Chapter 582
Yeya Prefecture, Wei Clan Army garrison.
Two days earlier, the Wei Clan Army had received a conscription order issued by the Military Affairs Office. Knowing this would be a hard battle, they recruited additional hands and increased their hired troops to over a thousand.
For this campaign, the Kui Lodge Military Affairs Office ordered the Military Offices across the various Earth Prefectures to open their armories, allowing participating units to purchase military supplies there at a lower cost.
The Wei Clan Army immediately seized this rare opportunity. They borrowed a sum of gold yuan from the Silver Office and purchased a large quantity of Profound Armor and profound weaponry.
Yet their greatest reliance this time remained the Azure Yang Profound Armor. Though these outer armors had suffered some losses over the several deployments, the damage was not as great as imagined. At the very least, they could endure one more fierce battle without issue.
Just as the Wei Clan Army was making active preparations, Azure Dawn came to the garrison bearing news. "This time, sir has been invited to act alongside the regular army. Therefore, he will be unable to remain with the army and hold the fort."
Wei Lingying had long been mentally prepared for this. She said earnestly, "Thank you, young sir Azure Dawn, for coming to inform us. With Patrol Protector Zhang's great abilities, he should not have been confined to our Wei Clan Army in the first place. That would have been using a great talent for a small task."
Jin Xiaobai, however, revealed a worried expression. With Zhang Yu absent, their Wei Clan Army would have no cultivator holding the fort. Should they encounter an unexpected situation, they might not even be able to react in time.
Azure Dawn said, "You need not