Ancient Fiend Dragon Emperor

Chapter 996: Chapter 995: The Cultivation Methods of the Three Great Legions

The news the Chen Family released was naturally known to the Phoenix Sect as well.

In the grand hall, Su Han sat in the main seat, while many high-ranking members of the Phoenix Sect sat below.

Liuyun was the first to stand up and said, ”Sect Master, according to reports from the spies, the Chen Family’s numerous commercial routes have already been thoroughly investigated. From what I see, if you want to defeat their army, cut off their supplies first. The method you used on the Sect of the Battle God can still be applied now. I am willing to request permission to lead the Purple Night Divine Guard to cut off the Chen Family’s business routes!”

”I second the motion!”

”I second the motion!”

The captains of the Divine Guard Regiment such as Hong Chen and Shangguan Mingxin also stood up to request permission from Su Han.

Su Han scanned the people below, remained silent for a moment, then waved his hand, shaking his head saying, ”Regarding the Chen Family, there’s no rush for now. Our Phoenix Sect has offended too many forces; we must deal with them one by one.”

Upon hearing this, Liuyun and the others sat back down and waited quietly for Su Han to continue.

”I’ve mentioned before that I want to create three new legions based on the Five Divine Guard Corps. What do you all think is a suitable number of members to start with for these three legions?” Su Han asked.

The crowd was silent; Lian Yuze glanced around and stood up, ”Sect Master, nowadays the number of people in the Five Divine Guard Corps, excluding the Holy Cold Divine Guard, has all exceeded eight thousand, close to ten thousand. In my view, the foundational number of the three legions should align with that of the Purple Night Divine Guard and Bright Moon Divine Guard when they started, at least around a thousand.”

”A thousand is inappropriate.”

Xiao Yuran slightly shook her head and said, ”The people of the three legions, whether in talent or strength, must not be inferior to the Five Divine Guard Corps. Trying to gather a full three thousand people in a short time is likely difficult. Moreover, the resources consumed by the three legions will inevitably be extensive, so I think each legion should initially recruit five hundred at best. The remaining resources can be used for the ordinary disciples, for there are still too few ordinary disciples in our Phoenix Sect, holding the rank of a First-Class Sect without the number of disciples one should expect, which has always been a point of criticism in the outside world.”

Xiao Yuran, as the captain of the Holy Cold Divine Guard Regiment, naturally referred to herself as ’subordinate’ when discussing official matters.

Su Han did not stop her from using such a title. A sect must have its own appearance; this is not child’s play. In the future, Su Han plans to lead the Phoenix Sect into the Starry Sky.

”Our Phoenix Sect has always valued quality over quantity. Even if there were many ordinary disciples, they ultimately would not have significant battle power. I still think that resources should be devoted to the newly established three legions.” Lian Yuze argued.

”That’s not necessarily true. Are the ordinary disciples of our Phoenix Sect the same as those from other forces?”

Xiao Yuran laughed, ”Elder Lian is somewhat underestimating himself. Looking at other forces, even ordinary disciples of the One Slash Palace could not possibly have over 80 percent who have opened more than eight Dragon Veins, right? With the Sect Master’s special cultivation methods, no matter how poor the talent, as long as they can cultivate, ordinary disciples will still be very strong.”

”The reason why the Five Divine Guard Corps are stronger than ordinary disciples is due to different cultivation methods. But if we set magic and immortal cultivation aside, aren’t the ordinary disciples of our Phoenix Sect all geniuses? In the Dragon Martial Continent, opening more than seven Dragon Veins is considered entering the genius ranks, but ordinary disciples of the Phoenix Sect have all opened at least eight. Those with ten or more Dragon Veins are countless, so investing resources on them isn’t considered wasteful.”

”You can’t say that.”

Liuyun also stood up, shaking his head, ”The reason why a legion is called a legion and is specially separated is because a legion’s strength is much greater than that of ordinary disciples. If the legion members’ strength is similar to that of ordinary disciples, would it still be considered a legion?”

”I didn’t say that the legion members should have the same strength as ordinary disciples; I mean that the initial number of legion members can be reduced and gradually increased over time,” Xiao Yuran said.

”Five hundred people are really too few.”

Liuyun said, ”As a legion, we will definitely need to suppress one side in the future, but the three legions combined only have fifteen hundred people, making it impossible for each to separate and venture forth. Also, our Phoenix Sect has made a big name for itself. If there are only fifteen hundred people at the end, wouldn’t we be mocked by outsiders?”

”The establishment of the Five Divine Guard Corps didn’t even have five hundred people; there were only a mere handful,” Xiao Yuran retorted.

While everyone argued, there was no anger; it was all rational debate.

And everyone understood that the decision on the numbers would ultimately be made by Su Han.

”Everyone just calm down for now.”

Ling Xiao lazily stretched, then stood up, saying, ”Among the Five Divine Guard Corps, the Purple Night Divine Guard and Bright Moon Divine Guard are mages, the Divine Guardian of the Dragon Suppression are highly skilled martial path disciples, the Holy Cold Divine Guard possesses a special physique, and the Starry Divine Guard are immortal cultivators. They all differ.”

”I wonder what cultivation methods the Sect Master plans to give the newly created three legions?”

Su Han contemplated slightly and said, ”Regarding the three legions, for the Annihilation Army, I’ll give them a new cultivation method, called new technology. As for the Blood God Army, they will primarily focus on formation, known in the Starry Sky as Array Masters. Lastly, the Shadow Army will follow the martial path cultivation, but I’ll provide them with two special martial skills, called Avatar Technique and Assassination Technique.”

Upon hearing this, Ling Xiao couldn’t help but smile wryly, ”In view of the new cultivation methods, the number of members for the foundational size of the three legions still needs to be determined by the Sect Master. Only the Sect Master truly understands this new cultivation method, the resource consumption, the level of strength, etc., all known only to the Sect Master.”

The others nodded in agreement. Both the array master and new technology were unfamiliar to them, particularly new technology, which they hadn’t even heard of, so how could they decide the foundational size of the three legions?

”You have heard of array masters, such as the sword array of the Starry Divine Guard, which is a type of formation.”

Su Han explained, ”However, the Starry Divine Guard can only use the sword array, not set up formations, while each array master can set up formations. A powerful array master can lay formations across an entire planet, and if he wishes, with just a thought, the formation can instantly activate, placing all living beings on the planet under the control of the array master.”

”So powerful?!”

Everyone took a deep breath.

Though they had never truly seen it, merely from Su Han’s words, they could sense the terrifying nature of an array master.

Just imagine, if an array could be set up across the entire Dragon Martial Continent, wouldn’t everyone there be under the control of this array master?

Including themselves!