From soldiers to officers, and finally to High-ranking Officers, required a process of transformation.
Personal combat strength was a hard requirement, while normal adaptability and military strategy were soft requirements.
Meeting the former requirement allowed one to advance from soldier to officer.
If both requirements were met, one could then try to become a High-ranking Officer.
Previously, aside from accumulating military merit to exchange for Cultivation Materials, they had few other means of advancement.
Yue Fei's plan, however, was tantamount to opening up a shortcut for them.
The process might be rather grueling, but as long as there were gains to be had, would they care about such pain?
When they faced the enemy in close combat, they were not even afraid of death.
What was pain?
As long as they did not die or become crippled, they could climb back out of the mud.
The elites trained by Shenwu Branch Academy all shared one trait: tenacity.
If this were in any other dynasty, such a plan would practically be squandering the family fortune.
Leaving aside how many of the more than two hundred thousand people would end up bedridden from fighting one another, the rewards alone were enough to make one's scalp tingle.
Yet for Xiao Tianyang, anything that could be solved with money was not a problem.
As for resources, aside from Beast Meat, he could provide vast quantities of Auxiliary Potions.
The conditions for rewards such as weapons, preferential treatment, and special items could also be relaxed.
Xiao Tianyang ultimately gave only one instruction.
They had money, so spend it freely!
Of course, his promise also made Xiao He break out in a cold sweat.
The Tianwu Dynasty's economy was certainly not that fragile.
However, if Yue Fei took Xiao Tianyang's words seriously, the pressure on Liu