I forged immortality in my past life.

"He has already been promoted to Level 5 soldier."

"Another ten years have been added to my lifespan."

"Then it's time to go back to Green Valley."

During the ten days that Li Wu Hui was cultivating in peace, Meteorite City was not peaceful at all. Instead, it was attacked three times, each time by hundreds of thousands of imperial vanguard troops.

On average, there was a siege every three days, but it was always repelled.

However, the Supreme Elder Zhou Guihong did not intend to ask Li Wuhui to fight.

It's unclear whether it was due to Li Wu Hui's status as the logistics elder, preventing direct orders from being given, or if there was another reason, wanting him to act freely.

Li Wu Hui's thoughts wandered for a while.

Since there are no quests in Meteorite City, let's go back to Green Valley.

While a thousand level 2 elites is strong, their numbers are still too few.

He needs to go back and borrow more troops.

Otherwise, even if Li Wu Hui has been promoted to level 5 soldier, it would still be difficult for him to charge directly into the enemy lines if he encountered more than 5 soldiers, as this would result in too many casualties for his soldiers.

It's impossible that every officer in the Imperial Army is a fierce general who enjoys killing enemy generals. Instead, they sit in the central command and let their troops fight to the death with Li Wu Hui's men!

Li Wuhui alone could not provide aid to all sides, and casualties among his elite soldiers were inevitable.

If it's on the side of the imperial army.

Li Wu Hui couldn't simply borrow troops at will, but since he belonged to the Daoist sect, even if his power was great, it was still a civilian force that could borrow troops based on his personal prestige and status.

Especially since Li Wu Hui had already been promoted to Level 5 soldier and had outstanding combat power, the two Level 4 elders of Green Valley Dock could no longer refuse his request.

as predicted.

Six days later.

Li Wu Hui and his group returned safely to Green Valley.

Having already learned that the military merits had been distributed, the two level 4 Daoist elders only offered polite, feigned smiles and politely declined Li Wuhui's request to continue borrowing troops.

However, upon learning that Li Wu Hui had been promoted to Level 5 soldier, the two immediately changed their attitude and respectfully said that they would take care of the matter.

"Elder Li, we should have told you earlier that you had already advanced to level 5. We hesitated for so long. It's not that we were unwilling to compromise before, but the Daoist sect requires that the number of level 4 soldiers directly under their command be no more than 1200."

"We originally planned to replace the casualties with 1200 elite soldiers to give Elder Li an explanation."

"I didn't expect you to have already been promoted to Level 5 soldiers. That means the configuration of Level 2 elite troops can be doubled, with a total of 2400 Level 2 elite troops."

"Elder Li Wuhui, are you satisfied with this?"

The two Level 4 elders explained with beaming smiles.

"I've had enough, but you don't know this. Lieutenant Gao Mingyue has made great contributions and has been promoted to elder status by Elder Zhou Guihong. After she is promoted to level 4 soldier, she will be promoted to elder immediately without needing to be promoted again by the Daoist sect. Shouldn't she also be equipped with some level 2 elites?"

Li Wuhui took a leisurely sip of tea and reintroduced Gao Mingyue to the two Level 4 elders.

The two Level 4 elders were surprised and then re-examined Gao Mingyue.

"It's only been a few days, and the Moon Maiden has already become Fellow Daoist Moon! Truly, one should look at a person with new eyes after three days' absence!"

"In that case, what else can we say? We will report to the sect and equip Taoist Gao Mingyue with 1200 elite Level 2 soldiers to act alongside Elder Li Wuhui, whose martial arts are astonishing. That would be quite appropriate."

Li Wu Hui smiled with satisfaction and gestured to Gao Ming Yue with his eyes.

Gao Mingyue understood and bowed to the two elders, saying, "Thank you for your help, elders."

The two level 4 Taoist elders responded with smiles.

Only then did Li Wu Hui let the two leave.

Gao Mingyue sighed, "In the past, when I discussed important matters with the two elders, they always looked down on me because I was a junior and a woman, and they always gave perfunctory answers to my concerns."

"I never imagined that after following Senior Brother Wu Hui for less than a month, I would be able to have an equal conversation with them."

That's all.

Gao Mingyue gathered her sleeves with both hands, sat up straight like a well-bred young lady, and looked at Li Wuhui with burning eyes: "It's all thanks to you, Senior Brother Wuhui."

"Heh, you're really putting me on this stunt!"

Li Wuhui was so angry that he laughed. He bent his right index finger into a hook and flicked Gao Mingyue's delicate nose.

"Didn't I tell you already?"

"Your credit comes from your decisive command ability. I merely discovered your talent, not promoted you."

"Besides, although women may be looked down upon on the battlefield, if you are truly strong enough to become the leader of an army and take the head of an enemy general amidst thousands of troops, your status and power will naturally come rushing in! You will be no different from a powerful man."

"Therefore, there is no need to underestimate yourself."

"I may have made you who you are, but you also made me who I am, as well as many other elite soldiers. They are the ones who made us who we are."

Gao Mingyue covered her mouth shyly and teasedly laughed:

"Senior Brother Wu Hui always likes to share the credit with everyone, which makes it impossible for me to feel proud or brag a little!"

"What a bad senior brother."

Li Wu Hui crossed his arms, unmoved.

As the saying goes, pride comes before a fall. A strong person should put himself in solitude in time so as not to lose himself.

How can someone be so clueless about romance?

Gao Mingyue helplessly propped her face up. Despite having specially untied her bun and tied her long hair into a single ponytail today, her sweet voice still couldn't move him.

"Yes, yes, Senior Brother Wu Hui is the smartest."

......

Five more days have passed.

In the past few days, the grain transport teams have continued to depart from Green Valley and head towards Meteorite City.

Because Li Wu Hui had cleared out the imperial grain-robbing troops along the route, the grain transport teams were all safely delivered to Meteorite City.

this day.

The Taoist sect's troop deployment order finally arrived via carrier pigeon.

"Senior Brother Wu Hui, the entire Daoist sect has approved our troop request. We can replenish our Level 2 troop force with 3600 men in Green Valley. They will gradually replenish the garrison from other places in the coming months."

Gao Mingyue excitedly held the military appointment letter and explained it to Li Wuhui.

Finally, it's here. At least the training for promotion to level 5 soldier has a goal and something to do.

The past ten days or so have been spent traveling back and waiting for the Taoist sect's order to mobilize troops.

Unable to go out and search for enemy troops, they could only fight against the bandits and brigands who had become very rare due to the gathering of sect alliances and the clearing of mountains and rivers several times. In total, they did not gain more than 20 experience points.

They almost mistook several self-built mountain villages that were still legally operating and paying grain taxes.

It was truly an awkward few days of busy work.

I didn't gain much experience, but I managed to exhaust myself.

Fortunately, the wait was worthwhile.

"Mingyue, come with me to select soldiers. Prioritize the brave and fearless elites. Then, select a few more skilled level 2 cooks. Before, we could only eat dry rations during the march, and our mouths were so bland."

Li Wu Hui strode out of the courtyard with a powerful and majestic air.

Gao Mingyue quickly followed, noting down Li Wuhui's request, and then asked:

"Senior Brother Wu Hui, shouldn't we recruit more scouts? If we had a few hundred Level 2 scouts, we could divide them into more than ten squads to act as eyes and ears for the troops during marches. Even if we were unlucky enough to encounter the Emperor's army using the ghostly route, we could still detect them first!"

"Although it may seem cold-blooded, sacrificing a few scouts can prevent the main force from suddenly losing its combat power."

Also, Brother Wu Hui, your safety will be increased somewhat.

Gao Mingyue added in her mind.

Li Wuhui paused for a moment, then nodded: "Let's do it your way. By the way, we need as many level 2 warhorses as possible, preferably one for each person, and one as a spare!"

"Senior Brother Wu Hui, you're too greedy! I heard that Green Valley Dock only has eight or nine thousand level 2 military horses in total, and you're going to use them all up!"

Gao Mingyue laughed.

"Sigh, the warhorses are just sitting there anyway. Giving them to me would earn me merit, and I could steal the Imperial Army's rations!"

Li Wu Hui also realized that he had gone too far, but still argued:

"Besides, if we win the battle, we can also seize the Imperial Army's horses. If we have too many, we can return them."