Chapter 916: Chapter 367: Eradicating the Root (Part 2)
[What did the Guard General and Governor Cui Chongguang say? When do we depart?] Xu Jin asked.
[General Zhang of the Fifth Guard has already gone on a mission to lead a scouting operation in the Sixth-Order Star Domain. Governor Cui Chongguang also reacted, but the minister of war at the Mystic Tiger Army’s military mansion scolded him severely, saying that at such a time of national crisis, when manpower is needed everywhere, Cui Chongguang still complained about the heavy military duties.
Preparation time is only one and a half days, and the day after tomorrow morning, the troop needs to depart.] Hou Yunzhang sent a Starlight Transmission.
[I understand, keep an eye on things, and contact me immediately if something occurs.]
[Understood.]
In Yangdu Battle City, Xu Jin controlled his temper, revealed his identity token, and sought an inn.
The entire Mystic Tiger Army should truly be burdened with military duties; otherwise, Xu Jin would not accommodate them.
Because it’s the frontline, the entire Xingyang Battle City resembles more of a military city. Loose cultivators and ordinary people coming and going are relatively rare, but they are not nonexistent.
The management is also relatively strict.
After checking into the inn, Xu Jin prepared himself and went directly invisible toward the center of Yangdu Battle City, aiming for the Mystic Tiger Army military mansion.
It would be clear upon investigation.
No need to complicate matters!
On the State Preceptor’s side, Xu Jin just wanted to inquire about the issue of military merits.
Moreover, there was no reply from the State Preceptor’s side yet; it seems unreachable, and the investigation needs time.
Despite his boldness, Xu Jin was extremely cautious. First, while in an invisible state, he circled outside the Mystic Tiger Army’s military mansion, carefully activating thirty-six Mingji Star Patterns, sensing and searching the entire military mansion’s situation.
Although Xu Jin is now entirely unafraid of Sixth-Order experts and can preserve his life against the early to mid-stage of Seventh Rank, he is not invincible and must be extraordinarily careful.
It didn’t take long to clearly sense the situation.
The forces within the Mystic Tiger Army’s military mansion were slightly stronger than Xu Jin imagined.
One at the Seventh-Tier Peak, one at the late stage of the Seventh Tier, two at the middle stage, and four at the early stage of the Seventh Tier.
Altogether there were eight Seventh-Tier experts, more than the number stationed by Da Chen National Daoist School in the present world.
But this was very normal, Xu Jin knew about this long ago.
The present world is relatively orderly, so the elites and Seventh-Order experts are prioritized to be deployed to various military garrisons on the Galaxy Battlefield.
The number of Seventh-Tier experts left in the present world is very limited.
The Seventh-Tier Peak is very likely to be the Military Lord of the Mystic Tiger Army, Yangdu Marquis.
This person posed the greatest threat to Xu Jin. However, from Xu Jin’s prior experiments, as long as he stays out of the coverage range of these experts’ Primordial Spirit Embryo Light, invisibility will not be detected.
Though extremely rare among the Seventh Tier, Yangdu Marquis might have Condensed Primordial Spirit.
The resources gained on the battlefield are different.
Precision is necessary.
Xu Jin deliberately avoided those few Seventh-Tier experts, cautiously infiltrated further, randomly found a civil clerk, and directly activated a Warm Dream, then interrogated them in the dream.
It didn’t take long before Xu Jin gathered the relevant organizational structure of the Mystic Tiger Army’s military mansion.
Under the Military Lord Yangdu Marquis, the Mystic Tiger Army military mansion has the Left and Right Military Advisers and the Left and Right Minister of War, each person being an influential figure in the Mystic Tiger Army.
Among the four ministers of war and military advisers, three were appointed based on cultivation and seniority, only Right Minister of War Zhao Weizhen was appointed as a trusted confidant of Yangdu Marquis, earning the nickname of "Little Military Strategist" within the entire Mystic Tiger Army, with cultivation at the Fifth Tier, Gathering Battle Second Layer.
Many critical military affairs are coordinated and arranged by Right Minister of War Zhao Weizhen, these arrangements are often in line with the Marquis’s wishes, so despite his low position, he holds considerable influence, especially within the Mystic Tiger Army military mansion.
As for the other three ministers of war, they all possess Seventh-Tier cultivation, mostly focusing on cultivation, and with Zhao Weizhen managing military affairs for them, they find it quite relaxing.
When Xu Jin first heard the name Zhao Weizhen, he lost himself for a moment before he recalled.
The second son of the former richest man in Jinshan County, Philanthropist Zhao.
After determining that Philanthropist Zhao of Jinshan County was implicated with Baidou Divine Sect and began purging them, he disappeared.
Unexpectedly, he had sought refuge in the Mystic Tiger Army.
No wonder the wanted documents were ineffective and couldn’t locate him.
Under the protection of Yangdu Marquis, it was naturally hard to find him.
With just the identity of Zhao Weizhen, Xu Jin understood everything.
If nothing else, Zhao Weizhen was indeed deliberately creating obstacles.
During the siege of the branches of the Baidou Divine Sect that eventually brought down the Zhao family, although Xu Jin initiated it, he was actually just an unimportant pawn. According to external accounts, the real instigators were Mountain Master Dong Zhao of Jinshan Taoist Institute and Chief Instructor Ning Yuchan.
Now that Ning Yuchan had come under Zhao Weizhen’s jurisdiction in the Mystic Tiger Army, it wouldn’t do justice to his position if he didn’t employ some tactics.
Amidst a secretive cold smile, Xu Jin continued searching until he quickly found the barracks where Right Minister of War Zhao Weizhen handled military affairs.
It was a quite large barracks, besides Right Minister of War Zhao Weizhen, there were also four civil clerks busily dealing with various documents, presumably subordinates of the Right Minister of War.
Outside the Right Minister of War’s barracks, there were two Fourth-Tier guards.
This wasn’t an issue for Xu Jin; slightly activating Warm Dream put these two guards to sleep, and Xu Jin even quickly moved and leaned the sleeping two against the wall gently to prevent any noise from hitting the ground.
Then, Xu Jin activated Warm Dream one by one, making the five inside the barracks fall asleep before they were aware of anything.
Afterward, Xu Jin opened the door, entered directly, and interrogated them in their dreams one by one.
It didn’t take long to confirm that Zhao Weizhen had indeed been deliberately making things difficult for Ning Yuchan all along.