On August 2nd, Year 7734 of the Empire Calendar, Winter Frost City ran out of food and had to kill horses for food.
According to Min Yulin's order, they started with the warhorses of the ordinary cavalrymen, followed by the sergeants, sergeants, centurions, and chiliarchs. At the same time, the demons used arrows to send the plague into Winter Frost City. This plague killed nearly twenty thousand imperial soldiers and fifty thousand civilians. It was summer, and the stench of corpses filled the air in Winter Frost City.
Since then, no one dared to look down on the intelligence of the demons. Everyone believed that the high-level demons were not fools.
…
At night, the stars were dim. Lin Muyu rode her horse slowly on the streets of Winter Frost City. She could only see corpses that had starved to death. Many houses were closed, but there was a disgusting stench coming from inside. Most likely, a family had starved to death. Originally, Lin Muyu thought that the Yangwei Army would bring the empire back to Lingdong Province, but she did not expect that it would only bring death. However, even if the Yangwei Army did not come, this place would still be in a desperate situation, because the demons would eventually come.
"Great Deacon, there are corpses over there," Shen Han said.
"Stuff their mouths and noses with cloth and bury them on the spot."
"Yes!"
This was Lin Muyu's job these days. She led the Temple Camp to bury the corpses everywhere. After the plague, the Temple Camp had shrunk from nearly three hundred people to about one hundred and fifty. They could see people dying every day, and everyone seemed to have gotten used to it. From the initial discomfort when they saw the corpses, they were now indifferent. This was the change after the baptism of war. At this moment, they were no longer the high and mighty cultivators in the Temple Camp, but just soldiers of the empire.
"Still no news from the capital?" Lin Muyu asked.
"No."
Qin Yan shook his head, his face full of desolation as he said, "Big brother, you've also seen the winged people of the demon race. I'm guessing that the messenger bird we released was most likely intercepted and killed by these winged people in the air. Otherwise, the imperial capital would have sent one or two letters to Winter Frost City no matter what."
"Yes."
Lin Muyu thought about it carefully. What Qin Yan said was right. No one knew when the Devil Race had formed an encirclement around Winter Frost City, and their Winged People must have already sealed off the sky. Therefore, Winter Frost City could not send or receive a letter. This place was completely sealed off. Perhaps in the eyes of the Devil Race, this Yangwei Army was like a rabbit in a cage, ready to be slaughtered and cooked at any time.
Qin Yan continued saying, "Originally, there weren't many warhorses left in the army, not more than 3000. Among them, close to half were infected with the plague and can't be eaten. Only 1500 are left. It's simply not enough to eat 30 thousand people. 20 people eating a horse, how many days can it last? I'm afraid I'll have to stop eating in three days at most … "
Lin Muyu kept quiet, and after a while, she asked: "Did the Marquis order the slaughter of our warhorses?"
"Yes, the order arrived this morning. The Marquis said that apart from me, you, and Lord Shen Han's warhorses, the rest of the warhorses will be handed over to Young General Min Zhan tomorrow morning, and he will slaughter and distribute them."
Lin Muyu was stunned, and reached out to caress the warhorse he was sitting on. This horse was chosen by Qin Yin from the stable in Ze Tian Palace Hall, but in a few days, he might not even be able to keep this horse.
Late at night, when he returned to the barracks, the people from the Spiritual Fire Department sent meat soup. It was freshly cooked horse meat soup.
Lin Muyu was given a big bowl, and it could be considered as a full meal. At this time, he didn't dare to wake Akatosaurus. This little guy had a huge appetite, and could eat a horse in one meal. At this time, he definitely couldn't afford to keep it, so he let it continue to sleep in the different space.
After starving for so many days, to suddenly eat meat, it was a strange feeling. Lin Muyu chewed on the horse meat in big mouthfuls, but he couldn't taste it, as if he was drinking poison to quench his thirst.
After eating, he sat in the barracks to cultivate the Star Arts, but he was still unable to break through to the third stage of the Star Arts, and this made him extremely frustrated.
In the middle of the night, there was suddenly a loud bang from the north!
"What happened?"
Lin Muyu hurriedly stepped out of the barracks, and Qin Yan was already walking over with his spear: "I don't know, it seems like something happened at the North Gate!"
"It can't be!?"
Lin Muyu's heart sank, and said: "Follow me immediately."
"En!"
The two of them rode side by side, and the rest of the soldiers could only walk, because the warhorses had already been slaughtered for meat. The North Wall was ablaze, and when Lin Muyu rushed over, he saw a large hole in the wall. The city was in flames, and a group of soldiers were surrounding a large fire pit, and there was a meteorite there.
"A heavenly ominous star, there will be a great calamity!" an old soldier said shakily.
"Don't be an alarmist!"
Lin Muyu walked over, and said with a frown: "It's just a meteorite, what dogsh * t ominous star, if you continue to spread lies, I'll chop you up immediately!"
That old soldier hurriedly knelt down, and said with a trembling body: "My lord, please spare me, this lowly one will not dare to do it again."
Lin Muyu could not bear to see him like this, and went forward to help him up, and explained: "There will always be some small celestial bodies flying in the universe, and they are called meteorites. This is a kind of natural phenomenon, and not some ominous star."
How could the old soldier understand? He only nodded his head: "My lord is wise …"
Lin Muyu looked at a blazing meteorite. It was about the size of a millstone, but its power was truly astonishing, creating a large hole with a radius of five meters on the city wall. From inside the city, one could see outside the city.
"Quickly repair the city wall. It must be repaired before dawn tomorrow, or else the demons will get the news very soon." Lin Muyu ordered.
On the side, a chiliarch immediately said respectfully: "Yes, young general!"
This person was from Seven Seas City, and looked somewhat familiar. He had probably fought with her in the Demon Subduing Pass, but she had long forgotten who he was. After all, Lin Muyu was also a person with face blindness.
After waiting for a while, when the temperature of the meteorite had dissipated, Lin Muyu took out the Dragon Spirit Sword, and abruptly pierced through the meteorite, and carried it back to the camp. This was his spoils of war for tonight.
Moreover, the heavens seemed to know what he needed. The third layer of the Stellar Arts required him to directly communicate with the celestial bodies, and after refining the stardust, he would be able to comprehend the third layer of profound strength!
Lin Muyu really needed power, he needed the power of the Stellar Arts to be able to bring everyone out of this ghost town. Thinking of the demon army marshal called "Lei Chong", Lin Muyu couldn't help but tremble. Lei Chong's strength was too strong, even if he and Du Hai teamed up, they would still be no match for him. Such a terrifying opponent would further motivate Lin Muyu to become even stronger!
… …
Returning to the camp, he took out the crafting cauldron, and began to refine the stardust.
The millstone-sized meteorite slowly turned in the crafting cauldron, and was constantly being refined by the star flame. This process was relatively long, and after burning for nearly three hours, the meteorite was already a fiery red. The stardust on the surface of the meteorite turned into rays of starlight that lingered in the crafting cauldron, and was completely vaporized. The star power hidden in the stardust also turned into rays of azure blue, fiery red, and dark green light that flew in the crafting cauldron, and finally seeped into Lin Muyu's body.
However, the physique that possessed the Stellar Arts seemed to be very greedy, and was not satisfied with this small amount of star power.
In the blink of an eye, five days had passed, and Lin Muyu had also refined the stardust for a full five days. When the meteorite had been refined from the size of a millstone to the size of a teacup, the star power in his Yi Hai had finally reached a full level.
"Is it done?"
Lin Muyu put away the crafting cauldron, and her face was full of sweat. She slowly exerted force on her arm, and suddenly, the stardust's radiance spread around her arm, and slowly gathered in her palm, actually forming a mountain-like stardust energy. The power contained in it was far from comparable to the power of the rocks in the Broken Cauldron World. Lin Muyu gently pushed out her arm, and the starstone in her palm rapidly protruded, like a sharp knife piercing through the air.
Unfortunately, there were no rocks in the barracks that could be used for experiments.
However, Lin Muyu could still feel the tyrannical power of this move. In the martial arts of the Stellar Arts, this move was called "Five Mountains Descend from the Sky". It was a combination of rocks, earth, and fine iron, and it was an extremely powerful attack.
With a light wave of her palm, she dispersed the power of the Stellar Arts, and the rock naturally turned into streaks of starlight that seeped into her body. At this time, Lin Muyu felt an extremely comfortable feeling. Her body was full of power, and she had reached an unprecedented level of power. Moreover, in the process of cultivating the Stellar Arts, Lin Muyu's own strength was also slowly increasing. Right now, she should have already reached the peak of the third level of the Heavenly Realm, and breaking through to the Sacred Domain was only a matter of time!
At this time, Qin Yan's voice came from outside: "Big Brother, the situation isn't too good."
"What's wrong?" Lin Muyu asked.
"The people of Seven Seas City are causing trouble in the northern plaza."
"Causing trouble?"
Lin Muyu frowned, and after putting on her armor, she grabbed the Dragon Spirit Sword and said: "Follow me to take a look!"
"Yes!"
… …
When they arrived at the northern plaza, they saw a large group of Seven Seas City soldiers sitting powerlessly on the ground. In addition, there were a few Captaincy standing on the wooden scaffolding used to mend the city walls. Their faces were flushed red as they said in an impassioned voice: "Brothers, the soldiers of our Seven Seas Province are also soldiers of the Empire, why can't we eat? The Marquis is just too biased. The rations of the Sky Cavalry and Divine Bow Unit are three times ours, why can they eat their fill while our Seven Seas City soldiers go hungry?!"
The group of soldiers responded one after another.
At this time, Min Zhan led a group of Sky Cavalry cavalry over, his gaze cold as he said loudly: "What are you shouting about? 'What are you talking about? How can our Sky Cavalry eat so much? Are you blind?' The Sky Cavalry eats the same thing every day as you, we don't eat a single extra bite! "
"Bullshit!"
A Seven Seas City chiliarch stretched out a finger and said: "Look, your Sky Cavalry has so many warhorses, at least thirty of them. Why don't you kill them for us to eat?!"
"You!"
Min Zhan's face was ashen as he shouted loudly: "Wang Xi, why don't you restrain your subordinates?!"
Wang Xi was the commander of the Seven Seas City army and naturally understood the pros and cons. He frowned and said: "Young general, we are only soldiers fighting. How can we fight if we don't eat our fill?"
"You think we can eat our fill?!" Min Zhan's face was full of anger.
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