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"There are so many heroes in the world!"

Geng Xuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart once again.

And just recently, because of a "physiognomy technique", Geng Xuan had a similar thought in his mind.

Before this, Geng Xuan had only read a few fragmentary essays about the military genius Han Bai in "Cold Window Chats".

For example, this one records that he realized the "magic art of selecting soldiers" and regretted that his death caused this magic art to be lost in history. The author even lamented that if this magic art had been passed down, Jiuzhou would not have been in conflict for more than 500 years and would have been unified long ago.

At that time, Geng Xuan subconsciously felt that this was the author's exaggerated rhetoric. In order to highlight the weight of the story, he intended to use some assumptions that could not be truly verified.

But now, when Geng Xuan used his special "ripple vision" to observe from a high vantage point, he realized some hidden truth of the great way.

It also triggered the mechanism of the "Flint Bead", and "fished out" the "art of selecting soldiers" that had been lost in history with the death of Han Bai.

Geng Xuan had to admit that he was shallow.

Because Overlord was too dazzling, all other people of his time looked dim.

But even when ranked alongside the Overlord, has their brilliance ever really dimmed?
It's just the prejudice of the world to judge people by their victory or failure!
For example, the military immortal Han Bai has already embarked on a completely new path that is completely different from that of the Overlord and also different from other practitioners.

The path of the Overlord is a typical path for practitioners. It can even be said that many practitioners in later generations took him as an example and embarked on this path.

This path can be summarized as "the way to gather great power within oneself", which is also the most mainstream "way of cultivation" in Jiuzhou today.

However, what the military genius Han Bai realized can be summarized as "the way of all rivers converging into the sea", or "the way of gathering the people".

Geng Xuan thought that even with the cheat, he had only just begun to glimpse the threshold of "gathering the people".

However, Han Bai had already understood this principle more than 500 years ago, and created the "Art of Selecting Troops", integrating it with military strategies.

"Wonderful!"

"excellent!"

A mark that had been buried in the long river of history was glimpsed by Geng Xuan from just a few words of information.

He couldn't help but cheer.

Thinking of some of the context he had learned through extensive reading, Geng Xuan couldn't help but feel sorry for Han Bai.

Before the final battle, Overlord had actually been pushed into a desperate situation little by little by the Mu Gong group headed by the Military Genius.

In just a few years, Overlord went from being a high-spirited and brilliant gravedigger of the Daye Empire founded by Emperor Yuan to being exhausted and at the end of his rope.

If the normal script had been followed, the Overlord would have surrendered and the Nine Provinces would have been unified.

It’s a pity that in the last battle, Overlord cheated, overturned the table, and exploded.

The result was that he killed all his enemies and blew himself up, leaving behind a mess that could not be cleaned up for more than 500 years.

And according to what Geng Xuan had learned, Overlord's "tantrum" behavior was most destructive only at that point in time.

If his battle with the Immortal of War was moved to before the Emperor Yuan, it would definitely be the Overlord who died.

However, if we move to the present, more than 500 years later, Geng Xuan would not be completely sure of the result due to his lack of understanding of the "Innate Realm", but Han Bai's chances of winning would definitely increase significantly.

It would also be more difficult for the Overlord to replicate his amazing feat of defeating over 30,000 enemies alone.

This is because the fifty years from the time Emperor Yuan ascended the throne to the time Overlord committed suicide were a very obvious watershed.

Before this, there were two other equally important watersheds, namely before and after the Black Emperor, and before and after Ji Gong established the rituals.

Before the Black Emperor, there was no such thing as "cultivation".

There are only some people who are born unique and have special talents.

Maybe they are born with supernatural powers, or have tough skin, or are good at shooting, or are good at running.

There are also some more bizarre ones, such as being good at avoiding fire, being good at swimming, or having amazing healing abilities, etc.

These people with special talents still exist even in Kyushu today, and they are highly valued.

When a force recruits new members, they will open a special "talent channel" for them.

This is the path Geng Xuan took to become Kangleji's blue-robed guard.

But before the Black Emperor, these people with special talents were often given some "divinity" by others and were born "heroes".

These special talents will be further exaggerated and even deified during the process of dissemination. The innate divine power will be turned into "the ability to carry mountains", the tough skin will be turned into "invulnerable to swords and guns", and the amazing healing ability will be turned into "immortality".

Being good at running and shooting will also be deified to an inhuman level.

But as far as the real context that Geng Xuan understood was concerned, at that time, not only did "cultivation" not exist, but the use of talents by "talented people" was also very primitive.

After the Black Emperor.

Things began to change because of two landmark events.

These two landmark events were: the "opening of heaven and earth" accomplished by the Black Emperor himself, which ended chaos and led to order at the spiritual belief level.

The second is the Great Destiny Dynasty started by the descendants of the Black Emperor, which completely opened a new chapter for Jiuzhou.

These two iconic events merged together, and the profession of "witch" was born.

This doesn’t mean that there were no “witches” before the Black Emperor.

But there are too many fundamental differences between the "witches" before and after that.

Before that, the attributes of "witches" themselves were very diverse, including military, politics, culture and education, daily livelihood, and spiritual life. As long as they had the ability, they could get involved in all aspects. They had great power and could even become the actual rulers of the tribe.

This confusion also makes it extremely unclear about its own positioning.

It was both an official position and a divine position. In addition, there was no "cut off connection between heaven and earth" at that time, so both had the right to interpret "God", and neither had it.

It's extremely chaotic and there's no consensus.

After that, starting from the Da Ming Dynasty, the profession of "witch" became purer, specifically responsible for matters related to "sacrifice" and "communication with gods".

As for military, political and other matters related to state governance, only professionals are responsible for them and they have nothing to do with them anymore.

The importance of "witches" has decreased, but this has also made this group purer and more professional.

It may be passed down through the family or from master to apprentice.

Because of their uniqueness, they can even transcend the changes of dynasties.

For example, the shamans of the Da Ming Dynasty were also recognized in the Da Qi Dynasty, and the shamans of the Da Qi Dynasty would also be employed by the Da Ji Dynasty.

A long and stable inheritance, a professional and pure group.

It lasted for nearly two thousand years and spanned three dynasties.

Through generations of study and contemplation, different witchcraft traditions gradually developed their own characteristics.

For example, he is good at communicating with certain animals, good at "reading people's faces", good at observing the celestial phenomena, knowing the wind, detecting the rain, and good at geomancy... and so on.

After piecing together such a context from the fragmentary information in various books, Geng Xuan gained a new understanding of the "Nine Streams of Secret Arts", which Emperor Yuan spent decades to compile after gathering the strength of all states.

He no longer followed the crowd and believed that this was the result of Emperor Yuan's pursuit of immortality and his insanity.

This may be one of his purposes.

But its other value that cannot be ignored is that it is a great collection and summary of the "witchcraft heritage" that lasted for nearly two thousand years in Kyushu, from the Da Ming Dynasty to the end of the Da Ji Dynasty.

This is the culmination of the "witch system".

This is also a rescue protection for the "witch system".

Of course, the scope of "Nine Streams of Secret Arts" goes beyond the witch system.

It also includes many career systems.

From medicine, to forging, to farming, to animal husbandry, it covers almost everything.

Geng Xuan even suspected that the source of "The Art of Sex" came from an ancient profession.

From this perspective, "Nine Streams of Secret Arts" is a well-deserved super cultural project.

It is a "pearl" that can add luster to Emperor Yuan's crown, and is definitely not "filth" that tarnishes his image.

The reason why "Nine Streams of Secret Arts" is said to be a rescue protection of the witch heritage.

One reason is that during the Yuan Emperor period, the status of "witches" gradually declined, which led to the gradual decline of the "witches' heritage."

Second, in the framework designed by Emperor Yuan for the Daye Empire, which could last for thousands of years, there was no longer any place for "witches".

In other words, with Emperor Yuan as the dividing line, the large and systematic group of "witches" was originally supported by three dynasties, but began to decline at the end of the Daji Dynasty.

As the last batch of people from the Yuan Dynasty died one by one, this group that spanned three dynasties and experienced nearly two thousand years of ups and downs will completely withdraw from the Kyushu stage.

Apart from sporadic inheritance, nothing will be left.

However, Emperor Yuan did not let them exit silently. Instead, he gave them a chance to make a comeback and turn the wisdom and efforts accumulated from generation to generation into nutrients for each chapter in "Nine Streams Secret Art".

The decline of "witches" did not happen suddenly, but was a long process.

This brings us to the second watershed, "Duke Ji's establishment of rituals."

"Ji Gong's establishment of rituals" did not immediately lead to the decline of "witches".

The development of "witches" did not reach its peak until more than three hundred years after "Ji Gong established rituals."

But this was not brought about by "Ji Gong's establishment of rituals", but was the result of the "witch-shaman system" that had been accumulating strength for thousands of years moving forward by inertia.

"Ji Gong's Establishment of Rites" gave birth to another group, the "scholars".

They traveled around the country, possessing smart minds, tenacious hearts, and the bloodiness to kill with swords.

It is full of vitality, heritage, curiosity, and the spirit of exploration, pioneering and adventure.

I am passionate about learning and I am happy to share what I have learned...

It can be said that they have all the advantages that "witches" have.

They also have many advantages that "witches" do not have.

This is a new group that is more energetic and vibrant than the "witches".

And it turns out that this is indeed the case.

……

"The way of cultivation" was not created by the "scholars", but was perfected by this group and gradually developed and promoted.

If we trace the history of "cultivation", it is no shorter than that of "witches".

As early as the ancient times before the Black Emperor, those "talented people" who stepped onto the stage of history and became mythical figures, the skills and experiences they mastered through their exploration can all be summarized as "cultivation".

There was also no shortage of "talented people" in the Da Ming Dynasty and the Da Qi Dynasty, and naturally they had more and more skills and experiences.

But like the "witch inheritance", these inheritances are also independent of each other.

It may be the secret method of a certain family, or it may be the characteristic of a certain army.

They are also not compatible with each other.

This phenomenon was fundamentally changed until the emergence of the "scholar" group.

Or it may be a summary and reflection on existing phenomena and the closed systems of various "witchcraft inheritances".

Under the promotion and improvement of the "scholar" group, the "secret methods", "characteristics" and "skills" scattered among various families, armies and states were integrated into the same framework system, "Nine Provinces Open Source".

From then on, there were the "Five Stages of Body Tempering" and the clear concepts of "cultivation" and "cultivator".

Any practitioner can condense his wisdom and energy into a set of exercises or skills, and hang them on the same tree for others to pick.

Of course, all of this has taken hundreds of years to develop and is not something that can be achieved overnight.

Compared to the "witch inheritance", which is relatively mysterious, has a high threshold, is difficult to inherit, and is independent of each other without forming a system.

——It was not until Emperor Yuan compiled the "Nine Streams of Secret Art" that they were reluctantly integrated into one, but it was only "reluctantly".

The "cultivation system" gradually explored, developed and improved by the "scholars" group not only has a low threshold, but is also easier to promote and get started with, and has been within the same system since the very beginning.

Although, compared with the "Witch Heritage", the "Cultivation System" is more monotonous and simple, almost entirely focused on the field of combat, without too many tricks.

But in the eyes of the ruling class, this is not a disadvantage but an advantage.

Because it means it is easier to control, replicate, and mass-produce, which is much more useful than the precious "witches" that may even be unique in some way.

From "Ji Gong's Establishment of Rites" to the rise of Emperor Yuan, the development of "cultivation" was accelerating.

In the first few hundred years, development was relatively slow, but in the last one or two hundred years, the speed accelerated sharply, even showing an "explosive" change.

In the early days, "cultivation" was closely tied to the group of "scholars".

During this period, many people who were revered as saints by the "scholar" group were born, and all of them reached the pinnacle in many aspects.

On the one hand, they all put forward their own propositions and theories.

On the other hand, they traveled around the world with swords, entering and leaving the palaces of the princes as if they were entering and leaving their own halls. All of them were great masters of one kind of cultivation and had super combat power.

After all, according to the tradition of "scholars", using "reason" to persuade people always relies on two things.

One is the mouth, the other is the fist.

If your fists are not strong enough, and you only have a tough mouth, you are not qualified to sell your theories into the bedrooms of the princes, or even next to their pillows.

But in the last one or two hundred years of the Daji Dynasty, "cultivation" went through its infancy, which required the careful care of the "scholars".

They began to have the ability to break away from the "protection" of the "scholars" and grow on their own.

Army soldiers and generals.

Those who weave mats and sell shoes, and those who steal chickens and dogs.

Dog butcher, pig castrator.

A street rogue, a spy assassin...

"Practice" quickly merged with these vulgar and even low-class groups, and quickly "beared fruit".

The number of practitioners in Jiuzhou has increased dramatically.

This is also the reason why the intensity of the struggle for hegemony among the princes increased sharply in the last one or two hundred years of the Daji Dynasty, and tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people were killed at any time.

The climax of all this was naturally the rise of Emperor Yuan, who accomplished the feat of unifying the nine provinces.

Before Emperor Yuan, the separation of "cultivation" and "scholars" was a natural and slow process.

After Emperor Yuan ascended the throne, he immediately took steps to completely and forcibly separate the two.

On the one hand, Emperor Yuan promoted the faster development of "cultivation" towards a more professional and systematic direction.

On the other hand, Emperor Yuan openly and covertly suppressed those "scholars" who wanted to sell their doctrines to him and even attempted to become official scholars of the Daye Dynasty.

Regardless of the right and wrong, during this period, practitioners at the level of masters and grand masters began to emerge like mushrooms after rain.

Far more than ever before.

A few hundred years ago, the title of Grand Master was basically reserved for those who were revered as saints by the "scholars" of various factions.

During the time of Emperor Yuan, a person guarding the gate of Yuanjing had to be at least a senior grandmaster.

In view of the current situation in Yuanjing at that time where "grand masters were everywhere and the masters were worse than dogs", Emperor Yuan also gave the five-realm cultivation system a new look.

The grandmaster changes to refining the marrow, the grandmaster changes to refining the bones, the master changes to refining the blood, the great master changes to refining the flesh, and the minor master changes to refining the skin.

From then on, no one dared to call himself a grand master unless he had truly unique and innovative insights.

Grandmaster and Master have also become honorary titles for people who have reached a certain level in a certain field.

The size and quality of the practitioner community experienced explosive growth during this period.

These powerful practitioners were regarded by Emperor Yuan as the best source of soldiers and pioneers.

For this reason, Emperor Yuan's expansion of the other eight states exceeded the total of the previous hundreds of years.

But it was also for this reason that after the death of Emperor Yuan, the cultivators who were filled with resentment and even hatred quickly exploded, and the Jiuzhou, which seemed to be solid a moment ago, quickly "collapsed and split apart."

These practitioners, in turn, became the fuel for the "burning of the nine states" by heroes such as the Overlord, Duke Mu Liu Hu, and the Military Genius Han Bai, who rose to prominence soon after and immediately became brilliant.

The Overlord blew himself up, taking away all the heroes who were on the same level as him and had the greatest hope of rebuilding Kyushu, leaving Kyushu with a "wound" that had not healed for more than 500 years.

Another important impact was that he blasted open the "Unparalleled Innate Gate" for other practitioners.

Over the past five hundred years, a number of exceptionally talented people have followed the path he pioneered and entered the innate realm.

At the same time, the threshold of the entire "Five Acquired Realms", from refining the skin to refining the marrow, has been further lowered, making it easier to break through.

In other words, compared with the time when Overlord and Military Genius Han Bai competed against each other, excluding those at the top and the best, the overall strength of the Jiuzhou soldiers today is more than one or two times stronger than that time.

The ability of the military genius Han Bai is to combine two soldiers with a combat power of "1" to exert a combat power greater than "2".

If such means were used now, they would undoubtedly be able to exert more powerful capabilities.

Thinking of this, Geng Xuan suddenly shook his head and laughed.

"I'm also crazy. Does the Soldier God still need me to redress his wrongdoing?

What's more, if there hadn't been Overlord's explosion, the cultivation environment wouldn't be as relaxed as it is now.

Those assumptions are naturally impossible to hold.”

……

It’s a long story, but these were actually just thoughts that flashed through Geng Xuan’s mind.

Geng Xuan made a decision immediately.

"Yes."

With the thought in mind, the five points of good fortune in the "Flint Bead" quickly disappeared.

Successfully mastered the art of military deployment.

The corresponding knowledge, insights, experience, and insights flowed into Geng Xuan's mind like a trickle of water.

Looking at these gains, Geng Xuan felt an inexplicable emotion surge in his heart.

Unlike other skills, the corresponding knowledge that accompanies it is often the combined contribution of many people who have practiced this skill. Geng Xuan knew that all the knowledge that he had "downloaded" into his mind through the "Flint Bead" came from Han Bai, the Military Immortal.

Feeling all kinds of information pouring into his mind like water, Geng Xuan had the illusion that a military immortal was standing across more than 500 years of time and space, putting his hand on his head and imparting his skills to him.

……

After a long time, only after he had absorbed all the subtle mysteries that flooded into his mind, did Geng Xuan open his eyes.

When he looked down at the fighting teams below again, seeing those people engaged in a life-and-death battle, the idea that was originally just a flash of inspiration in his mind had now become a natural enlightenment.

Geng Xuan also had an idea, "Even if Han Bai didn't practice the 'physiognomy technique', he must have mastered other abilities to read people's faces."

Because this is an indispensable prerequisite for the implementation of the "Art of Military Strategy".

However, this ability to read people's faces is not used here to see through a person's heart.

Instead, we judge a person's "match" with other people by observing his or her movements, expressions, conversation, words, facial features, emotions and other external manifestations.

Confirm whether their natures are incompatible or compatible.

The knowledge involved is very complex and tedious.

Geng Xuan discovered that if he had not used the "Flint Bead" to cheat, he would have directly "downloaded" all the knowledge that should be mastered in the introductory stage of "The Art of Military Selection" into his mind.

Even if the God of War taught me in person, I might not be able to get started for a while.

This is really too much for Geng Xuan, who wants a "standard answer" and "standard procedure" for everything.

Because this requires a very mysterious criterion for judgment, it can be summarized in one sentence: "The secret of application lies in one's heart."

In other words, you only need to take a quick look, ignore the reasons and the whole process, and you can get the result directly.

"I think it's okay. These two have the potential to become good friends."

"I don't think these two will get along. If they get together, they will become enemies."

In Geng Xuan's opinion, this is too idealistic.

"Fortunately, the cheat is working."

"Fortunately, I have 'Ripple Vision' to assist me."

"Fortunately, I got started directly."

Geng Xuan felt somewhat relieved after realizing it belatedly.

Geng Xuan stared for a while and saw that the battle line had been pushed to a place not far from the roof where he was.

It was not far from dark at this moment, and the enemy's advance rhythm had also slowed down significantly. It seemed that they had no intention of continuing to advance today, but were preparing to thoroughly consolidate today's results.

Geng Xuan did not stay any longer. He quickly left the rooftop and headed towards the "Linzhan Hall" which had moved back a distance and was much closer to the large square opposite Qingyuan Pavilion.

At this moment, Hong Quan was the only one in the hall. He was staring at a scribbled note with his head down, frowning, as if he was struggling with something.

Geng Xuan asked:
"Why are you alone? Jiang Hongyi and others are here too?"

Hong Quan was startled and quickly stood up and saluted.

Geng Xuan waved his hand.

Hong Quan replied: "Jiang Hongyi and several other deputy hall masters have all gone to the defense line."

Geng Xuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly.

I thought that those people must have seen that I was in a special state at the time and didn't dare to disturb me, so they deliberately avoided the area where I was.

Now, the enemy troops seem to have slowed down their pace of advance and are about to call off their advance and stop at the current trend.

But it is also possible that this is a smokescreen released by the other party, hoping that they will believe it and then take the opportunity to do something ruthless.

Even if the other party has originally planned to "call it a day", if they see that your side is too lazy, they may change their mind in a minute.

Therefore, at this time, we must not only not relax, but also be extremely vigilant.

"What are you struggling with?" Geng Xuan asked again.

Hong Quan said:
"I'm considering whether to loosen the grip on those 'high contributors'."

Geng Xuan thought about the situation he had just seen before leaving, and said with understanding, "Not enough troops?"

Hong Quan nodded and said:
"The Xuanyou Iron Cavalry can't move, the Marrow Refining Warriors can't move, and even those 'high contributors' who made great progress after receiving the 'miracle gift' last night have been pinned down and can't move.

In this way, even if we have deployed all our reserve forces to the front line, the available forces today are only about 1,800 men.

Now, it has dropped to less than 1,500.”

Geng Xuan asked, "So, we still lost over 300 people today, right?"

Hong Quan said:
"Yes, but because we took precautions, the losses on our side were mostly casualties, with few deaths.

Of the more than 300 casualties, nearly 100 were killed in action, and the remaining 200 were seriously injured."

"The enemy is stronger than us overall, has more troops than us, and is also better than us in mobilization and command.

Because we had the advantage of terrain, we also lost over 300 men during today's advance, with more casualties than injuries."

Geng Xuan listened to Hong Quan's report and nodded slightly.

Judging from the results of the battle, our side lost a lot of terrain in today's "exchange battle", but was slightly better than the opponent in "capturing pieces".

Hong Quan's expression did not make him optimistic at all.

"Judging from the results, we don't seem to be at a huge disadvantage.

But the actual situation is hard to describe." Hong Quan shook his head.

"Oh, tell me carefully."

"Although the enemy lost over 300 soldiers, the core heavy sword warriors suffered almost no casualties.

The ones we killed, or rather, those who were arranged to fight against us, were still the soldiers mobilized from Beibaji.

This is also a conscious consumption.

Using 300 heavy sword warriors to control the remaining 1,700 warriors is still bloated."

“We can clearly feel it today.

In the afternoon, the opponent was superior both in advancing the front line and in the execution of specific tactics of each team.

Compared with this morning, there is a significant improvement.

Therefore, although the enemy lost over 300 soldiers, their strength has not actually decreased."

"The loss of over 300 soldiers on our side has had a far greater impact than the enemy's.

More importantly, what are the next steps after these 300-plus soldiers leave?"

Geng Xuan asked, "Don't we still have nearly 1,500 soldiers left? Although it's a little less than the enemy, it's not so bad that we can't make arrangements, right?"

"So will you give them the 'miracle gift' tonight?"

"They were able to maintain their morale and achieve such results despite being at a disadvantage overall, all thanks to the 'miracle gift'.

If it doesn't happen tonight, morale will collapse immediately.

If so, should we also press the button for tonight's 'High Contributor'?
If you don’t press it, what will the person who is pressed today think?
If we do so, the number of soldiers we can mobilize, both in quantity and quality, will be much smaller than it is now."

In this way, the balance they worked so hard to create will collapse after only one day.

At this moment, Hong Quan suddenly asked: "Boss, what stage has the recruitment of soldiers for 'Southern Fourth Division' reached now?"

Geng Xuan said: "Feng Yu, Fan Qi and the others are more efficient than I thought. I think we can get it done today."

He didn't just say this to comfort Hong Quan.

Kangle Market is not too far away from the other three markets of the "Southern Four Markets".

The farthest one is less than two hundred miles away.

Since Fan Qi agreed to his "request" yesterday, Kang Leji completed the task of recruiting 500 soldiers without any casualties.

Then, these five hundred soldiers immediately became temporary members of the Giant Bear Gang, and were joined by the soldiers from the neighborhood who stayed in Yonghefang, who also became temporary members.

Feng Yu and Fang Jintang also led a hundred Xuanyou cavalry to help.

In terms of both quantity and quality, it crushes the other three markets.

And just last night, a wave of red mist came from the direction of the remaining branches of Chiwu Mountain and rushed towards Geng Xuan, and sank into his forehead.

After that, around noon this morning, the second wave of red mist rushed towards him from the direction of the remnant of Wushan Mountain.

Just when Geng Xuan was about to return to the "Linzhan Hall", the third wave of "residual energy" from the same direction had already entered his "Flint Pearl".

Geng Xuan guessed that the conscription work in the other three markets of the "Southern Four Markets" should have been successfully completed.

Just then, Cheng Hui came hurriedly.

He handed a roll of paper to Geng Xuan.

Geng Xuan glanced at it, then handed the paper to Hong Quan and said with a smile:
“The two thousand soldiers from the Southern Fourth Division have all been recruited, and they had already set out when the pigeon message was sent over there.

They will rush here as fast as possible, day and night.

At the latest by this time tomorrow, they will appear in Qingyuanji."

Listening to Geng Xuan's words and looking at the information on the paper, Hong Quan relaxed a little, but still said with some concerns:
"In other words, we have to rely on the limited number of troops we have to hold out for another day?"

Geng Xuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have a solution."

Method?

What else can the gang leader do?
Hong Quan thought so in his heart, wondering what jaw-dropping thing the gang leader could come up with next.

Not long after, Hong Quan was indeed "dumbfounded".

Not only Hong Quan, but also Jiang Hongyi and several other deputy hall masters were stunned and confused by the actions of "Su Ruiliang".

They saw "Su Ruiliang" taking them on a tour of the camps that had retreated from the front line of the war to safe bases.

And seemingly randomly adjust and relocate the soldiers currently assigned to each team.

Everyone who knew that "Su Ruiliang" was very capable did not speak carelessly.

Just watch quietly.

And try to figure out the rules and possible deeper meanings behind this adjustment.

But until "Su Ruiliang" completed the adjustments, they did not see any underlying patterns.

Naturally, there is no way of knowing the possible deeper meaning.

What was even more incredible to them was that the existing team was reorganized like a reshuffle.

"Su Ruiliang" just stood there quietly for a while, and no one knew what thoughts flashed through his mind at that moment. He immediately began to adjust for the second time.

Isn't this just teasing people?!
We have just experienced a whole day of fighting, and now instead of letting people have a good rest, we are being transferred here and there. Is it ok to torment our own people like this?

But the most speechless thing happened to these bystanders.

Those soldiers who were in the situation and were tossed around by "Su Ruiliang" did not show any impatience.

Instead, they were all very interested and cooperated seriously.

Are you sick too?

Or is it that "Su Ruiliang" has mastered some kind of evil method to control and confuse humans, so that the "recipient" can willingly cooperate with his manipulation?

When someone thought of this possibility, they couldn't help but shudder.

No one asked the parties why.

If someone asks, they are actually happy to answer.

Because the reason is simple.

It was as if the teacher suddenly decided to adjust everyone's dormitories.

If you are assigned to roommates with a group of people you have no feelings for, or even people you dislike at first sight and absolutely cannot get along with, you will naturally feel impatient.

Not to mention adjusting it twice, it would be impossible to push it through smoothly even once, as someone would definitely get angry.

And they were willing to cooperate twice in a row, only to encounter the exact opposite situation.

I met a group of good roommates who got along well with me!
When you make the first adjustment, this feeling is relatively mild.

When the second adjustment was completed, the feeling became very clear.

Before this, there were not many old friends, but most of them had no contact at all.

But this is clearly the case, but just by glancing at each other, I suddenly felt so happy, right?

If everyone wasn't so confident about their orientation, if everyone wasn't so sure that this wasn't some twisted or pathological emotion, some people might have already turned gay!

……

After two consecutive adjustments, Geng Xuan did not continue.

The reason why he adjusted it twice was not because he did it on purpose.

After just one time, he felt that he had completely digested all the knowledge that he should have mastered in the introductory stage of "The Art of Military Selection".

He immediately spent ten points of luck to advance from the entry level to the minor success level.

Then he saw that the teams that had completed adjustments still had room for further adjustments.

He can not only see the "generation" and "inhibition" between people more clearly.

You can also see it more clearly based on the "generation" and "restraint".

At the same time, after achieving minor success in the art of selecting soldiers, Geng Xuan also discovered another very wonderful thing.

When he was in the initial stage of learning this technique, he could only see the "generation" and "inhibition" between two people.

After he had mastered this technique to a small degree, he was able to see the relationship of "generation" and "inhibition" between the three people.

A wonderful discovery right here.

If we look at them two by two, the mutual generation relationship among certain three people does not seem to be obvious, and there may even be a situation of mutual restraint.

But if you put them into the same perspective, you can find that they can actually form a wonderful and stable iron triangle.

The wonderful bond brought about by "ripple resonance" may be even stronger than the relationship between three people who are born in pairs.

This made Geng Xuan feel wonderful, and naturally gave him more room for adjustment.

After completing two consecutive adjustments, Geng Xuan said to Hong Quan, Jiang Hongyi and others:
"From now on, it's up to you to make the arrangements... Also, tell them that tonight's 'Gift Ceremony' will be moved to tomorrow night."

Hong Quan asked with some concern: "Will they... agree?"

"Don't worry, it's just one night later, they will agree."

At this point, Geng Xuan suddenly said:
"Oh, next time you start a battle, you have to pay more attention. If they perform too well, be careful to control the intensity and don't put too much pressure on the opponent."

"???"

After hearing the gang leader's special instructions, Hong Quan and Jiang Hongyi were confused and wondered if they had heard it wrongly.

After giving his instructions, Geng Xuan did not stay to explain in detail to the two of them. He turned around and left.

Geng Xuan was thinking about another thing.

After the five hundred soldiers recruited by Kangleji and the one thousand soldiers from Yonghefang all became temporary gang members, he gained another ten points of white luck.

At that time, ten points of black luck dissipated from the "Flint Pearl".

From then on, Geng Xuan kept an eye on the movements in the enemy camp.

Be prepared for any unexpected events.

But until now, the enemy camp has been moving forward according to the predetermined route.

There is no sign of a new "disaster" getting involved.

"Does this mean that the amount of bad luck that can befall this line has reached its peak?"

The two successive supporting armies of the Xu family of Yuanjing;
A real, powerful cavalry that is strong enough to easily wipe out the Xuanyou Iron Cavalry around Chiwu Mountain;

The combat potential of the other six markets in the "Northern Eight Markets"...

The repeated "bad luck" almost drained all the opponent's potential.

But Geng Xuan did not feel at ease because of this. Instead, he became more worried.

“There’s no way nothing’s going to happen.”

"If you shouldn't be here, you should be there."

"However, it's only ten points of bad luck, so the situation shouldn't be too bad."

……

Just as Geng Xuan was thinking this.

South 4 episodes.

There were 1,500 soldiers recruited from the other three groups, plus 500 soldiers each from Kangle Group and Lifang who were responsible for "escort".

——Five hundred people were arranged to accompany the escort in Yonghefang, and another five hundred people continued to stay in Yonghefang.

In addition, with the help of Dahuang and Wuxiao, more than a hundred "hidden soldiers" were cleared from the underground of the four markets, including a hundred Xuanyou Iron Cavalry.

A huge team of nearly 3,000 people rushed into the wilderness leading to "Dongwuji".

When the team was passing through the First Line Gorge, in the jungle of the remaining branches of Chiwu Mountain.

Several figures were silently watching all this with cold eyes. (End of this chapter)