Destiny is ashes

Chapter 444: Minefield (Small chapter, not finished yet, will be a large chapter tomorrow)
When An Jing came to Tianyuan Realm to send a message, Huo Qing and Nian Quan were practicing against each other at the training ground of No. 3 Middle School.

Apart from his sword skills, Nianquan is also proficient in many water-related techniques, such as Water Light Illusion Body, Dew Condensation Thorn, etc. With his pair of spiritual eyes, he has also made some achievements in practicing magic scrolls and alchemy.

But Huo Qing was not weak either. With his original foundation and the Huaixu martial arts taught by An Jing, he held a formation flag as a spear, practiced the formation, and fought head-on. He was able to block the sword intent and not be at a disadvantage.

Moreover, his agility was much better than that of other cultivators of the same level. Even when Nian Quan wanted to use his special move, the Emperor's Heavenly Law Sword Intention, which was also taught by An Jing, he was unable to lock onto Huo Qing.

"I can't believe you're so strong."

After the competition, Nianquan put away his sword. He was quite surprised: "I thought you were so focused on studying formations that you would be a little weak in fighting. Let alone the body training, your spear skills are also very good. You can at least get a 'good' or even 'excellent' martial arts."

"My marksmanship was also taught by an elder...back then."

After saying this, Huo Qing sighed. He didn't want to talk more about this aspect: "As for fighting, I am four or five years older than you. You are the real genius."

Nian Quan shook his head and said, "I have a natural spiritual root, and you have a third spiritual root. Our cultivation efficiency determines that there is actually no difference in our foundation. Next time, we can practice more with each other. I have found a few flaws of mine."

"It's also a good thing."

How could Huo Qing have any objection to being able to use the library, training ground, and spirit gathering array of No. 3 Middle School for free? He also discovered that the martial arts taught to him by An Jing really requires faster growth in battles. The more intense the battle, the higher the level of spiritual energy cultivation, which is somewhat different from the ordinary immortal cultivation method.

Using formations to refine the body, using the body as a formation... is indeed a way.

Just as the two of them were sympathizing with each other and preparing to review the competition and study how to optimize their playing methods, they both received An Jing's request.

"Military weapons?"

The two looked at each other, confused: "This is not easy to find..."

Although a lot of things happened to An Jing during this period, but for the two people from the Tianyuan Realm, it had only been a few days since An Jing left with the anti-killing suit and drone, so how come there was suddenly a need for military weapons again?

Moreover, unlike ordinary fighting weapons, military weapons are truly taboo. For example, An Jing's Chongming Sword Box has data that is superior to ordinary sword boxes in all aspects. With the addition of a military spiritual furnace and military elixirs, its power can be increased several times.

Once this kind of weapon becomes available to the public, it will be quickly snatched up on the black market and other places.

The requirements for An Jing are indeed high.

But for the two of them, it is not unsolvable.

“What is the demand?”

Huo Qing asked first. He was more familiar with An Jing's situation and guessed that the other sect's base was probably deep in the wilderness, out of reach of the group and rampant with monsters: "Are they targeting flying creatures or those that walk on the ground? Are they targeting ferocious beasts or demons?"

The enemy is cavalry.

After An Jing's answer, even Nianquan beside him was confused: "Cavalry? Are there cavalry in the wilderness?"

[They are mutant monsters similar to centaurs. Just treat them as a group of motorcycles that cannot fly.]

This analogy instantly made Huo Qing understand: "The gang's motorcycle brigade, right? And they can't fly. This is simple, they don't need military weapons at all."

[Oh? No need? ]

An Jing's answer was obviously interesting: [Although these mutant monsters can't fly, their combat power is quite terrifying. There are several great foundation-building monsters, and they have obvious formations to attack together. They can burst out magical powers comparable to those of a Purple Mansion Master - without military weapons, I'm afraid I can't hold on.]

"Just use mines."

Huo Qing gave the simplest option: "If it is really a centaur monster, then we must choose mines. As long as we create a minefield, the monsters that cannot fly will have to take a detour no matter how fierce or crazy they are."

"This doesn't require any military channels. I can ask someone to get you a batch of Blood Evil Flame Thunders with automatic adsorption and erosion capabilities. They are from the same group as you, An Jing, so they will definitely be useful."

【Okay okay】

An Jing realized that he had over-complicated things, and said, "Buy as much as you can, don't worry about running out of money. I just mined a batch of spiritual stones, which are very rare Yang-type."

"Really!"

On the other side, Nianquan suddenly became interested: "Yang attribute spirit stones? Really? An Jing, if you have any, you can give them to me, and I will pay for the good deeds of these mines!"

【What does this mean? 】An Jing was a little curious.

"A few years ago, the Taoist Academy made technological advances that allowed them to purify the vital energy in the spiritual ore."

Nianquan explained: "It was originally used to regenerate waste spiritual stones, remove the impurities in the spiritual furnace, and reuse the technology. If it is a Yang spiritual stone, and there are more of them, maybe a trace of 'Sun-bathing Myriad Transformations Purple Qi' can be extracted. This is a universal spiritual material that can be used for foundation building and even purple palace alchemy. The price is extraordinarily expensive."

[In that case, I will hand over the spiritual stone to you later.] Many thoughts immediately emerged in An Jing's mind at this moment: [By the way, can ordinary Yin and Yang spiritual objects be used?]

"Of course you can, but spirit stones are the fastest to refine." Nianquan believed in the quality of the spirit stones provided by An Jing, and before letting An Jing take a photo, he first transferred a good deed to Huo Qing: "And the success rate of refining is not high, so this technology has not been promoted on a large scale - but for those who have the requirements of building a foundation, it is worth it even if it costs a little more money and wastes some spirit stones."

On the other side of the water mirror, An Jing nodded slightly, and immediately realized that there was a business that was more profitable and safer than reselling spirit stones between the two worlds.

He has quite a few Yin-Yang spiritual objects like "Moon Rainbow Stone" and "Sunlight Stone" in Linjiang City. However, it is difficult to utilize the spiritual energy in these spiritual objects as they are extremely complex, so they are generally used as materials for large formations, relying on quantity to pile up quality.

However, if the Tianyuan Realm has the technology to extract the yin and yang spiritual energy from this kind of ore... then it would really be turning waste into treasure!
However, let's put this idea aside for now, because this still utilizes the channels of No. 3 Middle School - only by mastering this technology in one's own hands can one maximize the utilization of the resource gap between Huaixu and Tianyuan Realm.

Soon, the three of them met at Huo Qing's mansion.

An Jing handed over five Xuanqing spirit stones to Nian Quan, which made the other party exclaim in disbelief - spirit stones of such high purity were only produced in the central spirit vein and the cave heaven. The good deeds he had given were obviously less, but he could not give more for the time being.

Huo Qing also said that he would buy landmines for An Jing within two days. This thing is not a military weapon, but the effect is definitely not low. If a wild beast steps on one, even if it can survive, it will definitely be disabled. It is guaranteed to satisfy An Jing. However, in recent times, in order to explore the gradually opened underground secrets, independent cultivators and various forces have been buying supplies, and the price of weapons has risen slightly, but the amount of good deeds given by Nianquan is too large, which is definitely enough.

“These aren’t considered military weapons?”

An Jing was quite puzzled about the fact that landmines were not considered military use, and Huo Qing shook his head: "If we cultivators really want to fight each other, there is no reason for us to march on the ground. For example, even in the last "Dangyun Battle" between the Guiyi Army and the Lianshan Group, twelve Taixu warships were dispatched to each other. The aftermath blew away the cloud barrier of 100,000 miles, directly turning the wilderness into a large lake, which is now the "Great Turbid Lake". Since then, no grass has grown around it, and even monsters have not appeared."

——The Guiyi Army actually has the Taixu warship?
An Jing was slightly startled, but it was not surprising. After all, it was an organization that could compete head-on with major groups in some aspects. If it really couldn't even take out the Taixu Xiandao battleship, it could not be considered an "army" but just an underground rat.

It seems that the mines are just a folk technology against monsters and demons. The mine technology is simple, just wait for someone to step on it, and there is no need to worry about the launch problem, and the output is also large.

However, the environment of the Tianyuan Realm is already so difficult, and the war between cultivators will lead to a vast expanse of ashes. No wonder that after the demonic calamity is over, the entire Tianyuan Realm still looks like a post-apocalyptic scene... It would be difficult to restore this world to its original state.

Looking back at the Huaixu Realm...

"By the way, if I spread martial arts in Tianyuan Realm, then if the warriors pass away and die, and the bodies are transformed into blessed lands and caves, can this world be repaired?"

Thinking of this, An Jing suddenly felt that it was really possible - warriors were originally the magic energy purifiers and heaven and earth restoration units created by Huaixu Tiandao. Taking into account the efficiency, this ability to replenish the world with one's own body might not even be matched by demons and spirits: "Ha, if I really do it, I don't know if the Heavenly Dao of Tianyuan Realm will give me another destiny."

Two days later, An Jing returned to Huaixu Realm with a full set of landmines belonging to the 'Blood Evil Flame Thunder' class of Taixu magic weapon.

As soon as he returned to Huaixu, he found Xu Tai and Bai Qinghan and told them that there would be a surprise attack by the Iron Li cavalry. He then distributed some drones and mines, as well as maps of the main roads around Broken Blade Mountain, to the two of them, and asked them to take a group of people to plant mines and prepare reconnaissance methods.

Then, he personally drove Teng Shuangbai and controlled the Xiyin drone to survey all the strategic roads around Duanren Mountain and make a map.

[My dear disciple... your Iron Kite is too powerful.]

In order to protect An Jing's safety, Chen Yinzi asked to follow An Jing. When he saw An Jing controlling more than a dozen drones and spending several days to plant mines at a strategic node that could vibrate the Broken Blade Mountain's veins, he couldn't help but sigh: [Guangchen is so powerful that he can create such a mysterious creation? He is really silent.]

"Well……"

On the other side, at An Jing's signal, Gu Yunzhi watched Xu Tai and others placing mines and testing their power.

boom!
With a loud thunder, the iron cart used for testing was blown into the air, and then fell heavily, raising a cloud of dust.

On the iron cart, scarlet blood flames burned like flowing water, turning the steel into gold and water, and all living things withered and turned into charcoal.

Seeing this scene, Gu Yunzhi frowned, then relaxed: "Good stuff!"

The power of the landmines is indeed great. A warrior with internal energy will die if hit by them, and a warrior with internal strength will be injured if not killed. Especially the bloody fire thunder, it is best at burning essence and energy. Once it touches a person, it is difficult to extinguish it and it will not stop until the person is burned to charcoal.

This kind of treacherous military weapon, if there are enough of them, can be used to defend against cavalry. Especially since the Chenli Cavalry has never encountered this kind of weapon, they will definitely suffer a great loss in this regard. Once this kind of military weapon is deployed, it will be difficult to eliminate the defense. If it is really deployed into a network, their most proud mobility will be completely restricted.

The restricted cavalry is not so hard to defend against!
——This kind of thing is really useful!

"Huh? The Dachen Tianji Bureau has never produced this kind of weaponry?"

When An Jing was approached by Gu Yunzhi and asked if he could buy some mines from An Jing, An Jing was quite surprised: "This kind of weapon is not difficult to make. General, you can definitely understand the key points after you take a look at it yourself. It will only take a few minutes for the Tianji craftsman in the army to replicate it."

"I'm surprised. Has no one ever thought of using mines to target cavalry in the past?"

He had completely forgotten that he had never thought of the landmine before, but An Jing had nothing to be ashamed of. After all, he was a human being and his thinking would always be flawed. But the Dachen Tianji Bureau and the military gathered talents from all over the world, so they shouldn't have thought of this, right?

"Maybe, but no one wants to think in this direction."

Gu Yunzhi sighed and said, "It's just that some of the Wujun can fly in the clouds, and some can hide underground for hundreds of miles. Only the Tieli side, although their technology has improved and their martial arts are not inferior to the border troops, their level of mysteriousness is still a little low, and they will be hurt by such mundane means."

"That being said, good things are good things. The reason why the Tianji Bureau did not develop this kind of weapons is mainly because they have devoted all their energy to creating different military armors to make the quality of individual military personnel stronger. Compared to making their weapons stronger, who doesn't want to become stronger? This is another way of thinking."

"I see."

An Jing began to understand a little bit - the combat thinking of Huaixu Realm was relatively simple and direct, which was mainly due to the customs of the people. Everyone in this world wanted to become a warrior, obtain the power of a warrior, and allow themselves to fly into the sky and hide in the ground to fight against foreign enemies. All technologies that did not develop in this direction would be abandoned by the upper-level strongmen and the lower-level soldiers together.

Even if you play dirty and use strategies, it doesn't mean you can defeat these monsters that simply increase your stats.

Just like in the Tianyuan Realm, high-level military forces have begun to use flying and hiding in the ground during battles, and this is only useful in border tribal invasions that are quite restrained.

In this case, instead of developing weapons, it is better to think more about how to make the army stronger. Apart from this, all other technologies are just tricks.

An Jing could understand the idea, but that didn't stop him from going to the Tianyuan Realm again and again to purchase mines, and then laying out all the key ground vein nodes - he also asked the old tree sea spirit of the Broken Blade Mountains to help monitor the surroundings to see if there were any enemy sentinels secretly invading.

During this process, the militia of Linjiang City and the militia of the other two cities gradually organized themselves and began to build fortifications outside the city and set up large formations. Because of the harvest from the spiritual fields and the support of the Mingjing Sect, the military equipment of Linjiang City was obviously better than that of the other two cities.

However, if there were no military troops but only mortal militia, no matter how well the fortifications and armaments were built, they would still be easily captured by the enemy, which would result in them being used as a tool for the enemy's benefit. Therefore, An Jing still organized a team of warriors as scouts, equipped with drones and detailed maps of the surrounding areas of Broken Blade Mountain to alert them to the enemy's movements.

Not long after, half a month after An Jing started purchasing mines, information came from Cong Yucui and the scouts.

"An unknown person has used a hidden technique to escape into the woods!"

"We have spotted the Dust-Resistant Iron Cavalry sentinels on the snowfield! They are heading towards the earth vein node!"

"Very good." An Jing smiled, and then issued an order: "First, shut down the mines in those leyline nodes. These scouts are not worthy of this."

"When a surprise force is deployed, it's natural to have to suffer a big loss!"

(End of this chapter)