Chapter 202: Aftermath, re-enter the Great Dream Academy! (6K)

Before taking action, Zhao Xing thought of various possibilities:

1. Sentenced to a serious crime, all military achievements confiscated, stripped of official position, and imprisoned.

This possibility is extremely small, because even if everything was recorded, even if Zhao Xing committed murder intentionally, Qian Shougang was the one who made the first mistake. In the final analysis, it was the powerful general who was bullying others by taking advantage of his power.

Now is not the time when the dynasty of destiny is collapsing, and the possibility of such a penalty is extremely low.

Second, if convicted of a minor crime, the official position will not be changed, but military merits will be rewarded as a punishment.

The range of confiscated military merits is around 3 to 10.

This is also what Zhao Xing expected to happen.

Because in the previous life, many players used the titles of kings and princes to gain "reputation".

Deliberately kill the generals under the kings and princes who made mistakes to increase their reputation.

Such behavior usually gains "reputation" but loses "military merit", "official position" and "title".

However, as long as it is handled properly, the official position and title will not be lost, but some military merits will be lost, thereby gaining "reputation points".

Using the princes to improve reputation is also the most popular task for players, because weakening the power of the princes is in line with Emperor Jing's strategy during the Reform Period.

Everyone wants to emulate Cao's example and stab Dong Zhuo to become famous. The big guilds are especially fond of doing this kind of thing.

Because in the Pingman War, it is easy to gain military merit, but difficult to increase reputation.

It has many functions, including but not limited to 'political reputation', recruiting famous generals, upgrading ranks, etc.

King Liang is the player's favorite target.

Because King Liang is so powerful, the 'reputation' you gain from brushing against him will be higher.

But, the cost will also be higher.

Zhao Xing estimated that 10 military merits would be enough of a punishment.

He and Long Xiao have a total of 10 million military merits, so it's not a big deal if they are fined military merits each.

Just as he had considered before, they would have to join forces with other armies to fight in the Qinggang war zone. If a random event like "strong army bullying" was triggered today, they would not be able to launch a strong counterattack.

Then Li Shougang and Wang Shougang will come to eat up their gains.

Hit a punch to avoid a hundred punches.

After this incident, if they encounter friction with friendly forces in the future, I believe the rest of the army will be more restrained.

However, Zhao Xing did not expect that there would be no conviction and no reward for military merit.

"There's no reason. Although I insisted that it was a counterattack without knowing the truth, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is somewhat of a personal grudge."

"At least he should be given some military merit as a reward."

Zhao Xing was thinking hard.

Not rewarding for military merits actually made Mr. Zhao a little distressed.

Because some things are beyond one's cognition, or some experiences from previous lives, there is no reference for reference.

"Someone intervened, but I didn't even touch Tian Yan's three letters. Who could be so arrogant as to suppress the power of King Liang?"

"Yang An? Is he that awesome?"

"Fan Zhaoli? That shouldn't be the case. He is just a fifth-rank official, and his relationship with me is just average."

"Liu Tianning? He seems to be optimistic about me, but Old Liu is only a fourth-grade at best right now, right?"

In theory, this should be a good thing, but Zhao Xing felt a little uneasy.

After evacuating from the vicinity of Xixianling, he immediately wrote a letter to his teacher Tian Yan to inquire.

Not long after, Tian Yan wrote back to Zhao Xing.

There was only one sentence in the letter: The final result will be decided jointly by King Lingde, King Luohou and King Tianyan.

"Whoosh~" The burning letter paper illuminated Zhao Xing's face.

After getting the answer, Zhao Xing finally felt relieved.

Although Tian Yan only said one sentence, he revealed a lot of information.

"I only know the preliminary investigation results, but the teacher mentioned the 'final result', which means there must have been variables in the middle. According to the rules, the Jiutian Yingyuan Mansion will first give a verdict, and then report it to the Supervisory Department of the Military Realm."

"The Pacification War will be supervised by the thirty-three kings. In the most serious cases, the thirty-three kings who oversee the five great caves will need to hold a joint meeting."

"But this matter has not yet reached the level of 'having the thirty-three kings discuss the matter'."

"I belong to the Ten Yang Cave Heaven, the Ten Yang Cave Heaven of the Military Realm, and am supervised by King Luohou, King Tianyan, and King Lingde. It's surprising that I've reached this level." Zhao Xing said secretly.

But with more information, Zhao Xing felt more confident.

He had no impression of King Lingde, but he was familiar with the names of King Luohou and King Tianyan.

Especially King Luohou. When King Liang suddenly rebelled, it was this king who first reacted and prevented part of King Liang's army from leaving Luliang Prefecture to the north.

This man was also the most ruthless fighter against King Liang, and in the end, it was he and King Tianyan who raided King Liang's lair.

"Things are different now than they were two hundred years ago," Zhao Xing pondered. "When the Dingxin period just started, Emperor Jing wanted to reform, so he relied heavily on his brother, the King of Liang, and gave him a lot of power. When the Jingxin period came, Emperor Jing had plenty of people to use, so it didn't matter whether this little brother was used or not, and he even sent people to keep an eye on his little brother."

"So these three are the ones who supervise the Ten Sun Cave Heaven. No wonder..."

After figuring out the key, Zhao Xing felt much more comfortable.

Military Realm, Hundred Soldiers Tower, top level.

King Lingde, King Luohou and King Tianyan gathered together.

"Luo Hou, I didn't expect you to be willing to sign?" King Tian Yan looked at King Luo Hou, "I thought you wouldn't care about this."

The Qian Shougang incident was originally in the second round of review, but was intervened by the Liang Wang faction. The verdict on Zhao Xing and Long Xiao was to fine them 20 military merits and demote them two levels.

But King Tianyan stopped this verdict and changed it to no demotion if innocent, but a symbolic fine of 30,000 for military merit.

When King Rahu found out, he changed the verdict again and left his own verdict in the archives: "Since he is innocent, why punish him?"

He also asked King Lingde and King Tianyan to sign together, directly setting it as the final result.

King Lingde joked, "I also thought King Luohou would support punishing merits. After all, if Zhao Xing punishes merits, Luohou's chances of winning will be greater."

King Tianyan waved his hand and said, "You are underestimating Luohou. How could he care about such a thing?"

King Luohou said: "Public is public, private is private, the strong army bullies the weak, this kind of trend should not be encouraged in the army."

"Qian Shougang mobilized the fifth-rank earth fire lotus without any order, and was killed by the Divine Might Army. This can be used as an example to warn those arrogant soldiers and generals."

According to normal judgment, Zhao Xing and Long Xiao should also be penalized for military merit. What King Tianyan did was relatively normal. However, the second round of penalties was a bit too biased towards King Liang's Black Dragon Army, and the staff of the Supervisory Department made decisions based on the situation.

When King Rāhu found out about this, he simply let the criminal go unpunished.

King Tianyan and King Lingde were also persuaded by Luohou, so the final result became what it is now.

The news of Qian Shougang's murder quickly spread to major war zones.

Taking the Ten Sun Cave Heaven as a warning, the other four cave heavens' powerful army commanders were all shocked. Fighting too many favorable battles gave rise to a lot of arrogance. Originally, many weak armies were oppressed by the strong armies, but after this incident, they all restrained themselves.

Zhao Xing and Long Xiao, who were involved in this incident, also became famous.

Especially Zhao Xing.

Originally, he was unknown. Even though he grew the Earth Fire Lotus, he was only famous in a certain area and among a few armies.

There are about one to two hundred people in the five major caves who can cultivate the Earth Fire Lotus to the fifth level, and those who are at the sixth or seventh level, but this is not enough to become famous throughout the war zone.

But in this incident, Zhao Xing is much more famous than Long Xiao.

First, Zhao Xing's military exploits are more than Long Xiao's, exceeding one million. The seventh-rank military minister who has over one million military exploits is a new generation and is extremely rare.

Secondly, Zhao Xingnai directly killed Qian Shougang's men. He was a lower-rank seventh-rank man, but he was able to kill an upper-rank sixth-rank man. This also scared many people.

After this matter spread, the Shenwei Army and Zhao Xing became famous together.

"Zhao Xing is so awesome! He actually killed a sixth-rank official?" In the Tiger and Dragon Army, Zhuang Ziqing looked at the information and couldn't help but widen his eyes. "He killed the private army of King Liang, but in the end he was not guilty and was not even punished for his military merits?"

"Can he fight against the sixth rank?" Li Feng and Feng Qiu stared at the information blankly. What they were concerned about was the fact that 'Zhao Xing could kill Qian Shougang'.

Fengqiu and Lifeng had both suffered defeat at the hands of Zhao Xing, and had always regarded Zhao Xing as their target.

But after not seeing each other for such a short time, this man has already accumulated millions of military merits and was even able to kill a general who had reached the perfection of the Tiangang realm.

In the same Tiger and Dragon Army, another camp.

Wei Hong was looking at intelligence in front of a sand table map.

"Father should have tried harder and brought him to the Tiger Dragon Army." Wei Hong sighed.

He knew that Wei Yuan had gone to Diliyuan to snatch someone, and he almost succeeded. "He is much more useful than Shi Yong."

Shi Yong now works under Wei Yuan, but judging from his performance in all aspects, Shi Yong and Zhao Xing are very different.

Yes, now Shi Yong has no advantage in combat power. After all, Shi Yong cannot kill a sixth-rank general of the Black Dragon Army. You must know that Qian Shougang is also a warrior picked from thousands of miles away.

"Hahahaha, so cool, so cool!" In the Black Armor Army, Cao Shuang couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw the letter.

"What's the matter? Why are you laughing so happily?" Jiang Tianming came over and asked. "Let me see."

Jiang Tianming and Cao Shuang were both members of the Xuanjia Army, but they did not go to Huolong Pass with Xia Jing. Instead, they worked in the main force in the north.

But both of them were once top-level geniuses in the Institute of Geology and had a close relationship with Zhao Xing.

"Hiss, he killed Qian Shougang?" Jiang Tianming finished reading the letter. "He and Long Xiao only had 500 people, but Qian Shougang was a sixth-rank soldier with 1,000 Black Dragon Guards. How could he be killed like that?"

"I wish I could follow Xia Jing to Huolong Pass." Cao Shuang slapped his thigh.

This letter made his blood boil, and he wished he could find a sixth-rank master to chop him down.

"Why are you so excited?" Jiang Tianming said, "The Black Armor Army is a strong army. If you appear in this kind of intelligence, you will be the villain."

"..."

Lieyang Army, camp.

"Is it him?" Helian Lie recalled the scene when he first met Zhao Xing.

"We first met at Lihuo Daoyuan two years ago, and now he's almost catching up with me."

Helian Lie remained silent.

He was ranked twentieth on the seventh-grade military merit list, but now, Zhao Xing is already sixty-ninth.

Helian Lie also selected a new recruit named Zhuo Li at that time, but now, Zhuo Li is only an eighth-rank soldier.

He is totally incomparable to Zhao Xing.

Fire Demon Tribe territory, north.

The Zhaoyuan Army, Qiyuan Army, Yuanhua Army, Yi Yue, Huanyou Army, Nangong Ye, and Zhaoyuan Army, Pang Zheng.

Four main generals were discussing matters in the marching hall.

"Zhao Xing of the Divine Might Army killed Qian Shougang in Xixian Territory, which attracted tens of thousands of Liao Rulong's troops to confront the Black Dragon Army."

"Our coalition forces originally retreated 300 miles along the battle line in order to attack the Fire Demon Clan commander at Xixian Pass." "Now, the commander at Xixian Pass is frightened half to death and can't even retreat."

Qi Yuanjun, who ranked first in the seventh-grade battle merit ranking, pointed at the map with a speechless expression.

Yi Yue, who ranked second on the Seventh Rank Battle Merit List, was also very angry: "What kind of money is this? Is there something wrong with him? Why is he trying to steal the food and fodder of the Divine Might Army?"

"I have been patient for a month or so and have not attacked Xixian Pass, just to let the guard of this pass relax his vigilance. I was originally ready to take action... Damn it, Qian is looking for death without choosing a time!"

Yi Yue slammed the table excitedly.

Angry, so angry.

It was just like when Zhao Xing and Liao Rulong's troops went to attack Huolong Pass, but an army suddenly showed up and forced the defenders of Huolong Pass to strengthen their defenses... If it were Liao Rulong and Zhao Xing, they would also be furious.

"We have no choice but to give up on attacking Xixian Pass." Pang Zheng looked at Qi Yuanjun, "This guy is like a frightened bird. He can't launch any sneak attacks. Even if we take down Xixian Pass, the checkpoints behind it will be heavily guarded."

"If we don't pull out this nail, our supply line will be too long." Nangong Ye's voice was a little vague.

"The cost of fighting now will be much higher than before, and my superiors will not agree to it."

"Captain Li has sent a message asking me to consider changing the direction of entry, otherwise I will not be able to keep up with the main force of the Phantom Army."

"Can we ask the Divine Might Army to let us pass through Fire Dragon Pass?"

"How is that possible? We just said that a strong army should not bully a weak army. How could the Shenwei Army let us pass?"

"Yes, there are already many troops cooperating with Liao Rulong's Shenwei Army, so it's impossible to add more people."

"Oh, damn..."

The four main generals glared at each other, all of them feeling disgusted.

Zhao Xingdu felt that Xixian Pass was useful, so City No. 98 was built. As elites in the army, they naturally had vision. In the army in the north, the four of them joined forces and broke away from the main army. They had long set their sights on Xixian Pass, intending to use it as an entry point to enter the territory of the Fire Demon Clan.

The results are better now.

It’s all that damn Qian Shougang’s fault!

Zhao Xing didn't know how many chain reactions he had caused.

After the standoff was resolved, he returned to City No. 98 with the army.

When Liao Rulong came back, he was also worried. Although he spoke in a mighty manner, he was actually very panicked. If they really had to engage in a large-scale fight with the Black Dragon Army, his position as a captain would be over.

"Since Zhao Xing came, I have achieved more military exploits, but I have also been more nervous," said Liao Rulong.

"Fortunately it was Zhao Xing who did it." Pu Zhong said, "If it was Long Xiao, this would be a bit of a problem."

From going to City No. 98 to find out the situation, and then to killing Qian Shougang's team, Zhao Xing's handling of the matter was perfect. He did not give the investigation team any unfavorable evidence. He could both stir up trouble and settle it.

If Long Xiao took the lead, it would probably be characterized as "deliberate revenge after the fact."

"In any case, after this incident, our Shenwei Army has become a strong army." Pu Zhong said, "If anyone wants to bully us again, they have to think about whether they can withstand the counterattack."

"Yeah." Liao Rulong said with a smile, "We can finally vent our anger."

Return to City No. 98.

Zhao Xing saw Han Bing, Che Shihai, Wang Ji, Yuan Yang and others welcoming him.

When he got off the flying boat, the eyes of the people below seemed to be burning with anger.

The news that Zhao Xing and Long Xiao had killed Qian Shougang had spread.

They feel extremely honored to have a superior who cares so much about his subordinates.

"Boss, you're back!" Che Shihai ran over excitedly.

"What do you mean old? I've told you so many times that you should refer to your position in formal occasions." Zhao Xing scolded.

"Yes, Commander." Che Shihai quickly corrected himself.

"Wang Ji, how is your injury?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Commander, if you come back any later, I'm afraid I won't get better." Wang Ji said with some melancholy.

"What's going on?" Zhao Xing wondered.

"Didn't the commander give the order?" Yuan Yang was also a little confused. Did he forget so quickly?

After asking carefully, he found out that Yuan Yang had carried out his orders and knocked Wang Ji unconscious every time he woke up.

Because of that minor injury, Wang Ji was in a coma for seven days.

It would be better if the investigation team left.

Wang Ji felt very miserable. His injuries should have healed on the same day, but his own people suppressed his recovery ability and he had to spend several days on a stretcher playing the victim.

Zhao Xing didn't know what to say. Yuan Yang was too obedient. He could cure Mr. Wang by just playing the victim.

Several people walked into the hall, and Zhao Xing said to Wang Ji and Han Bing: "You must learn a lesson from this incident."

"Wang Ji, Han Bing, one of you is too impulsive, and the other is too calm."

"Wang Ji, you shouldn't have tried to stop them and got yourself hurt. How can a fifth-level earth fire lotus be more important than your own life?"

"Han Bing, you have too many things to consider. Even if you are the Black Dragon Army, you shouldn't be so humble. If you organize people to fight outside the city and put up resistance, our subsequent pursuit will be more reasonable, coherent, and have more reasons."

"You don't have to wait until I come to remedy this."

Han Bing and Wang Ji nodded quickly to show that they accepted the advice.

"Okay, I'm tired these days too. You guys go down first and let me rest for a while." Zhao Xing knew that these two people didn't need much teaching, they just lacked experience.

"Yes."

After clearing out everyone, Zhao Xing used his divine protection and sank into the ground.

The temple has not been built in City No. 98 yet, and now that the investigation team has left, Zhao Xing plans to take the risk and enter the Dameng Academy once.

The intervention of the three kings finally made Zhao Xing wary. He felt that he could not rely solely on his past life's experience to do things, and he had to make himself stronger.

With greater strength, we can deal with uncertainties more calmly.

He had always been wary of being monitored, but now Zhao Xing had become familiar with the battlefield and had a deep understanding of the Great Zhou's Yinshen monitoring system.

He felt that he could try to enter the Dameng Academy again.

The octagonal underground palace sinks two thousand meters.

He then dug a hole in the ground, pasted many talismans around it, and then sat cross-legged, as if he was practicing with his eyes closed.

In fact, he silently chanted a spell in his heart and quietly entered the Dameng Academy.

"Huh~" Zhao Xing stepped into the misty portal.

One step forward and the scene changes.

Before my eyes, there appeared a series of magnificent palaces wrapped in semicircular light covers.

These palaces flashed before my eyes, and then most of them disappeared, leaving only three.

One is the 'Tiangong Temple', which is where Zhao Xing obtained the sixth-level soul armor last time. There is a mechanical magic beast Xiezhi as the guardian.

The second is the "Questioning Platform", which is the place where the Dao Embryo Pill is obtained, and it has now reappeared.

The third is 'Tianji Pavilion', which is a new palace.

"Let's try Tiangong Hall first." Zhao Xing entered Tiangong Hall.

He had previously passed three levels of the Tiangong Palace.

The first level is the Xuanji Gate.

The second level is a mechanism box.

The third level is a maze of mechanisms.

The first two levels both have elixir rewards.

The third level is the sixth-level soul armor.

When he saw the mechanical beast Xiezhi again, he asked the familiar question: "Student Zhao Xing, you have reached the threshold to pass the fourth level, 'Liuhe Yinyang Formation'."

"The lowest reward for the fourth level is a fourth-level low-quality treasure, and the highest reward is a sixth-level high-quality treasure."

"Do you want to break through?"

Zhao Xing nodded: "Return to the Guardian, I choose to break through."

"Please enter that door."

The mechanical beast Xiezhi blew a breath, and the surrounding mist dispersed, and a portal appeared ten meters in front of Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing stepped into the gate, and the surrounding scene changed immediately, and he found himself under a high mountain.

"The Liuhe Yin-Yang Formation is a formation formed by the Yin and Yang powers of the Earthly Evils and the Heavenly Gangs. The entire mountain is made up of formations."

"To climb the mountain, the minimum requirement is to reach the Earthly Evil Realm and start training the body with the Earthly Evil. To reach the top completely, one must complete the Heavenly Gang Realm and train the body with the Heavenly Gang Qi."

"To pass the level perfectly and get the highest reward, you need to be fearless of the four tests of earth, wind, fire, and thunder."

Not every level can be solved by taking shortcuts. Unlike the third level which is a maze of mechanisms, the fourth level is a pure requirement of strength.

"But I have nine kinds of high-level spells. Now I am going through the level. The spells I know in real life can also be used here."

"My strength cannot be judged by the normal level of the Earthly Demon Realm. I wonder if I can reach the top?"

After a little preparation, Zhao Xing started climbing the mountain.

Within the first quarter of an hour of climbing the mountain, the ground shook, the mountain cracked, huge rocks rolled down, and hit Zhao Xing repeatedly.

Each boulder carried a strong force of earthly evil. If Zhao Xing was hit by such a large boulder, the impact would be something he could not resist.

Therefore, the magical beast Xiezhi said that Zhao Xing only had the required qualifications to pass the level.

"The universe evolves yin and yang, and the earth calamity of the Liuhe formation is like a high-level mountain sealing method."

"It's just that this method of closing the mountain is aggressive. Anyone who climbs the mountain will be attacked by the mountain."

Zhao Xing entered the test, and the 'body' he now possessed was a replica of the real situation, so the spells he knew were also the same as in reality.

"God's Guardian!"

Zhao Xing immediately sank into the mountain and did not directly try to carry the boulder. His Divine Guardian spell was now a fourth-level high-level spell.

Passing through the mountain, he quickly passed the "earth calamity" and reached a quarter of the height.

At this time, the escape became slow because Zhao Xing's Yin-Yang Liuhe formation had undergone a second change.

Not only was the cave shaking, but there was also an extremely violent wind blowing towards the octagonal underground palace.

“Squeak, squeak, squeak~”

The octagonal underground palace was shaken by the wind. Although the wind did not blow in, Zhao Xing inside it felt extremely cold. It was the coldness from the soul.

"Evil of Yin Wind!" Zhao Xing immediately used his second high-level technique, Evil of Yin Wind, to counter the evil of wind with the evil of wind, wrapping the octagonal underground palace and continuing to rush up the mountain.

(End of this chapter)