Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 140: Militia
Outside Xia County.

Tens of thousands of immortal cultivators set up camps for team training in accordance with the official arrangements of the Immortal Kingdom.

In a large and loose camp, several independent cultivators gathered together.

One of the men, a short man with sharp eyes, said to his companions:
"Do you know how Luan Ping, the squad leader of the 12th Regiment, is doing?"

"Tell me quickly, was it chopped off?"

“He wasn’t chopped down. I heard that the head of the Luan family spent a lot of spirit stones to smooth things over and only then was he spared the death penalty.

However, not only did he lose his position as captain, he was also hung up and beaten. It is said that his skin was torn and he was almost beaten to death. "

"Big Black Bull is the young patriarch of the Luan family after all. Is this all he did just because he spoke up for justice?"

“Don’t you understand yet?
In our Xia County, except for the Yi family of Zijin Mountain, the other aristocratic families, although they are called aristocratic families, are actually not much different from us independent cultivators.

Not to mention that the general of the Xia County militia is the ancestor of the Yi family, the commanders of the thirty-six regiments are all members of the Yi family. The heads of other families can only be captains.

If Big Black Bull offended other people, it might be just a small matter, but if he offended someone from the Yi family, it would no longer be a small matter.

In our militia, those in charge of rewards and punishments are all from the Yi family. If the Yi family had an immortal official in Xia County, the immortal official serving as the military supervisor might also have the surname Yi.

But even if the military supervisor is not a member of the Yi family, he will not care about the affairs of the Yi family at all.

We should be careful with our words. If we offend the Yi family, they won’t have to target us secretly, they can just use military law to kill us. Our family doesn’t have any spirit stones to save us.”

“Before I came here, I was full of enthusiasm, but after the training camp started, my enthusiasm gradually cooled down.

The three elite groups of the Yi family are trained in ground-moving boats, armored vehicles, and various sophisticated war instruments.

The twenty ordinary regiments were trained in the coordination of flying sword formations.

Our last thirteen regiments are training their formations and practicing their magic!
Because most of us, the most miserable independent cultivators, can’t even afford to buy magical instruments.

One battalion of the Elite Regiment could probably easily wipe out our Thirteen Cannon Fodder Regiment.

It’s too dark.”

"Be content, this is the reality. If our descendants want to turn things around, they can only do so by becoming an aristocratic family.

As powerful as the Yi family is, they only made their fortune by relying on a second-level spiritual vein.

In just one hundred and fifty years, the Yi family had one fifth-tier spiritual vein and five third-tier spiritual veins.

We encountered an opportunity underground, but we may not become the new Yi family in the future."

"Forget about it. The Yi family of Purple Mountain is not only a legend in Pingyuan County, but also a true legend in the entire Qingzhou. Who wouldn't want to replicate the story of the Yi family's rise? But no one has been able to do it so far.

Because the Yi family ancestor gave birth to five spiritual children, which is not something that ordinary people can do."

"I heard that one of the five geniuses of the Yi family has left the Yi family in Zijin Mountain and started working on his own."

Xia County seat.

The spacious hall was filled with people.

The people here are the backbone of the Xia County militia.

Many of the people present were very familiar with each other.

It’s not possible not to be familiar with them, because most of them are from the Yi family.

Sitting on the main seat were three immortal officials.

They are Quan Sanbao, Jiang Jianyuan, and Zuo Jixian.

The three of them were also communicating using their spiritual consciousness.

"Yi Dong is really too arrogant. He became the general of the Xia County militia, but half a year has passed and he has not appeared in Xia County once."

"It is said that he is trying to send people to Pingyuan County and Zhoucheng to find connections, hoping to shirk this appointment and let his Taoist partner Dongfanghong become the general."

“This is totally impossible. Although he has been suppressing his cultivation and even gave up the position of the head of the family, the Immortal Kingdom has records of all places. No matter how low-key he is, he can’t hide it. What’s more, the Yi family is not low-key in Xia County.

This person is already a Qi Refining King. Even if he leaves Purple Gold Mountain, ordinary Golden Cores cannot kill him. I really don’t know what he is afraid of.”

“This person’s personality is like this. After arriving in Xia County, he basically never leaves Purple Mountain.

Moreover, he might also know that many noble families in Pingyuan County did not have a good impression of the Yi family of Zijin Mountain, and it was possible that many of them wanted to secretly kill him.

After all, no one wants Pingyuan County to become a larger Xia County."

After these words were spoken, the three of them fell silent.

In addition to their achievements in governing the people, the assessment of their immortal officials also includes an important but secret assessment task, which is the suppression of the aristocratic families under their rule.

Originally, their suppression of the original seven major families in Xia County was a very notable achievement.

However, the rapid rise of the Yi family made them not only unsuccessful but also made them suffer mistakes.

Because the officials of the Immortal Kingdom would rather have multiple families in one region check and balance each other than have one family dominate.

Originally, it was not a big mistake for them to help the Yi family upgrade their spiritual vein to the third level.

However, not only did the Yi family quickly acquire a fifth-level spiritual vein, they also recently added four third-level spiritual veins.

The nature of the actions of Quan Sanbao and the other two changed. They had become desperate for promotion.

Now if they are asked to suppress the Yi family, let alone whether they can do it, first of all, they do not have the courage to do so.

They also have families.

If they suppress the Yi family, what will happen if Yi Dong's children, who have become immortal officials, use their connections to cause trouble for their family?
The three of them were just ordinary graduates of the superior Taoist academy, and it would be good enough for them to be promoted to the seventh level of human immortal in their lifetime.

As for Yi Dong's five children, none of them held official positions lower than the third rank of human immortals at the beginning, and one of them was even directly at the level of earthly immortals.

No matter whether that earthly immortal has a real job or not, once he crosses a major level, the level he can access is different from that of a human immortal.

It's easy to deal with their family.

The eight political regimes of the Immortal Kingdom take turns in power. There are many idle immortal officials, and they don't want to be one of them.

This is why they have to transmit Yi Dong's words even if they are talking about him in private. "He won't not come, will he?
Pingyuan County has issued several assembly orders, if the time limit is exceeded."

"Not really. No matter how arrogant Yi Dong is, he should understand the consequences of violating military orders."

At this moment, Quan Sanbao took out the communication panel, took a look, and said helplessly:

"He's here, though."

"what happened?"

"Forget it, you'll know when he comes."

The people below also received the news one after another, and suddenly, the scene became quiet.

Although some of the people present were not from the Yi family, after most of the Yi family members had quieted down, they naturally did not dare to act out of the ordinary.

Moreover, they also knew that the person who was coming was the militia’s general, the ancestor of the Yi family, and the underground ruler of Xia County.

Followed by the sound of orderly footsteps.

All people saw were a group of bald heads shining in the sun.

A large group of bald men stopped outside the hall, and only eighteen particularly tall bald men surrounded a young man of medium build, ordinary face and dark skin and walked into the hall.

"Ancestor!"

"General!"

Everyone present, whether they were members of the Yi family or not, stood up and saluted Yi Dong.

No matter how the people present felt about Yi Dong, they would not dare to deny Yi Dong's face in public. If this happened, Yi Dong would not even need to say a word, as someone might find a false charge and execute him by military law.

Yi Dong nodded slightly.

He walked to a seat next to Quan Sanbao and the other two and sat down, with the Eighteen Arhats on his left and right behind him.

In fact, the general is not an official position in the fairyland, but just a temporary title.

Now, in Qingzhou, each county has a general, and each prefecture has a marshal, but these positions are not recorded in the register of immortal officials in the immortal kingdom at all.

Logically speaking, General Yi Dong still has to obey the military supervision of the three immortal officials Quan Sanbao, and his status is lower than theirs.

However, the people present did not think there was anything wrong with Yi Dong being on an equal footing with the other three.

Even Quan Sanbao and the other two did not show any dissatisfaction because of this.

"Friend Yi, we meet again."

Quan Sanbao was all smiles and behaved very kindly.

Jiang Jianyuan and the other person also greeted Yi Dong with a smile.

Yi Dong also nodded.

These three people did a good job in Xia County. At least, they did not do anything to embarrass Yi Dong, and they pretended not to know about the Yi family selling the Bu Tian Dan.

Different from the enthusiasm shown by Quan Sanbao, Jiang Jianyuan and the others maintained their smiles but kept looking at the bald heads behind Yi Dong from time to time.

The bald Buddhist monk is no stranger to the three Quan Sanbaos.

Because the second group is basically composed of Buddhist practitioners from the Yi family.

However, these eighteen bald Buddhist practitioners or those outside the hall are not ordinary Buddhist practitioners.

The three of them have already discovered through the county's formation that these bald men are puppets.

But at this moment, Jiang Jianyuan and the others couldn't help but look at these bald heads.

It’s because these bald guys don’t behave like puppets at all.

Of course, what attracted Jiang Jianyuan and the others the most was not the humane behavior displayed by the puppets, but the fact that the formation detected their strength level. The eighteen puppets in the lead were all at the Nascent Soul stage.

Maybe the puppet is not as good as a real Nascent Soul cultivator, but this is also amazing.

Because, on the surface, the strongest fighting force in this underground attack is the Nascent Soul.

The Heavenly Dao Golden Elixir that I am practicing now is just the fighting power of Nascent Soul.

Quan Sanbao and his two companions have completed the Heavenly Dao Foundation Building one after another. Without relying on formations, their strength is only about the same as that of ancient cultivators in the late Jindan stage. They cannot even beat those in the late Jindan stage above the seventh turn.

The three of them felt somewhat uncomfortable in front of these eighteen Nascent Soul-level puppets.

Below, not only were there people from other aristocratic families and independent cultivators in Xia County, but even many of the Yi family's children were seeing Yi Dong for the first time.

The legend of Yi Dong is well known in Xia County. Many people have many outrageous speculations about what this legendary man Yi Dong looks like.

However, at this moment, seeing Yi Dong's unremarkable appearance, they couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. This did not meet their expectations of the legend.

Yi Dong looked at the people below.

The seven independent cultivators in particular attracted Yi Dong's attention.

Each of these seven people graduated from an intermediate Taoist academy and have not yet converted to ancient cultivation.

In Xia County, they are even more famous than those thirty-five aristocratic families.

The Taoist academy started recruiting students on a large scale only after Yi Dong dropped out of school, and the current cultivators are all relatively young.

The attitudes shown by these seven modern cultivators made Yi Dong slightly satisfied.

These seven people have rather special positions in the militia because they are the main force in logistical production.

He considered himself not a generous person. If someone dared to embarrass him in person, he would not hesitate but would chop him to death on the spot using his authority as a general.

Fortunately, most people know what's happening.

He nodded slightly to the person who was issuing the order.

Then, Yi Dong didn't bother to say any trash talk to boost morale.
"lets go!"

(End of this chapter)