Fire Monster

Chapter 185 Xuanwu Immortal
The Demon Suppression Division no longer released demonic energy, but the entire second line of defense did not become quiet because of this.

Except for the second pioneer city, the other nine pioneer cities are all actively killing the evil spirits.

Usually, the imperially-sealed chariots were in the front, with the supervising cultivators in charge, and a dozen psychic heavy crossbows ready for defense. Then, teams of new recruits, led by some veterans, formed shield formations and advanced forward little by little, as if they were clearing a piece of land.

Most of the targets killed were demons at level three, four, or five. If they encountered a level six demon, the military supervisors and veterans would have to take action, otherwise, it would cause chaos or even a rout.

The new recruits still have too little experience, but this is not something that can be achieved overnight.

You need to start with low-level demons, fight little by little, and adapt to team combat.

Neither the Taoist temple nor the Governor could do anything about this.

Because most of the most experienced soldiers are in the Demon Suppression Division.

So this time when the Demon Suppression Division wanted to suspend the deployment, the Taoist Academy and the Provincial Administration Division were more than happy to oblige, and even unanimously requested that the deployment must be stopped for three days to buy time for the new recruits to grow.

This sounds like a joke.

But in fact, this time the Chief Secretary was allocated a total of 4,000 martial arts apprentices, while the Taoist temple was allocated 5,000 martial arts apprentices.

If we really train so many new recruits, the number would be very impressive.

At the same time, in the second pioneer city, Zhao Guanshan also gained a lot after an in-depth exchange with Xiao Chengyun. In addition to Xiao Chengyun becoming the Zhao family's designated daughter-in-law, he also realized one more thing, that is, the role of martial artists.

There was one thing Xiao Chengyun said that he agreed with very much, that is, the times now are different from the past. It is too difficult for Qi cultivators to cultivate their innate pure yang energy, so they are really not suitable for charging into battle.

At the very least, it is really not appropriate to take action when there is no more cost-effective target.

Therefore, training more martial artists, double-seal martial artists, and even triple-seal martial artists, needs to be put at the forefront.

As for comprehending and condensing the sixth-order dispelling rune to dispel the polluted toxins that had accumulated in Xiao Chengyun's body for many years, there was no rush.

His tank is responsible for attracting attention to the second frontier city.

However, it cannot attract too much attention. If it is directly upgraded from a tank to a 10,000-ton destroyer, it will cause unnecessary complications.

In short, just proceed step by step.

So Zhao Guanshan called Zhang Qian over. Zhang Qian used to be the captain of a trash squad in the Fenwei Camp, the kind who just ate and waited for death. He was lucky enough to become a double-seal martial artist, until later he turned to the light. After Zhao Guanshan used the dispersing rune on him, he finally got rid of his previous decadence. In recent times, he has been very popular.

After careful analysis and consulting Xiao Chengyun, Liu Yuwei, Deng Jiu and Wang Chen, Zhao Guanshan decided to let him inherit Su Hai's mantle.

That is the broadsword experience that Su Hai has.

"Captain Zhao, are you looking for me?"

Zhang Qian was very reserved after he arrived. He was not like Wang Chen, Yu Che, Sun Zei and others, who had a friendship with Zhao Guanshan from the beginning, nor was he like Deng Jiu, who had become Zhao Guanshan's absolute confidant.

So he didn't dare to call him Brother Zhao.

"Brother Zhang, I talked to you about this before. Have you thought about it?"

"Think it over. I'll listen to Captain Zhao." Zhang Qian said hurriedly. He had seen the changes in Deng Jiu. There used to be no difference between him and Deng Jiu, but now, there was at least three Sun thieves between him and Deng Jiu.

How could this not make him jealous?

"Very good, Brother Zhang, next, I need you to have absolute trust in me. You must cooperate with me wholeheartedly and do as I say." Zhao Guanshan ordered solemnly. After all, this was no joke.

"Captain Zhao, please rest assured. No, Master Zhao, please rest assured. From now on, I will be a loyal servant of your Zhao family. I will do whatever you ask me to do!"

Zhang Qian knelt down and kowtowed quickly. He had to seize this opportunity.

"Hey, that's not necessary. Just listen to my instructions. Brother Zhang, you have engraved your natal Xuanwu seal. I hope that in the future, not only will you improve your mastery of the broadsword, but you will also increase your understanding of the natal Xuanwu seal. If you are lucky, your path to becoming a three-seal martial artist will be smooth."

Zhao Guanshan said this and let Zhang Qian drink ten portions of 90th grade marrow cleansing spirit liquid in one breath. Then, he asked him to sit cross-legged and concentrate. Only then did he make a gesture to Liu Yuwei at the door.

Liu Yuwei understood and slowly condensed a first-level vitality rune, which was then taken by Zhao Guanshan and inserted into Zhang Qian's brow.

At the same time, Xiao Chengyun also condensed a second-level gold rune for later use.

This is an incomplete circle, but it already contains the four core powers.

In fact, this is also the core concept of the Five Elements Qi Refining Team that Xiao Chengyun has always been thinking about.

The five Taoist elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth are mutually generated and transformed. They can benefit each other and complete each other.

Zhang Qian engraved his natal Xuanwu seal, which was of the water element, while Zhao Guanshan practiced the Lihuo Dao Talisman, which was the one that could truly suppress him.

After making all the preparations, Zhao Guanshan slowly spoke.

"Zhang Qian, calm your mind, concentrate, and then imagine that you are having a clear and soothing dream."

"In the dream, you and your children were walking on the streets of Linjiang Prefecture. Although the sky was a little gloomy, it was indeed the most peaceful time of the day."

"You still have three days left on your vacation. You just received a nice bonus. Your wife is smiling at you, holding your five-year-old daughter in her arms. You made a face to your daughter, and she giggled." "Suddenly, she seemed to see something, pointed her finger into the distance, and asked you, what is that?"

"You looked in the direction of her finger and saw the statue of the Xuanwu Immortal located at the westernmost part of Linjiang Prefecture. At this moment, the Xuanwu Seal engraved on your body suddenly underwent unprecedented changes..."

When Zhao Guanshan said this, he had already pulled Zhang Qian's soul into the illusion without leaving any trace.

The surroundings were no longer the streets of Linjiang Prefecture, but the foggy area of ​​the Imperial Seal Great Wall.

The only thing that could be seen clearly was the statue of the Xuanwu Immortal.

However, he did not say what specific changes had taken place, because this change must be what Zhang Qian subconsciously believed to be the most reasonable and most suitable change for him.

It was also the deeper changes of his natal Xuanwu Seal that he had not been able to develop or comprehend.

No one knows whether it can succeed or not.

At this moment, the room was very quiet.

Liu Yuwei and Xiao Chengyun watched curiously. Further away, Wang Chen, Deng Jiu and others were acting as if they were facing a great enemy. They made sure that within a hundred meters of the barracks, there would be no sound and no low-level evil demons would infiltrate.

In the illusion, Zhao Guanshan waited patiently.

But he didn't even look at Zhang Qian's memory fragments, because now he was communicating with the power of the Xuanwu Immortal. If he accidentally took a closer look, something bad might happen.

Just like that, ten seconds passed.

A layer of frost suddenly formed all over Zhang Qianzhou's body, and the temperature in the entire room dropped sharply.

His life fire began to rise, and a vaguely clear natal Xuanwu seal emerged from it. Yes, it was a Xuanwu seal, not a Xuanwu Taoist talisman.

After all, Zhang Qian was still not qualified to enter the Tao, and his enlightenment of his potential was still not enough.

Fortunately, it is enough as a martial artist.

No one knew how he communicated with the statue of the Xuanwu Immortal, but the acquired pure yang energy in his body suddenly began to be rapidly consumed.

Fortunately, the ten doses of marrow cleansing spirit liquid he had taken before were supporting him at this time, and Liu Yuwei's first-level vitality rune was also taking effect, and the effect was great.

At the same time, Xiao Chengyun's second-order broken gold rune also came to the center of Zhang Qian's eyebrows. He didn't need to do anything, just stay there, and he could quickly absorb a large amount of cold air from Zhang Qian's body.

This is the power fed back from the statue of the Xuanwu Immortal, but Zhang Qian can't handle it at all.

This is a very strange situation.

On the one hand, the pure yang energy in his body was being consumed, and he was facing the fate of being sucked into a mummy.

On the other hand, the icy energy transformed in his body could not be controlled and he would be frozen into an ice ball at any time.

At this time, you can see the benefits of having three Qi Refiners protecting you.

Liu Yuwei and Xiao Chengyun solved this problem perfectly.

The whole process lasted about ten seconds and the crisis was resolved.

But Zhang Qian's consciousness was still in the illusion. Zhao Guanshan took out Su Hai's broadsword experience without saying a word and integrated it into Zhang Qian's memory.

There is no risk in this process. Zhao Guanshan is completely confident that even if Su Hai's consciousness goes crazy, he can still control it.

Fortunately, nothing happened.

Su Hai's experience was transformed into a teacher in the Taoist Academy's martial arts department, and then under his guidance, Zhang Qian fully comprehended the broadsword mastery techniques.

This is only a few minutes or ten minutes outside, but in this illusion, due to the special memory, several years can be added in an instant.

Then, all he had to do was wait for Zhang Qian to wake up on his own, as if it was just a dream.

"Junior sister, thank you for your hard work. Next, you need to control the Star-Breaking Rune and send back the cold energy you just absorbed bit by bit. His innate Black Tortoise Seal will absorb and transform it by itself and turn it into acquired pure Yang energy. In theory, if nothing unexpected happens, we will have another Three-Seal Taoist Priest here."

Zhao Guanshan gave the order, feeling a sense of accomplishment.

This is the most cost-effective operation. Training a few Three-Seal Martial Artists to fight in the front is more comfortable than fighting in the battlefield yourself.

"We, we just casually created a three-seal warrior?"

Liu Yuwei still found it hard to believe. In fact, she herself hadn't even figured out the Qingmu Dao Fu yet.

"Hehe, Senior Sister, this is not something that can be done casually. It's not that easy. Take Deng Jiu and Zhang Qian for example. They are both over 30 years old. They have been fighting at the Imperial Seal Great Wall for more than ten years. Including their studies at the Taoist Academy, it has been almost twenty years. The experience and insights they have accumulated are not comparable to those of ordinary people."

"The most important thing is that they are originally double-seal martial artists with a solid foundation. If it were someone else, even Wang Chen, there would actually be no such effect."

But just as Zhao Guanshan said this, something strange happened!

(End of this chapter)