Blue Phoenix Chapter 58 - Supporting the Army

The following day, Hui Yue gave the experts a day off as he moved around the castle delegating some of the tasks that he had to deal with. Especially the ones who were staying behind in Shenyuan, they were pushed to their limits. While all the Saints were rushing from one end of Shenyuan to the other, all of them were doing their best to gather gold, provisions, and maps. Watching them, Hui Yue was greatly appreciative that all of the guards already had armor and weapons. Had he needed the Saints to find armor and weapons for the entire army then he could only imagine how difficult it would have been.

While the Saints were rushing from their home cities back to the capital, Hui Yue allowed the army to relax a little. This meant that all of them had to train on their own, and to Hui Yue’s surprise, he found that no one fought one on one battles anymore, it was all group battles now.

The groups seemed to enjoy this new way of battling, and their eyes were shining with excitement. Their faces had uncontrolled grins spreading across them. The groups were now used to fighting together. They were familiar with the different attacks of their teammates not to mention the trust they had built up. They knew that someone had their back which allowed for them to move forward and attack. Seeing how well all the groups worked together, Hui Yue felt pride in his heart.

Walking through the military camp, everywhere Hui Yue came across people training either on their own or together in the groups. They were experimenting with new attacks or cultivating their inner energies.

Hui Yue, too, was busy refining yin energy so that he could create more wu wei. However, the speed, although boosted by the blue cloud, was still so slow that Hui Yue acknowledged that he would need at least a year before reaching the ninth star of the King rank. This was something which made him sigh deeply but thinking about it; he had already been assisted greatly by the monk that he could not ask for more.

Although Hui Yue was feeling stressed, he also knew

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