The Northern Captain is indeed formidable.
However, it was not he who stord Yangjiao Mountain and eradicated it; that credit belongs to others. The Northern Captain’s contribution, rely a month earlier, was slaying four warriors from the Earthly List from Yangjiao Mountain.
Such was the misfortune of Yangjiao Mountain.
First, their main stronghold was destroyed, forcing Gongyang Shun and other leaders to escape with only their elite fighters.
Resentful and wrathful, they sought to vent their anger through bloodshed. With five leaders at the Earthly List level spearheading the charge, it should’ve been an easy task to crush and slaughter those re two hundred City Guard soldiers.
But who could have anticipated—
This contingent of two hundred City Guards was concealing masters, each of whom decisively outmatched them. At this collision with a steel wall, not only did they fail to stage a coback but they instead t their deaths in the wilds.
Among the bandits, five Earthly List warriors were killed, leaving only the Fifth Master to escape.
Truly pathetic and miserable.
Ironically, this turn of events solidified the fearso reputation of the Northern Captain of Xiyu City. After this battle, four warriors ascended the Earthly List—
...
"’Tiger-Leopard Spear’ Zhu Biao."
"’Poison Snake Spear’ Deng Xuan."
"’Lightning Sword’ Wang Yan."
"’Silken Panther’ Zhang Chi."
Inside the Assistant General Mansion, the Assistant General of Xiyu City, Hann Shichang, sat at the head of the table. Looking at the four before him, he nodded repeatedly, praising them: "For all four of you to make the Earthly List at once, such grand montum startled even when I first heard of it."
Beside him, the City Lord of Xiyu City, Tao Wenyou, also smiled and remarked, "The four generals fought valiantly on the battlefield, bringing glory to our Xiyu City and filling us with pride."
In the hall.
Having just returned to Xiyu City with their troops, Wang Yan and the other three sat respectfully after being summoned by the two prominent figures.
Right at the start, the City Lord and Assistant General heaped praises upon them, leaving them feeling a mix of excitent and nervousness as they humbly replied, "It’s all thanks to the guidance of Captain Wang. We rely perford to the best of our abilities and dare not take the credit!"
"..."
Chen Jichuan sat to the side of Hann Shichang and Tao Wenyou, smiling silently without a word.
He hadn’t expected the Northern Captain to make a na for themselves in this manner.
Four Earthly List masters erging at once, along with the already fad ’Five Tigers Saber’ Guu Kaifa... In barely over a year, the small Northern Captain unit produced five Earthly List experts—
"How terrifying!"
Not only Chen Jichuan.
Even Hann Shichang and Tao Wenyou, when reflecting on this, couldn’t help but feel a tingling scalp.
Turning their astonished gazes toward the silent Northern Captain, Captain Wang Shan, they exclaid in wonder, "Captain Wang, perhaps you’re unaware, but nowadays the rumor is spreading not just in Xiyu City but throughout all of Pengshan County—that Captain Wang Shan of the Northern Captain is truly the ’Golden Touch,’ able to turn stone into gold!"
The Northern Captain’s four consecutive additions to the Earthly List naturally sparked a city-wide frenzy and shook the entire county.
People recalled ’Five Tigers Saber’ Guu Kaifa of the past.
They couldn’t help but grow curious.
One after another, they sought to connect with the Northern Captain and uncover the truth.
And so.
Captain Wang Shan was ultimately ’outed.’
It was only then that people understood—all five mbers of the Northern Captain, including Guu Kaifa, owed their positions on the Earthly List to Captain Wang’s personal guidance.
At once.
Countless individuals were spurred to action, all eager to send their sons and heirs into the Northern Captain to receive Captain Wang’s teachings.
Fortunately, the Northern Captain was heavily guarded as a military base, deterring daring trespassers. Otherwise, the threshold to Chen Jichuan’s Captain Mansion would’ve been worn down to dust long ago.
"Their foundations were already excellent, their talents exceptional—they were gold and jade. I rely polished a little," Chen Jichuan replied with a smile.
If he directed this at just one or two individuals, Zhu Biao, Zhang Chi, and the others might believe it sowhat.
But they, more than anyone, knew the truth—every single person in the Northern Captain who’d received guidance from Captain Wang had made imnse progress.
At present, the Northern Captain boasted only four openly acknowledged Earthly List experts, but secretly, there were at least seven or eight others whose strength rivaled Zhang Chi and Wang Yan.
Could it really be re coincidence that every one of these buried ’gems’ was unearthed in the Northern Captain?
"Brother Wang is far too humble."
Hann Shichang understood this well, smiling but refraining from rushing his next words.
After encouraging Wang Yan and the others with ntions of certain rewards, he allowed the four to leave.
Once they had exited—
Hann Shichang turned to Chen Jichuan, finally revealing his intentions: "Brother Wang, I have a son who’s seventeen this year, with quite decent potential. Might you be willing to take him under your wing for a little instruction?"
"Haha!"
"Old Hann, you’re not the only one with aspirations!"
Tao Wenyou burst out laughing and said to Chen Jichuan, "Captain Wang, I, too, have a grandson, clever and well-mannered, who just turned sixteen. Another fine prospect—might you consider giving him a look first?"
With such ease, five Earthly List experts could be molded.
To apprentice under Wang Shan, wouldn’t that be akin to leaping into the heavens?
No one expected their progeny to necessarily achieve the level of Innate or Transforming Strength, but if they could just make it onto the Earthly List, they’d live without regret.
For the sake of their offspring.
These two even cast aside their pride.
"I wouldn’t dare."
"I, Wang, am still young and unfit to take on disciples—I wouldn’t dare misguide the younger generation."
Chen Jichuan waved his hand with an exaggerated display of modesty.
But inwardly, he was laughing jubilantly.
He had guided Zhu Biao and the others in the Northern Captain not rely to enhance their strength and manage military affairs in his stead. His true goal... was precisely for this mont!
Turning stone into gold.
Carving rotten wood into art.
Plastering mud onto walls.
Within the Taixu Sword Sect, which Grandmaster Innate or Transforming Strength expert didn’t have heirs and descendants?
And yet, even among Grandmasters, none could guarantee their progeny would step into the realms of Innate or Transforming Strength.
Thus—
When soone like ’Wang Shan’ appeared, a figure capable of ’transforming rot into divinity,’ whose casual guidance could send individuals to the Earthly List, how could the Grandmasters of Taixu Sword Sect not be moved?
By taking in their progeny, Chen Jichuan could establish deeply rooted ties with these Taixu Sword Sect Grandmasters.
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