Chapter 835: Chapter 283: Choices
A very strange feeling!
Once Qing Chi had fully grasped the military’s morale, she could investigate her side’s military situation.
With her control over military intelligence, she naturally came to know the three refining directions of the army types.
“The first is the Paper Money Netherworld Soldier, requiring one hundred thousand catties of hundred-year-old green sandalwood pulp, mixed with Chenzhou cinnabar to create talismans, and made into blue-purple money. While burning the blue-purple money, also burn nine hundred catties of South Sea agarwood, refine the Divine Sea, and finally use countless Yin Qi to saturate the body, sustaining it for twenty-seven days, to achieve Great Success.”
“The second is the Yin Talisman Suppressing Evil Guard, consuming three thousand catties of Thunder Magnetic Refined Iron, then using Taihang Five-Colored Stone Gall, followed by applying Eight Hundred Military Evil Spirits, and finally meditating in retreat for three days and nights.”
“The third is the Ghost Weep Gatekeeper, drawing a sealing array, collecting tens of thousands of ghosts, arranging the Ten Thousand Ghosts Array, then using three millennia-old zombies to refine corpse oil, wrapping the army type, throwing it into the tide of Yin Qi, devouring endless Yin Qi until the corpse oil completely transforms into corpse wax, then it’s considered successful and must be quickly withdrawn.”
Upon learning the specific costs, Qing Chi was momentarily stunned in place.
The costs are genuinely too massive!
The ghost clan girl knew well that even if she packed herself and the entire Qing Family for sale, they might not be able to gather such resources.
The ghost clan girl informed Qing Yan of the specific costs.
Qing Yan’s face turned a shade paler upon hearing, and he reluctantly comforted, “Girl, don’t worry. Reaching this stage of army building, relying solely on ourselves definitely won’t work.”
“Let’s seek help from the City Lord!”
“Once we succeed in building the army, it will be greatly beneficial to the White Paper Immortal City. They will surely be willing to support us!”
“From the current situation, this is actually the best opportunity for us to build an army.”
Qing Yan saw it very clearly.
Li Xiangshang and Qing Chi reported upwards together, and indeed gained the attention of the White Paper Immortal City.
The City Lord’s clone personally handled this matter. Upon learning the specific costs, he remarked instead, “So little?”
In past history, the White Paper Immortal City has also attempted to build an army multiple times.
Many times, it got stuck at the initial stage of consolidating military morale. Without morale, everything thereafter is just empty talk.
Now, Qing Chi not only consolidated military morale but even advanced to the stage of army types.
The City Lord’s clone looked at Li Xiangshang, sincerely sighing, “Your innate ability of making up numbers is indeed useful; it not only lowers the standard for consolidating military morale but also reduces the resources needed for nurturing army types. This at least cuts it by thirty percent?”
Qing Chi instantly turned her head, looking at Li Xiangshang.
The ignorant ghost clan girl only now knew that the cost she was informed of had already been reduced by thirty percent!
Li Xiangshang also looked at Qing Chi: “My innate ability is not crucial, what matters is Miss Qing Chi. Not everyone can consolidate military morale, it must gain the genuine support of many.”
The City Lord’s clone nodded slightly, acknowledging Li Xiangshang’s words.
She pondered for a moment, then said contemplatively: “This cost for nurturing army types can be borne by our White Paper Immortal City. But…”
The City Lord’s clone changed the course of her words, conveniently proposing a requirement.
The requirement was simple and straight, and that is, the nurtured army types can be managed by Qing Chi on her behalf, but from then on would belong to the White Paper Immortal City.
Li Xiangshang looked at Qing Chi, as the army types weren’t his, naturally, he shouldn’t make decisions on them.
Qing Chi hesitated, feeling uncomfortable; this was something she had painstakingly consolidated, how could it belong to others?
The White Paper City Lord saw through the girl’s hesitation and said in a calm tone, “In the past, our White Paper Immortal City also attempted multiple times to build an army, but all ended in failure.”
“The number of times military morale was successfully consolidated is actually not few.”
“But there are many steps to army building, and this process has a time limit. The most unfortunate time was when it reached the last step, only to run out of time, failing in the end!”
“Your attempt this time is more reckless than any attempt in the history of our Immortal City.”
“The only advantage is the innate ability of Young Friend Li.”
“To nurture army types, can you even produce one-tenth of the resources? Without resources, you are destined to fail.”
“Having resources doesn’t necessarily lead to success. At that time, these astronomical losses will have to be solely borne by my White Paper Immortal City.”
“Even if in the end, the army is successfully built, truthfully speaking… my White Paper Immortal City may not change any major situation just because of your new army.”
The White Paper City Lord’s words were reasonable, leaving Qing Chi speechless.
As for Li Xiangshang, being a purely dedicated cultivator, lacking in words, he merely watched silently at this moment.
Qing Chi considered for a while, with a troubled expression, speaking in a heavy tone: “City Lord, I can’t make this decision, I want to go back and discuss it with my father.”
The White Paper City Lord nodded with a smile: “Go ahead.”
On one hand, even if the ownership of the army types is agreed, for a long time in the future, Qing Chi will still be needed to lead the army. On the other hand, she was fully confident that Qing Chi would agree to this condition.
“By the way, there is another requirement.”
“If the city funds it, the army type must be set on the Ghost Weep Gatekeeper.”
Not only would the army type belong to the White Paper Immortal City, but even the type of army had to be determined.
Qing Chi looked down at the road, maintaining silence all the way back.
The pressure of such silence made Li Xiangshang a little uncomfortable, and he took the initiative to comfort her.
Qing Chi: “Sigh, handing the army types to others does make me uncomfortable, but I believe the White Paper City Lord will not treat us unfairly.”
“But I just heard that even if we pass this stage of army types, there are many more challenges ahead, and ultimately, building an army might still fail.”
“If that’s the case, do you think I can still use this condition to bring back Jiao Ma?”