Primordial Emperor
Chapter 676 Continue to Expand Recruitment

Chapter 676: Chapter 676 Continue to Expand Recruitment

"Borrow troops? Borrow troops from the Zhenning Empire?"

Upon hearing Meng Yuan’s words, Ning Tian immediately grasped his meaning.

It was a method to resolve the current predicament, but would the Zhenning Empire lend them troops?

Like the Zhangyang Empire, the Zhenning Empire was also a first-class vassal state of the Red Soul Hall, but its strength far surpassed that of the Zhangyang Empire.

Meng Yuan believed that the relationship between the Zhangyang Empire and the Zhenning Empire was good, and that the Zhenning Empire should be willing to lend troops.

Thus, Meng Yuan reported the frontline battle situation to Emperor Qin Ming of the Zhangyang Empire.

Upon receiving the news, although Qin Ming was reluctant to leave the Imperial City, he had no choice but to travel to the neighboring Zhenning Empire to borrow troops.

As Meng Yuan said, he dared not report the matter to the Red Soul Hall for fear of losing his position as emperor.

However, the Zhangyang Country was unaware that all their actions were under the surveillance of the Jade Cauldron Kingdom’s Dark Division.

The Dark Division of the Jade Cauldron Kingdom had spread their network across most of the empires in the Eastern Domain, with informants everywhere.

To maintain such an intelligence network, Jade Cauldron Kingdom had to expend a great deal of wealth, but since intelligence was crucial to warfare, they were willing to pay the price.

In order to win over people from other forces and gather intelligence, the Jade Cauldron Kingdom was even willing to give away Fifth Grade Elixirs and Heaven-grade Treasures, to gain people’s hearts and trust.

With the hearts and trust of the people, the intelligence network naturally took shape.

Of course, what was most important was the mystery and the element of surprise of the Dark Division.

At the moment, on the frontline between the Jade Cauldron Kingdom and the Zhangyang Country, Meng Yuan and Ning Tian had shifted from their initial all-out resistance to defending the city without exiting it, simply waiting for the Zhenning Empire’s reinforcement troops.

During this time, the grand army of the Jade Cauldron Kingdom earned a large number of military achievements, making the soldiers very happy.

The Battle Eagle Squad and the Dead Soldier Camp also started a competition, not to fight each other, but to see who killed more enemies and who could take down cities faster.

Xu Ma’an also followed Lin Chen’s advice and personally led the grand army into battle to consolidate his cultivation.

However, the closed gates of the Zhangyang Empire’s army prevented Xu Ma’an from killing enemies to his heart’s content.

The Dark Division of the Jade Cauldron Kingdom learned that the Zhangyang Country was borrowing troops from the Zhenning Empire, and Lin Chen decided to let them wait for reinforcements, clearly confident about the outcome of this battle.

It wasn’t just Lin Chen, even the soldiers felt that the Jade Cauldron Kingdom was sure to win this battle.

They were all eager to earn military achievements and did not want the Battle Eagle Squad and the Dead Soldier Camp to take all the glory, so they fought with all their might.

Apart from Xu Ma’an, others like Yang Yuemin, Li Hanyi, and Li Xuanming also fought on the frontlines, seeking opportunities for breakthroughs.

After all, Xu Ma’an had already made his breakthrough to the Heavenly Human Realm, and they did not want to fall too far behind.

While waiting for reinforcement troops from the Zhenning Empire, Lin Chen began to recruit soldiers because they were still a distance away from the anticipated three hundred thousand-strong army.

After several battles, the new army camp from the Shuanghan Empire had gradually integrated with the other army camps.

Therefore, the new army camp urgently needed to replenish its forces.

Recruiting started naturally from Cloud Sky City, where Lin Chen and the others announced that any martial artist who wished to join the Jade Cauldron Sect could come forward to register, but not everyone would be accepted; they needed to pass an assessment.

The Jade Cauldron Kingdom did not require martial artists to have particularly high talent because they had elixirs like the Break-Body Pill, which could change one’s talent.

To attract new recruits, the Jade Cauldron Kingdom revamped the policy for exchanging Break-Body Pills, stating that anyone serving in the Jade Cauldron Kingdom’s army for half a year could exchange for them with Spirit Stones, regardless of whether they had military achievements; those with military achievements could exchange using those achievements.

The news of the Jade Cauldron Kingdom’s recruitment spread among the Seven Kings Alliance and other sects of the Shuanghan Empire, especially after the Jade Cauldron Sect defeated the Shuanghan Royal Family and repelled the Zhangyang Country, creating a buzz and becoming the dream of the martial artists in the Shuanghan Empire.

Many people even came from other empires.

However, the Jade Cauldron Kingdom would not accept everyone; if they failed the assessment, they might face hostility from the Seven Kings Alliance and even be hunted down.

Soon, the seven leading figures of the Seven Kings Alliance surprisingly joined the Jade Cauldron Kingdom directly, which caused the martial artists of the alliance to cheer, as this meant they did not have to worry about joining the Jade Cauldron Sect and failing and being looked upon with disdain.

Therefore, many martial artists flocked to take the assessment to join the Jade Cauldron Sect.

"Haha, the day has finally come."

"Yes, starting from today, we are also part of the Jade Cauldron Sect."

"The Jade Cauldron Sect offers generous rewards. As long as you have military achievements, you can exchange for a vast amount of cultivation resources and treasures. Our time has finally come."

"It’s not just the cultivation resources and treasures, but also the Cultivation Techniques and Martial Arts Skills are superior. Did you know? The cousin of the nephew of the cousin brother of the distant cousin of my Cousin Sister’s big nephew joined the army of the Jade Cauldron Sect, and now he’s preparing to break through to the Reverting Void Realm."

"I’ve spent half my life as a doorman disciple at Qingfeng Gate, no credit and no hard work. Every time the Sect was attacked, it was my life on the line to send out the warning. Now my Spirit Stones are gone, my magic treasures are worn out, and my Cultivation Techniques are low-level. But starting from today, I’m going to turn my fate around!"

"Yes, as long as you have military achievements, you can exchange for all resources—it’s so humane."

"The most important thing is, the Jade Cauldron Sect values fairness. If you want military achievements, you have to make contributions to the Sect and the Kingdom, and with contributions come Contribution Values and military achievements."

"It’s not like the old Sect where, as long as you were lucky enough to be the nephew or disciple of an elder, the Sect’s resources would be skewed in your favor. But the Jade Cauldron Sect is different; even the Sect Leader must pay Contribution Values to exchange for treasures!"

At the gates of Cloud Sky City, countless martial artists chatted excitedly, cheering for having successfully passed the assessment and joining the Jade Cauldron Sect.