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Chapter 144 The Meaning of Paying Tribute, The Change of the Spirituality of Heaven and Earth

While everyone was still stunned, Wang Dahu and his group had already arrived.

"kill!"

With a raised longsword and surging true energy, a massive blade of energy was instantly unleashed towards the city gate.

"boom!"

In an instant, the entire city gate was torn to pieces.

Seeing such supernatural abilities, Alava and the others were even more shocked, but it was also because of this that he came to his senses.

Now is not the time to be shocked.

The moment he realized what was happening, he immediately gave a loud order.

"Fire the arrows! Fire them now!"

"Bang bang bang"

"Om~!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a series of thunderous bowstring twangs and the sound of arrows slicing through the air rang out.

However, these arrows were not fired by his own men, but by the militia on the other side.

The city gate was narrow, and the soldiers had no room to hide. They were instantly covered by a rain of arrows and died one after another.

Meanwhile, Wang Dahu and his men had already taken the opportunity to rush into the city gate.

The outcome after the ferocious militia stormed into the city is self-evident.

Anyone wielding a weapon was within their killing range.

The general who led the troops on the eastern expedition, Alavadu, the garrison commander of Shazhou City, was all killed by Wang Dahu with a single stroke.

In just over an hour, Wang Dahu had led his men to completely occupy Shazhou City.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Dahu left 800 men to garrison Shazhou City to receive the arriving militia, and then led his troops out again.

This time, the target is Adan, which is adjacent to Shazhou City.

Adan City was naturally not as well-fortified as Shazhou City, and its garrison numbered only eight hundred, so Wang Dahu easily captured it.

They then pressed on without stopping, heading straight for Guazhou City in the northwest. After three hours of fighting, they captured Guazhou City.

Then they occupied the neighboring Lugou'er, and then turned back to occupy Gudunzi, Bulongji and other places.
From then on, the area east of Guazhou was occupied by the People's Salvation Army, and a pale yellow aura of national destiny stretched from east to west all the way to Guazhou City.

When the newly appointed King of Turpan, Suletan Able Ahmad Aji Khan, Ablun Muhammad, received the news, he was completely dumbfounded.

He dispatched 50,000 elite troops to the front, but they were defeated and wiped out by the so-called "People's Salvation Army" in a single engagement.

Then, as if in retaliation, the militia captured Shazhouwei City and Guazhou City in two or three days.

When he first received the news, Ajihan really didn't want to believe it, but the subsequent messages all told him that this was indeed the case.

For a moment, Aji Khan was questioning his own existence. Where did this powerful figure come from?
They were clearly dominating the Ming army, but now they've been easily defeated by the militia, who have captured several cities in succession.

In fact, it wasn't just Aji Khan who found it so; the various princes and ministers of the Turpan Khanate also found it hard to believe.

Immediately, everyone gathered at the royal court to discuss countermeasures.

However, after much discussion, no good solution could be found.

Some suggested sending more troops to attack, but this suggestion was immediately dismissed with a cold look.

Some even scoffed.

"Why don't you lead your troops to attack that militia?"

One sentence was enough to shut the man up.

After several days of discussion, someone finally cautiously made the suggestion.

"Why don't we submit a petition expressing our willingness to submit and pay tribute?"

Don't the people of the Central Plains all like this kind of thing?

After the words were spoken, the entire room fell silent.

Does nobody really think of this?

Of course not, it's just that no one dared to be the first to point it out.

For the Turpan Khanate, paying tribute and submitting to the Central Plains Empire was something they felt no psychological burden at all.

After all, more than a hundred years ago, they were still a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

They simply became powerful later, so they regained their independence and even occupied Hamiwei.

So now, it's not impossible for them to become a vassal and pay tribute to a more powerful force.

However, Aji Khan was ultimately unwilling to accept this.

He has only just inherited the throne of the Turpan Khanate, and now he has to become a vassal and pay tribute to a rising power?

Moreover, could that so-called People's Salvation Army really possibly reach Turpan?
Although after some people proposed to become vassals and pay tribute, more and more people began to support this view.

However, Aji Khan has not yet made a statement.

Especially since the People's Salvation Army did not launch another attack for some time afterward, he was even more unwilling to submit to them and pay tribute.

Let's just leave it at that and maintain this tacit understanding between the two sides.

As long as the militia ceases its attacks, they can treat it as if they never occupied the area east of Guazhou.

Alternatively, he could send someone to negotiate peace with the militia, and they could become friendly nations.

Amidst this noisy discussion, time flew by, and soon about twenty days had passed, bringing us to January 20th.

At this time, Wang Dahu's newly occupied Shacheng Weicheng and Guazhou City, like those at Yumen Pass, had already undergone the same immigration process. This allowed the Salvation Army to establish a very deep level of control over these areas.

As people who had migrated from other places, the only people they could trust and rely on were the People's Salvation Army.

Naturally, their sense of belonging to the People's Salvation Army began to rise rapidly, which quickly intensified the national destiny of these areas.

On the other side, as endless national fortune converged, the golden sphere above the dynasty finally reached its limit, ushering in a fundamental transformation.

"Om~!"

The golden sphere trembled slightly and suddenly collapsed inward, transforming into a point of light that radiated brilliant golden light.

Finally, the light transformed into a wisp of golden power, as thin as a spider's thread, which hovered above the dynasty's head like a dragon.

As a result of the feedback of power, the soul and other forces within the dynasty's body also began to undergo a transformation at this moment.

At the same time, the entire world where the Ming Dynasty was located also began another advancement.

This is the first time that a dynasty and the world have advanced together.

In the past, it was only after the power of a dynasty had been fully transformed and used in the outside world that it would cause a transformation in the world.

This time, however, it was the external changes in the nation's fortunes that led to the transformation of the dynasty itself.

Naturally, this transformation of national destiny and power occurring externally will also be reflected in the world.

This is what caused the world and dynasties to change together, but in essence, there was no difference.

The dynasty's power was collapsing and condensing; the soul, which was already almost the size of an ordinary person, shrank again to the size of a thumb.

However, the higher the sky and the thicker the earth, the greater the energy concentration becomes, increasing nearly tenfold.

If we say that in the past, the power of all living beings in the world could be increased to the level of martial arts that Wei Xiaobao possessed.

So now, we can at least reach the level of Yitian.

Compared to the world of Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, this world has something else in common: spirituality.

After yet another transformation, the world is now able to allow spiritual power to exist for a longer period of time.

Furthermore, as the world ascends, all life within it naturally undergoes a certain baptism as well.

However, this baptism is intangible and intangible, more like increasing the human body's potential and elevating it along with the world, so that life in the world cannot feel any difference.

However, the spiritual power they generate is undoubtedly stronger and more resilient.

The consequence of this is that the spiritual power emanating from everyone is no longer easily worn away, but can persist for a relatively long time.

In the main hall of Shaolin Temple on Mount Song, as monks and pilgrims knelt and prayed, wisps of spiritual energy began to converge on the golden statue of Buddha above.

As time went by, wisps of spiritual power began to emerge on the golden Buddha statue, which was originally an ordinary object.

The Zhenwu statue on Wudang Mountain also began to gather spiritual power and gradually revealed its spiritual light as people worshipped and prayed for it.

In addition, there are the Three Mao True Lords of Maoshan, Zhang Daoling, the Demon-Subduing and Protector of the Way, worshipped at Longhu Mountain, Laozi, the Moral Celestial Venerable, worshipped at Qingcheng Mountain, and Qiu Chuji, the Universal Salvation Celestial Venerable, worshipped at Qiyun Mountain.
There are also many other Taoist temples and Buddhist monasteries, where the celestial deities, Buddhas, and Bodhisattvas they enshrine are also imbued with spiritual energy.

In Western countries, there are also many idols and demons that have begun to gather spiritual power and nurture their own spiritual light.

In the Yunnan-Guizhou region of the south, the mountains and forests of the northeast of the north, the esoteric Buddhism of Xinjiang and Mongolia in the west, and the Dongying region of Korea in the east, there are also mysterious forces at play.

As for the ocean, which occupies the most vast area on Earth, it naturally also gathers power and spirituality.

However, compared to the ocean, the spiritual power gathered there is extremely thin.

After all, even with the enhancement of the world's advancement, the spiritual power generated by the plants and animals in the ocean has not increased much. The spiritual power mainly comes from the only intelligent life on Earth today, humankind.

Most of these beliefs actually stem from the seaside people's faith in the sea, dragons, mythical beasts, monsters, and deities.

In mainland China, very few people believe in the ocean, and even if they do, the spiritual power they generate is difficult to gather in the ocean.

Spiritual power can indeed exist for a long time now, but that's only relatively speaking. It can probably only last for three to five days, and it probably can't spread to the ocean.

Unless there is a greater convergence of spiritual energy, leading to a qualitative change from a quantitative one, it is impossible to extend its existence significantly, allowing it to persist for a year and a half, or three to five years.

And this is already the limit.

In other words, the spiritual power and aura that gather on those statues will dissipate again in just three to five years if there is no continuous faith and prayer.

However, the situation changed within the territory of the People's Salvation Army.

The energy of heaven and earth here is much more concentrated, more than three times that of the outside world.

Normally, the spiritual power here should be able to last longer, as seen in the aura emanating from the statues of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and celestial beings.

It will inevitably be able to persist for a longer period of time, eventually giving birth to a more brilliant inspiration, and may even lead to a further transformation.

However, this is the case in most cases.

However, one thing is certain: the spiritual power they accumulate and gather, and the spiritual light derived from it, is absolutely far inferior to that of the outside world.

Because this place is covered by spiritual power and national destiny, the spiritual power generated by all living beings is basically eroded and assimilated by spiritual power as soon as it leaves the body, and is transformed into national destiny.

Unless their faith is extremely firm, it is only possible for them to gather a portion of spiritual power and integrate it into the idol when they worship and pray at close range.

How many people and how many situations like this are there?

Moreover, even if those spiritual powers are integrated into the statue, the spiritual energy will still erode and assimilate it. Whether it is transformed into national fortune or something else depends on the dynasty's choice.

However, when the dynasty noticed the changes in the spiritual power of its territory, it did not prevent that spiritual power from merging into the statue.

He was curious to see how these idols would eventually evolve into.

However, he did not stop the erosion and assimilation of spiritual power.

However, it was not transformed into other powers; it remained attached to the statue and transformed into the divine power imagined by all living beings.

For example, the golden light of Buddha in Buddhism, the pure and ethereal light of immortals in Taoism, and the divine light of gods, etc.

(End of this chapter)