Chapter 107: Shocked to hear about the pioneering war
Every few decades, a certain number of new Nascent Soul Lords will be born in the school. The Nascent Soul Lords need to build dojos and land to support themselves. If the original territory is not enough, a pioneering war will be organized.
Either attack the indigenous sects and seize the territory, or seize the territory from the demon clan.
Among them, there are two directions to choose from to seize territory from the Monster Clan. One side is the Mangcang Mountains, and the other side is the Yunmeng Daze.
Among them, Yunmeng Daze is a huge swamp that stretches for countless thousands of miles. The environment inside is extremely harsh. Most of the people living there are aquatic monsters, and most of the resources are inconvenient to develop.
The Mangcang Mountains are also inhabited by monsters, but after all, they are land and are easier to develop than Yunmeng Daze. In the past development wars, eight or nine out of ten times, they chose to open deeper into the Mangcang Mountains.
Su Ze listened with great interest. These were very interesting and he was quite interested.
But they didn't chat for long. As Song Jia walked in, everyone sat upright with a slight cough.
A little Song Wan walked in, and everyone quickly said hello to the instructor.
The still-charming instructor nodded and glanced across the crowd. When he saw Su Ze, a flash of light flashed in his eyes. He couldn't help but nod and said:
"Su Ze is good, he has made great progress!"
"You can be promoted to second grade next year."
Everyone was stunned for a moment and looked at him. Song Qingyang and Wu Yan, who were both in the first grade, had different expressions.
Song Wan had no intention of further explanation and said again:
"The assessment is exempted this year."
This time Su Ze was also stunned for a moment. Ji Jinglun, who was at the top, asked:
"Teacher, is it because of the pioneering war?"
Song Wan nodded:
"I think you have all heard that rumor. It is true. The dean and the two directors have made a decision to officially start the pioneering war on the Mangcang Mountains next year."
"This year's assessment is cancelled, everyone has tasks."
"In this pioneering war, all the disciples of the professor and associate professors in this department need to participate. Jinglun Zhengcheng, you two do not need to go back to Fangshi and Beppu for the time being. Next, prepare for this pioneering war."
His eyes fell on the first-year students Song Qingyang, Wu Yan and Su Ze, and he said:
"You need to go out to practice in advance."
Su Ze quickly replied:
"It depends on the teacher's arrangement."
Song Wan nodded and continued: "You have a week to prepare, and then go to the Red Eagle Cliff in the Mangcang Mountains to gather. The school has decided to establish an outpost there and notify all casual cultivators under the academy. Issue a recruitment order with the indigenous families. Many indigenous families and casual cultivators will come over then, including some families that are attached to the master. You will arrange for them when the time comes. "
He glanced at the two fourth-year disciples and said with a little silence: "This operation is led by Jinglun, assisted by Zhengcheng, Xiyu is responsible for registration, and the others assist several senior brothers and sisters."
"Qingyang Wu Yan and Su Ze, the three of you follow your senior brothers and sisters carefully and see what they do. Keep it in your heart."
The three of them nodded in unison.
Song Wan then gave them some instructions and then announced the adjournment of the meeting.
But none of them left. Ji Jinglun chatted with Dai Yucheng privately for a few words, and then said to them: "The most important thing in the early stage of the pioneering war is personnel resources and intelligence. Teacher Song Jia is responsible for the resources, and the rest is personnel and intelligence. , Junior Brother Zhengcheng and I discussed it, and Junior Sister Xiyu and I, together with Junior Brother Qingyang, went to gather the many indigenous families under the master, and Zhengcheng took Zhengrong and Wu Yansuze to collect information. "
It was said to be a discussion, but in fact the two leaders had already assigned it, so of course they could only agree.
Coming out of the hall, Dai Yucheng took out a flying boat and jumped on it, beckoning them to come up too.
The flying boat soared into the sky, and Dai Yucheng said: "Our mission is very simple, to gather information and conduct reconnaissance. We have a good relationship with Junior Brother Zhengrong, and I will leave the information about the pioneering war to you."
Duan Zhengrong vigorously patted his chest:
"no problem."
Dai Yucheng nodded and said to Wu Yan and Su Ze:
"Our mission is to collect information on monsters and terrain in the areas we plan to conquer in the open war. However, the dean has not yet decided which locations to capture, and there is no clear mission yet."
"In the meantime, you can prepare some things first, such as elixirs, talismans, seals, etc., to prepare for the war."
"Right."
He added with a smile: "You don't need to be nervous or anxious. A pioneering war lasts for a very long time, ranging from seven to eight years to as long as ten, twenty or thirty years. There is no need to rush." For a while, if you want to practice in seclusion, just tell me."
This sentence made everyone relax a lot.
Whatever you want to do next, go to the campus flea market run by the school students with Dai Yucheng if you want to buy something, and go home if you have nothing to do.
Su Ze just came out of the wilderness yesterday. He was almost autistic in seclusion. Of course he didn't want to go back now.
The school's flea market is very large. The school specially carved out a small peak next to Ziyun Peak in the center of the school and flattened the top of the mountain into a large platform, with the flea market on top.
The school has ten departments, sixty to seventy full professors, more than two hundred associate professors, and tens of thousands of first- to fourth-year students.
For third graders and above, you need to go out to experience, face the indigenous monks, monsters, go out to explore, and get some good things from time to time, such as trophies, magical weapons, elixirs, elixirs, spiritual plants, spiritual mines, spiritual objects, etc. If you don’t need them yourself, you can Sold.
There are also many students who specialize in refining alchemy, weapons, talismans, and seals. They refine various elixirs, spiritual weapons, and talismans and seals for sale here.
There are even many seniors who have graduated and stayed in the school. Many of their cultivations have broken through the golden elixir. The things flowing out of their hands are excellent and good things for the students who have just established the foundation.
Such as third-level talisman seals, talisman treasures, etc.
The flying boat landed on the platform, and the senior brothers jumped off the flying boat, just like a few drops of water blending into the sea, inconspicuously.
Everywhere I saw were students coming and going, all of whom were extremely skilled in cultivation. More than half of them had already established foundations, and most of the rest had completed their Qi refining. They only needed to have strong enough physical bodies to be ready to build foundations.
Compared with the uneven distribution of disciples of indigenous sects, the disciples of the higher education institutions of various immortal sects in human civilization are elites at a glance.
Dai Yucheng took them straight to the center of the flea market. Compared to the many stalls in the surrounding area, there were many fixed shops. Senior Brother Dai had a shop there that specialized in selling various elixirs, talismans, and seal instruments.
Purchase it from students who specialize in refining weapons, alchemy, talismans and seals, and then sell them to students who are not good at these immortal arts. The profits earned are used by Senior Brother Dai for his daily practice.
Not just him, many senior students with status and status do this.
Regardless of whether there is family support or not, he will try his best to run some industries to earn spiritual stones.
Even Su Ze will be no exception in the future. After all, it is impossible to completely count on the family. If an accident occurs and the family's supply is cut off, wouldn't it mean that if there is no source of funds of its own, it will go bankrupt?
There are many ways for practitioners to obtain funding sources, generally divided into five categories.
One is to collect protection fees or make offerings, but it requires sufficient strength.
One is to open your own store, which generally requires a certain status to grab a popular store.
One is to occupy a resource land, such as Ling Mine, Ling Tian, Fangshi and Beppu. This requires very strong strength, at least Jindan or above cultivation level or combat power, or a very strong backer behind it. Qualified to touch these.
One is to venture into dangerous areas and collect various natural and earthly treasures. If you are lucky enough to find top-notch natural materials and treasures, you will become rich immediately.
The last one is robbery. Being a robber is the fastest way to make money, but the risk is the highest.
Robbery is something that cannot be brought to the fore. No matter what your identity is, even if you are a disciple of True Lord Yuanying and you are killed during the robbery, your death will be in vain. Master Yuanying True Lord cannot avenge you.
Of course, in addition to the above, there are also some uncommon ways to make money.
For example, being hired as a thug or killer.
If the level of a certain immortal cultivation skill is very high, you can also make a lot of money.
However, according to the overall quality of human civilization, many immortal cultivation techniques require at least level three or above to make money. Those below this level are mostly for personal use. It is difficult to make money from this.
Just like Su Ze, he had previously learned the four immortal cultivation skills of making talismans, refining weapons, refining pills, and formations. With the characteristics of golden fingers, he was only at the second-level level now.
Because there is no special research, there are only a dozen kinds of elixir recipes and weapon refining formulas that I know.
At most, you can refine some common elixirs for your own use, and you don't have to expect to make money from selling them. There is no competitiveness compared with those who specialize in elixir refining.
Unless the level of alchemy can reach level three or above, and you can get ultra-rare elixir recipes like Foundation Establishment Pill, then you can make a lot of money.
The foundation-building pill formula
is only in the hands of those big families and powerful forces, so it is not difficult to learn it.
Just like the Yuzhong Su family, which has been inherited for more than three thousand years, there must be a foundation-building elixir recipe, but only a few people in the entire family know about this elixir recipe.
Apart from the ancestors, only a few third-level and fourth-level alchemy masters from the family would join.
If family members want to learn, they must show excellent alchemy talent, and their own alchemy skill level must also reach level three or above.
Although the Foundation Establishment Pill is only a second-level pill recipe, due to its special nature, generally speaking, it requires at least a third-level alchemist to refine it.
Su Ze didn't think about getting the foundation-building elixir formula at this stage, but after getting started with several main techniques, he would be able to free up a lot of time at that time, so he could study it carefully.
Alchemy, weapon refining, talismans and formations, these four skills are of great use. Even if they are not used to make money, it is good to be self-sufficient and avoid having to rely on others in the future.
With this in mind, Su Ze paid special attention to various formulas on the market, whether it was elixir refining or weapon refining, and even ordered a large number of basic array cards required for formations.
Tai Chi, Liang Yi, Sancai, Four Symbols, Five Elements, Liuhe, Seven Stars, Bagua, Nine Palaces, and Ten Jue.
A set of many basic formation flags, totaling hundreds of flag flags, cost nearly a hundred high-grade spiritual stones.
These basic flags are not of high grade, they are only second level, but they can be seamlessly inserted into, replace or supplement any of the above ten basic formations.
For example, his Thirty-Three Qimen Mysterious Formation involves the Four Symbols and Bagua. If any of the flags and flags of the formation is broken, a replacement can be taken from the basic flags of the Four Symbols or Bagua without affecting the power of the formation.
In addition, many basic formations can directly use these flags to set up formations, which is very flexible.
Just too expensive.
A set of hundreds of high-grade spiritual stones is also a consumable item.
After buying the flags and flags, Su Ze spent a lot of money to order a large amount of alchemy and talisman refining materials from Senior Brother Dai Yucheng's shop, so he forgot about refining the weapons for the time being.
Including all the formation materials, the total cost is 400 high-grade spiritual stones.
"We're almost out of money."
There are only 1,103 high-grade spiritual stones left in the entire net worth, which is only one top-grade spiritual stone. The next special recruitment subsidy will be in the third year, and it will take another year.
"You have to find a way to make money."
Su Ze pinched his chin, but couldn't think of a suitable method for a while.
Saying goodbye to his senior brother, Su Ze returned in the flying boat. As soon as he left the flea market, he received a new message. He clicked on it and found that it was from Song Qingyang. He opened it and took a look: "I have been in school for one year and I haven't competed with my junior brother yet. I don’t know if my junior brother is free today, but I would like to show off my skills.”
Su Ze was speechless. Not surprisingly, it was the teacher's compliment to him that morning that caused him trouble.
Since entering school, Song Qingyang has always carried a kind of aloof arrogance. He usually just nods when meeting him, and he doesn't think highly of him either in words, deeds or in his heart.
Today was supposed to be a routine exam for the school's cultivation. The instructor praised Su Ze alone, which probably made him feel dissatisfied and wanted to see his strength in person.
Of course, Su Ze would not refuse such an invitation:
"Okay, senior brother, pick a place and I'll come right away."
"East of Qingming Peak."
"I'm at the flea market and I'll be there in half an hour."
"I'm waiting for you."
The spirit-winged flying boat turned and rushed towards Qingming Peak at an extremely fast speed.
Half an hour later, when we arrived in front of Qingming Peak, we pressed down on the bow of the airship and flew to the east.
"I've arrived."
"In front of the training hall No. 22."
"Being there soon."
Two minutes later, Su Ze came to a building built against the mountain at the foot of Qingming Peak and saw Song Qingyang sitting there expressionless.
Before he could reach it, Song Qingyang opened his eyes as if sensing it, jumped up and flew out of the peak, and Su Ze followed immediately.
There is a hilly area to the east of Qingming Peak, which is a few hundred meters high. It is a place for students of Qingming Academy to challenge each other.
There is no safe secret space like Sixth Middle School for them to use here. The students here fight with real swords and guns. If they accidentally miss, they may be killed.
Although school regulations do not allow intentional injury or attacks on the head or other vital points, many students still die in competitions every year.
The two jumped to the top of a hill and immediately attracted the attention of many people.
"Look, there are two fighting over there."
The people coming and going nearby are all ordinary students from the Qingming Academy, and they all like to watch the battle. Not only can they join in the fun, but they can also gain some combat experience by watching others compete.
Before the two took action, more than a dozen people gathered around them.
"Oh, that's Song Qingyang, a disciple of Professor Song Wanzheng."
When someone in the crowd recognized Song Qingyang and loudly announced his name and the identity of Song Wan's mentor and disciple, more people were immediately attracted to watch the battle. In a short time, hundreds of people gathered.
(End of chapter)