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Chapter 59 Terrifying Level Two Archery Skill, Personnel Planning
After reviewing what they had gained, the dynasty continued with its previous attempts.

Archery

Second-level supernatural power: the ability to hit a willow leaf from a hundred paces.

"boom!"

The moment the dynasty's arrow was released, the air exploded with a loud bang, and a nearly visible ripple spread outwards.

At that moment, Wang Chao felt his clothes fluttering in the wind, and even the muscles on his face twitched.

If it were not in use of supernatural powers, it would naturally generate a force field to protect itself, and the effects it would be affected by would certainly be more than that.

The arrow that was shot out was like a shooting star, or a raging dragon, and instantly disappeared into the depths of the forest.

"boom!"

Two hundred meters away, the massive tree that Wang Chao had been targeting suddenly shook violently, sending countless withered yellow leaves rustling down.

The arrow, after piercing through the tree, continued its rapid advance, piercing through several more trees before finally embedding itself deeply in one of them.

The arrow's fletching trembled slightly, and it instantly turned into dust, falling in a flurry.

How could ordinary arrows withstand such violent force?
Its previous ability to pierce through trees was simply due to the vital energy and rules attached to them, which sustained it and allowed it to unleash tremendous power.

When its power is exhausted, it naturally turns into dust instantly.

Seeing the destruction caused by the arrows in front of him, Wang Chao, who was holding a bow and arrow, was stunned and stopped on the spot.

Wang Chao knew that after this upgrade, the power of his supernatural abilities would definitely increase significantly.

In particular, the current [Archery] supernatural power is different from the second-level supernatural power of strength and speed, so its power is bound to be stronger.

However, he never expected that it would be so powerful.

What about the third-level divine power that evolved from the beginning and received stronger feedback from the power of heaven and earth, namely the [Summoning Clouds] divine power?

How strong would it be?

After a long while, Wang Chao gradually came to his senses, stopped using the [Archery] supernatural power, and slowly returned the remaining energy flowing on the longbow back into his body.

"Susu."

In an instant, the longbow in Wang Chao's hand turned into dust and scattered.

Seeing this, Wang Chao couldn't help but sigh inwardly. After cultivating his vital energy within his body and making up for the last shortcoming in his supernatural powers, he realized that this was a significant achievement.

His supernatural powers have indeed become stronger.

However, this also meant that ordinary weapons could not withstand the power unleashed by supernatural abilities.

Unless, of course, some special divine weapons can be forged.

It seems that his weapons manufacturing bureau needs to increase its investment again.

After sighing, Wang Chao composed himself and quickly headed towards the target the arrow had hit.

A hollow cavity, almost the size of a head and open from front to back, came clearly into the dynasty's view.

Looking through the hole, you can see rows of large trees and holes that gradually decrease in size.

"Tsk tsk."

The dynasty sighed in admiration once again.

Goodness, this is far superior to many modern sniper rifles, isn't it?

If this were to hit a human, regardless of how many layers of armor they were wearing, there would be no chance of survival.

At least in today's world.

It can be said that Wang Chao's archery skills were unmatched in the world.

Afterwards, the dynasty tested various other supernatural powers, and sure enough, their power was greatly enhanced.

In particular, the level three [Summoning Clouds] supernatural power created a massive dark cloud hundreds or even thousands of meters long that floated above Bird and Mouse Mountain, causing the crowd below to look up and secretly pray for a downpour.

Unfortunately, the [Summoning Clouds] supernatural power only has the ability to summon clouds, but not the power to bring rain.

In this scorching and arid weather, it was quickly evaporated.

Furthermore, the use of the [Summoning Clouds] supernatural power made the mountains, forests, and trees below even drier, with countless dry leaves falling down with a rustling sound.

The use of supernatural powers is merely to manipulate the rules of heaven and earth, borrowing the power of those rules to achieve one's desired goals.

Since it is borrowing the power of heaven and earth, it must also follow the rules of heaven and earth.

At least for now, supernatural powers cannot evolve out of thin air.

Regardless of the type of supernatural power, it currently needs to follow the law of conservation of energy, only transforming one type of energy into another.

To move from one place to another.

It will never appear or disappear out of thin air.

The use of great strength and supernatural abilities requires the consumption of physical or spiritual energy.

The ability to summon clouds also requires drawing in surrounding moisture to form clouds.

Since the surrounding air is dry, the only option is to extract it from the surrounding mountains and forests.

Even the dynasties themselves, despite having vital energy, still experienced a significant amount of decline.

For a moment, Wang Chao felt his mouth was dry and his lips were even cracking.

"grass!"

Wang Chao cursed under his breath and immediately activated his superhuman speed, running back towards the mountain where they were stationed.

When they arrived at the spring, Wang Chao saw that the water level had dropped again and couldn't help but feel regretful once more.

So what if your supernatural powers have improved? Why show off? Besides, nobody's even watching.

However, what's done is done, and there's no use in regretting it now.

Suppressing all the thoughts in his mind, Wang Chao immediately scooped up the water and drank it in large gulps.

After a while, Wang Chao felt better, and then got up and returned to the camp to prepare to recruit people again to merge the Heavenly and Earthly Ranks.

Well, even after annihilating many remnants of souls, and even after condensing the [Guiding] divine power, he still retained a great deal of spiritual power.

The most basic [Soldier] rank is more than enough for Li Yu's sentry soldiers to complete the fusion of their ranks.

Upon returning to the camp, Wang Chao immediately summoned Li Yu and ordered everyone to proceed to the council hall in turn, where he bestowed upon them the title of Heavenly Being. As for the others, Wang Chao selected those who had rendered outstanding service and also granted them the title of Heavenly Being.

Of course, while there are Heavenly Ranks, there are other military merit rewards as well, though they are not as substantial.

After all, the concept of celestial status will need to be popularized later on; they were just integrated ahead of time.

Later, the dynasty further refined the classification of the people in Niaoshushan.

Some elderly, weak, women and children who were unable to join the army were assigned to logistics to do what they could.

Well, no matter who you are, once you join them, you have to earn your wages through work.

The dynasty could not possibly support them without compensation.

If things really turned out like Li Zicheng's later slogan, "Eat his mother's food, drink his mother's water, and don't pay taxes when the rebel king comes," then his defeat and demise would not be far off.

In the Dynasty, even ten-year-old children and sixty- or seventy-year-old elders, as long as they are healthy, must work.

Of course, the dynasty wasn't really an inhuman capitalist.

The tasks assigned to them must be things they are capable of doing.

For example, cleaning, picking wild fruit, digging for wild vegetables, weaving a basket, washing dishes, etc.
Their pay consisted of two meals a day, plus one to ten copper coins as wages.

Upon learning this news, everyone was filled with gratitude.

If we consider the normal wages, ten coins is really a low price.

When society was generally stable, the average daily wage in the Ming Dynasty was around thirty wen.

However, if this were happening today, during the late Ming Dynasty when the land was suffering from a severe drought and people were destitute, this person was providing food and money—it was practically a living bodhisattva descending to earth.

What's more, they were just a group of children and elderly people.

Even when society is stable, who would hire them to work?
As for the other able-bodied men and women, they were all thrown into the army by the dynasty.

Of course, they will have to train separately.

As for the rule that women cannot serve in the military.

Hehe, where is this?

This is Bird and Mouse Mountain, the territory of his dynasty.

What are they?
They're nothing but a bunch of bandits now. So what if people laugh at them for being ignorant of military matters and curse them for being immoral?
Even if people have some opinions, the dynasty's orders must prevail.

In particular, high-ranking officials like Wang Dahu were beings who had merged with the divine status of Heaven and Earth, knew that the dynasty was favored by the heavens, and had once traveled beyond the universe to comprehend the ultimate principles of heaven and earth.

Even if the dynasty's orders were contrary to tradition, they always found their own rational explanations.

In legends, aren't there goddesses and female immortals among the gods and immortals?
Therefore, it's quite reasonable for the leader to form a female army.

Of course, the dynasty did form a female army.

However, the dynasty was also aware of this.

Ancient cold weapons were not like the modern era of guns and cannons. Although there were some differences between men and women, they were not significant.

On the ancient battlefield, women were indeed at a disadvantage compared to men in terms of physical strength and fitness.

Therefore, the dynasty viewed them primarily as logistical support personnel, as well as medical staff.

However, regular military training cannot be neglected. Even if the training intensity is slightly less than that of male soldiers, it will not be much less.

After all, as logistics support and medical personnel for the army, you can't be crying and just setting off from the rear when the battle at the front has already ended.

In terms of soldier training and living quarters, the dynasty further divided them into new recruit camps and regular army camps.

All those who join the army must enter the recruit camp and, after passing the training, be assigned to different regular troops.

Furthermore, Wang Chaohai plans to gradually integrate all regular troops with the Heavenly Rank in the future.

In the future, the regular army under the dynasty will all be extraordinary troops that have integrated the divine status and can use supernatural powers.

All those who have not merged with the Heavenly Rank can only be considered new recruits.

Of course, this is definitely not something that can be accomplished in a short time.

The dynasty estimates that even with the current number of regular troops, it would take at least one or two months to fully integrate them.

However, Wang Chao believes he still has some time.

After all, the Ming Dynasty court was in turmoil for some time to come, and as long as he didn't attack the county town, the Ming Dynasty court probably wouldn't have the mind to pay attention to him.

By the time all of this was finished, it was already late at night.

It wasn't until the next day that Wang Chao sent someone to bring Chen Ying.

Upon meeting the dynasty, Chen Ying bowed down almost without saying a word, expressing his long-standing admiration for the dynasty and his willingness to join the dynasty's army to serve the dynasty.

The agonizing wait of the past day and two nights shattered all of Chen Ying's pride as a centurion of the Ming Dynasty.

Looking at Chen Ying kneeling below, Wang Chao was speechless.

You made that decision way too decisively.

Moreover, you have admired me for a long time?
Go outside and grab any random person, then ask them if they believe it.

You were a Ming Dynasty centurion who led men to besiege and annihilate me.

You admire me? Nobody would believe that.

"Master, please grant me a chance to serve you. I will follow your lead without question and dedicate myself to your cause until my dying breath."

Whether others believe it or not, Chen Ying believed it.

Wang Chao was somewhat lost in thought as he listened to Chen Ying's assurances.

He felt like he'd heard something similar before.

However, since Chen Ying was willing to join them, the dynasty did not intend to refuse.

With its divine status, the dynasty was not afraid of betrayal by those who joined it.

Of course, he would not give away the status of Heaven and Earth to just anyone, especially those who surrendered. They would have to make contributions first.

but
Wang Chao looked at Chen Ying in front of him. There was nothing to say about the ordinary soldiers. They could be directly incorporated into the recruit camp and receive training from instructor Wu Ping.

However, Chen Ying in front of him certainly couldn't be arranged like that; he needed to think it over carefully.

(End of this chapter)