Douluo: What the hell is the academic master development system?

Chapter 838 Young Grand Secretary Yuhao

When Long Aotian came to Chen Ping for help, he only suspected that Xu Tianran had a secret supply line and could not be sure if it was true, but he gave Chen Ping a highly suspicious suspect.

Sun and Moon Empire - Glorious Province.

The reason why Long Aotian harbored such strong suspicions about this provincial capital was quite simple: the previous governor of the Brilliant Province was the Brilliant Duke, who was wiped out by Ju Zi's troops back then.

The Glorious Province is located in the northern part of the Sun and Moon Empire. Although it is called a province, it is actually a small principality. All affairs within the province are decided by the Glorious Grand Duke alone.

They even have their own private army of Soul Masters, whose commander is none other than Zhao Yang, the son of the Brilliant Duke and the Soul Master with the Violent Golden Bear Martial Soul who nearly captured Ju Zi in the original story.

Although Ju Zi was demoted three ranks because of Chen Ping in this timeline and missed the plot where he was almost captured by Zhao Yang, Xu Tianran still ordered Ju Zi to lead troops to wipe him out after he declared himself king during the Five Dragons' Dynasty. Ju Zi also killed many of the loyal followers of the Brilliant Duke.

Therefore, if we were to say which province of the Sun Moon Empire is most likely to bypass the central system of the Sun Moon Empire and secretly provide Xu Tianran with military supplies, then the most suspicious one would undoubtedly be this province that Xu Tianran personally ordered to be conquered and whose control was regained.

Moreover, the Glorious Province is located in the northern part of the Sun Moon Empire. Xu Tianran's personal expedition this time specifically chose the northern part of the Heavenly Soul Empire as the breakthrough point. With these two factors combined, it is not surprising that the entire Glorious Province has been suspected by Long Aotian.

Therefore, the most important thing for Chen Ping in this trip to cut off Xu Tianran's army's supply was not to intercept the grain route, but to cut off Xu Tianran's logistics directly from the source!

The geographical environment of the glorious province is very complex. Most of the area is mountainous, which is suitable for growing tea or other cash crops. The three cities that produce grain on a large scale are Dongyang, Aoke, and Fengbao.

Among them, Oak City is a rare large city in the northern part of the Sun Moon Empire and an important distribution center for northern trade. Therefore, if Chen Ping wanted to cause some kind of disruption, the best way would be to target these three cities, especially Oak City.

A hundred miles outside of Oak City, a figure stood quietly on a small hill, gazing at the gray city in the distance.

The city of Oak is very close to the Ice Sea, only fifty miles away. Therefore, from higher ground, one can even see the distant Ice Sea directly.

Many northern specialties would pass through here before being transported to the southern part of the Sun and Moon Empire for sale.

Some special aquatic products from the north, such as fish from the icy sea, are very popular.

The north is much less populated than the south. Because it's close to the west and far from the far northern wilderness, it has always been the safest place in the Sun Moon Empire.

Therefore, not many troops were stationed there; on weekdays, only a battalion of about a thousand men was responsible for the security of Oak City and some surrounding small cities.

After leaving Longcheng, Chen Ping traveled alone, and his speed was significantly faster.

After circling around the far north, they glided into the territory of the Sun and Moon Empire from the extremely high altitude of the far north without much effort.

After several days of travel, he finally arrived at this important grain-producing town and trading hub.

If Chen Ping's guess is correct, the grain tax collected in the entire Brilliant Province is probably all here.

Oak City is a major northern town of the Sun Moon Empire, but because it is almost impossible for war to occur here, it is not usually guarded by many soldiers. Yes, Chen Ping said—usually.

At this moment, the well-equipped and heavily guarded Soul Masters on the top of Oak City had already told Chen Ping a fact: Oak City was now guarded by a whole regiment of Soul Masters.

This precisely illustrates that at this time, Oak City absolutely served as the central hub for the entire Glorious Province, providing Xu Tianran with combat supplies, which is why it needed to be heavily garrisoned.

This place, which can be called an important granary for the entire northern region, stores grain covering an area of ​​at least tens of thousands of square kilometers in the north.

If he could truly paralyze the entire city of Oak and other major grain-producing towns, destroying all their granaries and supplies, Xu Tianran's ability to continue fighting would truly depend on the whims of his younger brother, who was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue.

Subconsciously touching the dragon ball hanging around his neck, Chen Ping's gaze seemed to pierce through the city walls and see everything inside Oak City.

The old sect leader was right. Even though he was carrying the Dragon Ball, Chen Ping passed through more than a dozen cities in the Sun Moon Empire without any place triggering a reaction from the Dragon Ball.

To be honest, this thing depends on fate. In some places, when Chen Ping passed by, the connection with Dragon Valley was lost, but as soon as Chen Ping left, the connection was restored. It's all unpredictable.

With random locations, random times, and random entry levels, it's no wonder that only a dozen or so people have entered Dragon Valley over the thousands of years since the Heavenly Dragon Gate was founded.

Meanwhile, within Shrek City, a large number of city guards had received notice of the exercise and were required to assemble as quickly as possible.

The Shrek City Guard is currently divided into two main parts: Soul Masters and Warriors. There are currently three thousand Soul Masters and Soul Instructors.

These people usually train using 1,500 sets of soul tools provided by Dan Ge and Shrek Academy, enough to equip three soul master regiments.

With 1,500 men training while the other 1,500 men rotated to defend the city, it was a necessary measure.

Chen Ping had previously visited the Sun Moon Empire's treasury and obtained enough weaponry to arm several Soul Master regiments, but that equipment was only for Soul Masters at levels 20 or 30.

The lowest level of the Shrek City Guard is level 40. These soul tools cannot unleash their true strength. Therefore, Chen Ping sold those equipment to the three great empires in exchange for rare metals to make standard soul tools suitable for the Shrek City Guard.

Therefore, although Shrek Academy currently only supports 1,500 Soul Masters and Soul Instructors to arm themselves according to the configuration of a Soul Instructor Corps, these three Soul Instructor Corps are equivalent to five or six Soul Instructor Corps of the three great empires!
Even the five—oh yes, now there are four—of the Sun Moon Empire's five Beast King Soul Master Corps, including the most powerful Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Corps, might not be much stronger than Shrek's three Shrek City Guard Legions.

After all, each of these three Soul Master Corps has a Super Douluo from Shrek Academy and a Title Douluo serving as the corps leader and deputy corps leader!
Perhaps Shrek City Guard Legion is inferior to Beast King Soul Master Corps in terms of war experience, but apart from Kong Deming, who advanced to Super Douluo during the siege of Star Luo City, the Sun Moon Empire has never had a Super Douluo again!
In just over twenty minutes, the three Soul Master Corps had assembled and gathered in a corner outside Shrek City.

Shrek City Lord Shi Xing looked at the three city guard legions that had swiftly assembled before him, nodded in satisfaction, and then looked at Huo Yuhao beside him.

"Young Grand Secretary, what to do next is up to you."

(End of this chapter)