Chapter 18: Be a Pioneer
Five days before officially entering the beast spirit realm, the number of scattered cultivators gathered under the Dome Mountain had reached nearly 5,000, and there were more than 500 disciples sent by the local sect in Wuzhou (including 200 disciples of the Iron Sword Sect, of course), plus the Wuzhou Chamber of Commerce's own monks, the army participating in the hunt was already very large.
Seeing that the monks who had been summoned to Qiongshan had almost arrived, the Chamber of Commerce finally began to prepare for the hunt. A large number of stewards were sent to lead the scattered cultivation, and the five thousand scattered cultivators were organized into five parts, and they practiced the coordination of the array.
Of course, what the Chamber of Commerce attaches the most importance to is the disciples sent by each sect, compared to casual cultivation, the disciples of each sect may not be too high in cultivation, but there are all kinds of magic weapons and talismans, and their personal combat effectiveness is far beyond that of scattered cultivation.
Moreover, the rules of each sect are strict, and many sects have formed their own armies for hunting, and in terms of fighting and cooperating, it is not comparable to the loose cultivation of the rabble!
Therefore, although there are only a few hundred disciples in the sect, if you talk about combat power, it is not much smaller than five thousand scattered cultivators.
There were still three days before the hunt, and Li Pingbo, the chief treasurer of the Wuzhou Chamber of Commerce, officially met with the disciples of the stewards of various sects to discuss the matter of the beast spirit world.
As a great monk of the Jindan period, Li Pingbo's cultivation was slightly exposed, and the powerful coercion made the disciples of all sects fearful.
In the tall and wide hall, Li Pingbo sat high on the top, except for the greetings at the beginning, he did not say a few words during the whole process, and the whole discussion was presided over by Qian Ziwang, the deacon of the Chamber of Commerce.
Qian Ziwang first introduced the various sects participating in the hunt one by one, and when he introduced Zhang Xu, the head of the Iron Sword Sect, there was a low laugh in the hall, and it seemed that the actions of the Iron Sword Sect over the past few days had become a joke in the mouths of the various sects.
Zhang Xu didn't care, and saluted the monks of various sects with his fists clenched, so the laughter became even louder, and Ma Chuang and Feng Ping, who were following Zhang Xu's side, had extremely ugly faces.
"You are all elite disciples of various sects, and being able to participate in the hunt organized by this association proves your party's loyalty to the Great Zhou!
The rules of this hunt are basically the same, but in order to thank the parties for their support, after discussion, the association decided that it will take out a piece of low-grade spiritual land as a reward to reward the sect with the most meritorious contributions!"
The breathing in the temple instantly became rapid.
The rumors in advance have become a reality, and the Chamber of Commerce is really willing to give up the spiritual land as a reward!
The spiritual land has always been the foundation of each sect, and only with the spiritual land can there be enough resources to supply the disciples in the sect. Even if it is a low-grade spiritual land, it is enough to open up thousands of acres of spiritual land in hundreds of caves!
Of course, all sects also know that this spiritual land is not easy to take, and hunting in the other world has always been extremely cruel, and I don't know how many disciples I have to sacrifice if I want to make great achievements!
Of course, even if you don't get the spiritual land, the other rewards will remain the same. In order to thank all factions for their participation, the big shopkeeper of my family specially allocated a batch of elixir talismans to make up for the loss of your battle. ”
Qian Ziwang's next words made the disciples of all factions present very happy, in the past, the hunting organized by the Chamber of Commerce has always been that the participants bring their own magic weapons, spirit pills, talismans, and various equipment, and they have never been issued in advance. It seems that the Wuzhou Chamber of Commerce has felt the pressure during this hunt, not only taking out the spiritual land as bait, but also taking out the elixir talisman before the hunt to enhance the combat power of the sect's disciples!
Even Zhang Xu sighed in his heart, first took out the spiritual land as a bait, and then sent a batch of elixir talismans in advance, which was very different from the behavior of previous years, which would inevitably move the participating factions, and even the sects that had the mentality of coping at the beginning may have to fight.
The Chamber of Commerce has shown enough sincerity, if it doesn't do anything again, it will be ignorant, and it will inevitably face the tragic retaliation of the Chamber of Commerce afterwards. The Chamber of Commerce represents the Great Zhou Dynasty, how strong the power is, unless there is such a behemoth as the Heavenly Sword Sect of the Royal Beast Gate, who would dare to go against the Chamber of Commerce?
"The big shopkeeper is really generous, I didn't say it, my Haisha League is willing to go to the soup and the fire!"
A red-faced man came out of the crowd and took the lead in speaking.
"This person's name is Luo Shengwen, the hall master of the Haisha League, and he cultivated in the middle of the foundation building. Wei Suo said in Zhang Xu's ear.
Zhang Xu nodded, being able to send monks in the middle stage of foundation building shows the Haisha Alliance's supportive attitude towards the Chamber of Commerce, but thinking about it, the Haisha Alliance is a sectarian force in Wuzhou, and it is natural for it to get closer to the Chamber of Commerce.
Next, representatives of various sects also spoke successively, and they all expressed their efforts to support the development of Wuzhou Chamber of Commerce.
"The big treasurer, Deacon Qian, although the strength of my Iron Sword Gate is weak, in order to support the chamber of commerce's hunting in the other world, my iron sword gate does not hesitate to pour out of the nest, and I am willing to die for the chamber of commerce. If the big shopkeeper doesn't give up, I, the Iron Sword Sect, am willing to take on the responsibility of the vanguard, as the vanguard of the army, and be the first to enter the beast spirit realm!"
When it was Zhang Xu's turn to speak, he immediately patted his chest to show his loyalty. Zhang Xu thought very clearly, if the Iron Sword Sect wants to rise again, it is inseparable from the support of the Wuzhou Chamber of Commerce, unlike other sects with foundations, the Iron Sword Sect is now almost poor and white, and it is completely using the spiritual land as a bait to attract so many loose cultivators to join. If you can't get enough combat merits from hunting, I'm afraid that after the war, the Iron Sword Gate will collapse in an instant, and only two or three big cats and kittens will remain.
"Master!" Hearing that Zhang Xu actually took the initiative to serve as a pioneer, Ma Chuang's face turned pale in shock, and he hurriedly spoke out to stop him. Everyone knows that the most dangerous is the vanguard, and if they face the first wave of attacks from the Otherworldly army, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses. With the current strength of the Iron Sword Gate, how can it resist the army of the other world?
Feng Ping on the side was miserable in his heart, if he really acted as a pioneer, he would inevitably pay heavy casualties with the strength of the Iron Sword Gate, but if he could hold the passage into the beast spirit realm for the follow-up army, it would be a great achievement, just by virtue of this skill, it was enough to obtain a piece of spiritual land, but this spiritual land was obtained with the lives of many beginners.
As soon as Zhang Xu's words came out, the hall instantly fell silent, and the stewards of the various factions looked at Zhang Xu with complicated eyes, no one expected that this little head of the Iron Sword Sect, who only cultivated in the middle stage of Qi cultivation, would be so bold. The monk who was still laughing at the series of actions of the Iron Sword Sect also closed his mouth at this moment. After all, being a pioneer is such a thing, even they themselves dare not take the initiative.
"The ignorant are fearless!" muttered Luo Shengwen, the hall master of the Haisha Alliance.
Li Pingbo, the chief shopkeeper of the Wuzhou Chamber of Commerce, looked at Zhang Xu with interest, and his face was full of smiles.
Qian Ziwang, the deacon in charge of presiding over the meeting, was stunned for a while, and looked at Li Pingbo.
Li Pingbo shook his head slowly at Qian Ziwang, and Qian Ziwang suddenly understood.
"The bravery of Zhang Zhangmen and Tiejianmen, this chamber of commerce has seen it. However, for the battle of the beast spirit world, my big shopkeeper already has a comprehensive plan, and it is not appropriate to change it temporarily. “