Chapter 712: Recruitment Successful III (1/2)

Chapter 712: Recruitment Successful (III)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

”Many thanks, Lord Marquis!”

Although he was still a little doubtful, the Wushang Chief courteously gave his thanks. Whether or not this was all caused by the rock salt, his greatest concern and the more pressing task lay elsewhere.

”In addition, in addition… Although Lord Marquis has said that there is no more of this pill… can this decrepit one ask if Lord Marquis can tell us the recipe for this medicine and allow us to make it ourselves?”

It was the greatest taboo to ask a medicine master for the recipe of their pills, and the great clans would also rarely divulge their precious recipes. The Wushang Chief had just wanted to make an attempt, but to his surprise, Wang Chong's reply was extremely straightforward.

”Okay!”

Wang Chong smiled, apparently having already predicted the Wushang Chief's question. Without the slightest hesitation, he began to recite a large list of ingredients.

”The refining of this medicine isn't very difficult, but the ingredients are rather troublesome. It requires mansha fruit of at least thirty years of age, sixty-year Goguryeon ginseng, one-hundred-year purple coral obtained from the seabed, three-hundred-year sandalwood pith, Arabian dates, pomegranates from the Western Regions, palm tree leaves from overseas ground into powder…”

Wang Chong gave out seventy or eighty different kinds of ingredients, and as the elders of Wushang listened, their faces grew more and more unsightly, their complexions ghastly pale by the end.

If it were possible, they had planned to take Wang Chong's recipe and make the pills for themselves. But none of them had expected the recipe to be so complicated and troublesome.

They had not even heard of many of these things, much less seen them. Moreover, Wushang Village had been cut off from the outside world for many years and didn't have any wealth to speak of. Even the simplest ingredients, the dates and pomegranates, were enough to make them despair, let alone the other ingredients.

Wang Chong's bright eyes could clearly see the reaction of the elders, and he was not at all surprised. In truth, he was not making things difficult for them by giving them a fake recipe. On the contrary, Wang Chong had stated nothing but the truth. Each ingredient he had given was a true component of the pill.

The Wushang had been troubled by this ailment for so long that it was very difficult to treat. A normal recipe would have been useless. Wang Chong had to use his status as Grand Marshal of the world to gather a great number of experts and doctors, and they had needed eight years to develop a cure.

The immense time needed and the number of people participating meant that the final recipe required a large number of ingredients. It was also because the participants in this project were not solely the Tang, but the Tibetans, Mengshe Zhao, Goguryeons, Turks, Arabians, and even Characenians, that the ingredients were so varied and scattered all around the world.

But despite the complexity, there was one thing that was beyond doubt: the pill really was effective on the Wushang. Moreover, they only needed to continuously take it for three months to exterminate the illness at its roots.

By using the massive influence of his clan and the resources and strength of the other great clans of the capital, Wang Chong had managed to refine one hundred of these black and brown pills in the short time given to him.

But the Wang Clan was a clan of ministers and generals. If this task was so difficult for it, it was essentially impossible for the isolated Wushang Village.

”This decrepit one has another question. Can this pill treat the root cause?” the Wushang Chief asked.

”Mm.”

Wang Chong nodded and gave an affirmative answer.

The Wushang Chief couldn't help but give a long sigh. It was only after last night that he had realized that everyone who had imbibed the medicinal water had a much steadier pulse.

Although the rules of the ancestors could not be abandoned, for his people, he could only make an exception.

”Lord Marquis, this decrepit one proposes an exchange that this one wonders if Lord Marquis would be interested in? Lord Marquis said before that you wanted to recruit soldiers from our Wushang Village. If Lord Marquis can assist us with gathering the ingredients and refining those special pills, assist our Wushang Village in getting rid of that pain and disease that has ailed us for generation after generation, this decrepit one can agree to Lord Marquis's recruitment of the village's warriors. But the number will be limited by the number of people Lord Marquis helped last night. It cannot exceed five thousand people!” the Wushang Chief said.

The moment he finished speaking, the eyes of Li Siye, Gao Feng, Nie Yan, and the other soldiers all brightened, pleasant surprise appearing on their faces. They had already had a personal lesson in the obstinacy of the Wushang.

No one had expected that just when they were at their most dejected, when they believed that the mission had failed and they needed to leave, events would take such a sharp and sudden turn.

It had been impossible to predict.

”Deal!”

Wang Chong grinned and immediately agreed.

Although it was only five thousand, to Wang Chong, it was a decent start. As long as the Wushang could break free of their traditions and allow him to recruit one batch of five thousand, he might be able to recruit a second, a third…

In the end, all of the Wushang would be available to him.

In the future, the entire world would be awed by the Wushang.

I've finally succeeded, my Wushang Cavalry!!

No one knew of the elation Wang Chong was feeling from all his efforts finally paying off, how deeply he wanted to sigh. Only those who had personally experienced it would know just how difficult it was to recruit the Wushang before the calamity.

To make the Wushang Chief relax his grip and release five thousand people was far too difficult. At this moment, when Wang Chong was feeling a deep sense of accomplishment, he had a very strange feeling.

Back then, he had only obtained the recognition of the adult Fang Xiaoyan and some other Wushang, but now, in this new life, as future commander of the Wushang, he felt like he had obtained the recognition of the Wushang Chief.