Chapter 434: Chapter 350: Outpost No. 9 (Part 2)
The Ninth Outpost.
Aside from the 999-layer black tower, several towns had been built around it. Within those towns, numerous other buildings had been constructed.
Among them,
Xu Qing was assigned to Building 820, which served as the barracks for the 820th Battalion of the Ninth Outpost.
"Tsk tsk..."
WHOOSH!
Just as Xu Qing and Xu Jingtian left, several figures appeared beside the Heaven-Reaching Daoist. They were the Deputy Station Chief and the Legion Marshal of the Ninth Outpost.
"Tongtian, oh Tongtian, he’s the apple of your Shu Mountain’s eye. Are you really comfortable letting him come to the Three Realms Battlefield? I’ve heard some news... they say Angels from the Divine Race are investigating Xu Qing. It looks like they want to make a move on him."
At that moment,
the Deputy Station Chief with the messy hair said with a grin.
"These were the Sect Leader’s orders."
The Heaven-Reaching Daoist shrugged. "To be honest, I also feel there’s no need for Xu Qing to be on the Three Realms Battlefield. But before he went into seclusion, the Sect Leader said his disciple doesn’t need special privileges, nor should he be treated any differently."
"He also said something about how a hothouse flower can’t withstand the wind and rain. That only by enduring battle after battle and countless trials can one grow into a towering tree, one capable of sheltering the entire Human Race."
"Er..."
The Deputy Station Chief was taken aback for a moment.
"That certainly sounds like something the Sect Leader of Shushan would say."
The Legion Marshal shrugged. "After all, your Sect Leader of Shushan grew up amidst countless battles."
"Many people think your Sect Leader’s greatest strength is the Sword Dao, but they don’t know that what he truly excels at is the Slaughter Dao."
"His sword is the Sword of Slaughter."
"Indeed!"
The Heaven-Reaching Daoist took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Although the Sect Leader has killed many servants of the Dark Forbidden Land, he’s also thoroughly pissed it off. The Dark Forbidden Land will definitely retaliate."
"Heh."
But the messy-haired Deputy Station Chief just sneered. "You say that as if the Dark Forbidden Land would have spared our Profound Yellow Realm if Sect Leader Chen *hadn’t* killed its servants."
"Sigh..."
The Legion Marshal sighed deeply. "This battle is ultimately unavoidable!"
Building 820.
"Xu Qing, we’re here."
Xu Jingtian led Xu Qing to the entrance of Building 820. The building was tall, about thirty stories high, and resembled a residential apartment complex.
「On the way here.」
Xu Jingtian had explained some of the basic details about the Ninth Outpost to Xu Qing.
First,
the Ninth Outpost had a total of nine cities, and therefore, nine legions, named in succession: the First Legion, the Second Legion, the Third Legion, and so on.
Each city housed one legion.
Xu Qing had been assigned to the third city, which was home to the Third Legion. Each legion was composed of one thousand battalions, and one thousand buildings were constructed in the city to house them.
As one might expect,
Xu Qing was assigned to the 820th Battalion of the Third Legion, becoming one of its members. Each battalion consisted of at least ten thousand people.
Xu Qing was now one of the ten thousand-plus soldiers of the 820th Battalion.
"Mm."
Xu Qing gave a slight nod. He followed Xu Jingtian into Building 820, went up to the third floor, and pushed open the door to Room 303.
CREAK!
The door swung open.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
Inside,
there were a total of nine people.
"Captain Xu, you’re finally back."
"Oho."
"Is this the newcomer you brought back this time?"
"Tsk tsk..."
"He looks a little weak!"
"..."
Room 303.
The room wasn’t large; the space was limited.
It was about 115 square meters.
However,
including Xu Jingtian,
ten people lived here.
Now,
with the addition of Xu Qing,
there were eleven.
In fact,
this was because the space-time of the Three Realms Battlefield had become somewhat fragmented after enduring countless terrifying wars.
Under these circumstances,
it was impossible to use stable spatial Secret Techniques on the Three Realms Battlefield, let alone fold space-time. Attempting to use any such secret techniques related to space-time would easily trigger a spatial collapse, sweeping one into the turbulent void.
Moreover,
in order to avoid dispersing combat strength and to ensure that large armies could be teleported to the front lines at a moment’s notice,
so,
all fighting forces were concentrated as much as possible.
As a result,
this led to the current cramped conditions, where eleven people had to live in a small room of just 115 square meters.
It was incredibly crowded.
’The situation on the Three Realms Battlefield is really beyond my expectations,’ Xu Qing thought, taking a deep breath. ’I never thought it would be this harsh.’
Next,
Xu Jingtian got Xu Qing settled in. Through Xu Jingtian’s introductions, Xu Qing met his other nine teammates: Li Feng Mountain, Zhang Jingyi, Xiang Weinan, Xu Fu, Zhou Jingjing, Lin Deyi, Jiang Yi, Zhuang He, and Miao Qing.
Additionally,
these nine teammates were not weak; all of them had stepped into the Sixth Realm. The strongest among them had even reached the Dao Palace Realm.
With his Cultivation at the Daoist Platform Third Layer Heaven, Xu Qing was among the very weakest here.
"Xu Qing."
Xu Jingtian glanced at Xu Qing and said, "I have other matters to attend to, so I’ll be leaving now. For now, just focus on adapting to the environment here as quickly as you can."
"Yes."
Xu Qing nodded.
"Take care, Captain."
Li Feng Mountain and the others waved with smiles on their faces.
「Soon.」
Xu Jingtian left to attend to his own business.
"Heh heh."
Li Feng Mountain, a dark-skinned, middle-aged man, looked at Xu Qing. "Xu Qing, where are you from? Which power in the Profound Yellow Realm do you belong to? Which Dynasty?"
"A Shushan Disciple."
Xu Qing replied.
"From Shu Mountain!"
Li Feng Mountain was slightly startled. "You’re from Shu Mountain, just like Captain Xu? Shu Mountain is one of the Nine Great Sacred Lands of our Profound Yellow Realm."
"Mm."
Xu Qing merely gave a slight nod.
Evidently,
Li Feng Mountain and the others were from ordinary backgrounds and didn’t belong to any of the Nine Great Sacred Lands. Most of them came from Middle-Grade Human Race Dynasties or Upper-Grade Human Race Dynasties.
In other words,
they weren’t even from the Central Tang Dynasty.
"Actually, I have a question."
Xu Qing glanced around and asked thoughtfully, "With the ten or so of us crammed into such a small space, how are we supposed to cultivate?"
"You want to cultivate?"
Li Feng Mountain and the others exchanged a look before turning back to Xu Qing. "Didn’t Captain Xu tell you?" he asked in return.
"No."
Xu Qing shook his head. "He only gave me a brief introduction to the basic situation at the Ninth Outpost. There’s a lot I don’t know."
"War contributions!"
Li Feng Mountain answered Xu Qing’s question. "If you want to cultivate, you need war contributions. The Three Realms Battlefield is too fragmented, making it difficult to cultivate here. It’s impossible to absorb any Dao Rhyme."
"Therefore,"
"the Human Race established a secret realm called the Mystic Yellow Secret Realm. As long as you spend war contributions, you can enter the Mystic Yellow Secret Realm to cultivate. Cultivating inside the Mystic Yellow Secret Realm is far more effective."
’The Mystic Yellow Secret Realm.’
Xu Qing looked thoughtful. "How do you earn war contributions?" he asked.
"It’s simple. You get them by killing enemies."
Li Feng Mountain shrugged.
"I see."
Xu Qing nodded slightly.
"War contributions are good stuff. You can exchange them for all sorts of treasures and resources. As long as you have enough, all the resources of the Human Race in the entire Profound Yellow Realm will be open to you."
Li Feng Mountain added, "You can exchange them for anything you want."
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