jdhmnovel Chapter 162: Lack of Faith, Half a Month Has Passed
Chapter 162: Lack of Faith, Half a Month Has Passed
The result was that all the high-ranking members of Qingfeng Cliff were killed, and the two hundred or so traitorous monks also surrendered under the pressure of Cao Geng and others...
Cao Geng's strength was so terrifying that all the traitorous monks in Qingfeng Cliff felt despair.
"I know that some of you have second thoughts towards me, but that's fine. I, Cao Geng, have never considered you as my peers. From now on, you just need to work hard and you can save your lives. If you dare to cause trouble in private, don't blame me, Cao Geng, for being merciless."
Cao Geng said indifferently.
Just as the evil Japanese would forcibly recruit monks from within the human camp to build defenses and serve as cannon fodder, Cao Geng's attitude toward the entire Qingfeng Cliff was also so cold-blooded and ruthless.
Naturally, he would not regard the rebellious cultivator in Qingfeng Cliff as his fellow disciple.
Especially when the evil Japanese offered a huge reward for Cao Geng throughout the entire northern land, these rebellious monks in Qingfeng Cliff became even more difficult to trust.
Indeed, there must be monks who truly want to follow Cao Geng.
However, Cao Geng could not gamble on which talents would truly be loyal to him based on this.
……
At this moment, he spared the lives of all the small bandits who had cultivated mortal bodies in Qingfeng Village. This was the manifestation of his Cao Geng's practice of compassion.
However, it is absolutely impossible to make Cao Geng truly treat these little bandits as his own children.
The little bandits in Qingfeng Village also understood this clearly.
Ever since.
Cao Geng used Qingfeng Village as his base for cultivation.
In this vast land of northwest Shanxi, a new round of activities to recruit disciples of Taoism has once again begun.
Time flies by.
Half a month passed quietly.
In this half month.
Cao Geng was based in Qingfeng Village, constantly gathering intelligence from all directions, expelling demons, and recruiting disciples to practice Taoism.
The strength of the guard battalion was successfully expanded to more than 500 monks!
now.
Almost all the people he had recruited in Qingfeng Village were trained and obeyed by Cao Geng in the process of fighting against demons.
The few remaining bandits who originally came from Qingfeng Village were now willing to follow Cao Geng and practice the ways of the Eight Desolate Army.
however.
During this half month, Cao Geng had been on high alert for possible raids, whether it was intrusions from Japanese pirates in Japan, or pro-Japanese and neutral monks in China, who might be tempted by Shinozuka Yoshio's bounty order and come to cause trouble for him.
What is strange is that, perhaps because Cao Geng’s power is still weak and his reputation has not yet spread again, the group of Japanese pirates and puppet troops seem to be unaware that Cao Geng has settled in Qingfeng Village.
They were busy carrying out a comprehensive cleanup of the Eight Desolations Army in the entire northwest Shanxi region.
I have never looked for Cao Geng's work.
but.
Cao Geng did not necessarily want to lure the Japanese pirates and puppet troops to deal with him.
He simply continued to advance his career calmly - recruiting disciples, expanding the field of cultivation, and that was all.
of course.
At the same time Cao Geng was recruiting disciples to guard against possible enemy attacks.
He also traveled all over northwestern Shanxi, searching for Ding Wei and Zhao Gang.
Ever since that severe damage to the demons' important supply base.
Cao Geng never received any news from Ding Wei and Zhao Gang again.
Later, he met with Monk Wei as agreed.
However, Cao Geng still knew nothing about Ding Wei and Zhao Gang, and had no information about their life or death.
During this period of time, Cao Geng had been trying to find clues about Ding Wei and Zhao Gang, not wanting them to die in that battle.
Unfortunately.
Restricted by limited resources.
Searching for Ding Wei and Zhao Gang in the vast northwestern Shanxi region is as difficult as looking for a needle in a haystack.
finally.
It's a pity.
Cao Geng still couldn't get any accurate information about Ding Wei and Zhao Gang...
despite this.
Not being able to get news from Ding Wei and Zhao Gang was one thing, but at the same time, Cao Geng was naturally paying close attention to and following up on the progress of recruiting disciples for his seven battalions.
As for the recruitment of disciples from the Seven Peaks of the new Xuanyang Sect, ever since the Seven Peaks went into hiding for training again, their efforts in recruiting disciples have been as swift as lightning.
Therefore, even Cao Geng, the sect leader, found it difficult to accurately grasp the specific number of new members to be recruited by these seven peaks at this moment.
However, three days ago, Cao Geng had given orders to his disciple Wei Yuantong, asking him to be fully responsible for investigating the recruitment of disciples from the Seven Peaks.
can only sigh,
The new Xuanyang Sect’s disciple recruitment results are quite encouraging.
Just three days ago, including the five hundred core disciples currently commanded by Cao Geng himself, the total number of cultivators in the new Xuanyang Sect had completely exceeded 13,000.
It is estimated that in just three days, the total number of cultivators from the entire New Xuanyang Sect gathered together may have reached as high as 15,000!
It should be understood that in this era of cultivation, the strength of 15,000 cultivators is completely comparable to that of a large sect of cultivators.
However, Cao Geng only led a sect.
Moreover, four months ago, Cao Geng was only the master of one of the seven peaks!
When Cao Geng first started recruiting disciples at that peak, the total number of disciples was only 187. However, after only four months of training and recruiting, it had grown to be as powerful as a large sect. This was truly incredible!
However, Cao Geng did not become complacent because he was well aware of the difficulties and obstacles involved.
Without Dong Ling's cultivation method and the advantage of his identity as a time traveler, all these achievements would never have been achieved so quickly.
Cao Geng was also aware that at this time when the Little Ghost Sect was conducting a large-scale search and suppression of the entire northwest Shanxi secret realm, it was the time when the various branches of the Eight Desolate Sect were hiding their strength and actively absorbing talented disciples most rapidly.
Just as in the TV series "Sword Qi Soaring to the Sky", when the Little Ghost Sect was completely suppressing the secret realm in northwest Shanxi, the independent sect led by Li Yunlong alone had already absorbed more than 8,000 talented disciples.
In the original plot, both Ding Yuanba and Kong Hongtu also showed amazing speed in recruiting disciples.
Take Li Yunlong as an example. In the early stage of the plot, his independent sect had only 800 disciples. However, when he attacked Ping'an City, the team of monks under his command expanded by more than ten times!
The same is true for Ding Yuanba and Kong Hongtu.
This tenfold increase in the number of disciples comes at a time when the Little Ghost Sect is just beginning to launch a massive raid on the secret areas of northwest Shanxi.
If Cao Geng could take advantage of the Little Ghost Sect's raid to restrain his edge and concentrate on training, and based on the existing base of cultivators, by the time the Little Ghost Sect's raid is over, the number of cultivators in the New Xuanyang Sect could be tripled, how many cultivators would the New Xuanyang Sect have at that time?
Fifteen thousand monks?
Cao Geng couldn't even imagine this number.
However, he knew in his heart that the number of cultivators currently possessed by the New Xuanyang Sect was already considerable, and it was obviously unrealistic to increase the number of disciples tenfold during the period of the Little Ghost Sect's sweep.
After all, the talent pool for cultivation that can be tapped into in the secret realm of northwest Shanxi is limited.
Despite this, Cao Geng was not too greedy.
Since Li Yunlong and others were able to increase the number of disciples more than tenfold during the search and suppression period, it would be enough for him to triple the number of disciples in the new Xuanyang Sect during this period of time.
After all, once the number of cultivators in the new Xuanyang Sect increases threefold, it will be enough to rival a powerful army of cultivators.