Martial Saint!.

Chapter 292 New Era (4k)

By the Erhai Lake.

A small town with beautiful scenery.

Thousands of drones were flying in the sky.

Higher up, helicopters and fighter planes formed a small formation and advanced.

On the ground, armored vehicles and ground troops advanced toward the Hengduan Mountains.

Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake give the impression that a large-scale war is about to break out.

Inside the cafe.

A middle-aged man with a masterly aura smiled and said:
"Thank you for your intelligence. After our investigation, we found that there is indeed a hidden intersection of virtual realms in a karst underground cave in the Hengduan Mountains. The Snow Banshee escaped from there. We have sent people to suppress it.

However, unlike the big cities in the south of the Yangtze River, our mountainous area in the southwest has fewer martial artists in society, and the military is also somewhat stretched. If you two have time, you can help us quell the demonic rebellion, and military merits will naturally be indispensable."

Bai Miaomiao said:

"Master Duan, rest assured. It is the duty of every citizen to protect the country and its people!"

Lu Chenzhou thought for a while and said:

"That's okay with me too."

Grandmaster Duan clasped his fists and said with a smile:
"Thank you both. The military will transfer 1000 points to each of your war merit accounts as a reward for reporting intelligence on the intersection. We will also count the monster materials you provided as war merit. Please check them out next time."

Lu Chenzhou said:

"Master Duan, I would like to go to the Dali Palace to observe."

"It's nothing. I'll say hello to the people from the Duan family."

After Grandmaster Duan left, Bai Miaomiao asked:
"Brother Lu wants to go to the Dali Palace to gain enlightenment?"

"Take a look."

"Hehe, then I'll go too. I've been to Chongsheng Temple. There's a Taoist legacy left by Zen Master Ku Rong. Brother Lu practices both Buddhism and Taoism, so you can go and give it a try."

"it is good."

"Speaking of Grandmaster Duan, he is so handsome, worthy of being a member of the Duan family."

"I heard that Grandmaster Duan is unmarried, and Miss Bai is interested in him?"

“…No, that’s not the case.”

Bai Miaomiao quickly shook her head.

Grandmaster Duan, whose real name is Duan Tingyu and whose nickname is [Rainy Night Knife], is the second in command of the Duan family in Dali. He was promoted to Grandmaster at the age of fifty and served in the southwestern military.

Master Duan also has a younger brother named Duan Lingyu, who was invited by Pingjiang Wuda to work as a teacher there. Later, he joined the Pingjiang Police Department as deputy director.

I don't know if it's due to genetic inheritance, but the Duan family has been rich in natural handsome men since ancient times. The Duan family's genius is quite popular among women in the martial arts world.

The two chatted for a while and then returned to their respective residences to practice.

Lu Chenzhou went to Dali City on the way to recharge the Shennian.

……

The next morning.

[Your account with the last digit 9527 has received 3000 million (Note: bounty for killing Wu Tianchou), and the current balance is 1.8 million. ]

[Your military merit account has received 2600 points of merit (note: virtual world intelligence and monster bounty), and the current balance is 2910 points. ]

"This Wu Tianchou is a good man..."

The value of military merit is much higher than great merit. Wu Tianchou's head and evil weapon were exchanged for money, and his summoned creatures can also earn military merit, which is equivalent to making money from both ends.

"It seems that I can hunt more cultists who use the summoning style in the future."

Lu Chenzhou took the Wushen Cult information sent by the military and started reading it.

"The Wushen Cult is one of the top three cults in terms of power and danger among the dozens of cults discovered by humans. The cult believes in a certain person in the [Tower Forbidden Zone], whose power is extremely terrifying..."

After reading it, Lu Chenzhou was thoughtful.

"This witch god seems to be really awesome."

The restricted area of ​​the tower was also discovered by Wanshixian. This extremely powerful man just watched from afar and was almost bewitched by the terrifying existence in it.

How strong is Wanshixian's martial arts will?
Lu Chenzhou groaned:

"Could it be that the other group of powerful creatures mentioned by the Witch God are the natives of the Void Realm? It seems that a super war must have occurred in the ancient Void Realm.

Perhaps it was another group of beings that prevented the evil gods from leaving the restricted area. However, judging from the current virtual environment, the evil gods won in the end, but they were unable to leave the restricted area for some reason. If humans want to survive, they must become stronger before the restricted area is freed. This is a race of civilization."

If we lose, civilization will be destroyed.

After practicing standing meditation for a while, a message came from my phone:
[Joint announcement from the Martial Arts Department, the Military Department, and the Martial Arts Association:
The tide of the whole nation's fight against the virtual world is about to begin. Daxia has established a complete national military merit system. All legal martial artists can use their martial artist certificates to log in to the military merit store at any time and anywhere to redeem what they need.

Ordinary people and martial artists who have entered a certain level can also obtain corresponding rewards through their own means, such as providing intelligence and logistical support. For details, please contact the local legion.

...]

At the end of the text message, there is a conscription notice. Starting from May 5, a new round of conscription will begin. Military academy volunteers must join the army according to the law. Non-military academy volunteers can also voluntarily sign up and enjoy preferential policies for military merit.

"A war of resistance by all the people?"

It seems that the crisis in the virtual world is more serious than he imagined.

Fortunately, what Da Xia lacks the least is population, and the various martial arts universities are reserve troops. At the critical moment, everyone, including Lu Chenzhou, needs to go to the battlefield.

Of course, it is not his turn yet. He is a martial arts prodigy. After joining the army, his practice will inevitably be delayed. The prodigy’s top priority is to be promoted to a master first!
Daxia is not short of people, but what it lacks is mid-to-high-end combat power. A grandmaster is worth tens of thousands of ordinary soldiers. In the era of temples and rivers and lakes, he decides the fate of a country!
Along with the text message came a website address.

【Daxia Military Merit Network】

After verifying his identity, Lu Chenzhou logged in with his eyes shining.

【Equipment Area】

【Pharmacy area】

【Martial Arts School Area】

【Treasure Area】

【Special Area】

The equipment area is further divided into many parts:
Magical weapons, virtual blades, combat exoskeletons, prosthetics, firearms and thermal weapons, all equipment require corresponding holding qualifications, especially technological products.

He was wearing four magic weapons, which had functions of defense, control, running, and killing, and he also had a Posuo spiritual weapon bracelet. The "five-piece set" was enough for him to use as a martial arts master, so the middle and lower-level magic weapons were not very useful.

There were also top-grade magic weapons in the store, but with his strength, it was difficult for him to control them, and they were a bit useless. In the end, he still found some good things.

[Battle Merit Recording Bracelet: Can identify monster information, upload battle merits in real life (not valid in virtual world and special areas), 300 battle merits. ]

[Qi and blood measurement bracelet: can measure qi and blood in real time...]

[Energy level measurement bracelet: can measure the attack energy level in real time...]

“Good stuff, buy it!”

He had been coveting the first military merit bracelet for a long time.

The other two appear to be newly developed products.

Especially energy level measurement, he had never heard of it.

After placing an order, the website pops up a prompt:
[A total of 900 military merits are consumed. The military will select drone delivery by default. Please make sure the address is correct. For valuable items, it is recommended to pick them up at the nearby legion. ]

He continued browsing. The martial arts medicine area was divided into three main categories:
One is a great medicine for opening the mind;
The second is the body-building medicine, which can be specifically divided into [Scrub Medicine], [Tendon-building Medicine], [Skin-refining Medicine], and [Bone-tempering Medicine]. They correspond to the practice of breaking one to four shackles at each stage. Their function is to polish various parts of the body in a targeted manner. Combined with internal strength, they can effectively stimulate the acupoints and accelerate the growth of strength or true qi.

The third type is some special auxiliary potions such as healing, assisting, detoxifying, and explosiveness. They are available here. The demand for this kind of unconventional practice potions is not great.

Lu Chenzhou’s top priority is to exchange for the [Muscle Strengthening Medicine].

Soon, he found the one with the best effect.

[Dragon Tendon Pill: 100 pill for every 1 combat merits, the effect lasts for one week, contains the medicinal power of the mysterious earth treasure "Dragon Tendon Grass", which can strengthen the tendons and veins and nourish the true energy...]

After reading it in detail, Lu Chenzhou's face lit up with joy.

"As expected, all the good stuff is in the military, and is given priority to frontline soldiers. The muscle-strengthening medicine in school is outdated, and its efficacy is far inferior to this."

You get what you pay for.

Lu Chenzhou temporarily ordered 10 pills to try the effect.

In the blink of an eye, nearly two thousand military merits were consumed.

When he opened the martial arts school, Lu Chenzhou's eyes narrowed.

What comes into view are the most famous martial arts.

["Tathagata Palm", a Shaolin secret skill, is sold for 500 million war merits. You can go to Songshan City and be taught by Abbot Huikong himself until you get started with martial arts.]

["The Brilliant Seven-Day Heaven-Changing Sword", the Imperial Capital's unique martial arts skill, is priced at 500 million military merits, and can be obtained by going to...]

[“Tiandu Sword Canon”, Huangshan’s unique martial arts, sold for 200 million military merits…]

There are 26 books marked as peerless magic skills, which is 2 more than the number of top-level martial arts. Among them, all the martial arts that have given birth to top-level masters are priced at 500 million, while those that are not top-level but only peerless in theory are priced at 200 million.

"500 million combat merits for the "Spiritual Void Four Symbols Fist"..."

Dragon City's peerless magical skills are also available for exchange.

Lu Chenzhou can learn this martial art for free from Master Sixiang.

"The value of being a disciple of Master Lingkong is too great."

He looked down and saw that throughout history, 24 top martial arts universities, hundreds of ordinary martial arts universities, and thousands of miraculous skills were all open for exchange!

As long as one has enough military merits, regardless of one's background or whether or not one is a student of the school, one can go directly to a strong person who has the corresponding magical skill and ask him to teach him the skill until one reaches the entry level.

As for the real skills, they are fully open, which means that from today on, the differences between the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism in Daxia and the factions of various major sects will be in name only.

This was unthinkable in the old days.

Before he could learn the "Bodhi Sutra", he needed Chen Jiu to use his connections.

The pressure in the virtual realm is too great, and the unification of factions is the general trend.

The next treasure area is filled with rare and precious treasures.

The most eye-catching ones are those top-quality natural materials.

[Three Thousand Years Red Fruit: can improve medium physique to superior physique, or improve inferior physique to above medium, sold for 100 million military merits]

[Nine-bend Ginseng: can increase the speed of awakening, sold for 100 million military merits]

[Yin Shen Jade: can nourish spiritual power, protect the mind, 100 million combat merits]

[Spiritual Water: can protect the spirituality of the recast magic weapon, assist in upgrading the grade, 80 combat merits]

Lu Chenzhou's eyes lit up.

"These are all what I need..."

These good things must have been collected by the military when it was opening up new land in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the entire nation for war. Now, the tip of the iceberg has begun to be revealed.

The last [Special Area] was an eye-opener for him.

A spot in the top Wuda University? You can exchange it for military merits!
A place in the Grandmaster's True Teachings? You can exchange it for your military exploits! Many things that were originally far away from ordinary warriors can now be exchanged as long as you actively participate in the war!

Lu Chenzhou opened the martial arts forum.

As expected, the topic has already been hotly discussed online.

[The era of vigorous war is coming! 】

[We are not going to go to war with the virtual world, are we?]

[I see that the Silver Eagle Federation and the Ancient Kingdom of Posha have also started. ]

【Has human civilization reached its most dangerous moment?】

Some people are anxious and worried, while others are looking forward to it.

The whole Daxia was shocked.

Not long after, Lu Chenzhou received a message from Wang Changming.

[Chen Zhou, I will go to the East China Sea tomorrow to guard the new intersection. A new Grand Master will temporarily serve as the Vice Principal of Longwu in Sucheng.]

Lu Chenzhou felt deeply moved.

"Master, take care."

[You should have felt that the peaceful era has completely left us. Now there are intersections in many places in Daxia, but the authorities no longer have the ability to suppress them all and can only give priority to guarding densely populated areas.

Next, when you are out and about, safety comes first. You must be promoted to Grandmaster as soon as possible. If you are not a Grandmaster, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in this war era, let alone protect important people. When fighting in the Void Realm for the Master, I need to take back the Suzaku Sword. You must protect yourself. 】

In Lu Chenzhou's arms, the jade token was vibrating and buzzing.

It transformed itself into a Vermilion Bird with a wingspan of ten feet and surrounded by red flames. It looked at Lu Chenzhou with its lively eyes and spit out three mini Vermilion Birds, which flew straight into the Tiger Gallbladder Gun behind Lu Chenzhou. The Vermilion Bird's momentum visibly weakened.

Zhuque spoke in human language:
"I have used the magic of the Vermillion Bird Sword to leave three [Vermillion Bird Sword Qi] in your spear. The power of one strike can instantly kill a martial arts master if it hits you head-on. This method consumes a lot of magic weapons, so I can only leave three. Just keep this in mind and don't waste it. One more thing, I am stationed in the East China Sea [Shanzhou City]. Remember to find me if you have any important matters."

After flying around the sinking boat.

The Vermillion Bird flew out of the window, rushed into the sky, and disappeared completely.

"It is indeed the Suzaku Sword."

In the sky and earth within the spear, there were three phantoms of Vermillion Birds flying around.

His mind was filled with mixed emotions as he bowed from afar towards the east.

……

Dusk.

East China Sea.

Shanzhou Islands.

An island group consisting of thousands of large and small islands, in relatively peaceful times, there used to be millions of residents living here, making a living from tourism and fishing. But now, except for the largest Shanzhou Island, the rest of the thousands of islands are deserted.

Around the archipelago, steel warships are bombarding wildly into the rough sea, and in the sky, the latest generation of fighter planes are roaring and flying!
Between heaven and earth, Wang Changming stood in the void.

Behind him, the three spirits of dragon, tiger, and vermilion bird were lined up.

He looked towards the distant sea, where white waves were rolling in.

A giant purple-scaled beast with a body like a dragon and a baby's head was hovering in the sky. It was surrounded by thunder, and its figure was hidden in the dark clouds and strong winds, with an aura of terrifying pressure.

The shadows of strange and bizarre monsters swept across the sea.

The baby-headed dragon spoke in Daxia language: "The air in the human world is really sweet. The human in front, please tell me your name. I, the demon king, will not kill nameless people!"

Please give me monthly votes, subscriptions and recommendation tickets.



(End of this chapter)