Chapter 453 Captain
The private in charge of registering the information immediately stopped writing. "Little girl, you can't just pretend to know anything, but you can't just say anything about your cultivation level. Although the regulations say that cultivators at the Enlightenment stage can enter the army without taking the test, if they really fill in that you are at the Great Perfection of the Enlightenment stage, don't cry when you get to the battlefield."

Lin Zhao frowned: "Don't you have any spirit-testing stones here to check cultivation levels?"

Duan Changzhen immediately said, "That's right, stop with all this nonsense, just take out the Spirit Appraisal Stone and we'll know whether my sister Zhao Lin is lying or not!"

The private frowned, not knowing what to say, when a figure approached from afar. Upon seeing Duan Changzhen, the figure involuntarily furrowed. Just as he was about to speak, he noticed Lin Zhao in front of Duan Changzhen, quickly composed himself, and walked over with a smile, asking, "What happened here?"

Upon seeing the newcomer, the private immediately smiled with relief: "Brother Chen, you've come at the right time. Duan Changzhen is making a fuss about trying to get his mistress onto our side."

Duan Changzhen's mistress?

The fairly handsome young man looked at Lin Zhao and asked, "And you are, young lady?"

Lin Zhao ignored him and looked at the private who had immediately claimed to be his lover. Feeling this whole situation was utterly pointless, she turned to Duan Changzhen and asked, "Is he the only place here where I can register?"

If the people in charge of affairs in the Qin Dynasty are all like this, Lin Zhao doesn't think this dynasty can become a match for the Qing Dynasty.

Duan Changzhen immediately shook his head: "Of course not, Sister Zhao Lin, please wait a moment."

As soon as he finished speaking, a burly middle-aged man and two or three other men walked over. The burly man sat down next to the private in charge of registration, looked at Li Xunxiao standing in front of Lin Zhao, and laughed, "What wind blew our Captain Li here today?"

Li Xunxiao is the second private first class among the privates recruited in their small town so far.

The first one is Zheng Qinghong, the squad leader to which Li Changzhen belongs.

The privates responsible for ranks and recruitment also belong to their respective units.

Duan Changzhen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the burly man arrive. He quickly walked over to the man and whispered a few words in his ear.

The burly man's gaze towards Lin Zhao immediately changed.

The Great Perfection of the Enlightenment Stage is a cultivation level that neither Li Xunxiao nor Zheng Qinghong possesses.

Is this girl, who looks no more than twenty years old, really that powerful?
However, the burly man trusted Duan Changzhen's character in his team and immediately took out the Spirit Appraisal Stone: "Since we are here to register, if it is confirmed that he is at the Great Perfection of the Enlightenment Stage, then he can be enlisted without taking the test and will directly obtain the qualification of Private First Class."

Upon hearing the burly man's words, Lin Zhao finally understood why the private had acted so arrogantly, not only refusing to produce the spirit-appraising stone but also beating around the bush.

She took a step forward, but her steps were blocked by Li Xunxiao, who had been standing in front of her.

“Miss Zhao, the battlefield is a place where swords and spears have no eyes. It’s not suitable for a delicate girl like you. Besides, I see that your bone age is not even twenty. How could you have the cultivation of the Great Perfection of the Enlightenment Stage? Don’t send yourself into the wolf’s den for the so-called benefits of joining the army that those scoundrels talk about.”

His tone was sincere, and his expression was earnest. If it weren't for the fact that he was pointing sharply at Duan Changzhen and subtly closing the distance between them, Lin Zhao would have actually believed that the other party was so kind.

"Thank you for your kind offer, but it's not necessary."

Before Li Xunxiao could even see how Lin Zhao moved, the spirit-appraising stone in the burly man's hand was already in hers. Lin Zhao gently pressed it, and the spirit-appraising stone emitted a pale yellow light.

“Red represents Qi Refining, orange represents Foundation Establishment, and yellow represents Enlightenment. Now you believe it, right?” Duan Changzhen raised his chin, looking smugly at Li Xunxiao and the people around him.

Upon seeing the faint yellow light, the private's face turned ashen.

As for Li Xunxiao, upon seeing the undeniable pale yellow color, he immediately withdrew some of the contempt and arrogance from his previous attitude and smiled at Lin Zhao, saying, "We were blind. With your cultivation level, young lady, you will be able to stand on equal footing with me tomorrow and become the last detachment captain of Ping'an Town."

He introduced himself with a smile: "My name is Li Xunxiao. May I ask your name, young lady?" Lin Zhao couldn't take it anymore: "If you're not deaf, you should have heard Xiao Duan calling me Zhao Lin earlier."

Her tone and words were extremely sarcastic.

However, Li Xunxiao did not show any displeasure. On the contrary, he seemed relieved and happy as if he had finally waited for her answer: "Miss Zhao, I hope that you and I can fight together in the future. I am not very talented, but I am also a late stage of the Enlightenment Realm. I have fought against some strong Great Perfection Enlightenment Realm cultivators before. Now I am slightly better than the First Captain."

After Lin Zhao finished insulting him and saw that the other party even showed a look of enjoyment, he became unwilling to speak again.

However, Li Xunxiao seemed to have thought of something else, and his gaze towards Lin Zhao became even more satisfied.

He cupped his hands in a respectful gesture to Lin Zhao, then led his men away.

After he left, Duan Changzhen asked, "What was he doing here?"

"Try to stop me from joining." Lin Zhao glanced at the private, whose expression had been rather unpleasant ever since his cultivation level was detected, and sneered.

Li Xunxiao was already the captain, yet he still showed up at the registration site after she had signed up. She didn't believe he hadn't tipped her off.

It turns out that where there are people, there is the world of martial arts.

"Then why didn't he stop it?" Duan Changzhen asked, puzzled.

Lin Zhao curled his lips: "Didn't you hear what he said himself? He's only at the late stage of the Enlightenment Realm. How can he stop someone at the Great Perfection of the Enlightenment Realm from joining?"

This kid isn't a bad person, he's just a bit slow-witted.

However, regardless of the circumstances, Duan Changzhen was his first guide in the Zulong Plane when he first arrived. After Lin Zhao officially joined the privates in Ping'an Town, he gave Duan Changzhen some pointers while watching their training.

These pointers gave Duan Changzhen a new understanding of his cultivation in just a few days.

Immediately, news spread that the newly recruited captain of the third squad in Ping'an Town was strong and highly skilled.

Originally, the members of these three squads were all privates who automatically chose to join a squad.

When Lin Zhao first joined the team, no one wanted to join, but now many more people are willing to join.

Lin Zhao didn't care about these things until someone found her and asked her to lead the team. Only then did Lin Zhao realize that her team was actually the largest of the three teams. The other two teams only had about twenty people, while her team suddenly had more than thirty people. She was both amused and exasperated.

Since they had all joined her team, Lin Zhao couldn't just ignore them. So she selected one of the thirty people who had good aptitude and comprehension to be her vice-captain, and gave him instructions and guidance from time to time.

Once Lin Zhao was certain that the other party could handle the situation, she relinquished her responsibilities and handed everything over to him.

The privates had about ten days of training time on their own. Then the commander of the Western District Legion, who was in charge of this area, appeared. The commander of the Western District Legion was a middle-aged man with a weathered look in his eyes. He was dressed in black armor and stood on a high platform, exuding an imposing aura.

Lin Zhao looked over and sensed that the leader of the Western District Legion had reached the Nascent Soul stage. He sighed that the martial spirit of everyone in the Ancestral Dragon Plane was indeed very useful.

The head of a region in an imperial dynasty is already a Nascent Soul cultivator.

(End of this chapter)

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