Clouds and mountain tops

What’s even more terrible is that these soldiers witnessed with their own eyes their comrades, who they ate and lived with every day, dying in battle one after another.

No one knows how long they can live, and the pressure brought by this fear can cause people to have mental breakdown.

When these soldiers saw these students, they looked puzzled, as if to say,

"How can you fight at such a young age? You are so young and you are coming here to die. This court is really hopeless."

Bailiqi saw that most of these soldiers were not in high spirits. It was very likely that years of fighting had worn away their bloodiness.

It is really difficult to win in this state, but these are not the issues he needs to consider. This is General Yao's job.

These students just come here to relieve stress and it is impossible for them to stay here for long.

If they really stayed here for a long time, he estimated that these students would become like those soldiers, with empty and lifeless eyes.

The students here are provided with special meals, but the food is so poor that it is almost inedible.

There is almost no oil in the dishes, most of them are boiled in water.

The steamed buns are not steamed on the spot, but a lot of them are made at one time and stored there. They are only slightly heated up when eaten, and sometimes they are not even hot.

Some students couldn't stand it and would murmur in a low voice, but when they saw that other students didn't say anything, they didn't dare to say anything either.

Because Elder Gu had already greeted them on the way, telling them that they were here to fight, not to enjoy themselves, and everything was done according to the standards of soldiers, and everyone had to adapt to this kind of life.

No one is special, including Elder Gu himself.

Since Elder Gu was like this, the students naturally had nothing to say.

These students had no choice but to secretly take out some dry food from their storage rings to eat without letting anyone else find out.

Everyone was like a thief. But there wasn't a lot of dry food prepared, so it would be eaten up soon. When that time came, they would still have to eat these uniform meals.

Bailiqi only spent one day in the Western battlefield, and he realized that the Western battlefield was not just bad in one aspect, but in all aspects.

The soldiers' food, housing and clothing were all very poor.

The soldiers’ training is poor.

The fortifications were also poor.

Poor weapons and equipment.

……

He was a little confused. Yao Chenggang, the person in charge of this battlefield, was once a fellow disciple of the Sect Master and Elder Gu. Logically speaking, his qualities in all aspects should be impeccable, but why was the actual situation like this?

It is almost impossible for Bailiqi to enter the independent space to practice here.

During this period of time, his progress in cultivation will become slower, but he cannot take risks in case others discover his cultivation secrets.

Bailiqi had an idea ever since his conversation with Teacher Zhou.

His knife is a growth weapon, and the attribute of this weapon is "gold", so he wants to give it a try. He puts the knife into the lake water condensed by his skills, and he wants to see what effect it will have.

That adult had the Five Spirit Pearls, but he didn't, so he had to try another way.

Teacher Zhou said that it would be best to get some natural treasures, but that path was too difficult, and treasures with growth attributes were second best. He had no way to take this best path now, so he could only try this second path.

He issued an order, allowing the "Han Yue" sword to enter the "gold" attribute lake water condensed by his skills.

He just watched there silently.

However, what he did not expect was that this "gold" attribute lake was shrinking rapidly!

I saw that the knife seemed to have opened its big mouth and was sucking the lake water madly. Although the lake was very vast, the speed at which the knife sucked was also very alarming.

I saw that the water in this lake was slowly getting smaller, but the water in the other lakes remained unchanged. Upon comparison, I could find that the changes were very obvious.

I just don't know where the lake water was sucked away by this knife.

Bailiqi was a little scared, so he paused the movement of the knife and summoned it out.

Bailiqi took the knife in his hand and checked it repeatedly, but found no changes.

The weight of the knife did not increase much, it was roughly a little heavier, but the slight increase in weight of the knife was not equivalent to the weight of the reduced lake water.

The knife just looks brighter and the blade is sharper, but nothing else has changed.

Bailiqi let the knife enter the lake again. He wanted to see what the knife would do to the lake and see where its limits were.

As soon as the knife entered the "gold" attribute lake water, it began its normal operation again.

It continued to absorb the lake water, and the water level continued to drop. Later on, perhaps because the energy of the knife became stronger, the absorption speed was also faster. The scene almost became a tornado. After a while, the lake water seemed to have dried up!

Bailiqi was dumbfounded. What should he do now?

The lake water was actually sucked away by a knife!

Doesn't that mean he has to start practicing from scratch?

This growing knife is really amazing!

An entire large lake was drained of water by it, and he would never have believed it if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes.

Bailiqi didn't care about it for the time being. Before the fusion, it didn't matter much if the water in a lake dried up.

At worst, I can practice again. Practice is not that difficult.

However, he is currently unable to enter an independent space to practice, so his progress will be relatively slow.

But it only takes about two months.

After the students arrived here, everything was subject to the unified arrangements of General Yao Chenggang.

Since there was no war for the time being, Yao Chenggang arranged for these students to repair fortifications and instruct the soldiers in training and other tasks.

Bailiqi's main job is to guide some soldiers in their training.

The ages of these soldiers are also mixed. Some are only in their teens, some are already thirty-five years old, and some are close to forty years old.

The imperial court originally stipulated that all soldiers could only serve until the age of thirty.

One of the soldiers is named "Miao Qingtian". He is 38 years old this year, but he is still fighting here.

After training, Bailiqi and Miao Qingtian started chatting.

"Brother Miao, how many years have you been here?" Bailiqi asked.

"Oh, I've been here for twenty-six years." Miao Qingtian replied.

"It's been so long. How many times have you been home during this period?" Bailiqi asked curiously.

"I go home once every five years or so, and stay for ten days each time. My children basically don't recognize me anymore," Miao Qingtian said somewhat sadly.

"Brother, how many children do you have?" Bailiqi said.

"I have two children. The eldest is Miao Yunlong, who is 12 years old this year, and the second is Miao Yunhu, who is 7 years old this year. The eldest will join the army soon, and the second will also join the army in a few years. Our family's life is really hard."

Miao Qingtian said somewhat unwillingly.