As the most elite pro-soldier guard of the Sword King Mansion, the Divine Sword Guard has the strongest strength, the best treatment, and the highest loyalty.

The treatment of the reserve battalion of the Divine Sword Guard is much worse, and they are not allowed to step into the inner fort for half a step, and they are only worthy of living in the military camp in the outer city, although the strength of a very small number of reserve members is not weak, and they are on par with the regular team members, but their status is very different, and they can only enjoy the same level of treatment as the Black Cavalry.

As soon as Qi An approached the outer city, he was stopped and questioned by a team of patrolling ironclad sergeants.

"Stop! The Sword King City is a heavy place for soldiers, and it is forbidden for idle people to approach, and those who violate the order will be killed!" The leading soldier shouted, and several sergeants under him stopped in front of Qi An.

Qi An clenched his fists slightly, and said aloud unhurriedly: "Several elder brothers, whose names are Qi An, are from the backing branch of the Qianqing Academy, and they were ordered to report to the Divine Sword Guard Reserve Camp, and I hope that the eldest brothers will be convenient." ”

"The people from the Qianqing Academy?, are you going to the Divine Sword Guard Training Camp?" the leading soldier commander looked Qi An up and down, his eyes showing a little suspicion.

Qi An took out the official document written by Cui Yi, the head of the backer branch, and glanced at it at the leading commander, who did not deliberately make things difficult, but ordered his two soldiers to lead the way for Qi An and go to the training camp of the Divine Sword Guard.

Leading the way is one thing, but more importantly, it is for surveillance, the two ironclad sergeants one after the other, sandwiching Qi An in the middle, the former is responsible for leading the way, the latter is responsible for supervising, all the way to the tall and majestic city.

With the guidance of these two soldiers, Qi'an went all the way unimpeded, and soon passed through the city gate checkpoint and entered the outer city.

The outer city is called the Sword King City, and the inner fort is the real Sword King's Mansion, Qi An does not need to enter the inner fort, and he can't enter the inner fort, so he can only follow the footsteps of the sergeant in front of him and come to the Shendao Guard Reserve Battalion located in the northeast corner of the outer city.

It is said that it is a reserve battalion, but in fact it is no different from a regular military camp, it is completely militarized management, and once you join the reserve battalion, you will become a real sergeant.

To put it more precisely, it should be a sergeant from the Sword King's Mansion.

In charge of the reserve camp was the battalion commander Zhou Yinglong, and after the doorman at the entrance of the station, Qi An soon met the supreme commander of the reserve battalion.

Zhou Yinglong has a square face and big ears, a majestic bearing, and a bit of the demeanor of an iron-blooded general, his eyes are sharp and cold, and he is intimidating to look at.

From the outside, this person's beard hair is slightly gray, and he is obviously over fifty years old, but his real age is at least more than a hundred years old, because he is an out-and-out Great Cultivator of the God Refining Realm, and the upper limit of his lifespan is two hundred years old, and he will only begin to show signs of aging when he is at least over a hundred years old. For example, Jian Xiu in Fufeng City, his real age is more than fifty years old, but from the outside, he looks like a young man.

So, Qi An suddenly thought, is Meng Yuxi's age also much older than herself, because she is also in the God Refining Realm, and she also has a longevity of two hundred years, if she is like seventeen or eighteen years old, will her real age be doubled, but more than thirty years old?

Zhou Yinglong had already received the above notice and knew that a young man who had come out of the backing branch was coming to join the reserve camp, so he was not surprised when he saw Qi An.

He glanced at Qi An deeply, although he was a little surprised by the other party's youth, but what was even more surprised was the other party's cultivation, he originally thought that Qi An should only be a newly promoted early stage of condensation cultivators, but after a sweep of his divine sense, he immediately learned that the other party's cultivation realm had actually reached the middle stage of condensation.

"It's worthy of being a genius! No wonder he was recruited into the Divine Sword Guard Reserve Camp!" Zhou Yinglong secretly admired in his heart.

It must be known that the official members of the Divine Sword Guard are at least the peak of condensation, and they are not ordinary condensation peaks, but the powerhouses in the peak of condensation; therefore, even if it is a reserve battalion, the targets recruited are usually at the peak of condensation, or some young and potential late-stage condensation, as for the new condensation realm, it is basically not considered.

Of course, it does not mean that in addition to the peak of condensation in the reserve camp, there are actually a very small number of mid-stage condensation, or even the early stage of condensation, and these people are either related households of people above, or they are real folk geniuses.

Obviously, Qi'an is the latter.

It's just that the army attaches more importance to strength, even if it is a young genius with outstanding qualifications and potential, as long as his strength is not strong, he will not be taken seriously, which is different from the Xiuzhen Sect or the Qianqing Academy, the latter two pay more attention to qualifications and potential.

Yes, although Qi An had the cultivation power of the middle stage of condensation, which made Zhou Yinglong look down on him, he did not give him special care, but just called a tall and strong man in black iron armor, pointed at Qi An and said: "Kuihong, this is a new team member, named Qi An, you take him to the camp for a turn, introduce the situation, explain the rules clearly, and arrange for him by the way." ”

The iron-armored strong man named Kuihong clenched his fists and beckoned Qi An to leave together.

Kuihong is not a good talker, there is no superfluous polite words at all, and he directly introduces the situation of the reserve camp in the shortest language, and at the same time leads Qi An around the reserve camp.

The garrison of the reserve battalion was not large, far inferior to the backing branch, and the living conditions were very poor, and each soldier could only be assigned to a small stone house, which had nothing but a stone bed, and could not be more simple.

There was not even a canteen in the garrison of the reserve camp, and if you wanted to eat, you had to go to the restaurants and restaurants in the outer city.

Although the entire Sword King City is like a military camp, there are still many commercial facilities, many of which are run by the Liu family or some small families that have a close relationship with the Sword King Mansion, after all, the vast majority of people in the entire outer city are not monks, just warriors, and they need to eat and drink every day, and even if they are monks, they can not eat or drink, but they also need to trade a certain amount of materials, such as buying pills to assist in cultivation or something.

Through talking with Kui Hong, I learned that there were more than 300 people in the entire Shendaowei Reserve Battalion, most of them were at the peak of condensation, nearly 100 people were in the late stage of condensation, there were only more than 20 people in the middle stage of condensation, and there were not even ten people in the early stage of condensation.

Judging from this ratio, Qi An's realm cultivation on the bright side is almost at the bottom, so Kuihong's attitude towards him is very cold, and even a little condescending.

When there is a vacancy in the Divine Sword Guard, people will be sent to the reserve camp to select personnel to make up for it, usually for an open ring competition, and the strongest can join the Divine Sword Guard, and these people are often the strongest in the peak of condensation, as for those who are not outstanding, there is no need to hope at all, they may stay in the reserve camp for a lifetime, and they will not be able to become official members of the Divine Sword Guard.

However, the Shendaowei reserve battalion is different from the regular troops, the regular troops are a small team of ten people, a squadron of 100 people, a large team of 1,000 people, and an army of 10,000 people, and the reserve battalion except for the battalion commander Zhou Yinglong, all the rest are treated at the same level, whether it is the strongest peak of condensation, or the initial stage of condensation at the bottom, the military salary that everyone can receive is the same, and the monthly salary is one hundred and twenty yuan beads, there is no difference.

The difference is in status, and the atmosphere of the jungle is particularly obvious in the barracks, where the weak often cannot hold their heads up in front of the strong, and even suffer all kinds of humiliation.

Qi An saw a sergeant with his own eyes, perhaps because of his weak strength and low status, he was slapped in the face by another sergeant, and the corners of his mouth were full of blood foam, but he didn't dare to resist.

Qi An frowned slightly, and asked Kuihong: "No one cares about bullying like this?"

Kuihong smiled coldly: "This is the case in the army, the strong survive, the weak are eliminated, if you don't want to be bullied, you have to work hard to make yourself stronger, otherwise, even if you die, no one cares." ”

Qi An sighed secretly, did not speak, and continued to follow Kuihong.

In addition to the rows of neat stone houses in the small station, there is basically nothing left, the overall style is simple and rough, barely a delicate building, except for the quartermaster department, there is only the tall barracks dedicated to the battalion commander, after all, he is a great cultivator of the god refining, and his identity and treatment are much higher than ordinary reserve camp members.

After a casual stroll around the garrison, Kuihong led Qi An to the quartermaster's office.

The quartermaster office is actually a large mansion with earth and stone, and there is a sleepy old man in cloth clothes, sitting on a wicker chair basking in the sun and resting with his eyes closed.

The door was open, but Kui Hong knocked politely on the wooden door before stepping over the threshold and entering the courtyard, clasping his fists at the old man on the rattan chair and saluting, "Lord Yan, there is a new member, I will bring him to collect the supplies." ”

Old Man Yan squinted his eyes and glanced at Kui Hong and Qi An, before he slowly got up from the rattan chair and beckoned to them, "Come in." ”

The so-called supplies are nothing more than an iron armor and two sets of civilian clothes, as well as a waist tag that can prove their identity.

The style and material of the iron armor are exactly the same as those iron armor armies that can be seen everywhere, it is not a talisman, it is just made of fine iron, and it has a certain protective effect, but for the monks in the middle and late stages of the condensation realm, it seems dispensable, and in front of the peak of condensation, it is like paper paste.

The material of the plain clothes is not bad, it is not an ordinary fabric, it is very tough, it is not easy to break, and the style is not a robe with wide sleeves, but a close-fitting suit, you can wear plain clothes first, and then put on iron armor outside, which will not look abrupt.

The identity waist card is cast in iron, only half the size of a palm, except for a red rope, there is no decoration, it looks a little rough and simple, one side is engraved with the six words "Shendaowei Reserve Battalion", and the other side is the name of Qi An, which is engraved by the old man Yan in front of the two of them, the strokes are vigorous, the font has some characteristics, and it is not easy for ordinary people to imitate.

It can be seen that this old man's strength is very profound, no wonder Kuihong is so respectful, and not just because the other party is a quartermaster.