February 22, three hundred and seventy-nine years of the Daxuan calendar.
Zhang Yu stood on the wide platform and looked into the distance. On the western horizon, half a huge pale white moon almost filled the sky on that side.
This sight made him clearly feel that he was no longer in his original inner level, but in a foreign land.
He has been here for two days. After registering his name, he is temporarily regarded as a monk in Yeya Prefecture.
In the past two days, he also tried to understand the situation in the state.
Today, there are more than a thousand monks in Yeya Prefecture, and the median number of monks is about three hundred.
Because the outer layer is infected by void and external evil, under such circumstances, if you want to cultivate supernatural power, you have to work ten times and a hundred times more than the inner layer. Therefore, there are very few local monks, and most of them come from the inside.
layer arrived.
Especially more than sixty years ago, a turbid tide arose in the inner layer, and many gaps appeared at the intersection of the inner and outer layers. The inner layer was invaded by a large number of foreign enemies. Therefore, under the encouragement of Xuanting, a large number of monks went to the outer layer to defend against the foreign enemies.
, many of the monks did not return to the inner layer after the war, but stayed here.
It is different from the wars encountered in Qingyang Shangzhou, because most of the time, what the outer layer needs to face is not large groups of enemies, but small groups of scattered enemies with very strong combat effectiveness. Therefore, in addition to Tian
In addition to the regular troops stationed in the city for a long time, most of the troops are broken into pieces and stationed in various places. They are usually responsible for destroying and fighting against foreign and local enemies.
These teams range from more than a thousand to dozens of people, and are collectively called "conscripts." In addition, there are mercenaries organized by veteran civilians themselves, which serve as a supplement for the period when conscripts are insufficient.
Although mercenary recruitment is not as good as regular recruitment in terms of benefits from all parties, if the combat effectiveness is strong enough and the upper management of the team is managed, they can actually live a very comfortable life.
But no matter what the team is, the core strength is always the elite armored sergeants and monks, and the most important ones are the monks.
Teams with monks and without monks are completely different.
Monks are good at sensing and can detect enemies from a distance, and they can fly and travel extremely quickly. Especially mid-level monks, who possess various magical techniques, can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the entire team.
Especially when fighting against the Chentian monks and evil gods, if there are no monks in the team to guard the town, it will be extremely difficult to cope with all kinds of weird supernatural powers, and there is a risk of destruction if you are not careful.
As for the inner-level monks, generally once they arrive at the outer level, the most outstanding ones will be selected by the Military Affairs Administration, and then the remaining ones will be recruited by various states.
Yeya Prefecture is located in a place where wars are frequent and there are a lot of "conscripts". Generally speaking, once a monk arrives in the state, all parties will rush to recruit them.
It has been two days since Zhang Yu came here, but no one has come to invite him. This is mainly because his past records are too ordinary and he has almost no decent combat experience.
Anyone with experience can tell that if such a monk wants to have a certain degree of combat effectiveness, he must go through a lot of training. But during this period, the conscripts will obviously have to pay a lot of sacrifices and casualties, and this price is very high.
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And no one can guarantee that this person will remain in his team after making great progress, which leads to many soldiers still hesitating and waiting to see.
Zhang Yu didn't care about this. Even if there was no army to look for him, he could go out and kill the evil spirits by himself, but he would just have to spend more effort to bring the trophies back to show his merits. It's not like there are no monks in the state who choose this way.
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However, this approach will appear a little conspicuous, which is not conducive to integrating into the state, and may also attract the attention of the Golden Eyes Office, so this is the second option.
After looking at the scenery in the distance for a while, his mind changed. Suddenly, a drawing board floated in front of him. After arranging it, he picked up the brush and traced the scenery in front of him on the rooftop.
At this moment, on the other side, there were two beautiful women walking towards Zhang Yu's residence. Both of them had short, ear-length hair, wearing metallic-colored close-fitting outer armor, and covered with a large cloak.
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The woman slightly behind looked slightly younger, with a petite figure, a round face, red lips, and light eye makeup on the corners of her eyes. She said slightly uneasily: "Sister Wei, are we really going to recruit this Henry Zhang?"
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Sister Wei is very tall, with a strong body and well-proportioned bones. She said: "Of course, Xiaobai, let me tell you, in the past, whenever a monk came, he was invited away within a few days. If we don't hurry up this time, then we will
It's not our turn. If there is a middle-ranking monk in our team, it won't be so difficult to fight against those evil gods and Shangchentian monks."
Xiaobai was very unsure and muttered: "But, given our current situation, will others be willing to come? That's a mid-level monk. How can we afford it? Besides, we are still a mercenary army..."
Sister Wei patted her head and said, "Don't worry, leave everything to me."
Zhang Yu's current residence is a four-story stone high platform. It is built on a hill. It is condescending and has a wide view. It can overlook most of the scenery outside. Before reaching the high platform, you have to pass a corner stone step.
As soon as people outside approach, people on the high platform can see it.
Li Qinghe saw the two people arriving from above, so he walked out, bowed his hands and said, "Are you two ladies here for anything?"
Sister Wei walked up to the front, cupped her fists and saluted, and said: "My name is Wei Lingying, and this is my deputy Jin Xiaobai. I am here to invite Zhang Xuanxiu."
Li Qinghe said: "It turns out that for this reason, those two of you, please come in and sit down first. The gentleman is painting. Please wait for a moment."
Wei Lingying hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, we just wait."
Li Qinghe invited them in and arranged them in the living room. They each poured a cup of tea and left.
After Wei Lingying left, he looked around and whispered: "Xiao Bai, I didn't expect that Zhang Xuanxiu also likes to paint."
Jin Xiaobai was not surprised, and said: "As for Xuan cultivators, they can only practice Taoism after being admitted to the palace. It seems that these people are just one in a hundred. Even if they don't practice Taoism, they can still be teachers and officials, like painting and
It's not strange, but..." She said thoughtfully: "I think this Zhang Xuanxiu's experience is mediocre, which may have something to do with his preferences."
She thought to herself: "What a pity. If I had known that Zhang Xuanxiu had this preference, maybe I should have invited Uncle Lin along with me. In this way, the certainty of the invitation might be greater."
The monks were always aloof in their eyes. The two of them thought they would have to wait for a long time, but after waiting for less than half a moment, they heard steady footsteps coming from above. They both stood up involuntarily and stared at each other.
above.
Although Wei Lingying was full of confidence when he arrived, now that he was actually about to come into contact with the owner of this room, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
After a while, she saw a young Taoist priest with an air as bright as the sun and moon walking down from the top. For a moment, she couldn't help but stare at him, completely forgetting where she was.
But at this time, the young Taoist's eyes flashed, and he looked majestic, as if he was a celestial being who was aloof and indifferent to all living beings. Both of them were trembling, and then they came back to their senses.
Wei Lingying felt a little embarrassed about her lapse just now, but she was so big-hearted that she quickly put her emotions behind her, cupped her fists and said, "Is it Zhang Xuanxiu? Lingying is polite." Jin Xiaobai also hurriedly
Wish you a blessing from the side.
Zhang Yu nodded in return and made a gesture of invitation, saying: "You two ladies, please sit down and talk."
When the two of them sat down, he also sat down and asked, "Are Lady Wei two from the army?"
Wei Lingying said: "Yes, but we are a mercenary army, and... we are currently in a difficult situation."
Jin Xiaobai couldn't help but feel anxious when he saw her telling her details as soon as she came up. But at this time, she couldn't interrupt, so she could only sigh secretly.
Zhang Yu said in a calm voice: "So, what's your situation now?"
Wei Lingying said with serious eyes: "To be honest with Zhang Xuanxiu, this mercenary army was originally led by our elders. Previously, there was a monk in our army who died in battle because of encountering a strong enemy, and our elders also suffered as a result.
He was seriously injured and is currently recovering from his injuries."
Zhang Yu nodded slightly and said, "How long has it been since this happened?"
Wei Lingying said: "It's been more than a year, but after that battle, there were only a hundred or so people left in the original army of thousands. This made our combat effectiveness seriously insufficient, and many enemies were unable to fight. If the situation is like this within half a year,
If there is no change, then we will be expelled from the Military Affairs Administration and the entire mercenary army will be disbanded.
So now, we urgently need the help of a monk.
To be honest, we can't offer any special conditions to attract people, but we can promise that as long as Zhang Xuanxiu is willing to come to us, we can use 60%, no, more than 70% of the proceeds to exchange various seals and elixirs from other monks.
Medicine to support Zhang Xuanxiu’s practice.
As long as we can recover during this period of time, and when our elders recover from their injuries and return to the team one after another, we will be able to return to our former glory. By then, we promise that the conditions will not change in any way.
If Zhang Xuanxiu doesn't believe it, I have brought both the seal and the petition so that I can make a deed on the spot as proof.
I'm done."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Zhang Yu as if she was waiting for a verdict.
Zhang Yu thought for a moment, raised his eyes and said: "Ladies, you go back first. I will give you a reply after thinking about it."
Wei Lingying couldn't help feeling frustrated. It's not like they hadn't invited monks in the past. Whenever the other party answered like this, there was no result in the end. She stood up, forced a smile and said: "Okay."
After she walked out dejectedly, she walked for a long time before saying, "Xiao Bai, did I say the wrong thing again?"
Jin Xiaobai comforted her and said, "No, Sister Wei, please show your sincerity. This is the best thing to do."
Wei Lingying was startled and said, "Is it true?"
Jin Xiaobai hummed, and she said: "I started to think that we should cover up the shortcomings in the team, but then I thought about it, we have no advantage compared to others, so what's the use of covering it up?
Even if we don't tell, it would be easy for Zhang Xuanxiu to know our situation, so we might as well be more sincere, maybe Zhang Xuanxiu will be willing to accept our invitation?"
Hearing what she said, Wei Lingying felt a little excited. However, at this time, she glanced away and saw a strong old man leading a young man towards the high platform. She was startled and said
"It's Fu Yong and his son." She gritted her teeth and said, "Why are they here too?"
Jin Xiaobai was very calm and said: "Old Fu's army already has one mid-level monk and more than ten low-level monks. Even if Zhang Xuanxiu is invited, the terms will not be very good. Sister Wei, we
Let’s go back and wait for the news. Anyway, no matter how bad the outcome is, it won’t be much worse.”
