To achieve immortality, I cultivate using Qi Luck-Chapter 845 - 361 Under Nanhai City_2

Chapter 845: Chapter 361 Under Nanhai City_2

He didn’t force a desperate fight with Qingyunzi, instead practicing restraint and delay, always ensuring there was leeway to flee for his life if necessary, clearly guarding against Qingyunzi’s magic.

Under such circumstances, where the enemy was fully on guard, even though Qingyunzi’s avatar was a Jianxiu adept in combat, with Talisman Sword Technique solidified within.

But the Talisman Sword Technique, an entry-level spell, though powerful, couldn’t instantly slay an Inborn Grandmaster if it failed to hit a vital point on the first strike.

With Shangguan Ming well-prepared, it was quite difficult for Qingyunzi to conjure a spell to cleanly kill the man.

If the enemy dodged a sneak attack, it was not that he couldn’t be forcefully killed, but it would require more than a mere spell—possibly two or three, or even four or five.

Nowadays, with spiritual energy scarce, Lu Yuan didn’t have much magic power to supply his avatar, so naturally, saving a bit where he could was the strategy.

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For the sake of an Inborn master at the first realm, wasting too much magic power clearly would be a loss not worth the expense.

After all, there were far too many methods to kill an Inborn Grandmaster. There was no need to use valuable spells.

Just like now.

After this avatar of Qingyunzi contacted Lu Yuan, the true self, conveying the difficulties he faced,

Lu Yuan sent a message to Lan Cai’er, instructing her more formidable Western Army, which also held more advantage over the enemy, to quickly resolve the situation with Su Xuange in Yulin City and then lead her troops to Nanhai City for reinforcement.

That’s why, in the previous days, Lan Cai’er suddenly assembled her generals and troops, issuing the command to fiercely attack Yulin City—the involvement of Lu Yuan was the reason behind it.

Though remotely controlling the battlefield from thousands of miles away inevitably had the suspicion of being a micromanaging mastermind,

fortunately, Lu Yuan’s judgments weren’t wrong.

With the Western Army having four times the Inborn strength and seven times the troops of the enemy, even if Su Xuange were to hold out in the fortress, he would definitely not match Lan Cai’er and her forces.

Eliminating the weakest of the enemies first and then reallocating the advantage in troops to resolve Nanhai City was evidently the best choice at the moment.

Now that the Su Country had fallen, as long as the Nanhai Country was also conquered, Chu State’s Southern Expedition could be considered to have initially achieved its objective, capturing the original Lingnan territories.

Indeed, the term Lingnan, during the times before Yue, originally referred to the two prefectures of Southsea and Yulin.

As for the current Nine Provinces of Song Country’s Jiuzhen, from a geographical division standpoint, it doesn’t actually belong to Lingnan Region, instead being closer to the Southsea islands and the Southern Domain Rainforest, while it also intersects with the mountainous areas inhabited by the southwestern barbarians.

In general, it’s located at the intersection of Lingnan, the southwest, Southsea, and the rainforest—any of these regions could claim it.

The reason it is now categorized as part of the Lingnan Region was simply for convenience and legitimacy when Yue Country conquered Jinghai Country and incorporated it as a part of Lingnan.

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If Lu Yuan chose contentment over perfection, after conquering Nanhai Country, he could simply choose to withdraw his troops and publicly declare the incorporation of Lingnan as a grand victory of the Southern Expedition.

Of course.

With the current situation looking so favorable and possessing so many advantages, he certainly wouldn’t make the foolish choice to let go of Song Country, such a tempting morsel.

A territory of one and a half prefectures, a population of two million—the foundation of Song Country was actually quite rich.

If he could swallow it up, not only would Lu Yuan see a significant increase in Qi Luck and expedite his cultivation rate, but Chu State would also gain considerable tribute, enough to support an additional hundred thousand soldiers.

With so many benefits, he had no reason to let go of Song Country.

This was something Song Country understood very well, which is why, upon receiving the news of Su Country’s demise, Xie Ning was massively conscripting within the country.

He had abandoned the policy of balancing civil and military affairs, which aimed for long-term sustainable development, practiced in recent years.

Emulating Su Xuange’s previous strategy of Impoverished Soldiers and Fierce Warriors, he implemented a tyrannical levy—a stance that reeked of killing the goose that laid the golden eggs, prepared to risk everything in a desperate gamble.

If they couldn’t win this battle, Song Country would be finished anyway.

Preserving well now would only benefit the enemy in the end.

Better to fight to the death and perhaps still have a chance to scare off the enemy and keep hold of the current foundations.

None of these dominants in the midst of chaos were easy opponents; each one had a ruthless heart and resolute will.

Lu Yuan had not allowed Lan Cai’er to continue south after demolishing Su Country without also dreading that the Great War might turn Song Country into ruins.

After all, he coveted Song Country for its ample population and the wealth accumulated over years of stability.

If the land were to be ravaged, then even if it were annexed, all he would gain would be ruins.

Chu State would not only gain little benefit but would also lose soldiers and have to expend significant effort in repairs, squandering money and provisions unnecessarily.

Even more importantly,

given the arrival of the great calamity affecting Heaven and Earth, Chu State could not afford to invest too much effort into developing Song Country—a place at the extreme south of the Nine Provinces destined to be the first to suffer when the calamity erupts.

Lu Yuan could possibly devote efforts to develop places like Xichuan, Xiangyang, and Dongting—regions with food-producing plains connected by waterways and bustling trade—but not the rest of Lingnan’s various prefectures or the lands of the southwest, and not even strategic locations like Hanzhong.

He wouldn’t invest many resources in those areas but would let them develop on their own instead.

After unifying Lingnan, defeating Ning Country, and seizing Yangzhou,

Chu State’s primary focus would shift to advancing northward toward Central State, with all resources dedicated to this strategic effort.

Future development and resource investment would occur in the lands of Central State, not the soils of Yangzhou.