Chapter 782: Punishment? (2/2)

”This army is technically part of the federation, but in reality, they don't belong to the federation. In other words, even the federation is unaware of just how powerful they are. Once you get there, you'll find out how difficult it is to join this army. Rest here for today; you can go back tomorrow after you've recovered somewhat. We'll give you a few days to prepare, and you'll be setting off immediately right after you've fully recovered.”

Yun Ming was clearly intentionally keeping everything quite vague, so Tang Wulin naturally couldn't ask too many questions. An army that could be held in such high regard by the master of the Sea G.o.d's Pavilion clearly wasn't any ordinary army! But what could they be? He didn't know much about the military, so he couldn't derive an answer no matter how much he thought about it.

As such, he decided to abandon that train of thought altogether. He had experienced so many hards.h.i.+ps already; all he had to do was overcome any obstacles that were thrown his way, regardless of what they were. Besides, this was just military training; it was no big deal.

The stir that ran through the entire Shrek City by the sightings of golden plants quickly died down. In the eyes of most people, this had most likely been the result of one of the unfathomably powerful beings of Shrek Academy testing out one of their abilities. Of course, this incident enshrouded Shrek Academy in an extra layer of mystery and intrigue.

Five days later. Tang Wulin and his friends were ordered to gather on a plaza in the inner court of the academy.

Elder Cai of the Sea G.o.d's Pavilion was already there to greet them.

The sense of foreboding in Tang Wulin's heart became even more p.r.o.nounced at the sight of Elder Cai. Every time she a.s.signed them with a mission, it was always quite a difficult mission to complete.

”Military training with a minimum duration of a year?” Everyone else had also received this news, and just like Tang Wulin, they were also completely in the dark about just what this military training entailed.

Tang Wulin looked at his friends, all of whom were also looking back at him. Tang Wulin had been living on the Sea G.o.d's Island for the past few days, so this was their first meeting in a while. To be more accurate, Tang Wulin had rarely ever appeared before them during the past six months unless it was to forge uncommon metals for their suits of battle armor.

He'd initially been planning to pay a visit to Divine Blacksmith Zhen Hua, but he clearly didn't have any time to go now. He'd just have to wait until after this stint of military training. Feng Wuyu had already bestowed upon him the techniques, requirements, and cultivation methods required to succeed in soul forgeries; all that was left now was for him to find his own way.

”What's going on, Captain?” Yue Zhengyu asked in a quiet voice. He was standing right beside Tang Wulin while Xu Xiaoyan was situated on the other side of the group, which was a clear indication that their relations.h.i.+p was still quite strained, despite the fact that everything seemed to have gone back to normal.

Tang Wulin shook his head, and replied, ”I don't know what this military training entails, either, but I can tell you that this is a punishment handed down to me by Elder Yun himself.”

Everyone's jaws fell to the ground in unison upon hearing this.

Yun Ming was arguably the most powerful being on the entire Douluo Continent! If this military training were a punishment that had been handed down by him, then there was no way that it was normal military training.

At this moment, Elder Cai had already made her way over to them. She cleared her throat, and said, ”You've all grown up, and military service is a mandatory undertaking for every citizen of the federation. You've all come of age, so consider this your mandatory military service. There's no set time frame, but the military training will span a maximum of two years. I hope you can all complete it before coming back.”

I hope you can all complete it? Why did that sound so unsettling?!

Xie Xie couldn't help but ask, ”Elder Cai, can you tell us what kind of military service this is going to be?”

Elder Cai glanced at him, and replied, ”Do you think I can just go around spilling confidential information from the military? The only thing I can tell you is that less than 30 people from our academy have undertaken this military service, yet only four were able to complete the entire two-year term. I was not one of those four.”

A stunned look appeared on Tang Wulin's face. ”Do these 30 people also include the elders of the Sea G.o.d's Pavilion?”

Elder Cai nodded in response. ”Of course, but not all of the elders have undertaken this military service. Alright, there's no point for you to overthink things; you won't be getting any useful information from me anyway. As opposed to considering all of these pointless matters, it's better for you to make more preparations instead. I hope all of you can reap bountiful rewards from this stint of military service. Now then, I'm going to elaborate on some matters that need to be addressed.”

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