CHAPTER 390: CHAPTER 258: NINE PROVINCES GENIUS LIST

It seems he noticed Chen Ku’s gaze.

Tang Lie smiled slightly and said, "The achievements at Shuipo Liang Mountain, just take a look. But speaking of it, if anyone can eradicate Shuipo Liang Mountain, not to mention becoming a Marquis, receiving a General title is definitely assured. At that time, the Imperial Court would issue an order, directly commanding all military powers in You State, and appointing the position of ’General of You State’, truly becoming a regional Sealing Territory Governor."

Not the General of Qiu Dragon Mansion, but the General of You State.

In the military rank system of the Daji Dynasty, it is divided into camp officers and generals.

Capital Commandant, Thousand Commander, Hundred Commander, these are three camp officer ranks.

General, Deputy General, Assistant General, Guerrilla, these are three general ranks.

In Qiu Dragon Mansion, there are several Standard Sixth Rank positions and Standard Sixth Rank titles.

One is Lord Prefect Li Lishan.

One is Main Sacrificial Officer Zhao Shenyang of the Martial Temple.

One is Confucian Temple’s Fu Dong Can.

One is posthumously worshiped Yin God of Qiu Dragon Mansion - City God Lord Cen Leng.

One is Marquis Han Shou - Marquis Guan Yanbing opened the country.

The last one is the largest military officer within Qiu Dragon Mansion - Assistant General Zhao Qiansong of Qiu Dragon Mansion.

An Assistant General can recruit a maximum of twenty thousand soldiers and horses!

As for the General of You State, they can command eighty thousand Heavenly Soldiers of You State!

Chen Ku shifted his gaze from the achievement of eradicating Shuipo Liang Mountain and also saw the achievement of eradicating Peace Path, ranked eighth...

The difficulty is quite high too.

Tang Lie suggested to Chen Ku:

"The tenth one is worthy enough for the achievement of being evaluated as a Scholar."

Chen Ku looked over.

"Eradicate bandits at Three Dragon Mountain, by any means necessary, quell the bandit scourge of Three Dragon Mountain, and reward fifty thousand points of Martial Destiny."

"What kind of force is Three Dragon Mountain?" he asked.

Tang Lie answered, "A mountain stockade that has arisen in the past one or two years, with three stockade masters, the Great Tribe Chief Wan Baoshan with Sixth Realm cultivation, and his two stockade masters with Five Realm cultivation. They’ve occupied a small hill in He Yang County, with over a thousand bandits under them. Several attempts from the local county to send troops to encircle them have failed. Therefore, this has been reported up to the Prefecture City; the Martial Temple has made it an achievement task for accumulating merits. If you can pacify Three Dragon Mountain, I can guarantee you have a ten percent certainty to be recommended as a Martial Arts Scholar!"

"Three Dragon Mountain, huh!"

Chen Ku contemplated for a moment, realizing that it was just the bandit den he could take down alone.

"Alright, I’ll take this tenth achievement!"

He spoke resolutely.

The key is the reward of fifty thousand points of Martial Destiny.

Previously, he hoped Guan Hongluan would exchange thirty thousand Martial Destiny for him to meet the exchange conditions of the Fire Extinguishing Pearl, but Guan Hongluan is now locked somewhere within the Qiu Dragon Martial Meeting.

It’s better to rely on oneself than others,

rather than asking others, it’s better to take on this task, not only raising his status to Scholar but also accumulating the Martial Destiny needed for the Fire Extinguishing Pearl.

"Accepted?"

Tang Lie heard and said with a smile:

"So, have you agreed for me, the old man, to be your ’recommender’ then?"

Only one recommender is needed.

He just qualifies.

He also needed to take this opportunity to foster a closer relationship with Chen Ku.

Because once the recommendation succeeds, then he can truly establish Chen Ku’s ’sitting master’ title in the future, becoming an important benefactor in Chen Ku’s life history.

Chen Ku could certainly hear the implied meaning in the other party’s words, he rose immediately, folded his hands and bowed, saying, "Thank you, Master Tang!"

"Great!"

Tang Lie clapped his hands and said:

"I’ll help you take this task and recommend you concurrently, but you must eradicate this bandit nest within a month; otherwise, it won’t count as an achievement."

Chen Ku nodded and said, "I understand, senior."

Yet, Tang Lie stretched out his hand to take Chen Ku’s Martial Arts Gold Order and immediately, in the achievement register of the whole Martial Temple system, could see...

The achievement of eradicating Three Dragon Mountain, below it appeared an order recipient—Chen Ku.

Chen Ku naturally also saw this scene in the list from Tang Lie’s hands and was taken aback, saying, "This, everyone saw this?"

Tang Lie nodded and said, "There’s no way around it, the recommendation system is prone to favoritism, so it needs to be more public, so everyone can see and know what you are going to do, what you are preparing to do, whether you can accomplish it, only then it can be accepted by the public..."

Chen Ku took a deep breath and said, "So Three Dragon Mountain will also receive the news?"

Tang Lie replied, "You can interpret it as they know someone delegated by the Imperial Court is coming to eradicate them, and that person is you. You are equivalent to the major general of this bandit eradication operation this time, but... regarding what means you have, and how many people you have under your command, they don’t know."

Chen Ku pondered for a while.

Realizing this cannot be avoided.

Then just as Tang Lie helped Chen Ku sign the ’order for commission’ for the tenth achievement...

Within the Martial Temple.

The few old scholars who previously quarreled and cursed with Tang Lie within the Martial Temple saw at the first moment the name signed under the tenth achievement on the achievement register.

"That old Tang moves really quickly, to have already established the sitting master title with that Scholar Chen?"

"Eradicating Three Dragon Mountain?!"

"The difficulty of this achievement can be neither too high nor too low; the key is there are a thousand bandits there, how many people does Chen Ku have under him?"

"Did you hear that he recently subdued Qin Yuxian’s twelve disciples? Could it be, he’s planning to mobilize people from the Qiu Dragon Martial Meeting?"

"If that’s the case, it wouldn’t be so difficult, but the challenge lies in winning people’s conviction..."

......

Meanwhile, within the Qiu Dragon Martial Meeting.

Shortly after sending Chen Ku off, the Twelve Guardians also received this news.

Qin Fang’s heart shook, and he murmured to himself as he stood up:

"This young Master Uncle, why the rush?"

The tasks within the Martial Arts Scholar’s selection system, some of which are less difficult, and he directly chose to eliminate bandits?

"Does he want our brothers to help him?" Ding Xiaoju doubted, "Didn’t he say he wouldn’t order us around until he completely takes over the Martial Association?"

"Is he planning to fight the bandits alone?"

The Twelve Guardians exchanged glances.

"Take down a thousand-strong bandit den alone?"

"Seventh Young Master, do you have such skills?"

The mentioned Little Grandmaster Zhou Li fell silent.

......

"Alright, I’ve already received your merits for you. What do you plan to do next?"

Tang Lie asked Chen Ku:

"Do you need to contact anyone, prepare any armor or weapons? I can help you arrange all of those."

"No need, I’ll handle it myself," Chen Ku replied with a smile.

Tang Lie’s gaze was full of disbelief, "Really?"

Chen Ku nodded, saying no more, then stated the second purpose of his visit:

"Actually, I came today to inquire about the recruitment criteria of ’Destruction Tower’, the only sect in You State."

"Destruction Tower?!"

Tang Lie’s heart slightly shook, but considering Chen Ku’s qualifications, he said slowly:

"I didn’t expect you to have planned your life so meticulously. That’s impressive. If you plan to continue expanding after establishing some achievements in Qiu Dragon Mansion, Destruction Tower, the only sect in our You State, is indeed your best choice. It’s the highest sect academy in our You State."

He continued without withholding his understanding of Destruction Tower:

"Destruction Tower has only one requirement for recruiting disciples, and that is being an absolute genius. So far, the only way to join Destruction Tower is to directly participate in the ’Nine Provinces Genius Battle’, jointly organized by all sects within the Dragon Abyss Nine States and the major Martial Temples of states. If you can enter the top hundred, you qualify for Destruction Tower’s selection criteria."

"Nine Provinces Genius Battle?" Chen Ku asked with curiosity, "How can one participate?"

"Take out your Martial Arts Gold Token."

Tang Lie took a deep breath and said:

"Actually, the day you acquired the Martial Arts Gold Token, you became a participant in the Nine Provinces Genius Battle. This genius battle has no fixed schedule; it is ongoing. All those who can enter Martial Arts Heaven and Earth are already ranked on the ’Nine Provinces Genius List’. You just didn’t activate this part of the function the first time you entered Martial Arts Heaven and Earth mainly because it requires Martial Destiny points to view. I have the authority, and I can check your ranking on the Nine Provinces Genius List in Dragon Abyss Province for you now."

"The Martial Arts Gold Order also serves this purpose?"

Chen Ku was curious.

He recalled how Qin Yuxian could transmit his voice through the Martial Arts Gold Order, realizing there were indeed many permissions he hadn’t yet unlocked, or perhaps his previous qualifications weren’t sufficient.

Then,

Tang Lie took out his own Martial Arts Gold Order from his sleeve, placed it next to Chen Ku’s, and with his eyes closed, seemed to be communicating with something.

Moments later, a light screen appeared on Chen Ku’s Martial Arts Gold Order.

[Name: Chen Ku]

[Age: Seventeen and a half]

[Times Entered Martial Arts Heaven and Earth: One]

[Record Breaking Count: Five Realms checkpoints (twice)]

[Already met the criteria for inclusion in the Dragon Abyss Nine Provinces Genius List]

[Based on the last Martial Arts Heaven and Earth trial result, it is assessed that he can be listed at the 964th position on the Dragon Abyss Nine Provinces Genius List]

"964th? So low?" Chen Ku instinctively felt surprised at his ranking.

He thought his performance last time entering Martial Arts Heaven and Earth wasn’t bad...

"That’s not low at all!"

Tang Lie seriously said:

"Do you know how many people live in the entire Dragon Abyss Province?"

Chen Ku shook his head, indicating he didn’t know.

"Our Daji Dynasty has a population of a hundred billion, with Two Capitals and Thirteen Provinces. Among them, You State, where Qiu Dragon Mansion is located, belongs to the Dragon Abyss Province, which has a total of 1.3 billion people!"

Tang Lie seriously explained to Chen Ku:

"And this genius list now contains 320,000 people. These 320,000 are the one-in-a-thousand geniuses selected from 1.3 billion people. To rank within the top thousand makes you a rare talent among rare talents."

"To put it this way, your Senior Brother Qin Yuxian, Master Qin, who is a disciple for your master, is only about 300 positions higher than you on this genius list."

"Senior Brother Qin is only ranked in the 600s?"

Hearing this.

Chen Ku couldn’t help but curiously ask, "Who is currently the first on this genius list?"

He wanted to know what kind of person could hold the title of the number one genius in the Dragon Abyss Province with its 1.3 billion population.