Late at night, the barracks were silent except for the patrolling soldiers. All other soldiers were resting.
Oliver Sheng was sitting cross-legged on his bed; he didn’t need to rest.
At this moment, Oliver was reviewing the gains of the day.
Name: Oliver Sheng
Race: Human
Realm: Early Grandmaster (+)
Cultivation Methods: [Great Sun Heart Sutra (Small Accomplishment)] (+) [Visualize of Gods and Demons] (+) [Flood Dragon Devouring Technique] (Can be deduced) [Blood Fiend Saber Technique (Great Accomplishment)] (Can be deduced) [Overlord Spear Technique (Small Accomplishment)] (+)
Strength: 120,000 pounds
Talent: Super Archer
Kill Points:
Store:
Space: (Millennium Ginseng: 6 roots, Millennium Ganoderma: 13 pieces, 500-year-old Fallopia Multiflora: 10 roots, Polygonatum…)
During the day, Oliver had single-handedly slain over four thousand Barbarian soldiers. With his strength, killing ordinary Barbarian soldiers was like a slaughter machine.
The four thousand Barbarian soldiers provided him with 17,640 Kill Points.
His subordinates had also killed nearly thirty thousand Barbarian soldiers, increasing his Kill Points to 65,168.
Seeing so many Kill Points, Oliver’s mouth curved into a wide smile.
What “crooked-mouth Dragon King”? At this moment, none could compare to Oliver.
With over 65,000 Kill Points, this was a massive harvest. He had never been this wealthy before.
Looking at the abundant Kill Points, Oliver was overjoyed and decided to enhance his cultivation immediately.
He directly allocated points, consuming 7,000 Kill Points. A vast power seemed to arise from the void, flooding his body and filling his limbs and bones.
This power continuously strengthened his physique, blood, and cultivation. Soon, his realm broke through, and Oliver easily advanced to the mid-stage Grandmaster realm.
The power wasn’t exhausted and continued to enhance his physique and kidneys.
The kidneys govern water, and the innate water essence was rapidly refining, continuously generating from his kidneys.
When the power finally dissipated, Oliver’s cultivation had directly advanced to the peak of the mid-stage Grandmaster realm, just one step away from the late-stage Grandmaster realm.
This was also the result of his two months of hard cultivation.
His body was nourished by the innate fire and water essences, continuously strengthening his internal organs and blood.
His blood was incredibly vigorous, brimming with essence, and his flesh and cells were immensely fortified.
Oliver felt that he could now easily defeat a peak Grandmaster expert.
With an abundance of Kill Points, Oliver couldn’t resist and continued to allocate points to enhance his cultivation.
Consuming 8,000 Kill Points, he advanced to the peak of the late-stage Grandmaster realm, with his liver continuously generating innate wood essence.
A Grandmaster cultivates the five essences, and he already had three innate essences within him.
To advance to the late-stage Grandmaster realm, he had consumed a total of 15,000 Kill Points.
Oliver’s eyes gleamed with golden light, and his blood surged like a river.
He felt terrifyingly powerful.
He glanced at the golden Light Screen:
Name: Oliver Sheng
Race: Human
Realm: Late Grandmaster (+)
Cultivation Methods: [Great Sun Heart Sutra (Small Accomplishment)] (+) [Visualize of Gods and Demons] (+) [Flood Dragon Devouring Technique] (Can be deduced) [Blood Fiend Saber Technique (Great Accomplishment)] (Can be deduced) [Overlord Spear Technique (Small Accomplishment)] (+)
Strength: 150,000 pounds
Talent: Super Archer
Kill Points:
Store:
Space: (Millennium Ginseng: 6 roots, Millennium Ganoderma: 13 pieces, 500-year-old Fallopia Multiflora: 10 roots, Polygonatum…)
His strength had increased to 150,000 pounds.
Looking at the Great Sun Heart Sutra that could be enhanced, Oliver hesitated to allocate points, fearing that the remaining 50,000 Kill Points would be depleted in an instant.
In the end, Oliver chose to enhance the Visualize of Gods and Demons, advancing it to the Small Accomplishment stage, consuming another 5,000 Kill Points.
He had 45,168 Kill Points left.
Oliver stopped allocating points for cultivation and enhancing his techniques, deciding to save the Kill Points for emergencies.
Having revealed his strength by killing that Barbarian Grandmaster, even if he didn’t admit it, others would assume he was already a Grandmaster.
The strongmen of the Xianyou Tribe might come looking for trouble, so Oliver needed to save Kill Points for emergencies to directly enhance his cultivation.
After enhancing his cultivation, Oliver didn’t sleep but continued to cultivate the Great Sun Heart Sutra and Visualize of Gods and Demons.
Even though he could use Kill Points to enhance his cultivation, Oliver still diligently cultivated on his own.
He wanted to work hard to become a Martial Saint as soon as possible; otherwise, every time he visited the brothel, he would be unbearably frustrated.
Even when aroused, he had to endure it, which was extremely uncomfortable.
After advancing to the late-stage Grandmaster realm, Oliver still controlled his aura at the late-stage Innate realm, presenting himself as such.
Whether others believed it or not, he didn’t care; he just controlled his aura at the late-stage Innate realm.
……
The next day!
Early in the morning, Oliver wrote a battle report and sent it to the Ministry of War to seek merits for his subordinates.
Magistrate Chen also wrote a memorial to the Emperor.
After visiting the wounded soldiers, Oliver continued training his troops.
He wanted to go out for a stroll, but the common people of River West County were too enthusiastic. As soon as he appeared, he would be surrounded. Since Isla Su, that fox spirit, left Misty Willow House, there were no attractive women there, so there was no point in going.
So, Oliver continued to stay in the barracks, training his troops.
The Xianyou Tribe had suffered a great defeat and would surely seek revenge. Oliver needed to be prepared for any eventuality.
While Oliver was training his troops in the barracks, Magistrate Chen was busy overseeing the spring plowing of the county’s common people.
The craftsman’s workshop was still busy, working day and night to forge heavy armor.
With heavy cavalry, Oliver also planned to form a heavy infantry unit.
The distillery was also busy, with agents from various states complaining to Oliver that Green Ant and Western Wind Blaze were in short supply and needed increased production.
Every month, the silver earned from the distillery was countless.
Oliver was very wealthy, constantly purchasing medicinal herbs, blood food, and pills for his subordinates to use in their cultivation.
……
Kaden Yu led over ten thousand Barbarian soldiers back to the tribe.
His father, Yu Han, looked at the returning soldiers with a face as dark as the bottom of a pot.
Seeing the soldiers in disarray, Yu Han’s forehead veins bulged.
“What happened? You were only gone for a few days, and you come back like this?”
“Where is Yu Han?” Yu Han roared.
“Father, Uncle died in battle,” Kaden Yu replied timidly.
“Died in battle? He was a mid-stage Grandmaster martial artist, leading fifty thousand troops. How could he die so easily?” Yu Han was furious.
When had their Xianyou Tribe become so weak?
“Father, the commander of the Great Wei River West County garrison is a monster. Uncle was killed by him with a single spear strike, without even a chance to fight back. We fled in panic, and only this many of us made it back,” Kaden Yu said, his eyes filled with fear at the mention of Oliver Sheng.
He was utterly terrified of Oliver.
After understanding the situation, Yu Han’s eyes were filled with killing intent. As the chieftain of the Xianyou Tribe, losing nearly forty thousand soldiers was a severe blow.
“Father, why not ask Grandfather to kill that River West County garrison commander and avenge Uncle?” Kaden Yu suggested hatefully.
Although he was terrified of Oliver, he desperately wanted Oliver dead to avenge the fallen soldiers and tribesmen.
“Fool! Your grandfather is in seclusion. How can we disturb him so easily?” Yu Han scolded angrily.
Kaden Yu didn’t dare speak again.
Yu Han looked at the returning soldiers, all elite troops. Preserving these elite forces made him feel slightly better.
With these elite troops, they could quickly rebuild the army.
These Barbarian “elites” had been terrified by Oliver’s killing of Yu Han, their Grandmaster commander, and had fled in panic without organizing any resistance, barely escaping the pursuit.
“Once your grandfather comes out of seclusion, we will march on Great Wei, and that River West County commander will die,” Yu Han said, his killing intent surging.
Having suffered nearly fifty thousand casualties in two attacks on River West County, the Xianyou Tribe’s strength had been severely diminished. This grudge must be avenged.
His brother Yu Han, a mid-stage Grandmaster, had been killed in an instant. As a late-stage Grandmaster, Yu Han didn’t dare lead troops to River West County lightly.
Only when his father, the Great Grandmaster of the Xianyou Tribe, came out of seclusion could they seek revenge and capture River West County.
Hearing his father’s words, Kaden Yu was overjoyed.
If his grandfather came out of seclusion, he would surely kill that River West County garrison commander. This grudge must be avenged.
……
Ten days after the Barbarian’s defeat at the gates.
The Ministry of War received Oliver Sheng’s battle report and presented it to Empress Hazel Han. At the same time, Magistrate Chen’s memorial also appeared on Hazel Han’s desk.
Hazel Han looked at the two reports, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.
“Over thirty thousand enemies slain, one Grandmaster, and two Innate Great Perfections.”
“Could it be that he has already broken through to the Grandmaster realm? Such rapid cultivation speed,” Hazel Han pondered as she read the reports.
“What’s the matter, Your Majesty?” Jade Han, the maid, walked over with spiritual tea.
“This is a report from the northwest border. Take a look,” Hazel Han said casually.
“Your Majesty, please have some tea to relieve your fatigue,” Jade Han handed the spiritual tea to Hazel Han before picking up the reports.
“Has General Sheng broken through to the Grandmaster realm? So fast,” Jade Han exclaimed in surprise.
Oliver Sheng: You’re fast, your whole family is fast.
Hazel Han pondered for a moment and said, “I heard his distillery is very profitable, earning millions of silver taels every month.”
Jade Han put down the reports and nodded, “Yes, Your Majesty, according to the Black Robe Guards’ reports, it is indeed so.”
“He’s quite wealthy,” Hazel Han thought, even her imperial household wasn’t as rich as Oliver Sheng.
“What do you think about appointing him as the General of the Conquest against the Barbarians, letting him raise an army to reclaim River West County?”
“I dare not speak out of turn, Your Majesty. It is up to you to decide,” Jade Han quickly replied.
She dared not overstep her bounds. Although she was now the personal maid of Empress Hazel Han and her status had risen, a maid was still a maid, and her primary duty was to serve the Empress.
She dared not discuss state affairs.
“Forget it, let’s appoint him as the Imperial General of the Conquest against the Barbarians, with a fifth-rank martial officer’s salary, and command of thirty thousand troops. We’ll take it step by step,” Hazel Han said.
Although she wanted to reclaim River West County, which was once Great Wei’s horse farm, it had to be done gradually. The Barbarian tribes occupying River West County also had Great Grandmasters.
“Your Majesty is wise!” Jade Han said.
Then an imperial edict was sent to the Ministry of War, which then sent the edict to River West County in the northwest.
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