Capítulo 1257: Chapter 1242: Military rits
The Great Zhou Dynasty has an extrely stringent system for calculating military rit, with stipulations for every possible scenario.
Take, for instance, the Wing Bone Demons reduced to ashes today; the Great Zhou Dynasty has several thods for proving their contributions to military rit.
For example, collecting the ashes of Wing Bone Demons and submitting them to the Military rit Division of the Ministry of War, where they will be verified by a specialist before officially recognizing the military rit.
As for what East Patrol Hunter Jing Zhan ntioned about using seals as evidence, this is an exclusive privilege of the Heavenly Patrol Departnt, where only they can request witnesses of certain rank among the Prince and nobles to use seals to verify military rit.
Others do not possess such qualifications.
However, the Heavenly Patrol Divine Hunters, under the command of the Wind Patrol Envoys, are very skilled, collecting scattered Demon Clan corpses, ashes, mucus, hairs, and more from the ground.
With these items, the process of recognizing military rit by the Military rit Division becos much quicker.
In just a short fifteen minutes, the Heavenly Patrol Divine Hunters under East Patrol Hunter Jing Zhan completed the military rit tally.
The military rit belonging to the Heavenly Patrol Departnt naturally requires no interference from others. The only exception is the more than one hundred Wing Bone Demons slaughtered by Ye Zhen, along with the strange creatures transford by tens of thousands of worm demons fallen from the Corpse Spirit Demon Lord.
“The Wing Bone Demons slain by Captain Ye total ninety-seven. According to the Military Law of Great Zhou, slaying an ordinary Wing Bone Demon equates to a hundred military rit points, with each stage of cultivation of the Wing Bone Demon adding ten more points!
However, as the Wing Bone Demons slain by Captain Ye have turned to ash, their cultivation cannot be determined, thus the minimum military rit will be used, totaling nine thousand seven hundred rit points.
Additionally, according to the observations of the Heavenly Patrol Divine Hunters, Captain Ye slew over forty thousand worm demons. According to the Law of Great Zhou, slaying a thousand worm demons equates to one military rit point.
In this battle, Captain Ye earned a total of nine thousand seven hundred forty rit points!”
After a Heavenly Patrol Divine Hunter reported the military rit, East Patrol Hunter Jing Zhan glanced at Marquis Xingqing, Ji Tao, “Marquis, although Captain Ye is a personal guard of Princess Changle, these rits were earned during your military exercises; how would you like these rits to be recorded?”
Military rit is not entirely yours just for making a kill, especially when other comrades participate, and there is a commanding officer above. In the recording of military rit, the commanding officer’s opinion is heard, a portion is deducted, and the remaining becos the final personal rit earned.
According to the Military Law of Great Zhou, a commanding officer can deduct up to fifty percent of the subordinates’ military rits, and a portion of the military rits can also be allocated to comrades based on cooperation.
This includes allocating a part to soldiers who died in battle, as the commanding general will decide such distributions.
In Great Zhou, military rit often represents substantial compensation.
“In this battle, as Captain Ye turned the tide single-handedly, all the military rits this ti shall be credited entirely to Captain Ye!” Marquis Xingqing casually remarked with a wave of his hand.
His words imdiately made the eyes of the gathered nobles and even so of the Heavenly Patrol Divine Hunters turn red with envy.
Normally, a martial artist at the peak of the ninth stage of the Dao Entrance Realm might not amass nine thousand seven hundred forty rit points even after decades of battling on the Human-Demon Battlefield.
More importantly, these nine thousand seven hundred forty rit points signify a massive promotion in rank.
The honors of the Great Zhou Dynasty are divided into four levels: Sergeant, Captain, General, and Commander, with sixteen ranks in total. Advancing from the highest rank of Cavalryman to En Cavalryman at the Sergeant Level requires a thousand military rit points.
To progress from the lowest rank of Iron Cavalry Captain to the highest rank of Brave Cavalry Captain at the Captain Level requires ten thousand military rit points.
In other words, with this military rit, Ye Zhen’s current rank could elevate from En Cavalryman at the Sergeant Level to Brave Cavalry Captain at the Captain Level, achieving a significant four-rank leap.
Such a rank like Brave Cavalry Captain can command an army on the Human-Demon Battlefield and is absolute core strength within the military.
Many tis, even martial artists at the Divine Communication Realm may not achieve a Brave Cavalry Captain rank, despite a lifeti of fighting if luck isn’t on their side.
The envy among the guards and Heavenly Patrol Divine Hunters is understandable.
Ye Zhen was slightly puzzled as to why Marquis Xingqing was so generous in attributing all the military rit to him, considering it’s customary in Great Zhou for the commanding general to deduct thirty to fifty percent of the subordinates’ military rits.
What Ye Zhen did not know was that Marquis Xingqing was being severely rebuked at this mont, twitching at the corners of his mouth.
“Such short-sightedness, how did I give birth to such a creature?”
“Now you think of befriending and rallying support? Why not earlier?”
“If you’d paid a bit more attention, you wouldn’t have handed over such a promising talent to another!” Prince Yangling Ji Liu’s reprimands echoed in the Spirit Palace of Marquis Xingqing.
“Father, a promising talent, you might be too….” At this point, Marquis Xingqing had so differing views.
“Are you doubting my judgnt?
If this boy hadn’t noticed the early signs and imdiately gathered so Tree Demons, you might have been used as cannon fodder by that lunatic Jing Zhan to bait the enemy!” Prince Yangling rebuked angrily.
“Us as cannon fodder, Father, that….. couldn’t be?” Marquis Xingqing was a bit incredulous.
“Wake up! In Great Zhou, there are not one hundred thousand, but eighty thousand like you who are conferred Marquis titles at birth, with tens of thousands more being nurtured in their mothers’ wombs!
In Great Zhou, what we lack the least are people with bloodlines!”
Prince Yangling’s cold voice sent a shiver through Marquis Xingqing.
Without even needing Prince Yangling to speak, Marquis Xingqing deeply regretted it. This fierce battle today revealed Ye Zhen’s true capabilities to him.
He truly wasn’t lacking commanders, but he genuinely didn’t have any who knew the Yimu Spiritual Communication Technique.
This is a rare existence that can summon tens of thousands of fearless troops out of thin air at any ti and any place.
If those five thousand Fla Spirit Burst Demon Crossbows hidden in his secret treasury were distributed, the combat power…
But now, it’s too late for anything.
Swiftly, East Patrol Hunter Jing Zhan took out a Jade Scroll and separately requested Zuo Zongling Ji Cang and Princess Changle to use the seal.
Marquis Xingqing, however, did not have that privilege; his rank was not high enough.
“Jings Patrol, when reporting the deaths of those princes and nobles today, please report that they died fighting bravely. As a Zongling, this will be my duty towards them!” Ji Cang said suddenly as Ying Zhan left.
After pondering for a mont, Jing Zhan nodded, and upon seeing this, Zuo Zongling Ji Cang’s expression relaxed.
Ye Zhen knew the reason behind Ji Cang’s request.
If princes and nobles die in battle, their title would be inherited by their offspring and kin.
However, the circumstances of their death determine the inheritance of the title.
For example, if the Heavenly Patrol Departnt reports their death with the phrase ‘died fighting bravely,’ their children will definitely inherit the title smoothly!
If the report states ‘killed out of fear for battle,’ their title may not be inherited by their direct offspring but instead selected from blood relatives within three generations.
Who could have thought that a wager military exercise among princes and nobles would turn into a hunt by the Heavenly Patrol Departnt against the Demon Clan infiltrating the heartland of Great Zhou?
It turned bloody, with severed heads everywhere.
Having won the wager, Marquis Xingqing was not in good spirits due to Ye Zhen’s involvent.
As for the losing Marquis Anling, his pale face could not have looked uglier.
“Farewell!”
After staring intensely at Ye Zhen, Marquis Anling left Thunder Marsh Ridge with the sixty remaining Thunderclap Sacred Guards, and Ye Zhen could sense Marquis Anling’s intense killing intent toward him.
As Marquis Anling left, Ye Zhen’s expression relaxed inexplicably.
Of course, Ye Zhen’s relief wasn’t just because Marquis Anling’s departure, but also because he vaguely sensed the disappearance of three terrifying auras.
Since the beginning of the military exercise, Ye Zhen, with his sword connect state, sensed three rather indistinct auras that exerted imnse pressure on him, constantly keeping his nerves tight.
Ye Zhen felt that those three auras were several tis stronger than the Star Pattern Priest and East Patrol Hunter Jing Zhan.
Now, those three auras disappeared, and the massive, invisible pressure vanished as well.
“Capital Guard Ye, why are you still standing there dumbfounded? The Princess’s phoenix carriage is about to depart; aren’t you going to serve?” Eunuch He Jin, also known as Eunuch Jin, spoke in his annoyingly sarcastic tone.
A contingent of three thousand imperial guards all clad in green gold standard armor had appeared nearby, encircling a hundred-ter-long, thirty-ter-wide carriage adorned with countless exquisite patterns.
Over a hundred maids and eunuchs were already kneeling in greeting atop the carriage.
However, upon seeing the two large birds pulling the carriage, Ye Zhen couldn’t help but shiver.
Green Bird!
The newly hatched chicks of the ancient Spirit Fowl Green Bird, possessing Dao Entrance realm cultivation and an Ancient Bloodline!
Under normal circumstances, if a flying Demon Beast had even a trace of Green Bird’s bloodline within, it would beco extrely mystical, a precious flying mount.
But now, two true Green Birds were pulling Princess Changle’s carriage!
Suddenly, Ye Zhen sowhat understood why Zhao Zhong claid that his Cloud Winged Tiger King’s potential was poor.
In this Primordial Continent where even ancient Spirit Fowl Green Birds are used for pulling carriages, the Cloud Winged Tiger King really falls short.
However, that’s just soone else’s thought.
To Ye Zhen, the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten is a brother, a partner.
“Are you Captain Ye? I thank you sincerely for today’s deeds!” said the middle-aged Martial Artist nad Gu Kuang, who commanded Princess Changle’s three thousand guards, expressing gratitude to Ye Zhen upon seeing him.
Ye Zhen, of course, understood Gu Kuang’s gratitude; Ye Zhen had protected Princess Changle promptly today. Otherwise, if anything had happened to her, all Princess Guards would have faced significant trouble.
“Half a month ago, I already beca a Princess Guard; Captain Gu needn’t be courteous!” Ye Zhen replied calmly.
“At Her Highness’s command, your temporary position will be among the five hundred trusted aides closest to her carriage, as one of the Capital Guards assigned there. You can go directly,” ntioned Gu Kuang.
“Thank you!”
A few breaths later, the two Green Birds let out a resonant cry, flapped their wings, and emitted green light over the landscape as they slowly lifted the massive carriage into the sky, followed closely by three thousand imperial guards.
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