My Cultivation Starting from Archery

Chen Sansi then turned back and pulled her up onto the back of the horse.

"Your horse, why is it so fast!"

Zhaozhao sat behind him, feeling as if she were flying, her hands tightly clutching Chen Sansi's waist, her lower body still floating in midair. She bit her silver teeth, "Can't you go slower!"

"Huh!"

Upon arriving near Red Sleeve Tower, Chen Sansi dismounted.

"Go through the back door!"

Zhaozhao, sitting on the horseback with lingering fear, patted her chest and glared at him before jumping off and explaining, "Oirans only entertain guests at night, you're now having a private meeting with my lady. A private meeting naturally requires using the back door."

"..."

It's really troublesome how these people hide their identities.
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Chen Sansi followed her as they took a detour.

When they arrived at the back door, they unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance.

Yan Changqing was also dressed in armor, parting from a woman with great reluctance.

"Brother Chen?"

His eyes widened. "You, you couldn't possibly be here to meet with Miss Ning Xiang..."

"Hmm."

Chen Sansi took the chance to return the silver note he had borrowed last time, then followed the back door all the way to the sixth floor.

"General!"

As soon as he entered,

the partially concealed Ning Xiang threw herself at him.

Chen Sansi sidestepped to avoid her.

Though Ning Xiang missed her target, she still spoke tearfully, "General is truly heartless. After one night, you never came back. I've missed you so dearly..."

"..."

Chen Sansi felt an awkward tingling in his scalp.

He also noticed maids outside.

Upon hearing the noise, these maids immediately went downstairs to inform the madam.

Oirans meeting privately is a big taboo; otherwise, if everyone were engaging in romance like this, the brothel wouldn't need to make money. The overlooked indulgence is because Chen Sansi had received an imperial decree and was a closed-door disciple of Sun Xiangzong, a man of high status.

"Enough, everyone has left; stop the act."

Chen Sansi closed the door. "In half an hour, I need to gather at the barracks. Let's make it quick."

Once Ning Xiang confirmed that no one was eavesdropping, she sat up straight, speaking seriously, "General, regarding Liang Jinian, the leader of the Red Eyebrow Army, in your current expedition to Ming State, do you have any understanding of him?"

"A failed scholar with a copy of the Miracle Soldiers Heavenly Book."

Chen Sansi asked, "Miss Ning Xiang, you want to talk about the Heavenly Book, right?"

Seeking Immortal Tower in pursuit of Immortal Trace was naturally very interested.

"Nothing can really be hidden from the General," Ning Xiang said faintly. "Then General, how much do you know about the specific functions of the Heavenly Book?"

Chen Sansi shook his head.

"Do I still have some use, then?"

With her delicate fingers touching the water, Ning Xiang faintly stirred it on the table: "According to the information sent back by the Ming State branch of Seeking Immortal Tower, this treasure in Liang Jinian's possession allows soldiers to harness the forces of heaven and earth during combat. At its strongest, it requires only two thousand men to trap and kill a General at the Profound Image Realm, with casualties not exceeding seven hundred."

"Originally, there was a General at the early stage of the Profound Image Realm in Ming State, and this is how he died."

"By this estimate, if five thousand men were deployed, the casualties would not exceed one thousand five hundred, and they would be able to encircle and kill a Martial Saint, oh, assuming there were no warriors at the Profound Image Realm participating, relying solely on soldiers below the Meridian Passage."

Is it truly that powerful?

Chen Sansi felt some reverence.

A long time ago, he read on the "Dasheng Book" about Cao Xie single-handedly slaying two thousand three hundred enemy soldiers and learned even more detailed circumstances after arriving in Liangzhou with Brother Fang.

When Cao Xie killed those two thousand three hundred people, the enemy army had a Martial Saint and three at the Profound Image Realm.

Otherwise, the number would have been greater.

Fang Qingyun had explained that in the absence of warriors of the same realm, a fairly strong Martial Saint could single-handedly slay more than two thousand five hundred enemy soldiers before exhausting his strength.

Yet the Red Eyebrow Army could surround and kill a Martial Saint with just over a thousand men, which meant doubling their overall combat power!

On the battlefield, this was a terrifying concept.

Keep in mind this was merely a comparison using the Martial Saint; the actual situation on the battlefield was that Ming State had no Martial Saints, so when they faced other armies, it was like facing Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.

No wonder with just over thirty thousand men, they had, within a few months, swept through like a breaking bamboo and captured as many as six cities.

"But then~"

Ning Xiang's tone changed, "That was their strongest battle. After that encounter, the Red Eyebrow Army never again displayed such formidable combat power and now have halted in the Golden Spring area, without further advancement.

"Thus, we speculate that the treasure, or the Heavenly Book, in Liang Jinian's hands is like Spiritual Energy, which continuously depletes and can be exhausted. Whether it can be re-accumulated and how remains unknown."

Chen Sansi pondered thoughtfully.

To speak plainly, the Red Eyebrow Army was becoming weaker.

This was undoubtedly good news for them.

But it also piqued his curiosity about the "Heavenly Book."

"Miss Ning Xiang,"

Chen Sansi inquired, "Have any of your people seen the Heavenly Book?"

"No one has, not just us," Ning Xiang flicked a splash of water onto the man with her finger, eliciting an impatient look from him before she "tsked" and continued seriously, "Even people from the Red Eyebrow Army themselves have never seen it."

"So in other words, the existence of the real Heavenly Book is still uncertain," Chen Sansi analyzed the possibilities. "It's also possible that Liang Jinian fabricated it. After all, the name 'Heavenly Book' has a nice ring to it, and it easily earns people's submission, useful for recruiting and buying horses. But no matter what, he definitely possesses something from the Immortal Realm."

"So, the reason I invited the General today is to ask you to ascertain exactly what it is," Ning Xiang said unhurriedly, "When you return triumphantly, please inform us. If it's a method to reach the Immortal Realm, we hope that the General would share the intelligence with us."