Suri's eyes widened. "Uncle Jiu, will you teach me?"
Uncle Jiu pondered for a moment. "Yes, I can, but..."
"But what? I'll agree to any condition!"
As she spoke, Suri's face flushed crimson.
*Oh no, Uncle Jiu is having his own impure thoughts.*
*I thought I was the only one thinking this!*
*Gross! You guys are disgusting! Uncle Jiu is a righteous man, he'd never take advantage of someone's vulnerability! Besides... look at Suri's face...*
*I think Suri's quite attractive, actually. And... *cough, cough*... a full belly doesn't know the hunger of an empty one. Better than buying a piece of pork, right?*
*Holy shit! You're making this old lady curse! You perverts who only think with your dicks! Blocked and reported! Never again!*
On the war battlefield, realizing Suri had misunderstood, Uncle Jiu awkwardly stammered, "No, no, no! It's not what you think!"
"What I meant was... well, there's a difference between men and women."
Suri's eyes dimmed as she listened, muttering in disappointment, "Is that so..."
The brightness in her eyes gradually faded.
She murmured to herself, "I just want to live to return to Blue Star and watch my child grow up. He's only three years old..."
As she spoke, she secretly wiped away tears.
Uncle Jiu's heart filled with pity.
After much thought, he said, "If you can swear to move to the Dragon Kingdom after learning Daoist magic, never reveal it to outsiders, and only teach it to Dragon Kingdom citizens, then I'll teach you!"
Suri's face lit up with joy, and she wiped away her tears.
"If I can truly learn Daoist magic from Uncle Jiu, from this day forward, you will be my master. I will never disobey my master's words! I swear! As soon as I return to Blue Star, I will settle in my ancestral homeland, and my disciples will all be from the Dragon Kingdom!"
Uncle Jiu's face beamed with delight, and he quickly nodded.
"Good, good, good."
According to tradition, Suri should have knelt and offered tea to formally become his disciple.
But on the battlefield, there was nothing available.
Moreover, having grown up abroad, Suri knew little of Dragon Kingdom traditions and didn't realize she was supposed to kneel.
"This... Uncle Jiu has a foreign disciple? And she's a middle-aged woman?"
"What 'auntie'? She's barely thirty, a young woman! Besides, she only has Neil nationality; deep down, she's still a Dragon Kingdom person."
"Heh heh heh, I just realized—we can learn Maoshan magic online! I'm going to become the Great General of Maoshan, hahaha!"
"Shh, shh!! Don't mention this again. We don't want foreigners to find out. Let us Dragon Kingdom people learn it secretly."
"Don't worry, foreigners won't believe in Uncle Jiu's methods anyway. And how could they learn? The spiritual energy is too thin, and they can't grasp talismans or formations. At the end of the day, the cultural gap is just too wide."
"Yo, good idea, upstairs! I bet even Uncle Jiu never imagined he'd become the first Daoist Priest to have an online disciple."
"Whoa, keeping up with the times, my Uncle Jiu. You're awesome."
"@Uncle Jiu, you'll have billions of disciples and grand-disciples in the future. Don't ever say Maoshan Daoist magic is dying out again, hahaha."
Noticed by the National Warfare Department staff on duty after being alerted by netizens, they immediately contacted Li Tai.
Poor Li Tai had just fallen asleep. When he heard the news, he realized it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
He immediately sprang out of bed and reviewed the playback from a few minutes earlier.
The National Warfare Department decided to establish a Daoist Arts Rapid Mastery Group. Officially, they would recruit clever young people as the future official army of Daoist practitioners.
Unofficially, they would also keep an eye on self-taught individuals, as the true geniuses of Maoshan magic might emerge from among them.
As for the psychological burden of "stealing techniques," Li Tai had no such reservations.
*Why cling to outdated traditions when Blue Star is on the brink of destruction?*
Li Tai's primary concern was whether the next wave of attacks would involve supernatural opponents. After all, if zombies were already appearing, how far behind could ghosts be?
If the next wave involved someone like Xiaoqian, it might still be manageable, as she was at least reasonable. But if Sadako or Kayako managed to breach the national borders, there would be no point in defending them—everyone would just wait for death together!
Driven by these worries, Li Tai was actively building a talent reserve in both martial arts and Daoist magic.
He enlisted the leaders of various Daoist sects across the Dragon Kingdom, instructing them to stay glued to their screens, awaiting Uncle Jiu's online mini-lectures.
Though the Daoist elders might not match Uncle Jiu's magical prowess, their lineage gave them a far greater capacity for understanding and acceptance than ordinary people.
With them leading the way, the National Warfare Department's training of novice Daoist magic practitioners should be much easier.
Meanwhile, the Niel Kingdom was in an uproar.
The Niel Kingdom was a tiny nation with a population of just five million.
Their survival through the first two waves of attacks had been nothing short of miraculous luck.
Just as they were bracing for the third wave, they learned that a guardian from the Dragon Kingdom had taken Suri as their apprentice!
The King of Niel immediately ordered his staff to meticulously research Uncle Jiu's past performance.
The more they looked, the wider their eyes grew.
"What... what is this? An Eastern mage?"
"Look! He can command pig-headed orcs as his fighters! Are these orcs really that powerful?"
"Wow! Eastern mages can summon lightning?!"
"Play it again! Let me see that again!"
After witnessing Uncle Jiu use the Thunder Talisman, both the King of Niel and his advisory council were utterly astonished.
"If Suri can learn the ways of an Eastern mage, our kingdom's gates will be secure..."
The King of Niel gazed expectantly at the moon outside his window.
Then he picked up the phone and dialed Li Tai of the Dragon Kingdom directly.
As soon as the phone call connected, the King of Niel Kingdom expressed his profound gratitude for the Dragon Kingdom's generosity.
He declared that Niel Kingdom would henceforth be a steadfast ally of the Dragon Kingdom, prioritizing all economic cooperation with Dragon Kingdom above all others.
Only projects that Dragon Kingdom declined would Niel Kingdom consider partnering with other nations on.
Li Tai, naturally, was not foolish and readily accepted.
Before a formal agreement could even be drafted, the King of Niel Kingdom issued a global announcement across Blue Star:
"Niel Kingdom is now a loyal friend of the Dragon Kingdom."
This news sent the A San Kingdom into a panic—or rather, the Eagle Sauce Kingdom.
The A San Kingdom had long been a hollow shell, nearly collapsing under the weight of two previous crises.
Only the presence of Eagle Sauce Kingdom troops had prevented its complete disappearance from Blue Star.
Since the Eagle Sauce Kingdom stationed troops there, Dragon Kingdom had been under constant threat of being sandwiched between two hostile powers, a situation it found deeply uncomfortable.
Originally, Niel Kingdom had played both sides, shifting its allegiance between the two major powers.
Now that Niel Kingdom had firmly aligned with Dragon Kingdom, how could Eagle Sauce Kingdom not panic?
As the world watched with bated breath, Uncle Jiu turned to Suri and said:
"It's late. You should go back and rest. Make sure you take water to your teammates. Come back tomorrow morning, and we'll start with the basics of zombie expulsion."
Uncle Jiu had already mentally mapped out Suri's learning path.
Given her talent and aptitude, learning Daoist magic should be easy.
Moreover, the spiritual energy on the battlefield was exceptionally dense. Two days should be enough to master the basics of Maoshan corpse-herding magic.
Most importantly, prioritizing corpse-herding magic would be useful for Suri during the next wave of attacks.
Suri nodded happily. "Yes, Master!"
She picked up the clay jar from the ground and started walking south. After a few steps, Uncle Jiu suggested, "It's getting dark. How about I send this Golden Armored Corpse to escort you?"
"Uh, Uncle Jiu, you're being such a steel-plated straight man, sending a zombie to escort a woman."
"Imagine walking through the pitch-black night with a zombie hopping along behind you. *Tsk tsk tsk*, what a beautiful scene..."
Suri felt a warmth in her heart. Since arriving on the battlefield, she had never felt so secure.
However, she shook her head and declined. "It's less than ten li, and the path is all desert and Fog of War. There are no monsters. Don't worry, Master. It's better to let it stay here to protect you."
Uncle Jiu smiled. "Alright then."
*This new disciple even worries about her master's safety—not bad, not bad at all.*
*She's a hundred times better than those two scoundrels from before!*
Uncle Jiu was thoroughly pleased.
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