Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog-Chapter 501 - 325: Martial Destiny Beacon (Part 2)
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
These words can be described as a stone stirring a thousand waves, like a massive bomb exploding in the air. Chen Ku’s voice is calm, but the message contained in his words seems to pierce the heavens.
"What?" The faces of members from the Thirty-Six Martial Association changed drastically: "Yuan Country wants to invade us?"
Even from afar.
Zhao Shenyang from the Martial Temple felt a bit dizzy: "This matter? Could it be...when Tan Chongrui came to the Martial Temple a few days ago to use it to contact the central authorities about a major event, this was the matter?"
Clearly, Tan Chongrui was very cautious. He knew that once this matter exploded, the impact on public opinion would be enormous.
Moreover, the truth was uncertain, so he had to ensure the matter’s secrecy first. He only transmitted it to the central cabinet through the special communication channels of the Martial Temple.
But Chen Ku was different.
Having talked with Chen Xin, he could almost ensure the absolute truth of the news. Furthermore, considering Chen Xin had completed his task and delivered the location of the spirit vein back to Yuan Country, Yuan Country would certainly take action shortly after obtaining these specific intelligence spots.
Chen Ku now chose to reveal the matter.
Not for anything else, but simply to use external pressure to unite the current Qiu Dragon Mansion into a major force centered around him, thus utilizing this force to accomplish certain tasks.
For instance, searching for demon descendants needed for the Dragon Totem, finding Thunder Spiritual Items, as well as selling pills to earn profits to activate the Transformation Diagram.
Of course, all of this is based on the premise that Yuan Country’s first attack target is not Qiu Dragon Mansion, which would give Chen Ku some time to leverage this force to grow and develop himself.
Chen Ku actually had some confidence in this.
He judged from Chen Xin’s words and demeanor, combined with some actual situations in Qiu Dragon Mansion, forming an assertion that...
There is no spirit vein under Qiu Dragon Mansion.
Therefore, looking solely at Yuan Country’s goal of seizing spirit vein resources, Qiu Dragon Mansion should not be their first target, thus creating some development time for him.
And even if he misjudged, it wouldn’t matter.
He could also lead the forces of the Thirty-Six Martial Association to completely withdraw from Qiu Dragon Mansion to You State, or even to the safer central heartland.
His main purpose is to recruit these people.
With people, things are easier to handle.
Not only can they help him market pills and expand his forces in the future, but if he really wants to establish a sect and form a major sect later, these people are ready-made manpower.
Rebuilding the Imperial Enlightenment Sect is not only the wish of Qin Yuxian and Shan Lingguan.
Back then, they wanted to integrate the Thirty-Six Martial Association to prepare for the future rebuilding of the Imperial Enlightenment Sect, just without the foundation to establish a sect-level sect.
At least a Tenth Realm expert is needed to oversee the mountain gate to have the application qualification.
So they had to temporarily use the Qiu Dragon Thirty-Six Martial Association to transition.
Now, Chen Ku can further strengthen the solidarity within the Thirty-Six Martial Association by this external factor of Yuan Country’s invasion.
"Chen, the General Chairman! Such matters can’t be joked about!" Ming Chunqiu spoke nervously: "Yuan Country’s invasion, such a big matter..."
"I am definitely not joking. This is something I personally witnessed at the Two Realms Mountain. As I said, I have already reported this matter to the Imperial Court through someone. The reason for saying it before the court issues an order is very simple."
Chen Ku said:
"It’s just to let everyone prepare early, whether to unite to defend the land together, or to move with family and belongings to safer places, it’s good to act ahead."
As soon as the words came out, all ordinary people in Qiu Dragon Mansion were in an uproar, their faces showing tension, fear, confusion, and being at a loss.
These words, if spoken by someone else, would be suppressed by the court in the first instance.
But now, coming from Chen Ku, who has just demonstrated divine might, no one believes he is lying, nor does anyone have the strength to say what Chen Ku did is wrong.
In the end, if as he said, then revealing this news early is undoubtedly the best chance of survival for ordinary people.
All present, including the Thirty-Six Martial Association, felt nervous, their hearts racing, rising with a sense of confusion.
What should be done?
As the largest neighboring country, the people of Ji Dynasty understand Yuan Dynasty’s power.
Once they really invade, regardless of whether Ji Dynasty’s army can stop them, these small prefectures, small counties, will certainly be turbulent and shaken under the chaos, one wrong move, and it’s sect destruction.
"Chen, the General Chairman, do you have news on which place Yuan Country is attacking from?" someone boldly asked.
Chen Ku shook his head, saying: "This I don’t know. Perhaps we will know soon, in any case, if you don’t know what the next step for the Martial Association is, then follow me into the Qiu Dragon Martial Meeting ’Martial Arts Hall’ for a careful discussion."
With that, he turned and walked towards the Qiu Dragon Martial Meeting.
The other Sect Leaders’ faces changed drastically, they quickly followed.
But, the minds of the people from all directions of Qiu Dragon Mansion were chaotic.
And in the Magistrate Hall of Qiu Dragon Mansion.
The prefecture guards were the first to report everything Chen Ku did at the Martial Arts Conference. In fact, as the Magistrate, Li Lishan was also very concerned about the situation of the Thirty-Six Martial Association within the Prefecture City.
Frankly speaking, he does not want the Thirty-Six Martial Association to unite again to form an alliance, which would vaguely challenge his Magistrate position.
As a result, upon hearing the intelligence content from the Martial Arts Conference. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖
"What? This Chen Ku..."
Li Lishan stood upright from the back of his desk, his face turned blue and his lips trembled:
"He, he is alarmist, spreading rumors, confusing the masses, undermining the foundation of the country!"
Regardless of whether Yuan Country’s invasion is true, since it hasn’t happened yet, the first move should be to suppress it and report to the Imperial Court.
Now it has caused the people’s panic, one wrong move, and a major exodus could occur.
But upon hearing that Chen Ku, relying on his own strength, defeated more than thirty people, Li Lishan’s face turned pale. With such strength, Qiu Dragon Mansion’s 20,000 new troops are now suppressing rebellion in Baojiao County; the Prefecture City has no army to pressure Chen Ku.
In other words, now that Chen Ku has spoken, he actually has no countermeasure.
He gritted his teeth and said:
"Yuan Country has not invaded yet, this matter is just a rumor, even if it’s true, public sentiment must be controlled, quick..."
He immediately summoned people and said:
"Post notices, and promptly correct the public mind and suppress false words, meanwhile, close the city gates, prevent people from leaving the city."
This process took half a day.
However.
What Li Lishan did not expect was that just as he was posting notices to suppress false statements and refute Chen Ku’s claims of Yuan Country crisis, just within half a day...
Suddenly.
A beam of light suddenly rose from the Martial Temple in Qiu Dragon Mansion, soaring to the sky.
At the same time, beams of golden light soared from Martial Temples all over You State.
Within the Magistrate Hall.
"That’s...wolf smoke!"
Li Lishan stood under the eaves, his thin body watching the golden wolf smoke soaring to the sky, and he exclaimed:
"Martial Destiny wolf smoke? The Martial Temple of the prefecture and county have ignited the Martial Destiny wolf smoke?!"
The Martial Destiny wolf smoke.
Is a special method of transmitting invasion intelligence through Martial Temples.
The Martial Temples of the Daji Dynasty are spread throughout the four levels of provinces, states, prefectures, and counties, even in the poorest counties, a Martial Temple stands tall.
Because of the presence of Martial Temples throughout Ji Dynasty, they can naturally establish an extremely fast means of intelligence transmission through their mutual connections.
And Martial Destiny wolf smoke is precisely the light formed by processing the Martial Destiny within the Martial Art Heaven and Earth of the Martial Temple.
This light allows other Martial Temples to sense it instantly and release wolf smoke at the same time.
At this moment, from the ground, one can clearly see that the Martial Destiny wolf smoke was originally ignited from a prefecture city named ’Huainan Prefecture’, then rapidly spread, passing through the entire You State, and even...Dragon Abyss Province.
Wolf smoke rising from all directions.
Yuan Country has invaded, just half a day after Chen Ku told everyone this news.
War broke out.
Yuan Dynasty sect cultivators maneuvered a grand hall, appearing in Huainan Prefecture. From the hall, an army of a hundred thousand Qi cultivators flew out, choosing to land in Huainan Prefecture.
At first instance, they captured Huainan Prefecture.
However, Huainan Prefecture also ignited the Martial Destiny wolf smoke within the Huainan Prefecture Martial Temple at first instance, transmitting the news of Yuan Country’s invasion to the entire land of Ji Country.
