Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 1055 - 843: Hidden Luck _2

Chapter 1055: Chapter 843: Hidden Luck _2

The several Emperors present couldn’t help but feel a surge of excitement after hearing this, knowing that as long as there was sufficient funds and grain, their chances of victory in this battle would not be low.

As for Li Xuan’s order for the subsidiary emperors to bring out Silver Coins to buy food, that was nothing out of the ordinary.

These people wanted to maintain a semi-independent status, how could they not pay a price?

Jingmo Emperor of Three Realms, Yue Wumu, looked at Li Xuan with a shocked expression. He wondered just how prosperous the mortal realm had become under Li Xuan’s rule?

A force of 42 million soldiers, equivalent to a quarter of the mortal realm’s population, could actually be sustained?

"Furthermore, inform all the soldiers in the various armies. Starting today, from the Emperors to the battle soldiers, anyone who is unable to advance their cultivation due to lack of Spiritual Energy or insufficient food, may report to my ancestor Li Lexing. I can provide a reward in advance to prepare the food necessary for them to advance one stage in their realm!"

The Emperor of Holy Heaven, Guan Changsheng, showed a slight change in expression before clasping his hands together, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Li Lexing also smiled, "With this, the armies will surely be grateful to Your Majesty!"

This would not only enhance their own combat power but also serve as a deep-rooted initiative.

Once Li Xuan kept his promises, the authority of this fourth-generation Heavenly Court would surely be deeply ingrained in the hearts of the people.

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Seven days later, the force of 42 million under Li Xuan’s command arrived at ’Wealth-Advancing Heaven’.

On the day Li Xuan’s Xuanhuang Emperor arrived, Zhao Gongming made all the treasuries of Wealth-Advancing Heaven available to Li Xuan.

This one, worthy of the title God of Wealth, held abundant assets. These treasuries actually contained Gold and Silver worth twenty-nine hundred million, mining resources of two hundred forty-seven hundred million.

Li Xuan accepted them all without hesitation and simultaneously conferred the title "Longhu Emperor of Xuantan" on Zhao Gongming.

He had already appointed Zhao Gongming as head of the Heavenly Court’s Ministry of Revenue, in charge of overseeing the economic support and expenditures of the Heavenly Court of Xuanhuang. Now he could only repay him with the title of Emperor.

However, Li Xuan knew that this person probably did not place much value on the title of ’Emperor.’ The reason for his unwavering support was that he had other motives.

On the same day that the army completed its deployment, the Artifact Alliance and the Heavenly Court of Xuanhuang from the mortal realm provided their first batch of support, including 9,000 sets of Black Gold Divine Armor, 190,000 Xuanhuang Type 2 Muskets, and 2,200 ’retraction cannons’.

The Black Gold Divine Armor was complex in production and required a large number of Spellcasters proficient in Immortal Talismans to participate. In the one month since Li Xuan’s campaign, only so much could be manufactured.

This was also because Li Xuan ordered the Artifact Alliance to pause the production of Black Gold Divine Armor and focus entirely on the production of Xuanhuang Type 2 Muskets.

He now had 790,000 Cold Silver Battle Armors donated by Zhao Gongming.

These standard battle armors from the third-generation Heavenly Court actually performed better than the Black Gold Divine Armor, which was a more affordable alternative designed by Leng Yurou. At this stage, a slight modification would make them suitable for the era of ranged weaponry.

With this batch of armors, matched with enough muskets and cannons, he could expand his direct forces to 1.2 million soldiers.

In addition, the soldiers under Jingmo Emperor, Fumo Emperor, and Immortal Santan Haihui also counted as Li Xuan’s direct military forces.

Their ranks also included 840,000 armored soldiers who needed a vast amount of muskets and cannons for arming.

Therefore, the recent production tasks of the Heavenly Court of Xuanhuang and the Artifact Alliance still focused on muskets and cannons, as Black Gold Divine Armor was no longer an urgent priority.

In the following month, Li Lexing personally oversaw the operation, borrowing 7,000 Taixu sailing ships from the various Emperors to transport an enormous quantity of grain totaling 650 million stones from the mortal realm.

When this batch of grain arrived, all the surrounding 42 million soldiers of ’Wealth-Advancing Heaven’ were stirred, and their spirits greatly boosted.

Although Li Xuan had previously decreed to provide all soldiers with grain needed for cultivation advancement, the majority were still skeptical and dared not fully believe it.

But now, with the arrival of this batch of grain, all doubts dissipated.

Li Xuan could directly sense the change in people’s hearts, and at this time, not only did various Emperors show him more respect, his body’s Dragon Qi also became increasingly thick and substantial.

Massive amounts of Purple Gold Dragon Qi condensed inside the ’Huntian Zhenyuan Cauldron’, nearly solidifying, which is the so-called deep hidden fortune.

The ’force of ten thousand armies’, formed by the essence, soul, and blood of 42 million people, also appeared more magnificent and grand, vast and majestic.

For the next full two months, Li Xuan continued to stay in Wealth-Advancing Heaven without making a move, while his generals and soldiers seized the time to advance their cultivation.

In the Outer Taixu, cultivators wishing to advance their realms needed not only sufficient food but also a combination of various herbs and Spirit Stones.

Most of these soldiers were without surplus wealth, but their commanders and Emperors were willing to spend this money, which was also greatly beneficial for them.

As a result, the prices of various herbs and Spirit Stones in the entire Outer Taixu skyrocketed.

Zhao Gongming was well prepared, having gathered supplies in advance. He made an overflowing profit, and in less than two months, he had already reaped back millions upon millions in wealth and also held IOUs totaling 320 million.

Moreover, in the large heavenly realms surrounding Wealth-Advancing Heaven, there was a continual bursting of Spiritual Energy tides, one after another, seemingly endless.

The Jingmo Emperor of Three Realms, the Fumo Emperor, and the Immortal Santan Haihui took the opportunity to reorganize their armies and unify their commands.

With the food supply provided by Li Xuan, they encountered much less resistance than they had a month ago.

At this time, the core troops under Li Xuan’s command were also continuously expanding.

Not only did scattered forces come upon hearing the news, but countless masters from the Outer Taixu also came to join the army.

Li Xuan, however, valued the latter more. Life was tough in the Outer Taixu; these masters who managed to survive independently generally possessed extraordinary skills and could be of great use.

But he was not without discernment; acting on Li Xuan’s orders, Luo Yan and Lord Tushan tirelessly scrutinized each one, observing their hearts and Divine Consciousness.

Only those confirmed to be trustworthy were incorporated into Li Xuan’s core units.

Yet even so, Li Xuan’s main force inflated like a balloon, in a very short span of time, expanding to 970,000 people, organized into 106 fully-formed divisions.

Just as the whole army reached 45 million, and the whole army’s aura was renewed, Li Lexing successively sent the second batch of supplies. In total, 100 million dan of food, 420,000 Xuanhuang Type 2 Muskets, together with 7,200 retraction cannons. Also included was one Kunpeng Warship and a matching set of thirty-six Taixu Battleships.

However, on the fourth day after this batch of supplies arrived, the mighty army of 36 million, led by the Ziwei Emperor of the South, suddenly withdrew from Luo Great Heaven, their destination unknown.

The Outer Taixu is so vast that even an enormous army of several tens of millions is like a drop in the ocean in the boundless Void.

The Emperors were all beings of extremely strong mana, and once they concealed their trails and repressed their fortunes. Even Li Xuan, who had over twenty Holy Heaven beings under his command, could not detect their whereabouts.

Four days later, the army personally directed by the Ziwei Emperor breached the Mini Heaven of Heavenly Empress Puji, controlled by Hainong, sweeping clean all the local supplies and food.

Two days after that, the Changsheng Emperor of the South suddenly struck the grain transport fleet under Li Lexing’s control, causing the loss of 700 Taixu Battleships.

Upon hearing this, Li Xuan couldn’t help but sigh deeply, realizing that all the defensive fortifications he had built near Wealth-Advancing Heaven were constructed in vain.

It was clear that the Ziwei of the North had no intention of launching a frontal attack on the various heavenly realms surrounding Wealth-Advancing Heaven.

Fortunately, for some unknown reason, those two hesitated and delayed in Luo Great Heaven for nearly four months, giving him time to organize his forces.

During the military council that day, the many attending Emperors of Holy Heaven were silent, their concerns and deliberations heavy.

They knew the goal of Ziwei and the South; this was an outright abandonment of pretense, preparing to copy Li Xuan’s prior acts of piracy.

If Li Xuan played the first day, Ziwei and the South naturally could play the fifteenth.

Li Xuan knew there was no good reason to hesitate at this time, he rose abruptly, "You may each return to your forces and prepare for battle. In three days, we will march to Guangzeng Heaven of the South to decide the final battle with the enemy."