Iron-and-Blood Tempering, Talisman Soldier Feng Cang
Gently stroking the obedient Little White in his hands, Yang Tianyou's eyes were deep, occasionally flashing with a captivating light, as he pondered the Lineage's future development plans.
In his opinion, before the expansion of the Realm Gate, that is, within thirty years, there are two most important tasks.
First, increase the production of the Purple Moon Army's Weapon Sha Qi.
There is only one way to increase the production of Weapon Sha Qi in a short period of time.
Bloody battle!
What is a bloody battle?
The two sides were evenly matched, and both suffered casualties!
Previously, in order to keep the Purple Moon Army at full strength as soon as possible, although they frequently participated in wars, they were mostly small-scale skirmishes or large forces suppressing smaller ones.
In this situation, the accumulation of Weapon Sha Qi is not slow. If one can wait a hundred or two hundred years, a strong army can definitely be formed.
But Yang Household lacks now is time. If they want to accumulate enough Weapon Sha Qi within thirty years, they must be ruthless.
Yang Tianyou plans to establish a baseline for the number of casualties starting today, and frequently dispatch them to participate in large-scale battles. As long as the number of Purple Moon Army Soldiers killed does not exceed 60% of the total number, there will be no problem.
They fought and replenished their forces, using the crucible of iron and blood to eliminate the weak and retain the strong, quickly forging a powerful army.
This method of training troops is naturally extremely brutal and will consume far more resources than before.
But Yang Tianyou had no choice. If he didn't do it this way, the killing Weapon Sha Qi wouldn't be enough to refine enough White Tiger Talisman Soldiers, and the Lineage's Sage Manifestation power would be insufficient.
Once the Realm Gate is opened, danger will arrive, and the entire clan could be wiped out.
Apart from a few Lineage Seeds who were able to withdraw from Purple Moon Mountain, without orders from the Alliance, every force has the duty to defend its territory and must fight to the death.
Otherwise, how could the Ye Household of Xuan Province have suffered such a tragic fate? If they could have retreated, Ye Wuyou would have already led his clan away.
Even the Four Symbols Alliance's influence won't help with this issue. If one door is opened, another will be opened. Therefore, if the Yang Household retreats without authorization, the Alliance Headquarters will take direct action to kill them as a warning to others.
If retreat is impossible, then we must improve our own strength. And the fastest way to improve our strength is naturally to accumulate as much Weapon Sha Qi as possible and enhance the combat power of the Purple Moon Army.
"A merciful general cannot command an army, a merciful general cannot command an army..." Yang Tianyou muttered to himself, then made a firm decision and used Communication Talisman to inform Yang Yusheng.
The latter remained silent in the military camp for a long time before leading 80% of the Purple Moon Army to fight in Mo Province!
Only in large or medium-sized World Interstice, where two worlds are locked in a stalemate, can the Purple Moon Army unleash its full power and fight to the death.
However, among the surrounding states, only the medium-sized World Interstice Mo Province can meet the conditions required by the Yang Household.
This World Interstice was initially breached by the Divine Wind Clan, but was later reclaimed by the Lu Wu Realm, who took the opportunity to build a fortress. A coalition of forces, composed of the Alliance and various other powers, moved in to guard the World Interstice.
In addition, two Sage Manifestation powerhouse reside in the outer fortress to prevent the Realm Gate from being opened again.
The Yang Household also dispatched 20,000 Lineage cultivators to enter this World Interstice for defense and to learn about the situation within.
When the 100,000-strong Divine Wind Clan army was wiped out, the Divine Wind Clan naturally sought revenge, frequently launching attacks. As a result, the battles in this World Interstice were exceptionally fierce.
If it weren't for the intervention of the Alliance Headquarters, the numerous forces in the vicinity would likely have fallen just like last time, with a superficial alliance but no real unity.
However, after the Yang Household's Purple Moon Army enters this World Interstice, the pressure on the Alliance will inevitably be greatly reduced.
This time, the Yang Household wasn't there to watch the spectacle; they intended to fight a bloody battle against the Divine Wind Clan Army at any cost, in order to hone the Purple Moon Army.
The second of the two most important tasks is to upgrade the Purple Moon Mountain Spirit Vein to the Sixth Tier.
To accomplish this, a sufficient amount of Fifth Tier Spirit Vein Essence is needed. Although the Yang Household has quite a few of these, they are primarily intended for clan members to use in their cultivation, thereby accelerating their progress.
Secondly, it's simply a drop in the ocean. Even considering the current state of the Purple Moon Mountain Spirit Veins, it would take at least seven or eight complete sets of Fifth-Tier Upper-Grade Spirit Vein essence to advance to the Sixth Tier.
Note that this refers to the complete Spirit Vein Essence. In other words, it takes destroying seven or Fifth-Tier Upper-Grade Spirit Veins to cultivate one Sixth Tier Spirit Vein.
Moreover, other types of resources are also indispensable in this process, and large-scale investment is also required.
In terms of Spirit Stones, at least 100,000 Upper-Grade Spirit Stones would be needed.
One hundred thousand Upper-Grade Spirit Stones, and seven or eight bundles of Fifth-Tier Upper-Grade Spirit Vein essence.
No wonder that even though the Realm War has been going on for so long, no Province-Level Power has been heard of advancing its own Spirit Veins to the Sixth Tier.
One hundred thousand Upper-Grade Spirit Stones —if you grit your teeth and sell everything you own, many Province-Level Powers could come up with that amount.
But the latter would be difficult for someone to accept.
Since the start of the war, only twenty-three Fifth-Tier Upper-Grade Spirit Veins have been destroyed in the Lu Wu Realm.
Some of the extracted Spirit Vein Essence was obtained by major forces in the Lu Wu Realm, while some remained in the hands of Nine-Phoenix Realm Experts, most likely having been absorbed and refined.
So, where can the major Province-Level Powers gather seven or eight complete sets of Fifth-Tier Upper-Grade Spirit Vein essence?
Whoever gets their hands on this thing keeps it tightly under their belt and will never sell it.
Perhaps the intensity of war will increase further in the future, and there will be more Spirit Vein Essence, which may lead to the birth of Sixth Tier Spirit Veins, but Yang Tianyou does not want to wait.
He invested heavily in creating the clone of the Shanhai, not to keep him obediently at home cultivating, but to enter the Nine Phoenix Realm to cause trouble, gather solid intelligence on the hidden strength of the Nine-Phoenix Dynasty, and incidentally obtain some Spirit Vein Essence to upgrade the Purple Moon Mountain Spirit Vein.
As for how to bring back the Spirit Vein Essence after obtaining it, this is not a problem at all for Yang Tianyou, who possesses the Mirror Spirit Space.
However, he needs to free up a space for a Mirror Spirit first.
The Luochuan River Dragon King cannot be touched. This guy is about to break through to the Sage Manifestation and holds a high position in the Flood Dragon Clan, so he will be of great importance in the future.
Then we'll have to deal with Feng Cang.
Yang Tianyou planned to preserve his consciousness and refine it into Talisman Soldier.
Although this would mean he would lose the opportunity to improve his cultivation, he was still a peak Spirit Transformation Late Stage and could still play a significant role.