Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather Chapter 1910 - 1141: Emergency Measures (Part 2)

Yang Zhenshan’s expression stiffened. Alright, he really ignored it.

Whether Flying Boats or Puppets, they are all gold-devouring beasts.

Once they all spring into action, the consumption of Spirit Stones might even exceed the Yellow Earth Thick Spirit Array.

After all, the Spirit Source Land has hundreds of Flying Boats and thousands of Puppets.

During the battle, not all Flying Boats need to be deployed, but those Puppets are also part of the outpost’s city defense, and by then they will definitely operate at full capacity.

Previously, Yang Zongyuan mentioned over three thousand Puppets ready for battle. What he meant was he could only mobilize three thousand Puppet Masters to drive three thousand Puppets into battle, not that the Spirit Source Land only had three thousand Puppets.

In fact, the Spirit Source Land stored up to twelve thousand Second-Order Puppets, but due to the limited number of Puppet Masters, only three thousand could be dispatched for battle.

Of course, this is in terms of battle. For defense, a single Puppet Master can manipulate several Puppets.

All twelve thousand Puppets can be fully utilized for outpost city defense, and the Spirit Stone consumption of these Puppets is no small figure either.

So, the question arises: Is it possible not to use Puppets?

Of course, because there are many Cultivators, Martial Artists, and Demon Beasts in the Spirit Source Land.

But the problem is, Cultivators, Martial Artists, and Demon Beasts also consume resources during battle, not only Spirit Stones but also Elixirs and food.

Perhaps their consumption is less than that of Puppets, but they get tired and need rest.

Puppets do not need cultivation. As long as the Puppet Master can persist, the Puppets can fight continuously, and Puppet Masters can rotate.

The crucial point is that Puppet Masters are only Qi Refinement Cultivators, and they use Qi Refinement cultivation to control Puppets for city defense, which can unleash the combat power of several Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

The only issue is that the Spirit Stone consumption for Puppets is a bit high!

Yang Zhenshan shook his head helplessly, "Let Ziwei Tower seek a few low-grade Spirit Stone mines for excavation."

This is the only choice available.

The war cannot be avoided. If not fought, White Jade City cannot secure its position in the Wanhua Mountain Range, nor can it curb the expansion of the Unpredictable Ghost Sect.

The Unpredictable Ghost Sect wants the Wanhua Mountain Range, and so does Yang Zhenshan, not just for the struggle of power but also to give White Jade City its own territory.

The situation in the Central Realm is too complicated, and Yang Zhenshan does not want to get involved, so he can only take a step back. Taking the chance when the Wanhua Demon Court is obliterated, he intends to repel the Unpredictable Ghost Sect and seize the Wanhua Mountain Range.

They may not occupy the entire Wanhua Mountain Range, but only the rich central region is needed.

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The horn of war is about to blow, and the whole Spirit Source Land is enveloped in activity.

After a hundred years of peaceful development, the Spirit Source Land now operates like a wound-up machine, functioning at extreme speed, with all matters handled with immense efficiency.

In the study on the top floor of Ziwei Tower.

Yang Chengmao was engrossed in handling document after document when Yang Mingzhen knocked and entered the study.

"Tower Master, here are the dossiers of several Yellow Earth mines and Spirit Stone mines." Yang Mingzhen placed a large stack of dossiers on the desk.

Yang Chengmao looked up at Yang Mingzhen and smiled, "Uncle Ming Zhen, your Shaking Light Tower can decide this matter!"

The excavation of Yellow Earth and Spirit Stone mines was decided by Yang Zhenshan, but which specific mines to excavate needed suggestions from Shaking Light Tower, as Shaking Light Tower has the Mineral Storage Hall responsible for surveying, mining, and storing various ores.

Previously handled by Yang Mingcheng, after Yang Mingcheng went into seclusion, it was overseen by Yang Mingzhen.

Yang Mingzhen pointed to the dossiers on the desk and said, "These are the mines selected by our Shaking Light Tower; take a look, if there’s no problem, we will arrange for the excavation!"

Mining decisions cannot be made impulsively since they involve the overall planning of the Spirit Source Land.

Generally, the areas with mines are rich in Spiritual Energy, making them excellent Spirit Field Blessed Lands. Currently, many spirit fields in the Spirit Source Land are planned, whether for settlements, transformed into Spirit Field Medicine Gardens, or assigned to the Demon Clan as resting areas.

Although many are still vacant, Ziwei Tower does have some future plans.

To avoid conflicts with previous plans, Yang Mingzhen brought the dossiers for Yang Chengmao to review.

Yang Chengmao opened and examined the dossiers. Shaking Light Tower had prepared several mines, and after considering them, Yang Chengmao picked out one Yellow Earth mine and two Spirit Stone mines as targets for this excavation.

"These three will do. There’s only one Spiritual Fruit Garden here, and even if it’s damaged, it won’t have much impact, plus it’s close to Changming City, making it easier to mobilize manpower!"

"Alright! I’ll arrange it!"

Yang Mingzhen agreed, picked up the dossiers, and was about to leave. Yang Chengmao was about to see him off, but Yang Mingzhen quickly stopped him, "You carry on with your work."

"Then I won’t see you out!" Yang Chengmao stood up, watched him leave, and then buried himself in the piles of paperwork again.

The outpost is still under construction, and the battle is looming. The deployment of troops is fully handled by the Immortal Hall and Yujing Guard, but the allocation of various materials is the responsibility of the Twelve Floors.

Spirit Stone ores, armaments, Magic Artifacts, Elixirs, food, and more—once the battle begins, the Twelve Floors must ensure sufficient material supplies.

Don’t think logistics are unimportant in Immortal Cultivator battles; quite the opposite, logistics are even more crucial in their wars.

A Yuan Condensing Pill can enable a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to fight for another two hours, and a Healing Pill can save a Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s life.

A Magic Artifact or a Magic Treasure can decide the outcome in critical moments, and a talisman can save a Cultivator substantial Mana.

Even Cultivators need to eat. Normally, Foundation Establishment Cultivators can live on dew, using Spiritual Energy absorption instead of food energy. However, when in continuous combat, they also need various food to replenish Mana consumption.

High-grade Spirit Rice is their best food, allowing them to fight for longer periods.

This is just what Cultivators need. There are also Martial Artists, especially the Yujing Guard soldiers—all Golden Body Realm Martial Artists, who primarily use bows and arrows for attacks.

Using bows and arrows, naturally requires a vast supply of arrows.

Not ten thousand or hundreds of thousands, but starting with a million arrows.

The longer the battle lasts, the more arrows consumed.

"Desheng! This is an order for the Artifact Foundry to immediately cast various arrows!"

"Desheng, the Healing Pills in stock are insufficient. Go to the Elixir Hall and inform them to quickly refine a batch of Second-Order Healing Pills!"

"Desheng, have someone check the warehouse armory and see how many armaments are stocked?"

"Desheng, the Divine General Department needs a large amount of wine! Yes! Wine!"

Yang Chengmao was slightly stunned as he looked at the documents in his hand.

The Divine General Department is an institution established only in recent years, under the Immortal Palace Immortal Official, responsible for the transformation, cultivation, training of Divine Generals, headed by Xuanzhen, with several capable Divine Generals assisting.

At this time, the Divine General Department needing wine seemed both amusing and vexing to Yang Chengmao.

"Go ask that old scoundrel An Nianjiu why he needs so much wine?"

"Yes!" The young Desheng darted out of the study, but soon returned.

Ding Desheng, the great-grandson of Ding Qiu, was only forty years old with cultivation just reaching the Innate Realm, assigned to run errands for Yang Chengmao.

However, Yang Chengmao’s errand assistants were not just him alone. He only managed incoming orders in the study, while next door housed a large study with many clerks.

These clerks included Immortal Cultivators, Martial Artists, and even two Foundation Establishment Cultivators stationed for orders.

In the Spirit Source Land, Martial Artists could handle transmitting orders, but anything involving the Immortal Palace required Foundation Establishment Cultivators to coordinate commands.

Technically, Ding Desheng was simply a messenger, only responsible for conveying Yang Chengmao’s orders to those clerks next door.

As the actual overseer of the Spirit Source Land, Yang Chengmao had numerous personal clerk attendants, signifying the vast array of responsibilities he handled.

If Red Cloud and Qingxia were the major stewards of the Immortal Palace, then Yang Chengmao was the major steward of the Spirit Source Land.