalant tone: [The convergence point of the area’s Earth Veins is where Mingguang Peak is located, and the mountain top is the home of the Peak Master, which is to say, where I and that boy Guangchen, us Manifesting Holy True Lords, reside. The base of the mountain is the grand hall, where your True Transmission residence is. Both places can control the Great Formation, and with a single thought, tap into the power of the local Earth Vein and the Heavenly Sea, resonating with Visible Empty Ancestral Peak.]

[However, the Blessed Lands and Cave Heavens left by the successive True Persons and True Lords of the other Eight Peaks have been cultivated into areas of immense prosperity, whereas Mingguang Peak, being a newly-established one, mostly consists of wild mountainous regions. The Earth Veins are not strong, lacking Spirit Lands.]

[If you wish to plant some spirit plants and cultivate your heart and body, it’s indeed quite simple, just pick a piece of land at will.]

——That is even better!

Upon hearing this, An Jing almost jumped for joy—an area as big as the Broken Blade Mountain Range, all his? By the Imperial Heavens above, didn’t this mean that he could plant spirit plants at will within this area and create a production line for the Tianyuan Realm, and no one would care?

He had just been wondering how to obtain a base, and here it was! His master Mingguang Dust was not around, there was no one above to manage him, and even if there were, it’s highly likely they wouldn’t bother. Furthermore, it seemed his grandmaster had a good heart and was protective of his own, so it wouldn’t matter if he stirred up a little commotion!

The An Family naturally didn’t have any techniques for cultivating spirit plants; An Jing was just planning to transfer the Evergreen Wood and some spirit plants of the Tianyuan Realm to the Embracing the Void realm.

It was a preemptive setup to avoid suspicion by talking about a family trade.

Since almost the entire Gufeng An Family had perished, it was the perfect time for him to rewrite the history!

[An Jing, don’t be too careless.]

Seeing that An Jing had his mind set on farming, Chenyinzi coughed and reminded him, [Our sect’s True Transmission’s hard requirement is the Martial Meridian.]

[Your physical body is comparable to a Martial Meridian, but the true strength of a Martial Meridian lies not in the shell, but in the Martial Meridian’s Formation within the body.]

[Although in my opinion, should you make progress, your strength will certainly not be inferior to that of an experienced Martial Meridian, and securing a ranking would be effortless, but you must never have an arrogant and negligent heart.]

"I understand," An Jing responded within his heart, "If nothing unexpected happens, I will achieve Perfection in my Divine Abnormalities this year and find the opportunity for the Martial Meridian."

Starting from his departure with the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect to the northwest, An Jing had spent two years laying a solid foundation, going from the Mind, Body, and Technique realm all the way to the Inner Strength with three Divine Abnormalities, without encountering any bottlenecks from start to finish.

After two Enlightenment experiences, his path to the Martial Meridian was wide open, requiring only cultivation; by the time he arrived at the Bright Mirror Sect, he would have surely become a Martial Meridian!

Chenyinzi could not deny this fact, and An Jing’s confidence actually pleased him greatly: [Exactly—anyway, this young Gu lad’s words weren’t altogether wrong, but the situation isn’t as bad as he described it.]

[I’m actually curious, who exactly within my Bright Mirror Sect provided him with this information? How could someone from Da Chen know so much about the affairs within our sect? His granddaughter may indeed have some skills, but she is definitely not cut out to be a spy.]

——Ha, afraid that would be your good disciple, my fine master.

An Jing thought to himself.

If it really is as he suspected, within the Bright Mirror Sect, aside from Mingguang Dust, there must be a group of juniors familiar with him who are related to King Jing’s lineage. It wouldn’t be surprising that Gu Yunzhi could arrange for Gu Yeqi to join the sect and control the internal information of the various peaks.

"Aside from the issues within the Bright Mirror Sect, the Linjiang City where you currently reside is also facing a calamity."

In reality, Gu Yunzhi was also using Han Qi to conjure up a scene, showing An Jing the situation around Broken Blade Mountain.

The intelligence he brought was the same as that of Chenyinzi, but it was much more detailed, "Under King Ju Guang’s command, three divisions of Iron Li Iron Cavalry have already moved south, breaking through three cities and twelve towns, now heading towards the vicinity of Broken Blade Mountain Range."

Upon hearing this, An Jing felt no particular emotion, for although the military achievements sounded substantial, in reality, they only encompassed an area as large as the Broken Blade Mountain Range.

But what followed in the scene conjured by Gu Yunzhi made him restless.

In the illusion, three divisions of Iron Li Iron Cavalry came with overwhelming Evil Qi, rolling in with black winds like leaden clouds that darkened the sky, easily encircling a major Da Chen city.

An Jing recognized this city, it was Kuoyu City in the northwest of Hanhai, which housed three Martial Meridians, one civil officer in charge of defenses, and two Grandmasters in offense—additionally, with nearly a thousand Martial Guards and nearly ten thousand troops, it was indeed as secure as a fortified bastion.

But unexpectedly, among these three divisions, one practiced the martial formation of the barren earth. After hundreds of battles against the Hanbei and Da Chen border forces, this reformed elite division took only a day to set up formation flags, and soon initiated Earth Movement, briefly cutting off the Earth Vein. The Earth Qi around Kuoyu City surged to the sky, but not a bit could enter the city.

The Earth Movement didn’t just cut off the Earth Vein; it also collapsed part of the city walls and caused nearly half the city to collapse, killing and injuring countless military and civilians of Kuoyu City.

Seeing this, the City Magistrate and the two Grandmasters knew that defending the city was pointless. They organized a group of elites, intending to break the encirclement and behead the commanding leader of the barren earth Iron Cavalry.

Suddenly, groups of chariots surged out of the city, kicking up massive clouds of snow dust, and more than ten flying shuttles pierced through the sky, heading full speed towards the enemy.

However, enemy ambushers had long been hidden in the snow, and as the flying shuttles passed, countless Ice Blades and spears shot out from the snowy hills, pouring back like rain and tide, decimating all the flying shuttles into debris scattered across the sky, while many chariots were buried by avalanches, nearly leading to the annihilation of the entire force.

Although the flying shuttle technology was not strong, the Iron Li forces had long had a set of tactics for dealing with low-flying shuttles, especially now during the Frost Calamity, when the power of frost magic was doubled. Even if a flying shuttle escaped into the clouds, it was difficult to avoid being tracked and shot down.

After this battle, one Martial Meridian Grandmaster perished for his country, and the morale of Kuoyu City’s defenders was utterly shattered. They scattered to flee, breaking up into dozens of small teams, intending to send the intelligence to surrounding towns and cities, so they could gather superior forces to come and exterminate the enemy army.

But the third division of Iron Cavalry, skilled in using the wind for surprise attacks, had already been staking out around the city, tracking each team’s movements. They acted without a sound, and in silence, more than half of the small teams were exterminated.

In less than half a month, Kuoyu City, this large metropolis, had nearly all of its resistance obliterated and fell into the hands of Iron Li.

An Jing finished watching the whole process, his brows furrowed deeply.

"Without the National Guardian Heavenly Martial, with many Divine Weapons moved away, the Earth Vein is too fragile."

He slowly said, "That Earth Movement Formation, if it were the Kuoyu City of before, could at most disrupt the Earth Vein Formation for only half a day, and under the protection of Divine Weapons, the city would be like having a Divine Repository guardian, making it impossible for the Iron Li people to breach."

"But now that the Divine Weapon, this linchpin, has been moved, it is too fatal. The military and civilians of Kuoyu City had no idea how to fight without the protection of Divine Weapons, and they were easily crushed by the experienced Iron Li Iron Cavalry."

"Moreover, how did this intelligence come about? How could it be as if it was witnessed firsthand?"

"The intelligence has to be credited to your junior brother, Cang Linzu."

Gu Yunzhi said, "Without his Embracing the Void ability, we wouldn’t have known that Iron Li’s elite had already reached a level comparable to the Da Chen Martial Army—over the years, we have truly underestimated the technological progress on the Iron Li side."

"And now, this battle-hardened Iron Cavalry with rich experience in sieges is heading straight for Broken Blade Mountain."

"An Jing, how are you planning to deal with it?"