Transmigration begins with archery training

"Alright, everyone's gone, stop acting."

Chen Sanshi closed the door: "I have to go to the military camp to assemble in half an hour, so hurry up."

After confirming that no one was eavesdropping, Ningxiang sat up straight and asked seriously, "General, do you know anything about Liang Jinian, the leader of the Red Eyebrow Army, during your expedition to Mingzhou?"

"A failed scholar possesses a secret military manual."

Chen Sanshi asked, "Miss Ningxiang, do you want to talk to me about the book?"

Seeking traces of immortals at the Immortal Seeking Pavilion would naturally be of great interest.

"Nothing can be hidden from the general."

Ningxiang said softly, "General, how much do you know about the specific functions of the Heavenly Book?"

Chen Sanshi shook his head.

"I'm still somewhat useful, aren't I?"

Ningxiang moistened her delicate hands with water and gently fiddled with the table: "According to the news sent back by the Xunxianlou branch in Mingzhou, the treasure in Liang Jinian's hands can use the power of heaven and earth when soldiers are fighting. At its strongest, it only takes two thousand people to trap and kill a general of the Xuanxiang realm, and the casualties will not exceed seven hundred."

“Mingzhou originally had a general at the early stage of the Profound Elephant Realm, and he died in the same way.”

"Based on this combat strength, if 5,000 people are brought in, with no more than 1,500 casualties, they can surround and kill a Martial Saint. Oh, that's assuming they don't have any Profound Realm cultivators participating, and they only have soldiers below the Meridian Opening Realm."

Is it really that effective?

Chen Sanshi felt a sense of awe.

Long ago, he read in the "Da Sheng Shu" about Cao Xie's feat of killing 2,300 enemy soldiers by himself. After arriving in Liangzhou, he learned more details from his senior brother Fang.

Cao Xie killed these 2,300 people when the enemy army had one Martial Saint and three Profound Elephant Realm experts.

Otherwise, there would be even more.

Fang Qingyun explained that if there were no other martial artists of the same level in the enemy army, a relatively strong Martial Saint could kill more than 2,500 enemy soldiers by himself before he would be exhausted.

However, the Red Eyebrow Army was able to kill the Martial Saint with just over a thousand men, which is equivalent to doubling their overall combat power!

On the battlefield, it is a terrifying concept.

It's important to understand that this is just using the Martial Saint as an analogy. The actual situation on the battlefield is that there is no Martial Saint in Mingzhou. When they encounter other armies, they are practically heavenly soldiers and generals.

No wonder that with a mere 30,000 men, they swept through the enemy lines in just a few months, capturing as many as six cities.

"But~"

Ningxiang changed the subject: "This was also the strongest battle. After this battle, the Red Eyebrow Army has never shown such strong combat power again. Now it has stopped in the Jinquan Prefecture area and has not continued to advance."

"Therefore, we speculate that the treasure in Liang Jinian's hands, or rather the Heavenly Book, is like spiritual energy, which will be constantly consumed and eventually run out. However, whether it can be re-accumulated and in what way it can be accumulated is unknown."

Chen Sanshi seemed to be deep in thought.

To put it bluntly, the Red Eyebrow Army is getting weaker.

This is undoubtedly a good thing for them.

But it only fueled his curiosity about the "heavenly book".

"Miss Ningxiang."

Chen Sanshi asked, "Have any of your people seen the Heavenly Book?"

"No, don't say it's us."

Ningxiang lightly flicked water onto the man's body with her fingers. After receiving an impatient look from him, she scoffed and said seriously again, "Even the Red Eyebrow Army's own people have never seen this before."

"In other words, whether there really is a secret book is still up in the air."

Chen Sanshi analyzed the possibilities: "It's also possible that Liang Jinian made it up. After all, the name of the Heavenly Book sounds good and is easy to gain the submission of more people, so he can use it to recruit soldiers. But no matter what, he must have something from the celestial realm in his hands."

"So, the reason we invited the general here today is to ask him to find out exactly what this thing is."

Ningxiang said calmly, "After you return in triumph, please inform us that if it is a method to reach the Immortal Realm, we hope that the general will share the information with us."

Chen Sanshi asked, "Why don't you, the Seeking Immortals Pavilion, go there yourselves?"

"The entire Seeking Immortals Pavilion only has about a hundred people."

Ningxiang explained, "How many people do you think there are in Mingzhou to get involved in a war of this scale? If the Immortal Path Dharma were to be exposed even slightly, the consequences would be even more dire."

Chen Sanshi understood.

If the people from Xunxianlou were to slip up, the first one to go crazy would probably be the Emperor, who would inevitably launch a full-scale search for them.

"If it's just about sharing intelligence with you, that's fine."

He replied, "But I am only a thousand-man commander in the army, and there are a bunch of generals above me. In the end, I may not be able to get my hands on the so-called heavenly book. Don't have too high hopes."

"In addition, I have another request."

"I wonder if Miss Ningxiang could obtain any iron material that can store internal energy?"

Chen Sanshi still wanted to try to find it.

In terms of finding rare and precious treasures, Xunxianlou is definitely far superior to him.

"Iron material for storing energy?"

Ningxiang thought for a moment and said, "I really haven't heard of that before. But if the general wants it, I will do my best to find it. I also have a deal to discuss with the general. Let's talk about it when the general returns."

"Row."

A transaction is better than owing favors, because no one owes anyone anything.

After chatting for a few more minutes...

Ningxiang rolled up her sleeves and poured wine: "Then I wish the general a swift success."

Chen Sanshi glanced at the wine, and after confirming that there was no problem, he clinked glasses with her and drank it all in one gulp.

Even if there were elixirs inside, he could tell, but he couldn't tell whether they were good or bad, or what their specific ingredients were.

"Farewell."

Chen Sanshi hurriedly left.

Ningxiang, leaning against the doorframe, said with tears welling up in her eyes, "General, you promised you'd come back and redeem me!"

"..."

Chen Sanshi left quickly.

Since the Immortal Seeking Pavilion is useful to him, he doesn't care about these other random things.

"Master."

After everyone left, Zhao Zhao pouted and said, "Why are you trying so hard to please that bastard? He even tried to cut me with a knife last time."

"It's just an investment."

Ningxiang gently closed the door, her expression as if she had become a different person: "As long as there is a sliver of hope of entering the Immortal Realm, we must hold on to it. Since that man surnamed Sun is ignoring us, we can only turn to his disciple."

……

"The essence of the sun and moon."

Chen Sanshi recalled their last conversation.

The energy absorbed by the strange beasts is neither spiritual energy nor malevolent energy, but rather the essence of the sun and moon. They do not need to know any cultivation techniques; they can absorb it automatically over time. The efficiency of absorption is related to bloodline; the stronger the bloodline, the faster the absorption.

Over time, even mythical beasts can acquire supernatural powers and transform into legendary fairies. However, due to the influence of mixed energy, even the essence of the sun and moon becomes very thin.

Therefore, the number of strange beasts is not large.

Immortals, fairies...

What we see now is probably just the tip of the iceberg.