Special War God

As soon as the raft was completed, Xia Zhongnan used Gu Xiuzhang's sword to cut two long wooden sticks to use as poles. The two of them took one each and pushed the raft into the river, then jumped on. He then said:

"I'm not used to hiding. With our meager cultivation and limited cultivation resources, hiding is not a long-term solution. Only when we are strong enough will we not be afraid of those supreme sects.

But before that, we must find a force that can fight against those big sects."

Gu Xiu Zhang asked: "Which force would take in small characters like us? Moreover, we have provoked such a powerful enemy—the Supreme Sect?"

Xia Zhongnan said, "Where do you think we will end up if we drift along this river?"

Gu Xiuzhang replied: "The small rivers here all flow into the Jiayu River. The lower reaches of the Jiayu River are Chifang City, Luofu City, Xiangshui City, Tongjiang City... Wudu City..."

The cities he mentioned were all the capitals of the Wu State, all the way to the capital of the Wu State.

Xia Zhongnan smiled and said, "You are not bad, everyone said you have never been out of the house, but I just asked you casually and you know so much."

Gu Xiuzhang said seriously: “Although I have not been to these places, I have seen the map of Wu State many times. After arriving at Wudu City, you can take a boat directly to Bai State through the Chilong River.”

Hearing Gu Xiuzhang's casual words, Xia Zhongnan suddenly fell silent...

As far as Xia Zhongnan knew, three years ago, when Gu Xiuzhang was fifteen, his parents went to Baiguo and never heard from them again. Gu Xiuzhang felt that they were "no longer in this world", and he had probably thought about going to Baiguo to find his parents countless times. So although he had never traveled far, he knew how to get to Baiguo from Yingshan.

He was in no mood to chat with Gu Xiuzhang, and said seriously: "We don't have to go that far, we just need to go to Chifang City."

Gu Xiuzhang asked: "Who can I go to Chifang City to seek refuge with?"

Xia Zhongnan replied: "Didn't we hear that the government army was recruiting soldiers when we went out this time? Let's go and join the army!"

Gu Xiu Zhang questioned: "Brother Fei, didn't you say that the government army recruits soldiers to fight wars, and being a soldier means being cannon fodder? Are we going to be cannon fodder?"

Xia Zhongnan was a little embarrassed: "The situation is different now. Joining the army doesn't necessarily mean you will become cannon fodder, right? Besides, even if you become cannon fodder, it's better than being caught by the Tianfeng Sect!"

Gu Xiuzhang asked: "If we join the government army, can we fight against the Tianfeng Sect?"

Xia Zhongnan explained: "It's not easy for the Tianfeng Cult to find us in the army. Even if they do, they won't reveal our relationship with the Immortal Palace Ruins, as that would only harm themselves. Besides, how could the Wu army be afraid of the Tianfeng Cult far away in Western Wei? As long as we show our value, the Palace Army won't let the Tianfeng Cult easily cause trouble for us. In this way, the Tianfeng Cult will have to plan slowly, and we will have time and opportunity to deal with it."

As night fell, the two chatted as they rode the raft downstream. They took turns resting late at night and quickly moved towards Chifang City with the current.

In the Funiu Mountain, which they had long left, although it was dark, there was a lot of noise. The reward offered by Bai Suhong caused a sensation. At that time, all the people in Deqing Tower reported the news of the reward to their respective sects. No member of the sect was indifferent to the reward of 100 Yuanshi, and they organized people to hunt down the two.

Various tracking methods emerged one after another, and soon a team tracked them to Funiu Mountain. But what they found were the forty bodies of the entire Fengqing Sect tracking team.

This tragic scene was like a basin of cold water poured on the heads of people with boiling blood. Many people were glad that they acted slowly, otherwise their own sects would have suffered.

Fengqing Sect was not unknown in this area, and was even more powerful than some of the sects present. Taking advantage of the large number of people, they frantically searched for Xia Zhongnan and Gu Xiuzhang around the ridge. However, all the monsters with tracking ability lost the trace of the two at the top of the ridge, which made them a little suspicious, wondering if there were high-level monks who came here and took the two away. Otherwise, how could the large army of Fengqing Sect be wiped out? Xia and Gu left their scent along the way, but they couldn't find anything here?

Indeed, several groups of people came to this place and had other ideas, so they quietly slipped away in the dark.

That night, the gate of Fengqing Sect was attacked by several groups of people of unknown origin. The remaining disciples of Fengqing Sect could not resist and were all killed, and all their property was looted.

After two days and two nights, Xia Zhongnan and Gu Xiuzhang arrived at Chifang City in the evening of the third day. They took a small raft and drifted along the river for more than 600 miles, and finally entered Chifang City the day before the official conscription of the government army. This area belongs to Chifang Prefecture of Wu State, Chifang City is the government city, and the government army is called Chifang Army.

The Chifang Army built a new military camp near the southwest edge of Xiqiao Mountain, and the conscription activities were carried out at the training ground there. After breakfast the next day, Xia Zhongnan and Gu Xiuzhang rushed there immediately and found that the conscription was divided into two venues, one for recruiting ordinary soldiers and the other for recruiting monks.

Most of the cultivators who came to join the army applied as independent cultivators. In fact, the military did not care whether they were independent cultivators or disciples of a sect. As long as they joined the army, they had to obey military orders. In Wu State, the power of the court was very strong, and no sect dared to compete with it.

After completing the registration, the two were taken to an open area where more than fifty monks who wanted to join the army had gathered. They would all undergo pre-enlistment testing here.

The test is quite simple. There are stone blocks of various weights placed on the field, ranging from one hundred pounds to one thousand pounds, for new monks to choose appropriate stone blocks according to their own abilities to demonstrate their strength.

Xia Zhongnan observed the monks who had entered the venue earlier. Most of them chose the 200-jin stone pillar, and a few chose 300-jin. This was reasonable. The monks who could join the army must have lived in poverty and lacked sufficient cultivation resources, so their cultivation was generally not high.

Only one man with a ruddy face challenged the 600-jin stone block and actually lifted it up. The leader in charge of recruiting new soldiers had a full beard and a noticeable scar on his face. Seeing this, he couldn't help but look at the registration list and whispered, "Hong Ruoji, I didn't expect to recruit a 'late stage of Qi transformation' this time. It's an unexpected gain."