One Dao Fruit a day, starting with the Dragon Taming Technique.

Wang Gan opened his mouth, but it felt like his throat was stuffed with cotton, and he couldn't squeeze out a single word.

Behind him, the soldiers of Wudu were completely silent.

Illuminated by the firelight, Xu Guang turned around and charged forward again. His blade pierced the chest cavity of the giant rat-like creature, drawing out a spray of scalding blood that splattered onto its armor, hissing and emitting white smoke.

Without turning around, he stomped his right foot on the ground, spun around, and dodged the second alien claw that pounced from the left. With a backhand slash, he sliced ​​open the beast's belly from bottom to top.

The intestines and stomach spilled to the ground with a clatter, filling the air with a foul stench.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that these strange creatures were not rats at all, but rather a variant formed from the awakened bloodline of some kind of musk deer. It was unclear what bloodline they had awakened, but they had grown teeth similar to rats, and their cries were also somewhat like those of rats.

Although this alien species doesn't have any particularly powerful killing techniques, it has thick skin and immense strength.

If the leader of the herd is not killed, it usually takes a group of soldiers to kill him.

But now…

Because Xu Guang killed the alien leader, the beast horde was thrown into chaos, making it much easier for the soldiers to deal with them.

But on the battlefield, Xu Guang was the most outstanding.

Stepping with ghostly speed, his figure moved erratically among the beasts, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, sometimes forward, sometimes backward. Each step he took was perfectly placed to avoid being pounced on, and with each strike, a strange creature would fall to the ground with a mournful cry.

Their steps were so fast that they almost left afterimages.

A sharp-eyed soldier noticed that Xu Guang seemed to be trailing three faint black shadows behind him, which was a visual afterimage caused by his high speed.

The knife in his hand seemed to come alive, always appearing in the right place.

Wang Gan suppressed his shock upon witnessing this scene.

"All troops, listen to my command! Form ranks and charge! Slaughter these beasts!"

Fifteen minutes later, the chaos finally subsided, and only heavy breathing and the crackling of the campfire remained.

The ground was littered with the corpses of strange creatures.

Xu Guang stood by the campfire, holding a knife in one hand.

[Slayed 11 low-level alien species, caused 13 deaths, saved 0 people, gained 13 negative karma points, and 0 positive karma points]

These strange creatures are actually quite nice; they haven't really harmed anyone.

Although the gains were not great, Xu Guang was not too disappointed, after all, being able to bear the karma of the alien species had already exceeded his expectations.

It now appears that killing non-human beings can incur karmic consequences.

However, this is just speculation and needs to be verified later.

He heard footsteps approaching and turned around to see Wang Gan, who was followed by two guards.

"Xu Guang, do you know your crime?"

Xu Guang knew that Wang Gan was referring to his unauthorized entry into the horde of strange beasts.

Wang Gan and Du Zhong had a good relationship, and if something happened to him, Wang Gan would find it difficult to face Du Zhong.

"Uncle Wang, the situation was critical at the time, those two brothers..."

A smile suddenly appeared on Wang Gan's lips, quickly widening as he slapped Xu Guang. "Damn it, Old Du got a good deal. It's a pity your sister Du is already married, otherwise I would have fought with Old Du for a son-in-law."

Xu Guang: ...

"I will give you credit for this," Wang Gan said, glancing at the nick in Xu Guang's steel sword. "The governor's office sent some precious bronze and iron swords last month; I'll try to get you one."

Xu Guang didn't stand on ceremony, "I also want a horse. Uncle Wang, you know I'm very poor."

"You brat."

Wang Gan laughed heartily. To be honest, in the military, they really like people who just say what they want directly. They're full of tricks and schemes. That's the officialdom, not the military.

The two soldiers behind him were the two swordsmen and shieldmen whom Xu Guang had rescued earlier, and they bowed and clasped their hands in greeting to Xu Guang.

"Thank you so much, Xu Shichang, for saving our lives. We will definitely repay you."

Xu Guang didn't refuse, but just smiled and told the two of them to go back to the city for drinks.

The two readily agreed.

After Wang Gan left, Du Changwei came to Xu Guang's side and circled around him twice.

"When the hell did you become so strong? Didn't you say you just broke through?"

Xu Guang paused for a moment, looked at Du Changwei whose tiger-like eyes were bloodshot, and said sincerely, "Would you believe me if I said I didn't know I was this strong?"

"Get out! Get out! Get out!"

The soldiers who were tidying up in the distance kept glancing at Xu Guang.

"I counted them, eleven in total, all killed by a single blade."

"That ringleader rat, bigger than an ox, he stabbed it through with one stroke?"

"Didn't you see the blood on the ground? It's all from that one."

The initial whispers gradually escalated into undisguised exclamations.

The way everyone looked at Xu Guang changed slightly.

I have to say, it's actually quite enjoyable to be the center of attention and the subject of discussion.

It's just that it's all men, not many pretty girls, otherwise it would be more enjoyable.

Xu Guang felt that he was just an ordinary person, and this thought was also very ordinary.

……

The next day.

After the alien tide receded, Wang Gan sent someone back to the city overnight to inform Qian Yue that something seemed to have happened in the mountains, with a large number of alien beasts coming down from the mountains, and that support and supplies were needed.

Qian Yue received the battle report sent by Wang Gan's messenger and frowned as he asked a question.

"Is this all true? Xu Guang killed a total of eleven mutants?"

The cavalryman delivering the message knelt on one knee and respectfully replied, "Indeed."

Qian Yue narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "You all fought brilliantly outside the city in this battle. I hereby issue an order to reward each of the garrison soldiers stationed outside the city with one string of cash and a month's supply of secret medicine. In addition, Xu Guang is promoted to captain."

……

Regarding the handling of the alien corpses, they are all considered spoils of war. Generally, 50% of the spoils are handed over, 20% are divided equally, and the remainder is kept according to military merit, whoever killed the animal keeps it.

These large rats are actually a type of musk deer, but somehow they awakened some kind of bloodline that transformed them into these rat-like creatures.

Xu Guang killed eleven alien species, five of which could be allocated to him. At Wang Gan's instruction, the largest one was also allocated to him.

For martial artists, exotic meat is a highly nutritious food, containing far more energy than beef.

"Sir, it's a treat!"

Yang Zhen and the others looked on with envy. With so much meat, if handled well in the city, it could sell for hundreds of strings of cash.

Xu Guang generously agreed, "Alright, I'll treat everyone in Shili to a whole deer feast today."

"Commander, you are truly awe-inspiring!"

"We will follow the orders of our superiors without question!"

"What 'sir'? Once General Wang's report of his achievements is submitted, he should be called 'team leader'."

After joking and laughing with Shili's brothers for a while, Xu Guang summoned Du Changwei.

"Brother, do you know anyone in the transport team? Take these back to Youniang and the others."

Du Changwei ate with his mouth full of oil, saying, "She doesn't practice martial arts, so why does she need to eat so much? You can keep it for yourself."

Xu Guang: ...

The following day, Wang Gan announced in front of everyone that General Qian had promoted Xu Guang to captain.

No one who witnessed Xu Guang's actions that night had any objections, especially since Xu Guang charged into the horde of strange beasts that night to save two swordsmen and shieldmen.

The supply convoy arrived on the third day, bringing not only food and secret medicine, but also some weapons and horses.

Xu Guang was given two swords and a horse. One was the precious sword that Wang Gan had mentioned, and the other was an ordinary hundred-times-forged red iron sword. The horse was a large chestnut horse, extremely tall, and the supply team members said it was a descendant of General Qian's mount.

Qian Yue's horse was a gift from Jiedushi Sun Ganxuan; it was a genuine exotic breed and was quite valuable.

The eye-catching presence of a horse on the street in this era is incomparable to that of a BMW in the previous era.

When the people around learned that Xu Guang had acquired a fine horse, they all came over to admire it, their faces full of envy.

"Damn it, our six-month mark is almost here! We have to treat everyone, we absolutely have to!"

These weren't his own team members, so Xu Guang naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to generously share the alien meat, he laughed.

"Let's go back to Chunmanlou and drink until we're drunk!"

To prevent the alien species from descending the mountain again, this time there were also 63 yamen soldiers in two squads providing support.

Du Changwei knew some of these people and quickly learned about the recent events in the city from them.

Nothing major happened in the city, but the relationship between the yamen soldiers and the governor's office became even more strained, with conflicts frequently breaking out between lower-ranking officials, squad leaders, and constables.

However, they remained relatively restrained, and no further bloodshed occurred.

Furthermore, it was confirmed that Fushan Jun was in Shuocheng, because the night before, Fushan Jun entered the governor's mansion and stole the governor Sun Yinglong's official seal.