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Yes, it's a liquid medicine, not pills.

Given Geng Xuan's current expertise in pharmaceutical manufacturing, he already had the optimal usage plan in mind when he inspected these medicinal materials.

From the perspective of alchemy and pill making, the medicinal liquid can only be considered a semi-finished product.

The medicinal liquid is then further refined to finally produce the finished pill.

However, in Geng Xuan's view, all the characteristics of the pill were already fully possessed in the liquid stage.

The only drawback is its poor drug stability and short shelf life.

Its medicinal properties will evaporate and dissipate in a very short time.

The change from liquid medicine to pills increases the stability of the medicine and extends its shelf life.

However, the cost is that the medicinal properties themselves will be diminished as the medicine is boiled down to pills.

Even with Geng Xuan's abilities, he could only try to reduce the loss of medicinal properties, but could not stop it.

Therefore, for Geng Xuan's current needs, it is sufficient to stew all the pre-processed medicinal herbs into pots of concentrated medicinal soup.

Not only does it save more time, but it also preserves the medicinal properties to the maximum extent.

As for the issue of short shelf life, that's not a problem at all for the Black Wind Clan at this moment.

……

The Black Wind Gang members, who belonged to the same squad and were all sound asleep in the same room, were awakened by another squad on duty.

The squad that had just woken up set off from the house, while the squad on duty waited outside, preparing to go inside and rest.

As the shifts were changing, someone outside reminded them:

"Before going to your post, go see the regimental commander first."

"why?"

"There's something good here." The person who reminded him only said this before rushing into the room with the others. They didn't mind that the bed had been used by others, and immediately pounced on it and fell asleep.

Now, everyone in the Black Wind Gang understands that whenever they have free time, they must seize every moment to rest.

Within the Black Wind Gang, led at breakneck speed by its mysterious and powerful leader, will they become stepping stones for others, or will they rise step by step to higher positions? And how far can they ultimately go...?

Maintaining a good state of mind and high morale at all times is an extremely important aspect.

Upon hearing this reminder, the newly awakened team immediately ran towards the open space where Geng Xuan was.

It was already evening.

Before I even got close, I could see a large crowd gathered there.

As you get closer, rising steam and swirling flames fill the air.

As you get closer, a faint fragrance wafts through the air.

The intense hunger that had been suppressed within me was instantly awakened by this aroma.

This is a small "side effect" brought to them by the leader's blessing; it is caused by their bodies' extraordinary growth and breakthrough in a short period of time.

The expressions on everyone's faces changed.

They instinctively twitched their nostrils and quickly pinpointed the source of the aroma.

Located in the center of the site, in the area with the highest concentration of water vapor and firelight.

They finally saw their commander pouring buckets of various pre-treated medicinal herbs into large pots.

Just as they looked over, they saw Song Mingzhu himself lift a heavy iron pot from a stove surrounded by flames.

He carried the scalding hot pot to a row of large vats nearby, all filled with plenty of clear water.

With a gentle movement of his hands, he poured the bubbling medicinal liquid from the pot into a large vat, where it instantly mixed with the water.

Meanwhile, several teams were eagerly queuing up in front of another large vat.

Cao Ao and several other "elders" of the Black Wind Gang stood guard in front of the large vat, personally supervising its operation.

One person patted each person in line twice, as if checking their condition.

One person uses bowls of different sizes to fetch water from the vat and delivers it to each person in line.

After receiving a bowl of water, everyone immediately gulped it down, some even wanting to lick the bottom of the bowl clean.

Seeing this, the newly arrived team needed no further reminders and headed straight in this direction.

When they spotted another squad appearing not far to the side, quickly walking towards them, this squad quickened their pace and joined the end of the line before the newly appeared squad.

Soon, everyone received a bowl of diluted medicinal liquid that emitted a faint fragrance and had a beautiful amber color.

Once the bowl of medicine entered the stomach, its medicinal properties instantly spread throughout the body, quickly replenishing the deficiencies caused by the rapid progress.

Before we knew it, it had gotten completely dark.

By 8 or 9 p.m., all of the more than 2,000 members of the Black Wind Gang had received sufficient medicinal nourishment.

With proper rest, both my physical and mental state reached an unprecedented peak.

After working continuously for several hours and using up all the medicinal herbs, Geng Xuan finally stopped brewing the medicine.

His work over the past few hours not only met the urgent needs of the Black Wind Gang.

There are also many more undiluted liquid medicines in reserve, with a shelf life of only a few days.

At this moment, the large group of people from the village who had been assigned by Song Mingzhu to help out had already left.

Only members of the Black Wind Gang were gathered around Geng Xuan.

Each one of them was full of energy and high spirits.

"There will be even more intense and dangerous battles soon. Are you all ready?" Geng Xuan asked.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

His response was a unified shout of three voices.

At this moment, the entire Black Wind Gang was united in purpose like never before.

Combat and slaughter?
They were no longer afraid; instead, they were filled with an eager longing.

The emotions surging within them could only be extinguished by unrestrained slaughter and raging blood.

Upon seeing this, Geng Xuan nodded in satisfaction.

It wasn't in vain that he put in so much effort.

He looked at Song Mingzhu, Tie Lang, Cao Ao, and the others, and asked, "Have you figured out the specific actions?"

Song Mingzhu nodded and said, "After the official operation begins, the Black Wind Gang's two hundred squads and forty companies will break into eight groups to block all escape routes from Wild Wolf Gorge."

"Then, Gong Mu will personally lead four squadrons to replace the fifth leader and nearly two hundred elite soldiers belonging to Wild Wolf Village in Wild Wolf Gorge."

Hearing this, Geng Xuan asked curiously:
"Replace them? Instead of convincing them to defect on the spot and join the Black Wind Gang?"

Given the current situation in Wild Wolf Stronghold and the absolute strength of the Black Wind Gang, this "persuasion" work will not be too difficult.

Song Mingzhu shook his head and said:
"Although I believe there is a high probability of successfully persuading them, there are still variables."

...Without your insight, Commander, even I wouldn't dare guarantee that those elite troops in the stronghold were without any problems.

Furthermore, judging from the attitudes of the other members of the group, they don't seem to value the addition of nearly two hundred elite combatants.

In that case, let's use the safest method.

Geng Xuan nodded.

From a certain perspective, the nearly two hundred newly added elite combatants were seen by other members of the Black Wind Gang as someone who came to "steal credit."

Having fully grasped the benefits they could gain from him, the Black Wind Gang's most pressing desire now was to quickly earn more merit in the battle of Wild Wolf Gorge so that they could receive even more blessings next time.

The existing members of the Black Wind Gang are not people they can comment on.

But if another group of people suddenly appears to steal kills, they really won't be happy.

"And then you push it from the outside in?" Geng Xuan asked.

Song Mingzhu shook his head and looked at Tie Lang beside him.

Iron Wolf said:
"There are now about four thousand bandits gathered in Wild Wolf Gorge. According to the usual practice of the Dark Night Division, there are about ten to fifteen Dark Night Division spies among them."

I have a way to activate them all.

Before we officially begin our operation from the outside in, we can ask them to do some cooperative actions that are beneficial to our operation.

This will allow us to take over Wild Wolf Gorge more quickly and easily.

The casualties on both sides would be much lower than if they had simply pushed in directly.

After listening to their accounts, Geng Xuan had a general idea of ​​what the battle was all about.

He nodded slightly, thought for a moment, and said, "There's another good thing that should help you accomplish things more easily."

Amidst the puzzled looks of the crowd, Geng Xuan had already led all the members of the Black Wind Gang out of the Wild Wolf Stronghold's gate.

Just as everyone was preparing to head towards Wild Wolf Gorge, Geng Xuan, who was leading the way, stopped in front of a patch of withered grass.

Just as everyone was puzzled, the withered grass rustled, and streaks of eerie fire, flashing with a cold light, emerged from the grass.

Meanwhile, their own leader stood in front of these ghostly flames, seemingly extending his hand.

At first, everyone was stunned.

After a while, as their eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness, they realized that what they saw were not ghostly flames at all, but the eyes of sand wolves.

What appeared in front of their leader were clearly a group of sand wolves.

"..." After realizing this, everyone in the Black Wind Gang was inevitably shaken.

But soon, they all became indifferent.

Only one thought arose in the minds of many.

Just how many more amazing tricks does my commander have up his sleeve?
A short while later, Geng Xuan led a pack of sand wolves, who had become incredibly docile after completing the contract, to the front of the group and said to Song Mingzhu and the others:
"We're lucky. There are 213 sand wolves here in total, and each team can get one. This... should come in handy, right?"

Song Mingzhu, Tielang, Cao Ao, and the others nodded hurriedly.

It's not just useful, it's incredibly useful!
Aside from its lack of direct combat ability, in such a night battle environment, a sand wolf that can understand human speech and be driven by humans is more useful than adding one or two core members of the Bone Refinement Realm to each squad.

Geng Xuan looked at Song Mingzhu, Tie Lang, Cao Ao, and the others, and suddenly said:

“From now on, I will no longer participate in this operation targeting Wild Wolf Gorge. I will leave it entirely to you to handle… Can you do that?”

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned once again.

No one thought the leader did this to make things more difficult for the Black Wind Gang; everyone believed there must be a deeper meaning behind it.

Those who saw further ahead, such as Song Mingzhu and Tie Lang, believed that the leader was preparing the Black Wind Gang to face Dong Guan's military might head-on.

After a while, everyone slowly nodded.

"Leave it to us, Commander."

"Alright, I'll leave the rest to you."

After leaving behind those words, Geng Xuan disappeared from everyone's sight.

Everyone looked around, but apart from the pitch-black night, there was no trace of their leader anywhere.
Most members of the Black Wind Gang, aside from being amazed by their leader's abilities, didn't have much else to say about this.

However, Song Mingzhu, Tie Lang, and Tong Hui, Xiang Jinxiu, and Gong Mu, who were the strongest members of the Black Wind Gang besides Geng Xuan, were secretly alarmed.

It wasn't until Geng Xuan completely disappeared from their sight that they belatedly realized what had happened.

Another reason the regimental commander did this was...

That is to put pressure on these people.

If the leader hadn't "disappeared" and hadn't led them on their journey, they would have had a general idea of ​​where he was.

Those who aren't around him might have other ideas.

But now, it seems their leader has left.

But this only made everyone wary and suspicious.

Everyone couldn't help but wonder, "Is the commander watching me from the shadows?"

If it were someone else, they would comfort themselves by saying they were being too paranoid.

Where do people really feel such a strong sense of oppression?

However, the various methods that their own leader is currently displaying have convinced everyone.

This is definitely not paranoia.

He could truly do that if his own leader was willing.

This is extremely frightening.

A subtle exchange of glances.

Song Mingzhu said in a deep voice, "Let's go, everyone, let's show our strength and do our best!"

Having said that, he turned and stepped forward, readily assuming the leadership role. (End of Chapter)