“As for Rank Eight and Rank Nine Martial Masters, you all don’t need to think about them. Leave the martial artists at those levels to us, the Twelve Tiger Guards and the three leaders. You all are mainly responsible for dealing with martial artists at and below Rank Seven Martial Vein.”
“Like the usual tasks, the top 30 people will get special rewards. The higher the ranking, the better the reward.”
“Any other questions?”
“I have one.”
Ling Xiao asked, “How much military merit points are needed to exchange for a Quasi-Transcendent Martial Art?”
“100 points!”
General Ninth Moon replied.
“What! 100 military merit points! It seems it is hopeless for us.”
Many living quarter disciples shook their heads with bitter smiles.
100 military merit points didn’t seem like much, but you should know that the military merit points for killing martial artists below Peak Rank Six Martial Vein were too low.
As for those Martial Masters above Rank Seven Martial Vein, although the military merit points were greater, they couldn’t defeat them.
“Don’t be discouraged. Although most of you might not be able to exchange for a Quasi-Transcendent Martial Art, there are also Rare Peak Martial Arts and Superior Peak Martial Arts that are relatively easy to exchange for. The former just needs 20 military merit points, and the latter needs 50.”
General Ninth Month said with a smile.
Hearing this, people became lively again.
After all, for most living quarter disciples, just one or two Entry-level Peak Martial Arts was already very powerful.
They dreamed of obtaining Rare and Superior Peak Martial Arts.
As for Quasi-Transcendent Martial Arts, they were too far away. They couldn’t even dream about them.
Moreover, the exchange was not limited to martial arts. There were also things like Gang Qi Pills, spirit stones, and so on. Everything was available to exchange.
In fact, General Ninth Moon had just given a brief introduction, and there were many other types of rewards.
“This is the real tempering!”
Ling Xiao took a deep breath and thought inwardly, “No matter how intense the fights are within the Hidden Dragon Battalion, all were just swapping pointers. Only such tasks can nurture a martial artist’s ability to survive in the world.”
In any case, he approved of this kind of training method.
Naturally, with his Landscape Martial Soul, he was very confident about strangling Dream Pill merchants, not to mention that his escaping abilities were absolutely not inferior to Rank Seven Martial Vein Martial Masters.
This task was basically a heaven-sent chance for him to improve his strength.
“Any more questions?”
“No!”
“If there are no more questions, then good! The task will start after three days. In these three days, Commander Lin will do something to clear the relations between the deaths of the Dream Pill merchants and the Side General Residence.”
General Ninth Moon stood and left.
Shi Lei and the other deputy leader also left.
The strange thing was that no one ever saw even the shadow of the Hidden Dragon Battalion’s Leader.
Ling Xiao didn’t want to meddle in other people’s business since no one else had asked.
After leaving the training ground, he greeted Ling Yixue and visited Ling Mei in the Medicine Hall.
The task was important, but Leng Mei’s injury was also concerning.
“Did you deliver this girl?”
In the Medicine Hall, Ling Xiao ran into a green-dressed woman.
The woman resembled Ling Yixue and was roughly two years older than him.
She was also a rarely seen devastating beauty.
Merely, Ling Yixue was comparatively more reserved and a bit introverted by nature.
Meanwhile, this green-dressed woman gave people a feeling of a well-bred lady. The way she spoke and acted was very mature and experienced.
“Yes!”
Ling Xiao replied.
“Good! Generally, those who understand to cherish a maid are not too bad. I’m Dai Yuling. What about you?”
The green-dressed woman asked with a smile.
“Ling Xiao!”
“Mmm, I’ll remember it. Although this girl is not in mortal danger, her body is still weak. If you believe my words, let her stay in the Medicine Hall for three more days, and I promise to return you a healthy little girl.”
Dai Yuling’s smile was very beautiful like a life-giving spring breeze and rain.
“Many thanks then. I will depend on you.”
Ling Xiao believed in his instincts, which told him that this woman’s strength was very terrifying. He didn’t know how much stronger she was, but if she truly wanted to harm Leng Mei, she wouldn’t need to spend so much time and effort.
“Then, go and prepare for the task. Perhaps, we’ll have a chance to meet later. Hee hee!”
Dai Yulian smiled, turned around, and left.
Ling Xiao looked at this girl’s back view and suddenly thought of someone.
The leader of the Hidden Dragon Battalion seemed to have the surname Dai. Could it be this girl?
Her age and strength matched the leader’s rumored traits; moreover, this girl was stronger than General Ninth Month and had the same surname. His guess shouldn’t be wrong.
After returning from the Medicine Hall, Ling Xiao found Ling Yixue first. In he Dragon Battalion, the only person he trusted currently was Ling Yixue, so teaming up with her was the best choice.
Ling Yixue naturally agreed.
Not only they formed a team that day, many people of the Hidden Dragon Battalion also formed their own teams.
After all, numbers were also an advantage.
Basically, besides Ling Xiao and Ling Yixue, all the other eight captains had six or seven individuals under them.
Tasks such as combat, reconnaissance, treatment, and so on were divided clearly between them.
As for the three leaders, they also formed their individual teams. Naturally, they wouldn’t take weaker people since it would only drag them down.
The leader, Dai Yuling, had always been a loner and would come and go like a shadow. She was a one-man team.
The interesting thing was that when Ling Xiao was returning to his room to prepare, Yin Ran came to look for him.
This gloomy former tenth captain wanted to team up with him and Ling Yixue.
Ling Xiao thought for a bit and didn’t refuse.
Yin Ran’s combat power was pretty good. In Ling Xiao’s opinion, if Yin Ran displayed all his strength, he would be at the forefront of the ten captains. He was at least stronger than Tian Guang and Murong Shao.
With the addition of such a strong person, it would be easier to gain military merits.
After sending off Yin Ran, Ling Xiao took out two low-grade spirit stones as well as ten Gang Qi Pills, preparing to raise his cultivation base to Peak Rank Six Martial Vein.
The stronger his strength, the better his chances.
In just one day, his sixth martial vein was finally saturated.
All six martial veins had reached the state of qi transformation.
One of his martial veins had even begun to produce a thread of true essence, mirroring the time when he had reached Rank Four Martial Vein from Peak Rank Three Martial Vein.
Advancing to Rank Four Martial Vein from Rank Three Martial Vein was the key to entering the Gang Qi Stage from the Awakening Stage.
Now that he had reached Peak Rank Six Martial Vein, it was key to step into Rank Seven Martial Vein, advance from Gang Qi Stage to Explosion Qi Stage.
As long as the gang qi in all six martial veins completely transformed into true essence, he would step into Rank Seven Martial Vein and become a Martial Master.
One day later, Ling Xiao had not only completely consolidated his strength at Peak Rank Six Martial Vein but also completely transformed the gang qi in his first martial vein into true essence.
Like this, even as a Peak Rank Six Martial Vein martial artist, he could use a Martial Master’s ability to burn true essence.
However, using it would have worse after-effects.
