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Among these departing teams were a large number of temporary gang members recruited from "East Fifth Group" and "South Fourth Group".

Including the big hall owners and marrow refining masters from various markets, as well as the even larger non-marrow refining groups from these markets.

There were also groups of soldiers from eight foreign villages, including Changpingfang, Wanfufang, and Yong'anfang.

There was also a group of captives from "Beibaji" who were forcibly abducted by Wu Yi, "Juxiong" and others and luckily survived a battle that lasted for nearly half a month.

Perhaps it is because I am getting older and my spirit is no longer strong;

Perhaps he had doubts about the future of the Giant Bear Gang;
Or maybe he just likes quietness by nature, and doesn't have such a strong pursuit of power. He doesn't like fighting and killing, and the feeling of walking on the edge of a knife.

In short, when Geng Xuan gave them the opportunity to choose, none of them completely boarded the "pirate ship" of the Giant Bear Gang.

...No matter what the reason, after leaving Qingyuanji this time, they will return to their respective homes and continue their previous lives.

But the situation in the surrounding markets can never really return to what it was before.

Everything has changed.

Under the "reasonable" distribution of Hong Quan, Jiang Hongyi and others, no matter whether they came first or later.

From the time I entered Qingyuanji to the time I left, I felt like I was severely "skinned".

Even many of the grand hall masters in the middle stage of marrow refining and the chief hall masters in the early stage of marrow refining "fell" in Qingyuanji and could never get up again, not to mention those practitioners below the marrow refining stage.

Before coming, no matter what their identities were, whether they were the head of a family, the president of a guild in a certain market, or the leader or pillar of other forces... After entering Qingyuanji, they all became pure "consumables" under the command of Hong Quan, Jiang Hongyi and others.

Whether you can finally walk out of Qingyuanji alive depends not only on your strength, but also on your luck.

Although the general rule is that the lower the cultivator's level, the greater the number of casualties. However, if we look at the ratio, the situation is exactly the opposite. The death rate of cultivators with higher levels of cultivation is actually greater than that of cultivators with lower levels of cultivation.

These are only those who died in battle. Many practitioners chose to formally join the Giant Bear Gang and break away from their previous life trajectories.

It can be said that after the battle of Qingyuanji, the number of practitioners in the surrounding 17 markets, from "Eastern Fifth Market", to "Southern Fourth Market", and then to "Northern Eighth Market", will drop sharply.

There will be a large number of "power vacuums" in each market, and each will usher in a wave of continuous and turbulent "reshuffle period".

……

However, many temporary gang members chose to leave and not form a deeper bond with the Giant Bear Gang.

However, the gift given by the "Gift Ceremony" was too sweet, and no one proposed to remove the constraints of the temporary gang member's identity.

Even those prisoners who chose to return to "Beibaji" made a request before leaving.

That is to apply to become a temporary member of the Giant Bear Gang.

Perhaps, considering the entire Yuanzhou, it is not a wise choice to be too closely tied to the Giant Bear Gang.

But now, in this small area around Chiwu Mountain, not having any connection with the Giant Bear Gang would make you an outlier.

Therefore, the "Bei Ba Ji" who suffered the greatest loss of power and had no chance to recover through the "Gift Ceremony" chose this marginal method, hoping to establish a relationship with the Giant Bear Gang that was close but not close.

Although he understood the intention behind it, after a brief thought, Geng Xuan agreed to their request.

For this reason, Geng Xuan got two more bits of good luck.

And when these new and old temporary gang members left Qingyuanji and returned to their respective places.

Geng Xuan is accepting greetings from 415 new gang members.

These new gang members were the temporary gang members who were left out two days ago because they went out to look for medicine or to "Beibaji" to carry out missions.

Including Fang Jintang and a new marrow cultivator named Cai Zhang who was born in the neighborhood.

——It’s not that Fan Hongsheng and another new marrow refiner didn’t have this idea, but Geng Xuan refused without giving any reason. This was also the only marrow refiner-level fighter recruited by the Giant Bear Gang who came from the Eight Families Fang.

There are also 34 people refining bones, 102 people refining blood, 186 people refining flesh, and 91 people refining flesh.

These 415 people, including the two marrow refiners, brought a total of five points of white luck to Geng Xuan.

Including the two points of white luck added by the temporary gang members, Geng Xuan gained another seven points of white luck.

Correspondingly, the seven points of black luck disappeared from the "Flint Pearl" without a trace.

……

"After this 'Grace Ceremony', including Jiang Hongyi, a total of four people in the early stage of Marrow Refining completed their advancement, and their cultivation steadily advanced to the middle stage of Marrow Refining.

And after confirming that after fully digesting the gains from this time, there are still four to five members who can achieve a breakthrough from the early to mid-stage of marrow refining."

“There are even more people who have broken through from the Bone Refining level to the Marrow Refining level, including me, Cheng Hui, and Mu Qingzhu, all of whom have benefited from this.

As of the time of my confirmation, fifty-three people have completed this crucial step.

If we digest all the blessings we have received this time, the number of members who will break through from bone refining to marrow refining should exceed a hundred. "

"The number of people who have made significant breakthroughs below the level of Marrow Refining is even greater. Until everything stabilizes again, it's even difficult to accurately count them."

Hong Quan reported to Geng Xuan on the important changes that had taken place in this "giving ceremony".

Geng Xuan listened and nodded slightly from time to time.

What Hong Quan counted were only the changes that occurred among the official gang members.

Temporary gang members are not included.

If those temporary gang members are included, the data will be even more exaggerated.

However, according to the "account book" in Geng Xuan's mind, at least 70% of the "good fortune" flowed into the Giant Bear Gang's own field.

——Those groups that gain more good luck and have the greatest increase in strength in the "Gift Ceremony" are basically the ones who fight the hardest and work the hardest, and are also the most decisive ones in choosing to become official gang members.

The remaining less than 30% of the "good fortune" did not fall into the hands of others, but was all enjoyed by the temporary gang members.

"Did anyone take the opportunity to break through to the late stage of marrow refining?" Geng Xuan asked.

Hong Quan nodded and said, "There is one, but there is no breakthrough yet."

"Who?" Geng Xuan asked.

"Fang Jintang." Hong Quan said.

Geng Xuan understood and nodded.

Whether in terms of cultivation or strength, Fang Jintang was originally in the upper-middle level when he was in the middle stage of marrow refining.

After two consecutive "blessing ceremonies", I enjoyed the highest standard of treatment and gained a total of sixty-four points of good luck.

With such help, it is normal to break through the barrier from the middle to the late stage.

At this moment, Hong Quan said:

"However, if we don't limit it to the official gang members, and include other temporary gang members, there are people who have already completed the breakthrough from the middle to the late stage of marrow refining."

Geng Xuan's heart moved, and he recalled the special fluctuations he felt when he presided over the ceremony before, and he already had the answer in his mind.

But he still asked, "Who?"

"Fan Qi from Kangle Collection."

Geng Xuan nodded. Hong Quan's answer confirmed what he was thinking.

"...And, as far as I know, Zhu Yi, who was with him, also broke through to the middle stage of marrow refining."

Geng Xuan nodded gently and said, "This is what they deserve."

Apart from Fan Qi and Zhu Yi, Geng Xuan knew the most about their performance in this battle.

One person in the middle stage of marrow refining and several people in the early stage of marrow refining were killed by the joint attack of the two.

With such military achievements, both of them were rewarded with 32 points of good luck.

Combined with their previous accumulation, it is only natural for each of them to break through their current levels and move to a higher level.

Hong Quan nodded slightly, but a look of regret appeared on his face, and said:

"I just feel a little regretful. We had a chance to compete for the first place."

Geng Xuan was stunned for a moment, then his thoughts turned slightly and he understood what Hong Quan meant.

If Feng Yu had not encountered any accidents, he would most likely have been able to achieve such a breakthrough on the spot.

It was not the intention to let such an honor fall on a temporary gang member. Regarding this "dispute of pride", Geng Xuan just smiled lightly and ignored it.

He mentally tallied the cost of this "Gift Ceremony."

Because the Qingyuanji decisive battle lasted too short a time from start to finish, many people were ready to kill in order to earn more contributions, but before they could fully demonstrate their abilities, the battle was over.

This means that the number of the highest level, that is, the fifth level contributors with 45 points of good luck, is only 126 people, and the number of the fourth level contributors with points of good luck is only people, which is much less than Geng Xuan originally expected.

The number of third-class contributors who gained eight points of good fortune was as high as 952, and the number of second-class contributors who gained six points of good fortune was as high as 2348.

There were 1095 people who only got the first-class contribution of "assistant" and only gained two points of good luck.

This is not because they are intentionally slacking off or not wanting to be more active, but because the war comes quickly and goes even faster.

Many people had not even reacted before they had already entered the process of surrendering and taking prisoners.

The entire "Gift Ceremony" consumes 27350 points of good luck.

……

【Lucky: 18
Black luck: 1】

……

In this "blessing ceremony" that lasted nearly an entire night, the Grandmaster's "mind-reading skills" were fully exercised.

During the ceremony, Geng Xuan successfully digested and absorbed all he had learned from the grandmaster level of this secret technique, and finally made it his own.

After consuming one hundred and sixty points of luck, the secret art of "Mind Reading" was advanced to perfection by the Grandmaster.

……

After listening to Hong Quan's report, Geng Xuan went straight to the training ground.

At this moment, all the official gang members who were still in Qingyuanji gathered in the training ground.

Looking around, there was still a huge crowd of people.

Previously, after Feng Yu and Ding Fuquan completed the recruitment of new gang members, the number of official members of the Giant Bear Gang reached 452.

Now, there are only 313 gang members left, with 139 casualties.

The loss rate exceeded 30%.

Even someone like Feng Yu, a core member of the previous batch, only lasted half a month from the time he officially joined to his death.

Such a horrific death rate did not cause the Giant Bear Gang to collapse.

One reason is that the faster and more exaggerated development and growth directly "drown" the loss rate of more than 100 people.

Such a loss rate among a force of more than 400 people is naturally extremely terrifying, enough to cause a shock that will cause people to collapse.

But in a large group of four or five thousand people, it seems very easy to accept.

The depreciation rate dropped from 30% to 3%.

Because the two are too closely connected, if you don't study them carefully, it is easy to overlook the "great terror" hidden in them.

The second reason is the fierce, powerful and mysterious gang leader "Su Ruiliang", who makes all gang members have more and higher expectations for the future.

Higher return expectations come with higher risks, and that's as it should be.

Everyone already has a higher psychological expectation of the dangers they will face when they are in the Giant Bear Gang.

Now, including all gang members at the marrow refining level, the Giant Bear Gang has 4685 official gang members.

In addition to those who stayed in the "Red-Eye" basin and followed Xu Peng, Zha Luo and others, as well as some gang members scattered in Kangleji, Wufang Camp, Liuyunfang, and those arranged by Cheng Hui to go to "North Eighth Collection", "East Five Collection" and "South Four Collection" through the pigeon network.

Now in the training ground, the number of official gang members exceeds 4,500.

With the end of the Qingyuanji battle, a large number of temporary gang members left, and the team that was originally composed of a mixture of formal gang members and temporary gang members naturally disbanded.

What Geng Xuan has to do now is to reorganize these official gang members, who number more than 4,500 people, into teams.

Among them, many who have already possessed or are about to break through the initial and middle stages of marrow refining combat power were incorporated into the Xuanyou Iron Cavalry.

In addition, many suitable gang members, at least those at the Blood Refining level, were selected and incorporated into the group, making up a total of 350 iron cavalry.

——After the battle of Qingyuanji, the number of Xuanyou horses reached 593, including the captured Xuanyou horses.

Geng Xuan led 500 cavalrymen north to the "Red-Eyed" Basin and harvested the remaining 200 Xuanyou horses in the basin.

But because he was eager to return, in order to leave enough forces to guard the basin, Geng Xuan left behind 250 cavalry and brought back 450 Xuanyou horses.

Together with the ninety-three horses originally left in Qingyuanji, the number of Xuanyou horses reached five hundred and forty-three.

As the fighting forces recruited from various places returned to their respective families, the ninety-seven Xuanyou horses and ninety-seven sets of armor borrowed from the Eight Families before the war began were all returned in the best condition at Geng Xuan's request.

Now, there are 446 Xuanyou horses in the hands of the Qingyuanji Giant Bear Gang.

After discussing with Hong Quan, Jiang Hongyi and others, Geng Xuan decided to select only the 350 horses in the best and most orderly condition to form the Xuanyou Iron Cavalry.

The remaining ninety-six Xuanyou horses were divided into two groups.

A batch of eighty horses was distributed among forty teams.

Give it to the captain and deputy captain of the team for use.

It is not only for the convenience of transportation, but also to increase the attack power of the captain and deputy captain.

——Because of the "Gift Ceremony", the Giant Bear Gang's marrow refining combat power has now exceeded 100, and this number will further expand in the future.

Although a large number of elite combat forces at the marrow refining level have been incorporated into the Xuanyou Iron Cavalry, considering that the marrow refining combat forces are very abundant, while building the "fist combat force" of the Xuanyou Iron Cavalry, the strength in other aspects will also be strengthened as much as possible to avoid obvious shortcomings.

The other more than 4,000 official gang members will be organized into 40 teams.

Each team will be guaranteed to have at least two marrow-refining fighters.

What is special is that these teams are "wartime teams" whose core purpose is to serve the war.

When war comes, or when the Giant Bear Gang faces a crisis, all official gang members will quickly form a wartime team based on such a team.

They often practice, train, and compete with each other in daily life.

This and the job arrangements of gang members within the Giant Bear Gang are two parallel systems that do not interfere with each other.

For example, Geng Xuan asked Chen Zhan to secretly set up the "eyes" for internal and external investigation.

Or the logistics system is mostly controlled by "veteran" gang members.

Headed by Cheng Hui, the pigeon communication system will be organized and formed, and its scale will surely become larger and larger.

Until there are new adjustments, they will continue to shoulder these responsibilities.

However, they must also follow the "wartime formations" determined by Geng Xuan and, in addition to their main duties, complete exercises, training, combat confrontations and other tasks together with their team members.

This is equivalent to building two "operating systems" for the same group of people.

One set is the "gang and administrative management mode" and the other is the "military and combat mode".

You can switch between the two modes seamlessly.

This became clear little by little during the communication with Hong Quan, Jiang Hongyi and others.

After this arrangement, Geng Xuan unexpectedly discovered another benefit.

That is, a large amount of combat power at the marrow refining level will not be idle and wasted, and their value can be maximized.

Taking into account the balance of the overall strength of each team, the level of team members' cultivation, and coordinating with the "technique of selecting soldiers", the "compatibility" between team members can reach the most compatible state.

Geng Xuan completed the division of 350 Xuanyou Iron Cavalry and 40 teams.

The number of gang members in each team ranges from eighty to ninety, and up to over a hundred.

Although the number of people varies, the overall strength of each team is roughly the same.

After being equipped with two Xuanyou horses, each team, if fully prepared, can cope with the sudden attack of multiple enemies in the early and middle stages of marrow refining, and will not be in a completely passive situation of being beaten.

If we also count the dozen or so Xuanyou horses and riders that can maneuver flexibly between teams, we can not only deal with it, but even threaten and counterattack. (End of this chapter)