"Your subordinate, Xing Daorong, greets his Lord."
Xing Daorong knelt on one knee before Zhang Chulan, cupping his hands respectfully as he spoke.
Zhang Chulan was a modern man, and even as an Outcast, he had never seen anyone kneel before him. Seeing this, he quickly stepped forward to help him up, saying, "There's no need for this. From now on, we'll help each other."
Which man doesn't dream of being a Lord?
Even the generals who were slain by General Guan Yu during his Five Passes and Six Generals feat, let alone those in the top tier of the Three Kingdoms, would be considered fierce generals in an ordinary dynasty.
It's just that the Three Kingdoms period was truly too intense.
However, Xing Daorong, after his demon form was dispelled, was now too weak.
As the saying goes, 'blackening makes one ten times stronger, while whitening weakens one by three points.' This saying was perfectly embodied in Xing Daorong.
Looking at Zhang Chulan, he said, "In the past two days, we've captured over a thousand evil spirits, and I've accumulated some Faith Power. Chulan, let's enhance General Xing's strength. Before that, you should use Binding Spirit and Dispatching Generals to invite General Xing into your body."
"Alright!"
Zhang Chulan was a pragmatic person. As long as it didn't endanger his life, he would try any method to improve his strength.
Zhang Chulan's eyes turned white, and Xing Daorong immediately felt an inexplicable aura of power emanating from Zhang Chulan.
"General Xing, my Binding Spirit and Dispatching Generals is still in its early stages. Don't resist; just yield to my power."
"Your subordinate obeys!"
Following Zhang Chulan's gesture, Xing Daorong transformed into a streak of spiritual light and merged into Zhang Chulan's body.
A moment later, Zhang Chulan smiled and said, "Done!"
Then, with a wave of his hand, he released Xing Daorong. Yang Tao stepped forward and placed his hand on Xing Daorong's body, directly infusing Faith Power into his spiritual body.
Xing Daorong's shrunken body expanded again: three meters, four meters, five meters, six meters. When he reached about six and a half meters, Yang Tao stopped his hand.
"Chulan, because of the Faith Power, General Xing will regard me as a god. I'm telling you this in advance, so it doesn't hurt our brotherhood."
Zhang Chulan immediately straightened his face and said, "Big Brother, what are you talking about? If it weren't for you, not only would I not have met General Xing, but I wouldn't even be able to come to this world."
Then, he glanced at the astonished Xing Daorong, and then, with a fawning expression, he leaned closer to Yang Tao and said, "Big Brother, how about you help your brother improve too? I'll burn incense for you when I get back!"
Yang Tao rolled his eyes at Zhang Chulan and said grumpily, "It's no problem to use Faith Power to boost your strength, but you need to take General Xing and go capture evil spirits for me first. What you just used has already depleted all the Faith Power you accumulated."
If it's one-tenth, it's one-tenth. Even close brothers settle accounts clearly. You talk about sustainable supply? Heh heh, there are souls everywhere here. Go and make them provide you with Faith Power. See if it turns you into a weasel.
Seeing the 'buyer's show' effect on General Xing, Zhang Chulan felt full of energy. He had already noticed that the outermost perimeter of Rakshasa Street didn't have much else, but it had plenty of evil spirits.
…
The next day.
The evil spirits near the street had been chased and cleared out by Zhang Chulan. With the help of 'local' Xing Daorong, the speed of collecting evil spirits more than doubled.
In just one day, Yang Tao harvested another three thousand evil spirits, including some evil spirit Bosses. However, after being dispelled from their demonization, they were all nameless small fries.
However, Yang Tao did not directly recall them into the Warp; instead, he left them for Zhang Chulan to practice Binding Spirit and Dispatching Generals.
Although he wasn't a so-called Martial God Body, Zhang Chulan had now truly stood up, possessing a ten-person evil spirit squad commanded by Xing Daorong.
Amidst a commotion, Zhang Chulan and Xing Daorong led the charge, driving a group of evil spirits towards Yang Tao's location.
Yang Tao merely glanced at them, not stopping his cooking. When the evil spirits ran within a hundred meters of him, they all stopped, shed their evil spirit forms, and vanished as specks of light.
"Chulan, it's time to eat."
Zhang Chulan immediately ran over and said, "Big Brother, what are we eating for lunch today?"
"The conditions here aren't great, so we'll just make do with a simple meal: stir-fried octopus tentacles with scallions, garlic crab, ginseng turtle soup, snow lotus paste, and some exotic world animals whose names I don't know, but I've eaten them before and they tasted good."
Zhang Chulan: "…"
This Big Brother is going to over-nourish me to death.
However, as a cultivator, what he feared least was highly nourishing food; the more nourishing, the better!
He immediately sat down in a chair but was slapped on the head by Yang Tao, who said, "Wash your hands first!"
Zhang Chulan showed no anger, instead revealing a simple smile and saying, "I know…"
Little did he know that as soon as he turned around, Zhang Chulan's eyes reddened slightly. After washing his hands and splashing some water on his face, he turned back to see Yang Tao already sitting at the dining table, eating heartily.
"Big Brother, why aren't you washing your hands?"
"I am already beyond the mundane world; how can I be like you mortals!"
Zhang Chulan immediately rushed to the table. He had witnessed Big Brother's appetite; he had never seen Big Brother full.
The two ate their fill and sat in chairs, resting.
Feeling the gentle breeze and the warm sunlight, Zhang Chulan felt energy continuously gushing forth from within his body.
Squinting his eyes, he watched Xing Daorong drilling his ghost soldiers in the distance. He now felt that if he moved, he might get a nosebleed.
Big Brother's cooking was simply too nourishing.
Just as he was lamenting that this life could go on forever, the sound of a motorcycle came from afar.
Yang Tao, who was also watching Xing Daorong's drill with interest, said without turning his head, "Chulan, that masochistic Cao Yanbing is here again. You just ate a lot, so it's a good time to get some exercise."
After thinking for a moment, he took out a small battle halberd from his backpack and handed it to Zhang Chulan, saying, "That kid has the Ten Halls of Yama, and you'll be at a disadvantage without a weapon. This long halberd is my spare; I've never used it. Get familiar with it slowly, and then I'll take you to upgrade your weapon."
Zhang Chulan immediately stood up from the chair, took the long halberd Yang Tao handed him, and said, "Big Brother, don't worry! That kid relies on having many people. This time, with General Xing, Cao Yanbing? Hmph, I'll make sure he comes and never returns!"
With that, he walked towards Cao Yanbing, who was approaching on a motorcycle.
Yang Tao: "…"
Xu Chu rode a reddish-brown warhorse!
Cao Yanbing looked at Zhang Chulan, who was walking towards him, and calmly said, "I'm looking for Yang Tao."
"Big Brother doesn't have time for you. How about you practice with me instead? General Xing, where are you!"
"Your subordinate is here!"
Xing Daorong, clad in shining silver armor and wielding a large flower-patterned axe, appeared behind Zhang Chulan.
Cao Yanbing stared at Xing Daorong with wide eyes: "You're a Spirit Medium too??"
He clearly hadn't sensed any spiritual power from this kid before. What was going on?
"Come out, Tiger Fool Xu Chu!"
Yang Tao lay in his lounge chair, listening to their conversation, and couldn't help but mutter internally, "Why does it feel like a Pokémon battle?"