Chapter 662

Chapter 662: Frontline Against Monsters

Penglai Continent, North of Gray Cloud Mountain.

The Leon Spiritual Stone Mine has been mined for decades. What used to be a small town of over a hundred people has now developed into a small city centered around the Spiritual Stone Mine.

With tens of thousands of cultivators from Huaxia arriving, the area appears even more prosperous. In this era, cultivators lack ascetic practitioners, as they are more concerned about their daily lives rather than spiritual cultivation, which is meant for achieving success.

"The Leon Spiritual Stone Mine is about two thousand miles from the main vein of Gray Cloud Mountain. It can serve as a rear base, establishing a permanent military base here, while the spiritual veins of the Stone Mine can power a long-distance teleportation array."

Looking at the projection map in front of her, Cao Ying told Lin Jiang that the map of the entire Penglai Continent is dimming in the south of Gray Cloud Mountain, where the demonic race has almost taken over. Except for some wealthy individuals who fled early by plane, very few common people managed to escape. It was extremely tragic.

"A purely defensive frontline won’t work. We need an offensive defensive frontline. In the future, students specializing in cultivation in Huaxia, regardless of their grades, must guard Penglai Continent for over three years to be considered qualified graduates. It’s best if they have some achievements in battle. This can be considered their graduation exam, and they will be assigned relevant positions based on their performance."

"Do we need Pill, Talisman, Item, and Formation as well?"

"Everyone has to, unless they are special individuals recommended by teachers from the cultivation academy to exempt from this task."

Lin Jiang explained that this is to artificially create benefits in order to motivate the cultivators. This policy may have loopholes, but flaws don’t hide its effectiveness.

"That’s good, we can also adjust the duration of study in the cultivation academy. Four years of cultivation is not enough. Even if they start practicing from a young age, there are more things for cultivators to learn now compared to before. The division of labor in society is becoming too detailed."

"Keep up with the times, it’s nothing serious. Let’s go back and check the teleportation array."

Lin Jiang said that the recovery of spiritual energy has been changing for decades. Many things are evolving, it’s important to keep up with the times.

Arriving at the depths of the Leon Spiritual Stone Mine, there are hundreds of Formation Masters busy here. Most of them are cultivators who graduated from the cultivation academy, their skills are not high, they are here for internship. The ones in charge are the cultivators awakened by Lin Jiang, this time Lin Jiang awakened eighty people, among them, over a dozen are skilled in formations, led by a cultivator named Mo Qing from the Zhonghang Sect.

"Master, Ancestor Lin"

"Mo Qing, how is your cultivation progress coming along?"

"I have advanced to the Soul Changing stage, but I originally only had mid-stage Soul Changing cultivation."

"Don’t worry, in a few years, your skills will improve again. I will arrange for you to advance to the advanced stage of Soul Changing. As long as you work hard, advancing to Void Achieving won’t be a problem. The resources are ready."

"Thank you, Ancestor Lin."

Mo Qing quickly thanked Ancestor Lin. He knew that there were many treasures in this world now, and Lin Jiang was undoubtedly the richest person in the world. If Lin Jiang said there were enough resources, then there must be.

Lin Jiang asked about the progress of the teleportation array. Mo Qing told Lin Jiang that the materials for the teleportation array were being refined and they were working on pinpointing the locations for both sides of the teleportation array. With satellites helping now, the process would be faster than the cultivation era. Once the materials were ready, it would only take three to five days to complete, and the whole process would not exceed a month.

"Take care of these students. In the future, you will be the one taking care of the ancestors. You can enjoy peace of mind and cultivate with them."

"Yes, Ancestor Lin, I understand."

Mo Qing responded, feeling envious of Lin Jiang. With countless resources in hand, if it weren’t for the threat of the demon clan, he could truly focus on his cultivation.

Lin Jiang also inspected the progress of the base’s construction. The workers were recruited locally, building missile bases and other facilities on the outskirts of the base. Technological weapons were still very important.

Lin Jiang brought many people from the Spiritual Energy Research Institute. In recent years, the institute had invented many spiritual energy weapons, perfect for field testing now.

Along with the construction of the main base in the rear, there is also a frontline base in Gray Cloud Mountain, which used to be the Wilderness stronghold. Now, multiple bases have been set up there, and the cultivators awakened by Lin Jiang are hunting monsters and collecting herbs with the students from the training academy.

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Zhou Liao

In the battle of Zhenhai City, Zhou Liao suffered extreme losses, with the city almost destroyed. Numerous factories and buildings were damaged, causing massive casualties. Some even speculated that the casualties in Zhou Liao exceeded those of World War II this time.

The economic losses were devastating, causing unbearable pain for Zhou Liao. Just the release of a few nuclear weapons resulted in unknown losses due to radiation.

More than two months later, the shadow of the Zhenhai City battle still lingers. It was under these circumstances that five strangers appeared in a city of Zhou Liao.

"Grand Elder"

The four individuals bowed to Li Qing. They were recently awakened members of the Wangxian Sect, also startled by the events of the Zhenhai City battle.

"Elders, no need for formalities. Do you know the current situation?"

"Understood, everything has changed. The world of cultivation is no longer the same. Mortals now hold power but cultivators can rise again in a different way."

"Yes, everything has completely changed. We have been asleep for thousands of years, and the world is different from what we imagined."

"Grand Elder, actually, nothing much has changed. Spiritual energy has recovered, and cultivators still rule this world. I have found out that my disciple Zheng Yi is already established overseas, with a territory even bigger than the Wangxian Sect of the past. We can go overseas."

"Elder Wu is not planning to align with the sect leader?"

Li Qing said, cultivators are powerful, they already know many things in this world, including the increasingly visible figure of Lin Jiang in recent years.

"Grand Elder, I won’t hide anything from you. My father indeed received great help from the sect leader, I never deny this. But it is also a fact that the sect leader heartlessly abandoned us. If it weren’t for your mercy, we would have turned into dust long ago. We are willing to follow you, Grand Elder."

"Grand Elder, if you wish to join the sect leader, we are willing to follow you. But Grand Elder, please remember, the sect leader has their own people. Can you still be close to the sect leader?"

"Grand Elder, if it’s not possible to agree, let’s part ways. Let’s go overseas and avoid being enemies with the sect leader."

Several elders expressed their opinions, almost all of them reluctant to follow Lin Jiang anymore.

Because the main road kept disappearing back in the day, the world of cultivation was very scared. They too, saw their skills getting weaker little by little, but they had no way to fix it.

Meanwhile, Lin Jiang had already planned everything. He took people from the Wangxian Sect away in groups, leaving them to fend for themselves. They were already feeling resentful, forgetting all the favors and goodwill.

There was one very important detail – among the five of them, except Li Qing, the other four were not personally trained by Lin Jiang. They were descendants of those who had died in battle against the demon clan invasion.

When kindness is passed down a generation, it becomes even thinner.

Before Li Qing could speak, she was also thinking. She had a lot of grievances against Lin Jiang. If it weren’t for Li Yuncheng’s plea in the past, Lin Jiang would never have handed over the dormant secret technique to him. Similarly, she felt like an abandoned child.

Li Qing also knew the source of her estrangement with Lin Jiang. It stemmed from that one time she didn’t follow Lin Jiang’s command. But at that time, she truly believed there was a good reason. The demon clan invasion was real, but the Wangxian Sect had been established in Bing State for hundreds of years. The interests of many people were deeply rooted there. How easy was it to abandon everything?

"Grand Elder, let’s start our own sect. The chance to become immortal has appeared with the recovery of spiritual energy. It’s time to fight for immortality, we can’t hesitate any longer."

"Yes, Grand Elder, the sect leader is unreasonable. Don’t blame us for being unjust…"

"Alright, I understand. Let’s go to Ying Continent."

Under the advice of a few people, Li Qing made a decision to be independent.

There wasn’t much conflict, just following their own interests. One person was right – Lin Jiang had his own followers and people from his tribe. Back in the day, they were just ordinary members of Lin Jiang’s group, but when they went to Ying Continent overseas, they became important. They could gain benefits for a whole continent, which was a big change.

The five of them quickly decided to fly from Zhou Liao to Ying Continent. They didn’t have any transportation or official seats on a plane, so they flew there on their own with their abilities.

When they arrived at Ying Continent, the five of them quickly found Zheng Yi. Zheng Yi and the others were delighted to see them, as they had heard about the recent battles in Zhou Liao and were very afraid of the power of the Yao tribe. Now that the five of them had arrived, they felt relieved to have support.

Zheng Yi and the others were either disciples or descendants of Li Qing’s group, so there was no barrier between them. Li Qing quickly took control of the Wangxian Sect and declared herself the leader, completely separating from the previous Wangxian Sect.

"Nearly a hundred disciples are in a deep sleep, only thirteen remain alive."

Li Qing also learned a lot about the situation. In the past, she had arranged for nearly a hundred people to go into a deep sleep, but now only thirteen of them were still alive.

Originally, there were more people, but some had died of old age, and some had been killed by Lin Jiang. The survival rate was very low. If she were to calculate, she would have reason to blame Lin Jiang. If Lin Jiang had told her about the deep sleep technique a hundred years earlier, at least half of the people could have survived, or even more could have gone into deep sleep.