Chapter 6848: Early Preparation

Chapter 6848: Early Preparation
While Huangfu Song was studying the damn corpse feast ceremony, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry were holding a meeting. After all, Congling was considered the Iron Cavalry's stronghold, and now that the competition system had changed, they had to discuss it as well. In addition, the Duke of the Eastern Border County sent a team of envoys over, and the Three Idiots who returned to Congling had to receive them, after all, Ganasis had always given face to the Three Idiots.

No matter how ignorant of the ways of the world, no matter how much of a northwestern savage one is, he has already reached his current status. It is unrealistic for him to be as mad as before. Being mad is just his protective color. Li Jue also understands that he should raise his hand out of courtesy.

"Brother Wu, you want to participate?" Zhang Ping was shocked when he saw Wu Xi pulling him to a remote location to express his intention to participate. Don't you know what's going on? Your combat power has plummeted to the point where you are the worst among the six-layer smelting. If it weren't for the single-body idealism and extreme defense ability, you could beat most of the five-layer smelters at your level.

"Nonsense, of course I'm going to participate. I've even prepared my identity." Wu Xi sneered, "But this has nothing to do with you. What I want to say is that Zhang Er, that bastard, will probably ask you guys to form a team after hearing about the new competition system."

Zhang Ping was stunned when he heard this, and thought for a while with his head down. Indeed, the pervert Zhang Yong would definitely get them to form a team. Although they were against Zhang Yong, their strength was top-notch among the veterans. And considering how bad Zhang Yong was and at this point in time, the best option to form a top six-member team was to negotiate with the members of Zhang Yong's Victims Association.

"This is the only way under the current circumstances." Zhang Ping thought for a moment and nodded in agreement with Wu Xi's judgment. "Now that things have come to this, let's work together."

Zhang Ping and his group returned late, and the preliminary competition of the martial arts show might have started just a few days after they returned. By then, forming a team would become a big problem. Although they could also look for a team in Chang'an, it would be better to form one here rather than relying on luck. Apart from anything else, the members of the Zhang Yong Victims Association are very clear about their teammates and Zhang Yong's strength, and various talent combinations are easy to cooperate with.

"Wu Yue Tong Zhou..." Wu Xi said unhappily, "Zhang Lao San, who couldn't even write the word Ping back then, can actually use idioms."

"Shit, you're not going to let us take you with us, are you?" Zhang Ping asked, changing the subject. Without waiting for Wu Xi to answer, Zhang Ping continued, "That won't work. If you count Zhang Yong, there are already six of us, including me, Su Zong, Yin Zhi, Nan Xi, and Hou Zhong."

"Wait, I know a little bit about Nan Xi's situation. He was addicted to feudal superstition because Zhang Er led him to play tricks, so I can understand why he joined your Zhang Yong Victims Association, but why is there Hou Zhong?" Wu Xi was stunned for a moment, "Zhang Er should not have persecuted Hou Zhong."

"Think about how Zhang Yong acquired his reconnaissance ability?" Zhang Ping said with a dark face, "He used Miracle to violently pull out a piece of Hou Zhong's protective force field, and then forcibly used Miracle to simulate and create it based on this protective force field. Otherwise, how could he have acquired the ability to accurately detect within a range of more than 30 miles in such a short time? He got it by pulling out Hou Zhong."

Wu Xi was silent for a while. He admired Zhang Yong's courage very much. Even he didn't dare to offend so many top veterans. The weakest one in actual combat among the group above might be Su Zong. The problem was that even though Su Zong's talent structure was mainly to avoid death, survive, scout, and provide cover, and he was not very good at frontal fighting, he was at least a seventh-level smelting, and he also had the oath to restore to the peak...

It seems that ever since the zipline around the Arctic Circle, Zhang Yong has become completely fearless and dares to offend anything.

"Why don't you team up with Zhang Lin, Zhang Hu, Zhang Long and the others? You all are older." Zhang Ping said with some disdain. The Xiliang Iron Cavalry also has a group of old men who are nearly sixty years old, but the combat effectiveness of these old men is still okay. After all, they have strong innate defense. If they can't beat others, they can also disgust them. It's just that they are old, and their talent structure lacks burst, so their overall output is basically ruined.

But considering that this group of people had reached the level of wholesale black materials back then, they basically had sixth-level smelting, and there was a high probability that they could use idealistic defense to a certain extent, so if they really participated in the competition, it would not be a problem for them to get on the rankings. It was just a bit too much compared with Zhang Ping's group.

"Suddenly I realized that there are so many of you with the surname Zhang." Wu Xi said unhappily.

"That's how it is with big surnames. Not long ago, the Zhang family of Hanoi sent a letter to me and Zhang Yong to keep in touch with us. They said that we are all descendants of Mr. Hui, and asked us to go together to worship our ancestors next year. I thought about it for a long time and couldn't remember who Mr. Hui was." Zhang Ping said with a sigh.

"Who is Mr. Hui?" Wu Xi asked unhappily.

"I don't know. I was just about to find someone talented to ask, but you dragged me here." Zhang Ping said with an arrogant expression, not realizing that a guy named Zhang who didn't know Hui Gong would really get hammered. However, he has already reached the seventh level of smelting. If he really doesn't know, generally no one dares to fight him.

"Okay, I just want to tell you one thing. You go and team up with Zhang Yong. After you arrive at the secret world, send me a message. I want to deal with Zhang Yong personally." Wu Xi waved his hand. He was too lazy to find out who Hui Gong was and went straight to the point.

Zhang Ping was stunned when he heard this, and wanted to laugh immediately, but he saw hot steam coming out of Wu Xi's body, and then his gray hair turned black again, and his skin, which had been a little loose due to aging, became plump again with the return of youth, and his eyes also returned from being slightly turbid to clear.

Zhang Ping sucked in a breath of cold air, and his whole body went numb.

"You just need to send a message, and I will personally take down Zhang Yong. I have to tell him who is the first centurion of the Iron Cavalry." Wu Xi said with a sneer.

"You you you..." Zhang Ping was almost stunned at this time.

"It's just a life imprint. I've mastered it completely." Wu Xi pointed his thumb at himself and said arrogantly, "You don't need to do anything else. Just send me the location and I will find it myself. You don't need to do anything else."

"You have actually completed the life imprint and the seven-fold smelting to restore youth..." Zhang Ping muttered to himself. He had seen Wu Xi at his peak, a terrifying strength that was in no way inferior to Guo Si, and now the Wu Xi at his peak back then is back.

"No, I have regained my youth and completed the seven-fold smelting of the single idealism." Wu Xi said seriously, "On the road of smelting, there may be people who have gone further than me, but Zhang Yong is definitely not one of them. You can't beat him because of the single miracle transformation that you can't do anything about, but that thing doesn't even have a 10% effect on me now. So, Zhang Er, the old captain, let me ask you for a favor, how about that?"

"I am willing to work for Brother Wu Xi!" Zhang Ping said without any moral integrity or bottom line. He decisively joined Wu Xi's men and strongly supported Wu Xi as the first centurion of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

"Okay, the rest is up to you. When the time comes, I will use individual idealism to interfere with reality and locate you. Just don't resist. Wait until I give Zhang Yong a good beating." Wu Xi said viciously.

Although Wu Xi was defeated by Zhang Yong, he never thought of bringing his younger brothers to fight Zhang Yong. For him, he was not as skilled as the other person, so if he lost, he lost. Zhang Yong was indeed strong and powerful, but that was for Wu Xi whose youth had faded. For Wu Xi now, the blood of young people is flowing in my veins, boiling and burning. It is a waste of youth if one does not act frivolously!

"Zhang Yong, you are distracted again!" Li Jue saw Zhang Yong hesitated for a moment when he picked up the wine glass, and immediately scolded him, then called to Ganasis, "Eat and drink well, brother."

That's right, Ganasis brought the eastern nobles here to make a living, and the Claudius family levied an 80% tax on their livestock. Although the reason was understandable, Ganasis's mentality collapsed after seeing the heaven-defying thing like the grain-making ray.

Alpaca, I’m a duke, one of the four great border counties of the Roman Empire. You guys have such a miraculous job and I don’t even know about it. Am I a high-ranking official in Rome?
Unable to hold back any longer, Ganasis directly stated that he was ready to go into exile. He planned to run away with the nobles of the eastern provinces and let the Claudius family mow the east on their own. Anyway, their eastern provinces had just completed the migration, and there would be no loss in the unrest. The Claudius family could do whatever they wanted, and they would surrender to the Han Dynasty.

Well, it's not that exaggerated, but the fact is that Ganasis, who collected 80% of the taxes, was really upset when he saw that the Claudius family really produced thousands of tons of starch with just a flash of light, so he applied to the Senate, expressing his desire to travel to the Han Dynasty to relax.

Although Sergio quickly sent a bunch of evidence to Ganasis to prove that his family was not that powerful, Ganasis just glanced at it, patted his butt and left. You Claudius family can play by yourselves. You told me in the last round that the technology was not mature, but you fired thousands of tons per shot.

Fortunately, Severus still had credibility with Ganasis and managed to stabilize Ganasis. However, Ganasis, who was holding his breath, still needed to relax, so Rome granted Ganasis a temporary status of Augustus, to represent Rome to congratulate Ganasis on the tenth anniversary of the Han princess's reign and the perfect conclusion of the Han Dynasty's 25-year plan.

Whatever the reason was, it didn't matter now. Anyway, Ganasis brought a lot of nobles from the eastern border counties with him.

This is also the reason why the three idiots hurried to meet the Romans after they came back. Even though the three of them were mad dogs, they had to give face to Ganasis.

"I feel like someone is talking about me with malicious intent." Zhang Yong muttered with an unhappy look on his face after he finished toasting with the wine bottle.

"You should develop less special skills for your Miracle Transformation. That's not how Miracle Transformation is used!" Guo Si looked at Zhang Yong speechlessly. Although he and Zhang Yong both had single-target Miracle Transformation, Zhang Yong's single-target Miracle Transformation was not as good as it could be. He had all kinds of weird talents, and as long as Zhang Yong liked them, he would load them up.

"It's okay. My strength is constantly recovering. The new effect I added just consumes my recently increasing strength." Zhang Yong said indifferently, but he had secretly remembered that someone was secretly looking for trouble with him today with malicious intent. He would investigate later. I developed this real name pointing just to avoid being plotted against.

Ganasis drank the wine, and the original formal diplomatic atmosphere of the banquet quickly degenerated into the realm of a buffet and watching dance, and the young and strong on both sides also started to communicate with each other.

"Come to think of it, why is Captain Wu Xi missing?" Odenathus looked around and saw that the people sitting here this time were all Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and they were all relatively young.

As for why Zhang Ping was not there, it was because Zhang Ping came with Cao Ang's group. The three idiots who came back first had already entertained Ganasis and did not notify Zhang Ping.

As for why Huangfu Song was not present, all we can say is that after the three idiots discussed with Huangfu Song, Huangfu Song refused to attend the meeting. At this point in time, Huangfu Song, a fence-sitter, refused all meetings where there might be unexpected events. What's more, it would be difficult to arrange a seat for Huangfu Song, unless Huangfu Song was made the main seat. But Huangfu Song did not have the power to control Congling. Of course, he did have the power if he wanted to.

But Huangfu Song was not a brainless person, a political fence-sitter, so how could he not understand what the Congling meant to the royal family? If Huangfu Song came here, Liu Bei would not care, but it was absolutely impossible for the others not to think too much.

"Oden, time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, you have already grown up." Fan Chou said with a smile as he looked at Oden who was approaching him. They had a pretty good relationship with Oden, who had stayed in the Han Dynasty for several years, in Rome.

"Yes, I have also achieved the state of internal energy leaving the body." Oden said with a smile, and then Sun Shangxiang, who had beaten him that year, appeared involuntarily in his mind, and the corners of his mouth could not help but sway.

"It's really amazing that the internal energy can leave the body at the age of eighteen." Fan Chou said with admiration.

"No, it's the internal energy that leaves the body when he is eighteen years old and he has the ability to visualize the military flag." An illusory eagle emblem appeared on Oden's hand and he said to Fan Chou seriously.

This time, Fan Chou's previous expression towards the younger generation became much more restrained. In Fan Chou's impression, those who could produce internal energy out of the body at this age and had legionary talents were all celestial beings.

"I remember Wu'an Jun said that you have enough military talent." Fan Chou became much more serious.

"Maybe. I really don't know." Oden scratched his head. He had no place to test whether he had military talent. Could it be that a barbarian who brought his family's two thousand guard cars and more than ten thousand to plunder the local area could be said to have military talent? It seemed that it was just like that.

"Come to think of it, you just asked Wu Xi, right?" Fan Chou smiled and changed the subject. As a veteran on the battlefield, he could sense a bit of the general's aura from Oden. This man had verified his strength on the battlefield, but after the verification, he had not yet formed any cognition. According to Fan Chou's experience, this man was either a god or a waste, and Oden didn't look like a waste at all!

"Yes, Branis." Oden greeted his guards.

"Wu Xi didn't come because he had something to do." Fan Chou did not hide it. "He was probably outside communicating with Emperor Huangfu and the others. Why did you suddenly ask about Wu Xi?"

"No, I'm asking on behalf of my bodyguard Branis." Oden pointed at Branis behind him. He was 1.93 meters tall, weighed over 250 kilograms, and had a body full of muscular muscles. Just by walking over, he gave people a sense of toughness.

However, Fan Chou did not feel anything about this aura, but Oden's words forced Fan Chou to treat it with caution.

"He protects you?" Fan Chou half-closed his eyes and looked at Branis. Based on Fan Chou's experience in killing people, the other party's age was definitely no more than 30 years old. In addition, looking at his eyes, he could detect that there was no sign of aging or rejuvenation. So, as a guard with internal energy out of body, what level of ability was required?
At least the fifth level of smelting is needed, and given Oden's special characteristics, this kind of guard might require the sixth level. Where did this weird thing come from? A fifth level or even a sixth level for someone under thirty years old!
Is this going to break An Ling's record of achieving the sixth level of smelting at the age of thirty-three, which he set at the beginning of this year?
"It's not that exaggerated, Marquis Wannian." Oden also understood Fan Chou's caution. "Brannis is the centurion of the Twenty Eagle Banners. His father used to be the chief of the Twenty Eagle Banners and was defeated by Captain Wu Xi. So Branis has always wanted to meet Captain Wu Xi, and it would be best if they could fight. When Valerius heard that I was going to the Han Dynasty, he sent this guy here so that he could see the world."

The words were spoken very lightly, just a simple story about a brave father who was defeated by the enemy, and the son who took over the banner and wanted to go and see his father's enemy. But to be recognized by the legion commander and to get Oden to nod to take on such a thing, this guy must have something extraordinary.

Well, Branis's father is not actually dead. The leaders of each legion are very difficult to kill. Even if Wu Xi is very strong, it is difficult to kill such an opponent. It's just that Branis's father was defeated convincingly by Wu Xi, who was at the end of his peak at that time, and he told Branis about that battle many times. Therefore, Branis is somewhat curious, and he really wants to find an opportunity to feel the strength of Wu Xi.

"The future first centurion of the Twenty Eagle Flag Legion? Or the chief centurion? Or the Eagle Emblem Flag Guard?" Fan Chou asked bluntly.

"Yeah." Oden did not hide it and nodded. If it was not possible, he would not bring it with him. Even if he had a good relationship with Valerius and Perennis' grandson Statius, he would not bring it with him.

"Oh, Wu Xi is practicing outside. You can try to spar with him." Fan Chou handed the token directly to Branis. It was okay for the other party to feel it. Fan Chou thought that since Oden said so, the guy in front of him was most likely at the fourth level of smelting, and there was a small chance that he was at the fifth level of smelting. Even if Wu Xi was severely degraded, it would not be a problem to suppress him with one hand. Well, it should be said that he, the boss, eliminated the cause and effect for Wu Xi.

"Thank you, General." Oden clasped his fists and bowed. He was very familiar with Chinese and Han Dynasty etiquette.

"Stop talking nonsense and have a drink with me. By the way, are you married?" After Fan Chou sent Branis away, he greeted Oden.

"I have focused all my energy on martial arts and military tactics these years, and have not had any extra time to meet noble girls of the same age. I am still unmarried." Oden said truthfully. As to whether he really did not have extra time or he felt that there was nothing interesting about a girl who could not beat him, that was unknown.

Anyway, as far as Oden is concerned, the only person he can look up to is Annia, the commander of the Eighth Eagle Legion. The problem is that Annia is a married woman, and he can't try to poach Pomponi's girl. Not to mention whether he can poach her, even if he can, Oden has to consider the pressure from Claudius's direct line. Not to mention that Pomponi has strong economic ability, his father is the treasurer Pompianus.

Although Oden was born into a noble family and his father, Imaeus, was a tyrant in the Syrian province, this local family was not worthy of the Claudius family, so Oden thought that he should pursue the princess who beat him.

After all, with the added memories of so many years, Oden felt that Princess Le'an was simply adorable.

Therefore, after learning that Princess Le'an has not married yet, Oden feels that he can try hard to rekindle their old relationship and see if he can marry the princess. After all, his conditions are not bad. How many of his peers are better off than him?

Oden is not bragging. Valerius, the most popular player in Roma at the moment, was not as good as himself at his age. Moreover, if he waits a few more years and reaches Valerius' age, Oden firmly believes that he will be even better than Valerius!

"Oh, I'll introduce you to some girls of the right age later." Fan Chou was also old enough to be a matchmaker, and he did have some resources at hand.

"Let's not do it." Oden said helplessly. He had a goal in mind and would not settle for just anything. It's not like his father hadn't introduced anyone to any of them, he just didn't like any of them.

"Oh, then I'll introduce you to some young men of the right age." Fan Chou had no ill feelings towards Long Yang's preference. After all, in the Han Dynasty, among the twenty-four emperors, the preference for boys was half and half for girls. As the saying goes, what the superiors like, the subordinates will like even more. Therefore, the Han Dynasty's attitude towards this thing was relatively open in those days. At least Fan Chou did not resist it.

Oden's face turned green. Although he studied Greek traditions, he was not really interested in this. It was better to stay away from it.

"Hey, it seems that you have someone in your heart. Which girl is that? I will take you to steal her out when the time comes." Fan Chou looked like a drunk and carefree person.

Oden refused again and again, Fan Chou was so bold to do such a thing!
On the other side, Stina took off with a dozen people, and then a group of elite veterans who had followed from Northern Europe followed them using wingsuits. This was why this group of people were able to reach the Pamir Mountains so quickly. As for waiting for the Three Idiots and others, what the hell? Come if you can, and don't come if you can't.

"It's better to be a strong person with internal energy leaving the body, who can fly directly." Zhang Huang couldn't help but sigh as he was bound by Stina's internal energy and flying along the airspace.

"Yohou~" However, before Zhang Huang could finish his words, he heard Ma Ye's long whistle and continuous explosions from the side, and then he saw Ma Ye, who was standing on the snow sculpture, had gone far away.

I was forced to work. It's painful. I really want to have a holiday.