[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-imperial-cultivation":3,"chapter-imperial-cultivation-imperial-cultivation-chapter-327":6,"glossary-terms-1365":24},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Imperial Cultivation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1054386,1365,"Chapter 327: 324 Action","imperial-cultivation-chapter-327",327,"\u003Cp>Chapter 327: Chapter 324 Action\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“`html\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan weaved through the rocks and quickly landed on shore, entering a small town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the scope of Insight, the town was only about three miles in diameter, with a few thousand residents, and dried fish were hung out to dry everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A stench filled the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smoke curled from every household, wafting into the air and suffusing the evening air with the smell of burning wood and the breath of life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The busiest street in the town was lined with various stalls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fish stalls, meat stalls, vegetable stalls, fruit stalls, and some shops selling clothes and cosmetics, along with two grocery stores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Children ran wild in the streets, and people were beginning to gather to eat in teahouses and restaurants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan had changed into coarse clothing in advance and applied Disguise Paste to his face, turning it brown, blending seamlessly into the town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He entered a teahouse in town, sat in a corner, with a wooden plaque hanging from his waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wooden plaque matched the color of his hemp clothing, so one wouldn’t notice it unless staring at his waist intentionally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sitting for a while, a small note appeared in his palm, delivered personally by the shopkeeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan finished his tea and stood up to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the guidance of the note, he arrived outside a small courtyard, knocked on the door, three short knocks followed by two long ones, and knocked twice in this pattern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The courtyard door opened, and a chubby middle-aged man was waiting inside, clasping his hands in greeting, saying nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan entered the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a very simple courtyard, clearly unoccupied regularly, with only occasional sweeping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan entered the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The house hadn’t been heated yet, and it was damp and cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man clasped his fists and said, “I am Pang Si, and you are…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Coincidentally, I am Qing Si.” Chu Zhiyuan smiled, “I am here to ask for assistance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Speak freely, I will do my utmost.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have seen the defense map of the Western Realm. I want to understand our current location and where there are nearby troops stationed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There is a garrison three miles away, with a shipyard. This is Rongxing Town on the Wangxi Road, and the nearby garrison is Rongxing Castle, with over a thousand troops, two large ships, and ten small ships.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have there been any recent large shipments of supplies?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There have been some, but not many.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Any troop reinforcements or recruitment of soldiers?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, there hasn’t.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No signs of mobilizing troops?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Da Guang Dynasty is to the south. If there were to be a mobilization, it should be toward the Wangnan Road, not the Wangxi Road.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems everyone thinks alike, expecting an attack toward the south, aiming at the Da Guang Dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This spy from the Inspection Department hadn’t considered that the Da Lie Dynasty might attack the Da Jing Dynasty to the west.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Da Lie are deliberately creating an Enchantment Formation, deceiving everyone into believing they would attack the Da Guang Dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Da Lie Dynasty kept it a secret from their own people, deceiving everyone, including the Da Jing Dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This strategy is indeed quite clever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If they were to head south and turn west midway, where would they typically change direction?” Chu Zhiyuan asked, “And possibly resupply?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…There is a large island in the southwest, Nanyun Island. Stopping there allows a direct turn west, and Nanyun Island is prosperous, making resupply easy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nanyun Island…” Chu Zhiyuan nodded, “It’s not easy to enter Nanyun Island, is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nanyun Island is heavily guarded, and entry requires a passage permit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can you obtain a passage permit?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I’ll see what I can do.” Pang Si frowned, thought for a moment, and slowly said, “You’ll know by tomorrow morning.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you.” Chu Zhiyuan nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could tell Pang Si was confident, just deliberately delaying to emphasize the difficulty of the task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s more…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan and Pang Si talked until they were dry-throated, unconsciously drinking two cups of tea while clarifying the surrounding situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan then bid farewell to Pang Si and wandered through the town, visiting the Rongxing Castle garrison three miles away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He extended his Super Sense, illuminating the Rongxing Castle garrison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quickly discerning their strengths and weaknesses, he breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The over a thousand soldiers of Da Lie were lax, their discipline lax, and their martial arts cultivation mediocre.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the evening training, many slacked off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew from the Inspection Department’s intelligence that Da Lie’s military system differed from the Da Jing Dynasty’s, with less emphasis on merit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the Da Jing Dynasty, Da Lie’s soldiers have fewer paths to advancement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Promotion isn’t as easy, and merit isn’t as easily accrued, leading these soldiers to lack motivation, becoming nothing but old hands with no ambition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even against the Phoenix Camp, these thousand soldiers wouldn’t require the Phoenix Camp soldiers to use formations to swiftly destroy them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ventured south along the coastline under cover of night, traveling several hundred miles and inspecting several Da Lie military camps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overall, the Da Lie soldiers lacked combat power and formations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It makes sense—naval battles don’t need formations; it’s all about ships firing arrows, then boarding for close combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The further south he went, the more elite the Da Lie soldiers became, more formidable individually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet their elite units still fell short compared to the soldiers he had seen from the Da Jing Dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan felt he might have overthought things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if these elite units breached into the Da Jing Dynasty and entered the Eastern Territory, once the Da Jing Western Realm’s troops were mobilized, a single charge would send them scattering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing is believing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing Da Lie’s army with his own eyes, most of his worries vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the early morning of the second day, he returned to Rongxing Town, obtained a passage permit, and headed south.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of boarding a Da Lie vessel, he used a small boat of his own, pushing its speed to the limit, reaching Nanyun Island in one go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon entering Nanyun Island with the passage permit, he brazenly stayed at an inn, experiencing the local customs of Nanyun Island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also inspecting the island’s garrison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The troops on Nanyun Island were even more elite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He observed their usual training, their force deployments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He noticed a continuous influx of military ships transporting troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Small contingents joined, bringing the island’s garrison to over ten thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see troops being gathered from all around, selected elites from the military converging on Nanyun Island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet these elites still paled in comparison to the Phoenix Camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan was reassured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, he left Nanyun Island, continued south, reaching the Da Guang’s Northern Territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entering the Da Guang Dynasty from the north, he reconnected with Inspection Department spies, surveyed the Da Guang’s Northern Territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days later, he returned to the Da Jing Dynasty’s Eastern Territory coastline, found two Heavenly Dragon Divine Horses, and headed back to Yujing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phoenix Camp began their operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They split into ten brigades, spaced approximately ten miles apart, with eighteen small units forming one brigade, marching separately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the road, Chu Zhiyuan continued to train their military formations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heavenly Dragon Divine Horse allowed him to move like lightning, training one brigade and then the next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In one day, he could cycle through training them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The troops utilized Qinggong, marching lightly while carrying heavy loads. Bai Ningyu had gone ahead to coordinate logistics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In ten days, upon reaching the Eastern Territory, they had achieved a proficiency of five or six out of ten with the Phoenix Seeking Phoenix Formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan considered this sufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a certain camp in the Eastern Territory, all the soldiers of the Phoenix Camp changed into Da Lie Dynasty armor and weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wore solemn expressions, feeling the gravity of the impending battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zhiyuan looked over the Phoenix Camp soldiers with satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These soldiers had battle experience, having seen blood, if not directly having killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such soldiers, on the battlefield, wouldn’t lose their nerve, and could unleash their full strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“`\u003C\u002Fp>",1370,"2026-06-03T09:57:58.104Z","2026-06-03T09:58:02.814Z",1,"novelbin.me","d76b617ae231dab3884a9a8dfebc24fefe1b57ec628dd66ecfbe609de4232ecb","imperial-cultivation-chapter-328","imperial-cultivation-chapter-326",1378,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimperial-cultivation-cover.jpg",{"terms":25},[]]