Chapter 619: Choice

A very wonderful feeling!

When Seeing Qing Chi mastered the complete military heart, she could investigate the military situation on her side.

Along with her mastery of the military situation, she naturally knew the three refining directions of the military branch.

"The first, Paper Money Passing Nether Soldier, requires 100,000 catties of century-old green sandalwood pulp, mixed with Chenzhou cinnabar to make talismans, and made into cyan-purple money."

"While burning the cyan-purple money, burn another 900 catties of South Sea agarwood to temper the divine sea, and finally use countless yin energy to saturate the body for twenty-seven days to achieve great success."

"The second, Yin Talisman Suppressing Evil Guard, consumes 3,000 catties of thunder-magnetic refined iron, then uses Taihang five-colored stone gall, then 800 paths of military evil, and finally closed-door cultivation for three days and three nights."

"The third, Ghost Weeping Sealing Gate Soldier, depicts the Sealing Gate Array, collects ten thousand ghost entities, arranges them into the Ten Thousand Ghosts Worshipping the Ancestor Array, then uses three thousand-year-old zombie oils to refine the door oil, wraps the military branch, and throws it into the yin energy tide, swallowing the endless yin energy until the door oil is completely transformed into corpse wax, and then it is considered successful; withdraw as soon as possible."

After Seeing Qing Chi learned the specific cost, she was stunned on the spot for a moment.

Such a cost was truly too huge!

The ghost girl knew very well that even if she and the entire Qing family were packed up and sold, they might not be able to raise such resources.

The ghost girl told Qing Yan the specific cost.

Qing Yan listened, his face turned pale, and he comforted her reluctantly: "Girl, don't worry. Building an army to this step, relying on ourselves alone is definitely not going to work."

"We will ask the City Lord for help!"

"Once we succeed in building the army, it will be of great benefit to White Paper Xiancheng. They will definitely be willing to support us!"

"From the current situation, this is actually the best time for us to build an army."

Qing Yan saw it very clearly.

Li Xiangshang and Seeing Qing Chi reported it together, and it was indeed valued by White Paper Xiancheng.

The City Lord's avatar handled this matter personally, and after learning the specific cost, she said: "So little?"

In past history, White Paper Xiancheng had also tried to build an army many times.

Many times, they were stuck at the first hurdle of condensing the military heart. Without a military heart, everything that followed was empty talk.

Now, Seeing Qing Chi not only condensed the military heart but also pushed it to the military branch stage.

The White Paper City Lord's avatar looked at Li Xiangshang and sighed sincerely: "Your talent 'Making up the Numbers with Rotten Fish' is indeed practical; it can not only lower the standard of military heart condensation but also lower the resources for military branch cultivation. This has dropped by at least thirty percent, right?"

Seeing Qing Chi turned her head immediately and looked at Li Xiangshang.

The ignorant ghost girl only then knew that the cost she learned had already been reduced by thirty percent!

Li Xiangshang also looked at Seeing Qing Chi: "My talent is not the key; the key is Miss Seeing Qing Chi. Not everyone can condense the military heart; it must be supported sincerely by many people."

The City Lord's avatar nodded slightly, recognizing Li Xiangshang's words.

She pondered for a moment and said: "The cost of military branch cultivation can be borne by White Paper Xiancheng. However—"

The City Lord's avatar changed the subject and took the opportunity to make a request.

The request was very simple and straightforward: the cultivated military branch could be kept by Seeing Qing Chi, but from now on, it would belong to White Paper Xiancheng.

Li Xiangshang looked at Seeing Qing Chi; the military branch was not his, so naturally, he shouldn't make the decision.

Seeing Qing Chi was stunned, feeling uncomfortable; this was something she had condensed with all her heart, so why should it belong to someone else?

The White Paper City Lord saw the girl's hesitation and said in a flat tone: "In the past, our White Paper Xiancheng has also tried to build an army many times, but all failed."

"The number of times the military heart was successfully condensed is actually not small."

"But there are many steps to building an army, and this process has a time limit. The most regrettable time was—it was pushed to the last step, but as a result, there was no time, and it failed at the last moment!"

"Your attempt this time is even more reckless than all the attempts in the history of our Xiancheng."

"The only advantage lies in Little Friend Li's talent."

"Can you take out one percent of the resources consumed by the military branch cultivation? Without resources, you are destined to fail."

"Even with resources, success is not guaranteed. By then, these sky-high losses will have to be borne independently by our White Paper Xiancheng."

"Even if the army is successfully built in the end, to tell the truth, our White Paper Xiancheng may not necessarily change the overall situation because of your new army."

The White Paper City Lord's words were reasonable, leaving Seeing Qing Chi speechless.

As for Li Xiangshang, he was a pure ascetic and was clumsy with words, so he just watched.

Seeing Qing Chi considered for a while, looking worried, and said in a heavy tone: "City Lord, I can't make this decision; I want to go back and discuss it with my dad."

The White Paper City Lord nodded with a smile: "Go."

On one hand, even if the ownership of the military branch was agreed upon, Seeing Qing Chi would still need to lead the army for a long time in the future. On the other hand, she was full of confidence that Seeing Qing Chi would agree to this condition.

"By the way, there is one more request."

"If our city is to pay, the military branch must be set as the Ghost Weeping Sealing Gate Soldier."

Not only did the military branch belong to White Paper Xiancheng, but even the category of the military branch had to be decided.

Seeing Qing Chi looked down at the road and remained silent all the way back.

The pressure of this silence made Li Xiangshang somewhat unbearable, and he took the initiative to comfort her.

Seeing Qing Chi: "Heh, giving the military branch to others is indeed uncomfortable, but I believe the White Paper City Lord will not treat us badly. But I just heard that even if the military branch hurdle is passed, there are still heavy hurdles behind, and it is very likely that the army building will fail."

"If this is the case, tell me, can I still rely on such a condition to take Jiao Ma back?"

Li Xiangshang:

He didn't expect that what was really bothering Seeing Qing Chi was this.

But after thinking about it carefully, Li Xiangshang also felt it was very reasonable.

This demon cultivator sighed deeply: "Let me tell you another piece of bad news: since the army building started, I have been maintaining my talent."

"But my strength is hard to sustain all the way; at most, there will be half a month left, and I must stop."

"Once this is done, I'm afraid failure is a certainty."

Seeing Qing Chi was shocked: "Ah, how can this be?"

"I said before, we are just building a temporary army." Li Xiangshang spread his hands, his expression somewhat guilty, "Fortunately, even halfway through, our temporary army can still perform military tactics, but the effect is much worse than a regular army."

Seeing Qing Chi shook her head: "I'm not asking this; I want to ask, how much did you pay to maintain your talent, Senior? If the cost is too high, let's stop now."

"I want to take Jiao Ma back, this is not false, it is my sincere intention, and it is also my own business."

"But I don't want to see my friends and family around me suffer and suffer because of my selfishness!"

"Hahaha, you girl." Li Xiangshang felt a warm current in his heart.

He suggested sincerely: "My talent can only be maintained for a short period of time; this is something the White Paper City Lord doesn't know. So, I advise you, let's stop while we are ahead and let White Paper Xiancheng take over."

"Take advantage of this time, seize the opportunity, clarify your intentions to the White Paper City Lord, and strive to let the City Lord release the Jiao family boy first."

Seeing Qing Chi shook her head, her tone very hesitant: "Can I mention it? I'm a bit afraid. This counts as me snatching a man from the City Lord. Jiao Ma is so good, I'm afraid the City Lord won't let go easily!"

Li Xiangshang:

He thought about it and said: "I think you can boldly mention this request!"

"Regarding the military heart, we have already reported it. After this period of time, the White Paper City Lord must have investigated you in advance."

"She must already know that you and Jiao Ma are closely related and have made a lifelong promise."

"Take advantage of such a good opportunity for military branch trading, and I feel the City Lord is very likely to agree to you."

Seeing Qing Chi's eyes lit up immediately: "Is it really like this?"

She shook her head slightly again: "This matter is very important; I am worried that if I snatch Jiao Ma away, the City Lord will suppress our family. I still have to discuss it with Dad."

The two talked secretly with divine sense all the way back to the temporary station in the city, only to learn that Unlike Ning Zhuo was visiting.

Seeing Qing Chi was overjoyed, threw her worries behind her, and took a step forward, crossing the threshold: "What? Little Ma took the initiative to come? Where is he, take me to him quickly."

Li Xiangshang said: "Not good!"

Then, he grabbed Seeing Qing Chi. The latter turned her head and looked at Li Xiangshang in confusion.

Li Xiangshang sighed: "The City Lord's methods are truly brilliant."

"She knows that the Jiao family boy will have a huge impact on you, so she sent him to act as a lobbyist, wanting to persuade you to agree to this deal."

Seeing Qing Chi: "Is it like this?"

Li Xiangshang nodded affirmatively: "Eight or nine out of ten!"

A moment later.

Jiao Ma (Unlike Ning Zhuo) shook his head: "I came here purely out of my own selfishness."

Seeing Qing Chi showed joy: "Little Ma, you came to find me specifically!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo nodded: "I did come to find you."

"You want to condense the military branch; the cost is probably not small."

"If you seek help from White Paper Xiancheng, you will likely be controlled by others."

"Tell me the specific needs; perhaps I can help!"

Seeing Qing Chi shook her head and sighed: "Little Ma, you don't know that the cost of cultivating the military branch is too high; it's scary to say it!"

She told the specific cost and the conditions offered by the White Paper City Lord.

Qing Yan nodded, but there was not much surprise.

"Military branch cultivation, relying on ourselves alone is not going to work."

"Belonging to White Paper Xiancheng is actually inevitable. If I were the City Lord, I would also make this request. After all, we are just ghost clan, not even human, let alone the City Lord's confidants."

"If we really want to control an army alone, then there will be a second voice in this Underworld Tide Black Swamp."

Li Xiangshang heard this and suddenly realized: "So that's it."

"A second voice? What do you mean?" Seeing Qing Chi looked confused.

Qing Yan explained slightly, and Seeing Qing Chi immediately waved her hand: "We are originally the people of White Paper Xiancheng; our village owes a lot to the Xiancheng's protection to have peace. How could we sing a different tune from the White Paper City Lord?"

"That's hard to say." Li Xiangshang thought in his heart, subconsciously looking at Unlike Ning Zhuo who was sitting on the side.

Qing Yan frowned, gritted his teeth and said: "Giving the military branch to White Paper Xiancheng is acceptable. But the choice of military branch is not good; we'd better choose the Yin Talisman Suppressing Evil Guard!"

Seeing Qing Chi let out another "ah"; in her view, it didn't matter which of the three military branch directions was chosen.

Seeing Qing Chi didn't expect that Qing Yan would be obsessed with this small detail.

Qing Yan sighed and explained to his daughter: "The Ghost Weeping Sealing Gate Soldier is to set up an array on the soldiers, sealing various ghost entities in the array, which is equivalent to closing them in solitary confinement."

"On one hand, it can be used on the battlefield to temporarily imprison some troublesome ghost entities. On the other hand, soldiers can use various means such as magic arrays to train and discipline the ghost entities and conclude pet contracts."

"Choosing this military branch, White Paper Xiancheng can possess two or three times the military strength."

"For so many years, too many ghost entities have been imprisoned in White Paper Xiancheng."

"But raising these ghost entities requires a lot of resources. The maintenance cost of the Ghost Weeping Sealing Gate Soldier army is at least dozens of times that of the other two military branches!"

"This makes us even more controlled by others."

"There is one more point."

"Sealing ghost entities into one's own body, this feeling is quite bad. Even if every one of us ghost clan has quite thick yin energy in our bodies and is more suitable for doing this than human cultivators,"

"ghost entities are alien objects after all, and cultivating with them is very difficult and painful. By then, many of our old elders will suffer!"

Seeing Qing Chi heard this and shook her head decisively: "Then we won't choose this direction."

She showed a firm expression.

The cultivators around her were all relatives related to the Qing family; if you really count, some were uncles, some were cousins. This group of people recognized Seeing Qing Chi and supported her, which was the most basic condition for the condensation of the military heart.

The ghost girl naturally didn't want these relatives and elders to suffer.

Li Xiangshang: "Since we don't choose the Ghost Weeping Sealing Gate Soldier, we can only choose from the remaining two."

Qing Yan nodded: "We choose the Yin Talisman Suppressing Evil Guard!"

"We already have the 'Bearing Soldier and Burdening Evil Art'; choosing this direction can save more in the future, fight by fighting, and the maintenance cost is the lowest."

"But every soldier has evil energy suppressing the body, which has a strong restraint on ghost entities."

"Even if our army building fails in the future, the evil energy will still exist, which is a benefit we have won for our relatives and friends."

"Moreover, choosing this, our time consumption is also the shortest, and we only need to cultivate for three days and three nights."

Seeing Qing Chi nodded: "That's good, let's choose it."

"Cough, cough, cough." Unlike Ning Zhuo coughed three times deliberately and interjected at this time, "No, we should choose the Paper Money Passing Nether Soldier."

Seeing Qing Chi looked at Unlike Ning Zhuo: "Little Ma, what is your reason?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo looked at Qing Yan: "Before, I was about to state my purpose, but I didn't want to be interrupted. My trip this time is to invest and help us build a new army."

"One of the conditions is that we must choose the Paper Money Passing Nether Soldier."

Li Xiangshang expressed confusion: "The Paper Money Passing Nether Soldier takes the longest time, requiring twenty-seven days, and consumes the most materials. The combat strength after formation is the weakest of the three directions. The bright specialty is that the whole army can freely enter and exit the yin and yang worlds, and the functions are more."

Qing Yan also frowned deeply, staring at Unlike Ning Zhuo: "Our opponent is the Lord of the River of Oblivion; building such an army, is it to kill into the underworld, the old nest of the enemy army?"

"This is simply sending them to death!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo opened his mouth, about to explain.

Seeing Qing Chi: "Good, Little Ma, I listen to you!"

Everyone:.......... ===== CHAPTER 620 =====

Unlike Ning Zhuo opened his mouth, just about to explain.

Seeing Qing Chi: "Good, Little Ma, I'll listen to you!"

Everyone:..........