Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams

Chapter 449: Chapter 217: The Chess Player Reveals Himself

On the second day after the Great Harvest ended, Luo Yao arrived at Yunshui City.

In the side room, Shen Chongming was accompanying her in drinking tea.

”My visit to Yunshui City should not pose any problem.”

Luo Yao took a sip of tea and spoke with a faint smile.

The reason she hurried to Yunshui City was that she was worried the Shen Family might suffer significant losses in this Great Harvest.

However, from Yunzhong County City all the way here, passing through Xingyang and Chungui, she only found that some buildings in the city were damaged, and there was no panic on the faces of the common people and cultivators. Instead, they were enthusiastically repairing and rebuilding.

There was no sign of Yunshui City being breached, which reassured her greatly.

”How are the other cities in Yunzhong?”

Shen Chongming gently picked up the teacup in front of him and asked.

There are a total of twenty-three cities in Yunzhong County, five of which are governed by the Shen Family, while Luoxia Mountain and the He Family manage the remaining eighteen.

After the Great Harvest plan was finalized, his suggestion to Luo Yao was to concentrate the common people and cultivators of these eighteen cities into two or three cities.

This way, they could avoid the problem of dispersing forces for defense and wouldn’t leave an opening for a sneak attack by the Yin Corpse Sect.

However, after years of development, the population of Yunzhong County had already reached a terrifying level.

After the initial Southern Border invasion, a large number of disturbed common people also fled into Yunzhong County.

As of now, the combined population of the cities and the villages under their jurisdiction in Yunzhong is not less than two million.

Eighteen cities, thirty to forty million people, with vast distances between each city.

Shen Chongming thought that Luoxia Mountain might suffer considerable losses from this.

Luo Yao put down her teacup and sighed, ”Huai City in the northeast of Yunzhong was too far from the Commandery City, and the common people couldn’t migrate in time.”

”When the Great Harvest began, there were still nearly a million common people in the city.”

”The Yin Corpse Sect came and abducted hundreds of thousands, and the remaining hundreds of thousands fled nearby to the Zhili County where Jianan Temple was located.”

”For the sake of those hundreds of thousands of common people, conflicts even erupted between the Yin Corpse Sect and Jianan Temple.”

”Those who survived were divided between the two factions.”

After a slight pause, Luo Yao continued, ”In some remote villages, there were some people unwilling to migrate, and ultimately they were all abducted by the Yin Corpse Sect.”

”Overall, this time around two to three million common people were lost.”

Two to three million...

Compared to the total population under Luoxia Mountain’s control, nearly one-tenth, it was still acceptable.

”And the gains?”

”Did Elder Jiang go to attack the Yingchuan County where the Yin Corpse Sect is located?”

At the mention of this, a smile appeared on Luo Yao’s face, evidently indicating that the gains this time were quite substantial.

”This time, with the talismans and array discs refined by Master Uncle, those guys from the Yin Corpse Sect also suffered significant losses.”

”Junior Brother Tu from Sun Concealing Peak led people to Yingchuan County City and plundered a large amount of Five Elements Spiritual Ore, Spirit Crystals, and more from the stronghold of the Yin Corpse Sect.”

”The harvest was quite abundant.”

Luo Yao’s words shifted, and she continued, ”During my visit, Master Uncle also mentioned something.”

Shen Chongming, upon hearing this, immediately took on a serious demeanor and asked, ”What guidance does Elder Jiang have?”

After pondering, Luo Yao spoke, ”Master Uncle mentioned that the Yangnao Land, possibly due to a series of battles or perhaps other reasons, has experienced some changes in the natural world.”

”He hasn’t figured out the specifics of these changes yet, but he instructed me to remind the Shen Family to be extremely cautious in their actions moving forward.”

”If these changes are favorable, development should proceed quickly. If not, proceed cautiously and conservatively.”

The natural world is experiencing changes?

Shen Chongming looked out the window at the sky, his expression somewhat grave.

With his Middle Stage of Fetal Breathing cultivation, he naturally couldn’t sense what changes had occurred in the natural world.

However, since Jiang Xiuqi had mentioned it, it certainly couldn’t be wrong.

”Elder Luo, the Shen Family has captured some items from those Demon Cultivators from Great Witch Mountain, and also hunted quite a few Demon Beasts, obtaining some materials. Could we trouble the disciples of Luoxia Mountain to help refine some Magical Artifacts and Magical Robes?”

”The Shen Family certainly wouldn’t leave the friends from Luoxia Mountain working for nothing, and is willing to offer some Spiritual Ore Materials as compensation.”

The relationship between the two families was very close, but clear accounts are necessary between relatives.

Refining Magical Artifacts and Magical Robes is inherently time-consuming and labor-intensive.

The Shen Family couldn’t possibly just ask someone to work for free.

Luo Yao responded with a gentle smile, ”Of course.”

”I’ve recently reached a bottleneck in my cultivation, and advancing to the Fetal Breathing Perfection Realm cannot be achieved through mere hard work in a short time.”

”If the Shen Family has any good materials, they could be given to me for practice.”

Most sect disciples of Luoxia Mountain also cultivate in the Dao of Artifact Refining. Although they aren’t a true Artifact Refining Immortal Sect, they are capable of refining Lower Grade Magical Artifacts.

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming pondered for a moment before saying, ”There actually is.”

”My third uncle recently slew a White Tiger at the Fetal Breathing Perfection Realm. Its skin, bones, teeth, and such should be suitable for Elder’s practice, right?”

Upon hearing this, joy flashed across Luo Yao’s eyes, but soon her expression dimmed, and she shook her head.

”Using a White Tiger at the Fetal Breathing Perfection Realm for practice would be a waste.”

”The claws and teeth of such a Demon Beast could be given to a cultivator skilled in artifact refining, with hopes of crafting a Middle Grade Magical Artifact.”

”My expertise in the Dao of Artifact Refining is not profound, and using such materials would be too extravagant.”

Across Luoxia Mountain, there was no one capable of refining a Middle Grade Magical Artifact.

Although Jiang Xiuqi was a Golden Core Cultivator, his secondary cultivation was in the Dao of Array, and his expertise in artifact refining was even less than Luo Yao’s.

Of course, with his Golden Core Realm cultivation, he could also forcibly create Lower Grade Magical Artifacts.