Chapter 1162: The Path of Legend

"This child is not bad, he has some potential. Cultivate him well; in the future, he will have the chance to become a pillar of the Human Race."

Su Fan praised him indifferently.

Zhang Liao's Qi of Luck was naturally a bit more than Zhang Hu's; deep within the other's True Spirit, there was a blessing of the Qi of Luck of Humanity.

But Zhang Hu did not have this.

Perhaps this was the potential benefit of being a historical figure; in the Mythical World, they were born with a bit more Qi of Luck than others.

This was also the possibility for them to stand out in history.

Zhang Hu's aptitude was perhaps no less than Zhang Liao's; he might have existed in history, but unfortunately, he was merely a first-tier mortal in history.

In the Mythical World, however, he radiated quite a bit of light.

With Zhang Hu's aptitude, if he left Jiuzhou and joined a faction to walk the path of Martial Dao, not to mention anything else, becoming a Martial Dao Heavenly Immortal would not be much of a problem, but as for a Martial Dao Golden Body, that would depend on his fortuitous encounters.

Zhang Liao was different; Zhang Liao's True Spirit origin was much thicker than Zhang Hu's, which also meant that his Qi of Luck and potential were a few degrees stronger than Zhang Hu's.

If he had the support of a massive faction, he could definitely stand out in the Great Trend of the future; he would not dare to hope for Great Luo Golden Immortal, but the Martial Dao Golden Body realm, he imagined, still had a high possibility.

"Is what the Senior said true?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Hu was also somewhat excited. Regardless of who Su Fan was, the other's cultivation was definitely unfathomable.

Of course, regarding the other's words, Zhang Hu felt more that the other was just saying kind things. Zhang Hu had never thought about being a pillar of the Human Race, but being able to become an immortal, Zhang Hu felt that would already be the ancestral graves of their Zhang Clan emitting blue smoke.

After cultivating to the Refining Spirit Realm, Zhang Hu was very clear about the difficulty of becoming an immortal, especially becoming an immortal through Martial Dao, which required the transformation of the Fleshly Body.

Under normal circumstances, it was truly very difficult to achieve.

Moreover, the Martial Dao Inheritance of their Zhang Clan was not necessarily very profound.

"This child has this potential."

Having this potential—Zhang Hu caught the subtext of the other's words. Potential was just potential; many people had potential, yet wanting to bring that potential to fruition was what mattered most.

He also knew that his grandson had no small amount of potential, no worse than his own. As long as he was trained well, perhaps there was a great chance he could break through to the Refining Spirit Realm just like him.

But that was the future. He was currently only a Martial Dao Grandmaster. Among the one hundred thousand elites of Yanmen Commandery, it was not as if there were no Martial Dao Grandmaster-level figures.

Among one hundred thousand troops, finding a dozen or so Grandmasters was still very easy. Some were from noble clans, and some were from the bottom-level commoners.

The Yanmen Army he established was also modeled after the Great Qin of the past; their Zhang Clan's Martial Dao came from the inheritance of a small landlord family of Great Qin.

He also had some superficial understanding of Great Qin; coincidentally, that small landlord also came from the Great Qin military and was once a Five-Hundred-Man Commander in the Beidi army of Great Qin.

It was precisely by relying on this inheritance that the Zhang Clan reached its current state in just a thousand years, and he, in turn, emerged in response to the times and established an army belonging to the Zhang Clan.

Of the one hundred thousand elites of Yanmen Commandery, half belonged entirely to their Zhang Clan, while the remaining fifty thousand were sent by various noble clans of Bingzhou.

It was just that he controlled them most of the time to resist the Grassland Alien Tribes.

He was clear about the situation of the noble clans, but he, Zhang Hu, would never ignore the bottom-level people. As long as some bottom-level people were provided with cultivation resources, they could also burst forth with brilliant light.

There was nothing much here in Yanmen Commandery, but in Jiuyuan Jun of Bingzhou, it was said that a Peerless fierce general had been born.

He was even more legendary than him.

The Lu Clan of Jiuyuan—of course, it was not the Lu Clan of the Liu Han Dynasty. The Lu Clan could be considered a top-tier family of a generation, especially since they had produced three empresses; they were absolutely the number one maternal relative family of the Liu Han Dynasty.

But unfortunately, they encountered the Martial Emperor, and as a result, the Lu Clan was almost exterminated.

And the Lu Clan of Jiuyuan, when it came down to it, could not even be considered landlord magnates.

The Lu Clan of Jiuyuan could only be considered a well-off family because there had always been family members serving in the military, with the highest reaching the position of Tuntian Commander.

It could be considered barely reaching the lower-middle level of the military.

However, in the last three generations, the Lu Clan suddenly became different. In these three generations, strong individuals appeared in the Lu Clan. The first was Lv Yan from a hundred years ago, whose cultivation reached Grandmaster, and he also displayed quite a bit of brilliance in the Nine Plains Army.

Because of his personal martial prowess, he suddenly reached the position of Colonel in the Nine Plains Army and could command an army of three thousand.

This was still because the other's background was too low. If he had been from a noble clan, or even just from the lowest landlord background with some connections, this person could have at least commanded the eight thousand of a Middle Army Colonel Department.

On the side of the Bingzhou Army, independent armies were based on the Colonel Department, and a Colonel's army was divided into three types: Lower Army, Middle Army, and Upper Army.

A Lower Army Colonel Department had only three thousand, a Middle Army Colonel Department had eight thousand, and an Upper Army Colonel Department was the largest, with a full fifteen thousand.

And once one became a General, one could command an army of fifty thousand.

That person, because his background was too low, could only command a Lower Army Colonel Department. However, although this child's glory was short-lived, his descendants were not bad either.

Eighty years ago, he died on the battlefield, but his descendants inherited his aptitude. He joined the army at fifteen and reached this person's position in twenty years, and because of the foundation Lv Yan had laid in the military, he also had quite a few connections.

After all, Lv Yan was at least a Martial Dao Grandmaster. In Jiuyuan Jun, various noble clans had also tried to win him over. Although the former died in battle, it was for the sake of Jiuyuan Jun.

And his descendant's cultivation was even better, surpassing the master, even reaching the peak of the Martial Dao Grandmaster realm. Thus, he suddenly controlled the Upper Army Colonel Department and could be considered high-level in the Nine Plains Army.

The Lu Clan of Jiuyuan, through the hard work of these two generations, had also laid down a considerable foundation.

They became one of the magnates of Jiuyuan Jun.

Of course, if it were only this, it would not be worth Zhang Hu's attention. After all, such magnates were actually very numerous in the border regions.

Many bottom-level people, because of joining the army and then bursting forth, would have strong individuals like Masters or Grandmasters appear within one to three generations, elevating their families from commoners to the ranks of magnates.

But because of issues with inheritance and foundation, they would quickly decline.

Because once these people died in battle, the family would have no way forward.

And dying on the battlefield, in the border regions, let alone Masters or Grandmasters, even those at the Martial Dao Golden Core or even Refining Spirit Realm were in danger.

The legend of the Lu Clan did not stop there. Lv Yan's grandson, who was also the third generation of the Lu Clan, was named Lv Bu. This child was the true legend of Bingzhou.

Compared to him, Zhang Hu considered himself to be a few degrees inferior.

It was said that this child was born with Divine Power. After two generations of management, the Lu Clan already had a considerable foundation in Jiuyuan. After this child was born, he naturally received greater cultivation.

And the latter indeed did not disappoint the Lu Clan.

From a young age, he displayed extraordinary potential.

He began to join the army at thirteen, and at that time, the other's strength had already reached the level of a Master.