My Cultivation Starting from Archery

"Let's head to the military camp first,"

Chen Sansi wasn't in a hurry to deploy.

"Yes!"

...

West Qi Kingdom military camp.

Central Army Tent.

On the writing desk.

Han Xiang held a brush in his hand, tracing intricate patterns on an orange-yellow piece of paper.

The brush was made from spiritual beast hair; even the handle was crafted from refined spirit wood. The paper beneath was a rare blend of materials mixed with animal hide. Combining the two, one could draw the legendary talismans.

"Hmm—"

With a flash of spirit light,

it signified the successful completion of the Clone Talisman.

"Come in,"

Han Xiang put down the talisman pen and spoke indifferently.

"Immortal Master!"

Zhong Wuxin strode into the tent, his expression grave as he spoke, "The Sheng Dynasty has ultimately run out of options and has chosen to call upon the white-robed Chen Sansi from Liangzhou. We've just received news that the white-robed, leading fifteen thousand troops from Hongze Camp, has arrived within the territory of Huangpi Prefecture in Jiazhou."

"Good!"

Han Xiang's eyes gleamed with a cold light, "I knew for sure that he would come."

"Immortal Master..."

Zhong Wuxin truly couldn't comprehend the other's thinking.

Wasn't the arrival of a strong opponent a bad thing?

Why was this Immortal Master getting more and more excited?!

It was as if he saw the entire war as a game.

He solemnly reminded, "That Chen has profound understanding in military strategy, and he brought with him the battle-hardened tiger and wolf troops of Hongze Camp to Jiazhou. Who knows what kind of clever strategy he will use next? How should we proceed with arrangements?"

"Send out the orders,"

Han Xiang said calmly, "Continue to move the troops, making a posture as if we will fiercely attack Cloud Top Prefecture."

"The Immortal Master means..."

Zhong Wuxin contemplated and then spoke, "To force Chen to lead his army across the river for support?"

"When a fellow chess player arrives, one must prepare a good game in advance as a welcome,"

Han Xiang moved away from the desk to a nearby chessboard and sat down, speaking leisurely, "At such a young age, he managed to conduct a battle crossing four times; I want to see what kind of surprises he can bring to me."

Having said that,

he waved his finger like a sword, infusing mana into the talisman paper on the desk.

Immediately,

the talisman paper transformed into a beam of light that soared into the sky, heading straight toward the eastern heavens.

There lay Huangpi Prefecture where Hongze Camp was located.

...

Huangpi Prefecture.

"Woom—"

The heavy city gates opened.

A haggard-looking Tong Xiaochu hurriedly walked out of the city to welcome them, emotionally grabbing the white-robed arm with a trembling voice, "Chen Dushi, you've finally come! Hurry, everyone is waiting for you to take charge."

Chen Sansi followed him to the Central Army Tent. Apart from the generals of the Supervisor's army, there was also a young cultivator who, through Qi Observation Skill, was clearly at the Qi Refining Perfect Realm, nearly identical in strength to Qu Yuanxiang from Liangzhou, roughly around the 11th layer of Qi Refining.

The Qi Refinement Realm has a total of nine levels, with the seventh to ninth levels considered the Late Stage of Qi Refining. Cultivating a Cultivation Technique to the ninth level enables Foundation Establishment, but it doesn't imply the technique has only nine levels – there are in fact twelve levels in total.

If they could not acquire a Foundation Establishment Pill or did not feel confident enough, these cultivators would choose to continue their training and wait for the right moment to establish their foundation.

With each additional level of the Cultivation Technique, one's mana also becomes deeper.

"This is Immortal Master Wang Jun,"

Tong Xiaochu introduced, "He was sent by His Majesty from the Capital City to support us. There is also Master Qu Yuanxiang, who is currently with Teng Le in Cloud Top Prefecture. Thanks to them, the enemy's Immortal Masters no longer dare to casually invade the camp to assassinate military officers."

"You are Chen Sansi?"

The meditating Wang Jun opened his eyes and measured Chen Sansi up and down before speaking, "Can you turn the tide of the battle?"

They from Shengyun Sect had dispatched disciples this time,

because they sought the Spirit Vein.

However, to secure Spirit Vein one needs manpower.

That's why the great war among four nations had erupted.

But Wang Jun, a single cultivator, knew nothing about arranging troops and waging war; he could only watch helplessly as the Sheng army was routed again and again, with the prospects of seizing the Spirit Vein growing ever more distant.

Moreover, the name he heard most often was "white robe."

It was as if in this part of the world, this person was the first in military strategy, and it seemed, he was also the closed-door disciple of the Guardian Sun Xiangzong.

This made Wang Jun pay a little more attention.

He urged, "Hurry up and make a move on Mang Mountain. If the enemy sect stabilizes its foothold, not only you, the Commander, but even the Great Sheng Court will face severe censure from the Upper Sect."

"The map,"

Chen Sansi ignored the pressure the other was exerting and, after taking the main seat, got straight to the point, "I need more detailed information, including the military strength of both sides, and the number of 'Immortal Masters' on each side."

"..."

Tong Xiaochu seemed to find it difficult to speak. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "After the defeat at Yiling, our Supervisor's army has been retreating eastward, incurring the loss of a hundred and eighty thousand troops and countless burning of grain and fodder. After arriving at Cloud Top Prefecture, West Qi kept up its fierce attacks, so I left Teng Le and others to hold the fort, while the rest of us withdrew to the east of Luo River to reorganize our forces."

"Now, more than half of the military forces of the Commanding Department from the western part have arrived in Jiazhou for support. Together with the troops you've brought from Hongze Camp, we also have one hundred seventy thousand troops, with fifty thousand in Cloud Top Prefecture."

"As for the aspect of Immortal Masters, I'm not quite sure; please let Immortal Master Wang Jun inform you."

"In the West Qi Army, there are five Middle Stage of Qi Refining and one Late Stage of Qi Refining, including the so-called 'Military Immortal' Han Xiang who, like me, is roughly in the Perfect Realm around the 11th layer of Qi Refining,"

Wang Jun clarified, "Inside our Supervisor's army, there are also two Middle Stage of Qi Refining, plus me and Qu Yuanxiang, making it a total of four."

Chen Sansi weighed the situation in his mind.

On paper,

West Qi Kingdom possesses an army of three hundred twenty thousand, plus seven cultivators in the Middle Stage of Qi Refining or above.

The Middle Stage of Qi Refining is equivalent to the strength of a Martial Saint.