Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 911 - 751

Chapter 911: 751

Lord Tushan’s attention had also shifted to the green "Divine General Yuanchen" in front of Lv Qiluo.

Her voice ethereally stated, "Unexpectedly, the Changsheng Emperor of the South really restored the technology of this mechanical general. Do you intend to refine it as your own proxy? That might be very difficult, as the core divine seal of the Changsheng Emperor within it is nearly impossible to refine."

In the days of the third-generation Heavenly Court, there were the Six Ding and Six Jia, and the Twelve Yuanchen, totaling twenty-four mechanical generals who wielded Extreme Heavenly Level powers. They were one of the most trusted forces of the Heaven Emperor ’Haotian’ and the cornerstone of the Heavenly Court’s military strength, deterring myriad realms.

But after the shattering of the third-generation Heavenly Court, most of these twenty-four mechanical generals were also destroyed.

Lord Tushan realized that the one before her eyes was not any of the Six Ding, Six Jia, or Twelve Yuanchen, apparently crafted after the fall of Haotian.

Lv Qiluo then slightly smirked, "Are you blind, failing to see its essence?"

At her words, Lord Tushan stiffened, then focused intently, her expression changing suddenly, "Is this the Sword Qi of Taichu? Is she using this to simulate the skeleton of the Divine General Yuanchen?"

Lv Qiluo did not respond further, continuing to refine the ’Divine General Yuanchen’ with green fire.

Soon after, wisps of silver-white mist began to drift from the body of the ’Divine General Yuanchen,’ entering into Lv Qiluo’s mechanical avatar.

Watching this process, Lord Tushan’s face alternated between green and white. Both envy and dread were evident in her eyes.

Shortly thereafter, Li Xuan’s voice rang by her ear, "What is she doing?"

Lord Tushan turned around only to see Li Xuan standing a hundred yards away, sheathing his sword as he looked over.

As for Yecian Chrolus, he was kneeling on the ground, his body dried up like a skeleton.

However, at that moment, Li Xuan’s Armored Taotie had its massive mouth wide open, devouring the True Spirit of Yecian Chrolus.

Lord Tushan thought to herself, so Li Xuan not only drained Yecian dry, but he’s also not sparing his ghost after death.

"That is the Sword Qi of Taichu, Lv Qiluo is refining and absorbing it," she explained.

"The Sword Qi of Taichu is the origins of Taichu’s power, which formed from contact with the worldly essence of Geng, in the form and intent of a sword. The Changsheng Emperor of the South used it to strengthen the body of this mechanical general to reach the standard of Extreme Heavenly Level," added Lord Tushan, her expression slightly moved. She couldn’t help but add, "Your Majesty, if Lv Qiluo can integrate this Sword Qi of Taichu into her body, it will bring her mechanical body almost to Extreme Heaven, reaching the pinnacle of this world.

Moreover, the ’Sword Qi of Taichu’ is particularly suitable for her, enough to restore her to half the strength of her prime."

Li Xuan raised an eyebrow, "What are you implying?"

"She will become the most powerful entity within the Yuanfeng of the First Emperor, perhaps even breaking through Extreme Heaven after leaving the Yuanfeng of the First Emperor."

Lord Tushan firmly met Li Xuan’s gaze, "If she wishes to do anything by then, nobody will be able to stop her. Your Majesty, if you do not prepare, you will regret it one day. Lv Qiluo is an embodiment of calamity, she will bring tremendous disaster to your Heavenly Court."

Li Xuan thought to himself that this enchantress truly has it all wrong, losing the ancient battle of Muye wasn’t really unjustified.

Currently, his Heavenly Court is still a makeshift assembly!

Having someone close to Extreme Heavenly Level in his courtroom now is of significant importance.

Especially with the impending calamity he was about to face, Li Xuan was only worried that he did not have enough power at his disposal.

Li Xuan then nodded, "Lord Tushan’s counsel, I have taken it deeply to heart. In the future, I will indeed heed their words and scrutinize their actions."

As he spoke, he reached out and conjured the ’Immortal Slashing Order’ into his hand from afar.

Feeling this item, a hint of delight appeared in his eyes.

With this, as well as the ’Immortal Slashing Order’ replicated by Mr. and Mrs. Yue, he now had the key to unlock the second level of the ’Zhoutian Stars Array.’

For a year and a half he had worked tirelessly, planning meticulously, and finally before this day arrived, he had all the pieces in place.

Lord Tushan was secretly grinding her teeth, hearing the insincerity in Li Xuan’s polite response.

However, she still decided to fulfill her duty as a subordinate, "Your Majesty, you must be wary of the Changsheng Emperor of the South, she has already sensed your power. She will not idly watch the remnants of ’Haotian’ rekindle in this world, and the intensity of her intervention will surely increase. And not just her, but today’s four poles, five directions, and six venerables will not stand idly by either.

And with Lv Qiluo, the ’power of Taichu’ within her is strong, and has twisted the perception of Dasiming at her spiritual root, achieving what’s known as a Jianzhi Barrier. Having obtained the Sword Qi of Taichu, her power of Taichu will grow stronger, and sooner or later, whether in five or seven years, Dasiming will come to realize. Once that happens, it will shake all the myriad realms."

Li Xuan thought that five years was not a short time, and worst case scenario, he could go through today’s procedure again a few years later, continuing to seal Dasiming’s memory.

Just then, as Li Xuan’s Armored Taotie finally devoured the True Spirit of Yecian Chrolus completely,

He had barely sensed the True Spirit of Yecian within the Armored Wuqu Pojun, before he quickly flashed to the side of Alachien, who had died in battle long ago, continuing to devour Alachien’s True Spirit.

According to the historical trajectory of another world, after Yecian killed Tuotuobuhua, proclaiming himself "Khan Tai of Great Yuan," he had a confrontation with his left and right hand, Alachien.

Yecian, trying to consolidate power from his subordinates, refused Alachien’s request to be appointed ’Taishi,’ and assassinated Alachien’s two sons.

Alachien, in fury, raised armies and finally killed Yecian.

Whether a coincidence or not, both Yecian and Jingtai, these two emperors, died at the hands of their most outstanding generals.

In this world, such an event can no longer occur, but this speaks to Alachien’s talent.

Though only half the age of Yecian, Alachien’s understanding of the true meaning of Martial Law had already progressed to the late stage of the Hun level, and he was bound to catch up with Yecian someday.

Therefore, his Shenpo True Spirit was also extremely precious.

As Li Xuan was fully engaged in devouring Alachien’s True Spirit with the Taotie. Shaofu Yu Jie and Shang Hong arrived together, riding through the air.

Yang Zhen, along with Zhang Yue and several other top generals, all gathered by Li Xuan’s side.

"Your Highness, all the results of the battle have been clearly tallied."

With a ledger in hand, Shang Hong’s eyes slightly flickered with an unusual expression, "In yesterday’s battle at Podi Mountain, we slaughtered a total of 534,257 Mongolian knights! We killed six Mongol Taijis, sixty-three Wanhuzhangs, three hundred and twenty-five Qianhu Nayans, more than four hundred of various Daruhuachis, and six thousand one hundred and forty-three lower-ranking personnel. We captured five Mongol Taijis and twelve Wanhuzhangs—"

Li Xuan didn’t pay attention to the rest; it was just more about captives and spoils of war.

But the Mongolian curved swords and chain mails were no longer of much value to Jin Dynasty.

Only the over one million Dragon-blood horses and Earth Dragons, along with more than three million cattle and sheep, brought a slight smile to Li Xuan’s face.

These Mongolian knights mostly possessed two horses, even three horses each. Naturally, they couldn’t bring all these horses to the battlefield; most of them were concentrated twenty li behind the battlefield for grazing.

After this great battle, these beasts and livestock fell entirely into the hands of the Jin Army.

It is worth mentioning that most of the seized beasts were packhorses, rather than charging battle horses; yet Li Xuan was still quite pleased.

Today’s battle, although a scourge for the Mongolian Iron Cavalry.

Yet, the future of the cavalries was far from being disjointed from the battlefield.

For instance, the ’Dragon cavalry’ that was vastly popular in the west, comprised mounted infantry, allowing infantry to gain the mobility of cavalry by using mounts.

And if it was about enabling the mounted infantry to move rapidly, stamina-superior packhorses were more suitable than battle horses.

Beyond this, Li Xuan had long been dissatisfied with the blocked transportation and logistics of Jin Dynasty.

If he had funds and supplies to repair roads everywhere in the future, then before the advent of internal combustion engines, four-wheeled carriages and horse-drawn rail cars would be the best tools to improve transportation everywhere, which would require a large number of packhorses.

"—Additionally, we killed the Mongolian general Abas and the Khan of Vala, Yexian!"

Upon saying this, Shang Hong couldn’t help but feel profoundly moved, "Ever since the death of Emperor Taizong, Mongolians had accumulated centuries of essence, but it has perished in this one battle."

Li Xuan’s lips slightly curled up, "What about the Mongolian Shaman? Where is he?"

The Mongolian Shaman, Guoshi Abas, was not on the battlefield that day because he was dozens of li away, trying to interfere with the battle proceedings using the grand rituals of the Esoteric Sect.

Unfortunately, today’s battlefield was chosen by Li Xuan.

Master Zhang had already set up an altar near Podi Mountain twenty days ago.

Although the Mongolian Shaman Abas had the aid of two holy wolves, his remote duel of powers with Master Zhang resulted in neither victory nor defeat.

"Abas is seventy li away; he sealed his own Mana and impaled himself with several Zhenyuan Nails, personally guarded by Master Zhang."

Shang Hong truthfully replied, "His lamas and temples are all on the grassland, other than submitting to our Jin, he has no other choices left."

Li Xuan nodded slightly; he still highly regarded this leader of the lamas from beyond the borders.

"Then what about the battle report? Has the report of the battle at Podi Mountain been sent to the Capital City?"

"After the great battle ended yesterday, we had already sent a preliminary report to Capital City. Presumably, it is already known inside and outside of the court. As for the details of the battle, it was only finished a short while ago and I am about to ask Your Highness to review and stamp it."

As he spoke, Shang Hong glanced at the distant corpse of Yexian.

He thought if Yexian had not died, this battle report would have been difficult to write.

What if the Khan of Vala had escaped? Would that not have been falsely claiming victory?

At this moment, the numerous generals around, faces flush with excitement, could hardly contain their emotions as they bowed deeply, "We congratulate Your Highness, for this battle defeated a million enemies and personally slew Yexian, crushing the Mongols. This is indeed a peerless achievement! No ancient general can match this."

Among them, Marquis of Changping, Yang Zhen, with great admiration, said with a clenched fist, "Your Highness’s military achievements today are so outstanding they could suppress Huo Dou! In my opinion, Your Highness could very well erect another stele to commemorate today’s battle at Podi Mountain, not letting Huo Dou take all the glory alone."

Huo refers to Biaoqi General Huo Qubing, Dou to Cheqi General Dou Xian.

The former earned the title at Langjuxu, and the latter set up steles at Yanran, which are the pinnacles of military achievements from ancient times to the present.

In the eyes of the Marquis of Changping, Yang Zhen, Li Xuan’s military achievements today far surpassed those of the two generals.

Upon hearing this, Li Xuan could only laugh softy.

Erecting altars and steles to commemorate achievements has been done by famous generals in the past, the most recent being Emperor Tai of Jin.

But these altars and steles were long gone, only Dou Xian’s smaller, more discreet Yanran stele is preserved to this day.

Thus, if they wanted future generations to remember their military exploits, they still had to establish provinces in MoBei and MoNan, creating a population register.

Only by completely transforming this land into that of Central Plains, could it last long.

However, as Li Xuan later gazed in the distance surveying the battlefield covered with swathes of corpses and further beyond, his Jin soldiers bathed in the morning light, he couldn’t help but feel a surge of pride swell within him.

"Spread my word, today all relies on the brave efforts of our military. With this battle, the grassland is definitively secured. I shall personally commend all participating soldiers. Additionally, all spoils should be distributed immediately. They may directly take the cattle and sheep or exchange them for silver coins.

Also, have the Fire-Head Army prepare a grand feast of meat. Today, drinks are unlimited, regardless of rank or status, and I shall celebrate with all the troops!"

As he was not only the army commander but also the Dadudu of the five armies, he could decide on the disposition of the cattle and sheep captured today with a single word.

When those messages were widely spread by the courier cavalry, cheers erupted instantly among the many Jin troops on the battlefield, and waves of crimson qi soared into the sky.

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