After 10 minutes of rest, everyone completely got themselves.
"I don't want to ever feel that again."
Huang Sai said while sitting on the ground.
"You're funny."
"I will gladly experience this again if I can increase my skill by another tier"
Qin We had a smile on his face as he said.
"God forbid a man cannot complain again!"
Huang Sai said as he face-palmed himself.
"We can still see your smile, you know."
Bai Yung said as a soft smile rested on his face.
Hahaha!
Huang Sai exploded into laughter.
"I can't believe I actually mastered the flame meditation technique!"
"And Jeremy said he spent almost an entire year before he was able to master the Yellow gold-tier technique!"
"To top it up, I raised the flame elemental control skill and the flame elemental archery skill to the Intermediate-tier!"
He said in between his laughter.
"I raised my archery skill to the Advance-tier."
Sun Can said as he smiled at his teacher.
"I can take out at least 30 Opponents at the same time."
Huang Sai said as he refused to lose out to Sun Can.
"I can hit a target 9km away."
Sun Can retorted.
"Alright, you both are amazing."
"Now, can I go next?"
Hui Teng said, interrupting the banter between the archers.
"The floor is yours."
Huang Sai and Sun Can backed off.
"I was able to strengthen my sand spells to become comparable to an Advance-tier soldier skill."
"I can conjure a stronger sand golem able to protect me against the commander."
Hui Teng said as he revealed his progress with a smile.
"Aren't you a bit too confident despite not having heard my progress?"
Bai Yung asked the second military professional in the city.
"As long as your skill hasn't reached the Kingdom-tier, I have nothing to fear."
Hui Teng said.
"I hope we find out soon."
"But before then, I will make do with my special-tier spear skill."
Bai Yung said as he revealed his progress.
"I tried advancing the kingdom-tier spear skill the lord gave to me, but 10 hours weren't just enough."
Seeing the gazes of his teammates on him, Lu Chong said.
Nodding their heads, the soldiers began thinking about their lord.
"We can be certain that the lord has returned, right?"
Qin We looked at his teammates.
"I have a feeling he was always in the Hall of Truth."
Bai Yung said.
"I feel the same way."
Hui Teng added.
"Then let's go."
Lu Chong said as he began walking towards the Hall of Truth.
Standing up from the ground, the other soldiers began walking after the spear demon.
...
"You guys are finally here."
Seeing his soldiers stepping into the Hall, Zhou Zhou said as he sat up.
"Were you always here?"
"We looked everywhere for you."
Bai Yung asked.
"I was practicing in the first layer of space."
"That was why you couldn't find me."
Zhou Zhou answered before asking a question of his own.
"How was your progress?"
Repeating all they've said to themselves, the soldiers tried to hide their enthusiasm.
"We'll go again tomorrow."
"So, make sure you all properly absorb the insights gained from today's training session."
Zhou Zhou nodded before saying.
"Yes, my lord!"
The soldiers responded.
"Qin We, Huang Sai and Sun Can, the 3 of you will take care of the Time Ruin before meeting up with us at the monster ranch."
Zhou Zhou said to the archers and the only active sword shield soldier.
"Yes, my lord!"
The soldiers answered before taking their leave.
"Hui Teng, instruct your assistants to document the progress of the subjects and have them on my table before the end of today."
Zhou Zhou said to his vice.
"I've already instructed them, my lord."
"The documents would be on your table by noon."
Hui Teng said.
"Very good."
"Let's go to the monster ranch."
Standing up from the floor, Zhou Zhou said to his soldiers.
On their way to the monster ranch, he got Lu Chong to tell him about his hero skills and their strengths.
...
Coming in front of the monster ranch, the soldiers saw Mu Gu caressing the head of a desert fog lizard.
Getting notified of several visitors by the desert fog lizards, Mu Gu turned to find his lord and his soldiers.
"Welcome, my lord."
Coming in front of Zhou Zhou, the monster shepherd bowed towards him.
"How's your upgrade?"
Zhou Zhou asked the monster ranch master.
"My skills have all advanced to the White silver-tier elementary grade; therefore I can manage 7 Monster ranches at the same time."
"Each monster ranch can now cultivate 1,500 fog monsters, and the upper limit of the monsters is the White silver-tier elementary grade."
Mu Gu said, replying to Zhou Zhou's question.
"I will inform Zhao Changshou to build one more monster ranch and upgrade the others when he's free."
Zhou Zhou said before giving a signal for his soldiers to begin their combat training.
Today, the assigned combat strength was the Green bronze-tier elementary grade, the same as yesterday's.
Seeking to advance his kingdom-tier spear skill, Lu Chong reduced his strength level to the Black iron-tier elementary grade.
It was the only way for him to feel pressure from the fog sandmen with strength comparable to a beginner-tier soldier.
At the end, he was able to last for 13 Minutes before getting injured by the sandmen and exiting the ranch.
Retaining the strength level he made use of to end yesterday's combat training, Bai Yung lasted for 9 Minutes before being forced to exit the ranch.
Using the assigned combat strength, Hui Teng completed the combat duration of 15 Minutes.
He became one of the only 3 Soldiers in the city to accomplish the feat.
But the number soon increased with the addition of Qin We.
After Hui Teng began his path as the Sand Emperor, he took on the mantle of leading the sword shield soldiers.
And today, he proved that he was worthy of taking on the mantle.
Man Nao was able to improve his time score from a minutes and 18 Seconds to 5 Minutes and 14 Seconds after advancing his pudao skill to the beginner-tier.
Then the archers...
They finished their targeting practice in 34 Seconds despite pinning the entire 1,250 fog monsters to the ground.
And that could all be possible because of Huang Sai.
The flame meditation technique together with the flame elemental control skill and flame elemental archery skill gave him all he needed to release over 30 arrows at once with lethal accuracy.
His training no longer focused on his accuracy with the bow, but on his flame elemental control skill and the flame elemental archery skill.
As for Sun Can, the accuracy he showed with his bow could be described as monstrous.
'He doesn't even aim before shooting, still he hits the target.'
Zhou Zhou thought.
After their combat training ended, the soldiers slaughtered the fog monsters in the ranches save for the last ones in each ranch.
Lu Chong sat out of the slaughter under the instruction of his lord.
He was no longer a soldier at the limit of his potential, so he could absorb promotion energy with every kill.
'It must have something to do with that crystal ball.'
Remembering the crystal ball used by his lord to increase Bai Yung's strength level, the spear demon thought.
"For the 3 of you."
Taking out the Diamond-tier gigantification potions, Zhou Zhou handed it to Lu Chong and the archers.
"Thank you, my lord."
Lu Chong, Huang Sai and Sun Can bowed in appreciation as they received the potions.
"My lord, won't the expenses for huge arrows be much to bear?"
Hui Teng whispered beside Zhou Zhou.
"It's alright."
"And Huang Sai would rarely use arrows unless his flame element is exhausted."
Zhou Zhou responded before focusing on the corpses.
Pulling them into his spatial ring, he looted them on his way to the summoning gate.
Under the effect of the perfect loot, he obtained goods worth about 6 Diamond-tier items after excluding the military recruitment books.
Arriving in front of the summoning gate, he began summoning today's subjects.
[Prompt: Do you want to summon immediately?]
"Yes!"
He said.
The next second
The gate of summoning suddenly lit up with a bright white light.
Then, new subjects walked out in teams.
After three to four minutes, all the new subjects walked out of the gate of summoning.
Stepping forward, Hui Teng carried out his duty while Zhou Zhou looked through the attribute panel of his new subjects.
Out of the 189 Subjects, only 16 were already professionals.
"But that would change soon."
Zhou Zhou muttered.
The 16 professionals comprised of 10 men and 6 women.
Among them, there was a White silver-tier elementary grade chef, a White silver-tier elementary grade carpenter, and a White silver-tier elementary grade painter.
In addition, there were 5 Green bronze-tier advance grade blacksmiths, 3 Green bronze-tier intermediate grade doctors, 1 Green bronze-tier elementary grade tailor, 1 Black iron-tier advance grade merchant, 2 Black iron-tier intermediate grade farmers, and 1 Black iron-tier elementary grade butcher!
"It seems the building of the irrigation ditch has caused farmers to be summoned to my city."
"That means I can influence the summoning of subjects to my city by a certain degree and not just rely on luck alone."
Zhou Zhou looked at the 2 farmers as he thought.
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