Yellow Court Daoist

Thus,

Great Sage Yellow Wind proclaimed that as long as the winds are released, there will be no shortage of Heavenly Soldiers. However, the recruited Heavenly Soldiers are of mixed origins, requiring the integration of core personnel to fully grasp control.

Lu Qingfeng has the Five Directions Realm as his foundation.

Yet, the Five Directions Realm has only recently recovered from the Great Destruction, and the Immortal Alliance, established just over twenty thousand years ago, still lacks deep-rooted accumulations and foundations, with True Immortals and Primordial Spirits being scarce.

There are not many capable ones.

In his Capturing God Army, there still remains a deficit of five thousand Heavenly Soldiers, but the Immortal Alliance can only provide forty-seven, a vast difference indeed.

"It seems we must recruit from all directions."

Lu Qingfeng thought and then commanded Zhang Jingshan and others, "Prepare to depart in a month."

"Yes!"

Zhang Jingshan and Gongyang Ye responded loudly.

...

A month later.

Outside the Five Directions Realm, in the vast void unfolds the Thunderbolt Grand Road. Lu Qingfeng leads at the forefront, clad in armor, wielding a treasure sword, leading the way. Half a zhang behind him is a young Daoist in a Xuanhuang Daoist robe, his features indistinct.

Following him,

the Five Demons from the Green Fox Cave of Yellow Wind Ridge stepped forward, their eyes lingering on the Daoist in front, silently exchanging glances.

"Mad Ape, your eyes are said to see through Immortals; can you discern the cultivation level of this Daoist?"

One of the Five, a skinny, short, and sly-eyed young man, whispered to a tall, burly man covered with facial hair on his side.

"The Immortal Light within his body is condensed; he should have achieved the Earth Immortal Dao Fruit."

"However, his mana is limited, his ascension to Immortality less than ten thousand years old."

Mad Ape evaluated the Daoist ahead and after a while whispered back to the questioning empty voice.

On another side,

An old woman, resembling gnarled old tree roots, suddenly spoke, "There was quite a disturbance in the north a few days ago, with the Heavenly Mechanism shaken. It was concealed by someone, hard to detect. Now it seems, could it be this person's Ascension?"

Mad Ape and the rest also recalled the unexplained fluctuations from the north a few days ago.

Not just the Five Great Demons.

Behind them, Zhang Jingshan, Gongyang Ye, other True Immortals, and the forty-seven Primordial Spirit Practitioners were all curious about the Xuanhuang Daoist robe's identity and Daoist cultivation.

A month ago,

When Lu Qingfeng first came to the Five Directions Realm, he only brought five Great Demons. But today, setting off, there was this mysteriously emerging Daoist whose aura surpassed that of ordinary True Immortals.

Silently,

The Thunderbolt Road unfolds, and Lu Qingfeng's party ascended swiftly in Qingyun. Soon, they arrived at the Marshal Mansion.

Three months had yet to pass.

The five thousand Heavenly Soldiers were still not reallocated, the Marshal and the other ten Divine Generals were busy with their duties and not in the mansion. Lu Qingfeng did not stay at the Marshal Mansion and directly turned towards the Capturing God General Mansion.

...

"Your subordinates welcome the General."

Grand and majestic, enveloped in miles of thunderous miasma, sat the 'Capturing God General Mansion.' In front of the General Mansion, over a hundred Divine Officers and five hundred Heavenly Soldiers bowed together, addressing him as 'General.'

The former Capturing God General leading the troops had perished, leaving only these hundred Divine Officers and five hundred Heavenly Soldiers behind, barely sustaining the operation of the General Mansion.

Lu Qingfeng glanced.

The Heavenly Soldiers seemed mainly transferred from the Thunder Department; the Divine Officers were also renowned or exceptionally capable officials from the Lower Realm who ascended upon death. Handling routine matters was not an issue, but each had limited strength, unsuitable for battle, and could only manage the affairs of the mansion.

Lu Qingfeng nodded, then led everyone straight into the main hall of the mansion.

...

"Where are the Four Merit Officers?"

Lu Qingfeng, seated in the highest position, called out.

A Divine Officer stepped forward, bowed, and reported, "Reporting to the General, the four officers followed the former general to subdue the Evil God and have not returned."

That meant they were dead.

Lu Qingfeng thought, thus sparing him some trouble. These Four Merit Officers held the key to all matters of records, actions, rewards, and punishments in the General Mansion, a role crucial as the Capturing God General's right-hand men, not to be entrusted to outsiders.

"Zhang Jingshan, Gongyang Ye, Mu Yunzhou, Shen Lanqing."

Lu Qingfeng beckoned, causing the Divine Officers to retreat, then called out to the below.

"Disciples present."

Zhang Jingshan and the three others stepped forward.

"Appoint Zhang Jingshan as the Thunderbolt Record-keeping Officer, to record the merits and demerits of soldiers, responsible for monitoring military records, correcting and rebuking soldiers, and subordinates."

"Appoint Gongyang Ye as the Evil Register Keeper, overseeing the prisons of the Evil Gods and Demons across the Three Realms."

"Appoint Mu Yunzhou as the Thunderbolt Re-examination Officer, responsible for confirming merits after battles and recording war matters."

"Appoint Shen Lanqing as the Thunderbolt Archives Officer, managing all documents and records of the General Mansion."

Lu Qingfeng made these appointments in succession, then with a sweep of his sleeve, thunder flashed in the sky, dark clouds gathered, forming a pen, a sword, a mirror, and a book, respectively falling into the hands of the four individuals.

The foundation was just established.

There weren't many capable subordinates. These four positions of Merit Officers were crucial for the operation of the General Mansion, not to be entrusted to outsiders. The Five Great Demons from Yellow Wind Ridge knew nothing of mundane affairs. After much consideration, only Zhang Jingshan and the other three disciples were deemed capable.

"Disciples accept the command!"

The four responded, their pen, sword, mirror, and book flashed with light, immediately donned in divine robes, now endowed with official Divine Dao positions.

Lu Qingfeng continued,

Then looking towards the Five Demons from Green Fox Cave, he declared—

"Appoint Mad Ape as the Scattering Cloud Li Hei Envoy, ranked as a Second Grade Heavenly General, commanding three hundred troops, as the vanguard of the army, to clear out Demons."

"Appoint Ghost Vine as the Soul Binding Supervision Envoy, ranked as a Second Grade Heavenly General, commanding three hundred troops to bind souls and escort Evil Gods."

"Appoint Ge Nie as the Archival Examination Prohibition Envoy, ranked as a Second Grade Heavenly General, commanding two hundred troops to check and interrogate Evil Gods."

"Appoint Sha Daoist as the Thunderbolt Outlook Envoy, ranked as a Second Grade Heavenly General, commanding two hundred troops as the army scout, overseeing surroundings."

"Appoint Shadowless as the Thunderbolt Listening Envoy, ranked as a Second Grade Heavenly General, commanding two hundred troops to monitor military intelligence."