Chapter 484: The Eighth Mythical Trait, Jiahao Behavior!

[White Porridge City, Grand Marshal's Estate.]

[Which was also your current residence.]

[In the study, you were receiving two people.]

[One was Liu Ying.]

[She was now only a Squad Leader.]

[This uprising was different from the last one. Last time, the Rebel Army had been chased by the enemy the entire way, with basically no time to cultivate, so cultivation levels were universally low, which was why Liu Ying could rise through military merit.]

[This time, there was ample time to prepare, and many rebels with immortal roots were advancing rapidly in their cultivation realms.]

[Even though Liu Ying was the first to stand up and follow you, you couldn't give her special treatment. She could only be promoted fairly through military merit.]

[The other person was named Xiang Xing.]

[You remembered him and had been keeping an eye on him all along.]

[Because he was the only one with a second-grade immortal root among the entire human population of Fortune Star that you had seen in the last simulation!]

["Ying'er, I want you to go learn artifact forging from Old... Myriad Treasures Child Goddess. Once you've mastered the craft, I'll transfer you to the Divine Mechanisms Battalion."]

[The Divine Mechanisms Battalion was composed entirely of artifact forgers.]

[You knew that because your Rebel Army generally had low cultivation levels or even none at all, they were heavily dependent on equipment in the short term.]

[So you had specifically set up this battalion to produce, manage, and maintain the equipment for the entire army.]

[Currently, the Divine Mechanisms Battalion had very few people, only Myriad Treasures Child Goddess and her disciple, along with some Alien Race artifact forgers.]

[Although the Alien Races couldn't be trusted, you could eavesdrop on their heartstrings. Whenever you recruited aliens, you would listen to their inner thoughts to see if they were genuinely submitting.]

[When you were short on manpower, you had no choice but to make use of the aliens for now.]

[Liu Ying had no immortal root and could not cultivate.]

[It would be difficult for her to achieve anything significant staying in a regular formation, especially as more and more people became cultivators. It wasn't hard to imagine how hard it would be for an ordinary mortal soldier to earn merits in the army.]

[Although it was best for artifact forgers to be cultivators too, there was still a lot that non-cultivators could do.]

[Liu Ying had no objections to your arrangement.]

["I will follow the Grand Marshal's orders."]

[You thought for a moment, then said.]

["If you want to stay in a combat unit, that's fine too. I respect your own wishes."]

["Your subordinate has no wishes of her own! Your subordinate will follow whatever the Grand Marshal arranges! Wherever the Grand Marshal needs me, that's where I'll go!"]

[You said no more and turned your gaze to Xiang Xing.]

["I heard you've already reached the Perfection stage of Innate Martial Artist."]

[Xiang Xing looked overwhelmed by the attention.]

["Your subordinate succeeded through pure luck. What have I done to deserve the Grand Marshal's attention? I'm truly ashamed!"]

["You weren't lucky. You have a second-grade immortal root. Your aptitude is excellent."]

[Through your Human Body Detector, you could see that Xiang Xing only had a second-grade immortal root, with no special constitution or special soul.]

[Even so, a second-grade immortal root was enough to qualify him as a genius.]

[Just look at how the Winged God Church treated second-grade immortal roots in the last simulation. They crushed Xiang Xing into a pool of blood on the spot with a giant hammer.]

[The Winged God Church understood better than anyone what a second-grade immortal root among humans meant. They didn't dare take even the slightest risk.]

[If this were a first-tier star, the Alien Races might not care too much about a human's second-grade immortal root. After all, the alien forces on first-tier stars were stronger, with a bit of that "skilled and bold" attitude.]

["Thank you for the compliment, Grand Marshal! I will definitely continue to cultivate diligently!"]

["Being diligent won't help you anymore. Fortune Star is a third-class star with no Immortal Qi. To keep advancing, you'll need to go to a second-tier star."]

["Didn't the Grand Marshal say that once we've purged all of Fortune Star, we're going to attack Lingwei Star? Once we get to Lingwei Star, there will naturally be Immortal Qi."]

["That will still take a few years. I want to send you to a second-tier star ahead of time, so you can cultivate there."]

[Upon hearing this, Xiang Xing hesitated.]

["Grand Marshal, if I leave, will I miss the Rebel Army's future battles?"]

["My Voyager star ship is fast, but even so, a round trip takes three to four years. Don't waste your time traveling back and forth. Just go there and cultivate in peace. I'll come find you."]

[You planned to send Xiang Xing to Blazing Star.]

[After the Winged Feather stellar system was conquered, your next plan was to head to Blazing Star.]

[Xiang Xing had such excellent aptitude, and you hoped he could grow as quickly as possible to contribute to the Rebel Army's top-tier combat strength.]

[However, Xiang Xing refused.]

["Grand Marshal, I'm afraid your subordinate cannot comply!"]

["Why? Don't you want to raise your cultivation level?"]

["Your subordinate does! But even more, I want to share life and death with my brothers in the Rebel Army and defeat the Winged God Church! If I miss the upcoming full-scale war, I will regret it for the rest of my life!"]

["If you continue to fight, you're more likely to die on the battlefield. I won't give you special treatment in battle just because of your aptitude. Every brother in the Rebel Army's life is equally important to me, regardless of whether they have cultivation aptitude or not."]

["The Grand Marshal is wise! If the Grand Marshal gave me special treatment, I would only feel ashamed, unworthy to stand alongside my brothers in the Rebel Army!"]

[You fell silent. You could feel that something had taken root and was sprouting within the Rebel Army.]

[It was probably thanks to your weekly ideological education sessions for the entire army.]

[In the last simulation, you had educated the Rebel Army during the march.]

[This time, conditions were much better. Every week, you organized study sessions within White Porridge City.]

[In normal times, every battalion and squad had political commissars of various ranks, responsible for eliminating illiteracy and conducting ideological education.]

["Alright, I respect your wishes."]

["Thank you, Grand Marshal!"]

[Although everything wasn't fully prepared yet, opportunities on the battlefield waited for no one.]

[The full-scale war would begin next year. The Rebel Army in White Porridge City was currently training intensively every day, cultivating, and drilling with weapons and armor.]

[As a second-grade Formation Master, you had also designed unique military formations for the Rebel Army.]

[By consuming Source Stones and coordinating with certain magical artifacts, even a group of mortals could form battle formations of tremendous power, posing a threat to high-grade cultivators.]

[Creating strategic-level effects on the battlefield.]

[If cultivators formed these formations, their power would be even greater.]

[Year ten, age thirty-six.]

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["Jiahao Behavior" (Prismatic Mythical):

Friend, you and I may seem like peers, but in reality, we're not from the same world. You, cannot understand my inner self (lowering head while pulling on a black hoodie).

Whenever someone around you performs a Jiahao act (it must be a genuine Jiahao from their heart; if you instigated it, it doesn't count), you accumulate Jiahao points.

You or your doppelgangers performing Jiahao acts do not accumulate points.

You can obtain a maximum of 100 Jiahao points per day, and a maximum of 100 per person per year.

Consuming Jiahao points can exchange for the following effects:

1. Directly break through a realm bottleneck. Different amounts of points are required depending on the realm you're breaking through;
2. Lower an individual's cultivation level, at most down to your own level. Three factors will affect the points required: your own cultivation realm, the gap between you and the target, and how much you want to lower them;
3. Consume 1000 points to exchange for a Jiahao quest, once per year. If the people around you think your act is very Jiahao, you can obtain a large amount of points at once (can exceed the daily acquisition cap);

Oh~ I'm just so mysterious.]

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