Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 454 - 47: Ask for Good Fortune (5K)_2

Chapter 454: Chapter 47: Ask for Good Fortune (5K)_2

Of course, at its core, it was because they were short on people. After taking Fire Dragon Pass, they needed to rest and expand their army.

"Can we cooperate with the Huan You Army?" Wen Shaoyang offered his view, "If we have the Huan You Army, we’ll have a greater chance of breaking through the Sacrificial Soul Pass defenses."

Liao Rulong hesitated, "The Huan You Army is a strong army ranked over two hundred, and their main force is already cooperating with the Zhao Yuan Army, Danxia Army, and Yuanhua Army in the northern front. They might not be willing to abandon their partnership with strong allies to work with us."

Xia Jing smiled, "The main force might not, but it may be feasible to transfer twenty or thirty thousand troops here."

"Oh?" Liao Rulong was puzzled, "How so?"

Xia Jing pointed at Zhao Xing, "Didn’t Zhao Xing just slay Qian Shougang near the West Xian Territory?"

"What does that have to do with me?" Zhao Xing was confused.

"Our standoff with the Black Dragon Army has frightened the main general of the Xixian Pass," said Xia Jing. "The ’Qi Yuan Army’ from the Zhao Yuan Army, ’Yi Yue’ from the Yuanhua Army, ’Nangong Ye’ from the Huan You Army, and ’Pang Zheng’ from the Zhao Yuan Army, these four were originally planning to attack the Xixian Pass."

"They feigned defeat a few times before, trying to draw out the main general of the Xixian Pass. This act has been going on for more than a month, and there was some hope, but the unexpected incident with Qian Shougang ruined it."

After hearing Xia Jing’s explanation, Zhao Xing was left speechless.

Misfortunes befall where blessings lie, and blessings stem where misfortunes lurk.

Killing Qian Shougang had delayed their operations, making the defenses of the Sacrificial Soul Pass harder to breach, but now there was a possibility of cooperating with the Huan You Army. It was unclear whether this turn of events was good or bad luck.

"Would they be willing to cooperate?" Liao Rulong asked doubtfully.

It wasn’t that he lacked confidence; it was simply that the Huan You Army indeed ranked much higher than the Divine Might Army, even higher than the Tiger Flood Dragon Army.

During the last Military Realm Army Grand Drill, the Divine Might Army ranked over five hundred, while the Huan You Army was within the top two hundred.

The Huan You Army occupied a Grotto Heaven for themselves, exceeding the Divine Might Army in both numbers and strength.

"Let’s try," said Xia Jing, "If it doesn’t work out, then so be it. We’ll fight on our own. If everyone agrees, I’ll send a letter and ask."

"Agreed," said Wen Shaoyang.

"Agreed," Liao Rulong nodded.

"Agreed," Zhao Xing had nothing to object to. When there’s more prey than hunters, having a few more strong armies to work with wasn’t a bad thing.

...

Xia Jing and Liao Rulong invited Nangong Ye from the Huan You Army to join them in the Fire Dragon Pass battle zone.

Upon receiving the invitation, Nangong Ye was immediately tempted.

They had been considering the idea of passing through Fire Dragon Pass, but found it hard to broach the subject.

However, even so, negotiating the cooperation was not smooth sailing.

After all, the Huan You Army led by Nangong Ye had been fighting in alliance with the Yuanhua Army and the Qi Yuan Army from the Zhao Yuan Army for quite some time.

But from the Divine Might Army’s side, only Nangong Ye’s detachment had been invited.

Well, if it was just Nangong Ye joining, it would surely mean playing a subordinate role, even though he was from a strong army. His troop’s numbers were still smaller compared to the combined forces of the Divine Might Army, Xuanjia Army, and Zhenhai Army.

So, Nangong Ye requested that the allied forces from the Zhao Yuan Army and the Yuanhua Army be included too.

But that would make their numbers nearly equal to the combined forces of the Divine Might Army, Xuanjia Army, and Zhenhai Army, and even surpass them in strength.

Liao Rulong, Xia Jing, and Wen Shaoyang were displeased.

Though they spoke of cooperation, by bringing others in, the battle operations would inevitably be affected.

That’s why such cooperation, unless there are strong previous relations, can be quite tricky to arrange.

Zhao Xing didn’t involve himself with these issues; he didn’t participate in the communications. Time was precious, and he estimated he needed to return to the Ten Suns Cave Heaven by March next year.

He needed to practice the Secret Technique he had learned from the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion as soon as possible.

As for military achievements, there would be time to collect those later.

"Commander Jiang, give me a hand."

"Brother Zhao, no need to be so formal, just call me Brother Jiang," Jiang Ming said with a chuckle, "What do you need?"

"Zhenhai Army catches a lot of river turtles and such mystical creatures in Canglan River, right?" Zhao Xing inquired.

"Yes, of course!" Jiang Ming spread his hands, "And some very big ones too."

"Are they tasty?" asked Zhao Xing.

"It depends on how you prepare them," Jiang Ming replied, "Turtle meat is tough. Our Zhenhai Army usually doesn’t eat the flesh; we only use it to make soup."

"Do you want to try it out, little brother?" he asked.

Zhao Xing smiled, "Yeah, I’ve never eaten spirit turtles before. I wonder if Brother Jiang could bring some here?"

"No problem at all," Jiang Ming clapped his hands, "Do you want any other seafood? I can get that for you too. There’s plenty of good stuff in the sea..."

Zhao Xing had just made the request, and Jiang Ming immediately agreed.

Even a Seventh Grade Spirit Turtle wasn’t a problem for the Zhenhai Army.

To please Zhao Xing, Jiang Ming even sent the fastest ship directly to Canglan River to drag a shipload of turtle-like mystical creatures to Zhao Xing, amounting to a thousand or so.

When Zhao Xing boarded the ship, he was astonished.

There were very few Ninth Grade creatures; most were eighth-grade turtle-like mystical creatures, and there were even Seventh Grade Spirit Turtles!

"Is this enough?" Jiang Ming asked, "If not, I’ll have the brothers on the river catch some more."

"This is more than enough," Zhao Xing quickly nodded. He only wanted the spirit turtles for practicing Spell techniques, not because he particularly enjoyed eating them.

"Great, call me if you need anything else. This ship will stay docked here," Jiang Ming said generously.

"Thank you."

...

After Jiang Ming left, Zhao Xing used a wind Spell to pull an eighth-grade river turtle out of the ship’s hold and positioned it on the deck’s guillotine.

"Swoosh~"

The guillotine fell, immediately decapitating the turtle.

"Go!"

Golden light struck below the turtle shell, and then the flesh and bones underneath rapidly shrank.

All the blood gathered on the turtle shell and was absorbed by it.