After a hundred years of ringing the bell, I became the ancestor of the sect

Chapter 94 The Secret of the Martial Arts Corps (Subscription Request)
Divine Sword Hall.

A dozen or so peak masters and elders who stayed behind gathered together, mainly to discuss the upcoming recruitment plan for new inner disciples.

Since the Divine Sword Sect has suffered a lot of losses in the war to suppress the rebellion over the past year, it is necessary to expand the original number of recruits.

In fact, the standards for the entrance examination were lowered last year, and more inner disciples were recruited.

"Master, I think we need to at least double the number of students this time."

Xuanyang Peak Master Murong Hai said.

He was promoted from a true disciple to a peak master only after the Yujing Rebellion.

"If the number increases, the cultivation resources may be insufficient."

Some elders also expressed their concerns.

In order to support the Night King's Mansion in suppressing the rebellion, a large amount of cultivation resources of the Divine Sword Sect were sent to the front line, resulting in a reduction in the resource supply within the sect.

Once the number of new inner disciples is doubled, there will definitely be an impact.

"How much resources can new inner disciples consume? We just need to save a little. The new inner disciples we recruit are the foundation of our Divine Sword Sect. We must expand the recruitment this time, and we must also expand the scope of recruitment and increase the proportion of civilian children."

A senior elder couldn't help but say.

There are three main sources for recruiting inner disciples. One is warriors above the innate level, who all have recommendation quotas. Even if their qualifications are slightly worse, they can become inner disciples.

Secondly, the martial arts forces established by the inner disciples of Shenjian Sect after leaving the sect would choose to send their outstanding disciples to Shenjian Sect.

The third group is the children of common people.

The latter two must participate in strict assessments.

But the second group mostly have a foundation in martial arts, and their advantage is more obvious.

It is not easy for children of common people to stand out with the same aptitude and talent. Even if they become inner disciples, they will often be left behind by other disciples.

Unless one has a real talent and excellent comprehension.
Because of this, more than 80% of the Shenjian Sect’s innate-level warriors and above come from the first two sources.

Less than 20% of the masters come from ordinary families.

This situation becomes even more obvious at the elder level and above.

The senior elder who was speaking in front of him was himself born into a commoner family.

He has always advocated increasing the proportion of children from ordinary people.

However, due to his low status, his ideas have never been recognized by the sect.

He felt this was a good opportunity.

After all, the Divine Sword Sect suffered a lot of losses. The first two sources are basically fixed. No matter how many more people are recruited, it will only lower the recruitment standards.

It would be different if the proportion of civilians was increased.

The civilian population is very large.

As long as the Divine Sword Sect takes the initiative to go to the villages and towns below to conduct recruitment and publicity, it will definitely be able to find a group of good martial arts talents.

"What do you think of Elder Huang's suggestion?"

Sect leader Feng Shaoyu looked at the others.

In fact, he quite agrees with Elder Huang's suggestions, and has been actively promoting them during the years he has been the sect leader.

But the resistance is quite great.

"I agree with Elder Huang's approach."

Another elder spoke up, "If we significantly lower the entry standards for inner disciples during expansion, it will only waste resources and will not bring any effect to the sect's strength."

Seeing that everyone else was silent, Sect Master Feng Shaoyu immediately made the decision: "Since everyone has no objection, then it's settled."

When Elder Huang saw this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, most of the peak masters and powerful elders are outside, and the timing is right, otherwise it would be difficult to pass this expansion plan.

At this time, a man walked in from outside. He was Lei Zhao, the disciple of the sect leader Feng Shaoyu.

"Master, Mr. Mo from the Night Palace is here."

Lei Zhao said quickly.

"Please ask Mr. Mo to come in immediately."

Sect leader Feng Shaoyu said hurriedly.

This Mr. Mo is an aide to the Night Palace. He has been staying in the Divine Sword Sect and is responsible for communication on various important matters between the Night Palace and the Divine Sword Sect.

Not long after, a thin old man with a goatee walked in, giving people a sense of shrewdness and wisdom.

"Mr. Mo."

Sect leader Feng Shaoyu stepped forward to greet them.

"Master Feng, the war on the front line is intense. The Night King's martial arts corps suffered heavy losses. After His Royal Highness the Night King reported to the court, he received an order to expand the martial arts corps. Your Divine Sword Sect is allowed to temporarily prepare a martial arts corps of about 10,000 people. The Night King's Palace will send a general to lead the training temporarily, and then disband it after the war."

Mr. Mo spoke.

Sect leader Feng Shaoyu was stunned at first, then he bowed and said, "Mr. Mo, I will prepare the martial arts corps right away."

Preparing a martial arts corps has both advantages and disadvantages for the Divine Sword Sect.

Under normal circumstances, the imperial court strictly restricts local kings and martial arts sects from forming martial arts legions.

Once such a situation is discovered, it will be regarded as rebellion.

Similar situations have occurred in Dachang's history, and the final result was always that the rebellion was wiped out.

In addition, forming a martial arts corps is not just about having people. The specific training method is the most critical, which involves the most critical battle formation.

Without a battle formation, the so-called martial arts army is a joke and cannot exert any combat power at all.

It's a nice sunny day today.

The sun is shining and the breeze is blowing on my body, it feels very comfortable.

Li Qian was holding the booklet given by Elder Gu and reading it.

He has watched it many times.

There are many things that require careful consideration before one can understand them.

"The demonic text is derived from the demon's understanding of nature, so this kind of text is not a simple symbolic form, but requires in-depth visualization and understanding to decompose the Dao pattern from it."

Li Qian muttered to himself.

He closed his eyes and carefully visualized a strange text in his mind, but after a long while, there was no response.

His heart moved, and immediately the shadow of the Chen Bell in his mind vibrated slightly, and a clear bell sound came out.

Boom!
Li Qian only felt a shock in his spirit, and a strange scene appeared. The visualized demonic text actually began to twist and disintegrate automatically, as if it was undergoing reorganization, and finally turned into a complex and mysterious picture composed of many patterns.

Li Qian was extremely surprised.

I didn't expect that the sound of the Chen Bell would also be helpful in deciphering the demon text.

So he began to comprehend this picture.

After a long time, he opened his eyes and let out a long breath. This was the first time he recognized such complex and profound words.

No one knows how this weird writing was created.

If this kind of writing was really created by a demon, was it the demon in the legend that feeds on humans?
Suddenly, Li Qian heard the sound of an eagle crying, and he quickly looked up.

I saw Xiao Hei circling in the air, diving from time to time, as if driving something.

"You evil beast, you dare to shit on my head, do you believe I will shoot you down?"

A carefree voice sounded.

Soon, Pang Bai, with a shiny bald head, came up cursing.

The black eagle just now actually shit on his head.

Tolerable or unbearable.

If the black eagle had not been taken by someone, he would have definitely shot it down with a sword and roasted it for food. "Brother Pang, why get angry with a bird?"

Li Qian said with a smile.

"Junior Brother Li, you really taught this bird bad things."

Pang Bai said with a pursed mouth.

"I didn't teach him that. Maybe he holds a grudge because you plucked its feathers last time."

Li Qian chuckled.

Pang Bai touched his nose and changed the subject, "Junior Brother Li, I heard that the sect is going to form a martial arts corps, are you planning to join?"

"Establish a martial arts corps?"

Li Qian was surprised. "Didn't the imperial court forbid it?"

He had also heard rumors about the Martial Arts Corps, which was said to be very powerful.

"I heard that it was an order from the imperial court. Junior Brother Li, this is a good opportunity. I heard that in the martial arts corps, comprehending the martial arts will have miraculous effects."

Pang Bai said quickly.

"Who did you listen to?"

Li Qian asked.

"That's what it is."

Pang Bai said, "Junior Brother Li, do you know which force of the celestial beings in Dachang is the most powerful?"

"Of course they are from the royal family."

Li Qian said.

"Then do you know why?"

Pang Bai said with a blink of his eyes.

"The royal family controls all the resources and talents in the world, so it's not surprising that they have cultivated many geniuses."

Li Qian said.

"No, this is only one of the reasons. There is another very important reason, which is that the martial arts army can reduce the difficulty for top grandmasters to break through to the heavenly being. It is said that the royal family has 28 martial arts army groups, each with a heavenly being as the commander. They are the strongest force of the royal family to suppress the world. Even if a heavenly being is trapped in the siege of such a martial arts army, it is a matter of life and death."

Pang Bai said: "The court strictly prohibits local kings and sects from forming martial arts corps. In addition to the fact that the martial arts corps themselves are very strong, it is mainly to prevent local forces from giving birth to more celestial beings."

"I see."

Li Qian looked surprised, as he had never known about this aspect.

"Junior Brother Li, think about it, even the celestial beings can use the martial arts army to break through. It will definitely be of great benefit for us to use the martial arts army to comprehend the martial arts."

Pang Bai said.

His current comprehension of sword intent is too slow.

When will it be possible to break through to the illusion level?

If you don’t enter the illusion, you can’t even think about becoming a master.

In comparison, improving your cultivation would be relatively simpler.

Many of the innate warriors of the Divine Sword Sect are stuck at the sword intent level and are unable to enter the realm of grandmaster.

Now that the Divine Sword Sect is establishing a martial arts corps, he thinks this is a good opportunity.

Of course, joining the martial arts corps is also very dangerous.

After the martial arts corps completes its training, they will definitely go to the battlefield.

In the fight between martial arts armies, the individual's ability to exert martial arts would be greatly restricted and everything would be out of one's control.

How can you improve your strength if you don’t try hard?

"Forget it. There are too many rules in the martial arts army. They are not suitable for me."

Li Qian shook his head.

In order to comprehend the sword intent, he relied on Chen Zhong and Jian Shiba.

What's more, he already has the sword intent of the True Image level.

"Hey, you didn't seize such a good opportunity. I don't know what to say to you."

Pang Bai was helpless.

"Brother Pang, I wish you a breakthrough in sword intent soon."

Li Qian smiled.

"Hehe, that's a must. Don't be envious when the time comes. My goal is to become an elder at the age of 40, and a powerful elder at the age of 60."

Pang Bai touched his shiny bald head and said, "I won't talk to you anymore. If I stay here with you for a while longer, I feel like I will become decadent."

After saying this, he went straight down the mountain.

After watching Pang Bai leave, Li Qian sat down again and continued to read the booklet given by Elder Gu.

After Master Zhou Buping came back from the inner sect, he mentioned, "Master, the Divine Sword Sect suddenly wants to form a martial arts corps. Is it because the war is tight? Otherwise, why would the royal family allow it?"

"I guess it's not just because the war in Yecheng has not made any progress for a long time. It's also possible that the rebellion in other places has caused big problems, so the royal family had to give up power in the formation of the martial arts army."

Zhou Buping said.

This was the conclusion reached by everyone in the Divine Sword Hall after previous discussions.

Although after the martial arts corps was formed, it was temporarily led by the Night Palace. But the problem is that the Night Palace is also one of the kings and it already commands a powerful martial arts corps. If it expands the martial arts corps now, isn't the royal family afraid that the power of the Night Palace will expand?

"Master, is the Martial Arts Corps really helpful in achieving a breakthrough to heaven?"

Li Qian asked curiously.

"This is natural."

Zhou Buping nodded: "Li Qian, don't you want to join the martial arts corps?"

"No, my understanding of the sword intent went smoothly and I didn't need any external help."

Li Qian shook his head and said.

"Well, that's good. Using the Martial Arts Corps to comprehend the Martial Will has both advantages and disadvantages. For those who have reached a stagnation in comprehending the Martial Will, the effect will be very obvious, but the disadvantage is that in the Martial Arts Corps, due to the difference in strength, there will be a situation where the Martial Will of the upper and lower levels will be affected by the Martial Will of the upper level, thus causing assimilation. Even if you leave the Martial Arts Corps in the future, it will be difficult to get rid of this influence. Therefore, the biggest beneficiary of the Martial Arts Corps is actually the Corps Commander."

Zhou Buping nodded.

Naturally, he did not want his disciples to join the martial arts corps. Maybe it would be beneficial in the short term, but in the long run, it would definitely be a bad thing.

"Master, if our Divine Sword Sect forms a martial arts corps, won't that give rise to new celestial beings?"

Li Qian asked.

"How is it possible that the martial arts corps formed this time will be temporarily led by someone sent by the Night Palace? We in the Divine Sword Sect don't have this opportunity at all."

Zhou Buping shook his head and said.

"Then wouldn't our Divine Sword Sect be the one that suffers the most?"

Li Qian frowned.

Handing over the martial arts corps to the Night King's Palace for command is equivalent to training celestial beings for the Night King's Palace.

"Yeah, but there's nothing we can do about it."

Zhou Buping sighed.

It’s because the Divine Sword Sect is not strong that it has no control in such a war.

However, as long as the rebellion is successfully suppressed, the royal family will definitely give the Divine Sword Sect a lot of benefits.

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