Five days later, Qian Yuelong walked out of the knight camp where Guan Feng was, stepping into the last rays of the setting sun.
After talking alone, Guan Feng's inner turmoil was resolved, and he joined the plan for their future meeting.
Qian Yuelong, pleased with the addition of a capable reserve subordinate, boarded the carriage for the return journey.
Her next stop is the Heaven Dou Royal Academy in Heaven Dou.
It's been a long time since I've seen my older sister, Qian Renxue.
In their correspondence, Qian Renxue stated that she had already established a firm foothold in the Heaven Dou Empire, and no one doubted her. However, regarding cultivation resources, although the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family had a deep foundation, the resources allocated to a prince were still insufficient. Therefore, the Spirit Hall's spies planted in Heaven Dou simply rolled up their sleeves and replaced the physical training instructors, academic instructors, and so on of the "Xue Qinghe" prince whom Qian Renxue was impersonating with with Spirit Hall's own people, all of whom were outstanding elites.
In Qian Yuelong's opinion, her grandfather's strategy had both advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage was in terms of cultivation resources. Fortunately, Qian Renxue's talent was excellent enough to allow her to steadily rise in the ranks despite the uneven distribution of resources among the princes.
But in Qian Yuelong's opinion, that was not enough.
Besides seeing how Qian Renxue was doing, the most important reason she went to Tiandou was to give her all three cultivation manuals.
One book is a method for cultivating spiritual power; another is an improved body-forging manual that is more advanced than the three body-forging techniques she gave to the Spirit Hall; and the last one is the sword cultivation technique that Qian Yuelong mentioned to 886.
She was grateful to her senior brother, a sword cultivator from her previous life, who was an unparalleled sword cultivator who could break through all laws with a single sword strike.
Oh, come to think of it, my sister is actually my senior brother's disciple, so I should call her my senior uncle.
886: [.]
It indifferently turned its head to check the changes in faith points for the day.
Then, it froze.
Because there's a small red dot in the taskbar, it means the task may have changed.
Then, while Qian Yuelong was still pondering this complicated sect relationship, she heard 886's excited voice:
[Host! Host! Look at your growth task! The number of participants has increased!]
Qian Yuelong was taken aback, then opened the growth tasks in the task bar.
The progress of the sixth growth task had somehow increased from 0 to 8.
She frowned, realizing that things weren't so simple.
Why is it 8?
'Xiao Ba, could you please check the task progress details?'
886 tried tinkering with it.
The light screen in front of Qian Yuelong flickered twice, opening a separate light blue list with eight small white names clearly displayed. These were names that Qian Yuelong was familiar with: the seven team members of the Black Chess Team, plus Yu Yongsi.
The eight names are arranged in a row, and they seem to be in some kind of order.
Because Yu Yongsi's name incongruously appears as the third name, followed by Yu Yaya, He Lanshu, Mu Yi, Wen Xing, and finally Guan Feng.
[Could it be the order of approval?] Considering the purpose of his host's trip to the Knights Camp, 886 made a bold guess.
Qian Yuelong also had this idea.
'If it's based on the order of mutual recognition, this ranking isn't surprising. But what's strange is that Lu Ming also swore allegiance to me, yet his name didn't appear on it,' a thoughtful look flashed in her eyes.
'I suspect that the eligibility criteria for this sixth growth task will still include a soul power level requirement. For example, it could initially be set at below the Soul Emperor level.'
[Talent doesn't seem to be a big requirement. Yu Yongsi is over forty and he can still make the list. Oh, no, that's not right. He has at least passed the Soul Master level. So, the currently known requirement is a Soul Power level between 40 and 60, and mutual recognition is required.] 886 added.
"You forgot, the other members of the Black Chess Squad are all Soul Masters; their levels can be lowered a bit."
After a few casual remarks, he changed the virtual font he had summarized and pasted it as a small note next to the details column.
[Host, if we know some of the conditions, how do we gather the remaining ninety-odd people?]
'Good question.'
Qian Yuelong looked troubled. "Given my current status, putting aside my grandfather and teacher, even Bibi Dong would never allow me to join the Knights' Camp. The academy is too early, and my situation is even less suitable. Unless…"
She personally selected and trained the people.
The burden of funding and connections weighed heavily on Qian Yuelong's shoulders. Many thoughts flashed through her mind, and finally, she sighed and said, "Let's go see my sister first. And let her think about where to build the base."
There is never a shortage of war orphans. Finding them is easy, but raising them is difficult.
Faculty, teaching resources, financial resources, location, and so on are the most important factors.
What she wanted to cultivate were forces like the Spirit Hall's Angel Legion, capable of becoming the Spirit Hall's trump card and completely loyal to her faction.
The Heaven Dou Royal Academy is located outside Heaven Dou City.
To prevent students from frequently sneaking off to the capital, Tiandou City, to play and neglect their studies, and because the academy occupies a large area and requires a lot of land for all its facilities, the Tiandou royal family simply built the academy outside Tiandou City. They carved out a mountain and transformed it into the academy. Nestled against the mountain and beside the water, with lush greenery, it looks like another paradise from afar.
In particular, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's headquarters is not too far from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but it's not close either.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School supports the Heaven Dou Royal Family. If the Heaven Dou Royal Academy is attacked, the powerful Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School can quickly provide support to the academy, or to the Heaven Dou Royal Palace located in Heaven Dou City.
Young men and women, dressed in the iconic pale yellow uniforms of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, walked out of the classrooms in groups or alone, chatting and laughing, creating a lively scene.
But the most lively scene was that of another young man who came out from behind, surrounded by many female students.
The young man appeared to be about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a slender figure. His long, slightly golden hair was simply tied with a blue cloth ribbon and hung neatly down his back. His features still had a youthful air about them, with long eyebrows that reached his temples and long, gentle eyes. At first glance, he was a gentle and refined gentleman.
He politely declined the enthusiastic welcome from his classmates, and walked out of their sight amidst the lingering gazes of the other students.
The other three male students, whose hair color was similar to the young man's but whose features looked prematurely aged or were still quite immature and not even adults, walked out of the teaching building with grim or uneasy expressions. They stared at the young man's back, which appeared gentler and more harmless in the warm sunlight, with complicated thoughts in their eyes.
—A side note—
One bad news, one good news.
The bad news is: I went out for a meal after finishing my eldest daughter's business the day before yesterday, and caught a cold the next day. I felt groggy all day, and I have a slight fever today.
The good news is: I tested positive for the antigen and haven't developed a severe case yet, so I just need some rest. It's just that my updates have been a bit inconsistent these past few days. [lying down]
(End of this chapter)
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