I wield power with my innate talents, and forge the Heavenly Court.

Chapter 227 Slaying the Blood Python, Negotiating Peace
To the east of Gaizhou Fortress, a giant, blood-red python swiftly snaked its way in.

Some of the local people, who were still in shock at the Xuanwu military spirit above Gaizhou City, were once again shocked when they saw the blood-red giant python.

"Snake, snake, snake!"

"Y-youkai!"

For a moment, everyone felt as if they were in a dream.

What happened to this world?
First, someone cultivated true qi, and then the Qing army became like demons.

Now, a huge black tortoise has suddenly appeared in Gaizhou City, and a blood-red giant python has also appeared here.

Is this still the world they know?

After a long while, everyone suddenly realized what was happening and immediately started shouting and running away.

"Snake!"

"Monster!"

"Monster, run!"

The panicked flight of the crowd immediately attracted the attention of the blood-red python.

"sizzle"

The crimson python shook its head and immediately spat out a mouthful of crimson mist.

The crimson mist drifted and swirled, yet moved with incredible speed.

In almost an instant, the blood-red mist had already enveloped the fleeing people around them.

"chichichi"

"Ah~!"

The next instant, a corrosive sound and a series of shrill screams came from within the blood-red mist.

When the screams stopped and the bloody mist spread out, there was no one left in the spot.

The people and their clothes were completely corroded by the blood-red mist and absorbed into it.

Immediately afterwards, the even denser crimson mist quickly rolled back and was swallowed back into the crimson python's belly.

Instantly, the aura of the crimson python increased slightly.

After finding that there was no one around, the blood-red giant python swam back towards Gaizhou Garrison City.

Meanwhile, the moment the shaman died, a beam of blood-red light suddenly rose from his body and flew rapidly out of the city.

"chichichi"

"what!"

However, the moment that blood-red light rose and touched the nation's destiny, it was swiftly suppressed and dissolved by the nation's destiny.

However, because the blood-red light was too fast, a small portion of it managed to escape and merge into the blood-red giant python.

"sizzle"

In an instant, the blood-red python, which was rapidly slithering towards them, suddenly stopped on the spot and emitted a series of hissing sounds.

Two life force auras, almost identical yet distinct, intertwined and shifted rapidly.

"Is this... soul transfer? Possession?"

As Li Yaohui watched the blood-red python whose aura was constantly changing, countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

But forget it.

Who cares what it is, just chop it up first.

In the blink of an eye, Li Yaohui mobilized the power of the Xuanwu military spirit and launched a fierce attack on the blood-red giant python.

In an instant, a sharp, blood-red spear-like beam shot out from Xuanwu's mouth, instantly traversing a thousand meters and piercing straight towards the blood-red giant python's vital spot.

The impending death caused the two distinct auras on the crimson python to rapidly merge and unify. With a single, massive jaws, a tangible crimson mist erupted, enveloping the crimson spear's edge.

"chichichi"

Wherever the crimson mist passed, the air was violently pushed aside, producing a deafening corrosive sound.

However, the extremely dense crimson mist had no effect on the incoming crimson spear light and was directly shattered by the attack.

In the next instant, the crimson spear light pierced through the crimson python's vital spot.

"sizzle"

"No, I'm not reconciled! I've only just gained the chance to become a god, how can I die here?"

Along with the hiss of the blood-red python, a hoarse voice rang out, filled with resentment and despair.

However, no matter how unwilling he was, he could not change the final outcome.

An extremely fierce and domineering force was coursing through his body, damaging his internal organs and meridians.

"Rumble"

The crimson python, its head held high, slammed heavily to the ground and began to roll violently, destroying everything around it.

Watching all this from afar through Xuanwu's gaze, Li Yaohui once again mobilized his power to beat the drowning dog.

"chichichi"

Streams of spear light shot out, piercing the blood-red python's body with bloody holes, and the sharp and domineering military aura penetrated deep into its body.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the blood-red python finally stopped moving.

Just then, a burst of blood-red light suddenly rose from the top of the giant crimson python's head, and it began to flee into the distance.

In the next instant, a bright yellow light rose around it, instantly suppressing it and rapidly eroding and dissolving its power.

Wherever the people of the Celestial Empire go, or wherever its power extends, the national fortune of the Celestial Empire will spread.

Although the location of the crimson python is currently some distance from Gaizhou City, it is not affected by the national fortune of the Celestial Empire associated with Gaizhou City.

However, Li Yaohui's series of attacks just now carried a lot of military force.

Under normal circumstances, this military aura will exist for a period of time, and then slowly transform into national fortune and spiritual energy.

If no citizens of the Celestial Empire pass through or stay in this region, then over time, the national fortune will transform into spiritual energy.

If left unattended, it will be gradually worn away and destroyed under the suppression and erosion of the rules of heaven and earth.

In a few hundred years, it will completely disappear.

Now, as Moore, carrying the soul of the crimson python, tries to escape once again...

The surrounding military aura instantly transformed into national destiny, and with a speed and intensity surpassing anything before, it completely suppressed and bound them.

And naturally, only dynasties could achieve this.

Earlier, when the shaman had used his power to refine his body, and then Li Yaohui blasted his body apart, he fled frantically out of the city with his soul and a portion of the refined special power.

Suddenly, the dynasty sensed something and transferred a portion of its consciousness over.

The reason for this was that the special power evolved from the blood-red aura of the giant blood python, which refined the body and soul, had attracted his attention.

That power contained not only bloodthirsty energy and soul power, but also a special life-creating energy that was half energy and half matter.

Previously, the dynasty had only sensed this power within living beings.

As for the power that is half energy and half matter, the dynasty had never felt the existence of such a power in nature.

Therefore, when it was exposed to the fate of the nation, it immediately attracted the attention of the dynasty.

Yes, the generation of national fortune power is inherently a means for dynasties to collect more extraordinary power and knowledge, using the power of all living beings to drive their own progress.

Naturally, dynasties would establish some special mechanisms within this framework.

Such unprecedented power, appearing within the realm of national destiny, would instantly reflect back to the dynasty. This is how the life-creating energy that emerged from the Morshaman's body refinement attracted the dynasty's attention.

However, by the time the dynasty turned its attention to this place, the Moorish shaman had already escaped the influence of the nation's destiny, carrying with him his remaining power and soul.

Originally, Wang Chaodu thought that he was bound to miss out on this special power this time.

Unexpectedly, it did not escape directly, but instead merged into the body of the blood-red giant python, and was then shot dead by Li Yaohui.

At this point, the dynasty that had been keeping a close eye on the situation would naturally not allow it to escape again.

The moment it appeared, the dynasty mobilized all its forces to completely suppress it.

However, mere suppression meant nothing to him.

If left untreated, that crimson orb of light will be eroded and dissolved by the nation's destiny, which is not the dynasty's intention.

Seeing the blood-red sphere of light being constantly eroded and dissolved, Wang Chao immediately had an idea.

In an instant, the fate of the nation that had been suppressed was rippled.

In that instant, the crimson orb of light sank rapidly into the nation's destiny, as if it had fallen into water, and eventually disappeared.

On the other side, Li Yaohui breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the crimson orb disappear.

This thing isn't strong, but it's quite resilient.

Li Yaohui then disbanded the army.

The next instant, the enormous Xuanwu military spirit above collapsed with a bang.

However, at the same time, a trace of the power of water that benefits all things descended and merged into the bodies of Li Yaohui and the others, giving their bodies and souls a slight cleansing.

This gave them a refreshing feeling, as if their tired bodies had been comfortably soaking in a hot spring after a long day of work.

Of course, this kind of refinement has a very slight effect on the improvement of the body and soul, and is even less effective than what can be achieved through one's own cultivation.

However, this is still an improvement.

The enhancements gained, especially from the deployment of large military formations, are even greater.

This also made all the armies of the Celestial Empire very enthusiastic about military formation training.

This not only allows them to become familiar with military formations, but it is also a form of spiritual practice.

After completely regaining control of Gaizhou Garrison City, Li Yaohui couldn't help but sigh as he looked outside the city.

Their military and administrative personnel are still too few.

Even if they captured the city, they would not have enough manpower to govern and defend it.

"When will the prefect dispatched from above arrive?"

Seeing that there were still many layers waiting to be occupied outside, while they had to stay behind to guard and manage them for the time being, Li Yaohui couldn't help but sigh again.

Just then, someone came running downstairs shouting.

"Commander, they're here! They're here! The Prefect of Gaizhou Garrison, dispatched from above, has arrived!"

Well, at this point, Li Yaohui had finally accumulated enough military merits and was promoted to battalion commander, able to lead a thousand soldiers.

"Phew, good, good, it's good that you're here. We can finally retake the other cities again."

"Not only that, in addition to the thousands of governance officials dispatched from above, there are also eight hundred new soldiers, which can be considered to fill our manpower shortage."

"Hahaha"

Upon hearing this, Li Yaohui burst into laughter. Was the imperial court and the emperor preparing to reclaim Liaodong?
However, when he met the prefect, he was disappointed to learn that this was the last batch of personnel to be removed.

There is a severe shortage of manpower everywhere; there simply aren't enough people available.

The fact that a thousand management personnel could be transferred here already indicates that the situation here is special.

As for how much territory he can ultimately occupy, that depends on Li Yaohui's abilities.

Although somewhat disappointing, it's still better than having only two hundred people who can only guard one place.

After hastily handing over the affairs of Gaizhou City, Li Yaohui led his troops out again.

This time, they did not encounter an army like the Qing army they had encountered before, which could form a military formation, summon some demonic spirits to descend, and evolve into a military soul.

Often, after a barrage of artillery fire, the defending troops would surrender.

In the end, even before the Celestial Empire's army arrived at the city walls and began their siege, they had already surrendered.

Meanwhile, another army from the Celestial Empire occupied Haizhouwei from another direction.

Faced with the aggressive offensive of the Celestial Empire, the Qing court, after deliberation, finally decided to send envoys to negotiate peace with the Celestial Empire.

At this point, Li Yaohui and his men had reached their limit again and were no longer able to occupy any more territory.

They had no problem conquering cities and seizing territories, but managing the occupied areas completely with only two or three thousand people was a problem.

Even so, Li Yaohui and his men remained aggressive towards the peace negotiators sent by Huang Taiji.

They seem ready to launch another attack at any time.

They didn't even let them see General Wang Shi of the Northern Expedition before arrogantly driving them out.

"Negotiations? What peace talks? Let's talk about it after you return all the territory of my Celestial Empire."
Shenyang, Tieling, Liaohai, Sarhu—all of them must be returned to our Celestial Empire!

Upon hearing this, the person who came to negotiate peace was completely stunned.

Good heavens, you're trying to destroy the Qing Dynasty!

Seeing that Li Yaohui and the others were adamant, he had no choice but to return.

Seeing the Qing envoy's disheveled appearance, Li Yaohui and the others couldn't help but burst into laughter, making the peace envoy's face turn red and then green with anger.

After returning to Shenyang, I reported the final results.

This immediately caused a huge uproar among the Qing army's high command.

These Chinese are too arrogant.

"We'll fight them to the death, even if it means our own demise!"

"We all have two arms and one head, so who's afraid of who!"

"That's right, Great Khan! I refuse to believe that gathering all the divinely gifted warriors wouldn't be enough to deal with a mere two or three thousand Heavenly Dynasty soldiers."

"and then?"

Huang Taiji looked at the arguing crowd with a headache and frowned as he spoke.

In fact, he could tell that everyone was already feeling afraid.

Didn't you see that everyone was talking about risking their lives?

Clearly, no one had any confidence in defeating the Celestial Empire's army.

It was only because the words spoken by the generals of the Celestial Empire were too deceitful that they uttered these words in a fit of anger.

When Huang Taiji uttered the question, everyone immediately fell silent.

Then?

If they were to gather all of their hundreds of thousands of divinely inspired warriors, they would indeed be confident that, in a well-organized battle formation, they could withstand two or three thousand Heavenly Dynasty soldiers.

However, this would inevitably lead to the Celestial Empire dispatching even more troops to encircle and suppress them.

At that point, they will only face defeat and destruction.

"Then, Great Khan, what do you suggest we do? We'll do as you say."

Finally, everyone turned their attention to Huang Taiji.

Thank you to reader 【Tomorrow of the Future】 for the 100-coin reward!



(End of this chapter)