Rise of Nongmen

Wenxiu is fine, but the scope of application is not wide, it only works for those who are gifted in reading, while martial arts is good for almost everyone, as long as they are not sick and can jump and jump in bed.But anyone with insufficient Yuanli talent can try to take the path of martial arts. Although the road is difficult and the chance of success is slim, at least it gives everyone a chance, which is better than practicing Yuanli.

Xiao Jinyan didn't like Wuxiu at first, because his level is really low. Although the end result is the same, but practicing martial arts is a real big wave. Regardless of the front wave or the back wave, most of them are shot to death on the shore, and there are very few successful ones. , but it is the most time-saving and labor-saving method to increase the military power of the people. Even if the improvement is not much, the follow-up is quite weak, and the overall strength can be improved.

I am afraid that the forces that snatched the relics and materials could not have imagined, because one of their interception actions prompted Xiao Jinyan to change his mentality, from the top-down development policy to the bottom-up and top-down parallel. Forget about cultivating masters, and really enter the fast lane of rising strength.

By the time other forces learned about it and wanted to follow suit, they were already far behind, and not all the forces were so bold and farsighted, and the resources were not enough for themselves, so how could they distribute the profits to take care of the people?This kind of behavior can only be adopted if the Xiao family truly controls a party. Ordinary family forces only take care of themselves, and they will not care about others, let alone the life and death of the people.

This is human nature, and there is nothing wrong with it, even Xiao Jinyan was forced to take remedial measures in a timely manner. If this mistake hadn't happened, he would still be holding on to the Zhenbei Army now, and he would not devote much attention to governing the people.

Xiao Jinyan's affairs here are going well, and when she is free, she can't help but think of Ye Chen, who has not heard from her for several days.Although he wasn't very worried about Ye Chen's safety, it was impossible for him not to worry about it at all.With Liuyan's footsteps, it is more than enough to travel all over the Da Yue Dynasty for such a long time, and he has disappeared until now, so don't really run into trouble.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jinyan clenched his fingers subconsciously, then let go, handed over the general affairs to the generals below, turned around and entered the practice room located in the Zhuanyuan formation to practice.

A large army is only suitable for two armies to fight, and a normal operation team is the most suitable. With such a small number of people, everyone has to improve their cultivation.

For Xiao Jinyan to convince the masses, it is not enough to have the commander of the Northern Army alone, he must have supporting force, otherwise it will be difficult to truly control the entire army.The disadvantages may not be obvious now. When everyone's cultivation level has improved, it will inevitably form the concept of respecting martial arts and strength first. The authority of pure wise generals without the blessing of martial arts will be greatly challenged.

This is not the case for Xiao Jinyan, his water elemental talent can be said to be quite outstanding, although not as outstanding as Ye Chen's soul power talent, and he is the best, but it is also in the top group.

The only bad thing is that apart from the fact that the Shanyu Pass where the Zhuanyuan Formation is located is helpful for cultivation, and it can also breed exotic flowers, plants, and rare animals, there are really no other places that can be obtained.

Xiao Jinyan's biggest advantage now is that he has a lot of Yuanyu. No matter Chuangong Pagoda or Zhenbao Pavilion, they can bring him a lot of money every day.

Unfortunately, there is nowhere to spend money.

The requirements of the trial tower are too high. Although Xiao Jinyan has enough yuan jade, it is impossible to send people into the trial tower in batches. Moreover, one person can only enter once a year. The trial field is useless, and the resources in it are basically only greedy. Very little is actually available.

Xiao Jinyan is self-aware. When he was dragged into Chuangong Pagoda, without the help of Ye Chen's Jinyuan team, there would be very little harvest in the medicine garden.This is the case even with the help of top practitioners. It can be seen that the talent is only outstanding, not counting the entry of rare people in the world. Apart from the skills, other gains are probably only a handful.

From this point of view, the Chuangong Pagoda is worthy of its name, and the inheritance of skills is the most important thing. The resources for trials are only limited to peerless geniuses, and the rest can be returned as they come.

In addition, the resources of Zhenbei Prefecture can be described as poor, and it is also threatened by fierce beasts. Thinking about it carefully, it is really not a good place.

But so what?Shanyuguan should have become a desperate place, but now it is the place where the whole army yearns for. Who can be sure that such a day will not happen in the wasteland occupied by fierce beasts?The Jedi are like this, so how can other ordinary places be the same?

Cultivation method is very important, no one can deny this, but it is not the only one, and resources are also indispensable.There are many soldiers in Zhenbei, and there is no shortage of ordinary cultivation resources, and because the Chuangong Pagoda is within the territory, there are also many ordinary exercises, what is lacking is only high-level resources and mental techniques.

Obviously they have enough Yuanyu in their hands, and they are sitting on such treasures as Chuangong Pagoda, why can't the Zhenbei Army get them?Without him, there is only one point. The Zhenbei Army lacks monks who are capable of obtaining high-quality exercises, but they do not have advanced mental techniques and secret skills, and they cannot obtain high-level resources from the outside world. This forms a vicious circle.

The Zhenbei Army is strong, but not strong enough to invade other territories at will, unless Xiao Jinyan wants to provoke a war, which is obviously not suitable at the moment.In this way, the way to obtain high-level resources is cut off. After all, there are not many opportunities like the large-scale Yuanyu mine in Feihe Mountains, and it is difficult for foreign forces to get a share of the pie outside their jurisdiction.

The new business of Zhenbao Pavilion, the acquisition of spiritual objects, is a booming business, with a steady stream of goods. Unfortunately, most of them are ordinary spiritual objects that have transitioned from ordinary objects to spiritual objects, and most of them are more mortal objects, which are used to lay the foundation for ordinary people. Fortunately, it is not enough to provide monks to practice, let alone cultivate top masters, these are far from enough.

Xiao Jinyan is powerful, talented, needs resources, needs resources, needs skills and skills, he meets all the conditions, except that he lacks time.As the commander-in-chief of an army and the most important person in a mansion, it is impossible for him to be as single-minded as an ordinary monk. He hadn't noticed anything wrong with this before. Group, now encountering soul cultivators, this shortcoming is extremely conspicuous.

In fact, there have been signs of this for a long time, and Ye Chen is the best example.It's just that there are very few such people, and I'm afraid I won't be able to find a second one in the entire Zhenbei Mansion. Xiao Jinyan has never heard of similar masters appearing anywhere, so he has always adhered to the strategy of steady progress and development. He himself is also cultivating The investment in investment is far from reaching the extreme, so I didn't think that it was just such a negligence that was not considered negligent, and it hit a wall.

Xiao Jinyan had to adjust his strategy, and the military affairs must be divided out.Fortunately, these Marquis of Qing'an had been taught before entering Beijing, he did not do everything himself, and it was not difficult to let go. From now on, he will only deal with major and urgent matters, and the rest of the trivial matters will be distributed to the corresponding generals.

After finishing all these, Xiao Jinyan was much more relaxed and had a lot of energy to devote to cultivation. It can't be called rapid progress in cultivation, but it was progressing rapidly. The only fly in the ointment was that Ye Chen never sent back any news.

Xiao Jinyan didn't think that the other party was killed, so after thinking about it, he decided to speed up the deployment of news networks in various places, so as not to get out of the communication range of the communication talisman and cause poor news transmission.

There are two flowers on each table.

No matter how strong Ye Chen's tracking ability is, it is not omnipotent. At most, he can remember the other party's breath, and he will recognize it no matter when and where he meets next time.Therefore, after losing the other party's trace by the Yujiang River, he couldn't think of a better way to track it down for a while, so he tried to walk down the river by land.

At the beginning, the breath didn't completely dissipate, and he could keep up. Later, when he left the range of Zhenbei Prefecture and entered other state capitals, his movements were restricted, he couldn't enter towns, and he had to go around checkpoints. After going back and forth like this, the clues were completely broken.

In this regard, Ye Chen was also very helpless, his identity should not be exposed, and because he came out too hastily, he did not prepare another identity, so he had to keep a low profile as much as possible so as not to attract attention.

For this reason, Liu Yan sacrificed a lot, and the dazzling red color of her body was no longer, replaced by the common brown color of horses.After that, it was annoyed for several days, ignoring him, and Ye Chen coaxed and tricked it to calm it down.

The situation in Northwest State is special. So far, it is still under the jurisdiction of the imperial court in name, but other state capitals may not be. They are either firmly controlled by the royal family, or fall into the pockets of several major local forces, but they are controlled like Zhenbei Prefecture. Not much outright.

Ye Chen usually rarely goes out of Jinmin County except for going to Zhenbei Mansion. Since it is rare to come here, he does not plan to go back immediately. He plans to take a walk around the area. It would be best if he can find the trace of the other party. If not, you can also learn more about the customs and customs outside, and relax once in a while, which will help your mood grow.

Ye Chen went all the way down the Yujiang River, stopping and going. One day, the way to go was blocked by mountains, and the river passed through the mountains. He simply stopped here and prepared to take a tour.

It was not the first time for Ye Chen to see mountains. On the contrary, he spent a lot of time dealing with mountains. Not to mention the time when he first came to Linjiang Village, he could see Luoyan Mountain every day. , it stands to reason that he has no interest in the scenery of mountains and rivers.

But it is not the case, at the moment he is very interested, in the past, he saw the mountain as the mountain, but now he is in a different state of mind, even if the winter is severe and the wind is bleak, it is not interesting.

Suddenly, the ground shook slightly, and Liu Yan immediately neighed as a warning, approaching the tent and looking around vigilantly.

Ye Chen's reaction was also not slow, and he immediately lifted the curtain and came out, his eyes fell on Liu Yan who was a little anxious, thoughtful.

Animals have a much stronger sense of danger than humans, and the flames are even worse. It doesn't make sense for the earthquake to spread to its feet before it responds.

In the same way, when Ye Chen was an ordinary person, his perception was very keen, not weaker than animals. After training, with the blessing of soul power, his perception increased exponentially.

But an earthquake happened, and no one responded.This is very abnormal. It is not surprising that after the recovery of the power system in this world, anything can happen.

In other words, where the source of the earthquake is likely to have mysterious phenomena such as ruins?

Ye Chen's heart moved, and he decided to go to the epicenter to have a look.

Although the tremor here is weak, and it comes and goes without a trace, making people unable to trace the source, but this does not mean that it cannot be traced.All earthquakes have external manifestations. Even if the earthquake source is not strong, it can only shake off dust. Someone will always be able to detect the earthquake.

Ye Chen expected it to be right. Although the earthquake came abruptly and slightly, there were not a few people who felt it. He quickly determined the approximate coverage area, and then carried out a blanket search with Liu Yan.

With uninterrupted practice, Ye Chen's cultivation is no longer what it used to be at this time. The penetrating power of soul power has been improved, and it can no longer only pass through the thickness of the soil layer of about three feet. Wherever the soul power passes, no matter the mountains or the ground, it can be collected. in mind.

Ye Chen's attention is not on the rare flowers, plants, and rare animals at the moment. Of course, he doesn't mind picking them up when he meets him along the way, and the focus falls on things like cracks.

Feeling such a slight earthquake, the most likely thing is a crack in the ground, forget about the surface, the possibility is extremely low, so Ye Chen put his target underground.

Ye Chen frowned slightly, seeing that he had almost traveled all over the area of ​​the earthquake without gaining anything.He didn't think he was wrong in his judgment. This earthquake came without any warning, which was completely different from ordinary earthquakes. If there was no mystery here, he didn't believe it.

If he didn't find it, it could only be that his soul penetration is not strong enough, and the ground crack appeared outside the detection range. Ye Chen sighed and prepared to search the last area. If he still didn't find it, he would go back home.

After this incident happened, Ye Chen no longer wanted to enjoy the scenery in the cold weather, and he had been out for a while, it was time to go back, and if he didn't go back,

I'm afraid Xiao Jinyan will bring someone over to find him.

Ye Chen didn't doubt this at all. If Xiao Yanjin harbored resentment, he couldn't hide it from him at all.Those who were betrayed by their friends and family members were mostly not because they were stupid, but because they were blinded by their emotions and didn't think about it. In fact, many things have traces to follow. As long as they are suspicious, they can find many flaws.

The relationship between Ye Chen and Xiao Jinyan was not intimate, so there was no such situation. Therefore, his inference is not low in credibility.

"Let's go, let's go back." Ye Chen looked regretfully at the earthquake area, but luckily nothing happened in the end. He searched all the places, but he didn't find the ground crack he was looking for, so he got on his horse and left.

I thought this was the end of the matter, but after contacting Xiao Jinyan, Ye Chen learned that there were earthquakes in many places in Zhenbei Mansion.

That being the case, Ye Chen simply followed his will, went to the Zhenbao Pavilion, and after replacing the jade with Yuanyu, he immediately began to visit various earthquake areas in Zhenbei Prefecture, ready to try his luck.

The hard work paid off, and Ye Chen walked several places one after another, and finally found what he wanted in a large rift valley in the Qixia Mountains in Zhenbei Prefecture - an inconspicuous small crack.

Ye Chen didn't tell anyone, if the news got out, others would just treat him as a fool.It is very common for cracks to appear in the ground. It is not only the case of earthquakes. What's more, even if it is cracked, there is no guarantee that it will be formed this time.

Ye Chen didn't care about these things, even if he found a mistake, it was just a waste of time, but what if it was true?Wouldn't it be a pity to miss it?

With this in mind, Ye Chen took out the gold yuan array and became an excavator again.

Liuyan was running around, playing on his own, but when he saw Ye Chen starting to dig the soil, his eyes lit up.It witnessed with its own eyes how the Yuan Lingmai was excavated, and even if it ran over, it would have a kick.

After figuring out Liuyan's intentions, Ye Chen didn't stop him, and pointed out a place for it to toss around by itself, and then devoted all his attention to it.

The location of the crack is not deep, about four feet from the surface, but if counted from the ground, it is tens of feet deep.Don't forget, this is the Great Rift Valley, itself lying below the horizon.

Digging a small hole four feet deep was effortless, and soon the cracks were exposed in the air.

Ye Chen stopped moving his hands and fully opened his soul power towards the crack, revealing the details of the situation below. Unfortunately, he didn't see anything unusual except that the crack continued to extend downward.

Ye Chen was not disappointed, and continued to dig the hole before, and did not stop until it was beyond the attack range of the gold element array.

Hey, why is it so quiet?Ye Chen looked at Liu Yan with doubts on his face, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

This guy was on the ground under his feet, stepped on the fire cloud, and kept jumping there. Apart from smashing a big hole with his body strength, the fire cloud not only failed to play its due role, but became a hindrance.why?The soil under its feet has been scorched and solidified. Isn't this making it more difficult to dig a hole?

It would be fine if that was the case, but what annoyed Liu Yan was that the pit Ye Chen dug not far ahead was getting deeper and deeper, and it was still competing with the half-human-high pothole, how could it not make it angry?

Ye Chen laughed so that his shoulders trembled slightly.

Liuyan probably knew that Huoyun was a good thing, so he summoned it instinctively, but he didn't want to backfire. It would be better to paw the ground with his hooves, and the speed would be much faster. Now...

After seeing enough jokes, Ye Chen finally realized his conscience, and attached a layer of water energy to his body surface to comfort the little guy.

Needless to say, the power of flames, not to mention burning everything, at least no one dares to underestimate it.

The huoyun supernatural power on Liuyan's body is quite special. It cannot be separated from the body, but it can be transformed at will, zoomed in and out, and can also provide floating power.Liuyan can fly in the air, relying on the fire cloud, without it, Liuyan can stay in the air for a short time at most.

Obviously, Huoyun not only has such functions, but it should be extremely destructive. It's just that the ability of Liuyan is not enough at the moment, so that the temperature of Huoyun is not high, and it can barely reach two or three hundred degrees.This temperature is enough to deal with creatures, but it is obviously far from enough to melt or even irritate soil and stones.

"Liuyan." Ye Chen stood by the pit and greeted with a smile.

Seeing Ye Chen, Liu Yan immediately suppressed the temperature of the fire cloud, flew out of the pit, and rubbed his head against his hand with a little grievance.

"Okay, don't be annoyed, put away Huoyun, and you can use it when it becomes more powerful. Right now, it's faster for you to plan with your hoof." Ye Chen stretched out his hand to caress Liu Yan's head, and comforted him, with a smile in his eyes But I couldn't hide it.

Liuyan blinked, very confused, why does Ye Chen feel weird to it?When he couldn't figure it out, he didn't think about it, and after being "pacified", he ran back to the pit to continue tossing.

Ye Chen smiled, looked at it for a while and then turned around, staring at the dark pit below in a daze.It's okay to dig to this extent, but if you want to dig down, you have to expand the hole, otherwise you won't be able to dig it down at all.

But this is only for a while. If the anomaly is located deep in the ground and no support is required, the width and depth of the pit must be kept at a certain ratio.This also means that the deeper the hole is dug, the wider the hole will be. At that time, it will not be a pit, but a reservoir lake.This is a big project. Although it is not difficult to do it with the help of Jin Yuanzhen, it is difficult to do it if you want to avoid people's eyes and ears.

Obviously, this is not what Ye Chen wants. It seems that he has to go to Shanyuguan and find some monks of earth element force to come over.

Thinking about it this way, Ye Chen didn't take action immediately, but continued to dig down until the hole was no longer suitable for further expansion before stopping.

As usual, Ye Chen released his soul power to investigate, but there was still no result. Except for the cracks expanding a little, there was no other change.

Leaping out of the pothole, Ye Chen asked to dig the soil so much that he couldn't bear to leave Liuyan for the return journey.

"Do you want a few monks of earth energy to help you dig the soil?" Xiao Jinyan looked suspicious.

"En." Ye Chen nodded solemnly, indicating that he was not joking.

Xiao Jinyan was quick-witted, and after confirming that what Ye Chen said was true, he knew that the other party might have discovered something, but it was difficult to say anything for the time being, so after a little thought, he asked, "What are your requirements?"

"First of all, trustworthy, and secondly, the higher the level of cultivation, the better. Those who can build houses and walls are preferred." Ye Chen was not polite to Xiao Jinyan, and directly stated the conditions.

"As long as the earth element force monks?"

Asked by Xiao Jinyan, Ye Chen thought about it carefully, and Fang said: "Take another Huoyuanli cultivator, um, if you are free, come with me."

Xiao Jinyan didn't hesitate, and immediately asked someone to come over. Since it was necessary to keep it secret, there should not be too many people. Including Ye Chen, it happened to be a regular team, and 11 people set off starry night.

There are few people in the Great Rift Valley, but that was in the past, and it is hard to say now. When it is not guaranteed, monks will come here to try their luck. The concealment work needs to be done well.

After arriving at the place, several earth element force monks immediately began to cover the hole, and cleaned up the mud splashed by Liu Yan and Ye Chen when they dug the hole, and then used their abilities to tamp the pit wall, and then the fire element force monks burned and strengthened it , At the same time, don't forget to put on the support, under the guarantee of three hands, the safety is greatly improved.

As for why Xiao Jinyan was brought along, it was very simple. Apart from personal reasons, the main consideration was the issue of the Five Elements.Originally, Ye Chen only wanted to seek help from cultivator Earth Origin Force, but Xiao Jinyan asked one more question, and he also thought about it a little bit more by the way.

Digging a hole all day is too boring, with Xiao Jinyan by his side, he can feel a little brighter, which can not only increase the value of force, but also be good for the eyes and relieve boredom, so why not do it?

If Xiao Jinyan knew that Ye Chen thought so, he would probably reward him with a waterspout to refresh his mind.

Unfortunately, he doesn't know.

Several earth elemental monks helped, and the digging efficiency was very high. However, in a day's work, they dug down dozens of feet. Looking up at the sky, they could only see a glimmer of light at the entrance of the cave.

If it were an ordinary person here, I'm afraid they would have been panicked for a long time, and the monks of the Zhenbei Army who had experienced the tide of fierce beasts could still hold on, but they also began to breed anxiety.

People like light and hate darkness, soul cultivators like Ye Chen are fine, they can still distinguish things clearly without light, but other people don't have this ability, they have to use light to do it.

Fortunately, Xiao Jinyan was born to be a moron. There used to be night pearls, but now there are more objects that can be used as lighting, which does not affect everyone's actions.