Chapter 141 - 89: Cai Family’s Plot, Ambitious Warlord of a Chaotic Era!

Chapter 141: Chapter 89: Cai Family’s Plot, Ambitious Warlord of a Chaotic Era!

[Fighting to the Death Together, killed with a single Slash. Wave-Treading Blade Technique repayment progress +143. Current repayment progress: 1782/10000.]

As the small ink-wash characters floated before his eyes, Zheng Jun couldn’t help but exhale. Over 140 points. That was double the amount of an ordinary Qi Storage Martial Artist. Not bad at all.

Calculating it this way, the seven—oh, six now—disciples that True Man Yuan Yi brought down the mountain with him could each provide around 140 points of repayment progress. Among these six, there might be experts or underachievers, but he could safely assume an average of 140 points per person. These six Qi Storage Martial Artists alone would yield 840 points of progress. As for True Man Yuan Yi himself, he possessed outstanding strength as an Outer Gang Martial Artist.

However, Zheng Jun hadn’t heard anything about True Man Yuan Yi having a masterful Wave-Treading Saber. He had only heard that the Law Enforcement Elder, Cloud Celestial Taoist, was an expert who had reached Perfection in the Wave-Treading Blade Technique. But this was fine too. Although the harvest would be slightly lower, his chances of winning were higher.

If he really could strike him down with a Slash, it would likely guarantee a minimum of 3,000 points of repayment progress... No, judging by the progress from Slashing Meng Xian to death, it might instantly soar by 5,000 points!

At this thought, Zheng Jun couldn’t help but draw a sharp breath. The old saying was truly correct: murder and arson yield belts of gold!

For Zheng Jun, honestly practicing Martial Arts and soaking in medicinal baths really wasn’t as fast as killing people for improvement. This was especially true when killing Martial Artists whose Realms were higher than his own—those leapfrog challenges. Killing those in the same Realm as him worked too, but the improvement was far too slow. Meanwhile, killing someone a tier lower in Realm was worse than simply practicing. And killing ordinary people yielded absolutely no harvest at all.

He thought, "The name ’Great Tao Martial Book’ is somewhat unfitting; ’Creditor’s List’ would be much more appropriate." He felt the name of this cheat ability wasn’t quite right. "Slay the old geezers for a loot drop!"

Zheng Jun exhaled. He looked around at the County Soldiers staring at him and calmly asked, "So, did you all see clearly?"

For a long while, there was no reply. There was only absolute silence. It wasn’t until half a cup of tea’s time later that the soldiers finally snapped out of their daze, eagerly speaking up to ask questions.

"Master Zheng, when you swung your blade just now, there was a point I didn’t understand. I hope you can enlighten me..."

"Master Zheng, when that scoundrel stepped forward, the angle of his blade swing perfectly matched the ’Wave-Treading’ described in the Saber Technique. How were you able to so effortlessly..."

"I have a question about..."

The soldiers asked their questions enthusiastically, showing immense interest in this move. Indeed, whether it was the earth-shattering giant wave produced by that Vast Sea Sect disciple, or Zheng Jun’s effortless slash, both had brought them immense shock, significantly boosting their enthusiasm to learn the Wave-Treading Blade Technique.

No one would refuse the chance to become stronger. This was especially true for these village and county youths who had come to enlist. After all, most of the people who joined the army came from families that weren’t very wealthy; they couldn’t afford to learn formidable Martial Arts. Upon joining the military, the Qi Gathering Skill and Spear Forest Stab taught within the ranks were already enough to make them ecstatic. Now that Zheng Jun was teaching them the Wave-Treading Saber, they were completely mesmerized. After all, the Wave-Treading Saber was far stronger than that dogshit Spear Technique.

Looking at the soldiers eagerly seeking knowledge, Zheng Jun couldn’t help but nod. He began to answer their questions one by one. At the same time, he needed to do something else.

Purchase Wide-Backed Sabers.

The future military supplies for the Black Mountain Guard would require this kind of large saber. Long spears could guard against cavalry; when formed into a Military Array, they could block a cavalry charge. However, Black Mountain County was mostly mountainous terrain, so cavalry was only useful at certain times. Engagements in Black Mountain County mostly consisted of either defending the city or venturing into the mountains to exterminate bandits. Therefore, using a Wide-Backed Saber naturally held a significant tactical advantage.

Furthermore, Zheng Jun’s thoughts went beyond just this. In the Tang Dynasty, there was the Mo Blade Team. With a single slash, both man and horse would be shattered to pieces. And this Wide-Backed Saber was actually more like a slightly enhanced version of the Mo Saber. The only difference was that the handle was a bit shorter. It didn’t matter. When Zheng Jun purchased them, he just needed to have them lengthened a bit.

It could serve a similar purpose. However, in this Fantasy World, although the Mo Blade Team would be strengthened, the opponent’s cavalry would be strengthened as well. The specific outcome was still hard to say. But Zheng Jun felt it should be much more useful than the old-fashioned spear-bracing tactic.

Lengthening the handle to make the Wide-Backed Saber resemble a Mo Saber wouldn’t affect the original Wave-Treading Blade Technique in the slightest, unlike Zheng Jun’s own massive modifications. And Zheng Jun was already using it with consummate ease. After all, his Wave-Treading Blade Technique had already reached Perfection. No matter what kind of saber he used, or even if he used a sword, Zheng Jun could effortlessly unleash the true essence of the Wave-Treading Blade Technique. As for the soldiers, they didn’t have the Great Tao Martial Book, so Zheng Jun didn’t expect them to achieve Great Success or Perfection. Achieving Mastery would already be enough to handle most problems.

Yang Jun stood off to the side, looking at the enthusiastic County Soldiers. His eyes shifted, his inner thoughts a mystery.

Meanwhile, Cai Xun was looking out at the drill grounds from the Military Department. Watching the field full of soldiers uniformly calling out "Master Zheng," as if turning the Court’s Military Department into Zheng Jun’s personal army, he couldn’t help but smile with genuine, heartfelt amusement.

He thought, "With Zheng San acting like this, great things can be achieved!"

Cai Xun paced back and forth, pondering a problem. Could Zheng San pass this hurdle posed by True Man Yuan Yi of the Vast Sea Sect? As a descendant of the Cai Family, Cai Xun naturally understood the family’s intentions. Just as Zheng Jun had thought, it was a test.

The reason his ninth sister, Cai Anyun, was fooling around outside was partly because she had always loved Jianghu stories since she was young. Now that she had entered the Jianghu, of course, she wanted to uphold justice and act as a Female Knight. On the other hand, it was also because the family intentionally kept her away.