Talent Recruitment
October, 2608th year of the Douluo Calendar.
[Heaven Dou Empire], Fasinuo Province, more than seventy miles east of ' Kelo City '.
Ling Yi had just stepped out of a tent when he saw a troop of golden-armored soldiers approaching. The leader, about ten meters away, shouted loudly:
"Ling Yi!"
"Captain Luo Bo." Ling Yi nodded in response, polite yet with a hint of aloofness.
Captain Luo Bo didn't mind Ling Yi's subtle aloofness, and just said with a smile, "As per your request, the seeds of ' Blue Silver Grass ' have now been sown all over the area within dozens of miles of our camp."
Although winter is approaching, the climate here is still alright, so the seeds should sprout in a few days..."
"Hmm, that's good." Upon hearing this, Ling Yi's face lit up with a timely smile, and he said, "In this way, both the main ingredients needed for preparing the herbs and the consumption and healing effects of my healing Soul Skill will be greatly improved..."
This was the fifth day after the end of the childish war between the two great empires. The survivors of the armies sent by various kingdoms and duchies to assist in the expedition had all embarked on their journeys home.
Ling Yi, however, did not return with Jiang Yuan, Li Zhishu, and the others. Instead, he stayed in the Heaven Dou Empire.
This wasn't Ling Yi's own choice to stay; rather, he received a military order from the Heaven Dou Empire requesting that the military doctor Ling Yi be temporarily transferred to continue treating wounded soldiers on the front lines.
As for why Ling Yi, a mere Grand Soul Master, was chosen instead of the other three Soul Elder- level Healing System Soul Master?
The main reason is that the casualty rate of the [Water Wood Duchy] army in the previous small-scale battlefield confrontations was too alarming.
The neighboring Silves Kingdom has a stronger army than the Water Wood Duchy suffered more than half its casualties, Jiang Yuan's soldiers only lost less than one-fifth of their troops.
Not to mention, the base figures on both sides are more than double!
The Silves Kingdom sent an army of 20,000, but only a little over 3,000 returned after the battle. In contrast, the Water Wood Duchy sent only 10,000, but more than 5,000 returned!
Not to mention, in the eyes of those with ulterior motives, there should actually be three thousand survivors in the [Water Wood Duchy], but the higher-ups need them to 'disappear,' so they can no longer 'live' and return to the [Water Wood Duchy].
Such an army of the [Water Wood Duchy] naturally attracted a certain degree of attention.
This attention brought Ling Yi, a previously unremarkable second -Two-Ring Grand Soul Master, into the spotlight.
If Ling Yi is a Combat System Soul Master with the combat power to Battle Soul Elder Grand Soul Master, he is a rare talent, but the vast military of the Heaven Dou Empire doesn't actually care that much about him.
In the eyes of the military, combat-type Soul Master, unless they have reached the level of Soul King or above and are capable of fighting against a well-trained army of more than a thousand people single-handedly, are not worth their effort to win over.
However, if Soul Master is a support-type Soul Master, then they are a special talent, and their treatment will naturally be different.
Just like Food System Soul Master, they have always been sought-after talents by the army. A Food System Soul Master at the level of a Grand Soul Master can provide food supplies for a hundred soldiers, and even Food System Soul Master has just broken through to the Soul Elder level can maintain the food consumption of more than five hundred people from the very beginning!
In war, sometimes, apart from the contest of combat strength, the most important thing is the contest of logistics!
Many of the key factors in the numerous cases of wars where the few defeated the many were cutting off supply lines or bypassing enemy lines to burn enemy supplies.
"Man is made of iron, food is made of steel; you'll get hungry if you skip a meal." It's a common saying, but it's the truth.
If people are not well-fed, let alone have the strength, physical training, or fighting ability, their morale will collapse.
However, if there were Food System Soul Master could create Soul Power food at any time, they could keep creating it as long as their Soul Power was not exhausted. Even if their Soul Power was exhausted, they could recover their Soul Power through cultivation and rest, and then continue to create Soul Power food.
If Huo Qubing had had such favorable conditions back then, how could he have only conquered Mount Langjuxu and the North Sea? The Eurasia wouldn't have been enough to cover.
We've gone off on a tangent.
Similar to Food System Soul Master are Healing System Soul Master, who are also highly respected on the Douluo Continent.
In war, people will die and people will be injured.
Who isn't afraid of death? Who isn't afraid of getting hurt?
An excellent Healing System Soul Master can not only protect the lives and combat power of those elites who have been tempered on the battlefield, but also become the source of confidence for an army!
Leaving aside the military, even within the now-mature Douluo Soul Master system, an excellent Soul Master group must consist of at least five parts:
Food System Soul Master are responsible for supplying; Recovery-type Soul Master are responsible for restoring status and Soul Power; Agility-type Battle Soul Master are responsible for reconnaissance; Strength-type Battle Soul Master Battle Soul Master are responsible for annihilating the enemy.
Only when a group consists of these five parts can it be considered a complete group.
However, in reality, Soul Master teams often cannot bring together all five parts because in the current Soul Master World, the proportion of people with the Food System, recovery, agility, strength, and attack skills is severely unbalanced!
The combined Food System and Recovery types are less than half that of the Agility type, and the combined numbers of the Agility and Strength types are far less than those of the Attack type.
In the Douluo Continent, Food System or Healing System Soul Master above level 30 are quite rare. If they join the army, they can basically enjoy the treatment of a captain who commands thousands of people, or even more.
Those above level 40 are extremely rare. Above level 50, Healing System Soul Master are relatively better off, but Food System Soul Masters are extremely rare. Food System Soul Master above level 60 have almost never appeared. Even if they do, it takes the two great empires or top-tier forces like the Spirit Hall many years to cultivate just one.
The reason why Shrek Academy is so powerful is partly due to the two Soul Saint- level deans, Flender and Zhao Wuji, but the real strength lies in the unassuming Food System Soul Saint, "Sugar Bean" Shao Xin, who only appears briefly in the story!
Ling Yi, a second-ring Healing System Grand Soul Master, accomplished feats that many fourth-ring Healing System Soul Ancestor could not achieve—limb reattachment and internal organ injury treatment!
A discerning individual discovered that this was the first person in recorded history of the Douluo Continent to reach the rank of Grand Soul Master with the "Blue Silver Grass" Martial Soul.
Perhaps in some places, there are still Grand Soul Master, or even Soul Elder, who possess the "Blue Silver Grass" Martial Soul, although the possibility is so slim as to be almost zero.
However, with Ling Yi as a living example right before their eyes, the investigators could no longer make overly absolute conclusions.
Even so, Ling Yi is currently the Weiyi Grand Soul Master with the "Blue Silver Grass" Martial Soul.
He is also a doctor with extremely strong treatment abilities!
Naturally, such outstanding talent should not be buried in such a small country as the Water Wood Duchy!
Only the Heaven Dou Empire is the place where such talents should stay, and only there is a stage for them to fully display their abilities!
Both the Heaven Dou Empire and the Water Wood Duchy were surprisingly in agreement on Ling Yi's future, and neither believed that Ling Yi would object.
After all, one side is the small [Water Wood Duchy], and the other side is one of the two strongest empires on the Douluo Continent. Even if Ling Yi is only mobilized by one of the border troops of the [Heaven Dou Empire], it is still a leap in social class.
So, what does Ling Yi himself think?