“I don’t accept it!”
Hua Nongying suddenly yelled, “Even if Murong Shao were a spy and death cannot wipe out his crimes, it was not Ling Xiao’s turn to make a move. Moreover, regardless of anything else, he attacked me, the captain of the Law Enforcement Team!”
“What do you not accept?”
General Ninth Month frowned and suddenly released a powerful aura.
At that moment, all the Hidden Dragon Battalion’s disciples including Ling Xiao and Hua Nongying were shocked.
“This General Ninth Month: I fear his cultivation base should be Initial Rank Eight Martial Vein.”
Ling Xiao thought inwardly.
This fellow was too terrifying, leaving no thoughts of resistance.
Hua Nongying bore the brunt of this, and his expression faltered as his entire body trembled. Now, he understood that the Twelve Tiger Guards were even more frightening than he had thought.
“Taking advantage of this chance, I will announce it here! Ling Xiao will be the Hidden Dragon Battalion’s Leader in the future! Dai Yuling has been promoted to the Twelve Tiger Guards!”
General Ninth Month continued, “Hua Nongying, do you think that Ling Xiao is qualified to kill Murong Shao now?”
“This subordinate understands.”
How could Hua Nongying dare to contradict General Ninth Month? T The other party could kill him with a finger.
Moreover, he also realized that he had been too agitated. As a planted agent, his previous actions had been too obvious.
Murong Shao had died. He needed to be more careful now.
“It’s good that you understand!”
After speaking, he looked at Leng Mei in Ling Yixue’s arms and said: “Leng Mei, you have outstanding talent. Your loyalty is praiseworthy, and you also have great courage. From this day onward, you are officially removed from the slave records and have become one of the Hidden Dragon Battalion’s disciples.”
“Tsk tsk, this can be regarded as profiting from disaster by Leng Mei.”
“Yes, yes, being removed from the slave records is equivalent to a complete transformation. Her status will be completely different.”
“That’s right! Now, she will be able to learn the martial arts of the Hidden Dragon Battalion. Compared to her past when she was a slave, it was simply incomparable.”
“Can this servant refuse?”
Leng Mei suddenly opened her mouth.
Her reply not only stunned these geniuses, even General Ninth Month’s expression changed greatly.
“Tell me your reason!”
From his tone, if her reason was not good enough, then Leng Mei would be punished and suspected of being a spy.
“This servant wants to stay by Noble Son Ling’s side.”
“Huh?”
General Ninth Month was dumbfounded before heartily laughing. “Be at ease, if you are removed from the slave records and become a disciple, it will only make it easier to approach Ling Xiao. This is not a problem.”
Hearing his words, Leng Mei showed an understanding smile.
“Many thanks, General Ninth Month! Many thanks!”
“Okay, there’s no need to thank me. Lady Yixue, I must trouble you to send Leng Mei to the Medicine Hall to treat her injuries. I want to take Ling Xiao to receive his special reward.”
General Ninth Month waved his hand in a better mood. Leng Mei was truly stupidly cute and loyal.
But thinking about it, it was nothing surprising. Ling Xiao had fought against captain-level people twice for her, a simple maid. He had even killed Murong Shao for her; Leng Mei was no ungrateful person.
“Ling Xiao, follow me to the Side General Residence.”
Transcendent Martial Arts were very precious, so they naturally wouldn’t be placed in the Hidden Dragon Battalion. They were placed in the Side General Residence and guarded by Rank Nine Martial Vein experts.
“Yes!”
After breaking through to Rank Seven Martial Vein, Ling Xiao had planned to receive his special reward. Merely, he had been delayed by Murong Shao and Hua Nongying.
“Are you sure that you still don’t want to change your mind? All the other choices remain valid!”
Along the way, General Ninth Month asked once more.
“I’m sure.”
Ling Xiao added. “I have already decided.”
“That’s good, but you actually broke through to Rank Seven Martial Vein in less than seven days. It truly is beyond my expectations. What surprised me even more is that you were actually able to kill Murong Shao in one move. Even I was too late to save him.”
General Ninth Month wryly smiled.
“General, you were nearby just now… Why didn’t you stop the fight?”
Ling Xiao asked suspiciously.
“If I said that I had wanted to see your true strength, would you believe me?”
General Ninth Month smiled.
“Of course.”
Ling Xiao nodded.
“It’s a pity. Even Hua Nongying couldn’t force out your true strength. It seems that everyone’s judgment of you including Commander Lin’s is still a bit low. Your talent is even more terrifying than we originally thought.”
General Ninth Month shook his head and sighed.
“Concerning Murong Shao, I once saw him together with Wan Ben and two Peak Rank Nine Martial Vein alien experts. At that time, they were on a big mechanical warship on the Cloud River.” Ling Xiao obviously didn’t like other people continuously praising him, so he changed the topic of the conversation.
“Well, we already knew about this matter. Otherwise, we couldn’t have confirmed that Murong Shao is a spy.”
General Ninth Month sighed and added, “Because of this, the task to eradicate the Dream Pill traffickers was terminated. According to our intelligence, the Ren and Blue-Eyed Races are cooperating to start a war against the White Cloud Province, Northern Han Country, and even the Human Race’s Sacred Dynasty.”
“Is it because Commander Lin destroyed the Dream Pills?”
Ling Xiao frowned and asked.
“That’s just the fuse.”
General Ninth Month shook his head and explained, “The territory of the Human Race is very richly endowed and possesses a lot of resources to practice martial arts. It’s a martial arts holy land of ancient times; furthermore, it is a holy land full of resources. In these past years, the Human Race’s Sacred Dynasty has been declining. But the Ren Race, Blue-Eyed Race, and the other alien races have been rapidly developing. In their eyes, the resources and martial arts of the Human Race’s territory are fat meat.”
“The Dream Pills were just the beginning in order to weaken the Human Race’s strength. Now, they feel that an opportune time is near. I suspect that they will launch a probing attack, or a small-scale war, soon. But it is difficult to say where the flames of war will affect.”
“Dragon Gate Port should be the first target, right?”
Ling Xiao asked.
“That’s right, I fear that Dragon Gate Port as well as Heavenly Peak City will become the first targets of the Ren and Blue-Eyed Race’s allied armies.”
General Ninth Month replied.
Ling Xiao frowned.
Heavenly Peak City’s Ling Clan, the current Divine Sword Sect, still had his relatives.
Moreover, as the Supreme Elder of the Divine Sword Sect, he absolutely couldn’t stand by and watch it disappear.
He had to improve his strength as soon as possible in order to save them.
“We’re here.”
While Ling Xiao was thinking, General Ninth Month’s voice resounded.
The two people entered the Side General Residence through the side door.
General Ninth Month had his own token that allowed him to come and go freely.
Merely, when they arrived at the Side General Residence’s “Treasure Pavilion,” not even General Ninth Month could enter as he pleased.
Besides the General Hall, the Treasure Pavilion was the most guarded place in the entire Side General Residence.
This place always had three Rank Nine Martial Vein Martial Masters supervising it throughout the year.
In addition, there were ten Rank Eight Martial Vein Martial Masters and fifty Rank Seven Martial Vein Martial Masters.
Therefore, wanting to steal something from here was as difficult as ascending to heaven.
The guards made Ling Xiao recognize the terrifying power of Side General Residence. No wonder that Wan Ben hadn’t dared to openly become enemies with the Side General Residence even though he had already allied with the Ren and Blue-Eyed Races. With this strength, if they fought, both sides would suffer.
You had to get Side General Lin Ze’s personal consent to enter this Treasure Pavilion. Otherwise, no one was qualified to enter.
“Three seniors, I trouble you to open the Treasure Pavilion. This is Commander Lin’s decree!”
General Ninth Month took out a piece of paper made from a special material with the Side General Lin Ze’s seal and a mark of his true essence.
Even if the seal could be forged, this true essence mark couldn’t be.
