Chapter 173 : Chapter 173
Chapter 173: Wang Longcheng’s Troubles
After An Xing finished saying this, every Military District leader looked at Hong Liangpeng.
The Commander-in-Chief controlled the “hats,” while the Deputy Commander-in-Chief controlled the “money.”
When it came to personnel appointments, Hong Liangpeng had the greatest say.
Hong Liangpeng immediately grew anxious.
“Give it to him! Give him the Head Instructor position! I never said I would not give it to him!”
Tu Jian and the others pressed their lips together hard, almost laughing out loud.
Seeing Hong Liangpeng lose composure like this made them feel inexplicably amused.
“No need for competition anymore?”
An Xing held back his laughter and deliberately asked in confusion.
“No need! Look...”
Hong Liangpeng began counting on his fingers as he explained to everyone.
“Tiger Marquis Li has a Growth-Type Talent no one has ever seen before, right?”
“He grew from the Second Grade all the way to the Ninth Grade! How many months did that take? Right?”
“His military rank rose so quickly, and his strength is unfathomable, like gods and ghosts, right?”
“He subdued Divine Elephant Nation in a single encounter, right?”
“What is the big deal about letting him serve as Head Instructor? Right?”
His repeated “right?” made everyone find it even funnier.
You understand it pretty clearly now. Why did you not directly arrange a Military Post for him earlier?
Now that he has gone back to his hometown, you are suddenly enthusiastic!
In fact, there was one more sentence Hong Liangpeng had wanted to say.
“He can even modify Cultivation Arts!”
However, Li Mu’s ability to modify Cultivation Arts was a highly classified secret.
Those who knew, knew. Many people in the Military Merit Bureau and the Cultivation Arts Faculty knew about it.
However, it was absolutely forbidden to discuss it in public.
In the Wanren Military District, aside from Hong Liangpeng himself, it seemed only An Xing and a few leaders from the Cultivation Arts Faculty knew about this matter.
An Xing pretended to be troubled and nodded.
“Fine, then. I will give him a call in a while?”
“Call him! You must call him.”
Hong Liangpeng nodded repeatedly in affirmation.
At the same time, in the Pearl Military District.
Outside Base One, an even larger base was being built in full swing.
On the frame of the outer facade, enormous characters had already begun to be installed.
Tiger Roar Army Inner Camp.
This meant that the Tiger Roar Army would be changed from a Temporary Billet into a formally established special force.
The reason the Inner Camp was being established in the Pearl Military District was that the Pearl Military District and Tiger Roar Camp had already built a point-to-point teleportation connection.
At this moment, Li Mu and Wang Longcheng stood in front of the Teleportation Area.
They looked at the enormous golden Teleportation Array that had appeared there.
From time to time, Tiger Roar Army soldiers appeared out of thin air from within it.
With his hands behind his back, Wang Longcheng explained, “This is the Elephant-Stone Teleportation Array.”
“It is the first outstanding result of Divine Elephant Nation’s cooperation with us in point-to-point teleportation research.”
“After the power of their Golden Divine Elephants is guided into a certain type of energy crystal...”
“and combined with our spatial teleportation technology, it can achieve ultra-long-distance point-to-point teleportation.”
“However, installing this kind of Teleportation Array requires more time and resources than the previous Teleportation Gates.”
“The Elephant-Stone Teleportation Array between the Pearl Military District and Tiger Roar Camp is the first pilot project.”
Ever since Huaxia’s Research Institute had gone to Divine Elephant Nation’s Balibali City to conduct research, Divine Elephant Nation had been shocked beyond words by Huaxia’s Research Institute.
Huaxia’s Research Institute had not only helped them optimize the breeding technology of the Golden Divine Elephants and elephants, but had also very quickly developed point-to-point teleportation.
Although it used the power of their Golden Divine Elephants, once the technology matured in the future, this kind of Teleportation Array would also be arranged for them.
Therefore, Divine Elephant Nation was cooperating with tremendous enthusiasm.
“Then I suppose this Teleportation Array will soon attract the attention of the higher-ups,” Li Mu said with a smile.
Wang Longcheng nodded.
“Yes, but there is no need to worry too much about that. Even if the higher-ups take it seriously, our priority will still be the highest.”
“The most urgent task right now is to completely mine all the non-renewable resources around Tiger Roar Sixth Camp.”
“After that, since our teleportation range has expanded, the burden of Blind-Zone Exploration missions will become even heavier.”
“We are short of Martial Artists from the Third and Fourth Grades all the way to the Seventh and Eighth Grades.”
“And the matter of recruiting students for the Military Academy is also a real headache.”
Wang Longcheng shook his head with his hands behind his back. A few faint strands of white had appeared at his temples.
Not far away, Adjutant Zhang sighed almost imperceptibly.
Only he had seen how exhausted Wang Longcheng had been during this period.
He slept less than four or five hours almost every day.
Admittedly, as a Deputy Commander-in-Chief of a Military District, if he wanted to slack off, he could simply focus on the economy like Zhang Qing. That was also within the scope of his duties.
After all, Liang Huajun was still above him.
However, Wang Longcheng was a man who got things done. No one knew when the third stage of the Abyss would descend.
A lukewarm Military District could very likely collapse completely under the impact of some monster tide.
And as the smallest Military District in scale, the Pearl Military District had far too much to do!
Wang Longcheng never mentioned these things to anyone in ordinary times.
Only when Li Mu was at his side would he say them without restraint.
“You are going to establish the Military Academy now?” Li Mu asked.
“Yes. I have decided to use Blackwater High School, the school you attended. That Yin Changming is quite good.”
“We will directly move Blackwater High School near the entrance and upgrade it from a high school into a university-level Military Academy.”
“It will be called Blackwater Military Academy! I will concurrently serve as Principal, and Yin Changming will be Vice Principal.”
“The only problem is university enrollment.”
“I do not know how many people will be willing to apply to a brand-new Military Academy.”
After Wang Longcheng finished speaking, he turned and walked toward the Commander-in-Chief’s Office.
Li Mu followed beside him and said with a smile, “Actually, I brought you something good this time.”
Wang Longcheng smiled. “Oh? You actually know to bring me something? I thought you came back planning to take something from me.”
Li Mu raised an eyebrow. “If I really asked for something, you would not refuse, would you?”
“Hahaha! You brat. Did I misjudge you? I would give it to you! As long as our Military District has it, you can ask for whatever you want!”
Wang Longcheng said this boldly.
Li Mu chuckled and did not continue along that line.
“Heh, I cannot ask right now.”
The two had just reached this point in their conversation when the Teleportation Array behind them lit up with bursts of golden light one after another. Then Xing Yang and Xing Guang led a group of people and quickly ran toward Li Mu and the others.
Wang Longcheng turned back to look. Xing Yang and Xing Guang soon ran up to them.
First, they gave Wang Longcheng a standard salute. “Deputy Commander-in-Chief Wang!”
Wang Longcheng smiled in response.
Then Xing Yang saluted Li Mu and said, “Overall Commander! Five hundred Tiger Roar soldiers above the Fifth Grade have been brought here.”
Li Mu looked behind him. Densely packed Tiger Roar Army soldiers were continuously emerging from the Teleportation Array and forming ranks, each of them vigorous and imposing.
When they saw Li Mu, all of these soldiers’ eyes lit up!
Only then did Li Mu smile at Wang Longcheng.
“Perfect. The thing I brought for you can be taken out now.”
“However, this thing has some uncontrollable factors, and I am not certain what the effects will be.”
“To avoid any problems, I still need you to mobilize another two thousand soldiers above the Fifth Grade, all with top-tier practical combat ability, to deal with any sudden situations.”
Although Wang Longcheng was somewhat puzzled, he still had Adjutant Zhang notify Liang Huajun.
A dozen minutes later, on the enormous plaza in front of Base One, two thousand soldiers had gathered. Together with the five hundred Tiger Roar Army soldiers, they formed an overwhelmingly imposing square formation.
Liang Huajun, Wang Longcheng, and Qin Zhanye all stood beside Li Mu.
Li Mu had already told them earlier that the thing he had brought back was called the Sub-Profound Spirit Tree.
As Li Mu had expected, none of the three had ever heard of it!
Li Mu had also asked Wang Yinhuan to search the Research Institute for quite a long time before he roughly understood how this Sub-Profound Spirit Tree operated.
He wanted to use the Pearl Military District as the first pilot site.
“According to what you said, this Sub-Profound Spirit Tree is equivalent to a cultivation field?”
Liang Huajun asked excitedly.
“That is right!”
Li Mu nodded. After looking around and confirming that the open space was indeed large enough, he said to everyone, “Step back.”
Wang Longcheng and the others slowly retreated. Very quickly, only Li Mu was left in the middle of the open space.
The soldiers in the front rows of the formation, numbering more than two thousand, also looked at Li Mu in confusion.
Li Mu’s Divine Sense entered the Blessed Field Art, and he carefully pulled out a Beckoning Sapling before taking it out.
Li Mu infused True Qi into the ground beneath his feet and lightly stomped.
The ground in front of him exploded with a boom, leaving behind an earthen pit.
Li Mu buried the small sapling inside and covered it with soil.
The Beckoning Sapling first remained still for a while. Then, unexpectedly, it began to sway excitedly.
Its entire body gradually started giving off dazzling white light.
Within that white light, which was so intense that it almost made people unable to open their eyes, the Beckoning Sapling actually began to slowly sink.
Before long, it had burrowed into the soil...