Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World - Chapter 16348

16346. Chapter 16346 Purpose

Qingyuan City is vast. A unique feature of this city is that its walls enclose a small mountain within its walls. Only in the cultivation world would a city be built this way; such a construction would be unsuitable for ordinary places. The suitability of a city depends first and foremost on the convenience of its inhabitants. This is why many ancient cities were built beside large rivers or streams. The more people living in a city, the

more people need water. If a city truly lacks water, it will eventually fall into ruin. Within Qingyuan City lies a small mountain, but it lacks lakes or rivers. Ordinary people living on the mountain would face water shortages. However, for cultivators, it’s a different story. Cultivators can easily obtain water with a single spell. Therefore, cities like Qingyuan City can only be used by cultivators, as they don’t need to worry about such troublesome matters.

Thirty massive magical artifacts, carrying an army of over six million, surged towards Qingyuan City. Upon reaching the city, they discovered that even the city’s defensive arrays were not activated; the entire city appeared deserted and empty. The

thirty artifacts hovered above Qingyuan City. General Li surveyed the city and then ordered, “Order those rogue cultivators to enter Qingyuan City. They should first move around on the ground and check if anyone is inside. Remind them to watch their step; the enemy might attack them from below.”

A disciple immediately responded and went to relay the order. The next moment, the rogue cultivators swarmed into the city like locusts. The city could normally house over a million people, but with over six million rogue cultivators, it quickly became crowded. Soon, all the buildings in the city were thoroughly searched, confirming that no one was inside.

After hearing the report from his subordinates that there was no one in the city, General Li immediately ordered, “Have those rogue cultivators use their magic to probe underground, at least fifty zhang deep. If there are no enemies fifty zhang deep, it means the enemy has indeed left. If there are people underground, have them completely destroy the enemy’s underground fortifications.” Disciples immediately relayed the order.

Following the disciples’ commands, the rogue cultivators began probing underground using their magic. General Li chose fifty zhang because they had previously discovered that the enemy’s underground fortifications were generally only about fifteen zhang deep, not fifty zhang. Fifty zhang was too deep. If the enemy had indeed built their fortifications fifty zhang deep, it would take them a long time to come up from underground, making them easy for people on the surface to discover. Therefore, ordinary people wouldn’t build their bases that deep underground.

General Li set such a depth because he worried that if the enemy really built their base that deep underground, they might not be able to find it if they dug too shallowly. That’s why he ordered the rogue cultivators to dig to at least fifty zhang (approximately 33 meters) underground.

However, it was clear that General Li was overthinking it. They didn’t need to dig fifty zhang at all. The rogue cultivators only dug a little over ten zhang (about fifty meters) deep before discovering the underground fortifications, and then the battle began.

The rogue cultivators then realized how terrifying the enemy was. As soon as they entered the underground, a large number of them died. Although more rogue cultivators poured in, they all perished as well. The underground space was like a bottomless pit; no matter how many rogue cultivators went in, they could only go in and never come out.

The battle continued, and General Li and his men watched the whole time. They had to admit that the rogue cultivators were quite useful. Although many of them died, their numbers were too great. More rogue cultivators still managed to enter the underground and damage the underground space. Of course, even more enemies died in the underground space.

When they finally wiped out all the enemies in Qingyuan City, General Li and his men tallied the casualties and were astonished to find that over a million rogue cultivators had perished, while the defending troops numbered less than one hundred thousand—a casualty ratio of one to ten, which was indeed unfavorable.

However, for the Divine Kingdom, this casualty ratio was a great victory, because the casualties were all rogue cultivators, not the elite troops of the various sects, families, or the military. For them, exchanging a million rogue cultivator casualties for Qingyuan City was extremely worthwhile. General

Li and his men immediately ordered the various sects to rebuild the city’s teleportation arrays and allowed the rogue cultivators to rest and recuperate within the city.

The rogue cultivators had already realized that something was wrong. The casualties in this battle were too great. Some of the more astute rogue cultivators had already realized that they were cannon fodder, and the enemy’s strength was formidable. They hadn’t even encountered any kingdom-level experts among the enemies they faced; if there had been kingdom-level experts present, their casualties would have been even greater. This incident made them understand that the enemy was not so easy to deal with.

Although they realized this, it was too late for the rogue cultivators to regret it. They simply couldn’t leave this place. Getting here was easy, but leaving was incredibly difficult.

General Li was actually somewhat puzzled. He didn’t understand why the Blood Slaughter Sect hadn’t used their magic array on them. Did they think that with so many of them, they weren’t enough to warrant the Blood Slaughter Sect using their magic array?

In fact, he was right. These people weren’t qualified to make the Blood Slaughter Sect use its magic array. This time, they were all rogue cultivators. If they used magic arrays to deal with these rogue cultivators, would the people of the Divine Kingdom dare to attack them in the future? So this time, the Blood Slaughter Sect didn’t use its magic array.

Of course, the Blood Slaughter Sect wouldn’t just watch them occupy Qingyuan City. So on the very night that General Li and his group occupied Qingyuan City, a large number of cultivators launched an attack on Qingyuan City. This time, the number of cultivators was nearly one million, and there were many kingdom-level experts among them.

Although General Li and his group possessed thirty large magical artifacts and numerous kingdom-level experts, the enemy’s numbers were simply too overwhelming. Even with their powerful artifacts, they couldn’t withstand the enemy’s onslaught. Ultimately, General Li and his forces had no choice but to break out with all their might. Under the combined assault of the large magical artifacts and kingdom-level experts, they successfully broke through. However, many independent cultivators failed to escape. They were all surrounded in Qingyuan City. Only about a million escaped with General Li’s group; the rest either remained in Qingyuan City or scattered.

After General Li’s retreat, the more than three million independent cultivators left in the city were dumbfounded. They were now surrounded. They wanted to break out, but with kingdom-level experts guarding the city, any attempt to escape would be certain death. They despairingly realized that they seemed destined to die.

Just as these independent cultivators were in despair, the Blood Slaughter Sect disciples surrounding them suddenly shouted for their surrender. Without hesitation, the independent cultivators surrendered immediately.

After the rogue cultivators surrendered, they were immediately evacuated, and General Li and his men returned to their previously established base. Upon arrival, General Li summoned Fang Wuwei and Lü Xiaofang.

After the two arrived, General Li looked at them and said with a wry smile, “A mistake.”

Fang Wuwei and Lü Xiaofang also looked uneasy, but they understood General Li’s meaning and nodded in agreement. Fang Wuwei said, “We were too hasty. We should have sent more elite troops from the rear. Although the number of rogue cultivators this time was large, their strength was poor, and they were disorganized. These people are okay in favorable battles, but if they encounter a tough fight, they are completely inadequate. We can’t rely on those rogue cultivators to deal with the enemy; we mainly need to rely on our own people. But right now, we have too few of our own people on the front lines, which is why we suffered such a quick defeat.” Lü Xiaofang

nodded and said, “That’s right, it’s because of the lack of our own people on the front lines… ” “We have too few of our own people. At crucial moments, we couldn’t stabilize the situation, which is why this happened. We must send a message to the rear that we absolutely cannot have too few of our own people.” The “

own people” they were referring to were, of course, the elites from the sects, aristocratic families, and the military. During the battle in Qingyuan City, when they were surrounded, the rogue cultivators panicked first. They rushed around recklessly and disobeyed orders, which led to their swift defeat. If the sects or aristocratic families had more elites to control the situation, they wouldn’t have been defeated so quickly. They might have even been able to defeat the enemy and defend Qingyuan City. So, ultimately, it was because they had too few of their own people, and they overestimated the rogue cultivators.

General Li now understood the Blood Slaughter Sect’s plan. They wanted to show the people of the Divine Kingdom that too many rogue cultivators were useless, just easy prey. They wanted the various sects and families to send their elite disciples and experts to attack them. Once enough experts arrived, they could activate their magic array to wipe them out, thus crippling the sects and families.

If they used the array now, with only rogue cultivators, the sects and families would be much more cautious in their next attack, making it much harder to find an opportunity to severely damage them.

Thinking of this, General Li couldn’t help but smile bitterly. His thinking was still somewhat out of sync with the Blood Slaughter Sect. In his view, eliminating millions was worth using a magic array for, but the Blood Slaughter Sect saw these millions as nothing more than rogue cultivators, not worth using a magic array for. That was the difference in their perspectives.

Thinking of this, General Li couldn’t help but sigh softly, and then said, “Report the situation here. Tell the higher-ups that the more rogue cultivators the better, but we can’t have too few of our own people. If we don’t have enough of our own people, then no matter how many rogue cultivators come, it’s useless. They’re just a bunch of rabble.”