Chapter 7

So, after reviewing the information about religious beliefs in his mind last night and considering the actual situation in this world, Huaxia Jiu had basically formulated a response plan.

Considering that during the process of spreading religion, the divine messenger must maintain a mysterious and powerful image and cannot frequently appear before the public. After a brief moment of thought, Huaxia Jiu said, "According to the divine command of my Lord, Tang Guanshu is appointed as the High Priest, the earthly representative of my Lord, to lead all believers and spread the glory of my Lord. From this moment on, only you can come to see me. Those who make significant contributions to the spread of my Lord's glory will be received by me and may even be granted divine power. Otherwise, none shall enter this place." This statement was based on the information in his mind, which he had already organized.

Upon hearing this, Tang Guanshu was genuinely surprised and delighted. He immediately prostrated himself on the ground and said with great enthusiasm, "Thank you, my Lord, for your trust. I will be your most devout servant and will use my life and all my energy to spread your glory and increase the number of your believers."

When Tang Guanshu and others left the hall, they had a divine artifact called 'Thousand-Mile Eye' in their hands.

This divine artifact, the 'Thousand-Mile Eye,' was a black sphere about the size of a fist, slightly transparent, with a glass-like crystal surface and dozens of eye-shaped probes inside. It was a multi-directional, ultra-long-range camera.

At the exit of the passage outside the hall, in front of a stone stele.

After Tang Guanshu conveyed the divine command of the divine messenger, the hundreds of townspeople who wanted to meet the divine messenger were somewhat disappointed but more terrified. They were deeply afraid of their previous disrespect and blasphemy against the Dark God. This made them even more reverent towards the legendary divine messenger.

In the hall, Tang Guanshu carefully held the black camera, and a dozen middle-aged and elderly men tightly surrounded it, looking at it with reverence.

Tang Guanshu gently touched it, and the people around him did not dare to breathe loudly.

After a while, Tang Guanshu took a deep breath and said solemnly, "According to the divine messenger, this divine artifact is called the 'Thousand-Mile Eye.' It should be installed on the highest building or tree in the town, allowing us to see up to a hundred miles away. If any wolf demons come, we can see them in advance."

Everyone was amazed. An old man said, "Truly a divine artifact! Only a god could create such a miraculous artifact."

"Exactly! Look at the craftsmanship, it's flawless and truly miraculous," another middle-aged man chimed in.

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Ten years ago, the emperor of the Great Wu Empire, Emperor Wuzu, was assassinated, causing a great uproar in the world.

Subsequently, Emperor Wuzu's young son, Emperor Wuzong, ascended the throne. His prestige was insufficient to subdue the realm, and the feudal lords began to rebel, amassing their own armies and paying lip service to Emperor Wuzong while defying his commands.

Eight years ago, the three northeastern counties rebelled and established the Great Shun Kingdom.

Emperor Wuzong called upon the realm, with the six central counties as the main force and the other counties as support, gathering a million-strong army to launch a northern campaign. After numerous battles over two years, they finally engaged the 300,000-strong Great Shun army at the Northern Customs Pass but suffered a crushing defeat, with only 200,000 soldiers retreating to the six central counties.

Five years ago, the water tribes from the southeastern coast and the demon tribes from the southwestern Cangman Mountains simultaneously invaded. The southeastern and southwestern counties were caught off guard, and countless cities and towns were massacred by the alien races. The surviving humans were reduced to half their original number and became slaves, laborers, or even food. Tang Family Town was one of the affected towns.

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Jiangyuan City, the capital of Cangnan County, one of the three southwestern counties of the Great Wu Empire, has twenty-one subordinate cities and hundreds of towns and villages. It is located 500 miles northeast of the Cangman Mountains and is named after the source of the largest river in the Great Wu Empire, the Cang River.

Just as Tang Guanshu had someone securely fix the 'Thousand-Mile Eye' on the highest seven-story tower in the town, ten thousand iron cavalry marched out of the western gate of Jiangyuan City, dust rising and hooves clattering, with a pervasive aura of killing intent. They split into five routes heading towards the Cangman Mountains, one of which was heading towards Tang Family Town.

A veteran general in golden armor, riding a tall steed, led several young generals in black armor, riding warhorses, at the front of the army.

"General Huang, now that we have left the city, can you tell us the purpose of Lord Hou sending out the five Cangfeng Iron Cavalry units?" A young general with a rugged appearance, tall stature, and a blood-red longbow on his back, who was in his early twenties, turned to look at Jiangyuan City behind him and coughed, then asked.

Hearing this, General Huang looked at the young general who had asked the question with a hint of amusement, then scanned the other four young generals, who all had curious and expectant expressions, either looking directly at him or glancing at him with the corners of their eyes.

"Ha ha ha—Zhang Xiong, I knew you would be the first to ask. Well, even if you didn't ask, I would have told you. As you all know, our human race's mortal enemies, the demon race, have innate abilities. High-level demons are dealt with by our human cultivators, but ordinary demons are generally stronger and more resilient than humans. If it weren't for our large population and our ability to forge sharp weapons and sturdy armor to make up for our shortcomings, we would have been exterminated by the demon and water races long ago. Since the demons emerged from the Cangman Mountains five years ago and occupied countless towns in the southwestern three counties, they have found iron mines in the Cangman Mountains and forced our humans to forge weapons for them. This time, our Cangnan County is sending out ten thousand elite iron cavalry because we have discovered five demon weapon forging bases. Our goal is to destroy these five bases, rescue or kill the humans forging weapons for the demons, and ideally, seize the weapons they have already forged."

After hearing General Huang's words, the five young generals were already solemn. For thousands of years, the hatred between humans and demons has been piled up by countless deaths and injuries, making them mortal enemies.

At this moment, after General Huang finished speaking, the five young generals looked at each other and said in unison, "We will follow the general's orders and swear to complete this mission, destroying the demon weapon forging bases."

Seeing this, General Huang felt a sense of relief.

These five young generals had extraordinary backgrounds; their fathers and grandfathers were all important figures in Cangnan County, and one of them was even the personal grandson of Marquis Cangnan, Liu Xiu.

Although General Huang had a long military career, if anything happened to these five young men, it would cause significant trouble for him and his family.

He had previously been concerned that these five young men might be too impulsive and disobedient, but it seemed he had overestimated the problem.

General Huang nodded slightly and said, "You are all the best of the young generation in Cangnan County. Your parents specifically sent you on this mission to enhance your combat experience and test your resolve. I will assign you tasks based on the progress of the mission, but it must not affect the completion of the mission or your safety."

The four young generals nodded in agreement. Few people were willing to risk their lives, especially those of high status. On the contrary, those at the bottom of society, who could not even satisfy their basic needs, often showed great courage and treated their lives lightly, which is why they say, "The barefoot are not afraid of the shod."

However, in a large forest, there are all kinds of birds. One young general still had a look of disdain, though he did not openly contradict General Huang, his expression revealed his true thoughts. This young general was precisely the one General Huang was most worried about, the current Marquis Cangnan's nephew, Zhao Fengyun.

This young man was said to have exceptional talent and, at the age of twenty, had already reached the level of a high-level warrior, which was extremely rare in the entire southwestern region. Therefore, he was highly regarded by Marquis Cangnan, who personally instructed him in martial arts.

General Huang, observing the expressions of the five young generals, felt a chill in his heart when he saw Zhao Fengyun's expression. He was somewhat worried and troubled. But then he thought, the main goal of this mission was to destroy a weapon forging base managed by the wolf demons, not to engage in a direct battle with the wolf demon army. The most there would be a hundred or two hundred wolf demons in Tang Family Town, and with two thousand elite cavalry, as long as the wolf demons in the Cangman Mountains did not discover them, they could quickly eliminate the wolf demons in Tang Family Town and then withdraw. By the time the main force of the wolf demons in the Cangman Mountains discovered them, it would be too late.

With this thought, General Huang no longer worried about the matter and began to explain the overall battle plan to the young generals.

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At the entrance of a refined iron mine in the outer Cangman Mountains.

"Leader, the humans from Tang Family Town haven't come to carry the ore yet. Do you think all the humans have been eaten by the earth wolves?" A wolf demon, wearing a simple garment made of sewn animal skins, stood outside a stone house, looking enviously in the direction of the stone house and shouted casually.

"Roar! Although Earth Wolf is a bit brutal, he wouldn't dare to defy the king's orders even if he had ten lives. Hmm! Calculating the time, the weapons forged this month should be our turn, the Iron Wolves. You lead a team of Iron Wolves to Tang Family Town to check, and also find Stone Wolf, the leader, to bring the weapons forged by the human blacksmiths to us." As he spoke, a wolf demon, clearly more robust and taller than ordinary wolf demons, wearing a simple iron armor, walked out of the stone house.

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In the hall, Huaxia Jiu spent the morning reading through hundreds of books brought by Tang Guanshu. To say he read them, he actually just used his electronic eye to scan them and stored the content in his brain, categorized and organized.

Although Huaxia Jiu's brain had undergone a mutation, the functions of storage, classification, calculation, and reasoning he previously possessed not only remained but became even more powerful.

Through these books and the memories of Tang Guanshu and others, Huaxia Jiu finally gained a basic understanding of this world.

For example, the geography, history, customs, and habits of the races.

This was a world of the strong preying on the weak, and also a world of racial conflict, where races fought to the death for survival resources.

Huaxia Jiu began to think deeply, combining his knowledge of Earth and all the information he had.

Since being influenced by the five-colored meteorite, he had increasingly enjoyed thinking.

Just as Huaxia Jiu was gradually clarifying his next plan and actions, a red light flashed in his eyes, and two images suddenly appeared in his mind. These were the images transmitted by the long-range camera he had given to Tang Guanshu. This device, called the 'Thousand-Mile Eye,' could clearly capture images within a distance of one or two hundred miles.

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