Chapter 449: Army formed! Super strong lineup (6000)

In the conference hall, facing Li Fei's counter-question, Prince Cheng's expression was no longer as solemn as an eternal glacier.

He looked at Li Fei with a smile that was not a smile, slowly rose from the main seat, and his grand voice buzzed in the room:

"I did not expect the Imperial Brother to value you so much!"

This Prince did not salute, but no one present felt there was anything inappropriate about it.

"As if the Emperor were present in person" was, after all, not the Emperor truly arriving, and besides, even if he truly saw the Emperor, Prince Cheng did not need to salute.

Who in the world today did not know that the Emperor and his own younger brother had a deep affection?

If there were not full trust, how could the Emperor let Prince Cheng manage the one hundred thousand troops of the Northern Border?

One must know that the Prince Li, whose cultivation realm was far above Prince Cheng's, was a Human Martial Saint and the Emperor's own uncle, yet he did not have military power in his hands, let alone much real power!

"Someone."

Prince Cheng suddenly shouted.

The personal guards guarding outside the conference hall immediately pushed the door open and entered.

"Move a chair for the Jing'an Marquis, place it right beside This Prince!"

Prince Cheng said so.

"Yes."

Two personal guards received the order and left.

Soon, a chair was placed on the left side of Prince Cheng's main seat in the conference hall.

This scene made Luo Xu, who was sitting there, look even uglier.

"Li Fei, come!"

Prince Cheng beckoned to Li Fei.

Li Fei had already put away the golden plate at this time and finally took the initiative to salute: "Thank you, Prince."

Then he strode toward his new seat and sat down calmly.

"Luo Xu."

After everyone sat down again, Prince Cheng directly called Luo Xu by name.

Luo Xu stood up and saluted: "Prince."

Prince Cheng restored his solemn expression like an eternal glacier:

"Tell me, what happened today?"

Luo Xu looked at Li Fei, who was sitting beside Prince Cheng and also looking at him, hating him so much that he gritted his teeth secretly.

Originally, this meeting should have been for him and Li Fei to be tried together, but now Li Fei was sitting above watching him being tried alone.

The criminal had become the judge?

"Today, Li Fei, the Jing'an Marquis, led people to forcefully break into the Logistics Headquarters, first publicly attacking the guards of the Logistics Headquarters, then letting unrelated personnel enter the warehouse of the Logistics Headquarters to conduct a massive search, and finally, even more cruelly, publicly murdering the Logistics Headquarters supervisor, Zhang Anwu!"

Luo Xu's tone was filled with grief and indignation:

"So arrogant, ignoring the military law and military might of my Northern Border, I, as the Northern Border Vice Provincial Military Commander, should naturally stop his behavior and take him down to rectify military law!"

After Prince Cheng finished listening, he did not immediately state his position, but looked at Li Fei on the side:

"What explanation does the Jing'an Marquis have?"

Li Fei did not stand up and said calmly:

"Logistics Headquarters supervisor Zhang Anwu embezzled the Supplementary Essence Pills that should have been issued to the over three thousand martial artists of the Blue Patrol Pavilion for training. This Marquis found the evidence of his crimes, so I immediately led people to the Logistics Headquarters to arrest him, and in the end, caught him red-handed. A total of six officials from the Logistics Headquarters all confessed on the spot and pointed out Zhang Anwu's crimes."

Luo Xu immediately retorted: "What qualification do you have to enforce the law in the Northern Border? His Majesty only appointed you as the Army Supervisor of the Shaman-Killing Army, but did not let you be the Army Supervisor of the Northern Border Border Army!"

Li Fei also retorted without showing any weakness:

"This Marquis, as a Blue Patrol Special Envoy and also the leader of the Blue Patrol Pavilion inspection team, is qualified to manage all affairs related to the Blue Patrol Pavilion!"

Luo Xu said angrily: "A joke! An organization that manages local martial arts forces actually dares to bypass my Northern Border Military Department and directly enforce the law in the Northern Border? Did the Imperial Court give the Blue Patrol Pavilion such power?!"

This was actually the biggest loophole in Li Fei's behavior this time, or rather, the place most vulnerable to attack.

He was indeed qualified to manage the affairs of the Blue Patrol Pavilion, and the batch of Supplementary Essence Pills that Zhang Anwu embezzled was indeed related to the Blue Patrol Pavilion.

In the end, he did indeed find the evidence of Zhang Anwu's crimes.

But even if all this were true, did the Blue Patrol Pavilion have the qualification to directly bypass the Military Department to enforce the law?

Li Fei, this Level 16 Blue Patrol Special Envoy, although he had the privilege of executing first and reporting later, this privilege was limited to those below the rank of Seat Official.

Zhang Anwu, who was killed, was a Level 15 official and a military officer of the Border Army, completely outside the supervisory scope of the Blue Patrol Special Envoy.

Under such circumstances, Li Fei directly killed the person, and Luo Xu completely had a legitimate reason to take him down directly!

Everyone present understood this principle.

If Li Fei had not taken out that plate, then today's matter, he would have been very likely to suffer a loss.

He might even have faced military disposal!

But since he had taken out the "As if the Emperor were present in person" plate, and Prince Cheng had moved his seat to his side...

Then the nature of the matter was different again.

"Official Luo said it very well, the Imperial Court indeed did not give the Blue Patrol Pavilion such power."

Li Fei looked at Luo Xu, speaking with force:

"But His Majesty gave this Marquis such power!"

"..."

The conference hall was silent.

Even if Luo Xu hated him in his heart, he did not open his mouth to retort at this time.

Some things were one way under the table.

Bringing them to the table was another matter.

Even if one ignored the laws of the country under the table and was arrogant and domineering in the Northern Border...

But at this very moment, before Prince Cheng, toward that "As if the Emperor were present in person" plate, Luo Xu had to maintain the proper respect.

Could a golden plate of "As if the Emperor were present in person" kill a logistics supervisor with conclusive evidence of crimes?

The answer did not need to be stated.

Back then, the Emperor had Feng Cheng send this golden plate to Li Fei, but in the end, he did not give any instructions.

But in fact, all the words that needed to be said were in those four words.

The greatest trust a monarch could give a subject was nothing more than this!

"Luo Xu."

Prince Cheng called Luo Xu's name again.

"Prince."

"Do you have anything else to say?"

"The subordinate... has nothing to say!"

Luo Xu gritted his teeth, and strands of blue veins bulged on his forehead.

"You have nothing to say, but This Prince has something to say!"

Prince Cheng's voice suddenly became murderous.

Luo Xu immediately stood straight, his expression becoming grave.

"Zhang Anwu was your son-in-law, yet such a thing happened today. He had been the logistics supervisor for so many years, and now he dared to embezzle the pills for the Blue Patrol Pavilion martial artists. Who knows how many supplies he embezzled before? If this matter cannot be investigated clearly, how can we give an account to the over one hundred thousand soldiers of the Border Army?!"

Prince Cheng's tone was as murderous as a harsh winter, making Luo Xu feel tremendous pressure.

He immediately arched his hands and said:

"Prince, regarding Zhang Anwu's matter, the subordinate truly did not know. If I had known earlier that he was such a person, where would I need to wait for the Jing'an Marquis to kill him? I would definitely have executed him for the sake of righteousness and killed him with my own hands!"

Prince Cheng did not express his position on this, but called out another name:

"Shi Zhenbang!"

A man with a cold, rigid expression stood up immediately:

"The subordinate is here!"

He was the Military Justice of the Northern Border Military Justice Department Headquarters, the head of the Military Justice Department, a Level 16 military officer.

"You are responsible for thoroughly investigating this matter, and within seven days, investigate a result!"

Prince Cheng ordered.

This meant that Zhang Anwu's death would not be the end, but merely a beginning.

He was Luo Xu's son-in-law; once the Military Justice Department wanted to investigate deeply, Luo Xu could only cut off his arm to save his life!

After giving the order, Prince Cheng turned to look at Li Fei:

"What does the Jing'an Marquis think?"

Li Fei arched his hands: "Everything is decided by the Prince."

Shaman-Killing City, in a drill ground, over three thousand martial artists recommended by the Blue Patrol Pavilion all gathered in the field.

After Li Fei led them back to this camp, he was soon called to attend the emergency meeting of the Military Department.

These over three thousand martial artists saw this matter in their eyes, and after Li Fei left, they did not disperse immediately, but still gathered on the drill ground waiting.

Everyone was discussing how this matter would end today? How would Li Fei be dealt with?

"In my opinion, the Marquis will likely be dealt with by military law this time!"

"Yes, directly killing the person, too audacious."

"If you ask me, since the evidence of that supervisor's crimes has already been found, why kill him? Hand the person to the Military Justice Department, get our pills back, wouldn't we have both face and substance? Who could still say they are unconvinced?"

"Sigh, the Marquis is indeed too impulsive..."

"In the end, won't we all be in trouble together?"

"Heh, fortunately I didn't follow and rush up at that time; those who drew their blades against the Logistics Headquarters guards will likely be in trouble!"

"..."

Everyone discussed heatedly, and the vast majority did not look favorably upon the final result of this matter.

Today, those martial artists who followed Li Fei and rushed out, and even drew their blades, were also anxious, worried that they had been impulsive for a moment, stood on the wrong side, and would be in trouble together in the end.

Suddenly, there was movement outside the drill ground gate.

"They're here, they're here!"

"What?"

"Vehicles!"

"..."

Five large trucks drove into this camp and finally all stopped on the drill ground.

"Everyone, come and help lend a hand, the vehicles are all full of things for you!"

A driver responsible for transportation opened his throat and shouted loudly.

The crowd on the drill ground swarmed up, helping to unload the boxes from the trucks and placing them on the ground.

"It's that batch of Supplementary Essence Pills!"

Someone recognized the style of the boxes; it was exactly the over one hundred boxes of Supplementary Essence Pills found at the Logistics Headquarters earlier.

But five large trucks, of course, did not just contain over one hundred boxes.

"There's something else!"

"This is Ice Crystal Pill."

"There is Green Wood Pill here."

"I have Marrow Fire Pill here!"

"..."

Everyone shouted excitedly.

The pills they were talking about were all pills for cultivation.

Supplementary Essence Pills were specifically for replenishing energy for various attribute implants, just like the rice ordinary people ate.

And pills for cultivation were like various nutritional supplements, which could accelerate the growth of implants.

The value of the two was completely different!

The Military Department had previously issued cultivation pills to these Blue Patrol Pavilion martial artists, but the quantity was limited.

In later training, only those who performed excellently could receive cultivation pills as rewards.

At the border, cultivation pills all had to be exchanged with military merit.

And now, over one hundred boxes of cultivation pills were placed on the drill ground!

This made everyone present feel a huge sense of surprise.

The surprise did not end:

"Everyone, come and see, this is protective clothing!"

"And exotic weapons!"

"..."

The five large trucks transported a total of over five hundred boxes; besides Supplementary Essence Pills and cultivation pills, there were over two hundred boxes of exotic weapons and over a dozen boxes of protective clothing!

For martial artists, besides cultivation pills, the most coveted things were exotic weapons and protective clothing.

Although heavy armor had better defensive power than some low-level protective clothing, armor was too heavy and not flexible for movement, which was not conducive to daily wear.

And on the battlefield, wearing armor outside and protective clothing inside was no different from having an extra life!

Over two hundred boxes of exotic weapons probably only contained over four hundred weapons.

Over a dozen boxes of protective clothing probably only contained over one hundred pieces of clothing.

This quantity was certainly not enough for everyone to share.

Thus, those martial artists who followed and rushed out today and drew their blades against the Logistics Headquarters guards were full of anticipation at this moment.

And those martial artists who did not choose to stand in line were full of regret.

Li Fei not only brought back all the Supplementary Essence Pills, but also brought back so many good things.

This showed that today's matter, not only did he not receive punishment, but he even received a reward!

After all the boxes were unloaded and the five large trucks drove away, a car drove into the camp.

"The Marquis is back!"

Someone shouted loudly.

The crowd was in a commotion.

In the expectant gaze of the crowd, Li Fei, wearing a golden robe, got out of the car and walked toward the drill platform on the drill ground.

"Assemble—"

The military officers in the ranks shouted loudly.

Over three thousand people quickly completed the formation on the drill ground.

Li Fei stood on the drill platform, looking at the crowd below, and could clearly feel that the aura of this team before him was completely different from a few days ago!

"A few days ago, I told you that from now on, you are my soldiers!"

Li Fei's voice resounded through the drill ground:

"The promises I can give you are few, just one: I will never treat my soldiers unfairly!"

On the drill ground, everyone's eyes were bright.

Li Fei's voice continued to sound:

"Today, I brought back the things you deserve, and I also brought back rewards for you!"

The breathing of the people below began to become heavy.

Li Fei turned his head to one side, and Miao Yangxia and Su Jia, the two martial masters who followed him to the Northern Border, quickly walked onto the drill platform.

Both of them held a roster in their hands.

After they went up to the platform, they saluted Li Fei.

Li Fei nodded to the two.

So the two stood on the left and right of Li Fei and opened the rosters in their hands.

Miao Yangxia first shouted loudly:

"Wu Ran, Yang Lei, Yu Qianfeng..."

"All those whose names are called above, be granted one second-level exotic weapon, and ten bottles of cultivation pills of your choice!"

There was a commotion below the field.

The people whose names were called by Miao Yangxia were all those who followed and rushed out today and drew their blades against the Logistics Headquarters guards.

For today's conflict, Li Fei arranged for many people to record in secret, recording everyone's performance in the roster.

Those who decisively chose to stand in line with him today had now received a return!

The vast majority of them were only martial artists in the Body-Breaking Stage, and in the martial arts world, even martial masters in the Qi-Changing Stage might not necessarily possess an exotic weapon in their lifetime.

Next, Su Jia opened the roster and read the names.

The names he read were few, all were those who were responsible for leading the team today, and over a dozen military officers:

"... All those whose names are called above, be granted one second-level exotic weapon, one piece of second-level protective clothing, and ten bottles of cultivation pills of your choice!"

After both finished reading the rosters in their hands, the martial artists below who received rewards shouted excitedly:

"Thank you, Marquis, for the reward!!"

Li Fei nodded, raised one hand, and the drill ground immediately became quiet again.

"I am a person who is clear about rewards and punishments; where there is reward, there is punishment."

After speaking, he looked at Miao Yangxia beside him.

Miao Yangxia immediately took out the second roster from his bosom and read out one hundred and sixty-eight names in one breath.

The names called were all military officers transferred from the Border Army.

"Those whose names are called, step out!"

Li Fei ordered.

One hundred and sixty-eight military officers walked out of the ranks with anxiety.

Li Fei looked at these people with cold eyes:

"This Marquis can even master the secret intelligence of the Logistics Headquarters; do you think this Marquis would not know what you have done in the camp over the past two days?"

As the words fell, the faces of the one hundred and sixty-eight military officers turned pale.

These people had been secretly spreading unfavorable remarks about Li Fei in the camp over the past two days, creating a feeling that Li Fei would roll away sooner or later, and continuously emphasized to the Blue Patrol Pavilion martial artists:

In the Northern Border, one can only rely on the Military Department; relying on outsiders is unreliable.

Obviously, these people had all received tasks.

It might have been sent by Luo Xu, or it might have been the work of the Green Frost Army, or it might have been other big figures in the Northern Border.

Anyway, if Li Fei wanted to gain a foothold in the Northern Border, he would definitely snatch other people's cakes; it was impossible not to offend people.

"Seeing that you were also acting under orders, this Marquis will not make things difficult for you; go back to where you came from."

Li Fei said.

These over one hundred military officers were relieved, hurriedly saluted Li Fei to express their gratitude, and then turned and left.

Over three hundred transferred military officers were reduced by half.

This would undoubtedly have an impact on the overall strength of this team.

But Li Fei thought it was worth it.

He wanted soldiers who would follow him to the battlefield wholeheartedly, not people with ulterior motives.

After the over one hundred military officers left, Li Fei finally said:

"From now on, I will go to the battlefield with everyone; I cannot promise to let all of you survive, but I can promise one thing: when going to the battlefield, I will definitely be the one rushing to the front and retreating last!"

"Alright, dismiss."

After speaking, he turned and walked toward the bottom of the high platform cleanly and neatly.

"Swear to follow the Marquis to the death!"

Below, someone suddenly shouted loudly.

Immediately following, over three thousand people shouted in unison:

"Swear to follow the Marquis to the death!"

On the drill ground, the smoke of spirit and energy soared into the sky.

In the days that followed, everything returned to the original mode.

The over three thousand martial artists of the Blue Patrol Pavilion trained as usual every day.

With over one hundred fewer military officers, Li Fei promoted over one hundred martial artists from among the martial artists to serve as military officers.

These over one hundred people were all people who truly wanted to follow him; only in this way could his control over this team be truly established.

June 23rd.

More than half a month after Li Fei arrived in the Northern Border, another batch of Blue Patrol Pavilion martial artists arrived at Shaman-Killing City.

This batch of martial artists only had over two hundred people, but their cultivation was very high; the lowest realm was a martial master in the early Qi-Changing Stage, and the highest realm was even a martial artist in the Dao-Foundation Stage and a Great Mage in the Possession Stage!

These people were all recommended by the Blue Patrol Pavilion of Qing Province, and the leader was a Great Mage of the Nightmare Sect.

Back then, Shen Zhen promised Li Fei that she would let the sect send a batch of true elites to the Northern Border and would also incite all forces that had good relations with the Nightmare Sect to also send elites.

Now, these people had come!

Almost all the forces in Qing Province that had joined the Blue Patrol Pavilion had sent elites, giving Li Fei support.

With the addition of these over two hundred elites, the comprehensive strength of the team under Li Fei's command had improved by another notch.

It was no exaggeration to say that looking at the entire Northern Border, except for the Green Frost Army and Prince Cheng's personal guard heavy armored iron cavalry, under the same number of people, no unit could beat the people under Li Fei's command!

July 2nd.

Li Fei, who was training his subordinates in the camp outside the city, suddenly received a secret order from the Military Department, asking him to return to the city immediately to attend a meeting.

So Li Fei flew back to Shaman-Killing City directly using the Wind-Riding Art.

He went straight to the Military Department and walked into the command post.

He went upstairs, pushed the door, and walked into the conference hall where he had attended the meeting before.

The furnishings in the hall had changed again; this time it had become an oval long table with a circle of seats.

At this time, over a dozen people were already sitting in the seats.

When Li Fei walked into the conference hall, everyone looked at him.

Li Fei was stunned for a moment because he recognized two of them:

One was Mi Han, the former Deputy Pavilion Master of the Justice Pavilion who had already stepped down.

One was Chi Chengyu, the Head of the Stop-Conflict Department of Gan Province, who had voluntarily requested to come to the Northern Border to perform meritorious service to atone for his crimes not long ago.

Both of these people had lost their official positions because of the "Three Major Cases" at the beginning of the year.

Seeing these two, Li Fei immediately reacted:

These two would also join the Shaman-Killing Army and go deep into the wilderness together to execute decapitation missions, thereby performing meritorious service to atone for their crimes!

Besides these two, the remaining people all had extraordinary auras, and Li Fei could not see their depth at a glance.

"Greetings, everyone."

Li Fei nodded to everyone present.

"Jing'an Marquis, do you still remember me?"

A middle-aged man wearing a light white long gown and a jade hairpin, with the demeanor of a scholar, asked with a smile.

Li Fei turned his head to look at the other party, recalled slightly, and said with some surprise:

"Are you Principal Qi Zhou?"

This person was exactly Qi Zhou, the Principal of Tianqu University!

Qi Zhou nodded with a smile: "Two years ago, you also came to my school to participate in the National Martial Arts Exchange Competition; I didn't expect you to have come to the Northern Border to lead troops now."

Back then, he gave a speech on the stage, and Li Fei had seen him, so he had some impression.

Li Fei: "I didn't expect you to come too."

Qi Zhou smiled: "Haha, your Principal Shi originally wanted to come too, but His Majesty sympathized with his old age, so in the end, it was changed to me."

Li Fei only then knew that for this expedition of the Shaman-Killing Army, the Imperial Court had also conscripted university principals.

Every university principal was a Grandmaster!

He looked at the remaining few people; I fear that more than just this one university principal had come.

The main door of the conference hall was pushed open again, and Prince Cheng, wearing golden armor, walked in first.

Behind him also followed a person Li Fei recognized—

Deputy Pavilion Master of the Stop-Conflict Pavilion, the Regional Commander of the Shaman-Killing Army appointed by the Emperor, Bai Yan.

"Prince, Deputy Pavilion Master Bai."

Li Fei took the initiative to salute.

Prince Cheng nodded to Li Fei: "You sit beside Deputy Pavilion Master Bai."

After speaking, he walked toward the other end of the long table.

Bai Yan nodded to Li Fei with a smile: "Jing'an Marquis, we meet again."

Back then, he received Ye Zhao from Li Fei's hands and escorted him back to the capital; he and Li Fei had met once.

After greeting, Bai Yan sat in the center position at this end of the long table, and Li Fei sat down on his left.

Prince Cheng sat at the other end, directly opposite Bai Yan.

"Everyone is here, This Prince will say a few words simply."

After Prince Cheng sat down, he said cleanly and neatly:

"His Majesty has an edict to secretly establish the Shaman-Killing Army, and everyone present is a member of the Shaman-Killing Army."

Everyone present had already known about this secret order in advance, so they were all very calm.

"Everyone, introduce yourselves first; from now on, you are colleagues and will go deep into the wilderness to live and die together."

Prince Cheng said.

So, starting from his left side, Qi Zhou smiled indifferently:

"Principal of Tianqu University, Qi Zhou."

Beside Qi Zhou sat a woman wearing a purple robe:

"Principal of Changping University, Qiu Zi'an."

Immediately following was a young man with long hair draped over his shoulders, looking very unrestrained:

"Principal of Qingyun University, Ji Yifan."

Three university principals, three Grandmasters!

The six people sitting opposite the three principals also introduced themselves in turn:

"Pavilion Member of the Stop-Conflict Pavilion, Du Zi'ang."

"Pavilion Member of the Stop-Conflict Pavilion, Cai Jia."

"..."

Six Stop-Conflict Pavilion members, six Martial Arts Grandmasters!

Then a man and a woman introduced themselves separately:

"Pavilion Member of the Justice Pavilion, Zhu Zi."

"Pavilion Member of the Justice Pavilion, Di Cheng."

Two Justice Pavilion members, two True Persons of the current age!

Then Mi Han and Chi Chengyu also introduced themselves.

Li Fei, who was the Army Supervisor, introduced himself second to last:

"Jing'an Marquis, Li Fei."

Bai Yan, who was the Regional Commander, said last:

"Deputy Pavilion Master of the Stop-Conflict Pavilion, Bai Yan."

Up to this point, the strong lineup of the Shaman-Killing Army was out:

Eight Martial Arts Grandmasters!

Two True Persons of the current age!

Four Grandmasters!

One top-level True Person!

After everyone finished introducing themselves, Prince Cheng continued:

"Besides you, the Shaman-Killing Army also has three thousand-man-level Imperial Camp Armies and over three thousand Blue Patrol Pavilion martial artists."

Three thousand-man-level Imperial Camp Armies meant three more Grandmaster-level combat powers!

The troops composed of over three thousand martial artists were naturally the elites among elites.

Prince Cheng's gaze swept over everyone present:

"This is the entire membership of the Shaman-Killing Army, and your next mission is—

Go deep into the wilderness and decapitate the Northern Barbarian King!"

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(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 450 =====