Chapter 8: The Mystery of the Undying Divine Art (4)

  Thinking of this, Zhou Weiqing withdrew his Life Pearl into the Taixu Cave, and his body fell backwards. After all, cultivating Heavenly Energy was just accelerating the absorption of the world's essence by the dead vortex, so sitting or lying down didn't seem to make a difference. He found a good excuse for his laziness, lay on the bed, closed his eyes, and focused his mind on the vortex. Unfortunately, although it wasn't impossible to cultivate this technique while lying down, this posture was indeed more comfortable. Before long, he had already fallen asleep.

  "Zhou Xiaopang, Zhou Xiaopang, get up." A burst of light shone on Zhou Weiqing's face, startling him awake from his sweet dream.

  "What's going on? Let me sleep a bit longer." Zhou Weiqing flipped over and said lazily.

  With a thud, Zhou Weiqing's buttocks were kicked, and he was startled. He quickly sat up, only to see that Captain Maori had already entered his tent, while the strong light outside lifted the door curtain and shone into the tent.

  Maori said in a bad mood: "Don't you hurry up, what time is it now? If you were under my command, I would have disciplined you long ago."

  Zhou Weiqing reluctantly stood up, "Squad leader, I'll go eat now."

  Maori's nose was almost crooked with anger, and he thought to himself, "This kid is really something else. No wonder he was so nonchalant after being scolded by the camp leader that day, which made the camp leader so angry."

  "What did I call you for, just to eat? Who told you to get up so late, there's nothing to eat. Follow me, the camp commander wants to see you." As he spoke, Mao Li grabbed Zhou Weiqing's shoulder and pulled him, trying to drag him out of the tent. But what happened next shocked him - he thought it would be easy to pull Zhou Weiqing out of the tent, but when he grasped his sturdy arm and used force, he found that Zhou Weiqing's body was as heavy as a mountain, and no matter how hard he pulled, he couldn't budge him.

  "Huh?" Mau Lai stared at Zhou Weiqing in surprise, "Kid, have you practiced Heavenly Power?"

  "That's it." After his body evolved, he didn't feel how much strength Mo Wu used at all. However, as soon as these two words came out, he immediately thought of Shangguan Bing'er and his own Three Taboos, and immediately shut up without saying more.

  However, this simple two-word answer had already caused a significant change in the gaze of Captain Mauri, who knew that among ordinary people, those who could cultivate Heavenly Power were less than one percent, and those who could become Jade Masters were again only one percent of those who could cultivate Heavenly Power.

  There are some people who, before the age of sixteen, have cultivated their heavenly energy to the first or second level of heavenly essence. Although they ultimately failed to awaken their innate divine pearl, they are still much stronger than ordinary people.

  At least before completing the Heavenly God's power cultivation, the first three layers of Tian Jing's power are the most important and also the most difficult. Every time you complete one layer, it is equivalent to rebirth once. Like Zhou Weiqing directly breaking through the first four layers, several rebirths merged into one situation is extremely rare.

  As a result, even those who have only cultivated one or two layers of Heavenly Power are highly valued in the military. After the new recruit period, most can be promoted to squad leader level, far surpassing ordinary soldiers in actual combat ability. Ma Li himself was a cultivator who had reached two layers of Heavenly Power and was just one step away from becoming a Master Jeweler. As soon as he discovered that Zhou Weiqing also possessed Heavenly Power, his attitude towards him suddenly became much warmer.

  "What a pity, we are fellow sufferers! We can successfully cultivate the power of heaven, but we cannot become masters of the imperial pearl. In a sense, people like us are the most tragic. We have had the opportunity, but in the end, we failed to advance to the rank of master of the imperial pearl. It's not as good as having no chance at all and being an ordinary person." Mouri sighed and said.

  Actually, what he said is not wrong. If they were always ordinary people and had never experienced the powerful abilities brought by Tianli, perhaps they would not have too much feeling. It was precisely those who possessed Tianli but could not awaken their Benmingzhu that yearned to become a Yu Zushi even more.

  Zhou Weiqing helplessly shrugged his shoulders. He couldn't tell Maori that he was already a Heavenly Jewel Master, and Maori wouldn't suspect it either. How could a Heavenly Jewel Master possibly join the military casually? In any country, a Heavenly Jewel Master would necessarily be of noble status.

  "Let's go, it seems that the squad leader has been lenient with you for the past two days and hasn't worn you out. Be more careful in the future. After all, you're a brother from our fourth company, I'll cover for you." Mao Li patted Zhou Weiqing's shoulder and turned to walk away first.

  Zhou Weiqing put on his outerwear and followed him out of the camp, under the leadership of Mao Lie, all the way to Shangguan Bing'er's central main account.

  As soon as he entered the tent, Chu Yueqing immediately saw Shangguan Yinger sitting in the top position, and although he had seen her many times before, even having a special relationship with her, every time he saw her again, she would bring him a strong visual impact.

  Today, Shangguan Bing'er wore a full set of armor, the silver-plated lock-plate armor worn by battalion commanders looked particularly dashing on her. She didn't wear a helmet, and her long hair was neatly tied back in a ponytail behind her head. Although she was only fifteen years old, sitting in the commander's seat, she had an air of majesty and authority that was quite impressive for a general.

  On either side of Shangguan Bing'er, on the left side sat a handsome young man. This young man looked to be around twenty years old, with black hair falling to his shoulders and a face as white as jade. Unfortunately, he had a pair of peach blossom eyes that seemed to have a mesmerizing effect. He wore light armor and a helmet with yellow feathers, indicating that he was also a squadron leader like Mao Li. On the other side of Shangguan Bing'er, however, the chief seat was empty. This time, two squadron leaders had come to recruit soldiers, and it was clear that this position belonged to Mao Li.

  Behind these two, ten squad leaders wearing leather armor sat in each position. In the Tian Gong Empire, only company commanders and above would use feather colors and armor to distinguish their ranks, so these squad leaders who were in charge of only ten people were jokingly called "featherless squad leaders".

  Maori led Zhou Weiqing into the central military tent, and everyone's eyes immediately turned towards them.

  Maori saluted the officer on duty, "Reporting to the camp commander, Zhou Xiaopang has arrived."

  Shangguan Bing'er's voice was tinged with a few degrees of coldness as she spoke, "Captain Mao, you've worked hard. Please take a seat."

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