Lin Xuan led his parents into the courtyard, and the three of them chatted for a long time before having someone take his parents to rest.
His residence was large enough, and he had already prepared a separate courtyard for his parents and arranged for people to serve them. As for security, needless to say, there was no place safer than this in Hangu Pass, and it was Lin Xuan's residence.
More than an hour later, in Lin Xuan's study.
"Tell me! Why did you take so long? According to the plan, shouldn't you have been back by now?" Lin Xuan looked at Tie Dachui and asked in a deep voice.
"There was indeed a problem. The Great Xia territory is in great chaos right now. On our way back, we were targeted and trapped for a while."
Iron Hammer said in a deep voice, "Sir, this is exactly what I wanted to report to you. There are gods in Great Xia who have colluded with demons and the Longevity Cult. They have their eyes on the Mountain and River Ship. If I hadn't been quick-witted at the last moment, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to escape."
And most importantly, these bastards are deliberately trying to make things difficult for us; they've kidnapped many of the families of our Shanhe Army soldiers..."
"What!"
Lin Xuan suddenly stood up from his seat, his face so gloomy it could drip water, and a murderous intent was condensing in his heart at an alarming speed.
Lin Xuan had long suspected that gods were colluding with demons. He had also anticipated that someone wanted to deal with him and the Shanhe Army, but he was not afraid of any of this because he was confident that he could lead the Shanhe Army to defeat all enemies. However, he never expected that he had truly underestimated the humanity of his enemies. These beasts had actually captured the families of the Shanhe Army soldiers.
Its purpose is self-evident.
This is coercion; by exploiting the crisis within their families, they intend to incite chaos within the Shanhe Army.
That's ruthless and insidious!
"Damn it, damn it..." Lin Xuan gritted his teeth, his anger burning fiercely. He wasn't stupid. Now that Tie Dachui knew about this news, he believed that it wouldn't be long before the news spread throughout Hangu Pass, and then the Shanhe Army would be thrown into chaos.
If the Shanhe Army falls into disarray, the enemy will have an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
"Great, that's really great!"
Lin Xuan gritted his teeth, and a cold killing intent appeared in his eyes. These people had crossed his bottom line. He had originally planned to wait a while before making a move, but now it seemed that the plan had to be brought forward.
He took a deep breath to calm himself down before turning to Tie Dachui and saying, "Send the order to have all deputy commanders and above come to a meeting..."
Since war is inevitable, there can be no dragging things out; he plans to come up with a plan today.
"Yes, sir!"
Having followed Lin Xuan for so many years, Tie Dachui naturally understood Lin Xuan's thoughts. He trembled and felt a surge of excitement. The Shanhe Army had been hiding its strength and developing in a low-key manner at Hangu Pass for so long.
Now that he was finally going to make his move, he was naturally very excited.
Without any hesitation, Tie Dachui turned and left Lin Xuan's study to notify all the deputy commanders and above of the Shanhe Army to come to a meeting. Lin Xuan also left his study and walked towards the meeting room. Now that the Shanhe Army has expanded, the number of commanders has increased from six to ten, and the number of deputy commanders has increased to thirty. There is no room for forty people in his study.
Moreover, this meeting requires planning and scenario simulations, which is inconvenient to conduct in the study. The conference room, on the other hand, is fully equipped and perfectly suited for the task.
The conference room is quite far from Lin Xuan's study, almost spanning half of the mansion. However, with Lin Xuan's current strength, he naturally doesn't need to walk there.
With a thought, he teleported to the meeting room.
About an hour later.
All the deputy commanders and above of the Shanhe Army were present, a total of forty-one people, including Tie Dachui. Although he was only Lin Xuan's personal guard captain, his rank was equivalent to that of a commander.
However, since the personal guard only has one hundred members, Lin Xuan did not appoint a deputy captain; currently, there is only one captain, Tie Dachui.
Many people had already suggested increasing Lin Xuan's personal guard to one thousand men, since in the Great Xia Dynasty, many generals and divine generals had personal guards of more than one hundred men. For town generals and ancient generals, the number should be at least one thousand, or even tens of thousands.
Given Lin Xuan's current strength and status, having only one hundred guards is indeed a bit too few.
However, Lin Xuan rejected this proposal, as the personal guard was originally meant to protect the safety of the commander-in-chief.
However, it was useless to Lin Xuan. To put it arrogantly, if even he couldn't withstand the crisis, the personal guards would be of no use at all. Whether it was a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand, there would only be one outcome in the end: they would all be buried with him.
So having too many people is useless. Instead of having so many people, it would be better to train the current hundred people well. For example, the current strength of Lin Xuan's hundred personal guards is among the elite of the entire Shanhe Army.
The weakest among them is at the second stage of the Void Refinement Realm, the Void Cave Realm. The strongest, Iron Hammer, has already stepped into the first stage of the Celestial Realm. He is no weaker than any commander in the Mountain and River Army, and even in the entire Great Xia army system.
After all, with the various resources provided by Lin Xuan, Tie Dachui, although only at the first level of the Celestial Realm, is absolutely comparable to a second-level Celestial Realm expert at the Profound Realm.
In fact, it's not just Tie Dachui; within the Shanhe Army, there are many whose combat strength far exceeds their cultivation level.
Even people like Tie Zhan and Su Changfeng, who are at the first level of the Celestial Realm, can easily fight against those at the third level. They would be absolute prodigies if they were outside. But in fact, the reason they have such combat power is entirely because of the resources provided by Lin Xuan, which makes their foundation incredibly strong.
Whether it's elixirs, cultivation techniques, martial arts skills, or various spiritual artifacts and secret treasures, just one or two of them would be enough to make the entire Great Xia Dynasty, or even the whole world, excited.
There was nothing he could do; Lin Xuan had the backing of the entire Ancient Era.
If it were various cultivation resources, he might have some difficulty, but if it were high-level cultivation techniques, martial arts, etc., it would be incredibly easy. He currently has an abundance of Earth-level and Heaven-level cultivation techniques in his mind.
Any one of these techniques could easily cause a bloodbath, but to Lin Xuan, they were like cheap knock-offs; he didn't even bother with them.
As for the soldiers of the Shanhe Army, they only need enough contribution points to exchange for suitable cultivation techniques and martial arts skills. The Shanhe Army, and even the entire Hangu Pass, has now established a complete contribution point system. Cultivation techniques and martial arts skills are free to acquire. Lin Xuan only needs to copy a batch from his mind to meet the needs of the entire Hangu Pass.
Everyone at Hangu Pass would work desperately to complete various tasks in order to obtain these martial arts techniques.
Hunting demons and monsters, obtaining various designated cultivation resources, and other diverse tasks have long formed a system of their own, requiring no intervention from Lin Xuan.
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