“Oh?” Yi Yun was shocked. It seemed that out of a large number of troops that were chosen at the Kingdom’s selection, only a small portion were sent to the Divine Capital city. The other recruits were scattered around in the Divine Kingdom’s territories.
It was expected. The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom’s Jin Long Wei had so many manning stations. Which station wouldn’t need recruits?
“How many recruits came to the Divine Capital’s Jin Long Wei camp this time?” Yi Yun casually asked.
“About 1000-2000 people. Those that were made elites number about 100-200.”
Only the elites could meet Yan Menglong. In Zhang Tan’s team, besides Yi Yun who had the qualification to do so, Hu Ya was the only other one.
Hu Ya was a quiet man who didn’t say much on the trip. He and Yi Yun followed Zhang Tan past the heavily guarded rows of guards before they reached the square in front of the general’s camp.
At the entrance to the square stood the personal guards of General Yan. They were like bronze sculptures, motionlessly standing there.
After passing the authentication, Yi Yun and Hu Ya went into the square. There were already dozens of people waiting.
These people were, without any exceptions, young men. They all looked fine, no one of them looked like an ordinary person!
These people were the young warriors that had passed the Kingdom’s selection!
Looking at their clothes, some of them wore extremely luxurious clothes. Some of them were sewn from divine silk, which made it difficult for a normal sword to cut through.
Others had expensive weapons with them. The cost of those weapons were much higher than Yi Yun’s Yanchi saber.
“These people… aren’t from the Cloud Wilderness” Yi Yun suddenly realized. This Kingdom’s selection was not only held in the Cloud Wilderness, but everywhere within the Divine Kingdom. As such, many people were recruited.
They were the young elites from all parts of the Divine Kingdom!
Yi Yun noticed there were people surrounding a large animal skin drum which he did not know why.
Upon the arrival of Yi Yun, Zhang Tan and Hu Ya, they immediately attracted the attention of many people.
“Haha! Isn’t this Thousand Households Zhang?” Just as Zhang Tan brought Yi Yun and Hu Ya into the square, a stout man came forward. The man was wearing a shiny gold armor with his helmet held to his chest. He looked powerful.
Not only that, he had larger than average ears that protruded out, making him look comical.
Following behind the big eared man was six youths in extraordinary outfits.
“Thousand Households Liu!” Zhang Tan cupped his fists as he smiled and licked his lips.
Yi Yun could feel that there was spark within Zhang Tan’s eyes when he looked at the big-eared man.
In the army, they would all work together in the battlefield. But in private, different teams vied against each other!
During normal training, demonstrations or up on the battlefield fighting, all of them would stretch to their fullest to compete against one another!
To soldiers, the collective glory was their pride!
So whenever the Jin Long Wei’s Thousand Households meet, they would try to impress each other.
“Tsk! Thousand Households Zhang, you went to recruit troops in the Cloud Wilderness. This recruit must be from the Cloud Wilderness…”
The big-eared man pointed at Hu Ya. He did not count Yi Yun because Yi Yun was wearing his flying fish robe with a Yanchi saber by his side. He did not look like youth from the vast wilderness.
As for Hu Ya, he had a wildness associated with him like that of a wolf or leopard. It made him look like he came from the vast wilderness.
So the big-eared man thought Yi Yun was just a young master accompanying Zhang Tan into the Jin Long Wei camp.
Zhang Tan did not reply, and the big-eared man carried on, “Bro, a few days ago I went to the Nanjun province of the Jing state and there were a few family clans there where I chose a few good seedlings!”
“Speaking of the Jing state Nanjun province’s family clans, they are full of astounding young men. Too bad for that there’s were not enough spots for me, causing me to miss out on some good seedlings. Such a waste.” The big-eared man said it as he eyed the youths behind him. Clearly these youths were selected by the big-eared man. They were indeed handsome and grand. It was obvious that they were top-notch.
“These six kids are all going to become Jin Long Wei elites! As long as they pass the recruit training, they will enter my Sky Wolf camp and become elite soldiers under my care!”
According to unspoken rules of the Jin Long Wei, whoever selected the soldiers could recruit them under their flag.