Chapter 216 Willing Power
Although Su's reinforcements include 120,000 Lianxu and 300,000 Xiantian, they are not even elites. They are all stragglers. How can they be the 100,000 Emperor Xin's personal guards? opponent?
In fact, after seeing how Emperor Xin's personal guards slaughtered the demon army, they did not even resist and surrendered directly.
They would not surrender even if they were killed, so after Ao Bing captured them, he did not kill them, but kept them behind to cheer for the soldiers besieging the city on the front line.
This is a prehistoric time, and unlike later generations, working hard can really bring about growth. After all, people have luck, and cheering others up is essentially using your own luck to increase the other person's luck.
One person's luck is limited, but what about ten thousand people? It can be said that as long as there are more people cheering and encouraging, more luck will gather and the growth will naturally be greater.
The captives this time include 120,000 Lianxu and 300,000 Xiantian. The total number is more than 400,000. With their luck gathered together, it is not a small number. It is equivalent to a Da Luo Jinxian. .
With their support, the pressure Su City will face will undoubtedly be three points stronger.
These people are prisoners after all. It would be too difficult for them to attack the city. But it would be too easy for them to cheer up and provide luck blessings to the merchant soldiers besieging the city.
There is no need for them to go to the battlefield. Just shouting slogans from behind and dedicating a little energy and blood can bring considerable blessings to the soldiers besieging the city. Ao Bing naturally had to do this kind of effortless thing.
After arranging the prisoners, Ao Bing did not return to the camp. Instead, he came to a deserted place and silently looked above his head.
Of course Ao Bing knew what was above his head. It was a huge Nine Dragon Canopy, glowing with bright golden light, sacred and majestic.
On the canopy, there is a dragon pattern printed on it, which is the result of the luck of the dragon clan. In addition to the dragon pattern, there are patterns such as firewood, auspicious clouds, stars, coins, mountains and rivers.
The fire symbolizes the luck of the human race, the auspicious clouds symbolize the luck of the immortality, the starlight symbolizes the luck of the stars, the coins symbolize the luck of wealth, the mountains and rivers symbolize the luck of the earth...
As for the golden light, it is the golden light of merit. , capture all gods and ward off all evil spirits.
This Nine Dragon Canopy was transformed by Ao Bing's luck. Although it has no offensive power, it can resist all evil spells for him.
Even if the quasi-sage did it himself and cast a spell to harm him, it would not have any effect. Instead, he would be counterattacked by luck and his vitality would be severely damaged.
At the same time, the Nine Dragon Canopy rose, which could block him from the attack of Daluo Jinxian.
“Is this the power of will?”
What Ao Bing looked at was naturally not the Nine Dragon Canopy, but the wisps of vitality hanging down from the canopy.
At some point, the Kowloon canopy above his head suddenly began to change, and vitality dropped. At first it was just a wisp, but then there were more and more, thousands of wisps, hundreds of thousands of wisps, tens of thousands of wisps...
Now, There are already billions of strands of vitality hanging down, covering his whole body, layer upon layer, evolving into endless atmosphere.
This vitality is quite strange, it is formed by wisps of spiritual thoughts. At first, Ao Bing thought it was some kind of innate vitality, but slowly, he realized something was wrong.
This vitality is not created innately, but is derived from the day after tomorrow. It is also mixed with the seven emotions and six desires, or the distracting thoughts of all living beings.
After realizing this, Ao Bing was shocked to realize that this was no innate vitality. It was clearly the will power of living beings transformed by the thoughts of living beings.
All sentient beings will have various thoughts from the time they are born. These are thoughts for sentient beings, transformed by the light of the spirit, and they will arise and perish as they go.
And if these thoughts of sentient beings are entrusted with prayers for a certain powerful person, then they will gather together and turn into the wish power of all sentient beings.
Thoughts come and go and cannot last forever. But the power of wishes is different, because there is something to rely on, so they can be condensed together, turned into substance, and exist for a long time.
“It’s those slaves in Sioux City!”
“These wishes come from the slaves in Sioux City. Originally, they were about to starve to death or be sacrificed. .”
"But I came forward to protect them. Not only did I prevent the Suzhou nobles from harming their lives, but I also provided them with enough Bigu Pills to survive."
"This is a grace to survive. Therefore, they expressed their sincere They thanked me in their hearts. When their grateful thoughts gathered together, they became the power of wish, which converged on me.” Provided by the slaves in Sioux City.
As for why it was not provided by the people of Longzhou, the reason is very simple. Only mortals can provide the power of wishes, not monks.
Restraining one's own thoughts is the basis of spiritual practice. Therefore, all monks can collect their own thoughts and prevent them from leaking out.
Thoughts are mental power, and when thoughts are leaked, mental power is leaked. If you can't control your thoughts and your mental power keeps leaking out, then there is no point in cultivating the way.
After ten years of cultivation, your cultivation level remains motionless, right?
Therefore, only mortals who are unable to restrain their mental power can provide willing power, not monks.
Under Ao Bing's governance, everyone in Longzhou has long been a monk. There are no mortals at all, so naturally they will not provide him with wish power.
But the slaves in Su City are different, because there are too many, tens of billions in number. If they all become monks, the resources required will be enough to bring down the entire Su State.
Therefore, few slaves became monks, and most of them were mortals who could not escape life, old age, illness, and death.
No, there is only life and death, there is no illness or old age.
They are just slaves, there is no chance of living to old age. Once the status drops, just pull it out and sacrifice it to avoid wasting resources.
The same applies to those who are sick, so as not to waste the herbs.
Because the slaves in Su City are mortals, after receiving Ao Bing's help, their heartfelt gratitude will turn into willing power and flow to Ao Bing.
"God's will!"
"Sure enough, what I thought before was right. If I want to find a way to improve the status of slaves, I have to attack the country of Su."
With these wishes, After studying it carefully inside and out, Ao Bing suddenly said in surprise. He thought of a way to improve the status of slaves, which was related to this willingness.
Wish power is transformed from spiritual thoughts, and spiritual thoughts are spiritual power. After being refined, it can strengthen the soul.
Of course, because the wish contains distracting thoughts of believers, it cannot be directly refined. It needs to be purified first to remove the impurities before it can be used.
But no matter what, the power of aspiration is a very valuable resource for spiritual practice.
Don’t think that the power of wish is spiritual power and can only strengthen the soul. If there is refining qi to transform into gods, then there will naturally be refining qi and returning qi.
After purifying the will power, it can be restored to the innate pure Qi. After being refined, it can strengthen one's own vitality. The innate Qi can also be refined into nectar and jade liquid. After being refined, it can strengthen Qi and blood.
It can be said that the power of aspiration is omnipotent, just like merit. After being refined, it can directly improve the cultivation level, or enhance the soul, strengthen the vitality, or temper the physical body.
Of course, it is indeed an exaggeration to say that the power of aspiration is the same as merit.
It can only be said that the effect is somewhat similar, but the power of wish is still not as good as merit, and it can be regarded as a weakened version of merit. After all, merit can directly improve one's realm, but wishing cannot.
But even if the effect is similar to merit, it is very rare. You know, there are so many treasures in the ancient world, and how many of them have effects similar to merit?
The fact that Wish Li can be called a weakened version of merit is already the greatest affirmation of its value. Moreover, the difficulty of obtaining the power of aspiration is much lower than that of merit.
“No wonder the Incense Shinto was so prosperous in later generations, it’s not without reason.”
At this time, Ao Bing suddenly thought of the scene where the Incense Shinto became so popular in later generations. Incense is the power of wish. To be precise, it is the power of wish that has been preserved by special means and contains fewer impurities.
The resources of future generations are scarce, and the power of will can be said to be an inexhaustible resource. As long as the strong people in the world are not blind, they will naturally attach great importance to it and vigorously develop it.
Wish power can replace spiritual energy and become a necessity for monks. There is a reason why it will become so popular in later generations.
At the same time, it is precisely because of its value that it has the ability to improve the status of slaves. This is exactly what Ao Bing values.
Only mortals can generate the power of will, and in the ancient times, more than 99% of slaves were mortals.
Why do the princes despise the slaves, don't care about their life and death, and just sacrifice them when they are told?
The main reason is that the value slaves bring to them is limited. And compared to keeping slaves alive, sacrificing them would obviously produce greater value.
Everyone is seeking profit. Since the value brought by sacrificing slaves is greater, the nobles and princes, that is, the slave owners, will naturally not hesitate and show no mercy when sacrificing slaves.
But now, as long as Ao Bing can develop the value of his willpower, everything will be different. The power of wish that only mortals can produce can replace spiritual energy, and even the effect is even better.
After the slave owners knew this, they would not be as decisive as before when sacrificing slaves. They will think about whether it is more beneficial to sacrifice slaves, or to keep them and let them continuously create aspiration.
When the benefits of keeping slaves are far greater than the benefits of sacrificing slaves, the princes will feel heartache when they sacrifice slaves again.
Then they will try their best to convince themselves not to sacrifice slaves again.
Use the power of will to increase the value of slaves. When their value increases, their status does not increase much, but it is definitely more important. It is the slave owner's high-quality wealth.
If it is not necessary, it cannot be sacrificed easily.
So, Ao Bing's method may not actually improve the status of slaves much, but it can definitely reduce the frequency and number of slaves being sacrificed.
Just achieving this step is actually quite good. Whether it is for humanity or the fate of the human race, it is a great achievement and can bring huge benefits to Ao Bing.
“We have a method. The next step is to study the secret method of purifying the power of will, and then reveal the role of the power of will.”
“In this world, there is no shortage of people who want to get something for nothing. There are a lot of monks, especially among the aristocrats, who want to get something for nothing."
"In knowing. After the power of wish can improve their cultivation, they will definitely not be able to refuse the temptation of power of wish, and they will definitely try their best to obtain the power of wish. "
"The more power of wish comes from the heart, the more power of wish is generated. The purer it is, the better the effect will be after refining. Therefore, in order to obtain pure will power, they must treat their slaves well..."
After having the idea, Ao Bing suddenly had countless inspirations in his mind, giving him many more ideas for the way to go next.
There is a saying that everything is difficult at the beginning. Once you have a beginning, the rest becomes much easier. This is the case with studying the power of wishes, or the incense and the divine way.
Ao Bing knew that it was difficult to create the Incense Shinto. It required taking into account many aspects and factors.
But he has the memory of later generations, and using the experience of later generations as a reference can save him a lot of detours.
Moreover, practice is to make the impossible possible. As long as you have an idea, you can turn it into reality. The fear is that you don't have an idea.
Isn't it the incense divine way? Ao Bing felt that it would not be difficult to study it based on his luck. If it doesn't work, he can still ask his master for advice.
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Here, Ao Bing had an idea and began to study the Incense Shinto. On the other side, in Su City, the situation is getting worse.
Due to the arrival of demon clan reinforcements, the already sluggish morale in the city can be said to have suddenly skyrocketed.
But before they could be happy for a long time, they saw Emperor Xin's personal guards suddenly coming out and killing most of the demon army that came to support them, killing them all.
Now that it’s over, the morale that Su Cheng’s defender had just risen suddenly collapsed.
Being trapped for so long, the pressure on the defenders was already great, and they were all supported by unwarranted reinforcements. Now that reinforcements have arrived, the result is a huge defeat, and the impact on morale can be imagined.
Morale has collapsed, but no one ran away. This is already a sign of high quality. If it were any other place, he would have opened the door and surrendered long ago, but he would still stick to his post and never leave.
The morale of the defenders is low, and the nobles in the inner city are also feeling uncomfortable. None of them expected that the demon clan's reinforcements would be so useless. They were slaughtered by the opponent in just the first battle.
They originally wanted to rely on the reinforcements of the demon clan to turn over, but this is the result? If they had known that the demon tribe's reinforcements were so unbearable, they would have surrendered long ago, and they would never have struggled to survive until now.
There is still room for discussion if they surrender before the demon tribe’s reinforcements arrive. Now the demon clan reinforcements have not only arrived, but have also been slaughtered. Even if they want to surrender, the other party may not accept it.
Thinking of this, the nobles in the city hated the demon clan even more. You are such a loser. You told me earlier. If you told me earlier, who would dare to join you in anti-business?
It’s okay now. It doesn’t matter that the demon race is useless, but it has caused them to suffer. They will soon be reduced from noble nobles to lowly slaves.
Every time they thought of this, they felt uncomfortable all over and wished they could die directly rather than suffer such humiliation. But after being pampered for so long, they couldn't make up their mind to let them die.
Therefore, they are now panicked and anxious. They want to surrender, but they are worried that Ao Bing will not accept it. You want to escape, but you are worried about being caught while escaping, which will lead to a worse end.
This kind of anxiety, which has not been vented for a long time, makes the nobles in the city become extremely violent and get angry at every turn.
Today, Su Hou summoned the nobles in the city to ask for advice as usual, and some masters from the Fox clan came over.
With the arrival of this person, the anger accumulated in the hearts of the nobles present had an outlet, and they all vented to him:
"Is it okay for the demon clan to be as low as possible?"
"You can't even defeat the soldiers of the Great Shang, but you still want to overthrow the rule of the human race and return to the ranks of the overlords of heaven and earth. You are not afraid of being laughed at if you say it?" The clan will give full support to the Su Kingdom, so we just listened to your lies, refused to pay tribute to the Great Shang, and became its enemy."
"But now, the full support of the monster clan is only 100,000 monsters. Army?”
“Not to mention the demon saint, what about the demon god?”
“I think the Su Kingdom is about to be destroyed, so the demon clan sends out a few demon gods to help, isn’t it too much?”
"But where are their figures?"
"Youhu, what is the attitude of the demon clan? Can you give me an accurate picture? If there is no demon god to come to your aid, then you will all burn your origins and go outside to fight Ao Bing, for We fight for the chance to escape.”
"This is not a threat. If you can't see the demon god, then you will risk your lives to fight for our life."
The nobles of Su City were really angry. After seeing the masters of the Fox Clan, You were not polite to him at all, you scolded him every word.
And their words all mean the same thing. Either Youhu asked the demon god to come forward to save them, or Youhu sacrificed himself to buy them time to escape at the expense of himself.
Although Dashang was strong, it was not without enemies. Barbarians from all directions can take them in, especially the Dongyi tribe, whose strength is second only to Dashang. As long as they escape there, they will be safe.
“Don’t worry!”
“Don’t worry, just listen to me.”
Being scolded by so many people, even the master of the Fox clan was not angry. , on the contrary, he was patient and kept everyone quiet with a warm smile on his face.
“You say!”
After hearing this, everyone guessed what solution he was going to say, so they all closed their mouths and prepared to listen to his solution.
If you can satisfy everyone, then everyone will be happy. If not, then we have to follow their method and sacrifice Youhu in exchange for their safety.
“At this point, Su City cannot defend itself. I didn’t expect that Dashang’s offensive would be so fierce. Without giving us any time to react, it would go straight to Huanglong and cut off all our chances of survival.”
A master from the Fox clan said somewhat depressedly.
It has been so long since they reviewed the matter countless times and they have already figured out Ao Bing’s plan. Very simple, but very effective. It goes straight to the Yellow Dragon and destroys its lair.
This move is undoubtedly a risky move, and if it fails, the entire army will be annihilated.
But it is useless to say all this now, because Ao Bing succeeded. It was them who failed. Years of planning came to nothing, all their hard work was in vain, and they could not even guarantee their own safety.
“So?”
“What do you think? Do you want us to coexist and die with Su City?”
A noble asked in a cold tone, Su The city cannot be defended anymore, and everyone can see it now. What they want to hear is not something everyone knows.
"Haha, you are joking. You are all rare talents, how can you fall with Su City. I have already made an agreement with the demon clan, and the demon god will take action to rescue us and send us outside Jiuzhou."
"However, even if we want to leave, we can't make things easier for the merchants outside. We might as well blow up Su City and teach them a lesson."
The master of the Youhu clan laughed and said what he said plan.
(End of this chapter)