Chapter 4: The Secret of the Tianzhu Master (Part 1)

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  As soon as he left the city gate, it was the military camp. Zhou Weiqing had already forgotten what he did yesterday, and from time to time, he touched the inner armor on his body and the special wind hat on his head that weighed more than a kilogram, walking into the third camp with excitement.

  He had just entered the camp when he ran into an acquaintance, who was none other than the squadron leader from yesterday. However, this guy now had a serious face and raised his hand to block his path.

  "Are you Zhou Xiaopang?"

  Zhou Weiqing chuckled with a silly grin, "That's right! Captain, I'm Zhou Xiaopang."

  The squad leader said in a low voice: "What big brother? In the military camp, there is only duty. My name is Mōri, and I belong to the 4th platoon of the 3rd battalion of archers of the Imperial Fifth United Army. From now on, you are an archer of the 4th platoon. Do you understand?"

  "I understand," said Zhou Weiqing. Although he said so, in his heart he was secretly cursing, "Mao Li? Mao Donkey? Mao Donkey Squad Leader?"

  Maori squadron leader did not know that his temporary seriousness actually gave this despicable guy a nickname, and this nickname followed him throughout his entire military career.

  "Come with me." Mouri turned around and walked away like he was in a military camp.

  Zhou Weiqing followed behind in confusion, thinking to himself, why did the squadron leader come to pick him up personally? He was just a new recruit, and it should have been enough for a team leader to come. The squadron leader was in charge of a hundred people, and in the Tian Bow Empire where the total number of troops was not large, he could already be considered a mid-level military officer. Even the upper officer Bing'er who was in charge of a thousand people as the camp commander was a general.

  Maori walked into the military camp, getting more and more off track, until he finally entered a small tent in a remote corner on the edge of the camp.

  Zhou Weiqing followed him in, and the tent only had a single bed, with an area of less than ten square meters. Apart from that bed, there were no other decorations or furnishings.

  Maori stood in the tent and said, "Before the recruitment ends and goes to the new barracks for training, you will live here first. This time our fifth union is going to recruit 1,000 people, and our three regiments are 100 people. It's estimated that it will take at least half a month."

  Zhou Weiqing exclaimed in surprise: "Squad Captain, is our military camp's treatment really this good now? Are we all living in single rooms?"

  Maori smiled and said, "Of course not, this is specially prepared for you, kid. I can't help you either, after all, one has to take responsibility for their own actions. Alright, rest first, the cafeteria is in the left area of the military camp, easy to find. When it's time to depart for new recruit training, someone will notify you." After saying this, he lifted the tent flap and turned away.

  The leader of the donkey team left, and Zhou Weiqing's heart suddenly rose with a bad premonition. He put down his longbow and quiver on the ground and also walked out of the tent.

  Just now he didn't observe carefully, but at this time under the uneasy situation in his heart, he looked more carefully, and Zhou Weiqing discovered that the tents around him were all fifty meters away. It can be said that the location of this tent is the most corner of the military camp.

  Could it be that his identity had been discovered? Impossible! He had already been very careful. Suddenly, a furious pretty face flashed through Zhou Weiqing's mind, and he felt a chill in his heart, muttering to himself: "Shangguan Xue'er is the Empire's number one genius, she wouldn't be so narrow-minded as to bother with someone like me, would she?"

  "Chou——xiao——pang——" Just then, a gritting sound suddenly appeared in his ear, the voice was as pleasant as a oriole's song, but the tone was very unpleasant.

  Zhou Weiqing hastily turned around, just in time to see Shangguan Fei'er dressed in a dark purple tight-fitting outfit with a longbow on her back. Seeing her, Zhou Weiqing couldn't help but stare for a moment. Shangguan Fei'er still had her hair tied up in a ponytail today and wasn't wearing any armor, the dark purple tight-fitting outfit perfectly accentuating her slender figure. The addition of the dark purple longbow made her look even more majestic and heroic. Unfortunately, at this time, she was frowning slightly, with a hint of anger in her beautiful eyes that seemed to be about to spit out fire. It was clear that she had heard that phrase "big breasts but no brains".

  Won't be so unlucky, right? Zhou Weiqing sighed in his heart and hurriedly put on his signature silly smile, "Camp Chief, I was just praising you earlier... that is, praising your development..." He was caught red-handed and didn't know how to explain himself.

  Shangguan Bing'er was furious! She had arranged for Zhou Weiqing to be quartered in a remote part of the military camp, precisely so that she could deal with him easily. At first, she thought that perhaps she was being too harsh, after all, Zhou Weiqing was just a new recruit, and although his previous behavior had been detestable, it couldn't be said that he had done it on purpose. But after hearing his four words of description followed by this explanation, how could she still be deceived by Zhou Weiqing's foolish appearance?

  "Soldier Zhou Xiaopang, attention!" Officer Bing'er shouted loudly.

  Zhou Weiqing hastily straightened his body, knowing that one should not underestimate others, especially when the other person was a battalion commander and also a Heaven's Expanse Palace disciple. He understood the principle of not seeking trouble when it could be avoided.

  Officer Bing'er pulled out a whip from her waist with her right hand, her eyes cold and stern as she looked at Zhou Weiqing. In a low voice, she said: "Soldier Zhou Xiaopang, for insulting Officer Bing'er, you are sentenced to ten lashes of the whip. The executor is Officer Bing'er. Zhou Xiaopang, turn around in place."

  Zhou Weiqing took a glance at the whip in Shangguan Fei'er's hand, and sighed inwardly. He hadn't expected to be flogged on his first day in the military camp. But circumstances were stronger than people, so he could only reluctantly turn around.

  Shangguan Bing'er let out a furious hum, and with one step, she had already arrived behind Zhou Weiqing. With a swift motion, her whip lashed out.

  A crisp crackling sound, slapped on Zhou Weiqing's back.

  "Ah——" Zhou Weiqing let out a blood-curdling scream, as if he had been castrated, and his entire body plunged forward, landing on the ground with a thud, rolling around frantically.

  Shangguan Bing'er looked at the leather whip in her hand, wondering if it was really that painful. I didn't even use my full strength! Zhou Xiaopang looked quite sturdy, how could he not withstand a beating?

  Zhou Weiqing's performance was so realistic, his body rolling around and constantly convulsing, it looked like he could die at any moment.

  Who has more experience of being beaten than him? From young to old, he was beaten up by his marshal father, and deeply knows various skills of being beaten.

  When the whip just touched his body, he had already fallen forward, dissolving as much force as possible, and at this time, he was using his own pain to gain sympathy from others. He used this trick too many times, it's simply familiar to the extreme, completely an unconscious behavior. In fact, this guy is delighted in his heart, wearing a titanium alloy inner armor, this whip didn't have any heavenly power, he basically didn't feel anything. It's just that since he had already started performing pain unconsciously, he might as well continue.

  Looking at Zhou Xiao's painful appearance, Shangguan Bing'er couldn't bring herself to whip him again. Zhou Weiqing rolled around for a while before finally calming down, but he still lay there twitching nonstop, looking like he was on his last breath.

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