The whole world is cultivating qi, only I am cultivating the body

Although these soldiers are called cannon fodder, their mental outlook is not comparable to those of the Qi-refining monks. Except for the old-fashioned soldiers who are responsible for guarding the city gate, these soldiers patrolling the streets have uniform movements, strong qi and blood, and a faint murderous aura emanating from their bodies. You can tell at a glance that they are real veterans who have been on the battlefield to kill the enemy.

Zeng Wenyu still respected these soldiers very much. After all, the people of the city relied on them for protection before the monks came. Especially when the enemy launched a sneak attack, these soldiers would use their lives to hold back the enemy's monks. If it were not for them, this border city would have long been in the hands of the Daliang Dynasty.

Unlike Linbian City, Shubian City is a military-administered city. The entire city is like a large military camp, including the civilians living here. They all have more or less certain Qi and blood cultivation. If the soldiers defending the city really can't hold on, everyone in this city can become a soldier and go to the battlefield.

Walking on the streets of Shubian City, although the end of the monster grassland is next to Shubian City, there are stalls selling monster meat everywhere in the city. It can be seen that the levels of the monsters providing this meat are not high, and there is not much blood and energy in the monster meat.

The vendors on the street kept shouting, and Zeng Wenyu also bought some monster meat to feed the little raccoon on his shoulder. This kind of monster meat has no effect on him now, but it is still very nutritious for the little raccoon.

"Hey, hey, hey, have you heard? The City Lord's Mansion is recruiting soldiers, and I heard that Daliang is going to attack our border city again!" Zeng Wenyu was standing next to a stall buying meat when he suddenly heard someone discussing in a low voice.

"I heard that the City Lord's Mansion has indeed started recruiting soldiers again. But I heard that it's not because Daliang is going to attack, but because there is some movement in the Monster Grassland. It seems that the City Lord wants to send troops to the Monster Grassland."

"That's not right. I heard that Daliang has also started conscription, and it's compulsory. Every household must provide a male. Isn't this the same action they took when they came to attack our Dakang?"

"If that's the case, Daliang is really courting death. It's already a headache for us just to defend against the Monster Grassland, and they actually have the energy to come and fight us?"

"I don't know, I don't know. Shh! The patrol is coming, don't talk about this."

After paying the money, the two men left as if nothing had happened. Listening to what they said, Zeng Wenyu suddenly thought of going to the City Lord's Mansion to take a look at the recruitment office. Of course, he didn't want to join the army, he just felt that it was a bit strange that the City Lord's Mansion could recruit soldiers in such a high-profile manner. There was probably some big move.

The City Lord's Mansion of the Border City is easy to find. The largest building in the city is the City Lord's Mansion. In this military-controlled city, no building can be taller than the City Lord's Mansion, not even the Treasure Pavilion, which is famous throughout the Tianyi Continent.

The recruiting office is right in front of the city lord's mansion. It can only be said that the border city is a very strange city. Even though the soldiers exist as "cannon fodder" on the battlefield, there is a very long queue here. The queue is full of young and middle-aged men. Each of them is full of energy and blood. Except that they have not experienced the baptism of war, they are almost the same as the soldiers responsible for patrolling.

Walking forward along this line, Zeng Wenyu wanted to go to the front to see how good the conditions for recruiting soldiers for the Border City were, which could attract so many young and strong men to join the army. However, before he took two steps, a young man standing at the end of the line shouted to him: "Brother! Brother, over here! Line up here!"

Zeng Wenyu didn't want to pay attention to him at first, but when the young man saw that he was still walking forward, he ran to Zeng Wenyu and grabbed his arm and said, "Brother, line up over there. We don't allow queue jumping here. After all, the City Lord's Mansion has only so many quotas for recruiting soldiers, and we have a large population guarding the border city. If you jump the queue, everyone will look down on you."

"Um... Is there a possibility? I mean maybe, I'm not here to join the army, I'm just here to take a look?"

"Impossible! Who else could come to the recruitment office if not to join the army? Don't cut in line with this excuse, little brother!"

His words immediately attracted the attention of the other young people queuing nearby. Although Zeng Wenyu was not afraid of them, being stared at by so many people with strange eyes still made him feel uncomfortable. He had no choice but to be dragged by the young man to the end of the line.

"Look, you are stubborn, but you still followed me to line up in the end. By the way, you are not a border guard, are you?"

"No, I came from Linbian City..."

"That's right. I was wondering why you don't know the rules. Our border city is different from other cities. In other cities, everyone is crying and shouting that they don't want to join the army, but in our border city, everyone is scrambling to join the army, and..." The young man pinched Zeng Wenyu's arm, "I just noticed that you are so strong, brother. You must be a good soldier. You can easily make contributions on the battlefield, right?!"

Zeng Wenyu was about to explain again that he was not here to join the army, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the young man spoke: "Young man, you came from Linbian City, so you know the benefits of joining the army here, right? Our Shubian City is different from other cities. As long as you are a soldier in Shubian City, you will be protected by the Shubian City Lord's Mansion. Who will not give face to our Shubian City Lord when you go out? Just look at the major sects nearby, as long as you show the Shubian City military card, who dares not give you face?"

"Also, after you join the army, even if you die in battle, your family will be supported by the City Lord's Mansion for 30 years. If you don't have any offspring, the City Lord's Mansion will support your family until they die!"

"The most important thing is, the city lord said that since we are on the battlefield, we are all brothers in arms. Bullying our parents, wives and children is bullying his parents, wives and children. The city lord's mansion will never tolerate such things. You said that we are all brothers with the city lord, so how can we not serve as soldiers!"

Zeng Wenyu was speechless after hearing what the young man said. He had seen a lot of this kind of propaganda. Not to mention this kind of statement, he had heard of more advanced ones. And at that time, no one would believe such propaganda. He didn't expect that the people of Tianyi Continent were really simple. Besides, if the city lord said he would take care of your parents, wife and children, would he really take care of your parents, wife and children? What if he was a prime minister?

It's a pity that he couldn't say such things here. Just look at the enthusiasm of the Border Guard City. If he really said these things, let alone leaving the recruitment office in front of the City Lord's Mansion, he might not be able to leave the Border Guard City today.