Peace Order-Chapter 112 - 73 Agreement_2

"When I was your age, I was still stealing sweet potatoes from people’s homes," the old man said. "Then I had to run for my life with that scamp, Achai. In the end, I still had to work for others to save up money to ransom that stinky kid back!"

"This thing is enough for you to take a big step forward in the realm of body casting, enough to help you cultivate a defense similar to the Buddhist Sect’s Dragon Elephant Wisdom or the Taoist Heavenly Armor. Among those in the same realm, your flesh would be invincible."

"Then clad in heavy armor, riding exotic beasts, wielding divine weapons, you would be unstoppable."

"You’d be incredibly strong. Even if arrows and crossbow bolts pierced through the armor, even if they were Qi-breaking arrows, they would hardly cause you serious injury. When you pull out the arrows, your wounds would begin to heal even before you could stop the bleeding. That’s the physique of a fierce general."

"Can you imagine a nine-foot-tall big man, clad in black full-body heavy armor, riding an exotic beast with a head as tall as ten feet, fully equipped, weighing ten thousand pounds in total. And then, with a force faster than a river bursting its banks, he lifts a spear as thick as a wrist and charges toward you. Can you picture it?"

Li Guanyi let himself be drawn into the scenario, his breathing slightly heavy.

The old man said, "The mere sight of this would directly collapse the morale of common soldiers, they would break and flee. Once the morale of one-tenth of the soldiers collapses, it quickly spreads and becomes a rout."

"Such presence alone is enough to crush the morale of an entire army."

Li Guanyi asked, "Is this what a body like that of a fierce general looks like?"

The old man shook his head. "No, that is the Iron Futu."

"A thousand Iron Futus can scatter an army of thirty thousand, and if their own losses exceed one hundred, it means their commander is a brainless fool. A true fierce general can ride an exotic beast, break through the Iron Futu’s lines, and shatter their spearheads."

Li Guanyi was momentarily lost in thought, then sat up straight and asked,

"Can one achieve this directly?"

The old man retorted indignantly,

"Is your Qi Mechanism strong enough to temper your flesh to the ultimate realm?"

Siming said, "This thing only means you don’t have to divide your attention on tempering the flesh. But it’s no problem to initially achieve this physique. After that, as you step into each realm, you need to temper your flesh with the murderous aura of weapons. It’s a path only those heroes who seek to pacify the world in times of chaos can take."

"After so many years, even this King Seal has lost its former sharpness, continually eroding. The offspring of that overlord ultimately lack his ancestor’s prestige. Yet, even the residual Divine Charm from the former overlord is enough for you to cultivate that physique, like finding raw jade. Afterward, it’s all up to your own tempering."

"It is called Golden Muscle and Jade Bone, Dragon Veins and Tiger Marrow."

"Kid, do you want to cultivate it?"

Li Guanyi, recalling Yuwen Lie’s imposing manner and the true White Tiger Sect, said,

"Please teach me, Master."

Siming looked serious, but the words he spoke seemed somewhat uncertain,

"Then, wait."

"I’ll go find someone."

Li Guanyi was stunned.

The contrast between the old man’s previous solemnity and his words was a bit too great.

Squatting in front of him, the old man said confidently, "You talk about a little bit, but who knows how much ’a little bit’ is? I can dispel ordinary Qi Fortune for you, but for such a great opportunity that can transform your physique, I definitely can’t do it alone!"

"Wait till I find some reliable fellows to help you with this casting."

"Don’t worry, I still have a few dependable guys."

Li Guanyi asked, "Can it be finished before Chen Country’s grand sacrifice?"

The old man looked at him.

The grand sacrifice of Chen Country was bound to become the first whirlpool in the world that Li Guanyi could no longer avoid. The old man knew this; he was also looking forward to seeing what this young man could achieve at this gathering of heroes.

He nodded, calculated the time, and said,

"Certainly no problem!"

Li Guanyi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then I have to write to my friend."

He glanced at the letter. The last line said that the second son of Duke Ying Mansion would come to Jiangzhou City in Chen Country to participate in the grand sacrifice. He wondered if they might have the chance to meet. Li Guanyi thought about it, picked up the brush, and replied.

As the brush moved, he wrote down eight characters.

The Emperor of Chen Country also picked up his brush.

He was showing his subjects the freshly completed painting of ’Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains’.

All the officials praised the artistic skill, yet only Prime Minister Tantai Xianming said with a smile,

"Your Majesty, this painting is not good."

"You’ve painted it wrong."

The smiles of the officials vanished as if slapped across the face.

They stared in shock at the Prime Minister.

How could he...?

Had he drunk too much?

The Emperor raised his eyes and said with a smile, "What’s not good about it?"

The officials dared not speak.

The scholarly old man bowed slightly and, amidst the shock of the officials, said composedly, "Our Chen Country has gained three hundred more miles of territory. This painting has been drawn too small. At the great ceremony one month from now, we must let all the heroes of the world see it. We cannot be lacking in ceremony."

"It looks like Your Majesty will have to redraw it."

The Chen Country Emperor was taken aback, then burst into hearty laughter, pointing at the scholarly Prime Minister and said, "Well done, Tantai Xianming! Ha ha ha, then tell me, what should be done with this ’Thousand-Mile Rivers and Mountains’ painting?" Tantai Xianming smiled and said, "I humbly ask Your Majesty to bestow it upon your servant."

"When I pass away, I can then look upon the territory of our Chen Country as it was before."

"Lest we forget where the Saint started from to build up his achievements and establish his legacy."

Chen Country’s Emperor laughed even louder, tossing the scroll into the arms of Prime Minister Tantai Xianming, who smiled and bowed in return. He had been promoted by him and had subdued three hundred miles of Tuyuhun’s land. The general beside them also bowed; his name was Liu Mannu, and Chen Country’s Emperor had bestowed upon him the surname --- the character for ’loyal.’

He was known as Liu Zhong, a third-ranked general.

Newly listed as the sixty-seventh on the Divine General List!

Achievements — First battle, crushed Tuyuhun, expanding the borders by three hundred miles.

The Emperor’s laughter mingled with the sounds of the zither praising his exploits.

On the grasslands of the Northern Domain, the Seventh Prince was making preparations for his envoy’s departure; Breaking Army scattered the prepared poison into the rivers, looking towards the east, where the river glittered like gold under the sunlight, surging towards distant lands.

Horse hooves shattered the river!

Yuwen Lie held a long spear, his face solemn and icy under the sunlight.

In the sunlight.

The Dangxiang people had established their own kingdom, while the Western Regions’ Tiele Tribe spotted the Young Master of the Xue Family with their ironware. The last remnants of Tuyuhun retreated to their ancestral homeland. Yuwen Lie planted his spear into the ground, drawing a line and proclaiming the rights over this stretch of land that Central Plains would reclaim five hundred years later.

This would become Ying Country’s Protectorate, ruling over the northwest.

Ahead lay the severed heads of the Tuyuhun nobles from various tribes.

Amidst the howling winds, the horse of the fifth Divine General crossed rivers and streams.

Tantai Xianming held the influence of Chen Country.

Whereas Breaking Army unveiled the rough felt, revealing solemn armor with starry patterns, exuding a scent of bloodshed; the Seventh Prince responded to the Great Khan’s orders and emissaries;

Ying Country’s Phoenix tended to its wounds.

Waiting for a letter from a distant place.

The Dangxiang king caroused while embracing the waist of the Chen Country princess, sending his own son to Chen Country, yet his eyes were cold.

They wandered the world, carrying their grand ambitions, crossing rivers.

The world was a blank canvas, with heroes coming and going. Rivers and mountains interspersed, turning into one after another of ink-colored characters. Li Guanyi picked up the brush and penned his own answer, then remembered something, took the seal from the old man, breathed on it, and pressed it onto the letter.

The Overlord’s seal from three hundred years ago fell down, as crimson as the day it was made, stamped onto those eight large characters—

[Beneath Jiangzhou City]

[Awaiting your arrival].

......

The old man left with the seal, while Li Guanyi heard a ’clang clang clang’ sound.

It was the sound of a pot being struck against a wall.

He turned and saw his aunt waving at him. The young man hesitated for a moment but eventually went to her. Murong Qiushui looked at the boy in front of her, raised an eyebrow, and said, "Li Nu’er, are you planning to go to Jiangzhou?"

Li Guanyi said, "...Yes."

He told his aunt everything. Murong Qiushui, propping her chin with one hand, said:

"But you already know that the Emperor is aware of your background, which could cause some trouble, right?"

Li Guanyi thought for a moment and said, "If Aunt doesn’t want me to go, then I won’t."

Murong Qiushui sighed, reached out to touch the boy’s forehead with her finger, and scolded jokingly, "Li Nu’er has learned to be naughty, using words to tease your aunt. When did I ever say you couldn’t go?"

"However, we need to slightly alter your appearance and qi fortune."

"And your fate grid, and temperament."

Li Guanyi was stunned: "Ah?"

Murong Qiushui smiled gently, saying leisurely:

"Although your aunt is unversed in martial arts."

"I have something I can teach you."

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