Chapter 68: The Treasure of Law is Complete, Border Officials and Soldiers

  Everything has a first time and a second time, and each time is more skilled than the last. In just three to five days, Wang Guang used his secret method to extract the black threads from his body and stuffed them all into a gourd.

  This yellow gourd has absorbed countless black threads and has long since lost its original appearance. Now, the gourd is completely black, and when you open the stopper, a gust of foul wind emerges from inside. The wind sweeps across the ground, shattering rocks, corroding trees, and any birds or insects that come into contact with it instantly turn into a puddle of yellow liquid. Wild beasts that encounter it turn their heads and run, and those that are too slow are wrapped in this foul wind, instantly turning into a puddle of flesh.

  After the gourd stored all the black threads wrapped around its body, the quality of the gourd was slightly improved. Wang Guang also left the mountain forest and tied the gourd to his waist with a water-fire silk rope. Then he rolled up his body into the air to identify the direction before returning to the Bian Guan fortress.

  This guy is getting closer and closer to the border, only to see that the sky above the border is filled with dark winds, black clouds are dense, and countless wronged souls are floating in it, unwilling to leave. The bloody air rushes into the sky. Using magical powers to observe, I can see a black-red cloud pillar of unknown thickness connecting the heaven and the earth, every time a soldier dies, the bloody air, resentment, and soul are all sucked away by this cloud pillar.

  Wave after wave of shouting and killing shook the ears, hundreds of Qi practitioners were fighting on the upper border, countless soldiers were wielding swords and guns below. One side vowed to defend the border to the death, while the other side desperately climbed up the border. The two sides killed each other extremely brutally.

  Wang Guang did not fight with the cultivators in the sky, but instead followed the falling treasure light to find the eldest prince who was sitting in the border town. The eldest prince saw him return, and there was no joy on his face, nor did he ask about the defeat of the previous battle, but only nodded and encouraged him, hoping that he could quickly go to the border town to block the enemy.

  "Boundless Heaven Venerable! Your Highness, I was quite ashamed after my defeat last time. This time, I've decided to personally take charge of a group of soldiers to guard the border. Not to mention driving away the enemy, at least let them know about my skills." Wang Guang said carelessly, not minding the prince's attitude.

  "King Dao, aren't you crazy? If we take on military responsibilities, without even mentioning the refinement of our skills and the condensation of golden elixirs, I'm afraid we won't last three to five years. You'll be invaded by the evil energy in the army and die." The female cultivator who had initially agreed to practice dual cultivation with him suddenly changed color and stood up to persuade King Guang.

  Seeing the other party persuading himself, Wang Guang was grateful in his heart. However, he already had a way to resist the evil spirit in the army and could even use those evil spirits to enhance his own power, so why would he give up?

  "Don't worry about me, fellow Taoists. I was defeated in battle a few days ago and felt ashamed, so I went to the deep mountains and old forests to live out my days in solitude. Unexpectedly, I met a great master there who taught me the method of resisting the evil energy of the military, so I came back to continue fighting with others, and it's also good to see who will die and who will live." Wang Guang said with a smile.

  The female Qi practitioner fell silent after hearing this, but an old Qi practitioner next to her looked at Wang Guang with disdain: "Heh heh! Fellow Daoist, why must you beat around the bush? I don't believe that your sect doesn't have a method to deal with the evil energy in the army. To casually fabricate a powerful technique to deceive others is truly not good."

  "Boundless Heavenly Venerable!" Upon hearing the old man's words, Wang Guang's face twitched with rage, nearly jumping up to grab his dustpan and smash it on his head. Fortunately, the prince beside him saw Wang Guang's embarrassment and hastily intervened.

  "General, can you take on this role? You will lead over ten generals and command an army of tens of thousands."

  Wang Guang nodded repeatedly after hearing this, he didn't want to be a three-army commander either, because he knew he wasn't capable of it, so he set his sights on a high-ranking general who didn't need much military strategy. This is called a great general, but in fact, it's just a high-level warrior, only needing to go into battle and kill the enemy, without needing to come up with plans or design ambushes.

  On the side, an attendant listened to the prince's orders and took the seal and handed it over to Wang Guang. Originally, Wang Guang planned to communicate with other practitioners about what had happened during this period of time, but the other practitioners were all because of Wang Guang's deception just now, so they didn't have a good face, including that female practitioner.

  Seeing this, Wang Guang also didn't want to make things difficult for himself, so he glared fiercely at the old man who had exposed his lie and then turned around and took the official document away to take up his post.

  "Everyone, just now Wang Daozhang was also trying to hide the secrets of his sect and didn't want to say it out loud, so let's not take it to heart." After Wang Guang left, this crown prince hurriedly spoke up to ease the atmosphere. "All of you are accomplished practitioners, your abilities should be displayed in the sky, why do you need to serve in the military? Even if you have a secret method that allows you to serve in the military without being affected by evil energy, it's not very useful when you think about it. It's better to resist the enemy's Qi-practitioners directly."

  The crown prince also did not know what the many Qi practitioners truly thought in their hearts, so he advised them with words that were not coherent from beginning to end. In the end, he didn't care whether it had any effect or not, and only asked everyone to guard the border well and not let the Qi practitioners of the Great Qi Dynasty break through the fortress and take over the border.

  Let's not mention what the crowd of martial artists were thinking, but after Wang Guang took over the general's seal, he directly took command of a battalion. This battalion was specially selected by him, all infantrymen, wearing black armor from head to toe, each with broad shoulders and a robust build, looking like mighty warriors.

  He didn't hide his identity, and directly gathered all the soldiers to explain that he was originally a Qi Practitioner. He didn't want many generals to die in vain, so he took the risk of being invaded by evil spirits and came to the military to take office. After a few words, he also performed a dark thunderbolt, rose into the air, and showed off like a monkey, making all the soldiers shout and cheer. Each soldier's morale was boosted, thinking that under the leadership of the Qi Practitioner, they could defend their country and gain some merit to honor their ancestors.

  Jian Shi's morale was excellent, and Wang Guang was very pleased in his heart. He summoned more than a dozen generals to the camp to discuss matters, on the one hand to listen to the current border situation, and on the other hand to prepare to go to the border pass to replace other soldiers to guard the pass.

  A group of generals murmured in unison, and after great difficulty, they finally made Wang Guang understand the current situation on the border.

  The reason why the Great Qi Empire did not attack in the past was that on the one hand, a large number of reinforcements were mobilized from within the country, and on the other hand, countless siege engines were built. Now the Great Qi Empire is strong and powerful, with abundant food and grass, so since breaking through the two horned camps outside the city, they have been continuously impacting the border day and night for more than ten days without stopping.

  "General! We have ten thousand soldiers, but only six thousand can actually go to the battlefield. The others are injured and need to rest, they cannot go to the battlefield for a short time." A general beside him stepped forward and said.

  "This doesn't matter, have someone prepare some large pots, boil water and evenly distribute these medicinal pellets into the pots. Let the injured soldiers drink them. Although it can't immediately cure them, it can speed up their recovery. This is also the first thing this general has done for everyone!" Wang Guang was generous, directly taking out a hundred treasure bags and pouring out the free medicinal pellets from the sect onto the ground with a clinking sound. It was as if he was being generous with someone else's wealth, but doing something that benefited himself.

  Dozens of generals there knew the reason why? Seeing this practicing air general leader came up and went to countless immortal families, giving elixirs to the generals to take, suddenly one by one was moved to tears.

  "General, you are truly kind and not like other Qi practitioners who are stingy." The warrior bowed down to the ground in agony. "If other Qi practitioners were as generous as you, our soldiers would not have died so many times."

  Upon hearing this, Wang Guang burst into a strange laughter: "This general is not stingy either. It's just that you all must bravely kill the enemy. As for these medicinal pellets, I will do my best to supply them, even if it means snatching some from other Qi-refining practitioners, so as not to let our soldiers die in bed."

  The crowd of generals listened to this and felt even more emotional, in fact they knew that most of the Qi practitioners who were mixed up in the imperial court were either loose cultivators or disciples from small sects who came to gain experience. Not to mention providing dan medicine for treatment of injuries to the soldiers, they didn't even have enough dan medicine for their own use. Even if there were Qi practitioners like Wang Guang who came from a large sect, they still wouldn't be willing to give away their free dan medicine for those generals who looked down on them to take.

  Wang Guang is shameless and doesn't explain the situation, so he takes advantage of the soldiers' tears for nothing and makes them dissatisfied with other Qi practitioners.

  The most mobilized, and the general took the Dan medicine to give water to the wounded soldiers. Wang Guang gathered 3,000 soldiers, brought 7 or 8 war generals, and rushed straight to the city wall, planning to support other soldiers.

  The border city walls in this Qi world are three to five times larger than those in the mortal world. One side of the city wall is as high as seven or eight zhang, and the city wall is wide and thick, capable of accommodating more than 30,000 people defending the city.

  Wang Guang and others found the commander on this city wall, explained their intention, and the commander immediately transferred them to a section of the city wall, replacing the most exhausted team of soldiers.

  "This general, you must at least hold out for three watches here. Don't let the enemy rush up to the city, otherwise this general will cut you down with one sword." The commander on the city wall had a clear and elegant face, slender body, like a scholar. However, he still wore a helmet and armor, held a long sword in his hand, and was covered in blood, with a fierce aura rising from him.

  "General, rest assured, our general was originally a Qi Gong master. He couldn't bear to see us soldiers suffer, so he came to the military to lead us in blocking the enemy army, it's truly compassionate." A nearby general shouted loudly: "If we can't hold this section of the city wall, don't bother using your hands, General, we few will immediately take our own lives in front of you."

  The commander heard the words of the war generals, and suddenly had a joyful expression. However, he did not show any favoritism to Wang Guang because of his identity as a Qi Gong master, but instead added another hour for them. "Don't blame this general, Daoist priest, the soldiers from Guanzhong are severely injured and need rest, it's exhausting for you." He said, bowing his head in respect.

  "Don't be like that, since you're already serving in the army, the identity of a Qi practitioner can no longer be mentioned. You must complete the general's orders." Wang Guang let out a loud laugh and took up a battering ram to lead his soldiers to replace others.

  The commander saw Wang Guang leave, furrowed his brow and pondered for a moment, then directly ordered the herald officer beside him: "You go and assemble three to five car beds to assist General Wang in defending the city. Let the soldiers who come down rest in the hidden soldier cave and prepare all the food."

  The orderly received the order and did not delay, hastily grasped the flag and quickly ran off to transmit the command.