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Chapter 508: Don't Say I Should Seduce Mrs Red Dust …?

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A Will Eternal – Chapter 508

Chapter 508: Don't Say I Should Seduce Mrs Red Dust …?

Bai Xiaochun had left with the highest spirit, and returned with a feeling as if he was at the bottom of the barrel. After returning to his command center, he rethought the main general's procession, and felt extremely irritated.

"Main general ..." he thought, gritting his teeth. Then he considered how the great general walked along with the escort of ten colonels, while he himself was only a colonel.

“I can't accept this. I must be a great general! " With that, his eyes began to shine with determination. For the past half a year, he had barely spent any time cultivating, nor had he ever concocted pills. Most of his time was spent enjoying the advantages of being a colonel. However, at this moment, he had received a sharp reminder that being a colonel was not the end of the line for him.

Now that the idea of becoming a great general was stirring up in his mind, he was rethinking how Bai Lin had encouraged him to work hard to get promoted.

"If I retire as a great general," he murmured, "then when I return to the sect, I will become an elder in the Hall of Steel Veins …." Realizing that he did not have all the information he needed, he decided to go out and ask a few things.

The truth was that such things were not a secret within the five legions, and were actually quite famous. It only took a little asking around Bai Xiaochun to get all the information he was looking for. The elder in the Steel Vein Hall had a position far above that of an ordinary elder. In fact, they were at a level that placed them only slightly below the sect leader, a fact that made Bai Xiaochun breathless and deeply touched.

“How is that possible !? This is the sect leader of the Starry Sky Dao Polarity Sect that we are talking about! He was only in the Nascent Soul stage, but he was still in a very high position. And the elders in the Steel Vein Hall were right below that …? ” Bai Xiaochun was almost in disbelief at first, but after further investigation, he came to understand why it happened.

“Five legions operate out of the control of the sect leader. Even the gods stationed on the Great Wall were only here to keep an eye on things. The only person who directly controlled the five legions was the demigod patriarch!

"The reason the Hall of Steel Veins was so powerful was because it was just following his orders!" Bai Xiaochun was both flabbergasted and also pounding excitedly.

If he could somehow manage to become a great general, then when his commission was up and he returned to the sect, he was, he could obtain a set of five spirit beast elements and step onto the Nascent Soul stage. Furthermore, he could also become an elder in the Hall of Steel Veins!

When that happened, he would have a very high position, higher than the ordinary elders in the sect. Not only would it be of great help to the River Refining Sect, but it would also be of great benefit on a personal level.

The mere idea of making his heart burn with anticipation, to the point where his eyes sparkled with countless starlight.

"I really should be a great general!" he said, slapping his thigh.

However, once he set his goal, it immediately caused new anxiety. After all, he had already calculated how many battle credits it would take to become a great general, which was over a hundred times the amount he had earned in that great battle.

On the better part of the year that had passed since then, no major battles had occurred.

More than a month passed, and he was getting more and more depressed. Finally, he climbed up the great wall and looked towards the Wildlands. Unfortunately, all he could do was hope that their large army would return.

"Why didn't they attack …?" he said while standing up breathing. "Damn it! I don't have much time to work, just seven or eight more years. What am I supposed to do…?

"I guess the savages and soul planters were too scared, and did not dare to come and fight!"

The other cultivators noticed how he was acting, and heard his constant sighs. Soon, they began to exchange awkward looks.

As far as they were concerned, it was a good thing that Wildlands savages did not attack at full strength. However, Bai Xiaochun didn't seem to think so, which they thought was very strange.

Of course, the sight of him acting in such a way made some of them sigh inwardly and contemplate, “Why don't they attack? Not because of you? If it wasn't for you and your particular method, they would be doing things as they normally would, and attacking multiple times per month. "

Bai Xiaochun waited a little longer, but there was no change. Every day that passed, he kept trying to think of a solution to the problem, until his eyes were red. Finally, he decided that he had to do something to speed things up.

"Well, if the savages insist on being uncooperative, then I just need to think of a new way to earn battle credits! I really must be a great general! " With that, he headed to the large pagoda in the middle of the city.

From what he remembered the last time he went to exchange battle credits, the five legions had an Execution List just like the Wildlands did. Taking the heads of some of the people on that list comes with great rewards.

Bai Xiaochun looked into the eyes at the top of the tower, then took out his identity medal and sent some spiritual feelings into it to begin browsing through the Execution List. The first thing that appeared to him was the first name on the list.

As soon as he saw her, his eyes widened.

"Mrs Red-Dust!"

The Red-Dust Mistress information is clearly listed there in the first place on the list. He had a Deva Realm cultivation base, and was a ruthless warrior who was cold and ruthless on the bones. In fact, there is a reminder that, since he is a god, it is best to avoid him at all costs.

The number of cultivators he had killed since he made his debut was staggering to behold, including many Nascent Soul cultivators.

What was most surprising of all was that he had not even practiced cultivation for 200 years!

Being a deva so quickly seemed almost impossible for Bai Xiaochun, especially considering how poor the Wildlands were. There was no heaven and earth energy there, only soul power. However, despite such conditions, this Red-Dust Mistress had managed to set a heaven-defying move in her cultivation.

"I remember Mrs Red-Dust …." Bai Xiaochun muttered. As soon as he focused on his name, an image appeared in his mind. It depicted a young woman, prettier than Chen Manyao, wearing a red outfit that accentuated her good looks, yet made her appear extremely dangerous. His murderous aura was shocking, even though it was only an image.

Bai Xiaochun remembered seeing it in the flesh during the battle outside the Great Wall. He was in the middle of Chen Hetian's battle when he actually made a move to try to kill Bai Xiaochun ….

Of course, anyone who saw the name Red-Dust Mistress on the list would see the same image Bai Xiaochun had seen.

He was a spectacular figure, who had the reward on his head so high that it was shocking to see. Whoever killed him will be promoted to general!

If no generals need to be replaced, then a new legion will be created! It was a gift that even surpassed Bai Xiaochun's ideals to become a great general. As soon as he saw the gift, his eyes lit up with desire and envy. However, it also caused him to pursed his lips.

"Very stupid! The only person who could get rid of it was a god, and why would a god want to become a general in the army? ” Bai Xiaochun shook his head. If he was good enough to take a god, then he would not be sitting around on the Great Wall. He would definitely return to the River Suppression Sect. Moreover, when it came to devas, they were not the type of people he would be hurt by.

Sighing, he proceeded to look at the second name on the list, which also belonged to the deva, who went by the name of Daoist Wakening Insects. The number of merit points dedicated to his death was staggering, to say the least.

Surprised, Bai Xiaochun continued to make the list. Immediately, he began to frown when he realized that all the names in the top 30 were people from Nascent Soul stage necromancers. Although some of the names at the bottom of the list were Core Formation cultivators, the battle reward rewards for them were not very high. After some calculations, Bai Xiaochun discovered that he had to kill everyone from the 30th position until the 200s to earn enough battle credits to become a great general.

"What should I do, then …?" he thought, breathing. Clearly, he had to give up on the idea of killing people on the Execution List. It was too dangerous of an attempt. However, thinking about the honor, glory, and benefits that came with being a great general was something he could not lose. There must be a way to earn more battle credits.

"Hurt head!" he thinks. “How can I do something like this when the only thing I'm good at is concocting pills?

"Wait a minute. That's not true. There is something I am good at! " Stopping in place, he recalled his time with Zhao Tianjiao, and how he called himself a saint of love. Suddenly, his heart began to thump.

Looking back at the Execution List, he blinked a few times, feeling slightly torn apart.

"Don't tell me that in order to become a great general, I have to rely on my sex appeal to seduce Mrs Red-Dust …?" The mere thought made him grieve in anger. That was especially true considering that he was much older than her. Even though she was beautiful, who knew what kind of eccentricity she had? The more he thought about it, the more plans seemed like great sacrifices.

"It's not worth it .." he thought, feeling sadder than ever. With that, he abandoned the idea.

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Brief note on the name of Mrs Red-Dust. First of all, this was the Daoist name, not his real name. That fact was not confirmed until later in the novel, but it seems quite clear from the start. That's a hard name to pin down how to translate. There are various ways of interpreting it, but I will use terms used in Buddhist philosophy. "Red dust" is a metaphor referring to the human world or human society. In terms of why he would have such a name, there was no explanation given at this point, so you should ponder over it yourself.

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