Chapter 100 War Preparations [Eighth Update] In addition to these confidants, Ye Qinchu's Taoist partner Chu Lingxin was also taken care of. After all, she was a cultivator with three spiritual roots, and now her cultivation had broken through to the sixth level of Qi training. Zhou Mingfu and Chu Daoran are both old and frail, and have not made much progress in their cultivation, but fortunately their strength has recovered to its peak. Ye Linyuan simply did a quick calculation and discovered that the Ye family, including the guest officials, now had two people in the late stage of Qi training, two people who had completed the sixth level of Qi training, four people who had just entered the sixth level of Qi training, and the remaining six people in the middle stage of Qi training. With such strength and foundation, it is considered powerful among the Qi-training clans. The only flaw is the number of cultivators, which is far less than those top Qi-training families with hundreds of cultivators. After understanding the current strength of the Ye family, everyone present smiled. But seeing Ye Qinyang taking a deep breath, he could not help but excitedly said: "With two late Qi training masters and twelve mid-Qi training masters in our clan, we can now be considered fully grown." Upon hearing this, everyone present nodded. In response, Ye Linyuan didn't say much, but handed the conscription order to everyone. Everyone took a look and their expressions suddenly changed. Although they had known about the war for a long time, the conscription order placed in front of them still made them feel extremely uneasy.
Wars of this level have always been extremely dangerous, and ordinary casual cultivators and Qi-cultivating monks do not have much ability to protect themselves. Seeing that everyone was uneasy, Ye Linyuan said, "You don't have to worry. With our current strength, as long as we don't face a foundation-building cultivator, we will have some ability to protect ourselves." Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but fall into deep thought, and after a moment they all breathed a sigh of relief. According to past rules, it is unlikely that a foundation-building cultivator would intervene in a battle between humans and demons of this level. After all, the lifespan of a foundation-building cultivator is at least three hundred years. This long lifespan allows them to sit back and relax. Unless their lifespan is really coming to an end, there is no need to fight with people of the same level for a few resources. They also seldom attack the Qi-cultivating monks. They are more accustomed to sitting back and watching the monks below fight to the death, and then looking for an opportunity to exploit the monks' gains. After all, it is too undignified to attack the juniors who are practicing Qigong. If they really like the treasures seized by the juniors, those with good tempers will give some resources in exchange, while those with bad tempers will simply find a reason to increase taxes. If raising taxes is not enough, then just defer the tax collection to a hundred years from now. Not convinced? That's a perfect reason to take action. It would be much easier to just have someone search the house. To sum up, everyone thought that it was unlikely that those powerful foundation-building masters would directly attack them. As long as they are not facing Foundation Establishment cultivators, it is unlikely that ordinary Qi Refining Perfected cultivators will attack them. Because they have the power to resist Qi Lian Wan, and there is even a possibility of severely damaging Qi Lian Wan, which is not good news for Qi Lian Wan. Whether it is the demon race or the human race, they all like to bully the weak and fear the strong. There are so many cultivators in the early and middle stages of Qi training and monsters to deal with. Why do you have nothing better to do than to fight for your life with cultivators of the same level? Therefore, in all the battles between humans and demons throughout history, those who were in the early and middle stages of Qi training and died in battle were countless, but those who were in the perfect stage of Qi training and died were only a handful. Knowing this, they breathed a sigh of relief. Chu Daoran immediately stood up and saluted Ye Linyuan and Old Man Ye, saying, "In this battle, we will follow the Ye family and will do our best for them." Zhou Mingfu also nodded, then stood up and coughed twice, then said with a smile: "I don't have much time left, but I can still do my best for the Ye family." Ye Linyuan nodded, then said with a smile: "Since you two are interested, let's decide on the candidates for the competition today." Having said this, everyone quickly decided on the candidates for the competition. According to everyone's discussion, this time they will leave Ye Linwen, Ye Linwu and Ye Huaiyin, three people in the early stage of Qi training, to stay in the family. In addition, Ye Qinchu's Taoist partner Zhao Lian'er and Ye Linze's Taoist partner Li Qingyan are both pregnant and have to stay in the family to take care of their pregnancies.
This is the second time the two women have been pregnant. Their aptitude is not particularly high, and there is little hope of them breaking through to the later stages of Qi training. They are already satisfied with being able to have a stable environment. After all, for the vast majority of cultivators, becoming an immortal is ultimately just an unattainable dream. Most people still place their hopes on their own bloodline, and all they want is to die peacefully and at a ripe old age. As for Chu Lingxin, she had to go into battle with everyone. She and Ye Qinyang also had a young child, but they did not conceive a new child. The reason for this is that Chu Lingxin has three spiritual roots. The Ye family believes that she has good aptitude. If she is cultivated well, her hope of building a foundation in the future may be slightly higher than Ye Qinyang. At worst, considering the Ye family's current resources, it is basically no problem for them to break through to the later stage of Qi training, and their hope of even achieving perfect Qi training is not too low. Back to the topic, in addition to these five people, Ye Linyuan also retained more than a hundred pseudo-Taoist soldiers of the Ye family. The strength of these pseudo-Taoist soldiers is comparable to the third level of Qi training. Combined with the power of the Earthly Evil Soul-Bewitching Formation, they are enough to resist the attacks of those who have reached the great perfection of Qi training. After arranging the candidates, Ye Linyuan looked at Old Man Ye and said, "Please go to Qinghe Xianfang and hand over the list of candidates." Old Man Ye nodded, and then said, "If five people don't participate in the battle, I'm afraid there won't be enough exemptions. I'll bring two spirit stones with me." Ye Linyuan nodded, without saying anything more, he just turned around and looked at everyone and said: "We will go to war in a month, you should make preparations before then." Upon hearing this, everyone nodded solemnly. The battle between humans and demons has always been dangerous. This time they not only have to prepare for the battle, but also have to make preparations for themselves in case they die in the battle. Thinking of this, everyone said goodbye and left, except Zhou Yuwan and Chu Lingxi who stayed. Looking at the two of them, Ye Linyuan asked directly: "How is your practice of the Three-turn Condensation Art going now?" "It has already reached 80% of its level." Zhou Yuwan spoke, with a hint of pity in his eyes. Chu Lingxi also nodded, and then said: "Lingxi is a little worse, only 70% of the way there." Ye Linyuan nodded. Although both of them had second spiritual roots, they had spent most of their time in cultivation over the years. In his spare time, he would ponder the various arts of cultivation, or help Ye Linyuan plant the spiritual fields, so he did not have much time to practice the Third Revolution Condensation Essence Art. Of course, the reason why they didn't work hard on the third level of Condensing Essence Technique was mainly because they had two spiritual roots, and breaking through the bottleneck in the late stage of Qi training was not too big. Whether it is the Peach Blossoms Chasing Water Sutra or the Willow Catkins Following the Wind Sutra, the magic power cultivated is quite pure. Although it is not as good as the gold and fire magic power, there are no major bottlenecks in the Qi Refining Period. (End of this chapter)