Chapter Fifteen Shock

  In a building in the central area of Longhua City, Qin Xiao Tian smiled and looked down at the three major warlords who were telling him about the recent strange behavior of the Second War Zone.

  "Heh heh, so how was their training that you all sneaked a peek at?" Qin Xiao Tian smiled and asked in return.

  "Ah!" The three of them, including Wang Hu, were stunned when they heard their general's question.

  "General, I don't mean to exclude Zhang Huaming or anything, it's just that his training methods are a bit... " Wang Hu's face showed a hint of pain, he had secretly watched Zhang Huaming train troops for an entire day and found his methods to be somewhat cruel.

  Qin Xiao Tian naturally understood that his three beloved generals were not the kind of people who would secretly plot behind his back. The training that could surprise his three generals so much must have been incredibly rigorous and cruel, thanks to this suddenly appearing Zhang Hua Ming.

  "Since you three are talking so exaggeratedly, it seems that Zhang's military training must be quite cruel. No point in just talking about it, Hu Tian, let's go take a look at how Zhang trains his troops."

  "Yes, General."

  A group of five high-ranking generals from the Měng Hǔ Tuán arrived quietly in the Second War Zone, but before they could even enter the war zone, they were intercepted by a small team of ten people.

  "How dare you! Didn't you see the general arriving? You actually dare to block the general's way." King Leopard saw that his general was being intercepted, and he immediately became angry, shouting at the leading soldier.

  The soldier who was stopped by Wang Biao had a calm expression, and after Wang Biao finished speaking, he smiled and said: "General Wang, I'm very sorry, this is a military restricted area, please show me your ID card so I can report to the staff officer."

  "How dare you!" Wang Hu and the others heard the soldier's words, and they immediately became angry too. To say nothing of their own general, if any one of them were to walk around in their own army, where would they not be allowed to go? Not to mention being blocked by someone.

  "Shut up." Qin Xiao Tian sneered and pulled out a golden badge from his bosom, handing it to the soldier with a smile: "This is my token, you can go report to your strategist."

  "Yes, General." The soldier saluted as soon as he saw the waist card, and after receiving it with both hands, he beckoned to a companion behind him and handed over the waist card. The latter immediately ran towards the military camp.

  "Please wait for a moment, General."

  "It doesn't matter." Qin Xiao Tian responded with a smile, and then continued to ask: "Little brother, before you came here, what position did you hold in the Hu Ben team?"

  "Going back to General's words, Xiao De was originally the squad leader of the fifth squad in the first battalion of the Ferocious Tiger Corps."

  "Ah!" Qin Xiao Tian was slightly taken aback by the soldier's response, and a hint of puzzlement appeared on his face. He had already discerned the soldier's cultivation level - an initial-stage martial artist. This was strange, as if he wasn't mistaken, anyone in the military who reached the martial artist realm should be able to hold a company commander position, or at least join the Imperial Guard. How could this person be just a small team leader? Thinking of this, his gaze drifted towards Wang Hu, who was in charge of the first to third battalions of the Ferocious Tiger Army.

  King Hu saw his general's gaze drift over, how could he not know what his general was thinking? With a gloomy expression on his face, he replied: "Reporting to the General, this person was originally a small team leader under my command. However, last month he only had the cultivation of a high-ranking martial artist."

  "Ah!" Qin Xiao Tian's expression changed slightly as he heard Wang Hu say this, and his eyes scanned the nine soldiers in front of him before smiling at them: "You're not telling me you all broke through this month?"

  "Ha ha!" The leading soldier scratched his head with a silly smile on his face and said, "The general is wise, we have broken through a small level this month."

  Everyone was shocked, including Qin Xiao Tian. Over 500 people broke through a small rank in just one month? How is this possible? If what the soldier said was true, wouldn't that mean every single one of these over 500 soldiers who returned from the expedition were at the Martial Artist realm? Wouldn't they be twice as strong as the Mysterious Tiger Troop's Imperial Guard? How is this possible?

  "General has arrived, subordinates did not personally welcome him, General please punish!" Zhang Huaming's voice came from afar.

  Qin Xiao Tian saw Zhang Hua Ming, who was drenched from head to toe, come to greet him. He slightly paused, with a puzzled expression on his face: "Zhang Advisor, what's going on?"

  "Hehe! I've been training with everyone, and I heard the general was coming, so I didn't have time to change clothes and rushed over." Zhang Huaming said with a smile.

  Qin Xiao Tian was taken aback once again by Zhang Hua Ming's words, and the next moment he nodded his head with an appreciative expression on his face. He naturally understood the true meaning of Zhang Hua Ming's words in his heart. At this moment, he finally understood why Zhang Hua Ming's cultivation was so high despite his young age. It seemed that the old saying about martial arts was indeed correct: if you don't advance, you'll retreat.

  "General, please come in." Zhang Huaming made a gesture of invitation.

  "Kid, stop following me around. I've heard that your side's military training is quite brutal. Well, let me take a look. Come on, let's go to your training grounds."

  "Ah!" Zhang Huaming heard Qin Xiao Tian's words, slightly stunned, then swept his gaze over the three brothers Wang Hu San with a different look in his eyes. The three men behind him felt his gaze and trembled unnaturally from head to toe.

  "One, two, three, four... Hurry up, you little guys haven't eaten enough? Speed up a bit more! You, number eighteen, speed up a bit more! Grandma's... I'm telling you, whoever is the first to fall down will have to wash all my clothes tonight! Nineteen, what are you looking at? Believe me or not, I'll make you practice alone!"

  Qin Xiao Tian and the others had not yet approached the training grounds when they heard a loud roar, and the person who made this sound was also very familiar to them. Sure enough, when they arrived at the training grounds, they saw a sturdy figure standing on the high platform of the training grounds, one hand holding a long whip, the other hand pointing downwards, with two hands hugging a giant stone, shouting loudly at the running soldiers below.

  "Ah!" Qin Xiao Tian and the others were stunned for a moment after seeing the scene in the training ground, because the training method of these five hundred people was indeed shocking. They saw that each soldier was holding a stone weighing about 100 kilograms without saying anything, and they all seemed to be exhausted, but they were still running with their teeth clenched. In fact, a 100-kilogram stone is not considered heavy for a martial artist, but if you hold it and run for a long time, it will definitely be a burden on your physical strength. What surprised Qin Xiao Tian and the others the most was that these five hundred people were clearly not using their internal energy to reduce the weight in their hands, but were simply relying on their physical strength to train.

  "King Xiong, come down."

  "Yes."

  "Subordinate has seen the general." Wang Xiong came before Qin Xiao Tian and saluted.

  "Good kid, you've actually reached the high-ranking martial artist so quickly, impressive." Qin Xiao Tian's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise as he saw Wang Xiong approach him, and he chuckled as he patted Wang Xiong's chest with his fist.

  "Haha!" Wang Xiong saw that he had been promoted by the general at a glance and smiled foolishly.

  "What?" The three men heard the general's words and were stunned for a moment, then immediately became overjoyed, each of them surrounding Wang Xiong to examine him from head to toe.

  "Fall in!" Zhang Huaming shouted at the soldiers who were in the middle of their training.

  Brush brush brush! Only to see the soldiers who were originally running, hearing their staff's order, quickly ran to the outer edge of the training ground, putting down the stones in their hands while running, and running at a uniform speed to Zhang Huaming's side, forming five square arrays.

  "What a speed! What a strong military discipline!" Qin Xiao Tian saw this scene, his heart was slightly shocked, in just five breaths of time, they were fully prepared, and it had only been a few days. He began to have expectations for this team, he wanted to see what kind of existence this team would eventually become.

  "At your service, General." More than 500 soldiers stood at attention and saluted in unison, their voices loud and clear.

  "Alright, alright." Qin Xiao Tian casually waved his hand and gave Zhang Hua Ming a hint with his eyes. The latter also casually waved his hand and said: "Today's morning training is over, dismissed."

  "Yes, sir." More than 500 people saluted in unison and disappeared from the training ground in less than five breaths.

  "Little brother, how about accompanying big brother for a walk?"

  "Yes, General."

  Qin Xiaotian and Zhang Huaming strolled in the training ground, while Wang Xiong was pulled aside by his three elder brothers to ask questions.

  "Little brother, I can hardly believe that these five hundred people have changed so much under your hands. Having you as my advisor is truly a waste of your talent!" Qin Xiao Tian sighed and exclaimed, he had just taken one glance at the original group of over five hundred people who had all broken through in just a short month.

  "The general is overpraising."

  "Little brother, I've always had a question in my mind. Since you have the cultivation of a high-ranking martial artist, why have you been hiding it all along? I believe that if your family knew about your current abilities, they would definitely place great importance on you and treasure you like a precious gem. Why wouldn't they?" Qin Xiao Tian finally asked the question that had been puzzling him. After all, Zhang Hua Ming's situation was just too absurd! Yes, large families often looked down on illegitimate children, but if that child was a genius, then the family would spare no resources to cultivate them, regardless of whether they were born in or out of wedlock. He firmly believed that if Zhang Hua Ming's current abilities were known to his family, they would definitely go all out to support him and wouldn't let him join the border defense army, let alone the most dangerous vanguard camp. A 16-year-old high-ranking martial artist was sometimes terrifying to think about.

  Zhang Huaming heard this question, slightly stunned, and secretly felt bitter in his heart. Grandma, do you think this body is still the original owner's? But did he dare to say it out loud?

  "General..."

  "Alright, when no one is around, you can just call me Qin Da Ge. Are you looking down on my cultivation because it's not as high as yours?" Qin Xiao Tian said with a displeased expression.

  "No, Qin Ge, can I not answer this question?"

  "Alright." Qin Xiao Tian responded directly without hesitation, as a military commander, he naturally understood that some people had secrets that could not be revealed to others.

  "In three days, I will return to Kyoto to report back. His Majesty has ordered me to bring you along with me to Kyoto, what is your intention?"

  "Return to Kyoto?" Zhang Huaming hesitated for a moment, then responded: "Okay."

  "Haha!" Qin Xiao Tian stretched out his palm and gently patted Zhang Hua Ming's shoulder, smiling: "Some things others can help with, some things you have to do yourself. I, your big brother Qin, can only give you one sentence: You were born a member of the Měng Hǔ Tuán, you'll die as a Měng Hǔ Tuán spirit, you will never be alone in fighting."

  "Brother Qin..." Zhang Huaming felt a surge of emotion in his heart.

  "Alright, I've finished my inspection. Young one, train these youngsters well and I believe the batch you're leading will become an unforgettable legend in the Ferocious Tiger Corps. I'm leaving now, three days later I'll send someone to notify you."

  "See General off."