Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery
Chapter 755 - 736: The End of Tushan Immortal City's Economic Crisis

Tushan Immortal City.

A youth in green clothes opened his eyes and his Divine Sense swept across a hundred kilometers.

"Ten years have passed, the economic crisis... has ended."

Where Jiang Ding's Divine Sense reached, various shops selling magic tools, talismans, and elixirs bustled with activity. Nearby, a new magic tool workshop was under construction, fully equipped with forging tools, earth fire, and all kinds of necessities, all arranged in radiant order.

This was a professional artifact refining workshop designed by the Tushan Immortal City Refiners' Guild, incorporating the opinions of numerous refining masters. It was several times more efficient than traditional workshops and produced higher quality items.

The same was true for other workshops for elixirs, puppets, and talismans.

Over the past years, due to a lack of orders, many refining masters and alchemists were barely maintaining their practice with these official orders from Tushan Immortal City. Now, the results had finally emerged.

Throngs of visitors crowded the streets, moving between shops, purchasing all sorts of needed Heavenly Materials, Earthly Treasures, elixirs, and magical weapons.

At the Void Boat Dock, every few moments a ship would fly in from afar, land, and unload a large amount of raw materials such as ores and elixirs from the Northern Plains before rushing off again.

Following that, they would load up with magic tools, talismans, elixirs, and treasures from within Tushan Immortal City, rest for a bit, then take off towards the distance once more, not daring to delay a moment.

The trade routes through the Soulless Desert had been rejuvenated.

Moreover, the bustling activity had surpassed that of the past, attracting more refining masters, alchemists, and talisman masters—professionals among the cultivators who came here chasing their dreams.

Because here, one could more conveniently obtain inheritances at a cost far lower than in other places of the Northern Plains.

And although the single-item prices were lower than in the Northern Plains, the quantities were sufficient, very abundant.

After careful consideration, a second-grade refining master or alchemist who came to Tushan Immortal City could multiply their income several times over while obtaining higher-grade inheritances.

This was the reason why so many skilled cultivators who were unwilling to be trapped in the uncertainties of war traveled great distances to come here.

In the world of cultivation, income was not just about wealth; it was a decisive factor in one's lifespan!

Even the most aloof cultivators who would not bend for five pecks of rice could not suppress their inherent longing for longevity. Thousands of mountains and rivers were not a barrier to them.

Of course, the solid reputation of Immortal Tushan also played a huge role in this.

Without this trust, no matter how rich the conditions, so many cultivators would not have come, fearing a trap—they often encountered places that seemed promising in the past.

Now, an Immortal of excellent repute guaranteed their safety.

Many people reckoned that their modest possessions could not compare to the reputation that an Immortal had painstakingly built over many years, so it was unlikely that he would damage his reputation over them, making it a very safe choice.

Over these years, the economic crisis quickly passed.

The economy of Tushan Immortal City was revived, and the annual tax revenue approached seventy-five million low-grade spirit stones.

The reason for this, of course, was that orders from the outside world had reappeared, and there had been a surge.

"Blood Cloud is on the rise..."

Jiang Ding muttered to himself, looking towards the Northern Plains maiden afar.

Within the Sea of Consciousness, dots were scattered throughout.

The number,

reached over fifty thousand!

These fellows had expanded their forces once again, under the full support of the Blood King Army, tirelessly helping new maidens switch to practicing cultivation methods, refining the Heaven Light Dao Troops swords, not stopping for a moment.

Many Golden Pill female cultivators, after carefully considering the various treatments of the Blood King Army and the Tushan maidens, eventually chose to join the Tushan maiden group, accepting the severe military law.

Now, the Northern Plains Tushan maiden group had become a complex mixture of individuals. Aside from the far more rigorous military law than the Blood King Army's, what intentions the maidens had within, where they came from, whether there were spies from the Liudao Sect or the Great Sun Sect, was impossible to investigate.

Chun Jian and Shanggong's command had been increasingly diluted. Currently, they still relied on teaching new cultivators and spreading inheritances to maintain their positions as Chief Maiden and Deputy Chief Maiden.

Of course, the recognition of Immortal Tushan was very important as well.

No maid would challenge their status unless it involved life and death survival.

However, from beginning to end, the strict military laws had never changed. Already, a number of Golden Pill Monks and dozens of Foundation-building cultivators had interpreted the Tushan military laws with their lives.

...

On the prairie,

a battle was taking place.

On one side, were the cultivators of the Liudao Sect, ten thousand strong, including more than a dozen Golden Pill Monks and over a thousand Foundation-building cultivators. The high-ranking officers and the majority of the junior officers were from the direct lineages of the Yin's, Luo Clan, and the surviving Hei Clan, with the remaining junior officers and lower-ranking military officials filled by loyal members from the collateral lineages and Loose Cultivators.

Golden Pill Monks from the Loose Cultivators and collateral lineages were given the title of military officers; they were actually used as spearheads and personal soldiers, without directly commanding the army.

The other side consisted of over two thousand individuals, all of them female.

The Tushan maidens!

The commander was Hei Louxi of the Hei Clan's collateral lineage, a beautiful woman with a pair of pitch-black wings, leading more than a dozen Golden Pill Monks and over two thousand Foundation-building cultivators, without any cultivating Qi.

Ten years ago,

the Liudao Sect pacified the Black Snow Prairie, and Blood Cloud fled in a sorry state, unable to withstand a single blow, as everyone submitted to the rule of the Liudao Sect.

It was believed that the turmoil of the Loose Cultivators had been quelled, that order had been restored.

However, to everyone's astonishment, as soon as Blood Cloud's "Co-Nascent Soul Pact among Dao Friends" manifesto was issued, countless Golden Pill Monks hesitated not, including the loyal collateral families of the Liudao Sect, who once again joined the ranks of the Blood King Army and secretly colluded with the Blood Cloud Eighteen Knights.

Blood Cloud did not immediately accept them, merely having them lurk and wait.

Then, relying on the Golden Pill Monks who secretly defected from all over, he organized troops, trained new recruits, enforced strict military laws, forged Formation instruments, honed Army Formations, occasionally gathered assistants, and stealthily attacked the still-loyal Liudao Sect's army, succeeding multiple times, leading to widespread panic on the Black Snow Prairie.

The Liudao Sect's Saint Heir, Yin Dao, was furious.

He personally led his Golden Pill bodyguards to launch a manhunt, achieving many kills, including taking the lives of members of the Blood Cloud Eighteen Knights, yet he was never able to capture the core members of the Blood King Army.

The temptation of the Nascent Soul Cultivation Method was too great, and there were too many people secretly signaling to one another, making it impossible to block all information.

This went on for years, and the rule of the Liudao Sect over the Black Snow Prairie was visibly collapsing, with rebellious forces emerging everywhere, and small to mid-sized units of the Blood King Army starting to mobilize.

The scene that was unfolding was just like that.

The ten-thousand-strong army of the Liudao Sect went to suppress a rebellion and was ambushed and impeded by a group of over two thousand Tushan maidens.

"Kill!"

"Kill them!"

When the two armies met, there was no idle talk. In an instant, amidst flashes of lightning and fire, they clashed fiercely in combat formations.

The army of the Yin Clan surged with Cloud Qi,

gold light shone brightly, armed with chariots and halberds, amidst the pervasive Array Patterns, towers and pavilions of the Heavenly Palace appeared, as if Heavenly Soldiers and Generals were cleansing the sins of the human world, overwhelming in their majesty and discouraging any thoughts of resistance.

The Tianrendao's Heavenly Soldiers Exorcising Spirits and Subduing Demons Great Formation!

In the struggle for dominance over Northern Plains ten thousand years ago, it was with this formation that the Yin Clan eradicated countless Sects, establishing the foundation of their family.

Ever since ruling, whenever their army appeared, evil spirits and demons scattered and fled, eradicated with a single strike.

The ten-thousand-strong army,

had already achieved Nascent Soul level combat power!

Even if Blood Cloud himself came, he would be helpless against it and likely meet his demise if he were entangled and waited for their larger army to come to the aid.

On the Tushan maidens' side, green light ascended, twisted Flying Swords of the Xun Wind soared into the sky, strands of Sword Qi and Array Patterns scattered, the fierce wind overflowed, the breath was terrifying, and the Army Formation was exquisitely intricate, instantly forming a Xun Wind Array.

Disregarding the fivefold difference in soldiers, they actively charged toward the distant gold light of the Heavenly Palace Great Formation.