The Far West Army.
It was the military system Chen Yan had established after building a complete system in the Far Western Lands centered on Myriad Immortal City, so he could support the Far Eastern Lands.
The three hundred Elite Legions now serving in the Far Eastern Lands had all been selected from the Far West Army. They were the elite of the elite.
After joining the Far West Army, ordinary soldiers enlisted for twelve years, while soldiers in the Elite Legions enlisted for twenty-five.
Once their term was up, ordinary soldiers could only take their travel papers and return home. They could not enlist again.
Soldiers in the Elite Legions, however, could choose to renew their terms.
But those who suffered injuries too severe to return to the battlefield could only stay in the army by accepting a lower rank and returning to the Far Western Lands to train new recruits.
Their military pay would be halved, of course.
In truth, only about a quarter of the elite soldiers serving in the Far Eastern Lands were able to choose to remain in the army when their terms ended.
The fighting on the front lines was simply too grim and brutal.
Elite soldiers who returned home at the end of their terms would receive generous benefits.
But fewer than six in ten soldiers sent to the Far Eastern Lands ever came back.
So the drunkard's words had struck the honest man right where it hurt.
If his son really was selected for an Elite Legion and sent to the Far Eastern Lands...
It would be an honor, but it would also be dangerous.
The drunkard, though, had said it all out of jealousy.
He could not understand why his own son had failed the Far West Army's selection, while the