The World that Tao Rules, Volume 16, page 20
Although the Hall of Deicide faction was strong and controlled many worlds, there were still many foreign cultivators who preferred the nine silent clans.
Therefore, they were more willing to come and work for the nine clans in exchange for rewards.
Of course, not all of these foreign cultivators who came to help the Desolate World tribe were sincere, some may have been spies sent by the Hall of Deicide.
However, Jiang Yun was not currently interested in dealing with this situation or finding other cultivators like himself from The Land of Fallen Realm.
Now that he had successfully joined the Desolate World tribe army and was closer to achieving his goals, he needed to carefully consider his next steps.
Jiang Yun stayed in his inn room for three days, instead of going out for a walk like he usually did.
On the evening of the third day, he suddenly opened his eyes and saw a member of the Desolate World tribe enter his room.
The middle-aged man with a Desolate Mark on his forehead looked at Jiang Yun and arrogantly asked, "Are you Jiang Yun?"
Jiang Yun looked expressionless at the man who barged into his room without knocking and with such an attitude, clearly showing disrespect.
However, Jiang Yun had encountered many people like this before, so he just nodded and said, "Yes, I am."
The middle-aged man said boldly, "I am here on the orders of Lord Desolate General to take you to the military camp for duty!"
Without paying attention to Jiang Yun, the man took out a formation stone, crushed it, and a bright light appeared around him.
"Step into the formation!"
Jiang Yun smiled faintly, stood up, and walked into the light.
As the light disappeared, he appeared on a wide open plain.
The plain was very large, with no end in sight, and rows of military tents were neatly lined up on the plain.
Outside the tents stood ten thousand Desolate Soldiers dressed in armor, standing proud.
These Desolate Soldiers were divided into ten groups of a thousand each.
Each person exuded a strong aura, creating a cloud of aura over the plain.
Just like Huang Yu, they had faced danger and bloodshed.
At that moment, everyone was staring at Jiang Yun, showing open defiance and contempt on their faces and in their eyes.
Clearly, as Huang Yu had said, despite all being Desolate World Lord Slaves, they were still part of the Desolate World tribe.
So, when they heard that an outsider would become their Desolate Guard Chief, they were surprised.
They didn't care about Jiang Yun at all.
They were waiting for Jiang Yun to show up, not to worship him, but to show him who's boss!
"Desolate Guard Chief, here are 10,000 Desolate Soldiers for you. Also, here is a token for you, along with all the tools and rules you need. My task is done, goodbye!"
The middle-aged man quickly introduced Jiang Yun and gave him a storage device before crushing a formation stone and leaving.
Jiang Yun stared emotionlessly at the 10,000 Desolate Soldiers in front of him, noticing their challenging and disdainful expressions.
Huang Yu only gave Jiang Yun 10,000 Desolate Soldiers because she was worried he couldn't handle more.
But Huang Yu didn't know that Jiang Yun was the sect master of the Mountain-Sea World Branch Seeking-Tao Sect.
When the Calamity of the Mountain-Sea World arrived, he led 300,000 sect disciples through numerous battles over eight years and safely reached The Great Wilderness Realm.
Those 300,000 sect disciples were true seasoned warriors, possessing formidable strength that should not be underestimated in any world or time.
Nowadays, a mere ten thousand Desolate Soldiers wanting to intimidate Jiang Yun is like a fool's dream!
If the thirty thousand disciples of the Seeking-Tao Sect were to know all this, they could only feel deep sympathy for the ten thousand Desolate Soldiers.
Jiang Yun smiled faintly and said loudly, "I am Jiang Yun, appointed as the Desolate Guard Chief by the order of Huang Yu Lord Desolate General."
"However, as a newcomer and a foreign cultivator, I am completely unaware of everything in the military. So, whatever you used to be before, continue to be the same now, you don't have to consider me!"
"You can all go now!"
After Jiang Yun finished speaking, the disdain on the faces of the ten thousand Desolate Soldiers became even stronger.
Because those words sounded like Jiang Yun was surrendering to them.
How could someone like that control and command them, how could someone like that give orders to them!
Therefore, although Jiang Yun told them to disperse, not a single one of the ten thousand Desolate Soldiers moved, they remained standing straight in their place, unmoving, staring provocatively at Jiang Yun.
However, Jiang Yun just smiled slightly and ignored the Desolate Soldier, walking towards his own tent.
When the tent curtain was lowered, there was immediately a loud laughter from outside.
"What a timid Guard Chief, turns out to be just a coward!"
"That's right, that foreign cultivator who appeared out of nowhere seems smart enough to not provoke us. He knows his place and doesn't dare say much."
"Looks like our good days are coming, haha!"
Jiang Yun listened clearly to these words without getting angry, then picked up the jade slip and carefully examined it with his senses.
Dealing with these Desolate Soldiers, Jiang Yun had his ways.
The simplest way was to intimidate them with his strength and aura.
However, as he said, being new here and with many rules in the army, being an outsider, he needed a valid reason to deal with them.
Otherwise, it's easy to make people angry.
So, he needed to first understand the military regulations well, understand the ten thousand Desolate Soldiers, and then wait for a good opportunity to let them know that he, as the Desolate Guard Chief, was not to be underestimated.
Therefore, for the next three days, Jiang Yun stayed inside his military tent without taking a single step outside.
And the little worry that the ten thousand Desolate Soldiers originally had in their hearts completely disappeared.
They completely ignored Jiang Yun, carrying on as usual, even deliberately speaking loudly and causing a commotion when passing by Jiang Yun's tent.
After three days, Jiang Yun finally stepped out of his tent and coughed softly while looking at the ten thousand Desolate Soldiers training in front of him.
Although his voice was soft, it clearly reached the ears of every Desolate Soldier, causing them all to stop their actions immediately and look at the infamous Desolate Guard Chief with contempt and challenge.
Chapter 901: Let's Play a Game
Looking at the Desolate Soldier in front of him, Jiang Yun touched his nose and smiled kindly, "My friends, I know you don't respect me as the Desolate Guard Chief."
"But since I'm here, I can't just leave like this, so..."
Before finishing his words, Jiang Yun intentionally stopped speaking and glanced at the ten thousand Disolate Soldiers with disdainful expressions, then suddenly waved his sleeve.
In the sky in front of him, a thousand three-grade spirit stones appeared suddenly!
Moreover, with Jiang Yun's intentional activation, a little spirit qi emanated from each spirit stone, gathering in the air into a mist of spirit qi.
The ten thousand Desolate Soldiers suddenly felt invigorated, with a faint glow in their eyes!
Three-grade spirit stones are not actually of high rank.
However, these Desolate Soldiers, even though they consider themselves part of the Desolate World tribe, in reality, their true identity is only as slaves to the Desolate World Lord.
Also, because they are both practitioners of Desolate Mark and spirit qi, they have a high demand for spirit stones.
Even though the Desolate World tribe gives them monthly resources for their practice, an ordinary Desolate Soldier only has one one-grade spiritual stone, and a Desolate Guard only has one second-grade spirit stone.
Therefore, a three-grade spirit stone is considered extremely valuable to them.
The neatly arranged one thousand three-grade spirit stones in front of them caught their attention and stirred greed in each of their hearts.
Jiang Yun, who noticed everyone's reactions, continued with a friendly smile, "I believe you all recognize these three-grade spirit stones!"
Many Desolate Soldiers ignored Jiang Yun completely and just stared at the spirit stones.
After a while, a burly man finally stepped forward from the crowd and coldly sneered, "Desolate Guard Chief, are you trying to buy us with these spirit stones so we will obey your orders?"
Without waiting for Jiang Yun's response, the man continued, "Well, it's not entirely impossible."
"However, we have ten thousand people here, and there are only a thousand spirit stones, which means only ten of us would get one."
"You think you can bribe us with so little spirit stones, Desolate Guard Chief? Are you asking for alms?"
Despite the teasing and provocation in the man's words, Jiang Yun remained calm and asked, "What is your name?"
The man proudly declared, "Desolate Guard, Mo Fancheng!"
Even though there are ten Desolate Guards for every ten thousand Desolate Soldiers, it was clear that these soldiers were following this man's lead.
Jiang Yun nodded and asked, "How many spirit stones do you think is enough?"
Mo Fancheng chuckled, "Well, it depends on how sincere the Desolate Guard Chief is!"
Jiang Yun raised his hand again, without saying a word.
And this time, nine thousand more spirit stones appeared in the sky!
A total of ten thousand third-grade spirit stones, shimmering brightly under the embrace of spirit energy, deeply stirring the hearts of all Desolate Soldiers.
Everyone was shocked and greedy as they stared in surprise!
No one expected that Jiang Yun could have so many spirit stones!
This made many of them finally realize a question.
Where did Jiang Yun come from?
Even the true members of the Desolate World tribe could not produce so many spirit stones at once.
Moreover, looking at Jiang Yun's calm demeanor, it was clear that he had more spirit stones on him.
Mo Fancheng forced himself to look away from the spirit stones and turned to Jiang Yun, asking, "Desolate Guard Chief, are you really planning to give these spirit stones to our brothers?"
"No!"
As soon as Jiang Yun spoke, the faces of ten thousand Desolate Soldiers turned hostile.
Mo Fancheng looked fierce and said, "So, the Desolate Guard Chief was playing tricks on us. Maybe he wants to make us angry, then attack us to show his power?"
"Don't worry, I haven't finished talking yet," Jiang Yun smiled slightly and said, "These spirit stones are indeed meant to be given to you."
"But, it depends on whether you are capable of taking them!"
Mo Fancheng's eyes still looked fierce as he coldly said, "I'm not smart enough to understand what the Desolate Guard Chief means."
Jiang Yun chuckled and said, "It's nothing, I just want to play a game with all of you."
"If you win, you can take all these spirit stones and I'll leave right away!"
"But if you lose, from then on, I hope you'll listen to my orders!"
"So, are you all interested?"
Upon hearing Jiang Yun's words, the ten thousand Desolate Soldiers couldn't help but look at each other.
Although they didn't know what the game Jiang Yun was talking about was, whatever the game was, it wouldn't do any harm to them.
Winning would be great, but even if they lost, they wouldn't suffer any losses, as they should follow Jiang Yun's orders anyway.
They looked down on Jiang Yun, so they deliberately went against him.
Even if they lost, it wouldn't make much difference, as they would still go against Jiang Yun's orders, trying to sideline him as the Desolate Guard Chief.
Therefore, they didn't need to think too much about it. Mo Fancheng asked again, "I'm interested, just not sure what the game is?"
Jiang Yun touched his nose and said, "It's a simple game, similar to the attack and defense battles you often do during training."
"I still need to think carefully about the specific rules of the game, so I'll announce them in three days."
Suddenly, Jiang Yun pointed at the ten thousand spirit stones.
With a "clatter", all the spirit stones fell to the ground, forming a mountain of spirit stones.
Jiang Yun looked at the spirit stones on the small mountain path and said, "Let's leave these spirit stones here for now!"
After saying that, Jiang Yun suddenly looked away and walked back to his tent, leaving behind a mountain of spirit stones and ten thousand shining eyes of the Desolate Soldiers.
Mo Fancheng took a deep breath and said to all the Desolate Soldiers, "Everyone, you all heard what the Desolate Guard Chief said earlier. Since he wants to play a game, let's play along with him..."
"Desolate Guard Mo!"
Suddenly, someone in the crowd interrupted Mo Fancheng.
Then, a middle-aged man stepped forward, staring at the mountain of spirit stones, and said in a determined voice, "This 'game' is better left undone!"
Mo Fancheng frowned and asked, "Ezheng, what do you mean?"
The Desolate Guard named Ezheng smirked and replied, "He's just trying to bribe us. This 'game' is just an excuse."
"So, why bother playing along with him in this so-called game? The spirit stones will be ours eventually. Let's just divide them up now!"
Ezheng's words made Mo Fancheng frown even more, "This doesn't seem right, even though we don't like him, these spirit stones belong to him..."
"Who can prove that the spirit stones belong to him?"
Before Mo Fancheng could finish speaking, Ezheng interrupted once again.
Mo Fancheng squinted his eyes and decided to keep his mouth shut.
Meanwhile, Ezheng's eyes flashed with cold light as he continued, "Brother Mo, these spirit stones clearly fell from the sky and emerged from the ground, they are clearly ownerless!"
At this point, Ezheng turned to look at the many Desolate Soldiers behind him and asked, "What do you all think?"
After a brief silence, one thousand Desolate Soldiers under his command finally spoke in agreement, "Yes, what Desolate Guard said is correct, these spirit stones are indeed ownerless!"
With an insidious smile, Ezheng said, "If they are ownerless, what are we waiting for? Let's go and split the spirit stones now, to avoid any trouble in the future!"
With that, Ezheng took big strides towards the mountain of spirit stones.
And behind him, his one thousand soldiers quickly followed.
Chapter 902: Place to Seize
Watching Ezheng's back, Mo Fancheng opened his mouth, wanting to speak up to stop him.
Although he also didn't like Jiang Yun, he knew that since Jiang Yun could get approval from the Lord Desolate General and become the Desolate Guard Chief, he must have remarkable qualities.
Jiang Yun casually piled up so many spirit stones here, probably intentionally trying to entice people like Ezheng to snatch them, so that he could take action and show his power.
However, Mo Fancheng also didn't have a good impression of Ezheng.
Although Ezheng and Mo Fancheng were both Desolate Guards, Ezheng had a close relationship with a true member of the Desolate World tribe, and because of this, he behaved arrogantly in the camp.
Now, it was a good opportunity to see if Jiang Yun really wanted to show his authority by dealing with Ezheng.
Therefore, Mo Fancheng ultimately didn't speak up, just coldly watching with the other Desolate Soldiers.
Inside the military tent, Jiang Yun, who saw everything clearly, smiled and said, "I do need to show my strength."
"However, using force to suppress you and make you surrender is not a good strategy for the long run!"
