Chapter 170 Fan Jiming's Letter
Zhong Cai did not let her guard down.
Like the silver-armored soldiers, the golden-armored soldiers may fall back to their initial level when they are upgraded, and in severe cases, the entire Dao soldier may even collapse!
Therefore, the feeding process must be very careful and not done roughly.
After careful consideration, Zhong Cai threw one million Xuanzhu into the pool.
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The three golden-armored soldiers were quite far apart, so they would not be disturbed by each other while being fed.
At this moment, the enormous pool swallowed all the mystic pearls, turning them into wisps of white smoke that flowed into the bodies of the three golden-armored soldiers.
Visibly, the smoke split into three streams.
The thickest stream was naturally absorbed directly by the Golden Armor Soldier at the peak of fusion, and it seemed to be polishing its golden armor, giving the armor a rather bright luster.
The other two golden-armored soldiers were also becoming brighter, and their aura was gradually increasing.
Reaching level six is naturally more difficult than reaching level five, so even though the Golden Armored Soldier absorbed the most, the other two Golden Armored Soldiers trembled slightly even faster.
This is a sign that energy is gradually being absorbed to its limit!
Suddenly, a burst of golden light erupted from both golden-armored soldiers!
Their momentum surged instantly!
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Zhong Cai's eyes lit up, and she blurted out, "The first upgrade was a success!"
Wu Shaogan smiled slightly: "It's worth celebrating."
At this moment, the white mist in the pool continued to spread at an unabated rate. To avoid excessive energy intake and poor absorption, the two of them naturally did not immediately add more Xuanzhu.
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The three fused golden-armored soldiers devoured the energy together, causing the smoke to surge even more violently.
The energy seemed to converge into a long white dragon, coiling around the three imposing Dao soldiers!
The golden light shone brightly, illuminating the entire room.
Gradually, the golden-armored soldier, who was originally at the peak of fusion, began to tremble.
It has reached its absorption limit!
At the same time, its devouring speed increased even more! The white mist seemed to be gathering too slowly?
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Zhong Cai knew what she had to do.
He didn't act rashly, but instead invested 100,000 Xuanzhu without hesitation.
The upgrade process requires being "well-fed".
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Sure enough, the white mist thickened, almost completely enveloping the golden-armored soldier.
The golden-armored soldier trembled even faster and more violently, almost as if he were shaking.
Finally, it burst into golden light once again!
This time, the light was even more dazzling than the previous two when they were upgraded!
The palace has been built!
This golden-armored soldier has successfully advanced to level six.
And its speed in devouring the white mist was even more rapid.
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Zhong Cai let out a breath, and then she no longer focused on Xuanzhu.
Xuanzhu and the others should keep some for spending money. Next, let's go straight for the Xuan Stones!
Zhong Cai raised his eyebrows and threw five high-grade Xuan stones into the pool.
That number sounds rather meager.
But in reality, it's worth a full 50,000 low-grade mystic stones!
Sure enough, the golden-armored soldier devoured the food even more readily.
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The process of raising Golden Armor Soldiers is quite long, after all, they need to be fed more carefully and spend more time absorbing energy.
It took several hours, and with Zhong Cai's utmost caution, the three golden-armored soldiers were finally upgraded successfully—not one of them failed to upgrade even once.
Currently, all three golden-armored soldiers are at the peak of the Spirit Transformation stage!
This is their limit.
However, for Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan now, it is more than enough.
The combined cost of their upgrades is approximately ten thousand high-grade Xuan Stones.
Moreover, the smoke in the pool remained condensed and did not dissipate.
This shows that a considerable amount of energy has not been fully absorbed—even the Golden Armored Soldier, after reaching his peak, could no longer "absorb" it.
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Zhong Cai looked relaxed and smug.
He's really amazing!
With his control, none of the three golden-armored soldiers failed!
Seeing this, Wu Shaogan pinched Zhong Cai's cheek.
Zhong Cai didn't care. He glanced at the remaining Dao soldiers, waved his hand, and said, "All armored soldiers, get into the pool. Let's all improve together!"
So, sixty-six armored soldiers went inside.
The armored soldier's upper limit is only the peak of the Palace-Opening Realm; this smoke is enough to feed him.
Next came twelve bronze-armored soldiers.
All of this smoke also fed them to their maximum potential—the peak of the shimmering light.
Moreover, there is still some left over.
So the seventeen silver-armored soldiers went in as well...
This isn't enough; we need to add more mystic stones.
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Perhaps because she was too proud of herself before, Zhong Cai's feeding this time was a bit rough and she didn't think too much about it.
Just as Zhong Cai was leaning against his old man, admiring the light emanating from the silver-armored soldiers, a sudden explosion rang out!
Zhong Cai looked over instantly—
Suddenly, many holes of varying sizes appeared on the silver-armored soldiers standing there.
Countless wisps of white mist burst forth from those holes, as if colliding with some invisible force, producing a series of crackling sounds.
Then, the silver-armored soldier trembled violently as if he had been hit by a barrage of bullets!
In the next instant, it exploded.
Utter collapse.
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Zhong Cai's dead fish eyes: "..."
So we really can't slack off at all, right?
If you're not careful, this thing will just vanish into thin air.
Zhong Cai took a deep breath.
Wu Shaogan hadn't expected this to happen, but... it's actually quite normal.
It's just that their previous training programs were all too successful.
Wu Shaogan thought to himself that he should comfort A Cai again.
But just as he was about to reach out, Zhong Cai suddenly turned around and hugged him, pretending to cry.
Wu Shaogan: "..."
It seems that A-Cai isn't too upset.
That's fine.
Thinking of this, Wu Shaogan wrapped his arms around Zhong Cai and held her quietly for a while.
After stammering for a while, Zhong Cai calmed down from her grief.
There were still many silver-armored soldiers who needed to be fed, so he was much more careful this time.
Sure enough, the remaining silver-armored soldiers broke through quite smoothly.
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Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan sat on stone seats and summoned many special Taoist soldiers.
These special Dao soldiers stood in front and behind each other because of their different cultivation levels.
At the very front, naturally, were five special silver-armored soldiers.
The purpose of Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan summoning them was simply to hold a meeting.
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Zhong Cai examined each of these special Taoist soldiers.
After everyone was summoned, they all introduced themselves. With the memory he and Wu Shaogan had cultivated, they naturally remembered everything and had a general plan.
Interestingly, all of these special Dao soldiers were martial arts cultivators in their previous lives.
In other words, cultivators who focus on combat power as their primary cultivation direction.
It's not that they're completely incapable of other skills, but at most they can only accomplish a few things. Their talent is even inferior to that of Wu Shaogan, who is now also practicing talismans.
Zhong Cai thought that special Dao soldiers were actually formed from the souls of people with obsessions, but surely cultivators like alchemists and talisman masters didn't have any obsessions?
The reason why all of them are martial arts cultivators is probably because... the Command Platform was originally a military camp mainly for attack, so all the soldiers "commanded" are special Dao soldiers like this.
As for the logistics and supply units that are common in regular barracks... that should be considered a drawback of the Commander's Platform.
But that's okay.
Master Zhong Dan is here to resupply us!
Just thinking about it makes me feel so smug!
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These thoughts flashed through my mind in an instant.
Zhong Cai didn't keep them in suspense and said, "You all have a few options to choose from now on."
He explained everything very directly.
The first option is to join the Seventh State and follow Xiong Biao.
The second option is to go on a training trip alone or with a few others.
The third option is to conquer territory in the thirteenth state—ideally with special silver-armored soldiers leading the way.
Regardless of which choice is made, everyone must submit 30% of the resources they acquire to the ancient city, while the rest can be used by themselves.
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Zhong Cai did not allow the special soldiers to make a choice immediately, but gave them some time to discuss it, and then summarized their opinions after half an hour.
The special soldiers looked at each other, then quickly returned to the rest hall and began to discuss among themselves.
Suddenly, a cacophony of noise filled the hall.
Zhong Cai seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and leaned against Wu Shaogan.
"Old Wu, what do you think they'll choose?"
"I can't think of that."
Either way, neither of them will lose out.
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The special soldiers made their decision quickly.
Among the five special silver-armored soldiers, Jin Huai and a female Taoist soldier each chose the lone wolf mode, while two male Taoist soldiers traveled together. The last female Taoist soldier, named Hua Qingqing, chose to lead the team to the thirteenth state.
Apart from Lone Wolf and his companions, the other special Dao soldiers all chose to follow Hua Qingqing.
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Zhong Cai remembered all of this and looked at Hua Qingqing.
"Senior Hua, you are also to lead these iron-armored and bronze-armored soldiers. In addition, I will give you five silver-armored soldiers."
Hua Qingqing was naturally happy; when it comes to conquering territory, the more people you have at your disposal, the better!
Zhong Cai pondered, "When Senior Xiong Biao left, he took a large number of ordinary Dao soldiers with him. How many men does Senior Hua want?"
In this respect, he will not show favoritism.
Hua Qingqing had already made a plan, and upon hearing City Lord Zhong's question, she immediately gave a number.
Without hesitation, Zhong Cai threw out a large number of Xuan Pearls in front of numerous Dao soldiers to initiate a new summoning.
After they were summoned, Hua Qingqing took command of the Dao soldiers. At the same time, in accordance with Hua Qingqing's requirements, the Dao soldiers' strength was also improved accordingly.
Hua Qingqing was completely satisfied.
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By this time, all the Taoist soldiers had been properly arranged.
What remains in the hands of Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan are three peak-level golden-armored soldiers and eleven peak-level silver-armored soldiers.
That's enough for them to do.
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On this day, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan left the house.
In the courtyard ahead, Xiang Lin and the others were seen, each busy with their own tasks.
Seeing that their two masters had finally "emerged from seclusion," the servants all came over to greet them.
Zhong Cai gave Xiang Lin some pills as part of the goods to be sold next, and then said with a smile, "Old Wu and I have been here for quite a while. We're going to run around the nearby mountains for a bit, and then we'll head straight back to the academy."
Upon hearing this, Xiang Lin and the others understood that their two masters wouldn't be coming back after the hunt.
Right then and there, Qiaohong and Bichen quickly prepared a table full of delicious food.
After having their meal, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan left.
Xiang Lin and the others continued their lives as usual.
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Forbidden River City, surrounded by mountains.
This city is some distance from Canglong City. It is a level four city, and there are also mountains stretching outside the city.
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan arrived deep in the mountains. After sweeping their spiritual senses around and finding no one and no particularly spiritual beasts, they released the Dao soldiers one by one.
The lone wolves and those traveling in groups all dispersed with their accompanying rare beasts.
The mountain range was so vast that it could easily accommodate all of them.
Hua Qingqing was holding a rather high-end mustard seed ring, which was filled with hundreds of thousands of other ordinary Dao soldiers.
Of course, the special Dao soldiers couldn't be carried like that, so they stood densely behind Hua Qingqing.
Hua Qingqing led the group deeper into the mountains.
Only Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan remained in the same spot.
The two exchanged a glance.
Zhong Cai said with a grin, "Shall we really go hunting? It's been so long since we've done this."
Wu Shaogan naturally had no objections.
The two chose a different direction from the Dao soldiers, and began to search for savage beasts that they could handle, using their spiritual senses.
At the same time, they were all wearing defensive armbands.
The security is absolutely sufficient...
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This hunt lasted for three or four days.
The two of them only chose to hunt and roast the best-tasting wild beasts, which helped them relax and unwind.
As they prepared to leave, Zhong Cai released two peak-level golden-armored soldiers.
The goal was simple: to get them to follow Fan Zhongyang.
According to the mirror's search, Fan Zhongyang is not currently at the Fan family residence, but rather in the mountains nearby, where he is clearly undergoing training.
This makes it much more convenient.
The golden-armored soldiers rushed over quickly, allowing them to silently "keep an eye" on Fan Zhongyang.
And Fan Zhongyang's appearance, his search for direction...
The mirror naturally also generated a roadmap.
Zhong Cai easily transmitted the message to the minds of the golden-armored soldiers, and they could easily find the person.
Soon, the golden-armored soldiers left.
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan lingered in the mountains for a few more days before riding Qinghui towards Canglong Academy.
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After returning to Duobao Peak, the two of them continued their cultivation and daily life in an orderly manner.
Everything returned to calm.
Now, they are just waiting for the day when the Dan Shen tree will return to spring.
I don't know how long it will take...
But so far, there has been no news.
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Time always flies when you're cultivating; in the blink of an eye, another six months have passed.
Zhong Cai learned four more level-four pills, and his alchemy skills in each one reached a level of perfection.
His Grand Alchemist badge also featured a full fifteen stars.
Naturally, he remained at the top of the list, a position that all alchemists of the same level looked up to.
Zhong Cai himself had also reached the mid-stage of the Suspended Illumination realm—a very time-consuming period.
As for Wu Shaogan, he has already found the point leading to the Fusion Realm.
However, Zhong Cai currently wants to focus on refining fourth-level pills and has no plans to refine fifth-level pills for the time being. As for the matter of the Pill God Wood, Wu Shaogan has also decided to wait a little longer at the peak of Xuanzhao.
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On this day, Zhong Cai received a message.
It belongs to Fan Jiming.
Zhong Cai was a little puzzled: "Old Wu, what's wrong with this guy? We just parted ways not long ago, and he's already writing again? That's a bit too frequent."
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That's indeed the case.
Zhong Cai, Wu Shaogan, and Fan Jiming are indeed good friends and will quickly pass on any news to each other, but they don't really need to communicate so frequently.
Moreover, Fan Jiming already had enough pills in reserve, so even if he used the Blazing Sun Pearl for cultivation, he wouldn't need to buy any more pills for a short period of time.
So why did he suddenly send a letter?
...Could it be that Fan Jiming also discovered some transmigrator?
Fan Zhongyang has always been cautious, so how could he suddenly expose himself so thoroughly in just half a year?
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Zhong Cai had many guesses in her mind, but none of them seemed right, so she stopped guessing.
He opened the envelope.
Wu Shaogan leaned over, put his arm around Zhong Cai, and read the letter with him.
This letter... is quite long.
There are several thick sheets of paper.
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan carefully browsed through the book from top to bottom, and as they looked, their expressions became somewhat strange.
Well.
Well, how should I put it?
This guy actually asked them to... help him find a girlfriend?
That's outrageous.
Zhong Cai tugged at Wu Shaogan's wrist and continued reading.
The reason is explained starting from the second sheet of paper.
It turns out that a very powerful female cultivator with the Cold Moon attribute was seeking a husband. She had a strong family background, abundant resources, great strength, and a good reputation, so he didn't want to miss this opportunity.
Of course, the so-called "recruiting a husband" means that the woman wants a man to marry into her family.
For Fan Jiming, this was of course no problem!
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The woman was the Ice Spirit Fairy of the Star Moon Palace, and one of the strong contenders for the Moon Lord position.
The Star Moon Palace is an eighth-level power, divided into two parts: the Star Palace and the Moon Palace. The Star Palace houses countless cultivators who cultivate the star attribute, while the Moon Palace is for male and female cultivators who cultivate the moon attribute.
Both the Star Palace and the Moon Palace have a Nirvana Realm expert.
One branch of the Moon Palace is the Cold Moon Hall, which has few disciples, but each one is very powerful and they all come from the same family.
This family is the Han family.
The Han family reveres women because this family has a strong inherited talent that has been passed down through generations.
At the same time, all those who inherit this constitution are women—it's not that no men can inherit the Cold Moon Blood, but this blood is yin blood, which clashes with the male constitution. Any man who possesses this essence and blood will freeze to death in the embryonic stage and will never be born.
Such women often summon companion treasures that are also of the icy attribute.
Some are primarily ice or water-based, while others are primarily moon-based, but regardless of the type, they all undoubtedly pose significant risks.
Among them, the one with the strongest aptitude and the most serious flaws is undoubtedly the one who has awakened the Cold Moon Body.
This is a special constitution, and it is also the most perfect inheritance of the essence and blood of one's ancestors.
Those with this constitution almost always manage to transform into spirits—and every few generations, as long as they don't die prematurely and survive the burst of their constitution, they are able to undergo Nirvana.
From ancient times to the present, the Cold Moon Palace has always been a very powerful lineage within the Moon Palace. Every few generations, a powerful figure from the Cold Moon Palace would become the ruler of the Moon Palace.
That is: the Moon Lord.
The current Star Moon Palace is at its most prosperous period, the Cold Moon Palace is at its strongest.
The current Moon Lord is from the Cold Moon Palace and is named Han Bingqing.
The current master of Hanyue Palace is a cultivator at the peak of the Spirit Transformation stage, named Han Bingxin.
Neither of them awakened the Cold Moon Body.
However, in the next generation, Han Bingxin's biological daughter, Han Bingling, is now in the initial stage of the Fusion Realm and is far from being a hundred years old. She has already awakened the Cold Moon Body.
Han Bingling herself is also very outstanding, with strong comprehension and formidable combat power. She is cold and arrogant, but not conceited.
However, as her strength increased, the defects of her Frost Moon Body became more and more serious. Almost every month, she would fall into a coma for a few days to resist the terrifying icy power brought by the Frost Moon Blood. Furthermore, because her physique contained the power of moonlight, rare and precious natural treasures that could be used to alleviate the condition were also scarce.
Of course, with the power of the Star Moon Palace, finding such a treasure to supply Han Bingling would be no problem at all.
The biggest problem is that the monthly coma has a great impact on Han Bingling. The higher her strength, the more time she needs to go into seclusion. If a flaw suddenly erupts while she is comprehending some profound technique, wouldn't it cause her to be suddenly attacked?
That could result in injury at best, and death at worst!
Even with a large amount of resources and treasures at hand, Hanbingling would still find herself in great trouble.
Therefore, after a discussion, the Star Moon Palace decided to find a husband for Han Bingling—a husband suitable for dual cultivation with Han Bingling and to harmonize her flaws.
A woman like Han Bingling was never going to get married.
Moreover, due to the Han family's own requirements, she could only choose to marry into their family.
Therefore, at present, Han Bingling should have two plans.
The first option is to successfully find a suitable husband, and from then on, the husband will stay by her side.
The second scenario is that they fail to recruit successfully, so they can only endure it while waiting for a suitable candidate... until they can no longer endure it, at which point they will probably have to resort to mass recruitment.
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Zhong Cai flipped through all the letters, read them all, and then gave a somewhat subtle smile.
“Brother Ji Ming has the Blazing Sun Physique, which sounds like a perfect match for the Frosty Moon Physique. That Ice Spirit Fairy is a Fusion Realm cultivator, while Brother Ji Ming is already at the peak of the Suspended Illumination Realm, just one step away from breaking through. It seems like a good match as well. Looking at their ages, the Ice Spirit Fairy is probably a little younger than Brother Ji Ming, but not by much, which is also suitable.”
Wu Shaogan also laughed and said, "No matter how you look at it, it seems like it was tailor-made for Brother Fan."
Zhong Cai chuckled: "But I think... this might not be a match made for our Brother Fan."
Wu Shaogan was taken aback: "What do you mean?"
Although the two were clearly indoors, Zhong Cai secretly lowered her voice.
"I think this is a perfect match for our main character."
Wu Shaogan: "Huh?"
Zhong Cai said with a serious expression, "Old Wu, look, this Ice Spirit Fairy is cold and icy, while our little one is fire-attributed. Moreover, the protagonist's fire attribute can't be just ordinary fire attribute, can it? Maybe it's just right to match her physique!"
“Our kid isn’t very old yet, and his strength isn’t high, but as the protagonist, he’ll definitely grow quickly. Maybe in a few years, his strength will be enough—or it doesn’t matter if his strength is still a little lacking. The protagonist is definitely special.”
"In harem-themed novels like this, the protagonist always needs a few exceptionally powerful female confidantes. But how can those confidantes be attracted to a weak protagonist? There must be some kind of match between them..."
As Wu Shaogan listened, he raised a question: "If they are truly a match for the protagonist, this husband-recruiting event is a bit premature."
Zhong Cai thought for a moment and then gave her guess.
"This husband-recruiting event happened shortly after our auction ended. I think it's possible that someone from the Star Moon Palace bought some ice-attribute treasure at our auction, causing some changes to that Ice Spirit Fairy's body..."
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