Why...
I was clearly first...
On a cloud path near the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Bian Zhuang, Deputy Commander of the Celestial River Navy, leaned on his Nine-Tooth Rake and gazed at the two figures riding clouds away in the distance.
He could even hear their conversation carried on the wind...
"Lord Water God, how do I look dressed like this?"
The unfamiliar heavenly general who had appeared from nowhere wore purple armor. Grinning, he spread his arms and turned slightly on the cloud.
Lord Water God smiled and nodded. "The general's bearing remains as splendid as ever."
"Hahaha!"
That smug laughter...
Bian Zhuang was overcome with boundless grief and indignation. His whole body trembled, his hands and feet went cold, and tears streamed down his face. He truly wanted to rush over and shout:
'Can you include me when you flatter Lord Water God!'
A call came from behind him:
"Commander Bian? His Majesty has summoned us."
"Coming!"
Bian Zhuang shrank his neck, slung the Nine-Tooth Rake across his back like a Greatsword, and hurried over. Together with more than a dozen commanders and deputy commanders of the heavenly soldiers, he rushed into the Hall of Exalted Peace.
According to the orders previously conveyed by the Hall of Brightness, the twelve divisions of Heavenly Court troops would soon begin recruiting a new batch of Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.
Jade Emperor's summons of them this time was likely for this very matter...
Li Changshou's immortal sense caught this scene, and he began discussing the details of expanding the heavenly soldiers with Zhao Dezhu, Jade Emperor's Incarnation.
At present, when Heavenly Court recruited heavenly soldiers, it lured them in and assigned them directly to the various divisions, leaving the commanding generals to train them as they saw fit.
The reform Li