Chapter 55 The sect becomes stronger
I deeply analyzed the reasons why I gained weight.
It should be that such a small body cannot accommodate my great personality.
——Taken from the Supreme Holy Demon of Heaven and Earth, Chapter 2406 of "My Diary" by Demon God Zhang
The days that followed became calm, everything went according to plan, and there were no disturbances.
The Heavenly Demon Sect temporarily stopped expanding its territory because of Zhang Mo's words of "stand still", but it did not reduce its recruitment of troops.
In addition to continuing to absorb idle demon cultivators, the original soldiers of the major cities also began to replace the demon soldiers of the Zhongtian Demon Sect.
The so-called magic soldiers are naturally different from the soldiers of the imperial court.
Normal soldiers receive monthly pay and military pay. As for the demon soldiers, they are completely transformed by demon cultivators using some special methods.
If it were another demon sect, most of these demon soldiers would be ruffians and prisoners in prisons.
But because the "prisoners" in Tianmo Sect are in short supply, the recruitment of demon soldiers has actually become a business of buying people with money.
The Heavenly Demon Sect would provide some money, and if the person who came was willing to sell himself, he could take the money back home, and then he would become a demon soldier of the Heavenly Demon Sect.
Recruiting magic soldiers in this way is very slow, but it also has advantages. It is better to be safe.
Those who sell themselves for money are less likely to rebel.
Moreover, after selling themselves, they found that apart from being fed pill pills and eating special food by the demon cultivators, they didn't need to do anything sinister.
They are just guarding the city and maintaining order. One day they really faced off against the righteous coalition forces, and their most suitable opponents were the soldiers of the imperial court.
To be honest, the "field soldiers" raised by the imperial court were really no match for them.
The demon soldiers who took the Mo Xiu Dan Pills could not only strengthen the control of the Demon Sect over them, but more importantly, it could improve their strength and strengthen their bodies.
As long as they are loyal and take pills every month, their life span will not be reduced. But once he refuses to do it, he wants to run away. Those pills will turn into heartbreaking poison, making their death ugly.
This is the magic cultivation method!
Everything proceeds in an orderly manner, according to this progress. Yang Shuo is confident that before next winter comes, the Heavenly Demon Sect will be completely transformed into a great Demon Sect that is difficult to defeat.
It was only at this time that Yang Shuo realized that the strategy set by the sect leader was correct.
Although their Heavenly Demon Sect has been growing recently, the available power is still too little. The following demon cultivators, despite the large number of people, are pretty good.
But in fact they are just grass on the wall, blowing in the wind. As long as Tianmo Sect loses a game, I guess half of the people below will also run away. Just like the original lion demon.
Blind expansion is not a good thing. After taking over the territory, first stabilizing yourself and strengthening control is the right choice.
After only a few months, Yang Shuo clearly felt that the Demon Sect was really getting stronger, and it was no longer just an increase in personnel and expansion of territory. What's more important is control, cohesion, and combat effectiveness.
Everything is going well on the side of Tianmo Sect, and there is no movement on the side of the Righteous Alliance.
The two sides seemed to have a tacit understanding, and there were no longer even small-scale contact battles.
As the New Year approaches, Mr. Yunshan, the leader of the Righteous Alliance Army, sends a letter to Zhang Mo.
There was no nonsense in the letter, not even pleasantries.
He only lightly informed Zhang Mo, "The New Year is coming, and everyone is celebrating. We hope to temporarily stop the war and appease the people. If we don't do anything tragic, it will only be a year of war and chaos."
When Zhang Mo received the letter, he naturally agreed and sent someone to send a reply to Master Yunshan.
"good!"
It would be best if we could avoid fighting. Zhang Mo hates fighting the most.
Well, wouldn't it be very comfortable for both sides to cease fighting and spend a good year?
Zhang Mo even hopes that this truce can last for a longer period of time, one year, ten years, or even a hundred years.
Hey, it's a pity that this kind of thing can only be thought about.
Time flies, like drifting snow.
Soon, the New Year is approaching, and people everywhere begin to set off firecrackers, hang lanterns, and visit relatives.
As the head of a sect, Zhang Mo naturally wants to make things easier for everyone during the festival. First, it was announced that the major cities would be temporarily lifted from martial law, and then the demon cultivators below were sent out to give money and food to the people for the festival.
In this regard, it is impossible for the imperial court and Zhengdao to achieve it.
Because both the imperial court and the righteous sects often spend huge amounts of money and are extravagant and extravagant. In times of calamity, it would be considered virtuous to be able to give rice to ordinary people.
But the Heavenly Demon Sect is different. For one thing, there are few demon cultivators. Although there are hundreds of demon cultivators under the Heavenly Demon Sect now, they are actually very few compared to the Zhengdao Sect. A righteous sect usually has hundreds or even thousands of disciples at first, plus the outer disciples who serve inside the sect, the servants who do odd jobs, and even the farmers and women who are recruited to the mountains. Once calculated, the number of people is too large to be counted. It can be said that any warrior in the Zhengdao Sect has a lot of gold medals. There are no ascetic cultivators nowadays.
It's different for demon cultivators. Not to mention slaves, they are just food for the winter. Most of them even have no heirs, family, parents, or relatives. A single person, if one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry. And they don’t need anyone to serve them. Whether they are practicing or doing research, they don’t really like to have other people around them. This is an instinct formed by years of persecution. They need very little money and food. They mainly need things that are difficult for ordinary people to obtain, such as corpses. As long as these are met, the money will be handed over to the sect.
Secondly, whether it is a major sect or a court, it is common practice for high-level officials to be greedy and amass money. No one can actually take out money to give to the people.
But Tianmo Sect is different. Zhang Mo really doesn't care about money that much. Under his influence, Yang Shuo was also the same. Perhaps the one who is more greedy for money in the entire Tianmo Sect is Lao Li. Now Zhang Mo asked Lao Li to hand over most of the money management rights of the sect. Therefore, it is difficult for Lao Li to be greedy.
Zhang Mo was shocked when he saw that in just a few months, a large amount of money had been confiscated within the sect. It would be a crime to leave such money untouched on the mountain.
So he just took advantage of the new year to take out half of it and distribute money to everyone. Everyone has a share of the magic cultivators, and the common people can also get some food and meat for the winter.
This matter is left to Yang Shuo. Anyone who dares to be corrupt in this aspect means that he does not take the Demon Sect seriously. He really treats the Demon Sect as his dish. A knowledgeable demon cultivator will immediately let him know. What is life worse than death, and what are the rules of demon cultivation?
As for saving money for later use? Zhang Mocai had no such idea.
Demon cultivators rely on coercion and control. If you can buy a demon cultivator with a few dollars, then you really have never been in the demon sect.
The so-called Demon Sect is so powerful that even if they don't give out money, their subordinates won't dare to be rebellious. The Demon Sect is weak and even if they pay a lot of money, no one will stay.
That’s the truth!