Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studion/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
The effect of the essence blood of the Fire Spiritual Sparrow was beyond Jiang Chenâs expectations. He was extremely excited once the genuine blood of the celestial phoenix was stimulated again.
An idea suddenly occurred to Jiang Chen. He took out the spiritual stone. A spiritual stone could be sold at a sky-high price, but Jiang Chen did not need it.
âA spiritual stone is even better than an immortal elixir. Let me see what it can be used for!â
Despite the heat, Jiang Chen started to smelt the spiritual stone. With the genuine blood of the celestial phoenix and the spiritual stone working in parallel, only a divine body could handle it. The benefit it would bring was an incredible improvement. The genuine blood of the celestial phoenix was boiling in his blood vessels. The whole barracks could hear the phoenix chime.
He started to burn. The tent was totally burned up. The soldiers of the Tiger Battalion stayed away from the fire. Those who were good at the lore of water were ready to do something to prevent the fire from spreading.
âThe key to improve the divine body is dragon and phoenix!â Jiang Chen recalled what Yueâer had told him, and he found she was totally correct. The improvement of the genuine blood of the celestial phoenix brought changes to the divine body. The lore of fire achieved the eighth level again when he had not even practiced it. He would achieve great completeness soon.
At the same time, he was about to master the third chapter of the Fire God Scripture as well.
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Unfortunately, when he was just about to realize the breakthrough, the effect of the five drops of essence blood was gone.
Jiang Chen screamed in disappointment. The feats he had achieved through one dayâs work were spent in only a few minutes. If the other disciples of the Land of Abundance learned his thoughts, they would probably give him a beating.
A long time was usually needed to have 3,000 feats.
Jiang Chen suddenly opened his eyes. He saw the soldiers in the barracks were staring at him.
âArenât I in my tent?â Jiang Chen was a bit confused. Then he found his tent had been burned up.
He smiled at the soldiers in an embarrassed manner. Fortunately, he was wearing the black clothes of the Flame Emperor. Otherwise they would have seen him naked.
The next day, Jiang Chen took over the Ferocious Tiger Battalion. He had a meeting with his five captains. Except for Zhang Han, the other four captains were looking at Jiang Chen in an odd manner. They were convinced by his strength. But at the thought of Jiang Chenâs crazy behavior and the unhappy looks of the soldiers of the Crane Battalion, they could not help but doubt whether Jiang Chen would be a good leader.
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âThere will be a drill in the Red Blood Field soon! Weâll hear the sarcastic comments of those arrogant guys from the Ling Long Army again. Bros, will you allow them to do that?! âRen Hai was giving an imposing pep talk to the Crane Battalion.
âNo, we wonât!â
The soldiers of the Divine Crane Battalion shouted in sync, as if they had discussed how to reply to him.
âBut someone killed two commanders in a row. He brought troubles to the whole Xuanji Army. Itâs a shame to be so selfish!â Ren Hai looked over while speaking.
âI, Jiang Xin, will try my best to gather Soldier Energy to defend the dignity of the Xuanji Army!â There was a short-haired woman standing next to Ren Hai. She looked pretty valiant and heroic.
What she said was directed at Jiang Chen.
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âCommander, they are trying to make you look guilty.â
Zhang Han was taken aback. He hurried to say, âThe Ling Long Army stands in the limelight in every yearâs drill. The function of the Xuanji Army is only to set them off. Now they are going to try to make you take responsibility for it.â
âHow many days to go to the drill?â Jiang Chen asked.
â12 days,â Zhang Han said.
âHow much Soldier Energy could Xiong Gang gather?â Jiang Chen asked again.
â1,300.â
Zhang Han knew why he was asking this. He said in a low voice, âItâs very difficult to gather Soldier Energy. It has nothing to do with talent.â He added, as if he was afraid Jiang Chen had not understood him, âIt took Xiong Gang more than six months to gather 1,300.â It took Xiong Gang more than six months, while they only had 12 days left.
âDonât worry about me.â Jiang Chen thanked him, patting him on the shoulder. He had learned what the difficulty would be while studying the method to gather Soldier Energy. That was why he was so confident. Then Jiang Chen walked toward the Crane Battalion.
Seeing him walking over, the soldiers of the Tiger Battalion became anxious.
Due to He Wuhuanâs death, the Divine Crane Battalion was very angry with the Tiger Battalion. Right and wrong aside, Jiang Chen killed He Wuhuan when he was too weak to fight back in the presence of so many soldiers. It was a slap in their faces.
âWhat do you want?!â Ren Hai was very unhappy to see him.
âCommander Jiang Xin?â
Jiang Chen ignored him. He looked toward the short-haired woman instead.
âWhat?â Jiang Xin was a little nervous, but she was more cautious than nervous.
âDonât regard me as an enemy like this. If it were not for me, you wouldnât have been a commander. Donât you agree?â Jiang Chen said.
Jiang Xin was struck dumb. She nodded involuntarily. Then she came to herself and gave him a hard stare.
âAre you here to provoke us?â Ren Hai closed his fists tightly. His knuckles were cracking ceaselessly.
âNo. Here is the thing. You need to gather Soldier Energy. So do I. Why donât we have a competition to see who is faster?â Jiang Chen said.
âYou wonât be a match...â Jiang Xin smiled, but Ren Hai stopped her before she could finish the sentence. Ren Hai coughed, as a way to tell her to stop speaking. Then he asked Jiang Chen, âDo you really want to compete with her? What about using that spiritual stone as the bet?â
âNo problem. What about you?â Jiang Chen agreed immediately.
Jiang Xin was kind of surprised. She had a weird look on her face. It turned out she was going to be the next chief commander appointed by the Ling Long Palace. As to Ren Hai, he would be an officer after the drill.
For that reason, Jiang Xin had tried to gather Soldier Energy,, and she had already gathered 500 soldiersâ Soldier Energy. The other soldiers of the Divine Crane Battalion all knew about that. They were looking at Jiang Chen in a playful manner, holding their tongues.
Jiang Chen saw there was something weird going on, but it did not matter to him.
âWhat do you want?â Ren Hai asked.
âWhat do you have?â Jiang Chen answered with a question.
His tone irritated Ren Hai again. Ren Hai said in anger, âSince your bet is a spiritual stone, weâll bet 100 Martial Soul Stones!â This bet was kind of big. But because they had already started amassing the Energy, the Divine Crane Battalion did not think it a big deal.
âOkay.â Jiang Chen was surprised they had so many Martial Soul Stones. Werenât those stones monopolized by the academies? But he soon tumbled to why. They were monopolized by the academies, but it did not mean they could not be purchased. He guessed these 100 Martial Soul Stones were Ren Haiâs payment for his work on the Qi Li Continent.
âOkay.â
Zhang Han ran over in a hurry, but it was already too late. Jiang Chen had agreed.
âCommander, Jiang Xin has already gathered some Soldier Energy!â Zhang Han hurried to tell him.
âHa, ha, ha.â The soldiers of the Divine Crane Battalion could not help but burst out laughing. But Jiang Xin was so embarrassed that she lowered her head.
âWhat do you say, Jiang Chen? Do you still want to make this bet? You are the one who proposed it. Donât say that Iâm bullying you,â Ren Hai said in a sarcastic tone.
âOf course. Why not?â To his surprise, Jiang Chen agreed immediately again.
Jiang Xin, who had been feeling awkward, lifted her head. She was angry.
Jiang Chen insisted on taking the bet after learning all this. This only meant one thingâhe looked down on her.
Ren Hai was struck dumb. After confirming that Jiang Chen had only come here a day ago, he touched his chin.
âIf you want to give me this spiritual stone, itâs surely fine for me,â Ren Hai said.
âNot necessarily. Commander Jiang Xin, I would appreciate your instructions throughout the competition,â Jiang Chen said.
âHuh.â
Jiang Xinâs look was very sharp. She said, âYouâll absolutely lose. Iâm telling you!â