As soon as he said this, many ministers reacted and frowned.
After all, Zahar, the king of the Yuan Dynasty, was not a fool. Knowing that the battle would result in mutual destruction and benefit to a third party, he still chose to launch a full-scale attack.
He chose to attack the Tang State naturally for the sake of profit. So where exactly this profit came from is something that everyone needs to think about.
"The Great Yuan Kingdom has not joined forces with the White Lotus Kingdom. If the two countries attack together, we really won't be able to resist!"
A minister began to speculate.
"Impossible, the White Lotus Nation cannot be so stupid. If they join forces with the Great Yuan Nation, it would be like courting disaster with a tiger.
After the demise of our Tang Kingdom, how could the White Lotus Kingdom escape? It would not be easier for the Yuan Kingdom to destroy them than to destroy us."
Another minister said.
Hearing his words, everyone nodded their heads. The possibility of the White Lotus Kingdom joining forces with the Yuan Dynasty was indeed too low.
Li Rushan glanced at everyone and said, "It seems that you can't explain the truth, so people from the Military Intelligence Department, you should immediately start investigating and find out why they launched a full-scale attack for no apparent reason.
In addition, the military immediately gathered personnel, and except for the Xuanwu Army and the Zhenzhong Army, all other legions were sent to the border to stop the attack from the Yuan Dynasty.
Now no matter what their reasons are for launching the attack, if we cannot stop the advance of their army, we will continue to lose territory.
You are all wise people, it is easy to lose a city, but it is difficult to take it back!!!"
Li Rushan, sitting on the throne, had completely lost his easy-going aura in the past, and now only the majesty of a person in power remained.
"Yes... We obey your order!!!"
All the ministers knelt down to receive the order, and the people from the Military Intelligence Department and the Army left early to prepare to meet the enemy.
… … … … …
Ye Li has been underground for three days, and three days of continuous digging has made him a little tired.
He discovered that the ice that wrapped the World Soul Essence Gold was only relatively weak in the outermost layer. The deeper he dug, the harder the ice became.
Later on, even if he hit with all his strength, it still took many hits to break the ice.
"Huh... The ice below is so hard, it's almost as hard as gold and iron!!!"
Ye Li had just broken a piece of ice and took out a small amount of Realm Soul Gold from it, and couldn't help but complain.
After knocking for so long, his arms were a little sore.
"The deeper the ice is, the sooner it will freeze. The longer it is frozen, the harder it will be. When ice is extremely hard, it will not be much worse than gold or iron."
The usually quiet Ice Emperor spoke up.
Ye Li was stunned and said, "Yeah, I know that, I'm just complaining.
I originally thought that three days would be enough for me to break the ice and take out the Realm Soul Gold inside.
Now three days have passed and I haven’t even reached half of my goal. I’m really frustrated!!!”
Hearing Ye Li's words, Tunri suddenly asked: "Ye Li, have you noticed that the soul power around you has increased slightly?"
When asked by Tunri, Ye Li was stunned. His attention for the past three days was focused on the solid ice and he didn't pay any attention to the changes around him.
His perception of soul power is much stronger than Tunri's. Now even Tunri can notice the changes around him. As soon as Ye Li came to his senses, he found something wrong.
Because the soul power deep in the vein is indeed stronger than before, this change is not too obvious, but in Ye Li's current perception, it is very clear.
"That's not right. If the Realm Soul Essence Gold is also underneath, the soul power won't become stronger. After all, the degree to which the Realm Soul Essence Gold absorbs soul power is the same. If both the Realm Soul Essence Gold below and the Realm Soul Essence Gold above have absorbed enough soul power and stored it fully, then there should be no situation where the soul power becomes stronger."
Ye Li pondered and said that after he understood the properties of the World Soul Essence Gold, he realized that the changes in the surrounding soul power were unnatural.
Looking at the solid ice in front of him, it was still pitch black and there was nothing special about it. Ye Li immediately frowned.
After thinking for a while, Ye Li took a deep breath and raised the Five Elements Ring again.
His five elements power was running wildly, turning into a strong gold element power that condensed on the five elements ring and slashed fiercely at the solid ice.
After a crisp "clang" sound, only a shallow crack appeared on the solid ice.
Seeing this, Ye Li couldn't help but curse inwardly, and immediately gathered all his strength and smashed down hard.
After more than ten consecutive full-strength attacks, hitting the same place hard, the shallow crack finally turned into a deep crack that appeared on the ice.
Strong soul power leaked out from the cracks and hit Ye Li's soul. Even with the special rune to resist, Ye Li still felt waves of pain in his soul.
"Such a strong soul power! It is so strong that even just touching it can make the soul feel pressured!"
Ye Li spoke up.
"There's something down there, Ye Li!"
Tunri stared at the almost materialized soul power that was surging out from the cracks in the ice and said to Ye Li.
Ye Li nodded and said, "Yes, there must be something under the ice, but what on earth could have such a strong soul power?"
Frowning and feeling it, Ye Li concentrated his mind. The strange rune on his soul became brighter, and the pain in his soul just now disappeared in an instant.
“I seem to be able to resist the invasion of these soul powers. Otherwise, I will break the ice and see what is underneath.
I initially thought this was a mineral vein, but now it seems that I was probably wrong and there is something else underneath.”
Ye Li looked at Jian Bing and spoke.
He raised the Five Elements Ring in his hand again, and streams of gold power surged out. Ye Li smashed the crack in the ice with his strongest force.
"Click..."
After a crisp sound, the ice finally shattered completely, and a dark cave appeared under the ice.
An extremely rich soul power was released from underground, spreading out like black mist, wrapping Ye Li in the mist.
These mists are extremely condensed soul power, and they carry a hint of aggression, as if they want to devour Ye Li's soul.
“Amazing!”
Feeling the powerful force of this soul, Ye Li couldn't help but be secretly shocked.
"The source of this soul power is down there. I don't know what the soul at that source is, but it can actually make me feel a faint sense of fear!!!"
Tunri said this in great shock.