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Chapter 919: Chapter 919

Capítulo 919: Chapter 46: Military God or War God? (Part 3)

Xu Jing had the cultivation of a Great Grandmaster and understood the weight of a Peak strong person even more. Listening to Lu Wenzheng talk, he too found it quite reasonable.

“If Your Majesty’s health is really compromised…”

The more Xu Jing thought about it, the more apprehensive he became!

Any royal succession is a huge upheaval, and the higher one’s position, the closer one is to the epicenter of the storm.

Neither Xu Jing nor Lu Wenzheng could remain untouched.

Moreover, because of Li Fei, he and the Lu Family had already secretly joined forces with the Eldest Prince once, making it easier to be dragged into the water!

And currently, it seems Li Fei is closer to the Crown Prince.

With the power Li Fei now wields, if he supports the Crown Prince with full power, the Crown Prince’s chances of winning would be even greater!

Once the Crown Prince ascends the throne and sits upon the Dragon Chair…

Xu Jing exchanged a glance with Lu Wenzheng and saw the deep chill in the other’s eyes.

“What are your thoughts?”

Lu Wenzheng was silent for a long time before speaking slowly: This update ıs available on novel✦fire.net

“Do you think there’s any chance of reconciliation between us and Li Fei?”

Northern Territory, Shaman City.

“Marquis, the last batch of Sha Qi and the resources needed for daily maintenance have all been warehoused.”

On the training field, Lv Wenxing reported to Li Fei.

The Savage Killing Army has a complement of 3,600 Imperial Camp soldiers, which means at least 3,600 sets of Sha Qi, along with various materials for daily maintenance and upkeep.

These items cannot be conjured out of thin air; they are results of the efforts of the Buddhist sects over the past two years to refine for the court.

Previously, the court promised the Buddhists—if Pudu Temple and various temples refine and maintain fifty additional sets of Sha Qi for the court, the court would build an extra temple.

To refine and maintain fifty sets of Sha Qi doesn’t mean just creating fifty sets; at least one hundred sets must be refined!

Because Sha Qi itself is subject to wear and tear, whether during routine training or battle deployment, Sha Qi will suffer damage. Once a certain degree is exceeded, a set of Sha Qi becomes unusable.

So, maintaining the usage of fifty Sha Qi requires having fifty sets as backup.

When the wear and tear of the first fifty sets reaches a certain level, they must be replaced with backup Sha Qi, and the original sets sent for repair.

If some cannot be repaired, they need to be refined anew.

This is why the Great Lan Dynasty, even with its entire national power, can barely sustain four Ten Thousand People-level Army Formations.

These aren’t just ready to use once refined; they require enormous resources and manpower for upkeep and maintenance!

Without the help of the Buddhist sects, even if the Great Lan Dynasty had materials, they wouldn’t have enough personnel to refine and maintain more Sha Qi.

The 3,600 sets of Sha Qi received by the Savage Killing Army are all the backup Sha Qi of the 3,600 already sacrificed Imperial Camp soldiers.

So in the short term, the Imperial Camp soldiers of the Savage Killing Army would not have backup Sha Qi.

“Marquis, we need to use these Sha Qi sparingly. If thoroughly damaged, it will be difficult to get new Sha Qi supplies within a year.”

Lv Wenxing said to Li Fei.

Li Fei nodded: “We currently don’t have Imperial Camp soldiers; first select 1,800 Martial Artists to begin training so everyone can have backup Sha Qi and not worry about damage.”

The Emperor only gave the Savage Killing Army the complement of 3,600 Imperial Camp soldiers and the corresponding resources but did not directly transfer 3,600 Imperial Camp soldiers to Li Fei.

Though the Savage Killing Army currently doesn’t lack Martial Artists, they still require long-term training for a Martial Artist to become a qualified Imperial Camp soldier.

Moreover, there needs to be Military Dao Martial Artists capable of commanding formations, who are even rarer talents.

So, the path the Savage Killing Army has to walk is still long.

“Well, that’s all there is to it for now.”

Lv Wenxing nodded, “Marquis, actually I feel that with the Buddhist sects’ foundation, maintaining 3,600 sets of Sha Qi isn’t their limit, given the Taoists previously maintained more than this.”

Li Fei smiled, “But I think the court won’t continue to allow the Buddhists to refine more Sha Qi.”

Every new temple means an increase in the influence of the Buddhists!

The court won’t allow the Buddhists to expand in such a manner.

Remember, Pudu Temple boasts one Buddha and two Martial Saints, totaling three Peak strong persons!

Compared to them, although the Taoists had four Peak strong persons before Qing Xu’s death, they were distributed among three sects internally, lacking cohesion.

In terms of top-level combat power, the Buddhists aren’t weaker than the court, and actually hold stronger unity!

This kind of enormous power, no ruler would dare to let it grow unchecked.

Otherwise, why 100 years ago did Emperor Wencheng suddenly seek to annihilate Buddhism? Was it really just because he found them displeasing?

A hundred years ago, the contemporary Buddha’s son of Pudu Temple broke through to become a Martial Saint.

From that point, Pudu Temple had three Peak strong persons.

Soon after, Emperor Wencheng publicly announced the intent to annihilate Buddhism!

If not for the humility shown by Pudu Temple at the time, lowering their posture greatly, a great war may have been unavoidable. (See Volume 2, Chapter 27 for details)

Even then, since that time, the Great Lan Dynasty has imposed various restrictions on the Buddhists, even stipulating that their total number of temples cannot exceed 108.

It was only a century later, as the court sought to restrain the increasingly powerful Taoists, and to strengthen national power, did they begin to elevate the status of the Buddhists once again.

But Li Fei knows full well, neither the Emperor nor Grand Secretary Ye Ze’an would ever let the Buddhists develop too well.

3,600 sets of Sha Qi mean an increase of seventy-two temples for the Buddhist sects.

Previously, there were only 108 temples; now, suddenly, seventy-two more temples expand their influence by half!

Therefore, Li Fei believes even if the Buddhists still have capacity, the court will not allow them to continue refining more Sha Qi in the short term.

Five days later, Li Fei decided to leave Shaman City to return to Lanling City.

Currently, all the various resources needed by the Savage Killing Army have arrived, and everything is now on track, everything to be explained has been, so it’s time to leave.

First, he needs to return to Lanling City to continue refining the Implant to enhance his own strength.

Secondly, he requested an Imperial Decree from the Emperor shortly before.

There’s finally a reply today—

Permission granted for Li Fei to reopen the investigation into Shangguan Xiao’s treasonous collusion case!