"All right, now that everyone knows one another, let the meeting officially begin."
Qian Chongling glanced at Ning Fengzhi, who had finally recovered his senses, and continued, "There are two main matters today: rewards and deployment."
"Xue Peng, how are the troops in the Star Luo Empire doing with the firearm Soul Tools?"
As Qian Chongling spoke, he turned toward Xue Peng.
Xue Peng hurriedly replied, "The firearm Soul Tools aren't difficult to use. The challenge lies in training Soul Masters, since ordinary people can't recharge them. Raising three Soul Master legions of ten thousand men each will probably take another few years."
The three ten-thousand-strong Soul Master legions Xue Peng mentioned would naturally be loyal to his Rouge Pavilion, not the Star Luo Empire.
They could control the Star Luo Empire's upper ranks and brainwash ordinary soldiers, but they had no way of controlling every Soul Master in the empire.
Moreover, these firearm Soul Tools could only be issued to Soul Master legions they had trained themselves.
On top of that, Qian Chongling had stipulated that every Soul Master Xue Peng trained had to be at least a Soul Elder.
Otherwise, once they ran out of ammunition, they would spend half the day recharging. That would be rather awkward.
"Roughly how much longer?" Qian Chongling asked.
"About three to four years," Xue Peng replied.
"By the way, how is the training of the Star Luo Empire's regular army coming along?" Qian Chongling asked.
"The regular army can march at any time," Xue Peng said.
"Very good. Then have the Star Luo Empire begin its war against the Heaven Dou Empire three years from now," Qian Chongling said mildly.
"Understood!" Xue Peng replied.
"Good!"
Having heard Xue Peng's report, Qian Chongling nodded in satisfaction.
As for their loyalty, if he