Chapter 71: Breaking the Pill
West of Qili Peak.

The Demon Ape Clan was carrying the body of the Demon Ape King. Chen Xian appeared and started hacking and killing. More than ten Demon Apes were beheaded and the rest fled in all directions.

He did not chase after him, but took away the Demon Ape King's demon pill.

The demon pill was as big as a face, and inside it there was a miniature version of the Demon Ape King, roaring at Chen Xian.

"The demon pill has mutated?" Chen Xian stared at the bloody demon pill in his hand, feeling surprised.

After peeling off the Demon Ape King's fur, he wrapped the demon pill and then dragged the Demon Ape King's body over the Qili Peak.

Pei Gang was cleaning up the battlefield with more than a thousand demon-suppressing soldiers who were still able to move. When they saw Chen Xian coming back, thousands of people showed awe.

At the same time, there was a hint of fanaticism in their eyes.

Chen Xian's battle with the Demon Ape King ignited their blood, and when they fought against the monsters later, each of them burst out with fighting power they never had before.

"Idle!"

Ding Chen, Wang Yan and four others surrounded them.

Although they were seriously injured, they still insisted on coming over to clean up the battlefield.

Li Kui, Wu Chunlei and others came over and looked at Chen Xian excitedly.

They knew that Chen Xian was powerful, but they never thought that Chen Xian was even more powerful than General Li Jinghu, and he actually killed the Demon Ape King.

From now on, the Little Overlord of the Ninth Battalion will probably change his master and become Chen Xian.

"Is everyone okay?" Chen Xian looked at everyone, his voice slightly low.

"It's okay, we are all fine... cough cough...!"

As Ding Chen answered, he suddenly started coughing, with blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.

Chen Xian took out a healing pill and handed it over: "Brother Ding, take it quickly!"

Ding Chen did not hesitate, took the pill and put it into his mouth.

Chen Xian gave Wang Yan, Qin Fei and the others each a healing pill, and then distributed the Demon Ape King's blood to everyone to drink. The Demon Ape King is at the level of a great demon king, and his blood has a strong healing ability. Not only that, it can also strengthen the body.

After everyone drank the blood of the Demon Ape King, their injuries began to heal rapidly.

Chen Xian also drank a lot of the Demon Ape King's blood to temper his flesh, tendons, bones and skin. In the center of the surging Yuanli in the jade sea, there was a suspended jade pill that was ten times larger than the Demon Ape King's demon pill. It was like a millstone, with three cracks on it.

The panel has prompted that the elixir needs to be broken.

As for why, Chen Xian didn't know. He would find out after returning to the camp and asking Pei Menglong.

Call up the panel:

[Martial Arts: Vajra Dragon Elephant Art (Great Mastery), Bull Demon Golden Body Art (Perfection)...]

[Experience: 4829492 points]

[Realm: Jade Pill Perfection]

【Lifespan: 10 years】

Looking at the experience points, Chen Xian was naturally excited.

In tonight's battle, he gained 140 million experience points.

Seeing the realm, he was equally excited, and paid the price of becoming slightly devilish in exchange for the perfection of the Jade Pill.

But when he saw Shouyuan, Chen Xian couldn't be happy at all.

It can be said that what he gained tonight was earned at the cost of his life. He would rather proceed step by step than waste 350 years of his life.

If one day life expectancy stops increasing, we’ll be doomed!

"From now on, unless it's a life-and-death crisis, I'd better not waste my lifespan!" Chen Xian murmured in his heart.

He now has 482 million experience points, and he can improve his strength little by little every day.

Before the demon-suppressing competition at the end of the year, I should be able to advance to the next level.

……

The next day.

Chen Xian and others dragged the demon's corpse back to the Ninth Battalion.

In the Ninth Battalion, the demon-suppressing soldiers who had not been on the battlefield in the past three days were responsible for cleaning up the battlefield and continuing to transport the demon corpses.

"Chen Xian, congratulations, you have been promoted to captain!" Zhang Ying brought Li Kui to congratulate him.

Wu Chunlei, Ding Chen and others only then knew about this and became excited.

Especially Ding Chen and the other four, their chance to achieve success has finally come!

Only Zhang Ying knew that Chen Xian was promoted by General Li Jinghu and was promoted to Iron-blooded Captain. Although he was at the same level as him, his status was different, which made him envious. However, this was what Chen Xian deserved.

The Chinese military tent.

When Chen Xian followed Zhang Ying, Zhong Lian, who had a broken arm, and Zhao Haichuan and Pei Gang, who were seriously injured, were all in the big tent.

When he saw Chen Xian, Zhong Lian didn't dare to look at him. His face was sullen and he lowered his head.

Instead, Zhao Haichuan stared at Chen Xian in surprise.

He was nearly beaten to death by the Black Bear King last night, luckily General Li Jinghu stepped aside and saved his life.

Only afterwards did he find out that it was Chen Xian who killed the Demon Ape King, otherwise the general would not have been able to get away.

Chen Xian indirectly saved his life.

"Greetings, General!" Chen Xian's weathered eyes swept over everyone and he stepped forward to salute Pei Menglong.

Pei Menglong nodded and motioned for Chen Xian to sit down.

Then he looked at Zhong Lian and said, "General Zhong Lian, you have a broken arm. The front army is no longer suitable for you. You can either go to the reserve camp to train the demon-suppressing soldiers, or retire and return to the court. It's your choice."

Hearing this, Zhong Lian looked up at Chen Xian with a complicated expression, and finally smiled bitterly: "I choose to retire and return to the court."

His arm was broken last night, so he had already thought of a way out.

Now he is half disabled and obviously not suitable to stay in the Demon-Suppressing Pass.

Especially after the death of Sun Zhaoheng and Li Sheng, he had been worried that Chen Xian would deal with him. Now that his arm was broken, he might as well retire from the army.

When he returned to the court, he would take up any position he was capable of, even if it was a local official position.

"Okay!" Pei Menglong nodded, picked up the pen and started writing in the document on the desk, then handed it to Zhong Lian.

Zhong Lian took the document, said thank you, turned around, looked at Chen Xian, and limped out of the tent.

Pei Menglong looked at Chen Xian and said, "Zhong Lian has retired and is returning to the court. You will take over the one thousand men under his command."

"Yes, General!" Chen Xian nodded.

Zhong Lian is a major general and has 3,000 demon-suppressing soldiers under his command. However, in the battle last night, more than 1,500 of them died, and more than 1,400 are still left.

Chen Xian took over one thousand people, and the remaining four hundred people were placed under Zhao Haichuan.

After counting, it was found that in the battle last night, more than 5,000 soldiers who went to suppress the demons were killed.

After the death of Liu Dingchun, Li Sheng and others, the number of firemen in the Ninth Battalion was reduced to one thousand, while the reserve battalion still had three thousand.

The Ninth Battalion was equipped with a vanguard of 10,000 men, a reserve battalion of 3,000 men, a fire force of 1,000 men, and 300 cooks.

Pei Menglong directly gave Zhong Lian's subordinates to Chen Xian because those demon-suppressing soldiers had been through hundreds of battles and had survived many battles, big and small, so they must have some skills.

Although the demon-suppressing soldiers assigned from the reserve battalion are easy to lead, their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the veterans.

In a moment, Pei Menglong completed the allocation and adjustment.

Zhao Haichuan and Pei Gang left.

Leaving Chen Xian alone.

Chen Xian smiled and said, "Brother Pei, I've saved the flesh and blood of the Demon Ape King for you that night."

Pei Menglong smiled and nodded when he heard it.

"General Li is very optimistic about you. You must do a good job in taking over the demon-suppressing soldiers under Zhong Lian's command."

"I understand Brother Pei!"

"Perhaps because of Zhong Lian, they will have a problem with you. Whether you can intimidate them depends on your ability."

"I understand!" Chen Xian nodded.

Pei Menglong hesitated for a moment and asked, "Have you practiced any secret method?"

Secret method?

Chen Xian's eyes flickered slightly. It must be because of what happened last night that made Li Jinghu and the others suspicious, but the idea of ​​secret method was not wrong.

"Brother Pei, I...!" He hesitated to speak.

"It's okay. You don't have to answer my question. I just want to confirm whether you have any secret skills. It seems that you have. Although your secret skills are very powerful, they are also very dangerous. They can make people go crazy. I suggest that you use them less in the future, or try not to use them unless it is a life-threatening situation."

Pei Menglong warned that although he was curious about Chen Xianxiu's secret method, it was someone else's secret and it would be better not to ask too much.

"I see."

Chen Xian nodded and changed the subject: "Brother Pei, I want to ask you something about cultivation. What is the matter with the Broken Jade Pill?"

(End of this chapter)