When Ye Tianze returned to the mountain pass, the battle had already ended. The Wind Division joined forces with the Fire Division and the Thunder Division, and with minimal casualties, they wiped out three thousand elite Yakshas.
The news quickly spread to the first level. When Master Ming heard the news, he finally heaved a sigh of relief.
Every battle in the Stone City could be said to be a matter of life and death. It was also because Ye Tianze was able to create miracles that Master Ming could be so calm when he was in charge of the first level.
"This victory can be considered as laying the foundation of the Stone City on the mountain. The two alliances will not be able to make any big waves."
Master Ming thought.
Just as he expected, when the news of this great victory spread to the strongholds of the two alliances, the commanders of the two alliances immediately quieted down and no longer dared to mention attacking.
They had seen the power of the Fire Division before this battle. At that time, the Fire Division only had a thousand men and horses, but they had already thrown away their armor and suffered heavy losses.
Not to mention now that there were seven thousand men and horses. Although there was a beast tide, there was no bone that the Stone City could not chew. It was normal for them to be able to win.
When the news spread to the Stone City, it shook the five alliances.
At first, many people did not believe it. They thought that the Stone City deliberately spread fake news to stabilize the people's hearts.
But as the resources continued to be sent down from the mountain, they had to believe it.
These resources were huge in quantity and were of high quality, including the fur and flesh of countless high level spirit beasts.
Some of these things were unheard of by many cultivators. Lee Chao-young was not stingy. She took out a portion of the resources and directly auctioned them at the Jubao Hall Auction House in the Stone City.
However, to participate in the auction, one must be a member of the Stone City. Even the Eastern and Northern Alliances only had a small number of people.
Most of the people who could participate in the auction were from the Stone City headquarters. Other than that, there were also people from the army.
As for the three major forces of the Imperial Dragon Alliance, the Divine General's Estate, the Alchemy School and the Qi-Tool Sect, they did not need to participate in the auction at all.
This was because the best resources had already been chosen by them to refine pills or refine tools after they had been delivered.
After that, Stone City's headquarters picked another round. What was left were just some leftovers. But even these leftovers were rare in the eyes of the people at the foot of the mountain. Compared to the resources they obtained at the foot of the mountain, these resources were ten times better.
Countless people scrambled to bid for it, fearing that they would miss out on this opportunity.
The Alchemy School and the Tool Refining Sect were completely loyal to the Stone City. Although they belonged to the Great Five Alliance, they should stand with the Imperial Dragon Alliance.
However, when Stone City was able to provide them with an endless supply of resources for their alchemy and crafting, they had long stopped buying the Imperial Dragon Alliance.
Even the Heavenly Academy, who was the actual controller of the Imperial Dragon Alliance, was ignored.
Not for anything else, but because Stone City could provide them with the best refining resources and alchemy resources.
However, the Heavenly Dao Academy couldn't give him any of this, nor could the army.
Not to mention that while Stone City provided them with resources at a discounted price, they also constantly bought the treasures and elixirs they refined.
In the world, only Stone City had the financial resources to buy their elixirs and treasures.
The Four Great Armies?
Those were all at the best price. Other than the cost, they basically didn't earn much from the things they took from the Tool Refining Sect and the Alchemy School.
The Tool Refining Sect and the Alchemy School entered Stone City and lived the life of a landlord. They continuously refined elixirs and refined tools, and could continuously cultivate alchemists and refiners.
With money, they could continuously invest in the development of various elixirs and treasures. Many of the ancient elixir recipes and ancient refining methods that were sealed in the sect could all be tried to refine.
Refining tools and elixirs was an undertaking that consumed a lot of resources. Often, the time and resources needed to develop a kind of elixir and treasure was enough to destroy a large force.
But now it was different. They had money and enough resources. Moreover, there was an endless stream of rich people who could buy the treasures they refined regardless of the cost.
Like this, who would still hang around with the Heavenly Dao Academy?
Who cares? In any case, the Alchemy School and the Tool Refining Sect weren't willing to go through the difficult days of the past.
Although the Divine General's Estate didn't have a practical role like the Alchemy School and the Tool Refining Sect, the talents cultivated by the Divine General's Estate weren't willing to go to the army after they made an agreement with Stone City. Instead, they were willing to serve in Stone City's army.
Even if they could only enter Stone City's standing army and couldn't enter the Tiger Legion, they were willing.
One of the reasons was because Stone City's military pay was ten times that of the White Tiger Legion. Even the standing army could wear Spirit grade armor, so one could imagine how elite the Tiger Legion was.
However, the biggest reason why the disciples of the Divine General's Estate were willing to enter Stone City was because they could fight in Stone City, and they could win battles.
After winning one battle after another, even some of the old soldiers of the legion wanted to retire and join Stone City.
After being oppressed for so many years, who wouldn't want to fight a few real battles with foreign races? Especially when they encountered such a victorious commander, who wouldn't be willing to die for him?
Therefore, the army of Stone City, even the most ordinary standing army, were like tigers and wolves. Who didn't want to submit?
Do it!
In the Hunter's Wine Shop, there were often soldiers who came down from the mountains bragging about how rich the vitality was in the mountains. They said that killing a spirit beast and a piece of meat had more vitality than the spirit beasts at the foot of the mountains. There were even people who clamored that even the foreign races were just prey in front of the Tiger Legion.
This caused countless hunters who had never been to the mountains to drool.
Whenever she heard those discussions, Sun Qiqi would feel emotional.
In the Hunter's Wine Shop, she heard the most about which force was ambushed by the foreign races, who was eaten by spirit beasts. On the mountains?
That was an unreachable dream.
But now the situation had changed, and she knew that this was only the beginning. Soon, the foreign races would become a real fat piece of meat, and people would no longer be afraid of talking about them.
She could even imagine that one day, in a place like the Hunter's Wine Shop, the foreign races would be as silent as cicadas in winter when talking about the human race.
"That day … … won't be far!" Sun Qiqi thought.
Eastern Region Human Emperor Palace.
Lu Xiufu sat on the main seat without saying a word. There was a stifling atmosphere in the air. It was so quiet that it was like a painting on the wall, motionless.
Lu Ran didn't dare to speak, because he knew that Lord White Tiger was in a bad mood.
In the past, Lord White Tiger would have been very happy to hear this news. He would have even rewarded Ye Tianze and praised him to the heavens.
But this time, Lord White Tiger didn't do that.
When he heard his own report, his face became colder and colder, and finally froze like a piece of ice.
The stifling atmosphere in the hall was because of Lord White Tiger's silence.
"Good, good. Even this can't control him?" Lu Xiufu frowned.
Lu Xiufu only wanted to suppress Ye Tianze, but he didn't expect that it would have the opposite effect.
Lu Ran knew that if he didn't speak now, Lord White Tiger would do something unwise, so he said, "Your Excellency, you … … you are first and foremost the guardian of the Eastern Region, the lord of the Human Emperor Palace, and then … …"
Before he could finish, Lu Xiufu stood up from the main seat and stared at him with eyes like torches. Lu Ran was immediately scared out of his wits and collapsed to the ground.
After a while, Lu Xiufu withdrew his gaze and sat back down, saying, "Do you think I don't know how dangerous this place is?"
Although Lu Xiufu wanted to fight for the throne of the Human Emperor and suppress Ye Tianze's growth, that was what every cultivator yearned for.
But he hadn't reached the point where he would violate his own principles for his own selfish desires.
Otherwise, he could directly kill Ye Tianze. Although he couldn't step into Mount Buzhou, as Lord White Tiger, he had many ways to kill Ye Tianze.
He had been managing the Eastern Region for many years.
He was appreciated by the Human Emperor and asked to be both the lord of the Human Emperor Palace and the guardian of the army, not only because the Eastern Region was next to Mount Buzhou, but also because he had enough strength to control this land and balance all sides.
But he didn't do so, because he had his own bottom line and principles. He also knew what Lu Ran meant.
Lu Ran stood up with cold sweat all over his body.
Lu Xiufu said, "You're right. I was confused. I ignored the overall situation for my own selfish desires. This is not what a strong person should do!"
Lu Ran heard this and said, "Even His Majesty makes mistakes sometimes."
"But His Majesty rarely makes mistakes!"
Lu Xiufu smiled. He found that Ye Tianze was actually the same as him, but they were in different positions.
They both believed that the strong were supreme. As long as they had powerful strength, there was no one they didn't dare to use.
If they didn't dare to use, it meant that they weren't strong enough and weren't confident enough.
Lu Xiufu carefully reviewed himself and found that he was confused because Ye Tianze grew too fast.
It was so fast that he began to wonder if he could compete with Ye Tianze if they were at the same level. He only had this one chance in his life.
He woke up because of the crisis at Mount Buzhou.
How could he not see through the mystery? If Ye Tianze hadn't defeated the beast tide and defeated the foreign tribes, anyone else could have caused an avalanche.
At that time, the newly cultivated force in Stone City would completely disappear. And after the Great Five Alliance took control of Stone City, they would become even more strict and wouldn't allow any new forces to emerge.
As such, if the army wanted to suppress the Great Five Alliance, they would have to fight hand-to-hand with them personally.
A real strategist would win a battle from a thousand miles away. Why would they need to fight hand-to-hand?
When it came to hand-to-hand combat, they would have already lost by more than half.
Lu Xiufu woke up so quickly because he had sensed danger. After all, he had been on Mount Buzhou for many years. As the White Tiger, he had tried many times to break the current predicament of the Human Race.
However, he had failed time and time again. Later, when he saw Ye Tianze, he saw hope. He realized that it wasn't that he wasn't standing high enough, but because he was standing too high, everyone was staring at him and he couldn't move freely.
"We should be helping each other. He is working hard to build a force without any impurities, while I just want to change the current situation of the Human Race on Mount Buzhou. There is no contradiction in this!"
Lu Xiufu said. "I was confused and didn't have enough confidence. I thought he would be a threat to me. However, if I didn't even have this little bit of tolerance, how could I fight for the position of the Human Emperor? If I start to fear him now, I will only become more and more afraid in the future."
Lu Ran looked at Lu Xiufu with admiration.
If it were him, he would probably continue to be confused and eventually lead to uncontrollable consequences. However, Lu Xiufu changed very quickly.
The moment the inner demon appeared, he had already discovered it and defeated it so quickly. Lu Ran felt that the current Lu Xiufu was the strongest Lu Xiufu. This was the Lu Xiufu that he was willing to serve unreservedly.
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