Changsheng: My experience in patrolling the liver

Chapter 396 Be the Only One! (Two in One)

Core urban area, Zhao Mansion.

"Hu Zhong did not agree." A member of the Zhao clan reported.

"It's not surprising." The clan elder Zhao Butong said lightly with his eyes narrowed, leaning on a cane.

"It was just a small test, but didn't Hu Zong give in at all?"

"Hu Zhong has put Jing Zhuo's name on the list of candidates for the commander-in-chief position." A member of the Zhao clan said immediately.

"Forget it. It depends on whether Jing Zhuo can fight for his goal." Another elder, Zhao Xinlei, said with his eyes closed.

"I heard that he has been in seclusion recently. Is there any chance of a breakthrough?" Zhao Butong suddenly asked.

The Zhao family patriarch nodded and said, "Before Jing Zhuo went into seclusion, I asked him about it. He has about a 30% chance of opening the last Tianwu Meridian."

"Thirty percent, that's quite a lot," Zhao Butong nodded.

"Alas, if Jingtian were still alive, there wouldn't be so many things." Zhao Lie suddenly snorted coldly.

It is not known whether he was dissatisfied with the unauthorized death of the 19th Army Commander Zhao Jingtian, or he was dissatisfied with the military's attitude towards the Zhao family.

In fact, the Zhao family has not had a smooth life in recent years. The family's strength, prestige, and influence have all declined significantly.

Even if they don't want to admit it in their hearts, all signs indicate that the family is on the decline.

Under such circumstances, the death of Zhao Jingtian, an important member of the clan, was undoubtedly adding insult to injury and was very upsetting.

"Go and check on Jingtian's situation. If he needs anything, the clan will fully support him." After Zhao Butong stood up and said this, he walked away with his crutches, not wanting to stay any longer.

The other elders also left one after another.

"Boqi, now that things have come to this, it is better to make mistakes than to do nothing. You are the current head of the family. You should see the current situation clearly and make your own judgment. I didn't let you become the head of the family to let you accomplish nothing."

Before Zhao Xinlei left, he paused, then suddenly spoke without turning his head.

Zhao Boqi, who was standing behind him, changed his expression slightly when he heard this. He finally bowed in agreement and did not dare to argue any further.

He knew the Zhao family's current predicament, but knowing is one thing, but breaking through the predicament is much easier said than done.
Zhao Boqi's thoughts were in turmoil, and no one knew what he was thinking about.

After a few more days, the news about the election for the commander-in-chief position had not spread in the army.

This is also because the military did not make the matter public. Right now the battle with the demon clan is intense, and they do not want the soldiers to be distracted by this matter.

Only those above the level of generals have gained some vague knowledge.

In fact, even those who were selected, such as Song Changming and Yang Zhen, did not know who was on the waiting list.

If you don’t know your opponent, you can only guess.

Don’t mention it, Yang Zhen actually guessed some of the people.

In fact, as long as one has sufficient knowledge of the various military forces and is well-informed about the military news, everyone will have some candidates in mind and believe that they are qualified to be the commander-in-chief.

All I can say is that in the military, strong strength does not necessarily mean high prestige, but high prestige must mean strong strength!

Song Changming was not as concerned about this matter as Yang Zhen. He continued his daily training and guarding the defense line as usual.

He would patrol from time to time, and occasionally take the initiative to attack, killing a few small groups of monsters and collecting their blood for sacrifice.

When he had free time, he would study other things, and soon he forgot about this matter because of his fulfilling life.

this day.

In the third urban area, the talisman array was activated by Ah Da and turned into a layer of transparent light film, blocking the inside and outside.

No matter how loud the noise in the yard is, it won't be heard outside.

In the courtyard, there is a triangular bronze tripod that is as tall as a person, which looks like a flat and fat gourd.

If someone knows about it, they will definitely be able to tell that this is a medicine cauldron, the most important instrument for alchemy.

At this moment, there was a fire at the bottom of the furnace, the fire temperature was boiling, and all the heat was sealed in the cauldron without leaking out.

Song Changming was practicing the alchemy skills he had learned.

In his panel, the green-grade alchemist attribute was glowing.

Su Qingqing on the side looked at the changes in the flame of the medicine cauldron with curiosity.

She could not have imagined that during the years she was away, the young master not only learned the art of talismans, but also mastered the art of alchemy!
I just feel that there is really nothing in the world that can stump my young master.

What is an all-rounder? Someone like her son is an all-rounder!

They waited like this for another three hours, from morning to afternoon, before the fire was finally extinguished.

"Open the cauldron!" After another night, the next day, Song Changming gave the order.

Ah Er on the side quickly stretched out his arms and lifted the lid of the tripod.

At this time, there was no heat left in the cauldron, only the cool medicinal fragrance remained, which soon filled the entire yard, making people feel relaxed and happy.

"It smells so good." Su Qingqing's nose twitched slightly, and her eyes sparkled.

I think this batch of pills is probably ready.

Song Changming raised his hand and was surrounded by the inner Qi. The pills formed in the cauldron flew out in rows.

Each one is smaller than a quail egg, with a round surface and yellowish brown color.

Seeing the pill appear proved that the alchemy of the past two days was indeed successful, and the whole furnace of good medicinal materials was not wasted.

"After nine failures, it's time to succeed once," Song Changming shook his head and said with a smile.

This was not the first time Song Changming had tried to make elixirs. Over the past few years, he had tried nine times, all of which ended in failure.

It was not until these two days when he had some free time that he decided to refine it again. Having learned from his previous nine failures, he finally succeeded in refining his first batch of pills in his life.

At this point, if anyone asked, he could say that he was a real alchemist.

Although it is only the lowest level of a first-class alchemist
"A total of twenty-nine, sir." Ah Er put away the pills and said after counting them.

Upon hearing this, Song Changming took the pills and looked at them one by one.

This time he refined a first-grade dehumidifying pill.

It is a very common and ordinary elixir with unremarkable effect. It is used to remove moisture from the body.

Song Changming chose this elixir for his first attempt because he was attracted by the fact that it was not difficult to refine.

Refining twenty-nine pills at a time may seem like a large number, but compared with the amount of medicinal materials used, too much essence is wasted and the medicinal material loss rate is too high.

Normally, a furnace of Dehumidifying Pills would produce between fifty and seventy-five finished products, which was considered to be of excellent quality.

Between forty and fifty pieces are considered acceptable.

In comparison, Song Changming's furnace of twenty-nine finished anti-dampness pills was naturally less.

Moreover, the quality of these twenty-nine pills varies.

The top-grade, or finest, elixirs are virtually non-existent at first glance, and even the mid-grade ones have only a few, three or five. The rest are all inferior, low-grade pills with average efficacy.

From this point of view, it is hard to say that this furnace of alchemy is a great success. If it is sold on consignment, it may not even be able to recover the cost of the medicinal materials.

But as Song Changming was a novice alchemy apprentice, it was natural that he could not set his standards too high.

In fact, compared with other novice alchemists, the results of his first batch of pills were already quite good.

Most people succeeded in refining 10 or 8 finished pills for the first time, and some even succeeded in refining only one or two finished pills, which was considered a dark history. Compared with them, Song Changming was one of the best.

On the one hand, this was due to the experience of the previous nine failures, and on the other hand, his alchemist characteristics came into play.

In fact, if Song Changming didn't have this characteristic, he wouldn't have the idea of ​​refining pills.

Now he suddenly felt that refining elixirs was quite interesting.

The feeling of opening the medicine cauldron and discovering that I have gained a lot is no less than the sense of accomplishment I get when I break through in my cultivation.

"This can become a good hobby in the future," Song Changming thought to himself as he watched Ah Er packaging the finished pills.

It's just that this hobby is a bit expensive, but there's nothing special about it.

In fact, if this hobby is cultivated well, it will be of great help to his practice.

Just like the Earth Core Fire Milk he had taken before, if it could be used as medicine to make pills and then taken, the medicinal effect would definitely be much better than swallowing that drop of Earth Core Fire Milk raw.

There is also the Great Demon Heart Core that has not yet been fully refined.
The proper combination and integration of precious medicinal materials can often stimulate greater and even more incredible new effects, which is also the original meaning of alchemy.

Of course, Song Changming is not yet qualified to refine precious medicinal materials. Like the art of talismans, the art of alchemy also requires a long time to accumulate and grow.

"Sir, do you want to give these pills to the butler to sell?" Ah Er asked with a naive look on his face.

In the past, including the art of talismans, some of Song Changming's results of practice, if they were of no use to himself, he would give them to Song Ping'an to sell, so that he could recoup some of the costs.

"This is the first time you have successfully refined an elixir. Keep it. It is very meaningful, sir." When Su Qingqing heard that someone was going to sell it, she immediately stopped him.

"Or, I'll keep it for you, sir."

After hearing this, Song Changming let Su Qingqing take the pills.

Seeing how Su Qingqing carefully protected and preserved it, I couldn't help but laugh.

However, the first-level anti-dampness pill is made to be as important as some kind of panacea.

"Humph, young master just doesn't understand. Some key items can carry memories of the past. If you want to reminisce about the past and want to return to the present, this is the best key to unlock the dusty memories."

Su Qingqing muttered softly, collected the twenty-nine pills, and put them into her Qiankun Ring.

This Qiankun ring of hers was not given by Song Changming, but by her mother. It was of quite good quality and the space inside was even larger than the one in Song Changming's hand.

Mid-April.

On this day, Song Changming received news from the military headquarters that the position of commander of the 19th Army was about to be finalized.

This time point was much later than Song Changming expected.

I thought that since the military was anxious to rebuild the legion, this matter should have a result as soon as possible.

Who knew it would be delayed from March to April.

In fact, the military really wanted to put this matter on the agenda as soon as possible, but the demons outside were restless.

It is not easy to gather all the candidates on the list.

Until recently, the demons in Cuibai Road were either killed or restrained for some other reason, and the military finally had the energy to gather everyone together to get this done.

In fact, it is not necessary to have such a competition, but Hu Zhong wants to eliminate the candidates in this way and shut up all the aristocratic families.

There is no favoritism or fraud, no behind-the-scenes manipulation; everything just depends on who is strong and who is weak.

This time, the strongest one will serve as the new commander-in-chief, and the others are secondary!
Outside the main city, seventy miles away, in an empty valley, two figures flew over.

"This must be it." Yang Zhen couldn't help but say as he looked at the vast valley below where few people had ever been.

"Since we saw the valley, it must be correct." Song Changming nodded.

There are mostly barren rocks in the valley, but not many plants.

Stone peaks like pillars stand upright in the valley.

Song Changming and Yang Zhen stood on two of the nearest stone peaks.

There was no one around, and I didn't expect that they were the first two to arrive.

The military had previously sent them the address and direction, stating that it was a rocky valley.

Today, they will compete for the position of commander-in-chief here.

It can be seen that the military did not want to make a big fuss this time, so the place chosen was known to only a group of people related to today.

Soon, the two did not have to wait too long before people came from a distance.

"Huh, you're here earlier than me." A man wearing the same armor appeared here and looked at Song Changming and Yang Zhen.

He followed suit and stood on another straight rock peak.

Song Changming and the other man also looked at this man.

Yang Zhen quickly recognized the other party's identity and bowed first, saying, "So you are Banner Master Liao. I have heard of your great name for a long time."

"Who are you?" Liao Junmao asked when he saw that the other party knew him.

He really didn't know Yang Zhen.

The entire military has a total of forty-eight green flag armies, which are huge in scale and have many soldiers. Even if they are just small flag masters, each guarding a different area, it is normal for them not to know each other.

Moreover, if one does not have sufficient prestige in the army, it will be difficult for the other party to remember him even if they meet.

Yang Zhen was not annoyed by this, he just smiled and said: "I am Yang Zhen from the 41st Army, this is Song Changming."

When the name was mentioned, Liao Junmao had a vague impression of Yang Zhen, but when Yang Zhen introduced Song Changming, his expression suddenly changed.

"Song Changming? So you are the Song Changming!"

"I've heard a lot about you." Song Changming responded casually.

In terms of reputation, Song Changming's reputation in the army is much more famous than Yang Zhen's.

Liao Junmao didn't remember Yang Zhen, but he could not forget the name Song Changming.

The beheading of the Zhao clan elder was a groundbreaking event, and few people knew about it.

Song Changming's reputation also spread at that time.

"I have really heard of your great name for a long time. I have admired Brother Song for what he did back then." Liao Junmao said with a bow.

"It's just that I have no choice." Song Changming also knew what the other party mentioned. He shook his head and didn't intend to say anything more, nor was he proud of it.

Liao Junmao wanted to say something, but suddenly two people came from a distance and landed on other stone peaks, interrupting their conversation.

When Liao Junmao saw the familiar face, he immediately perked up.

"Brother Dou, Brother Wen, I think I can see you both in such an occasion today."

The two men looked quite cold, and did not greet with a smile like Liao Junmao. They just nodded without saying much, silently waiting for someone from the military to come.

Song Changming looked over and saw that everyone was unfamiliar and he didn't recognize any of them, so he lost interest in greeting them.

I think they should be the candidates for the marshal position on the list, and his opponents in the competition for the position of marshal this time.

No matter who the opponent is, he can only get the position of leader and be the only one if he defeats everyone here!

(End of this chapter)