Beastmaster of the Ages - Chapter 7917

Chapter 7833: Making Many Friends

The training was indeed tedious for Li Tianming.

Practicing marching and team formation coordination offered no real benefit to his strength.

However, Li Tianming knew that this was a necessary process to gain a foothold and even rise to prominence at the Great Wall of Corona Borealis.

After all, this was essentially a military defense line, and one couldn’t rely solely on individual combat.

Understanding this, Li Tianming remained calm and focused, proceeding methodically.

Sometimes one must understand the trade-offs. While being a soldier meant less time for cultivation, the conditions for training in the inner or outer borders were far inferior to those

at the Great Wall of Corona Borealis. For example, the Great Wall of Corona Borealis offered ubiquitous entropy sources and training grounds like the Star Palace, accessible to soldiers—unparalleled elsewhere. Staying here would certainly help improve his cultivation speed.

Although Wang Xuanqing had suggested going to the Star Palace, everyone had already volunteered.

After all, the ability to cultivate within the Star Palace was one of the main reasons why most people stayed at the Great Wall of the Corona Borealis!

At this moment, thousands of soldiers walked together, forming a line behind Wang Xuanqing and thirty patrol officers.

Li Tianming and the others were no exception; they all followed behind Zhao Muyang.

Many of the older soldiers were still very curious about Li Tianming and the others, and they were mostly very friendly, chatting familiarly with these young geniuses.

The soldier who had spoken to Li Tianming earlier walked alongside him.

He was a slightly overweight young man with a round face and always wearing a smile.

Although he was a bit chubby, his features had a certain handsome quality, creating a somewhat disjointed impression.

After a conversation, Li Tianming learned the man’s name: Qin Huaishan.

A name with a military feel.

“Speaking of which, Scholar, what kind of conditions did the people from the Republic of China offer you? I don’t mean to offend your enthusiasm, but I just feel that perhaps their conditions are too stingy?” Qin Huaishan didn’t mince words and asked directly.

“Brother, just call me by my name, no need to be so polite,” Li Tianming said with a smile. “There’s nothing I can’t say, it’s just that they promised me the status of a Tian Ce student, but I don’t want to go.”

This statement caused a stir among the surrounding crowd, and everyone turned to look.

“What?”

“A Tian Ce student?”

“That’s much more promising than being a soldier here.”

“Even if you’re doing it for the ideal of protection and dedication, if you could get an official position there, wouldn’t you be able to do good deeds?”

“Why not go?”

The other soldiers around him were even more confused.

Although they were proud of the Great Wall of Martial Immortal Beimianzuo, they were also realistic and wouldn’t advise someone to give up an opportunity without reason.

Therefore, they didn’t understand Li Tianming’s choice.

“Yes, then why didn’t you choose them?” A woman with fiery red hair and a graceful figure asked from the side.

Li Tianming had met her during their previous conversation; her name was Chi Wan.

“Sister Wan, I have some connections with the royal family of the Qianfeng Eternal Empire, the organizer of this year’s Ten Thousand Sects Emperor War. Plus, Inspector Liu, who recruited me, met with me first, so I didn’t really have a reason to refuse. I almost went.” Li Tianming paused, and before she could ask further, he continued, “I ultimately didn’t choose the Republic of the Divine Heaven for two reasons. First, I genuinely wanted to come to the Martial Immortal Northern Crown Great Wall. Second, something made me decide to betray this friendship.”

“What is it?” Chi Wan asked curiously.

“She wanted me to abandon my family.” Li Tianming’s gaze sharpened slightly as he spoke calmly.

“Abandon…family?” Qin Huaishan was slightly taken aback.

“Yes, my family, who have been my only family since childhood, supporting me through thick and thin.” Li Tianming nodded.

“What?”

“That’s outrageous!”

His words immediately drew a reaction from the soldiers, who were all filled with righteous indignation.

“In my opinion, it’s better not to go to the Republic of the Divine Heaven!”

“As the top scholar, you have your own talents. Going to the Republic of the Divine Heaven might not be as good as staying here.”

“Exactly! Maybe with a little effort, you can surpass the limits of those scholars.”

Although they said this, everyone knew that it would be very difficult to achieve that.

However, with the intention of comforting him, the soldiers around him still said this to Li Tianming.

“If this hadn’t happened, perhaps I would have chosen to go with that inspector with regret in my heart. But since it has already happened, I can now pursue what I want without any burden.” Li Tianming sighed slightly.

“Even if this hadn’t happened, you didn’t necessarily have to go with her!”

“Even if she has shown you kindness, everyone has their own ambitions. We’re not begging her to recruit us. As the top scholar, where can’t you go?”

“Exactly!” “

Where you go is a matter of mutual consent. She just didn’t win against the Ancient Martial Immortal. You did nothing wrong!”

Some of the soldiers around him said in unison.

Upon hearing this, Li Tianming smiled and said, “Those are all in the past, so there’s no need to dwell on them. What I can grasp is the present, and I must do everything I should do now.”

“Good!”

“Ambition!”

“Once you’re here, you’re a brother.”

“Let’s create glory here and make her regret it!”

Qin Huaishan and the others all said with smiles.

Everything Li Tianming said was true, without any falsehood.

They could all see Li Tianming’s sense of belonging to the Great Wall of the Northern Crown of the Martial Immortal, and they could also see Li Tianming’s loyalty, after all, he had almost chosen to follow Inspector Liu.

Li Tianming’s way of not directly stating that he ‘must’ come to the Great Wall of the Northern Crown of the Martial Immortal, but speaking the truth and talking about his past struggle between ideals and morality, made him seem more real and sincere.

The surrounding soldiers could also feel this, and therefore understood Li Tianming better, and admired him even more.

Previously, in his exchanges with General Wang and Wang Xuanqing, Li Tianming had gained an understanding of the style of the Great Wall of the Northern Crown of the Martial Immortal.

These new recruits were all under Wang Xuanqing’s command, and naturally they shared some of her traits.

Sincerity was the first step in gaining her recognition as a person.

As for recognition of his strength, that would require seeking opportunities in the future; Li Tianming wasn’t in a hurry.

He was well aware that to truly ascend to the top of the Great Wall of the Martial Immortal North Corona and control trillions of Great Wall Immortal Army soldiers, the most important thing was to make many friends at the grassroots level.

The most direct way to gain the obedience of his subordinates in the future was to first become familiar with them and then let them witness his ascent!

The rise of a stranger wouldn’t evoke much admiration; only by witnessing the gradual improvement of those who trained alongside him, until they became unattainable, would people feel awe!

The most direct example was Wang Xuanqing.

Many who had become members of the Great Wall Immortal Army had heard of, or even witnessed, her path to advancement.

Therefore, Wang Xuanqing was able to command respect, and her subordinates admired her from the bottom of their hearts, making her easier to manage.

After getting to know each other along the way, besides Qin Huaishan and Chi Wan, Li Tianming also met another young man with colorful hair and starry eyes.

He was handsome and tall, and seemed to be more familiar with Qin Huaishan and the other two, but he spoke very little.

Only after being introduced by the two did he exchange a few words with Li Tianming; his name was Cang Mishuo.

These few people were close to Li Tianming, so they interacted, but as for the others, they only exchanged communication star towers and didn’t learn much more, leaving little impression on Li Tianming.

Along the way, many soldiers discussed the Star Palace.

“Senior, even some sects in the outer sixth-level star systems possess Star Palaces, so why is everyone so excited?” Hun Qing asked from a distance.

The man turned and smiled, “The Star Palace is incomparable to those places; its scale is immense, and it will definitely shock you. Also, the Star Palace contains more than just ordinary Star Palaces.”

“What’s so special about that? It’s just a Star Palace fusion, at most an Ancient Star Palace?” Sen Xia’an said nonchalantly.

“You’re wrong, there’s also the Imperial Star Palace!” the man said.