70: Chapter 70 The Terrifying Missionary Leader Zhang Jiao

As the grand and resounding voice faded, Su Ming was slightly taken aback at first, and then extreme ecstasy erupted in the depths of his eyes.

He was just worrying that no one would spread the Dao and virtue for him or gather the Power Of Faith, when he turned around and welcomed a top-tier proselytizing master through the ages!

It truly was speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives, sweet dew falling from heaven right on time!

"This impoverished priest, Zhang Jiao, pays respects to the Divine Lord!"

Zhang Jiao's posture was weathered and archaic, his Taiping Dao robe swaying slightly in the wind, and his temperament was gentle.

He looked just like a harmless old Daoist priest, and even seemed very amiable.

Who could have imagined that such a harmless old Daoist priest was actually a ruthless character who stirred up a nationwide rebellion sweeping across multiple states and involving millions of commoners.

Su Ming looked at Zhang Jiao with incomparable emotion in his heart.

At the same time, a detailed attribute panel instantly materialized before Su Ming's eyes, clearly displaying all of Zhang Jiao's information.

[Name: Zhang Jiao (Excellence)]

[Potential: B]

[Race: Human / Netherworld]

[Realm: Transcendent Stage One]

[Skills:]

Taiping Talisman: Draws Netherworld Yin Qi to carve the Yellow Heaven Talismanic Incantations, capable of instantly casting Yin, Yang, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Lightning, and Wind nine-system Talismans. They can be cast with multiple mixed elements; the more elements, the higher the damage, while simultaneously increasing the probability of spellcasting failure.

Yellow Heaven Salvation: Consumes Power Of Faith to baptize all living beings, converting believers into battle-hardened Yellow Turban Warriors. The combat power of the Yellow Turban Warriors depends on the believers' own cultivation, and the daily conversion limit is restricted by Zhang Jiao's own strength [Current Limit: 100 Units / Day].

Scattering Beans Into Soldiers: Consumes Netherworld Yin Qi to refine Yin beans, which can be thrown to the ground during wartime to transform into Yellow Turban Nether Soldiers. The Realm of the Yellow Turban Nether Soldiers is one stage lower than Zhang Jiao.

Taiping Illumination (Aura Skill): Significantly boosts all attributes of all friendly believers and retainers within range. The boost intensity and coverage area increase synchronously with Zhang Jiao's Realm. [Current Boost: All attributes +10%, Range * 1000 meters].

The Azure Sky Is Dead (Awakening Skill): [Missing Unlock Conditions]

The Yellow Heaven Shall Rise (Domain Skill): [Missing Unlock Conditions]

[Equipment: Taiping Dao Crown, Yellow Turban Talisman Banner, Taiping Dao Robe]

[Character Introduction: Founder of the Taiping Dao in the late Han Dynasty, known to the world as the Great Wise and Virtuous Teacher and General of Heaven. Wielding the peerless "Taiping Yaoshu", he excels at curing plagues with Talismans, scattering beans into soldiers, and spreading the Dao to save the people. With his own strength, he stirred up the world's general trend, intending to subvert the corrupt Azure Sky with the new Dao of Yellow Heaven.]

Su Ming gazed at this luxuriously appointed skill panel, extremely satisfied in his heart.

What he valued was not only Zhang Jiao's top-tier combat power, which was all-around in offense, defense, and support, but even more so his unique talent for proselytizing.

In the troubled times of the late Han Dynasty, when the masses were displaced and the imperial court was collapsing, Zhang Jiao was able to gather thousands of believers and stir up the winds and clouds of the world purely through his own power of spreading the Dao. What he relied on was by no means just the grand trend of the times, but even more so his era-surpassing personal charm and civilizing methods.

And this was precisely the capability that Su Ming was most lacking and urgently needed right now.

Su Ming then informed Zhang Jiao of his current predicament and the difficult problem of preaching and spreading faith in the two cities, his gaze full of expectation: "Zhang Jiao, I am entrusting the matter of spreading the Dao entirely to you. Can you handle this task?"

Hearing this, Zhang Jiao smiled slightly, his expression calm and confident, and his tone extremely resolute: "Rest assured, Divine Lord. Within a month, I can make the majority of the populace in Mingkong City and Xuanming City become your general believers. Within a half-year period, over ninety percent of the residents can transform into shallow believers."

Hearing this, a rich expression of joy instantly bloomed on Su Ming's face, and the heavy stone in his heart finally landed completely.

"As expected, professional matters should ultimately be left to professional people!" He sighed sincerely.

Afterwards, he generously stated: "All resources, manpower, and authority needed for your proselytizing—whatever I have, I will grant it all to you and cooperate with you to the fullest."

Zhang Jiao shook his head gently, not asking for resources, and only said calmly: "The Divine Lord does not need to expend resources. You just need to hand over all the priests in the city to my dispatch, letting them be my assistants and aid in spreading the Dao."

Su Ming immediately waved his hand, extremely decisively: "All priests in the two cities will be entirely under your command and dispatch."

After receiving the order, Zhang Jiao immediately issued a command to recall all the priests scattered everywhere in the two cities.

Su Ming watched from the sidelines the entire time, completely unaware of what methods Zhang Jiao had used or what words he had spoken.

He only saw that a group of priests who were originally just performing routine proselytizing with mediocre mindsets had flames of faith—extremely pure and nearly fanatical—burning in the depths of their eyes when they stepped back down to fulfill their duties.

That was an expression only true believers would possess.

At this moment, Su Ming was thoroughly and utterly impressed by Zhang Jiao's proselytizing skills.

In the following days, Zhang Jiao shuttled back and forth between Mingkong City and Xuanming City, running about day and night, preaching and lecturing on scriptures, eliminating disasters and guiding people to goodness, and widely spreading the Netherworld Divine Dao.

His actual ability was far more terrifying than he had promised.

In a mere month's time, the hearts of the people in the two cities were completely turned around.

Almost all the commoners in the two cities became Su Ming's general believers, thirty percent of the populace transformed into shallow believers who could provide Power Of Faith, and several thousand true believers were even born.

Such results far exceeded the achievements of Su Ming spending Divine Power and painstakingly proselytizing for several months, and throughout the entire process, Su Ming did not need to consume a single shred of Divine Power.

Not only that, every day Zhang Jiao would select believers with top-tier Aptitude and pious minds within the territory, using the Yellow Heaven Salvation technique to convert them into Yellow Turban Warriors with impressive combat power.

Su Ming had personally tested the comprehensive combat power of the Yellow Turban Warriors. Although slightly inferior to core retainers like Yin soldiers, they were already comparable to Undead Retainers, and their combat power was extremely considerable.

What surprised him even more was that even priests could be saved and converted.

This batch of Yellow Turban Warriors transformed from priests had robust physical bodies and mastered spells, perfectly making up for the shortcoming of spell-casters being weak in close combat, becoming a scarce melee-mage legion.

However, Su Ming also discovered that Yellow Turban Warriors were not without limitations.

He had thought about letting the undead and the Flying Hunter Falcon also transform into Yellow Turban Warriors, but ultimately failed.

This ability seemed to only work on living humanoid creatures.

It could not be applied to netherworld beings and machinery.

Even so, it still did not affect the rapid and explosive growth of Su Ming's overall strength; his subordinate forces were becoming increasingly perfected, and his foundation grew richer day by day.

As for the effects of Zhang Jiao's nine types of Talismans, Su Ming had also witnessed them to a certain extent; the effects were extremely comprehensive, encompassing offense, healing, control, buffs, and debuffs.

As for Scattering Beans Into Soldiers, he could refine Yin beans on his own on ordinary days, and scatter them out when battling on the battlefield. The moment each Yin bean hit the ground, it could transform into a hundred Yellow Turban Nether Soldiers. As long as the Yin Qi in his body was inexhaustible, he could forge the momentum of thousands of troops with his own strength alone.

Currently, Zhang Jiao's cultivation was only Transcendent Stage One, and he could at most refine and use a hundred Yin beans, summoning ten thousand Yellow Turban Nether Soldiers at once, and moreover, the Yellow Turban Nether Soldiers could only be maintained for three hours.

The number looked terrifying, but the combat power of the Yellow Turban Nether Soldiers themselves was low, with strength similar to skeleton soldiers; they were completely cannon fodder.

However, this skill still had room for growth. As Zhang Jiao's cultivation Realm continuously improved, the duration, Physical Body, and combat power of the summoned Yellow Turban Nether Soldiers would also enhance synchronously.

It could be said that Zhang Jiao was a farming-type hero. Right now, he hadn't fully developed and didn't look very strong, but as time went on, his strength would become increasingly terrifying; Su Ming even felt that he shouldn't just be considered a hero of Excellence quality.

During this past month while Su Ming was steadily developing, the entire outside Chaoming Realm had already erupted into a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering upheaval.