The object was shaped like the Eight Trigrams. It was neither metal nor wood, and it was as cold as ice.
A black gem was embedded in the center. It was as black as ink, and when one looked into it, it felt like even one's soul would be sucked into it.
Although it did not contain any powerful energy, its internal structure was exquisite. The tortoise could not fully deduce it in a short time, but it had a strange sense of beauty.
Pi Yangqiu said, "This is the main formation plate of the Xuanming Cave."
Li Qingshan looked away from the black gem and asked, "Can I control the formation to suppress the True Dragon Ao Xuan?"
Pi Yangqiu laughed. "Of course … that's impossible. After all, he is the master of the Xuanming Cave."
"Tsk, the Abundance Department is so useless!"
Pi Yangqiu was not angry. He said in a serious tone, "This is just a key. It can help you open the door, but you can't use it to stab people!"
"Alright, thank you, master!"
Li Qingshan cupped his fists and kept the "key". This was also within his expectations, so he was not too disappointed.
"You really plan to solve it with force?"
Pi Yangqiu asked. Facing a True Dragon that had undergone five Heavenly Tribulations, most people would come up with a few "clever" plans! Fighting it head-on was the worst plan that they could think of.
Li Qingshan shrugged. "Who knows?"
"Then I advise you to go through five Heavenly Tribulations first. But try to think of a way to negotiate!"
Li Qingshan shook his head. "I don't have a glib tongue like you, Senior Apprentice Brother. It's easy to anger people."
"That's what I admire about you. Let me remind you one last time that no one can help you with this, be it me or Junior Apprentice Sister Ruan. You better take care of yourself!" Pi Yangqiu said in a serious tone.
At that moment, a servant in green came in and reported, "Senior Apprentice Brother, the Quartermaster is here. He said he wants to see Li Qingshan."
Pi Yangqiu frowned. "That Ge Xing really doesn't give me any face. Let him in! "
"Ge Xing!" Li Qingshan mumbled. He had seen this name on the All Creation Leaderboard. It was ranked eighteenth.
A moment later, a military officer in military uniform with a stern expression walked in. He first paid his respects to Pi Yangqiu: "Reporting to Senior Brother Pi, I am here on the orders of Senior Brother Chang Ge to recruit Li Qingshan."
As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper and handed it to Li Qingshan. Below the words' enlistment order 'were a few lines of scribbled words. Li Qingshan could only recognize his own name. The writer seemed to be very hasty and perfunctory, perhaps even a little angry. The seal of the Quartermaster Department was clearly printed at the bottom.
Li Qingshan raised his head and looked at Pi Yangqiu: "This Senior Ge is one of the gamblers?"
"He is also the most stingy one, famous for being a miser, haggling over even a Profound Wood Lot."
Pi Yangqiu seemed to be afraid of speaking ill of Ge Xing, causing the corner of the quartermaster's eyes to twitch.
Li Qingshan asked again, "What does the Quartermaster Department do? What right do they have to conscript me?"
"The Human Realm is connected to the worlds, so there will be many conflicts. Especially when the Infernal domain invaded them year after year. All the major sects must organize people to participate in the war. The Quartermaster Department is in charge of recruiting cultivators and organizing military supplies to the battlefield. "
Li Qingshan immediately recalled the books he read in Heaven not long ago. Most of them described the war that had lasted since the beginning of reincarnation.
If a world was like a country, then the Six Paths of Reincarnation were the Six Great Countries. Together with the Infernal domain, it was the Seven Heroes of the Warring States.
The most famous one was the feud between the Asura Path and the Heavenly Path. From the moment they were born, they started attacking each other. The Heavenly Path had 33 Heavens, and they were all led by Sakra. The Asura Path lost more than they won. But as long as there was a chance, they would attack the Heavens.
The Hell Path had the Ten Kings of Hell, the Four Great Judges, and the Ten Commanders of Yin. They had always been working to suppress the Hungry Ghost Path and bring the dead back into the Path of Reincarnation. They did not tolerate the dead of the worlds.
Although the Hungry Ghost Path was no match for the Hell Path, it relied on its extraordinary World Will to devour the Three Thousand Worlds and continued to expand. It often attacked all the other worlds indiscriminately, wanting all the living to become dead.
The Demonic Beast Path was a primitive and wild land. Even though there were many strong people, it was extremely chaotic. It was the least like a country, but other than the crazy Hungry Ghost Path. There were no hostile countries.
The world of the human path was between order and chaos. Although its overall strength was not weak, it did not have the strict order of the Heavenly Path and the Hell Path. It also did not have the strong World Will of the Hungry Ghost Path and the Asura Path. The open and secret fights between the sects were even worse than the Demonic Beast Path. But at the same time, it was the enemy of all worlds.
Countless sects and cultivators, according to their own needs, either went to the Demonic Beast Path to kill demonic beasts and tame their mounts, or went to the Hungry Ghost Path to rob tombs and enslave ghouls. Or sneaked into the Heaven Path and the Asura Path to steal Divine Weapons and rare treasures. They even directly captured Celestials and Asuras and used their flesh, blood, and souls to cultivate, refine pills, and forge weapons.
Regardless of good or evil, there were countless cultivators who went to the Hell Path to break in because of all kinds of love and hatred. Many strange stories played out. It left a very deep impression on Li Qingshan.
Celestials, Asuras, and even daemons and ghouls could enter and leave the human path freely, but they would kill any humans who trespassed. In particular, the Hell Path's defences were the tightest.
Originally, this was not a big problem, as the human path was allied with the various worlds at the same time. Whether it be daemons or ghouls, there were no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.
Various small conflicts occurred constantly, but they rarely escalated into wars between countries. The various worlds loathed humans, but none of them treated the human path as an enemy. Even the most invasive Hungry Ghost Path did not pose too much of a threat to the human path due to the suppression of the Hell Path.
However, evil people would be tormented by evil people. That was the Demon domain independent of the six realms of saṃsāra. Under the encouragement of the evil and chaotic World Will, the twelve Demon Gods led an army of demonfolk, constantly attacking the human path with many demonic sects as spies.
The righteous sects of the human path were forced to organise themselves. They suppressed the "traitors" internally and organised defences externally. The Myriad sect was a large sect with many cultivators. They had always been one of the main forces.
Under these circumstances, the authority of the supply department was extremely great. When necessary, they could forcibly recruit disciples into the army. When necessary, it meant that the head of the supply department felt it was necessary, which was the direct disciple Ge Xing.
"Junior brother Li, military orders must be obeyed. Those who disobey will be executed. Please report to the supply department with me immediately!" the supply officer said emotionlessly.
"I'm a proper formal disciple. Is he going to execute me just like that?" Li Qingshan said boldly as he glanced at Pi Yangqiu.
Pi Yangqiu smiled. "That's right. If senior brother Ge wants to forcefully recruit me as a formal disciple, it probably won't be that easy."
Seeing Pi Yangqiu speak, the supply officer's expression eased up slightly. He lowered his head and clasped his hands. "I'm only following orders. If junior brother wants to disobey them, I'll return to the supply department right now to report back."
Li Qingshan asked Pi Yangqiu, "What do I do? Do I go or not?"
Pi Yangqiu rubbed his nose. "You can't directly defy military orders. You still have to go to the supply department, but you can't just go like this. You have to ask for help from your senior sister Ruan. You're a member of the Hundred Herb Garden, and you've made such a great contribution to the Hundred Herb Garden. She'll have to step forward regardless of the circumstances. "
"Then what about you?"
"I'm the mastermind."
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