Chapter 260 - 183: Ten Years

Chapter 260: Chapter 183: Ten Years

Northern Song Territory.

The site of a massive fortification project, leading toward the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

Yui Ya of the Gluttony Demon Sect and Purple Dragon of the Heavenly Corpse Demon Sect were supervising the work.

Nearby, countless conscripted laborers were building a passage to the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

Yui Ya and Purple Dragon’s duty was to prevent the Demon Race from within the Hundred Thousand Mountains from appearing and preying on the laborers.

Ten days had passed since the battle for the Capital Region.

Almost immediately after the Capital City was stabilized, Lu Changfeng had issued orders concerning the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

It wasn’t hard for the upper echelons of the Saint Demon Sect to guess that Lu Changfeng’s main objective in attacking the Capital City was something within the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

"Yui Ya," Purple Dragon couldn’t help but ask, looking at the glamorous woman beside him, "what exactly is in that Corpse Bone Mountain that makes even the Saint Master wary enough to build a wall to surround it?"

Yui Ya of the Gluttony Demon Sect stretched lazily. After conquering the Capital Region, she had seized plenty of opportunities to devour many Martial Arts experts. Her cultivation had soared, and she was in a good mood.

"Who knows?" Yui Ya said nonchalantly. "If the sky falls, the Saint Master will be there to hold it up. We just need to follow him loyally."

But Purple Dragon could clearly see the caution and worry in her eyes.

The Saint Master had Qiankun Daoist assisting him, yet there was still something he was wary of. Anyone who realized this would feel uneasy.

But Yui Ya had a point. If the sky came crashing down, the Saint Master would hold it up. They only needed to follow his orders.

Continuing north from here was Corpse Bone Mountain.

The activity here was even more frenetic.

The Saint Demon Sect’s army was quarrying rock and constructing a great wall to enclose Corpse Bone Mountain.

This was to prevent other creatures from approaching Corpse Bone Mountain.

Lu Changfeng would not permit any accidents to happen within Corpse Bone Mountain.

Lu Changfeng also had men watching the area near Fengtian Lake.

Corpse Bone Mountain was the highest priority because an awakened Demon Miasma Body was inside.

Lu Changfeng and Qiankun Daoist were sitting in front of a nearby wooden cabin, playing chess and discussing their next steps.

As for Domain-Breaking, they had no leads for the time being.

Thus, the provisional plan was the ’Inner Realm’.

For his part, Qiankun Daoist had already made some headway in designing the Inner Realm Array.

With Lu Changfeng’s cooperation, the deployment of the Inner Realm could be completed within a few decades.

When that time came, even if the Demon Miasma Head awakened, Lu Changfeng and Qiankun Daoist could hide inside the Inner Realm.

"Once the Corpse Bone Mountain watch post is built, I’ll have to trouble you, Brother Qiankun, to stand guard here and negotiate with the Demon Miasma Body. What do you think?" Lu Changfeng said as he placed a stone.

Qiankun Daoist nodded slightly. "Very well. However, as for the materials required for the Inner Realm, I’m afraid I’ll have to trouble you for those, Saint Master."

"No problem. The entire Saint Demon Sect will help you gather the necessary materials," Lu Changfeng promised.

Qiankun Daoist’s Inner Realm was one way out. Meanwhile, Lu Changfeng was still digging for information on the Domain-Breaker, Wei He, confident that this would soon provide another escape route for after the Profound Realm’s destruction.

And so, under Lu Changfeng’s personal supervision, the massive wall around Corpse Bone Mountain took shape.

Lu Changfeng appointed White Tiger as the Guardian Envoy, with two Demon Sect Commanders and two Demon Generals as permanent assistants. Qiankun Daoist went into seclusion nearby to periodically negotiate with the Demon Miasma Body.

Qiankun Daoist was also responsible for setting up Martial Arts Arrays on the watch post’s walls to ensure that no one with ulterior motives could enter Corpse Bone Mountain and communicate with the Demon Miasma Body.

On the day the wall was completed and Qiankun Daoist successfully deployed the detection, illusion, and warning Arrays, Lu Changfeng and Qiankun Daoist finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This way, all they had to do was negotiate with the Demon Miasma Body. By finding more excuses to delay the unsealing of the Demon Miasma Body, they could buy at least a few decades of safety.

By the time the Corpse Bone Mountain watch post was completed, more than a month had passed since the Saint Demon Sect occupied the Capital Region.

During this time, Lu Changfeng duplicated Qiankun Daoist’s Heroic Root Bone, doubling his own.

Sixteen Heroic Root Bones could be synthesized into one Earth Spirit Root Bone, and Lu Changfeng was currently working toward that fusion.

Although the emergence of another Earth Spirit in the Profound Realm would certainly attract the attention of the Profound Realm’s three Human Kings, the situation in the Profound Realm was already chaotic. Lu Changfeng would have to synthesize the Earth Spirit Root Bone sooner or later, so there was no harm in duplicating and preparing in advance.

Over the past month or so, the various factions in the Song Territory had mixed reactions to the Saint Demon Sect’s great victory.

Daliang’s reaction was the most intense.

Fearing that the Saint Demon Sect would continue south after annexing the Capital Region, they immediately stationed troops on the border for several months.

Only after confirming that the Saint Demon Sect had no intention of marching south did they slowly begin to withdraw their troops in batches.

The two prefectures, Yunyang Prefecture and the Capital Region, now held half of the former Song Country’s population.

The Saint Demon Sect now had the resources to establish a nation.

Afterward, at the request of the numerous Demon Sect Commanders and Demon Generals, Lu Changfeng, at the age of twenty-eight, announced the establishment of the Holy Country at the beginning of the year. He would rule the Holy Country from his position as Saint Master, with the capital established in the Holy City.

On the day Lu Changfeng officially founded the nation and ascended the throne, the Holy City was extraordinarily lively.

Regardless of their true thoughts, all the major powers sent representatives to offer congratulations and gifts.

After the founding of the Holy Country, Lu Changfeng had no plans for external expansion.

Instead, he began to focus wholeheartedly on his Martial Arts cultivation.

Lu Changfeng typically remained in seclusion at the Holy City Saint Hall, only occasionally visiting the Corpse Bone Mountain watch post under the pretext of inspecting the situation to duplicate Qiankun Daoist’s Heroic Root Bone.

In his training, besides Basic Martial Arts, Lu Changfeng’s highest priority was the cultivation of Martial Arts Arrays. Whenever he went to the Corpse Bone Mountain watch post, he would ask Qiankun Daoist for guidance.