I don't know how long it took before Zhang Tie opened his eyes.
Zhang Tie looked at the earth element crystal in his hand that had completely lost its golden luster and started to reveal a pale milk-like background. He shook his head slightly and smiled bitterly. He ended his meditation and fell down. Then the one on his hand had already The useless crystal was placed on the table in the room.
On the table, seven rows of earth element crystals were placed neatly, with three in each row. At this time, all the earth element crystals had become like the one in Zhang Tie's hand, from brilliant to dull, in the crystals The pure earth element has been drained out, and the earth element crystal at this time is like an empty bottle left behind after drinking wine, it has no effect.
Zhang Tie raised his head and glanced at the time displayed on the wall clock in the room.
December 29th.
Unconsciously, I have been practicing in the underground palace for a month and a half this time, and the twenty-one earth element crystals in my hand are also consumed very quickly. The twenty-one earth element crystals have not even lasted two months. It's already gone. This is because I am only using a quarter of my ability to extract the earth element from the crystal. If I use all my ability, these twenty-one earth element crystals will not be enough for me to consume for two weeks.
This training also made Zhang Tie fully understand the extremely difficult and long road to condense the second chakra and advance to become an Earth Knight.
Because the "Aphrodisiac" and the one he just ate made his mental power almost no longer strong. With the fruit of brilliance doubled for the first time, Zhang Tie can now focus on four things, letting his mental power transform into four hands in the elemental world to capture those earth element crystals, which speeds up his cultivation. It has improved four times, but that's it, this month and a half of practice. The progress of condensation of the second chakra of the "Wu Jian Peng King Sutra" has only just completed about one-sixth of the first scale.
Zhang Tie estimated that if he excluded the increase in the cultivation effect brought by the twenty-one Earth Element Crystals and continued to practice in his current state, it would take at least eleven months to advance to Black Iron. The realm of knight two scales.
What does it mean, that's what it means. In his current state, if he wants to condense the second earth chakra of the "Infinite Peng King Sutra", he will have to practice hard for 330 years.
This is still the result of being able to focus on four things, and if you still practice at the speed of one mind and one thing. He practiced until death and used up the knight's lifespan of about 400 years. Even if he was allowed to live to be 500 years old, he could still only spin around within the realm of the black iron knight's hundred scales. Throughout his life. They can no longer advance to Earth Knight.
It is very difficult for a black iron knight to condense the second chakra. For every black iron knight, this is a long journey, and the second earth chakra in the emperor-level secret book "Wu Jian Peng King Sutra" The complexity and hugeness made this difficulty increase many times. The level of the earth knight standing in front of Zhang Tie became a peak reaching into the sky.
It takes 330 years of hard training to advance to the Earth Knight in a state of single-mindedness, and more than 1,300 years of hard work in a state of single-mindedness. Zhang Tie was completely speechless about this result. he knows. In ancient times, in those splendid civilizations, people's cultivation could not be so hard. There must be more ways to increase the speed of cultivation in that era. There are many high-quality earth crystals that are abundant and luxurious, and even more A powerful Yuan Gathering Formation, or some more secret techniques and tools to assist practice. Only under the combined effect of these conditions, the practitioners of the knight realm of that era could continuously improve their realm and advance one by one. In a higher realm, otherwise, there would not be any secret books like the "Wu Jian Peng King Jing" and "Broken Sun Jing" left.
In this era, all the resources that allow knights to speed up their training have become scarce. Therefore, in this era, the core tasks and issues of knight training are to obtain and monopolize more resources that can speed up the concentration of their own chakras. Cultivation resources, only in this way can most knights be able to advance again and set foot in higher fields in their lifetime.
The people who come after are following in the footsteps of their predecessors, and the changes in the cultivation environment have made it impossible for these latecomers in this era to walk as easily as their predecessors.
Zhang Tie, who was staying at the hotel, came to the open space outside the room and slowly performed a set of iron-blooded fists with a slow and solemn rhythm, moving his muscles, bones, and blood.
At this time, the iron-blooded divine fist took on a completely different state in Zhang Tie's hand. It had become anode and yin, turning from hard to soft. In the light wind and light clouds, it contained terrifying power. Although Zhang Tie's movements were slow, the air in the entire underground palace was moved by him, and small cyclones were naturally formed around him. The cyclones were like whirlpools driven by ocean currents in the sea. Following Zhang Tie's movements, they appeared one by one and dissipated one by one, growing and dying all the time.
Zhang Tieren was moving with the intention of the fist, but his mind was seriously thinking about his future path of cultivation, sorting out the gains and insights from this practice.
At this time, Zhang Tie is very clear about the problems and solutions he has to face. From the current point of view, the most direct and powerful thing that can speed up his cultivation is the Earth Element Crystal. As long as he can obtain sufficient high-quality Earth Element Crystal, Then, the speed of condensing the second chakra can be greatly accelerated. But Earth Element crystals are so rare. The Norman Empire only gave out 20 of them as gifts during the wheel-turning ceremony, which was already considered a heavy gift. The elders of Huaiyuantang can allocate 4 crystals every year. This amount of Earth Elements Crystal, for me, is a drop in the bucket, not even enough to fill the gaps between teeth, and its effect is very limited.
It seems that I have to pay more attention to the Earth Element Crystal in the future.
In addition to the Earth Element Crystal, the second way for me to improve my cultivation speed is to continue the multitasking practice of "Pearl Heart Arithmetic". However, my current state of multitasking is already the limit of my current ability. It is the result of my long-term accumulation and accumulation. As a result, it seems that in order to reach the next level of multitasking, it will have to be accumulated slowly.
Finally, it can increase the speed of cultivation. There are only foreign objects like the Yuan Gathering Array or other unknown secrets. The Mountain of Light does have trading information on these things, but those trading locations are mainly concentrated in the Eastern Continent and the Western Continent. It is a face-to-face transaction between knights. In a remote place like the Hawaiian subcontinent, in the Mountain of Light, there is almost no transaction information, and more than 70% of those transactions are barter. Most of them are barter. They are all exchanging Earth Element Crystals. This earth element crystal seems to have become a kind of hard currency among the black iron knights. There are not many things that can really be bought with gold, except for the Juyuan Tower. I really can't bring out many things in exchange at the moment. It seems that if I want to obtain these things, I can only rely on chance.
The Three-Eyed Society and the Demon Clan can bribe human knights, and the Three-Eyed Society and the Demon Clan are in the hands of the Three-Eyed Society. There should be a lot of good stuff too.
Zhang Tie's thoughts. In the end, he just stopped at the few pieces of knight equipment and medicines he looted from the Three-Eyed Knight he killed in the Sernes war zone...
The fist wind in the underground palace quietly had a hint of chill...
After one punch, the energy and blood in his body began to become active again, and the future path of cultivation suddenly became clear in his mind. Zhang Tie withdrew his fists, stood up, flicked his clothes, and walked out of the underground palace.
As soon as Zhang Tie opened the door of the underground palace, the regiment commander Xingyuan outside knew it. Because of this, Zhang Tieyi returned to the surface from the underground palace. The first thing I saw was the director of the army commander's office.
At this moment, the sun had just set outside, the weather was a bit gloomy, and the chill in the air was a bit more chilly than when Zhang Tie entered the underground palace.
Seeing Zhang Tie again, the director felt that he had not seen him for more than a month. The aura of the elder Mu Shen became deeper, especially his eyes, which seemed to have the power to penetrate the golden cave iron. This was mainly It was the result of Zhang Tie's increased mental power after eating the Fruit of Glory. Of course, a little of the effects of other fruits would be reflected in Zhang Tie's aura, but the director of the office didn't know that. He thought it was Zhang Tie's cultivation. As a result, I felt awe-inspiring and my attitude became more respectful.
"Is there nothing going on during this time?" Zhang Tie asked casually.
"Everything is normal!" said the director of the operation, and handed over the three Legion briefings of the Hurricane Legion in his hand.
Zhang Tie took the briefing and scanned each briefing at a glance. The information above was completely understood. It took Zhang Tie less than twenty seconds to read the three briefings.
For Zhang Tie, the really important things of the Hurricane Corps in this month are just two things. The adjustment of the establishment of the third-level combat troops of the Hurricane Corps has been completed. The subordinate corps of the Hurricane Corps have begun to station in the three cities and fully take over the urban defense and public security of the three cities. .
"After the Lantern Festival, the first batch of elite special forces can be sent to the Kalei Mountains to prepare for the future battle!" Zhang Tie casually set a time for the ninth level team of the Hurricane Legion to go to the Kalei Mountains. The time, in total, is half a month after the New Year.
After the organization adjustment, and without affecting the combat effectiveness of other units as much as possible, the entire Hurricane Legion can only deploy 418 members to form a unit with a combat strength of level nine or above. These 418 people include the lowest level of nine and the highest level of thirteen. Level, these people will form the elite special operations brigade of the Hurricane Legion. The entire brigade is divided into three squads, responsible for the Hurricane Legion's battle in the Carle Mountains Theater.
Zhang Tie secretly sighed. The combat power of level 9 or above and below level 13 that a hurricane legion can draw is only equivalent to two battalions of any demon legion. This power comparison is too disparate. Countries in the Weiyi subcontinent Only by uniting their forces can they barely compete with that demon army. If they fight alone, no one legion will be the opponent of that demon army.
For these warriors, there will be a tough battle in the Carré Mountains in the future.
The director of the branch quickly wrote down Zhang Tie's order in his notebook.
"Also, the mobile unit responsible for taking over the work must prepare separate financial statements and make independent calculations every quarter. All pensions for the soldiers of the mobile unit shall be paid at five times the average pension of the mercenaries of the major Ames mercenary groups. Since If you want to make money, then be energetic and look like you are making money. If the mobile unit loses money for two consecutive months, let the commander voluntarily resign, transfer him from the command position of the mobile unit, and replace him with a capable person!"
Zhang Tie was talking as he walked, and the director of the branch followed Zhang Tie while recording quickly, and the pen used to record the orders did not stop.
"Instruct the garrison to kill those who kidnap and sell people into slavery, those who force girls into prostitution, those who rape women, and those who rob other people's property in the three cities under Huaiyutang's command from January 1 next year. Anyone found there will be killed. When officials and businessmen collude with officials to accept bribes, if the amount of property the official accepts as bribe exceeds one gold coin, the property will be converted into gold coins for the official to swallow with his own mouth. Those who violate other laws of Huaiyuantang will be punished double! At the same time, the Military Law Department of the Hurricane Corps and the regiment commander Xingyuan jointly established a circuit military court to supervise the military discipline of the three cities garrisoned. All trials and trials of the circuit military court are All accepted cases must be announced to the public in newspapers, and I will see all second-instance cases in the briefing. If there is any serious disturbance to the people or serious violation of military discipline and law in the garrison, let the corps commander come to the camp in person to explain it to me."
Zhang Tie's third order can be described as murderous, especially the one involving collusion between officials and businessmen. Swallowing gold was originally a way to commit suicide. This gold is heavy. If swallowed, it will penetrate a person's intestines. If officials are allowed to swallow bribed gold coins, then those who take bribes of more than one gold coin will face a disaster, and those who take bribes of more than ten gold coins will basically have difficulty surviving. This is equivalent to the difference between officials and businessmen. A red line is drawn between normal dealings and bribery. Anyone who dares to accept black money must first consider whether his stomach can hold the black money.
The establishment of a circuit military court to directly focus on second-instance cases that are not satisfied with the first-instance verdict is Zhang Tie's sharp sword of military law and military discipline raised over the heads of all Hurricane Legion soldiers and officers. Iron will never be merciful.
Zhang Tie, who comes from an ordinary family in Black Flame City, knows how difficult it is for a small person to survive. When his family opened a rice wine shop in Black Flame City, a tax official came to make things difficult and ask for bribes. Although the tax official was just a low-ranking person in Black Flame City, But it was this little person who made Zhang Tie's father and mother frown all day long, and almost stopped the rice wine shop that subsidized the Zhang family's livelihood. It was not until later that Zhang Tie's brother joined the Heiyan City. Wei Jun took a chance and took a few friends to teach the little tax collector a lesson, and then the tax collector became honest...
At that time, the Holy War had not yet come, and Black Flame City was still peaceful, but even in that peaceful environment, it was not easy for little people to survive. What's more, at this time, troubled times came, and countless little people were tossed and wandered, and their lives were precarious. Ordinary people who come to Huaiyuan County may accidentally encounter a few bullies or be tricked by evil government officials and merchants, and may have their families destroyed and countless human tragedies staged.
If he had not resorted to harsh punishments and thunderbolts to intimidate Xiao Xiao and protect the weak at this time, Zhang Tie would have felt sorry for his years of life in Black Flame City and his title of knight. (… )