Chapter 100: Divine Might Army Cave Heaven Soldiers Realm
November 11th, at noon.

The sky is already clear and bright.

Zhao Xing rode in Zong Shichang's carriage and returned to the city with the officials.

"...I fell asleep last night, and when I woke up, it was already Yin time. At first I didn't know what was going on, but when I heard the teacher say that the Xuantian Sect appeared last night, I was almost scared to death!"

"Fortunately you let me sleep at the entrance, oh no, plant at the entrance. As soon as I woke up, I was discovered by the East Lake Army. It is said that no fighting took place in that area." Zong Shichang covered his chest, feeling terrified.

Zhao Xing was speechless listening to his story. Zong Shichang was invaded by the evil spirit in his dream and actually slept until the hour of Yin?

Was it luck or was it neglect?
Not all officials were bewitched by the Xuantian Sect.

After being corrupted, most of the officials in the Ministry of Agriculture fell into a deep sleep and lost consciousness.

The only ones who really targeted them were Zhao Xing, Li Chengfeng, Wen Nanxing, Xiao Ze and other people who had been at the top of the list for a long time.

But hasn’t Zong Shichang been at the top of the list for a long time?

Why did he get the shit treatment?
"Young Master Zong, Young Master Zong, I really don't know whether I should be happy or sad for you." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Seeing that he was talking non-stop, Zhao Xing interrupted him and said, "Brother, let me rest for a while."

Zong Shichang immediately stopped talking when he saw this: "I understand, I won't ask, don't worry, I will just remember this affection silently."

Zhao Xing closed his eyes and fell asleep instantly.

He recreated the scenes of those three days and three nights using the dream retention technique, not missing a single detail.

After reviewing the situation, we roughly determined the reason why Blood Spirit Master reappeared.

"I'm afraid it's because I practiced the Great Dream Spring and Autumn, and he saw it."

In fact, the moment the Blood Spirit Master appeared, Zhao Xing thought of this possibility.

Because he had no other place that could attract the other party to show up in person.

At that time, Zhao Xing still wanted to cover it up, and he didn't even use his biggest killer move, the sleepyhead.

But now that I think about it, it doesn’t matter whether I let it go or not.

The other party had no intention of taking action at all, he just came over to confirm.

"Then what did he come to confirm? To confirm whether I really practiced the Great Dream Spring and Autumn? He thought that I had the Great Dream Spring and Autumn and was the successor of the Nightmare Sect?"

"That's not right. Xuantian Sect has nothing to do with the Nightmare Sect. There's no need for him to come and see me... So is he here for the Great Dream Spring and Autumn technique?"

"Maybe it's not just the skills, but also the soul armor?" Zhao Xing thought for a moment and woke up from the dream.

"From the perspective of Lord Blood Spirit, whether I am the descendant of the Nightmare Sect or I obtained it by chance, it is very attractive to him. He probably wants to hunt me down and take my treasure."

After thinking it through, Zhao Xing actually felt relieved.

He is not afraid of trouble, but he is afraid of not knowing what kind of trouble it is.

Anyway, the Xuantian Sect is a hostile camp, and we are bound to meet each other in the future. It doesn’t matter whether it is the Blood Spirit Venerable or the Water Spirit Venerable.

It would be extremely difficult for him to hunt me down since I knew Xuantian Sect quite well. I was about to go to the Divine Might Army, where there were many strong men. It was impossible for the Blood Spirit Venerable to kill me and take the treasure.

As for the future? It's hard to say who killed whom.

He was not worried about the Blood Spirit Venerable. Instead, he was worried about whether there would be strong people in the Great Zhou who coveted him.

After all, external enemies are not scary, internal enemies are scary.

"As I obtain more and more treasures in the Great Dream Academy, they will be exposed one day."

"But since I dare to accept this opportunity, I must accept the consequences." Zhao Xing looked determined.

You are afraid of this and that, and you still want to live forever? You might as well die early!

As long as you become strong enough, you will not be afraid of any challenges!
"After this incident, it's time to talk to Lao Chen."

"It's already a done deal for me to be appointed as an official. I'll have a chance to be transferred to another position soon. If I don't discuss it in advance, it will be a bit troublesome if I'm assigned to be an official somewhere else."

"Let's wait for Lao Chen to deal with this matter first."

On November 11, the Gucheng County Government posted a notice.

On the evening of the tenth day, the evil person of Xuantian Sect attempted to commit treason in Nanyang County.

There were four counties in total, all of which were wreaking havoc with evil spirits.

The various departments of Gucheng County Government and the Donghu Army promptly stopped the chaos caused by the evildoers in the county and killed a total of 178 evildoers and believers of the Xuantian Sect.

As for casualties, the notice did not mention it, but only mentioned it briefly.

Zhao Xing later learned the specific battle report at Chen Mansion.

"The situation is basically the same as what the county government announced." Chen Shijie said: "The purpose of Xuantian Sect's action is to arrest people, not to kill people. And because of proper control, the casualties in Anping Town are very small."

"That night, most of the people didn't even notice the commotion at the scene of the incident."

"But there were still casualties. During the pursuit, several people of the East Lake Army died and more than ten were injured."

"On the contrary, no officials were injured. Only four officials from the Ministry of Agriculture were missing, and two officials from the other departments were missing. However, these were not reported as missing, but directly reported as heroic deaths in battle."

Zhao Xing nodded. It was obvious that the missing people were kidnapped.

If you report the person as missing, the family members won't get any benefits except worrying about it.

If you die heroically in battle, you will receive a pension.

According to the Xuantian Sect's practices, the captured officials could not be found at all. When they reappeared, it was usually several decades later, and by then their relatives would probably have died.

So it’s normal to close the case like this.

Zhao Xing took a look at the missing persons list and found that Li Chengfeng was indeed on it. He could not be rescued after all.

The other two were also on the A list, but they were much inferior to Li Chengfeng.

Chen Shijie said: "After the Prince of Nanyang killed that ghost, the Xuantian Sect's base in Gucheng was completely exposed, and all the practitioners and believers were discovered. Generally speaking, Gucheng performed the best."

"Killing foreign monsters has always been considered a great achievement, and all the departments involved have contributed."

At this point, Chen Shijie smiled: "My transfer order was issued first, and this happened later, so I can directly count it as a military achievement. The civil officials will be rewarded, and Li Wenzhen should be given a casual rank, which will be counted as his political achievement of 'guarding the local area'."

As for the clerks? These contributions were enough for the officials to share. The clerks who participated in the event only received a bonus. Whether it was more or less was entirely up to the conscience of the heads of the departments.

But at most it would be just a few dozen taels, and it's impossible for everyone to have that much.

Zhao Xing didn't care as long as he could eliminate the Xuantian Sect's stronghold in Nanyang County, so that he could go to the Shenwei Army without any worries.

Now that he has the Blood Evil Pearl and the Blood Spirit Needle, he no longer cares about the bonus from the court.

"As for the results of the Si Nong Jian Li Dong assessment," Chen Shijie said, "all those who participated will pass, and the bonus will be distributed to all those who took the exam. Each person will get about ten taels."

"Long Xiao and I won't take it."

Chen Shijie didn't mention Zhao Xing either, obviously treating him as his own. He made the decision directly on this small amount of money.

"Then I won't be able to get the armor?" Zhao Xing said.

Chen Shijie said with a smile: "Li Wenzheng and I have recommended you to take the temple exam. Fan Dongping and Ji Ming from the county have also given you the nod. What else do you want from me?"

"You don't have to participate in the winter examination. Just prepare for the temple examination in the spring of next year."

The winter evaluation is the assessment at the winter solstice, which is also the last assessment of the year.

But after hearing what Chen Shijie said, Zhao Xing didn't need to waste his energy on it.

Just wait until the beginning of next spring, once you pass the temple examination, you can become an official.

The temple examination was a combination of practical and theoretical elements. The imperial court set the questions directly through the temple, and the examination was supervised by the gods and designated officials.

The test will be completed on the same day and the results will be available three days later.

There was nothing else to do. After thinking for a while, Zhao Xing handed the Blood Evil Pearl and Blood Spirit Needle to Chen Shijie: "These two things are useless to me. Please help me exchange them for money."

"Hey? You got quite a lot." Just then, Long Xiao walked in from the training ground outside. "This is a good thing. Where did you get it?"

"He killed a deputy hall master." Chen Shijie helped explain. "I didn't even use the guardian figurine you copied."

"Not bad, better than Chen Laoer back then." Long Xiao praised.

Zhao Xing didn't respond because he saw Chen Shijie's mouth twitching.

However, it seems that Long Xiao has made a great contribution this time. Chen Shijie didn't say anything and let Long Xiao show off.

"I want this bead." Long Xiao picked up the Blood Evil Bead and put it in his arms without any hesitation. "When you arrive at the Divine Might Army, I will give you points of equal value. You can ask me for help to buy anything you want."

"Okay." Zhao Xing nodded. The army does not use gold and silver, but instead uses a points system.

This kind of point system is not only popular in the army, but also in the 72 Daoyuan and academies of the Great Zhou Dynasty. There is also the "Three Society Point System" and "Three Academy Point System". It not only retains the evaluation system of "excellent", "average" and "no", but also combines a highly operational digital system.

If the points are enough, you can be promoted from the outer courtyard to the inner courtyard, from the lower community to the upper community, and even become a teacher in the Taoist temple.

The military merit points system can be promoted to honors, titles, or ranks if a certain level is reached.

"I'll take care of the blood spirit needle for you." Chen Shijie put away the blood spirit needle. "When you go to the military training, it will definitely be useful to you."

Zhao Xing's eyes lit up: "To be a minister of agriculture in the Shenwei Army, I have to go to the military training first?"

Long Xiao said proudly: "Of course, do you think any Tom, Dick or Harry can join my Divine Might Army?"

"You submit your application as a clerk and wait for a thousand years for selection, but you still won't be able to join the Divine Might Army."

Zhao Xing asked curiously, "What place did the Shenwei Army rank in the last military performance?"

"Five hundred and eighty-seven!"

You are so proud of yourself for being ranked over 500!

If someone doesn’t know better, they would think you are one of the Ten Imperial Guards!

Seeing that Zhao Xing did not respond to this number, Long Xiao could not help but get anxious: "Boy, don't think that more than 500 is bad. Do you know how many troops were there in the last military exercise?"

"How many?"

"There are 8,793 troops!" Long Xiao said, "My Divine Might Army can rank more than 500 people. Don't you think it's awesome?"

"Great." Zhao Xing nodded cooperatively.

More than 8,000 troops are relatively small for the Great Zhou Dynasty, which has a huge population in 19 states.

During the reign of Emperor Taizu, the number of troops participating in military exercises exceeded 5. However, during the reign of Emperor Wen, he did not launch many wars.

The number of military exercises reached an all-time low, with only more than 5,000 troops participating.

During the reign of Emperor Jing, there was a slight improvement, and after many military exercises, his army exceeded ten thousand in number.

The most exaggerated one was Emperor Wu, who directly broke the record of Emperor Taizu. In the most spectacular military performance, the number of participating troops reached an astonishing 500,000!

Even if we take the average number of times, the number of troops participating in each military exercise never falls below 10.

Emperor Wu liked to recruit troops to fight wars and expand territory, and he was no slouch. In fact, the threshold for military exercises he held was not low. Among the dynasties of the Great Zhou, the quality of the troops under his command was second only to that of Taizu, and even exceeded that in some periods.

There is a threshold for participation in the military corps’ martial arts performances.

Local armies like the Donghu Army are not even qualified to participate.

"Does the Shenwei Army have its own cave?" Zhao Xing asked.

When this question came out, Long Xiao was obviously a little discouraged, and Chen Shijie's eyes also dimmed.

“Almost.”

That means no.

Zhao Xing felt a little disappointed.

What is the military world?

The military world is where the Great Zhou connects all the cave worlds on the 19 states.

As the level goes up, the power and range of both spells and martial arts will increase exponentially.

The land of the Nineteen States cannot withstand construction.

As Zhao Xing is now at the ninth level, he can use the Cloud Swallowing Technique to cover half of Gu County.

The range of a warrior's secret skills is not that large, but the power is quite strong.

Let’s take Si Nong as an example. The magic of the Dili School often requires practicing with the earth veins, and the same goes for the Tianshi School.

With mountains collapsing and the earth cracking at any time, and the weather changing from winter to summer, who can bear it?
Therefore, any higher-level military force is usually stationed in the cave world for training.

The world of caves is full of magical things.

The place is large and can withstand construction, and it also has unique and abundant products.

For example, there is a book called "Dongtian Liwu" in Sinong's books, which tells the magic of "Guangling Dongtian".

You can plant five kinds of wheat in spring. They will harvest in spring and one ear of wheat can feed five people.

In summer, you can plant Bloodvine, harvest in summer, and the vine fruit can replenish type 1 blood.

In autumn, it can grow golden beans. Plant in autumn and harvest in autumn. It gathers gold in three days and can be made into fine products in one month. Its price is higher than gold.

In winter, you can dig up bone-healing ginseng, which can heal bones in ten days and regenerate severed limbs in a hundred days.

In Guangling Dongtian, the Guangling Army, which is ranked in the top 50 in the Great Zhou Dynasty, is stationed.

Guangling Cave Heaven is still not the largest and most magical. The largest cave heaven world is occupied by the Ten Forbidden Guards.

The military legions’ martial arts training sessions are held in the ten largest caves in turn.

"The strong army occupies a cave alone, and the mighty army has not even entered the first 300. So they can only share one cave with other legions or even multiple legions."

"But what does Long Xiao mean by almost having it?"

Seeing that Long Xiao and Chen Shijie didn't say much, Zhao Xing didn't continue asking. He had some vague guesses in his mind that this might involve the core secrets of the Shenwei Army.

"If I go to the military world for training, which cave will I go to?" Zhao Xing asked.

"It's not clear yet." Chen Shijie shook his head: "I have been to Jinting Cave Heaven and Danxia Cave Heaven before. Now that the Shenwei Army has been re-activated, there must be some changes in this regard."

"But it will be confirmed in the early spring of next year. Long Xiao and I will not set off until then."

Zhao Xing nodded, and then asked about other things: "Do the Shenwei Army and Lihuo Daoyuan have a good relationship?"

Although there are conditions for the use of the Lihuo Altar, not everyone can borrow it.

In the Nineteen States, there are numerous armies of all sizes, but there are only seventy-two Taoist temples.

If you want to borrow money, you have to be respected by others.

"The Marquis has some connection with Lihuo Taoist Temple." Chen Shijie said, "I studied in the Taoist temple for a period of time in my early years."

"May I know the name and title of the Marquis?"

"Of course." Long Xiao said, "The Marquis's surname is Yang An, and he was conferred the title of Marquis of Boping in the first year of Jingxin."

Not Marquis Shenwei? Boping... Could it be a county marquis?
Zhao Xing was a little puzzled. Seeing that Chen Shijie and Long Xiao praised the marquis so much, but he was only a county marquis, it was quite strange.

The title of marquis can reveal a lot of things.

The first-class marquis usually contains the words "wei" and "ying". He is selected by the emperor himself and is conferred for special deeds or personal characteristics, or a title that expresses expectations and grand visions. He is also considered first-class.

The second-class marquis was awarded based on the five military virtues of "strictness, courage, martial arts, wisdom and trustworthiness", which is the title of the Five Virtues.

The third rank of marquis is usually named after his fiefdom.

The fourth-rank marquis, who is not included in the list of Wu Hou, has a variety of names. Basically, he has no fiefdom, but only food fiefdom. That is, you can only collect some taxes from that piece of land, but from the fiefdom, you can not only collect taxes, but also recruit soldiers, develop mineral veins, etc.

It sounds like Marquis Boping is only a third-rank marquis, but how can he get the Shenwei Army?
"I don't know what the story is. The future famous Marquis of Shenwei and the Shenwei Army is now just a Marquis of Boping County. Is it because Emperor Jing is too stingy?"

Zhao Xing then asked some questions about the Shenwei Army, such as its size, number of people, battle record, etc. He also had a general idea of ​​where he was going.

Overall, the Shenwei Army is still in line with his next plan.

The soldiers and generals are strong, so there are many opportunities to make meritorious deeds. This can be seen from the personal qualities of Long Xiao and Chen Shijie.

What's more, the Shenwei Army will be famous in the future, and there is a lot of room for advancement if you follow the Shenwei Army.

The only hidden danger is that you will be removed from the list for unknown reasons in the end.

"But this is not unchangeable." Zhao Xing thought to himself, "My appearance will inevitably bring about a butterfly effect. For example, if it weren't for me, Old Chen wouldn't have been alert enough to invite Long Xiao and inform the Prince of Nanyang County about the Xuantian Sect's actions in Nanyang County this time."

"A truly strong person never complains about the environment. No matter how big the future changes, it cannot change my determination to live forever!"

At the Chen Mansion, Long Xiao watched Zhao Xing leave and couldn't help but touch his chin: "This kid is not simple, he has a firm mind, it seems that he didn't persuade you to become the Minister of Agriculture, but he has already decided on the direction."

"He was brave and resourceful in the Xuantian Sect incident, and was able to deduce with you. He also dared to attack the hall master at the critical moment."

"But during the inspection in Anping Town, he didn't take any credit even though there were law-abiding grass men following him."

"When I chatted with him, I only said a few words, but he seemed to have guessed a lot of things."

"I have a feeling he will definitely give us a surprise."

Chen Shijie smiled and said, "How come you are more optimistic than me? But we shouldn't be too happy too soon. Let's wait until he passes the temple exam before we decide."

(End of this chapter)