The establishment of the Celestial Dynasty began with the bestowal of the title upon the River God.

Even before joining the garrison, Li Yi was able to hold off the tall man with his cultivation level of opening ten acupoints.

Now that he has learned the "Life-Refining Body Method" and the "Jiamu Ascending to Sun Collection", his cultivation has improved again. I really don't know how strong he really is.

At least when facing these junior officers in the early stages of Qi Refining, it was like cutting melons and vegetables; even if they were hit by punches and kicks, it wouldn't hurt them at all.

In the military, strength is paramount and concealment is not valued. Li Yi didn't think too much about it, but his opponent was simply too boring and couldn't ignite his passion.

He caught up with the two "deserters" in a few steps and obtained their waist tokens in no time.

The two men were slightly less injured, but they didn't dare to retaliate against him. They ran far away and chose another target.

Li Yi carefully tucked the four waist tokens into his pocket. He glanced up and saw four or five soldiers eager to make their move, but as soon as they met his gaze, they all ran away.

"With Xiao Guan's riding and archery skills, he should at least get a medium to high score; Er Hu has some talent in surveying and mapping, and with Qin Sao's guidance, he should also be better than most rough men; not to mention Liu Zhi, he attended a private school when he was young, so his foundation is not bad either."

However, these thirty-eight small flags must have been carefully selected by the garrison; we cannot be careless…”

Li Yi tried to calculate, but unfortunately, he was not skilled in numerology and could not come up with a conclusion.

"There are a total of seventy-six people, divided into thirty-eight groups. No matter what, ten should be enough. Any more would only attract attention, which is counterproductive."

He made his plans and, regardless of the situation on the field, scurried around to find his opponents. He attacked them with his fists and feet as if he were a tiger among sheep.

Outside the white circle, Gongsun Ling, dressed in armor, appeared out of nowhere and stood beside the deputy commander, smiling as she said:

"Uncle Shi, could this man under my command possibly meet your approval?"

Shi Jin nodded and said, "He is indeed a capable officer."

No matter how high Li Yi's cultivation level is, he is still only at the early stage of Qi Refining. Although he has a lot of spiritual acupoints, the number of spiritual acupoints does not determine the superiority of cultivators from different meridians.

"Has your physical condition been tested?"

"Li Yi's cultivation is progressing rapidly, he must have the Glazed Body."

Gongsun Ling wore an expression that seemed perfectly natural.

Commander Shi Jin stared intently at Li Yi with a calm gaze.

"Although my cultivation is low, I know that the Glass Body is not known for its physical strength."

Gongsun Ling, however, did not take it to heart and said with a smile:

"Uncle Shi, you may not know this, but I previously exchanged a third-grade body-forging technique for Brother Li. Later, he exchanged another technique for the 'Jia Mu Sheng Yang Collection'. In the entire garrison and barracks, there are only a handful of early-stage body cultivators who can rival him."

Li Yi's performance was amazing, but his opponents were just a group of early-stage body cultivators, and even more so, some ordinary people were used as punching bags. It was impossible to see any tricks up his sleeve.

As they spoke, only a few remained standing upright within the white circle.

The incense had burned less than 40% of its flame.

Li Yi didn't have time to collect all ten waist tokens, and the situation on the field had become deadlocked. Everyone counted the heads and estimated their total scores, but for a moment no one was willing to take the initiative.

"Nine... should be enough."

Li Yi thought to himself and waited silently for the time to pass. However, two people who had been fighting at the other end had not seen his heroic act. Perhaps they were worried that he did not have enough waist tokens, and seeing that he was alone, they exchanged a glance and charged over.

One of the junior officers, who was on good terms with him, suddenly changed his expression, reached out to stop him, and shouted, "No!"

The man, however, ignored the advice and reacted even more urgently, excitedly shouting, "This fat sheep, I, Horse Face, will take it!"

Li Yi stood still, waiting for the two to rush up to him. He threw a punch and a kick, then expertly bent down and pinned one of them down, taking off two waist tokens to make a total of ten.

Taking everything wouldn't be good either. If it ranked him last in terms of bravery, preventing him from being selected, it would weaken the garrison scouts and wouldn't be beneficial.

The horse-faced man propped himself up, his groin still throbbing, completely unaware of what had happened before he was sent flying by the opponent…

No wonder that dog made a sound to stop me; it clearly knew my horse-faced temperament and was trying to stir up trouble!

Damn it, when did this powerful guy arrive at the garrison? I've never heard of him before.

He helped his soldiers up, and seeing that the situation was clear and that none of them had any intention of fighting, he simply stepped forward and began to exchange pleasantries:

"Which village are you from, brother?"

"Sanyi Manor".

Horse-faced man thought for a moment, then exclaimed in surprise, "Gongsun Baihu's estate? I thought it must be Liu Zhongliang running for office, no wonder..."

Now that the situation was clear, Shi Jin had no interest in delaying and ended the teaching examination ahead of schedule.

Some people are still unable to get up and regroup, but fortunately there is no shortage of medicine in the barracks. A few have broken bones, so their injuries are not considered serious.

Li Yi and his group were temporarily freed, so they dispersed to other places, mostly gathering at the horse archery arena.

Guan Tian had already dismounted and rushed over as soon as he saw the person.

"how?"

"It's alright." Guan Tian scratched his face. "I should be able to rank in the top ten."

In this way, as long as Li Erhu and Liu Zhi both make it into the middle ranks, the game is practically won.

The competition of thirty-eight small flags was lively, and the soldiers in the barracks were also happy to watch. No matter who it was, as long as they took the field, they would shout and cheer.

Shi Jin didn't join in the fun, because a man was walking from afar outside the Second Battalion. He was Li Shuyan, the division commander in charge of the Tiger Might Battalion.

The man, clad in scale armor and unarmed except for a sword at his waist, strode up to Shi Jin, surveyed the training ground, and said with a smile:

"This is the first time the garrison has formed a sentry corps; the personnel must be quite good?"

Shi Jin bowed slightly and said, "There are some promising talents."

He turned to his subordinate Zhang Ren and asked, "How much longer until the rankings for each group are calculated?"

Zhang Ren flipped through the roster in his hand, then looked towards the archery range and said respectfully:

"Within 15 minutes."

Li Shuyan had someone bring over chairs and invited Shi Jin to sit with him. In less than a quarter of an hour, the examiners from the three departments of archery, reading and writing, and drawing and surveying returned the roster. The examiners assigned tasks, calculated the total score of the thirty-eight flags, and quickly ranked the candidates.

Shi Jin took the roster and looked at it. Gongsun Ling also knelt down to look at it. In the seventh position, he saw the name of Sanyi Manor.

"My lord, what do you think? The person I recommended, despite my shamelessness, certainly has real talent, doesn't he?"

Li Shuyan immediately became interested. "Which talented person has the centurion taken a liking to?"

Gongsun Ling blushed slightly, "General, please don't make fun of me."

As he spoke, he pointed to Sanyizhuang on the roster.

"Li Yi?" Li Shuyan murmured, "He's from the same clan as me."

He leaned on the armrest, pointing at the hundreds of soldiers, "Since you've chosen Tiger Might Camp as the selection venue, and your scouts happen to be here too, why don't I transfer some men over, and while the competition is still going strong, let's have a friendly spar?"

Shi Jin raised his hand to stroke his beard, but said nothing.

Li Shuyan chuckled, "To be honest, some scouts from the Trapped Camp also came after hearing about this. How about we get them all together for a 'Three Armies Grand Competition'?"

It was called a grand competition among the three armies, but in reality it was just a contest between scouts.

The garrisons and barracks housed over ten thousand soldiers, with elite troops not only in the scouts and cavalry, but also in the central army and the left and right wings.

This matter is confined to the sentries, so as not to damage the harmony, while also allowing for mutual inspection and promoting communication. Why not do it?

Even if there are some frictions, it's just commonplace in the military.

Upon realizing this, Shi Jin nodded in agreement.