Eternal Life: My Lifespan Increases Daily

Chapter 355 - 287: Forty-Eight Cuiqi Army, The Road to Advancement! (Double-Length)

"Hmm, indeed extraordinary, Old Xing has struck gold this year." Yang Zhen smiled, withdrew his gaze, and departed with hands behind his back.

Fu Yuan watched the other party leave, then said softly, "Lord Yang, originally from the lower class, is now a Little Flag Master in the army. He is outstandingly capable with a bright future, and is aligned with our General."

Hearing this, Song Changming nodded, taking note of this figure in the army, while silently pondering.

"Indeed, wherever there are people, there is Jianghu, truly an unchanging truth..."

Even in the army, which seems unified in slaying Demons and protecting the Human Race, there are secret faction competitions for personal benefits.

Xing Tiexin promoted him, and there are also people supporting Xing Tiexin from behind.

It is a natural human instinct for similar people to band together, and there’s nothing inherently wrong with that.

As long as they don’t lose their heads in major matters of principle, it can all be tolerated.

After familiarizing himself with the place, Fu Yuan brought Song Changming to an important location.

It looked somewhat similar to a General’s Mansion, though not large in scale, with several other similar residences nearby.

"This is where we handle important matters in our daily routine, with no outsiders allowed in, just a few of us." Fu Yuan said, leading Song Changming inside.

Just then, Zhao Linxin came out to meet them.

Behind him were a few Centurions, including Zhao Li, who had challenged Song Changming.

Zhao Linxin glanced at Fu Yuan, then looked at the approaching Song Changming, smirking slightly.

"Fu Yuan, congratulations on having a good brother as your companion."

"Younger Brother Song is indeed worth befriending; Brother Zhao should get to know him well." Fu Yuan replied with a warm smile.

"There will be a chance." Zhao Linxin said indifferently, adding nothing more, and left with large strides.

"In the future, if there’s anything, feel free to ask me." Fu Yuan added a few words before leaving.

Song Changming looked at a small courtyard within the mansion, it was both his place to rest on standby and his workplace.

As Xing Tiexin’s Deputy General, his main duties were to share the Commander’s workload, follow orders, and continually learn and train in the process.

Nominally, they were all backups for the Commander, always preparing for promotion.

Of course, whether one could be promoted was another matter.

Additionally, the Deputy General’s monthly salary was fifty Spirit Coins, with five pieces of Low Grade Spirit Crystals as Cultivation Materials.

This basic salary wasn’t considered low, and the Spirit Crystals met some of the cultivation needs of Innate Martial Artists.

Including rewards for task completion, or honors from wartime achievements, the gains would be even more substantial.

In fact, honors from warfare are the true embodiment of value in joining the army.

It’s just that Cui Bai Dao is currently relatively peaceful, with only Feng City, where Song Changming came from, having faced some Demon Race invasions.

For this, the Cuiqi Army had already been dispatched to suppress, but it was not the turn of Song Changming’s Fanqi Army unit.

Time hastened its steps, passing day by day.

With solid strength and talent, Song Changming, who achieved the position of Deputy General in the army, made an excellent start.

He was also happily settled in the Cui Bai Main City.

...

In the blink of an eye, more than a year had passed.

Lei City lies west of Cui Bai Dao and is one of the twenty-eight major cities.

This place is treacherous in terrain, with many mountains and rich in stone veins, famous in Cui Bai Dao for producing various stones.

Over seventy percent of the stone material from the entire Cui Bai Dao is mined and supplied from here.

Lei City, initially hindered by blocked mountain roads, had always lagged behind the other cities in Cui Bai Dao in development.

Until later, Prince Cui ordered, opening mountain paths, expending manpower and effort to clear the roads, relying on stone trades, and thereby setting this place on a route to prosperity.

Now, Lei City has a registered population of over a million, not counting the population of the numerous surrounding villages and towns.

A diner in a tavern suddenly saw a large group of soldiers and horses passing by on the street outside and recognized them as the Cuiqi Army sent by the main city, exclaiming.

"The Spirit Crystal Vein outside the city has been mined since last year until this year, and it’s still not finished?"

"Who knows, such state secrets can’t be disclosed to the public, but it must be a large vein; otherwise, it wouldn’t take this long to mine. With so many Spirit Crystals, our Prince Cui is going to get rich."

"Getting rich is good; more military power can be prepared to keep our Cui Bai Dao safe for generations."

"That’s a fair point, just hoping it’s not embezzled by some bad apples..."

"Oh, it’s beyond what we little people can control."

"I heard that recently, the Demon Race has been appearing frequently outside, seemingly attempting to steal the mined Spirit Crystals."

"Isn’t the Cuiqi Army stationed there? It’s fine."

"I hope so, just don’t let those demons cause havoc in the city..."

"..."

As these diners continued their conversation, suddenly the private room inside was opened.

A few individuals donned in Cloud Armor, exuding extraordinary aura, came out heading downstairs.

One of them merely swept a glance at these diners, and the strong presence instantly made them feel frozen, not daring to breathe heavily.

Until those individuals left the tavern, the diners finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Those must have been the Generals of the Cuiqi Army!"

"So frightening, just being glanced at almost made me wet myself!"

"Frightening indeed; if they weren’t formidable enough, how could they deal with those foreign race demons?"

"True enough..."

Elsewhere, just outside the tavern, Xing Tiexin frowned and said, "Fu Yuan, you and Changming are responsible for guarding the vein tonight, be cautious, that group of spiders might come again!"

"Yes." The two straightened up, nodding in agreement.

Song Changming felt the abundant Innate Qi Aura within him, which gradually stirred with unusual waves amidst steadiness.

His heart and spirit dived into it, faintly sensing that the bottleneck became ever clearer.

Glancing at the darkening sky, he thought a moment but said nothing.

"Thanks to the Spirit Crystal Vein, tonight, I’m finally about to break through!"

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