Transmigrating Through the Heavens: Starting with the Silly Pillar of the Courtyard

Chapter 354 Shopping and Joining the Army

After Liu Cuihua finished eating, Wu Tao also came in.

"Mother, I have already resigned from my apprenticeship at the martial arts school with Master Wang. I plan to enlist in the army. Fortunately, the imperial court has issued an order that those who break through to the martial arts level at the age of fifteen and choose to join the army can directly serve as squad leaders. Mother, I will support the family from now on."

"Son, you've broken through to the Samurai level?"

Wu Tao was completely dumbfounded. How could the original owner's mother have such a peculiar way of thinking?

Fine, I guess they only want to hear what they want to hear.

"Yes, Mother, I've broken through to the Warrior level. From now on, I'll take care of this family."

Liu Cuihua finally understood what her son meant, and her heart instantly felt like it was about to burst with happiness.

In an instant, the hardships and joys of the past five years seemed to have passed, and all my efforts had not been in vain. My son remembers everything, and now he has finally grown up.

Liu Cuihua thought about not having to continue working at Jinxi Building, and then immediately thought about her son's future.

"Son, you can't quit. Without a grandmaster's guidance, you'll probably only stay at the Martial Master level in the future."

"Mother, don't worry, I can also seek guidance from the Grandmaster at the military camp. What, aren't the adults in our camp more powerful than Grandmaster Wang?"

When Liu Cuihua heard her son's explanation, she thought it made sense.

The main reason is that she actually didn't want to stay at Jinxi Building for a long time. She only endured it until now because her son's future was important.

Liu Cuihua chose that path for the sake of her child. Now that her son has finally grown up and knows how to be filial, she is naturally happy and moved.

Liu Cuihua knew she was right, and her son had also shouldered the responsibilities of a man.

"Come on, Mom, let's go outside and buy some cloth for you today, so we can make you two nice clothes. I'm going to the army in a few days, so you have to take good care of yourself at home."

"Yes, Mother will listen to you."

Liu Cuihua seems to lack her own opinions now, and just wants her son to make arrangements for her.

In five years, the mother and son had never been so close; now, all their hardships had finally come to an end.

Wu Tao accompanied his mother to the street. Despite being in ancient times, the shops were densely packed together. There were shops selling grain, cloth, wine, and pastries.

Although Fengcheng has a population of only 500,000, thousands of adventurers flow through the area every day due to the nearby Monster Mountain Range.

They usually travel from all over the Great Xia Kingdom to Fengcheng, where they rest briefly and buy all the supplies they need for their adventure before entering the Monster Mountain Range.

With these adventurers, Fengcheng's commerce flourished.

Martial artists who dare to venture into the Monster Beast Mountain Range are naturally not ordinary people. They must at least be at the Martial Master level, and they only dare to go out in teams.

These people have many ways to make money; the fur, meat, bones, and blood of a wild beast are all highly valuable commodities.

By hunting down a few wild beasts, you can sell them for a large sum of money.

Compared to being a bodyguard or镖师 (bodyguard/escort), this is a faster way to make money. Most importantly, martial artists can easily break through their limits through years of adventure.

Every martial artist dreams of becoming a powerful figure; who wouldn't want to be a genius admired by all?

It's much more exciting to go out and experience life-or-death battles than to slowly cultivate at home.

Martial artists, in particular, desire immortality and aspire to become Grandmasters, Martial Kings, or even the supreme Martial Emperor.

In their pursuit of longevity and wealth, they did not want to die an ordinary old age at home.

Tens of thousands of years of martial arts history have long proven that the best age for a martial artist to break through to the Innate Grandmaster level is before the age of fifty.

If a martial artist has not broken through to the Innate Grandmaster level by the age of sixty at the latest, unless they have some extraordinary encounter, they will have no chance of breaking through to the Innate Grandmaster level again.

Some geniuses can even break through to the Innate Grandmaster level before the age of thirty; those are truly contemporary prodigies.

Categorized by age threshold:

Breaking through to the Innate Grandmaster level before the age of thirty makes one an unparalleled genius. In the future, breaking through to the Martial King level is practically guaranteed. Whether one can break through to the Martial Emperor level depends on later development.

He broke through to the Innate Grandmaster level at the age of forty, a genius martial artist one in a thousand, with a fifty percent chance of breaking through to the Martial King level in the future.

Breaking through to the Innate Grandmaster level at fifty years old, a normal martial artist can only be considered half a genius compared to those who are stuck at the Martial Master level.

Those over fifty years old need no further evaluation; they are basically synonymous with good-for-nothings.

Wu Tao accompanied his mother as they strolled casually through the streets, buying whatever interesting items they saw.

Then I went to the fabric shop and bought a few feet of fabric for my mother so she could make clothes.

When Liu Cuihua left, she deliberately slipped Wu Tao fifty taels of silver, which Wu Tao did not refuse.

He hasn't made any money yet, but this woman has a lot of debts to pay, so he'll just have to take good care of her in the future.

The mother and son even had a lavish banquet outside to celebrate Wu Tao's successful breakthrough to the Warrior level.

After returning from the street, Wu Tao took his household registration certificate and went straight to the military camp in the afternoon.

The Great Xia Kingdom possesses tens of millions of square kilometers of land and a population of over one billion.

There are also many troops, with millions of soldiers scattered across ten million square kilometers, doing their best to protect the safety of the Great Xia Kingdom.

Fengcheng, being the closest county to the Monster Mountain Range, is also the first front line when each beast tide is launched.

Therefore, the military of the Great Xia Kingdom directly dispatched a Martial King with 100,000 troops of the White Tiger Legion to garrison Fengcheng.

At the same time, this legion also suffers the heaviest casualties in every beast tide.

Because of the high casualty rate, the White Tiger Legion received extremely generous treatment.

An ordinary person would only earn a few taels of silver a month working, but a bodyguard could earn tens of taels of silver.

However, it's still much worse than joining the army. An ordinary soldier would earn at least one hundred taels of silver a month.

A ten-man commander receives two hundred taels of silver, and a hundred-man commander receives five hundred taels of silver.

The commanders of a thousand and ten thousand directly distributed items such as pills and magical artifacts, which were more valuable than silver.

When Wu Tao arrived at the entrance of the White Tiger Legion, he was stopped by soldiers.

"Sir, I'm a local from Fengcheng, fifteen years old, and I just broke through to the Warrior realm yesterday. I've come here to join the army."

Upon hearing Wu Tao's words, the soldier glanced at the other party's credentials again.

The soldier then picked up the certificate and ran towards the military camp. Soon someone came and led Wu Tao inside.

Next came a rigorous and complete set of procedures, including questioning to confirm Wu Tao's identity, cultivation level, and bone age, followed by the onboarding process.

Then Wu Tao met his superior, a burly, dark-faced man in his thirties named Li Kui.

Centurion Li Kui looked at the young Wu Tao and couldn't help but sigh that time is a cruel mistress.

He used to be just as handsome as him, but after going through so much bloodshed, he became the rough-faced man he is now.

If Wu Tao knew what the other person was thinking, he probably wouldn't have agreed. After all, compared to his delicate skin, the other person was practically a dark-skinned charcoal.

Centurion Li Kui greatly encouraged Wu Tao, telling him to settle his family affairs as soon as possible and report to the army in three days.

Wu Tao will be stationed at the military base for an extended period next time, and even if he has nothing to do, he can only go home once every three months.