Chapter 390 One step faster, each step faster (first update!)
Shen Zhui had a big head at the moment. Forty king-level ferocious beasts at the peak of Lingqiao would be nothing if normal, but now he still carries two hundred and ninety-nine burdens.
At the ninth level of the day after tomorrow, facing such a ferocious beast, you might die just by blowing your breath.
The point is, the actual content of this mission is too inconsistent with what was said before!
This is the first mission. If it continues like this in the future, wouldn’t it mean that we have to play to death?
But the worse is yet to come!
This group of gentlemen, who could not even stand firm when they heard the sound, became fierce and unafraid of death as soon as they saw the monster appear!
Everyone is yelling and trying to fight those monsters, which is just causing trouble for nothing.
Shen Zhui gave three orders in succession to keep the team quiet, but the group still kept making noises.
Shen Zhui's eyes were thoughtful, and then he ordered the ten superiors in the Xiantian realm without hesitation: "Anyone who dares to take a single step, and whoever keeps making noises will be killed!"
The ten Xiantian realms were extremely confused, as if they didn't hear anything at all.
There was a chill in Shen Zhui's eyes, and a golden sword suddenly came out of his body, beheading the two soldiers who made the most noise and disobeyed orders.
After this move, a magical scene happened.
All the soldiers seemed to be online again, and they quickly followed Shen Zhui's orders strictly, and the ten Xiantian realm soldiers also recovered.
"No! The hairpin has an order, stay put and be quiet!"
"The hairpin has an order, stay put and be quiet!"
Seeing this scene, Shen Zhui ignored these soldiers.
After all, he had seen the world. Faced with this difficult situation, Shen Zhui responded quickly.
First, seven clones were separated. The seven clones of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and thunder instantly appeared around them, and then they quickly took out the Nine-Star Soul-Eating Pearl.
The soul-eating beads turned into flying yakshas with green faces and fangs, holding steel forks.
The seven clones and the nine-headed flying yaksha surrounded these two hundred and ninety-seven people. Shen Zhui even took out all the fighting kings to ensure that the remaining people would not die first.
The monster in the black wind and sand finally appeared, and only then did Shen Zhui see its appearance clearly.
This ferocious beast is shaped like a cow, with a red body and a human face, and horse feet. Its cry is like the cry of a baby, which makes people upset. When these ferocious beasts appear, the name of this ferocious beast is also shown in Shen Zhui's Holy Word Order. ——猰貐.
The Seventy-Two Fierce Beasts of the Earth, the 茰貐, will reach the peak of the Spiritual Bridge once they reach adulthood. In another fifty years, they will definitely enter the realm of magical powers, and are good at soul attacks and water magical powers!
Seeing the introduction on the Holy Word Order, Shen Zhui knew that he was going to be in trouble. He had no idea that the so-called "black wind" demons were a group of earth evil beasts, and they were also good at soul attacks.
"Woooooooo~~" The eyes of the forty-headed turtles flashed with cunning and cruel light, and then they all opened their mouths, and the cries like babies suddenly turned into a ripple and passed along the space, heading straight to Shen Zhui's subordinates. Two hundred and ninety-seven people!
This is exactly the innate magical power of Yuqi, the soul-splitting voice!
"Damn!" Shen Zhui cursed secretly and quickly stood in front of these ordinary soldiers. Three of them were already dead. How could he let these ferocious beasts hurt them?
Immediately, the cave world opened up, and a defensive barrier was formed around the two hundred and ninety-seven soldiers with spiritual thoughts.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom~" Invisible soul power surged in from all directions, and it was extremely terrifying for a total of forty evil beasts to use their innate magical powers at the same time.
Since Shen Zhui actively releases his spiritual thoughts, the Bloodborne Divine Armor cannot take care of him at all and can only rely on his own soul to resist.
Moreover, he had to protect more than two hundred people, and his spiritual thoughts could not be condensed as well as his own against the enemy. Shen Zhui immediately felt a huge impact.
It's like thousands of claws are scratching and biting in the sea of consciousness, trying to split themselves apart.
"Get away!" A cold light flashed in Shen Zhui's eyes, and his strong martial arts will swept back. Fortunately, Shen Zhui's soul strength was at the fifth level of supernatural power, so he still had the strength to fight back!
Shen Zhui's martial arts will was able to subdue even Yinglong's essence and blood, and he even broke through twenty fantasy mountains. At this moment, countless long knives appeared in the space, and they counterattacked along the original path of the soul-splitting sound. The effect was immediately outstanding.
"Buzz~" The space vibrated, the crying stopped suddenly, forty beasts were shaken back a thousand meters, the soul-splitting sound disappeared, leaving only a low roar.
However, these ferocious beasts have no intention of fading away, and instead appear to be even more violent.
"Kill!" Shen Zhui's eyes were cold and he quickly stepped forward. He did not ask the two-headed dragon eagle and Xiao Huo to help, but ordered them to guard in place.
Shen Zhui felt in his heart that since this was a test, there might be an evaluation. If he could handle it with his own strength, he should try not to rely on the magic weapon puppet.
"Zizzizi~" The thunder noose is flying, and the body of the Niehai Thunder Dragon is rolling in the black wind, or it is fired by lightning, or it is attacked by its sharp claws, or it is swallowed by the dragon's mouth...
These ferocious beasts refused to retreat and charged forward fearlessly, thus saving Shen Zhui the trouble of pursuing him. Now, Shen Zhui's attainments in thunder magic are no longer what they used to be.
If it weren't for the worry about these low-level sergeants, Shen Zhui would not be afraid at all when faced with these evil beasts at the peak of Lingqiao, even if they were doubled again.
After all, what Qi Lian Zhenren is best at is group attacks, and thunder method is the most powerful among Tao methods.
A quarter of an hour later, there were only the bodies of forty earthly evil beasts left on the ground.
"Gulong~" The blood is flowing on the hard ground, and everything seems extremely real. It is not like the first level, where the real text fantasy beast will slowly disappear after death.
"Is it possible that these ferocious beasts are really being raised in Daxia Cave?" Looking at this scene, Shen Zhui couldn't help but think.
The ranking of the 猰貐 among the Earthly Fierce beasts is not high, ranking at the bottom, 69th. However, the pure blood of the Earthly Fierce beasts allows every 猰貐 to possess the second level of magical power in the Spirit Bridge Realm!
If it weren't for the fact that the soul attack couldn't have much effect on Shen Zhui, it could even be regarded as a third-level magical power!
If such an earthly evil beast is used casually as training, the foundation of Daxia Academy is too deep.
There were so many twists and turns in each small demon-slaying mission. Shen Zhui lost the joy he felt when he first entered Shangqiu City. Although he had the upper hand, it did not mean that he could relax his vigilance in this second level.
The third-level hairpin was promoted to the fifth-level scholar-bureaucrat. Shen Zhui originally thought that this should be his reward for entering the city first. Now it seems that in Shangqiu City, anything that seems simple may not be as easy as he thought. .
The vast black wind and heavy fog blocked the view, and it was completely dark now.
The black wind and sandstorms were getting bigger and bigger, and the range of spiritual detection seemed to be compressed. It was risky to lead more than two hundred soldiers back to the city rashly. Shen Zhui decided to wait for dawn before taking action.
Daybreak came very quickly, as if it passed by in the blink of an eye, and there were no other accidents that night.
At dawn, Shen Zhui was surprised to find that the male chariot appeared in front of Shen Zhui with thousands of people at some unknown time.
The first thing Zihe checked was not Shen Zhui, but the group of officers. When he saw that there were still 297 people, Zihe's dark face showed a look of surprise.
"Third-level hairpin Shen Zhui, you have completed your promotion task. Before I take you to see Master Zuo, I have a question to ask you." Zihe's expression was serious and solemn.
"Sir, please speak."
"Why did you kill two princes?" Zihe asked expressionlessly.
"Because they violated military orders and continued to make noises and act without authorization even after three orders."
"With your strength, you can completely restrain the two of them."
"Military orders are military orders. Those who violate them must be punished first. Restraint and discipline are matters after the war. In the face of a war, a momentary distraction of the general may lead to the defeat of the entire army, and... killing one to serve as a warning to others is always the most effective Discipline method!"
Ziji nodded noncommittally, and Shen Zhui seemed to see the shadow of another person in his expression, which was exactly the same as the one who punished him and redeemed his merits last night.
Shen Zhui was thoughtful, quietly waiting for Zi Xi's reply.
However, he heard no sound for a long time.
When he looked up, he saw the public servant Xi Ye looking at Shen Zhui with a blank look on his face.
"Haha, Brother Shen is really awesome. I haven't seen you this whole night, and you have actually completed the task of slaying the demon."
Shen Zhui smiled slightly, then raised his hands and asked, "I wonder if Sir, can I kill the Black Wind Demon?"
Zihe shook his head and said: "Last night, the black wind and mist blew away the troops, and I couldn't even find their nest. The weather is not with me, so I have no desire to kill monsters. But, what can't..."
"I believe you, you idiot!" Shen Zhui couldn't help but complain in his heart.
Shen Zhui now also understood that this time he went out to slay demons in the city, it was completely arranged by the rules of power in the palace, and the focus was on his own experience of slaying demons.
Shen Zhui estimated that no matter what, he and the three hundred soldiers would definitely be separated from the main force last night, and they would be reunited again after dawn.
As for the soldier in the middle suddenly becoming abnormal and the great demon's level rising, they should all be part of these tests.
The test is whether Shen Zhui is qualified to be a scholar-official!
Based on the two interviews in which the two people were asked by different people, Shen Zhui also concluded something.
A cold-blooded and ruthless strong man cannot obtain an official rank among the Zhenwen people. If the soldiers under his command suffer heavy casualties, the mission will definitely fail, and it is likely to cause a lot of troubles in the future, and become entangled in a cycle.
It's not good to be too kind. As the saying goes, kindness cannot control the army. Those soldiers' inexplicable noise and disobedience to orders were obviously a test for Shen Zhui.
Now the young man said that he had completed his mission. Apparently after returning to the city, he would go to see Chief Zuo and transform from a third-level hairpin to a fifth-level scholar-bureaucrat.
I just don’t know what the benefits of this scholar-official are. We can only find out everything after we return to the city.
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Following Zihe back to Gongcheng Mansion in Shangqiu City, the journey was extremely smooth.
After returning, Zihe immediately led Shen Zhui to Zuosu Chang's Mansion in Xicheng.
The person who met Shen Zhui was a middle-aged man with fifth-level magical powers, Wang Yi, the chief of Zuo Shu, and an eleventh-level official.
After a brief introduction by Yu Ziji, Shen Zhui was rewarded by Zuo Shuchang:
There is a mansion in the west city of Shangqiu City, covering an area of 20 acres. There are three sets of scholar-bureaucrats' official uniforms, one token, one gold edict, and the number of troops in command has reached 500.
At the same time, he had the right to lead troops out of the city freely, but he was still under the control of the Gongcheng government.
"Thank you, Chief Zuoshu." Shen Zhui took the token, talisman, imperial edict, crown, and uniform without looking at it carefully. He immediately put it in his pocket and followed Zihe back to Gongcheng Mansion.
"Haha, Brother Shen is really awesome. I think it won't be long before you can become a public servant. Then I might have to rely on you as my brother." Zihe laughed.
"Oh? I wonder, brother Zihe, how should a scholar-bureaucrat start if he wants to be promoted to public transport?" Shen Zhui immediately climbed up the pole.
After experiencing this, Shen Zhui found that he could not miss any detail. There might be key information hidden in these words.
"Hey, don't be in a hurry, let's go and see the mansion given to you by the Lord first." Zihe laughed, but did not answer Shen Zhui's words.
Shen Zhui didn't take it seriously either. He was now a fifth-level scholar-official and was already far ahead of the other adventurers. According to Shen Zhui's speculation, it would probably take quite a while for people from outside to come in. If they had to wait until a large-scale If you enter, it will probably take longer.
As the saying goes, one step is fast, every step is fast, Shen Zhui believes that when the adventurers outside come in, he will surprise everyone, especially the people from Prince Liang's Mansion!
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The architecture in Xicheng completely restores the rough style of the Great Xia Dynasty.
Although the mansion covers an area of only twenty acres, the building is extremely tall.
Not only does it contain a martial arts arena, but it also has an arsenal, but of course it is empty.
In addition, the most eye-catching thing in front of the main hall are the three big cauldrons!
Three tripods for scholar-bureaucrats, six tripods for dukes, and nine tripods for emperors were the ceremonial status symbols of the Bactrian period.
Anyone before the fifth level cannot be called a 'scholar-official' and can only be called a scholar. This is a watershed. There was green smoke coming out of the cauldron. Shen Zhui was shocked to find that when he smelled the green smoke, his luck changed. The lake suddenly increased a little.
After looking at the simple tripod in surprise, Shen Zhui, accompanied by Zihe, continued walking towards the back of the mansion.
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The martial arts field behind the mansion was extremely spacious, but that was not what surprised Shen Zhui.
But those five hundred soldiers!
Five Hundred Innate Realm!
That’s it for the other two hundred and three.
What surprised Shen Zhui was that those 297 people were his original subordinates!
He discovered that after one night, all the 297 people under his command had broken through to the Xiantian realm, and those ten who were originally in the Xiantian realm had actually reached the peak of the Xiantian realm!
In other words, Shen Zhui had nearly 300 innate combatants overnight.
This change can be called a complete transformation!
"As time goes by, the strength of all the soldiers and civilians in the city will gradually become stronger. Doctor Shen, you can't slack off." Zixi looked at Shen Zhui with a half-smile.
"Hiss~" Shen Zhui took a breath of cold air.
If we follow what Zihe said, eventually one billion soldiers and civilians in the Great Summer Palace City will have to reach the level of 'advanced' true text fantasy beasts.
Doesn't that mean that the adventurers who come in later have no level advantage at all?
When I come in two and a half years later, will this kind of promotion task still be so simple? Will everyone have to be cannon fodder?
Moreover, Shen Zhui never discovered the existence of currency here.
In other words, if they do not establish meritorious deeds and do not work within the system of the Zhenwen people, those outside adventurers may not even have a house to live in.
There is no doubt that the later people come in, the harder it will be for them to be promoted, because they face not only a huge number of adventurers, but also the powerful officials of the Zhenwen clan themselves.
Thinking of this, Shen Zhui couldn't help but mourn for those later adventurers.
Don't be too serious about settings or anything like that, they're just mixed together casually.