Instructor and Strategist

Tiger Chasing Dynasty, eastern frontier, border military camp.

This place bordered the territory of the First Prince of the Eastern Wilderness. Due to the many grudges accumulated between the two nations throughout history, battles still broke out from time to time along this stretch of borderland.

However, with Empress Consort Xi stationed here, the situation along Tiger Chasing Eastern Frontier's border region remained relatively stable.

The Eastern Wilderness's several troop movements had not involved any Spiritual Connection cultivators. Most were merely localized frictions meant as harassment and probing, and no large-scale battles had erupted.

That First Prince had clearly placed his focus on his third brother, the former crown prince of the previous dynasty. For the moment, he had little thought to spare for Tiger Chasing.

Even so, the borderlands of Tiger Chasing Eastern Frontier remained under strict guard, and the frontier troops trained rigorously without the slightest slackening.

"Focus! Focus! The battle formation's fallen apart! You all don't want your lives anymore, is that it?"

"Are your divine senses just there to eat free meals? What level of intensity is this? And you're already dizzy and disoriented? Huh?!"

On the drill ground, an instructor holding an array token was training a group of newly arrived mortal soldiers and accompanying cultivators.

Before him lay two special areas created by formations.

On the mortal soldiers' side, the terrain beneath their feet continuously changed under the formation's influence.

At times, it turned into mud stretching across the ground; at times, rocky earth and stone slopes; at times, rushing currents and deep pools.

What these mortal soldiers had to do was ensure that the battle formation they had assembled did not scatter or collapse amid such complex, ever-changing terrain.

Only then could they fully bring out the strength of the collective. When facing