Chapter 127: Leader of Ten

Protect Yuan Ning Shui!

Three-Star Quest!

Quest reward: One thousand five hundred Flourishing Tang Points.

Moreover, after completing this Three-Star Quest, the bronze warrior holding the iron spear on Jiang Xincheng’s Elite Soldier token was completely covered in white light, meaning Jiang Xincheng had accumulated enough experience points to advance beyond the Elite Soldier rank and become a Leader of Ten within the Flourishing Tang Empire.

In the Flourishing Tang Empire, the more tasks one completed, the more credit one earned. The token’s warrior figure would gradually be covered in white light. When it was fully covered, it meant that member was eligible for a promotion, just like leveling up in a game. Once the experience bar was full, the character could level up.

Therefore, many members within the Flourishing Tang Empire jokingly called these credits “experience points.” The more tasks one completed, the more contributions one made to the Shenxia Alliance, and thus, the more experience points one gained, leading to faster promotions.

After completing two Three-Star Quests, the “experience points” Jiang Xincheng earned met the requirement for a promotion. Thus, Jiang Xincheng had now advanced from an Elite Soldier rank member of the Empire to a Leader of Ten in the Flourishing Tang Empire’s management hierarchy. In certain situations, he could temporarily serve as the Commander of ten Elite Soldier rank members of the Empire, as well as one hundred police officers or military soldiers of the Shenxia Alliance, and he enjoyed greater authority and higher access privileges.

The Leader of Ten token was bronze in color. It also featured depictions of mountains and rivers, the sun and moon in motion, and two ancient seal script characters reading “Sheng Tang.” As for the warrior figure on it, it had transformed into ten small, bronze warriors holding golden spears. Eight of these ten warriors were already faintly covered in white light, indicating Jiang Xincheng was only two warriors’ worth of experience points away from promotion to Centurion.

This was naturally due to the rewards from the Four-Star Quest of eliminating the West Street Pack of Wolves, which had massively boosted Jiang Xincheng’s experience points by the equivalent of several bronze warriors. He was now very close, very close, to becoming a Centurion.

Additionally, this Four-Star Quest also gave Jiang Xincheng two thousand five hundred Flourishing Tang Points, bringing his total to four thousand points. This was worth tens of millions in Credit Points and could be exchanged for many precious items in the Flourishing Tang Empire’s arsenal.

When Jiang Xincheng woke up, he found himself lying in a luxurious hospital room. Two pretty nurse girls were attending to him. Seeing him awake, they immediately bustled about, attending to his needs and asking after his comfort without a moment’s pause, their attitude surprisingly good.

Jiang Xincheng casually asked a few questions and found out these two nurses were recent university graduates this year. Both their looks and personalities were considered top-tier at Liangnian City First Hospital. Staying in such a luxurious room cost several thousand Credit Points per day, showing how well the Zhengxin Group was taking care of him.

The most advanced medical facilities, the best service, the most caring and beautiful nurses, the best doctors… The treatment Jiang Xincheng received at this hospital was absolutely first-class.

Therefore, Jiang Xincheng’s injuries healed very quickly. Although he had been shot multiple times and hit by shrapnel, he was, after all, a minor expert in the Bone Training Realm. Having gone through Flesh-Tempering and Tendon-Tempering, Jiang Xincheng’s body was far stronger than an ordinary person’s. So, all those gunshots and shrapnel hadn’t caused him very serious injuries, mostly just superficial wounds.

Only the injury on his shoulder was the most severe; it would probably take a month to heal. Liu Ergou’s Tang Saber was very sharp, and it was an Origin Force Weapon. It had almost cleaved his entire shoulder off. If he hadn’t dodged quickly, he might have been permanently disabled for life. Jiang Xincheng still felt a lingering fear when he thought about it.

However, this also secretly solidified Jiang Xincheng’s decision to practice a Body Refining Technique next. Coincidentally, he had brought over a dozen Golden Body Stones with him, which were just right for cultivating that most powerful Body Refining Technique from his previous life, the Celestial Grade, Upper Tier Body Refining Technique.

That Body Refining Technique enhanced the body in all aspects. Not only would it drastically increase Jiang Xincheng’s defense, making him no longer fear bullet attacks, but it would also strengthen his internal organs and provide some improvement to his Cultivation Foundation.

Once cultivated to a certain level, not to mention guns and bullets, even being hit by a missile wouldn’t do much. It was even said that if one could cultivate it to the supreme, perfected state, they could remain unscathed even at the center of a nuclear explosion.

Unfortunately, in his previous life, by the time he obtained that Body Refining Technique, he was already over sixty years old and had missed the best period for cultivation. It was too late for him to practice it then, and it had little effect.

Feeling the pain all over his body, Jiang Xincheng was just about to ask one of the nurses to feed him some food when a knocking sound came from the door. One of the nurses hurriedly opened it and found a stern-looking man in his fifties standing there, followed by a group of people.

The nurses didn’t recognize the few people at the front of this group, but they seemed to be of the same kind as the stern old man, all exuding authority. Behind them were the director, deputy directors, and heads of various departments from Liangnian City First Hospital.

The two nurses didn’t know the stern old man and the men behind him, but they were very familiar with the director, deputy directors, and others from Liangnian City First Hospital further back. They quickly opened the door wider and bowed slightly, saying, “Please come in.”

The stern old man smiled and nodded, leading the group into the room. Seeing Jiang Xincheng lying in the hospital bed, the stern old man immediately put on a warm smile and said, “Mr. Jiang, I am Wang Siwu, the head of the Liangnian City Department of Public Security. I am here under the orders of the Flourishing Tang Empire to present you with your Leader of Ten Token. Thank you for helping our Liangnian City eliminate the evil West Street Pack of Wolves. On behalf of the entire city, I thank you for your service.”

“It was my duty, Director Wang. There’s no need to be so polite,” Jiang Xincheng said with a slight smile, making a move as if to sit up. Wang Siwu quickly stepped forward to support him. “Mr. Jiang, please don’t get up. Your injuries are serious; you should rest properly.”

Seeing this scene, everyone present—whether the higher-ups from Liangnian City First Hospital or the two nurses—were so shocked they were speechless. None of them had expected that Wang Siwu, the head of Liangnian City’s Department of Public Security, a high-ranking Level 7, Grade 10 civil servant, would be so courteous, even somewhat fawning, towards Jiang Xincheng.

Just what was Jiang Xincheng’s status, to warrant such treatment from the head of a city’s Department of Public Security? Thankfully, during this time, they hadn’t shortchanged Jiang Xincheng in any way and had given him the best of everything. Otherwise, if they had somehow angered Jiang Xincheng, the leadership of Liangnian City First Hospital might have needed to change.

Thinking this, beads of sweat appeared on the foreheads of everyone from the director of Liangnian City First Hospital to the department head in charge of Jiang Xincheng.

As for Jiang Xincheng, he was now beginning to receive the Leader of Ten Token presented to him by Wang Siwu.