Gate of God

by Stayrr

This is a strange and inexplicable world…Mountains, water, stones, flowers, grass, trees, wood, the Sun, moonlight, stars… All creation under the Heavens and Earths are sources of energy. In this world, there are all the classics from his previous world, but there is a new addition: The Law of Dao. Fang Zhengzhi was conflicted. I can obtain power from reading books? Should I read T

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Chapter 333: You Lost

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The first time he had seen the Cloud Pattern, it was on the wall of The Vast World. That time, Fang Zhengzhi only expressed some curiosity towards it instead of regarding it highly.

The second time he saw it was on Wu Feng's jade flute. Even though he was curious as well, Fang Zhengzhi believed that the pattern might be some sort of carving.

However, when he saw the Cloud Pattern this time.

It had completely overturned Fang Zhengzhi's previous opinions.

Because, the Cloud Pattern appeared on Princess Shan Yu's leg. Of course, Fang Zhengzhi didn't fix his gaze upon Princess Shan Yu's long slender leg on purpose.

Instead, it was because this appeared a little too strange.

A blood-red Cloud Pattern appeared on her initially wheat colored leg. Furthermore, it seemed to be spreading and extending itself.

From her thigh to her calves, then to Princess Shan Yu's flat belly, all the way up to her shoulders. It was just like the flow of blood.

Paired with Princess Shan Yu's snow-white animal leather, there was a wild, natural beauty as stunning as a bright-red colour drifting in the white snow.

Fang Zhengzhi had heard Yan Xiu mention before.

The demon race relied on the demon eye for cultivation of their Dao. They were born with this talent to communicate with Heaven and Earth upon birth. On the other hand, the Great Xia Dynasty depended on understanding. Understanding Heaven and Earth through the Law of Dao, then understanding All Creation and controlling All Creation.

However, this didn't seem to be the case for the Southern Mountain Range.

The Southern Mountain Range cultivated their Dao through "blood". Blood that depended on external forces to grow, some of which came from nature such as plants and mountains, while some of which came from various beasts.

It was essentially similar to the Great Xia Dynasty's method of gaining control from understanding.

However, the ways and means to do so weren't quite the same.

A very simple comparison would be that if the Great Xia Dynasty cultivated the heart and soul of a person, using one's heart to understand All Creation and create a pocket dimension within one's body.

Then, the Southern Mountain Range borrowed the power of All Creation and channeled it into their body, allowing them to integrate and reach an equilibrium with All Creation to change one's physique and achieve great strength.

Fang Zhengzhi knew this.

However, he didn't know that this change would actually form a Cloud Pattern.

Why would it exist in the form of a Cloud Pattern?

"Roar!"

While Fang Zhengzhi was still unsuccessfully attempting to understand the theory behind this, the beast Princess Shan Yu rode let out an earth-shaking roar.

After which, Princess Shan Yu and the beast turned into a red ray of light and charged forward.

It was as fast as a meteor.

"What the… so… so fast!" Fang Zhengzhi jumped in shock. Compared to Ping Yang riding Snow Jade, this speed was many times faster.

What exactly is this beast?

He had heard that the grand stallions of the Great Xia Dynasty came from the Southern Mountain Range.

However, can there at least be some sort of fairness? What the hell, isn't this extreme speed considered bullying?

Fang Zhengzhi wanted to express his opinions.

However, Princess Shan Yu simply didn't give him the opportunity. Lightly clamping the beast with her legs, they immediately charged out. She didn't even make clear the rules of the competition.

As the saying goes, a man below a roof has no choice but to lower his head. But, no matter how low my head is, shouldn't you at least clarify the rules of the competition?

Without the rules, isn't it still up to you to decide the outcome of the competition when the time comes?

Fang Zhengzhi didn't know whether he should give chase or not…

Right at this moment, Princess Shan Yu turned her head around. Her jet-black eyes gazed at Fang Zhengzhi's stunned and confused expression as her lips curved into a faint but cold smile.

There was a charming feeling of somebody glancing back and smiling beautifully. Because, she was indeed smiling, and smiling very coldly.

Just as Fang Zhengzhi guessed.

This wasn't a fair competition. The rules were set by her. The stallion was chosen by her. Even the final location was determined by her. But, so what?

She was Princess Shan Yu.

On her territory, it was natural that she had the final say.

That was how domineering she could be. Most importantly, one had no choice but to accept it.

Fang Zhengzhi accepted it.

If Ping Yang was said to be unruly and capricious, then this Princess Shan Yu was evidently domineering and arrogant, without a single care for the high moral principle of a princess.

"Hell!" Fang Zhengzhi shot a middle finger towards Princess Shan Yu as she turned back and looked towards him. Then, he whipped the butt of the Grey Scale Stallion he rode on forcefully.

The Grey Scale Stallion instantly let out of high neigh, then swiftly charged out.

However, regardless of whether it was speed or aura, there was not a single trait that could compare with the beast Princess Shan Yu rode.

As Fang Zhengzhi set out, General Tai and General Mu followed closely. Even though the stallions both of them rode on couldn't compare to that of Princess Shan Yu, they were still evidently not just any average stallion.

They followed behind Fang Zhengzhi effortlessly.

"Can I use any external objects to interfere with my opponent?" Fang Zhengzhi negotiated with the two generals beside him as he chased after the figure disappearing into the distance.

"Hmph, what do you think?" The bearded General Tai laughed coldly.

"Alright, looks like that is not possible." Fang Zhengzhi gave up.

How do I play this game?

He couldn't run faster than her, nor could he attack her. Wasn't this just forcing him down?

Fang Zhengzhi initially planned to use his power to defeat Princess Shan Yu, then find an opportunity to kidnap her, using her to block off the thousands of soldiers to kill his way out.

But now…

He couldn't even keep her shadow in sight much longer.

How was he supposed to kidnap her?

I must think of a plan. Two miles should be a very quick distance to cover. When that time came, if Princess Shan Yu claimed that she had reached the finish line, then the outcome would definitely be that she had reached the finish line!

"I want to pause!"

"No, the competition had already started."

"Nature is calling me!"

"Hold it in!"

"Damn you!"

"Little kid, what did you say?"

"I said, the mountains here are really high, the trees here are really green, and the sky… is so damn blue!" Fang Zhengzhi lightly raised his head and looked at the blue sky and white clouds. However, a sense of never-ending desolation surged within his heart.

"Rubbish." General Tai huffed once again.

"Can I ask where should the arrow be shot for this horseback archery?" Fang Zhengzhi glanced at the two generals closely following behind him with a dejected look.

Just as General Tai prepared to speak, the bald General Mu gently reached his hand out and stopped him. Then, General Mu pointed at the wooden target planted on the ground not too far away.

Three white-feathered arrows were currently wedged inside the wooden target. All three arrows were impaled in the center bullseye area of the wooden target.

"In the two miles circumference of this area, there are a total of ten targets. First, one must find the position of the target. There are three chances to shoot for each target. The person with the most arrows on the targets would be the winner! If both have the same number of arrows, the person who finished first would be declared the winner. Of course, the person who finishes first would definitely have a privilege. As for what this privilege is, I am not very clear!" General Mu explained by the side.

Fang Zhengzhi understood.

Only Princess Shan Yu had the power to explain this privilege.

"Don't you at least have to give me the arrow?" Fang Zhengzhi didn't continue chattering and quickly reached out his hand towards the two generals beside him.

General Tai's expression changed slightly and tilted his head to one side.

On the other hand, General Mu helplessly grabbed a quiver from his back and threw it into Fang Zhengzhi's hand.

"Where's the bow?" Fang Zhengzhi continued to reach out his hand.

"What the hell, what kind of spy are you. Using our military terms, you are already counted a scout. Why do you have nothing on you?" General Tai was somewhat enraged. As a spy, couldn't you at least have some awareness and bring a bow and arrow when you leave?

"Actually, this is my first time as a spy, I have no experience… Sigh, if I was experienced, I wouldn't be caught by you people so quickly. Am I right?" Fang Zhengzhi said regretfully.

"At least you finally said something true!" General Tai lightly nodded his head when he heard this, and unexpectedly fished out a rattan bow and threw it to Fang Zhengzhi.

Fang Zhengzhi reached out his hand to catch it.

And realised that this bow was rather heavy. Even though it was made with rattan, its toughness and hardness all seemed not too bad. As he pulled the bow…

"I can't pull it, change one for me!" Fang Zhengzhi flicked his arm and threw the bow back to General Tai.

"Ha ha ha… you can't even pull the bow, yet you dare to challenge Princess Shan Yu? How interesting!" When General Tai heard this, he laughed so hard that he almost fell off his horse.

When General Mu saw this, he shook his head somewhat helplessly. Gazing at Fang Zhengzhi, he whistled.

Not too long later, a soldier in rattan armor ran over from a distance away.

Holding a light bow in his hand.

Fang Zhengzhi received the bow and tried pulling it, revealing a strenuous expression on his face. He seemed somewhat out of breath.

When General Tai and General Mu saw this, they glanced at one another with looks of despise and disdain in their eyes. They sighed to themselves. If they had known that this kid was so weak, what was the point of wasting both of their time doing this?

However, despite this, General Tai and General Mu continued to remain completely vigilant.

After all, this was a big event that concerned Princess Shan Yu's safety. Even if the possibility was one in a million, there mustn't be the slightest form of carelessness.

Fang Zhengzhi didn't pay further attention to the two generals behind him.

He drew the bow and loaded the arrow.

Shoot!

"Woosh!" The arrow hit the center of the target.

"Huh?" General Tai softly let out a sound of surprise. He hadn't expected Fang Zhengzhi to have such advanced archery skills despite his weak strength.

Luck?

Just as he thought, Fang Zhengzhi shot another arrow.

Thud!

It hit the center of the target again.

Hitting twice in a row?

This caused General Tai and General Mu's expression to change slightly. Archery on horseback sounded easy, but it was actually very difficult to hit the target while travelling at high speeds.

Even more so for hitting the bullseye.

"Don't tell me this kid…" General Tai's expression sunk slightly.

Just as he prepared to speak, Fang Zhengzhi's third arrow had left. The arrow traced a beautiful parabola in the air before landing with a thud.

He hit the target.

However, it wasn't the center of the target board. Instead, it was a few inches away from the bullseye.

"Damn… my shot was off!" Fang Zhengzhi sighed regretfully.

General Tai and General Mu heaved a sigh of relief. They had to admit that Fang Zhengzhi's archery skills were rather good. However, compared to Princess Shan Yu.

There was still some disparity.

Of course, compared to the two of them, there was also a rather great disparity.

Hence, the both of them relaxed once again.

Fang Zhengzhi continued to charge forwards, drawing his bow and shooting arrows on the way. It had almost established a pattern that there would be either two arrows on the bullseye or all three arrows on the bullseye.

But, there would sometimes be deviations.

In total, Fang Zhengzhi had shot seven targets. There had already been around three arrows outside the bullseye.

The eighth target - all three arrows hit their mark.

The ninth target - once again, all three arrows hit their mark.

Fang Zhengzhi seemed extremely happy. However, General Tai and General Mu's expression were unconcerned. Little kid, you missed three arrows. You are already a dead man.

Not too long later, the tenth target appeared in front of him.

In front of the position of the tenth target, Princess Shan Yu, her body covered with a blood-like cloud pattern, sat on her bright-red beast with a cold smile on her face.

"How is it?" Princess Shan Yu looked at Fang Zhengzhi, then looked at the two generals behind him and asked casually.

"Princess, this kid had hit the target for all nine of the previous targets. In total, he hit twenty-four bullseye. Three are outside the bull-eye." When General Tai heard Princess Shan Yu's words, he instantly replied respectfully.

"Oh? He is actually not completely useless!" When Princess Shan Yu heard that he hit twenty-four bullseye, she seemed slightly surprised.

Fang Zhengzhi didn't speak. Because, not too far away from Princess Shan Yu were countless Silver Horned Wolves which were at least two meters tall.

On the body of each Silver Horned Wolf sat a soldier in rattan armour.

He finally understood why Princess Shan Yu would place the tenth target here. Because, this location was closest to the Silver Horned Wolf cavalry.

There were almost five hundred Silver Horned Wolf cavalry soldiers.

Adding on Princess Shan Yu herself and the two generals behind him.

There wasn't the slightest chance of capturing Princess Shan Yu.

"Silent? Do you think that you can live if you remain silent? If you lose, you die!" Princess Shan Yu looked at the silent Fang Zhengzhi and smiled coldly.

Immediately after, she propped her arm beside the bowstring.

At this moment, there was a fiery red bow on Princess Shan Yu's hand. It seemed to have been crafted with a red coloured wood. However, even though he was very far away, Fang Zhengzhi could still feel that steaming heat emitted by the wood.

"Fire Rattan Wood?" Fang Zhengzhi had seen a small piece of such a wood in the Ping Yang Residence. It was regarded by Ping Yang like a great treasure, and seemed to have been placed on her Blazing Qilin Spear as a decorative ornament.

Who would have thought that over here, Princess Shan Yu made it into a bow.

"Woosh!" The cry of an arrow pierced the air.

Immediately after, a powerful arrow streaked across the sky, its tail glowing with a fiery red colour. Finally, it landed securely at the bullseye of the tenth target.

"Great archery skills Princess!"

"Congratulations Princess for winning this competition!"

When General Tai and General Mu saw the arrow land on the tenth target, they instantly congratulated Princess Shan Yu respectfully.

On the other hand, Fang Zhengzhi was slightly dazed. Because, when Princess Shan Yu drew her bow, the cloud pattern on her body began to move gradually. The cloud pattern even flashed with an extremely abnormal light.

It seemed to be fire, and seemed to be blood. It might also be a combination of fire and blood, flowing slowly on Princess Shan Yu's body.

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Chapter 334: Unparalleled in the world

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This was a strange scene. However, if it was combined with Princess Shan Yu's wheat coloured skin, the white animal leather on her body and the five-coloured feathers she wore on her head, there was a uniquely wild and primitive sense of beauty.

However, what Fang Zhengzhi was thinking at this moment wasn't about beauty. He was thinking…

How powerful is this girl?

What kind of distance would he be able to kill her in once hit? Or, was it that even in close-combat, he had no way of defeating her?

This was a very grim question. Because, Fang Zhengzhi had absolutely no idea how the Southern Mountain Range trained, and how powerful the Southern Mountain Range was.

However, this question determined whether Fang Zhengzhi's next course of action would be successful, and also determined whether he was able to continue living.

"Somebody come, execute!" Princess Shan Yu lowered her bow at this moment. She turned around and flashed a contemptuous smile at Fang Zhengzhi.

"Roger!" The five hundred Silver Horned Wolf cavalry soldiers instantly acknowledged respectfully.

On the other hand, General Tai and General Mu who stood behind Fang Zhengzhi had already positioned themselves on both sides of him. They reached our their hands and grabbed onto Fang Zhengzhi's shoulder.

Fang Zhengzhi didn't resist.

Because, there was absolutely no use resisting.

"Before I die, I have a wish." Fang Zhengzhi's hands were held down by General Tai and General Mu, but his mouth was still free to speak. Hence, he instantly shouted out.

"Oh? Tell me what wish you have." When Princess Shan Yu heard this, she nodded her head. It was indeed rather normal for a person about to die to have some unfulfilled wishes.

"I wish to see my parents before I die." Fang Zhengzhi said sincerely.

"See your parents? Where are your parents?" Princess Shan Yu was somewhat confused.

"In the Northern Desert of the Great Xia."

"Hmph, what nonsense. Why would I let you go back to the Great Xia? Stop dreaming. Pull him down!" Princess Shan Yu immediately huffed, completely ignoring Fang Zhengzhi.

Wasn't this just treating her as an idiot?

"Then I have another wish." Fang Zhengzhi seemed to have already expected his wish to be rejected. He wasn't angered at all, and continued speaking calmly.

"Speak."

"I am still a virgin. Before I die, I want to find a girl."

"Scram, shameless person. Why would the women of my Southern Mountain Range sacrifice themselves for someone like you? Kill him!" Princess Shan Yu was slightly taken aback. Then, she became truly enraged.

"Wait a moment, if both of these wishes cannot be fulfilled, I have a third wish."

"Why do you have so much nonsense to say?"

"My third wish is very simple. I want to know how powerful the person I lost to is." Fang Zhengzhi said with a sincere expression.

"How powerful? Ha ha ha… Alright, I will fulfill your wish and allow you to die content. Using the enlightenment states of your Great Xia Dynasty, my current enlightenment state is the Heavenly Reflection Peak State. However, even if I meet with someone of the Supernatural Beginning State of your Great Xia Dynasty, I wouldn't be the slightest bit afraid." Princess Shan Yu's face was fillled with pride.

"Heavenly Reflection Peak State, having the power of a Supernatural Beginning State…" Fang Zhengzhi looked towards Princess Shan Yu and frowned slightly. He had never expected this young Princess Shan Yu to be as powerful. This person wasn't someone he could capture with ease.

Seems that I have to change my plan.

"How is that? Can you die content now?" Princess Shan Yu laughed delightedly.

"I feel that I can still struggle for a while." Fang Zhengzhi thought for a while and spoke determinedly.

"Struggle? How do you wish to struggle?" Princess Shan Yu asked confusedly.

"First, defeat you and preserve my life." Fang Zhengzhi replied.

"Defeat me? Ha ha ha… you have already lost, how can you win?" Princess Shan Yu immediately burst into laughter when she heard this, with a tender beauty similar to that of a black rose.

"The competition hadn't ended, anything is possible." Fang Zhengzhi's expression was confident.

"Alright, today, I will let you lose contentedly!" Princess Shan Yu didn't speak further and immediately picked up the Fire Rattan Bow, drawing it into a crescent shape.

"Wait a moment!" Just as Princess Shan Yu prepared to shoot, Fang Zhengzhi instantly interrupted her.

"What problem do you have again?" Princess Shan Yu's hand shook slightly. She had almost released this arrow. Luckily, she stopped herself in time, else, she would truly have disgraced herself.

"I want to confirm the rules with you. Is the final winner the one with the most arrows on the target board and the one with the highest accuracy?" Fang Zhengzhi asked.

"Naturally." Princess Shan Yu replied with a definite expression.

"Then, what special privilege does the person who finish shooting first have?"

"It can count as an additional arrow."

"Only… counting as an additional arrow?"

"Yes!"

"Are you sure that it only counts as an additional arrow?"

"Obviously, I never go back on my words!" Princess Shan Yu was filled with impatience. This guy was too annoying. If there weren't so many soldiers in front of her, she really wanted to just kill off this person.

"Then, let me ask another question."

"You still haven't finished asking?"

"This is already the last question."

"Alright, ask."

"I want to know how will you deal with me if I win?"

"You have absolutely no chance of winning, furthermore, you have already lost." When Princess Shan Yu heard this, she immediately replied with a disdainful expression.

"What if?"

"Alright, if you somehow won me, I will let you become a teacher in the Southern Mountain Range." Princess Shan Yu thought for a while and then answered.

In reality, when Fang Zhengzhi demonstrated his ability to recite the Law of Dao, she already had this thought. However, Fang Zhengzhi was ultimately a spy of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Hence, a thought was just a thought. Reality was still reality.

"Can I be your personal bodyguard?" Fang Zhengzhi seemed rather unsatisfied.

"Personal bodyguard?" Princess Shan Yu was somewhat confused.

"Yes, the type that follows behind you everyday and assumes your authority as my own." Fang Zhengzhi explained very patiently.

"Ha ha ha… alright, I will fulfill your wish." Princess Shan Yu was once again amused to laughter by Fang Zhengzhi. After so long, this was the first that she felt that a person could describe himself so lowly.

Most importantly, when this guy talked about assuming her authority as his own, his face didn't even turn the slightest bit red.

He was truly a talent.

"Princess, you musn't do this. This person is a spy from the Great Xia, if he becomes your personal bodyguard, it might affect your safety!" When General Tai heard this, he instantly stepped out to prevent this from happening.

"Why, do you think that I will lose?" Princess Shan Yu's expression immediately darkened.

"I don't… dare!" When General Tai saw this, beads of sweat instantly appeared on his forehead. Princess Shan Yu's domineering personality was notorious in the army. She never allowed people to doubt the decisions she made.

"Then what are you still worried about?" Princess Shan Yu said coldly.

"That's right, General Tai, what are you worried about?" Fang Zhengzhi also looked at General Tai. A faint smile appeared on the edges of his mouth.

"You… little kid! Princess, I beg to personally kill this guy!" When General Tai saw Fang Zhengzhi's irritating face, he finally became angry again.

"Alright, I grant you!" Princess Shan Yu nodded with a smile.

"Thank you Princess!" General Tai wiped off the sweat on his forehead and respectfully withdrew.

On the other hand, General Mu released his grip on Fang Zhengzhi's shoulder and once again returned to his spot behind Fang Zhengzhi. The expression on his face seemed extremely solemn and vigilant.

"Princess had reached first, hence, you should be the first to shoot." At this moment, Fang Zhengzhi modestly gave up his chance.

"Ha ha ha… you want to flatter me? However, I won't let you off because of this." Princess Shan Yu laughed out once again.

Immediately after, she didn't waste a single second.

A "Twang!" sounded out from the bowstring of the Fiery Rattan Bow and an arrow glowing with a fiery red light flew out, landing on the bullseye once again.

"Nice! Good archery skills, Princess!"

"Princess is might and powerful!"

"Princess's archery skills are indeed unparalleled in this world!"

The surrounding five hundred Silver Horned Cavalry soldiers instantly began to shout out. In their hearts, Princess Shan Yu was the Goddess in the army. Not only was she strong and powerful, she was also extremely beautiful.

Even though she was somewhat domineering.

But, she treated her people with care and concern that came from the depth of her heart.

Furthermore, most importantly, Princess Shan Yu didn't depend completely on her family background to be able to obtain this position she was in today. Instead, it was due to her accomplishments in the military. In many of the previous assaults, she fought at the frontline, charging ahead of the army and personally beheading the enemy general.

Establishing brilliant military achievements.

Such a princess naturally caused them to vow to follow her till their death.

Princess Shan Yu seemed to have already gotten used to the exclamations around her. Without the slightest bit of hesitation, she drew her Fiery Rattan Bow once again. Her last arrow finally landed on the heart of the target once again.

"Princess has won!"

"Congratulations Princess for winning this competition!"

The Silver Horned Wolf cavalry soldiers instantly began to cheer. General Tai and General Mu who were standing behind Fang Zhengzhi also began to express their congratulations.

"Hm, how is it? Are you utterly convinced of your loss yet?" Princess Shan Yu lightly nodded her head. Then, gazed towards Fang Zhengzhi with a dazzling smile on her face.

If it was any other time, she wouldn't bother taking a single look at her opponent after winning such a competition. However, for some reason she didn't know, when she won Fang Zhengzhi today.

It caused her to feel extremely happy.

The feeling was as sweet as eating a piece of honey.

"I am convinced on the outside, not not the inside." Fang Zhengzhi shook his head.

"Little kid, I believe that it is only on the outside that you are not convinced, right?" General Tai blurted out sarcastically.

"Are you deaf?" Fang Zhengzhi retorted.

"What do you mean?"

"You don't understand what other people are saying, how different are you from a deaf person?"

"You… I will kill you now."

"The competition isn't over yet, what the hell… hell are you anxious for. Don't tell me you want to go against military orders? Princess, this person wants to rebel!" Fang Zhengzhi very impolitely shot a middle finger towards General Tai, then instantly reported to the princess.

"Little kid you… you are to wrong me! Princess, I am completely loyal, I definitely have absolutely no intention of rebelling!" General Tai jumped in shock. He was extremely angry. His teeth chattered, producing cracking sounds. However, he managed to hold himself back."

"Rise, I am not blind!" Princess Shan Yu replied lightly and waved her hands.

A smile formed on the edges of Fang Zhengzhi's mouth.

No matter what, he was the Rank Four Sword Envoy of the Great Xia Dynasty. So what if it was Princess Ping Yang? So what if it was Left Prime Minister You Yiping? These people couldn't exploit or bully me the slightest bit.

How could it be that he would be bullied by a tiny general in the Southern Mountain Range?

Even though a person had to lower his head when under a roof, this room was Princess Shan Yu's roof. It wasn't General Tai's roof. Hence, he had to suppress General Tai.

"What are you waiting for?" Princess Shan Yu looked towards Fang Zhengzhi, whose face was filled with delight, and urged.

"Alright." Fang Zhengzhi nodded.

Then, he drew the bow in his hands into a full crescent. From the posture alone, it was actually extremely professional and dashing. After all, his profession hunting in the Cang Ling Mountain for many years wasn't a fluke.

When Princess Shan Yu saw Fang Zhengzhi's shooting posture, she was somewhat amazed.

One who knew archery evidently understood the importance of posture.

Even for herself, just for the posture alone, she had practised for exactly three years. Only after that was she able to hit every single one of her shots.

On Fang Zhengzhi's body, she had actually seen a trace of her own shadow.

Or, it could be said that Fang Zhengzhi's posture was just as professional as hers.

How was this possible?

Just as she thought, the arrow in Fang Zhengzhi's hand finally left. The sound of air being pierced rang out at this moment. Even though its momentum seemed not too bad.

It was ultimately too ordinary.

It wasn't too impressive.

The arrow traced a beautiful arc in the air, then, rapidly landed towards the target board.

Princess Shan Yu's mouth curved into a slight smile. She felt that she had overestimated Fang Zhengzhi. Such a technique was only for show. At most, his accuracy could be considered not too bad.

However, in terms of power, it was completely lacking.

Not even mentioning people.

It couldn't even kill an ordinary beast in one hit.

"Truly a waste of ti…" Princess Shan Yu wasn't even able to complete her last word before the smile on her face completely froze. She stood firmly rooted to the ground.

The Fiery Rattan Bow in her hands instantly landed on the ground with a thud.

Along with Princess Shan Yu, the five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry and the two generals were all stunned.

Everybody's eyes turned completely round, their faces filled with disbelief.

"How is this possible?"

"Why would it turn out like this?"

"This… is simply impossible!"

One by one, voices rang out.

Especially General Tai, who was completely stunned at this moment.

He had considered many possibilities. For example, Fang Zhengzhi might be extremely lucky and hit the bullseye. Or, all three arrows would hit the bullseye.

However, he had never imagined.

Fang Zhengzhi's arrow would hit Princess Shan Yu's arrow!

"Crack!" Following a crisp snapping sound, the white feather arrow was instantly cut into two. Then, it fell to the ground like a snowflake.

At this moment, the entire world seemed to have fallen silent.

Leaving the slightly cold wind blowing onto people's faces. That was a wind that could rustle people's hair. However, nobody paid any attention to that. Because, their hearts were just as cold.

The arrow was an ordinary arrow. The bow was an ordinary bow. The power was also a very ordinary and average power. However, the outcome was nothing close to ordinary.

"Coincidence, it must be a coincidence!" General Tai recalled Fang Zhengzhi's previous performances and simply didn't wish to believe that Fang Zhengzhi could shoot down Princess Shan Yu's arrow so accurately.

Compared to shooting the bullseye…

The level of archery required was easily a hundred or thousand times higher!

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Chapter 335: My name is Fang Zhengzhi

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"Woosh!" Another whistling sound rang out.

An arrow flew across everybody's eyes with lightning speed, then once again landed on the target. Following the landing of the arrow, another white feathered arrow snapped into two.

"Crack!"

A sound that shook the soul rang out.

This arrow was naturally the arrow Fang Zhengzhi shot. The broken white-feathered arrow that landed on the ground was also naturally Princess Shan Yu's white-feathered arrow.

However, this scene happened too quickly.

Before anybody had managed to recover completely from the outcome of the first arrow, the same thing occurred once again.

If a soul could tremble, then, everybody on the scene at this moment were trembling. General Tai's eyeballs were very close to falling on the ground.

Bright red veins of blood filled his eyeballs.

"He hit again?!"

If the first shot was a coincidence, then, what was this?

Was it still a coincidence?

This was a question that didn't need much thought. However, it was exactly this simple and clear question that caused him to remain in disbelief.

"It can't be, it is impossible for this little kid to have such skills. He is just a spy…"

Just as unwilling to believe this as General Tai was the General Mu standing beside him, as well as the five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry soldiers standing still in neat rows not too far away.

Just fifteen minutes ago, when they looked at Fang Zhengzhi, the only thing other than spite in their hearts was mockery.

However, when they looked at Fang Zhengzhi now.

They were filled with shock.

"What accurate archery skills!"

This was the only thought that flashed in their mind.

The Southern Mountain Range respected true ability, and respected people for their combat prowess.

Among these skills, archery was held in the highest regard. After all, the geography and landscape of the Southern Mountain Range was complicated, and the living conditions and environment were harsh. This had resulted in settlements fighting among themselves for territory.

However, these struggles and fights between settlements couldn't occur in vast, open places.

Most of them occurred in the form of ambushes in the dense forest and long distance shots.

Hence, to be able to live in a place like the Southern Mountain Range, archery was the most fundamental survival skill, as well as a survival skill that a powerful person had to possess.

"He… can actually achieve this?" Princess Shan Yu's expression was now completely frozen.

As the leader from the younger generation in the Southern Mountain Range, she was fully deserving the title of number one in archery skills. To be able to attain the title of number one in a place where strength and power determined respect…

She was truly number one.

Fang Zhengzhi's shot wasn't spectacular, and even appeared extremely ordinary. However, he used the simplest and most ordinary technique to shoot an arrow onto her own.

If Princess Shan Yu wished to achieve this.

She could definitely achieve it as well. However, she was too careless. She underestimated her opponent. Ever since she was informed that three of Fang Zhengzhi's arrows had missed the bullseye, she didn't bother to consider such an outcome.

"Shameless!" Princess Shan Yu could only use this term to describe Fang Zhengzhi's actions.

Because, other than this term, she really couldn't find another term that expressed her anger and dissatisfaction.

Two arrows had landed accurate on her own two arrows.

Then, from the current results, she had hit a total of twenty-eight arrows. Even if she included her special prize for being the first to complete and added another arrow, totaling to twenty-nine, Fang Zhengzhi had already shot twenty-nine arrows on the targets, resulting in a draw.

Most importantly, Fang Zhengzhi still had another arrow in his hand.

If Fang Zhengzhi released another arrow and shot down her own arrow.

Then, the outcome would be Fang Zhengzhi having thirty arrows on target, while she would only have a pathetic twenty-seven arrows.

Thirty arrows, twenty-seven on the bullseye, three outside the bullseye. On the other hand, she had twenty-seven on the bullseye. No matter what, it was impossible for her to win Fang Zhengzhi.

Cruel!

Fang Zhengzhi naturally knew what Princess Shan Yu was thinking. However, he still flashed a smile he believed was bright and warm towards Princess Shan Yu, and waved his hand furiously.

In Princess Shan Yu's eyes, this action was undoubtedly the greatest mockery.

Fang Zhengzhi didn't pay any further attention to Princess Shan Yu. Instead, he drew the bow in his hand into a full crescent once again.

Everybody's gaze was tightly fixated upon the arrow in Fang Zhengzhi's hand.

Including Princess Shan Yu.

At this moment, breathing seemed to have completely stopped.

Because, everybody knew that if Fang Zhengzhi managed to shoot down the white-feathered arrow once again, it meant that Princess Shan Yu was about to lose this competition.

"Woosh!"

Under the gaze of everybody, the third arrow shot out and whistled through the air, its feather dancing freely in mid-air and tracing a beautiful arc.

"Thud!"

There was pindrop silence.

Everybody looked towards the target.

Without any doubt, the third arrow once again landed within the bullseye.

However…

Unfortunately, it didn't hit the white-feathered arrow.

It was like an isolated arrow, carrying with it an air of coldness and arrogance. It didn't bother knocking off the white-feathered arrow on the target. Instead, it stood alone quietly on the target, enjoying its solitude.

At this moment, Fang Zhengzhi was also in solitude. Just like a boat drifting in a torrential rain, surrendering itself to the powerful wind and quietly floating on the surface of the sea.

Silence.

Nobody spoke.

Even though Fang Zhengzhi didn't manage to hit Princess Shan Yu's white arrow, based on what Princess Shan Yu said, if one judged based on the number of arrows on target, as long as Fang Zhengzhi's arrow landed on the target, it meant that he had won.

However, would Princess Shan Yu admit defeat?

"Damn it, I missed!"

Fang Zhengzhi swore, then forcefully smashed the bow in his hand onto the ground with a regretful expression. With a crack, the bow broke into two pieces.

Immediately after, he looked towards Princess Shan Yu with an extremely miserable and bitter look.

"Can… this be counted as a draw?" As Fang Zhengzhi spoke, he pointed at the three arrows on the target.

"Draw?!"

All of the soldiers looked at one another in confusion.

General Tai and General Mu were also absolutely confused. They didn't quite understand why Fang Zhengzhi claimed that this clearly victorious outcome was a draw.

If this guy stupid?

"You want to offer a draw with me?" Princess Shan Yu was slightly surprised.

"That's right, I have a total of thirty arrows on target. However, there are only twenty-seven on the bullseye. Three are outside the bullseye. On the other hand, princess has twenty-eight on target. Adding on the extra arrow, there are twenty-nine. However, twenty-eight are within the bullseye. Hence, I was thinking whether you can grant me kindness and count the two arrows outside of the bullseye as one arrow within the bullseye?" Fang Zhengzhi explained with a gloomy look.

Count the two arrows outside the bullseye as one within the bullseye?

When Princess Shan Yu heard this, her eyes instantly lit up. Just as she prepared to agree readily, she suddenly felt that it seemed a little too enthusiastic.

Hence, she coughed softly.

"I believe that only three arrows outside the bullseye can count as one within the bullseye?"

"Sigh… I am so young and talented, and possess such great archery skills. This is the time when I should be making great accomplishments on the battlefield. I never imagined that I would die in a foreign land away from home before I even managed to return my parents' love and care for me… How depressing, how depressing!" When Fang Zhengzhi heard this, he instantly plead in a tearful voice.

"Alright alright. Seeing that you are such a filial person, even though I won you this time, due to your decent morality and values, I will temporarily spare you this time!" Princess Shan Yu looked at Fang Zhengzhi's pitiful expression and finally waved her hands impatiently.

"Thnak you Princess!" Fang Zhengzhi instantly expressed his gratitude, but didn't kneel down.

Princess Shan Yu didn't seem to take much offense at his. Instead, she raised her head lightly and looked towards the azure blue sky with an expression of one standing on the peak of a mountain, unable to find any worthy opponents that could defeat her.

"Princess's archery skills are unparalleled in this world!"

"Princess is mighty and powerful!"

"Princess is kind-hearted and caring, I am willing to follow Princess till death!"

When the five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry soldiers heard this, they instantly reacted and called out loudly.

On the other hand, General Tai's expression was as dark as night. She actually didn't kill this little kid? Just as he prepared to speak, General Mu, who was standing beside him, pulled him back and lightly shook his head.

"This kid is very smart. I fear he is even smarter than what we imagined!" General Mu said softly.

"Old man, why do you regard him so highly? I think that this little kid is nothing but a shameless person! As for his archery skills… it can only be considered not too bad!" When General Tai heard General Mu's words, he was clearly somewhat unconvinced.

"No, his archery skills are extraordinary. At the very least, it is higher than what it seems on the surface. However, in order for him to live, he can only lose. Furthermore… he must lose in this manner!" General Mu shook his head.

"He can only lose? And must lose in this manner? Old man, don't tell me that you are saying this little kid's actions were all on purpose?" General Tai's expression was clearly somewhat shocked.

"I don't know. But, he indeed managed to keep his life, didn't he?" General Mu looked at General Tai.

General Tai didn't speak further. Instead, he looked towards Fang Zhengzhi. He wanted to infer something from Fang Zhengzhi's face very badly.

However, in reality, all he saw was a raised middle finger.

"Little kid… I will make sure I kill you!"

In the Sagely Mountain City.

An ancient city was built on the peak of the highest mountain in the Southern Mountain Range. Legend said that a few thousand years ago, this mountain didn't exist at all. The Sagely Mountain City was only an ordinary city built in the middle of the forest.

However, a huge incident changed the fate of this ancient city.

That night, flames rose from the ground, swallowing the entire Sagely Mountain City. The glow of flames lit up the entire Southern Mountain Range. That was a disaster, a disaster that caused destruction to Heaven and Earth.

A city, along with thousands of lives, was about to be eradicated from the world.

However, at the most critical moment, a powerful person descended upon this city. With his own power, he moved the land in all directions and built a tall mountain.

In the end, the powerful person saved thousands of lives, his own body buried below the tall mountain.

In order to commemorate this powerful person, they named this mountain Sage Mountain, worshipped by thousands of people. The ancient city on the peak of the mountain was also renamed to Sagely Mountain City.

Turning into a sacred land for successive dynasties of kings of the Southern Mountain Range.

The Sagely Mountain City was completely built by tough mountain stones. After dynasties of repairs, the mountain rocks of the present Sagely Mountain City was almost completely covered by a layer of green coloured flora.

It was a green coloured ancient city.

At the Eastern side of this ancient city, there was a palace-like building constructed purely with white jade. That was the residential area of the kings of successive dynasties in the Southern Mountain Range.

At this moment, in a room covered completely with animal hide within this palace.

A youth around the age of thirty was lying on a gigantic leather chair. His skin was dark. On his body, he wore a luxurious silver coloured leather hide, while the shoes on his feet were covered completely with golden threads that twined around them. Two five-coloured feathers adorned his hair, and between the two feathers, there was a dazzling blue gem.

"Your Highness!" An elderly man wearing an animal skin walked into the room respectfully and knelt down on one knee facing the youth on the gigantic chair, his two hands raised into the air.

"What is it?" The youth noblelite glanced at the elderly man and picked up a fruit from the table, swallowing it in one mouth. His tiger eyes flashed with a faint blue light.

"Princess Shan Yu sent people to pass the message that everything had been arranged. The other two generals are ready and had already set up arrangements. Hence, she sent me to ask Your Highness, when will you attack?"

"What's the rush? The cage had already been established, how could the beasts in the cage escape? A hundred thousand soldiers aren't enough. I believe there are still many people from the Great Xia Dynasty on the way. We won't rush into action for now."

"Your Highness plans to swallow them all in one move? But, in this case, there will be quite a lot of pressure on us. After all, if there are more people, this battle cannot be fought as easily."

"Don't worry, I have already set up arrangements for everything. The Great Xia… Ha ha, they had already sat in the position of power for long enough, isn't it time to change places?" The young noblelite smiled coldly.

"Your Highness, on Princess Shan Yu's side…"

"What are you trying to say?"

"I am only rather worried. Princess Shan Yu has the most elite forces of the Southern Mountain Range in her hands, three thousand Silver Horned Wolves. Would she…"

"She wouldn't!"

"I understand, I will take my leave!"

The sun gradually began to set.

In a huge military tent within the Southern Mountain Range.

Fang Zhengzhi had already removed the animal skin on his body and changed into the symbolic rattan armour of the Southern Mountain Range army. On his head, he even wore a tattered straw hat.

If it wasn't for his pristine white skin, one might really mistaken him as a standard leader of the Southern Mountain Range soldiers at first glance.

The reason he was seen as a leader naturally wasn't the slightest bit related to his official position. Instead, it was because Fang Zhengzhi had attained a piece of animal skin on his shoulder.

Since he had decided to make a living in this army.

He had to be domineering enough.

Fang Zhengzhi had fully maximised this point.

After all, nobody in the entire history of the Southern Mountain Range army ever had the courage to impersonate a leader in the princess's military tent.

Princes Shan Yu lay on a golden animal hide. However, her jet-black eyes glanced towards Fang Zhengzhi's body and finally settled upon the small animal skin on Fang Zhengzhi's shoulder.

"You are really quite reckless. You dare to impersonate a centurion in front of me? Tell me, who are you, what is your name, and what purpose do you have in my army? Don't worry, nobody would dare to enter my military tent without my permission!"

"My name? I am Fang Zhengzhi." Fang Zhengzhi replied immediately without the slightest bit of hesitation.

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Chapter 336: A Huge Plot Reversal

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"Fang Zhengzhi? You are Fang Zhengzhi?!"

Princess Shan Yu, who was initially lying on the animal skin, suddenly shot up. An immense shock was clearly evident on her small wheat-coloured face.

"That's right, ever since young, I was called this name." Fang Zhengzhi said calmly. A man never hides his name, do you have any opinions?

"Ha ha ha… Fang Zhengzhi? Ha ha ha… you say you are Fang Zhengzhi?" When Princess Shan Yu heard this, she suddenly laughed out, so hard that her entire body trembled slightly. "Then, you are the Sword Envoy Fang Zhengzhi from the Great Xia?"

"That's right." Fang Zhengzhi nodded. He had never thought that his reputation would be so great. Even the princess of the Southern Mountain Range knew about him?

"You are also the double roll champion of the Imperial Law of Dao Examination, and attained joint first with Nangong Hao in this court theory examination, is that right?" Princess Shan Yu continued to ask with laughter.

"That's right." When Fang Zhengzhi heard this, he nodded again.

"Ha ha ha… you are really shameless enough!" Princess Shan Yu laughed so hard that the muscles in her face began to cramp, her long legs kicking furiously on the golden animal hide.

"Thank you princess for your praise." Fang Zhengzhi's face didn't flush the slightest bit red.

"Alright, enough jokes. Tell me your real name." At this moment, Princess Shan Yu withdrew her laughter, her expression indicating a trace of coldness.

"I am really called Fang Zhengzhi!"

"Do you think I look like an idiot?"

"Princess is smart and wise, unparalleled in this world." Fang Zhengzhi instantly began to praise her unceremoniously. This person in front of him was his real roof over his head, he didn't dare to offend her.

"Since you know that, why don't you report your name?"

"Fang Zhengzhi!"

"Do you believe I'll cut off your head right now?" Princess Shan Yu was slightly triggered.

"I believe!"

"Then, I will ask you one last time. What is your name?"

"Fang Zhengzhi!"

"Somebody come, drag this liar out and execute him!" Princess Shan Yu didn't bother bickering with Fang Zhengzhi any further and immediately shouted out towards the outside of the tent.

"Roger!" In what seemed like a blink of an eye, the curtain of the tent was pulled open. Four guards wearing rattan armour rushed in.

"Wait a moment!" Fang Zhengzhi immediately shouted out.

"What's the matter?" A faint smile formed on Princess Shan Yu's lips.

"I've changed my name. I am called Fang Zhengzheng!" Fang Zhengzhi tossed out the great principle that a man never hides his name without the slightest bit of hesitation.

"Fang Zhengzheng?"

"Yes, Fang as in Fang Zhengzheng, Zheng as in Fang Zhengzheng." Fang Zhengzhi said gloomily.

"This name sounds very weird. Are you toying with me?"

"Princess, what do you want? I told you I am Fang Zhengzhi, but you wanted to cut off my head. Now that I changed my name to Fang Zhengzheng, you say that I am toying with you?" Fang Zhengzhi wanted to cry.

"I am asking for your real name." When Princess Shan Yu said this, her voice was evidently raised.

"Fang Zhengzhi."

"You are really called Fang Zhengzhi?"

"If it is fake, I will definitely change it."

"The same Fang Zhengzhi that attained joint first with Nangong Hao in the theory examination?" The edges of Princess Shan Yu's mouth curved into a faint cold smile.

"Should I say yes, or should I say no?" When Fang Zhengzhi saw Princess Shan Yu's cold smile, a chill instinctively ran down his back.

"Tell me the truth."

"No!"

"That's better, at least you are honest. From what I know, that Fang Zhengzhi didn't even participate in this combat examination. Furthermore, if he really came, he should be rotating among the four main settlements. Why would he run into the perimeter of my military camp alone?" Princess Shan Yu nodded her head in satisfaction, then waved her towards towards the four guards that rushed in.

The four guards instantly retreated out of the tent.

"Princess is smart and wise, unparalleled in this world. I knew that I wouldn't be able to lie to you successfully." Fang Zhengzhi instantly began to praise. However, in his heart, he swore silently. You are really damn blind.

"Alright, I see that your archery skills aren't too bad. Even though the power and aura is lacking, your accuracy is at least passable. I'll fulfill your wish of becoming my personal bodyguard. Furthermore, I'll appoint you as the trainer of archers, in charge of the archery training of the Soaring Feather Thirteenth Regiment."

"Thank you Princess! May I ask how many people are there in total in this Soaring Feather Thirteenth Battalion?" When Fang Zhengzhi heard this, he quickly asked.

"Three thousand!"

"Princess is truly wise and insightful, giving me such an important responsibility. I will definitely not let princess down. Then, let me ask, am I now the Battalion Chief of the Soaring Feather Thirteenth Regiment?"

"Dream on, how can it be so easy to become a Battalion Chief in my army? You are only in charge of their archery training. The rest of the matters are completely unrelated to you." Princess Shan Yu looked at Fang Zhengzhi with contempt.

"Damn." Fang Zhengzhi silently raised his middle finger.

"What did you say?"

"I said, Princess truly knows how to use people, and is a born commander!"

"At least you know how to talk. Go help me get a plate of fruits. I want fresh ones. If there is a single rotten one, I will break off one of your teeth!" Princess Shan Yu nodded, satisfied.

"Isn't one plate too little?"

"Why? Don't tell me you, a small bodyguard, wants to eat fruits as well?" Princess Shan Yu looked at Fang Zhengzhi with disdain.

"I am thinking for you, Princess. As the saying goes, good things come in pairs. Princess, imagine how boring it would be for you to eat your fruits here. If there was someone who could sit beside you and tell you stories while eating fruits together with you, it would naturally be a lot more interesting." Fang Zhengzhi suggested in a well-intentioned manner.

"Oh? You can tell stories?" Princess Shan Yu was somewhat surprised.

"Of course, I can tell a lot of stories. For example, Journey to the West, Nine Immortals Crossing the Sea, those must-hear stories between Sun Wukong and the White Bone Demon…" Fang Zhengzhi said proudly.

"Alright, permission granted!" Princess Shan Yu didn't wait for Fang Zhengzhi to finish speaking before replying swiftly.

"Thank you Princess."

As the saying goes, with an order in my hand, the world is mine.

Since he had already decided to mix himself into the military camp and become a small personal bodyguard for Princess Shan Yu, he had to be a good, "faithful" and "dedicated" bodyguard.

As the saying went, being a monk for a day meant banging the gong for a day.

A monk who didn't bang the gong wasn't a good monk.

Fang Zhengzhi walked out of the princess's tent in a dignified and impressive manner, his face filled with unparalleled vigour. Now, he was carrying out Princess Shan Yu's order of wanting to eat fruits. Who dared to oppose him in the entire camp?

"Hmph, little kid, you haven't died?" A cold huff instantly rang out. Then, he saw General Tai with his bearded face and disdainful look, carrying a huge axe in his hand and leading a group of soldiers patrolling towards his direction from afar.

In his heart, the main reason Princess Shan Yu didn't kill Fang Zhengzhi was because she wanted something fresh and interesting. After she got tired of him, Fang Zhengzhi wouldn't even be able to live another three seconds.

Then…

His death was just a matter of time.

"The one called Old Tai, yes, I am talking about you! Princess said that she is hungry and ordered for two plates of fruits. Go quickly!" Fang Zhengzhi casually picked up a blade of grass and held it between his lips, shouting towards General Tai with a leisurely expression.

"I am the great Tiger General…"

"Princess ordered this, do you have any opinion?" Fang Zhengzhi simply didn't bother paying any attention to him and immediately waved his heads, retorting with an impatient look.

"You little kid…" General Tai's eyes instantly turned round.

"Looks like you really have an opinion. Then, I'm going to tell princess." After Fang Zhengzhi finished speaking, he prepared to turn around and go back into the princess's tent.

"Wait a moment! You… go get two plates of fruits and deliver it to the princess's tent!"

"Roger!" A soldier beside him instantly acknowledged.

"This doesn't seem very right. The princess ordered for the great Tiger General to deliver it himself. I'm not sure whether your actions count as disobeying a military order." Fang Zhengzhi looked at the soldier beside him and commented casually.

"Little kid, you… are indeed vicious!" General Tai's expression filled with rage. However, he had no other choice.

"Remember to open your eyes widely and be careful with your actions. If you pick a single rotten one, one of your teeth will be broken!" Fang Zhengzhi instructed General Tai who walked away towards the distance.

"What the hell, if I don't kill you myself today, my surname isn't Tai! Nobody is allowed to stop me!" General Tai finally stopped in his tracks. His dark face instantly flushed red, as if a bunch of dry wood had suddenly been lighted up completely by a raging fire.

At this moment, there was no doubt about the valiance of the Southern Mountain Range.

As the great Tiger General, how could he bear being bullied like this in front of the soldiers?

His immediately raised his huge, black axe over his axe, which gave off a faint glow. At the same time, General Tai's muscular arms instantly puffed up, almost doubling in size. The strands of beard on his face straightened suddenly, just like steel needles.

"There is no cloud pattern?" Fang Zhengzhi was rather disappointed at General Tai's performance. Because, the situation he imagined in which the cloud pattern would cover General Tai's body didn't occur.

What was this about?

Wait a moment.

Seems like it is time to run.

"Princess, come out and save me quickly!" Fang Zhengzhi didn't even think before he shouted out loudly.

"What happened?" Just as Fang Zhengzhi's voice rang out, the curtains of the tent were pulled open. Princess Shan Yu, dressed in a snow white animal leather, walked out from the tent and swept her gaze across the surrounding soldiers with her jet-black eyes.

"Princess!"

All of the soldiers knelt down onto the ground at this moment.

General Tai's beard instantly softened. After a moment of hesitation, he finally lowered the huge black axe raised highly on top of his head gradually.

"General Tai, what is this about?" Princess Shan Yu looked at General Tai with a confused expression.

"I deserve to die for disturbing princess's rest. But… but this little kid is really too much. I, Old Tai, had been following princess for so many years, but have never experienced such bully that I have to bottle up!" When General Tai reached the end of his sentence, his expression turned grieved, tears almost flowing out of his eyes.

"Bully? Who bullied you?" Princess Shan Yu glanced at Fang Zhengzhi who was standing by the side and returned her gaze back onto General Tai.

"This kid obviously!" General Tai immediately pointed towards Fang Zhengzhi.

Fang Zhengzhi completely disregarded General Tai with a casual expression on his face. He was the personal bodyguard of the princess. In the ancient past, this represented the trusted follower and confidant of the princess. Assuming her authority as my own, what can you do to me?

"I see! Based on the laws of the Southern Mountain Range, what should one do when bullied in front of people?" Princess Shan Yu nodded.

"Kill!" General Tai's expression was savageous.

"Yes, however, he is ultimately my personal bodyguard. There is no need to kill, you just have to give him a good beating. Even if he cannot leave the bed for three days, that isn't a problem. However, you cannot kill him, is that clear?" When Princess Shan Yu heard this, a trace of a smile appeared on the edges of her mouth as she spoke casually.

"Clear!" When General Tai heard this, his tiger eyes flashed with a delightful glint, just like a ravenous lion seeing a small mountain goat waiting to be killed.

When Fang Zhengzhi heard this, his body trembled slightly.

Huh?

This didn't seem to be very right.

Wasn't a personal bodyguard the confidant and trusted follower of the princess? What happened to assuming her authority, bossing people around and barging anywhere he wanted? No matter how he looked at the situation, the outcome didn't seem logical!

What was this huge plot reversal?

Fang Zhengzhi felt that he should run. However, the camp was huge. Where was he going to run to? There was simply nowhere to run and hide himself in.

It's over!

I miscalculated something very simple. I am from the Great Xia, and this princess in front of me is from the Southern Mountain Range. Offending the Tiger General of the Southern Mountain Range for a small personal bodyguard from the Great Xia.

This was clearly an inappropriate comparison.

"Princess… don't I still have to tell you stories? If I was beaten and become bedridden, how do I tell them to you?" Fang Zhengzhi looked towards Princess Shan Yu with a pitiful expression.

"Not a problem. Anyway, you don't die. You can come and tell me stories after the fight ends." An enchanting smile formed on the edges of Princess Shan Yu's lips.

She looked at Fang Zhengzhi with laughter in her eyes.

"Tell you stories after the fight ends?" Fang Zhengzhi wondered why this world could be so heartless. Could there at least be a trace of kindness and innocence left?

"Little kid, choose your weapon. I never fight somebody without a weapon in his hand. Just now, you wanted to knock off one of my teeth. Today, I won't hit you anywhere else. All I want is the teeth in your mouth!" General Tai's face turned slightly red.

That was evidently caused by delight and excitement.

The huge black axe in his hand flashed with a faint glow.

"Woosh woosh!"

As he waved the axe, the two lines of inch-deep cracks appeared in the space in front of General Tai. Very evidently, the great Tiger General of the Southern Mountain Range really wasn't too weak.

"Then… can I first ask, what is General Tai's power?" Fang Zhengzhi glanced at the black cracks and was somewhat afraid. He could achieve this as well, however, he couldn't make cuts as smooth as General Tai's

"Not very high, using the enlightenment states of your Great Xia, I am only of the Supernatural Advanced State!" General Tai spoke with a cold smile.

"Supernatural Advanced State?!" A cold bead of sweat instantly fell from Fang Zhengzhi's forehead.

What the hell, this was considered not very high?

A forty to fifty year old person bullying a youth not exceeding twenty years of age, did he really have the nerve to do this?

Fang Zhengzhi instinctively took a step back.

On the other hand, General Tai took two steps forward. The aura from his body grew as the huge black axe in his hand shook slightly, giving off a low buzz.

Fang Zhengzhi's forehead was filled with sweat. Under the gust of the cold wind, he instinctively raised his head slightly.

He looked towards the white clouds floating in the air, then looked around at the soldiers around him, creating a chilly atmosphere with their cold attitudes, and then looked at General Tai who was advancing towards him step by step.

"Is this the infamous outcome of being burned by himself?"

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Chapter 337: Suppression

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"Fight!"

"Fight!"

When the surrounding soldiers saw this, they began to shout out loudly. Each of them expressed their support for General Tai and looked at Fang Zhengzhi with an expression of one looking at a man who was half dead.

"Little kid, choose your weapon!" The smile on the edges of General Tai's mouth grew colder and colder as he looked at Fang Zhengzhi's expression. He had been holding back his anger for an entire day. Now was finally the time he could vent it all out.

How could he not be excited!

The hand that held the huge black axe turned slightly white due to his over-excitement.

"Wait a moment." Fang Zhengzhi quickly focused his gaze and spoke towards General Tai who was closing in on him step by step.

"Why, do you want to beg for mercy?" General Tai smiled coldly.

"Why would a great man like me beg for mercy?" Fang Zhengzhi's expression was filled with disdain. Then, he looked behind at Princess Shan Yu. "But, I feel that this competition isn't very fair."

"Oh? Why isn't it fair?" Princess Shan Yu smiled gently.

"A forty to fifty year old man who had trained for dozens of years bullying a pure and innocent fifteen to sixteen year old youth who had only trained for one to two years. How could this be considered fair?" Fang Zhengzhi scorned.

"It is indeed not very fair. Then, what is considered fair to you?" Princess Shan Yu nodded her head lightly and smiled again.

"If both parties suppress our states and fight purely based on techniques, I feel that it would be fairer!" Fang Zhengzhi suggested very quickly.

"Suppress states? Fight purely based on techniques? Hmm… General Tai, what do you think?" When Princess Shan Yu heard this, she nodded her head again and turned her jet-black eyes towards General Tai.

"I have nothing against this. If I really used my state to bully this little kid, it is indeed an insult to my great reputation as a Southern Mountain Range warrior. Today, I will do what he said and not use my state so that he would lose contented and convinced!" General Tai replied, his expression filled with confidence.

"Alright, I announce that both parties are not allowed to use their states in combat. If one party broke this rule, it would be considered cheating and punishable by military law!" Princess Shan Yu's lips curled into a smile and announced loudly.

"Thank you Princess!" Fang Zhengzhi hurriedly thanked Princess Shan Yu. Even though he didn't know how good were the techniques of the Southern Mountain Range, this was already the best idea he could think of.

"Little kid, stop talking nonsense and let's start!" General Tai impatiently waved the huge axe in his hand around and then placed it back behind his shoulders.

"Wait a moment!"

"What is it now?"

"I haven't chosen a weapon!"

"Ha ha ha… choose a weapon?" When General Tai heard Fang Zhengzhi's words, he burst out in laughter. He thought that Fang Zhengzhi wanted to compete with him using fist techniques. However, he had never imagined that Fang Zhengzhi would choose to take a weapon. Wasn't that asking for death?

In this case, there was no need to keep this axe of his.

When the surrounding soldiers heard this, they also let out a wave of mocking laughter.

"The ignorant is indeed fearless!"

"Asking for death."

"Weapons don't grow eyes, little kid."

The soldiers cried out one by one. She had already paved the path for Fang Zhengzhi. However, what was unfortunate was that Fang Zhengzhi had returned back to the origin by himself.

Asking for death!

Just as Princess Shan Yu felt that Fang Zhengzhi was a little too stupid, she saw Fang Zhengzhi looking at her with a bright grin on his face, rubbing his hands together furiously at the same time.

"Then… princess, can I borrow your bow to play around with?"

"You want to borrow my Fiery Rattan Bow?" Princess Shan Yu was clearly somewhat shocked. However, very quickly, her shock turned into mockery. "Can you draw it back?"

"I feel I can!" Fang Zhengzhi said confidently.

When the surrounding soldiers heard Fang Zhengzhi's words, they all began to laugh. They knew that in the competition between Fang Zhengzhi and Princess Shan Yu, he wasn't even able to draw back an ordinary tough bow.

He could only use a soldier's light bow.

Now, thinking of using the Fire Rattan Bow to defeat General Tai was simply indulging in fantasy.

"Ha ha ha…" Princess Shan Yu laughed out as well. Then, she waved her hand and the Fire Rattan Bow, steaming with heat, appeared in her hands. "Take it!"

"Thank you Princess for your reward!" Fang Zhengzhi instantly accepted the favour.

"Reward? What are you thinking? I am only lending it to you, you still have to return to me when you are done!" Princess Shan Yu was slightly taken aback, then, she immediately began to berate.

"Oh, then, no thanks to you." Fang Zhengzhi was somewhat disappointed.

"General Tai, you don't have to give me any face. Today, if you want to beat this little kid until he becomes bedridden for five days, I will punish you for being too lenient with your soldiers!" When Princess Shan Yu heard Fang Zhengzhi's words, she instantly grew angry.

"Roger that!" When General Tai heard this, a delighted expression appeared on his face.

"Go to the drill ground, I want to take a good look at this fight!"

"Roger!"

Fighting on the drill ground was a military tradition. In the Southern Mountain Range, this tradition was even more widespread. Whenever there were conflicts within the army, it would settled in the drill ground. Whenever one wanted to be promoted in the army, they could challenge people in the drill ground.

By right, Fang Zhengzhi's status meant that he was unqualified to participate in an open competition with General Tai in the drill ground. However, Princess Shan Yu had spoken.

Then…

He was now qualified.

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

Under the arena of the drill ground, the soldiers grew excited. Many soldiers also stood further away, craning their necks to spectate this.

"Begin!"

Following the sound of the order, General Tai raised the huge black axe in his hand as veins popped out from his arms. That steel-like strength was thoroughly displayed at this moment.

"Fall!" General Tai charged directly towards Fang Zhengzhi like a wild bull, holding the huge axe high up in his hands. His speed was as fast as lightning.

This battle strategy seemed somewhat silly on the surface. However, behind the surface was experience. Because, Fang Zhengzhi currently held the Fiery Rattan Bow in his hand.

Even though General Tai didn't believe that Fang Zhengzhi could draw it back, close-combat would always be the most advantageous form of combat at such moments.

Fang Zhengzhi naturally predicted that General Tai would charge directly towards him.

There was no doubt about this point.

However, he never expected that General Tai's speed would be as fast. Even under circumstances in which he had suppressed his state, he could still invoke a powerful gust of wind with his speed.

Princess Shan Yu's big animal leather chair had already been carried to the drill ground. A golden animal skin covered the chair as Princess Shan Yu lay horizontally on it.

Revealing her snake-like waistline.

A pair of wheat-coloured legs propped themselves on the chair. It was filled with an air of wildness.

In front of her, there was a bowl of fresh fruits.

The trace of a smile appeared on Princess Shan Yu's lips as she gently picked up a piece of fruit and placed it in her mouth. Her dark eyes were fixated upon Fang Zhengzhi, who was dressed in rattan armour with a quiver slung behind his back.

"Little kid, why aren't you running? Are you too scared to move?" Princess Shan Yu laughed softly.

Suppressing one's state.

Didn't mean that both parties would have equal powers.

Especially when faced with a warrior from the Southern Mountain Range, just comparing muscular strength alone, the warrior from the Southern Mountain Range would greatly overpower that of a soldier from the Great Xia. Most importantly, Fang Zhengzhi's opponent was General Tai.

A monster who could tear apart live beasts, one whose flesh and bones were as hard as steel.

When the soldiers witnessed the scene on the arena, they guessed that at this moment, Fang Zhengzhi should be running away. Because, only by moving continuously could he make use of his archery skills. Then, would Fang Zhengzhi choose to run to the left? Or run to the right?

Just as everybody attempted to guess which direction Fang Zhengzhi would run to, Fang Zhengzhi unexpectedly remained rooted to the spot without moving an inch.

Furthermore, his expression seemed extremely leisurely, shaking the leg that he placed on the arena…

"Is this little kid asking for death?"

The soldiers looked at one another. Nobody knew what Fang Zhengzhi was thinking.

"Die!" General Tai didn't care what Fang Zhengzhi was thinking. Suppressing his power, the huge axe in his hand slashed towards Fang Zhengzhi's head without a moment of hesitation.

Unable to dodge?

That wasn't his problem!

At the most critical juncture, Fang Zhengzhi's expression remained calm and leisurely. He didn't even attempt to move his legs.

Next…

A scene that almost caused everybody to kneel down onto the floor occured.

"Shameless!"

This was the thought that rose in everybody's heart.

In reality, all Fang Zhengzhi did was to raise the Fiery Rattan Bow and make a blocking attempt against the huge black axe that sliced down towards his head.

Naturally, everybody knew that this Fiery Rattan Bow was Princess Shan Yu's treasure.

Who dared to slice it?

Princess Shan Yu's expression suddenly changed. "You dare!"

Fang Zhengzhi dared.

But, General Tai really didn't dare.

The huge black axe that was already halfway to its destination was forcefully stopped an inch away from the Fiery Rattan Bow. General Tai panted loudly and gasped for air. His initially dark face flushed red all because of this moment.

"You little kid…"

Just as General Tai prepared to curse, Fang Zhengzhi moved.

His entire body shot backwards into a corner of the drill ground's arena. Immediately after, Fang Zhengzhi moved again. His body was like lightning, charging forwards with his two arms wide open, just like an eagle diving towards General Tai.

"Huh?"

General Tai had never seen such a fighting technique. If Fang Zhengzhi wanted close combat, then, the previous moment was actually the best opportunity.

However, if Fang Zhengzhi wanted to increase the distance between them.

Then…

He had clearly already done so. Why would he return again?

General Tai felt as if a question mark was spinning around in his head, so fast that he felt rather dizzy. However, Fang Zhengzhi had already closed the distance, hence, that was naturally in line with his own objective.

He didn't use the axe again, instead, he punched out with his fist.

He had already decided that as long as Fang Zhengzhi used the Fiery Rattan Bow to block it off, he didn't mind directly snatching off the Fiery Rattan Bow from Fang Zhengzhi's hands.

However, just at this moment, Fang Zhengzhi's movement changed. From a huge roc spreading its wings, he charged forward with his body crouched and staying low onto the ground. These two consecutive movements were indeed the technique of the Stabilisation Constabulary.

General Tai's expression finally changed.

He simply had no way of pulling back the fist he lashed out. Right at this moment, Fang Zhengzhi was already in front of him. One palm, a very ordinary palm. However, it was directed towards his face, which he had no choice but to block.

"Good kid!" In his panic, General Tai raised his axe and blocked towards his face.

Fang Zhengzhi smiled, and smiled very brightly.

The profound technique of the Stabilisation Constabulary was indeed able to react to any different situation. The flexibility in combination of techniques was definitely first-class.

"Woosh!" Fang Zhengzhi's hand posture changed and his leg stepped out. His other palm was already on its way. This palm was the real and hidden killing blow.

"Wham!" General Tai was struck by the palm and stumbled back.

This change in situation happened too fast.

So fast that the soldiers under the arena weren't able to react completely.

But, General Tai retreated.

That was reality!

"Why would it be like this?!"

"General Tai actually lost a move?"

"What did he just do!"

The soldiers' faces were filled with disbelief.

Princess Shan Yu's initially angry expression froze at this moment. Because, even she hadn't expected Fang Zhengzhi to win in one strike.

The colour of General Tai's face turned from red to purple.

After losing to Fang Zhengzhi in one sneaky move, he was thoroughly discredited. Wasn't he the great Tiger General of the Southern Mountain Range? Losing to a mere nobody from the Great Xia in a drill ground competition.

How could he bear with this!

Even if he only lost one move!

"Die!" General Tai roared in anger as his mood suddenly changed. Just as he prepared to counter-attack.

He saw that Fang Zhengzhi had closed in once again.

Or, it could be said that from the moment he stumbled back, Fang Zhengzhi had already calculated that he would move back, hence, this move intended to close the distance between them once again.

If one had to use one phrase to describe Fang Zhengzhi now.

That would be…

Moving like his shadow!

General Tai's pulled back his fist and blocked!

But, Fang Zhengzhi's technique seemed to have already seen through all his moves. The fist that initially punched towards him suddenly changed, directly grabbing towards his crotch.

"F…" General Tai cried out loudly.

He would never have imagined that Fang Zhengzhi's techniques would sink to such a level. Under such helpless circumstances, he could only bend his entire body into a hunchback shape, squeezing his legs together tightly and defending his own lifeblood with his life.

Then, he felt a burning pain on his face.

Very clearly, the grab Fang Zhengzhi made towards his crotch was a feint. The punch that landed on his face was the real attack.

One's muscles could be honed to become as hard as steel.

However, one's face…

Had no way to be honed.

Hence, General Tai felt as if tears were streaming down his cheeks. Fresh blood danced around in his nose while a blissful feeling of experiencing the joys and sorrows of life filled his mind.

The soldiers under the arena were completely stunned at this moment.

Two moves.

General Tai lost two moves in a row?!

Furthermore, he was even punched in the face by Fang Zhengzhi!

How unthinkable was this!

Princess Shan Yu's dark eyes were now completely widened. She suddenly had a feeling that Fang Zhengzhi's technique was extremely strange.

However, this strangeness seemed to have overturned the nature of All Creation. Furthermore, she even had a strange sense of familiarity. She seemed to have heard of such a fighting technique in her memory.

However…

She couldn't recall it at this moment.

"This kid… who is he?!" For the first time, doubt rose in Princess Shan Yu's heart. Because, a person who could defeat General Tai based on technique and moves.

Simply couldn't be any ordinary little spy from the Great Xia.

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Chapter 338: Grand Plan

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Fang Zhengzhi didn't know what Princess Shan Yu was thinking now.

Or, it could be said that even if he knew, he wouldn't be the slightest bit afraid. In reality, from the moment he decided to stay, he had been planning.

This was an extremely grand plan.

However, this plan must fulfill a requirement.

That was to build up reputation in the Southern Mountain Range.

Initially, he had planned to achieve this in two steps. The first was based off Princess Shan Yu. He wanted to use a cultured method to tell Princess Shan Yu stories, then, slowly gain Princess Shan Yu's trust.

The second was to find an opportunity to gain popular authority among the entire army.

Initially, he felt that in order to fulfill any of these two points, sufficient time was required. However, in reality, he seemed to have overestimated the difficulty of these.

Because…

He was actually able to successfully challenge General Tai with such ease. Furthermore, what gave him an even pleasant surprise was that Princess Shan Yu had actually chosen to let Fang Zhengzhi fight with General Tai on the drill ground arena.

Most importantly, it was a battle of technique!

This was simply paving a shortcut for Fang Zhengzhi to reach the sky in a single bound.

"Then, General Tai… Sorry for exploiting you!" Fang Zhengzhi's grin was radiant. Because, he knew very clearly what would happen after today.

Compared to Fang Zhengzhi's radiant smile, General Tai now felt aggrieved, very aggrieved.

The great Tiger General of the Southern Mountain Range, a powerful being of the Supernatural Advanced State, was now beaten up badly by a "pawn". Most importantly…

The opponent wasn't planning to stop!

Fang Zhengzhi naturally wouldn't stop. The fighting technique of the Stabilisation Constabulary was very complicated. However, in theory, it was extremely easy - press forward with indomitable will. If the opponent retreats, I will advance. If the opponent falls, I will step on him a few times.

In short, as long as he was alive, he wouldn't rest.

Even if the opponent had to search for all his teeth on the floor, he had to make sure that he wouldn't be able to find any teeth.

After successfully landing two attacks, a third attack lashed out.

However, this time, General Tai was evidently more vigilant. It was impossible for the great Tiger General of the Southern Mountain Range to be a showy empty vessel without any practical skills.

Losing twice in a row.

This was due to reasons of carelessness as well as miscalculations.

He had never imagined that Fang Zhengzhi would use such deadly and immoral moves. Furthermore, Fang Zhengzhi's refined and cultured appearance caused him to have great difficulty imagining that his techniques would be as swift and powerful.

Putting up such a desperate fight to the death at the start?

The anger in General Tai's heart was now completely ignited. He began to counter-attack.

Unfortunately…

One wrong move led to many wrong moves.

How could the Stabilisation Constabulary's battle spirit be countered as and when one wished?

On the arena of the drill ground.

Fang Zhengzhi lashed out with punches, palm strikes and grabs towards General Tai. Techniques that appeared messy and random actually combined together naturally and beautifully to form one great technique.

On the other hand, General Tai retreated step by step. He had already been completely forced to one corner of the drill ground arena.

The soldiers below the arena were completely stunned by this scene.

Before the start of the fight, they had imagined countless possibilities. For example, Fang Zhengzhi would lose a few teeth, how long it would take for Fang Zhengzhi to beg for mercy, what kind of defensive moves would Fang Zhengzhi use.

Yet, in reality.

Everything was the complete opposite.

This isn't right, the outcome shouldn't be like this!

Why was an ordinary soldier able to wreck the Tiger General of the Southern Mountain Range so badly that he didn't even have the strength to counter. All he could do was…

Retreat!

General Tai's eyes were filled with red. He couldn't retreat anymore, he could only put his life on the line.

The huge black axe on his hand swept out horizontally at the most critical juncture as a streak of black light drew a crescent-moon like arc around his body.

This was the only move he could think of to force away his opponent.

However, even so, he received a punch to the face. The pain was burning. This punch landed on his eye.

A dark panda eye appeared on his face.

On the other hand, after Fang Zhengzhi landed an attack, he finally retreated gracefully, just like a leaf drifting down in the powerful wind, drifting to the other corner of the arena.

"He finally retreated!" Even though General Tai had to take a punch, he was still somewhat happy inside. Because, if he still allowed himself to be forced back in this manner, he might really lose.

This was something he would never wish to experience.

"Do you feel a pleasant surprise?" Fang Zhengzhi stood with hands behind his back in a corner of the arena, asking General Tai with a bright smile on his face.

He naturally didn't have to retreat completely during that previous attack.

But, he still retreated.

The reason was very simple. He gained an opportunity, an opportunity to plant his authority and grow his reputation. Then, in order to make full use of this opportunity, he had to defeat General Tai justly and honourably.

Furthermore, he had to ensure General Tai lost fully contentedly.

If he forced General Tai off the arena in such a manner, the soldiers of the Southern Mountain Range would only believe that Fang Zhengzhi was extremely lucky.

The opportunity would disappear instantly.

That was how Fang Zhengzhi thought. However, that wasn't how General Tai thought. In General Tai's mind, he had forcefully pushed back Fang Zhengzhi by taking a punch.

At this moment, the spirit of the soldiers below the arena was revived.

Forced Fang Zhengzhi back?

Then, General Tai was about to demonstrate his invincible might next!

They were filled with anticipation, anticipating General Tai's splendid performance that was coming up next.

Only Princess Shan Yu frowned slightly. Because, Fang Zhengzhi's expression was really too leisurely, as if he hadn't felt the slightest bit of regret after being forced back by General Tai.

This was clearly not very normal.

"Pleasant surprise?" Princess Shan Yu's lips softly mouthed these two words. Looking at Fang Zhengzhi with her dark eyes, she grew even more curious.

General Tai was also mouthing these two words.

However, these two words came out in the form of an enraged bellow. "Pleasant surprise! Good kid… today, I really want to see how much of a pleasant surprise you can give me today!"

General Tai naturally wouldn't believe that Fang Zhengzhi's abilities exceeded that of himself.

However, before his voice had even landed completely.

The pleasant surprise came.

Just as surprised as himself were the soldiers below the arena, as well as Princess Shan Yu who was lying down on the golden animal skin.

"How is this possible?!" All of the soldiers widened their eyes.

Because, on the arena, Fang Zhengzhi had drawn open the Fire Rattan Bow. Furthermore, he pulled it into a perfect full moon.

The Fiery Rattan Bow emanated a scorching hot air.

At the same time, it also ignited the eyes of the soldiers standing below the arena.

A fire appeared in their eyes. That was the Fiery Rattan Bow, Princess Shan Yu's Fiery Rattan Bow. He… actually managed to pull it open.

At this moment, Princess Shan Yu sat up from her chair.

She naturally knew very clearly how hard the Fiery Rattan Bow was. She knew even more clearly what state one's body had to achieve in order to pull the Fiery Rattan Bow into a full moon.

Star Conglomerate!

And, at least Star Conglomerate Peak!

How old was Fang Zhengzhi?

He was only fifteen or sixteen, yet, he had already achieved the enlightenment state of Star Conglomerate Peak?

Such a talent would be regarded extremely highly even in the Great Xia, not just the Southern Mountain Range. He is definitely not any ordinary soldier, definitely not!

At this moment, Princess Shan Yu was almost completely sure.

Then…

She thought of another question.

Fang Zhengzhi and General Tai's positions were each at a corner of the arena. This meant that the distance between them were already at a maximum.

If Fang Zhengzhi could pull open the Fiery Rattan Bow, then, was there a possibility…

That his previous retreat was on purpose?

When Princess Shan Yu thought of this, she instinctively tightened her fist. A piece of fruit instantly exploded under the pressure as the juice flowed out from between her fingers.

General Tai's eyes was completely wide with shock.

An ordinary spy from the Great Xia was actually able to pull open the Fiery Rattan Bow?

That, during that previous competition with Princess Shan Yu, his inability to pull open the tough bow was… a pretence? This little kid dared to pretend in front of him!

He didn't even have the time to vent his anger.

An arrow streaked towards him with a speed as fast as lightning, carrying with it a powerful whistling sound and a faint red glow at its tail.

If it was any other time, General Tai naturally didn't care about such an arrow.

However, this time was different.

He couldn't use his enlightenment state to fend against this. All he had was his flesh. An arrow shot out by the opponent from the Fiery Rattan Bow from such a close distance.

Could that be forcefully blocked by one's flesh?

Only a dumb idiot would block that!

General Tai dodged without a moment of hesitation, rolling down on the ground while holding the huge black axe in his hand directly in front of his body.

"Woosh!" The whistling arrow brushed across the scalp of his head.

Immediately lighting up the beard on his face.

"Thud thud!" General Tai lashed out without hesitation, extinguishing the flame on his beard. He had been stunned by Fang Zhengzhi's ability to pull apart the Fiery Rattan Bow.

Else, there was simply no way he would be in such a difficult and panicked position.

Just as he thought, a second arrow flew towards him.

"Hmph, you think I will let you hit me?!" General Tai huffed coldly. He didn't roll over again. Instead, he pounced forward with his head lowered, just like a tiger leaping down the mountain.

Advancing towards Fang Zhengzhi while dodging the arrow without taking any extra steps to move forward. That was his strategy.

Else…

You think I would really wait to get shot to death?

All I have to do is to close the distance, then, you wouldn't be able to use the Fiery Rattan Bow!

This was what General Tai thought. However, this thought was quickly replaced by confusion. Because, the instant he pounced forward, he felt something impaled in his hand.

Looking down.

His eyes turned round once again.

On the arena of the drill ground, why would there be...

Nails!

It was indeed nails. Furthermore, it was a huge patch of nails. Every piece had three edges, and on it, there were still pieces of small inverted hooks. It seemed that a lot of effort had been put into its making, causing it to flash with a faint glow under the glare of the sun.

This time, General Tai was clearly taken aback.

It was impossible for something like this to appear on the arena, unless…

As he thought, General Tai's gaze shifted towards Fang Zhengzhi. Then, he realised that Fang Zhengzhi was leisurely throwing splashes of nails onto the ground in all directions.

Handful by handful, he threw the nails down onto the arena.

"Little kid, you…" Ever since he was born, General Tai had never experienced such anger. Despite not using his state to protect his body, even though he was still made of skin and flesh, it was impossible for nails to completely penetrate his flesh as long as he paid a little attention.

However, how was it possible for a person's entire body to be impenetrable by nails? For example, eyes, ears, face… and the lifeblood at one's crotch.

Who would be able to train these places to become as hard as metal?

The previous moment, General Tai was forced to press onto the ground with his hand due to having to roll forwards. His hand was trained. However, even so, under circumstances in which he completely didn't take any precaution against, the nails still left a few faint red marks on his palms.

"Woosh!" Fang Zhengzhi didn't pay any attention to General Tai's cries. He directly replied General Tai's question with an arrow. Roll? Let me see how you roll!

"Shoot you till you jump!"

Princess Shan Yu looked at Fang Zhengzhi throwing nails onto the ground and instinctively swore. "Shameless!"

However, she quickly thought of another problem.

In an arena filled with nails, General Tai was a warrior from the Southern Mountain Range, hence, his body was in a much stronger state than Fang Zhengzhi. Then, if the nails that filled the arena were stepped on…

Wouldn't Fang Zhengzhi be on a disadvantage?

Why would he do this?

Princess Shan Yu didn't quite understand. If this was to prevent General Tai from nearing him, that was clearly not very possible. Because, the arena of the drill ground was only that big. If Fang Zhengzhi wished to use his bow continuously, he simply couldn't stand still on the same spot.

Fang Zhengzhi moved.

Of course, he couldn't keep standing in the corner of the arena.

However…

What happened next caused the soldiers under the arena to be completely stunned.

As Fang Zhengzhi drew his bow and shot arrows over and over again, he threw all kinds of traps, nails and hidden weapons onto the ground.

On the other hand, General Tai jumped and rolled around with great caution about the arena, his expression deep in concentration.

His head remained constantly lowered, looking at where he stepped. However, despite this, he still couldn't avoid stepping on the them. Even though he wouldn't be impaled completely by the nails, he still felt as if he was dancing happily on knives.

In order to prevent himself to constantly stepping on the nails.

He had to force himself to jump slightly higher as he flipped and rolled around. This way, the force with which he landed onto the ground would be slightly larger.

In comparison to General Tai.

Fang Zhengzhi was clearly much more relaxed.

He danced around on the arena as if he was riding a gust of wind under his feet, his eyes always looking straight ahead and never below his feet. It was just as if there were eyes beneath his feet that enabled him to avoid all the nails.

General Tai flipped and rolled around on the arena in pursuit.

While Fang Zhengzhi danced casually within the arena, constantly drawing the Fiery Rattan Bow in his hand and releasing one arrow followed by another towards General Tai.

Princess Shan Yu frowned slightly. She couldn't understand why, for the same nails on the ground, General Tai had to take utmost caution while Fang Zhengzhi didn't even step on one.

What was this about?

Princess Shan Yu's dark eyes fixated themselves tightly upon those loose nails and animal traps strewn across the arena. After a total of fifteen minutes, the expression in her eyes finally changed slowly, from the initial surprise into alarm.

"This kid actually knows…"

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Chapter 339: Explosion of the Blood

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The Southern Mountain Range was established on combat prowess.

Founded within the mountains and forests, surrounded by fearsome beasts yet being able to expand and thrive through forming of settlements, the Southern Mountain Range had never lacked brave warriors. It could even be said that if one was born within the Southern Mountain Range, he was destined to become a brave warrior.

The structure of settlements was able to provide better training for the warriors of the Southern Mountain Range. However, the same settlement structure also restricted the Southern Mountain Range, making it impossible for the Southern Mountain Range to create a cultural heritage like the Great Xia.

In reality, all the kings of the Southern Mountain Range in history had the ambition to unite the settlements. However, it was too difficult.

The different cultures and the unique geographical limitations made this goal exceedingly hard to realise.

Even the most basic factor, traffic.

The Southern Mountain Range had no way of achieving this. Building roads and cutting across mountains were already extremely tedious tasks. Building roads and cutting across mountains in a landscape filled with fearsome beasts was even harder.

Because, there were some beasts that even the king of the Southern Mountain Range didn't dare to disturb.

Hence, culture could not spread.

This naturally resulted in a huge weakness.

That was, a lack of advisors!

Princess Shan Yu would never take any interest in a spy from the Great Xia. She wouldn't even take a second glance at a talent who possessed extraordinary powers.

However, when met with one who knew how to strategize and plan military formations, she would definitely take a third glance, a fourth glance, a fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth glance…

That feeling was like a plot of farmland faced with drought seeing the spring rain. Excitement, an inexplicable excitement.

"Matrix? It is really a matrix!" Princess Shan Yu didn't know how Fang Zhengzhi achieved it. But, she was absolutely sure that Fang Zhengzhi had employed a certain matrix in throwing down the nails onto the arena.

Fang Zhengzhi didn't know what Princess Shan Yu was currently thinking.

What he was thinking now was very simple. That was to deplete. Or, demonstrate even more greatly the advantage he had in this competition. As for the nails…

Naturally, he couldn't throw them out at random. After all, those things didn't really know who was their master. Hence, in order to prevent harming himself, it was actually not too difficult to throw them out in a pattern.

The results were obvious.

At the very least, Fang Zhengzhi could see the horrified and stunned expressions of the soldiers below the arena.

In reality, the soldiers were much more horrified compared to what Fang Zhengzhi imagined. Because, they would never have imagined such an outcome.

The great Tiger General of the Southern Mountain Range.

Was in a miserably beaten-up state on the arena due to a little spy from the Great Xia.

Ever since the start of the competition, General Tai hadn't ever touched a single hair of Fang Zhengzhi's while himself suffering multiple punches and palm strikes.

Not only was his face battered and swollen, his blood also spurted everywhere.

Now, even more shockingly…

Due to Fang Zhengzhi's multiple arrows coming from the left and right, he was in a state of feverish restlessness rolling around on the arena with nails stuck all over his palms and clothes.

Even his beard wasn't spared, with a few nails latched onto it.

He looked nothing like a Tiger General.

In comparison, Fang Zhengzhi's expression was leisurely and extremely relaxed, drawing the Fire Rattan Bow in his hand into a full moon over and over again, arrows flying out one by one. He was completely unstoppable.

"General Tai, be careful!"

Just as a soldier's reminder sounded out.

On the arena, an arrow finally hit General Tai. Twenty to thirty arrows had already been shot towards his direction. He was already getting fatigued from the dodging as he became increasingly stressed.

Under such circumstances, mistakes were naturally unpreventable.

One arrow!

Shot through General Tai's arm as blood splattered out, dissipating themselves in the air before slowly dripping down on the arena.

"Ah!" General Tai shouted out in pain.

Even though his flesh and bones were hard as metal, under such close distances, faced with arrows shot from the Fiery Rattan Bow and with his state suppressed, he had no way of blocking.

"Is he going to lose?"

"Is General Tai really going to lose?"

Even now, the soldiers weren't able to believe that the powerful and ferocious tiger-like General Tai would lose in the hands of a small spy from the Great Xia.

General Tai's face turned purple. He didn't rush to pull out the arrow. Because, even the most painful wound from an arrow wouldn't be able to cause him to anything more than frown.

However, the wound in his heart caused his lips to quiver.

He swept his gaze across the soldiers standing under the arena.

From their faces, he saw despair.

A powerful sense of despair.

"No! I, the great Tiger General, cannot lose. I must not lose!" General Tai roared angrily but silently. Light flashed in his tiger eyes, fixated upon Fang Zhengzhi as his pupils gave off an icy glow.

He tightened his grip on the huge black axe in his hand so tightly that his fingers began to turn white.

Right at this moment,.

Another whistling sound rang out in his ear. An arrow shot towards his face, carrying along with it a faint red glow with a speed like that of a meteor.

This time, General Tai didn't roll about like he did previously.

Instead, he forcefully twisted his head towards the right.

The arrow brushed across his cheek, lighting up the beard on his face.

However, General Tai didn't seem to mind this. Instead, he charged forward with blazing speed, his feet directly slamming onto the nails as if they were invisible.

"Putting his life on the line?" Fang Zhengzhi only had to take one look at General Tai's state to know what he was thinking.

He had already anticipated this.

As the saying goes, a panicked dog could jump over a wall. This was the great Tiger General of the Southern Mountain Range, a Tiger General who was high up in position and respected by thousands of soldiers.

If General Tai truly gave up that easily.

Then, it would truly be impossible for him to become the great Tiger General who led thousands of troops in the Southern Mountain Range.

The opponent had disregarded death…

Who to do?

Naturally, it was to fight fire with water.

Fang Zhengzhi wasn't afraid of close combat. At the very least, he wasn't afraid of close combat with someone unable to use his enlightenment state, especially when an arrow was shot through the arm of this person.

However, he still felt that he had to end fast.

Else, if he dragged for too long, it wouldn't be a very happy occasion if this General Tai grew enraged from the shame.

The finale…

Had to be grand!

Just as Fang Zhengzhi began to consider what pose he would make, General Tai was already in front of him. This caused him to feel somewhat surprised.

This didn't make sense. Why was he so fast?

When Fang Zhengzhi looked at General Tai, he realised something wasn't quite right.

Because, in General Tai's eyes, he inferred an intent to kill, a powerful killing intent that came from the heart. And, most importantly, there was a strange transformation within General Tai's pupils.

Those pupils didn't seem like that of humans anymore...

Instead, they glowed with a lush green colour. Shades of green flooded General Tai's eyes. They were extremely icy, and extremely chilling.

"Oh no!" Fang Zhengzhi instinctively wanted to retreat.

However, right at this moment, General Tai had already raised the huge black axe highly above his head. His already extremely muscular arms seemed to have inflated to at least double the size in an instant.

That powerful explosive force and aura around him was completely different as compared to before, as if he wasn't the same person anymore.

Strands of black needle-like fur grew out from and covered General Tai's arm. It looked just like a humongous monkey arm.

"Woosh!" The huge black axe slashed straight down, carrying with it an indomitable momentum and a dark-green glow.

"General Tai!"

When the soldiers witnessed this scene, they instinctively cried out with alarm.

Naturally, they knew what the transformation of General Tai's body represented. That was state suppression. Now, General Tai had used the blood in his body. This meant that now, General Tai was truly of the Supernatural Advanced State.

Of course…

This also meant that Fang Zhengzhi would die without a doubt.

However, such a scene couldn't excite nor delight the soldiers.

Because, they were soldiers, soldiers of the Southern Mountain Range and soldiers with the pride of warriors. They could die, but, they must die in a just and honourable manner.

This was a fair competition.

Both sides suppressed their states, then, entered the arena to compete.

It didn't matter who won in the end, but the competition itself was fair.

However, if one party broke the rules, this competition wouldn't be fair anymore. Even if this party won the competition, he would still be scorned and despised by the soldiers of the Southern Mountain Range.

The soldiers didn't know why General Tai would do this.

However, in reality, that was what General Tai did.

"Stop!" At this moment, Princess Shan Yu also noticed something was wrong. She immediately shot up from her chair and instinctively attempted to feel for her bow.

However…

As she began to feel around, she realised that something wasn't quite right.

Because, the bow was in Fang Zhengzhi's hand.

General Tai naturally knew that his actions disobeyed military orders, and might even result in grave punishments and being despised by the soldiers. However, he really couldn't endure such a defeat.

He could lose in the hands of a warrior from the Southern Mountain Range.

However, he couldn't let himself lose in the hands of a spy from the Great Xia.

Furthermore, it was an extremely stupid and cowardly defeat.

Disobeying military orders and being scorned by the people.

This was indeed an extremely dire consequence.

If it were in the past, he would never do such a thing. But now, the situation was different. Because, they were in the middle of a war between two countries, a time when they were seriously lacking in high-ranking military officers. He had calculated that Princess Shan Yu would definitely not kill him.

As long as she didn't kill him.

Then, he had an opportunity to put down his crimes and make accomplishments.

It didn't matter even if he was demoted to a small pawn. On the battlefield, when he defeated and killed the enemy generals and made great accomplishments, all his position and power would return again.

When that time comes, who would discuss about the time he killed a small spy from the Great Xia during a drill ground competition? People would only praise him for making great contributions to the Southern Mountain Range.

"Die!" General Tai roared with rage. He wanted to release every bit of his anger and slice this shameless person in front of him into two.

He was very confident. Because, using his Supernatural Advanced State abilities, he could kill this little kid in front of him even without his full strength.

Yet…

At the moment his axe landed.

A ray of light appeared in front of his eyes. It was a jade-green coloured ray that appeared in mid-air, glowing with intense light. It looked like a lightsword.

General Tai's eyes suddenly widened.

Because, that jade-green lightsword had appeared on the bowstring of the Fiery Rattan Bow.

As the Fiery Rattan Bow was pulled back into a full moon, the green lightsword continued to extend forward rapidly, condensing to form a green-coloured arrow.

Fang Zhengzhi indeed didn't have the time to grab an arrow from his quiver.

However, his most powerful arrow wasn't any ordinary arrow. It was the arrow formed by the Million Sword Illustration!

"Boom!" A resounding boom echoed in the arena of the drill ground.

The air of the arena seemed to have turned into water ripples, stirring up a terrifying hurricane. Then, the hurricane expanded, blowing open the flags on the arena of the drill ground.

All of the soldiers under the arena instantly let out a wave of terrified cries.

Because, they were too near.

Or, it could be said that they simply had never imagined that there would be such huge incidents occurring in this drill ground competition.

Streaks of wind blades sliced through their rattan armour, cutting into their flesh and causing their bodies to tumble with the hurricane in mid-air and finally landing back onto the ground.

Princess Shan Yu's dark eyes had now completely turned around. If it was said that she was outraged when she saw General Tai's attack.

Then now, she was shaken.

Absolutely shaken.

Along with the devastation of the hurricane, a huge green-coloured net appeared on the drill ground arena. That was a net formed by countless interwoven lightswords.

A huge black axe was hacked onto that huge green net.

Holding the axe, General Tai's tiger eyes turned round. His mouth fell open angrily as the fur on his arm stood erect like steel needles. His expression was that of utter disbelief.

"How is this possible?" General Tai was truly in disbelief.

A small spy from the Great Xia was actually able to block off an axe containing sixty percent of his strength? Furthermore, it was blocked off in such a strange and brazen manner before his very eyes.

This arrow that Fang Zhengzhi shot out was actually a little rushed, and didn't manage to form completely. Fortunately, the distance was close enough. Due to the close distance, the power was naturally great enough.

The Million Sword Illustration.

Was initially already a technique incorporating heavy defense.

In addition to the power from the Fiery Rattan Bow, its destructive force was naturally tremendous.

General Tai wasn't able to use his full power in his blow. Because, he believed that it wasn't very meaningful to split the entire arena of the drill ground into two just to kill a small spy.

Sixty percent of his strength.

Not mentioning someone of the Star Conglomerate Peak State, even any average person of the Heavenly Reflection Peak State would be sliced into two.

How old was Fang Zhengzhi?

He was only fifteen or sixteen. Attaining Heavenly Reflection? Even if he was truly able to attain Heavenly Reflection, he was still going to die!

Wouldn't it be impossible for this person to be of the Supernatural State?

General Tai naturally didn't bother considering whether it would be possible for Fang Zhengzhi to have attained the Supernatural State. He felt that his attack was powerful enough.

Of course.

In order to coordinate with his unexpected sneak attack.

The most strength he could muster in an instant was also at most sixty percent. In order to concentrate all hundred percent of his power into the attack, he also needed time. However, he wasn't allowed time.

Because, he couldn't reveal his intention to go against his state suppression from the moment he began to charge.

"Blocked?!" Other than shock, General Tai also felt as if his entire mind was blank. Because, he had never imagined that something like this would happen.

Also, he had never thought…

Of what he should do after something like this had happened.

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Chapter 340: The Descended King

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This didn't imply that General Tai didn't have sufficient combat experience. It only represented a temporarily blanked out mind after a powerful shock.

In cruder terms, his mind had cramped!

However, Fang Zhengzhi's didn't cramp. Hence, he naturally wouldn't give up such an opportunity. His reaction was extremely fast. It seemed that he had already began preparing for his second shot right after his first arrow left.

In reality, the entire time General Tai stood rooted to the spot, he was already calculating rapidly how to deal with General Tai's released state.

Actually, he had two choices.

One was to immediately run down the arena and shout for help, then hug on tightly to Princess Shan Yu and beg for her protection.

The second was to fight.

Fang Zhengzhi chose the second.

Because, even though the probability of the first choice succeeding was higher, it was filled with unknown variables. After all, this was the army camp of the Southern Mountain Range. What would Princess Shan Yu's decision be?

What choice would the soldiers below make?

He simply didn't know.

If he escaped rashly now and was surrounded by the soldiers, and if General Tai suddenly jolted back to consciousness and deliver a killing blow to him, he would very likely lose his life.

Fang Zhengzhi wouldn't do things which were vague and out of his control.

Hence, Fang Zhengzhi drew back his bow again.

The Fiery Rattan Bow was instantly pulled into a full moon as green light began to condense rapidly. Then, it instantly shot out from the bow, carrying with it an air of sharpness, flying towards General Tai's chest with lightning speed.

General Tai hadn't even been able to completely return to his senses.

The second green lightsword reached him.

His tiger eyes suddenly flicked open. He had never imagined that Fang Zhengzhi would choose to take another shot after blocking his attack, instead of running away immediately.

This sudden change in situation was too fast.

So fast that he felt as if his mind couldn't catch up.

From the moment he attempted to deliver a killing blow to Fang Zhengzhi to the moment the second arrow left Fang Zhengzhi, the entire process between these two moments occurred within the blink of an eye.

As he gazed at the second green lightsword nearing him, General Tai's mind was completely blank. However, his arm instinctively raised up the huge black sword and blocked in front of his chest.

The power of the Supernatural Advanced State.

Even if he made a slight blunder due to his shock, his acquired and conditioned reflex still remained. Hence, his huge black axe blocked the path of the lightsword.

"Boom!" A bang resounded.

Rays of light shot out in all directions as General Tai instantly took two steps back.

"Little kid, die!" General Tai felt the numbness in his arm and the wound that opened up on his chest from the explosion. He was clearly enraged by Fang Zhengzhi's actions. If Fang Zhengzhi turned around and ran, he really wasn't sure if he could catch up.

However, Fang Zhengzhi didn't run and instead chose to continue fighting.

This gave him a huge opportunity.

He knew very clearly that he could only choose to walk this dark path to the end. If he really allowed Fang Zhengzhi to run away, he would never be able to change his fate.

As he saw the second lightsword being successfully blocked off.

The trace of a cold smile appeared on the edges of General Tai's lips.

However, his cold smile seemed to have somewhat frozen very quickly. Because, a feeling of being ripped apart suddenly came from his waist.

Lowering his head.

General Tai's expression completely changed.

Because, at his waist, there were three to four lightswords. Furthermore, these were three to four lightswords that had completely exploded apart. Countless green lightswords tore open his flesh like small sharp blades.

Why are there so many lightswords?

General Tai couldn't understand.

Don't tell me…

His lightswords weren't created from the Fiery Rattan Bow?!

General Tai had all along felt that the reason Fang Zhengzhi being able to block his attack was due to relying on Princess Shan Yu's Fiery Rattan Bow. Hence, he had the unconscious notion that only with the Fiery Rattan Bow could he create the lightsword.

However, in reality, Fang Zhengzhi's lightswords naturally didn't depend on the Fiery Rattan Bow.

Fang Zhengzhi, who had decided to fight.

Would naturally not hold back, especially when his opponent's state completely overpowered that of his own. Holding back would truly be asking for death.

The second lightsword…

Was only a feint.

This was the essence of the Stabilisation Constabulary battle technique. Fang Zhengzhi knew very clearly that General Tai didn't understand the essence of such a technique. A fake move was a real one, a real move was a fake one.

The last three to four lightswords were Fang Zhengzhi's real killing technique.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Numerous sounds of explosion rang out at almost the same time.

The entire drill ground arena began to shake due to these countless deafening sounds. The flags that stood at the edges of the arena were completely ripped into powder.

At the same time, a gigantic figure was sent flying from the arena.

Then…

Flying in the sky with a parabola trajectory, then finally slamming into the ground with a "thud!"

This sudden change in situation instantly shocked the soldiers below the arena once again. Just as they recovered from their anguished cries, they saw the scene that unfolded before them. All of their eyes opened wide in shock.

Even a few of the injured soldiers instantly forgot about the pain they were in.

"What happened?"

This was what everybody was initially thinking. However, this thought didn't persist for long. Because, they quickly saw clearly the figure lying on the ground.

"General Tai?!"

"General Tai has fallen!"

"How.. how is this possible?"

How could the soldiers believe these.

If General Tai was defeated by Fang Zhengzhi with his state suppressed, even though that would cause them immense shock, they could still grudgingly accept it.

After all, that only meant that Fang Zhengzhi had won General Tai based on technique.

However…

Now, General Tai didn't suppress his state.

He had the power of the Supernatural Advanced State, yet, he was sent sprawling on the arena by a small spy from the Great Xia? Is this possible? How can this be possible?

At this moment, Princess Shan Yu was completely stunned.

Even though she was a commander of the army, even though she had seen countless fantastic oddities of every description, but, it was still very difficult for her to accept what was unfolding before her.

General Tai was defeated by Fang Zhengzhi?

If such a thing was spread out, there was simply nobody who would believe it.

But, in reality…

This scene had unfolded right before her very eyes. It was truly real.

On the arena, General Tai's waist was soaked with blood. That was a truly severe injury. Even if she wasn't willing to believe it, she still had to admit that based on the rules of the competition, General Tai had already lost.

"Who is this guy? Who is he! How can he… can he… wait, what technique did he just use?!"

Princess Shan Yu tried her best to recall the huge green net on the arena.

Because, it was the huge green net that had blocked off General Tai's killing blow. After which, two lightswords exploded on General Tai's body.

Lightswords…

One lightsword could transform into a sword net built by millions of swords?!

"Could it be the… Million… Million Sword Illustration?! The secret technique of the Northern Desert Divine Constabulary from the Great Xia Dynasty Thirteen Constabularies… the Million Sword Illustration!"

In an instant, Princess Shan Yu thought of a name that caused her immense shock.

Chi Guyan!

That was the true Pride of the Heavens of the Great Xia Dynasty. The Double Dragon Roll Champion, Chi Guyan. A woman who even the Emperor of the Great Xia had to treat with respect.

"This guy is from the Divine Constabulary!"

However, the Divine Constabulary was location far away in the Northern Desert. This was the Southern Mountain Range. Why would a person from the Divine Constabulary appear in the Southern Mountain Range? Just as this thought crossed her mind, Princess Shan Yu suddenly thought of another incident.

No!

He isn't from the Divine Constabulary!

A dazzling light suddenly flashed within Princess Shan Yu's dark eyes. Because, she finally recalled the combat technique that Fang Zhengzhi had used against General Tai.

Stabilisation Constabulary!

Fang Zhengzhi had used the technique of the Stabilisation Constabulary, using offense for defence!

Previously, when Fang Zhengzhi had used that combat technique, she already felt that it was extremely familiar, as if she had seen or heard of it somewhere.

However, she didn't manage to recall it.

Until the two words, Divine Constabulary, appeared in her mind, another name slowly began to form.

Head of the Thirteen Constabularies.

The Stabilisation Constabulary!

On the arena, General Tai was spread like an eagle on the ground. The excruciating pain from his waist caused his forehead to be filled with sweat.

Injury.

To a warrior from the Southern Mountain Range, this was simply something that was as normal as eating.

However, suffering an injury under such a circumstance, against such an opponent, had already caused the last bit of wisdom to vanish from his mind.

"Ah!" General Tai suddenly flipped over and stood up in the arena. At the same time, black fur, dense and needle-like, instantly filled his entire body.

At this moment, his pupils had turned completely green.

That was an icy green.

Even his huge arms at this moment puffed up by at least twice the size as a metallic luster appeared on his arms.

The Supernatural State was derived from terminal lucidity.

The practice methods of the Southern Mountain Range wasn't the same as that of the Great Xia. However, when one reached the power of the Supernatural State, the control and recovery abilities that one had was almost on the same level.

The flow of blood stopped in a flash.

The flesh and muscles slashed by the Million Sword Illustration also began to recover rapidly with a speed that could be witnessed with one's own eyes.

The strands of beard hair that filled General Tai's face stood erect. He only had one thought in his mind. That was to kill. Kill Fang Zhengzhi. Regardless of any consequences, he still must kill Fang Zhengzhi.

"Enough, General Tai, I order you to stop!" Princess Shan Yu's voice sounded out.

This caused General Tai's body to tremble slightly. He could naturally discern the anger in Princess Shan Yu's eyes. However, could he stop?

No!

If he stopped now, not only would it be difficult to calm her anger, the consequences would still be the same. Hence, he could only bet. Walk this dark road to the end and kill Fang Zhengzhi, then, wait to be demoted to a small pawn.

Then use his accomplishments to make up for his mistakes.

"Die!" General Tai's eyes flashed with a faint light. His speed was at a maximum, shooting towards Fang Zhengzhi like a black shadow.

"Stop General Tai, quick, stop him at all costs!" When Princess Shan Yu saw this, she finally began to panic.

If Fang Zhengzhi was only an ordinary small spy from the Great Xia.

It would naturally be impossible for her to give such an order.

However, if Fang Zhengzhi had relations to the Stabilisation Constabulary and Divine Constabulary from the Thirteen Constabularies, then, it was impossible for him to be just any ordinary spy.

Even though she was still unable to determine Fang Zhengzhi's identity.

One thing was for sure. Fang Zhengzhi must not die just like that. At the very least, she had to find out Fang Zhengzhi's purpose for appearing in her camp.

"Woosh!"

"Woosh!"

Almost at the exact moment Princess Shan Yu gave out the order, arrows began to streak towards the black figure on the arena. The meaning behind the phrase, "at all costs", was already too clear.

As soldiers from the Southern Mountain Range, they had to obey it no matter what.

However, General Tai's speed was truly too fast. It wasn't something an ordinary soldier could stop. In almost the blink of an eye, he had appeared in front of Fang Zhengzhi.

"Die!" General Tai had confidence in his speed and strength. He felt that it was impossible for Fang Zhengzhi to dodge his attack.

Light radiated from the huge black axe in his hands, as if it was about to part Heaven and Earth.

Yet…

At the moment his huge axe slashed down, his eyes turned round once again.

Because, a purple light appeared in front of his eyes.

That was a sword.

A sword with a purple scar on its tip.

The sword was very ordinary. However, the scar on the tip of the sword gave off an arcane glow. That was an overwhelming murderous intent that caused trembling in the hearts of the people.

General Tai felt that his speed was already at a maximum.

However, the speed of this sword seemed to be even faster. At the very least, when General Tai slashed down with his axe, this sword had already successfully blocked in front of Fang Zhengzhi.

Naturally, Fang Zhengzhi didn't hold the sword in his hands.

Because, Fang Zhengzhi had never imagined that there would be any use in pulling out the Traceless Sword. However, the Traceless Sword had shot out from his Heart Protection Mirror on its own accord.

Furthermore, it blocked in front of General Tai so quickly that Fang Zhengzhi himself didn't have any time to react.

"Vrrr!"

The sword's body shook lightly with a persisting dragon cry.

That was an ancient outraged roar, carrying along with it a powerful aggression. Yet, it was also like a demon that charged out from hell, carrying with it an icy chill and a penetrating sharpness.

Two different auras radiated from the body of the sword.

Even General Tai's body trembled instinctively when he felt this atmosphere. It was the feeling of facing a King.

The King who descended upon and ruled the world, one who had wiped out outstanding heroes.

Domineering and arcane!

Trembling the hearts of the people.

The overwhelming aura pervaded the arena of the drill ground, and even completely filled the entire drill ground.

The soldiers below the arena had also seen the sword that appeared. What they felt was different from General Tai. Even though they were even further from the sword, their powers were weaker.

The domineering, arcane sword and the chilling air that seemed to have rose from hell caused them to be completely rooted to the ground, each of their foreheads beaded with sweat.

In just seconds, the rattan armour on their bodies had been completely soaked.

Beads of sweat fell to the ground.

The warriors of the Southern Mountain Range could face death without fear. However, they couldn't remain standing tall and proud in front of a King.

"A sword?!" Princess Shan Yu's body was also somewhat frozen. However, what she didn't know was that under the pressure of this overpowering atmosphere, the blood-red cloud patterns on her body gradually began to appear.

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Chapter 341: Purple Crescent

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Just like fireworks flashing in the night sky.

Extending slowly from Princess Shan Yu's slender legs upwards. Lines of cloud pattern rapidly covered to her waist, without a hint of stopping even as it rose all the way up her chest…

On the arena of the drill ground.

General Tai didn't understand why would he have such a feeling. Because, there was only a sword in front of him, a sword that drifted in mid-air.

He was shocked by a sword.

General Tai naturally wasn't happy. Even though his body trembled, even though there was a strange feeling of danger in his heart, the huge black axe in his hand continued to slash down.

At this moment, the purple light suddenly expanded, turning into a crescent purple ray.

"Boom!" The entire arena opened up from the middle, slashed into two by the purple ray. The cracks didn't stop there. They continued all the way until almost a hundred meters was covered.

At this moment, General Tai's body sprang up, his body thrown into the sky as the huge black axe in his hand was split into two from the tip of the axe.

"Pfft…" Blood was spurt, spilling down from the sky and dripping onto the arena, at the same time dripping on the Traceless Sword.

The purple ray grew even more.

The arcane and icy atmosphere instantly expanded outwards.

Silence.

The entire arena was completely silent, even the sound of breathing couldn't be heard. Only the biting cold of the almost-winter wind blew upon the shredded remains of the flag, giving off a hollow sound.

All the soldier stopped whatever they were doing. The soldiers that drew their bows continued to remain drawing their bows, the soldiers who held arrows continued to hold on to the arrows. Nobody moved. Because, it seemed as if they had already forgotten how to move.

Their movements were all different. However, the expression on their faces were the same.

Horror!

Shock!

Their bodies were completely soaked with sweat. However, not a single person attempted to wipe off the sweat that dripped down.

Because...

That air of death and destruction was like a murderous intent from hell. Even the warriors of the Southern Mountain Range felt a chill in their hearts when they felt it…

The cloud pattern on Princess Shan Yu's body was as colourful as a raging fire at this moment. A faint glow flowed around on the cloud pattern. However, she didn't speak a single word. She had already forgotten to give any further orders.

Or, it could be said that there was already no need for her to give any further orders. Because, Fang Zhengzhi had won. General Tai lay on the ground with the huge black axe split into two halves.

Also split into two halves like the huge black axe was an arm. An arm filled with blood.

The Supernatural Advanced State naturally enabled one to heal his body and recover from injuries. However, it didn't have the ability to regrow a broken limb.

Hence, he had lost. He had completely lost.

At this moment, the Traceless Sword once again let out a delighted cry. The purple light gradually dimmed, congregating back onto the tip of the sword, turning into an arcane purple scar.

Fang Zhengzhi slowly wrapped his hand around the sword hilt of the Traceless Sword.

Even he was shocked by the immense power from the sword just now. He knew all along that the Traceless Sword had consciousness. But, he never thought that the Traceless Sword had such mysterious secrets.

However…

If he thought through it carefully, it seemed very normal.

Because, in the Throne Room, when the Traceless Sword was buried in the ground, countless high-ranking officials of the Supernatural State had tried to pull it out.

Yet, they weren't able to do so.

This was actually able to explain to a certain extent that the Traceless Sword already possessed a power stronger than the Supernatural State. However, this power wasn't something people could control.

At the very least, Fang Zhengzhi was currently unable to control it.

In the Northern Mountain Village, he had already discovered this. The power contained within the Traceless Sword was too mysterious, so mysterious that he sometimes didn't dare to even touch it.

He kept the sword.

The purple light also disappeared.

Fang Zhengzhi looked at General Tai, who had fallen on the arena with an expression filled with terror, shock and disbelief, and then sighed gently. "If I said that I didn't do this on purpose, would you believe me?"

General Tai didn't speak. Instead, he gritted his teeth tightly.

"Alright, looks like you don't." Fang Zhengzhi shook his head. Then, he turned his gaze towards the soldiers frozen in their tracks.

The art of form?

Alright…

Who knew that people of this world would also have such a hobby.

Fang Zhengzhi didn't focus too much on the soldiers. Because, his gaze was quickly attracted to the cloud patterns that appeared on Princess Shan Yu's body.

"Cloud pattern?" Fang Zhengzhi initially believed that the cloud pattern might be a physical result of the Southern Mountain Range training techniques. However, when he saw General Tai display his state.

He knew that he was wrong once again.

If he didn't guess wrongly, the blood of the Southern Mountain Range was created by All Creation. For example, General Tai's blood should be the blood of the Green-Eyed Steel Arm Ape.

However, based on this conclusion, the cloud patterns on Princess Shan Yu's body…

What in the world is it?

Fang Zhengzhi's gaze was tightly fixated upon the cloud patterns on Princess Shan Yu's body, shifting from her leg, to her flat abdomen, then to her chest, then up towards…

Then, he saw Princess Shan Yu's angry eyes.

Princess Shan Yu was indeed stunned by the scene that unfolded before her. However, this didn't mean that she wouldn't notice it if somebody blatantly swept their gaze all the way from her legs up to her head.

Just as she prepared to speak, she saw that Fang Zhengzhi had already bowed respectfully towards her.

"Princess, did I just win?" A faint smile formed on Fang Zhengzhi's lips. His expression was completely innocent, as if his actions just now completely didn't happen.

Princess Shan Yu flinched slightly.

The soldiers below the arena also regained their senses at this moment.

"Win?!"

"This small spy from the Great Xia actually won?"

"What was that sword just now all about?"

As the soldiers recalled that purple crescent, immense horror filled their eyes. A small spy from the Great Xia was actually able to have such great powers.

How could they not be horrified!

Princess Shan Yu listened to the discussion ongoing around her and turned silent. Fang Zhengzhi had indeed won. That was an undisputed fact. But, she couldn't announce this fact.

At the very least, she couldn't announce it on the spot at this time.

"Arrest General Tai!" Princess Shan Yu ordered as she glanced at General Tai.

"Roger!" A few soldiers instantly dashed on the arena and apprehended General Tai once they heard the order.

"I am a little tired, let me return to my tent to rest." Princess Shan Yu glanced at Fang Zhengzhi once more and prepared to turn around and walk towards the direction of her tent.

"Princess, is there any reward for winning? At least appoint me as a Tiger General or something. Hey… Princess, don't go, if you can't, at least appoint me as a battalion chief or something!" Fang Zhengzhi instantly shouted out.

"Dream on!" Princess Shan Yu replied without even turning back her head.

"How stingy, I thought I had met a good princess who appointed people by merit. I never expected her to be blind." Fang Zhengzhi twitched his mouth, slightly disappointed.

"What did you say?" Princess Shan Yu suddenly whipped back her head, anger flashing clearly in her dark eyes.

""I said, Princess is able to recognise talents, just like… Bo Le the Horse Connoisseur!" [1] Fang Zhengzhi initially wanted to describe Zhuge Liang of the army. However, he realised that such a person might not exist in this world. Hence, he quickly changed his words.

Bo Le the Horse Connoisseur?

Princess Shan Yu frowned slightly. Who was Bo Le? She didn't know. However, she believed that whatever came out of Fang Zhengzhi's mouth wouldn't be anything pleasant.

"I am going back to my tent."

"Princess, at least reward me a plate of fruits?"

Fang Zhengzhi was given his own army tent with a layout that wasn't too bad. He was rather satisfied to be given a separate room even with the status of a pawn soldier.

Especially when he saw the big baskets of fruits that Princess Shan Yu ordered for him, the complaints and grumbles in his heart instantly vanished into thin air.

Becoming an official was something that would come sooner or later.

Having things to eat…

Was the most important thing as of now.

As Fang Zhengzhi leisurely propped up his legs in the army tent and enjoyed his fruits, Princess Shan Yu's tent was brightly lit up by the candlelight.

Twenty over generals dressed in sturdy rattan armour stood in two rows at the side with stern expressions on their faces. Nobody spoke. They waited quietly for Princess Shan Yu to speak.

"All of you have seen what happened today. If you have any opinions, please express them." Princess Shan Yu slowly sat up from the golden animal skin, an icy glint flashing in her black eyes.

"I have a daring guess which I don't know if I should say!" When a general heard Princess Shan Yu's words, he instantly stood out.

"Speak."

"In the entire Great Xia Dynasty, there are only two people who are able to defeat General Tai in the younger generation." After the general paused slightly, he spoke.

"Who?"

"Double Dragon Roll Champion, Chi Guyan, and the number one scholar of the Great Xia Dynasty, Nangong Hao!"

"But Chi Guyan is female! As for Nangong Hao… their ages don't match." When Princess Shan Yu heard this, she instantly shook her head lightly.

"Yes, hence I made a daring guess that this person might not be from the Great Xia Dynasty at all. He claimed to be called Fang Zhengzhi. However, from the intelligence I received, Fang Zhengzhi simply didn't even participate in this combat examination, hence naturally cannot appear in the Southern Mountain Range. Even if all these were possible, Fang Zhengzhi abilities are definitely not enough to defeat General Tai. Hence, there is only one possibility."

"What possibility?"

"The demon race!"

"The demon race? No, he definitely isn't a demon!"

"Why is princess so sure? Even though noblelite and the demon race have made a treaty, that is still ultimately something between noblelite and the demon race. Princess has three thousand Silver Horned Wolves, if noblelite doesn't trust…"

"You don't need to speak anymore. If I say that he isn't a demon, then he isn't a demon!" Princess Shan Yu's tone sounded extremely confident at this moment.

"Roger! I know my mistakes. However, no matter who this kid is, I feel that there is one matter which must be settled as soon as possible."

"Are you talking about the sword in his hand?" Princess Shan Yu's expression gradually returned back to an icy calm.

"That's right. I believe princess had already witnessed the power of that sword personally. If our Southern Mountain Range can obtain that sword, it would definitely be like adding wings to a tiger in this war!" The general instantly replied.

"That's right. Princess, that kid is already in our camp. As long as you give the order, we can take him down in one move without even breaking a sweat." When another general heard this, he stood out as well.

"For the future of our Southern Mountain Range, Princess, please give the order!"

"Princess, please give the order!"

"Princess, please give the order!"

One following another, a few other generals stepped out as well, kneeling down onto the ground as they spoke. After a moment, almost all of the generals had walked out.

In the Southern Mountain Range, on an extremely ordinary looking mountain peak, at the entrance of a certain hidden mountain cave, four males wearing black robes were vigilantly guarding the cave.

Right at this moment, a black figure quickly sped towards them from the foot of the mountain. After a few effortless leaps, he reached the entrance of the cave.

"Is Domain Chief around?" When the black figure reached the entrance of the cave, he gradually came to a halt.

"What is it about?"

"Urgent military matters!" As the figure spoke, he tore off the mask on his face, revealing a faintly glowing demon eye on his forehead.

"Please enter." The four black robed males nodded as they stepped away from the entrance path.

The black figure rapidly entered the cave.

Within the cave, a dark red gem was glowing with a faint light. Under the cast of light, there was a face whose features were like that of stars.

On the forehead of that face, there was a blood-red demon eye.

Bai Xing, the Domain Chief of the Star Domain in the Ten Devilish Domains.

"Greetings Domain Chief!" The black figure walked until he was around twenty steps away from Bai Xing before swiftly kneeling onto the ground.

"Speak." Bai Xing spoke one word enthusiastically. His gaze remained on the dark-red gem in front of him. Within the gem, there was an illustration.

Within the illustration, there seemed to be human figures moving.

"In the camp of Princess Shan Yu, a Tiger General sent somebody to contact me." The figure placed a letter on the ground with both hands as he spoke.

"Tiger general? I know. I will task you to do this job." Bai Xing lightly nodded his head without even taking a single look at the letter on the ground.

"Roger, one more thing… I have another intelligence that I don't know whether I should say." The black figure instantly accepted the order and kept the letter back into his pocket. Then, he spoke hesitatingly.

"Speak."

"Roger! A person suspected to be Fang Zhengzhi is now in Princess Shan Yu's army camp." The black figure said.

"Fang Zhengzhi? Suspected?" Bai Xing's expression changed slightly, as he slowly raised his gaze. Spots of star lights twinkled in his eyes like constellations in the night sky.

"Yes, however, because I didn't witness it personally, I don't dare to confirm this. But, that person himself indeed claimed to be Fang Zhengzhi and even defeated Princess Shan Yu's tiger general in a drill ground competition. Because of this, that Tiger General contacted our side." When the black figure saw the flash of light in Bai Xing's eyes, he was filled with a slight delight as he hurriedly continued.

"You say that Fang Zhengzhi had defeated a Tiger General of the Supernatural Advanced State?"

"Yes!"

"Are you sure that this piece of intelligence is accurate?" Bai Xing's expression finally changed at this moment. A rare look of surprise appeared on his face.

"I am sure! It had spread among Princess Shan Yu's entire camp, and personally witnessed by hundreds of soldiers! This is definitely accurate!" The black figure replied confidently.

"Interesting, only a few months of not seeing him! This kid… had actually reached such a level?" A cold smile formed on the corners of Bai Xing's mouth. After which, he waved his hand towards the black figure. "Leave!"

"Roger!"

Bai Xing waited until the black figure had left before returning his gaze back to the dark-red gem. "One Nangong Hao, one Fang Zhengzhi… things are getting more and more interesting!"

[1] Bo Le was a legendary person in the state of Qin who excelled in evaluating horses

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Chapter 342: Ascend the Throne and Become the Emperor

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The night was as cold as water. Compared to the Great Xia Dynasty, the Southern Mountain Range was clearly much colder at night. The water vapour at night froze into hoar frost, causing the entire Southern Mountain Range to seem as if it was covered by a misty veil.

In the Yan Ya settlement.

The big settlement that was closest to the Great Xia, which was also the strategic trading location for the Southern Mountain Range and the Great Xia. The area it covered was huge, containing a total of eighteen small settlements.

In the Yan Ya settlement, a mountain beast at least a hundred pounds in weight was being roasted on a huge bonfire. Animal oil dripped unceasingly onto the flame, producing a sizzling sound.

Around the bonfire satt twenty youths dressed in either robes or armours. The leader wore a fine green armour, holding a jade flute in his hand.

It was Wu Feng.

"Young Master Wu, congratulations!" A youth scholar raised his wooden cup as he bit into the meat, shouting loudly towards Wu Feng.

"It is still a little too early to talk about celebrations." Wu Feng shook his head with a gentle smile.

"Ha ha ha… Young Master Wu is too humble. We have already occupied the two main settlements of Yan Ya and Shi Zun and our army strength have reached twenty thousand people, thirty percent of the total number of participants. The number one of the combat examination is now Young Master Wu's, not just in name, but also in reality."

"That's right! Young Master Wu, why do you insist on remaining so humble?"

"Even though we lost in the hands of Young Master Wu, we lost contentedly. If Young Master Wu is able to successfully obtain number one in the combat examination, it would also be a good thing for us."

"That's right, as long as Young Master Wu obtains first place, our ranking would naturally not be low."

When the scholars heard this, they stood up one following another, raising the wooden cups in the hands and voicing out their inside thoughts.

Wu Feng smiled once again, gazing at the constellations in the night sky. He tightened his grip on the jade flute. "What a pity, I lost in the theory examination!"

"The theory examination is indeed unfortunate. However, the top three in this theory examination aren't in very favourable positions now." A scholar quickly stood out and advised.

"That's right, Nangong Hao is still hiding in his Icy Monkey Settlement. Ever since the start of the examination, the number of soldiers in his hand remained at two thousand without any progress. And, even though Yan Xiu now has six thousand people, he is still unable to occupy any settlement, hence also pose no threat to Young Master Wu. As for Fang Zhengzhi…"

"Ha ha ha… can you not mention him?"

"That's right, he isn't even here, how can he attain any ranking? Ha ha ha…"

The other scholars also began to laugh out one by one, each of them raising their cups in celebration, their faces flushed red and their eyes filled with mockery.

"As long as the combat examination is ongoing, we cannot even let down our guard for a day. Starting from tomorrow, we will press on with our attack on the Thunderous Lion Settlement!" When Wu Feng heard this, he returned his gaze towards the people around him as a cold smile appeared on the edges of his lips.

"Yes, take down the Thunderous Lion Settlement in one move!"

The second morning.

The morning frost emanated waves of chilliness as the wind blew upon it. In a huge army camp within the Southern Mountain Range, rows of soldiers braced the cold, patrolling back and forth the camp.

Their ink-dark skin emanated a faint warm air.

Inside an ordinary military tent.

Fang Zhengzhi stretched out his body, slowly rising from his bed. He looked around his tent and decided to experience the military life of the Southern Mountain Range, at the same time conveniently filling up his stomach.

Just as he reached the entrance of the tent, two spears intersected in front of him.

"Banned from going out!"

"Even my meals must be controlled?" Fang ZHengzhi looked at the two soldiers blocking his path with some confusion. Didn't he already integrate perfectly into the Southern Mountain Range army?

"Stop, princess has ordered Fang Zhengzhi into her tent for questioning!" Right at this moment, a chief sergeant with a piece of animal skin on his shoulder walked over. Almost a hundred soldiers wearing rattan armour followed behind him.

"Roger!" The two soldiers instantly kept their spears when they saw the chief sergeant.

Fang Zhengzhi frowned slightly. Even though he didn't know what had happened, from what was transpiring in front of him, it didn't seem like something good.

However…

If you can't do anything to prevent them, you might as well sit back and take things as they come.

He didn't have any better idea at this moment. Who asked him to accidentally step into the main army of Princess Shan Yu. That could only be attributed to fate.

Inside the military tent, Princess Shan Yu lay on the golden animal skin. However, the animal leather she wore on her body had changed into a purple and plated leather clothing.

A faint light flowed around the the armour plate. Combined together with her wheat-coloured skin, it revealed a certain beauty and nobility within her wildness.

Fang Zhengzhi happened to see this when he walked in.

However, he kept silent. Because, there were twenty generals wearing heavy armours standing along the two sides of the military tent, their expressions solemn.

Interrogating a criminal?

Fang Zhengzhi felt that the atmosphere seemed strange, hence obediently kept his mouth shut.

"Why didn't you kneel upon seeing the princess?" A trace of anger flashed across a general's face when he saw Fang Zhengzhi's behaviour.

"Ah… All of these elaborate formalities and etiquettes should be done away with whenever possible. Even I didn't complain, what are you all complaining about?" Fang Zhengzhi twitched his mouth, glancing at the other party with disdain.

"Preposterous! You have already betrayed your country for glory. Now, you are a person of the Southern Mountain Range, hence you should naturally obey the rules of the Southern Mountain Range. How could you just do whatever you want as and when you…"

"Alright, Fang Zhengzhi, I have a question that I wish to ask you." Princess Shan Yu sat up at this moment, gesturing towards the general who was prepared to continue speaking and looking towards Fang Zhengzhi with her dark eyes.

"Princess, please ask!" Fang Zhengzhi instantly replied.

"Two voices are echoing beside my ear. I want to listen to your opinion. The first voice is that even though the Southern Mountain Range is a vast territory with abundant resources, there are many mountains and forests, and also heavily populated by fearsome beasts. Furthermore, every year, we have to donate tens of thousands of horses to the Great Xia. Most importantly, we must take up the responsibility of being the natural shield of the Great Xia to defend them from the demon race. It is very unfair." As Princess Shan Yu spoke, she fixed her eyes tightly upon Fang Zhengzhi's.

"It is indeed very unfair!" Fang Zhengzhi nodded without even thinking.

"Yes, the second voice is that even though the Southern Mountain Range donates tens of thousands of horses to the Great Xia, the Great Xia gives us crops and foodstuff in exchange. Our Southern Mountain Range indeed serves as the natural shield for the Great Xia, however, the Great Xia has sent people to teach the Law of Dao, strengthening the foundations of the Southern Mountain Range. Hence, it is very fair!" Princess Shan Yu continued when she saw Fang Zhengzhi nod.

"Yes, it is very fair!" Fang Zhengzhi nodded once again.

"..." Princess Shan Yu's mouth opened a little. Looking at Fang Zhengzhi's sincere expression, she actually didn't know what to say next.

On the other hand, when the twenty generals standing by the side heard this, they began to shake their heads. Can this guy at least have some opinions of his own? He simply might as well not have said anything.

"Princess, please continue." Fang Zhengzhi waited for a while before urging, seeing that Princess Shan Yu didn't speak.

"Continue with what? I have finished what I wanted to ask!"

"Oh, since you have asked all that you want, there is nothing else. I will make my move first." When Fang Zhengzhi finished speaking, he immediately turned around and walked towards the entrance of the tent.

"Stop right there!" A general bellowed.

"What is it?" Fang Zhengzhi turned back his head with a confused look on his face.

"Why did you not answer the questions princess asked?"

"I have already answered. You didn't hear it? Are you dreaming just now?"

"You… you call that an answer?"

"Then you teach me how to answer."

"The person who princess asked is you!"

"That's right, princess indeed asked me. I have already answered. If you don't have anything else for me, I will make my move." Fang Zhengzhi turned around once again.

"..." The twenty generals were instantly speechless once again.

"Fang Zhengzhi, I want you to choose one among these two." Right at this moment, Princess Shan Yu opened her mouth once again.

"Princess, I don't know anything about these national matters. You can ask them, they are all generals. Why do you ask a lowly soldier like me?" Fang Zhengzhi replied gloomily.

"Fang Zhengzhi, I am asking you very seriously!"

"I am also answering very seriously!"

"Somebody come, bring him out and kill him!"

"Wait a moment, after some consideration, I feel that the answer just now is somewhat flawed. I think it can be elaborated further." Fang Zhengzhi instantly changed into a bright smile.

"Is it? But, I don't think there is any problem with it!"

"There is definitely a problem!"

"With you?"

"..." Fang Zhengzhi was slightly taken aback. His eyes finally looked seriously at Princess Shan Yu, who had sat up. From Princess Shan Yu's eyes, he inferred an expression different from that the day before. If Princess Shan Yu the day before was a merry girl, then, Princess Shan Yu today was clearly a completely different person, turning into a wise commander.

This girl actually set a trap for me?

Luckily, I am resourceful.

"Princess, it is not that I don't want to reply this question. Instead, no matter how I reply, the outcome would both be death!" Fang Zhengzhi finally revealed a bitter smile.

"Why is this so?" A faint smile appeared on Princess Shan Yu's face as she heard this. Evidently, this wasn't very unexpected.

"Princess had said that you heard two voices beside your ears. If I become one of these voices, the other voice would naturally hunt me to death. After all, I am only a lowly soldier, powerless and defenceless. Bullied and mocked in this army camp, I… I don't even dare to talk back!" Fang Zhengzhi became sadder and sadder as he spoke, seeming as if he was about to burst into tears.

"Don't pretend to be pitiful. Tell me what I have to do for you to reply." Princess Shan Yu simply didn't fall for Fang Zhengzhi's trick, and immediately waved her hand.

"If you appoint me as a Tiger General and give me a hundred thousand troops, I think that I would be able to reply!"

"Do you think that will happen?" Princess Shan Yu looked towards Fang Zhengzhi in disdain.

"Else, fifty thousand should also be sufficient."

"Dream on!"

"Then at least five thousand?"

"Five hundred, no more than that."

"Thank you Princess!" Fang Zhengzhi gritted his teeth. What the hell, even something as small as a mosquito was still food. Having five hundred was at least better than having nothing.

"Speak."

"Let me tell princess a story."

"A story?"

"Yes. Once upon a time, two starved people received the kindness of an elder. One fishing rod and one basket of big, fresh fishes… In the end, the person who picked the fish died beside the empty basket. The other used the fishing rod to fish everyday, living a blessed and happy life. End of story." Fang Zhengzhi stopped talking.

"What kind of story is this?" A general asked with a confused look after Fang Zhengzhi was done speaking.

"Give a man a fish, and you have fed him for today; teach a man to fish, and you have fed him for a lifetime." Fang Zhengzhi replied.

"Give a man a fish, and you have fed him for today; teach a man to fish, and you have fed him for a lifetime?" When the generals heard this, they softly mouthed this phrase over and over again. For a moment, there was nobody who spoke.

Princess Shan Yu's brows also threaded together into a frown. Her jet-black eyes flashed with a faint glow. Only after fifteen whole minutes did she gradually let out a sigh.

"So, this is your answer?"

"Yes!" Fang Zhengzhi nodded.

Princess Shan Yu descended into silence once again. Her dark eyes swept across the twenty generals standing at the side. After waiting for another fifteen whole minutes did she finally speak again. "Fang Zhengzhi, I have a task for you to complete."

"Can I reject?"

"You cannot."

"Roger, Princess's task is the meaning of my life. I will definitely carry it out with my life, swearing to fulfill princess's wishes. Even if I die horribly, I wouldn't mind!"

"Stop your nonsense. I want you to deliver a letter to the Sagely Mountain City!"

"Deliver a letter? To the Sagely Mountain City?" Fang Zhengzhi looked towards Princess Shan Yu, then looked at the twenty generals at the side with immense confusion.

Delivering a letter. You have to specially instruct such a thing to me in front of so many people?

Furthermore…

Most importantly, these twenty generals seemed to have knew this long ago. When they heard Princess Shan Yu's words, they actually didn't raise any objections. There wasn't even a change in their expressions.

"Is there a problem?" Princess Shan Yu asked again when she saw that Fang Zhengzhi was silent.

"No problem, but… in the road towards the Sagely Mountain City, I am not familiar with the geography, and there are many fearsome beasts outside. I fear that I would be too weak and lose the important letter. When that time comes…" Fang Zhengzhi evidently seemed to be in somewhat of a difficult situation.

"That is why I promised to give you five hundred troops just now." Princess Shan Yu seemed to have already guessed that Fang Zhengzhi would say this.

"Five hundred? I fear that it wouldn't even be enough to fill the teeth of a few fearsome beasts." Fang Zhengzhi shook his head again.

"If they were any ordinary soldier, of course it wouldn't be enough. But, if they were my five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry, that would be enough!" Princess Shan Yu revealed a confident expression when she said this.

"Five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry?!" Fang Zhengzhi was truly taken aback.

He had naturally seen those before.

It was exactly because of their existence that he was captured with no way of escape and brought directly to Princess Shan Yu. However…

Wasn't the Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry Princess Shan Yu's strongest forces?

Giving himself five hundred out of the three thousand Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry?

This was simply even more extreme compared to winning a five million dollar lottery in his past world! Furthermore, most importantly, why were the twenty generals around him still so calm when they heard this!

This is impossible!

I am an "outsider", how can nobody object when Princess Shan Yu gave himself five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry without any good reason? He really couldn't understand this.

It was just as if somebody had suddenly ran over and told him that he was the truly Son of Heaven, and asking him to immediately ascend the throne and become the Emperor!

What the hell, who would dare to do so?!

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Chapter 343: Every Citizen a Soldier

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Fang Zhengzhi was very brave. However, he wasn't the kind of blind idiot who asked for death. Hence, he felt that there was definitely some problem in this.

But…

What was the problem?

Fang Zhengzhi looked at Princess Shan Yu. He wanted to infer something from her expression. However, other than her delicate facial features, he couldn't derive anything from it.

Princess Shan Yu's expression was too calm, as if she was talking about something extremely normal. However, it was exactly because of this that Fang Zhengzhi felt that there was a plot hidden behind this.

"What is it? You aren't satisfied with five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry soldiers?" Princess Shan Yu once again demonstrated her domineering attitude when she saw that Fang Zhengzhi remained silent for some time.

"That's right, with five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry soldiers to protect you, your journey would definitely be very safe!"

"Shouldn't you quickly express your gratitude?"

When the surrounding generals heard Princess Shan Yu's words, they began to urge Fang Zhengzhi.

"Thank you princess, can… I ask another question?" Fang Zhengzhi didn't hesitate much. He first thanked Princess Shan Yu before immediately following it with a question.

"Ask."

"After I send the letter, do I have any other tasks?"

"Other tasks?" When Princess Shan Yu heard Fang Zhengzhi's words, a pondering look appeared on her face. "No other tasks. You can remain in the Sagely Mountain City."

"I understand." Fang Zhengzhi nodded.

"Prepare to leave now, the five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries are ready." Princess Shan Yu saw Fang Zhengzhi nod, then finally gave her last order.

"Princess."

"What else?"

"There is one thing that I don't know if princess will reply me. But, I still wish to ask." Fang Zhengzhi's expression turned slightly serious.

"You can ask it and try."

"Is princess's motive in setting up a camp here to await an opportunity to launch an attack on the troops of the Great Xia that participated in the examination?"

"Preposterous! You think a small centurion can ask such a question?" When a general heard Fang Zhengzhi's words, he immediately stood out and bellowed coldly towards him without even waiting for Princess Shan Yu to reply.

"Princess, you can't answer this?"

"What identity are you using to ask me now?" Princess Shan Yu didn't reply Fang Zhengzhi's words immediately. Instead, she asked a question back at him.

"My own identity."

"Alright, I can reply this question. My answer is… no!"

"No?" Fang Zhengzhi's expression changed slightly. He could infer from Princess Shan Yu's eyes that she was speaking the truth.

However, he couldn't really accept this truth.

If Princess Shan Yu wasn't awaiting an opportunity to attack, why would she set up camp in this place?

"Alright, you have finished asking your question, and I've replied you. You can set off now!" The generals also began to urge at this moment.

"Yes." Fang Zhengzhi didn't ask any further questions.

Because, he already knew what he was supposed to know. As for what he wasn't supposed to know, he seemed to be still in the dark, hence, there was no need to continue asking.

On the other hand, Princess Shan Yu also didn't seem to intend to speak further. She took out a delicate animal skin and placed it in front of her, then took out a brush and began to write on it.

This caused Fang Zhengzhi to raise doubts again.

"The letter… is written on the spot?"

Initially, Fang Zhengzhi thought that it would be a letter that was already prepared beforehand, or, it would be something for him to send over. However, when he saw this, he had to cast away his previous thoughts.

Not too long later, Princess Shan Yu had finished writing.

She didn't spend much time on it, and seemed to be consist of only a few words.

When the twenty surrounding generals saw Princess Shan Yu finish the letter so quickly, they all looked towards Fang Zhengzhi with a cold smile on their faces.

Fang Zhengzhi didn't bother speaking further as well.

When Princess Shan Yu placed the letter she had written into a delicate leather, he immediately took a few steps forward, went in front of Princess Shan Yu and received the letter Princess Shan Yu passed to him with both hands.

He quickly swept his gaze across it. On the leather envelope wrote "Confidential for the King", while on the bottom was Princess Shan Yu's name.

Evidently, this envelope was addressed long ago.

Fang Zhengzhi kept the letter in his pocket, then turned around and left.

At the entrance of the tent, there was already a soldier wearing rattan armour with a piece of animal skin on his shoulder waiting for him. When he saw Fang Zhengzhi coming out, he quickly walked over.

"Guard Fang, I am the captain of the Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry. I am 'Teng Shisheng', mainly in charge of protecting Guard Fang along the way in your task to deliver the letter to the Sagely Mountain City!" Teng Shisheng gave Fang Zhengzhi a Southern Mountain Village military bow as he spoke.

"Yes, sorry for the trouble." Fang Zhengzhi nodded.

Teng Shisheng wasn't quite the same compared to the other warriors of the Southern Mountain Range. His arm wasn't considered too muscular. However, his muscles were extremely well-defined. It was evident that this Teng Shisheng's power wasn't average.

Furthermore, it was likely to be someone with an extremely explosive strength.

Such a person indeed shared certain commonalities with the Silver Horned Wolf.

The armour on Teng Shisheng's body was similarly rather different compared to that on other soldiers. Other than being more intricately designed, there was a silver illustration on the chest.

It looked just like the head of a wolf.

Under Teng Shisheng's guidance, Fang Zhengzhi quickly passed through the army camp and arrived at the entrance of the camp. Beside the entrance, there were currently a few hundred densely-packed soldiers riding Silver Horned Wolves and waiting on the spot.

When they saw Teng Shisheng making his way over.

The hundreds of Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry howled, as if they were undergoing some form of rite, or maybe welcoming their leader.

Fang Zhengzhi didn't really know what this rite represented.

However, he could faintly see that the hair of the Silver Horned Wolves who were quietly standing still on the ground slowly bristled up when they heard this sound.

Their stances changed from that of passiveness to that of activeness, as if they were about to begin their hunt.

"Shisheng, what kind of rite is this?" Fang Zhengzhi was somewhat curious.

"Guard Fang isn't a person of our Southern Mountain Range, hence might not be able to understand. Us, the people of the Southern Mountain Range, communicate with the beasts through sounds. This is wolf language." Teng Shisheng explained.

Wolf language?

Fang Zhengzhi somewhat understood.

Then, he recalled Shan Jia who he had met in The Vast World. When Shan Jia was commanding the Blue Fire Wolf in the battle, he didn't produce any sound from his mouth. Instead, he depended upon a green flute for command.

"Then, can things like flutes be used to communicate with the beasts?" Fang Zhengzhi asked again.

"Flutes?" Teng Shisheng's expression changed slightly when he heard Fang Zhengzhi's question, then he said softly. "Flutes indeed can. However, that is control… It is not communication. The Southern Mountain Range doesn't advocate control. People and beasts are actually equal, thus only under extremely special circumstances would such methods be used."

"I see." Fang Zhengzhi nodded again.

"Guard Fang, if you don't have any further questions, let's set off as soon as possible." Teng Shisheng gazed at the rising sun and said to Fang Zhengzhi.

"Alright."

With Teng Shisheng leading the way, Fang Zhengzhi didn't need a map. Furthermore, from Teng Shisheng, he had learnt quite a bit of the Southern Mountain Range's culture.

For example, the Southern Mountain Village forbade very strictly the casual destruction of rocks. They believed that rocks were Earth, providing them an environment to live in. Without the support of the rocks, they wouldn't be able to survive here.

As for trees…

They believed that trees were their own mothers. Chopping down trees to create rattan armour and weapons represented the protection and love of their mothers. They had to pray to the trees each day to repay their mothers' kindness.

And, every settlement had its own unique role model. Due to differing role models, their powers also differed. Furthermore, each main settlement would worship a powerful beast for protection.

The beast would ensure the safety of the settlement. The beast that each settlement worshiped was different, hence their names differed as well.

Fang Zhengzhi felt that these cultures were somewhat primitive. However, it was exactly these primitive cultures that represented the simple and pure nature of the Southern Mountain Range people.

As the sun gradually began to set, Fang Zhengzhi had officially left the boundaries of the army camp, entering into the forests and mountains of the Southern Mountain Range. As they passed through forests and climbed across mountains, their travelling speed remained fast.

"Do we have to set up camp tonight?" Fang Zhengzhi looked towards the slowly setting sun and then at the surrounding dense forests, then asked Teng Shisheng casually.

"Why would Guard Fang ask this question?" Teng Shisheng's body trembled slightly when he heard Fang Zhengzhi's words. However, he still decided to ask.

"I was only thinking whether you had to immediately start on your task after leaving the camp, or begin it only when nearing the Sagely Mountain City." Fang Zhengzhi didn't reply Teng Shisheng's question. Instead, he spoke softly as if talking to himself.

Teng Shisheng's expression changed at this moment. However, he quickly recovered, stretching out his hand to gently stroke the Silver Horned Wolf he sat on, as if thinking of something.

"Looks like tonight still isn't the opportune moment." Fang Zhengzhi nodded, then, felt the pang of hunger coming from his stomach as he listened to the surrounding sounds. "There is a river in front one mile away, let's cross the river first before setting up camp."

"Why don't you choose to set up camp beside the river?" Teng Shisheng broke out of his silence at this moment. However, when he heard Fang Zhengzhi speak about the location to set up camp, his expression turned somewhat strange again.

"It would indeed be more convenient to set up camp beside the river. However, water is the source of All Creation. Especially at night, the beasts would begin their hunt and congregate at the riverside."

"I had initially thought that you wouldn't know about such matters regarding wilderness survival since you were born in the Great Xia. I never thought that you would actually be so familiar with the beast." Teng Shisheng nodded lightly. The attitude with which he looked towards Fang Zhengzhi changed significantly.

"Actually, there are also beasts in the Great Xia. Furthermore, I was born within the mountains, hence, I have some understanding of them." Fang Zhengzhi laughed gently.

Then, he instantly urged his horse forwards.

As Teng Shisheng looked at Fang Zhengzhi's leaving figure, he bit his lips lightly with what seemed to be a tinge of regret in his eyes. "It isn't because of tonight not being an opportune moment, instead… sigh…"

To the soldiers of the Southern Mountain Range, setting up camp was simply as easy as whipping up a simple home-cooked meal. The five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry soldiers quickly set up an army camp, fencing up the perimeter around the camp.

Then, they lit up a bonfire in each of the four directions - North, South, East and West.

A hundred cavalry soldiers were in charge of patrol, while the other four hundred rested in camp.

Everything seemed to be very orderly.

Fang Zhengzhi was assigned to the military tent at the center of the camp. Around it, there were eight Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry soldiers guarding it. The protection seemed very thorough, but also seemed very forbidding.

In the tent, Fang Zhengzhi casually lay on the bed.

All along, his attitude towards life was that if he could live one day happily, he would definitely not wait in misery for his death. From his probing in the day, he was almost absolutely sure about one thing.

These five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries definitely had a special task.

Was it to kill himself?

Or, did they have another objective. Fang Zhengzhi was only eighty-percent sure about this point. He couldn't be absolutely sure.

However, there was one thing he could guess.

It definitely wasn't something good.

Turning his body around, Fang Zhengzhi assumed another more comfortable position. At the same time, he fished out the letter from his pocket.

"Confidential for the King?" Fang Zhengzhi looked at the words on the envelope. The edges of his mouth curved into a faint smile. He had never thought that he would actually have the opportunity to become a king.

He immediately tore open the letter. As for the seal on the letter, he tore it into half unceremoniously and casually threw it on the ground.

Let's see what Princess Shan Yu wanted to tell me now.

Looking at the letter.

Fang Zhengzhi's eyes narrowed slightly. What the, the first sentence of the letter and you are already scolding me. Is that even acceptable?

"You stupid shameless person, you dare to peek at my letter? Do you know that this is a crime? Wash your neck clean and wait for me to chop off your head!"

"..." Fang Zhengzhi disdainfully twitched his mouth.

Then, he continued reading.

He had initially thought that it would be important military affairs, however, he was clearly somewhat disappointed by the outcome. Because, after this sentence, it was completely blank.

Except for the small row of words at the bottom of the letter.

The words were rather tiny, and the quantity was just as little. There were only four words.

"Every citizen a soldier!"

"Every citizen a soldier? What is this about?" Fang Zhengzhi twitched his mouth and began to ponder what Princess Shan Yu was trying to convey with these four words.

As for why Fang Zhengzhi knew that this letter was for himself.

This was actually extremely simple.

When Fang Zhengzhi was asking Princess Shan Yu questions, he answered "With my own identity". What was his identity in front of Princess Shan Yu?

A spy!

Let's think, would a great princess pass a letter containing important military matters to a spy from another country? This was simply throwing a steamed bun at a… handsome lad!

It would be gone forever!

Fang Zhengzhi wasn't naive. Hence, he similarly didn't expect Princess Shan Yu to be as naive as to believe that he had truly betrayed his country for glory and unswervingly become a runner to deliver letters for the Southern Mountain Range.

Hence, it was impossible for this letter to be truly meant for the king.

Furthermore…

Most importantly, Princess Shan Yu wrote this letter on the spot.

Writing the letter on the spot, then passing it to him personally for it to be delivered. Then, the contents of this letter were naturally meant for him to see.

"Every citizen a soldier… does that mean every tree and bush is an enemy soldier?" Fang Zhengzhi looked at the roof of the military tent built with trees and grass, swiftly pondering over the relationship between this sentence and his current predicament.

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Chapter 344: I am Fang Zhengzhi, Number One in the Theory Examination

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The Great Xia Dynasty had sent a hundred thousand soldiers into the four main settlements. Their objective was naturally to establish a foundation for future attacks or defences.

On the other hand, the Southern Mountain Range had already made deployments.

Princess Shan Yu claimed that her objective wasn't to attack. Then, could it be to defend?

Recalling the two different voices Princess Shan Yu mentioned, that could indeed be one possibility. Setting up preventive measures in the area outside the four main settlements to guard against the unexpected.

However…

If it was what it seemed on the surface, this seemed a little too simple.

One attack, and one defence.

Was that all?

Fang Zhengzhi shook his head. He felt that the arrangements within were even more complicated than what he thought. From the start of the combat examination till now, everything was too calm.

So calm that it felt somewhat unbelievable.

When he entered Princess Shan yu's army camp, it was also definite that he would be killed. From this, the extent of the Southern Mountain Range's resolution could be inferred.

It was likely they wanted war.

If a war really broke out between the two countries, time was of the essence.

But, how could they just wait over here in this manner? What were they waiting for?

Fang Zhengzhi's gaze was once again drawn to the leather with the words "Every citizen a soldier". Above the four words, there was a huge patch of blank space.

Could words be hidden within?

Fang Zhengzhi shook his head again. This world shouldn't have been able to master such superior 'chemistry' techniques. However, why must she leave such a big patch of empty space?

Furthermore, she hid the words 'every soldier a citizen' at the bottom of the leather, and the words were also really tiny…

Wait a moment!

Hide!

Fang Zhengzhi's expression suddenly changed. Every soldier a citizen, a huge patch of empty space, hide! These three clues spun rapidly in his mind. He suddenly thought of something extremely scary.

"Oh no!" Fang Zhengzhi's hand trembled. The leather envelope along with the intricately decorated animal leather fell to the ground, giving out a somewhat clear clanging sound.

Huh?

Fang Zhengzhi instinctively lowered his head and looked down. Then, he realised that there seemed to be something bulging from behind the leather. He instantly picked it up and tore the leather open.

Not too long later, something green revealed itself.

Fang Zhengzhi's eyes completely lit up.

"Somebody come!"

"Guard Fang, what orders do you have!" A soldier quickly entered Fang Zhengzhi's tent.

"Call Teng Shisheng over, I have something to discuss with him." Fang Zhengzhi rapidly kept the leather envelope and letter back into his pocket as he instructed the soldier.

"Alright." The soldier nodded and withdrew.

A moment later, the dark-skinned Teng Shisheng walked in, wearing a rattan armour on his body. His hands were empty and didn't carry along any weapons.

"Guard Fang, what is the reason you call me here so late at night?" Teng Shisheng looked at the dim candlelight inside the tent and at the plate of roasted meat and bottle of wine in front of Fang Zhengzhi with a confused expression.

"Drink." Fang Zhengzhi casually said.

"Drink? This… Guard Fang might not know this, but the Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry isn't allowed to drink while on a mission." Teng Shisheng frowned and instantly rejected when he heard Fang Zhengzhi's words.

"What if I force you to drink?" Fang Zhengzhi pointed at the wine in front of him, as if he had already expected Teng Shisheng's reaction.

"Cough cough… I fear that I wouldn't be able to obey. Our task is to protect Guard Fang. All we need to do is to ensure Guard Fang's safety. As for other matters, I fear Guard Fang is unable to force upon us." Teng Shisheng smiled lightly and shook his head.

"However, the order I received from princess is to give me five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries. Hence, shouldn't you listen to my orders?" Fang Zhengzhi continued to speak in a unhurried manner.

"I know, but I can't obey!" Teng Shisheng shook his head again.

"I see… Then, what is the reason you don't listen to my orders?"

"The three thousand Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries only listen to Princess Shan Yu in their entire lifetime. As for other people's orders, we ignore all of them!" When Teng Shisheng said the last sentence, his tone was absolute.

"How about your Southern Mountain Range king?" Fang Zhengzhi asked back.

"We don't listen!" Teng Shisheng replied without even thinking.

"So powerful? Then… I wonder if you would listen to this thing's order?" The trace of a smile formed at the edges of Fang Zhengzhi's mouth. Then, he fished out a green object and placed it on the table in front.

That was a cyan coloured stone made with a very special material. It looked like a jade stone. However, a jade stone was green, while this stone was cyan. Furthermore, it looked even more crystalline and transparent.

Most importantly, in the middle of the stone, there was a word.

"Yu!"

Teng Shisheng's gaze was tightly fixated upon the cyan coloured stone. Then, his expression finally changed. He gritted his teeth tightly as his fists produced loud cracking sounds.

He lifted one leg slightly, as if having made a decision. However, a moment later, Teng Shisheng's expression gradually returned back to its initial state of calm.

However…

The expression in his eyes when he looked at Fang Zhengzhi was filled with shock.

Without further hesitation, Teng Shisheng directly made his way to the table, then grabbed the bottle of wine and poured it down his mouth.

"Gulp gulp!" An entire bottle of wine entered his stomach, yet, Teng Shisheng's face didn't even flush the slightest bit red.

Fang Zhengzhi didn't spend very long in Princess Shan Yu's army camp, hence, he really didn't expect the alcohol tolerance of the Southern Mountain Range people to be so extreme. One bottle of wine gone like that?

At least leave a little for me!

Alright…

Now wasn't the time to be stingy about a bottle of wine.

"Tell me your mission." Fang Zhengzhi asked the question in his mind.

"Send you safely to the Sagely Mountain City, then, personally hand you over to the King for him to deal with you himself!" Teng Shisheng replied without the slightest bit of hesitation.

"Other than handing over a person, I believe there is something else?" Fang Zhengzhi nodded.

"And a letter!" Teng Shisheng's expression changed once again. Then, he fished out a leather envelope from his pocket with the same four words "Confidential for the King" written on it.

When Fang Zhengzhi saw this, he finally understood. The letter in his hand had always been a fake. The letter on Teng Shisheng's hand was the real one.

"Open it." Fang Zhengzhi didn't seem have any intention of taking the letter from Teng Shisheng.

"This…" Teng Shisheng was somewhat hesitant.

"I said open it."

"Roger!"

Teng Shisheng finally gritted his teeth and instantly tore open the leather envelope, taking out an intricate animal skin and handing it into Fang Zhengzhi's hand.

Fang Zhengzhi casually took it and placed it in front of him. Instantly, a smile formed on the edges of his face.

"I see!" When Fang Zhengzhi finished reading the contents of the letter, he understood why none of the twenty generals objected in Princess Shan Yu's tent.

Handing over a person!

Was also handing over a sword!

"Guard Fang, now that you know our mission, you should also now the aim of this journey to the Sagely Mountain City. Even though you have princess's token in your hands, we received the orders personally from princess, hence we must hand you to the king of the Southern Mountain Range. Thus, even if you have the token, it would be futile!" Teng Shisheng waited for Fang Zhengzhi to finish reading the contents of the letter before regaining his composure and then speaking.

"I know, however, I believe princess didn't set a clear time for you to reach, right?" Fang Zhengzhi nodded with a slight smile on his face.

"This… indeed not!" Teng Shisheng thought for a while, and then replied.

"Hence, before reaching the Sagely Mountain City, you must listen to my orders. Am I right?" Fang Zhengzhi looked at Teng Shisheng. He didn't conceal the smile on his face.

"Yes!"

"What if I order you to turn around now?"

"That is possible. However, even if you bring us into the Great Xia Dynasty, we still must complete princess's orders, unless you kill every single one of us." Teng Shisheng replied with confidence.

This was the second time Fang Zhengzhi heard something like that in the Southern Mountain Range. The first time was when he was captured. This time, it was from Teng Shisheng.

The Southern Mountain Range…

Was indeed a land of warriors!

Fan Zhengzhi let out a sigh. However, the most important thing now, other than sighing, was to preserve his own life.

"Pass down my orders. Early in the morning tomorrow, the entire army will turn back!"

"Roger!" Teng Shisheng gritted his teeth. He looked at the cyan stone on the table, tightened his fist, but didn't raise any objections.

"Get a few more bottles of wine, then sit down and eat some meat with me."

"Roger!" Teng Shisheng gritted his teeth again. However, he didn't exit the tent immediately. Instead, he fixed his gaze tightly upon Fang Zhengzhi's face. His mouth opened then closed, as if wanting to say something, yet didn't speak in the end.

"You seem to have a question for me?" Fang Zhengzhi looked at Teng Shisheng's behaviour, the edges of his mouth curling into another smile.

"Yes, I can't understand!" When Teng Shisheng spoke, his body instinctively gave off a powerful air, as if a beast was about to pounce out from his body.

"You don't understand why I would possess the princess's token?" Fang Zhengzhi looked at Teng Shisheng with a calm expression, completely unaffected by the air around Teng Shisheng's body.

"Yes."

"What if I said that the princess gave it to me herself?"

"Impossible!" Teng Shisheng was absolutely sure.

"Nothing is impossible. I'm sure that you know ever since yesterday night, I have been monitored by you people in the army tent and simply didn't even have the chance to take a single step out. Even if I wanted to steal… where would I find that opportunity? Furthermore, fifteen minutes ago, I don't even know what the token of the princess looks like." Fang Zhengzhi casually replied.

"Why did the princess give you the token?" The air around Teng Shisheng suddenly withdrew, as if he was somewhat disheartened.

"This, I don't know. But, I can tell you for sure that I didn't steal it."

"Who are you exactly? To be able to defeat General Tai and possess such a powerful sword, you definitely cannot be just an ordinary spy from the Great Xia." Teng Shisheng finally expressed the doubt in his heart.

"Of course I am not a spy. In reality, I hadn't even entered the army of the Great Xia." Fang Zhengzhi replied very frankly.

"Then you are?" Teng Shisheng looked at Fang Zhengzhi.

"Fang Zhengzhi!"

"Which Fang Zhengzhi?"

"The Rank Four Sword Envoy of the Great Xia Dynasty, Double Roll Champion of the Imperial Examination and number one in the Court Theory Examination, Fang Zhengzhi!"

"You… you are really the Fang Zhengzhi who attained joint first in the theory examination with the number one scholar of the Great Xia Dynasty, Nangong Hao?!" Teng Shisheng's expression finally changed.

"Do you have anymore questions?" Fang Zhengzhi smiled gently. He didn't boast very often. However, these reputations did indeed belong to him. What was wrong with bringing these up once in a while to bolster his self-confidence?

"No more. I have already understood." Teng Shisheng shook his head.

"Understand what?"

"Understood that you indeed didn't steal it, and understood why princess would give you the 'Cyan Stone Token'" Teng Shisheng took one more glance at the cyan stone on the table and said confidently.

"You really understand?"

"Yes."

"Alright, then go get the wine." Fang Zhengzhi waved his hands.

"As you command!" Teng Shisheng respectfully delivered a Southern Mountain Range bow towards Fang Zhengzhi, then slowly withdrew, walking backwards until the entrance of the tent and only then turning his body around.

When Fang Zhengzhi witnessed this scene, he blinked a few times.

As you command?

Your attitude changes really fast…

But, even though you understood, I myself still hadn't understood.

Princess Shan Yu had told me the greatest military secret of the Southern Mountain Range, and gave me the Cyan Stone Token, then allowed me to truly have control over five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries.

But…

What was her reason?

What does she want me to do?

Fang Zhengzhi couldn't understand this yet. However, when he saw Teng Shisheng walk in holding two barrels of wine sealed in mud, he knew that tonight, he would probably not be able to understand this.

The night was as silent as water. Constellations of stars filled the night sky as silver rays fell from the sky, combining with the frosted dew on the ground, causing them to flash with a faint glow.

In a huge military tent.

A wooden pail stood in the center, filled with golden coloured petals and giving off a faint heat.

Within the wooden pail, Princess Shan Yu was lying horizontally inside. Her wheat-coloured skin turned extremely smooth and delicate under the moisture of the warm water. One slender leg was propped on the wooden pail, shaking gently.

Her beautiful hair fell like a waterfall onto her shoulders as droplets of water dripped down.

Princess Shan Yu's dark eyes were partially closed, seeming as if she was relishing in this. Her tender lips parted slightly, breathing out a misty vapour.

On her body, the red coloured cloud pattern flowed around very slowly, maintaining the temperature of the water.

"Fang Zhengzhi?"

Princess Shan Yu's dark eyes gradually opened, as a faint smile appeared on the edges of her mouth. Immediately after, her arm moved slightly. Droplets of water flew up from the pail, landing onto her face.

"If you are really that Fang Zhengzhi, I believe five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries should be enough, right? The Great Xia Dynasty… I wonder what plans you will have after seeing my Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries?"

Princess Shan Yu closed her eyes once again. Then, she slowly stood up from the wooden pail. Water droplets rapidly scattered upwards, enveloping her entire body. The glow of the candlelight produced an elegant figure on the ground.

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Chapter 345: Betrayed the Country?

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The Thunder Light Settlement.

It wasn't an especially impressive settlement. As a small settlement under the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement, it contained the most primitive of living conditions.

Tentages built by wood became the most iconic building of the Thunder Light Settlement. Other than that, the area surrounding the Thunder Light Settlement were densely packed with pieces of green mountain rocks stacked highly atop one another.

Living in a location like the Southern Mountain Range filled with fearsome beasts, defence was naturally a necessity.

Initially, there were defensive orders in the Thunder Light Settlement. Each day, twenty over youths armed with spears would patrol around the green mountain rocks.

However…

In this period of time, the Thunder Light Settlement didn't continue with this.

Because, somebody else had taken over them to undergo this task. They were the soldiers from the Great Xia. Two thousand soldiers occupied the Thunder Light Settlement, taking over their defences.

On the other hand, what the Thunder Light Settlement had to do was to live a happy and peaceful life.

Of course, enthusiastic and hospitable citizens would occasionally roast a few mountain beasts and bring out homemade alcohol to give to these soldiers helping to protect the settlement, fulfilling their responsibilities as hosts.

Chen Hao, thirty-three years old.

A scholar who wasn't very extraordinary, ranked twenty-three in the Court Theory Examination. It wasn't very high, but it wasn't too low either.

As for his powers, it was average.

However, this didn't cause him too much worry. Because, he believed that he had a very smart brain. And most importantly, he knew how to adhere.

This adherence wasn't a blind adherence. Instead, it was an adherence that changed with the wind.

Ever since the start of the combat examination, he had adhered to many scholars. Facts proved that all his decisions were extremely wise.

In this combat examination, there were three hot topics.

First, Nangong Hao. Second, Wu Feng. Third, Yan Xiu.

This was something almost everybody knew. Nangong Hao was naturally the best pick among them. Chen Hao also thought this way. However, Nangong Hao had indeed rejected the companionship of everybody.

Ever since he entered the Southern Mountain Range, he had decisively hurried off to the Icy Monkey Main Settlement. Then, he pinned himself there like a nail, not even straying an inch away from it.

This caused most of the people to give up Nangong Hao, crossing over and surrendering to the second hot topic, Wu Feng.

Chen Hao didn't make such a decision. Because, there were too many people adhering to Wu Feng, so much so that there almost wasn't any more space. With his abilities, it was naturally impossible for him to receive any good treatment there.

Hence, he gave up Wu Feng.

As for Yan Xiu...

He was too cold, hence, also not his choice.

Giving up the three hot topics seemed somewhat overly dumb. However, Chen Hao didn't think so. Because, he knew very clearly that the powerful people in the ancient times had to survive when caught between gaps, suffer patiently but with a firm resolve in order to achieve success.

All he had to do was to separate himself far away from the battlefield, hiding somewhere that other people wouldn't be able to find, then wait until the combat examination was about to end before jumping out.

That way, his ranking would naturally be above those who were eliminated earlier.

That was enough.

A perfect plan, combined with Chen Hao's survival policy of betraying friends for glory, caused him to finally be able to find a quiet area within the gaps.

The Thunder Light Settlement was a small settlement at the very edge of the four main settlements.

The scenery was beautiful, and the beasts plentiful.

In the early morning.

The bright beautiful sunlight shone on the green grass, gradually melting the frosted dew. Wearing a black armour, Chen Hao walked out of the military tent and stretched.

"Today is a good weather, suitable for hunting in the morning!" Chen Hao was somebody who knew how to enjoy life. Coming from a noble family, he wasn't used to eating the wild tree barks and military rations.

As for the small beasts farmed in the Thunder Light Settlement.

He couldn't kill and roast them everyday. After all, it was a military law that if other people didn't give it to him, he couldn't snatch them by himself. Else, if this was caught, he would be charged.

However, this didn't trouble him. He was self-sufficient.

He had soldiers, arrows, and power skills. Hunting and satisfying his taste buds were extremely relaxed and joyful activities for him.

"Come!" Chen Hao shouted.

"General Chen, what do you want?" An armoured middle-aged man who looked like a military commander instantly ran to Chen Hao's side and asked respectfully.

"Make some preparations, I want to go hunting!"

"I understand." The middle-aged man instantly understood when he heard. Casually waving his hand, almost a hundred soldiers instantly left the morning training squad and ran over.

All of these people were experts at hunting. Following Chen Hao the entire way, they could coordinate well with his hunting techniques.

Of course…

Chen Hao camped at the Thunder Light Settlement, hence naturally had made some preparations. For example, digging a few traps at areas where mountain beasts often appeared, or placing a few animals traps along paths where animals walked.

This way, he had a strong group of soldiers and sufficient arrows in addition to the occasional animal that fell into the trap. Almost every single time he went hunting, he would have a fruitful harvest.

When the hundred soldiers saw that Chen Hao called them to go hunting, they were all excited. Because, this meant that there would be another bonfire celebration tonight.

Every time there was a bonfire celebration night, young women from the Thunder Light Settlement would run to the side of the bonfire and dance around. Their dancing hola skirts had stunned the fiery hearts of many soldiers.

Not only did they have things to eat, they also had things to watch. What a great life!

Chen Hao looked towards the excited soldiers and nodded his head in satisfaction. These passionate soldiers were what he wanted.

Only by feeding them during normal times would they have the strength to battle when the fighting truly started!

"Let's go!"

Barking out an order, Chen Hao rode on the famous stallion he brought from the Great Xia. He carried a jet-black long bow on his back and two daggers at his waist. His style was filled with elegance.

When the young women of the Thunder Light Settlement who were laboring in the morning saw the style which Chen Hao rode his horse, they covered their mouths and giggled softly, boldly shooting meaningful glances towards Chen Hao.

In certain areas, the practices of the Southern Mountain Range were much more open compared to that of the Great Xia.

As the soldiers looked at the flushed faces of the young women in the Southern Mountain Range, they all began to grow even more excited. Puffing out their chests and raising their head up high, they charged out on their battle horses behind Chen Hao.

"Kill!"

Half an hour later, Chen Hao gazed at the sky. Two rows of tears fell from the corners of his eyes. The black armour on his body was already badly battered, while the long bow on his back was broken into two.

The two daggers on his waist were even worse off, turning into a pile broken pieces.

"Why?" Chen Hao couldn't accept this.

He really couldn't understand why the trap he had set up below the tree had been shifted into the middle of the road. This caused him to fall into it directly without even being able to struggle at all.

Of course…

This wasn't the most important thing. The most important thing was, where did all these monsters come from!

Chen Hao looked tearfully at the huge fearsome beast on top of his head, whose mouth was salivating with white foam. It was two meters high, covered in green and black fur and had a silver horn that flashed with light.

"Awoo!" The Silver Horned Wolf let out a low howl.

Chen Hao's powers had already reached that of Heavenly Reflection Peak. Hence, he naturally didn't fear one Silver Horned Wolf. However, it was impossible for him not to fear a few hundred Silver Horned Wolves.

Furthermore, what he feared even more was those armoured dark-skinned soldiers riding on the bodies of the Silver Horned Wolves, holding black spears in their hands.

"You are caught!" A Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry soldier looked down arrogant at Chen Hao, who was in a dishevelled state inside the pitfall, with a disdainful cold smile on his face.

"I don't accept this. This is the territory of the four main territories. I am here to participate in the combat examination. Furthermore, I didn't cross the territory. Your Southern Mountain Range soldiers cannot attack me, this is going against the alliance of the two countries!" Chen Hao attempted to argue strongly on basis of reason.

Of course, he couldn't accept this. These soldiers in front of him were clearly elite forces of the Southern Mountain Range. Being defeated by soldiers from the Southern Mountain Range evidently wasn't part of his plan.

"You are a participant of the combat examination?" When the Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry soldier heard Chen Hao's words, he blinked a few times.

"That's right, I am an examinee! Based on the agreement between our two countries…"

"Leader… This guy is an examinee!" After confirming Chen Hao's identity, the Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry soldier didn't bother waiting for Chen Hao to continue speaking, and instead immediately turned around and shouted out.

Very quickly, a Silver Horned Wolf which was even bigger in size compared to the rest appeared in front of Chen Hao. On the Silver Horned Wolf sat a dark-skinned man with extremely well-defined muscles.

"What is your name?" Teng Shisheng looked at Chen Hao.

"I am Chen Hao, a participant in this combat examination. I believe that you had made a mistake and attacked the wrong person, is that right? Quick, free me." Chen Hao instantly explained.

"Chen Hao?" Teng Shisheng nodded. Then, he flipped open a small leather notebook, glanced at it, then recited. "Theory examination number twenty-three, with the power of Heavenly Reflection Peak."

"That's right, that's right. That is me!" Chen Hao hurriedly nodded like a chicken pecking on grains.

"Alright, congratulations, you are eliminated!" When Teng Shisheng heard Chen Hao's validation, he nodded once again and spoke with a serious expression.

"Eliminated?!" Chen Hao was completely stunned. After a moment, he regained his senses. "What rights do you have to eliminate me? You aren't examinees from the Great Xia, this is against the rules!"

Chen Hao was outraged. If these people really dared to do so, he didn't mind making a complaint against the barbarism of the Southern Mountain Range for destroying his young and great future.

"Hi, Young Master Chen, how are you!"

Just as Chen Hao began to raise his objections once again, another sound rang out from on top of the trap. Immediately after, a figure dressed in leopard print clothes appeared in front of his eyes.

Of course, other than that rather extreme leopard print attire, the other party also gave him an extremely bright smile.

Chen Hao was instantly stunned.

His entire body stood completely rooted to the ground, his eyes completely widened. His jaws dropped so low that a big steamed bun could be stuffed into it. His face was a deathly shade of pale.

Naturally, he recognised this face in front of him.

Or, it could be said that any person who had participated in the court examination wouldn't be able to forget this face.

However, he didn't believe it. He didn't believe that he would see this face in this place. This was simply as terrifying as seeing a ghost in the broad daylight.

He was so terrified that he was left speechless for a long time.

Chen Hao's throat quivered slightly and instinctively wanted to move backwards. He wanted to open his mouth and shout, 'Ghost!'. But, when he felt the sunny rays of sunlight, he stopped himself from shouting this in the end.

"As the saying goes, if one ran across an old friend in a distant land, one must host a good celebration. Young Master Chen, is that right?" The youth dressed in leopard print nodded towards Teng Shisheng as he spoke.

Teng Shisheng understood and instantly passed a bottle of wine into the hand of the youth in leopard print.

The youth casually tossed the wine bottle into the trap.

"Come, Young Master Chen, congratulations on your elimination!"

"..." Chen Hao stared speechlessly at the wine bottle that was about to smash into his face.

"Young Master Chen, can you not be like this? Why the bitter face? Smile, that's right, look at my expression. You must smile like this. Running across an old friend in a distant land, what a moment to cherish!"

"You… I am going to kill you!" Chen Hao was finally enraged. His face turned from white to red. Snatching up half of his long bow, he prepared to charge out of the trap and fight with his life.

"Huh? Young Master Chen doesn't seem to be too convinced. Call me after you have made him convinced!" The youth was evidently taken aback by Chen Hao's sudden movement, his entire body leaping back.

Then, he felt his hand to his chest and spoke towards Teng Shisheng.

"Roger!" Teng Shisheng nodded. Then, he glanced towards a few of the surrounding Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry soldiers.

Instantly, five or six Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries let out a howl and leapt one following another into the pitfall.

"Ah! It's too squeezy here! Don't jump down all at one go! Ahh, my hand… I surrender, I surrender. Quick, let go of your mouth. I really surrender!"

The night of the Thunder Light Settlement was a lively night.

The bonfire celebration night was being held in a grand manner. Five or six beasts were being roasted on the bonfire, giving off sizzling sounds oil dripped into the flame. A group of young women wearing in holas danced around the bonfire, swaying their waists.

Inciting waves of happy laughter.

Yet, in other times, the person who laughed the happiest was Chen Hao. Today, he shivered uncontrollably with a bitter expression. His face was very green. That was a shade of green left by punches to the face.

His arm was badly injured.

That was the teeth mark left by the bites of the Silver Horned Wolf.

If he hadn't begged for mercy at the most critical moment, this arm wouldn't belong to him anymore. It wouldn't belong to him now, and it wouldn't belong to him in the future.

Chen Hao's injury was truly very serious.

However, his heart was the most severely injured.

Because…

When he was held hanging back to the Thunder Light Settlement, the remaining one thousand nine hundred soldiers were stupefied. Even those commanding soldiers who usually treated him with great respect were stupefied.

All the soldiers that he had been feeding made a very coordinated move.

Betrayal.

Just like the way he betrayed those scholars on the way without the slightest bit of hesitation, they didn't even take a second glance at him before welcoming their new general.

Even till now, Chen Hao still hadn't understood why this person would appear in this place.

"Didn't this person miss the combat examination? Why would he appear here? Furthermore, what are those faithful and loyal Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries behind him all about? Don't tell me… he had betrayed the country?!" Chen Hao's eyes were tightly fixed upon the youth in leopard print not too far away, lying among the crowd with a leisurely look on his face.

Because, that youth had a name that caused him great anger…

Fang Zhengzhi!

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Chapter 346: The Great Plan

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Chen Hao didn't know why Fang Zhengzhi would appear in the Thunder Light Settlement at this moment, just like how he still didn't know why those traps would have shifted in position.

Of course, Fang Zhengzhou wouldn't reply these meaningless questions from Chen Hao.

After being a small pawn for many days, he had once again become a general with great difficulty. His biggest priority now was naturally to eat, drink and play well.

"Guard Fang, which examinee should be attack in which settlement next?" Teng Shisheng held a bottle of wine in his hands, gazing at the young women dancing around the bonfire as he moved beside Fang Zhengzhi.

"Why must be go to settlements to attack examinees?" Fang Zhengzhi tilted his head upwards slightly, tore off a piece of roasted meat and stuffed it in his mouth, then chewing on it as oil flowed down his mouth.

"Isn't your purpose in bringing us within the four main settlements to win the combat examination?" Teng Shisheng replied as if everything were to be expected.

"Is winning the combat examination related to going to settlements to attack examinees?" Fang Zhengzhi replied with another question of his own.

"It isn't related?" Teng Shisheng was confused.

"No matter whether you think it is related or not, I feel that it isn't really related." Fang Zhengzhi smiled lightly and replied.

"Then… today, you attacked him…" Teng Shisheng pointed at Chen Hao, who was located not too far away, his body covered with injuries.

"Oh, this was purely just passing by, I guess his luck isn't very good." Fang Zhengzhi shook his head somewhat helplessly.

"Passing by?"

"That's right." Fang Zhengzhi replied confidently.

Chen Hao, who was moaning in pain not too far away, heard Fang Zhengzhi's words. His expression instantly changed and suddenly felt a little sick. Passing by? What is this!

As he recalled the hardships he had faced all the way here.

Chen Hao almost began to cry. Going from the perimeter of the Southern Mountain Range all the way into the Thunder Light Settlement, was it easy? Just because you wanted to pass by here!

That's why you eliminated me?

Do you dare to go and pass by other settlements…

Chen Hao was extremely gloomy. However, he didn't have any say.

"Then, where should we go next?" Teng Shisheng also empathized somewhat with Chen Hao when he heard Fang Zhengzhi's words. However, he still asked curiously.

"I haven't thought of it yet." Fang Zhengzhi replied casually.

"..." Teng Shisheng grew somewhat speechless once again.

He had initially thought that Fang Zhengzhi would do something earthshaking by bringing them into the four main settlements. However, Fang Zhengzhi actually claimed that he hadn't thought of it yet?

This way…

Isn't this something that shouldn't be coming out of the number one of the Court Theory Examination in the Great Xia Dynasty?

"That's right, I need to first go and find a person." Fang Zhengzhi thought for a while, then finally recalled what he needed to do.

"Who?" Teng Shisheng instantly asked.

"My friend, Yan Xiu!"

"Yan Xiu? Number three in this Court Theory Examination, that Yan Xiu?" As Teng Shisheng asked, he flipped open the small leather notebook in his hand.

"That's right."

"I understand. Guard Fang wants to combine forces with Yan Xiu before beginning your attack?"

"No, you won't understand this." Fang Zhengzhi shook his head, then thought for a while and asked again. "How does the Southern Mountain Range address the leader of the settlement?"

"The Southern Mountain Range addresses them as settlement chief!"

"Settlement chief?" Fang Zhengzhi nodded. This was indeed very similar to the primitive societies of his past life.

"Why does Guard Fang wish to ask this?"

"You don't have to bother about this. After the bonfire celebration night ends, bring the settlement chief of the Thunder Light Settlement into my tent. I have something for him." After Fang Zhengzhi finished speaking, he immediately poured a mouthful of wine into his mouth. Then, adjusting his posture, he began to watch the dances.

"Alright." Teng Shisheng nodded. However, his expression was still filled with confusion.

Because, he knew that based on the agreement between the Great Xia and the Southern Mountain Range, there weren't much things that the examinees of the combat examination would need to discuss with the settlement chiefs of the various settlements about.

Could it be...

That Fang Zhengzhi wanted to stay long-term in the Thunder Light Settlement?

Deep into the night, inside a military tent. Two dimly lit candles radiated with faint glows under the gust of the wind, as well as producing the shadows of two people inside the tent on the ground.

Wearing a leopard print, Fang Zhengzhi sat on a chair with a blade of grass hanging from his mouth as he gazed at the Thunder Light Settlement Chief standing in front of him.

The Thunder Light Settlement Chief seemed to be around forty years of age. His attire was indeed different from that of others. At the very least, it seemed much grander compared to the people wear hula skirts outside.

He wore a piece of animal skin on his shoulder and a robe woven together with rattan. There was also a hat with a long feather sticking out of it on his head.

His dark skin gave off a faint glow under the illumination of the candle light.

"I wonder if Young Master Fang has anything you need help with by calling me in late at night?" The settlement chief looked at Fang Zhengzhi with a very humble expression. He appeared extremely kind and friendly.

"Yes, and no." Fang Zhengzhi shook his head, and then nodded his head.

When the settlement chief heard Fang Zhengzhi's ambiguous answer, his face appeared very blank.

"Alright, from now on, all your actions must obey my order!" Fang Zhengzhi looked at the settlement chief's blank look and spoke with a different tone.

"Obey your order? Is there some form of misunderstanding?" The settlement chief looked at Fang Zhengzhi with a confused expression, evidently not quite understanding the meaning behind his words.

"Do I look like I misunderstand?" Fang Zhengzhi retorted.

"Ha ha… even though I am only the settlement chief of a small settlement, I listen to the order of the Southern Mountain Range King, and obey the orders of the main settlement chief of the Thunder Lion Settlement. As the examinee of the Great Xia Dynasty's combat examination, I fear you don't have to power to order me." When the settlement chief heard this, the trace of a cold smile appeared on his face.

"Stop pretending. I am the personal bodyguard of Princess Shan Yu. The reason I am here at the Thunder Light Settlement today is to pass down Princess Shan Yu's military orders. Obey my orders!"

"Pass down Princess Shan Yu's military orders?! Young Master Fang, isn't this joke going overboard?" The settlement chief was unmoved.

"Don't tell me you dare to delay the military situation?"

"Young master, I really don't understand what you mean."

"The plan has changed. The princess ordered me to bring five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries into the Great Xia's combat examination, you must support me from the side. Any questions?"

"If princess needs any support, she could just say so. Why would she need to scare me with a military order? I am not a soldier." The settlement chief's tone at this moment seemed somewhat outraged.

"Preposterous! Among the four main settlements, who isn't a soldier? I have already made clear my purpose. If you dare to continue delaying the military situation, do you know what's the punishment?!"

"Young Master, don't scare me. You are the examinee of the Great Xia, you can't say these kind of thing!" The settlement chief's body trembled, as if he had received a huge fright.

Fang Zhengzhi looked at the settlement chief with a smile on his face. This guy really knows how to act! I had already scared him, yet he didn't relent.

Looks like I must show him my true colours!

"Ring!"

A short blade that Fang Zhengzhi normally used to cut meat was pulled out. Immediately after, Fang Zhengzhi immediately leapt in front of the settlement chief.

"Whoever disobeys military orders would be killed!"

"Wait a minute! As the examinee of the Great Xia, I wish that you can take responsibilities for your actions. Your current actions have already went against the treaty between the two countries, I advise you to stop immediately!" As he felt the bone-chilling cold coming from the blade, the settlement chief's expression finally darkened.

"Is it? What if I don't stop?"

"You can kill me, but, the people of my settlement would definitely report this to the king. When that time comes, the treaty between the two countries would be destroyed because of you. I will see how you explain it then!"

"Oh… this is indeed a problem."

"Young Master Fang, if you stop now, I can pretend that this never happened!"

"I also wish that this had never happened. However, this Cyan Stone Token in my hand cannot pretend that nothing had happened!" Fang Zhengzhi fished out a cyan coloured stone as he spoke.

This was Princess Shan Yu's Cyan Stone Token.

"This… don't tell me this is?" The settlement chief's expression

"General sends his greetings to guard. If you have any orders, I will definitely carry them out!" The settlement chief at this moment finally assumed a serious expression. His body also gave off the aura of a military man.

When Fang Zhengzhi saw this, he gradually put down the dagger in his hands. At the same time, kept the Cyan Stone Tablet back in his pocket.

What the hell…

I initially wanted to depend on my acting.

Failure!

Looks like there is still more work needed to be done on my acting. Fang Zhengzhi was somewhat disappointed about. However, he very quickly felt at ease.

Every citizen a soldier!

This was indeed its meaning!

When Fang Zhengzhi saw Princess Shan Yu's letter, he had a very brave guess. However, he didn't dare to confirm it.

Now that he had tested it out.

It was actually exactly the same as what he guessed.

However, that meant that the combat examination was about to be in great trouble.

If he didn't guess wrongly, the initial settlement chiefs of the four main settlements had already been swapped by generals or commanders of the Southern Mountain Range. The original citizens had also been mostly swapped out by soldiers of the Southern Mountain Range.

The four main settlements.

Just by quantity alone, it already consisted of a few hundred thousand people.

Even though it was impossible for all of them to be disguised soldiers, but, it wasn't difficult trying to hide a hundred thousand, or even two hundred thousand soldiers.

The Great Xia Dynasty's plan was to leverage on the opportunity of the combat examination to control the four main settlements in one move. Then, using the four main settlements as a launchpad to send their army into the Southern Mountain Range.

If they advanced, they could attack. If they retreated, they could defence.

However, the Southern Mountain Range on the other hand turned that ply for their own use.

Swapping out the people in the four main settlements in advance, then, sending in soldiers into the four main settlements disguised as citizens.

They had already made their preparations to fight.

That was the real plan of the Southern Mountain Range.

As for Princess Shan Yu, planting heavy troops outside the perimeter of the four main settlements.

There should be two layers of objectives. The first was to attract the attention of the Great Xia Dynasty, purposely putting on acts outside the perimeter. The second was to establish a second layer of defence to defend against the unexpected.

This was a perfect, grand plan.

However, he didn't know, who was the person who planned this?

Was it the king of the Southern Mountain Range? Or was it the noblelite mentioned by Teng Shisheng?

Or was it…

Yun Qingwu!

The Demon Young Lord, Yun Qingwu!

Fang Zhengzhi didn't know. However, after confirming the identity of the Thunder Light Settlement Chief, he had already uncovered the truth of this plan. However, it was just uncovering.

Wanting to foil this plan was another matter altogether.

So what if he knew?

Without the order of the Southern Mountain Range King, or that of the noblelite, it was simply impossible to move these troops that were sent in advance.

Now, even if he might be able to convince or suppress this "settlement chief" in front of him, once these "settlement chiefs" gathered together, things would be revealed sooner or later.

Fang Zhengzhi knew that this would be no more than an act.

The citizens of the two countries had completely different beliefs. If he dared to risk moving these Southern Mountain Range soldiers, he was almost absolutely sure that the consequences would be an honourless death.

Maybe…

This was the reason Princess Shan Yu dared to tell him the reason behind this so frankly.

Fang Zhengzhi frowned as he looked at the dancing flames in front of him. Within the flames, he seemed to have seen a face. A delicate face. However, that face seemed be mocking him.

"Fang Zhengzhi, I have told you my plan. What can you do to me?"

That's right…

What can I do to you?

At this moment, Fang Zhengzhi indeed couldn't do anything to Princess Shan Yu nor these Southern Mountain Range soldiers.

In reality, after he had confirmed this plan, he already had a thought. That was to immediately leave the four main settlements, then, get Teng Shisheng to bring him somewhere far away from the Southern Mountain Range.

However…

In that case, then what about Yan Xiu?

Leave Yan Xiu in the Southern Mountain Range then wait for the few hundred soldiers of the Southern Mountain Range to begin their revolution? No, before I leave, I must bring Yan Xiu with me!

Fang Zhengzhi gritted his teeth and decided upon the first step of his plan. Then, he gazed at the "settlement chief" in front of him.

"Tell me the current situation of the battle!"

"Are you asking me about the combat examination?" When the settlement chief heard Fang Zhengzhi's words, he asked probingly.

"Yes!"

"My orders are to remain in the Thunder Light Settlement, hence I don't know much about the combat examination. I only have some limited understanding of what is happening within the Thunder Lion Settlement." The settlement chief nodded his head and said quickly.

"Alright, then tell me everything that you know." Fang Zhengzhi naturally guessed that a "settlement chief" of a small settlement wouldn't be able to have access to much intelligence.

However, it was better than nothing.

Most importantly…

Asking the "settlement chief" about the situation regarding the combat examination wouldn't raise suspicions easily.

"Roger!" The settlement chief nodded once again, then recited everything about the situation around the Thunder Light Settlement as well as within the Thunder Light Settlement.

As Fang Zhengzhi listened, he began to plan his army's movement path. However, the longer he listened, the more he realised that the situation now was a lot more complicated than what he had imagined.

This feeling was like dancing on a pile of swords.

It was playing with fire.

What the hell…

It really seems quite dangerous!

Fang Zhengzhi frowned slightly, then instinctively looked towards the settlement chief in front of him, looking at his dark skin and the faint light that shone onto his skin.

Finally, his eyes gradually lit up.

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Chapter 347: Counterattack and Finding Treasures

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If there was one day when you just happened to be participating in a very important fighting competition and the opponents around you were more or less equal in power, right at this moment, you suddenly realised that you had a breakthrough.

Many strange and different thoughts suddenly flooded your mind and the strength of your body suddenly surged, instantly overpowering your opponents.

Would you be very happy?

Chen Feiyu had recently been deeply stuck in this joy, almost unable to pull himself out from it. In the Court Theory Examination, his results were actually not too bad.

Ranking number twelve in the Rising Dragon Roll, he had managed to attain fifth position in the theory examination, ranked just behind Wu Feng. It was already an extraordinary feat.

However, that didn't have any use.

Because, nobody would ever pay attention to this rank. After all, on top of him, there was Nangong Hao, there was Fang Zhengzhi, there was Yan Xiu, and there was Wu Feng.

Those that people paid attention to would always be those who had the possibility of obtaining champion.

As for what was below the champion?

They were just non-entities serving as contrasts. No matter how talented they were, they wouldn't attract much attention from others.

Chen Feiyu's background was naturally not lowly. He was the direct descendant of one of the thirteen constabularies. His elder sister was the dynasty's Imperial Concubine Hua Fei, even Ping Yang had to call him uncle.

Of course, this was just as useless.

Chen Feiyu had been extremely talented all his life. There were quite many notable incidents. For example, being able to recite poems at the age of seven, and being able to write beautiful, life-like calligraphy at the age of nine.

However, very unfortunately, it was still useless.

Because, his elder sister, the current Imperial Concubine Hua Fei, could recite poems at the age of six, and had extraordinary calligraphy skills at the age of eight. Hence, when Chen Feiyu brought the first poem of his life to his father at the age of seven to seek his praise, his father had only glanced across it and sighed.

"Passable!"

Then, the rest of Chen Feiyu's life seemed to have landed into some sort of curse.

Number twelve in the Rising Dragon Roll was already an impressive result. However, people only cared about the top ten, at the very most, they might discuss about the number eleven who had the opportunity of entering the top ten.

As for the number twelve?

Who had the time to care about that!

Not bad, manageable, passable.

These became the most common phrases Chen Feiyu heard in his life.

Not too long ago in the horseback hunting competition in the hunting grounds of the Eastern Suburbs, the same thing had happened. Chen Feiyu's horseback skills were extremely impressive. However, nobody had paid any attention to him ever since the start of the competition.

Because, in front of him there were the number six and number seven of the Rising Dragon Roll, Xiang Tianying and Tang Zhongming. Further down, there were still Ninth Prince Lin Yun and Princess Ping Yang.

Then…

As somebody who didn't have too much chance of entering the top three, nobody paid any attention to him.

This was something very saddening. Even more saddening was Fang Zhengzhi had gained more attention than him, riding a Mud Striped Horse! This was simply his miserable life fortune.

Nobody cared about the number five in the Court Theory Examination, nobody cared about the number four in the horseback hunting competition, ever since they had entered the Southern Mountain Range and began the combat examination, everybody's attention were all on Nangong Hao and Wufeng.

And even when Chen Feiyu specially inquired about the intelligence sent to Ninth Prince Lin Yun.

The intelligence report only mentioned about how Wu Feng was doing, how Nangong Hao was doing, how Yan Xiu was doing. However, Chen Feiyu, who occupied the Thunder Lion Main Settlement wasn't mentioned at all.

Why wasn't he mentioned.

He had also occupied one of the four main settlements, how could they not report that?

Chen Feiyu was very affected by his!

To be born within the thirteen constabularies, wasn't that noble? To be ranked twelveth in the Rising Dragon Roll, wasn't that impressive?

However, Chen Feiyu's life seemed to have been destined to be a black hole, going back and forth along the edges of glory, yet always existing as a black hole.

Not only couldn't he become a main character, he wasn't even qualified to play a supporting role. If he had to be described as something, it would be an utility man with a name.

Even then, people had to ask.

Does anybody still remember who Chen Feiyu was?

Alright…

Chen Feiyu's destiny this entire life was a huge word, "misery".

However, it was alright.

Chen Feiyu had a breakthrough, going from the Heavenly Reflection Peak State into the Supernatural Beginning State. Even though he had just broken through, it was definitely a path that went against his fate.

This caused Chen Feiyu to feel extremely excited, so excited that he couldn't even contain himself.

He had full confidence that him of the Supernatural Beginning State would definitely enter the top few of the Rising Dragon Roll.

He wouldn't think about challenging Chi Guyan and Nangong Hao yet, however, disabling Wu Feng and suppressing Fang Zhengzhi and Yan Xiu's arrogance would be very possible.

Leading the army and making it prosperous, strengthening the military powers, swallow humiliation and bear a heavy load upon his shoulders, and creating a great uprising in one move to become the brightest star in this combat examination, that was what Chen Feiyu currently thought.

Having taken over the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement, he had twelve thousand troops. Even though it was still some distance away from Wu Feng's twenty thousand troops, Chen Feiyu wasn't afraid.

As long as Wu Feng dared to come!

He dared to attack Wu Feng head on.

Hence…

Wu Feng came, advancing with his great military strength, sending troops towards him from the two directions of the Yan Ya settlement and the Shi Zun settlement in an attempt to take down the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement in one fell swoop to become his third base.

Chen Feiyu only laughed at this.

Pretense!

Let me see how long you can pretend. He could almost imagine Wu Feng's exaggerated and shocked expression when he realised that he had entered the Supernatural State.

"Impossible, Brother Fei Yu, how could you breakthrough to the Supernatural State so quickly? This… this is simply unbelievable!"

"Ha ha ha… A person's life would always have to change at one point. For example, now is my time!"

Every time Chen Feiyu imagined this situation, he would always tremble slightly in excitement. He wanted these people to remember very clearly that this world didn't only consist of Nangong Hao, Wu Feng, Fang Zhengzhi and Yan Xiu.

There was also himself, Chen Feiyu!

Come, you better come, come carefully, don't sprain your back!

Why would the thirteen constabularies be named the thirteen constabularies? Why were the thirteen constabularies so closely united together? The reason was because the thirteen constabularies were the thirteen forces that had followed the Founding Emperor in establishing the Great Xia.

The thirteen constabularies, born in the battlefield, built upon generations of friendly settlements, bonded by the same beliefs.

There was a saying that had been running around in the Great Xia Dynasty.

"If the thirteen constabularies remain standing, the Great Xia Dynasty will never die!"

If the Great Xia Dynasty was described as a large, tall tree, then the thirteen constabularies were doubtlessly the stems of the Great Xia Dynasty, stems that extended deep into the earth.

Would the direct descendent of the thirteen constabularies, Chen Feiyu, not know military techniques?

That was simply a joke.

Commanding troops and setting formations were too easy, so much so that even Chen Feiyu had come up with his own summary. That was the experience he had gained from reading countless military books.

As well as the true knowledge he had gleaned from his countless times in the battlefield.

Vigour!

The most decisive factor in a battle between two forces was vigour. Victory came from using one's vigour to suppress and handicap the other party.

Faced with Wu Feng's flanking from two routes, Chen Feiyu wasn't thinking of staying in the Thunderous Lion Settlement and guarding it. He was thinking how best to launch a head-on attack to triumph over Wu Feng.

"Twenty thousand troops, split into two? This is simply asking for death!" Chen Feiyu raised his head slightly and looked at the army of brightly-armoured soldiers with a cold smile on his face.

He could almost completely guess Wu Feng's plan.

The lowest requirement was leaving two thousand troops in each of the two main settlements. Then, the twenty thousand troops would instantly turn into sixteen thousand. Wu Feng had been staying in the Yan Ya Settlement. Hence, the forces that came from the Yan Ya Settlement would definitely be the main force.

Calculating the army strength.

The number of people coming from the Yan Ya Settlement would be at least ten thousand, while those coming from the Shi Zun Settlement would at most be six thousand.

Wanting to combine forces then annihilating me in one fell swoop?

A dark-blue ripple-like glow lighted up on Chen Feiyu's body, while green tree leaves began to flash faintly in the light like beads of lotus.

"Generals listen to my orders!"

"Roger!"

"General Li receive my order!"

"Roger!"

"You will personally lead two thousand fast troops, setting off at night and rush to the Thunderous Bird Settlement at the perimeter. Then, successively set up defences at the Heaven Thunder Settlement, Changxing Settlement, this position, and here, here, here… set up a camp at every step, and a pass every ten miles. Only defend, don't attack! I wish to delay Wu Feng's main forces for five days to reduce the loss of our soldiers!" When Chen Feiyu finished speaking, he passed a commander token into the hands of a soldier.

In a true fight.

Chen Feiyu naturally wouldn't use those scholars participating in the examination. Because, he knew very clearly that these people's goals were only to get a good ranking.

If the descendant of the thirteen constabularies wouldn't even able to determine who knew how to fight and who didn't, that was truly ruining the reputation of the thirteen constabularies.

"Roger!" A commanding soldier instantly received the token, then turned around and ran outside the tent without a second of hesitation.

"The other soldiers will all prepare to move out and follow me. I will personally command ten thousand soldiers to surround and kill the six thousand troops coming from the Shi Zun Settlement." Chen Feiyu continued to give his orders after the commanding soldier had left the tent.

"Young Master Zhang wishes to personally lead the troops, this…"

Call me General!"

"Roger, General Zhang, if all of us leaves to attack, wouldn't this Thunderous Lion Settlement become empty? What if General Li isn't able to guard his side, and we are unable to take down the troops from Shi Zun in time. If at that time, Wu Feng leads his troops into the Thunderous Lion Settlement, we would face enemies on both sides." A commander said doubtfully.

"That's right, isn't General Zhang's actions a little too daring? I believe that we have the geographical advantage in this battle, defence is enough." Another commander also suggested by the side.

"Defence? Ha ha… Do you think I am happy or worried when I heard that Wu Feng is coming to attack?" When Chen Feiyu heard these two general's words, he didn't express his anger immediately. Instead, he asked with a light smile on his face.

"This… Wu Feng has control over two main settlements, and has almost two times the amount of troops we have, I believe… you would naturally be a little more worried."

"That's right, if we have a few more days, we wouldn't have to be afraid of him."

When the two commanders heard Chen Feiyu's question, they glanced at one another and replied.

"Wrong, I am happy!" Chen Feiyu shook his head.

"Happy? Where did this happiness come from?" When the other commanders heard Chen Feiyu's words, they were also somewhat confused.

"I am happy that Heaven has given me an opportunity. And, this opportunity really came at the best possible time. I was initially thinking how I was going to defend against Wu Feng. However, now, I am at ease."

"I don't really understand."

"Yes, of course you wouldn't understand. Defence is indeed the best strategy now. All of you are extremely experienced in battle. Using the geography as an advantage to continue our defence, we indeed have an eighty percent chance of not losing! However, that is only not losing! Defence? Can we defend until we become first in the combat examination? Of course not! Defence? Can we defend until we have control over the three main settlements? Of course not! Then, let me ask you all, why must I defend?"

When Chen Feiyu said this, his body naturally gave off a powerful aura. That was a self-confidence that came from his heart.

Only one with immense self-confidence would have such a powerful aura.

"I understand!"

"We had initially thought that General Zhang wishes to remain undefeated in the combat examination. However, we never thought that General Zhang would have such ambition!"

"General Zhang is indeed the descendant of the thirteen constabularies, we are willing to follow you till death!"

"Follow General Zhang and attain first in the combat examination!"

When the commanders heard Chen Feiyu's words and felt the powerful self-confidence and aura coming from Chen Feiyu, they were taken aback. Then, began to kneel down on one knee one by one.

After Fang Zhengzhi finished listening to the situation analysis of the Thunderous Lion Settlement by the settlement chief, a question had rose in his mind. Who is this Chen Feiyu?

Why did nobody ever mention him in the past?

Hmm…

This was a question, however, it wasn't a question that bothered Fang Zhengzhi for too long. He felt at ease very quickly. Because, after looking at the dark skin of the settlement chief.

He had thought of a strategy.

A strategy he believed was rather impressive.

That was passing off the fake as real.

Since the Southern Mountain Range was able to conceal its soldiers in the four main settlements, he could also do the same by concealing his soldiers in the four main settlements.

Wasn't it just smearing some black oil.

Bringing two thousand soldiers and five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries to rush about everywhere looking for Yan Xiu was evidently not something an intelligent person should do.

That was a headless fly.

Fang ZHengzhi naturally wouldn't do such tedious and thankless tasks, especially in a place filled with fearsome beasts like the Southern Mountain Range. Hence, he decided to spread the news.

Then, wait for Yan Xiu to unite with himself.

The main settlements were naturally more effective in spreading news.

After gaining knowledge about the Southern Mountain Range's "every citizen a soldier" strategy, he decided to take advantage of this strategy. He now possessed the Cyan Stone Token. As long as he was able to enter the Thunderous Lion Settlement.

Then, secretly contacting the Thunderous Lion Settlement Chief, asking him to use the natural resources of the Southern Mountain Range to spread the news and searching for Yan Xiu's trace. This would naturally be an extremely good shortcut.

Attacking the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement?

He had never thought of that. After all, Chen Feiyu had the military strength of twelve thousand soldiers. Despite the five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries he had, it would still be an extremely arduous battle.

Causing defeat on both sides was an extremely dumb move.

That was Fang Zhengzhi's initial thought. However, after he had found his way to the Thunderous Lion Settlement, this thought seemed to have changed somewhat. Because, he realised…

There wasn't a single soldier in the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement.

"Huh? I seemed to have picked up an empty settlement!"

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Chapter 348: A Brilliant Feat

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Fang Zhengzhi had experienced walking along and finding some coins on the floor. However, walking along and finding an empty settlement…

Wasn't this a little extreme?

Fang Zhengzhi felt that the world in front of him was filled with spinning question marks.

Is there something wrong with the intelligence given by the Thunder Light Settlement Chief?

That isn't very possible. The settlement had seen my Cyan Stone Token. He had even admitted his own identity, wasn't giving him false information a little too unethical?

Fang Zhengzhi felt that this possibility wasn't very big. However, the Thunderous Lion Settlement in front of him was indeed an empty settlement. Furthermore, there wasn't even a guard at the settlement gate in sight.

Could this be the legendary Stratagem of the Empty City?

That didn't make sense.

He didn't even plan to attack the settlement, what was the point of employing the Stratagem of the Empty City?

Fang Zhengzhi was very puzzled. Picking up something so beneficial to him for no reason caused him to feel a faint sense of sadness. There was completely no sense of achievement.

As the largest settlement among the six main settlements in the Southern Mountain Range other than the Sagely Mountain City, the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement wasn't something those small settlements like the Thunder Light Settlement could compare to.

The geography of the Southern Mountain Range was extremely unique.

It was filled with dense forests, tall mountains and fearsome beasts, resulting in a huge danger - the safety of humans.

What were the consequences of a world without a sense of safety?

Naturally it would be panic and crime. However, this didn't happen in the Southern Mountain Range. Because, the Southern Mountain Range had seven safe havens.

That was the six main settlements and the Sagely Mountain City.

These were locations that generations of Southern Mountain City kings had painstakingly built up and established, locations where the citizens of the Southern Mountain Range pinned their hopes upon.

It was because of these seven locations that the citizens of the Southern Mountain Range would be willing to live in such a densely forested and mountainous area, multiplying and thriving across generations.

If the architecture of the Thunder Light Settlement was like a small mountain village in the forests.

Then, the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement was like a humongous war fortress leaning against a towering cliff with huge chasms dug around it on the other three sides. Five meters high of green stone filled the entire area behind the chasms, with thorns sticking out everywhere on the green stones. The bottom of this formation was all stones, while on top, there were even small holes for shooting arrows.

The use of these holes naturally doesn't require much explanation, specially designed for the archers to shoot. There were a total of three layers.

When Fang Zhengzhi saw the Thunderous Lion Settlement for the first time, he only had one thought. How was this any similar to the small mountain village he had seen. This was simply a huge metal bucket.

When he realised that he had been thinking whether to personally lead the five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries to forcefully attack the city and occupy a main settlement for the fun of it.

He felt somewhat ashamed and embarrassed.

If the five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries were used to launch an ambush in the dense forests, or charge out in a quick attack, these were definitely not a problem. Even attacking a small settlement could be accomplished with ease.

However, if it was used to attack this "huge metal bucket", the loss would definitely be tremendous.

The Southern Mountain Range…

Fang Zhengzhi looked at the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement and suddenly felt a slight curiosity about the King's Capital, Sagely Mountain City, for the first time. If the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement could be constructed as such, then what would the Sagely Mountain City look like?

The rest of the matter was simple.

First, Fang Zhengzhi called Teng Shisheng to enter the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement with him, then, asked Teng Shisheng to locate the main settlement chief of the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement, finding out intelligence after flashing the Cyan Stone Token.

"Sending his troops to block off Wu Feng's two paths flanking?" After Fang Zhengzhi heard the main settlement chief's explanation, a faint smile formed on his lips.

Not bad!

Familiar with military tactics!

If he had led the army himself, there was a fifty percent chance that he would use the same tactic. As the saying went, seeking richness and honor required dangers and risks. How could one obtain first in the combat examination without taking any risks?

A good general must have a crafty heart.

If one only waited passively and set up a formation waiting for others to attack, or one chose to attack others, then one would never be able to achieve much success in this path.

A good general subdues an enemy without fighting.

Even though this Chen Feiyu wasn't craft enough, but, he seemed to know very well how to use vigour in battle. You dare attack me?

No problem, let me attack you first.

That was vigour!

Chen Feiyu dared to abandon this war fortress to face against an enemy attack, hence his army would definitely be highly motivated. Because, they weren't scared, hence, they didn't fear.

However, there was another saying on the battlefield. That was things underwent myriads of changes in the blink of an eye.

It might be that one had seen a definite advantage fifteen minutes ago, stand on the peak of the mountain and looking down at the common people below, while the next moment you were completely defeated and turning into a captive prisoner.

Chen Feiyu had neglected the biggest problem.

That was allowing others to pick up an empty settlement.

This was an error in his intelligence. Of course, this didn't mean Chen Feiyu didn't attach importance to intelligence. Instead, it could only be said that Fang Zhengzhi's appearance was initially already a black hole in the intelligence reports.

With the strength of twelve thousand soldiers, this meant that Chen Feiyu had also perfect control over the examinees around the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement. As for Chen Hao in the Thunder Light Settlement.

The possibility of him daring to attack the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement was almost zero.

Chen Feiyu was very confident.

Fang Zhengzhi was also very confident. Hence, he led his army into the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement without the slightest bit of hesitation, accepting this present given to him by Heaven.

The battle between Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu was unexpectedly tragic.

Chen Feiyu's boldness and strategy of splitting up his army was indeed effective at the beginning. His two thousand soldiers and multiple army camps had delayed Wu Feng's main force in its attack.

However, the total time taken wasn't five days. It was instead four days.

Because, after realising that Chen Feiyu was dragging time on purpose, Wu Feng really became crazy. It was a wild craziness. Ten thousand troops advanced as if they had gone crazy.

Wu Feng used the craziest, and most unreasonable form of fighting.

Splitting ten thousand troops into four teams, each team consisting of two thousand five hundred people. Then, using the military strength of four teams to take turns breaking down the battalion all day and all night.

The poor general would never expect himself to be battling against a crazy person like Wu Feng…

This was simply a desperate fight.

Two thousand troops indeed faced great difficulty in trying to delay a madman. Not mentioning that his military strength had been greatly deteriorated, he wasn't even able to complete setting up the last pass before facing the powerful offense of Wu Feng's army.

In order to complete Chen Feiyu's task, the poor general ultimately had to order the entire army to put up a desperate fight. However, that only gave him one extra day at most.

The two thousand troops were finally completely captured. But, they didn't manage to complete the delay for five days.

The time of one day for a person who only bathed, slept and ate was just another day.

However, in a battlement, it was always an important turning point.

Chen Feiyu's ambush on Wu Feng's second group of soldiers were smoother than expected, the six thousand soldiers had been almost completely demolished by him.

Yet…

Just as he was singing songs of victory and prepared to engage in the task of incorporating the captured troops into his own forces, an army of soldiers with bloodshot eyes suddenly charged out from his back.

"Wu Feng?!" Chen Feiyu looked at the Wu Feng, who was leading the soldiers and holding a jade flute in his hands. The shock he had received was so great that he almost fell off his horse.

He had naturally thought that Wu Feng might come faster than what he planned.

Hence, after his successful ambush, he had been rushing his orders to attack.

However, that was ultimately still the strength of six thousand soldiers.

Ten thousand against six thousand, even though the ambush was successful, to take down all of them in one fell swoop wasn't a simple task.

Chen Feiyu felt that he was already very fast. However, he had never expected Wu Feng to be even faster.

Yet, things had already reached this point. Chen Feiyu ultimately managed to think calmly.

As the commander in chief of the battle, staying calm was the most fundamental job he had to carry out. He had always been doing this job very well. Hence, in the time of two minutes, he made a wise choice.

Give up a rook to save the king!

Leave one thousand troops to forcefully attack Wu Feng from the back. Then, leading the main force to retreat into the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement overnight.

After calculating, Chen Feiyu's battle was still considered successful.

Losing one thousand on top of two thousand troops to take down six thousand of Wu Feng's troops. It was still worth it, and could be considered as a classic victorious situation where he exchanged one soldier for two.

Standing at the city entrance of the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement, Chen Feiyu raised his head slightly with an evident smile on his face. After this battle, his military strength had increased instead of dropping.

After all, everybody knew that in a combat examination, people wouldn't risk their lives and kill others. Hence, the six thousand soldiers in the battle were almost all still alive. Only slightly over three hundred people had died. Hence, Chen Feiyu was able to recruit five thousand and seven hundred people.

This had caused his total military strength to reach fourteen thousand and seven hundred people, almost fifteen thousand.

While Wu Feng's total military strength had decreased by three thousand.

Turning from twenty thousand to seventeen thousand. Furthermore, he had left four thousand people in the main cities of the two main settlements. Hence, the amount of people he was currently left with was fourteen thousand.

Fifteen thousand against fourteen thousand, along with the advantage of the settlement. What did Chen Feiyu have to fear about Wu Feng?

Any ordinary person would definitely shout loudly at this moment. "Come, if you dare to to come, I will make you wet your pants in terror!"

However…

Chen Feiyu didn't shout this.

The direct descendent of the thirteen constabularies had already remained silent for such a long time. How could his brilliant feat only have one part to it?

Chen Feiyu's plan was to be completed in one fell swoop. He had indeed abandoned his rook to save the king. However, this plan concealed another plot behind it.

Usually, the one thousand soldiers were considered lost. However, Chen Feiyu didn't think this way.

After leaving one thousand soldiers, he had left another two thousand troops. Furthermore, these two thousand troops used the technique of moving around to harass Wu Feng continuously.

The point of this naturally wasn't to pursue a retreating enemy.

Instead, it was a lure!

He wanted to lure Wu Feng to attack the city. For that, he had already made his plans and preparations.

After consolidating his military strength, Chen Feiyu led the fifteen thousand-strong army and entered the war fortress of the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement in a grandiose manner.

After which, he similarly didn't relax.

Instantly urging the task of setting up defences, deploying three thousand soldiers to guard the city gates, leaving the remaining twelve thousand to rest and reorganise.

After all, it still took some time to reorganize after swallowing six thousand troops at one go.

After Chen Feiyu had finished settling all these matters, it was already sunset. The sky gradually began to darken, as a powerful sense of fatigue caused this victorious returning general to finally feel somewhat sleepy.

After settling the tasks of patrolling, the finally stepped back into the comfortable stone house that the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement Chief had specially prepared for him. Gazing at the bed he was so familiar with, as well as the beautiful paintings he had brought from the Great Xia Dynasty, Chen Feiyu exhaled heavily as he removed the armour from his body.

"So what if he is Wu Feng? Number three in the Rising Dragon Roll? Your fate… had already been determined!" At this moment, Chen Feiyu's sense of success was so full that it was about to burst.

After so many years of silence.

He had never had the same feeling as this moment.

Even though he was fatigued, he was fatigued in a happy, delighted and excited manner. Such emotions caused him to be unable to fall asleep immediately. Instead, he took out the wine bottle and poured himself another full cup.

He could already see the Wu Feng's expression when he arrived to attack the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement. Faced with his well-guarded war fortress, he could already imagine Wu Feng's dejected and crestfallen expression.

Yet…

Chen Feiyu's plan wasn't as simple as just luring Wu Feng to attack the city.

All along, he had purposely concealed the fact that he had attained Supernatural State. This point was the true origin of his plan.

He prepared to take the initiative to challenge Wu Feng to a one-to-one battle after Wu Feng was unable to get past his defences.

The third in the Rising Dragon Roll against the twelfth. Whoever lost would be eliminated and give up all his military force.

What a perfect idiotic move!

Chen Feiyu was absolutely sure that that was how Wu Feng would think.

Things would be simple from then on.

Stepping on Wu Feng beneath his feet in front of thousands of soldiers, amazing the world with a single brilliant feat using the power of the Supernatural State to shock the entire Southern Mountain Range and even the Great Xia Dynasty.

Becoming a person who truly attracted the attention of others.

When he thought of this, the edges of Chen Feiyu's lips began to twitch uncontrollably. It was too exciting, too perfect. Only in this manner would his name truly be spread across the world.

Defeating Wu Feng in a muddled warfare?

How boring.

Challenging Wu Feng on an arena?

That was just as boring!

Using his unexpected power to step on Wu Feng beneath his feet in front of thousands of soldiers, that was the real counterattack. A perfect counterattack!

"It is too perfect! I must celebrate my success beforehand!" Chen Feiyu was restraining himself. He had to temporarily restrain himself to ensure that his powers wouldn't be revealed in advance.

Only in this way would his success shocking enough.

Hence…

He could only drink alone, celebrate alone and wait alone.

"Isn't it not very good to drink a celebratory wine alone?"

Just as Chen Feiyu prepared to raise his cup to himself, a voice came from outside the stone house. Immediately after, a figure appeared at the door of the stone house.

It was a person dressed in leopard print and wearing a animal skin hat, with a slight smile on his face. The classic attire of a newly rich person of the Southern Mountain Range. However, if this was in addition to his fair facial features and lanky build, it was somewhat inappropriate for a person of the Southern Mountain Range.

It seemed slightly comical.

However, Chen Feiyu's expression very evidently froze for a while, almost dropping the cup in his hand. Because, he felt that this was the time he should be standing on the peak alone, waiting for the moment his name became famous.

However, a Fang Zhengzhi suddenly appeared.

What the heck is this about?

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Chapter 349: Great Trouble

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Didn't this guy disappear in the fire incident in the Intellectual Loft?

No matter what, Chen Feiyu couldn't understand why Fang Zhengzhi would appear in this place. Furthermore, most importantly, Fang Zhengzhi appeared in the Southern Mountain Range, at the door of his stone house.

Fang Zhengzhi, who didn't even participate in the combat examination, appearing in the Southern Mountain Range?

This was already a very mysterious case.

Even more mysterious was that Fang Zhengzhi actually swaggered into his stone house in such an open, blatant manner. Are the guards outside the door blind?

"Why… why are you here?" It wasn't quite possible for Chen Feiyu not to feel the slightest bit shocked. However, paralysing him with shock wasn't quite possible as well.

As the saying went, boldness stems from superb skill.

That was Chen Feiyu's attitude now. Not mentioning that you are Fang Zhengzhi, even if Nangong Hao came, so what? I am already of the Supernatural Beginning State.

Looking down on all the examinees in the combat examination, who do I have to fear?

"I have already said, isn't it not very good to drink a celebratory wine alone?" Fang Zhengzhi simply didn't know that the Chen Feiyu in front of him had attained Supernatural State.

Number twelve in the Rising Dragon Roll.

Who feared him?

Hence, as he spoke, he swaggered in and sat in front of Chen Feiyu.

"Ha ha, Young Master Fang is right, all visitors are my guests. Since Young Master Fang has already come to my territory, then let's drink a cup together." When Chen Feiyu finished speaking, he personally poured a glass of wine for Fang Zhengzhi to express his sincerity.

"Thank you." Fang Zhengzhi picked up the cup and downed it in one gulp, without the slightest bit of suspicion.

Chen Feiyu frowned slightly. Fang Zhengzhi's attitude caused him to feel somewhat unhappy. After all, this was his territory. How can you drink with me feeling so at ease?

"I wonder why Young Master Fang came here to find me?" Chen Feiyu ultimately didn't attack immediately. After all, he was still somewhat curious as to why Fang Zhengzhi appeared here.

"Not anything important, I just want to borrow Young Master Zhang's territory to play around a bit." Fang Zhengzhi said frankly. He indeed prepared to seek Chen Feiyu to "borrow" this territory.

"Ha ha, borrow my territory? If I didn't remember wrongly, Young Master Fang seems to not possess any troops, is that right? Then, if I give my territory to you, can you guard it?" Chen Feiyu smiled coldly.

"I should be able to." Fang Zhengzhi nodded.

"Ha ha ha… Looks like Young Master Fang came prepared today. I wonder how you wish to guard?" When Chen Feiyu heard this, he began to laugh again.

"Using troops of course." Fang Zhengzhi said calmly.

"You have soldiers?!" Chen Feiyu was clearly taken aback. Having troops and not having troops were two completely different concepts.

"Yes."

"How many?"

"Two thousand."

"Two thousand?" Chen Feiyu laughed again. "Fang Zhengzhi, pardon my frankness, but using two thousand soldiers to guard my Thunderous Lion Main Settlement isn't quite enough, is that right?"

"It indeed isn't quite enough. Hence, I also prepared to borrow some soldiers from you." When Fang Zhengzhi heard Chen Feiyu's words, he pondered for a moment, then looked towards Chen Feiyu with an anticipated look on his face.

"Borrowing territory and borrowing soldiers? I never thought that Fang Zhengzhi, number one of the theory examination, would also have times of such naivety?" Chen Feiyu's smile grew wider and wider.

"Naivety is the natural quality of humans. I am always very kind and honest, hence, I am also a little kinder and more honest in my thoughts. After all, there are more good people than bad people in this world, am I right?" Fang Zhengzhi wasn't affected by Chen Feiyu's words at all, instead, he continued to ask in anticipation.

"Ha ha ha…" As Chen Feiyu laughed, he poured himself another glass of wine. Finishing it in one mouth, his gaze finally grew cold. "Fang Zhengzhi, do you think you can still walk out of here today?"

"I think I can!" Fang Zhengzhi's expression remained calm.

"Is it? Why not we try it out?"

"Alright."

"Ha ha ha… come, capture this great scholar, number one in the Court Theory Examination!" Chen Feiyu looked at the confident look on Fang Zhengzhi's face and burst into laughter, then shouted out.

His voice was rather loud. At the very least, Chen Feiyu believed that the five hundred soldiers around the stone house would definitely be able to hear his words.

The door of the stone house moved slightly at this moment. A gust of cold, night wind blew into the stone house, causing the candlelight in the stone house to begin to dance.

However, the soldiers that Chen Feiyu expected didn't appear. Other than the sound of the night wind, it was a complete silence inside and outside the stone house, just like the stars in the sky.

Fang Zhengzhi wasn't affected by Chen Feiyu's shout at all.

It was as if he had never even heard Chen Feiyu's voice, indifferently pouring himself another cup of wine then unhurriedly drinking a mouthful and conveniently picking up some of the snacks on the table and stuffing it into his mouth.

Chewing on it, he thought, it tastes quite good.

Chen Feiyu looked at Fang Zhengzhi's calm expression and finally understood. When he looked at Fang Zhengzhi again, his expression was clearly completely different from before.

In it, there was shock.

It was different from the shock at the beginning. This time, the shock came from Fang Zhengzhi himself, a shock produced by a form of respect deep inside his heart.

"Not bad!" Chen Feiyu lightly nodded his head. "I must admit, you indeed have some skills. You are actually able to take advantage of the time I fought with Wu Feng outside and plant an ambush in my Thunderous Lion Settlement in advance. Furthermore, you are able to maintain your patience and calm, waiting for me until I entered the stone house before springing into action."

"Yes, you are right. That is indeed what happened." Fang Zhengzhi also nodded at this moment. Because, Chen Feiyu was completely right.

"If I were still the Chen Feiyu from before, you might really be able to win this time. Unfortunately, Chen Feiyu isn't the same Chen Feiyu as before. Can two thousand soldiers stop me?" A glimmer of light flashed in Chen Feiyu's eyes.

"Two thousand soldiers aren't able to stop you?" Fang Zhengzhi asked back.

"Ha ha ha… you can give it a try!" Chen Feiyu finally laughed. This time, his laughter was wild, and could even be described as somewhat mad.

In reality, he was indeed qualified to laugh madly. Just as he said, if he were still of the Heavenly Reflection Peak State, based on Fang Zhengzhi's abilities and the soldiers planted around the stone house, it was impossible for him to escape.

However, he was of the Supernatural State. Then, things would be completely different.

Fighting his way out, then making a clarion call. When over ten thousand soldiers surrounded them, Fang Zhengzhi and the other two thousand soldiers wouldn't even be able to fly out of the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement even if they had wings.

That was his confidence, a confidence that came from deep within his heart.

Initially, he wanted to see Wu Feng's stunned expression. But now, there was Fang Zhengzhi who was asking for death, "blatantly" sending himself to his doorstep.

I am going to reveal my abilities so early?

This is actually indeed quite exciting!

Chen Feiyu laughed out loud. At the same time, a dense, dull blue glow radiated from his body. That was essentially waves of ripples, and within those ripples, there were many jade-green leaves. With his body at the center, the entire stone house was completely covered.

He looked towards Fang Zhengzhi, wanting to see the deep shock and horror Fang Zhengzhi's face.

However…

Very disappointingly, Fang Zhengzhi seemed to have been scared dumb, continuing to sit blankly on the chair and pouring wine into his cup.

"Hey, are you blind!" Chen Feiyu finally couldn't contain himself anymore. He had already displayed his abilities. Shouldn't Fang Zhengzhi have some sort of reaction?

"What is it?" Fang Zhengzhi looked at Chen Feiyu innocently.

"Don't tell me you can't see that I've already had a breakthrough? A breakthrough from the Heavenly Reflection Peak State to the Supernatural Beginning State!" Chen Feiyu felt that he really had to remind Fang Zhengzhi.

"Breakthrough? That is really impressive, what should I do?" Fang Zhengzhi seemed to have finally managed to react after hearing Chen Feiyu's words. His expression also began to seem somewhat panicked.

"Run of course!" Chen Feiyu replied without a moment of hesitation.

"Oh, then I'll start running." Fang Zhengzhi nodded, then gradually stood up from the chair and slowly strolled towards the outside of the stone house.

Chen Feiyu looked at Fang Zhengzhi's foolish yet adorable expression and instinctively felt as if something wasn't quite right. However, after thinking about his own powers.

He quickly dismissed those thoughts of something being amiss.

Is it scared dumb?

As he thought, Chen Feiyu instantly leapt up. With a "clang", he drew out his sword and charged rapidly towards Fang Zhengzhi.

"Ha ha ha… you wish to run? The entire Thunderous Lion Settlement is mine, let me see where you…" Chen Feiyu didn't finish his sentence. Because, after he charged outside the stone house, he was completely taken aback by the scene in front of his eyes.

The smile on his face froze like a statue.

Because, outside the stone house, there were countless densely packed dark-skinned armoured soldiers.

Of course, that wasn't the main point. The main point was that all of those soldiers rode on a huge beast at least two meters tall.

That was a beast that looked like a wolf, its body covered completely in green and black fur with a single silver horn on its forehead. However, its build was definitely at least two to three times bigger than a wolf.

The Silver Horned Wolf!

As the descendant of the thirteen constabularies and an important member of the Great Xia Dynasty, how could Chen Feiyu not know that the Southern Mountain Range had an extremely terrifying force.

The Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry!

Every Silver Horned Wolf was comparable to a human of the Heavenly Reflection State. Adding on the mounted troops on the Silver Horned Wolf, it was definitely a terrifying existence.

The greatest reason beasts were suppressed by humans wasn't because they weren't powerful enough, instead, it was due to their intelligence. Even though the higher-class beasts were intelligent, it was still clearly somewhat inferior compared to that of humans.

However…

If there were mounted soldiers who could control them, then this difference would be gone.

"One, two… how many are there here!" Chen Feiyu parted his lips slightly and swept his gaze across the surrounding Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries, attempting to estimate the approximate amount in his heart.

"You don't have to count, there are exactly five hundred!" Fang Zhengzhi opened his mouth at this moment, the edges of his mouth curling into a kind and warm smile, like that of the spring breeze.

However, Chen Feiyu's expression had completely changed.

Five hundred?!

Five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries!

Why would this happen, how is this possible? Why would Fang Zhengzhi have the Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries? The Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry was the elite among the elite forces of the Southern Mountain Range!

"Fang Zhengzhi, you dare betray your country?!"

"I thought you were rather smart, yet why are you still like Chen Hao? Betraying my country? It isn't very good to falsely accuse people, did I ever say that I betrayed my country?" Fang Zhengzhi replied calmly.

"Then… then what are all these Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries about?" Chen Feiyu didn't believe that the Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries would obey Fang Zhengzhi's orders without any good reason.

"Borrowed." Fang Zhengzhi said frankly.

"Borrowed?!"

"That's right, I had also prepared to borrow some soldiers from you, but you are too stingy and didn't agree. However, the people of the Southern Mountain Range are very generous, when I said that I want to borrow troops, they lent me immediately."

"Who are you trying to scam?"

"You!"

"You… Fang Zhengzhi, no matter what, you are still the number one in the Court Theory Examination of the Great Xia. I, Chen Feiyu, also respect you for being an honourable and forthright person. Today, I challenge you to a duel. If you defeat me, all the ten thousand troops under me would be yours. If you lose, the five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries under you would be mine. How about that?" Chen Feiyu didn't continue arguing with Fang Zhengzhi and quickly proposed his own plan.

"Alright!"

Fang Zhengzhi nodded very quickly.

When Chen Feiyu heard this, his eyes instantly lit up. However, very quickly, his expression turned dark. Because, after Fang Zhengzhi nodded his head, he continued to say.

"I wonder whether you would choose for all of us to duel you, or would you duel all of us?"

"You… Fang Zhengzhi, you are shameless!" Chen Feiyu finally exploded. Because, this Fang Zhengzhi in front of him clearly wasn't a "honourable and forthright" person.

"Thank you for your praise. Teng Shisheng!" Fang Zhengzhi nodded, satisfied, then shouted out towards Teng Shisheng who was standing him.

"Present!"

"I want him alive!"

"I understand!" Teng Shisheng instantly received the orders. Then, he raised his dark and muscular arm. Instantly five hundred Silver Horned Wolves let out a blood-curdling howl at the same time.

"Awoo!"

"Awoo!"

"Ah! Don't do this… Ah! Get away from me! I… I am not satisfied, I have already attained the Supernatural State. I am going to be number one in the combat examination. I want to make a name for myself!" Chen Feiyu's voice mixed together with the howls of the Silver Horned Wolves.

He was struggling.

He was of the Supernatural State, hence his powers were indeed very frightening.

Pieces of his flesh were torn and bitten off. However, they recovered rapidly. Terminal lucidity enabled Chen Feiyu to stand strong and firm.

However, the outcome of that was a longer period of suffering.

Two bloody streaks were slashed on his arms.

Not a problem, it could heal.

A chunk of meat was bitten off his leg. Not a problem, it still could heal.

"Ah! I cannot lose, I… don't want to lose!" Chen Feiyu's voice was very proud and aloof, however, it was also very tragic. Cries of pain reverberated about the entire Thunderous Lion Settlement.

This also sent chill down the hearts of the soldiers guarding the Thunderous Lion Settlement.

"This voice seemed to have come from General Zhang's direction. Don't tell me something happened to General Zhang?!"

"Oh no, it is definitely Wu Feng. Could he have took advantage of the time we left the Thunderous Lion Settlement to send in a group of soldiers to hide inside, waiting for an opportunity to ambush General Zhang?"

"Quick, gather as fast as possible and rush towards General Zhang's house!"

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Chapter 350: Unfortunately, the person you are facing is me

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When the leaders in the army heard that blood curdling cry, they finally regained their senses. Immediately after, groups of soldiers led by their respectively leaders flooded from all directions towards the stone house.

However…

Just as they were about to near the stone house, all of them had no choice but to stop.

Because, there were countless citizens of the Southern Mountain Range densely packed in front of them. Each of them was dark-skinned and wore various kinds of rattan clothing.

"Move aside!" A leader instantly bellowed.

"Why? What do you guys want to do?" An elder around the age of fifty, dressed in rattan attire and animal leather and wearing a hat with a feather on top of it on his head walked over.

"I see it's settlement chief. Our general had been ambushed by people, could you please tell them to excuse us!" When the leader saw the elder in front of him, he recognised that this was the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement Chief. His tone instantly turned polite.

"General Chen had been ambushed? Then you should hurry up and skirt around the East side!" When the settlement chief heard the leader's words, he instantly became somewhat worried.

"Skirt around?!?" The leader's expression was filled with confusion and shock.

"That's right, I'm really sorry. We are currently holding the grand rain ceremony. This determines whether the weather will be kind to us this year, I hope you wouldn't interrupt. You guys know as well that we have our own Southern Mountain Range customs, this grand rain…" The settlement chief explained very patiently.

"Stop! Now, we are currently rushing to save our general, would you please give way to us. I'm sure it wouldn't be too late to continue the grand ceremony after we have passed!"

"I'm afraid that's not possible. Our ceremony has already begun, how would we know that your general would be ambushed? Once this grand ceremony had started, it cannot be stopped. The altar can't be shifted either, else, we would be punished by Heaven. When that time comes, our Southern…" The settlement chief continued to express his stance.

"Fine fine fine, you don't need to say anything else. Brothers, let's detour!"

The leading generals glanced at one another and indeed couldn't do anything about this. After all, they didn't have much power or say in this, hence simply couldn't incite any obvious forms of conflicts with the Southern Mountain Range.

Even though the Southern Mountain Range is only a vassal state of the Great Xia where people could only be named as Kings and not Emperors, and had to pay tribute to the Dynasty each year, it wasn't just any ordinary vassal state.

The huge and resource-filled Southern Mountain Range, along with the brave and fearsome warriors, were definitely the best ally of the Great Xia.

Of course…

Those weren't the most important factors. The most important thing now was that they simply didn't have any time to argue with this settlement chief any further.

"Quick, make a detour from the East side to behind the stone house!"

"Roger!"

All of the soldiers began to move swiftly, detouring towards the East side of the stone house. However, what they didn't know was that at the East side of the stone house, there was similarly another "important" grand ceremony going on.

Fang Zhengzhi gazed at Chen Feiyu, who was dodging and leaping around continuously outside the stone house with a faint smile on his lips and occasionally letting out a few cheers.

"Not bad, this is a beautiful move!"

"Careful of your left side, oh no… I have already told you to be careful of the left side!"

"The two Silver Horned Wolves behind you are about to ambush you, be careful! Sigh… what in the world are you doing? You actually believe what an enemy says? Isn't this a little too naive?"

Fang Zhengzhi gave out instructions by the side, one following another. He wasn't in a rush at all.

In Chen Feiyu's heart, Fang Zhengzhi's actions were naturally a sneak attack. However, in Fang Zhengzhi's heart, it was a completely different opinion.

What was a sneak attack?

It is only a sneak attack when done on other people's territory!

Was the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement Chen Feiyu's territory? Of course not. The person who controlled the settlement chief was Fang Zhengzhi. Hence, he was the true owner of the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement.

Then…

This begs the question. Can an attack on one's own territory be considered a sneak attack?

Of course not. At most, it was called catching a turtle in a jar - a sure catch.

Chen Feiyu truly felt very aggrieved at this moment. He gritted his teeth tightly, trying his best to persevere for as long as possible even if his entire body was in excruciating pain.

However, he still believed that his soldiers would definitely arrive on time.

After all, ever since the start of the fight, almost half an hour had passed. Yet, not a single shadow was to be seen.

Had they fallen asleep?

Chen Feiyu couldn't accept this. He truly couldn't accept this.

Initially, he believed that as a person who had attained the Supernatural State, he should be standing on the lone peak of a mountain, looking down at the masses below him.

However, in reality?

He didn't even have the time to demonstrate his abilities in front of the soldiers, yet why did it seem that he was about to be captured alive? Furthermore, most importantly, he was captured in such a manner by a group of Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry Troops from the Southern Mountain Range.

"One-on-one, I want to fight one-on-one, I am of the Supernatural State!" Chen Feiyu shouted out loudly.

"Sigh… you are truly naive!" Fang Zhengzhi lightly shook his head. Then, he shot a glance towards Teng Shisheng. In an instant, the five hundred Silver Horned Wolves let out a synchronous howl.

"Ah!" A bloodcurdling scream followed.

Blood flowed uncontrollably from Chen Feiyu's hands. Because, four Silver Horned Wolves were biting down upon his hands and legs. At the same time, black chains were being thrown up into the sky.

Having his hands tied behind his back was actually not sufficient to describe Chen Feiyu's miserable situation.

His entire body was completely bounded by black chains. If one didn't look carefully, nobody would realise that this was actually a live human.

"Bring him down." Fang Zhengzhi casually waved his hand.

"No, Fang Zhengzhi, you cannot do this to me. I am of the Supernatural State, I am number one in the combat examination!" Chen Feiyu struggled with all his might. However, he knew very clearly.

Even if he mustered all his strength and managed to forcefully break out, he would still face the same outcome of being forced down onto the ground.

There was no use!

At that very moment Fang Zhengzhi gave the order for five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries to attack, he already knew that everything was over. His dream was shattered once again.

However, he truly couldn't accept this.

Ever since young, he was never the best. Every single time, he was never able to attract the attention of others. He was miserable. After so many years of misery, he thought that this time, everything would change.

Because, he had a breakthrough, a breakthrough into the Supernatural State. This was the true moment of glory.

However…

Heaven seemed to have given him another punch in the face.

Just as he had planned everything out, swallowing humiliation while waiting to stand with honour in front of thousands of soldiers, a Fang Zhengzhi popped out from behind his back.

His dream of spreading his name across the world was shattered once again.

Falling from the peak of the mountain onto the ground. It was very painful, it was really very painful…

"Fang Zhengzhi, let's discuss, let's discuss please… As long as you don't eliminate me, I can accept any conditions you want!" Chen Feiyu held on to his last strand of hope.

"Really?" Fang Zhengzhi looked at Chen Feiyu with some interest.

"Yes, as long as you return the Thunderous Lion Settlement to me and return my army to me, I will accept any conditions you give!" Chen Feiyu's eyes instantly lit up when he realised that Fang Zhengzhi was willing to talk.

"You are indeed very naive, bring him away!"

"No! I will give you the Thunderous Lion Settlement, I don't want it anymore. Just return me my army." Chen Feiyu's expression instantly changed when he heard this and instantly lightened his requests.

"Bring him away!"

"I don't want my army either. I don't want anything, I will find my own way again. I can rise once again. I will also give you money, don't you like money? No matter how much you want, I will give it to you. I am a descendent of the Thirteen Constabularies, the prince's maternal uncle. I have money, a lot of money." Chen Feiyu's tone at this moment seemed to become that of a besiege.

He wanted to be known by the world. He had waited for this moment, he had waited too long. Now, he had to watch this opportunity slip through his fingers right in front of his eyes.

How could he accept it!

"The prince's maternal uncle?" When Fang Zhengzhi heard this, he finally seemed to somewhat change his attitude.

"That's right, my elder sister is the Imperial Concubine Hua Fei, whom the Emperor is very fond of. I am the prince's maternal uncle. Fang Zhengzhi, if you dare to eliminate me, I would make sure that I never let you off after I return to the Great Xia!" Chen Feiyu looked at Fang Zhengzhi's expression and instantly thought of something.

"You dare threaten me? Whack him, whack him till all his teeth fall to the ground!"

"Ah… don't, I won't threaten you anymore. Fang Zhengzhi, let's make an alliance. With my abilities, I would definitely be able to help you. Really, you must believe me!" Chen Feiyu had never seen a person like Fang Zhengzhi.

He dared to hit him even after knowing very clearly that he was the prince's maternal uncle?

How could he be so fearless!

"Oh? How can you help me?" Fang Zhengzhi looked at Chen Feiyu with interest once again.

"I can challenge Wu Feng to a fight. Then, in front of the thousands of troops, make a bet that whoever loses would have to give away all his army. All you have to you will be to reap the rewards of our battle. How about that?"

"Then, after you gained all of Wu Feng's army, you would turn around and attack me?"

"No, I will never attack you. After I gained Wu Feng's military strength, I will retreat to the Yan Ya and Shi Zun Settlements. I will definitely not make you my enemy!" Chen Feiyu said confidently.

"I understand." When Fang Zhengzhi heard this, he nodded his head lightly.

"You… you agree?"

"No, I only feel that your plan seems not too bad. I will accept it grudgingly." Fang Zhengzhi's lips curved into a faint smile.

"..." Chen Feiyu's eyes instantly turned round and stared fixated at Fang Zhengzhi. His mouth opened and closed. However, he didn't utter a single word.

"Bring him away and lock him up. Remember to feed him three steamed buns every meal. We cannot mistreat our guests." Fang Zhengzhi said with a generous expression.

"Fang ZHengzhi… I, Chen Feiyu, swear that one of us will have to go!"

"The prince's maternal uncle? How can he be so naive…" Fang Zhengzhi looked at Chen Feiyu, whose face was flushed completely red and who was struggling incessantly while screaming his lungs out. He lightly shook his head.

Now, the Thunderous Lion Settlement was completely under his control.

In addition to the ten thousand troops under Chen Feiyu's control, after some calculation, he seemed to be able to be able to put together a formidable army. Then, what should he do next?

Should he unify the Southern Mountain Range, or gloriously return to the Yan Capital to hide?

Fang Zhengzhi began to think of a question he had never considered before. As the saying went, the bolder a man, the larger his opportunities.

However, the current problem he had to resolve was the attack of Wu Feng's troops.

Chen Feiyu's plan sounded rather good. Using the tactic of goading to goad Wu Feng into engaging into a one-to-one battle, then, using one fight to determine the outcome.

This was a method commonly used in the combat examination of the Great Xia Dynasty.

After all, as long as there were other possible methods, under normal circumstances, the probability of two armies engaging into a full-blown battle was extremely low.

This actually mirrored the ancient history of his previous world. When two armies fought, the commanders would engage in a one-to-one battle. The winner of the battle would greatly raise the morale of the soldiers, hence, they would win.

It was somewhat brainless.

Fang Zhengzhi actually disdained to use such a method. After all, there was a completely lack of skill and military strategy within this.

Wu Feng bringing his army to attack?

Then…

What should he do?

The night was a quiet night. However, it wasn't a calm night.

This night was destined to be extremely long, so long that people were sleepless, and so long that people's hearts trembled.

In the night, a youth rode on a horse filled with scales. The top half of the horse was jet-black while on its four hooves, there were circles of helix-shaped jade-green ripple patterns.

There was an ancient saying used to describe a certain stallion.

That was, four hooves trodding on snow.

And this horse that the youth rode on trod on jade-green ripples. Its name was Jade Ripple Stallion!

There was an exquisite jade-green armour on the youth's body, and he held a jade flute in his hand. There was a faint glow in his eyes, while his lips always seemed to carry a self-confident smile.

After Wu Feng's strategy of splitting his army failed, he was actually furious. He had never imagined that Chen Feiyu would have such a brilliant tactical layout.

He actually attacked instead of defended?

Wu Feng had to admit that he indeed hadn't factored this into his plans.

Luckily, he didn't dwell on this. After realising that something was amiss, he instantly corrected his war strategy into a full-blown offence, seizing the opportunity to successfully creep up behind Chen Feiyu's army.

This could be considered a good save.

One wrong move led to many wrong moves. Wu Feng knew this very clearly. Under normal circumstances and normal considerations, he should be retreating to reorganise his troops during such situations.

This was very conventional strategy.

However, would Wu Feng adopt a conventional strategy?

Of course not.

Turning a disadvantaged situation into his advantage and achieving success with original ideas was the path Wu Feng walked. Moreover, his opponent was only the number twelve of the Rising Dragon Roll, Chen Feiyu.

If he wasn't even able to defeat Chen Feiyu, he, Wu Feng, would really lose face.

Chen Feiyu sent out two thousand troops on purpose to delay and harass him along the way. Wu Feng was obviously able to guess his intentions. This was to lure him to attack the Thunderous Lion Settlement!

He knew very clearly how horrifying the defence fortresses of the four main settlements were.

Using defence against an attack.

Wu Feng was absolutely sure that if he forcefully launched an attack on the Thunderous Lion Settlement, he would definitely be defeated.

"Not a bad plan, unfortunately… the person you are facing is me!" Wu Feng gazed towards the soldiers who had just retreated not too far away with a faint smile on his face.

Barking out an order, over ten thousand troops advanced towards the Thunderous Lion Settlement with great strength and vigour, just like a huge black cloud in the night sky.

"Boom!" The sounds shook the sky.

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Chapter 351: That Stunned Look

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The second morning.

A dense white mist covered the entire Thunderous Lion Settlement. In addition to the snow-white icy fog surrounding it, it gave off the impression of a winter silvery makeup.

The dense black cloud finally arrived in front of the Thunderous Lion Settlement, stopping at an area five hundred meters away from the Thunderous Lion Settlement and quietly gazing at the heavenly scenery in front.

Wu Feng, wearing an exquisite jade coloured armour, rode on the Jade Ripple Stallion positioned at the front of the black cloud. He gazed at the Thunderous Lion Settlement which was already so close to him with a faint smile on his face.

"Reporting!"

Right at this moment, a spy riding a horse dashed over from afar, arriving in front of Wu Feng. He dismounted and knelt down on one knee.

"Speak." Wu Feng replied blandly.

"The main gate of the Thunderous Lion Settlement is completely open. There isn't a single soldier standing guard." The spy quickly blurted out everything that he saw.

"There are no defences?!" The smile on Wu Feng's face instantly froze.

Before he arrived, he had considered many possibilities. For example, Chen Feiyu would set up defences around the Thunderous Lion Settlement in advance, or, Chen Feiyu would be standing at the main gate of the Thunderous Lion Settlement waiting for him.

However…

What does not setting up any defences mean?

The stratagem of the empty city?

Wu Feng was also very well-read. Even though he didn't have much experience leading troops in battles, he was still well-versed with some of the famous stratagems.

The eponymous stratagem of the empty city. Setting up an empty city to see if one dared to attack.

Wu Feng frowned. He wasn't a suspicious person, however, he wasn't a reckless person as well. He was pondering Chen Feiyu's intentions.

This form of pondering was one in which he placed himself in the other party's situation.

However, after a long fifteen minutes of thinking, he couldn't understand what reasons Chen Feiyu would have to set up the stratagem of an empty city at such a time.

It was simply too unexpected.

The power of the Thunderous Lion Settlement's defences were imaginable. It was a fortress. In addition to Chen Feiyu's military strength, there was simply no need for him to employ such tactics.

This time, Wu Feng was truly somewhat stunned.

Giving up the fortified Thunderous Lion Settlement just to give him a scare? No matter what, such a thought process was somewhat unimaginable. It was more similar to that of a plan thought out by a kid.

But, was Chen Feiyu such a person?

Of course not.

If Wu Feng hadn't fought with Chen Feiyu before, he might feel that this was a sign that Chen Feiyu was surrendering to him. However, Chen Feiyu left the Thunderous Lion Settlement. Instead of defending, he attacked.

Clearly, he wasn't a person who feared a battle.

It was recorded in ancient books that the stratagem of the empty city was first employed with one's military strength was greatly outnumbered by the enemy, with the intention of enabling one's troops to escape and prevent the enemy from giving chase.

But now…

The settings were clearly completely different.

Chen Feiyu had the ability to fight. Wu Feng was very sure of this point.

But, what was this all about?

"General, are we attacking?" A commander was similar confused after listening to the spy's report. However, an empty city was placed right in front of him.

Leave it?

That was simply impossible.

"Attack!" Wu Feng quickly made a decision. He had already arrived at the main gate of the Thunderous Lion Settlement. Retreating now was impossible. As for what Chen Feiyu thought, since he couldn't understanding, there was naturally no need to continue thinking.

"Send the entire army?" The commander asked once again.

If it was a completely fortified Thunderous Lion Settlement, he would definitely not ask such a dumb question. However, the settlement in front of him had absolutely no defences. Hence, he had to voice out this question.

"No, the Thunderous Lion Settlement leans against the cliff. There are three main gates. Give the orders. Send three hundred troops split into three groups, each group entering from a different gate into the Thunderous Lion Settlement for an hour. Report back after gaining knowledge about the situation within the settlement!" Wu Feng shook his head and decided upon a more conservative strategy.

"Roger!" The commander instantly understood.

The current situation in the Thunderous Lion Settlement was still unknown. The enemy hadn't revealed his intentions. Sending the entire army into the settlement would indeed be an extremely dangerous and risky move.

Using three hundred soldiers to test the water was also indeed an extremely wise choice.

The three hundred soldiers were quickly picked out, their horses galloping as fast as they could towards the three main gates of the Thunderous Lion Settlement. Not too long later, they smoothly entered the settlement.

There wasn't the slightest bit of resistance.

This caused Wu Feng, who was standing not too far away, to frown once again.

Don't tell me this idiot Chen Feiyu really gave up the Thunderous Lion Settlement to me? Or, could he have other plans.

Wait a moment!

Don't tell me Chen Feiyu was raising a commotion in the East to launch an attack on the West?!

Wu Feng's expression instantly changed. At this moment, he had over ten thousand roops. However, there were two thousand troops in his camp, the Yan Ya Settlement and the Shi Zun Settlement.

If...

Chen Feiyu gave up the Thunderous Lion Settlement and snuck around to attack the Yan Ya and the Shi Zun main settlements, it was equivalent to using one main settlement to swap for two.

It was very worth it!

Wu Feng was in a dilemma. He felt that there was a very high possibility of this happening. However, he was thinking of another plan.

What if this was what Chen Feiu wanted him to think?

Then, causing him to give up the Thunderous Lion Settlement so that he could keep it safe? If that happened, whether they fought or not wouldn't be the problem anymore.

Instead, it would be about him being outsmarted by Chen Feiyu.

Mock and shame!

This was something Wu Feng didn't really wish to accept, especially being played around in the hands of Chen Feiyu after almost losing on the way here.

That was worse than death.

What should I do?

Should I immediately retreat back to the two main settlements, or grit my teeth and take down the Thunderous Lion Settlement first?

Wu Feng felt extremely hesitant. However, in the end, he decided to continue waiting. One hour wasn't too tedious to wait, hence, he decided to wait for the three hundred soldiers to return with the news.

The dense black cloud pressed down upon the Thunderous Lion Settlement five hundred meters away from the main gate.

Quietly waiting for the news from the three hundred soldiers.

The wind grazed the faces of the soldiers. It was somewhat cold, signifying that winter was truly approaching. They also knew one thing. When the winter came, the combat examination would end.

The Great Xia would never allow a hundred thousand soldiers to suffer through winter in the chilling Southern Mountain Range.

Because, the soldiers of the Great Xia Dynasty simply couldn't withstand the icy chill of the Southern Mountain Range. Other than them not being used to it, the other factor was that the snow would be too thick, greatly hindering the movement of the soldiers.

If they were forced to stay through winter in the Southern Mountain Range.

The price to pay would be extremely huge.

As time slowly passedby, Wu Feng thought of another possibility. Would the three hundred troops be able to enter, but be unable to leave? If that was the case, should I still launch an attack?

Just as he thought…

Three groups of soldiers galloped in from afar. There were exactly three hundred.

When he saw this, Wu Feng finally heaved a light sigh of relief. Able to enter, and able to leave. The situation would at least be clearer than what he had imagined.

"Reporting to the general!"

"Speak!"

"We patrolled for one round on horseback. Other than the citizens of the Thunderous Lion Settlement, there isn't a single soldier guarding. It really seems to be an unguarded settlement." A commander in charge of the three hundred soldiers immediately reported everything he had seen to Wu Feng, and waited for his decision.

"You are really using the Stratagem of the Empty City against me?!" When Wu Feng heard this, he was slightly stunned.

Thee wasn't a single person in the Thunderous Lion Settlement. The best plan for him now would naturally be to lead his army into the settlement. However, he couldn't dismiss the feeling that there would be some traps inside waiting for him.

What was this Chen Feiyu trying to do?

Wu Feng gritted his teeth hard, giving off waves of cracking sounds. It was as if he was suffering from dental erosion.

"General, what should we do now?" The commander standing beside Wu Feng looked at Wu Feng's slightly hesitant expression and finally decided to ask softly.

"What idea do you have?" Wu Feng rarely seeked the opinions of the commanders. However, this time, he asked. Because, he really couldn't understand.

"Based on what I think, why not we send a part of the army into the Thunderous Lion Settlement to secure it, controlling the important areas of the settlement. After everything is secured, it wouldn't be too late to send the entire army in!" The commander quickly replied.

"Hmm…" Wu Feng's eyes lit up slightly.

This was indeed an excellent idea. As long as he controlled the key areas of the Thunderous Lion Settlement, even if Chen Feiyu had truly set up an ambush in the city, he would have to worry.

Military strength!

He definitely had an advantage over Chen Feiyu in that aspect.

Combat abilities!

He overpowered Chen Feiyu as well.

Since he had an advantage in both areas, what did he have to fear?

"General Wang."

"Present!"

"You shall personally command three thousand troops into the Thunderous Lion Settlement and secure the key areas within an hour. Then, send soldiers back to report." Wu Feng quickly gave out the order.

"Understood!" General Wang immediately nodded.

Under the command of General Wang, three thousand soldiers charged towards the Thunderous Lion Settlement once again.

On the other hand, Wu Feng continued to wait outside patiently.

As the saying went, caution is the parent of safety.

The combat examination of the Court Examination wasn't a child's play. One blunder could cause the entire situation to overturn. When that time came, it would be too late to regret.

As he gazed at the three thousand soldiers smoothly entering the Thunderous Lion Settlement through the main gate, Wu Feng's previous thoughts grew stronger and stronger. That was that there was a very high possibility that Chen Feiyu had skirted around to attack his Yan Ya and Shi Zun Main Settlements.

However...

If that was truly the case, Wu Feng could only bear with it.

First, take down his Thunderous Lion Settlement, then, take back his Yan Ya and Shi Zun main settlements. That was the only way he could save the situation.

"Chen Feiyu, if you really attacked my Yan Ya and Shi Zun, I will definitely… break all your teeth!" Of course, Wu Feng couldn't really do anything to Chen Feiyu.

Even though he was a disciple of one of the four sages, Chen Feiyu's social status wasn't ordinary as well.

However, after catching him, giving him a powerful beating was still alright!

An hour passed by very quickly.

The sky which was initially sill dark had already turned sunny. The warm sun glowed above the Thunderous Lion Settlement, causing the mist to slowly dissipate.

The frosted dew on the grassy plains had also slowly begun to melt, turning it slightly damp.

Standing in the icy cold wind for two hours was indeed a small kind of torture. The soldiers all tapped their feet uncontrollably.

After all, the commanders had horses to ride. However, they didn't

Being punished to stand for two hours?

Only those who had stood like this before would deeply understand how torturous it was.

In reality, not only were the soldiers feeling uncomfortable, the commanders also didn't feel very well. Even though they had horses to ride on, they didn't mean that they weren't tired at all.

The soldier that General Wang sent back had finally returned.

"Reporting to the general, everything had been properly arranged. We have controlled every important area of the Thunderous Lion Settlement. General Wang sent me to report back that you can send the army in."

"Where is General Wang?" Wu Feng didn't give the orders immediately. Instead, he asked a question in return.

"He is still in charge of deploying the soldiers in the Thunderous Lion Settlement." The soldier instantly replied.

"Go and tell him to report back personally." Wu Feng's eyes narrowed slightly and gazed towards the bright sky, giving the order after a slight thought.

"Roger!" The soldier received the order, turned around, and re-entered the Thunderous Lion Settlement.

On the other hand, Wu Feng continued to wait on the spot.

A soldier reporting back wasn't sufficient to convince him that the entire Thunderous Lion Settlement was truly under their control. Only if General Wang, who had followed beside him all along, reported back personally would he then truly dare to relax.

Not too long later, General Wang spurred his horse and rode out, and arrived in front of Wu Feng.

"General."

"There really isn't a single soldier in the Thunderous Lion Settlement?" Wu Feng looked at General Wang who stood in front of him, then nodded and asked.

"This… I don't dare to confirm this. After all, there are too many citizens in the Thunderous Lion Settlement. It isn't impossible for the enemy to hide in certain places we do not know about. However, I dare to confirm that the key areas within the Thunderous Lion Settlement are already completely under our control. It is impossible for that to go wrong." General Wang hesitated for a moment, then replied carefully.

"I understand. Pass down my orders. The entire army shall enter the Thunderous Lion Settlement!" Wu Feng finally gritted his teeth and gave the order for the entire army to enter.

"Roger!"

As Wu Feng gave his order.

The dense black cloud finally began to move slowly, marching out step by step towards the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement. It appeared extremely cautious and alert.

Five hundred meters didn't require too much time.

Very quickly, the army arrived in front of the main gate of the Thunderous Lion Settlement.

Wu Feng raised his head lightly and gazed at his soldiers who were already standing guard on the fortress. Yet, his frown didn't relax one bit.

The stratagem of the empty city?

If the stratagem of the empty city was employed to such an extent.

Then, shouldn't it not be called the stratagem of the empty city anymore? Shouldn't it be called a strategic escape?

Wu Feng felt very uncomfortable inside his heart at this moment. Countless possibilities danced around in his mind as thoughts flooded his mind, causing him to be unable to grasp the concept behind this.

He could clearly defend!

Why would he employ a strategic escape?

Was there a need for that?

If he really didn't dare to fight, why would he send an army to attack? After attacking, if he truly didn't wish to fight anymore, there was clearly no need to deploy soldiers to harass them!

He sent two thousand soldiers to lure him to attack the city.

Yet, the outcome of that was losing an empty city.

No matter how he looked at the situation…

It still seemed that Chen Feiyu had something wrong with his brain!

This time, Wu Feng was truly a little disordered, so much so that he didn't know whether he should ask Chen Feiyu.

"Chen Feiyu, what the hell, are you stupid?!"

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Chapter 352: How Big is the Shadow in the Heart

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Very evidently, Chen Feiyu had really been unjustly implicated this time. Because, he had been wrapped like a 'metal dumpling' the entire time and thrown into a cold corner.

After Wu Feng greeted Chen Feiyu, his mood seemed to have improved. Waving his hand, he led his entire army and stomped into the Thunderous Lion Settlement.

Next, he personally patrolled the various key areas of the Thunderous Lion Settlement.

After a round of patrol, Wu Feng was finally sure that Chen Feiyu had really abandoned the Thunderous Lion Settlement and instead, turned around to ambush his Yan Ya and Shi Zun settlements.

This caused him to feel extremely triggered.

After initiating an ambush and using three thousand of his troops to exchange for six thousand of Wu Feng's, Chen Feiyu continued to use the Thunderous Lion Settlement to exchange for his Yan Ya and Shi Zun settlements.

A complete defeat!

Most importantly, he had foolishly waited at the gate of the Thunderous Lion Settlement for over two hours, giving enough time for Chen Feiyu to attack the two main settlements.

He couldn't contain his unhappiness.

"Clang!" He threw a cup onto the ground, causing it to shatter into pieces.

Right at this moment, the Thunderous Lion Settlement Chief who had been beside Wu Feng all along ever since he entered the Thunderous Lion Settlement spoke.

"General, would you be resting in our settlement tonight?"

"Resting?" Wu Feng hadn't actually considered this. However, after listening to the settlement chief, he gave it a thought.

Over ten thousand soldiers rushed from the Yan Ya Settlement without stopping in order to attack the Thunderous Lion Settlement.

After which, they launched attacks lasting multiple days, and stood in the cold wind ever since dawn for over two hours. If they continued to rush back to the Yan Ya and Shi Zun settlement, it would definitely affect the hearts of the soldiers.

After all, soldiers were human too. They needed rest.

"Yes, we will be resting in the Thunderous Lion Settlement tonight, I hope that Settlement Chief can make the arrangements." After reaching this thought, Wu Feng nodded and spoke politely to the settlement chief, suppressing the anger in his heart.

"Alright, this is what we should do. When General Chen was in our Thunderous Lion Settlement, we made arrangements for him as well. However, he hadn't returned since he left the settlement to face the enemy a few days ago." When the settlement chief heard Wu Feng's words, he mumbled to himself.

"Hadn't returned? Settlement chief, are you saying that Chen Feiyu hadn't returned since leaving the settlement?" When Wu Feng hard this, he was clearly surprised.

"That's right." The settlement chief replied confidently.

"Now I understand!" Wu Feng finally understood.

After gaining knowledge that Chen Feiyu hadn't returned to the settlement, Wu Feng finally managed to link everything together.

Ever since the start, Chen Feiyu's target had been the two main settlements - Yan Ya and Shi Zun.

Leaving the settlement to face the enemy was only a feign. It was very possible that Chen Feiyu's initial plan was to split his army into two, sending two thousand troops to drag time on purpose.

Then, sending his main force to attack the two main settlements of Shi Zun and Yan Ya.

However, they just happened to encounter his six thousand troops, and after which encountering him. After panicking, he left two thousand troops to lead him towards the Thunderous Lion Settlement.

His purpose was only to give himself more time.

Seems like…

He is only a cowardly turtle who could only run!

Wu Feng was extremely confident in his own abilities. This confidence led him to believe that when others encountered him, they would either surrender or run.

After all, ever since he had entered the Southern Mountain Range, he hadn't faced any form of resistance.

"Seems that I have overestimated this Chen Feiyu. He is just a person who wishes to drag time until the combat examination ends. How could I have actually considered that he was plotting against me?" Wu Feng blamed himself.

Sometimes, when one was too careful, they might actually miss out the simpler things.

After understanding this point, Wu Feng finally relaxed completely, realising that Chen Feiyu couldn't pose any form of threat to him. Then, finishing off Chen Feiyu was only a matter of time.

"Alright, then could I trouble you to help us make arrangements!" Wu Feng's mood lifted and a confident smile returned back to his face. He appeared extremely at ease.

The settlement chief nodded his head. Very quickly, a few citizens of the Southern Mountain Range appeared behind him, each of them leading a general behind Wu Feng to their resting area.

As for Wu Feng, the settlement chief attended to him personally.

"This is the first time you are in my Thunderous Lion Settlement. As the settlement chief, I should fulfill my role as the host and bring you over to my side to drink a few cups, I wonder if you fine with that?"

"Settlement chief, you are too kind. Alright, then I will follow your arrangements. That aside, I have some silver taels here, I hope that you will take them. If it is convenient, I wish to obtain some meat to reward the soldiers." Wu Feng nodded, then casually reached into his pocket and took out a few silver bars, handing it over to the settlement chief.

"This… Since it is my job as the host, why not we do away with this silver?" The settlement chief appeared somewhat hesitant.

"I hope that you accept this, our Great Xia has our own military laws. Troubling you is already an inappropriate thing for us to do, if you won't even accept this silver, then…"

"Since general insists, I express my gratitude towards you on behalf of the people of the Southern Mountain Range."

"The Great Xia and the Southern Mountain Range had always been family, why is there a need to thank me?"

After a courteous conversation, Wu Feng was led by the settlement chief into a huge stone house. It was filled with the bones and skin of all kinds of beasts. It appeared extremely wild.

Glancing at the decoration inside the stone house, Wu Feng nodded lightly.

In the Southern Mountain Range, only the house of the settlement chief would contain such items. These animal bones and skin were from the hunts of the Southern Mountain Warriors after they became of age.

To be able to have them placed in the settlement chief's house was actually a form of pride to the warriors of the Thunderous Lion Settlement.

There were a few other elderly people sitting in the stone house at this moment. Each of them had extremely dark skin and wore a hat on their head. However, compared to the settlement chief, there were no feathers in their hats.

Wu Feng knew that these were the elders of the settlement with notable statuses. Since they were setting up camp in the Thunderous Lion Settlement, it was very important to ensure a good relationship with them.

"I represent the Great Xia to express my greetings." Right after entering the stone house, Wu Feng bowed in accordance to the Great Xia's customs towards the elders in the house.

"General, you are too polite. We have already made preparations for your bath ceremony, please follow us in." When the elders saw Wu Feng bow, they quickly stood up one by one and spoke.

"Bath ceremony? Alright, thank you for taking the trouble." Wu Feng nodded once again.

The bath ceremony was indeed part of the Southern Mountain Range culture. Normally, the bath ceremony was prepared for returning warriors of the Southern Mountain Range. It was a great form of respect and honour.

The ceremony wasn't very complicated.

It was mainly bathing and changing one's clothes.

However, this honour was extremely great. Wu Feng had never thought that he would be treated in such a manner right after entering the Thunderous Lion Settlement.

He was somewhat hesitant, however, he had no way of rejecting.

Because, rejecting the bath ceremony meant rejecting the friendly intentions of the Southern Mountain Range. It was an extremely disrespectful act.

Seeing that Wu Feng had agreed, two elegant Southern Mountain Range ladies wearing rattan skirts entered gracefully from within the stone house.

After seeing Wu Feng, the two women flushed slightly red and discreetly lowered their heads.

"General, we are in charge of servicing you for the bath ceremony. Would you be willing?" A Southern Mountain Range lady walked in front of Wu Feng and raised her head slightly, her face filled with shyness.

"Thank you." Wu Feng had stayed in the Southern Mountain Range for some time.

Hence, he naturally knew how daring the Southern Mountain Range were. This bath ceremony service wasn't considered something too out of the ordinary. Of course, in the process of the ceremony, usually, nothing much would happen.

Because…

This was a holy ceremony.

As the settlement chief prepared the feast and wine in the living room, Wu Feng was brought by the two Southern Mountain Village ladies into the room.

A huge wooden pail was already prepared inside. Steam rose from within the pail, and inside it was filled with all kinds of specialty herbs from the Southern Mountain Range.

Wu Feng had tried such herbs before. Rubbing these herbs on one's body would cause one to feel very refreshed. It was indeed a rather blissful experience.

Hence, he didn't bother being too courteous.

He allowed the two Southern Mountain Range ladies to remove the armour from his body, then remove the brocade clothes he wore within, leaving him with nothing but a white pair of underwear.

At this moment, Wu Feng's body was left with a pair of underwear and the jade flute he held on his hand.

The two Southern Mountain Range ladies glanced at one another shyly. Then, one of them prepared to remove Wu Feng's pants, while the other reached out both of her hands above her hand, waiting for Wu Feng to pass the jade flute into her hands.

When Wu Feng saw this, he hesitated somewhat.

"Can I hold on to my jade flute?" Wu Feng asked.

"This… General, we have already prepared the weapon rack for you. The purpose of the bath ceremony is to wash away the dirt on one's body and one's soul. Based on our traditions, when the warriors go out for an expedition, they have to splash the blood of beasts on their bodies. When they return, they have to wash away the blood. This weapon… had been in contact with blood, hence it would naturally be better to place it at one side." A Southern Mountain Range lady explained softly after hearing Wu Feng's request.

"Since that is the case, let's follow your Southern Mountain Range tradition. However, would it be possible to place the weapon rack nearer to me?" When Wu Feng heard this, he nodded once again.

"Alright, I'll get the weapon rack." The Southern Mountain Range lady nodded, then, turned around and left. A moment later, she returned holding the weapon rack in both hands and placed it at the door.

When Wu Feng saw that the weapon rack was just nearby, he relaxed and handed over the jade flute in his hand to the lady. Then, leapt up and entered the wooden pail.

Water splashed in all directions.

Wetting the hair of the Southern Mountain Range ladies.

However, it didn't raise any negative reactions from the two Southern Mountain Range ladies. Instead, this caused their faces to flush completely red.

After glancing towards one another, the two of them carefully made their way to the side of the wooden pail. Their smooth arms scooped up the herbs from the wooden bucket and began to rub them over Wu Feng's body.

Wu Feng felt the warmth from the water and the refreshing feeling that swept over him. He began to smile, allowing the two ladies to service him as they pleased.

Maybe it was because it was too comfortable, or maybe it was because the perpetually drawn bow in his heart was finally released, but Wu Feng's eyes finally began to close slowly after taking one glance at the weapon rack at the door.

There were two steps in the bath ceremony.

The first was bathing, the second was changing.

After fifteen minutes of bathing, one of the ladies finally stopped.

"General, I will retrieve the clothes."

"Alright…" Wu Feng nodded lightly and continued to soak his body in the warm water, enjoying the massage of the other lady.

Time flowed by very quickly.

Fifteen minutes passed…

Thirty minutes passed…

However, the lady that left never returned.

This caused Wu Feng to feel somewhat suspicious. Opening his eyes, he saw the lady standing quietly at the door.

She had a special Southern Mountain Range robe.

She must have been standing there all along, waiting for him for fear of disturbing him.

Wu Feng lightly shook his head and nodded towards the lady at the door. The panic in his heart instantly vanished.

He was still too vigilant.

Just as he prepared to announce that he was done bathing and was ready to change, he suddenly felt that something wasn't quite right. Because, behind the Southern Mountain Range lady, there was another figure.

Due to being blocked by the body of the lady, he couldn't discern the identity of the figure.

However…

What was strange was that the figure seemed to be sitting casually on a chair and munching on fruits. Furthermore, he even poured himself a cup of wine from time to time.

This caused Wu Feng to feel somewhat uneasy.

After all, he was completely naked at this moment.

Being serviced by two ladies while naked was something every man enjoyed. However, being admired by another man while snacking on fruits was a different feeling.

"Who are you?!" Wu Feng instinctively shouted out.

"Looks like Young Master Wu is done bathing?" When the figure heard Wu Feng's words, he slowly placed down the wine cup in his hand and stood up from the chair.

Wu Feng heart skipped a beat.

He felt that this voice sounded somewhat familiar, as if he had heard it before somewhere. However, he wasn't quite able to recall.

In the Southern Mountain Range…

Was there somebody he knew in the Thunderous Lion Settlement?

Wu Feng tried hard to recall, and finally realised that there wasn't.

Right at this moment, the Southern Mountain Range lady servicing him slowly stopped. Then, she walked quietly towards the door.

As for the Southern Mountain Range lady standing at the door, she immediately turned around and left.

"They left?!" Wu Feng was slightly taken aback. After all, that lady held the clothes in her hands. Weren't those clothes for him to wear?

Just as he thought, Wu Feng's eyes immediately widened. The expression on his face froze completely.

Because, just as the two Southern Mountain Range ladies left, he finally recognised the figure at the door.

That was a youth dressed in leopard skin. He seemed somewhat young, around fifteen to sixteen years of age. He even carried a thin, faint smile on his face.

He had seen this faint smile before. Furthermore, his memory of it was extremely profound!

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Chapter 353: Elimination

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"Fang… Fang Zhengzhi?!" This time, Wu Feng was truly stunned.

After the instant when he saw the Southern Mountain Range lady leave, he had already considered many possibilities. For example, him being tricked by Chen Feiyu and falling into his trap.

Or, the person in front of him might be an envoy of the demon race.

However, he had never considered that the person who appeared would be Fang Zhengzhi.

Why would this guy be in the Thunderous Lion Settlement?

This isn't right!

Wasn't Fang Zhengzhi not supposed to be participating in the combat examination? Or, even if he had secretly managed to participate, it would still be impossible for him to appear in Chen Feiyu's Thunderous Lion Settlement!

Could it be that Fang Zhengzhi had allied with Chen Feiyu?

The possibility of that is even lower.

Furthermore, even if something like that had truly occurred, Chen Feiyu had already turned around to attack his Yan Ya and Shi Zun main settlements Shouldn't Fang Zhengzhi be following him?

Wu Feng truly couldn't understand what was the meaning of Fang Zhengzhi's appearance at this place.

However, not understanding was one thing.

There was one more thing that he understood very clearly.

Fang Zhengzhi's appearance here definitely wasn't a good thing. Hence, he instinctively wanted to leap out of the wooden pail and grab the jade flute on the weapon rack as fast as he could.

However…

Just as he prepared to leap, his expression froze once again.

"Huh? Where is… my jade flute?!"

"Young Master Wu, are you looking for this? Don't worry, I'm only a little curious. Let me do some research before returning it to you." Fang Zhengzhi seemed to know very clearly what Wu Feng was thinking and spoke in a calm manner.

At this moment, Wu Feng also noticed that his jade flute seemed to be…

Hanging off Fang Zhengzhi's waist.

"You… Return my jade flute, else, don't blame me for not giving you any face!" Wu Feng's chest tightened. Without the jade flute, his powers fell by a huge proportion.

This was similar to the case of a swordsman without a sword.

And compared to that case of a swordless swordsman, Wu Feng's current situation was clearly even more serious.

"Ha ha." Fang Zhengzhi smiled faintly. After which, he turned around and disappeared outside the door.

"Fang Zhengzhi, don't run!" Just as Wu Feng prepared to charge out of the door, he sensed the faint smell of blood coming from the door.

This caused him to feel somewhat uneasy.

Before he had the time to think through, a low animal growl came from the door.

Immediately after, a huge head popped in from the door. That was a beast with a head of a wolf, and on the forehead of that beast, there was a sharp lone silver horn.

It's huge body squeezed into the door, almost completely blocking off the entrance.

On the back of that huge beast, there was a soldier in rattan armour. His skin was pitch-dark and his strong, defined muscles bulged.

"Silver… Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry!" Wu Feng was completely startled.

Of course, he knew what this was. One of the strongest forces of the Southern Mountain Range in which every single Silver Horned Wolf was equivalent to a human of the Heavenly Reflection State.

In addition to the cavalry riding on the Silver Horned Wolf, that was a living nightmare.

"Fang Zhengzhi, you dare to betray the country!" Wu Feng roared angrily in denial. If he still didn't understand what was happening at this stage.

Then that could only be described as cute.

Outside the door.

Listening to Wu Feng's hoarse screams, Fang Zhengzhi twitched his mouth spitefully.

"Why is it that every single person would say the same thing when they see me? Don't tell me that they didn't know how to look at faces? Which part of me looks like a betrayer of my country?"

A Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry charged into the room.

Very quickly, a second Silver Horned Wolf charged in. Not too long later, there were three wolves, four wolves…

"Boom!"

A loud explosive sound rang out.

The room began to crack apart from within. Debris and broken stones flew in all directions. Very quickly, a figure charged out from within the shattered stones, his body covered in scratches.

Of course, this wasn't the main point.

The main point was that he was completely naked. He wasn't even wearing his underwear!

"He he he… Look, he isn't wearing any clothes!"

"His figure isn't too bad!"

"Just that he is a little too white. Unlike our muscular warriors of the Southern Mountain Range, he looks like a toy boy!"

Outside the stone house, a group of Southern Mountain Range girls dressed in rattan skirts instantly covered their mouths and began to giggle when they witnessed this scene. Occasionally, there were even girls who bravely stared for a moment.

"Fang Zhengzhi, I am going to kill you!" Wu Feng's face instantly flushed red. He would never have imagined that Fang Zhengzhi actually gathered so many girls to witness the battle outside the stone house.

Furthermore, most importantly, the settlement chief and the elders who were initially in the main room of the stone were all sitting around the perimeter of the house at this moment, each of their faces bearing a faint smile.

It was very obvious that this was all prepared.

How could one person…

Reach such levels of shamelessness!

"Young Master Wu, you are really powerful. Number three in the Rising Dragon Roll. If I don't make proper preparations, how could I take you down in one move?" Fang Zhengzhi patiently explained with a smile on his face.

He feared that Wu Feng would not understand the trouble he went through.

Wu Feng was so filled with anger that his lips began to quiver.

His knuckles cracked under the tightening of his fist. However, he didn't have much time to continue arguing with Fang Zhengzhi. Because, he had already discovered that other than the Southern Mountain Range women watching the fight.

There were a few hundred Silver Horned Wolves outside the stone house.

"Why would things be like this? Why are there so many Silver Horned Wolves? Didn't the Southern Mountain Range only possess three thousand Silver Horned Wolves? There are… at least five hundred here!" Wu Feng couldn't understand.

The Silver Horned Wolves were the creme of the Southern Mountain Range, yet why would five hundred of them listen to Fang Zhengzhi's orders?

If there were only one or two, that could be explained as a coincidence. However, what about five hundred? No matter how he looked at the situation, it was nothing close to a coincidence.

"I want him alive!" Fang Zhengzhi casually waved his hand.

"Roger!" Teng Shisheng instantly accepted the order.

"Fang Zhengzhi, this isn't fair. If you dare, come fight with me one to one! I don't fear you!" Wu Feng was truly in denial upon hearing the low growls around him.

Because, he wasn't even able to use the technique he was most skilled at!

Man can be defeated.

However, losing in such a grieved manner was a little too tragic. At the very least, Wu Feng wanted the jade flute to be returned to him so that he could display his abilities before being defeated.

"Relax, you will have the opportunity." Fang Zhengzhi consoled in a sincere manner.

"Opportunity? I… Ah!" Wu Feng didn't complete his sentence. A Silver Horned Wolf had already launched a sneak attack from behind his back. Its sharp claws slashed towards him, carrying along with it a force that could tear apart the air.

Wu Feng could dodge.

However, he had no way of continuing his argument with Fang Zhengzhi while dodging.

Of course..

After dodging this attack, he still had no way of focusing his attention anywhere else. Because, there were even more Silver Horned Wolves pouncing towards him one after another.

"Awoo, awoo awoo…" Howls rang out one by one from the Thunderous Lion Settlement.

At the same time, the main roads of the Thunderous Lion Settlement were piled with huge stones that appeared out of nowhere, blocking them off and causing the movement of the soldiers travelling into the Thunderous Lion Settlement to slow to a crawl.

Wu Feng actually had the heart to struggle on.

However, he didn't have the strength. After losing the jade flute, there wasn't much difference between him and someone of the Heavenly Reflection Peak Stage. The only difference was that his techniques and movements were a little more ingenious.

However…

He simply had no way of unleashing his strongest technique, the Dao of music.

He couldn't be whistling in front of a group of Southern Mountain Range girls naked!

Speaking about being naked.

This was the pain that Wu Feng felt most deeply at this moment. As a man, no matter how thick his skin was, it was impossible for him to focus completely under the circumstance of being completely naked.

Fang Zhengzhi gazed at Wu Feng's awkward movements, trying his best to cover up his body, and lightly shook his head. He was indeed a little too young. If it was Fang Zhengzhi himself.

The boldness of his execution would definitely stem from his superb skill!

Hmm…

His psychological cultivation is too weak!

Without the jade flute, and without any clothes covering up his body, Wu Feng didn't manage to hold the Silver Horned Wolves for very long before being pinned down onto the ground by a group of howling wolves.

After which, he was naturally tied up by a metal chain.

"Fang Zhengzhi, I don't accept this!"

"Unfortunately, you are still eliminated." Fang Zhengzhi replied somewhat helplessly.

"Ah!" Wu Feng bellowed in anger towards the sky and let out a mournful roar. Blood rushed through his chest and finally, spurting out a mouthful of blood, he fainted on the ground.

In the dark basement.

Wu Feng woke up groggily. Then, he noticed another "fellow sufferer" who was also tied up like a metal dumpling.

"Chen… Chen Feiyu?!" The shock that Wu Feng received was definitely comparable to that of when he saw Fang Zhengzhi. Because, from what he imagined, Fang Zhengzhi should have taken advantage of the time Chen Feiyu gave up the Thunderous Lion Settlement to attack the Shi Zun and Yan Ya Main Settlements to set up his ambushes in the Thunderous Lion Settlement."

"Sigh…" Chen Feiyu glanced at Wu Feng and sighed heavily.

"What are you doing here?" Wu Feng finally asked the question in his heart.

"The same reason as you of course. However… I arrived slightly earlier than you. I was already here since last night." Chen Feiyu felt injustice, great injustice.

There was never a time before this when he felt even more grieved than his moment.

"Last night? Don't tell me you…" Wu Feng's expression changed once again.

"I initially wanted to fight it out one-to-one against you, Unfortunately, along the way, a Fang Zhengzhi appeared." Chen Feiyu's heart began to bleed upon recalling the scene in which he was captured by Fang Zhengzhi.

"Young Master Wu, Young Master Chen, this medication is specially prepared by General Fang for you two. Furthermore, General Fang had already given instructions to release both of you after news of your elimination is sent out, and then treating you with courtesy."

Right at this moment, the door of the basement opened.

General Wang, dressed in armour, walked in with a tinkling sound. Then, he fished out two bottles of medication and two hearty plates of food.

"You? What did you just say? General Fang?! That means that you have already…" Wu Feng's eyes instantly widened. Of course, he recognised this person in front of him. It was General Wang, the person he trusted and favoured most in his army.

"Young Master Wu, this is inevitable. Based on the rules of the Court Examination, we must follow whoever eliminates you." General Wang nodded.

"But… Fang Zhengzhi didn't participate in the combat examination. During the distribution of troops in the Yan Capital, he hadn't arrived on time. Hence, you guys don't have to follow him at all!" Of course, Wu Feng knew the rules of the combat examination. However, he was truly still somewhat in denial.

"No, you are wrong. Even though Fang Zhengzhi didn't manage to arrive on time during the distribution of troops, the Emperor didn't strike off Fang Zhengzhi's name in the combat examination. Hence, his name is still among the list of people participating in the combat examination!"

"Didn't strike off his name?!"

"Two young masters, please press your fingerprint here so that I can release both of you!" General Wang fished out a dark green paper from his pocket as he spoke.

"Yes, it is indeed time to press my fingerprint…" Wu Feng gazed at the dark green paper in front of him and the light in his eyes finally extinguished. Without much further hesitation, he finally pressed his finger onto the dark green paper.

At the instant Wu Feng pressed his finger down, a faint glow flashed across the dark green paper.

Wu Feng gazed at the faint light flashing across the paper as a look of anguish filled his eyes. Because, he knew that this time, he had truly been eliminated…

The afternoon sunlight was somewhat powerful. However, compared to a powerful and swift piece of news, that sunlight was clearly nothing in comparison.

In a mountain valley of the Southern Mountain Range where wild flowers bloomed.

Su Qing, dressed in a black official robe, was walking towards a large and exquisite military tent embroidered with a silver dragon. His face was ghastly pale. When he reached the entrance of the military tent.

He still stopped in his tracks.

From his expression, it could be inferred that he was extremely hesitant.

This expression was actually rather rare on Su Qing's face. However, at this moment, this expression was clearly displayed.

"Who is outside my tent?" Within the military tent, a rather lazy voice rang out.

"Your Highness, it is Su Qing quietly waiting outside the tent!" A soldier at the entrance of the tent instantly replied Crown Prince Lin Tianrong's question.

"Oh? Su Qing is here? Is he coming with more good news?" When Crown Prince Lin Tianrong heard this, he casually called out.

Su Qing's expression instantly changed.

However, he still managed to pluck up his courage and enter the military tent.

Inside the tent, Crown Prince Lin Tianrong was lying on an exquisitely crafted chair, playing with a golden-yellow coloured flower in his hand.

"Crown Prince, Your Highness." Su Qing respectively bowed towards Crown Prince Lin Tianrong.

"Su Qing, if you have anything to say, just say it." Crown Prince Lin Tianrong didn't even glance at Su Qing. Instead, he placed the flower in front of his nose and gently breathed in its aroma.

"The latest news of the combat examination, Chen Feiyu and Wu Feng are eliminated!" When Su Qing reached the end of his sentence, his voice clearly trembled slightly.

"Oh, I see. I already know that Chen Feiyu has some talent, however, he would ultimately still be a little weaker in comparison to others. It is normal for him to be eliminated. As for Wu Feng… Wait a minute, who did you say was eliminated along with Wu Feng?!" Crown Prince Lin Tianrong replied lazily, however, after saying the two words, Wu Feng, he seemed to have suddenly woken up.

"Chen Feiyu and Wu Feng!" Su Qing evidently knew that Crown Prince Lin Tianrong would be taken aback. Because, he was also taken aback when he heard this news.

However…

He knew one more thing. This wasn't the truly shocking news.

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Chapter 354: Dare to attack Nangong Hao

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"Wu Feng is eliminated? Who eliminated Wu Feng? Is it Nangong Hao? Or is it Yan Xiu?" No matter how many times Crown Prince Lin Tianrong was answered, he was still in somewhat of a disbelief.

"None of them… the person who eliminated Wu Feng is… Fang Zhengzhi!" Su Qing shook his head, took a deep breath and spoke.

"Fang Zhengzhi?!" This time, Crown Prince Lin Tianrong's expression changed for real and immediately stood up from his chair.

His initial lazy expression changed to one of immense shock at this moment and his pale white pace turned somewhat pink. His feminine and tender eyes was tightly fixated on Su Qing's face.

He couldn't believe it.

"Based on intelligence reports, last night, Fang Zhengzhi had eliminated Chen Feiyu. After which, at noon, he eliminated Wu Feng. Both of these incidents occurred in the Thunderous Lion Settlement." Su Qing could understand Crown Prince Lin Tianrong's feelings completely.

However…

Reality was reality.

He could only speak the truth. However, even he himself wasn't able to understand how did Fang Zhengzhi accomplish such a thing.

It has to be made known that the Thunderous Lion Settlement was Chen Feiyu's settlement. Furthermore, most importantly, Chen Feiyu had over ten thousand soldiers.

Not even mentioning that Chen Feiyu wasn't at all weaker than Fang Zhengzhi.

Just based on those ten thousand soldiers, if each of them spat at Fang Zhengzhi, it might even be possible to drown him.

Leveraging on the fact that Chen Feiyu and Wu Feng were fighting among one another to reap the rewards?

But, this probability was equally low.

Wu Feng's abilities ranked him third in the Rising Dragon Roll. Just based on abilities and powers alone, he ranked above Fang Zhengzhi. In addition to the almost twenty thousand soldiers strong army in Wu Feng's hands.

Taking the head of the enemy general from among tens of thousands of soldiers?

Su Qing didn't believe that Fang Zhengzhi had this ability. Moreover, Wu Feng was an expert in the Dao of Music. The offensive power behind this, not mentioning that Fang Zhengzhi was alone.

Even if there was five Fang Zhengzhi-s coming at him at one go, it would still be almost impossible for him to close in.

Su Qing couldn't understand what had happened within the Thunderous Lion Settlement. Crown Prince Lin Tianrong couldn't understand either. Hence, what was left was silence.

After exactly an hour of silence.

Crown Prince Lin Tianrong finally returned back onto his chair. After all, he was the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, the chief examiner of this court combat examination.

"How is the current situation like?" Crown Prince Lin Tianrong tried his best to remain calm. He had to consider the entire situation. Because, he knew very clearly all the plans that the Great Xia Dynasty had in mind during this military movement into the Southern Mountain Range.

Initially, the entire plan was being carried out smoothly and as planned one step at a time. However, there seemed to be a small accident at the moment. This was an accident that was out of his control.

Hence…

The most important thing for him to do now was to grasp this accident within his hands, or, discreetly destroy this accident.

"Based on the rules of the combat examination, after Fang Zhengzhi eliminated Wu Feng, all the military forces and territories under Wu Feng would now be completely under Fang Zhengzhi's control. Hence…" When Su Qing neared the end of his sentence, he sounded somewhat hesitant.

"You mean, at this moment, the Thunderous Lion Settlement, the Shi Zun Settlement and the Yan Ya Settlement are all controlled by Fang Zhengzhi?" When Crown Prince Lin Tianrong heard this, he felt somewhat giddy.

He was really a little giddy. Among the four main settlements, three were taken by Fang Zhengzhi. This accident was truly larger than what he had imagined.

"Yes, based on the rules of the combat examination…"

"I don't care about the rules of the combat examination! Send the order, the journey starts now. I want to go to the Thunderous Lion Settlement, I cannot allow Fang Zhengzhi to act so blasphemously!"

"Your Highness, I fear this is somewhat inappropriate. If Your Highness goes to the Thunderous Lion Settlement now, not only will you break the rules of the court examination, you might even raise suspicions on the Southern Mountain Range's side. If, by some unfortunate circumstance, the Southern Mountain Range plan is disrupted, I fear there might be movements on King Duan's side. Your Highness, you must not forget that King Duan is the real person in charge of the military!" When Su Qing heard this, he immediately stepped in and advised.

"Don't tell me my brother dares to badmouth me in front of Father Emperor?"

"If I am King Duan, now only will I badmouth you, I will ask the Emperor to strip you of all your powers to host the court examination. After all, if the Southern Mountain Range plan succeeds, the rewards will be great!"

"I dare him!"

"Your Highness, please think this through carefully!" When Su Qing finished his sentence, he immediately knelt down onto the ground.

When Crown Prince Lin Tianrong saw Su Qing kneeling down, a faint light flashed in his soft eyes. However, in the end, he didn't continue to maintain his stand.

"Smash!" The golden flower on the table shattered onto the ground.

"Rise, in your opinion, what course of action should we take?" After a long while of silence, Crown Prince Lin Tianrong finally waved his hands towards Su Qing and signalled for him to stand up.

"Your Highness, it wouldn't harm to pass down a secret order to ensure that Fang Zhengzhi can only do as he wishes within the three main settlements. However, he must not go near the Icy Monkey Settlement and raise any conflicts with Nangong Hao. In this case, things may still be controlled."

"You think that Fang Zhengzhi would dare to attack Nangong Hao?!" When Crown Prince Lin Tianrong heard this, he was somewhat taken aback. He knew very clearly how important this Southern Mountain Range plan was.

Nangong Hao!

Must not be affected!

"Wu Feng wouldn't dare to. Chen Feiyu wouldn't dare to. Yan Xiu wouldn't dare to. However, Fang Zhengzhi might!" Su Qing replied confidently.

"He will definitely be defeated, without a doubt! But… I'm afraid that he would cause trouble. If he orders a brute force attack on the Icy Monkey Settlement, resulting in heavy casualties among the military forces of our Great Xia, things might be messed up."

"If this is the case, would it be more appropriate to send to order to Nangong Hao for him to avoid fighting?"

"Your Highness, don't you remember that Nangong Hao only listens to the Emperor? Furthermore, Nangong Hao definitely has enough reason and drive to battle Fang Zhengzhi." Su Qing reminded.

"What you said does make some sense. Let's do it this way, you will personally make a trip to the Thunderous Lion Settlement and pass the order for me."

"This… I fear I am unable to go."

"Why?"

"Don't tell me that Your Highness had forgotten that during the court theory examination, there had been some conflicts between me and Fang Zhengzhi?" When Su Qing recalled the scene during the court theory examination, his expression darkened somewhat.

"Then, who do you feel is more appropriate for this?" Crown Prince Lin Tianrong nodded.

"Xing Qingsui!" A glow flashed in Su Qing's eyes. However, he still hesitated for a moment before finally voicing out the name.

"Xing Qingsui? Yes… It is indeed better for him to go. However, Xing Qingsui has the Mountain Breaking Army of the Stabilisation Constabulary with him. If he is ordered to enter the Thunderous Lion Settlement, will it expose things?" Crown Prince Lin Tianrong was evidently somewhat surprised by Su Qing's suggestion and his expression seemed somewhat hesitant.

"Your Highness, you can order for him to make the journey alone. If he was to journey to the Thunderous Lion Settlement secretly, things naturally wouldn't be exposed." When Su Qing saw the Crown Prince's expression, he thought for a moment and suggested.

"Alright, bring my order token and personally invite Xing Qingsui over. I will personally explain to him everything that was planned and arranged." Crown Prince Lin Tianrong stayed silent for a moment, but finally nodded his head.

"Roger!" Su Qing nodded and withdrew with his head bowed.

After leaving the military tent. Su Qing stabilised himself and raised his head lightly to gaze at the white clouds in the sky. An icy glow flashed across his eyes.

"Personally give the order? The position of the Stabilisation Constabulary in the Great Xia indeed cannot be matched by anybody else, regardless whether it is the current Emperor, or the Crown Prince, or King Duan… Looks like it is time for some action!"

At the same time news of Fang Zhengzhi's elimination of Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu reached Crown Prince Lin Tianrong's military tent, a soldier in rattan armour also entered Princess Shan Yu's tent.

"Princess, Fang Zhengzhi had taken the Thunderous Lion Settlement, the Yan Ya Settlement and the Shi Zun Settlement. Furthermore, his current military strength has expanded to almost thirty thousand people." As the soldier spoke, his forehead dripped with sweat.

He had sprinted all the way here.

Of course, that wasn't the main reason he was soaked in sweat.

The main reason was that he was truly frightened. How many days did these incidents take to happen? Three main settlements were now all under Fang Zhengzhi's control.

This was simply terrifying.

It felt as if an wolf had leapt into a flock of sheep. Isn't this a little too extreme?

When Princess Shan Yu, who was lying on a golden coloured animal skin chair, heard this news, her initially casual and indolent expression turned into one of shock.

If it wasn't for the fact that the soldier was present.

She might have almost rolled off her chair in shock.

Her body, covered in white animal leather, began to tremble and her chest rose and fell rapidly. Her wheat coloured skin also turned somewhat flushed with red.

This was extreme surprise and delight. She had really never imagined that Fang Zhengzhi would be able to achieve this.

Furthermore…

He had done so in such a short span of time.

"This guy, really caused me to… be very shocked!" Princess Shan Yu murmured softly as her dark eyes flashed with light. "Tell me in detail how did this guy do it."

"Roger!" After hearing Princess Shan Yu's words, he immediately acknowledged and began to describe in great detail how Fang Zhengzhi had taken down Chen Hao's Thunder Light Settlement, then set up a trap within the Thunderous Lion Settlement to ambush Chen Feiyu and Wu Feng.

When the soldier finished his words.

Princess Shan Yu's expression changed again.

Her initial delight and surprise became somewhat awkward. When she thought of the scene in which Fang Zhengzhi tricked away Wu Feng's clothes and jade flute, she couldn't contain herself and scolded.

"This guy is just as shameless as before in his acts!"

"Princess, what arrangements do we need?"

"You can withdraw and rest for now, I will naturally have my own plans."

"Roger."

Within the Southern Mountain Range, on the peak of an extremely ordinary mountain, at the entrance of a certain concealed mountain cave, there was also a black figure, standing under the broad daylight. He seemed somewhat in a hurry.

"What is it that needs to be reported in the day?" When a man in black robe standing at the entrance saw this black figure, he immediately walked out from the side and blocked in front of the mountain cave entrance.

"Urgent matters!"

"Domain Chief is currently taking his afternoon rest, come again at night!"

"No, I must report this to Domain Chief right now. I wish that you will allow me to report immediately, else, if military intelligence is kept back and delayed, you will be responsible!" The black figure spoke with a cold expression.

"You… wait!" The black-robed man didn't speak any further, turned around and entered the cave. A moment later, he walked out. However, there was an additional bright red palm mark on his face.

"Enter!"

When the black-robed man spoke, his tone sounded clearly somewhat grieved.

"Thanks." When the black figure saw the palm mark on the black-robed man's face, a faint sense of pity flashed across his lips. However, he didn't dare to delay any further.

Within the cave, Bai Xing lay on a glittering and translucent black stone. A faint icy aura was given off by the stone, causing the entire cave to feel somewhat chilly.

A blood-red demon eye was embedded on Bai Xing's forehead, adding a blood-like mystery to this chilly atmosphere.

"What?" Bai Xing's tone didn't sound very happy.

"Domain Chief, Fang Zhengzhi had taken down the Thunderous Lion Settlement, and defeated Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu. Now, he controls the Thunderous Lion Settlement, the Shi Zun Settlement and the Yan Ya Settlement. Furthermore, he has almost thirty thousand soldiers." The black figure felt the aura emitted from Bai Xing's body and didn't dare to beat around the bush. He cut straight to the point.

"What?! How can things happen like this?" Bai Xing's initially calm expression was finally broken.

"I heard that Fang Zhengzhi tricked Chen Feiyu and Wu Feng into entering the Thunderous Lion Settlement, then, set up an ambush." The black figure instantly reported everything he knew.

"Well done Fang Zhengzhi, a few days ago, he is still within Princess Shan Yu's tent. Now, he already has control over three main settlements? This is truly somewhat unexpected."

"Domain Chief, what should we do now? Should we make an early move?"

"There is no rush. The more troops Fang Zhengzhi has in his hands, the faster he dies. This time, he cannot run anymore! However… in order to prevent the unexpected, insert a few more people inside!"

"Understood."

"You can leave."

"Roger!"

The black figure quickly left.

On the other hand, Bai Xing didn't seem to have any further intention of sleeping. Instead, he slowly rose from the black stone and paced back and forth within the cave.

"Based on time calculations, Young Lord should be reaching by now."

Fang Zhengzhi didn't know about the reactions of people from each side after eliminating Wu Feng.

In reality, he didn't even figure out that he was already in control of three main settlements. Only when General Wang reminded him on purpose, he seemed to realise that at this moment, he…

Seemed to have some bragging rights!

Within a short span of time, he had already controlled three of the four main settlements. The military force in his hands had almost reached thirty thousand troops. He was filled with power. All he had to do was to stamp his feet for the entire Southern Mountain Range to shake.

"Don't tell me that this is the legend about how intended actions never lead to good outcomes, but unintended actions result in great results?" Fang Zhengzhi raised his head to the sky and felt like a lonely champion without a worthy challenger.

Hence…

The next question was raised.

Where should he go and stamp his feet?

Fang Zhengzhi knew that the four main settlements were extremely dangerous. The Southern Mountain Range had already arranged for soldiers to be placed within the four main settlements. However, after possessing strong military forces, this feeling became somewhat different.

If it was said that the Fang Zhengzhi of before was a tiny sailboat in the middle of a tempestuous stormy sea that could flip at any time, now, he was riding a deluxe warship.

Whenever he saw somebody he didn't fancy, he didn't have to speak anything more than one word…

Die!

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Chapter 355: Start Once You're Ready

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I heard that this Nangong Hao guy is at some Icy Monkey Settlement. It should be quite near to my Thunderous Lion Settlement, why not I directly…

Fang Zhengzhi thought this way. Hence, naturally, he prepared to carry it out.

The next few days, Fang Zhengzhi began to split his army into two paths, doing a "sweep" around the perimeter of the Thunderous Lion Settlement. Each path had almost ten thousand troops.

This caused the examinees who slipped through the net to feel extremely pained.

Attacking two thousand with ten thousand?

Was there truly a meaning in this?

Denial, shame. Yet, ultimately, helplessness.

It was simply impossible to defend against an army five times the size. The only thing they could do was to surrender one by one, then, give up their army.

As Fang Zhengzhi began his sweep, the Southern Mountain Range, in which the undercurrent had always been surging, finally stirred up a torrential storm.

Envelopes followed by envelopes of military reports were delivered into the tent of Crown Prince Lin Tianrong, causing him to live the past few days rather unhappily.

"Fang Zhengzhi eliminated Lue Qing, his army has expanded to thirty-four thousand troops."

"Fang Zhengzhi eliminated Chen Dongping, his army has expanded to thirty-six thousand troops."

Looking at the never-ending letters of military report, Crown Prince Lin Tianrong's expression was extremely dark. His expression remained gloomy and solemn, and completely lost the mood to appreciate his flowers like he did everyday before.

Time passed very quickly.

Five days later, the number of troops under Fang Zhengzhi's command had reached the terrifying amount of forty-one thousand. It also meant he commanded almost seventy percent of the entire military strength in the combat examination.

On the other hand, Fang Zhengzhi finally began to enjoy the treatment of a commander in chief.

In the huge stone house, each of the military commanders quietly stood in two rows by the side, and beside them stood gloomy scholars.

They were all examinees eliminated by Fang Zhengzhi.

Hence, naturally, they could only follow Fang Zhengzhi. Regardless of whether they were willing or reluctant, they had no choice but to follow him until the end of the combat examination.

Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu were also standing in the stone house at this moment.

These few days, it could be said that Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu's hearts had suffered extreme torment. However, if they wished to ensure that they would smoothly pass the combat examination, the only thing they could do was to help Fang Zhengzhi.

Because, they were eliminated by Fang Zhengzhi.

The rules of the combat examination were based on a competition, level-based system. For example, if examinee A was eliminated by examinee B, then, examinee A would be in one level below that of examinee B.

If examinee B was eliminated by another person, then, examinee A would drop another level.

In other words.

Wu Feng had eliminated a bunch of examinees. As long as Wu Feng's ranking remained first in the combat examination, these examinees would gain their rankings based on the order of elimination.

However, the current situation was that Wu Feng had been eliminated by Fang Zhengzhi.

In this case, the examinees that Wu Feng had eliminated before had now entered Fang Zhengzhi's circle. If Fang Zhengzhi was eliminated by other examinees, they would likely have no hope left in the combat examination.

Hence...

The best course of action was for Fang Zhengzhi to attain first place. This would enable their rankings to be higher.

Of course, the gloomiest person of all was Wu Feng. He had initially planned to take down Chen Feiyu in one fell swoop, However, he had never imagined that he would be eliminated by Fang Zhengzhi.

It went without saying that this was a huge tragedy.

"Pass down my order, ask all of the troops guarding the Yan Ya Settlement and Shi Zun Settlement to assemble at the Thunderous Lion Settlement!" Fang Zhengzhi gazed down at the rows of armoured military commanders and gave his order.

"Asking all of them to assemble at the Thunderous Lion Settlement?!"

When the gloomy scholars heard Fang Zhengzhi's words, they instantly became even more miserable. At this moment, they were all hoping for Fang Zhengzhi to gain a high ranking.

Yet, Fang Zhengzhi ordered everybody to assemble?

What was the meaning of this!

"General, if all the troops were called to assemble at the Thunderous Lion Settlement, it is equivalent to giving up control over the Yan Ya and Shi Zun Settlement?" When General Wang heard Fang Zhengzhi's words, he instantly got a shock.

He had fought together with Wu Feng before, hence, he knew very clearly how important and hard to attack the Yan Ya and Shi Zun Settlements were. Now, the settlements were already under their control.

Giving them up like this…

Would that be a little silly?

"Oh, I know. Then let's give it up." Fang Zhengzhi said dismissively.

"Fang Zhengzhi, what are you trying to do? If you don't want to participate in this exam properly, can you not eliminate me? Now that you already control three main settlements, at the very least, you would be able to attain second place!" Wu Feng finally couldn't control himself anymore.

Not mentioning that the settlements he had put in so much effort to conquer were delivered into Fang Zhengzhi's hands.

Fang Zhengzhi actually threw them away just as if he was throwing rubbish into the trash?

How could he accept this feeling!

"What are you doing? You are already eliminated. You wish to rebel? Pass down my order, gather some dung." Fang Zhengzhi glanced at Wu Feng in despise and immediately brushed off Wu Feng's opinion.

"Please don't!"

"Fang Zhengzhi, please reconsider!"

"We are all willing to help you."

When the scholars heard this, they became truly anxious. If Fang Zhengzhi lost the territory, and it was picked up by others, they were really about to suffer.

The scholars couldn't understand. The military commanders also exchanged glances among one another, completely unable to guess what Fang Zhengzhi was thinking.

Just like how General Wang felt deep down inside, they all felt that this order by Fang Zhengzhi was a little stupid.

However…

Was Fang Zhengzhi stupid?

This was an extremely serious question.

If Fang Zhengzhi was said to be stupid, then, how could he take down both Chen Feiyu and Wu Feng in one day? Furthermore, didn't this mean that all these people who lost to Fang Zhengzhi were even more stupid?

However, if Fang Zhengzhi wasn't stupid, then this order was simply equivalent to giving up the combat examination ranking he already attained.

They had absolutely no clue of what he was thinking.

Each of the military commander shook his head, simply unable to understand.

Of course, Fang Zhengzhi knew what the scholars and the commanders were thinking. However, it wasn't necessary for them to understand. Because, if they knew about the current situation in the Southern Mountain Range, they would probably have made the same decision.

Every citizen a soldier.

This meant that every main settlement was filled with soldiers of the Southern Mountain Range.

Fang Zhengzhi indeed possessed over forty-thousand troops at this moment, and have control over seventy percent of all the troops in the combat examination. However, compared to the Southern Mountain Range's "every citizen a soldier", it was the difference between an ant and an elephant.

Controlling territory?

Controlling three main settlements indeed seemed extremely glorious. However, once the military force was divided, when the Southern Mountain Range began their plan, these forty-thousand troops wouldn't even be able to defend themselves at all.

Fang Zhengzhi's thoughts at this moment were extremely simple.

If every citizen is a soldier.

Then, I will gather all my soldiers in one place and unite all the troops. As for controlling territory, I have a powerful military force, what do I fear? The combat examination hadn't ended yet!

General Wang really wished to attempt to convince Fang Zhengzhi once more.

However, Fang Zhengzhi was the true examinee of this combat examination. He didn't have any power to interfere. Hence, he could only carry out Fang Zhengzhi's order.

Wu Feng also wanted to speak. However, he was already eliminated.

Then, what else could he say?

News of Fang Zhengzhi recalling all the troops guarding the Yan Ya and Shi Zun Main Settlements quickly spread once again into Crown Prince Lin Tianrong's ear.

This caused Crown Prince Lin Tianrong to become somewhat speechless.

"What is this guy Fang Zhengzhi thinking?" Crown Prince Lin Tianrong had a strange feeling that if Fang Zhengzhi continued to play on like this, there would be a huge impact on the Southern Mountain Range plan.

However, Fang Zhengzhi was an examinee of the combat examination.

As the chief examiner and crown prince, passing down orders to interfere with the decision of an examinee was completely unacceptable.

Hence, the only thing he could do was to wait.

Wait indefinitely!

A few days later.

The military forces in the Yan Ya and Shi Zun Main Settlements finally gathered at the Thunderous Lion Settlement.

Taking advantage of these few days, Fang Zhengzhi had eliminated another examinee. His military strength had reached a terrifying forty-three thousand troops.

Fang Zhengzhi did a calculation.

There were a total of fifty-eight thousand troops participating in the combat examination. After subtracting the two thousand in Nangong Hao's hands, fifty-six thousand remained. And now, he had forty-three thousand.

The amount of troops remaining outside were no more than thirteen thousand.

Then…

It was about time to start!

"Pass down the order, the entire army shall travel towards the Icy Monkey Settlement!"

"General Fang, do we need to leave people to guard the Thunderous Lion Settlement?" When General Wang heard Fang Zhengzhi's words, cold sweat formed on his back as he reminded softly.

Even he knew how horrifying Nangong Hao was.

This battle!

Whether they were able to win was truly a question mark. Hence, leaving some troops to guard the Thunderous Lion Settlement to leave a path for them to retreat was undoubtedly the best choice.

"Don't leave, don't leave even a single soldier." Fang Zhengzhi immediately replied without even giving it a thought.

The grand army pressed towards the Icy Monkey Settlement.

Following Fang Zhengzhi's order, Crown Prince Lin Tianrong finally fell from his chair to the ground. He had thought that Fang Zhengzhi would challenge Nangong Hao.

However, he never imagined that Fang Zhengzhi would be running over so soon.

Furthermore…

Most importantly, Fang Zhengzhi had actually given up control over the Thunderous Lion Settlement. The entire army pressed towards the Icy Monkey Settlement. How was this still an examination?

This was simply a battle of life and death.

"Stop him, we must stop him. Xing Qingsui hadn't reached the Thunderous Lion Settlement? Pass down my orders, write out to immediately disqualify Fang Zhengzhi from the combat examination!"

"Crown Prince Your Highness, Fang Zhengzhi's qualification to participate in the combat examination was personally given by the Emperor, would this action…" When one of the generals sitting in the military tent heard this, he instantly received a huge shock.

"Compared to the Southern Mountain Range plan, does it matter if we disqualify Fang Zhengzhi from the combat examination? I will write a letter to explain to my Emperor Father about this, pass down the order immediately!"

"Roger!"

Within Princess Shan Yu's tent.

As a piece of news arrived, Princess Shan Yu's dark eyes finally flashed with a captivating glow. Cloud patterns began to appear on her wheat-coloured skin.

"Attack the Icy Monkey Settlement? Are you sure?"

"I am sure, a hundred percent sure!" The soldier arriving with the news replied confidently.

"Alright, does Third Brother know about this news?" After Princess Shan Yu received the soldier's confident reply, she stood up from the chair and asked once more.

"Replying Princess, after I received this news, I immediately passed it on to Noblelite. Noblelite should have received it by now, I believe he would pass down the orders in a moment's time." The soldier instantly replied.

"Ha ha ha… not bad. After waiting for so long, it is about time for me to get some exercise!" When Princess Shan Yu heard the soldier's words, she finally smiled. Her smile was radiant, just like a beautiful and charming black rose.

As the main settlement that was closest to the Sagely Mountain City, it could be considered the most heavily guarded place among the main settlements.

If the Thunderous Lion Settlement was a huge fortress.

Then, the Icy Monkey Settlement would be a tusk below the Sagely Mountain City of the Southern Mountain Range.

The area it occupied wasn't too big. However, it stood overbearingly in a vast open space. There were no geographical advantages such as trees or mountains that shielded it.

However, it was indeed a tusk of the Southern Mountain Range.

Because, right in front of the Icy Monkey Settlement, there was a wind valley. It was a wind valley formed by nature.

The separation of a valley was like two completely different worlds. Within the wind valley, it was completely bleak. After the wind valley, it was the bustling and thriving Icy Monkey Settlement.

Within the Icy Monkey Settlement, in a huge stone house constructed with very strong stone, Nangong Hao, who was dressed in a white scholarly robe, sat quietly in front of the window, holding a book filled with ancient scriptures in his hand.

The words of the ancient scripture in his hand seemed to be somewhat different compared to the words of the Great Xia Dynasty. It's shape seemed somewhat strange. However, Nangong Hao seemed deep in concentration.

"Young master." An armoured military commander knocked softly on the main door of the stone house. After which, he gingerly made his way into the stone house.

"Yes. Where is Fang Zhengzhi now?" Nangong Hao didn't raise his head. Instead, he continued to read the ancient scripture in his hand, even mumbling it softly with his lips.

"I believe he would reach the wind valley in another two days' worth of journey." The commander replied.

"Alright."

"Do we need to make preparations?"

"No need, just do what you are supposed to do."

"Understood."

The commander nodded, after which, he retreated respectfully. After walking out of the main door of the stone house, the expression on his face turned firm and determined. That was a form of arrogance.

Compared to his respectful attitude just now, it was an entirely different form of arrogance.

In the dark night, a black figure bounded swiftly. After a few bounds, the black figure stopped on top of a protruding mountain rock.

The black figure that stood on top of the rock stopped.

He reached one hand into his pocket and fished out a yellow map.

After one glance, he kept it back into his pocket. After which, his entire body lay completely flat on the ground. Pressing his ear to the ground, he listened quietly for a while.

Then, he turned and the tip of his foot shifted right by an inch and leapt off the mountain rock.

He continued to dash.

Fang Zhengzhi had never truly commanded an army, nor did he have the experience of leading over forty-thousand soldiers. However, the military commanders did.

Military movements and tactical formations were as routine as eating. Even though they weren't very familiar with the geographical landscape of the Southern Mountain Range, it didn't matter much.

Because, Fang Zhengzhi had Teng Shisheng leading the way.

In addition to that, he already possessed the ability to determine the locations of beasts by listening to the sounds around them. In addition to the powerful clearing power of forty-thousand troops, smaller beasts simply didn't pose any form of a threat to them.

Hence, along the way, he didn't face any significant obstacles.

Two days later, over forty thousand soldiers approached the enemy city and arrived at the natural defence of the Icy Monkey Settlement.

The Wind Valley!

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Chapter 356: Defeat the Wind

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Fang Zhengzhi only had a very simple understand of the situation at the wind valley. Furthermore, this understanding only came about from Teng Shisheng's explanation. As for the detailed conditions, he hadn't witnessed it personally hence wasn't very clear at this point of time.

However, this didn't stop him from feeling the uniqueness of its position. Because, before even nearing the wind valley, he could hear the gushing sound coming from within.

The entire wind valley was like a huge mountain split into two from the middle by a sword, resulting in a long narrow valley that only allowed ten people to move in a row.

Furthermore…

Most importantly, the two walls of the valley was filled with a white frost.

Icicles filled the frost like spikes, making it impossible for people to get too close to it, nor climb on top of it.

"Guard Fang, the wind valley is right in front. As long as we are able to get past the wind valley, we will reach the Icy Monkey Settlement." At this moment, Teng Shisheng walked to Fang Zhengzhi's side and said softly.

"Is it easy to cross this wind valley?" Fang Zhengzhi gazed at the wind valley in front, then looked back at the mighty armoured troops behind him.

If he wished to cross this wind valley alone.

He definitely didn't need to inquire further. All he had to do was to charge in.

However, if the over forty-thousand troops behind him were to charge in, they would definitely weigh him down. At this moment, Fang Zhengzhi more or less understood what was the meaning of being the chief commander of an army.

"Not easy." Teng Shisheng shook his head without even thinking.

"There is a question I don't quite understand." Fang Zhengzhi nodded his head. He had already guessed Teng Shisheng's reply, hence naturally didn't feel too surprised.

"Guard Fang, please ask." Teng Shisheng replied respectfully.

"This wind valley lies right across the entrance of the Icy Monkey Settlement. In order to enter the Icy Monkey Settlement, one has to first cross the wind valley. However, in this case, how do the people inside leave?" Fang Zhengzhi thought of this question.

"It goes like this. The opening of the wind valley is controlled by the Icy Monkey Settlement. At the exit of the wind valley, there is a huge rock. If one moved the huge rock to the left,the wind in the wind valley would be stopped. If it was moved to the right, the wind in the wind valley would start again. As for the exact reason for this, none of us are quite clear. However, it has always been like this for the past few hundred years." When Teng Shisheng heard Fang Zhengzhi's question, he explained.

"Move the huge rock?" Fang Zhengzhi's eyes lit up slightly. In an instant, he thought of something. "Is the Icy Monkey Settlement positioned in an extremely vast and flat piece of land?"

"That's right, how does Guard Fang know this?" Teng Shisheng seemed somewhat surprised when he heard this. Because, he hadn't explained in detail the conditions of the Icy Monkey Settlement.

"Ha ha, I guessed it." Fang Zhengzhi smiled, but didn't explain further. After all, it required knowledge of physics in order to explain this.

In reality, a geography like that of the wind valley required a lot of coincidence. However, in Fang Zhengzhi's previous world, there were a few similar situations.

From a scientific perspective, the wind is a force of nature.

Under many circumstances, wind is able to grow stronger or weaker depending on the geography of the landscape. For example, in the desert, once wind began to blow, it would turn into a tempest.

This was due to the landscape being too open.

And, if two huge rocks were to appear in an open piece of land, the center of the two huge stones would form a wind gap.

The reason was that the huge rock blocked the flowing path of the wind, causing it to forcefully squeeze in between the two huge rocks.

The landscape of the Icy Monkey Settlement was vast and open, and there were two huge mountains that seemed to have been formed from being forcefully cut into two. Hence, forming such a wind valley wouldn't be considered surprising.

As for using the huge rocks behind the wind valley to control the wind within it, the concept was actually the same. If the direction of shift was just right, it could alter the flow of the wind, causing it to blow upwards, hence no longer blowing in the direction of the wind valley. This way, the wind would stop.

Knowledge changes fate!

Fang Zhengzhi understood these concepts. However, Teng Shisheng didn't quite understand them. Hence, after hearing that Fang Zhengzhi was just guessing, he looked towards Fang Zhengzhi with a strange expression.

Teng Shisheng really couldn't understand. This kind of stuff could be guessed?

Fang Zhengzhi didn't speak further. He was thinking of a method to overcome the wind valley.

When the group of scholars following the army saw Fang Zhengzhi's expression, the trace of a smirk appeared on their faces.

After all, in their hearts, Fang Zhengzhi depended on shameless tactics to achieve success. During times when he would have to truly depend on his strengths, that wouldn't work anymore.

Even though at this moment, they were all in the same boat as Fang Zhengzhi, but, for them to suggest tactics and strategies, Fang Zhengzhi still at least had to express it.

For example…

Sincerely consulting their opinions, or holding of grand feast and ceremony to say, "I can't do it. During such crucial times, I still have to depend on you guys!"

This was what they expected to happen.

However, Fang Zhengzhi clearly hadn't thought of this. At this moment, his gaze was focused on scanning the surrounding landscape of the wind valley, calculating rapidly in his mind.

This caused a group of scholars to become somewhat restless.

"Asking too much is better than thinking too much. As the chief commander, you must know how to be humble and seek advice. Pride and arrogance isn't a trait that a commander should have." A scholar quickly reminded.

"That's right, you didn't even fight a battle before, stop pretending to think deeply!"

"If you really wish to seek military strategies, you still have to consult Young Master Wu and Young Master Chen. Young Master Chen is the direct descendent of the thirteen constabularies and had been reading military books ever since young."

"That's right. If you wish to overcome the wind valley, you cannot charge in blindly. I suggest that everybody sit down and discuss together."

When the scholars heard the voice, they also began to express their agreement. They all waited for Fang Zhengzhi to "have a change of heart" and humbly request for their advice.

When Fang Zhengzhi heard the voices behind him, a faint smile appeared on his face as he turned around and gazed at the "hungry, impatient" scholars.

Of course, he knew what these people were thinking.

He had either launched a sneak attack on them, or forcefully overpowered them with multiples times the number of troops they had. If they were to completely accept their defeat, it was naturally not very possible.

"Since this is the case, then, let's all gather and discuss how to cross this wind valley." Fang Zhengzhi really wanted to think how this world planned to overcome a wind valley like this.

"I have a plan!" A scholar quickly stood out.

To these "academics" who had few chances to participate in battles, being able to demonstrate their ability to command troops in such circumstances would definitely contribute in one way or another to the results of their combat examination.

Most importantly, if they were able to accomplish something, when they had the opportunity to enter the military in the future, it would definitely be a good example for them to bring up to be considered for rapid promotion.

"I have an idea too."

"Me too!"

When they saw a scholar taking the initiative to stand out, there were instantly a few more scholars fighting to express their opinions.

On the other hand, when Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu witnessed this scene, their expressions were bland and calm, seeming as if they were profound and unfathomable.

"Come, speak one by one, don't rush." It was rare for Fang Zhengzhi to witness such "positive energy", and decided to not burst their bubble and dampen their enthusiasm.

"This is my plan. The wind blows from inside to outside. Hence, we can get a few defensive troops to guard the front. With them blocking off the wind in front, this would naturally reduce the power of the wind."

"That's right, I agree with what Young Master Li said."

"Young Master Li's plan indeed isn't bad. However, there are a few lacking areas. It is indeed not a bad idea to place the defensive troops in front. However, what if the wind from the wind valley is too powerful for the defensive troops to block off? I suggest we build a huge 'shield carriage' which the troops will push forward. This will achieve a much better shielding effect!" Another scholar chiped in.

"Good plan!"

"The shield carriage is good, I feel that it is best to build two of these shield carriages to prevent any unexpected changes!"

"Yes, not bad. I think it will work."

The scholars fought to express their opinions, while the scholar who suggested building the shield carriage carried an arrogant, haughty expression, waiting for Fang Zhengzhi to do as he planned.

When Fang Zhengzhi heard this, he didn't agree nor disagree.

Instead, he focused his gaze towards Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu, waiting for them to express their opinions.

Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu naturally saw the gaze which Fang Zhengzhi shot over. They tilted their faces to one side, as if waiting for Fang Zhengzhi to beg them.

Fang Zhengzhi's lips curved into another smile.

He didn't look at Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu again, instead, he rode his horse and slowly trotted towards the direction of the wind valley.

When Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu witnessed this scene, they instantly started to turn anxious.

"Don't tell me this Fang Zhengzhi is really going to make two shield carriages?" Wu Feng looked at Chen Feiyu.

"I think it might be possible!" Chen Feiyu nodded.

"If he did this, we are definitely going to lose this battle." Wu Feng began to worry. After all, they were ants on the same rope as Fang Zhengzhi.

"We cannot allow him to lose!" Chen Feiyu had also realised this. The expression on his face turned extremely grieved.

He was truly very grieved.

As a person of the Supernatural State, he didn't even have the time to reveal this powers before being taken down by Fang Zhengzhi's ambush. Now, when faced with the wind valley, he prepared to maintain his pride.

Yet in the end…

Fang Zhengzhi actually ignored him.

He had a plan, yet couldn't voice it out. Such grief was indeed uncomfortable. It was just as if he had thought of an extremely good idea, yet, nobody used it. It was indeed worrying!

"Fang Zhengzhi!" Chen Feiyu finally spoke. Anger was clearly evident in his tone. However, other than being angry, it also sounded very helpless.

"Yes?" Fang Zhengzhi hadn't travelled very far. Hence, after hearing Chen Feiyu's shout, he turned his head around and looked at Chen Feiyu with a confused expression.

"I have a strategy for you. However, I have a condition!" Chen Feiyu's words seemed to have been forced out from his gritted teeth.

"Condition? Oh, then, forget it." Fang Zhengzhi smiled, then turned around and continued to ride towards the wind valley.

"Forget it?!" Chen Feiyu had never thought that his "goodwill" in taking the initiative to suggest a strategy would be faced with the words "forget it".

This was simply even more shameful than being slapped across the face.

Spite!

This was a deep sense of spite, and a utterly unjustifiable form of disregard.

Chen Feiyu was extremely angry. Gazing around at the strange expressions on the surrounding scholars' faces, his expression flushed somewhat red.

"Fang Zhengzhi, building the shield carriage would only decrease the movement speed of the army further. Furthermore, the wind in the wind valley isn't something you can imagine. No shield carriage would be able to block it!" At this moment, Chen Feiyu couldn't be bothered with what those scholars thought anymore, instead, he directly shouted out the flaws of using the shield carriage.

"Oh." Fang Zhengzhi casually replied.

"Oh? What is the meaning of oh?!" Chen Feiyu really couldn't contain himself anymore.

He had already explained the flaws of the shield carriage, yet, Fang Zhengzhi replied him with an "oh". What was the meaning of this? What was the meaning of this!

"Fang Zhengzhi, my request is very simple. I only require that after you cross the wind valley, if you announce that the plan was suggested by me, I will be willing to tell you the method of overcoming the wind valley!" Wu Feng looked at Chen Feiyu's pained expression, smiled lightly, then said to Fang Zhengzhi.

He only knew too well Fang Zhengzhi's shameless personality.

Negotiating terms with a person like Fang Zhengzhi?

This was simply equivalent to placing a blade across Fang Zhengzhi's neck. No matter what, Fang Zhengzhi would never agree. Hence, he used the best possible word to use in this case. Request!

Furthermore, this request was actually an unwarranted request.

Because…

After the army crossed the wind valley, there would definitely be military personnel reporting to their superiors that the plan was suggested by Wu Feng. Hence, in reality, this was only an excuse Wu Feng made for himself.

When Fang Zhengzhi heard Wu Feng's words, he finally stopped again. Then, he turned his horse around and casually rode back slowly.

When Wu Feng saw this, the smile on his face grew wider.

He knew that Fang Zhengzhi would definitely not have a plan to overcome the wind valley. However, Fang Zhengzhi was too shameless, even if he wished to ask, he would still want to do so in an advantageous position.

In his heart, he greatly despised people who were as shameless as Fang Zhengzhi.

However…

He had no other method. He had to help Fang Zhengzhi overcome the wind valley. Furthermore, there was another more important reason behind why he took the initiative to suggest a plan.

That was, he knew very clearly that Chen Feiyu had definitely thought of the same strategy as he did.

If he didn't voice it out, it was equivalent to keeping this strategy in his heart. Hence, when Chen Feiyu's name was announced in the military department, there would be no involvement on his part.

It was very helpless.

However, Wu Feng's emotional state was clearly better than that of Chen Feiyu.

Viewing the problem in another angle, since there was no way to resist this, then, why not just focus on enjoying - Enjoying the feeling of Fang Zhengzhi executing things according to his own plan.

From a certain point of view, it was actually equivalent to overcoming the wind valley himself.

Of course, without that disgraceful ambush in the Thunderous Lion Settlement, Wu Feng felt that his emotional state would be even better.

"Damn this Fang Zhengzhi, damn these Silver Horned Wolves!"

As Wu Feng swore in his heart, Fang Zhengzhi had returned to his original position. However, he didn't look at Wu Feng.

Instead, he turned to Teng Shisheng with a bright smile on his face.

"Teng Shisheng, listen to my orders!" Fang Zhengzhi completely disregarded Wu Feng, and directly spoke to Teng Shisheng.

"Roger!" Teng Shisheng instantly acknowledged.

"Bring twenty Silver Horned Wolves, let's go and defeat the wind valley!"

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Chapter 357: If I had an Excavator

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"Defeat the wind valley?! Twenty Silver Horned Wolves?" Teng Shisheng had good military values. All along, he had the positive attitude of treating orders as his duty.

However, after hearing Fang Zhengzhi's words, he received a huge shock.

As a citizen of the Southern Mountain Range, he knew very clearly how dangerous the wind valley was. It was precisely due to him knowing this that led to him saying something as rare as this.

However, Fang Zhengzhi talked about overcoming the wind valley in such a casual manner.

Most importantly…

Using twenty Silver Horned Wolves to overcome the wind valley?

Is that possible?

Of course not!

At the very least, this was how Teng Shisheng thought in his heart.

"Let's go." After giving the order, Fang Zhengzhi turned his horse around once more and casually trod in the direction of the wind valley's entrance.

After a moment of stunned shock, Teng Shisheng finally regained his senses.

"Section one, follow me to… defeat the wind valley!" When Teng Shisheng said the words 'defeat the wind valley', his heart felt really empty.

The Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry troops following behind Teng Shisheng also felt that their hearts were just as empty.

However, the qualities of a soldier ultimately still came first. Hence, after Teng Shisheng gave the order, twenty Silver Horned Wolves stood out, almost at the exact same time.

After which, they followed behind Teng Shisheng and ran towards the direction of the wind valley.

When they witnessed this scene.

All the scholars stood completely rooted to the ground.

Among them, the person whose expression was the most vivid was naturally Wu Feng. When he saw Fang Zhengzhi turning his horse around, his heart was filled with self-confidence.

However…

Fang Zhengzhi seemed to have disregarded him once again.

Wu Feng didn't even know how many times this had happened to him. From what he could recall, from the moment he met Fang Zhengzhi, he had been disregarded without any reason by Fang Zhengzhi.

At the entrance of the Imperial Academy during the release of the Imperial Examination results, in the Intellectual Loft, until this moment in front of tens of thousands of troops.

He had been disregarded over and over again.

He could say that the things that happened in the past could more or less be explained. After all, Fang Zhengzhi and himself stood at opposing ends. However, this time, what was the reason? I am suggesting a strategy to him!

This caused Wu Feng's heart to feel extremely shaken.

Arrogance, confidence!

This was the first thing Wu Feng thought of. The second thing was, did something happen to this guy's brain? How can twenty Silver Horned Wolves overcome the wind valley?

Of course, the other scholars and Chen Feiyu also thought the same way. After seeing Fang Zhengzhi return, they had also assumed that Fang Zhengzhi would consult Wu Feng.

However…

In the end, he instead gave out such an order.

Each of the scholars gazed towards Fang Zhengzhi, who was casually riding towards the wind valley. They really couldn't understand where did Fang Zhengzhi's blind confidence appear from.

"Defeat the wind valley?!"

"Twenty Silver Horned Wolves? Isn't this a big joke?"

"What is this guy thinking."

The scholars couldn't understand. How was it possible that the natural landscape of the wind valley could be defeated? It could only be blocked. What was the meaning of using the word 'defeat'?

Don't tell me this guy wished to charge through the wind valley…

That's right!

This guy definitely wishes to bring along twenty Silver Horned Wolves and charge through the wind valley, then, control the huge rock at the exit of the wind valley.

But, wasn't this plan a little too naive?

The wind valley was the natural shield of the Icy Monkey Settlement. How could there not be heavy defences after the wind valley was crossed. If they really wished to charge across, why not bring along five hundred Silver Horned Wolves instead of twenty?

The scholars couldn't understand the reason behind this. However, they were extremely sure that Fang Zhengzhi was planning to target the rock at the exit of the wind valley.

However, very quickly, this belief changed.

Because, after reaching the entrance of the wind valley, Fang Zhengzhi didn't lead the twenty Silver Horned Wolves to charge through it. Instead, he began to stroll around the area of the entrance.

He looked as if…

He was picking something up.

On the other hand, the twenty Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry troops leapt down their wolves one by one, then bent their elbows and began to knock on the two sides of the mountain.

"What is this guy trying to do?"

"Don't tell me he's trying to knock down these two mountains?"

The scholars couldn't understand.

Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu couldn't understand either. However, when they saw the twenty Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry troops begin to knock on the mountain rocks, they finally laughed.

"Is this guy trying to be funny?"

"Shifting the mountain?"

"Can he not exaggerate it? If he really wanted to shift it, can he at least bring the forty-over thousand troops to shift it together? How long is twenty people going to take!"

As Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu laughed, they began to grow spiteful.

Afterwards, they calmed down.

They could almost predict that after Fang Zhengzhi finished knocking on the mountains, he would definitely return and modestly ask them for their opinions. When that time came, there would be more conditions.

Even though Teng Shisheng was participating in Fang Zhengzhi's "mountain moving plan", he still didn't understand what Fang Zhengzhi was trying to do.

Fang Zhengzhi's order was very simple.

Dig for stones!

That was all.

As for how many stones to dig, how much the stones should be, what should their shape be, he didn't specify. All he asked was for them to dig. Hence, they could only listen to their orders and dig.

"Guard Fang, actually, I have a plan to cross the wind valley." After a long moment of hesitation, Teng Shisheng finally spoke.

In his heart, the reason Fang Zhengzhi requested for him and twenty Silver Horned Wolves to come over was naturally not to dig for stones. Instead, it was to consult him for strategies in private.

He was a citizen of the Southern Mountain Range.

The wind valley had always been a solid natural barrier for the Southern Mountain Range.

And, even though Fang Zhengzhi had Princess Shan Yu's Cyan Stone Token, he was ultimately still of the Great Xia. Hence, by right, Teng Shisheng shouldn't be suggesting strategies to Fang Zhengzhi.

However, after interacting with Fang Zhengzhi for some time, Teng Shisheng's impression of Fang Zhengzhi had already changed. Most importantly, Fang Zhengzhi didn't ask him for a method to get past the wind valley in front of tens of thousands of troops.

Actually…

This implied that Fang Zhengzhi only wished to cross the wind valley, and didn't want to announce the method of crossing the wind valley to the rest of the people. Hence, this actually made clear his sincerity.

"I know." Fang Zhengzhi turned his head back and glanced at Teng Shisheng, nodded, then continued to focus his gaze on the stone walls on the two sides of the wind valley.

"Actually, there is a difference in the wind strength within the wind valley. If you can follow a certain specific route, it could prevent a heavy loss. Not many people know this path, but I…" When Teng Shisheng reached the end of his sentence, he hesitated.

"There are over forty thousand soldiers here. Even if you don't reveal the path, there would definitely be some soldiers with other motives among them who would memorise the path. Are you really prepared to reveal the path?" When Fang Zhengzhi heard this, he turned around once again to look at Teng Shisheng.

"This… I hadn't thought of this." When Teng Shisheng heard this, his expression changed slightly.

"Do you know why I asked you to come over instead of the soldiers of the Great Xia?" Fang Zhengzhi looked around at the busied Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry troops around him and asked again.

"Because, our Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry troops are stronger?" Teng Shisheng thought for a while and replied.

"It is just knocking a few stones. Twenty Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry troops can achieve this. If I get one or two hundred Great Xia troops, I can achieve the same thing."

"Then… is it because you want us to charge across the wind valley with you, then, control the rock switches at the exit of the wind valley?" Teng Shisheng guessed again.

"If I wished to control the rock switches of the wind valley, how could there be no heavy troops guarding it? Wouldn't using twenty Silver Horned Wolves to fight for control over the rock switches be asking for death?"

"Indeed." Teng Shisheng nodded, then lightly shook his head.

He really couldn't guess. Because, Fang Zhengzhi had indeed considered the situation from all angles. However, it was precisely due to Fang Zhengzhi having considered the situation from all angles that caused Teng Shisheng to be unable to guess Fang Zhengzhi's intentions.

"Because, you are of the Southern Mountain Range!" Fang Zhengzhi looked at Teng Shisheng again with a serious and firm expression in his eyes.

"Because we are of the Southern Mountain Range?" Teng Shisheng seemed to have guessed something. However, he still couldn't quite understand.

"Yes, today, I have no choice but to defeat the wind valley. However, I don't wish to cause the Southern Mountain Range to lose a natural defensive shield just because of this. Hence, it is best that as little people as possible know about this method to defeat the wind valley."

"You… You really intend to defeat the wind valley?!" Teng Shisheng was truly shocked this time.

He had always assumed that defeating the wind valley was only an excuse, or, it might be a joke. However, from Fang Zhengzhi's expression, he couldn't infer any signs that Fang Zhengzhi was trying to make a joke.

"Yes." Fang Zhengzhi nodded.

He knew that Teng Shisheng wouldn't be able to understand. However, due to having knowledge from his previous world, Fang Zhengzhi knew that there were laws governing the nature and speed of the wind.

Under normal conditions, wind blew from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure. The greater the difference in pressure, the faster the speed of the wind.

What Fang Zhengzhi wished to achieve was very simple. Change the pressure within the wind valley. This seemed very simple, but, was actually extremely difficult to achieve.

Without special environmental conditions, it was simply impossible to achieve this.

However, when Fang Zhengzhi heard from Teng Shisheng that the wind in the wind valley could be controlled by a huge rock, he knew that there would definitely be a pressure node within the wind valley.

As long as he was able to locate this node, then, use the unique pressure to create certain changes, he could, in theory, stop the wind in the wind valley.

Of course, this was only in theory.

Whether he could achieve this or not required experimentation.

Teng Shisheng indeed couldn't understand what Fang Zhengzhi was thinking. However, his military qualities decided that even if he couldn't understand, he would still choose to carry it out.

"Can you draw out the terrain within the wind valley?" Fang Zhengzhi initially prepared to investigate it himself. However, since Teng Shisheng understood the wind valley, he could cut back on this step.

"I can." When Teng Shisheng heard Fang Zhengzhi's words, he hesitated for a moment then nodded. The terrain within the wind valley wasn't exactly a great secret.

Anybody who had went through the wind valley once would be able to know this clearly.

"Alright, just draw it on the ground." Fang Zhengzhi pointed to the ground as he spoke.

Teng Shisheng didn't speak further. He immediately lifted the weapon in his hand and began to carefully draw on the ground. Not too long later, a geographical map of the wind valley was drawn on the ground.

Fang Zhengzhi gazed at the map on the ground and began to ponder carefully.

Time flowed past quickly.

After over an hour, Fang Zhengzhi stopped looking at the map on the ground and began to draw beside the map. A strange diagram was drawn on the ground by Fang Zhengzhi.

On the other hand, Teng Shisheng witnessed this by the side.

However…

He couldn't understand what Fang Zhengzhi was drawing at all.

Fang Zhengzhi didn't explain further to Teng Shisheng. Because, these things were related to physics and mechanics, it was too complicated. Without years of studying and gaining of knowledge in this field, it would be extremely difficult for ordinary people to understand this.

He didn't explain. All he needed was to know that Teng Shisheng would definitely execute it. That was actually enough.

After finishing the drawing, Fang Zhengzhi attempted to link all the diagrams together. As he began to link them, he nodded his head and shook his head from time to time.

After another moment.

Fang Zhengzhi finally stopped. Then, he pointed to the diagram on the ground and began to deliver specific orders to the twenty Silver Horned Wolves.

Dig at this area, dig at that area. Make this area deeper, make a hole in that area…

The stones which the Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry troops had previously excavated were all collected by Fang Zhengzhi and and pushed towards one side. At this moment, he was trying to use the walls of the mountain to create a pressure converter.

When the wind blew towards this pressure converter, it would travel through a special path and cause the wind to blow back into the wind valley. This would hence disrupt the flow of the air within the wind valley.

As for the stones that were previously dug out, it would be used to create a switch.

Having possessed the Dao of All Creation.

Changing the shape and matter within the stone wasn't something that was difficult. As the Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry troops were busying digging, Fang Zhengzhi also began to mold the shape of the stones.

Time flowed by quickly. After an hour, there were already dozens of gaping holes in the mountain wall.

The forty-over thousand troops as well as the military commanders and the scholars all gazed wide-eyed at Fang Zhengzhi and the Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry troops.

They really couldn't understand. What was Fang Zhengzhi trying to do?

"Digging holes?"

"Don't tell me he wishes to dig a tunnel in the walls of the wind valley?"

"Is his brain broken?"

"How long is he planning to dig?"

When the scholars saw this scene, they began to feel spiteful.

Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu also began to laugh when they saw this. They indeed respected Fang Zhengzhi's imagination. He even thought of digging a tunnel.

However…

Can it be more practical?

Of course, Fang Zhengzhi didn't bother paying attention to how the scholars thought. He was focusing on reviewing the holes in the two walls. He even occasionally walked inside the wind valley to experience the intense wind which was as cold as a blade.

"If I had a excavator, it would truly be perfect!" Fang Zhengzhi looked at the progress which was already nearing his end and began to imagine.

In reality, these Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry troops were extremely powerful.

If it wasn't for them, making such progress would take at least weeks for ordinary people of his past world.

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Chapter 358: Reincarnation of God

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As time passed, dozens of huge gaping holes were almost completely linked together, forming a gigantic snakehole-like thing.

However, Fang Zhengzhi knew that the real name of this thing, was the large-scale wind turbine!

"Guard Fang, everything has been completely dug as per your request." Teng Shisheng personally monitored everything by the side. After seeing that everything illustrated had been completed, he walked to Fang Zhengzhi's side.

"Alright, thank you for the trouble!" Fang Zhengzhi was somewhat excited. He knew that now was the crucial moment to begin to test if knowledge was able to change one's destiny.

He picked up the various stones that he had already prepared beforehand, then, with a gentle leap, he leapt towards the entrance of a hole in the stone wall.

After which, Fang Zhengzhi dived in...

This action undoubtedly caused Teng Shisheng to receive another shock. Is this hide and seek?

Not too far away, the forty-over thousand soldiers and the group of scholars who had already waited for a very long time looked at Fang Zhengzhi jump into the hole. They couldn't help but to stare with their eyes widened.

"Don't tell me he really intends to dig a tunnel?"

"What is this guy really trying to do? Don't tell me he really thinks that knocking around at the entrance of the wind valley would break its defence?"

"He hadn't even walked into the wind valley, yet he wishes to defeat it? Do you think it is possible?"

"Sigh, the name of the Great Xia has been completely tunnished by this guy this time…"

The scholars felt the howling wind which was just as strong as before coming from the wind valley and looked at Fang Zhengzhi, who had already entered the hole, and shook their heads in despise.

As for Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu.

At this moment, they didn't speak again. Because, they felt that with their status, judging Fang Zhengzhi's idiotic actions was really beneath them.

Yet, right at this moment, things changed completely.

A faint buzzing sound suddenly came from the mountain wall at the exit of the wind valley. Immediately after, the buzzing sound grew louder and louder, as if the entire mountain wall was about to topple.

"Oh no, the mountain wall is going to fall from the digging!"

"What are you worried for? Anyway, you are so far away from it, you wouldn't be the one crushed to death!"

"Oh, that makes sense!"

Just as a few scholars began to chatter among themselves, a powerful gust of wind suddenly blew past. That was a wind that was even faster and stronger compared to that within the wind valley.

At the same time, a figure shot out from a hole in the mountain wall, carrying a bright, radiant smile on his face.

"This guy still dares to smile?!"

"The mountain is going to topple, yet he managed to survive, why shouldn't he be smiling?."

"That's true… huh? Something seems wrong!"

Just as a few scholars prepared to continue their discussion, they suddenly felt somewhat strange.

That was a unclear and unidentified feeling of strangeness, as if it was echoing around their minds, yet they weren't able to grasp the crux of the feeling. It was a very weird feeling, yet, it was there.

"Do you guys feel a little weird?"

"A little, why do I feel… that a certain sound seems to be missing around us!"

"Sound?! The sound of the wind in the wind valley seems to…"

"The sound of the wind is gone?!"

The scholars finally regained their senses. That strange feeling originated from the wind in the wind valley. The whistling sound that had been constantly ringing around their ears seemed to have suddenly disappeared at this moment.

How can the wind not make any sound?

Don't tell me…

The wind in the wind valley, stopped?

One by one, the scholars looked towards the wind valley. In an instant, their eyes turned round and their faces were filled with shock. That was a feeling of shock that came from the bottom of their hearts.

The forty-over thousand soldiers also focused their gaze intently at the exit of the wind valley.

That was a buzzing sound coming from it. However, other than the buzzing sound, there wasn't the slightest bit of the whistling of the wind. The powerful wind that blew from within the wind valley had also vanished.

Their hair no longer billowed. Their bodies stood up even straighter.

The wind in the wind valley…

Had really stopped!

"This is impossible!" Chen Feiyu could believe many things. For example, he had tried to believe that Fang Zhengzhi's ambush on him was already planned out beforehand. He could believe that given another of such an opportunity.

He would still be captured by Fang Zhengzhi.

However, he couldn't believe that the wind in the wind valley could be stopped.

This completely went against everything he knew. It was something that couldn't be explained at all.

That was the wind!

The shapeless, formless wind!

Wu Feng also had the word "wind" in his name. [1] Because, he believed that the wind could never be blocked. He believed that the wind was unyielding and resolute. However, today…

He encountered a mysterious incident that he was completely unable to explain.

The wind in the wind valley had stopped.

What the hell, how is it possible that the wind could be stopped?!

"What did this guy do? What did he do!" Wu Feng really wished he could deny this. However, the wind in the wind valley had indeed stopped.

With his abilities, he could feel it clearly.

This was the reality!

A reality that was as solid as metal. There was no way of arguing against it. Then, the only thing he wanted to know was, is Fang Zhengzhi a monster! What arcane methods did Fang Zhengzhi use!

Teng Shisheng grew up in the Southern Mountain Range ever since he was born. He believed that God existed in this world. In reality, the Southern Mountain Range worshipped God.

Hence, there were many ritual ceremonies in the Southern Mountain Range.

The shape of the wind valley was formed by nature. Explaining it in terms of science, that was a natural phenomenon formed by the difference in pressure.

However, if one were to explain it in terms of the Southern Mountain Range's beliefs.

The wind was God's miracle!

A miracle formed by God to protect the Icy Monkey Settlement, to protect the Southern Mountain Range.

This miracle of God had lasted in the Southern Mountain Range for hundreds, or even thousands of years. There had never been a single person who could destroy this miracle without been harmed. It could even be said that nobody had even entertained the thought of doing such a thing.

Yet, this miracle of God was destroyed by Fang Zhengzhi?!

Furthermore, he had destroyed it so completely, so easily, and so unbelievably. Even though he had experienced everything personally, he still couldn't understand.

How did the wind in the wind valley stop?

"Alright, now that the wind valley had been defeated, we can safely lead the army into the Icy Monkey Settlement." Fang Zhengzhi dusted the dirt from his body and felt the weak and powerless wind around him with an extremely leisurely look on his face.

Such a thing only required using one's knowledge of science to alter a natural phenomenon. In Fang Zhengzhi's heart, it wasn't very difficult to achieve this.

The only fortunate thing was that his knowledge was very complete. He was actually able to achieve it in the first try.

Yet, despite having done so, he didn't feel as if it was a great feat.

However, this wasn't how Teng Shisheng felt.

He was completely stunned as he stood rooted to the ground, listening to the buzzing sound entering his ear and the gentle, cooling wind within the wind valley.

Not a single source of sound other than these were able to enter his ears.

"Shisheng?" Fang Zhengzhi gazed at Teng Shisheng's dazed expression and waved his hand in front of Teng Shisheng's eyes. Yet, there was still no reaction from him.

"Teng Shisheng!"

This time, Fang Zhengzhi didn't try to be polite anymore. He directly shouted out right beside Teng Shisheng's ear.

"Ah? Ah!!"

Teng Shisheng finally came to his senses. His entire face was completely filled with shock. After making out Fang Zhengzhi's face in front of him, his dark face flushed red.

"Fang Zhengzhi, this… this wind valley was really broken… by you?" Teng Shisheng was still completely in disbelief.

"Yep." Fang Zhengzhi replied dully.

"Could it be that the huge stone at the other end of the wind valley was coincidentally shifted? Hence…" As Teng Shisheng reached the end of his sentence, he couldn't even believe what he said anymore.

The two armies were at war.

Yet, the people at the Icy Monkey Settlement took the initiative to disable the wind valley.

Did this possibility exist?

Only an idiot would do such a thing, right?

"What do you think?" A faint smile appeared on Fang Zhengzhi's lips as he asked back.

"Guard Fang, subordi… No, Guard Fang, are… are you the reincarnation of God?" After being asked a question in return by Fang Zhengzhi, he seemed to have suddenly woken up. For the first time, a look of horror appeared in his eyes as he gazed towards Fang Zhengzhi.

"I feel that this might not be completely impossible." Fang Zhengzhi nodded calmly.

In a certain way, he had indeed arrived from another world. However, whether that was the reincarnation of God was something he truly didn't know.

"Then… then Go… Guard Fang, what are the arrangements now?" After listening to Fang Zhengzhi's ambiguous reply, he suddenly didn't know how to address Fang Zhengzhi anymore.

"Enter the wind valley, then, attack the Icy Monkey Settlement of course." Fang Zhengzhi didn't feel that this question required another reply. However, since Teng Shisheng had asked, he had to show a little bit of patience.

"Attack the Icy Monkey Settlement? Oh, yes yes yes, attack the Icy Monkey Settlement!" Teng Shisheng finally regained his senses.

"Line up the whole army!" Fang Zhengzhi didn't waste any more time.

"Roger!"

When Fang Zhengzhi arrived in front of the forty-over thousand troops again along with Teng Shisheng and the twenty Silver Horned Wolves, the expressions of the forty-over thousand soldiers and the group of scholars were clearly somewhat exaggerated.

If it was said that their hearts were filled with spite and disbelief when they heard that Fang Zhengzhi was about to defeat the wind valley with twenty Silver Horned Wolves, what they felt now was shock, an unparalleled sense of shock.

"Enter the Icy Monkey Settlement!" Fang Zhengzhi didn't bother explaining to these scholars who didn't have strong fundamentals, and directly gave out the order to the troops.

"Roger!" At this moment, the forty-over thousand troops acknowledged in unison.

Fang Zhengzhi had never gained popularity and trust in the military department. It could even be said that after the incident in which he he murdered military personnel in the Northern Mountain Village, as well as being influenced by opinions of Duan Tianrong and a few of the officials, from certain points of view, not only did Fang Zhengzhi not gained their popular trust, his reputation wasn't too good either.

But today...

Fang Zhengzhi used an incident no ordinary person would ever dream of to demonstrate his military ability.

The wind valley of the Southern Mountain Range, which nobody had been able to defeat in hundreds and even thousands of years, had been defeated. Furthermore, not a single soldier had been sacrificed. It was defeated with just the help of twenty Silver Horned Wolves!

How shocking was that.

How powerful was the boosting effect of this on the soldiers' morale.

The duty of a soldier was to follow orders, to fight wars. However, any soldier would wish that they were able to follow an intelligence general to fight winning battles.

In reality, after hearing that Fang Zhengzhi gave the order to attack the Icy Monkey Settlement and deciding to attack Nangong Hao, almost nobody believed that there was any possibility of winning.

Just like they felt that Fang Zhengzhi didn't have the slightest chance of defeating the wind valley.

Yet, Fang Zhengzhi did it.

After recalling the miracles that Fang Zhengzhi had created on the way from the county examination to the capital examination, then to the Imperial examination and then the Court examination, their views towards this somewhat "mischievous" general in front of them completely changed.

To have the opportunity to follow a general who could make miracles, this undoubtedly gave the soldiers the most powerful form of confidence. An army that was confident, the number of degrees in which their morale rose was conceivable.

Of course, Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu were able to sense the change in the soldiers' attitudes.

They initially felt that this attitude was something that should be changed by themselves. However, in reality, in front of Fang Zhengzhi, they didn't even have the slightest bit of opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.

Alright…

To put it in a frank manner, Fang Zhengzhi didn't even give them the opportunity to give any form of suggestions!

Grief, they were extremely grieved.

The great man ranked third in the Rising Dragon Roll, and another pride of Heaven would had just entered the Supernatural state. Just as they were prepared to realize their ambitions and demonstrate what they were capable of.

They just had to encounter a Fang Zhengzhi.

"I really wish to see if the wind valley had truly been broken!" Chen Feiyu finally couldn't hold back anymore. He was captured by Fang Zhengzhi, however, this didn't mean that he accepted his defeat.

He wanted to see personally if the wind in the wind valley had truly stopped!

"Young Master Chen, I will accompany you!" When Wu Feng saw Chen Feiyu dash towards the wind valley, he similarly lashed his whip at his horse and followed.

"I wish to see too!"

"Yes, let's all go check it out!"

When the scholars heard this, they all urged their horses and charged towards the direction of the wind valley.

When Teng Shisheng saw this, he frowned. The actions of these scholars undoubtedly disregarded military discipline. Because, once their rash acts alerted the enemy, it might cause the entire plan to fail because of this one act.

On the other hand, Fang Zhengzhi didn't seem to mind at all.

Instead, he waved towards Chen Feiyu and Wu Feng with a faint smile on his face. "Young Master Chen, Young Master Wu, and the rest of my brothers, remember to return as soon as possible!"

"Hmph!" The scholar who was the slowest immediately turned back his head and huffed coldly. He wasn't touched at all by Fang Zhengzhi's "well intentions".

At this moment, Fang Zhengzhi raised his hand. Then, he slowly waved it forward. When the forty-over thousand troops saw Fang Zhengzhi's signal, they finally moved.

However…

Their movements were extremely slow.

The reason was very simple. The chief commander Fang Zhengzhi, who was right at the front, was moving too slowly. Hence, as soldiers following behind, how could they move quickly?

Teng Shisheng looked towards Fang Zhengzhi with some doubt in his eyes. He felt that since the wind valley had been defeated, it was important to start an unexpected assault immediately.

However, from Fang Zhengzhi's currently expression, it seemed that he wasn't worried at all.

Instead, he casually sat on the back of his horse, leisurely leaning to one side with a delighted look on his face. As he controlled his horse to take small steps forward, he even recited loudly some strange poem which nobody knew.

"Oh great sea, oh great sea, you really contain many droplets of water. Oh great stallion, oh great stallion, other than running fast, you indeed still have four legs…"

[1] - 'Feng' in Chinese means wind.

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Chapter 359: Why are things so coincidental

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The grand forty thousand soldiers-strong army advanced forward slowly. Not too longer later, they finally arrived at the entrance of the wind valley. They entered slowly, just like the great sea flowing into a small river.

On the other hand, Fang Zhengzhi continued to move slowly at the front.

Teng Shisheng really wanted to give him some reminders. However, every time the words reached his mouth, he swallowed them back. Because, he had slowly began to trust Fang Zhengzhi.

"Leave two people at the entrance of the wind valley. After the army has completely passed, destroy all the holes in the mountain walls." After entering the wind valley, Fang Zengzhi gazed at the two mountain walls filled with frost and casually said to Teng Shisheng.

"Destroy?" Teng Shisheng didn't manage to catch it in time.

"That's right, don't tell me you wish for the wind valley of the Southern Mountain Range to turn into an ordinary road in the future?" Fang Zhengzhi asked back with a faint smile on his face.

"This… thank you Guard Fang!" When Teng Shisheng heard this, he understood Fang Zhengzhi's intentions.

Defeat the wind valley, yet not destroy the wind valley. This action undoubtedly caused Teng Shisheng to feel touched. After all, the wind valley had always been a barrier for the Southern Mountain Range.

A barrier that protected the Icy Monkey Settlement and the Sagely Mountain City.

Teng Shisheng acknowledged, then, quickly called out two Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry troops. However, what went unnoticed was that Teng Shisheng still spoke a few sentences softly to the two Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry troops.

After the great forty-thousand soldier strong army entered the wind valley, a white flying beast soared into the sky. Its speed was extremely fast, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

At the exit of the wind valley

Beside a large, strange rock, a group of soldiers in shiny armours stood guard. Yet, the expressions on their faces were clearly a little exaggerated. Each of them stared with their eyes wide open, and their faces filled with disbelief.

"The wind… wind valley, did the wind stop?"

"Seems, seems that it… stopped!"

"What is this all about? Did any of you move the stone?"

"No, isn't the stone right in front of our eyes?"

"Then how did the wind in the wind valley stop? This is impossible!"

"Oh no! First, let's not bother about how the wind stopped. Quick,quickly go to the Icy Monkey Settlement and notify Young Master Nangong!"

"Roger!"

Two soldiers stood at attention and acknowledged, then rapidly leapt onto their horses and with a lash of the whip, they charged towards the Icy Monkey Settlement which was at a distance not too far away.

Within the Icy Monkey Settlement, in a large stone house built with strong stones, four middle-aged men wearing heavy armours stood at the two sides of a study table.

On the study table, there was a min sand table, and on it, various kinds of landscapes and markings were placed. It seemed extremely detailed.

Nangong Hao, who was dressed in a white scholarly robe, sat behind the study table, his calm eyes analysing a narrow mountain valley on the sand table.

"Report!" Right at this moment, a voice rang out from outside the door.

"What is it?" A middle-aged man dressed in heavy armour quickly walked to the door. After seeing two soldiers with worry written all over their faces, he frowned slightly.

"Report general, the wind in the wind valley has stopped!" After the two soldiers heard the middle-aged man's question, they replied almost in unison.

"Stopped?! Did you fail to guard the exit of the wind valley?" The middle-aged man frowned once again. A slight anger was evident in the way he looked at the two soldiers.

The wind valley was a natural barrier of the Icy Monkey Settlement. However, the middle-aged man had already expected it to be defeated.

Except…

He never expected it to happen so quickly!

"No, we didn't fail in our duties. However, the wind in the wind valley suddenly stopped. As for the reason behind it, we… we aren't too sure either." The two soldiers reported once again.

"What?! The wind in the wind valley stopped, yet you guys don't even know the reason behind it?" The middle-aged man's initially anger seemed to be on the verge of exploding after hearing the report.

One could make mistakes.

However, if one didn't even know what mistake they made and how they made it, then this was something that couldn't be forgiven.

"The… the huge stone didn't move, furthermore, we didn't discover any enemy soldiers either. Yet… yet, the wind in the wind valley stopped all of a sudden. In order to set up defences early, we… we decided to report back first!" When the two soldiers saw the anger on the middle-aged man's face, their bodies began to tremble slightly.

"Did you just say that the stone switch didn't move, yet the wind in the wind valley stopped?" At this moment, Nangong Hao's voice rang out. His tone was extremely calm.

However, there was still a slight trace of surprise on his face.

"Yes, that's right!" When the two soldiers heard Nangong Hao's voice, it was as if they had seen a glimmer of hope.

"What utter nonsense, the wind in the wind valley had all along been controlled by the huge stone switch. This had been part of the Southern Mountain Range's thousand-year history. How is it possible that the wind stopped without the stone switch moving?" The middle-aged man clearly didn't believe it.

"General, we are telling the truth!"

"The truth?" Just as the middle-aged man prepared to speak further, he saw Nangong Hao shaking his head lightly towards him and instantly closed his mouth.

In reality, he knew very clearly in his heart that the information reported by these two soldiers would never contain any mistakes.

However, he really couldn't understand.

How could the wind in the natural barrier, the wind valley, suddenly stop?

"Young Master Nangong, I feel that this might be related to Fang Zhengzhi. However, I really can't understand, how is he able to overcome the wind valley?" Another middle-aged man spoke at this moment.

"I don't know either." When Nangong Hao heard the middle-aged man's words, he nodded lightly and returned his gaze back to the sand table in front of him.

Then, his finger moved slightly and a stream of energy cut the narrow mountain valley into two.

"Young Master Nangong, based on my guesses, even though Fang Zhengzhi overcame the wind valley, he would definitely have suffered great losses. Why not we…" The first middle-aged man also walked to the center of the room at this moment.

"What if Fang Zhengzhi didn't suffer any losses?"

"General Lu, don't tell me that you believe Fang Zhengzhi wouldn't have lost a single soldier?"

"It is not impossible!"

"Ha ha… isn't this a joke?"

"Stop arguing, let's listen to Young Master Nangong's opinion." A middle-aged man standing on the leftmost side of Nangong Hao spoke at this moment.

When the two middle-aged men heard this, they closed their mouths and waited for Nangong Hao to speak.

"It's fine, so be it if the wind valley was defeated. We will still follow the original plan." When Nangong Hao looked at the four middle-aged men below, he smiled lightly.

However, when he said this, nobody noticed that the finger that he placed below the study table moved slightly...

Outside Princess Shan Yu's tent, a white flying beast dived from the sky and finally stopped on a tree branch outside the tent.

A soldier in rattan armour was slightly taken aback when he saw the white bird. Then, he quickly carried up the white bird and walked into Princess Shan Yu's tent.

"Princess, there is news."

"Open it." Princess Shan Yu, who was lying on a golden piece of animal leather and wearing a white leather skirt, said casually with her eyes half closed.

"Roger." The soldier nodded. Then, he untied a small bamboo cylinder at the claws of the white bird and pulled out a small piece of animal skin from within.

Sweeping his gaze across it, his eyes widened. Immediately after, the expression on his face became incredibly exaggerated, and the hand holding the animal skin even began to tremble.

It seemed as if he wasn't even able to hold on to the animal skin firmly.

"What's the news? Why are you so flabbergasted?" Some unhappiness was clearly evident in Princess Shan Yu's tone as she looked at the soldier's actions with her half-closed eyes.

"Report… reporting to Princess! Fang Zhengzhi defeated the wind valley outside the Icy Monkey Settlement without sacrificing a single soldier, furthermore, the method he used was to… to stop the wind in the wind valley completely!"

"Defeating the wind valley without sacrificing a single… what?! Repeat what you said!" Princess Shan Yu repeated softly, then, her eyes suddenly shot wide open and her entire body sat up from the chair.

"Fang Zhengzhi defeated the wind valley without sacrificing a single soldier!"

"The sentence after that!"

"The method he used was to... stop the wind in the wind valley!"

"Stop the wind in the wind valley?! How is that possible? How did he do it?" Princess Shan Yu was clearly in somewhat of a disbelief. Or, it could be said that she was simply unwilling to believe.

"The letter didn't explain that. It only mentioned that Commander Teng was involved in it from the start to the end, however, he still couldn't understand. There's another five words at the end."

"What are the five words?"

"Beyond logic and above reason!"

"Beyond logic and above reason? That's right… it is indeed beyond logic and above reason. Participating in it throughout the entire process yet still unable to understand? This Fang Zhengzhi… Hell! Why is this guy so overpowered!" Princess Shan Yu initially prepared to speak in a dignified manner, however, halfway into her sentence, she couldn't contain herself anymore and began to swear.

"..." The soldier stared at Princess Shan Yu who swore using a sentence that he had only heard coming out of Fang Zhengzhi's mouth and was instantly stunned.

After a moment, the soldier finally regained his senses.

"Princess, then we…"

"Pass down the order, ask Teng Shisheng to watch Fang Zhengzhi closely. Apart from that, the plan we previously agreed upon can be started in advance. About this guy… forget it, just pass down that order!"

"Roger!"

As Fang Zhengzhi was casually strolling into the middle of the wind valley.

A piece of news seemed to have been spreading continuously. Apart from the Icy Monkey Settlement and Princess Shan Yu's tent, a piece of news had also spread into a mountain cave not too far away from the Icy Monkey Settlement.

Fang Zhengzhi defeated the wind valley!

The means were direct, and the methods brutal. Yet, he didn't sacrifice a single soldier.

Bizarre, shock.

When Bai Xing, who was dressed in a black robe, heard this news, the look in his eyes turned extremely strange. However, he didn't speak.

Because…

Another person sat behind him.

A girl dressed in a wheat coloured white dress, her dark silky hair fell to her waist and within her eyes, there was the faint spreading of water ripples.

She was Yun Qingwu.

The mysterious girl in the hearts of the scholars in the Great Xia Dynasty.

And more importantly, the current demon young lord, a girl that dictated the great plans of the demon race.

Unfortunately, a black veil still covered Yun Qingwu's face, causing the most beautiful and real side of Yun Qingwu to be mostly covered up.

"Domain Chief Bai's plan is to stand by the side and yet reap the rewards?" After Yun Qingwu finished reading the letter, she didn't query the contents of the letter and instead posed a question to Bai Xing.

"Replying young lord, my initial plan is… indeed as such." Bai Xing didn't understand why Yun Qingwu would suddenly ask such a question. Because, he had already reported this plan long ago.

Furthermore, he even received Yun Qingwu's acknowledgement.

"Yes, the plan is not bad. However, the military situation has changed, hence, the plan naturally has to change." Yun Qingwu nodded lightly. The tone of her voice sounded extremely indifferent.

"I understand, I will listen to young master's plan!" Bai Xing didn't query Yun Qingwu's plan, instead, he quickly half-knelt onto the ground.

"Then, let's start."

"Roger!"

The wind in the wind valley stopped.

However, this didn't mean that the temperature within the wind valley would turn very warm. After all, it was already close to winter. In addition to taking on the powerful wind gusts for years, the two walls of the wind valley was filled with a thick frost. This caused the temperature within the wind valley to be extremely cold.

The soldiers of the Great Xia didn't prepare winter clothing in advance, hence after advancing in the wind valley for some time, they naturally began to shiver slightly.

When a few commanders saw this, their faces were filled with worry.

"General… General Fang, now that the wind valley had been defeated, under normal circumstances, it is the best time to launch a surprise speedy assault on the Icy Monkey Settlement.."

After holding himself back for half an hour, a commander finally couldn't contain himself any further. However, he ultimately knew that the duty of a soldier was to obey.

Hence, despite him having other thoughts, he could only use the method of making suggestions to voice them out.

"That is indeed the case under normal circumstances." When Fang Zhengzhi heard the commander's words, he nodded his head lightly as well. However, he didn't seem to have any intention of increasing his speed.

"Then…" Just as the commander prepared to continue speaking, the sound of weapons clashing came from the front. Furthermore, the sound seemed to be growing more and more intense by the moment.

This caused him to hold back the words that had just reached his mouth.

On the other hand, when Fang Zhengzhi heard this sound, a faint smile finally appeared on his face.

Of course, he knew what caused this sound.

Nangong Hao!

A person who was able to rank joint-first with him in the Court Theory Examinations. If all he depended on was a natural barrier, then that was a true miracle.

Even though the wind valley was defeated.

The real danger and plot had just begun.

How many troops did Nangong Hao have?

He only had two thousand. Yet, he firmly maintained his position in occupying the most important Icy Monkey Settlement among the four main settlements.

Even though this was somewhat related to his reputation, but, behind that reputation, there was a true reason for it. That was ability.

Nangong Hao wasn't dumb.

If he really required military strength, why would he stand guard at the Icy Monkey Settlement without moving at all?

Based on Nangong Hao's reputation and abilities, if he wished to move, right before Fang Zhengzhi stepped into the combat examination, it was possible that he would already possess at least twenty to thirty thousand troops.

In the art of combat, there was a saying that went, as unmoving as the mountain! It represented stability!

In the battle of stratagems and plots, there was a saying describing stillness as well - There is simply no need to move. Or, in other words, it was disdainful to move.

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Chapter 360: A Stalemate

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Fang Zhengzhi didn't know whether Nangong Hao seeked stability or disdained moving. However, he was absolutely sure that the path from the wind valley to the Icy Monkey Settlement…

Would definitely not be an easy path to walk.

Initially, Fang Zhengzhi indeed planned to send a surprise force to launch a sneak attack after defeating the wind valley. However, once the wind in the valley stopped, Nangong Hao would definitely receive intelligence about it.

The outcome of sending a surprise force at such a time wouldn't be bad, however, it wasn't the best.

However, Fang Zhengzhi had the advantage in numbers, hence he didn't bother too much about how good the outcome was. However, Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu evidently both felt that now was the best time to send a surprise force.

Entering the wind valley to take a look.

Only Heaven would know if that was just an excuse.

The internal political struggles within the Imperial Government wasn't something Fang Zhengzhi was very familiar with. However, there was one thing which the Imperial Governments of the ancient past did most commonly that Fang Zhengzhi knew very well of.

That was...

Snatching credit!

Something like snatching credit was difficult to describe. However, it wasn't too hard to actually carry it out. In conclusion, it all boiled down to one sentence, do the right thing at the right time, and the achievements would naturally fall upon oneself.

Of course, before that, it is essential for one to be able to discover the right time and the right thing to do.

Wu Feng had this ability. Chen Feiyu had it too.

Once Fang Zhengzhi defeated the wind valley, both of them abnormally charged into the wind valley with an extremely fast speed and without obeying military orders. The method they employed was to act first and report their success, a bold move.

Seeing the wind?

Did the wind need to be seen?

Even taking a million steps back, if they really wanted to see, reaching the entrance of the wind valley would allow one to have a sufficiently clear view. Yet, why did they still have to continue their advance and charge directly towards the Icy Monkey Settlement.

Hence, seeing the wind was only an excuse.

The purpose of Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu was to become a squad of surprise troops, quickly making the greatest accomplishment in this battle before Nangong Hao had the time to react.

As for why they were in such a rush?

The reason was too simple. In Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu's hearts, the battle between Fang Zhengzhi and Nangong Hao was the last battle of the combat examination.

Furthermore, now that the wind valley had already been broken by Fang Zhengzhi, if they didn't take advantage of this opportunity, Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu would miserably fall behind the curtains in this combat examination.

"Charge!" Fang Zhengzhi lashed out crisply at his stallion with a whip. Instantly, the stallion he rode on let out a long bray and shot forwards.

When the military commanders saw this, their eyes instantly lit up.

After taking his own sweet time for so long, he finally increased the movement speed!

Under Fang Zhengzhi's lead, forty-over thousand soldiers advanced rapidly, and the sound of fighting beside their ears gradually became clearly. After some time, Fang Zhengzhi raised his hand once again, and the forty-over thousand troops instantly stopped.

Because, the exit of the wind valley was right in front.

However…

At this moment, the exit of the wind valley was in a huge chaos.

"It was indeed placed at this area." When Fang Zhengzhi saw the chaotic scene in front, the edges of his mouth curled into another faint smile.

The wind valley was a natural barrier.

At the same time, the wind valley was a natural defence. Because, the width of the wind valley only enabled ten people to advance together under normal circumstances. Hence, in a way, the exit of the wind valley was the best location for defence.

In his previous world, Fang Zhengzhi used to watch a movie called The 300 Spartans. It more of less described three hundred fearsome Spartans defending against ten attacks by tens of thousands of soldiers at an entrance that only allowed a few people to pass through.

At this moment, Nangong Hao seemed to be using the same method.

However, his method was the opposite of that used in the movie. After the exit, it was a vast, open patch of land. This also enabled him to plant any ambushes he wished to.

And now…

Wu Feng, Chen Feiyu and the group of scholars evidently charged right into it.

Over ten scholars, all of them of the Heavenly Reflection Peak Stage and above. Yet, when these ten scholars faced with an ambush by almost a thousand people, sweat soaked their bodies.

It seemed as if they were suffering.

"General Fang, should we provide them support?" A commander walked to Fang Zhengzhi's side at this moment and said somewhat worriedly.

"Do you know what is the most fundamental thing people must have between one another?" Fang Zhengzhi didn't reply the commander's question immediately, instead, he shot another question back with a faint smile on his face.

"This… General Fang, please explain." The commander replied, confused.

"Trust."

"Trust?"

"That's right. Look at the geography of this landscape. At the very most, only ten people would be able to walk in a row. Hence, are you able to find ten heroes who can compare to Young Master Wu and Young Master Chen?" Fang Zhengzhi pointed at the two walls, then pointed at the scholars who were desperately involved in a messy fight with the soldiers and said loudly.

"This… I fear that I can't!" When the commander heard, he immediately shook his head.

"Hence, all we can do now is to trust Young Master Wu and Young Master Chen. If even they aren't able to overcome this small ambush with their abilities, what is the point of sending more people in?"

"General Fang, your words make sense!" When the commander heard this, he instantly understood. However, he still felt as if there was something wrong with this.

"Don't worry, as long as we completely trust Young Master Wu, Young Master Chen and the rest, any ambush would be like smoke to us, all we have to do to disperse it would be to wave our sleeves." Fang Zhengzhi continued to explain.

"Roger!" The commander acknowledged and withdrew respectfully.

On the other hand, Fang ZHengzhi continued to maintain his trust in Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu. He sat leisurely on his horse and quietly spectated the fierce struggle between the evenly matched forces in front of him.

After spectating for a while.

Fang Zhengzhi understood something.

What is Nangong Hao!

The ambush in front of him was clearly a mini army formation. Military formations were not a problem to Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu.

This was even more so for Nangong Hao.

This formation that Nangong Hao had set up…

After a detailed scrutiny by Fang Zhengzhi, he more or less managed to understand a few parts of it. Even though he didn't know the exact name of this formation, he could infer from the way it was set up that it contained two different concepts within it.

One was the Big Dipper, the other was the Eight Diagrams.

In other words, there were two formations. Or, it could also be said that it was a grand formation formed by two formations.

The Eight Diagrams took the lead while the Big Dipper followed behind.

It wasn't difficult to understand this placement. Because, the essence of the Eight Diagrams had always been defence. In Fang Zhengzhi's previous world, there was a very famous person called Zhu Geliang.

By using the Eight Diagrams as a foundation, he managed to conjure up a formation that was claimed to be the strongest formation for defence, the Eight Front Strategy!

Legend claimed that one Eight Front Strategy was able to defend against a hundred thousand troops.

Whether or not that was true, Fang Zhengzhi didn't know. However, it was recorded that the military chief Lu Xun of the Three Kingdom's Wu army had almost been trapped to death within the Eight Front Strategy.

It's power could easily be inferred from that.

On the other hand, the Big Dipper Formation was usually evolved into sword formations, spear formations, blade formations and so on. The essence of the philosophy behind it was one word. Offense.

Of course, this offense was an ordered form of offense.

Using the seven positions of the Big Dipper to surround and attack a certain point.

First defend, then attack!

From the positioning of the two formation groups, Fang Zhengzhi could more or less understand Nangong Hao's thought process when dealing with military matters.

Of course, it was naturally impossible that Nangong Hao setting up such a formation formed by two different formations at the exit of the wind valley was as simple as defense followed by offense.

The Eight Diagrams was a defensive formation. In order to defeat the Eight Diagrams, one had to locate the life gate of the Eight Diagrams.

That was the most fundamental thing people had to know.

Fang Zhengzhi understood this point. It was also naturally impossible that Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu didn't understand it at all. But, understanding was understanding. There was no way of defeating the formation in front of him based on this concept alone.

Because…

Nangong Hao only left one death gate open.

It could be imagined how big was a formation consisting of almost a thousand people. It also could be imagined how small was the exit of a wind valley that only allowed ten people to pass at once.

The method Nangong Hao was said to be simple yet direct.

However, it was a method that caused the greatest headache and greatest problem for people.

Placing the death gate at the exit of the wind valley meant that if one wanted to leave the valley, one had to pass through the death gate. It was either that or not exiting from the wind valley at all.

"Cruel!" Fang Zhengzhi could only use this term to describe the method. After all, shameless was a word specially reserved for him, it definitely couldn't be used on Nangong Hao.

At this moment, Wu Feng ,Chen Feiyu and the rest of the scholars who were engaged in an intensive battle with the soldiers finally noticed that within the wind valley, Fang Zhengzhi was riding on his horse and 'leisurely' watching the show go on.

"Why isn't this guy coming to attack?" A scholar couldn't contain himself anymore.

"Don't tell me this guy wants to watch us die!" Another scholar also couldn't contain himself anymore and swore when he heard this.

When Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu heard their words, both of them grasped the weapons in their hand tightly and gritted their teeth somewhat miserably. Surprisingly, they remained silent and didn't speak a single word.

The biggest difference between them and those scholars were that they were well-versed with military tactics.

From an emotional point of view.

Fang Zhengzhi's actions were undoubtedly burning the bridge after crossing, or it could also be leaving them in the lurch.

However, from a logical point of view, they understood that even if Fang Zhengzhi sent soldiers to save them, the most it would achieve would be to decrease the pressure on them by a tiny bit. Fundamentally speaking, it wouldn't provide any significant help.

After all, once the Eight Diagrams Formation was placed in action, everybody within the formation would be separated virtually. The more people that came, the more separations there would be.

All they could do was to hate themselves for being too reckless.

In order to snatch credit, they actually dived head-in into Nangong Hao's "ambush".

Of course, this was something they understood only after diving in. As for why they dived in, this was another thing that caused them misery.

The reason was…

Nangong Hao had placed an illusionary formation at the exit of wind valley.

An illusionary formation that consisted of only dozens of soldiers, one that used the Dao of All Creation and dozens of soldiers to completely conceal the ambush behind.

Wasn't a wind valley exit guarded by dozens of troops a great opportunity for a surprise squad to dive straight into?

Wu Feng felt somewhat suspicious. However, he wasn't able to resist such a Heaven-given opportunity. Hence, when Chen Feiyu and himself led the charge into it…

Everything was too late.

Fang Zhengzhi didn't know that Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu had faced this brief interlude before landing into the ambush. Of course, even if he knew, it still wouldn't affect his current show-watching mood.

"Come, give Young Master Wu, Young Master Chen and the rest some encouragement!" Fang Zhengzhi ordered.

"Roger!"

Instantly, a few soldiers acknowledged the order and following which, carried out a few large drums. As they drummed on furiously, they also shouted out loudly.

The power of the drums!

When Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu heard the loud commotion behind them, they wanted to cry.

With such a huge commotion, how could the Icy Monkey Settlement not know that Fang Zhengzhi had led an army to attack? The surprise force plan that he and the rest had planned for so long was now officially foiled.

Furthermore, they even landed inside the formation.

Within the Icy Monkey Settlement, an urgent military report was once again passed into the huge stone house. Finally, a middle-aged man presented it in front of Nangong Hao.

Nangong Hao, who was wearing a white scholar robe, sat behind the study table and placed down the ancient book he held in his hands. He took up the urgent military report and slowly opened it up. After glancing through it, he quickly placed down the report.

However, his dark pair of eyes lit up faintly, just like the first rays of light from the rising sun in the morning, bright and enchanting.

"Young Master Nangong, is it that the formation we placed at the exit of the wind valley had trapped Fang Zhengzhi?" A middle-aged man asked somewhat enthusiastically.

"No." Nangong Hao shook his head.

"No? That's impossible. We had already set up the illusionary formation, as the commander of the army, Fang Zhengzhi would definitely walk right at the front. Don't tell me he can still cowardly hide behind?" The middle-aged man was somewhat confused.

"Even though this Fang Zhengzhi is shameless, but, he isn't a coward. He would not do something like hiding behind an army. If I didn't guess wrongly, he indeed walked in front of the army. However, he exploited Wu Feng and the scholars' depressed mood and hence eagerness to win honour and glory and turned them into a surprise force!" Nangong Hao shook his head once again and replied.

"Surprise force?" The middle-aged man seemed to have not understood.

"Yes, a surprise force to search and uncover ambushes."

"Isn't this a little too shameless? No matter what, Wu Feng and the rest are all scholars and examinees who had entered the roll. Even though they are already eliminated, they should still be treated like commanders of a thousand-solder strong army. It is somewhat cruel and inhumane to treat them like commando troops and even more so for them to uncover ambushes." When the middle-aged man heard this, anger was somewhat evident in his eyes.

"In a battle between two armies, there isn't such a thing as humane anyway. Fang Zhengzhi isn't familiar with the geographical landscape of the wind valley, hence using Wu Feng to spearhead the attack is still a logical thing to do. Furthermore, if it wasn't for Wu Feng and the rest to want to do this on their own, it would be impossible for Fang Zhengzhi's authority alone to make them budge." Nangong Hao explained calmly.

"Then… based on Wu Feng and the rest's abilities, would they be able to defeat the formation Young Master Nangong had set?"" The middle-aged man nodded. After which, he asked again.

"They cannot."

"Looks like Young Master Nangong had thought of this outcome a long time ago?" When the middle-aged man heard this, the worry on his face slowly began to dissipate as he heaved a sigh of relief.

"Yes, and no. Now, it would be about how Fang Zhengzhi deals with this." After Nangong Hao finished his sentence, he didn't speak further and instead lowered his head and continued to read the ancient book in his hand.

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Chapter 361: Battle

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At the exit of the wind valley.

Forty-over thousand soldiers stood inside the wind valley, quietly waiting for the orders to be passed from the front. And in front, Fang Zhengzhi continued to wait with a leisurely look on his face.

"Guard Fang, can they defeat this formation?" Teng Shisheng looked at the dozens of scholars suffering and holding themselves up in front, then finally couldn't contain himself anymore and asked.

When they other generals heard Teng Shisheng's words, they also looked towards Fang Zhengzhi.

Fang Zhengzhi had indeed said that they should trust Wu Feng, Chen Feiyu and the rest of the scholars completely. However, the situation in front of them was clearly not one that could be resolved with trust.

Over ten scholars entering the formation through the death gate. It was clearly an extremely difficult task to defeat a formation that consisted of almost a thousand soldiers.

"Probably not." Fang Zhengzhi looked at the soldiers who were circling Wu Feng, Chen Feiyu and the rest of the scholars and shook his head.

"Probably not?! Then… Then we are just going to continue waiting?" Teng Shisheng couldn't understand.

Since Fang Zhengzhi felt that Wu Feng, Chen Feiyu and the rest would not be able to defeat the formation, then what was the point of delaying further?

"Of course not." Fang Zhengzhi shook his head.

"Then, now we should…" Teng Shisheng was somewhat confused.

"Wait."

"Wait? Wait for what?"

"What do you think is the most difficult thing in defeating this formation in front of us?" Fang Zhengzhi pointed towards the formation consisting of almost a thousand soldiers and said.

"This… I don't really know." Teng Shisheng said honestly. As a native of the Southern Mountain Range, their knowledge and interaction with formations were indeed extremely little.

Ever since young, their main experience had always been in survival techniques in the dense forests, as well as tactics for sneak attacks and surrounding people. But in terms of formations, their knowledge was pitifully inadequate.

"I feel that the greatest difficulty would be that Nangong Hao only left one exit in the wind valley. In this case, if we wished to defeat the formation, there would only be one path for us to take." At this moment, a military commander stood out and expressed his views.

"General Li is right. Nangong Hao's formation at the exit of the wind valley is equivalent to having one man guard the pass to prevent thousands from passing through." Another commander also expressed his opinion.

"Yes, you guys only considered one side of the matter. There is another side." When Fang Zhengzhi heard their words, he nodded.

"There is another side?!"

When the two soldiers heard Fang Zhengzhi's words, they were somewhat confused. After participating in years of military activities and wars, they believed that they had already seen almost everything.

However, Fang Zhengzhi's words clearly implied that there was a point which they hadn't discovered.

This caused them to feel more or less somewhat dissatisfied.

However, now, Fang Zhengzhi was the true commander of the army. Even though they weren't satisfied, they didn't express it as clearly as those scholars.

The other commanders were just as confused. They all wished to hear what 'insights' Fang Zhengzhi, who had never participated in a single battle, had to say.

"Can you guys decipher what formation Nangong Hao employed?" Fang Zhengzhi naturally knew what these commanders were thinking.

In reality, this thought was a completely ordinary thought for any other person.

Would a general who experienced hundreds of battles listen to a scholar who had never been on the battlefield? This was clearly not very possible.

Fang Zhengzhi knew this. However, he had to change this.

Now, he indeed possessed strong forces. However, this strong force was one which could turn around and stab him at any moment.

Once the combat examination ended, or any unforeseen circumstances occurred.

This powerful force would immediately engage in their own actions, and there might even be somebody who would step out to take over Fang Zhengzhi's position. Hence, at this moment, this military force wasn't very different from a time bomb.

"If I'm not wrong, it should be the Eight Diagrams Formation!"

"The Eight Diagrams in front, and the Big Dipper behind!"

Two commanders quickly expressed their views, their faces filled with confidence.

"That's right, it is indeed the Eight Diagrams and the Big Dipper!" When Fang Zhengzhi heard their words, he nodded. Immediately after which, he continued to ask. "Then, can you see all the variations in this formation in front?"

"This…" A commander immediately turned speechless.

"Don't tell me General Fang is able to decipher it?" Another commander immediately asked back, unconvinced, when he heard Fang Zhengzhi's words.

"I can't." Fang Zhengzhi said honestly.

"Ha ha…"

The two generals laughed lightly, with a glimmer of delight on their faces. When they initially heard what Fang Zhengzhi asked, they were actually somewhat shocked, thinking that Fang Zhengzhi truly had the ability to decipher a formation in one glance.

However, after hearing Fang Zhengzhi's reply, they mocked inside their hearts, he is indeed just another scholar who only knew theory. How could the quality of his opinions and views be much higher than us?

"I'm unable to decipher it, is anyone among you able to decipher it?" Fang Zhengzhi didn't bother too much about the expressions of the two commanders. Instead, he continued to ask the people behind.

"This…"

"I can't."

"We are within the wind valley, yet the formation is outside the wind valley. How could we see the variations within?"

Each of the commanders shook their heads one by one. This moment was actually the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities. However, they indeed couldn't decipher the variations in the formation in front of them.

"Yes, that's why there is another side of our greatest difficulty, and that is field of vision!" When Fang Zhengzhi heard the last sentence, he nodded with a gentle smile on his face.

"Field of vision?!"

The commanders couldn't quite understand. Because, the term "field of vision" had never appeared in any military texts.

Fang Zhengzhi looked at the dazed and confused expressions of the commanders and naturally understood what they were thinking. In reality, the term "field of vision" didn't even originate from any notable military texts.

Instead, it originated from a game in his previous world.

He only took it out and used it.

"Now that we are trapped within the wind valley, our field of vision is only limited to a line in the entire formation, we aren't even able to see the entire formation. At the very most, we can only guess its origins from our experience. However, it isn't very possible to decipher all the variations in the formation." Fang Zhengzhi explained.

"General Fang is right!"

"That is indeed true!"

"That's right, it is the field of vision!"

When the commanders heard this, even though they didn't quite understand the meaning behind the words 'field of vision', they understood what Fang Zhengzhi was trying to convey.

The formation that Nangong Hao had set indeed originated from the Eight Diagrams.

However, despite it originating from the Eight Diagrams, it didn't imply that it would mimic the Eight Diagrams. With Nangong Hao's abilities and talents, adding a few variations to the formation was something extremely possible.

Nangong Hao could achieve such a thing. Many of the commanders could also achieve it.

The difference was only the effectiveness of the variation.

"Then… what should we do now?" The two commanders who mocked Fang Zhengzhi in their hearts flushed somewhat red at this moment.

Even though Fang Zhengzhi's argument sounded extremely simple.

In reality, it was a problem that many generals who experienced hundreds of battles would neglect.

They didn't quite understand why somebody like Fang Zhengzhi who had never been on the battlefield would have such good observation skills. However, they understood that just on this point alone, they had already fallen behind Fang Zhengzhi in terms of knowledge by more than one level.

The battlefield was constantly changing.

One moment ago, you were still rampaging. The next moment, you might have already been degraded into a prisoner. Hence, in many situations, one's grasp of changes and ability to notice details actually decided whether a chief commander had the capability to turn the situation around.

"Wait." Fang Zhengzhi's answer wasn't very much different from his previous one.

However, the commanders didn't voice out any further objects. Because, they had already slowly began to trust in Fang Zhengzhi's judgement.

The commanders and Teng Shisheng didn't question further.

Hence, Fang Zhengzhi didn't bother to explain further. Instead, he returned his gaze to Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu, who were still fighting furiously in front.

"Pass down the order, the entire army shall rest right where they are and start on field cooking." After observing for a moment, Fang Zhengzhi felt that his stomach was somewhat hungry.

"Start field cooking? General Fang… it is the moment when two armies are engaging in battle, should we just consume some rations?" Even though a commander believed in Fang Zhengzhi, Fang Zhengzhi's order did seem a little too extreme.

"There is no need, it is still early. There isn't much nutrition in the rations." Fang Zhengzhi shook his head.

"No nutrition?" The expressions on the faces of the commanders turned awkward. A war is breaking out between two armies, is something like a lack of nutrition really an appropriate reason?

Alright…

You are the chief commander, you have the final say.

Even though the commanders were filled with doubt, but after they thought of Fang Zhengzhi's words a moment ago, they still quickly passed down the order.

Hence, forty-thousand over troops let out a surprised cheer.

They didn't have much military awareness. For many of them, being able to have food to eat was their main reason for joining the army. Now that they could eat, they naturally began to celebrate that they didn't need to suffer in hunger anymore. And, most importantly, it actually wasn't just eating rations to stave off their hungry. Instead, it was field cooking.

This was simply too good to be true.

Each of the soldiers instantly began to dig and set up their metal stoves. Some soldiers even held bowls and chopsticks in their hands and began to drum enthusiastically.

"Teng Shisheng, take out the few mountain beasts hunted a few days ago and roast them!" Fang Zhengzhi wiped his lips and said to Teng Shisheng, who was standing at the side.

"Yes." Teng Shisheng didn't hesitate at all and immediately set up a campfire.

Not too long later, the rich and fragrant smell of meat began to fill the air.

This scene was definitely a strong contrast compared to the fighting outside the wind valley.

Wu Feng, who was extremely flustered in his fighting, suddenly identified a waft of fragrant meat smell. This caused him to feel extremely confused. Why is there the smell of roasted meat?

Don't tell me…

This Eight Diagrams Formation contained fire attacks?!

Instinctively, he turned towards the direction where the meat smell drifted from. Then, he saw that within the wind valley, there were a few huge mountain beasts being roasted on a campfire.

The simmering oil dripped from the mountain beasts, causing the campfire below to give off a sizzling sound.

"Roasting… roasting meat?! This Fang Zhengzhi, he… he still has the mood to roast meat?!" Wu Feng had considered many possibilities. For example, Fang Zhengzhi would watch by the side and not provide any assistance, acting only after they had lost. Or, Fang Zhengzhi would wait until they had exhausted all their energy before reaping the profits of their efforts.

However, he had truly never imagined that Fang Zhengzhi would sit beside them, start a campfire and begin roasting meat while they fought with their lives.

Can things be more outrageous!

Wu Feng felt a boiling sensation in his heart. Instantly, he felt something rather sweet in his mouth. He was so enraged by Fang Zhengzhi that he almost vomited out blood.

Another person who was just as angry and close to vomiting as Wu Feng was Chen Feiyu.

"Shameless, shameless, absolutely shameless!!!" Chen Feiyu was now already of the Supernatural State. This meant that he had greater survival abilities in the battlefield.

However, this didn't mean that he could escape immediately.

At the very least...

It wasn't very possible within a short span of time.

In reality, what he currently wanted to do most was to charge back into the wind valley, then, pull on Fang Zhengzhi's ear and shout loudly, you go and fight, I'll eat some meat first!

Unfortunately, the reality was that Fang Zhengzhi was eating meat, while he was fighting with his life.

Of course, what caused Chen Feiyu the greatest anger wasn't because Fang Zhengzhi and the rest were roasting meat on a campfire. Instead, it was because Fang Zhengzhi stared at them while eating his roasted meat, at the same time, he seemed to be chanting something with his mouth.

Don't tell me…

This guy is humming a tune?

News of Fang Zhengzhi starting a field cooking session naturally and quickly reached a stone house within the Icy Monkey Settlement. This also caused a few middle-aged men to open their mouths in shock.

"You say Fang Zhengzhi ordered them to start a field cooking inside the wind valley?" A middle-aged man was truly in somewhat of a disbelief, and had to confirm what he heard a second time.

"Yes!" The soldier who was responsible for reporting the news instantly responded.

"This guy is indeed daring. He actually ordered a field cooking during a war between two armies, isn't this a great military sin? Isn't he afraid that we would send our soldiers to launch a sudden attack?" The middle-aged man heard the soldier's confirmation and felt some spite in his heart.

"I fear that he really isn't afraid of that!" The middle-aged man standing on Nangong Hao's left hand side spoke at this moment.

"Why is that so?"

"The entrance of the wind valley had already been blocked. They cannot exit, at the same time, we cannot enter. Furthermore, at this moment, the wind in the wind valley had also stopped. There isn't any danger of being within the wind valley."

"Then… are we supposed to just watch them eat their hot meals right under our very eyes?"

"If we really dispersed the formation outside the wind valley, then send soldiers to launch a sudden attack, I fear that that would be truly falling into their trap."

"Young Master Nangong, what is your opinion?" Even though the middle-aged man knew that this was the case, he was clearly still somewhat unhappy that he was just supposed to watch this go on.

"It isn't very good to eat without wine. Ask somebody to send a hundred barrels of good wine over and help me to properly reward the forty-over thousand soldiers inside the wind valley for their hardwork!" Nangong Hao continued to read the ancient book in his hand and replied without even raising his head.

"We are still delivering wine to them?!" The middle-aged man clearly didn't know how to react.

"Good plan! Young Master Nangong, this plan is indeed beautiful!" The eyes of the middle-aged man standing on Nangong Hao's left side instantly lit up.

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Chapter 362: A Shameless Plan

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"Giving wine can be considered a good plan as well?"

"In the battle of two armies, the most important thing is to attack their emotions. While our army is fighting hard, Fang Zhengzhi started a field cooking blatantly by the side. This is an attack on emotions. Young Master Nangong's gift of wine is also an attack on emotions. Don't you think it's a good plan?"

"It isn't just an attack on emotions. If Fang Zhengzhi rejected it, he would lose his goodwill in allowing the soldiers to cook. If he agreed, how would soldiers who had drunk the wine fight?" Another middle-aged man added in at this moment.

"One hundred barrels of wine is enough to achieve this effect. Young Master Nangong's plan indeed amazes me!" The middle-aged man who was initially still somewhat doubtful finally understood when he heard this.

Within the wind valley.

As Fang Zhengzhi chewed leisurely on his roasted meat and watched the battle, he saw over ten soldiers coming over from afar. Every soldier carried a beam on their shoulder.

On each beam, there were six wine barrels sealed with mud.

"Hmm? Are they sending wine to us?" When Fang Zhengzhi saw this, he was slightly taken aback and felt somewhat surprised.

"Nangong Hao is willing to give us wine? How is this possible?" A commander also stared in disbelief when he saw such a strange scene.

The other commanders also frowned, trying to guess Nangong Hao's intentions.

"I understand, Nangong Hao knows that we are cooking in the middle of a battle, hence he wishes to…"

"Win their hearts?!"

"Yes, Nangong Hao's move is indeed devious!"

Very quickly, a few commanders managed to guess Nangong Hao's intentions and instantly revealed a somewhat furious expression.

"General Fang, should we send some people to stop them?" A commander stood out eagerly. At this moment, the best choice was to reject.

After all, if they really allowed forty-over thousand soldiers to drink, everything would be over.

Furthermore...

Only Heaven knows if this wine contained drugs.

"Why must we stop them?" A faint smile appeared on Fang Zhengzhi's lips.

"Don't tell me General Fang really wishes to accept these hundred barrels of wine from Nangong Hao and then distribute it out for the soldiers to drink?" The commanders were somewhat confused.

"Since we have people delivering gifts, it isn't polite to reject. Even though there are only dozens of soldiers, they are still military forces of the Great Xia. Keep these soldiers and make them hold on to these wine. When I take down the Icy Monkey Settlement, I'll use these wine to set up a feast to treat the forty thousand soldiers!" Fang Zhengzhi exclaimed generously.

"Capture these soldiers?!" When the commanders heard Fang Zhengzhi's words, they exchanged glances with each other, their faces filled with disbelief.

The other party sent you wine as gifts.

Yet, not only do you want the gifts, you even want the people!

Why must you be so shameless!

"General Fang, in a battle between two armies, we don't kill messengers!" A commander reminded very softly.

"I didn't kill them, I only wish to kindly accept and keep them so that they can contribute to us. Am I right?" Fang Zhengzhi casually waved his hands.

"This… Alright!" The commander was somewhat helpless.

After all, at this moment, Fang Zhengzhi was the true commander in chief of these forty-over thousand troops. As soldiers, all they could do was to obey the orders of the chief commander.

Over ten soldiers entered the wind valley with bright smiles in their faces. One of the stood out and loudly announced Nangong Hao's welcoming of the "guests".

However, after the speech, the smiles on their faces vanished.

Because, they were captured.

From the status of over a dozen messengers, they became over a dozen prisoners. This change in status was indeed a little too fast, so fast that they weren't able to react.

And after that, Fang Zhengzhi's actions broadened their horizons once again.

Fang Zhengzhi began to announce loudly that Nangong Hao and himself had a bet that was communicated through letters. The bet was whether or not he could defeat the wind valley. Now, Nangong Hao had lost.

He admitted losing the bet.

The only thing he could do was to present them with a hundred barrels of good wine.

However, the conditions of the bet were clearly a thousand barrels, Nangong Hao was clearly eating his words!

Fang Zhengzhi's words were filled with genuine sincerity, and in addition to the fact that Nangong Hao had indeed given them good wine after they defeated the wind valley, out of the forty-over thousand soldiers, there were actually more than half that believed.

A man's life on the world is completely based on his acting!

Fang Zhengzhi was once again enlightened on the wisdom behind these words.

Hence, amid the cheers from the crowd, Fang Zhengzhi wiped dry his tears and and pulled out the soldier who announced Nangong Hao's welcome, then gave him an important task and let him out of the wind valley.

When the commanders saw this scene.

They were all completely stunned.

"One can be shameless. But, how can one be shameless to such an extent?"

News of over ten soldiers in charge of delivering the wine behind captured was naturally passed by that soldier who was given an important task to the Icy Monkey Settlement. Furthermore, most importantly, that soldier conveyed a certain message.

"Fang Zhengzhi requests for Young Master Nangong to fulfill his part of the promise in the bet and deliver another nine hundred barrels of good wine!"

When the four middle-aged men heard this news, they all became somewhat speechless. Not too long ago, they were still praising Young Master Nangong for his beautiful plan.

However, in the blink of an eye…

The wine was kept by the other party, and even their people were kept as well. Most importantly, he had mysteriously accused them. What is the meaning of losing the bet?

"This Fang Zhengzhi's shameless is truly extreme. I have never seen anybody capturing a team that bore gifts. Furthermore, he is still able to boast and craft lies without feeling any shame! Don't tell me he doesn't feel even the tiniest bit of guilt?"

"I can only say that this person's way of doing things is completely unpredictable!"

"I truly never expected that such an excellent attack on emotions would actually be destroyed by such a method from Fang Zhengzhi."

The four middle-aged men shook their heads. Nangong Hao's attack on emotions was indeed a great plan. However, when it was met with somebody like Fang Zhengzhi, that was when the problem would arise.

Everybody looked at Nangong Hao who was sitting behind the study table in unison.

On the other hand, Nangong Hao remained silent. He no longer flipped the ancient book in his hands, and his eyes that were bright as the sun seemed to be deep in thought.

He was indeed deep in thought.

Because, even he was slightly shocked when he heard the news conveyed by the soldier, even though he was already somewhat mentally prepared.

"He is indeed shameless enough. But, I wonder how skilled is he in the art of formations?" Nangong Hao finally placed down the ancient book in his hand and then, stood up slowly from behind the study table…

Fang Zhengzhi knew for sure that Nangong Hao would not order any more people to deliver wine to him. Because, that was equivalent to delivering the lamb into the mouth of the tiger. Furthermore, most importantly, that was equivalent to admitting that he had lost the bet.

Hence…

This battle of emotions was as good as ended.

Even though the military commanders didn't wish to believe this, they all understood in their hearts that in this battle of emotions, Fang Zhengzhi indeed had the upper hand.

Of course, Fang Zhengzhi was indeed shameless!

However, just gaining the upper hand in emotions alone still wasn't a force strong enough to decide the outcome of the battle. No matter how high the morale of your soldiers are.

You still can't get out!

What was the use of that?

If they couldn't leave the wind valley, everything was pointless.

The commanders knew this. However, Fang Zhengzhi's order was to wait. Hence, all they could do was to wait. Yet, none of them knew how long they were supposed to wait!

Fang Zhengzhi had done many things in this period of time. For example, he ate the roasted meat, and drank two mouthfuls of clear water, and even loudly recited how Nangong Hao and himself had decided on the bet through letters.

However, his gaze had never left Wu Feng, Chen Feiyu and the rest of the people on the battlefield. Even when he was looking at the group of people delivering the wine, his gaze continued to be fixated upon Wu Feng and the rest.

And now…

Now that he had finished his food and drinks, next, it was time to truly act.

"Teng Shisheng!" At this moment, Fang Zhengzhi finally spoke.

"Present!" Teng Shisheng, who was currently tending to the campfire, instantly stood up.

"General Li, General Chen, General Wang…"

"Present!"

"Present!"

When the commanders heard Fang Zhengzhi's words, they were instantly energised. They didn't know what Fang Zhengzhi wished to do, however, they had a faint feeling.

It was time.

"Prepare spears, bows and arrows." Fang Zhengzhi didn't explain further to Teng Shisheng and the commanders and instead directly ordered.

"Roger!"

Teng Shisheng and the commanders acknowledged once again.

They indeed didn't know what Fang Zhengzhi wanted to do. However, once they heard about the spears and bows, they felt as if it had struck a certain chord in their heart.

"Silver Horned Wolves, watch the flag on my hand. Wherever my flag points to, you will shoot the spears to that location. Shoot ten spears each time!" As Fang Zhengzhi spoke, he took out a small flag.

"Understood!"

"The arrows of the archers must land in the vicinity of the spears, there cannot be any deviation, can you do it?"

"Yes!"

"Then… let's start!" After hearing the acknowledgements, a faint glow flashed in his eyes. After all, no matter what, this was his first time commanding a battle.

Even though these orders somewhat childish, and not something coming from a chief commander.

Shooting wherever I point and so on!

However…

Isn't all that's required for the soldiers to understand?

Fang Zhengzhi wasn't too bothered about whether the order was beautifully worded. What he cared about was whether Teng Shisheng and the commanders would be able to understand his order.

"Woosh!"

In a flurry of activity, some of the archers among the forty-over thousand soldiers took a step out and drew their bows.

On the other hand, the five hundred Silver Horned Wolves lined up in rows of ten and nearly stood behind Fang Zhengzhi and the commanders, raising the black spears in their hands up high with cold glints in their eyes.

At this moment, Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu had also noticed the change on Fang Zhengzhi's side.

All of them were somewhat confused.

What is Fang Zhengzhi trying to do?

There were spears and there were bows, could he be thinking of...

Mass murdering these thousand soldiers and themselves?

If that was the case!

"Fang Zhengzhi, I will never forgive you even when I die!"

Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu definitely knew about the incident in which Fang Zhengzhi murdered in the Northern Mountain Village. However, they really didn't wish to believe that Fang Zhengzhi dared to do something like that over here.

The combat examination was a practice for the army.

The Great Xia Dynasty always had one principle. That was that a soldier who had never seen blood before cannot be considered a good soldier. Hence, deaths and injuries were extremely common in the combat examination.

However, deaths and injuries were one thing. Being mass murdered under a barrage of arrows was still a little too much.

Fang Zhengzhi didn't care about how Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu thought. In reality, his gaze had already completely left Wu Feng and the rest.

The flag in his hand finally moved at this moment.

"There, the position ninety five steps away from this place in the South-East direction!" Fang Zhengzhi described the distance to the location he pointed out with great precision.

There was an ancient saying.

A hundred steps passes through anything!

It meant that within a hundred steps, arrows never miss their target.

In the history of his past world, there was a great general by the name of Lu Bu. He was able to hit a tiny branch a hundred and fifty steps away and was greatly respected

In this world.

In terms of strength, it had greatly surpassed that of his past world.

As for whether they were able to hit things a hundred steps away, or even a hundred and fifty, with complete accuracy, Fang Zhengzhi wasn't very sure. However, playing it safe, he decided to start from a position ninety five steps away.

"Woosh woosh woosh…"

Once Fang Zhengzhi's words landed, ten black spears blew past his body like a gust of wind and then drew a beautiful arc in the air.

Lastly…

"Ding ding ding…"

Each of the black spears impaled itself into the ground, marking out a circular area that was five meters wide.

Fang Zhengzhi had seen the ability of the Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry Troops to toss spears before. That time, he was mercilessly trapped on the spot by these Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry Troops.

Now that he was seeing it once again.

The feeling was completely different.

The black spears landed on the ground.

In an instant, white feathered arrows were shot out, filling the sky like raindrops. Almost exactly a hundred arrows flew into the sky, just like streams of snowflakes drifting down from the sky.

"Woosh woosh woosh…"

This movement naturally caused the thousand-soldier strong army to receive a huge fright.

When they saw Fang Zhengzhi lead his army over, they actually weren't very concerned. After all, Fang Zhengzhi stayed where he was without any further movements.

He even began to cook by the side.

This had actually caused them to lower their guard slightly.

However, the sudden change still caused them to be alarmed. After all, that was an army consisting of over forty-thousand soldiers. It was a powerful and formidable force.

The white feathered arrows that filled the sky landed onto the ground.

Instantly, some of the soldiers who were still standing near the black spears quickly dodged away. The huge circle with the black spears at its heart once again expanded by at least two times!

At the same time, the other soldiers who were standing around the circle felt some sort of pressure of their bodies. That pressure didn't originate from the black spears and white arrows.

Instead, it originated from the surrounding soldiers!

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Chapter 363: Are you out of your mind

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Shock appeared on the faces of the soldiers when they felt the surrounding pressure.

In reality, this theory was extremely simple. Because, when a "huge nail" that fell from the sky appeared within an army that was arranged extremely neatly, it would instinctively cause people to dodge to one side.

In an instant, this also caused a huge empty space to appear in the area around the black spear. This empty space naturally created a force outwards.

A truly perfect formation not only required trained and quality soldiers, it also required commanders who embodied great leadership abilities.

Of course, the formation that Nangong Hao set up was perfect.

Hence, after seeing this happen, a commander instantly waved his flag furiously as he barked out firm orders.

This caused the initially somewhat chaotic troops to return to their ordered state

However, there wasn't much use in this.

Because…

Very quickly, ten black spears descended from the skies, carrying with it a powerful gust of wind and impaling a "huge nail" in the corner of the formation.

As the black nail dug into the ground, feathered arrows that filled the sky fell once again.

Another circle appeared, and compared to the previous circle, it was at least two times larger. It looked like a bush filled with thorns.

Another commander stood out and waved the flag in his hands, and started giving orders.

However, before he even had the time to wave his flag, a third "huge nail" fell from the sky once again. And, that wasn't all. The fourth, fifth, sixth…

One by one, areas filled with black spears and white feathered arrows formed at various areas within the formation. The initially ordered formation turned into a large face filled with holes.

The commanders were soaked with sweat as they furiously waved their flags and attempted to give orders.

Even though Fang Zhengzhi's actions caused them some headache, they remained confident that the Eight Diagrams Formation that Nangong Hao had set up will never be truly defeated by a few "huge nails".

Hence, they continued to direct the troops as they shot a spiteful smile towards Fang Zhengzhi who was giving the orders to shoot.

If casually throwing a few spears and shooting a few arrows could defeat a formation.

Then, wasn't this formation a little too worthless?

However, the spite on their face didn't last for long before it froze. Because, at this moment, they felt that something wasn't quite right.

The Eight Diagrams contained eight doors, while the eight doors had to continuously undergo variations and changes in order to maintain its power. However, when they directed the eight doors to undergo changes, they realised...

No matter what route they varied, they weren't able to avoid the "huge nails" on the ground.

This was equivalent to somebody setting up a trap in your path. Either you remove this trap, or you take the longer route.

However, could the Eight Diagram Formation change its route within a variation?

Of course it could.

However, they couldn't. Because, Nangong Hao had never taught them that. Hence, they had no way of directing further changes to the formation.

This way, it naturally caused the Eight Diagrams Formation to be unable to vary, and hence, causing it to lose its liveliness. This also meant that unlike before, the formation couldn't be used to suppress the scholars within the formation anymore.

Putting it simply, when the Eight Diagrams was able to move and vary, I could have fifty soldiers fighting against Wu Feng. After a round of fighting, I could go to one side and take a break, then attack Chen Feiyu afterwards. After fighting, I'll rest again…

But now?

This meant that these fifty soldiers had to constantly fight Wu Feng and it was impossible for their other friends to help them.

Could fifty soldiers hold back Wu Feng?

Yes, however, they couldn't do so for long!

"Why are things like this?!"

Each of the flag carrying commanders exchanged glances with one another and saw the doubt in each other's eyes. It was a form of doubt that stemmed from disbelief.

Because, in order to achieve such an outcome.

There could only be one possibility.

That was that Fang Zhengzhi had already seen through Nangong Hao's Eight Diagrams Formation and after which, very skillfully inserted "huge nails" one by one in the middle of the variation paths of the Eight Diagrams Formation.

The commanders behind Fang Zhengzhi were just as flabbergasted.

When they saw that Fang Zhengzhi ordered for the shooting of spears and arrows, even though they carried out the orders according to Fang Zhengzhi's instructions, in their hearts, they believed that it was just a distraction method.

However, when they saw that the Eight Diagrams Formation in front of them had actually begun to slow down in its rate of change, and, even seeming as if it was almost about to stop moving completely, they were finally filled with shock.

"There is something weird about the positions he shot at!"

"It is the variation paths of the formation! The areas Fang Zhengzhi instructed us to shoot were the variation paths!"

"That's right, in order for their movements to remain fluid, they have to first pluck out those arrows and spears. However, they simply don't have the time to pluck them."

"Even if they plucked, that doesn't pose a problem to us. Because, they can never pluck faster than we shoot!"

"How did he achieve this?"

As the commanders discussed, their gazes focused on Fang Zhengzhi. They were truly shocked.

Because, Fang Zhengzhi wasn't shooting randomly!

He wasn't!

He had a plan, he shot with an aim. Every spot he shot would definitely hinder the movement of the formation!

"Shoot!"

Fang Zhengzhi didn't pay the slightest bit of attention to the discussion among the commanders behind him. Instead, he continued to give out orders from the front. And, his gaze had already slowly begun to expand towards the Big Dipper Formation behind.

The Eight Diagrams Formation emphasized defence.

Breaking that defence was the first step. The second step was an attack that destroyed the offensive power of this formation.

Without offensive power, one could say that this formation was already a harmless formation that posed no threat. Hence, there would be no problem in entering it.

As Fang Zhengzhi gave his order.

Black spears and white feathered arrows rapidly shot towards the sky, and then, nailed down upon the vital points of the formation like countless huge nails.

As for the people that felt the effects of this most deeply.

That was doubtlessly Wu Feng, Chen Feiyu and the scholars.

There was a time when they believed that they could hold back groups of soldiers, and even once believed that they could remain fearless even when faced with hundreds and even thousands of soldiers.

But today…

In front of Nangong Hao's formation, they seemed to have turned into useless soft plums, allowing Nangong Hao to rub them, pinch them, squeeze them…

Furthermore, most importantly, they were bullied and shamed in front of Fang Zhengzhi.

Unhappiness, misery.

These emotions flowed through their minds over and over again. However, they couldn't do anything about it. The surrounding soldiers were too agile. When your blade slashed down upon the two people in front of you, the results were that either you discover that there was actually nobody in front of you, or that ten people suddenly appeared.

Formations were strange and mysterious.

They knew this very well.

However, even though they were within the formation, they had no way of defeating it. Because, the path they entered from was the gate of death that directly faced the Eight Diagrams Formation.

How could they live when faced with death!

Yet, at this moment, the feeling was different.

That was a feeling of joy and freedom that came about from leading a perfect life. The faces of the surrounding soldiers stopped changing as they each stood with a dazed expression in front of all of them.

The initial agility and fluidity had disappeared. All that was left was petrification, just like a log.

It was extremely difficult to deal with an agile rabbit. However, it was definitely an extremely easy task to deal with a sheep that could only lower its head to chew on grass.

Hence, they began. They raised their hand. The blade fell, the hand raises, the blade fell…

"Ah ah ah!"

"Ah!"

"Crack!"

Bloodcurdling cries and the snapping of weapons quickly started to sound out. Furthermore, as time passed, these sounds became more and more frequent.

At the very end, huge empty spaces began to appear.

Those spaces were the areas surrounding the scholars.

The soldiers who were initially surrounding them tightly quickly backed off one by one. Because, it was definitely an extremely horrifying experience to face with a group of scholars of the Heavenly Reflection Peak State.

The retreat of the soldiers didn't seem to cause these scholars to have any intention of stopping.

Because, they had to unleash the anger that had built up for so long. And, it had to be a harsh and unforgiving form of unleash, even if they understood in some way or another that this opportunity was given to them by Fang Zhengzhi.

But, so what if it was?

After being suppressed and attacked by others for so long, now that they were finally able to stand back up, was it possible for them to not return a few fists?

Arrogance was the fundamental nature of these scholars.

Hence, they had to be on the very top. And, they could only be on the very top.

Even though it was not an extent to which they would deliver fatal blows, but, casually causing a few broken bones here and there, or even accidentally causing people to fall to the ground with heavy injuries, were still frequent.

Chen Feiyu was the one who had held back the longest in this period of time.

After crossing the barrier to the Supernatural State with great difficulty, he had initially thought that it would be a time filled with honour and glory. Yet, he just happened to meet a certain Fang Zhengzhi. Not even mentioning that he was eliminated, now, he was trapped within Nangong Hao's Eight Diagrams Formation.

This was a form of shame that only blood would wash away!

A seven-inch sword swam around the bodies of countless bodies like a moving dragon. Within the faint blue glow, there were a few flashes of jade-green light as fresh blood spilled.

Yet, right at this moment.

The whistling of an arrow suddenly rang out.

Before this arrow whistling sound rang out, Chen Feiyu had heard too many arrow whistling sounds already. However, his attention was still captured by this sound. Because, this whistling sound was too loud.

Raising his head.

A glow flashed in Chen Feiyu's eyes.

Because, that was a jade green arrow glow, leaving a black crack that ripped space apart in its wake and flying towards his chest with lightning speed.

"The Million Sword Illustration~"

Chen Feiyu definitely knew that this was the ultimate technique of the Divine Constabulary.

He knew even clearer who was the one who had shot this arrow. Because, during the horseback hunting competition, he had witnessed very clearly Fang Zhengzhi using this archery technique to badly injure the Number Seven and Number Eight of the Rising Dragon Roll, Xiang Tianying and Tang Zhongming.

He didn't know why Fang Zhengzhi would shoot him.

However, he wanted to block this shot!

Because…

He wanted to prove to everybody that he, Chen Feiyu's, strength had already long surpassed that of Xiang Tianying and Tang Zhongming, and even exceeded that of Fang Zhengzhi and Wu Feng.

His sword shot out. Rain fell.

With Chen Feiyu's sword at its heart, a snow white flower suddenly blossomed. After which, a torrential storm began to brew in the air as multiple jade-green coloured vines began to dance.

"Open!" Chen Feiyu bellowed.

With one movement of the sword, the torrential storm congregated at the tip of his sword, as the snow white flowers blossomed in all directions, turning into pieces of flower petals that spun at rapid speeds. With the sword in the center, it carried with it the power like that of the Torrential Pear Blossom and clashed towards that jade-green light arrow.

"Boom!" A loud echo resounded. Streaks of thin jade-green rapidly exploded outwards. However, at the same time those streaks of light intersected, the curtain of rain formed by the torrential rain spun towards those thin streaks of light like a tornado.

The Torrential Pear Blossom Sword Technique!

The secret technique of the Sun Constabulary of the Thirteen Constabularies, a sword technique that encompassed both defence and offence.

When the surrounding scholars saw this scene, the expressions of their faces instantly froze completely. They knew very clearly what that jade-green arrow was.

Because…

As long as they had participated in the horseback hunting competition of the East suburb hunting ground, there wasn't a single scholar who wouldn't know that this arrow was shot by Fang Zhengzhi. And, there wasn't a single scholar who knew the power that this arrow represented.

In the Great Xia Dynasty, even the number seventh of the Rising Dragon Roll, Xiang Tianying, the Xiang Tianying who was renowned for his Purple Crystal Territory, had no way of directly blocking these arrows.

However, a moment ago, Chen Feiyu had just…

Blocked it?!

And, it was a direct block.

"Don't tell me…"

"Could it be that Chen Feiyu had reached a new state?"

"That's impossible!"

"Without reaching a new state, how could he block this arrow with this abilities?"

"Is it possible that Fang Zhengzhi didn't put in all his power to avoid harming him?"

As the scholars attempted to guess, they quickly understood one thing. It should be because Fang Zhengzhi had shown mercy.

Because, using reaching a new state to explain this problem.

Was a little too exaggerating.

Furthermore, at this moment, Fang Zhengzhi and Chen Feiyu indeed belonged on the same time. The explanation that Fang Zhengzhi had shown mercy was clearly more reasonable to compared to Chen Feiyu's enlightenment.

Hence, after the scholars understood this, they all turned their gazes towards Fang Zhengzhi who was standing not too far away. Because, they all understood Fang Zhengzhi's intentions.

"Put down your weapon and surrender!" A scholar quickly began to shout out.

"If you don't surrender, I don't mind crippling a few more!" Another scholar also began to cry out.

However, these cries, in the ears of Chen Feiyu, didn't sound very pleasing. Shouldn't everybody be cheering for the sword technique he had just displayed?

What is this!

I had blocked Fang Zhengzhi's Million Sword Illustration!

Wait a minute, don't tell me that these people would believe that Fang Zhengzhi was showing mercy on purpose? Or, could it be that blocking the Million Sword Illustration wasn't sufficient to show that he had already attained the Supernatural State?

Chen Feiyu really wished to shout out loudly. Open your blind eyes wide and look clearly! I, Chen Feiyu, had already attained the Supernatural State, I am stronger than Fang Zhengzhi!

However, when the words reached his mouth, it turned into another sentence.

"Fang Zhengzhi, shoot another arrow if you dare to!" This was because Chen Feiyu thought that praising himself was definitely much less amazing compared to being praised by others.

Hence, he prepared to catch another arrow from Fang Zhengzhi to boost his prestige.

Yet…

Fang Zhengzhi, who was standing not too far away, only shot a middle finger at him, and after which revealed a spiteful and condescending expression on his face, huffing lightly towards him.

"Are you out of your mind?"

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Chapter 364: Shocking Change in Situation

Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations

"Something wrong with my head?! Who are you saying has something wrong with his head? It is clearly you who shot an arrow towards me, yet you say there is something wrong with me?" Chen Feiyu was instantly stunned.

He really couldn't understand.

Why do such unreasonable things exist in this world?

You shot an arrow at me, I allowed you to shoot at me once more. Yet, you claim that there is something wrong with me!

Furthermore…

Most importantly, why did these scholars and soldiers have that look in their eyes? What kind of look was that! This isn't right, it is completely different from the outcome I wished for!

Chen Feiyu was on the verge of collapse. He felt that he had already demonstrated sufficient strength.

Yet, not a single person believed him.

This was misery, this was helplessness!

In reality, Chen Feiyu was too involved in the situation. If he could view this situation from the perspective of a third person, it would likely be very easy to understand.

Because, when comparing between whether an eliminated examinee had extraordinary powers and how the formation had been completely destroyed.

Clearly, the latter would evoke more interest.

After all, this demonstrated that Fang Zhengzhi had once again changed the outcome of a stalemate battle.

Why was it that the areas he shot at had just happened to break the flow and variation of the formation?

This was a question that troubled every commander. Because, just as Fang Zhengzhi had said, under circumstances in which your field of vision was blocked, how can one understand the variation of the formation when one isn't even able to have a full picture of the entire formation?

Don't tell me…

All of a sudden, an extremely frightening thought flashed across the minds of the commanders.

Fang Zhengzhi knew that his field of vision was limited.

However, from the moment he reached the exit of the wind valley, his gaze had never shifted for a single moment. That meant that all these time, he had been observing the changes and variation in the formation in front.

If that was the case, then there would only be one possibility.

Fang Zhengzhi had deduced the rules of variation of the entire formation just from observing changes in a small part of the formation under circumstances in which his field of vision was hindered.

Heavens!

What an astonishing act this was.

When each of the commanders looked towards Fang Zhengzhi, they suddenly recalled that Fang Zhengzhi was a miracle that had never before been seen in the Great Xia Dynasty ever since it was founded.

A young mountain villager who had never even studied in the Hall of Dao before. Yet, he was able to soar and perform with flying colours in all of the Law of Dao examinations, a person who was able to attain Double Roll Champion all the way from the county examination, then to the capital examination, and finally to the Imperial examination.

Most importantly, in the theory examination of the Court examination, he came out top as well. And, one who had attained joint first with Nangong Hao. This was something that nobody would have ever imagined.

Yet, he did it.

Just like not too long ago, nobody ever thought that Fang Zhengzhi would be able to overcome the Southern Mountain Range's natural barrier, the wind valley, without losing a single troop just based on twenty Silver Horned Wolf Cavalry troops alone.

Then, in this stalemate and dead-end battle with Nangong Hao, what else was impossible?

"Charge! Fight for General Fang!"

"Those who surrender will be spared!"

"Put down your weapons quickly, we are both of the Great Xia, there is no point in conflict!"

At this moment, the commanders were filled with adrenalin as if they had been injected with chicken blood, shouting loudly for the other side to surrender. They charged into the great formation that was now chaotic and completely broken down like wild wolves.

Within the Icy Monkey Settlement.

A soldier quickly passed through the main gate of the settlement and ran towards a large stone house that directly faced the main gate as beads of sweat soaked his face.

"Young Master, Young Master, bad news, the formation has been broken!" Right after he charged into the stone house, the soldier immediately knelt down onto the floor and reported this extremely urgent piece of military report.

"What?! Defeated? How is this possible!" The expression of a middle-aged man immediately changed.

"It is indeed broken, Fang Zhengzhi ordered his soldiers to shoot spears and arrows, destroying the structure of our formation. Now, the soldiers within the formation are almost all captured!"

"Spears and arrows? This Fang Zhengzhi is truly daring, he dares to start a killing spree?"

"No, all Fang Zhengzhi did was to use the spears and arrows to… tear, yes, he tore a hole. And this hole just happened to obstruct the change and variation within the formation, hence, hence…"

"I understand, follow me to meet the visitors!" At this moment, Nangong Hao's voice sounded out. Immediately after, a white figure flashed across the soldier's eyes. Before his voice landed, his person was already out of the stone house.

When news of Fang Zhengzhi's grand victory over Nangong Hao's formation reached the Icy Monkey Settlement, another piece of news was rapidly being passed to the Yan Capital of the Great Xia Dynasty.

A noble stallion soared through the East Gate of the Yan Capital at lightning speed and dived straight in until it reached the entrance of the palace. After changing to another stallion, that news once again charged towards the Throne Room of the Imperial Palace.

Now wasn't the period of time for morning assembly, yet, within the Throne Room, the officials stood neatly in two rows, a solemn expression filling each of their faces.

"I plea for Your Majesty to send out troops as fast as possible, I'm afraid any further delays might lead to situation changes!" A minister knelt in the center of the Throne Room and brought his head to the ground.

"Your Majesty, please send soldiers to support. The Stable Mountain Gate is the main gate that separates us and the Southern Mountain Range, we mustn't lose it!" Another military officer dressed in armour similarly knelt down onto the ground.

"Report!"

"Urgent report from the Stable Mountain Gate!"

Right at this moment, two voices closing in from afar that seemingly sounded out at the same time travelled into the Throne Room. This caused all of officials within the Throne Room to look towards the main entrance of the Throne Room.

Not too long later, an armoured soldier was brought by four guards in golden armour into the Throne Room, raising a letter high up in his hands.

"Just read it out." Emperor Lin Mubai, who was sitting on the Dragon Throne and dressed in a golden dragon robe, finally spoke after remaining silent for the entire time when he saw the soldier enter.

"Roger!" The soldier nodded and then carefully tore open the letter in his hand. After sweeping his gaze across it, he began to recite it loudly.

"The Stable Mountain Gate guard commander Yu Tianfeng was drunk last night and didn't notice the soldiers until they were right at the city gates. He had suicided in the military camp due to knowing that his crimes would not be forgiven. Even though the fifty thousand guards at the Stable Mountain Gate defended the powerful soldiers with their lives, the disparity in military strength between our army and the enemy as well as a lack of leadership caused the loss of the Stable Mountain Gate…"

"Lost?!"

"What, how long did it take, it hasn't even been a day. The Stable Mountain Gate is already lost?!"

"There are fifty thousand soldiers guarding the Stable Mountain Gate and the resources and rations are plentiful. Other than natural disasters, no matter how powerful the enemy troops are, these would definitely be sufficient to defend for at least half a month. How can it be lost so quickly?"

"That's right, now that the four main settlements are all controlled by our Great Xia Dynasty, which direction can the soldiers of the Southern Mountain Range attack the Stable Mountain Gate from? How can there be a great disparity in strength when there isn't even any soldiers!"

When the officials in the room heard the word 'lost', they were truly shaken. Because, not even a full day had passed from the moment that the military report of the Stable Mountain Gate being surrounded was passed to the Yan Capital.

It was too sudden!

Nobody dared to believe it.

In the hearts of the officials, it was indeed possible for the Southern Mountain Range to begin their assault at this moment. However, it was definitely impossible for them to attack the Stable Mountain Gate.

After all, settlements such as the Yan Ya Settlement which were close to the Stable Mountain Gate were all under the control of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Then...

Where did an army capable of taking down the Stable Mountain Gate appear from? Even if the guards of the Stable Mountain Gate was really drunk the previous night, it still wouldn't warrant a suicide at this moment, didn't he know that accomplishments were able to make up for mistakes?

There were too many suspicious points in this letter.

Nobody could understand a single one of them. However, there was one point that everybody could be sure of. That was that the Stable Mountain Gate had been lost. This also meant that the gate between the Great Xia Dynasty and the Southern Mountain Range had opened.

And, most importantly, the Stable Mountain Gate was lost at this moment.

What was happening at this moment?

The combat examination was deep in progress. Almost thirty great scholars of the Great Xia Dynasty were battling in the Southern Mountain Range. A hundred thousand soldiers were distributed among the four main settlements of the Southern Mountain Range. The current Crown Prince Lin Tianrong of the Eastern Palace was also in the Southern Mountain Range.

The Stable Mountain Gate, the throat that connected the hundred thousand soldiers and the Great Xia Dynasty.

The throat was slit!

How could the hundred thousand soldiers, the Eastern Palace Crown Prince, and the almost thirty great scholars survive?

"Your Majesty, at this moment, the three hundred thousand soldiers of the Eastern Liang are closest to the Stable Mountain Gate. Please give the order quickly, if there is any further delay, I fear that the lives of His Highness the Crown Prince and the hundred thousand soldiers will be at risk!"

"That's right Your Majesty!"

'I feel that General Wang's words aren't appropriate. The Stable Mountain Pass has been compromised. If the Southern Mountain Range takes advantage of this and advances, even our Yan Capital will be in danger. If we were to move troops from the Eastern Liang at this moment, it would probably be too late. I suggest ordering the army of the Northern Desert to move East in order to protect the safety of the Eastern Capital, the Yan Capital, after which we will combine the forces from the Northern Desert and the Eastern Liang to battle with the enemy forces of the Southern Mountain Range!"

"General Liu's words do make sense. We must ensure the safety of the Yan Capital!"

"Yes, yes yes, first protect the Yan Capital, then combine forces from the two sides. This is a better plan!"

"Coward! The traitorous officials of the Southern Mountain Range would never dare to attack the Yan Capital! Furthermore, we have a hundred thousand members of the Imperial Ranger Squad guarding our Yan Capital, how will we be in danger? Now, the most critical action to take would be to resolve the threat at the Stable Mountain Pass, else if we take too long, the hearts and loyalty of the people might change!"

Very quickly, the officials began to discuss and put forward their suggestions one by one. Some wanted to send troops to the Stable Mountain Pass, and some wanted to gather troops at the Yan Capital for defence.

As he listened to the spirited discussion below, Emperor Lin Mubai waved his hand with a tinge of annoyance.

Hence, the entire Throne Room regained its calm.

Each of the officials gazed at Emperor Lin Mubai, who sat on the Dragon Throne, with their eyes wide open as they awaited his decision.

"The majority decides to send out troops?"

"Yes!" The military generals quickly responded.

"Is there any differing opinions?" Emperor Lin Mubai nodded and continued to ask.

"I have a different opinion!" After hearing Emperor Lin Mubai's question, the Law Official, who had remained silent the entire time, finally stood out.

"Speak."

"Based on my opinion, the Great Xia and the Southern Mountain Range had generations of friendly neighbour relations and strong, deep ties. There is definitely a reason behind the Southern Mountain Range's sudden attack on the Stable Mountain Pass this time. We the Great Xia have always valued diplomacy. Hence, I suggest for Your Majesty to send a messenger to the Southern Mountain Range to investigate whether it is due to inappropriate actions of the people of our Great Xia, or due to goading from certain races. If it is due to the inappropriate actions of our people, we will punish them accordingly. If it is due to incitation from other races, we need a clear and logical explanation to avoid harming the hundreds of years of friendly relationships between our countries! Of course, if the Southern Mountain Range indeed harboured ill intentions, there would still be time for Your Majesty to send out military forces. This is also in line with the values of our Great Xia Dynasty, diplomacy before military action!"

After finishing his speech, the Law Official bowed and slowly knelt onto the ground.

"I agree!"

"I agree as well!"

Not too long later, another two officials stood out to express their support towards the Law Official.

When the other military officials heard the words of the Law Officials, a spiteful expression appeared on their faces. However, civil officials indeed had the right to voice out, and, Emperor Lin Mubai had indeed asked for differing opinions.

Hence, even though the military officials were all furious, they still held themselves back.

However…

Nobody believed that Emperor Lin Mubai would accept such a suggestion. Because, even though the Great Xia valued diplomacy, it was still a powerful country that had stocked up on its reserves.

Now that resources were plentiful and military forces were well established, they didn't fear war at all.

If they allowed a subordinate country like the Southern Mountain Range to unscrupulously invade their own land without fighting them head-on, could they still be considered the grand Great Xia Dynasty?

"I feel that the Law Official's words do make sense. Then, I'll send the Law Official to personally enter the Southern Mountain Range and investigate this issue!" At this moment, Emperor Lin Mubai finally nodded and gave his order.

In the throne room, the military officials stared at Emperor Lin Mubai, who sat on the Dragon Throne, with an expression of disbelief. Because, none of them could understand why Emperor Lin Mubai would listen to the words of the Law Official.

Don't tell me that he still believes the Southern Mountain Range is the same Southern Mountain Range as before?

Could the Southern Mountain Range who dared to trespass their territory and occupy the Stable Mountain Pass still be the same loyal vassal state that presented them with gifts each year?

"Roger, I will definitely investigate this matter fully to return Your Majesty's grace!" The Law Official didn't pay the slightest bit of attention to the expressions of the surrounding military commanders. After hearing Emperor Lin Mubai's words, a smile broke out on his face.

Understanding the Emperor's intent and carrying the Emperor's heart.

That was the way of an official. If one wasn't even able to notice whether the Emperor wanted to fight, what was the point of being a part of the Six Council Officials? Why not just stay at home and continue farming!

A bunch of simpletons!

The Law Official swept his gaze contemptuously across the surrounding military officials and his gaze instinctively landed onto the last member who wore a red official robe, Left Prime Minister You Yiping.

Ever since the urgent military report, Left Prime Minister You Yiping hadn't uttered a single word nor opened his mouth. This caused him to feel somewhat confused.

However, confusion was just confusion. This achievement had already landed into his pocket.

The Law Official didn't continue thinking and respectfully bowed in gratitude. After which, he swiftly left the throne room and prepared to journey to the Southern Mountain Range.

When Left Prime Minister You Yiping saw the Law Official's respectful bow, a faint glow flashed across his eyes as his lips curved into a light smile.

That was a form of pity.

Or, it could also be described as a form of pity wedged between spite and contempt.

Understanding the Emperor's intent and carrying the Emperor's heart.

Left Prime Minister You Yiping glanced at Emperor Lin Mubai, who was sitting on the Dragon Throne with a neutral expression and smiled coldly to himself. In this entire throne room, was there a second person other than himself who dared to claim dominance in this area?

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