The Beginning of the Campaign

Elder Zhang paused, then continued, "All cultivators who are not on the Merit Ranking must contribute the corresponding merits or Spirit Stones according to their cultivation level to fund the war!"

Xu Chunniang nodded. "When will the campaign begin?"

Elder Zhang shook his head slightly. "There is no definite news yet. Barring unforeseen circumstances, it will be within ten days at most."

Ten days seemed long, but for a war of this scale, there was much to prepare. The time was exceedingly tight.

From this, it was clear that the nine great Aristocratic Clans had made up their minds to settle the score with the Sea Clan.

Xu Chunniang watched Elder Zhang leave, then turned toward the exchange hall.

This time, she did not exchange for any more Top-grade Spirit Stones. Instead, she traded all her tens of thousands of merits for various healing and recovery medicines.

The Dragon Emperor Palace lay within Sea Clan territory, far from the human islands. It never hurt to prepare more pills.

After learning that all cultivators on the Merit Ranking had to join the expedition or forfeit one hundred thousand merits, most cultivators voiced their support for the measure.

"The Sea Clan has destroyed one of our human continents. They have gone too far! Rather than sit by and watch them drive sea demon beasts to gnaw away at our human forces, we should join hands and fight with our backs to the river!"

"If we lose this battle, the human race will face an unprecedented crisis. Rather than wither away behind closed doors, we might as well fight!"

In such an atmosphere, the few dissenters could not stir up any waves. They could only hold their noses and pay the fine of one hundred thousand merits.

As for cultivators who were not