98: He's not livestock, he's a stallion.

The next morning, Huang Chen woke up exhausted, sporting two panda eyes, surrounded by pale, fleshy bodies.

He checked the system immediately:

[beauty index Lv3: Bonded Goddesses 31/27; Elite Goddesses 7/9] (I miscalculated before; Li Ruo is under 95, so there are only 7)

He was only one Elite away from Level 4.

Huang Chen shook his head helplessly, but then his eyes lit up. Thirty-one Goddesses—if they all stood together, the 155% health bonus from the Lotus Halo alone would be astonishing.

During this time spent fighting bosses, he had managed to piece together about half a set of Level 50 Diamond equipment.

Aside from the Teleport Ring and the mist concealment spear, he still had 8 equipment slots available for Level 50 gear.

One piece grants 50,000 HP, so 8 pieces would be 400,000 HP, plus his own 300,000+ HP.

When the Halo was activated during combat, his HP could instantly break through a million.

With that much HP, once the map opened up, Huang Chen could even attempt to raid SS-rank content.

For this trip to the main city, Huang Chen left Xie Chunyan and Bai Zhaoning behind in the Satellite City to oversee things.

He took all the other "concubines" with him.

Also traveling with him were Yang Nuo, Shu Xi, and 500 core members.

He currently had hundreds of sets of Level 45 Dark Gold equipment stored in the warehouse, and he needed to quickly raise their levels.

As long as they could equip this batch of gear, the core members would be able to hold their own no matter where they were deployed.

Tie Shengnan received Huang Chen's message and arrived early at the city gate to wait.

Huang Chen's message mentioned another method for rapidly increasing strength, which made her highly anticipate his arrival.

Since the core members were visiting the main city for the first time, their spawn locations were random, so Huang Chen instructed them all to gather at Gate 886.

Just as Tie Shengnan finished lining up her troops, Huang Chen, two men, and four women appeared at the gate.

Tie Shengnan glanced at the boy beside Huang Chen, a hint of surprise appearing in her eyes.

A male creature actually appeared next to this animal?

"Wife Tie, Wife Lan, good morning!"

The moment Huang Chen saw the Womens Army, he used a Teleport, and the six of them appeared next to Tie Shengnan.

"Who is your wife!"

Tie Shengnan raised her delicate eyebrow, her eyes showing displeasure.

Don't think that just because you slept with me, I belong to you!

But in an instant, Tie Shengnan's expression softened considerably.

Had this animal changed his ways this time? Not only did he bring fewer women, but he actually brought a male with him.

She asked curiously, "Where are President Xie and Sister Bai? Why didn't they come this time?"

"Someone needed to stay home to oversee things," Huang Chen replied lightly.

He then handed his insights to Tie Shengnan and said, "This is what I realized yesterday. Mastering it will bring a significant increase in strength."

Tie Shengnan wiped her hands, solemnly accepted the document, and quickly immersed herself in it.

It can be done like this?

Using the momentum of a move to mobilize elemental attacks?

As she read, the long spear began to dance along with Tie Shengnan's figure.

Whoosh~ Whoosh~

Wait!!!

Tie Shengnan frowned deeply. She could feel the restless Gold element stirring within her body as the long spear danced.

But something always seemed to be missing. The Gold element was like a mischievous child—active, but completely unwilling to follow commands.

After dancing for a while, Tie Shengnan frowned and looked at Huang Chen, saying, "I always feel like I'm missing just a little bit..."

"Heh heh!"

Huang Chen chuckled lightly, and the mist concealment spear suddenly appeared in his hand.

"Returning Wind Falling Goose!"

The tip of the mist concealment spear flashed with golden light, seeming to carry immense force as it whistled forward and smashed down.

"Boom~"

Sand flew, stones scattered, and dust billowed!

When the smoke and dust cleared, a crater several meters in diameter and half a meter deep appeared on the ground.

The massive sound produced by Huang Chen's strike instantly silenced the entire Womens Army, who had been chatting, making them as quiet as a flock of crows.

This... was this the same Returning Wind Falling Goose they had learned?

"How was that?"

Huang Chen looked at Tie Shengnan with a smile.

"Teach me!"

"Call me 'Husband' and I'll teach you!"

"You..."

Tie Shengnan's cheeks instantly turned bright red.

Whatever happened in the inn was just between the two of them, but now she had a thousand Womens Army members behind her!

How could she bear this humiliation!

"Say it once, and I can also agree to let your subordinates learn it together."

Huang Chen's smile was like the Big Bad Wolf wearing Little Red Riding Hood's cap.

"How about it?"

Seeing Tie Shengnan hesitate, Huang Chen continued to tempt her: "Miss this village, and you won't find this shop again.

This is no small increase to attack power.

It increases attack power by a full ten times!

Do you really not want to learn?"

Huang Chen did not deliberately lower his voice, and the entire Womens Army heard his words clearly, instantly erupting:

"Commander... just say it!"

"Say it... Commander!"

"Mr. Huang and the Commander are truly a match made in heaven..."

...Countless people in the Womens Army joined the commotion, making the scene as chaotic as a job fair during graduation season.

Wanting to learn was one thing, but the other was seeing their male-hating Commander finally bloom like an iron tree.

So, every single one of them was more excited than if they had found a boyfriend themselves.

"You... I..."

Tie Shengnan opened her mouth, then yelled angrily at the people behind her, "Silence!"

It must be said that the military quality of the Huaxia Army was high. At a single command, the entire scene instantly fell silent.

"Can I say it when we get back?"

Tie Shengnan looked at Huang Chen, her face flushed with embarrassment, and whispered pleadingly.

Huang Chen chuckled. He knew when to stop.

So he leaned close to Tie Shengnan, blew a breath into her ear, and chuckled, saying, "When we get back to the inn, I want to hear you say it three times..."

"Fine!"

Tie Shengnan nodded seriously and said, "Now you can teach me!"

One time or three times made no difference to Tie Shengnan.

"Of course!"

Huang Chen put away the mist concealment spear, stood behind Tie Shengnan, and gently grasped Tie Shengnan's right hand holding the spear.

Tie Shengnan's body involuntarily trembled. She wanted to break free, but Huang Chen held her firmly.

"To mobilize the element, your spear must first have 'momentum,' or Spear Momentum."

Whoosh~

Huang Chen guided Tie Shengnan to execute the Returning Wind Falling Goose move.

The Gold element flowed from Huang Chen's body, through Tie Shengnan's hand, and to the tip of the spear.

At the same time, the Gold element within Tie Shengnan's body was slightly mobilized.

Boom!

Another deep pit appeared.

"How was that?"

After the demonstration, Huang Chen held Tie Shengnan from behind and asked softly, "Did you feel it?"

"Let me try!"

Tie Shengnan broke free from Huang Chen and immediately executed the Returning Wind Falling Goose move toward the front.

However, the tip of the spear still hit the ground lightly, without any effect.

"What happened?"

Of course, Huang Chen knew that Tie Shengnan couldn't grasp the Minor Accomplishment realm of the skill just like that. After all, her Basic Spearmanship was only at Minor Accomplishment, and reaching Minor Accomplishment for a Level 10 skill required a long period of practice.

And he had only taken the opportunity just now to cop a feel.

He laughed heartily and said, "I told you that you need Spear Momentum to mobilize the elements. Your Basic Spearmanship is only at Minor Accomplishment, so how could you have Spear Momentum? You can only grasp Spear Momentum after your Basic Spearmanship reaches Major Accomplishment."

"Practice your basic moves diligently. This is why I said basic moves are so important."

Hearing this, Tie Shengnan's face darkened.

She immediately realized she had fallen for Huang Chen's trick.

He could have just said she needed to practice Basic Spearmanship, but that guy actually took the opportunity to hug her in front of everyone!

As time passed, Forbidden City personnel began arriving at the city gate one after another.

As Tie Shengnan waited, she suddenly felt that something was off with the picture!

Why were all few hundred people women?

Could it be that Huang Chen's subordinates were also a Womens Army?

With the arrival of Lin Han, Huang Mengni, and the 18 Concubines.

The repeated calls of "Husband" instantly made Tie Shengnan's face so dark it looked like it could drip water.

Saying Huang Chen was an animal before truly wronged him.

He was practically a stud horse, a breeding pig... "Commander!! There are 27 now!" Lan Ling leaned close to Tie Shengnan and said indignantly, "Including Xie Chunyan and Bai Zhaoning from before, he has a total of 29 wives!"