Chapter Five Hundred and Seventy Six – Enemy Invasion (2/2)

“En, if he is as strong as you say, this is right,” the large man nodded and said.

“How is the progress on Bi Shan and the other’s end?” A Zha Ge asked.

“Not very smooth.” The large man shook his head, his expression worried. “They encountered trouble. Gongye Xiao Rong’s reputation is not as famous as Jiang Zhe, but he is just lacking a major victory. Bi Shan has lost two times already. Fortunately, the losses were not large. Bi Shan is planning on allying with the yao in the area. However, the battle general of that yao battalion is very young, and it is a female!”

“Female? A Zha Ge stilled.

“Yes, she’s called Mu Xi. She is from a famous family, the Palace Lake Mu Clan but she is too young. I’m slightly worried.” The large man’s expression was slightly displeased. He clearly felt discontent that their ally had sent a little girl.

A Zha Ge was also worried but he still comforted, “Palace Lake Wood Clan is a famed family. If they dare to send this little girl, she definitely is extraordinary in some aspect.”

“I hope it is so!” The large man grimaced and suddenly said, “What do you think about the state of affairs?”

A Zha Ge smiled. “To use a common saying, a new era has arrived.”

“How so?” the large man asked interestedly.

“The Sky-Splitting Calamity has pushed the yaomo and xiuzhe that used to be separated by Blood Sky Metropolis Jie back together. It is unavoidable for yaomo and xiuzhe to mix together.” A Zha Ge’s expression was extremely serious.

The large man shook his head in disagreement. “We and the xiuzhe have generations of blood and hate between us, how can we mix?”

“As there is more and more contact between yaomo and xiuzhe. The mixing cannot be stopped. There are so many chaos rifts, who can seal them all? This whirlpool will increase in size, no one can escape. We will definitely be fighting now, but there will be a day when everyone gets tired of fighting and will naturally come together,” A Zha Ge said with a chuckle.

The large man found it hard to accept what A Zha Ge said. He shook his head and said with a smile, “Your thoughts are always different than everyone else.”

“Time would prove everything.” A Zha Ge raised an eyebrow.

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Turtle Island.

Ma Fan’s face almost scrunched into a ball. Looking at the busy campsite, he rubbed his head. He really wanted to complain and say “So troublesome,” but when the words reached his mouth, he swallowed them.

Right now, he was the commander of a camp, and he could not be as carefree as before and do as he wished.

Ever since Lil’Miss put Black Turtle Camp into his hands, he put almost all of his mind and heart into it. Like a sponge, he furiously soaked up knowledge about being a battle general and spent all his time on this.

The strength of Black Turtle Camp had continuously increased. As Turtle Island’s status in Cloud Sea Jie continued to stabilize, there were greater numbers ofyoung and accomplished people that came to participate. The average strength level was much higher.

Other than an occasional inspection, Lil’ Miss did not pay too much attention to Black Turtle Camp. Black Turtle Camp was created entirely based on Ma Fan’s thoughts.

The skeleton of Black Turtle Camp was the Sky Peak Platoon and the other members were local xiuzhe. There were many jindan xiuzhe but in terms of combat ability, they were very lacking compared to the jindan of Vermillion Bird Camp. Even more troublesome was that these xiuzhe were from differentfamilies and had different spells and talismans they used. There were dhyana xiu, roaming xiu, and sword xiu.

Ma Fan knew that his battle general skill level was limited so he changed his usual laid-back personality and paid careful attention to details.

Maybe it was because he had been the tactical center before that Ma Fan was most skilled in micro-tactics. All of Black Turtle Camp followed him in this.

He made up teams, one after the next, and designed small-area tactics for all of them.

Black Turtle Camp was like a smorgasbord. The xiuzhe in each team were of different types and each team’s tactics were different. At many times, Ma Fan felt that his Black Turtle Camp was like the clothing of a beggar, patched together.

He especially longed for the pleasure of Vermillion Bird Camp’s thousand swords moving at once. However, he could only be envious.

Whenever these thoughts occurred, then it was the time that Black Turtle Camp’s training increased drastically.

The training intensity of Black Turtle Camp was based on Vermillion Bird Camp’s standard. The amount of training was so high that many local xiuzhe complained. However, Ma Fan was a cunning person. If someone wanted to slack off under his eyes, that was akin to seeking death.

The sword formations were like cages dripping with blood as they were set up around the training camp. Wanted to slack off? Then in you go!

Ma Fan did not have a high opinion of Black Turtle Camp but what surprised him was that when Lil’ Miss came for an inspection, Lil’ Miss had praised him.

When he saw the red eyes of Wei Ran and the others, Ma Fan felt his entire body lightened. Whenever he went back to think about this, Ma Fan’s mood would become much better.

However, while Black Turtle Camp had also participated in the fight for Middle Granary Jie, they were still overshadowed by Vermillion Bird Camp. He was not very happy.

This time, Ma Fan had come back to Turtle Island with orders for Black Turtle Camp to engrave formations.

Supposedly, Turtle Island’s mo matrixes had had a breakthrough. Golden Crow Camp could engrave even more powerful formations. Lil’ Miss who felt that the camp’s strength was not enough decided to have Black Turtle Camp go back to get formations engraved.

However, they had to wait for a few days. Golden Crow Camp still had a few mo who had not finished.

Ma Fan was not in a hurry. Returning to Turtle Island, he felt very close to this. However, he still spent his time on the training of Black Turtle Camp. He was continuously correcting and adjusting the problems exposed during the battles of Middle Granary Jie.

Suddenly, a paper crane flew in front of Ma Fan.

Before he even unfolded it, Ma Fan’s expression changed. This type of paper crane would only be used for an emergency report!

He unfolded the paper crane.

–Enemy Invasion! Jie river!

Translator Ramblings: Poor Ma Fan, forced skill development. If you want to blame someone, blame your boss with the weird luck.