Journey to the West: We're too early, Nezha is only seven years old.

Not only Jiang Ziya, but the other generals in the tent all looked at Zhou Xiaobai with disbelief on their faces.

They had never seen a being whose realm had reached the stage of returning to emptiness and merging with the Dao, yet they had never killed a living being.

Veterans like Huang Feihu were somewhat better off; having witnessed too many strange things, they didn't discriminate against Zhou Xiaobai.

However, Jinzha and Muzha held Zhou Xiaobai in utter contempt. In their eyes, Zhou Xiaobai was someone who had everything handed to him and whose current cultivation level was entirely due to the support of his family.

This level of cultivation is like building a house with sand; it collapses at the slightest touch.

"Nezha, you have done a great service this time!" Jiang Ziya praised with a rare smile.

"Xiao Bai also contributed a lot to infiltrating the enemy camp!" Nezha said, not wanting to take all the credit.

"Then give him credit too!" Jiang Ziya didn't believe it at all, but still gave Nezha face and agreed.

Nezha handed the Dragon-Binding Stake back to Jinzha. Jinzha smiled and accepted it when he saw that the magic weapon had been recovered, but this did not affect Jinzha's impression of Zhou Xiaobai.

"Ao Ding, the city is running low on food supplies, so you will be in charge of guarding the granary!" Jiang Ziya said, pulling out a command arrow and tossing it to Zhou Xiaobai.

He had the idea of ​​training Zhou Xiaobai last night, but since Nezha gave the credit to Zhou Xiaobai today, he canceled his original idea and replaced it with a simpler task.

Jiang Ziya was well aware of how dangerous this great calamity was. Participants like Zhou Xiaobai, who had no combat experience and were weak, were likely to be the first to be included in the Investiture of the Gods.

"Ao Ding obeys!" Zhou Xiaobai picked up the command token and bowed in response.

He was extremely satisfied with his job guarding the grain depot.

Insufficient supplies mean that the granaries are almost empty, which reduces their strategic value and makes them virtually impossible for the enemy to target.

"Report!" Just as Jiang Ziya was about to issue more orders, a messenger called out from outside the tent.

"Come in!" Jiang Ziya ordered.

"The army from Chaoge has reached ten miles outside the North Gate!" the messenger shouted.

The generals in the tent were all shocked. The army had suffered too many losses, and the Xiqi army was now at its weakest.

"All capable generals, go up to the city wall! You must hold the city wall!" Jiang Ziya commanded in a deep voice.

Even Zhou Xiaobai, who had already received military orders and taken on the task of guarding the granary, had no choice but to go up the city wall with the other generals.

Jiang Ziya did not trust Zhou Xiaobai to defend the city wall alone, so Zhou Xiaobai was assigned to Nezha's side to guard a section of the city wall together.

Zhou Xiaobai witnessed the true war in this world; the defensive methods employed on the city walls far exceeded his imagination.

Bottles filled with lime were thrown using stone cannons. When the bottles broke, they released lime dust, causing enemy soldiers to be temporarily blinded and thus disrupting their offensive operations.

There are also rockets, firebows, crossbows, rolling stones, logs, and so on, all of which can be used to launch long-range attacks on enemy soldiers.

Furthermore, this city wall is no ordinary wall. Ordinary people may not be able to see the abnormality of the city wall, but Zhou Xiaobai, who has cultivation, sensed that the city wall exuded a heavy aura, making him feel as if it were a magic weapon.

The four Mo generals were furious. When Mo Lihong woke up in the morning, she discovered that her magic weapon, the "Primordial Pearl Umbrella," along with the three other magic weapons that had been stored inside it, were gone.

He knew that it must have been stolen by people from Xiqi. The original plan to attack Xiqi remained unchanged, and the theft of the magic weapon even increased the scale of their attack.

A group of Chaoge soldiers charged towards the city wall, braving arrows and carrying ladders, but the Xiqi soldiers defending the city used every means to prevent them from climbing the wall.

Neither the attacking nor the defending side used any magical artifacts or spells; they relied entirely on their soldiers to fight.

Nezha only issued orders, and he would not participate in the battle unless a powerful enemy climbed the city wall.

Zhou Xiaobai couldn't command and didn't need to fight, so he was fine and could only follow behind Nezha and watch.

"Nezha, although the Four Demon Generals are missing the 'Primordial Pearl Umbrella,' they still have many magical treasures. Why don't we see them using them?" Zhou Xiaobai asked after watching for a while.

"I thought you wouldn't expect me to ask!" Nezha chuckled, pointing to the city wall beneath him and explaining, "This city wall contains the power of the Western Zhou's national destiny, making it impervious to attacks from ordinary magical artifacts and spells. When necessary, Uncle-Master can mobilize the power of the Western Zhou's national destiny to form a shield to counter powerful magical attacks!"

"Then the defending side can use magic weapons?" Zhou Xiaobai immediately asked, finding a way to utilize them.

"Both sides will be affected by the power of national destiny. You'll know once you try using your magic weapon!" Nezha explained to him.

Zhou Xiaobai took out the "Heaven-Turning Seal (Imitation)". He didn't even need to use it. Just by holding it in his hand, he found that the connection with the "Heaven-Turning Seal (Imitation)" had weakened a lot. If he tried to use the "Heaven-Turning Seal (Imitation)" in this state, not only would its power be reduced, but its casting speed would also be slowed down.

He even suspected that with his meager cultivation level, there was a risk that he might not be able to take back the "Heaven-Turning Seal (Imitation)" if he released it.

He then understood why siege warfare turned into a bloodbath between soldiers with little involvement of magic—not because they didn't want to, but because they couldn't.

Of course, Zhou Xiaobai also knew that his inability to freely control magical artifacts was related to his own weak cultivation level.

If a Golden Immortal or someone of that caliber were here, they wouldn't need to consider the influence of the nation's destiny at all.

"Little White, you have never killed a living being before. This will be very beneficial to your cultivation. Do not make a move on the city wall. I will take care of everything!" Nezha continued.

Nezha, a direct descendant of the Chan Sect, was even more aware of how precious Zhou Xiaobai's state was. Being free from karmic burdens had an invisible boost to cultivation, and even affected the ethereal fortune.

Besides, Nezha believed that Zhou Xiaobai had already made contributions, but those contributions were attributed to him.

In this siege battle where he felt no participation, Zhou Xiaobai only stayed on the city wall for one day before becoming a granary guard.

Jiang Ziya saw his incompetence; not only was he useless on the city wall, he also negatively impacted the morale of the other soldiers.

Zhou Xiaobai, dressed in luxurious armor, stood on the city wall doing nothing. After the battle, while everyone else was disheveled, he was as relaxed as if he had just finished a vacation.

The granary is located in the city center, with no other buildings within a hundred meters of it.

There were three hundred soldiers guarding the granary, including one hundred archers, one hundred crossbowmen, and one hundred swordsmen and shieldmen. Together with the three-foot-thick walls of the granary, it was as solid as a rock.

Zhou Xiaobai's only task was to allocate the corresponding grain from the granary according to the orders sent by Jiang Ziya. Even for this task, there were two stewards to assist him.