The smell of the food in the front yard of the Daoist temple drifted to the backyard. Zhuang Yong, Cen Zheng, and Mr. Shen were still talking in the study as soft as they could. Shen Leng grabbed Master Cha and left the study. He went to look at the east wing and saw the kitchen there. He took the vegetables, fish and meat they brought with them into the kitchen and tidied up before preparing dinner.
And at this moment, there were three people outside the Navy’s camp who were from out of town. They stopped in their tracks right outside of the Navy’s camp for a moment before walking away. The picked an inn in town and stayed there. Each one of them looked as though they were already at their limit.
When the leader sat down, he could not help but let out a sigh of relief. They had been walking around for way too long to the point where their legs were numb. When he sat down, he felt as though it was the most comfortable feeling in the world.
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In the eyes of the locals, Gui Si was a strange person. Even though it was his first day of work. This was because he had clearly told his boss that he would only work half a day every single day, but he assured him that he would not do less than the other porters. It was winter, which was the off season for his business, hence, his boss did not mind it. However, little did he expect Gui Si to complete an entire day’s worth of workload of a normal person in half a day. He took his lunch and left. The boss was very happy to have encountered a coolie like him. He only had to pay him half a day’s worth of wages and he did not have to provide him with dinner, while at the same time, getting more work done. He felt as though he had picked up some gold. He specially instructed Gui Si not to go to other stores, and said that he would take good care of him. Gui Si told him that he did not know how long more he would work for. He did not say anything more and just left.
The hengdao swung down and struck the ground. When the sword cut into the soil, it released Gui Si’s murderous intent and hatred. His smooth-sailing life, and beautiful prospects vanished into thin air following Pei Xiao’s death. He did not expect that young man to dodge it once again. Evidently, the other party was already semi-conscious. He could not even lift the black cord sword. How was he able to dodge the attack still, at a crucial point? Shen Leng rolled over to one side before putting weight on his black cord sword, as he struggled to stand. He shifted his body weight to the front. Everything before his eyes was blur.“Who are you?” he asked.Gui Si turned around and looked at him. The two people on the other side had already collapsed to the ground and passed out. He was the one who personally concocted the drug powder. It was effective enough. Even a few bulls would not be able to withstand it, let alone humans. But Sh
Shen Leng got Chen Ran to send Uncle An home. He leaned against the wall and gasped for breath for quite a while. He did not know the name of that assassin, but he knew for a fact that he was close to getting killed off just like that, just like the water in Nanping River. It looked calm on the surface, but nobody knew about the impending danger lurking around the corner. After that he came to realize one thing - he was no longer the Shen Leng who just joined the military, and neither was he the Shen Leng who just started learning from Mr. Shen. He was all the more not the Shen Leng who worked as a coolie carrying heavy loads of things to the river bank. He was now a Shen Leng who made others jealous and envious of him.Hence, even if something like that did not happen today, it would happen more frequently in the future. “You really don’t want to go back to take a rest?”After sending Uncle An back, Chen Ran returned and saw tha
Shen Leng brought Wang Gendong over and introduced the troops to him. By now, this regiment of troops was considered to be well-equipped. Unwittingly, Shen Leng had already reached Cen Zheng’s level, and it all happened so fast that even Shen Leng himself had not enough time to adapt to those changes. In his following days to come, he would not be given much time to adapt in every single step he took. Otherwise, he might fall behind others.Just as always, be it in normal or additional training sessions, his subordinates were already very familiar with Shen Leng’s pace and did not complain about it. A while ago, somebody had nothing better to do and decided to evaluate the different regiments within the Navy to see which one was the strongest. Shen Leng’s troops emerged victorious. Presently, the Navy already had nearly 50,000 soldiers. According to Great Ning’s military system for combat soldiers, two five-man squads formed one ten-man squad; ten ten-man
Jiangnan’s Garrison B.Bai Shangnian, who got demoted previously, had not been restored to his former post. However, this did not affect his absolute authority in Garrison B. Jiangnan was of utmost importance in Great Ning; it provided a steady flow of taxes, in the form of money and grain, for Great Ning. Putting the three or four divisions in the northwest, could not even make up half of Jiangnan. This proved how populous and affluent it was. Hence, the previous emperors of Great Ning had always valued Jiangnan highly. The soldiers who were stationed there were also considered to be the elites of elites. Apart from Jingji’s Garrison A, every single garrison could not be compared to Garrison B, be it in terms of scale or equipment. Garrison A of Jingji was extremely strict; after all, it was where the capital was. It was also rumored that Bai Shangnian was rather laxed with his subordinates, hence, they were very loyal to him.Bai Shangnian w
A man, wearing Bai Shangnian’s soldiers’ uniform, leapt over the wall of the courtyard. He was very swift. The moment he landed on the ground, a couple of crossbow arrows struck the wall. If he was just a second slower, he would have been shot. The young man turned around and looked. There was worry in his eyes.He was not worried about whether or not he would die - he was worried about whether or not he would be able to disseminate such an important information…he did not expect to reap such a big harvest. If this news were to get out, Bai Shangnian would definitely die without a doubt. Hence, Bai Shangnian would not let him go no matter what. No reinforcements.At that time, when he entered Garrison B, Liu Yun Sect’s head told him before that in order to keep it an absolute secret, he would not arrange for any reinforcements for him. Thus, without any contact, any mistakes would not be made. He had been hiding amo
Shen Leng did not expect Hei Yan to be waiting for him in the tent the moment he got back to the Navy’s camp. From the looks of it, it seemed as though something had happened. There were two pots of wine on the table. That strong and unyielding man lowered his head, and the ground next to his feet was wet.“What happened?”“Drink with me.”Hei Yan lifted his head. His eyes were exceptionally red. Shen Leng lifted the two pots of wine on the table. He pulled out the cork of one of them and passed it to Hei Yan. He opened the other one for himself. “Something happened to one of your brothers?”“Yeah…” Hei Yan smiled. However, that smile on his face made one’s heart ache. A good brother.“A good brother.”He tilted his head upwards as he chugged the wine. His smile was rigid. Thereafter, he buried his head in his hands and started crying. “I cannot cry in front of my Liu Yun Sect b
The Navy’s battleships were split into two batches before they set off. One of them was led by Zhuang Yong, headed straight for Yanping Island. The other batch was led by Shen Leng, headed for Ningwu’s Garrison B to receive their combat soldiers. The majestic fleet left the Navy’s camp. On both sides of the river banks, several civilians stopped in their tracks to watch. People were yelling and cheering continuously. Everything was going according to plan. They had made preparations for several days, so it was impossible for anything to happen. The troops left far into the distance in a long line. The people who crowded around to look also gradually dispersed. Shen Leng took opportunity of the ongoing clamor to bring his men into the woods right outside of the Navy’s camp. Yang Qibao was a little worried; up until now, the general still had not said what they were going to do. Even the troops decided to leave the camp right before they were about to board