Changsheng: My experience in patrolling the liver

Chapter 325: Thunder and Fire Sword Technique, Demon Slayer! (Two in One)

"A year of slaying demons and eliminating evil?" Song Changming looked at the latest annual evaluation.

That's true.

Last year, a demonic disaster was enough to represent the major event of the entire year.

Song Changming even killed hundreds of demons of all sizes by himself. This evaluation is not an exaggeration at all.

It was also thanks to his outstanding performance in the demon disaster that all the evaluations in his annual evaluation were quite positive.

In terms of martial arts cultivation, he had just recently broken through the third earth martial vein, and his innate cultivation had greatly increased, which also greatly raised his evaluation points.

In addition to mastering the third-grade Wind and Thunder God Technique, he also used his outstanding achievements in the military arsenal to exchange for a desired second-grade sword technique, which he also mastered.

Second-grade Thunder and Fire Sword Technique!

As the name suggests, it is a rare dual-element martial art of thunder and fire.

In terms of lethality, as long as one can master this sword technique, there is absolutely no doubt about it.

The reason why he chose this sword technique was naturally to give full play to his own advantages.

His Fire Dao Body and Thunder Dao Body, two major physical characteristics!
It can be said that it perfectly fits this sword technique, making the already extremely powerful sword technique two levels stronger!

This was what he had envisioned from the beginning.

With this high-grade sword technique, he has made up for his shortcomings in swordsmanship.

The subsequent annual rewards will still be to choose two out of four options.

He didn't need to think too much about this first reward selection.

It must be the 6,000+ lifespan reward.

Only by choosing this reward can he have extra lifespans to choose the second reward while having one life guaranteed.

His eyes rested on the second and third reward items on the panel.

Whether it is to gain new physique or upgrade old characteristics, he wants both opportunities.

The literal meaning of the new blue feature "Demon Killer" is not difficult to understand. After obtaining it, he will get extra help when he kills demons in the future.

To him, it is naturally very useful.

Whether it is his duties in the army or his practice of witchcraft, he is destined to frequently fight with the demons in the future.

As for upgrading the original characteristics, he can actually only upgrade his Qi Refiner, which is his last green-grade characteristic.

The other blue-grade features are not included in the optional range of this upgrade reward.

In fact, this 'Qi Refiner' was a feature he had wanted to upgrade for a long time.

The Qi Refiner can speed up the efficiency of his Qi Refining practice in the Innate Realm, which is equivalent to speeding up the process of opening his Innate Martial Meridians.

Now, Song Changming's physical training has made great progress. When facing a powerful opponent, it is often his innate cultivation that holds him back.

Therefore, from a long-term perspective, it is necessary to upgrade the characteristics of Qi Refiners.

"But it would be a pity to give up the new features." Song Changming weighed the pros and cons again and again.

Perhaps this year's summary evaluation is that it is a year of slaying demons and eliminating evil, so this new feature has come into being.

If he gave up, he might not be able to get this feature reward again in the future.

There is no such shop after passing this village.

However, the upgrade feature rewards have appeared more than once.

"After all, the life span is too short," Song Changming sighed.

If he could squander his life as he pleased, he wouldn't have such troubles.

But the accumulation of life span can only be increased slowly over time.

The longer he lives, the longer he will live.

After thinking for a moment, Song Changming chose this year's limited reward.

Demon Killer (Blue): A natural demon killer with a special physique for demon slayers. Any attack he makes will have an additional increase in the lethality against demons.

Every time you slay a demon, there is a certain chance that you will enter a state of boiling blood, which will allow you to continuously increase your combat power.

Looking at the new blue feature that appeared on the panel, the specific effect was almost what he expected, a characteristic physique specially provided for slaying demons.

However, the specific characteristics and effects can only be brought into play when he slays the monster again, and it is of little use on ordinary days.

After choosing his annual reward, Song Changming looked at his remaining life span.

More than thirty-eight thousand six hundred days.

It’s not bad. After deducting the cost of obtaining the new feature rewards, he still has an annual reward of one thousand, which is more than the number of lifespans he accumulates in a year.

"Come to think of it, when did I get involved in this incident?" Song Changming finally said, his eyes returning to the information in the annual summary.

There were no problems with anything else, except for the major event he participated in, the Phoenix Nirvana incident that day, which made him inexplicably confused.

Before this, he only remembered that the spreading demonic disaster was caused by a secret treasure called the Sky Phoenix Feather.

But after experiencing the entire demon disaster, he had never come into contact with the Phoenix Feather from beginning to end, and he had no idea what the Phoenix Nirvana meant.

He didn't understand why his involvement in this incident was recorded in the annual summary.

"Could it be because of the contact with that big demon buzzard?" Song Changming thought to himself.

There is indeed a story that says that it was the buzzard that stole the feather of the heavenly phoenix and was able to become a great monster.

But just contact with the buzzard, even if he was involved in this inexplicable incident, seems a bit far-fetched.

This event was too easy to trigger.

Song Changming couldn't figure it out, so he simply turned off the panel and stopped thinking about it for the time being.

After all, it’s been a year since the demon disaster happened, so there’s no point in thinking about it now.

Seeing that the little yellow chicken on the stone table had passed out from drunkenness, with its legs raised and its belly turned up, Song Changming picked up one of the chicken's paws and carried it into the house to rest.

The next morning, Song Changming, wearing the Liuyun armor that represented his status as a commander-in-chief, walked out of the courtyard without a helmet.

On the street outside the courtyard gate, a soldier also in military armor was leading two horses, waiting quietly.

Seeing Song Changming coming out, the soldiers immediately stepped forward and saluted respectfully.

"General!"

"Let's go to the fifth district." Song Changming nodded and jumped on his horse.

"Yes!" The soldiers followed immediately.

The soldier's name is Rong Jiang. He has an ordinary appearance and looks young. He has a heroic air, but he is actually over 40 years old.

Of course, among innate warriors, being in their forties is really nothing, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are young.

Currently, this person is beside Song Changming, serving as his personal guard.

Riding along the horse, they soon arrived at the outermost fifth district from the third district.

A martial arts training ground. Even before the morning dew has dispersed, the place is already crowded with people.

Today, the Cuiqi Army here is recruiting again, and the news has spread a long time ago.

Ever since the demon disaster, the Cuiqi Army has been recruiting soldiers almost every month for more than a year, and the frequency is the highest in the past few decades!

The purpose is to respond to King Cui's orders, restore military strength as soon as possible, and expand the number of troops.

"General!"

"General!"

"."With the arrival of Song Changming, the soldiers in charge of the martial arts field saluted him one after another.

This immediately attracted the attention of the soldiers gathered here.

"Who is he? He looks so young, how can he make all these soldiers salute him?"

"You are from another place, right? This general's armor can only be worn by the commander-in-chief of the army. Who do you think he is?"

"My Lord, my Lord, he looks about the same age as my child."

"Innate warriors always age slowly, so what's the big deal?"

"Yes, that's right."

Song Changming walked all the way to the martial arts arena as if no one was around. This martial arts arena was not unfamiliar to him.

When he was taking the military assessment, he took part in it here. In the end, with his excellent strength and demonstrated potential, he was successfully appreciated by Xing Tiexin.

Now that he has returned, he has become a leading general in the army, on par with Xing Tiexin!

"General."

A burly man with a face full of flesh and a black eye patch covering his left eye strode over and saluted to Song Changming.

His body was at least two meters and twenty-three centimeters tall, like a black bear, and the bloody energy emanating from his body was extremely intimidating.

This man's name is Feng Xingzhuo. He used to be a disciple of the Demon-Slaying Pavilion in the Jiuyou region, on the border of Yunzhou.

But a year ago, due to a great feud, the Demon-Slaying Pavilion was attacked by a tribe of demons led by a great demon, and 99% of the disciples in the pavilion died.

Feng Xingzhuo happened to be not in the pavilion at that time and escaped with his life, but was chased all the way by the demon tribe afterwards. When he wandered to Cuibai Road in Yunzhou, he almost lost his life again.

When his life was hanging by a thread, he was rescued by Song Changming who was out to kill monsters, and he survived.

Afterwards, Feng Xingzhuo recuperated alone in the main city of Cuibai for three months. All his other injuries were healed except his left eye, which was taken away and eaten by the monsters. There was no possibility of recovery.

After recovering from his injuries, he accidentally learned that the Cuiqi Army where Song Changming was was recruiting soldiers. With nowhere to go, he began to think of joining his savior.

In the end, although he lost his left eye, he was easily selected by virtue of his innate cultivation of opening three earth martial veins, and joined the team of new recruits formed by Song Changming as he wished.

He started as a centurion, and was promoted to deputy general by Song Changming in just half a year.

He was also Song Changming's first deputy general, and won Song Changming's initial trust with his performance.

To this day, Feng Xingzhuo is Song Changming's number one capable general.

For Song Changming's newly-started recruit team formed from scratch, it is not easy to get a talent of Feng Xingzhuo's level.

Even Xing Tiexin, when he met Feng Xingzhuo, exclaimed that Song Changming was very lucky to have recruited such a powerful general in less than a year.

You have to know that it took him more than ten years to train Fu Yuan from a husband to a deputy general!

It is not easy to find outstanding talents in the military, nor is it easy to cultivate them.

Therefore, after Song Changming took office as the new commander, he was happy for Song Changming on the one hand, but on the other hand, he was reluctant to let Song Changming leave.

After all, he was afraid that he would never have such an excellent deputy general as Song Changming again in his life.

And without Song Changming, the combat effectiveness of his troops plummeted almost instantly.

Return to the training ground.

"Everything is almost ready, let's get started." Song Changming glanced at the equipment and props that had been prepared in the martial arts arena and nodded.

"Okay." Feng Xingzhuo agreed, turned around and waved his hand.

The officers and soldiers under him all understood what he meant and began to take control of the situation and conduct today's recruitment assessment.

Civilian warriors began to enter one by one.

As in previous years, rounds of project screening began, and only those with outstanding performance would be retained.

"Ruan Shan, your strength is not up to standard, go back."

"Jiang Biqing, failed to dodge the arrow."

"Li Wang, your weapon proficiency is not up to standard."

"Next person."

As the soldiers announced the test results one by one, there were those who passed, but of course, there were still more people who failed.

Song Changming's selection criteria are stricter than those of most military units, so even fewer people can pass his selection.

Ordinary physical warriors have basically no chance unless they reach the ultimate level of cultivation, and even those who reach the ultimate level have a high elimination rate.

Of course, this is not absolute.

If a person is young and has good potential, Song Changming will make an exception and accept him. This is why he always takes time to be present when he recruits new soldiers.

This is to ensure that no fish slips away from his hands.

Although some fish are small, as long as they are given a development platform and opportunity, they have the potential to grow into whale sharks in the future.

"Let that person stay." Song Changming pointed at a young man who was about to be eliminated in the examination room and said to Feng Xingzhuo who was standing beside him.

Feng Xingzhuo glanced around with his one eye and it fell on the young man whose attainments in weapons were not up to standard.

"Is there anything special about him?" Feng Xingzhuo asked puzzledly.

"This person's physique and talent are pretty good, but his martial arts and swordsmanship are not up to par. This is only because he is young and lacks the guidance and inheritance of a famous teacher. Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that his comprehension and aptitude are not up to par.

However, just based on this potential talent, it is enough to give him a chance to start as a soldier." Song Changming said.

Feng Xingzhuo nodded and went to lead the people.

Song Changming rarely made exceptions to recruit people before, but it had happened before.

The new recruits who were admitted as an exception had a low starting point and were usually at the bottom of the army in terms of strength.

But as time went by, these people had a direction and soon gradually showed an extraordinary growth rate in the army, climbing up little by little, proving that Song Changming's vision was correct.

Therefore, Feng Xingzhuo was very convinced of Song Changming's vision and just did as he said.

Li Wang was wearing cloth clothes. He shook his head and sighed, feeling very disappointed that he could not join the army on this trip.

"I thought that even if I couldn't become a captain, being a soldier shouldn't be a problem. It seems that I thought this army was too simple."

Just as he was about to go back, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him, shrouding him in shadow.

"Uh, this..." Li Wang was shocked when he saw the huge figure in front of him that was like a wall.

He took a step back and saw who was coming. It was the general in charge of this conscription.

Feng Xingzhuo's size and aura were extremely oppressive and aggressive. Li Wang moved his throat slightly, but found that even the small action of swallowing saliva became extremely difficult.

Feng Xingzhuo frowned subconsciously when he saw the other party's embarrassed look.

His first impression of the young man was not a good one.

I always feel that not only is my strength weak, but even my mental willpower is lacking.

In his eyes, such a person is not the talent he wants no matter how he looks at it.

But Song Changming has a sharp eye and unique vision.

Moreover, Song Changming was the commander-in-chief of the army, and his position as deputy general was only to assist Song Changming. How could he have any different opinions?

He just followed orders.

"You have passed for the time being, but your strength is still very deficient, so the army needs to further examine you. Only when you fully meet the assessment standards in the future can you officially become a soldier in the army.

Do you accept this?"

(End of this chapter)