Chapter 7 Before the Blessed Land "Zhuge Ke, you have mastered all twelve meridians and have sufficient spiritual energy. You pass!" "Zhang Feng, you know nine of the twelve meridians, but you are not qualified!" "Zhao Baiqi, all twelve meridians are open, all eight extraordinary meridians are open, spiritual energy is full, excellent!" "Wu Pei, eleven of the twelve meridians are connected, not qualified!" "." The ultimatum seemed to have worked. The final assessment ten days later was: Twenty-one into twelve. It’s not bad. As the saying goes, one hundred days builds the foundation and one hundred days lays the foundation for practicing Qi. Within seventy days, the twelve main meridians were opened and spiritual energy was absorbed, which was considered as excellent aptitude.
The result was exactly as expected. All nine disciples of the Taoist Academy passed, but only three were from the Wu family. This is the advantage brought by the Taoist disciples who left home at a young age and lived in the Taoist temple for seven years to study Taoism! After the assessment, the losers were naturally sent back to their original places, but those who were eliminated were all descendants of the Wu family's guards and servants, so they were not treated unfairly and each family received a decent compensation. "There are twelve of us. Divide into four teams of four!" "You can take any of the three talismans you like. Each person is limited to five." "After one stick of incense, the four teams will draw lots in turn and compete against each other until the last team wins." Many guards and followers of the Wu family came to the assessment at the Taoist camp this time. The guards of the Wu family have always been Qi cultivators who have cultivated spirits in the sea of qi and have opened up their spiritual power. The leader is even an immortal cultivator! "start!" After the teams were arranged in order, a servant gave an order to announce the start of the assessment. The Hercules Talisman has infinite power and is invulnerable to swords and spears, but it can only last for thirty breaths! The Flame Talisman contains explosive destructive power. Once used, it is like a fire arrow exploding, but it is a disposable talisman. Jia Ma Fu, improves the endurance and mobility of the legs for a certain period of time, but seems to be used more for long-distance travel! Three people in a team, five talismans per person. The winner will have to consider two battles. How to use fifteen talismans to survive two battles, and the opponent also has the same number of talismans. This is the wisdom of the Taoist soldiers and guardians in the combat system. Dao soldiers have no spiritual roots and do not cultivate the sea of qi. Relying solely on meridians and acupoints, the mana of a Dao soldier is often less than half of that of a mage of the same level. In addition, the Taoist soldiers do not practice alchemy, do not cultivate the five elements, and only cultivate one qi through the Zhoutian acupoints. Many spells cannot be used, and they can only perform a few Taoist spells and talisman spells that are in line with the magic power. How to make use of limited mana and skill sets depends on the combat wisdom of the Taoist soldiers. You Xue is smart and has a huge lead in strength. Except for two members of their team who each picked up two Zhang Li talismans to protect themselves, all other talismans were given to You Xue. The main strategy is to overwhelm others with strength! Chen Qun was resourceful and persuaded two team members to only take the Armor Horse Talisman and the Fire Talisman. He made full use of the terrain of the training ground and the endurance of the Armor Horse Talisman, and launched the attack from a long distance in the form of consumption and surprise attack. Wu Zhuo was brave and resolute, and the entire team chose mainly the Warrior Talisman and the Fire Talisman, which was very offensive. Ma Zijing is calm and steady. His team has all three types of talismans, covering everything. Wu Yong only took a glance at the talismans and fighting methods they chose and was able to almost determine their ranking! Sure enough, by the evening, after two rounds of fighting were over.
You Xue's team won! Chen Qun's team came in second. Judging from the combinations of talismans, it can be seen that the four of them have put a lot of effort into their designs, and each has his own merits. It’s just that Ma Zijing’s combination is more suitable for large-scale troop operations. In Wu Zhuo's offensive combination, the Li Shi Fu will consume his own spiritual power and physical strength, so he was defeated by Chen Qun's team. "You should have discovered it in the real battle!" "As a Taoist soldier, without cultivating the Qi Hai Jin Dan, your mana is less than half of that of the mages, so you must make full use of your advantages!" "After opening the meridians and opening the orifices, the physical strength of the Taoist soldiers can even withstand Taoist magic in the later stages." "Just like You Xue, after activating the Warrior Talisman, the Qi will be generated on its own. The combination of physical skills and the Flame Talisman will enable both skills and methods to work together!" "But the others are pretty good too!" Only You Xue realized that the Hercules Talisman was used to increase strength, not just as a shield talisman. During the battle, You Xue was wearing a colorful dress, but with the blessing of the Jia Ma Talisman and the Li Shi Talisman, she was extremely agile, and her slender snow-white feet could knock a Taoist soldier unconscious with one kick. However, only with her meridians fully connected and her spiritual energy abundant can she truly unleash the power of the Li Shi Fu that is like a god descending to earth! "When you are promoted to a warrior, you can use these three talismans to refine seeds of magic, and truly master these three spells without restraint!" "In half a month, the Taoist temple's secret land will be open, and we are going to participate in it, in the name of Taoist soldiers!" "Then I will distribute the instruments to you first." The green-scaled dragon horse introduced from the border state is completely different from ordinary horses. It has scales on its body and a single horn on its head. A dragon horse alone has power comparable to that of a qigong practitioner. Each person has a magic crossbow, which is as big as a box. It can be lifted with one hand and stably controlled with both arms. It can be loaded with ten Gangfeng crossbow arrows at a time! A set of half-armor robes, a single-edged sword, and a mustard seed bag. "Practice hard for half a month!" "I've said before, you are the first batch of Taoist soldiers of the Wu family, and the treatment you receive is incomparable anywhere else!" If it were a Taoist warrior from another aristocratic family, a mount like a dragon horse would not be equipped unless he was a second-level warrior. Ordinary Taoist warriors would not spend money to equip him with talismans, so each of them would be given a longbow and a crossbow. But it is different for Wu Yong. The Three Yellow Turban Talismans are actually simplified versions of the Three Spells of the Second-Turn Yellow Turban Warrior. Equipping them early and giving them combat experience is only to enable them to quickly build up combat power after the second turn. Three turns is very difficult But you can still get a second-level warrior by investing some resources! A 30-year contract, if you spend five to ten years to push them to the second level, you may be able to get your money back in more than 20 years. "You Xue, I have something to talk to you about!" After Wu Yong finished the assessment of the Taoist camp, he left behind You Xue, a genius from the Taoist academy who had fallen into the mortal world due to failure in practicing Qi. You Xue followed Wu Yong and headed towards the back hall where he usually drew talismans. "At the beginning, because I failed the Taoist Academy exam, I was so angry that I signed a two-decade-long contract with me." "Now that you have calmed down, do you regret it?" Wu Yong walked forward slowly and asked with a smile. Two Jiazi is more than one hundred years. If she cannot be promoted to the third-level Taoist Guardian and live another three hundred years, two Jiazi is almost her entire life! "There's nothing to regret!" You Xue said coldly. If the nine people from the Taoist temple had not joined the Wu family's Taoist camp that night, perhaps she would have gone to the county governor's mansion, or perhaps her beauty would have changed her fate and made her the wife of someone powerful. Or perhaps she would have caused trouble, or perhaps she would have returned to the mortal world. Who knows? But it certainly wasn’t as interesting as it is now! "Well, I originally wanted to raise a battalion of 1,000 Yellow Turban warriors to roar across the states and counties, and impress the world." "It was not until a few days ago that I realized that not everyone is a one-in-a-million genius. The few people who came from the Taoist Academy, after seven years of Taoist training and dozens of days of meridian opening, were only barely qualified."
As he spoke, Wu Yong couldn't help but shook his head. "Let's not talk about whether the Wu family can afford such a large scale. With just this amount of money, there is almost no hope of success in a short period of time!" When You Xue heard these heartfelt words, she raised her eyebrows and turned her head to look at the profile of the stern young man. "Your idea is indeed too far-fetched!" "With the talismans, dragon and horse instruments, medicine and food, Daozhu, and military pay you have equipped... Although I don't know how rich the Wu family is, I think it should not exceed a hundred Dao soldiers. If you can train elite soldiers, it may not be impossible to storm the county with only a hundred cavalrymen!" Wu Yong agreed with what he said. He nodded slightly, stretched out his hands, gently opened the two sides of the hall door, and stepped into the hall first. "The Yellow Turban Warrior has three methods: the power of the Yellow Sky, the fire method, and the divine armor and horse, which correspond to the three talismans of the Taoist soldier period!" "There is a Taoist medical technique called talisman water. It uses specially made talisman paper to dissolve into water, which can eliminate disasters, cure diseases and eliminate plagues!" "You will learn the Yellow Turban Warriors' general principles and these from me in the next half month. After that, you will teach them based on their progress." "In the Dao camp, I will be the captain and you will be the chief priest. How do you think that works?" Unlike other Taoist soldiers, You Xue signed a harsh contract that was almost equivalent to selling her body, in exchange for the opportunity for Wu to support her to become a third-level Taoist soldier and guardian. Bound by the contract, she will be the most trustworthy person in the Dao Camp for a long time. "can!" You Xue nodded, took the two jade slips, sat down next to them and began to read the contents. "Have you finished refining those two grass-headed gods?" "I still can't control them well... They are very disobedient!" You Xue glanced at the jade slip, memorized the contents, and then shook her head. "I'll leave the remaining four pairs to you. Let's gather a team of grass-headed gods. You will take care of them when the time comes." Before You Xue could answer, Wu Yong stretched out his right palm, and a palm-sized red Taoist flag appeared in his palm. Wu Yong tore open the four scrolls with his bare hands, and used the technique of Fuyao to capture the grass-headed god sealed in the painting into the Taoist flag. "Where are your two?" You Xue immediately summoned out the two grass-headed gods. "Here it is!" Sure enough, after the seal was released, the grass-headed god showed its ferocious appearance, and glared at the two of them as soon as it appeared. Wu Yong showed no mercy to them. He clapped his right hand and smashed them with two palms, making them see stars. Then he threw them directly into the Fire Spirit Flag! "I will help you throw this group of grass-headed gods directly into the Red Spirit Flag. You hold the Dao Flag and call on them to act. They dare not disobey." The Wu family is so arrogant that they don't have the people they need, and they can't even dominate a county. Even the county magistrate Ying can't afford to support a real Taoist camp, so they have to rely on quasi-Taoist soldiers who haven't even completed their meridians to keep up the show. What we really need to do is to tap into talents and take the elite route, such as You Xue's strength, plus a team of grass-roots gods. This is the correct way to carry out the Daobing style!
Not as good as that! "After they have lighted up the thirty-six orifices of the Small Circulation, I will show them the method of offering sacrifices to the Grass-Headed God and the Ghosts, and let them learn it. Let them find a way to practice it themselves!" Save money wisely! Very good, the landlord's thinking from the aristocratic family began to quickly take root in my mind. Wu Yong quickly shook off these messy thoughts in his mind and handed the Red Spirit Flag to You Xue. "The Scarlet Spirit Flag was originally a magical weapon of a famous sorcerer. It is extremely powerful and can easily control a team of grass-headed gods. After you are promoted to the second level, it can even be your main magical weapon!" "Master You, please take good care of this Taoist camp. After all, the Taoist soldiers can only show their power in an organized war." "Of course! I will subdue them well." You Xue took the four-cornered flag with both hands and nodded solemnly. A whole team of grass-headed gods and precious magical instruments. This suddenly made her feel stressed. Is this the legitimate son of a noble family? He has such a big heart! Just this team of grass-headed gods, the twelve Taoist soldiers in the Taoist camp combined may not be worth as much as them, not to mention the even more precious Taoist flag, which is a famous magic weapon that an old sorcerer has accumulated for most of his life! "Are you so sure about my future?" You Xue felt that the only explanation was that she really had a bright future. Otherwise, what is he trying to do? (End of this chapter)