Chapter 408 Nineteenth Army, Great Demon Blood! (2-in-1)
"Young master, there are also innate warriors."
"Hehe." Song Ping'an smiled proudly.
Being able to recruit nine innate warriors from the common people was his proudest and biggest gain this time.
Even Song Changming was a little surprised.
Even though there are a lot of innate warriors in the army, you might think that innate warriors can be found everywhere.
In fact, there are still very few innate warriors working among the people.
Not to mention innate warriors like the one Song Ping'an recruited who had no background or identity.
In the annual recruit camp, there are only a few recruits with Xiantian realm cultivation strength, which shows the scarcity of recruitment of Xiantian warriors.
Song Ping'an recruited nine innate warriors at once, which was indeed an unexpected blessing.
Song Changming first asked the group of people to get up, and then walked up to one of them.
This man has a beard, a square face, and long hair hanging down his chin, looking slightly slovenly.
But this man's eyes were burning, and when he looked at Song Changming, he was not timid at all because of Song Changming's status as a commander, and was even inexplicably a little eager.
"What's your name?" Song Changming asked.
"Come back, Marshal, I'm Xiao Peibai, from Tainan City, Cuibai Road." The big man responded immediately, his voice was fair and somewhat delicate, which was very different from his rough appearance.
Just hearing the voice, I thought it was some weak boy whispering.
"The contrast"
Song Changming only felt that it was a little inconsistent, but he didn't care too much.
What really attracted him to this person was that he was the highest among the nine innate warriors.
"With your cultivation level, you should not be an unknown person in Tainan City." Song Changming continued to ask.
"I was taken away by my master to practice since I was a child. When I came back, Obsidian was coming, and I didn't make a name for myself in Tainan City." Xiao Peibai explained.
All of his cultivation skills came from the true inheritance of a master. By the time he returned to Tainan City, it would already be decades later.
Naturally, his name does not exist here, but his family has traces in Tainan City, and it is still stable now.
"With your ability to open up the Six Paths of Martial Arts, you will be valued and treated favorably by any Cui Banner Army. Why do you want to accept my recruitment?" Song Changming asked again.
He was still curious about this question.
After all, the Nineteenth Army under his command is still in name only.
He is a polished commander, so naturally he is not in a good place, let alone other Cui Banner troops.
And the opponent is strong enough to be a general in the army. If you have a high vision, if you want to join the army to make a future, you really shouldn't choose him.
Xiao Peibai said frankly: "The Marshal may not remember that during the Obsidian period, the Marshal once saved Tainan City and my parents!"
Song Changming heard the other party's gratitude, which was very sincere.
Understand that this guy is here to repay a favor.
"In addition, when the main city was in crisis, the performance of the commander-in-chief was also admired by me." Xiao Peibai added.
In the last battle before the end of Obsidian, Xiao Peibai also contributed his own strength to the main city, and even witnessed Song Changming's ultimate combat performance of guarding for three days and forming an army with one man.
He was completely impressed by Song Changming.
To put it simply, this person simply admired Song Changming, so he came to join him.
Then when asked again, the nine innate warriors basically came here for his name.
In addition to the reasons mentioned by Xiao Peibai, they also believed that Song Changming was a rare commander-in-chief who did not come from aristocratic families. Under Song Changming, they who had the same rough background might be able to obtain fairer promotion conditions.
They are all ambitious people who also want to make their own way, and do not want to become vassals of the children of aristocratic families in other Cui Banner armies.
There are many reasons, big and small. In short, the nine people selected Song Changming's 19th Army after careful consideration.
After Song Chang understood this, he accepted the allegiance of these people.
Eight of the nine innate warriors were first appointed to the military position of centurion, and Xiao Peibai, the strongest, was directly promoted to the first general under his command, temporarily responsible for commanding more than 500 people.
In this way, a small army framework was finally formed, and Song Changming was finally no longer an embarrassing polished commander.
With the manpower available, Song Changming ordered Xiao Peibai to lead everyone to clean up the ruins of the garrison outside the city and count the remaining available supplies.
Then they applied for a group of craftsmen from the military department and began to repair and rebuild the garrison in full swing. This was also the first step to forming an army.
Song Pingan asked him to continue looking for soldiers in the market.
Song Changming's Nineteenth Army could expand rapidly after the military headquarters opened the new barracks for formal recruitment.
After explaining and implementing many matters, time gradually came to June.
Everything is going on in an orderly manner.
With sufficient manpower, it only took a few days to clear the ruins of the station.
All I can say is that you should never underestimate the powerful labor force brought by a martial artist.
By mid-June, the 19th Army's garrison had a completely new look.
Brand-new fortresses and watchtowers were erected one after another. Warehouses, school martial arts fields, canteens, and even half of a long circle of walls were built.
The war horses are galloping, and there are more than a thousand soldiers fighting against each other in the station at the moment. They are training to coordinate their battle formations. It seems that they have begun to have the shadow of an army.
In the school martial arts field, a light blue sword energy whizzed past, easily repelling a strong man, causing an uproar among the surrounding soldiers.
The strong man looked at the pretty girl wearing white armor in front of him in amazement, and helplessly clasped his fists and said: "Girl, you are so capable, I am willing to give in."
"Who else is dissatisfied?" Upon hearing this, Su Qingqing raised her smooth chin and looked at the other soldiers watching.
The other soldiers immediately laughed and scratched their heads, praising Su Qingqing's strength and losing the confidence to challenge.
The strong man's name was Li Sanhu. He was their centurion and one of the few innate warriors before.
If he couldn't defeat the woman in front of him, their other soldiers would certainly have no chance.
And the reason why there was such a discussion was purely because of some gossip in the army.
After all, these new recruits from the private sector have not yet received the strict baptism of military discipline. When they saw the only female general who followed the commander, they started talking privately.
Su Qingqing, who happened to be passing by, heard it, and this was how he established his power.
After Su Qingqing showed her extremely strong strength, the soldiers no longer dared to say anything.
When Su Qingqing saw this, she snorted, sheathed her sword and left.
At some point, Xiao Peibai appeared next to the soldiers in battle armor and spoke.
"Li Sanhu, the army is no better than the civilian world. As a centurion, you need to control the words of your subordinates."
"Yes, general." Li Sanhu agreed immediately. He was still convinced by Xiao Peibai.
Although this person joined the army at the same time as him, Xiao Peibai was second to none in terms of personal strength and ability to command troops.
Now he has already secured his position as the number one general under Song Changming, and his status is unrivaled.
When Song Changming was away, he was the one with the greatest say. Inside the station, in the Marshal's house.
In a wide open space, there was a huge monster corpse lying across it.
It was a dead giant python. The python was hundreds of feet long!
Terrifying demonic power is gathered in it. Even if it is just such a cold corpse, everyone who looks at it can feel the spirit of death, and the cold air is rushing to their heads.
The evil aura filled the air, filling the entire open space in the blink of an eye.
Fortunately, a talisman array lit up, suppressing all the dissipated demonic energy and preventing it from spreading outwards and causing unnecessary panic.
Anyone who has experienced the previous battle to defend the main city will definitely be very familiar with this giant python corpse.
This is exactly what a big demon was at that time!
On the top of the python's head, Song Changming was sitting cross-legged, constantly devouring the flesh and blood essence of the demon corpse and refining it.
At one part of his sternum, another witch seal is gradually taking shape.
The flesh and blood of the great demon made this sacrificial refining process extremely fast. It was not until another stick of incense had passed that Song Changming was satisfied to end this witch refining practice.
You can clearly feel that your body has become stronger.
"It is indeed the flesh and blood essence of the great demon."
Song Changming recovered a lot of energy consumed by his cultivation. Seeing that his third wizard seal was about to be successfully refined, he couldn't help but sigh again.
This was not the first time he had refined the flesh and blood essence of the big demon, but every time he couldn't help but admire the preciousness of the flesh and blood essence of the big demon.
The Witch Soldier Seal, which usually takes years to be refined, can now be completed in a matter of months, in which the flesh and blood essence of the great demon plays an important role.
In addition, the improvement and strengthening of his physical body is even more significant.
He had tested himself as early as five days ago and found that he could easily exert sixteen levels of dragon power under normal conditions. He could gain thousands or even nearly ten thousand kilograms of power every day!
And as long as there is still flesh and blood of the big demon, this increase can continue!
As for how he obtained the corpse of the giant python, it was all thanks to his status as a newly promoted commander.
This huge python monster was severely injured by King Cui before, and then intercepted and killed by a strong master of the Hu family.
So after the war, the corpse of the great demon returned to the palace.
In fact, not only the giant python demon, but also the body of the blue bird demon was also recovered by the palace.
After Song Changming learned about this, he wondered if he could get the flesh and blood of these two great demons for his personal cultivation.
If it were the time before when he was still a small flag leader, this would naturally be impossible.
After all, at that time, he might still have some say in the 41st Army, but looking at the entire military, and even the palace, no one would care at all.
But now that he has been promoted to commander-in-chief of the military and is in charge of the actual power in the military, the weight of his words is completely different.
Coupled with the assistance of Generalissimo Hu Zhong, and finally King Cui's consent, he got the two monster corpses collected by the palace as he wished.
Of course, what he got was limited to the extra flesh and blood essence from the big demon.
Naturally, it was impossible to give him the cores of these two great monsters and some precious corpse parts for nothing.
Even so, Song Changming was very satisfied.
This can be regarded as the first benefit he received after taking the leadership position.
After all, neither King Cui nor the officials in the palace would look at him seriously unless he was in command.
"This big demon corpse should be able to be refined for three to five days"
Song Changming looked at the remaining flesh and blood essence of the big demon under him that had not been taken by him, and he had some concerns in his heart.
Then, he waved casually.
In this clearing, there were suddenly a large blue bird corpse and a black swan corpse.
In an instant, terrifying demonic power continued to spurt out, and three huge strands of demonic energy were entangled together, completely losing the luster of this open space.
Song Changming looked as usual and took a look at the flesh and blood of the three great monsters he had collected.
This is all he got after the final battle before Obsidian ended.
Three copies of the big demon flesh and blood had their cores confiscated, and two are now in King Cui's hands. As for the black swan's big demon core, it was taken away by Hu Zhong.
This black swan demon was also killed by Hu Zhong. It was already great that he could agree to give this demon's flesh and blood to Song Changming. Song Changming himself did not ask for more.
These three pieces of great demon flesh and blood will help him refine the third witch seal. This is a sure thing.
In addition, if he can train another twenty dragon powers, it will be a huge improvement in terms of his strength!
In addition, there is something that he is looking forward to and is concerned about recently.
That means this year's annual review is almost here.
So many things have happened this year, and Song Changming believes that there have been many highlight performances and dazzling operations during this year.
He has also experienced major events such as the Heavenly Evil Devouring the Sun and the Monster Clan's invasion, and has also made considerable breakthroughs and improvements in terms of strength.
Logically speaking, his evaluation this year must be extremely high.
It might even be his highest rating in the past few decades!
Under such circumstances, it is difficult for him not to look forward to the upcoming annual reward, and it is impossible to miss it.
This night, in the core urban area, Su Mansion.
Su Fengye wore a long and wide robe and walked slowly towards a cabinet.
Along the way, the children of the Su family and the maidservants who passed by all bowed respectfully to him.
Su Fengye had a gentle expression and responded to everyone until he walked to the cabinet.
"Come in." A voice came from the cabinet.
Su Fengye pushed the door open and walked in. Looking around, there was only one person in the pavilion. His back was turned to him, and he was looking out the window at the rockery in the forest garden with his hands behind his hands.
"Brother, why did you call me here?" Su Fengye asked.
Su Gongming turned around and his eyes fell on Su Fengye.
"Earlier, you wrote in your letter that you went to Yanzhou to find the Fire Milk of the Earth's Core. Where is this thing now? Now that the monsters have retreated, why can't I see you in retreat?"
When Su Fengye heard this, his eyes flickered, and then he was about to make up a reason to say something, when Su Gongming said in a deep voice: "Feng Ye, don't lie to your brother."
Su Fengye was speechless for a moment, but finally confessed that he had given away the Earth Fire Milk to others.
Su Gongming frowned immediately.
"This earth-centered fire milk is related to whether you can break through the realm of master. How can you give away such a precious thing so easily?"
"Brother, don't ask about this matter." Su Fengye was confused.
When Su Gongming saw Su Fengye's expression, his brows furrowed even more tightly, and there was even a hint of gloom in his eyes.
He knew his younger brother too well.
Growing up, I talked to him about everything, respected him very much, and never deceived him.
It was not until later that this younger brother, whose blood was thicker than water, was deceived by the witch, that he deceived and even contradicted him.
But now, Su Fengye's expression and words reminded him of what happened back then.
He knew that there must be something fishy about this matter!
(End of chapter)