Li Yan didn't know how many cultivators were at the foundation-building stage or above in the entire Desolate Moon Continent, but with the other party's growth rate being so fast, could it be that the South China Sea had opened up a new channel between the two realms
After hearing Li Yan's question, Bai Rou smiled sweetly.
"What Uncle Wei said should be the real number of demon army. The remaining 20,000 cultivators are the remnants of demons who once hid in various places on the continent, as well as the immortal cultivation sects or immortal cultivation families controlled by them. And they also control a lot of cultivators in the South China Sea."
After hearing this, Li Yan secretly cursed himself for being stupid. How could he have forgotten that the remnants of the demons had always existed in the Desolate Moon Continent? For a moment, he was really obsessed.
Seeing Li Yan nod, Bai Rou continued.
“In fact, there is a huge gap in the cultivation base between these cultivators. The weakest one is even in the Qi Condensation Stage.
However, although the South Sea monks were controlled, the impact was not long, and it is unknown how much they can contribute when the real fight begins."
Li Yan had already thought of this, and nodded slightly, then said with a smile, "I didn't expect Senior Sister Bai to see it so thoroughly and in detail. She must have paid a lot of attention to this battle."
Bai Rou couldn't help blushing when she heard Li Yan say this, "Where did I get this analysis from? This is what Master told me, and I... just... just copied it!"
Li Yan just chuckled, didn't take it seriously, and continued asking.
"Senior Sister Bai, you just said that there are Qi Condensation cultivators among the 30,000 troops. What's the point of those demons sending them here?" Li Yan was surprised by this. The cultivators on his side were at least at the Foundation Establishment level, so if the enemy had Qi Condensation cultivators, wouldn't they be slaughtered
"Of course they are not used for fighting, but for spying on our intelligence. Because of the conscription order, the cultivators who can move freely outside are naturally only Qi Condensation cultivators. There are too many of these cultivators, and we are often unable to identify them one by one, so it is inevitable that they will be taken advantage of by the other side."
Li Yan thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. It was really hard to guard against these Qi Condensation cultivators sent out to gather information. These people were all real human cultivators. Unless you secretly investigate whether the other party was under the demon clan's restriction, you would be hard to guard against.
If Li Yan were to implement it, there would be no need for the demon cultivators to personally place restrictions on the Qi Condensation cultivators. Once discovered, they would be exposed immediately.
It only requires the demon cultivators to place restrictions on the senior cultivators of a certain sect, and then the senior cultivators of these sects will place restrictions on the lower-level cultivators. No matter how you check, there will not be any trace of demonic power on their bodies.
Li Yan felt that if he could think of these things, the demon cultivators could probably think of them as well. So although the Qi Condensation cultivators seemed useless, it was different for the demons.
However, the Qi Condensation cultivators on their side are truly useless. They cannot send human Qi Condensation cultivators over there, as it would be too easy for the other side to find out.
"Among the cultivators in the South China Sea, there should be quite a few mid- to high-level cultivators who are truly willing to surrender to the demon clan, right? This force should not be underestimated." Li Yan said after thinking for a while.
"Of course there are such people. That's why the four major sects have been constantly recruiting cultivators at the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stages to deal with cultivators at this level. The number of cultivators who failed to escape in time when the demons invaded was far more than 20,000. According to the information we have received, many more cultivators from the South China Sea will be escorted here later." Bai Rou's face was also solemn.
Li Yan sighed in his heart, this is the sorrow of immortal cultivators.
If it is a war between mortals, if you want someone to fight for you, apart from buying their hearts and minds, the only other way is to use the other person's relatives to coerce and bribe them.
Otherwise, even if you torture these people into agreeing to work for you, once on the battlefield, they may suddenly turn against you, causing you to make things worse and regret it.
But it’s different for immortal cultivators. No matter whether you agree or not, they will place restrictions on you before going to the battlefield, or even more viciously control your soul directly.
By then, nothing will be up to you. At most, these restrictions will affect your actual combat power, and it will be difficult to turn against the enemy.
However, in the end, it was the high-level cultivators who truly influenced the outcome of the battle, so when Wei Chongran introduced Li Yan, he focused on the number of the opponent's golden elixirs and Nascent Souls.
There should be only one deity in the South China Sea, Yuandu of the Taixuan Sect. His physical body has collapsed, and only his Nascent Soul has escaped.
As for the Nascent Soul cultivators in the South China Sea, as long as they had not been targeted by the Demon Race’s Divine Transformation cultivators long ago, with their omnipotent abilities, they would have probably already fled the South China Sea. Therefore, it would be difficult to find any great cultivators among these 20,000 people.
Bai Rou continued, "Among the 10,000 demon soldiers that came across the border, most are demon soldiers, and there are more than 400 human monks from foreign lands. I don't know where these human monks came from, but they all have deep and powerful cultivation..."
Bai Rou thought that Li Yan knew nothing, so she simply introduced the matter of the foreign cultivators to Li Yan in detail.
Li Yan also listened to Bai Rou's description carefully and did not interrupt her.
In fact, there is one thing that Wei Chongran and the senior cultivators from the four major sects did not know, which was that it was those mysterious human cultivators who were the first group to be teleported here regardless of everything.
There were many Golden Cores and Nascent Souls among them, which caused the accelerated collapse of the channel between the two realms. By the time the demon army arrived and discovered that the channel between the two realms was already unstable, it was already too late. In the end, only a powerful demon commander and several demon generals were teleported.
Thinking that he was going to carry out a mission here, Li Yan asked again.
"Since there are many Jindan and Yuanying cultivators among those alien human cultivators, what is the probability of encountering them when we are carrying out our mission?"
This is what Li Yan is most concerned about. If he encounters an early Jindan cultivator, it's fine. But if the enemy cultivator is in the middle Jindan or above, it will be dangerous. Bai Rou hesitated for a moment before answering.
"Including Fengliang Mountain, the three important defense points actually have a trace of Nascent Soul ancestors' divine consciousness left. As long as they sense the aura of the other side's Nascent Soul cultivator, the real bodies of these Nascent Soul ancestors will arrive in a moment with the magical power of 'Great Teleportation'.
At present, the main forces of the war between the two sides are Jindan cultivators like Uncle Wei and his group. Perhaps only when the two sides really start the decisive battle, people like Yuanying Patriarch will appear and decide the outcome of the battle with their own strength. As for the news of the Shenhua level, it is not for us to know. "
Having said that, Bai Rou paused. Her answer just now did not answer Li Yan's question.
Li Yan also felt that Bai Rou was right about the battle situation, but he didn't know whether she had analyzed the situation herself or heard it from an elder like Elder Chi Gong. He thought it should be the latter.
Just continue listening. Bai Rou actually wanted to tell Li Yan more of what she knew. She was well aware of the dangers that might come from having just arrived here and not knowing the situation.
Then she smiled lightly and continued, "Our daily tasks are to kill the enemy's scouts, spy on the enemy's frontier intelligence, identify suspicious monks nearby, etc. There are quite a few types of tasks, but the enemies we encounter are basically in the foundation building or Qi condensation stage."
Li Yan nodded. At the same time, he also noticed the word "basically" in Bai Rou's words, which means that there is still a chance of encountering mid- to high-level cultivators.
Bai Rou told Li Yan about the timing of the appearance of cultivators of different levels. Li Yan was grateful for Bai Rou's actions. There were very few people like Bai Rou among cultivators.
Both sides use Jindan monks as the main fighting force, so this is just like an army among mortals.
Wei Chongran and his men are the generals, Li Yan and his men are the soldiers, and the Nascent Soul and even the God Transformation are the final killing weapons and trump cards.
A general will not personally take part in every battle. He will only go to the battlefield when a decisive battle occurs.
On weekdays, all the trivial matters before the war and small-scale fighting on both sides are naturally completed by soldiers. Li Yan and his men are responsible for doing these things.
“But… in fact, for some important missions, the Jindan monks of both sides would hide their cultivation and come out to carry out the missions. It is precisely because of this that not only our ‘Heavy Front Camp’, but also the monks of other camps, have had several teams run into the other side’s Jindan monks, which eventually led to the annihilation of the entire team.
In view of this situation, Uncle Wei and his men have also sent out a number of Jindan monks to roam outside. As long as we can send out a distress message in time, they will arrive as soon as possible, and these uncles and uncles are also waiting for an opportunity to hunt down the other side's monks who are out on missions. "
Bai Rou hesitated, but still told the reality. In fact, every time their Ninth Team went out, they always held half hope of coming back alive. Who knew that one day they would be unlucky enough to meet the other side's mid- or high-level cultivators.
After she finished speaking, she was afraid that Li Yan would worry, so she hurriedly explained.
"However, the number of Jindan monks on both sides is limited after all. There are also many teams of monks on both sides who go out to perform various tasks every day. It is not easy to encounter Jindan in such a vast area in front of Fengliang Mountain."
Li Yan felt helpless and could only smile bitterly.
"That's right, Senior Sister. Even if we meet them, as long as they can't kill us with one strike, then according to what Senior Sister said, it's possible that our uncles and aunts will come."
Li Yan knew that this was just like the Qingshanai and Mengguo in the past. The two sides often sent small teams to harass each other. Sometimes, if they were unlucky, they might encounter a team led by a highly powerful general of the other side, and death would be a matter of moments.
It seems that no matter whether it is immortal cultivators or mortal armies, irregular changes are the norm.
Li Yan thought to himself, "There is no other way except to be extra careful. The low-ranking soldiers are the ones who die the most in wars. This statement is indeed true."
After that, the two talked for a while, and Bai Rou realized that it was already midnight. Her heart beat faster. She had never stayed with a man for so long in the middle of the night, and they were alone in a room.
I waited until midnight, but I didn't realize how much time had passed. I felt shy and stood up quickly.
"Since the materials have been given to you, I... I will take my leave now. Please pay attention to the token you received today. If there is a mission, you will receive a message."
After saying that, he walked out of the cave in a somewhat hurried manner.
After Bai Rou left, Li Yan sat in the hall of the cave without moving, frowning in thought, but after thinking about it, he felt that there was no good way to avoid the danger.
There is no such thing as soldier against soldier or general against general in war. When they meet, it's just a fight, and more likely it's a one-sided massacre.
Finally, Li Yan suddenly thought of the Snow Mosquito King. "I haven't been able to enter the 'Earth Spot' space for such a long time. I wonder what the status of the Snow Mosquito population is like?"
Thinking of this, Li Yan couldn't help but feel refreshed, and then his consciousness quickly sank into the "earth spot" space.
But as soon as his consciousness entered the space, he heard an arrogant voice, "Tremble, rascal, today I, Lord Xiang..."
Another impatient voice interrupted the conversation and let out a sharp roar, "Your uncle's face is covered in blood, you are a remnant soul without a body. Today I will let you see my might. Children, line up..."