bestfiction Chapter 90 This is War
Chapter 90 This is War
"Brother Yue! What happened to your arm...?"
"It's okay, just be more careful next time."
Yue Kaishan suddenly accelerated and swayed as he left the hospital.
Zhong Ming then realized the devastating impact of the brutal battlefield on the team; those lying there were the lucky ones, for the unfortunate had already...
"In Team One, the fire cultivator died, the array cultivator's foundation was shattered, and the captain was seriously injured, thus losing his chance at the Great Dao. In Team Two, two brothers died in battle, and the captain was seriously injured. In Team Three, Yue Kaishan lost an arm, and the captain was seriously injured."
The bandaged man lying to the side uttered this long string of words as if chanting a spell. Zhong Ming recognized him as the captain of the second team.
“You’re quite lucky,” he slowly turned his head and stared at Zhong Ming, “no one on your team died.”
A chill ran through Zhong Ming, making him shiver.
He survived entirely by luck; the bait, the siege of ten first-grade demonic beasts, was actually the safest battle.
After a moment of silence, Xueyan opened the door and walked in, followed by Su Longshan, who had come to join in the fun.
Xueyan walked gracefully to Zhongming's bedside. Their eyes met, and they remained silent until Zhongming broke the silence first, saying, "Hello, Instructor."
"sorry."
Zhong Ming was the only person she could muster the courage to say those three words to. Just because that half-bottle of wine helped him break through his cultivation level, her burden was greatly reduced. In the previous few days, facing the other seriously injured and dead people, she didn't dare to say those words at all.
She used the pretext of treatment to confine herself to a private medical room for several days before finally emerging. After hesitating for a while, she finally mustered the courage to speak these words now, looking at the fully recovered "Cuihong Zhenren," and addressed all the injured patients present:
"This operation was an encounter that should never have happened. You have done very well, and the military will compensate you. But regarding your injuries... I... I may not be qualified to say that, but I still have to say it. My current authority is not sufficient. In the future, I will do my best to break through to a higher level and find medicine that can make up for all of this."
After she finished speaking, the wounded soldiers all stared at her without saying a word.
She bowed, turned and left, her back view even more desolate, countless heavy responsibilities weighing on her, like one high mountain after another suppressing the once innocent and carefree girl.
Seeing her leave, Su Longshan cleared his throat and solemnly said, "Make it clear that the culprit behind all this is a military traitor named Fu Yinshan, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, old and seriously injured. Remember, none of this has anything to do with Xueyan. She is our most outstanding and caring instructor for the new recruits. No other instructor could have done better under these circumstances. Remember your enemy. Remember, his name is Fu Yinshan. He is your mortal enemy."
After Su Longshan finished speaking, he plopped down on Zhong Ming's hospital bed. Zhong Ming had wanted to say these words when Xue Yan left, but he was not qualified. He was not qualified to speak before someone who was more seriously injured than him. Fortunately, Instructor Su Longshan spoke for him, although there was some element of attracting hatred in it.
"Instructor..."
Su Longshan put his face close to Zhong Ming's ear and said, "Your breakthrough in cultivation came from the overflow of spiritual energy caused by the use of too many precious medicines when we saved you. Xueyan won't tell you this; she thinks it's only natural. But I have to tell you, you have to return it. You drink the wine that belongs to me (gritting his teeth), Jade Face Fruit Wine, remember that."
After Su Longshan finished speaking, he stood up and said to everyone, "She is a good instructor. Your medical treatment will be provided and reimbursed by the military. The military will also pay for your merits and compensation. As a new recruit instructor, she will be punished by the military for causing the death of a new recruit. Remember, all of this is borne by the government. Everything she promised was her personal action, which is... additional compensation."
Only Su Longshan could say those words; only he, a Foundation Establishment cultivator who saved everyone, could do such a thing.
"Su Longshan." Xueyan poked her head in from the doorway. "What were you talking to the new recruits about?"
"It's nothing." In an instant, he transformed back into that rough, jovial man. "I said it's good to be alive, because as long as you're alive, you have a chance."
.....
A few days later, the military released their judgment criteria.
Zhong Ming successfully completed the mission of relocating the Millennium Immortal Pine Tree Demon and earned ten military merit points.
For outstanding performance in the 'Emergency Mission: Treant Wolf Attack Incident', due to the danger level being Foundation Establishment stage, the basic reward is 100 military merit points.
That's not all, because in the Chen family dynasty's reward system, there is a very, very biased preferential treatment for cultivators with strong combat power at the same level, which is the multiplier principle.
Taking Zhong Ming as an example, in terms of realm, the ten first-grade tree demon wolves are considered to be at the same realm as Zhong Ming. If Zhong Ming kills seven wolves, he will receive seven times the reward; if he injures three wolves, he will receive one and a half times the reward.
In other words, he received 8.5 times the reward for military merit points in this operation, which is 850 points, equivalent to 850 low-grade spirit stones.
If he kills a traitor in the early stage of Foundation Establishment on his own, the reward will increase tenfold for every major realm. When Zhong Ming is in the third level of Qi Refining, it is considered the early stage of Qi Refining. The middle and late stages of Qi Refining and the early stage of Foundation Establishment are considered three major realms, so the reward will be multiplied by a thousand times.
This is why, despite the relatively low base battle merit points, few people criticize the Chen dynasty for being stingy.
Otherwise, the basic requirement for a Foundation Establishment stage action is 100 battle merit points. If you're given 10 mid-grade spirit stones, who would be willing to fight a Foundation Establishment stage enemy? I can earn 10 mid-grade spirit stones in a few days by mining during my Foundation Establishment stage.
Zhong Ming gained 860 military merit points in one go.
Because most of the new recruits were still recovering from their injuries, he was the only one who was still alive and kicking, so he was allowed to move freely in the base camp. Su Longshan recommended that he spend his military merit points first and exchange them for some useful things, so that he could become stronger by even a little bit.
At this moment, he stood in the magnificent hall, his sharp eyes sweeping over the billboards.
He didn't know the specific categories of these bulletin boards, so he looked at them all.
He looked at them one by one and found what he was looking for.
Who are on the most recent wanted lists?
He found Fu Yinshan. Some people looked disdainful, while others thought it would be too much trouble to go north and didn't want to go.
He's looking for Gao Jin, that bastard. Where is he? Is there no trace of him?
Then, he saw a line of small print at the very bottom of the board, which read that there were restrictions on the bounty board: cultivators could only see bounty posters for enemies who were one major realm higher than themselves. In other words, Zhong Ming could only see bounty posters for Foundation Establishment stage cultivators at most.
It's clear that Gao Jin is beyond the Foundation Establishment stage.
Damn it, I'm still too weak.
He strode towards the counter in the distance, looking for something to make him stronger.