Chapter 452: Unsealing the Human Emperor Cauldron, Mixed Joys and Sorrows
"Human Emperor Cauldron, it's time to remove all its seals!"
In the imperial garden of the capital, Li Dingguo sat cross-legged on the ground, gritted his teeth, and made up his mind to remove the last two seals of his life-saving artifact, the Human Emperor Cauldron.
He also couldn't have imagined that it would take so much luck to remove the last two seals of the Human Emperor Cauldron.
The eighth seal requires one hundred and eighty points.
The ninth seal doubled the luck value directly, reaching the terrifying number of 360 points.
If the Fuxing Army had not occupied the Ming Dynasty territory north of the Yellow River at this time and recovered half of Liaodong, gaining thousands of luck points, Li Dingguo would not have been willing to spend so much.
However, a completely unsealed divine artifact of fortune was a huge temptation to Li Dingguo.
After much thought, he decided to first unlock the innate magical weapon that would help him the most.
As for the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell, the amount of luck required to remove the last two seals is the same as that of the Human Emperor Cauldron, so we can only wait for a while.
If the Fuxing Army can stabilize all its existing territories and fully implement its development model, the luck value obtained by Li Dingguo will usher in a new round of surge.
As the leader of a faction, Li Dingguo is well aware that the acquisition of luck points is far more than just conquering cities and territories. It is closely related to people's livelihood, administration, military strength and other aspects within his own territory.
Conquering cities is just the most direct way.
Once the existing territory is developed, it will be more than enough to remove the last two seals of the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell.
"Luck value -180... -360..."
Looking at the gold finger panel, the luck value that had accumulated to 1260 points had been rapidly consumed by 540 points. Li Dingguo had no time to feel sad as his eyes were attracted by the huge changes in the Human Emperor Cauldron floating in front of him.
All I saw was this dark yellow cauldron, shrouded in a dark yellow fog that seemed to appear out of nowhere. It was violently rolling and spinning, making a "buzzing" sound...
After three full hours, the dark yellow fog suddenly disappeared and sank into the cauldron. The Human Emperor Cauldron that emerged had changed greatly in appearance!
It is dark yellow in color all over, and its body is engraved with extremely mysterious patterns of laws. The aura it exudes is enough to tear apart the surrounding void, as if it could not withstand its pressure!
"receive!"
Li Dingguo did not dare to delay and quickly moved his mind. The huge divine cauldron, which had been completely unsealed, turned into a stream of dark yellow light and sank into his own sea of consciousness. It stood in the middle of the sea of consciousness without moving, and the void in front of him immediately returned to its original state.
Li Dingguo even had a premonition that once he used all his strength to activate this huge tripod, there was a great possibility that it would cause earth-shaking changes.
As soon as he thought of this, a strong sense of fear surged into his heart, as if a catastrophic disaster was about to strike, and he was so scared that he quickly gave up the idea.
"I didn't expect that my life artifact, the Human Emperor Cauldron, was completely unsealed. For a long period of time in the future, I will not be able to use it to its full strength to kill the enemy. Does this count as tying my own hands?"
Li Dingguo's face was gloomy and uncertain. He sat cross-legged in thought for a long time, his eyes gloomy and unclear.
"What earth-shattering changes happened in this world during the ancient mythological period?"
"But this is also good. It makes me mentally prepared enough. I just need to work hard to accumulate strength to deal with it in the future."
At this time, a piece of information was transmitted from the Human Emperor Cauldron into his mind, allowing Li Dingguo, who had just received a round of inheritance not long ago, to once again receive a knowledge inheritance with a huge amount of information.
Fortunately, he had the Human Emperor Cauldron, which had been completely unsealed, to suppress his sea of consciousness, so that his sea of consciousness would not be exploded by the huge amount of information.
"Unfortunately, due to the limitation of my current cultivation, even if I mastered the intermediate and advanced knowledge of alchemy, refining, formations, etc., I cannot use them."
The inherited knowledge he acquired gradually exceeded the scope of what a Qi Refining Realm warrior could utilize, and was of little help to the current Renaissance Army.
Just to pass on the intermediate cultivation knowledge, one must be at least a cultivator at the Spirit Refining Realm to be able to utilize and monetize it, which made Li Dingguo quite helpless.
But no matter what, the acquisition of these inherited knowledge that was not temporarily useful broadened Li Dingguo's horizons and helped him understand the way forward. It was a huge gain and did not waste so much luck value.
The completely unsealed innate divine weapon, the Human Emperor Cauldron, is not unusable, but one dares not unleash its tremendous power at its full strength, for fear of bringing about an unknown catastrophic disaster.
But Li Dingguo can fully control the Human Emperor Cauldron and use it accurately, which is a huge boost to his own combat effectiveness, as long as he does not fully activate its power.
For example, it can be used to suppress one's own destiny and national destiny, and its power is far greater than before.
At least in today's world, with the completely unsealed Human Emperor Cauldron suppressing them, the luck of Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army is already unbreakable.
Although this time his natal artifact, the Human Emperor Cauldron, was completely unsealed, it did not bring much to the growth of his own strength and that of the Renaissance Army, but it made Li Dingguo realize the hidden dangers and made certain mental preparations in advance. This invisible gain was crucial.
Before he is fully prepared, he has no intention of disrupting the balance of today's world and will just continue to lead the Renaissance Army to develop steadily.
Li Dingguo regained his composure and checked the 720 points of luck value remaining on the gold finger panel. When he thought of the huge number of 1,260 points before, his mouth twitched with heartache.
"The warning from the Human Emperor Cauldron just now is enough to prove that this world is hiding a huge secret!"
"Unfortunately, due to my current low level of cultivation, I dare not take the initiative to explore. How frustrating it is."
Li Dingguo, whose horizons were once again broadened, realized his own insignificance, and the sense of urgency that had disappeared for a long time surged into his heart again.
Fortunately, he has always been willing to put aside the things he can't figure out and just develop the strength of the Renaissance Army step by step.
After calming his mind, Li Dingguo stood up, used his aerodynamic skills to fly towards the Qianqing Palace.
The headquarters of the Fuxing Army has been moved from Chang'an City to the capital, which has become the military and political center of the Fuxing Army.
The large-scale transformation of the capital is still in full swing.
"Great Commander!"...
Li Dingguo had just returned to the Qianqing Palace when Hongmei heard the news and came over to report, "So far, there are thirty-six sacred places of varying sizes under the control of our Fuxing Army."
"Most of these spiritual lands were seized from the northern noble families, wealthy merchants and super-rich people by the main army after being investigated by the Military Intelligence Department."
"The spiritual herbs, roots, and food produced in these spiritual lands are enough for the daily consumption of six million warriors."
"But this has reached its limit. Before our Renaissance Army can further expand its territory, the total size of the warriors and soldiers will also be limited here."
There was a hint of helplessness in Hongmei's tone.
Six million warriors may sound like a large number, but the territory within the Great Wall that the Fuxing Army now controls already covers an area of one million miles, and there are also vast grasslands in the north that are no less large than those within the Great Wall.
With such a vast territory and six million warriors dispersed, it seems a bit stretched.
Fortunately, the new recruit camps formed in various places can basically achieve self-reliance through hunting operations that use fighting as training and actual combat training. They are not restricted by the number of spiritual lands, but the development speed is slower. But no matter what, it is necessary to implement the next step of streamlining the military and government.
The Southern Ming Dynasty court that the Military Intelligence Department has mentioned repeatedly recently, and the four-town armies built by those aristocratic families with all their efforts, sound scary in scale, but in fact they can only be called warriors and fighting soldiers.
The vast majority of their combat soldiers are only first-level warriors, which is totally incomparable to the second- and third-level warriors who account for more than 50% of the combat soldiers in the Renaissance Army.
Although the Renaissance Army also has a main combat corps of 300,000 people, the number of its Qi Refining Realm generals is ten times that of the other side!
Not to mention the ratio of elite soldiers at the second and third levels, which is far greater than that of the enemy.
With the full unlocking of the Human Emperor Cauldron, the most precious treasure for alchemy and refining, the ability to batch refine various levels of elixirs and magical weapons has increased dramatically. The advantage of the Fuxing Army in this area will continue to expand in the future until the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty are driven to despair.
In the future, it will be an indisputable fact that a 100,000-strong Renaissance Army will be able to easily crush the enemy's 300,000-strong army.
After all, the gap between warriors and soldiers can be huge.
Not all warriors and soldiers can be called elite.
As the gap in cultivation levels between warriors grows larger and larger, numerical advantages will become increasingly useless in the future.
"It is imperative to streamline the military and government."
"During this round of reorganization, all soldiers who have not reached the second level of warriors will be transferred to the logistics department and withdrawn from the main combat corps."
Li Dingguo thought about it for a while and made up his mind.
As this big world changes more and more, it will be difficult for first-level warriors to adapt to the needs of war.
The truth that the strong will always be strong will become increasingly obvious.
The soldiers of the main combat corps of the Renaissance Army will strive for excellence in the future.
It was not until a few years later that the various main combat corps of the Renaissance Army would even eliminate the second-level warriors, and only the third-level warriors would be qualified to serve as the lowest-level soldiers in the main combat corps.
In the future, each of the main combat corps of the Renaissance Army will be able to fight ten enemies at once in order to meet the needs of war under the new situation.
No matter how many mobs there are, it doesn't make much sense. Instead, it wastes the limited and precious cultivation resources.
Even though the spiritual energy of this great world is recovering rapidly, the amount of spiritual energy and natural treasures between heaven and earth is ultimately limited.
Unlimited expansion of the number of warriors and soldiers will easily lead to being targeted by the rules of heaven and earth, which will greatly damage the luck of the Renaissance Army and even result in a huge amount of karma being added to the body.
This was the mysterious feeling that Li Dingguo felt after he completely unsealed the Human Emperor Cauldron.
Strictly speaking, practitioners who do not have great merits and great fortune are all cancers in the world.
This is also the fundamental reason why practitioners can seize fortune by killing enemies.
In order to allow the Fuxing Army's fortune to continue to expand, it is imperative to streamline the military and government.
Otherwise, unlimitedly increasing the number of warriors and soldiers in the Renaissance Army will only lead to a bottomless vicious circle, which will be greatly detrimental to the future.
This situation will become more obvious if a strong person in the realm of spirit refining appears in this world.
In ancient myths and legends, even the boundless primitive world at that time could not withstand the disorderly expansion of the number of practitioners, which led to the arrival of the infinite catastrophe that destroyed the primitive world.
"The military must make this round of reorganization of the Renaissance Army our top priority. We must take advantage of this rare opportunity to recuperate and complete this major task, so as to eliminate the hidden dangers of our Renaissance Army in the future."
Li Dingguo then said to Hongmei, "I want to go back to the base camp outside the Great Wall."
"My life-originated divine weapon, the Cauldron, has been completely unsealed, and I got some good news."
"That means paying a certain price to integrate the base camp cave outside the pass into my life artifact, the cauldron, and make it an innate cave paradise with growth potential."
"This will eliminate the worries and hidden dangers of our Restoration Army, and will not leave a weak spot for unknown enemies to seize in the future."
This major event is considered to be truly good news after the Human Emperor Cauldron was completely unsealed.
Today, the base camp at the source of the Jialu River outside the Great Wall no longer meets the development needs of the Fuxing Army.
After the Human Emperor Cauldron was unsealed, Li Dingguo received a good news from the golden finger, which was that he could spend 360 points of luck to store and move the cave world created by his natal spiritual root, the Five-Colored Divine Tree, into the Human Emperor Cauldron, and merge it into one with it.
There is no doubt that the five-colored sacred tree, his natal spiritual root, is one of Li Dingguo's greatest foundations.
Its safety is very important to Li Dingguo.
Once this big world undergoes earth-shaking changes, it is very likely to become Li Dingguo's fatal weakness, and after being discovered by an unknown enemy, it will be forcibly captured and taken away.
Such consequences would be an unbearable pain for Li Dingguo, and would even greatly damage his foundation and luck, causing him to suffer serious backlash.
Now, the magical golden finger panel can relieve your worries, which is undoubtedly great news.
Although it would consume a huge amount of luck, Li Dingguo could currently afford such consumption.
"Move the base camp cave outside the pass and store it in the big cauldron artifact?"
“That’s great!”
Hongmei was delighted to hear this. "In this way, the biggest weakness of our Renaissance Army will be completely eliminated, which will be very beneficial for the future."
As the chief steward of the Renaissance Army, Hongmei has read countless books recording various ancient secrets over the years, and learned a lot of hidden secrets that ordinary practitioners cannot access at all.
Even though the Renaissance Army is now in its heyday and developing rapidly, it is just like a newborn baby, not to mention compared with the forces in the ancient mythological period, even compared with the Xian Qin Dynasty, and is not worth mentioning at all.
Once the world changes completely, the Chushengdongtian where the base camp outside the Great Wall is located will easily be exposed, thus bringing a catastrophe to the Renaissance Army.
Although this situation cannot be seen at present, it is possible as the spiritual energy of heaven and earth continues to recover.
Fortunately, only a few people in the Fuxing Army know about the situation of the base camp outside the Great Wall, so it will be very easy to keep it secret in the future.
The two discussed military and political affairs again, and after drawing up a plan to streamline the military and government, Li Dingguo immediately called for his mount, the great golden eagle, and jumped on its back, heading towards the Jialu River base camp outside the pass...
(End of this chapter)
