The Eternal Saint of Alchemy

The garrison battalion is directly commanded by Master Cheng, who is responsible for its daily management and personnel allocation; Ning Yao is in charge of guarding the area, which is composed of cultivators familiar with formations and defenses.

The Hunter's Vanguard Battalion is led by the veteran hunter Pei. Its members do not have a fixed location but are on standby at any time when carrying out missions.

The selection process for the Hunter Camp is held during the first week of summer.

After a series of assessments, six people were selected as the first batch of members of the Hunter Camp, and Mr. Song was selected as the executive captain of the Hunter Camp.

After the assessment, Xiao Fan gave Elder Pei a simple cultivation method to use in training the hunters' daily training.

Starting in the second week of summer, the garrison camp began a ten-day special training program, mainly to connect the spiritual energy between the array flags and the array formations, so as to ensure that the entire defensive structure of the stronghold could be activated immediately in case of an emergency.

After the training ended, they conducted another simulation test and found that the entire base's protective shield only took one-third of the time to reach full power.

In the third week of this summer, the 4th Battalion held its first joint exercise at Shuangjietai.

The exercise scenario is set in the direction of the tower, where a large-scale enemy force is mobilized, requiring simultaneous support from the Anvil Town and the main city.

The patrol team was responsible for ensuring the supply line remained open, while the garrison battalion moved from the high ground to the tower and formed a defensive formation, and the Hunter Battalion stood by on the flanks.

The exercise lasted a full day.

Cheng Xiushi was in charge of information transmission between the various camps, Ning Yao was in charge of recording the consumption of supplies at each stronghold, and Pei Laohunter was in charge of tracking the movement route of the Hunter's Vanguard Camp and confirming their speed and stealth capabilities.

Bai Ye used the Silver Frost Sword to record the flow of spiritual energy throughout the entire training process, and marked the strength and stability of the spiritual energy connection between each stronghold.

By the end of the exercise, each battalion had completed its combat missions within the predetermined timeframe, and communication speed and resupply response time were within reasonable limits.

In his summary, Master Cheng pointed out two minor adjustments: Old Hunter Pei added two backup routes to the Hunter's Vanguard Camp's marching route in preparation for the next exercise.

That evening, Xiao Fan stood at the entrance of the main building, watching everyone return to their posts.

The array flags in the four corners of the city wall were still moving continuously. The tasks on them had been completely handled by Master Pei, and the normal operation of the Twin Realms Platform was not greatly affected.

The deep mining operations at the anvil ore collection point maintained a normal pace during the exercise, and the first joint exercise of the four battalions went smoothly.

In the fourth week of summer, a messenger from White Camel Ridge arrived at Shuangjietai ahead of schedule, bringing urgent intelligence: on the edge of the Silver Plain, a small team of about one hundred people was heading south towards the central part of Aurora Plain and the area covered by Shuangjietai.

The messenger told him that the army was not moving fast, but its route was clear and it was not hiding its tracks.

Xiao Fan used the crimson short staff to sense the pipe node that the group of people might have passed through, confirming that it was the only area of ​​the Twin Realms Platform that had not been fully reinforced. It was located between the tower and the anvil, with flat terrain and no natural barriers.

If the enemy tries to enter the inner perimeter of Shuangjietai through this gap, then the Fourth Battalion's rapid response capability will face a real test.

Based on the speed the messenger gave him and his location, Master Cheng roughly estimated the time it would take for the other side to reach the rift area, which would be about five days.

That evening, Xiao Fan summoned the commanders of the four battalions and gave them brief but clear instructions.

The patrol team set up two observation points on both sides of the gap area. The guard battalion and the tower were on standby, while the Hunter Battalion had moved into a concealed location on the east side of the gap in advance.

After finishing speaking, Pei the Hunter added, "The Hunter's Vanguard Battalion is not the main defensive force; their mission is surveillance and tracking."

The handover was completed that very evening, and the next morning, each battalion was in its place.

Five days later, they arrived at the north side of the crevice.

The team consisted of about a hundred people, well-equipped, and moved silently. The leader was exactly the same person the messenger from White Camel Ridge had described.

They moved quickly and had a clear goal: to cross the crevice and head south.

The patrol's two observation posts confirmed the enemy's movements and did not disperse.

The Hunter's Vanguard Camp spotted the shapes of several magical artifacts in a concealed location to the east. One of these artifacts was identical to the one recorded by the ancient sect during their retreat.

At least one member of the opposing team was carrying equipment from a collateral branch of the ancient sect.

The garrison troops stationed in the fortress and towers remained on high alert, without making any move or raising any protective shields.

The other side did not stop, nor did they cross the warning marks on the Twin Boundary Platform. Instead, they continued south, heading towards the central part of the Aurora Plain.

After they left the rift area, Cheng Xiushi wrote a report on the size of the team, the number of magical artifacts, and their speed of travel, and handed it to Xiao Fan.

After the enemy left the rift, the vanguard battalion retreated to their hiding place as planned. General Pei was certain that they had not taken any extreme actions during the time they were crossing the rift.

After reading the observation report in the array room, Xiao Fan confirmed that this team was not coming for the Twin Realms Platform, but for a passing team, and not to launch a sneak attack.

He glanced at the types of magical artifacts on the other person's body and categorized them into the database of the Southern Continent Ancient Sect.

He pointed the arrow to the center of Aurora Plains, and the end of the arrow was a question mark.

In the fifth week of summer, the team stopped in a ravine in the middle of the Aurora Plain, and then split into several smaller teams. One team turned towards the Silver Plain, while another team headed in a different direction.

The messenger from White Camel Ridge provided a short route map with the coordinates of each team.

Bai Ye compared these coordinates with a mark on the Silver Frost Sword and determined that one of the teams was heading to the ruins of a suspected ancient sect.

This ruin is located on the edge of the Silver Plain, with complex terrain and no stable supply, making it an unsuitable place to settle down.

Using the records from the Silver Frost Sword, Xiao Fan converted the coordinates of the ancient sect ruins into a complete bronze disc map, confirming that the Twin Realms Platform's pipeline network had not yet covered that area.

However, between the narrow corridor and the ruins north of Tiezhenji, there is an underground passage that no one has discovered.

The passage is unmarked on the surface, but the chisel marks below the narrow passage connect it directly to the ruins.

Pei the hunter said that if there really is a passage, it is likely located in a place where the rock strata are relatively thin.