readytorunbook Chapter 1243 The whole city is preparing for war, and the Sea of Sin is wary.
Chapter 1243 The whole city is preparing for war, and the Sea of Sin is wary.
"Lord, the assassin's identity has been revealed through interrogation."
Wuwei City wasn't paying much attention to Pei Yanzhou's fate at the moment; the more important thing was the famous Bai Ma. Therefore, after Pei Yanzhou successfully escaped, the Duke of Wuwei did not send anyone to pursue him.
Instead, they immediately began interrogating the famous man's white horse.
Clearly, when a master of Legalism and the Divine Way intervenes, even the most loyal loyalists and the most determined assassins will have no choice but to honestly reveal all their secrets in front of such a master.
"The famous Bai Ma was sent by Bei Jun. Bei Jun has planted spies and secret agents everywhere, including within the Mo family. It was through these spies that he found out Pei Yanzhou's itinerary and learned in advance that Pei Yanzhou was excavating the Sacred Wax Stone, thus guessing his plan."
"So this famous white horseman hid in Wuwei City first, waiting for Pei Yanzhou to arrive, and then framed Nan Jun..."
Upon hearing Chao Wu's report, the Lord of Wuwei City frowned deeply.
Sui Xing, who was also nearby, couldn't help but ask curiously, "Is your Wuwei City that unpopular? The Three Enclosures of the Sea of Sin only has two Holy Lords, yet both of them want to destroy Wuwei City?"
Chao Wu smiled wryly and said, "The city lord is a half-saint of the military strategist and the divine path, and he is following the path of the Broken Army."
"Po Jun?"
"There are three paths in the Divine Path of Military Strategists: Breaking Army, Shooting the Sun, and Heavenly Strategy. Among them, the Shooting the Sun path excels in archery and crossbows. The Heavenly Strategy path is good at large-scale battles between two armies and the arrangement of military formations. As for Breaking Army, it is the path of invincible in close combat among the nine Divine Paths. Not only is it invincible in killing, but its survivability is also the strongest among all the Divine Path paths."
"Especially when combined with the City Lord's physical strength, even if only a drop of blood remains, the City Lord can be resurrected with his strength, which is equivalent to being immortal. It can be said that now in the Three Enclosures Sea of Sin, only time can kill the City Lord."
"It is precisely for this reason that even those two Holy Lords who have become Divine Saints are extremely wary of our City Lord. This is also why so many people came to recruit the City Lord before, because no one wanted to be an enemy of the City Lord, yet they were not confident in the City Lord's strength."
Hearing Chao Wu's words, Sui Xing roughly understood.
This is too powerful, and it has aroused fear.
However, this also explains why the Lord of Wuwei City supported Gu Xiu so much before. His lifespan had already ended, but it was because of the peaches of immortality given by Gu Xiu that his lifespan was extended.
This kindness is truly immense.
"You said there's another Heavenly Strategy Path in military strategy? Is it related to Haoyu's Heavenly Strategy Mansion?" Suixing asked, noticing a detail.
"Tian Ce Mansion?"
Chao Wu looked puzzled and shook his head, indicating he didn't know. The City Lord of Wuwei also pondered for a long time before finally shaking his head and telling Sui Xing.
Because of the nearly 30,000 years of peace, there have been no large-scale wars, so the Tian Ce Path is rarely repaired anymore. The few who do repair it are still responsible for mobilizing manpower and directing attacks on the evil demons in various cities.
Therefore, Haoyu's Tian Ce Mansion is probably only similar to Nie Hai in name.
"Now that you know the truth, what are you going to do?"
"Attack!" Duke Wuwei said without hesitation.
"There are too many voices from the Twelve Cities of Ziwei. What is needed now is a unified voice. Those two cowardly Holy Emperors clearly share this idea, so even if my Wuwei City wants to remain aloof, it is impossible."
"If that's the case, then let's fight."
"The entire city is now on high alert!"
That was his initial thought; otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to delay so long when those young noblemen arrived.
Even the excuse used by the Loyal and Brave General for his betrayal was that he was unwilling to go to war. Although this was the other side's excuse, it also shows that many generals in Wuwei City actually understood that continuing to be cowardly would not end well.
However, due to the approaching death of Duke Wuwei and the insufficient support of the Holy Light Core in Wuwei City, it would be difficult to gain the upper hand even if they wanted to fight, so they could only postpone it again and again.
But things are different now.
Duke Wuwei's lifespan has been replenished, and he need not worry about it for at least several decades. As for the Holy Light Core of Wuwei City, thanks to the Holy Wax Stone provided by Pei Yanzhou and the support of the Ghost Craft Sphere, it should be able to last for another six months without any problem.
Although it's still not entirely secure, it has at least solved the immediate crisis.
and so.
It's time to put our initial idea into practice.
Over the next few days, the changes in Wuwei City accelerated once again. However, this time it wasn't about preparing for the entire city to flee for its lives, but rather preparing for war at any moment.
Recruiting, training, promoting, logistics, intelligence gathering...
War cannot be started on a whim, especially since Wuwei City is not a particularly strong city. The city lord of Wuwei had previously been interested in starting a war, but he hadn't made many preparations. Now, it's impossible to start a war hastily; more preparations are needed.
As a result, Wuwei City was changing almost every day, and even the most oblivious civilians in the city were slowly coming to their senses.
War is coming.
However, thanks to the powerful influence of the Duke of Wuwei.
The people in the city were not panicked by the impending war; on the contrary, they were quite eager to try.
The daily conversations over tea and meals turned to when the war would begin in full force, which city would be chosen for the first battle in Wuwei, and what the subsequent sieges and captures would look like.
But to the surprise of the common people...
Even faster than the war came the demons' renewed attack on the city.
"The evil demons are attacking!"
"Close the city gates! City defense troops, prepare!"
"Archers, prepare! Catapults, prepare city defense crossbows!"
"Sweep away the evil demon!"
Compared to the chaos and disarray of the last demonic attack on the city, this time Wuwei City was busy but orderly. The four main gates in the east, west, south, and north were fully prepared immediately, with various troops taking turns to continuously deplete the demonic forces.
To be honest, the number of demons attacking the city this time was even greater than last time, but the situation in Wuwei City was much better than last time. In fact, after fighting for most of the day, the demons couldn't even break through the city gates.
Not only that, but later on, the side gates of each city gate were opened, releasing wave after wave of new recruits to fight, and a new batch of young generals were promoted to command them.
Use this as a training exercise.
As for the strongest fighter in Wuwei City, he only appeared during the initial siege and then simply stopped showing up. Instead, he went to the Mo Family Temple with his halberd.
"What exactly did he realize..."
Looking at Gu Xiu, who had been sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed for more than half a month, even the powerful Lord of Wuwei City couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Gu Xiu's situation at this moment is quite unique.
He was surrounded by divine light of three colors: blue, gold, and purple. Every now and then, the divine light would erupt like a volcano, and each time the divine light erupted, Gu Xiu's aura would rise to a higher level.
Just before the demonic invasion of the city, Gu Xiu unleashed that divine light for the first time. When that light appeared, it was as if it were about to pierce through the entire sky.
Although it was only for a moment before being concealed by the formation of the Xiaoyao Pendant and did not attract much attention in the city, the Lord of Wuwei City still caught sight of it immediately and rushed to the scene.
At that time, the city lord of Wuwei discovered that Gu Xiu's aura was only similar to that of someone who had just entered the first level of Qi Refining.
Later, the monstrous demons in the gray fog outside the city suddenly went berserk and launched an attack on Wuwei City. After the city lord of Wuwei City confirmed that there were no problems with the city's defenses, he returned directly to the Mo Family Temple to observe Gu Xiu's situation.
He soon discovered this.
With each burst of divine light, Gu Xiu's aura grew stronger.
Qi Refining Level 1, Qi Refining Level 2, Qi Refining Level 3...
Building the foundation...
Golden elixir…
Nascent Soul...
He has now entered the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
It is conceivable that once Gu Xiu's aura reaches the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage or even steps into the Void Refinement stage, his path to enlightenment may come to a complete end.
Although the intervals between each burst of divine light increased, Gu Xiu's aura also grew stronger. It was as if he had abandoned his cultivation in that short period, started cultivating anew, and rapidly broken through to a higher level.
And correspondingly.
The monstrous demons that kept attacking the city were becoming increasingly desperate, showing no intention of retreating at all.
This discovery made the Lord of Wuwei City particularly concerned.
"The twelve cities of Ziwei Enclosure have been attacked by evil demons more than once. Based on past experience, there are basically only three possibilities for the evil demons to choose to attack the city despite the damage from the holy light."
"Firstly, similar to last time, they used a method to lure the evil demons to attack the city."
"Secondly, the number of evil demons outside the city has accumulated to an excessive degree, and there is a strong tendency for powerful evil demons to dominate and launch attacks on human cities."
"Thirdly, the evil demon sensed a huge threat emerging within the city."
"Given the current situation in Wuwei City, it is absolutely impossible for anyone to set up a method to attract the evil demons to attack the city as quietly as last time, so the first point can be ruled out directly."
"The second possibility can also be ruled out. Last time the evil demons attacked the city, our Wuwei City suffered considerable losses, while the evil demons outside the city suffered even greater losses. Normally, it is impossible for an evil demon with command capabilities to be born in a short period of time."
"In that case, there is only a third possibility."
"The evil demons sensed the threat in Wuwei City, or rather... they sensed the threat posed by Gu Xiu, so they chose to attack the city immediately, wanting to nip the threat in the bud!"
"only……"
"I remember the last time the evil demons attacked the city was when Mo Yi'an, the leader of the Mo family, attained the ninth level of the Dao and became a saint. Gu Xiu's current strength is normally equivalent to the fifth level of the Divine Path. How could such strength arouse such fear from the evil demons?"
"What exactly...did he do?"