Supreme Divine Emperor

Li Daozhen's sudden action caused Ye Chen to be surprised for a moment. He hurriedly took a step forward and supported Li Daozhen up with both hands as he said: "Captain Li is being too courteous."    

    

As a Grand Commander of the Tianqiong Army, he naturally could accept the bow of a captain. However, he knew that his own strength had yet to truly convince Li Daozhen, so he could not be careless.    

    

"Fourth Squad Leader Situ Li, leader of the fourth squadron, pays his respects to Grand Commander!"    

    

"Fifth team captain …"    

    

"Sixth team …"    

    

Immediately after, another five captains led a group of team members down to worship. These five captains all had Third Layer of Great Saint, and all of them were old captains of Tianqiong Army.    

    

Seeing that, the last captain did not dare hesitate anymore. With Yun Luo dead, the first team leader Wu Ji and the second team leader Luo Feixue not here, out of the seven captains, six of them had already acknowledged Ye Chen's position. If he did not recognize this kindness, then he would be the next to fall.    

    

Actually, he was the only one who joined the Tianqiong Army later on, so he did not know Yan Shisan's position in the hearts of the older members.    

    

Seeing that, Ye Chen did not deliberately shirk away, and accepted the Tianqiong Army and Grand Commander badge with both of his hands, raising them high up into the sky, he activated his Power of Spiritual Essence and said: "Rest assured everyone, I will not disappoint you all."    

    

This was Ye Chen's character. He knew that if he wanted to make these people swear their lives and return to their hearts, it would require time to sharpen. With just his words, it would be useless even if he spoke too much.    

    

Which one of them here hadn't experienced life and death, would have long seen through many things, and would naturally not be hardened by a word or two from Ye Chen.    

    

Therefore, Ye Chen didn't say anything at all. He believed that in the future, he would make this Iron Blood Army completely obey him.    

    

"Greetings Grand Commander!" The hundred odd Tianqiong Army soldiers all knelt down and lowered their heads. Regardless of whether or not they were truly submitting, they were all bowing down at this moment.    

    

In the dark, Lin Tian looked at everything in the distance, his eyes were filled with shock, "To be able to do this for the first time, this is truly something extraordinary, perhaps he doesn't even need my help."    

    

Ye Chen looked at everything before him in satisfaction, yet, he suddenly thought of the Blood Buddha, and thought to himself: "If the Blood Buddha wishes to reach this level, how long will it take to reach it?"    

    

The training field was completely silent. Only the deep and powerful breathing of the people could be heard.    

    

Ye Chen didn't say much and directly dismissed the Tianqiong Army. He only called Li Daozhen up, and of course, the Crazy Battle Team was also leaving.    

    

They quickly arrived at a palace, a place where only the Tianqiong Army Grand Commander had the right to enter.    

    

"Grand Commander, what did you call me here for?" Li Daozhen looked at Ye Chen with suspicion.    

    

"Although you did not win the previous battle, you did not lose either. I could have refined a set of Middle-grade Holy Artifact for you." Ye Chen laughed.    

    

Li Daozhen's face revealed joy, but he quickly understood that Ye Chen still had something to say.    

    

"However, you were the one who brought me to the Sky Vault Palace. I'll forget about this Middle-grade Holy Artifact set." Ye Chen squinted at Li Daozhen.    

    

Li Daozhen immediately felt as if he had been struck by an eggplant. As he spoke, his heart was filled with regret. The Middle-grade Holy Artifact that he had acquired was actually gone without a trace.    

    

Everyone looked at Li Daozhen in amusement, but Li Jianli laughed: "Boss, don't fool Captain Li, just say what you want to say."    

    

Hearing that, Li Daozhen's expression shook, and he immediately spoke out: "Grand Commander, this subordinate will not refuse to die!"    

    

"There's no need to die a thousand times." Ye Chen also did not tease Li Daozhen, "I have something that needs your help, these brothers of mine still do not belong to the Tianqiong Army, it is a bit against the rules to enter this place."    

    

Hearing that, Li Daozhen's eyes lit up: "Grand Commander, don't worry, I will arrange for them to join Tianqiong Army right now."    

    

"You can directly arrange for them to enter the Tianqiong Army?" Ye Chen looked at Li Daozhen with a smile that was not a smile.    

    

"Don't worry Grand Commander, I can still do this kind of thing." Li Daozhen laughed.    

    

Hearing this, Ye Chen's face immediately became gloomy, and his tone became cold: "Could it be that we don't need to take the Tianqiong Army examination? Can anyone easily join? "    

    

Hearing that, Li Daozhen's heart suddenly trembled, he was truly unable to figure out Ye Chen, and immediately shook his head: "This subordinate is reckless!"    

    

Ye Chen waved his hand. He knew that any power, once they grew old enough, would become corrupt, especially one like Tianqiong Army, who had the qualifications to enter the Saint Element Pool. Most people would want to enter even if they had a broken head.    

    

In this way, over time, more and more people would come through the backdoor, and the overall strength of their Tianqiong Army would inevitably be inferior to before, to the point where they might even slowly decline.    

    

Although he hoped that everyone from the Crazy Battle Team would join the Tianqiong Army immediately, he didn't want to enter in such a manner either. As the commander of the Tianqiong Army, he definitely could not break this rule.    

    

"They are temporarily entering the reserve army, you still have the qualification to do so." Ye Chen said in a serious tone, "There are still a few days until the Firmament Ranking s' competition. You go and make the arrangements, from tomorrow onwards, Tianqiong Army will begin to rectify itself, and the army will officially hold a knock-out competition, where everyone can choose anyone to challenge. In these three matches, the victors of more than two rounds will continue to stay in the Tianqiong Army, while the rest will enter the reserve army!"    

    

"Grand Commander, this?" Hearing that, Li Daozhen's eyes revealed a look of worry, this way, many people would not accept it, after all, this elimination round would result in a lot of deaths.    

    

However, Ye Chen's tone was extremely firm and it could not be denied, "If anyone is afraid, they can directly expel them from the Tianqiong Army! I have proven that I am qualified. To be able to become the Grand Commander, they must prove that they are qualified to be my, Ye Chen's brothers. "    

    

Li Daozhen's expression stiffened. Even he was slightly fearful of Ye Chen's eyes.    

    

"Other than that, the winner can ask me to refine a set of Middle-grade Holy Artifact for him using the materials myself." Ye Chen said.    

    

Li Daozhen gave a deep glance at Ye Chen, and the unhappiness in his heart disappeared. He knew, if it was really as Ye Chen had said, a large portion of the people would not object to it.    

    

In his heart, he was also extremely surprised at Ye Chen's methods. Slapping a sweet jujube with this slap, giving him both power and grace, Ye Chen's methods were pretty good. Ye Chen couldn't even find a reason to oppose his actions.    

    

Ye Chen pondered for a while, then continued: "The number of Tianqiong Army is increasing, not too many! Furthermore, from today onwards, there will be a preliminaries every five years and the specific slots will be fixed again. Those who are unable to enter the official army for the fifth time in a row will be expelled from the reserve army and allowed to enter the Tianqiong Prefecture patrol army. From today onwards, the official army will not participate in patrols and defense operations. "    

    

"Yes sir!" Li Daozhen did not object this time. On the contrary, he approved of Ye Chen's decision. The official army had spent too much time and potential on the defense of the city.    

    

On the other hand, those soldiers who stayed behind were wasting the resources of the official army. Li Daozhen had wanted to resolve this issue since a long time ago, but he didn't have the rights to do so.    

    

"Take them down." Ye Chen said as he nodded his head. Although he also wanted to quickly integrate into the Tianqiong Army, he knew that if he wanted the Tianqiong Army to become stronger, he had to put strict requirements on them.    

    

"Oh right, what request do you have for the Middle-grade Holy Artifact?" When Li Daozhen prepared to leave with his Crazy Battle Team, Ye Chen shouted again.