Hearing the cries of several people begging for mercy, Zhou Ruoying remained unmoved, "I will punish you to lead the charge after our army encounters the enemy."
The expressions of several people changed at the same time. When two armies were fighting, taking the lead was undoubtedly the most dangerous.
Their lips moved as if they wanted to beg for mercy, but when they saw the cold expression on Yuanying Zhenjun's face, they finally swallowed their words of pleas.
"Junior, I obey your orders."
After this incident, all the Jindan cultivators no longer dared to underestimate the Yuanying Zhenjun in front of them.
No matter how strong or weak the opponent is, it only takes a word to deal with them.
Zhou Ruoying glanced across the audience and nodded slightly.
"This is more like a real battle. This battle concerns the survival of our human race. I hope all of you can give it your all."
Soon, she divided the one hundred Jindan cultivators present into ten teams.
Although the five thousand foundation-building monks were not present, they were divided into ten teams, with five hundred people in each team.
"All monks must follow the captain's orders. Anyone who acts without permission will be considered to have violated military orders and will be killed without mercy."
Zhou Ruoying looked indifferent, but no one dared to doubt the truthfulness of her words.
After explaining some marching rules, she said, "The ten captains I called out just now will stay, and the rest can leave."
Most of the monks breathed a sigh of relief, bowed, and left the room.
Zhou Ruoying looked at the remaining ten people and his expression relaxed slightly.
“The ten of you are far superior to ordinary people in terms of both cultivation and reputation.
As the captain, I hope you can lead your monks to fight bravely and not bring disgrace upon the human race!"
"Follow the True Lord's teachings!"
Zhou Ruoying nodded slightly, "It will take a few days before we enter the Jiaohuang Palace. During these few days, you can get to know the monks under your command better. Well, let's stop here for today."
Ten Jindan cultivators, including Xu Chunniang, responded and bowed to leave.
Xu Chunniang was about to leave when she heard a voice transmission. She was moved and sat down again.
Although the others were surprised as to why she didn't leave, they knew better than to ask any further questions.
After the others left, Zhou Ruoying smiled.
"When I was at home, I heard the younger generations in my clan talk about your deeds. Last time Zhou Li escaped from the dungeon, it was thanks to you that you helped."
When Xu Chunniang heard that this True Lord was a cultivator from the Zhou family, she began to speculate about her identity.
The other party's words now further confirmed her guess that this Yuanying Zhenjun was indeed from the Zhou family of Fenglei Island.
"I just happened to meet you."
"Within six days, the Suzaku warship will enter the territory of the Jiaohuang Palace. If there is a chance, I can arrange for you to be stationed on the periphery. What do you think?"
When Xu Chunniang heard this, she instantly understood the other party's intention.
The Jiaohuang Palace is vast, and the closer you get to it, the more sea creatures you will encounter.
Therefore, the outer areas should be relatively safe.
The Yuanying Zhenjun of the Zhou family made such arrangements probably because she has a relationship with the Zhou family and he took special care of her.
Xu Chunniang pondered for a moment, but rejected the proposal.
Although it is relatively safe on the periphery, it is impossible to know the development of the war situation in the first place.
Seeing that she refused, Zhou Ruoying didn't say much, just nodded.
"If you change your mind in the next few days, you can tell me at any time."
"Thank you for your care, senior."
Xu Chunniang accepted the kindness and left the room.
Watching the other person's figure disappear, Zhou Ruoying shook his head and smiled.
“She is quite arrogant, but considering her fame and strength, she deserves this arrogance.
If I can survive this battle, I might have a chance to break through to the Nascent Soul stage in the future."
Having said that, Zhou Ruoying showed a hint of helplessness on her face.
Even she couldn't guarantee that she could escape unscathed from this battle, let alone the opponent who was a mere Jindan-stage cultivator.
The warship sailed on the sea for five and a half days and finally arrived at the territory of Jiaohuang Palace.
After receiving the news, six or seven other sea tribes, including the Golden Snake Tribe and the Yao Fish Tribe, who lived nearby, had already led their entire tribes and waited at the border for many days.
Some of these sea creatures have as many as four or five Nascent Soul cultivators, while others are weaker and do not even have a single Nascent Soul cultivator.
Six or seven groups of sea creatures gathered together, with more than a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators, forming a strong fighting force.
The nine great families were jointly commanded by Ao Haitian, the head of the Ao family, and Feng Jinhuang, the head of the Feng family.
The two men became deadlocked when they learned that several sea tribes, including the Golden Snake Tribe and the Yao Fish Tribe, had blocked their way ahead.
Ao Haitian thought it was not advisable to prolong the battle and consume his strength too early.
He suggested that all warships speed up to leave these sea creatures behind.
With this method, only a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators need to be dispatched to deal with those Nascent Soul sea creatures that cannot be escaped.
“This method is not appropriate. Leaving these sea creatures behind us may seem to eliminate the threat, but as we continue to go deeper into the sea, we will encounter more and more sea creatures, and our speed will slow down.
By then, if the sea creatures that were thrown off catch up again, they will be surrounded on all sides and find it difficult to move forward. "
Feng Jinhuang, the head of the Feng family, rejected the proposal of the head of the Ao family and suggested taking direct action to kill these sea creatures with thunder-like means.
Speed is of the essence in war. The longer the delay, the more time the Jiaohuang Palace will have to prepare.
This proposal was unanimously opposed by several other companies.
"If you want to exterminate our race, then what is the difference between our human race and the sea race
Moreover, this will inevitably arouse the vigilance and fierce counterattack of other sea creatures, which will be detrimental to our next actions.
Our target is the Jiao Emperor Palace. As long as we deal with the Jiao Emperor in the late stage of transformation, we can resolve this crisis."
"This doesn't work, and that doesn't work either. So tell me, do you have any good solutions?"
Feng Jinhuang frowned slightly and looked at the silent head of the Bai family.
"Master Bai has a glimpse of the Dao's destiny. Do you have any advice?"
The head of the Bai family did not refuse and directly expressed his thoughts.
“This time we are going to attack the Jiao Palace. Although there are so many races in the sea, there are only a few hundred sea races with Nascent Soul cultivators in charge. There are also some powerful sea races that simply don’t listen to the orders of the Jiao Palace.
We have 400 to 500 teams among our human race. Why not send some teams to fight against these sea tribes? The main force of our race will not be delayed and can continue to move forward. "
After pondering for a while, the others thought that this method was feasible.
"This way, we won't lose too much strength, nor will we waste time, and there won't be any hidden dangers. Patriarch Bai is indeed a smart man."
"Disperse the human cultivators throughout the sea. Even if this journey is unfavorable, we can still preserve some of our strength."
After listening to this, Patriarch Ao and Patriarch Feng also agreed with the method proposed by Patriarch Bai.
In view of the strength of these six or seven sea tribes, a dozen teams were selected to stay and fight. Then dozens of warships sank into the sea and sneaked downwards.
To be fair, the dozen or so teams selected came from various islands in Kyushu.
They were not familiar with each other, so when they fought together, they were inevitably a little scattered.