A Road Paved with Bones
Yang Household Jiati has two requirements.
First, gather all Fifth Tier and Formation Masters in the Alliance to help deduce the "White Tiger Heaven-Splitting Formation" and the "Xuanwu Suppressing Sea Formation".
Second, a Sixth Tier, Supreme Grade Defensive Formation.
The second request is not difficult for the Alliance to fulfill. There is more than one Sixth Tier, Supreme Grade Defensive Formation set up on Four Symbols Island. They can simply pick one, replicate a Formation Disc, and send it to the Yang Household.
The first requirement is quite difficult to fulfill. In times of war, Formation Masters are extremely busy, with an overwhelming number of tasks at hand. Getting them to come together to help the Yang Household deduce Battle Formations is no easy task.
The coordination and scheduling involved were enough to make Spiritvoid Pavilion Master's scalp tingle just thinking about them.
But he agreed without hesitation.
In war, the sooner you establish an advantage, the better; the Lu Wu Realm has tasted this benefit more than once.
If the Purple Moon Army can truly become Void Refinement Legion and help the Old Man Zhui Dao advance to the Void Refinement Realm, then the power of the Lu Wu Realm will completely suppress the Nine Phoenix Realm.
If we can strive for another two or three decades of peaceful development, many arrangements can be made more leisurely, and the chances of victory will be greater.
"Rest assured, Alliance Leader, my Yang Household's Purple Moon Army will certainly live up to your expectations and possess a complete Void Refinement Force within twenty years!" Yang Tianyou promised again, his eyes filled with excitement.
If this plan succeeds, not only will the White Tiger Heaven-Splitting Formation be successfully deduced, but the Xuanwu Suppressing Sea Formation will also be nearly perfect.
The only pressure comes from the number of Foundation Establishment Cultivators and the number of Sage Manifestation.
In response, Yang Tianyou decided to invest another ten drops of Heavenly Stele Stone Milk. As long as there were enough Stone Milk Pills, the number of Foundation Establishment Cultivators would not be a problem at all.
As for the general who can Sage Manifestation power, that depends on Yang Tianyou himself.
Within twenty years, at least twenty Sixth Tier Talisman Soldiers must be crafted, including five mid-grade Sixth Tier, Mid Grade Talisman Soldiers, to elevate the First Legion's power to the Void Refinement level.
"May I ask, Fellow Daoist Taibai, when will your noble Purple Moon Army arrive at Four Symbols Island?" asked the Master of Lingkong Pavilion.
Helping to deduce the Seventh-Tier Battle Formation is certainly not something that can be done behind closed doors; it also requires the cooperation of the Purple Moon Army. Otherwise, if the direction is wrong, even if the formation is upgraded, it will not be able to exert its due combat power, which would be a complete joke.
"Within ten days, ten thousand Purple Moon Army will arrive at Four Symbols Island!" Yang Tianyou said.
"Alright, the Alliance will also expedite the forging of the Sixth Tier, Supreme Grade defensive Formation Disc and send it to Purple Moon Mountain!"
Putting away the Communication Law Treasure, Yang Tianyou's eyes shone with barely concealed excitement.
Originally, the Yang Household was not supposed to be able to mobilize the Alliance's Formation Masters.
But after the incident with the Old Man Zhui Dao the path, Yang Tianyou had the confidence to negotiate with the Alliance as the tide of battle turned.
As expected, the Spiritvoid Pavilion Master agreed without hesitation.
In truth, Yang Tianyou's move was somewhat selfish.
But for the sake of the Lineage's future development, he couldn't care less about anything else.
Besides, he wasn't afraid of fighting; he was just trying his best to gain benefits for the Lineage. When it came to a bloody battle, the Yang Household had never held back.
"The lady is skilled in both alchemy and weapon crafting, and after breaking through to the Sage Manifestation, she has become a Sixth Tier Artifact Refining Master."
The same applies to Yuan Ba and Yu Jin; their Lineage already possess three Sixth Tier Artifact Refining Master, enabling them to construct Sixth Tier War Flying Vessels on a large scale.
Such a large piece of Solar Essence Gold, wouldn't it be a complete waste if we didn't make use of it...?
Yang Tianyou pondered for a moment and then issued three instructions to his Lineage in succession.
First, Yang Xuanli was to lead the Second Legion to Four Symbols Island to assist the Formation Masters there in deducing the Seventh-Tier Battle Formation.
Secondly, the Lineage's Artifact Hall cultivators were instructed to gather all their Artifact Refining Master and begin a large-scale construction of Sixth Tier War Flying Vessels, with Solar Essence Gold as the primary material for the Flying Boat.
Third, let the Purple Moon Army start a frenzied bloody battle again, and accumulate enough Weapon Sha Qi as soon as possible.
After completing these tasks, Yang Tianyou entered the Seclusion Chamber, took out the prepared Talisman Crafting materials, and began refining the Revolving Wheel Soul-Gathering Talisman.
Outside Purple Moon Mountain, there are still a large number of remnant souls imprisoned by the Formation; they cannot be wasted.
In the blink of an eye, several months have passed. Deep black light circulates endlessly in the Seclusion Chamber, casting a heavy, inky hue over everything.
Picking up the newly crafted Revolving Wheel Soul-Gathering Talisman, Yang Tianyou flashed to the outside of Purple Moon Mountain.
A massive Formation stood on the earth, from which faint, mournful cries of ghosts and wolves could be heard, filled with Resentment Qi and accompanied by gusts of eerie wind.
Yang Tianyou remained expressionless, took out several Revolving Wheel Soul-Gathering Talisman and tossed them lightly, and six black moons of varying sizes hung high in the sky.
The moonlight fell, but it showed no sign of brightness. Instead, it was like an endless mist that enveloped the many remnant souls trapped in the Formation, dragging them into the very center of the black moon.
The forces of life and death swirled and intertwined, and a series of barely perceptible friction sounds rang out, then quickly fell silent. Before long, drops of dark-colored Soul Liquid condensed out, wafting a faint Fragrant Incense that made one's mouth water from the depths of their soul.
An hour later, all the remnant souls within the great formation were swept away by the Black Moon, replaced by two mid- Sixth Tier, Mid Grade Revolving Wheel Soul-Gathering Talisman and four Sixth-Tier Low-Grade Revolving Wheel Soul-Gathering Talisman.
With the seven Sixth-Tier Low-Grade Revolving Wheel Soul-Gathering Talisman already obtained, there are only seven more Revolving Wheel Soul-Gathering Talisman needed to gather all the soul materials required to refine twenty Sage Manifestation White Tiger Talisman Soldiers.
"We still have twenty years left. We won't need to worry about soul materials anymore. We can just refine a few more Revolving Wheel Soul-Gathering Talisman and send Fengling and the others to patrol the various battlefields."
However, we need to make arrangements with the local bullies first, since we're remnants of a soul on their turf...
The remnant souls on the battlefield can be utilized not only by the Yang Household, but also by other forces. Ghost Cultivators, Soul Cultivators, special Formations, and so on, remnant souls have a wide range of uses, and as long as they can be captured, they can basically be used.
However, most of these forces were not utilized as thoroughly as the Yang Household.
There's no need to worry about soul materials, but the Weapon Sha Qi is still a problem.
The Purple Moon Army originally consisted of 60,000 regular troops, over 20,000 Reserve Army, and more than 80,000 soldiers.
After numerous battles, more than ten thousand perished.
Most of these people died at the Dry Province Realm Gate. Of the two main legions that the Yang Household had sent in, only eight thousand survived and fled back to Purple Moon Mountain in a sorry state.
Although the Reserve Army was replenished and the main force quickly returned to full strength, with such a small number of people, it was still wishful thinking to accumulate enough Weapon Sha Qi for twenty Sage Manifestation Talisman Soldiers within twenty years.
The only solution now is to expand the army again, using the lives of our people to build a Great Dao road for the Void Refinement Legion.
One general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand; the Void Refinement Legion was also built on countless corpses.
Some of the bones scattered along the road belonged to the enemy.
Some belong to our own people.