Translator: ryangohsff Editor: Nora
Chapter 826 – Sneak Attacking Xunlong City
3rd month, 7th day, night, the warships carrying the Guards Legion Corps soldiers docked at a port in Longyan Prefecture, smoothly carrying these two cavalry legions to the frontlines.
With the movement speed of the Guards Legion Corps, if things proceeded smoothly, they would only need five days to arrive at the border of Fuyong Prefecture.
Actually, Fuyong Prefecture had their own port, and if they could directly send the troops there, it would have saved a lot of time and trouble. However, Xunlong City might have their navy patrolling the ocean regions, so Ouyang Shuo did not dare to take that risk.
After betraying Shanhai Alliance, Xunlong Dianxue would definitely be especially sensitive to any actions Shanhai City took. As long as the Yizhou Squadron appeared in his ocean region, it would definitely cause misunderstandings.
This risk could not be taken.
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The frontlines proceeded quickly while Shanhai City ran as per normal.
Although Ouyang Shuo paid a lot of attention to the Minnan Battlefield, he acted normal on the surface, doing what he was supposed to. He even took the time to publish his work on the Quick Daily News to hype up the release of Jiangshan Beauty.
The article caused a massive buzz the moment it was released.
Some people saw the business opportunities within and were tempted.
Of course, there were many who mocked Shanhai City too. They said that Shanhai City had taken two successive failures, yet Qiyue Wuyi was still in the mood to do such carefree things.
Ouyang Shuo naturally just laughed off people.
They could do whatever they want.
Apart from that, Ouyang Shuo also placed a lot of effort into the upgrade quests.
During the day, Jiang Shang brought an evaluation group and started a three day mock evaluation. He either went into the various houses and organizations to check their scrolls or into the cities to investigate closely.
Based on Ouyang Shuo’s instructions, the Shanhai Guards increased their monitoring of the city, especially their control of the city gates and teleportation formations. They had not found any suspicious people for the time being.
The fortune teller required for the 36 industries quests still had not appeared, making Ouyang Shuo extremely anxious. On the other hand, it was the new soldier type quest that actually had a definite breakthrough.
Du Ruhui reported that in a valley in Mengding and Tengyue Prefecture, there were a herd of wild elephants. Animal Husbandry Director Xiahou Ying had personally headed there to handle this matter. If things went well, the Military Affairs Bureau would use this as the base to create an elephant force to complete the mission.
If one followed the real life map, the area should be the region of Xishuangbanna, so it was no wonder that there were elephants there. That region in China was the only place in China that had elephants.
When Ouyang Shuo heard this news, he was delighted.
Ouyang Shuo was not unfamiliar with war elephants. During the Battle of Muye, the Shang Dynasty Army had used war elephant forces, and they dealt a lot of damage on the battlefield when equipped with their heavy armor.
In ancient times, war elephants were seen as a special warfighting force, having the role of tanks in a cold weapons era. A trained war elephant force could break formations and act as the vanguard, and they could break city walls, destroy camps, break siege weapons, and more.
To truly train a war elephant force was not only to complete the mission but also to provide a new soldier type for the territory. If used well in the various War Fighting Legions, they would have a miraculous effect.
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3rd month, 8th day, Shanhai City.
On this day, Song Jia who had been out for six days finally returned to Shanhai City. Based on the time dilation in the side map, Song Jia had spent two months in the Kunlun map.
As the first to complete a Wuxia sub map, they naturally reaped huge rewards.
According to Song Jia, the core rewards for passing the sub map were: Purple Palace Yuan Ancestor that Liang Xiao had gotten in the pure Yang iron box, which was a legendary martial arts secret manual that was left behind by Lu Dong Bin when he ascended.
Martial arts sect West Kunlun’s core teaching was this Purple Palace Yuan Ancestor, which was extremely compatible with the very famous secret manual Jiuyang True Manual.
The second one was the Guicang Sword Technique created by Gong Yangyu, and it was said to be the most inclusive sword technique that combined all techniques.
Third was the Qingchi Sword used by Gong Yangyu.
This sword was crafted by master swordsmith Ou Longzi and Gong Yangyu was the sword protector.
Apart from these three core items, there were also ten other weapons that were above Dark Gold Rank; there were also ten odd martial arts secret manuals, which were all above Gold Rank with most being King Rank.
The massive rewards had greatly exceeded the 850 thousand that Xie Siyun had spent on the sub map. Not mentioning the other item, just one of the three core items were already worth over 500 thousand gold.
Based on the agreement, Song Jia was allowed to choose one of the core items. She chose the Guicang Sword Technique. After leaving the sub map, it was listed as an Emperor Rank secret manual by Gaia.
Song Jia chose this sword technique because her cultivation method, Nine Ying True Manual, went against the Purple Palace Yuan Ancestor. No matter how sharp the sword was, it could not compare to the one in her hand.
Secondly, she did need a top rank sword technique as the Yuenu Sword Technique was a little backward. The Guicang Sword Technique contained many mysteries and layers and was enough for her to train her entire life in.
Even if she met any other sword techniques in the future, she could merge them into the Guicang Sword Technique.
Thirdly, as the sect leader of Dongli Sword Sect, Song Jia could make the Guicang Sword Technique the sect technique to increase the number of techniques they had to teach. This sword technique could give birth to 64 different sword techniques. When teaching disciples, one could choose different ones based on rank, skill, and the like.
Along with the release of the information piece, the underworld would rise. Dongli Sword Sect obtaining this sword technique would definitely help raise the strength of the sect.
Apart from that, Xie Siyun also gave Song Jia a small gift; it was a small book known as Heaven’s Ten Divinations.
This book seemed ordinary being placed next to the Purple Palace Yuan Ancestor but it was also a treasure.
These ten divinations were carved onto a stone pillar in the Tianji Palace, and included the ten divination problems that an ancestor had written down. It was left behind by a divination expert for descendants to solve.
When the problems were carved to the eighth divination, no one in a hundred years could solve it until the birth of Hua Yuanmao. Hua Yuanmao was a genius. After solving the eighth, he gave out two more problems. After giving the ninth one, he solved it himself. At this time, his skill could be considered the best in history, but he was not satisfied and wanted to search for improvements.
Little Liang Xiao wanted to save his mother that was taken away by Xiao Qian, so he made a bet with the owner of Tianji Palace to solve the ten problems.
Who knew that the last problem had no answer, and Liang Xiao used five years and only solved nine problems.
The last problem was known as the essence outside of all essences.
It was not until 400 years later when a genius appeared in France who used western mathematics and arithmetic as a foundation to finally solve the problem.
“We have no use for this booklet, so you can have it!” These were the words of Xie Siyun.
After returning to Shanhai City, Song Jia passed the booklet to Ouyang Shuo.
Ouyang Shuo accepted it, placing it into his storage bag. Who knows when special items like this could be used? Naturally, he did not mind keeping it.
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The few days after that, the wilderness was extremely calm and there was no big news.
In the meantime, Ouyang Shuo either focused on the Capital City upgrade quests or sent letters to the Minnan Province Lords to make the final confirmations in case of any accidents.
The result of Jiang Shang’s evaluation was exceptionally ideal. As long as the Imperial Court officials did not find fault with them, it would not be too hard to complete the quest.
This was also normal. After all, if Shanhai City with their immense foundations could not reach the standards, Ouyang Shuo could not imagine which Lord could.
Even if they were relying solely on Xinan University and the Army Military Academy, they would be a step in front of everyone else.
The Land of Philosophers, Land of Artisans, Home of Spirit Beasts, and other such titles were all useful.
Ouyang Shuo was not busy, but the Shanhai Guards and Honglu Temple had it far worse.
Not only did they need to work with the allies to arrange a safe travelling path, but they also needed to provide provisions without leaving a trace.
Apart from that, they also had to create rumors in Fuyong Prefecture of raiders and bandits sowing chaos.
Each matter concerned the success and failure of the battle.
Shen Buhai and Zhang Yi were afraid that something bad might occur and could not fall asleep at night.
Luckily, hard work pays off. On the 12th day, the Guards Legion Corps smoothly reached the border. At the same time, Jia Xu’s plan had started and rumors started to fly within the Fuyong Prefecture border.
Huo Qubing did not let his troops rest up and instead made them charge to Xunlong City. However, he was more careful this time. Many times, the army had to split into five to six groups to prevent them from being exposed.
Even if one group was found, they would be treated as bandits.
3rd month, 13th day, night, the Guards Legion Corps smoothly reached the outskirts of Xunlong City. The six groups of troops had gathered in a forest 20 miles from the city and camped there to hide their tracks.
After entering Fuyong Prefecture, their provisions were settled by military grain pills. In just a day, they used up 300 thousand pills that cost a large sum of money.
Once the sun rose, the army would charge right at the city.
When Ouyang Shuo received the news, he found it hard to fall asleep.
What kind of effects would Shanhai City’s shocking blow cause to China and even to the entire world?
Ouyang Shuo currently did not know.