Divine Desolation Army Camp

Early in the morning, shortly after the rooster crowed, all the new recruits of the Brocade Dragon Guard assembled on the drill ground!

Yi Yun naturally had to live in the military camp as well. As National Scholar, Yi Yun's dormitory was a single room with very good conditions.

Yan Menglong stood in the center of the drill ground, scrutinizing the soldiers in the recruit camp.

"Today is your first day as soldiers! From today onwards, you will undergo intensive training for one to six years!"

The Brocade Dragon Guard of the Tai'a Divine Kingdom, upon retirement, are mostly at least at the late Purple Blood Late-stage realm, and many even surpass it.

Warriors in the Purple Blood Late-stage can live to be over 150 years old, and in their prime, they can live to be 80 or 90 years old.

Therefore, the Brocade Dragon Guard has a long service period, and spending the first five or six years on training is not considered a big deal.

"You will be divided into three batches for special training!"

"These three batches are: the third batch – the Tiandu Military Camp, those selected will stay in Tiandu City for special training! After completing the training, you will be ordinary soldiers of the Tai'a Divine Kingdom. If you have merit, you can be promoted to elite, and even if you have outstanding merit, it is not impossible to be named National Scholar! Everything depends on your own efforts!"

"The second batch— the Central State Army Camp —will send selected individuals to the Central Plains for special training! The Central Plains is the largest state in the Tai'a Divine Kingdom, and also the state where the imperial city is located, personally controlled by His Majesty the Divine Emperor. To be able to enter the Central Plains for special training is a great honor! Those who complete the training in the Central Plains will become elite members of the Brocade Dragon Guard, and those who achieve merit will be awarded the title of National Scholar!"

"As for the third batch— the Divine Desolation Army Camp! The military will select qualified individuals, and their participation is voluntary. This third batch will train in the Divine Wilderness! The Divine Wilderness is fraught with danger; it's a place of Absolute Kill! Training in the Divine Wilderness requires constant awareness of the possibility of death!"

"The Divine Desolation Army Camp, also known as the Death Army Camp or the Death Dragon Gate! Training here results in a 15% mortality rate and a 5% disability rate, totaling 20%! Those trained here are the elite of the elite, but one wrong move can lead to utter destruction!"

"But if you can complete the training, you will become an elite soldier of the divine kingdom, or even a future ruler of the human race! The Divine Desolation Army Camp is the Dragon Gate of the Tai'a Divine Kingdom. Jump over it and your future will be glorious; fall over and you will be shattered to pieces!"

As Yan Menglong spoke, his gaze had already drifted to Yi Yun and Song Zijun. In the entire Tiandu City, only Yi Yun and Song Zijun were qualified to enter the Divine Desolation Army Camp. As for whether they would go or not, that was up to them to decide.

Divine Wilderness...

Yi Yun muttered to himself. He had learned some things about the Tai'a Divine Kingdom these past few days.

The Divine Wilderness does not belong to the Tai'a Divine Kingdom.

In fact, the Divine Wilderness does not belong to any country. Its extent is unknown, and its area is more than ten times larger than the vast Tai'a Divine Kingdom!

If I had to describe it in one word, it would be: endless!

Deep within the Divine Wilderness, lurking are true primordial Giant Beast and Ancient Remnant Species. These divine beasts possess strength equivalent to human sages, or even legendary Great Emperor!

The Divine Wilderness is boundless, and the Tai'a Divine Kingdom borders it, but has only explored a small part of it.

There are too many uncontrollable factors in the Divine Wilderness. The danger of the Tai'a Divine Kingdom setting up military camps in the Divine Wilderness is self-evident.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Divine Desolation Army Camp is Death Dragon Gate.

"Dismissed! Yi Yun and Song Zijun, stay behind!"

Yan Menglong spoke briefly, mentioning the three military camps arranged in a pyramid shape, with his primary focus being the Divine Desolation Army Camp at the very top of the pyramid!

"Yi Yun! Zi Jun! You probably already guessed why I kept you here." Yan Menglong stood imposingly on the stone platform with his arms crossed over his chest and his legs slightly apart, looking down at Yi Yun and Song Zijun.

Yi Yun and Song Zijun nodded.

"The Divine Desolation Army Camp is a voluntary choice! If you choose not to go, you can also join the Central State Army Camp. The mortality rate in the Central State Army Camp is no more than two percent. With your strength, you will definitely be among the best in the Central State Army Camp. You will surely complete the trial safely and without any problems. In the future, you will be granted a good position, slowly rise to the rank of baron, become a commander of a thousand, and marry a few wives. You can live a peaceful life as masters. Do you want that?"

Yan Menglong asked a question, and Yi Yun and Song Zijun replied simultaneously, "No!"

Serving peacefully in the Brocade Dragon Guard for decades, then retiring, marrying, having children, living a wealthy life as a gentry, and dying of old age more than a hundred years later, leaving nothing but a few bones—neither Yi Yun nor Song Zijun wanted such a life!

To live, one must always have dreams and aspirations!

Lin Xin Tong already possessed such strength, yet she still sought to continue her innate, unique Fatal Meridian. Yi Yun, naturally, did the same.

"Very good!" Yan Menglong nodded in approval. "If you choose the Divine Desolation Army Camp, I must tell you, the Divine Desolation Army Camp is full of elites."

"The Divine Desolation Army Camp isn't just the Brocade Dragon Guard's. Of the three types of army camps I mentioned earlier, the first two were organized by the Brocade Dragon Guard itself, but the last one, the Divine Desolation Army Camp, was organized by the Tai'a Divine Kingdom. The Brocade Dragon Guard only makes up about 10% of the members of the Divine Desolation Army Camp."

"Besides the Brocade Dragon Guard, there are also the Azure Luan Guard, the Four Great Legions, the Royal Guards, members of prominent Lineage, and some members of the royal family!"

"These elites from the armies and Lineage will all enter the Divine Desolation Army Camp!"

"Once you're inside, you'll see what geniuses and freaks are—people who undergo body cleansing with medicine at age three and reach the pinnacle of Body Refinement at age eight. Or perhaps, they possess special bloodlines from their clans, born with abilities that inspire envy. There are even geniuses hailed as young sages!"

"The Divine Desolation Army Camp has a 20% injury rate, which is no joke. Those who have perished here are all top geniuses, and many of the deceased geniuses had talents that surpassed yours!"

After listening to Yan Menglong's words, Song Zijun took a deep breath and clenched his fists. He understood that no one in the Divine Desolation Army Camp was worse than him, and in fact, most of them were stronger than him!

Only two people were selected from the entire Tiandu City: him Yi Yun. Song Zijun admitted that he was no match for Yi Yun, so among all the selected people, he was probably considered to be of lower caliber!

The weaker he is, the more dangerous it is; a 20% mortality or disability rate might just fall on him!

Yan Menglong continued, "Your going to the Divine Wilderness represents the Brocade Dragon Guard, and even more so, the Brocade Dragon Guard's Tiandu Branch! Don't bring shame to the Brocade Dragon Guard, nor to the Tiandu Branch, but most importantly, I want to tell you... Remember to come back safe and sound. Your lives are the most important!"

Yan Menglong didn't bother to confirm whether the two regretted their decision, because he had already seen the answer in their eyes.

The Divine Desolation Army Camp is both a challenge and an opportunity!

The path of martial arts is a struggle against fate; those who aspire to great things must forge ahead with courage!

"Alright, go back and rest for two days. On the morning of the third day, Floating Sky Ship will come to pick you both up. Oh, and here's the Savage Bone Relic I promised you."

As Yan Menglong spoke, he flicked his finger, and two crystals the size of soybeans flew into Yi Yun's hand.

Yan Menglong said at the time that the first place winner in the freshman training ground competition would not only have a weapon, but also Savage Bone Relic.

"Thank you, General!" Yi Yun accepted the two relics with delight. These two little things were crucial. He had already consumed Ferocious Beast Relic Yi Yun had accumulated in the Barren Human Valley.

Martial artists cannot stop their cultivation of elixirs and relics; if you want a horse to run, you have to feed it grass.

"Work hard! Don't let me down!"

Yan Menglong patted Yi Yun and Song Zijun on the shoulders forcefully, then turned and left, leaving Yi Yun and Song Zijun with mixed feelings.

Song Zijun's breathing became slightly heavy, his fists clenched, and his fingers trembled slightly.

Yi Yun glanced at Song Zijun's reaction with surprise and asked, "Scared? Excited?"

With his back to Yi Yun, Song Zijun let out a deep breath. "I think so..."

"General Yan is right. Many of the geniuses who perished at the Death Dragon Gate were stronger than me! Or rather, my strength was nothing special in that place. I might even be on the list of the top 20% who died or were crippled!"

Yi Yun nodded. The weaker the strength, the easier it is to be eliminated.

"The Tai'a Divine Kingdom has 108 states, and we are in Jingzhou, which is a state of moderate size. And this Jingzhou alone has more than 100 counties! My Song Lineage is just a decent Lineage in the southern county of Jingzhou, only one of the major Lineage in the southern county! I am good in the southern county, but that's all. Among the younger generation in the southern county, there are those who are stronger than me, but they just didn't join the Brocade Dragon Guard and went to other places!"

"Hmm..." Yi Yun agreed. Dominating the Brocade Dragon Guard recruit camp in Tiandu was nothing special. This Brocade Dragon Guard branch only occupied a small part of Tiandu, not the entirety of Tiandu. Moreover, Tiandu was just a major city in Jingzhou. Compared to the vast Tai'a Divine Kingdom, it was nothing.

This world is so vast. What would it be like to have a Divine Desolation Army Camp filled with the young elites of the Tai'a Divine Kingdom?

Yi Yun is really looking forward to it!

Yi Yun and Song Zijun encouraged each other. Afterwards, Yi Yun returned to the Rouyun Mountain Villa to arrange matters at home.

Actually, there wasn't much to arrange. Jiang Xiaorou had already taken care of everything. He simply Jiang Xiaorou goodbye to her.

Yi Yun still felt uneasy about Jiang Xiaorou.

Think about it, most of the family members are simple and kind, and they were all carefully selected by me from Yunhuang. Because I have been kind to them, they genuinely love and respect Jiang Xiaorou, their mistress, so they should be fine.

On his way back, Yi Yun also entrusted Zhang Tan to take care of the Rouyun Mountain Villa. With Zhang Tan there, everything should be safe and sound.

At the same time, Yi Yun also hired several martial arts masters to serve as guards at his home, and they could occasionally give Jiang Xiaorou and Zhou Xiaoke some pointers on martial arts.

It's frustrating to think about it. Yi Yun rushed to Tiandu and then rushed off to Shenhuang, leaving him no time to teach Jiang Xiaorou martial arts. Besides, Yi Yun isn't exactly a skilled teacher. If Lin Xin Tong were the one teaching Jiang Xiaorou, that would be much better...

Lin Xin Tong, I wonder how she is. She said her Lineage summoned her back, but I don't know what it is... (To be continued~^~)