Chapter 183 : Chapter 183
Chapter 183: The Abyss-Suppression Army Is One Whole and Will Not Allow Division!
These two trending topics in Linyuan City directly shook two sides to their core.
The first to bear the brunt was Thousand Victories Military Academy.
At first, the second trending topic had appeared relatively late.
The moment the first announcement hit the trending rankings, it was as though Wanren Military District had become a joke.
It had been isolated by Thousand Victories Military Academy.
Yet before that public opinion had even had time to fully gather momentum, the second trending topic descended.
Wanren Military District had produced a Sub-Profound Spirit Tree and invited every student from Ironbone Military Academy to enter its Mystic Realm?
Moreover, this spirit tree was much larger than the one the Liang Family had operated before.
Did that not mean it could accommodate even more people?
The direction of public opinion sharply reversed.
Thousand Victories Military Academy instantly became the clown. Even their announcement now looked utterly laughable.
And the second side that was shaken was not the Liang Family.
It was Spirit Dragon Military District and Red Horse Military District.
In the Spirit Dragon Military District headquarters, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Dong Qianyu looked at the trending topics and muttered a curse.
“Damn you! If you want to die, why are you dragging us into it?”
Just then, his phone rang.
When he picked it up, the caller was Yu Ye, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the neighboring Red Horse Military District.
“Hello, Brother Dong! Did you see Thousand Victories Military Academy’s announcement?”
“I saw it!” Dong Qianyu said irritably.
“I’ll say only one thing! Thousand Victories Military Academy is trying to create division!”
“My Abyss-Suppression Army is an unbreakable whole. It is time for us to step forward and make our stance clear.”
Dong Qianyu rose to his feet, feeling the same way.
“That was exactly what I had in mind.”
“I was planning to wait until Wanren Military District finished its test, then ask whether the Sub-Profound Spirit Tree could be opened to us as well.”
“Now that damned Thousand Victories Military Academy has made things awkward!”
“If we bring up the spirit tree now, it will seem as though we are only standing with Wanren Military District because of that.”
Unexpectedly, Yu Ye laughed loudly on the other end.
“Brother Dong, it seems we’re worried about the same thing!”
“But an upright man need not fear a crooked shadow. We can explain the situation clearly. Deputy Commander-in-Chief An will understand.”
“Even if we have to pay more, it will be worth it.”
Dong Qianyu nodded.
Right now, the first priority for these two Deputy Commanders-in-Chief was the Sub-Profound Spirit Tree.
It was such a massive Sub-Profound Spirit Tree, and even after eight or nine hours of testing, the test was still ongoing.
That meant it had not yet reached the Mystic Realm’s limit.
If the spirit tree’s function could extend to the two military districts, then even if their soldiers could only enter once every few days—or even once every half a month—it would still greatly help raise their overall combat strength.
Yet now, Thousand Victories Military Academy had made the situation somewhat delicate.
The situation in which Linyuan City’s Abyss resources were divided among families and factions also existed in Red Horse Military District and Spirit Dragon Military District.
It was just that these two military districts were fully capable of keeping the situation stable.
The risks had always remained within a controllable range.
Everyone was already too busy handling their own matters.
Who had the energy to care about the relationship between Wanren Military District and the family factions?
Therefore, the relationship between Red Horse Military District, Spirit Dragon Military District, and Wanren Military District had been rather average over the years.
However, Li Mu’s arrival had allowed them all to see hope.
Especially the appearance of the Sub-Profound Spirit Tree.
It marked that the time had come for them to begin drawing close to Wanren Military District again.
Very soon, Spirit Dragon Military District and Red Horse Military District issued statements at the same time.
[The Linyuan City Abyss-Suppression Army Is One Whole and Will Not Allow Anyone to Divide It in Any Form!]
As soon as this message appeared, Thousand Victories Military Academy’s image as a clown reached its peak.
It had been nailed to the pillar of shame by Spirit Dragon Military District and Red Horse Military District.
Moreover, this was also a serious warning from the two great military districts to the military academy.
That afternoon, the Deputy Commanders-in-Chief of the two military districts jointly came to find An Xing.
They had a “secret” conversation.
Naturally, An Xing acted extremely troubled regarding the matter of opening the spirit tree to the two great military districts.
In the end, he said that he truly could not make the decision himself.
After that, he called Li Mu over.
Once the matter was laid out clearly, Li Mu was extremely generous and said that as long as the spirit tree had surplus capacity, it would absolutely be opened to the two great military districts first.
This double act between An Xing and Li Mu made the ties between the two great military districts and Wanren Military District even closer.
And to An Xing, aside from the spirit tree, this matter was the most beneficial thing for Wanren Military District in recent days.
As long as the three great military districts united closely and became as solid as a single iron plate, their prestige would soon be restored. Anyone who dared indirectly provoke the military districts would have to carefully weigh the consequences.
In the past, he had not even dared hope for such a thing.
Hong Liangpeng absolutely could not have accomplished it either.
Yet Li Mu had taken a firm first step.
Wanren Military District gained quite a lot that day.
The test continued until eleven o’clock at night, lasting a full twelve hours.
Only after nearly sixty thousand people participated did the number of monsters inside the Spirit Tree Mystic Realm begin to decrease.
For the sake of the next batch of Exit Stones, Li Mu decided to stop the test.
After the spirit tree was shut down, it sprayed out around fifty thousand Exit Stones.
This meant that each time the spirit tree opened, its carrying capacity was roughly around sixty thousand people.
At present, they still did not know how long it would take to recover.
Further testing was still required.
Of course, among those numbers, Li Mu alone probably accounted for the quota of two or three thousand people.
He was still several hundred thousand Triumph Points away from unlocking the Great Heavenly Immortal Art.
Each time the spirit tree was tested, Li Mu had to go inside and kill until his True Qi was exhausted.
That meant he would need at least another six or seven times.
Li Mu’s cultivation had already reached the Mid-Stage Ninth Grade.
Therefore, when Li Mu entered in the future, he would have to avoid killing monsters below the Ninth Grade and only kill Ninth Grade monsters.
That was because monsters below the Ninth Grade did not give points, but they did give spiritual energy.
If he broke through to the Profound Rank after entering only three or four times, he could forget about going in to farm Triumph Points anymore.
The remaining points would have to be earned by killing Profound Rank monsters, and that would become rather troublesome.
Everything was developing in a good direction.
Only one thing made Li Mu somewhat puzzled.
The Liang Family made no move!
For an entire day, there was not the slightest movement from the Liang Family.
However, Li Mu had not expected that the Liang Family would actually come the very next day.
Early the next morning.
Li Mu arrived at work early and observed the Sub-Profound Spirit Tree by the window for a while.
He planned to open it earlier today, so he could also enter sooner and farm Triumph Points.
Now that he had the Spirit Tree Mystic Realm, he temporarily did not need to explore the Abyss.
Afterward, he also called Wang Yinhuan.
He told her to come over as well, so she could enter for a while and level up too.
Before long, Wang Yinhuan arrived at the Instructor Department.
Today, Wang Yinhuan was dressed rather casually. Both her sports jacket and pants were long, but the highly elastic fabric outlined the firm curves of her waist and hips.
Especially her two legs. They carried the perfect balance of softness and strength, full yet long and graceful.
As soon as she entered the office, Wang Yinhuan looked at Li Mu with a bright smile.
Li Mu immediately smiled very happily and could not resist pulling Wang Yinhuan into his arms.
Wang Yinhuan instantly flushed scarlet and used her eyes to signal that there was still someone beside them.
Lin Yue, who had brought Wang Yinhuan upstairs, also turned bright red.
“Head Instructor, I’ll take my leave first. Call me if you need anything!”
After saying that, Lin Yue slammed the door shut and ran off.
Only after running quite far did she run into Tang Meiying.
Tang Meiying asked in confusion, “Who was that girl you brought just now?”
Lin Yue hurriedly made a shushing gesture and pulled Tang Meiying into the room next door.
Only then did she whisper with eyes full of gossip, “She’s Head Instructor Li’s girlfriend!”
Tang Meiying’s eyes also widened. “Really?”
“Really. They hugged the moment she went in! If I had come out any later, they probably would have started kissing!”
“But honestly, Head Instructor Li’s girlfriend is really pretty! She speaks so softly too.”
“She’s an especially, especially soft kind of gentle girl! The exact opposite of you. No wonder you don’t have a boyfriend!”
Lin Yue pointed at Tang Meiying as she spoke.
“Hiss! What did I do to offend you? You say that as if you have one!”
Tang Meiying said irritably.
Lin Yue clasped her hands together, her eyes full of stars.
“I want to wait for a man as powerful, handsome, and carefree as Head Instructor Li too!”
Tang Meiying chuckled. “Heh. Then you can keep waiting!”
After saying that, she turned and left.
Lin Yue chased after her. “Half as good would work too. Even one quarter would be fine...”
Upstairs in the office.
Wang Yinhuan sat on Li Mu’s Head Instructor desk and, for some reason, felt a sense of pride in how powerful her man was.
Afterward, like a curious child, she wandered around and discovered several clean sets of military uniforms hanging in Li Mu’s wardrobe.
She asked in puzzlement, “I don’t think I’ve ever seen you officially wear the Head Instructor’s officer uniform.”
“I’m too lazy to change.”
Li Mu smiled.
What he was wearing now was still a black military uniform.
This uniform looked very much like the police uniforms from his previous life. It was comfortable and sharp, yet did not lack dignity.
Under normal circumstances, all officers were supposed to wear officer uniforms when they were in the military district.
The officer uniform was somewhat similar to the warlord officers’ uniforms from the Republican era. It had a short cape and a hat, though it did not include gloves, leather boots, or the like.
However, Li Mu often had to fight, and changing back and forth was rather troublesome. Therefore, Li Mu basically had not worn it much.
But so far, no one had dared correct Li Mu’s attire.
“Change into it. You’ll definitely look very handsome!”
Wang Yinhuan ran over to Li Mu. Her eyes sparkled as she spoke in a coquettish tone.
Li Mu did not know whether to laugh or cry.
“All right.”
Li Mu changed very quickly. This was also his first time wearing the officer uniform. To his surprise, it was very comfortable and did not affect combat.
The key point was that it truly gave him more presence and pressure.
When Wang Yinhuan saw Li Mu in the officer uniform, waves of red rose across her face. Even her legs went a little weak, and her eyes seemed filled with pink heart-shaped bubbles.
Li Mu felt his heart stir at the sight and was just about to step forward to rescue his lovestruck girlfriend.
Unexpectedly, his phone rang.
The call was from An Xing.
Li Mu answered, and An Xing’s somewhat strange voice came through.
“Uh... Head Instructor Li, come to the Commander-in-Chief’s Office.”