My Cultivation Starting from Archery

At first, Mr. Jia scoffed at this.

Because this scholar, who did not have the strength to truss a chicken, claimed he would become a bandit on the mountain. Yet, he didn't even have a token of commitment; wasn't this a huge joke?

The scholar knelt down and said, "Give me three months."

Three months later, he would transform the Mei Mountain bandits into a formal army. If he failed to do so, he would apologize with death.

But if he succeeded, they would help him abduct a bride and commit murder.

Mr. Jia found this somewhat intriguing and gave him the opportunity.

When the three months passed,

his men really seemed like a different group of people, not only were they displaying strict military discipline, but they could also employ military formations. It was just like the official Ming State troops, no, much stronger than the Ming State soldiers!

"Sir, you are a great talent!"

At that moment, Mr. Jia knelt down, knowing that no matter what, he had to keep this person around and immediately led his brothers down the mountain to help him abduct the bride.

The scholar had his heart set on a daughter from a wealthy family, with whom he had privately vowed eternal love.

At first, the wealthy family didn't object because this scholar was famously handsome within ten miles, and everyone said that he would be a scholar one day, until year after year, he repeatedly failed.

The scholar became the laughing stock of the ten miles.

The wealthy family's attitude also took a 180-degree turn, telling him to get lost.

Later, the scholar and the young lady agreed to elope but once discovered, his legs were broken, and the lady was betrothed to the son of a local official, who was an idiot.

Hey!

This guy was truly passionate, and with a cruel streak, too!

After abducting the bride, he slaughtered over fifty members of the official's household overnight, not sparing men, women, elderly, or children.

Afterward, the scholar hid outside and didn't leave.

When asked what he was doing, the scholar said, "There must be children who have hidden and haven't come out yet."

And he was right!
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An hour later, a boy under ten crawled out from the cellar.

The scholar went up with a cleaver and chopped off the boy's head.

He had the ability, and he was ruthless!

When he returned, the scholar took up the second-highest seat in Mei Mountain.

As time went on.

They discovered that the scholar possessed Immortal Items, the Heavenly Book!

The Heavenly Book contained various Qimen Formations that harnessed the power of heaven and earth. It was with this book that he had trained his troops.

Mr. Jia and a few others began to harbor ill intentions.

But when they snatched the Heavenly Book, they found it useless, utterly incomprehensible. Later they slowly realized that the scholar was chosen by the immortals, meant to lead them to overthrow the corrupt Dasheng.

Hence, Liang Er, who was the second in command, became the main leader.

They began to recruit troops and foment rebellion.

In the beginning, they met with overwhelming response.

Several city-states were even opened up voluntarily by the common people, welcoming them in.

Gradually.

Liang Dashuai, once the ringleader, had now become Liang Dashuai, the Commander.

Then, he was able to correspond with the Emperor of the West Qi Kingdom, and using the Heavenly Book, he bribed Dong An, the Governor of Mingzhou. Afterward, he and his men devised a strategy to divide the world into three parts, planning to establish a dominion in five to ten years.

By then, as a founding veteran of the rebellion, he would at least be made a Marquis, and the Jia family's ancestors would be blowing smoke from their graves, achieving 'heaven favors man' perfection.

"Sect Master Xiang, how about it? Joining us was the best decision you ever made, wasn't it? You're from the Profound Image Realm and are bound to do much better than me in the future!"

"Hahahaha!"

Xiang Tian laughed loudly, "Mr. Jia is right, I really should thank you for that secret letter back then. Otherwise, I would still be kowtowing to the other Sects now."

Their Sect used to be a top-ranking one. But in the recent hundred years, there were no successors, nor any Martial Saint emerged. In his generation, the younger members couldn't even reach the Xuanxiang Realm, and it was inevitable that they would decline into second or third-rate Sects. Their estate was bound to dwindle, so instead of continuing down that path, it was better to take a risk and fight for a piece of the world.

"Come, come, fill up the cups!"

Mr. Jia cheerfully raised his wine bowl.

"Damn it!"

Just as he was about to drink, the tent suddenly opened, and a general wearing Xuan Tie Armor strode in. He looked at everyone with disdain and reprimanded, "The battle is not yet over; who gave you permission to drink stealthily and thus neglect critical affairs? Can you shoulder the responsibility if things go awry?!!!"

"Mr. Dong overstates matters. We're not overstepping,"

said Mr. Jia nonchalantly, "The overall situation is settled."

"Liangzhou Soldiers haven't all been annihilated yet!"

Dong An shouted angrily, "I ask you, who leaked the plan, resulting in Zhao Wuji's refusal to combine forces with me?!"

"Calm your anger, Mr. Dong. It wasn't us."

Xiang Tian took up the conversation and explained, "Definitely not us! According to interrogations of the prisoners, the information seems to have come from inside our Reserve Camp."

"The Reserve Camp? Someone there could guess this strategy?"

Dong An narrowed his eyes, "Yuan Dai? No, if he could have guessed it, he wouldn't have been beheaded by me. Who else is in the Reserve Camp? Bring me the list of all Assistant Generals!"

"Here you go!"

"These Assistant Generals are all good-for-nothings; it couldn't be them! That Princely Heir, Cao Fan, understands military strategy, but he's too rigid—it's not him either!"

Dong An asked, "Anyone else?"

"That's all."

Mr. Jia said, "Apart from them, there's just a bunch of Thousand Captains. But these Thousand Captains are unusual, all chosen from the Selected Point, with several having the Body of Martial Saint. Oh right, the Closed-door Disciple of Sun Xiangzong is also among them."

"I know,"

said Dong An as he discarded the list, "That Chen Sansi from Du He, is that correct? Nine times out of ten, it was that cripple Fang Qingyun who told him something in advance. It's that cripple again, ruining my plans!"

"Mr. Dong, what should we do next..."

said Xiang Tian, "How should we proceed?"