February 22, 379 of the Great Xuan Calendar.

Zhang Yu stood on the wide platform and looked into the distance, and on the western horizon, half a huge light white moon almost occupied the canopy on that side.

This scene made him clearly feel that he was no longer in the inner layer, but in a foreign land.

He had been here for two days, and after registering his name, he was considered a monk in Yeya Prefecture for the time being.

In the past two days, he has also managed to understand the situation in the state.

Today, there are more than 1,000 monks in Yeya Prefecture, of which there are about 300 median monks.

Because there is a void and external evil in the outer layer, in such a situation, if you want to cultivate the supernatural power, it will take ten times and a hundred times more effort than in the inner layer, so there are very few local monks, and most of them come from the inner layer.

Especially more than 60 years ago, the inner layer set off a turbidity tide, and there were many gaps in the place where the inner and outer layers intersected, and the inner layer was invaded by a large number of external enemies, so under the encouragement of the Xuan Ting, a large number of monks went to the outer layer to resist the external enemy, and many of them did not return to the inner layer after the war, but stayed here.

Different from the battles encountered in the Qingyang Upper Continent, because most of the time, the outer layer needs to face not a large number of enemies, but a small group of scattered and very strong opponents, so except for the main army stationed in the Heavenly City for a long time, most of the troops are scattered and stationed everywhere, and are responsible for destroying and fighting against foreign and local enemies on weekdays.

These teams range from more than 1,000 to as few as dozens, and are collectively called "conscription". In addition, there were also recruits organized by civilian veterans on their own, which supplemented the period of insufficient conscription.

Although the recruits are not as good as the regular recruits in terms of treatment in all aspects, if the combat effectiveness is strong enough and the management of the upper echelons of the team, they can actually live a very nourishing life.

But no matter what the team, the core force is always the elite armored soldiers and monks, and the most important thing is the monks.

There is a complete difference between the ranks of monks and those without monks.

Monks are good at sensing, can detect enemy traces from afar, and fly back and forth very quickly, especially the mid-level monks, who have all kinds of divine channel techniques, and the improvement of the combat effectiveness of the entire team is not a little bit.

Especially when fighting against the Shangchen Heavenly Monk and the evil god, if there is no monk in the team to guard the town, when facing all kinds of strange supernatural powers, it will be extremely difficult to deal with, and there is a danger of destruction if you are not careful.

As soon as the inner monks arrived, they would be selected by the Military Affairs Administration to take away the most elite monks, and then the rest would be recruited by various states.

Yeya Prefecture is located in a place where wars are frequent, and there are many "conscriptions", generally speaking, once a monk arrives in the state, it will definitely attract all parties to recruit troops.

And Zhang Yu has been here for two days, but no one has come to invite him. This is mainly due to the fact that his past accounts are so ordinary that he has hardly any decent combat experience.

Experienced people can judge that if such a monk wants to have a certain combat effectiveness, he must go through some tempering. However, during this period, the conscription obviously had to pay a lot of sacrifices and casualties, and this price was very large.

And no one can guarantee that this man will remain in his team after making great progress, which leads to many conscripts still hesitating and waiting.

Zhang Yu didn't care about this, even if he didn't recruit to find him, he could go out and kill the evil cult alone, but it was just a little more effort to bring the spoils back to Xugong, and it was not that there were no monks in the state who had such a choice.

It's just that this approach will be a little conspicuous, which is not conducive to integrating into the state, and may also attract the attention of the Golden Pupil Agency, so this is the second choice.

After looking at the distant scenery for a while, his mind turned, and suddenly, a sketchpad floated in front of him, and after setting it right, he picked up his brush and traced the foreground objects on the rooftop.

At this moment, on the other side, two women with beautiful faces were walking towards Zhang Yu's residence. Both men had short ear-length hair, metallic close-fitting armor and a large coat over it.

The woman who was a little further back looked at the slightly younger woman, with a petite and delicate figure, a round face and red lips, and a faint eye makeup painted on the corners of her eyes, she said with a little apprehension: "Sister Wei, are we really going to recruit this Zhang Xuanxiu?"

Sister Wei is very tall, with a well-toned body and well-proportioned flesh and bones, she said: "Of course, Xiaobai, let me tell you, in the past, whenever a monk came, he was invited away by others within a few days, and if we don't hurry up this time, it won't be our turn." If we had a mid-ranking monk in our ranks, it wouldn't be so difficult to fight against those evil gods and Heavenly Monks. ”

Xiao Bai was very unconfident, and muttered: "But, in our current situation, will others be willing to come? That's a mid-ranking monk, how can we afford to hire a soldier, besides, we still hire a recruiter......

Sister Wei patted her head and said, "Don't worry, leave everything to me." ”

Zhang Yu's current residence is a four-story stone platform, which is built on a small hill, condescending, with a wide field of vision, overlooking most of the scenery outside, and before reaching the high platform, you have to pass through a corner stone staircase, as long as the people outside approach, the people on the high platform can see.

Li Qinghe saw the two of them coming, so he walked out from inside, bowed his hand, and said, "Is there something wrong with the two ladies coming here?"

Sister Wei walked to the front, clasped her fists, and said, "My name is Wei Lingying, this is my deputy Jin Xiaobai, and I am here to invite Zhang Xuanxiu this time." ”

Li Qinghe said: "It turns out that for this reason, those two please come and sit in first, Mr. is painting, please wait for a while." ”

Wei Lingying hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, let's just wait." ”

Li Qinghe and the others invited them in, arranged them in the living room, and each of them poured a cup of tea and withdrew.

After Wei Lingying waited for him to leave, he looked left and right, and whispered: "Xiaobai, I didn't expect this Zhang Xuanxiu to like painting." ”

Jin Xiaobai was not surprised, and said: "But all Xuan Xiu, but those who are seriously admitted to the palace can only practice Taoism, it seems that these people are one in a hundred, even if they don't go to cultivate, they can also be teachers and officials, and it is not strange that they like to paint, but ......" She said thoughtfully: "I think this Zhang Xuanxiu has a dull experience, which may have something to do with his preferences." ”

She said in her heart: "It's a pity, if I had known that this Zhang Xuanxiu had this preference, maybe I should have invited Uncle Lin to come with me, and the certainty of such an invitation might be greater." ”

The monks had always been arrogant in their eyes, and the two of them thought they would have to wait for a long time, but after waiting for less than half a moment, they could hear the sound of steady footsteps coming from above, and both of them involuntarily stood up, staring upward.

Although Wei Lingying was full of confidence when she came, when she really wanted to contact the master here, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous in her heart.

A moment later, she saw a young Taoist with a glowing spirit like the sun and the moon walking down from above, and for a moment, she couldn't help but look intently, completely forgetting where she was.

It's just that at this time, the young Taoist's eyes flashed, awe-inspiring, especially as if the heavens and men were high up, ignoring all living beings, and both of them trembled in their hearts, and then they came back to their senses.

Wei Lingying felt her gaffe and was a little embarrassed, but she had a big heart, and quickly put some emotions behind her, and hugged her fists and said, "Is it Zhang Xuanxiu? Lingying is polite." Jin Xiaobai also hurriedly bowed beside him.

Zhang Yu nodded in return, and after making a gesture, he said, "The two ladies sit down and talk." ”

After the two of them sat down, he also sat down and asked, "Are the two Lady Wei from the army?"

Wei Lingying said: "Yes, but we are hired soldiers, and we ...... The current situation is difficult. ”

Jin Xiaobai couldn't help but feel anxious when she saw that she was telling her the details as soon as she came up, but at this time, she couldn't interject, so she could only sigh secretly.

Zhang Yu said calmly: "So what is your situation now?"

Wei Lingying said with a serious look in his eyes: "Don't hide it from Zhang Xuanxiu, this mercenary army was originally led by our elders, and there was a monk in our army who died in battle because of a strong enemy, and our elders were seriously injured because of this, and now they are recovering from their injuries." ”

Zhang Yu nodded slightly and said, "How long has this matter been going on?"

Wei Lingying said: "More than a year, but after that battle, there were only more than 100 people left in the original 1,000-person army, which made our combat effectiveness seriously insufficient, and many enemies could not fight, if the situation was not improved in half a year, then we would be expelled from the Military Affairs Bureau, and the entire mercenary army would also be disbanded."

So now, we urgently need the help of a monk.

To be honest, we can't come up with any special conditions to attract people, but we can promise that as long as Zhang Xuanxiu is willing to come to us, we can exchange sixty percent, no, seventy percent of the proceeds from other monks for all kinds of seals and pills to support Zhang Xuanxiu's practice.

As long as we can recover from this period of time, when the elders recover from their injuries and return to the team one after another, we will definitely be able to return to the grand occasion of the past, and at that time, we promise that there will be no change in the conditions.

If Zhang Xuanxiu doesn't believe it, I will bring the seal letter and the commission, and you can make a deed on the spot.

I'm done. ”

After the words fell, she looked at Zhang Yu as if waiting for the verdict to be announced.

Zhang Yu thought for a moment, raised his eyes and said, "Two ladies, you go back first, I will give you a reply after thinking about it." ”

Wei Lingying couldn't help but be frustrated, in the past, they didn't invite the monk, and every time the other party answered like this, in the end, there was no result, she stood up, smiled reluctantly, and said, "Okay." ”

After she walked out dejectedly, she walked for a long time before she said, "Xiaobai, did I say the wrong thing again?"

Jin Xiaobai comforted her and said, "No, Sister Wei, you show sincerity, this is the best thing to do." ”

Wei Lingying was stunned and said, "Really?"

Jin Xiaobai snorted, and she said: "I began to think that we should cover up the shortcomings in the team, but then I thought about it, we have no advantage over others, even if we cover it up, what is the use?"

Even if we don't say it, it would be very easy for Zhang Xuanxiu to know our situation, so why don't we be sincere, maybe Zhang Xuanxiu will be willing to accept our invitation?"

Hearing her say this, Wei Lingying felt a little more excited in her heart, but at this time, she glanced at it, but saw a sturdy old man walking towards the high platform with a young man, she was startled, and said, "It's Fu Yong and his son." She gritted her teeth and said, "Why are they here too?"

Jin Xiaobai was very calm, and said: "Old man Fu's army already has a median monk, and there are more than ten low-level monks, even if Zhang Xuanxiu is invited, it will not be a good condition, Sister Wei, let's go back and wait for news first, anyway, no matter how bad the result is, it won't be much worse." ”

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