"Hey, Chen Xiao, why are you here?"
Chu Qingluan, though bursting with excitement and wishing she could throw herself into Chen Xiao's arms, spoke with remarkable restraint, feigning only the slight joy of meeting an old friend.
"If I didn't come, I wouldn't know you were being wronged here."
Chen Xiao's eyes swept over the scene in the training ground and he asked, "Did that big monk take over your duties?"
"Yes."
Chu Qingluan nodded slightly, stating casually, "It seems he's targeting Xiao Zhan."
The word 'seems' could have been omitted entirely, as the monk was clearly acting out of pure mischief. The monk leading the special training for the Tiance Army was merely an internal energy martial artist.
Martial artists of this caliber were abundant in the Tiance Army.
If Luo Xingquan hadn't intentionally placed him there, how could he possibly become a coach for the Tiance Army?
The reason Luo Xingquan had appointed such a coach was simply to replace Chu Qingluan, who was 'Xiao Zhan's person'.
"What a shame for these promising talents," Chen Xiao said with a cold smile.
According to the God of War Xiao, these soldiers were all young individuals with immense potential, carefully selected by him.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have personally invited Chen Xiao to conduct their special training.
Now, these proud sons of heaven were being ruined by a hulking monk, and Chen Xiao wondered what Xiao Zhan would think if he saw this scene.
"Since you're not comfortable here, why didn't you leave earlier?" Chen Xiao asked Chu Qingluan, as there was no reason for someone of her status to endure such hardship.
Chu Qingluan looked at him affectionately, thinking, *Don't you have any idea why I haven't left? It's because I promised you!*
However, Chu Qingluan also had her pride, and she naturally couldn't say such things. Instead, she replied, "I've been entrusted with a task, and I must see it through. Marshal Xiao hasn't returned yet, so how can I just leave? Moreover, Xiao Hongchan went to the front lines with Marshal Xiao, so I must wait for them to return before I can leave."
Chen Xiao thought, *That makes sense,* and didn't consider any other possibilities.
It was also reasonable for Xiao Hongchan to have gone to the front lines, as she was a bug-level existence when facing those demonic beasts.
However, thinking that Xiao Zhan had been struggling earlier, he probably didn't know the correct way to utilize Xiao Hongchan.
As they spoke, several cooks walked onto the training ground, pushing a cart laden with several large stainless steel barrels.
Chen Xiao was still wondering when the big monk suddenly shouted, "It's lunchtime, training paused for ten minutes!"
Good heavens, only ten minutes for lunch?
They were truly racing against time. If you didn't know they were undergoing special training, you'd think they were abusing prisoners of war!
These ten minutes were naturally precious for the soldiers who had expended a great deal of energy. They quickly gathered around the cooks, waiting to be served.
Just as the soldiers were in a hurry, the cooks were no less so. They skillfully packed the rice, dishes, and soup into a single container.
And this was the lunch for the soldiers who had undergone a morning of special training.
Seeing the food, which was neither dry nor watery, resembling pig slop, Chen Xiao almost vomited.
Was this for humans to eat? Even feeding chickens would be better!
Most importantly, the dishes and soup were bland, without even a hint of meat.
It was hard to imagine that this was the food provided to the Tiance Army.
Just as Chen Xiao was about to ask, Liu Yu, without waiting for him to speak, preemptively said coldly, "The logistics department is where the most oil and water are, so it's naturally controlled by Luo Xingquan."
"Let's go, I can't bear to watch any longer."
Liu Yu turned her head, her eyes reddening, tears glistening.
She had dedicated her youth, and even her life, to the Tiance Army.
Now that the Tiance Army had become such a chaotic place, she felt more heartbroken than anyone.
Chen Xiao shook his head helplessly. Luo Xingquan was courting death. He didn't believe that the spirited Tiance Army would tolerate being bullied like this.
However, he really couldn't bear to watch the scene before him any longer. Seeing those soldiers squatting on the ground, slurping down food that resembled pig slop, he felt both pity for their misfortune and anger at their lack of spirit!
"Forget it, let's go."
Chen Xiao turned to leave, but at that moment, a soldier finally couldn't take it anymore.
"Damn it, I'm not doing this anymore!"
A young soldier with dark skin threw his food container to the ground, splashing the watery 'pig slop' everywhere.
The hulking monk glared at him, "What do you mean?"
The dark-skinned soldier, with his neck stiffened, glared back at the monk, "We've been training hard all morning, and this is what you give us to eat? It's worse than pig slop! I want to ask you what you mean!"
"This is the Master's order, it's not the cooks' fault," the plump head cook said, glancing at the dark-skinned soldier.
The monk glared at the dark-skinned soldier, pointed at the 'pig slop' on the ground, and commanded, "Eat it!"
"Eat your mother's!"
The dark-skinned soldier cursed directly. From the moment he threw his bowl, he had no intention of listening to this smelly monk anymore.
"You wicked creature, how dare you disrespect this old monk? You're seeking death!"
The monk gritted his teeth, his muscles tensing, and with a leap, raised his arms high, like a roc spreading its wings!
He landed steadily in front of the dark-skinned soldier and lunged with a throat grab towards the soldier's neck!
This throat grab was sharp and decisive, and quite impressive!
However, it had one drawback: the monk's strength was too weak!
"Go to hell!"
The dark-skinned soldier kicked the monk in the stomach, sending him flying back more than two meters.
This monk was merely an internal energy martial artist, while the dark-skinned soldier was a Qi realm martial artist.
There was a whole realm difference between them, and it was as easy for the dark-skinned soldier to beat the monk as it was for a father to beat his son!
"You, you can actually beat me?"
The monk looked at the dark-skinned soldier in disbelief.
"Nonsense, we can all beat you!"
The dark-skinned soldier grew angrier as he spoke, wondering what the higher-ups were thinking, why they had found such a useless person to be their instructor.
Whether he hit him once or twice, it was still a beating. In his rage, the dark-skinned soldier unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks on the monk!
"Screw you, let you experience what it's like to be beaten!"
The dark-skinned soldier cursed as he beat, no longer caring about the consequences, just doing whatever felt good.
"Stop it, you stop it right now! How dare you assault an officer, don't you want to live!"
The head cook was in cahoots with the monk. They had been skimming money from the soldiers' food expenses.
Seeing the monk being beaten, he naturally couldn't just stand by and watch.
If he hadn't intervened, it wouldn't have been his problem. But his interference only stoked another fire in the dark-skinned soldier's heart.
"Screw you, you fat pig!"
The dark-skinned soldier kicked the head cook to the ground. "Damn it, your cooking is bad enough, but you mix it all together. Open your pig eyes and look, is this something people eat?"
He grew more and more angry, snatched a fellow soldier's food container, pinched the head cook's chin, forced his mouth open, and directly poured the 'pig slop' into it.
A full half barrel of congee choked the head cook until his eyes rolled back, and rice grains sprayed from his nose.
The cooks had virtually no combat power and dared not stop the dark-skinned soldier.
But seeing their leader being beaten, they couldn't remain idle. They quickly went to report and fetch reinforcements.
Soon, Squad Leader Zhang, whom they had met at the entrance, arrived with a squad of soldiers.
"These people were all brought by Luo Xingquan; they are his personal guards," Liu Yu said expressionlessly.
Chen Xiao smiled slightly, "Now there's a good show to watch."
"You bastard, stop it!"
Squad Leader Zhang, after bringing his guards, roared loudly.
At first, the dark-skinned soldier paid him no mind and didn't stop.
It wasn't until Squad Leader Zhang pulled out a gun that he stopped, "Move again, and I'll shoot you dead!"
The dark-skinned soldier finally stopped, stood straight, and looked at Squad Leader Zhang coldly, a smirk on his lips, as if to say, *I've had enough, you can deal with me however you want!*
"What's your name? Which unit are you from?" Squad Leader Zhang asked condescendingly.
"Tiance Army Blazing Fire Camp, Third Squad Leader Pei Zhengang!" The dark-skinned soldier stood perfectly straight, his voice booming with immense pride.
"Heh, Tiance Army Blazing Fire Camp, Third Squad Leader, how mighty you are!" Squad Leader Zhang gritted his teeth and sneered, "If the foundation is crooked, the beams will also be crooked. I really don't know what kind of officer would teach you such a lawless soldier!"
The officer of the Tiance Army referred to was naturally Xiao Tiance!
"This is my personal behavior, please do not involve my superior!" Pei Zhengang shouted!
"Well said, 'personal behavior'!" Squad Leader Zhang said with a fake smile, "Assaulting an instructor, and you think you're in the right?"
"His training methods are inefficient and meaningless. Anyone from our Tiance Army can easily defeat him. What right does he have to be our instructor?" Pei Zhengang retorted with a cold smile.
Squad Leader Zhang's eyelids twitched, "Master Huiming was appointed instructor by Deputy Commander Luo himself. Whether he is qualified is not for you to question! If you think he is not qualified, then report the situation to your superiors. Why did you assault Master Huiming?"
"He hit me first, I was merely acting in self-defense!" Pei Zhengang said righteously, "Everyone here can testify for me!"
"Yes, we can all testify for him!" Hundreds of hot-blooded men on the training ground erupted with a sound like a mountain and a sea.
"Damn it..." Squad Leader Zhang cursed inwardly, "Are they trying to make me look bad?"
But facing these most promising young men of the Tiance Army, he dared not act rashly. If he provoked the wrath of the crowd, it wouldn't be good.
"Take Pei Zhengang away and confine him for three days!" Squad Leader Zhang ordered.
As his subordinates obeyed and were about to escort Pei Zhengang away, another bare-chested man stepped out from the crowd.
"Wait a moment, Tiance Army Blazing Fire Camp, Fourth Squad Leader Qin Li, requests confinement!"
"And me, Tiance Army Burning Heaven Camp, Second Squad Leader Wu Gang, requests confinement!"
"Tiance Army Ice Breaking Camp, Fourth Squad Leader Luohan, requests confinement!"
"And me!"
"And me!"
In an instant, hundreds of Tiance Army men stepped forward.
The pressure was now on Squad Leader Zhang, his head felt as big as a bucket...