Chapter 637 - 369: Joining the Celestial Court, Stationed as a Celestial Soldier (2)
Chapter 637: Chapter 369: Joining the Celestial Court, Stationed as a Celestial Soldier (2)
"Follow me, each team."
As soon as he finished speaking, a cloud formed under his feet and in the blink of an eye spread to about ten meters, allowing everyone to leap on one after another.
The white cloud soared into the sky, heading toward the Celestial Pillar Mountain’s central divine pillar.
However, the white cloud did not fly directly to the divine pillar but instead drifted to one of the many floating celestial islands surrounding the pillar, arriving directly in front of them, and entered the celestial island.
This island was over a hundred kilometers in diameter, with a massive military camp atop it.
The camp was divided into drill grounds of various sizes, where a large number of Celestial Soldiers dressed in standard silver armor were training. A quick glance revealed possibly two to three hundred thousand soldiers, all transformed from Spirit Monsters of various templates over level 300.
The armor and weapons they were equipped with were all tenth-tier battle armor and weapons.
"This is just one military camp."
There are several such camps on Celestial Pillar Mountain, with a total number of Celestial Immortal level Celestial Soldiers likely in the millions, and combined with the large numbers of True Immortals, Profound Immortals, and Golden Immortals stationed, they could easily sweep across the entire Cyan Immortal Domain.
And this is merely the garrison of one Cyan Immortal Domain under the Celestial Court, just one of the thousands of domains it rules, and a rather insignificant one at that.
This is the power of the Celestial Court that rules the three realms, unbelievably strong.
The white cloud brought them down onto one of the drill grounds within the camp, where several officers were already waiting.
The leading Celestial Soldier stepped forward to hand over the assignment and then left, leaving the 24 of them to face the three officers.
The officer leading was a True Immortal Centurion, clad in black gold scale armor, his appearance obscured, his race unknown; he strode up to them, his fierce tiger eyes scanning the group as he spoke in a deep voice:
"I don’t care where you came from or what status you had outside; that’s all in the past. Now you are just a soldier in the Celestial Court, adhering to its rules. If you breach military regulations, you will face military law, understood?"
Everyone immediately shouted loudly:
"Understood!"
Everyone had already been briefed before coming in, and no one dared to be arrogant; they were all quite compliant, with Su Yu being no exception.
The True Immortal Centurion’s tiger eyes widened, scanning back and forth as if trying to find fault.
But everyone was behaving, and he couldn’t find any faults for the moment.
After a short moment, he snorted coldly and continued,
"I am Centurion Hou Hui, and according to the allocation, from now on, you are under my command. You’ll undergo a one-month training here, followed by a ten-year service period based on your performance."
"Today you will collect your tags and be assigned accommodation. Training begins tomorrow morning."
"Dismissed now!"
He finished speaking and left with his hands clasped behind him, leaving a few orderlies to take them to the barracks.
During their allocation to the barracks, Su Yu noticed many people privately giving benefits to the two orderlies to get better rooms, proving that personal connections work regardless of the race.
Su Yu didn’t bribe them, resulting in him being assigned the worst room.
It’s unnecessary; it’s only a month, so he could endure it.
The so-called training wasn’t earnest training since they were already Immortals and didn’t need it much. Mainly, it focused on formation drills, recounting military regulations and basic knowledge, and recognizing the identity tags and standard armor insignia of various-level Immortal Generals to avoid offending them.
During the training period, Su Yu occasionally noticed people secretly visiting the Centurion.
He knew these visits were to offer gifts.
After the month-long training, they would be assigned service locations, which varied in quality. Establishing connections could land one a good spot.
The training month quickly passed, but the ten-year service term could not be taken lightly.
However, Su Yu didn’t need to rely on connections since he was different. When the time came for assignments, he would use the Doumu Talisman to choose his service location.
Not using connections when you have them is foolish.
As the month ended, on the eve of assignments, Su Yu presented the Doumu Talisman to visit the logistics Immortal Official in charge of newcomer assignments.
This logistics Immortal Official was a player, a Horned Scale Race player, but upon seeing Su Yu’s Doumu Talisman, he treated him with great courtesy.
"Are you looking to specify your service location?"
Su Yu put away the Doumu Talisman and nodded, asking:
"Yes, I want to go to East Victory Divine Continent; is there a place near Li Mountain in East Victory Divine Continent?"
"Uh... no."
The Horned Scale Race player looked somewhat speechless, saying:
"I only handle the Cyan Immortal Domain here, and you can only serve here within the Cyan Immortal Domain, migrating to other locations only after at least ten years."
"Hmm, alright then, find me a leisurely spot where I can train peacefully."
"There are three posts that meet your criteria; you may choose one."
"The first is stationed at Celestial Pillar Mountain; given your abilities, you could be a squad leader, commanding a patrol squadron of Celestial Soldiers, patrolling one month and resting the next, quite leisurely."
"The second is stationed at the Wuding Mountain Range; with your abilities, you could lead a Celestial Soldier squad, primarily responsible for monitoring the ruins of Wuding Ancient Country. This post can be very leisurely, allowing for years of closed meditation without incident, and sometimes you might lead Celestial Soldiers to explore the ruins of Wuding Ancient Country, possibly gaining some benefits from fragments of Grotto Heaven."
"The third is to garrison the West Sea Annihilation Sea Eye, similarly commanding a Celestial Soldier squad, primarily responsible for monitoring the Annihilation Sea Eye, preventing outerworld creatures from intruding."
"Of course, besides these, there are other relatively leisurely posts, like outpost deployments where nothing happens for ten years, allowing for continuous secluded cultivation."