Mythical Three Kingdoms

Unlike most Legion Talents, Jiang Qin’s Legion Talent Attribute is inheritance, allowing his subordinate soldiers to acquire Jiang Qin’s battle awareness, combat skills, and combat experience.

Although Jiang Qin may be considered relatively inferior among the Inner Qi Manifestation masters in the Central Plains, when the battle awareness and combat quality of an Inner Qi Manifestation are bestowed upon an ordinary person, even without any physical quality enhancement, fighting soldiers with the same physical quality, one against ten wouldn’t be too much of an issue.

It can be said that in terms of effectiveness, Jiang Qin’s Legion Talent is the scariest Zhou Tai has seen in years. If the power of Military Spirit Legions lies in the effect of their enhancement, then soldiers who fully inherit Jiang Qin’s battle awareness will absolutely not be outmatched by Military Spirit Legions.

However, such an extremely perfect situation is impossible for Legion Talents. Naturally, Jiang Qin’s Legion Talent cannot instantaneously bestow such battle awareness on a soldier; rather, it gradually strengthens them, and Jiang Qin acts like a source of enhancement, slowly imparting this awareness to his main forces.

This time, Zhou Tai felt that Jiang Qin had brought out all the forces he had trained and strengthened over the years.

This is a hidden trump card Zhou Yu has kept for a long time—no matter how severe the previous circumstances were, Zhou Yu never utilized this trump card.

When Zhou Yu confirmed Jiang Qin’s One Talent attribute, he selected five thousand veteran soldiers with Inner Qi and handed them over to Jiang Qin, who trained and inherited his battle awareness to these soldiers intensively during spare moments.

Subsequently, Jiang Qin mostly served as Sunx Ce’s deputy or Zhou Yu’s deputy, or occasionally as Pang Tong’s deputy, with the aim to avoid utilizing this legion, keeping it concealed as Eastern Wu’s trump card.

This time Zhou Yu has unexpectedly mobilized this legion. It’s important to know that Zhou Yu doesn’t have many trump cards. Using one means having one less.

”Well, Governor-General has deployed my main forces,” Jiang Qin nodded and said. Having participated in the battle in the North, he experienced the strength of the Military Spirit Legions, but he can assure that his legion under command definitely does not pale in comparison to the Military Spirit Legions.

Battle awareness with Inner Qi Manifestation—limited by physical quality, incapable of full potential, but even three people cooperating can suffice to kill those whose inner qi has been suppressed by Cloud Suppression to Qi Refining to Gang.

Compared to the difficulty in replenishing the Military Spirit Legions, Jiang Qin would need at least four years to train a second force with ninety percent of his battle awareness to match the Military Spirit Legion in combat quality. This significant gap makes Jiang Qin’s main forces only a one-time deterrent weapon.

”Five years, ah. It’s a pity that without sufficient combat I can never possess a second Elite Talent; otherwise, it wouldn’t just rival Military Spirit Legions, but it would be enough to overpower the opposition before they activate their Power of Military Spirit,” Jiang Qin said proudly, then reflected on the shortcomings of his Legion Talent with a bit of helplessness.

In five years, others continuously train large armies. Their elite reserves probably number tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands. Truly attacking a particular Military Spirit Legion with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of elite troops might defeat it. From this perspective, he seems to have lost out.

”Youping, how are you doing?” Jiang Qin asked.

”Inner Qi is gone, there’s no way to generate Inner Qi anymore. Other than that, nothing seems affected. I’m actually about thirty percent stronger than before, but it’s a pity there’s basically no chance to obtain another Legion Talent, unless I break through to the Breakthrough Level and forcibly condense a Legion Talent. My current situation, however, makes progress difficult,” Zhou Tai sighed, yet oddly felt a sense of relief.

”Forcibly condensing a Legion Talent at the Breakthrough Level,” Jiang Qin sighed. ”Most of us have no hope for that level; it’s beyond our reach.”

”If I still had Inner Qi, I might have a bit of hope,” Zhou Tai thought to himself, then said, ”How is Xiumu these days? I recommended him before, then fell seriously ill. After returning from the North, I haven’t seen him. What’s his current situation?”

”Zhu Huan, ah, he is quite formidable. By the time we headed north, he had already reached Inner Qi Manifestation, and now he might be even stronger than us,” Jiang Qin smiled. Zhu Huan was a talented youth Zhou Tai discovered when he was a water bandit. He taught him a few moves casually back then; unexpectedly, a few years later, after Zhou Tai became an official General and recruited soldiers in Wu Commandery, Wu County, Zhu Huan brought his Household Generals to join.

At that time, the seventeen or eighteen-year-old Zhu Huan had already reached the peak of Qi Refining to Gang. Zhou Tai saw him as a promising talent and recommended him to Sunx Ce, and Zhu Huan lived up to expectations, breaking through from Qi Refining to Gang to achieve Inner Qi Manifestation in two years’ time.

He is currently taking over Jiang Qin’s previous duties, stationed at the junction of Jiaozhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou, considered a young achiever.

This recommendation by Zhou Tai was indeed not a mistake; Zhu Huan is counted among the rare Renowned Generals of Eastern Wu, famously capturing Wei General Wang Shuang in history. His prowess does not fall short of that of Valiant Generals like Wei Yan. The lack of widespread fame is mainly due to limited interest in Wu State among various biographies and legends.

”To think he has such talent,” Zhou Tai laughed heartily upon hearing this; recommending such a person means he could indeed serve as a Talent Scout in the future.

”By the way, Youping, do you know what the Lord and Governor-General are doing with this southern campaign?” Jiang Qin inquired of Zhou Tai, noticing his smile.

In fact, this Official Position appointment fulfilled Chen Xi’s quirky sense of humor, with titles like General or Marquis of Shu feeling less catchy than Governor-General. Thus, when assigning Official Positions, Zhou Yu held the title of Governor-General supervising Three Prefectures—Jing-Yang, Jiaozhou—and overseeing matters pertaining to Baiyue.

If this position were held by a regular person, it wouldn’t mean much, but with Zhou Yu, it implies real power. Thus, compared to other less substantial Official Positions, this one is quite practical, which made Zhou Yu very satisfied. Hence, Chen Xi simply designated him as Governor-General.

Now everyone calls Zhou Yu ”Governor-General,” as naturally prepared by Chen Xi, who plans to push Sunx Ce and Cao Cao out of the Central Plains next year, allowing Zhou Yu’s Official Position to upgrade to supervising the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and overseeing the Four Seas.

In short, the title of Governor-General is obviously adjustable in scale, depending on one’s capability, and Chen Xi aptly installed Zhou Yu’s Official Position for a lifetime. Probably, the only change would be where ”supervise” is directed.

However, being a practical Official Position, Zhou Yu never thought it problematic. Since Chen Xi called it that, everyone else followed suit, and eventually, Zhou Yu grew accustomed to it.

”I truly don’t know. But when it comes to the Governor-General’s thought process, if this were sudden, we wouldn’t believe it. Presumably, there’s a plan behind this,” Zhou Tai considered and said, suggesting that guessing Zhou Yu’s thoughts isn’t advisable.

”True, I just feel this time the scale is vast. Even the Danyang Elite Troops Zhou Yu recruited after occupying Danyang Commandery have been dispatched. If this isn’t leading to action, it’s somewhat unimaginable,” Jiang Qin said with a speculative tone, leaning against the ship rail.

”Indeed, even your main forces have been deployed. If no action follows, it’s certainly making much ado about nothing,” Zhou Tai found agreement upon hearing this, considering that this time Zhou Yu’s forces are at least as elite as those sent north, if not superior.

”To eliminate Shixie doesn’t require such forces,” Jiang Qin looked skeptically at Zhou Yu and Sunx Ce on another ship. Catching Sunx Ce’s assertion about traveling, he chuckled internally—since Sunx Ce said it, it’s not worth believing, likely Zhou Yu hoodwinked Sunx Ce again.

In Jiang Qin and others’ view, Zhou Yu deceiving Sunx Ce happens frequently, as Sunx Ce is unreliable almost all the time. Were it not for Zhou Yu’s assistance, Jiang Qin and others might rethink their decisions.