The plan to recruit Hidden Moon Following Wind had been set, Hidden Dragon Do Not Use then took out the Soul Refining Secret Manual.
"President, how should we arrange this Soul Refining Secret Manual?"
Long Xingtianxia looked around at the gathered crowd, which could be said to be the core of the core, with most of them already above Level 30, though there were also a few newbies around ten levels who had recently started the game.
"Does anyone want to train as a Ghost General?"
Becoming a General at Level 10—a Ghost Curse Master at Level 20—and then a Netherworld Ghost General upon reaching Level 30. Although a Ghost General wasn’t as powerful as a Divine General, it was still a formidable profession, even stronger than a Divine General in some respects.
However, no one made a sound.
The vice-president spoke, "President, I think we should train a Ghost Curse Master. Although Ghost Generals and Ghost Curse Masters each have their strengths, we currently have too many Generals. What we lack the most are those from the Magic System. After all, Ghost Generals are only half mages, and a Level 10 Ghost Curse Master can join the team after reaching advanced at Level 20, which is much better than waiting for a Level 30 Ghost General to be ready."
Long Xingtianxia nodded, "That makes sense. Let’s select one of the new recruits for training then. Their gaming skills are secondary; the most important thing is their adherence to discipline.
If no one objects, then it’s settled. Hidden Dragon Do Not Use, later you go to the logistics department to get an Escape Light Talisman, and just hand the Soul Refining Secret Manual to Old Xu.
Old Xu, remember to copy the contents of the book for the analysis team. OK—meeting adjourned."
While Hidden Dragon Do Not Use was running around for his Escape Light Talisman, Xiao Jie was also busy.
He had just saved someone in the morning, obtained the Xuanming Sword, and started getting busy again in the afternoon.
This time his goal was to learn Sound Recognition and, incidentally, confirm his guess that he could learn skills from beasts via special techniques.
"Feng, are you sure this is going to work? I feel quite embarrassed." Dongfang Sheng uneasily said.
Xiao Jie, speechless, "Damn, just do what you’re told. Why so much nonsense? Can’t you handle even this small task? Forget it, maybe I should let Deceitful Fox handle it."
Deceitful Fox quickly stepped forward, "Exactly, if you can’t handle this small task, how can you be useful? Maybe I should do it, Feng, I’ll definitely get it done perfectly."
"Don’t don’t don’t, I didn’t say I wouldn’t do it." Dongfang Sheng said, took a deep breath, and suddenly rushed out from the tunnel where he was hiding.
"Die, you monsters! Kill, kill, kill!" Dongfang Sheng shouted as he charged at the bats hanging from the ceiling of the cave.
As he charged, he shot arrows, his bodyguards closely followed.
Several arrows later, not a single bat was killed, but he successfully startled the group of little monsters.
Fluttering their wings, they rushed towards him.
Dongfang Sheng, undaunted, being a Level 12 General, found it easy to deal with a few low-level little monsters. Wielding his Ghost General Iron Spear, he killed most of the bats in a few strikes.
Seeing that only one barely alive bat was left, Dongfang Sheng sneered, about to finish it off, when suddenly—
"Stop!" Xiao Jie suddenly jumped out.
"Humph, who are you to interfere with my business!"
"Didn’t you see these bats have no offensive power? Why indulge in such senseless killing?"
"Hahaha, I enjoy it. How is it any of your concern? If you don’t want to die, then scram!" While Dongfang Sheng spoke, he felt an intense shame inside. What the hell kind of act was this?
This script was so melodramatic; it felt just like the third-rate villains in web novels.
"Well, today I’m in charge." Xiao Jie said and began to chop.
Clang, clang, clang, Xiao Jie’s several chops forced Dongfang Sheng to continuously retreat.
"Damn it, wait for me, I’m calling for backup!" After saying this, Dongfang Sheng turned and fled into the thief hole, escaping.
Xiao Jie walked up to the bat, and possibly due to his Talent Beast Affinity, it did not attack.
"Are you alright? Brother Bat." Xiao Jie asked with concern.
The bat lay on the ground, issuing a series of sonar waves towards Xiao Jie, and immediately the words it wanted to say appeared above its head. "Human, why did you save me?"
"What I cannot stand most is the bullying of the weak and the harming of animals. You look severely hurt. Maybe eat something first." Xiao Jie said as he fed it some Secret Dog Food, turning the name above the bat’s head to a friendly green.
"Gosh, you are severely hurt. Do you need me to treat you?"
Xiao Jie said and took out a Rejuvenation Talisman, worth 1000 Wen a piece, which could restore 100 Life Value, working just like golden sore medicine (medium), but was ten times pricier. However, there was no other way since monsters couldn’t use blood bottles.
Xiao Jie, restraining his heartache, cast the talisman on the bat, watching its Blood Volume fully recover, then apologetically said, "Sorry, those humans were too evil, they almost wiped out all of your kind. All I could do was save you. You better run; they will probably come back soon, and by then, none of the bats might escape."
"But I am alone and no match for them. However, to save the species of bats, I am willing to risk my life and try. Maybe I can put out their torches, so they can’t see and take advantage of the chaos to win—but no, then I won’t be able to see either! Damn, how can I possibly win then?"
"Human—you’re too kind—I can teach you—Sound Recognition."
"Really? Can I really learn it?"
"It should be possible—I teach—you learn."
"Then please teach me! If I can learn it, I will definitely be able to stop those returnees." Xiao Jie earnestly said.