The mastermind behind the scenes starting with the calamity of all races

"Understood!"

Qin Guang nodded solemnly, but he still looked preoccupied.

Zhou Tianqi understood what he was thinking, but he didn't offer any words of comfort. Some things you have to figure out for yourself.

Zhou Tianqi had already begun to cultivate Qin Guang slowly and subtly, without Qin Guang noticing.

After waking up, Zhou Tianqi observed that there were not many people in this tide who were qualified to become human masters, and there were very few. They were not comparable to the previous tides. Qin Guang was the tallest one he had picked out from the short ones.

Yun Jie is also good, but neither his behavior nor his thoughts show any intention of becoming a leader. On the contrary, he often makes excuses and seems to follow Qin Guang's lead.

Therefore, Zhou Tianqi only temporarily listed Yun Jie as a backup candidate, in addition to Xia Wushen and Zhu Dizhu.

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Yueshan City.

Inside an unnamed luxury mansion.

Yun Jie was processing the "spoils of war," taking out the corpses of the Tianhu and Manniu tribes and laying them flat on the ground; there were a total of seven corpses.

Aside from the four killed later, there were three others who were among the first to be killed. Yun Jie only discovered them when he was inspecting the battlefield; he hadn't noticed them at all during the battle.

Seven corpses were laid out before him, and Yun Jie began to extract their essence and blood.

As the essence blood was extracted, the alien corpses shriveled up at a visible rate. In the end, each corpse provided Yun Jie with 10 drops of essence blood, for a total of 70 drops.

After storing them in jade bottles, Yun Jie continued to process the corpses. They had to be sealed away, otherwise they would all rot and become unusable for the soldiers to use to awaken their consciousness.

Although the blood is gone, the meat is still somewhat useful, and it's all tiger meat and beef, so it doesn't taste bad. Perfect, even people in the Kaiyuan Realm can consume a small amount without worrying about exploding and dying.

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Chapter 35 The Vermilion Bird Army [Please add to your favorites! Please vote!]

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Thus, Yun Jie cultivated while waiting.

Finally, a month has passed.

Yun Jie stood on the city wall, looking northwest. In the distance, smoke and dust billowed, and banners fluttered, bearing a large "Qin" character!

"Haha, it's finally here!"

Yun Jie took off and flew towards the main force.

"Look, Yun Jie has come to greet us!"

Qin Guang pointed at Yun Jie's figure and said to Zhou Tianqi, Tang Tianzhong, and Wu Zhong who were standing beside him.

"Big Brother! Old Zhou, Old Wu, Old Tang!"

Yun Jie changed his form of address, which made it sound more intimate.

"Haha, how are you? Yun Jie, are you hurt?"

Qin Guang cast a concerned glance his way.

Yun Jie waved his hand, looking smug. "Don't worry, there are only some alien races in the city at the Ten Thousand Stone Realm and Thousand Jun Realm. I am at least at the Sky Soaring Realm, so dealing with them is a piece of cake."

"That's good."

Qin Guang patted Yun Jie on the shoulder. He had been a little worried before, but now he was relieved.

Only Zhou Tianqi felt something was amiss. Last time, the strongest in Yueshan City was at the Ten Thousand Stone Realm, and after they were all killed, it was impossible for the alien race to send only some at the Ten Thousand Stone and Thousand Jun Realms.

But seeing Yun Jie standing unharmed before him, Zhou Tianqi dismissed his doubts. The powerful figure must have left after failing to find anything…

After all, there's nothing left in Yueshan City. It seems pretty good that some Wan Shi and Qian Jun can still be left.

Zhou Tianqi convinced himself.

That's why people say that smart people love to overthink things. They think they're very clever, and before others have even said anything, they've already figured out what's going on for them.

soon.

The main force entered the city.

The first thing to do was to start a fire and cook. After walking all day, the people were starving.

The common people lit fires to cook, while Qin Guang ordered the soldiers to guard each city gate, assigning a general to each gate. Zhou Tianqi, Yun Jie, Wu Zhong, and Tang Tianzhong made up the four of them.

"Old Zhou, wait a minute. Let me guard the city gate. You take care of everyone's accommodations and other issues. I'm not good at these things, so you take care of them."

Qin Guang said with a headache that he was a complete novice when it came to such livelihood issues. He could handle being forced into things like last time, but now there were "professionals" involved.

Professional issues should be left to professionals; I am better suited to leading troops into battle.

"it is good!"

Zhou Tianqi did not refuse and agreed immediately. He had already defined his role: Qin Guang would be responsible for "leading the charge" and becoming the leader of the human race, while he would be responsible for helping Qin Guang handle the trivial matters that he was not good at. One was civil and the other was military, one was internal and the other was external.

During this time, everyone saw the collapsed city lord's mansion, but no one paid any attention. Yun Jie also said that he had only recently broken through to the Sky Realm and was not yet able to fully utilize his own power. He had lost control of his strength during the battle and damaged the city lord's mansion like this.

Meanwhile, shortly after entering the city, Yun Jie handed over the seven alien corpses and their essence to Qin Guang, asking him to be responsible for their distribution.

On the spot, Qin Guang gave Tang Tianzhong and Wu Zhong 25 drops of his essence blood each to help them break through to the Ten Thousand Stone Realm.

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Another month later.

Everyone settled down on their own.

Meanwhile, during this month, Qin Guang and Yun Jie took turns leading troops to sweep away the alien tribes.

After a month, the area within a thousand miles of Yueshan City had been thoroughly searched by the group.

During this period, nearly 30,000 people were rescued.

Some of these people hid in cellars, while others fled into deep mountains and forests, but for the vast majority, their entire villages were directly occupied by foreign tribes.

Often, just a few alien races at the Thousand Jun Realm are enough to render the entire village of hundreds powerless.

As a result, the scattered villages were divided up by groups of foreign tribes.

Only a small portion of the villages were wiped out; the majority were kept in captivity. The alien race wasn't stupid; they knew what it meant to take things slowly and steadily.

This is what Yun Jie and the others are thankful for; as long as everyone is alive, nothing else matters.

If the alien race were to adopt the same methods as the "Little Sun" of the previous life—"kill all, loot all, burn all"—the consequences would be...

Of course, the alien races showed mercy to the humans, but Yun Jie and his group did not intend to let them off the hook because of that. These are two different things. They are invaders, and all invaders deserve to die!

Of the 30,000 people who were rescued, most have emerged from the shadows after a month, and most have decided to join the army, including many women!

Given Qin Guang's feudalistic mindset, he initially disagreed.

"Women can hold up half the sky too. Women are no less than men and can be just as capable as men!"

Yun Jie's words received the support of all the women. In Yun Jie's eyes, the female soldiers were very strong, even stronger than the average male soldier, except that they were a bit troublesome.

In addition, Zhou Tianqi did not object, but even agreed. In ancient times, there were many women among the kings, marquises, and generals. Yun Jie was right.

Thus, a female soldier appeared in Yueshan City, and Qin Guang "abandoned" her to Yun Jie, who then led her.

Qin Guang meant that since you supported it, it was now in your hands.

Yun Jie had no choice but to agree, because neither Zhou Tianqi, Wu Zhong, nor Tang Tianzhong wanted to take over this group of female soldiers.

In just one month, the new recruits, under the guidance of the veterans, have trained to a very good standard.

Especially the three thousand female soldiers under Yun Jie's command, they were all like they had been injected with chicken blood, seemingly wanting to prove Yun Jie's words. Therefore, they trained extra hard and performed exceptionally well, surpassing a group of male soldiers.

As a result, the newly recruited male soldiers were often ridiculed by the veteran and female soldiers, so they also began to train hard. Neither side was willing to admit defeat to the other, so the training effect of this month was very significant.

At the same time, Yun Jie named his three thousand female soldiers the Vermilion Bird Army!

The Vermilion Bird's ambition: to control fire and achieve immortality!

The Vermilion Bird female soldiers are no less capable than anyone else!

Therefore, all the female soldiers changed their armor to fiery red, which looked quite spectacular at first glance.

Yun Jie was very satisfied with his army, and he also needed manpower to build his own government in the future.

So Yun Jie asked Qin Guang for an additional thousand male soldiers. It wasn't that he didn't want more; with a thousand male soldiers and three thousand female soldiers, he would have four thousand men under his command, while the others had roughly the same number.

"The male-to-female ratio is one to three. Although it's a bit unbalanced, it's the best we can do for now," Yun Jie thought to himself as he looked at them.

After sweeping through the surrounding thousand miles, everyone decided to take a break. The newly enlisted soldiers also needed to improve their cultivation. Although their training was not bad, their cultivation level was clearly far behind that of the veterans.

Many of the five thousand veterans are on the verge of breaking through from the Kaiyuan realm to the Qianjun realm. As long as the resources are available, they can break through. Therefore, Qin Guang, Yun Jie, and the other four discussed allocating the resources to the veterans first so that they could break through first. The combat power of the Qianjun realm is always much higher than that of the Kaiyuan realm...

Chapter 36 Fufeng City [Please add to your favorites! Please donate!]

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one year later.

Fufeng City, the main hall of the city lord's mansion.

"Lord!"

A valiant woman in fiery red armor strode in, one hand on the hilt of her sword, the other on her knee, kneeling on one knee.

"Get up! I told you not to kneel down so easily!"

In the center of the hall, a young man dressed as a scholar in white robes, with his back to the door and holding a fan, turned around and gently helped the woman kneeling on the ground to her feet. His face was full of helplessness. He was none other than Yun Jie!

Although he was nearly thirty, time had not taken its toll on him at all. On the contrary, with the increase in his cultivation, he appeared even younger, looking like he was in his early twenties!

The woman stood up, shook her head, and said, "Propriety must not be disregarded!"

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to talk to you guys anymore."

Yun Jie felt exhausted. No matter what he said, these female soldiers wouldn't listen and would kneel down at the drop of a hat.

Why did this woman address Yun Jie as "Master"?