Chapter 1325: Admonition

A place of chaos can magnify the evil of human nature. He Lingchuan smiled as he watched the materials: "After going out for a trip like this, the little ones are still excited. They are all rubbing their hands, and have already asked for the third time: when can we move again?"

These were all soldiers specially selected by He Lingchuan and Wanqifeng; they were originally water bandits of Yangshan and elites of the Bailong tribe, having undergone two years of high-intensity training, their combat power was outstanding, but their discipline and obedience were poor.

They put on masks, changed into black armor, and followed He Lingchuan to capture Liu Shuheng and execute Zhao Guangzhi in Shizhou Tou; it was all very satisfying.

The training in Yangshan was boring and hard, and they didn't expect that killing people on the Flash Gold Plain would be so cool!

Not only was killing people cool, but the local commoners worshipped them as ghosts and gods, which was even cooler!

These two battles had just ended, and the wounds on their bodies hadn't healed yet, but they were already looking forward to the next brilliant appearance.

"Excited?" He Lingchuan looked up upon hearing this, "Who is discussing it?"

Wanqifeng was shocked, and the smile on his face stiffened. But the Island Master asked, so he couldn't help but answer.

Finally, he could only say in a low voice: "It's my cousin Wanqiliang, and his two subordinates."

"I issued a ban early on, telling everyone to keep their mouths shut in front of others and behind their backs." He Lingchuan stared at him, "Too many people mean too many mouths; what do you say we should do?"

He led the black-armored army to do things, and he absolutely couldn't leave any flaws or be exposed by others!

"Yes." Wanqifeng lowered his head, "Twenty strokes of the cane, and banished back to Yangshan. I am lax in governing my subordinates, and I also request twenty strokes myself."

"Keep those twenty strokes on the account; you can take them when you return to Yangshan." He Lingchuan said while looking at the materials, "Wanqiliang is a good seedling; he just needs to be tempered in the Flash Gold Plain to get rid of his impetuousness. Why banish him back to Yangshan?"

Hot-blooded, impulsive, and enterprising—it's hard to avoid causing trouble. This is a thorn in the army during peaceful times, but in the current situation, it is a very precious quality for a vanguard soldier.

Wanqifeng was overjoyed, hearing that the Lord intended to cultivate him: "Yes! Not banishing him back, but I will teach him a good lesson. From now on, use code names for all names and places, so as not to be heard by outsiders."

He Lingchuan pointed to the few sheets of paper in front of him: "When collecting materials, was anyone suspicious?"

"No!" Wanqifeng was very sure, "We strictly followed your instructions. And most of the names here were provided by Master Fu."

Although Master Fu used to make a living by catching ghosts and demons, he had seen more evil people than ghosts and demons; this was just contributing a little bit of widely known knowledge.

"The standard for selecting targets is 'heinous and disastrous to the locality'." He Lingchuan casually pulled out two sheets and put them aside, "These two are not considered infuriating to both men and gods, so don't include them."

"Although these two have bad records, their crimes don't deserve death, so don't include them either." He Lingchuan pulled out two more and said seriously, "The black-armored army takes action, and there must be slaughter. If they are not guilty of heinous crimes, they cannot be included in the list; investigate from multiple sides beforehand, and don't kill the innocent!"

Wanqifeng immediately responded with a "Yes."

He picked out three more sheets, and Wanqifeng looked down: "Don't want these three either? They are all full of evil deeds."

The standard of "disastrous to the locality" was certainly reached.

"Let them live for another month or two; wait until you can skillfully deal with various emergencies before going to clean them up."

He had also reviewed this action afterward.

His black-armored army had just started acting and lacked experience. Although Zhao Guangzhi deserved to die, he had a complete army, and he himself was not weak in combat power; he actually wasn't very suitable as a target for the first action.

The fact that many black-armored cavalry were injured was proof.

Not dying or reducing personnel could only be said to be He Lingchuan's good luck.

If they acted rashly in the future, he didn't know if they would have such good luck again. Therefore, they had to start easy and end hard, slowly accumulating experience.

He Lingchuan also pointed to the list and explained: "These three targets all have people under them, especially this nest of mountain bandits, who are seven or eight out of ten colluding with the local government."

He was from Black Water City, and the Red Cliff Trade Route was a model of collusion between officials and bandits. He Lingchuan understood the ins and outs of the materials at a glance.

"Let them live for another month or two; wait until you can skillfully deal with various emergencies before going to clean them up."

He selected three other targets:

"Just these three; start tomorrow night and act in sequence."

Afterward, he had Wanqifeng gather all the black-armored soldiers and gave a speech himself.

This scene was common in the Yangshan Islands, and everyone was used to it. He Lingchuan first praised everyone for their outstanding performance in the debut, especially naming Wang Fubao for killing the most enemies and Wanqifeng for rescuing comrades the most times.

Wanqiliang's neck went up as soon as he heard it.

Obviously, he killed two more than Wang Fubao, although the other side didn't admit it.

"Lord..."

Wanqifeng was standing beside him; as soon as he opened his mouth, Wanqifeng hit him on the arm with an elbow cannon.

Although Wanqifeng didn't make a sound, Wanqiliang understood his look: Shut up!

After some praise and encouragement, everyone's emotions were mobilized, and only then did He Lingchuan start the real admonition:

"Listen to me: The reason why we were calm that night and why we won was because we caught Liu and Zhao off guard. They hadn't seen us or our methods, so they fell into chaos; the black-armored army won't just act once or twice; as long as we continue to act later, surrounding forces including the Yao Nation, Luodian, etc., will definitely pay attention. They will analyze our patterns of action, evaluate our combat power and number of people, try to figure out our origins, and try to catch us."

"It can be said that from the moment we officially intervened in the injustices of the Flash Gold Plain, from the moment they noticed us, this game is really going to increase in difficulty." He Lingchuan looked around at everyone, "In the future, the speed of action must be ten times faster than now, coming and going like the wind, seeing the head but not the tail; strictly keep secrets, prohibit private discussion of actions, and don't leak a bit of wind, putting the army and comrades in danger!"

His gaze was like electricity, staring straight at Wanqiliang until his back felt cold and his palms sweated, and he subconsciously lowered his head.

Only then did He Lingchuan continue: "Your special training has just begun. From this moment on, you must be prepared to act; what level of preparation you have determines what level of person you kill. Only when you understand discipline and are not scattered, and only when you know how to think for the team and comrades, will you be qualified to challenge stronger evil people, and have hope of engaging in high-intensity combat like real soldiers!"

Everyone shouted "Yes."

"Dismissed."

Wanqiliang was left alone by Wanqifeng, who said with a straight face: "Do you know now why you weren't counted when counting merits?"

Wanqiliang said "Oh," still unconvinced about Wang Fubao, but didn't argue anymore.

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