Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 348: Chapter 345: Guidance

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”Xiao Shimei, actually, it’s not so troublesome. If we do join the army later, we can change the address then,” Meng Canglan said.

Xiao Ruoling replied, ”By then, others might not believe it.”

Chu Zhiyuan laughed, ”At that time, they might all want to practice the array formation.”

Seeing the successful example of the Phoenix Camp, how could the soldiers yearning for military achievements not be moved?

A batch of grandmasters going out, could it not have any impact on the army?

These grandmasters would enter the army, and their influence would not be small at all.

They would influence others in the army to learn the Phoenix Seeking Phoenix Formation from them.

So human nature is volatile.

The key is to see hope and benefits.

”What exactly did you do, Princely Heir?” Shen Hanyue asked curiously, ”How did you destroy those four camps?”

When she first heard the news, she didn’t take it seriously.

But Elder Hu, who had served in the army, praised with serious praise and analyzed the difficulties, continuously marveling at its brilliance.

Only then did she realize that although the soldiers of the Da Lie Dynasty were weak, they were not mere clay figures and not so easy to destroy.

Especially the four big camps, they watched over each other and were connected as one, moving all at once.

It is said each camp has seven to eight thousand Da Lie Dynasty elites, requiring simultaneous mobilization to destroy the four camps.

How could the thousand soldiers of the Phoenix Camp face so many Da Lie elites?

The Phoenix Camp is the elite of the elites, but so are the Da Lie troops. One against ten is a high martial artist realm crushing a lower one—a military is different.

Thinking about it, it seems impossible, truly an amazing achievement.

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”Actually, it’s quite simple—it’s nothing more than breaking them one by one, annihilating each camp.”

”What about the other three camps?”

”The Da Lie are rigid. As long as this camp doesn’t send for help, and the central command tent is promptly destroyed, the rest becomes simple.”

”...Is it really that easy?”

”The elite of the Phoenix Camp have high cultivation and understand formations, it’s not as difficult as imagined.”

”Wasn’t the Phoenix Camp just established? How could they have practiced the formation already?”

”It’s a formation between the Martial Arts and the military, easy to practice.”

”I see...” Shen Hanyue suddenly understood.

Everyone suddenly understood as well.

They were extremely amazed that the Phoenix Camp could achieve such remarkable battle achievements.

After Chu Zhiyuan explained it, they felt it wasn’t so inconceivable, as if it was the norm.

Mastering the formation to win with fewer people, breaking them one by one, doesn’t reveal such a shocking disparity in numbers.

Meng Canglan’s bright eyes flickered.

She knew, however, that Chu Zhiyuan was downplaying the difficulty involved.

All of these things sound easy, but achieving each one is not.

To master a formation in such a short time, even a small one, was already astounding.

To quickly destroy each central tent in each camp without alerting the other three camps was even more astounding.

One must know, the central tents in the camps were heavily guarded, not isolated and empty, seen at a glance.

Not to mention stopping signals from being sent, which is extremely difficult.

Signals couldn’t possibly be sent by just one person; the camp would certainly have several people capable of doing so to minimize risks.

How could such signals be prevented?

It seems impossible to achieve.

If it were her, she would directly use poison to render everyone unconscious.

But to make ten people faint was easy; to do so to thousands was nearly impossible.

This requires a large quantity of poison and sufficient concentration, almost impossible to achieve.

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Chu Zhiyuan sized up the downtrodden middle-aged man before him, touching his wrist without speaking.

Everyone had already dispersed, leaving only Meng Canglan by his side.

Xiao Ruoling and Shen Hanyue took people back to the opposite Yao Yue Peak and would return in the evening.

Chu Zhiyuan started tending to the real business, repaying Meng Canglan’s kindness debt, and helping Wuyou Sect’s Innate Perfection experts find the path to becoming grandmasters.

Of twenty spots, they gathered ten first, and the remaining ten would come over gradually.

The disciples of Wuyou Sect were scattered around various places and couldn’t be gathered immediately in a short time.

The last of the ten was this downtrodden middle-aged man.

Chu Zhiyuan quickly prescribed treatment methods for the other nine, but after touching this middle-aged man’s wrist, he fell into deep thought.

Meng Canglan couldn’t help but softly ask, ”Does Senior Brother Xu have a chance?”

Chu Zhiyuan sized up the downtrodden middle-aged man, with the man smiling wryly, ”If it doesn’t work, it’s okay.”

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”This is after experiencing qi deviation and re-cultivating, right?”

It was his first time encountering this situation, a rare chance for observation, so he looked closely.

”Yes.” The downtrodden middle-aged man smiled, ”I was unwilling, so I re-cultivated.”

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”After all, you’re young. Re-cultivating is reasonable as well.”

The downtrodden middle-aged man said, ”But it’s nearly impossible to return to grandmaster.”

After experiencing qi deviation, it’s nearly impossible to return to the Grandmaster Realm, but he was unwilling and wanted to try with all his might.

He was once a martial arts genius in the Wuyou Sect, and he was truly unwilling to give up.

Unfortunately, no matter how he tried, it was fruitless.

No matter how desperately he cultivated, he couldn’t see the path to becoming a grandmaster, unable to step into the master level.

Stuck at Innate Perfection for five years, he was utterly desperate, but he didn’t expect such an opportunity to suddenly appear.

This opportunity wasn’t originally for him, but he had a sister-like relationship with Meng Canglan from the same master, and Meng Canglan secretly brought him here.

These twenty spots were initially gathered by Meng Canglan, and no one else had the right to question her disposition, so he came with peace of mind.

Yet he held no hope.

Breaking the rule of qi deviation and becoming a grandmaster again is only possible for those with great karma and great fortune through extraordinary experiences.

He didn’t expect himself to have such fortune or opportunities, otherwise, he wouldn’t be so unlucky as to experience qi deviation.

Meng Canglan watched Chu Zhiyuan’s serious expression and couldn’t help but ask again, ”Xu Shixiong he...”

”His injury never healed completely,” Chu Zhiyuan replied.

Meng Canglan was puzzled, ”But Shixiong has taken Spirit Pills.”

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”Your body has some subtle injuries, like those on your meridians, and also injuries in your internal organs.”

”Then...”

”Firstly heal your injuries,” Chu Zhiyuan said, ”Start by practicing the Healing Heart Method, or using Spirit Pills. You shouldn’t force your practice; pressing too hard harms the body.”

”Shixiong, take this.” Meng Canglan took out a jade bottle from her sleeve and handed it to Xu Wannian, ”Don’t be stubborn anymore!”

Xu Wannian glanced at the jade bottle, reluctantly accepted it, and smiled wryly, ”Shimei...”

Meng Canglan’s face turned solemn, ”If you show any more courtesy, I’ll really get angry!”

”Alright then.” Xu Wannian sighed, slowly opened the jade bottle, and swallowed a pearl-white elixir pill.

Then he closed his eyes and began operating his energy.

Chu Zhiyuan observed the spreading elixir power, watched it rapidly spread throughout his body, and quickly repair it.

Chu Zhiyuan’s voice echoed in his ears, ”True Qi comes out of Dantian, first moves through Guanyuan, enters the Stone Gate, passes the Central Pillar, crosses Tiankui, and follows this meridian path upward. Enter the You Gate and continue to Qimen...”

Chu Zhiyuan recited an energy operation route for him.

Xu Wannian was highly talented, and listening to this, he practiced moving the True Qi accordingly.

The elixir power also followed his energy operation path, aiding the results of the True Qi cultivation.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded in satisfaction.

The feeling of using little to gain much was very satisfying; one Spirit Pill combined with his Sharp Gold Technique was enough.

This Xu Wannian had accumulated deeply and was now starting to bloom.

...

A quarter of an hour later, with a long howl, Xu Wannian suddenly opened his eyes.

He had already stepped into the Grandmaster Realm.

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