Myriad Paths

In the carriage, the general and Li Qi sat opposite each other.

Shen Shuibi sat behind Li Qi with a blank look on her face, as if she was sleepwalking, just sitting without any movement.

The old horse was outside the carriage, competing with the general's horse. You held your head high, and I held my head higher than you. The rhythm kept ticking, and they almost started fighting. The horseman was frightened, and he quickly drove the two dragon colts away. separate.

But in the carriage, Li Qizheng was talking to the general: "Then let me summarize, what the general means is that the Sky-Swallowing Demon Nest is shrinking its strength now, and the reason is unknown? It is very likely that it is for the next attack on the Demon Nest, so you abandon the defense Arrived at Zhenguan?”

"It's not that we have to abandon the defense, but that the town pass cannot withstand it. If there really is a group of monster nests attacking, forming a tidal wave, sticking to the town pass will be a dead end." The general explained.

"Therefore, the Imperial Guard has made a decision to evacuate the people nearby, abandon the town pass, and then use the power of the mountains and rivers to set up an array and use the favorable terrain to hold on."

"Therefore, when the demon nest is about to attack, although the young hero is doing a righteous deed, I have to remind you to prevent you from losing your life in vain." The general said.

"Then, has the general considered what if... he is really on defense?" Li Qi reminded.

Although the sudden contraction is indeed suspicious, the Lord of the Green Mountain Kingdom has already said that this should be the Sky-Swallowing Demon Lord heading outside the territory.

But after all, that is news that only the fifth-grade country leader knows, and these people should not know it yet.

Maybe even the Bailin Kingdom Lords might not know about this. The Tuntian Kingdom Lord left the world and went outside the territory. This kind of news should be kept absolutely confidential from them.

I don’t know how the leader of the Green Mountain Kingdom got this news. His hands and eyes are all over the sky.

"It is true that some people think so, but you can't bet. What if something happens if the demon tide comes? It's better not to make fun of your life. You might as well go with me and explain that when the demons come out in full force, what will happen to our army? Naturally, you can also kill monsters," the general reminded.

"Thank you, General, for reminding me, but I have my own way of protecting myself. General, there is no need to worry. Besides, in addition to slaying demons, I also have reasons for going in." Li Qiwan refused.

"In that case, I won't force you to keep the young hero." The general shook his head and said this.

The two met by chance, so there was no need to say too much. Even if they had good intentions, in the end they just went their own ways. Since the other party had made up his mind, there was no need to say more.

Li Qi bid farewell to the army, pulled the old horse, who was eager to fight with other people's horses, and left the army with Shen Shuibi.

The army didn't show any regret and left quickly. After a while, the two sides lost sight of each other and distanced themselves.

Li Qize continued to rush towards Zhenguan.

On the way, he said to Shen Shuibi behind him: "The Bailin Kingdom doesn't seem to be very warlike. When encountering changes in the other party, the first reaction is to run."

Shen Shuibi thought for a while and replied: "It must be that Demon Lord Swallowing Heaven is too strong, so he is afraid of being beaten, right? I heard that the three kingdoms here, plus the Zhengjian Palace, have a total of three fifth-level people. The Palace Master of the Sword Palace was also extremely lethal, comparable to half a fifth-grade man. The four of them joined forces to attack the Sky-Swallowing Demon Lord. Even if it was a deliberate calculation, the result was in vain. The Sky-Swallowing Demon Lord was still alive and well. Yes, even I have heard of this.”

"One against four? So fierce?" Li Qi was stunned.

I've never heard of it. Isn't the Sky-Swallowing Demon Lord also a fifth-grade one?

Shen Shuibi explained: "There is a big gap in each grade. If you are pitted against the ordinary ninth grade, it won't be a problem for you to fight dozens of them, right?"

"When you are at a low level, you can fight dozens of them. Although the higher the level, the smaller the gap between them. But for sixth-level people like Zhengjian Palace Master and Green Mountain God Golden Teeth, you can fight a dozen ordinary people of the same level at the same time. There is no problem, and the same goes for the Sky-Devouring Demon Lord.”

Li Qi suddenly realized that this was indeed the truth.

Because the difference between each grade is too big, I don’t know what the big boss who set the grade thinks, one grade is the same, so the difference between the same grade will also be very big.

For those who have just entered the sixth level, facing a strong man like the Green Mountain God who can fight head-on against the fifth level, they will probably be defeated in one encounter. They will have to gather a dozen of them to fight together, and maybe they can even fight.

"That's true, but why is it that the higher the grade, the smaller the difference?" Li Qi asked again.

These are common sense to Shen Shuibi, so she did not hide anything, but said truthfully: "I have never seen the appearance of a high-grade person, let's talk about the fifth-grade one. When the time comes, we will start a fight. , Cultivation is actually not that important, what is important is qualifications, magical powers, and magic weapons. "

"After all, people at the fifth level live a long life. As long as they don't encounter sudden disasters, they can basically slowly improve their cultivation. However, breaking through to the fourth level cannot be achieved by grinding hard work, so most of the fifth level are actually It has reached the so-called 'peak'."

When Shen Shuibi said this, she seemed a little worried about how to explain it, and she was a little incoherent.

However, after a while, she simply said: "You can understand it this way, if you break through to the fifth level, do you need to stabilize your realm?"

"That's for sure." Li Qi nodded.

"Most of the fifth-grade people have already raised their cultivation to a bottleneck at the stage of stabilizing their realm. After he breaks through to the fifth-grade, the first thing he should do is retreat. After the retreat is over, his cultivation level will have reached the level There is no difference between the fifth grade and others. There is no difference in cultivation. The only things that can show the difference are weapons, magical powers and the like. "

"But you can't do this in the ninth grade, because you are now in a process of accumulation, and there is still a life span urging you to improve quickly. When the grade increases a little, and the accumulation reaches a certain level, you will find that the accumulation is already a matter of course. Breakthrough requires far more than accumulation, but a little inspiration.”

Shen Shuibi was not good at words, so her explanations were messy, which made her very troublesome.

Fortunately, Li Qi is smarter.

He clapped his hands: "Oh, I understand!"

Li Qi helped Shen Shuibi think about it: "From zero to one is an improvement of countless times, from one to two is a double improvement, but from one million to one million and one thousand, it is only a slight improvement." , there won’t be much difference between the two.”

"That's how cultivation is. The higher the cultivation, the harder it is to increase the percentage, and the harder it is to widen the gap, so the difference in combat power depends on the coefficient, right?"

"In the early stage, the base number is the most important, because if the base number of cultivation is from one to two, you will be twice as strong as the person with one. But in the later stage, even if you practice for a thousand, it will have no effect, you have to rely on the bonus of the coefficient. "

"Yeah, yeah! That's what I mean!" Shen Shuibi nodded repeatedly, and then she understood her meaning clearly.

It took Li Qilai to speak to make it clear.

In fact, it is a relationship between base and coefficient.

Once the base is raised to a later stage, it will be too difficult to continue to raise the base.

In the early stage, if the cultivation level is ten and there is a magical power with a coefficient of 10%, then the combat power is eleven, because ten increases by 10%, which is eleven.

Instead of acquiring such a magical power, it is better to quickly cultivate to level 12, which will make you more powerful and increase your lifespan.

But later on, the cultivation level is one million, and practicing behind closed doors for a thousand points is only one million and one thousand points. The improvement is too low.

But if it is still a magical power, and the coefficient is still 10%, then the combat power is 1.1 million, which instantly increases the combat power by 100,000, which is much stronger than the 1,000 people who practiced hard.

Therefore, the combat power in the early stage mainly depends on the base number of cultivation, and the combat power in the later stage mainly depends on the coefficients of magical power.

However, at this time, Shen Shuibi reminded: "But combat power is not the only pursuit. Cultivation is not for fighting and killing. Cultivation can also be used in other aspects. If you pursue combat power every day, you will go astray. ”

"Well, of course I know this. The existence of combat power is only to ensure that you can practice your own path, rather than to improve combat power for the sake of combat power." Li Qi nodded.

Cultivation, in the final analysis, has a purpose.

And the way and means to achieve this goal is your path.

Combat power is to preserve yourself, but the purpose of your practice cannot be to improve combat power.

Of course, there are also people who become stronger simply for the sake of becoming stronger, but those are generally called martial arts idiots, which are different from most practitioners.

Let's take Shen Shuibi as an example. Among the fifth-grade women, she is particularly bad at fighting. It can be said that she can't fight at all. However, she is a highly skilled doctor and alchemist, and she can also be respected by others.

However, Li Qi also understood in his heart that although combat power was not everything, it was also indispensable.

All peace, harmony, beauty, and behavior must be based on a strong enough foundation, otherwise it will only cost you your life.

The two of them chatted about these spiritual matters, which was probably their daily routine.

Asking each other and learning from each other, Shen Shuibi often asked Li Qi about worldly affairs and various stories, while Li Qi mostly asked about some difficult questions about spiritual practice.

Although the value of the topic is different, it can be seen that both parties are quite happy.

Perhaps, the question was just a pretext.

Not to mention that, just as Li Qi and Shen Shuibi were chatting and walking towards Zhenguan, suddenly, he and Shen Shuibi raised their heads at the same time.

"It's popular because it has a village? Didn't they say they all evacuated?" Li Qi frowned.

The general clearly told him that Bailin Kingdom was ready to evacuate. Why is this place so popular now?

"Not only is there human energy, but there is also death energy and blood energy, and by the way... there is also demon energy and military energy, which seem to be at war." Shen Shuibi's perception was much sharper than Li Qi, so he noticed more things.

"You really dare to raid the Demon Nest? And the timing is so accurate?" Li Qi frowned.

After Shen Shuibi explained the situation, he almost understood what the situation was like over there.

Soldier energy, blood energy, demon energy, human energy, and death energy are mixed together. Isn't this a battlefield? !

There is a lot of popularity, which means there are a lot of people. Is Bailin Kingdom evacuating the residents here?

Was he attacked by a demon during the evacuation? The garrison responsible for the evacuation is fighting?

There were a lot of things to say, but Li Qi's reaction only took a moment. He made a decisive decision: "Let's go and take a look."

"Yeah." Shen Shuibi nodded, and then the two of them changed directions and rushed towards the place where the popularity radiated.

Before he arrived, Li Qi had already looked far into the distance and saw the battlefield.

Just as he expected.

Large tracts of people are being forcibly relocated, numbering around 100,000.

There is also an army of more than 10,000 people who are resisting the demons at the front.

The demons that came from nowhere were led by two eighth-grade demons. Below, there were dozens of ninth-grade demons and tens of thousands of little demons, howling and shouting, attacking the army.

The civilians had begun to suffer casualties and lost order. They were fleeing in all directions, disrupting the army's formation, forcing the officers to kill and intimidate them, forcing them to stand still and not move.

The dark red soil soaked with blood exuded a stench, and a large number of spells set off a fire unique to this world.

A large number of war tactics, with the blessing of military energy, stirred up brilliant flames and black clouds of gunpowder smoke on the battlefield. Every neat volley made the earth tremble violently, and the aftermath of the flames burned across the entire sky, thick thorns. Black smoke hovers in the sky like beacon smoke.

However, there are too many demons, and they also have their own military energy on their heads, like black animals with green tails, like cattle, sheep, and livestock in a dome house. The energy is continuous, like a tree, unclear and turbid.

These soldiers' energy greatly weakened the soldiers' spells, causing the lethality and damage range of these spells to be sharply reduced. Some were even directly offset by the soldiers' energy.

Accompanied by the thunderous steps of the monsters, the crackling of stones nearby, and the harsh laughter, these monsters only lost ten figures in number under the bombardment of spells, and they rushed in like sharp knives. The sergeants' position.

Banged together.

The scene was like two clay pots filled with blood, slamming together, making a crisp shattering sound, and splashing countless blood.

The sergeant and the demon officially engage in battle.

Flesh and blood splattered, shouts and screams were heard, and broken limbs were scattered everywhere.

There was a gun formation in the front row, and they faced the charging demon directly. The gun barrels were filled with fire, and they thrust forward while maintaining the formation.

The gun wind roared mercilessly in the small war zone, trying to break the charging formation of the demons into pieces. However, those demons were rough-skinned and fleshy, and they withstood the thrust. After paying a lot of casualties, they smashed the spearmen blocking the front. He tackled them to the ground, sending their equipment flying everywhere.

The battle formation was in chaos, and the confrontation turned into a chaotic fight.

Above the group of demons, two eighth-level demons stood tall. Each used their own methods to oppress the army. Their magical powers were constant, but they withdrew some of their power and did not harm the people.

It seems that their purpose is to plunder the population.

The army has only one eighth-level soldier, who is struggling to support himself and maintain his strength. He is weak on both sides and difficult to fight against.

When a large army faces a battle, if there is no strength as the backbone, it will inevitably end up being massacred. If the army is defeated, it will be a mess and cannot form an army.

This is the difference between an army and a rabble.

"Let's catch up quickly, otherwise these people may not be able to survive," Li Qi said.

"Yeah." Shen Shuibi nodded simply.