If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 1229 Western Visitors
Grand Tutor Yu thought for a moment and said, "I also cultivate the 'Heart-Cleansing Mantra.' During your corpse liberation, can I maintain a state of no desire and no thought?"

Guowei Liao frowned and said, "I'm afraid the effect won't be very good. The process of achieving immortality through corpse liberation is a long one, and Grand Tutor Yu cannot remain without desires and thoughts forever."

Once the desirelessness and detachment are over, the immediate thought will probably be – how is the Imperial Guard now? Has the transformation been successful?
If you think like that, I'm doomed.

Grand Master Yu said, "It is true that one must not let outsiders know about achieving immortality through corpse liberation. However, it is inevitable that a cultivator will have a few fellow cultivators."

If my fellow Daoists find out that I am about to undergo corpse dissolution, does that mean I am doomed to die?
For example, many people on Wanshou Mountain know about that old farmer from Minshan.

The Grand Commandant said helplessly, "That may be true, but Grand Tutor Yu is different from others!"

If you are an ordinary person, the impact is really not that big.

But you are the protagonist of this great calamity, and the calamity revolves around you.

If Heaven has eyes and ears, it will keep watching you and listening to you, and then it will watch me and discover that I am 'faking my death'.

"My attempt at disintegration failed, and I'm afraid I won't even be able to become a ghost immortal."

"This won't work, that won't work. What do you suggest I do?" Grand Tutor Yu was getting impatient.

The old Grand Commandant's face was full of sorrow. "Perhaps you are my tribulation! There is always a tribulation to become an immortal; there is no escaping it!"

Grand Tutor Yu sighed and said, "You will secretly undergo a corpse dissection in Xianyang. I am about to go to Nanyue."

We were thousands of miles apart, and I didn't even know you died. Hopefully, this will minimize the impact.

The Imperial Commandant said, "In that case, the impact will indeed be much smaller. However, this time I intend to use the court's authority for human rights to perform the corpse liberation."

After I die, the court will surely give me a grand funeral and spread my achievements and news of my death throughout the world.

The Grand Tutor will still find out then.

Xiaoyu was speechless. "Old man, I think you're doomed this time. You won't survive without me."

Making a big fuss at this time will draw the attention of all cultivators, who will all guess that you are undergoing corpse dissolution.

The Imperial Commandant shook his head and said, "Everything has its advantages and disadvantages. The key is whether the disadvantages outweigh the advantages or vice versa."

Borrowing fortune from the imperial court of the Central Plains is far more beneficial than harmful.

Numerous precedents have proven that this is the easiest method for a successful autopsy.

Grand Tutor Yu then thought of the old farmer from Minshan. That fellow had gone to Guaizi Mountain specifically to exterminate the ghosts, and he also had the intention of borrowing the fortune of Western Shu.

The old farmer from Minshan even managed to get in touch with Wanshou Mountain and have the Li family directly appoint him as the "leader of the Ghost Extermination Alliance".

Compared to the Celestial Empire, Western Shu was nothing.

"Don't worry, I have now surpassed the realm of 'a mind as clear as a mirror' and have a bit of the flavor of 'Bodhi has no tree'. Even if I remember your affairs, you are not on my mind," said Grand Tutor Yu.

Having said all that, the Imperial Guard had no choice but to accept reality.

The two then spent some more time in the Military Pavilion.

Military strategy cannot be improved in a short time. The Imperial Guard mainly explained to her the most powerful and common military formations and tactics currently used in China.

"Generally speaking, military formations can increase the general's strength by about five times."

It's not about going from one top-tier immortal to five people.

Instead, it is the power of five top-tier immortals superimposed on one person.

This power is enough to cause a qualitative change in the strength of the commander, making it easy to achieve extreme strength and speed, and even slaying gods and immortals would not be difficult.

If a military formation can increase the commander's power tenfold, it can be called a 'celestial formation'.

Grand Tutor Yu must be careful when facing such an army.

The Grand Commandant took out a scroll of silk and handed it to Grand Tutor Yu, saying, "This book, 'The Great Qin Military Strategies and Formations,' is the general catalog of advanced military strategies and formations in the Divine Continent."

This includes most of the military strategies and formations used in human warfare.

In the future, when Grand Tutor Yu faces a powerful enemy, he should first understand its commander-in-chief and determine his main cultivation method and the military formation he has trained.

Then, finding the complete manuals of their techniques and military formations, and searching for their weaknesses within those manuals, will be much easier.

"Ah, the foundation of the Great Qin is indeed profound." Grand Tutor Yu took the silk scroll and flipped through it while sighing, "With this 'Grand Canon' in hand, there is almost no military formation in the world that I cannot break."

Previously, the Great Extinction Father deduced the method of extermination, and she had to collect big data herself.

Now that the original secret manual is directly "input" into the Purple Mansion, wouldn't the method of annihilation be deduced instantly?
The Grand Commandant, unaware that she had a "Great Destroyer Father," said with a serious expression, "Grand Tutor, please don't be careless!"

Even with the same immortal martial arts and the same military formations, generals with different talents can achieve different results.

For example, the Fire Crow Army of King Lieyang.

In the Qin army, at least ten military commanders are practicing the "Fire Crow Strength" and forming the Fire Crow Army Formation.

They encountered the King of Blazing Sun, and even ten military commanders combined couldn't defeat him.

Because the Sun King's military formation has been modified, increasing his strength by a terrifying fifty times!

Xiaoyu was taken aback and asked, "Fifty times is considered extremely rare?"

"Didn't you hear what I just said, Grand Tutor? A tenfold increase is already a 'celestial array.' There are hundreds of military commanders in the Great Qin Army, but no more than fifty have achieved a tenfold increase," the Grand Commandant said in a deep voice.

Xiao Yu seemed to understand something and said, "I met a guy whose soldiers were not as good as the Fire Crow Army of the King of Blazing Sun."

But his military formations can increase his power eighty times!
Eighty times is not his limit.

Guowei Liao Gang looked surprised, as if he had remembered something, and asked, "Did you perhaps see Xiang Liang's nephew, Xiang Ji?"

Now it was Grand Tutor Yu's turn to be surprised, "You also know Xiang Ji?"

She was indeed referring to Xiang Ji.

Xiang Ji's eight thousand soldiers were renowned in history, but at this time they had not yet seen the battlefield. Their individual soldier quality was far inferior to that of the Fire Crow Army of Marquis Lieyang.

"Who in the world doesn't know about the Xiang family uncles and nephews?" Guowei Liao glanced at her. "When the late emperor was alive, he paid special attention to the descendants of Xiang Yan."

The main members of the Xiang family were all relocated to Xianyang and housed in the Epang Palace, where they were raised alongside nobles from the other six states.

"It's not surprising that you know Xiang Ji, but I'm somewhat surprised by how well you know him," said Grand Tutor Yu.

Guowei Liao said, "What's so surprising? I can find out exactly what kind of innate supernatural abilities a ten-year-old boy in a remote town has and what his character is like."

Xiang Ji lived in Xianyang for over ten years; how could I not know him?

In the Public Transportation Office's archives, the documents about him are piled up to half a person's height!

But Xiang Yu was the main culprit who destroyed the Qin Dynasty!

Liu Laosan entered Guanzhong first and took Xiang Yu's head.

If you know him so well, why didn't you eliminate him beforehand? With Ying Zheng's ruthlessness, he even dug up the dragon veins of the Western Wilderness tens of thousands of miles away. Would he let go of such a great threat right in front of him?
Unless, of course, Xiang Ji is not seen as a huge threat by Ying Zheng.

Grand Tutor Yu asked, "Xiang Ji is so talented, and the Xiang family uncles and nephews are so restless, why didn't you eliminate them completely?"

The Grand Commandant said, "Before the late emperor passed away, they were not only uncle and nephew, but also Xiang Liang and Xiang Ji."

Xiang Bo, Xiang Ta, and at least ten other members of the Xiang family clan are already the most wanted criminals in the Qin Dynasty.

The Xiang family can be considered the number one "family of criminals" in the Qin Dynasty.

They're just very good at escaping; we haven't caught them yet. If we had, we would have killed them long ago.

Grand Tutor Yu shook his head and said, "With the late emperor's authority and power, if he had really made up his mind to capture the Xiang family uncles and nephews, how could he not find them?"
You haven't found Xiang Liang and his nephew simply because you mistook them for ordinary, top-priority wanted criminals.

The Grand Commandant asked in surprise, "Does Grand Tutor Yu mean that their harm to the Qin Dynasty is even greater than that of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, and beyond our imagination?"

Xiaoyu was speechless and somewhat helpless.

Using Chen Sheng and Wu Guang to frame Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu is truly blind; you deserve to be wiped out.

However, judging from the strength that Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu have shown so far, they seem to be no match for Chen Sheng and Wu Guang.

"Xiang Ji can use military tactics and formations to increase his strength eighty times, or even more. Shouldn't the late emperor be shocked and worried?"

The Imperial Commandant pondered for a moment and said, "Xiang Ji was born with superhuman strength, and his strength was boundless. We know that."

He also concealed a second innate supernatural power, which has not yet been fully unleashed and seems to be able to influence celestial phenomena.

The Imperial Astronomical Observatory discovered that his natal star had a tendency to encroach upon the Emperor Star.

After several astrologers jointly calculated, they guessed that Xiang Ji's second innate supernatural ability might be the 'Heavenly King Body,' the most top-tier talent in military strategy and formations.

"So it's the Heavenly King Physique." Grand Tutor Yu still frowned deeply.

She suddenly realized something: all along, she had been using "sword bones" to conceal her true innate supernatural power, "Purple Mansion"!
When Doctor Min realized that she had hidden a second supernatural power, she used "borrowing the power of water" as a shield.

If she can do it, why can't Xiang Ji?

The Heavenly King Body is already terrifying; it's likely that the Heavenly King Body is just a smokescreen.

"The complete 'Heavenly King Body' can command 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals, just like Li Jing, the 'Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King' of the Heavenly Court, and bring all 100,000 elite troops into the army formation."

"An army of 100,000 men—just thinking about it is terrifying. Aren't you afraid?" Grand Tutor Yu asked.

The Imperial Guard hesitated and said, "I'm afraid that's not the case. First of all, the title of 'Heavenly King Physique' comes from the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, but not everyone can become the second Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King!"

Secondly, while a military formation of 100,000 heavenly soldiers is indeed terrifying, where did Xiang Yu get 100,000 troops?
At that time, His Majesty was in his prime and remembered Xiang Yan's prophecy, "Even if Chu has only three households left, it will surely be Chu that destroys Qin." He would never allow the Xiang family to touch military power.

However, His Majesty still values ​​him highly.

Sima Ling had been monitoring the Xiang family and even sent people disguised as literature and swordsmanship teachers to instruct Xiang Ji.

Xiang Ji was uneducated and incompetent; he couldn't concentrate on his studies and had no patience for martial arts.

He claimed he wanted to learn the military strategy of "being able to defeat ten thousand men," but he only studied it sporadically and couldn't concentrate at all.

A typical spoiled brat.

Not to mention Your Majesty, even I think he's useless and haven't paid much attention to him.

Later, he followed Xiang Liang into exile, and I completely let my guard down.

Once one is forced into exile, the path to joining the army and becoming a military commander is cut off.

Without leading troops, the Heavenly King's body is completely useless.

At that time, I felt sorry for him for a long time.

Xiaoyu sighed, "Sometimes you really have to believe in 'fate'."

Was Xiang Ji a playboy? Definitely not.

Was Xiang Ji unlearned and incompetent? Judging from his behavior, it certainly was.

Xiao Xiangji, who was within Ying Zheng's sights, was truly not pretending.

Even judging from Xiang Yu's future performance in the Chu-Han Contention, he was still ignorant and incompetent, a mere figurehead with a negative IQ outside the battlefield.

Xiang Yu's destiny was simply to smash the Qin Dynasty; he didn't need much brains, brute force was enough.

"Has Grand Tutor Yu seen Xiang Ji? Where is he hiding?" the Imperial Commandant asked.

“Why would he need to hide? Among the disciples of Wuzhong, who doesn’t know him?” Xiaoyu sighed.

The Imperial Commandant exclaimed in shock and anger, "Xiang Liang and Xiang Ji, uncle and nephew, have actually shown their faces in Wuzhong in public?"
What was Prefect Yin Tong doing? And what about the Commandant and the Commandant?

Thinking of the Commandant, his expression changed again. "Damn it! I even included Commandant Long Ju in the list of generals, regarding him as the hope for the revival of Qin! That scoundrel has actually betrayed Qin and become ungrateful."

Xiaoyu waved her hand and said, "You're about to undergo corpse dissolution, don't think too much. Help me find a few of the 'strongest' military formations, and we'll leave this place."

It took Guoweiliao some time to free himself from the boiling emotions of anger, helplessness, and frustration.

"There is no strongest military formation, only mutual reinforcement and restraint. As for high-level 'immortal formations,' there are a total of 482 sets, which are numerous and complex. Grand Tutor can stay in the Military Pavilion to study them at his own pace; there's no need to rush. I will go back by myself."

“I’ve taken in a young Taoist disciple who likes to eat people, so I can’t let him out of my sight for too long,” Xiaoyu said.

The Imperial Guard selected thirty of the most representative military formations for her, and the two parted ways after returning to the ground.

Xiaoyu's worries were not unfounded.

She quietly returned to the Imperial Observatory and saw the square-headed, dark-faced young Taoist boy looking anxious, his eyes darting around, pacing back and forth in the courtyard, sometimes peeking out and sometimes looking up at the sky.

"What are you doing?" Grand Tutor Yu suddenly appeared, startling him.

"Master, I'm here. I've rested enough, I'll go back to my studies now."

He lowered his head and quickly ran back into the hall, where he sat cross-legged in front of the statues of the Three Pure Ones and began reciting Confucian classics.

"Master, this little black boy is very unruly." Xiao Linzi leaned closer and whispered, "He's been restless since last night. He hasn't picked up a book since you left."

"Sigh, this wretched creature has been with me for months, and it still hasn't made much progress!"

Grand Tutor Yu was somewhat troubled.

At this moment, Fat Moller walked over and said, "Master, there are guests waiting for you, guests from the Flowing Sands Domain. Would you like to see them?"

"Oh, someone from our hometown has come?" Grand Tutor Yu smiled. "Whatever his purpose is, he's come all this way, so we'll definitely have to see him."

Fat Moller said, "There are two young masters from the Li family of Western Shu, and a ghost named Duan Guisheng."

"Ah, these are all rare guests!" Xiaoyu was overjoyed and quickly said, "Hurry up and bring them over, I'll go see them."

(End of this chapter)