NOVEL NEXT Chapter 189 Assault
On the great seat upholstered with white tiger fur, a young man with the aura of a vicious wolf and a piercing gaze, leaned back.
Jashu was nearly thirty years old, but his strength was far beyond that of a typical thirty-year-old martial artist.
He had mastered the "Sky Wolf Proud Wilderness Battle Manual" of the Golden Wolf Han Court to the Eighth Layer, a solid True Pill Realm cultivation.
Especially recently, Jashu seemed to have received the legacy of a high being, his strength greatly increased, and four months ago, he had defeated Tyler, known as the bravest warrior of the True Pill Realm, becoming the strongest person in the Golden Wolf Han Court just below those in the Divinity Realm.
"Speak, Alfang the Shaman, what brings you to me?" Jashu slightly twisted his neck, producing a crisp sound.
"Lord Jashu," the old Shaman Alfang stooped, his face not visible, only his hoarse voice could be heard, "the rainfall on the grassland has noticeably decreased in recent months, and by two months ago, not a single drop has fallen.
And it just so happened that two months ago, you began leading the tribal alliance to march toward the Central Plains."
"Are you suggesting..." Cold light flashed in Jashu's eyes, his slightly twisted face resembling an evil wolf, "you think I am the cause of this natural disaster?"
Shamanism has always claimed to be the messengers of Eternal Heaven and possesses peculiar prophetic abilities. In history, there were Great Shamans who predicted major disasters that had not yet occurred.
It's fair to say that Shamanism is an important guide in the traditions of the grassland people.
That's why, after the rise of the Great Snow Mountain Secret Sect, which defeated Shamanism, the teachings of Shamanism were still preserved by the Han Court. The words of these Shamans carry great weight in the Han Court.
If the old Shaman were to blame this natural disaster on Jashu, he would be in a difficult position.
"Lord Jashu seems a bit impatient."
The old Shaman softly coughed twice, "The old man did not say that the disaster is because of Lord Jashu. However..."
"The natural disaster is indeed man-made, which is the reality."
"Who is it?" Jashu asked directly.
"I do not know who the person is, but I know where," Alfang replied with some effort as he turned around, pointing in a certain direction, "Fifteen minutes ago, a strong force of the Water Spirit came from there. Eternal Heaven revealed to the old man that it is the malicious collection of Water Spirits by the one who caused the natural disaster. If we kill that person, we can take back the stolen Water Spirits."
'Nonsense about Water Spirits, isn't it just water?' Jashu thought disdainfully.
These people of Shamanism are even more mystifying than the sorcerers of the Central Plains rumored, always invoking the revelations of Eternal Heaven, even speaking of water as if it were Water Spirits.
However, mystifying as it may be, the revelations of the Shamans were hardly ever wrong. Since the old Shaman Alfang said the person causing the disaster was over there.
"How powerful is this person?" Jashu asked eagerly.
"It should not be just one person, but a group. If it were a single person, unless they are of the Divinity Realm, they wouldn't have such capacity. And if it were someone of the Divinity Realm, the nobles within the Han Court wouldn't stand idly by," Alfang said slyly.
If this old Shaman could sense the power of the Water Spirit, the Great Shamans of Shamanism, if they chose, could also find the source of the missing Water Spirit.
The reason why the strong ones have not taken action is simply because the Wang Dynasty of Central Plains did not have a strong warrior to step forward.
"If that's the case, then it must be Eternal Heaven presenting this great opportunity to me!"
Jashu stood up invigorated, his wolf-like eyes gleaming with ambition.
This attack on Northern Zhou was a test by the Han King and the two Wise Kings; if successful, the resources of the Han Court would be tilted to aid Jashu in achieving Divinity.
Recovering the water source is an achievement too good to pass up. As long as they secured this victory, the resource allocation from the Han Court would be even greater, and the benefits for Jashu would increase as well.
If he could become a warrior of the Divinity Realm, the next Han King, then Jashu too could vie for the title.
"Send the orders, break camp, shift the attack to Feiyun Pass," ordered Jashu immediately.
Inside Feiyun Pass, within the General Mansion.
Hearing Qing Yu say that an army of a hundred and fifty thousand was headed for Feiyun Pass, Xu Tiecheng immediately ran out to mobilize the soldiers and prepare the defenses.
Although Feiyun Pass had been on high alert these days, preparing for a Lang Man siege required further measures.
"Gu Chen, go down and have the Earth Department open up the tunnels, get ready to let the Water Corpses stretch their legs," Qing Yu instructed.
"Daoist, it wasn't easy to refine these fifty thousand Water Corpses, are we just throwing them out there?" Gu Chen asked with some surprise.
With the Hidden Dragon present, there was no need for expendable troops like Water Corpses. The Hidden Dragon alone could wreak havoc, and in less than half an hour, at least half of the hundred and fifty thousand soldiers would be decimated.
"It's just to test their battle power. The current Water Corpses can only bully ordinary soldiers and average Martial Artists, and they do not satisfy me."
If that was all the battle power they had, why would Qing Yu bother refining Water Corpses? He might as well refine zombies.
Even if the Water Corpses didn't match up to the zombies of Shiyin Hall, at least they should be able to bully higher-level Martial Artists. If they could only deal with weaker foes, then it might be more useful to just use poison.
Qing Yu's imagined enemy had always been those zombies from Shiyin Hall.
Moreover...
"The power of the Hidden Dragon is frightening. Do you think the Golden Wolf Han Court would let us attack their army at will? We don't have many opportunities," Qing Yu added.
Even if it wasn't really a warrior from the Divinity Realm taking action, this power could still be considered a Divinity Realm artillery piece. Unless the Golden Wolf Han Court was truly foolish, they wouldn't let the Hidden Dragon continue its assault without hindrance.
At worst, they would send out a Divinity Realm warrior, find an excuse, and then retreat unscathed. After all, the Northern Zhou's goal here was merely to repel the grassland army.
However, repelling the army was merely what others thought, not Qing Yu's own plan.
'If I were to manipulate the Hidden Dragon to slaughter a hundred and fifty thousand, no, even just a hundred thousand, how many Villain Points would that earn?'
Although this was repelling invaders, slaughtering tens of thousands single-handedly still constituted villainous behavior. After all, those who would be slaughtered were also humans, not some other creatures.
Harming one's own kind.
Furthermore, no matter which world it was, there was never a shortage of sanctimonious criers, and as long as Qing Yu dared to kill, there would be those who dared to oppose. Especially in a place like Northern Zhou, where Confucianism was widely esteemed.
Oh, right, a large number of compassionate monks had recently joined the fray. Considering Qing Yu's grudge with the monks, those eloquent individuals were unlikely to speak well of him.
As it stood, after Qing Yu finished off the Grassland Wolf Barbarians, he might have to find a way to teach the monks a lesson.
'So, I must find the right opportunity, ideally to destroy tens of thousands of the enemy in one fell swoop.'
The right opportunity to annihilate a large number of Wolf Barbarians in one swoop would negate any need for the Golden Wolf Han Court to intervene.
As Qing Yu contemplated this, he instructed, "Gu Chen, give the orders, then have the members of the Water Department and the Fire Department meditate and ready themselves. After the Earth Department has opened the tunnels, they should do the same. This time, let's try adding Earth Qi to the Hidden Dragon."
"Yes," Gu Chen replied.