The Devil Sword Swordsman
Ch. 246 - Three Broken Swords
Lan An crossed two arms in front of her face before the crushing axe touched the skin and tore it apart. He gasped for a moment when he realized the weapon had not landed on his body, the young man raised his face in doubt and could see after him a large man standing pecking with a chest translucent by the sword.
There was no one standing behind him, Lan An puzzled over who the person who stabbed the man was and made him die instantly. It lay on the ground in a lifeless state.
Now that the battle area had been dominated by the white flow due to reinforcements that had come to be more and more, hundreds of warriors from the big sects were successfully sent in a short time. The White Fog Valley increasingly controlled the situation when the East Wind Mountain led by three young men namely Ren Yuan, Gong Li and Zhuan Ang entered this place.
The enemy was beaten back and more cornered, not so long ago a silver firecracker was loud making. There were riots for a long time until finally the enemy troops from withdrawing from the White Fog Valley sect.
Yong Tao is seen walking out to see the situation, his condition is much better than before. The man spread his gaze all over and did not get the figure he was looking for.
Appearing a member of the Sacred Sword Alliance before Yong Tao, he halted the man's footsteps for a bit.
"Where is your leader?"
"Ah, Senior Yong," he said saluting for a moment. "Chairman Xin called us to meet him near the gate of the sect."
"Then I come with you, there's something I need to talk to him about right now."
"It is with pleasure, Senior Yong."
The two walked slowly while glancing around incessantly, the second bloodbath this time was still very difficult to accept considering this has continued to happen in recent years. It is not impossible that the next two or three years of the enemy will make an attack that is much more dangerous than this all.
Yong Tao himself did not know what would happen a few years later, only wishing himself enough strength to protect everyone. There wasn't so much conversation between the two of them until it arrived in front of the sect gate as the members of the alliance had said. They stopped when they discovered that about fifty warriors had gathered in a state that could not be said to be alright.
The average of them suffered heavy injuries even some other burns that were difficult to remove, not so long as the other five members carried three corpses in front of them. The three people were members of the Sacred Sword Alliance who had died in battle. From the scars obtained it was clear that all the people were trying hard to defend the White Fog Valley.
A hint of smile blossomed on Yong Tao's lips, he never remembered the people he recruited in the Sacred Sword Alliance were such people. Who would die in such a terrible state just for the safety of everyone.
His irises were directed at the young man who was paying his last respects to the three people. "I don't know what makes the Sacred Sword Alliance so trusting of you, Xin Fai, you've always done everything beyond my expectations."
Xin Fai realized that someone was staring at him from a distance, he stared at Yong Tao for a few seconds before covering the white cloth on the bodies of the three corpses and then walking with his weapon towards Yong Tao.
"Today's fight took too many of our sides, I heard dozens of Fire Lantern Fortress members were demon-possessed because of their actions, mostly killing themselves to not trouble their other friends."
This explanation could only be responded to by Yong Tao with a head-butt as if he had no more thoughts with the actions of the Blood Devil Man. During becoming the first Imperial Pillar he had already exhausted his wits against this dangerous group and had absolutely no way to crush it all out.
Yong Tao fell silent for a moment then turned his face suddenly towards Xin Fai. "I just remembered something, can we just talk about this together?" he said, looking left-right shows how many people pass near them. Xin Fai nodded in understanding, waiting for Yong Tao to walk first and follow him.
Before he could step foot, Lan An appeared in front of them while waving, half running to get close to the two.
Yong Tao and Xin Fai looked at each other for a moment before letting Lan An get involved in their conversation. Not too far away found a place that was quite quiet, the three stopped at a large tree.
"At least I already know from Zhu Yue, but it's not about the core battle troop Senior is talking about."
Lan An murmured a little beside them. "Massive war? Wh-wh-what for? Who is responsible for this war?"
"I am one of the people responsible for this war, it might take a long time to prepare tens of thousands of warriors. At the earliest we can prepare for this all in 10 years."
"Ten years isn't it too long?"
"You won't understand, this war concerns the lives of tens of thousands of people. Winning will not be the determinant of the future of our Empire. If we lose... I can assure you the Shang Empire is in great ruin."
Yong Tao added an explanation. "Everything should be planned carefully, should not be rushed. During that time Shen Xuemei will continue to communicate with us to prepare a war strategy. And we will train and gather the strength needed in this war."
"Can I help you? At the very least, maybe my strength will be needed in this case?" Lan An offered herself straight away, hoping to help even a little.
"You and Xin Fai must weaken the enemy forces throughout the Empire on the lowest scale, so that when they are attacked it is not too difficult to destroy them."
But even though Xin Fai had said it with certainty that he was still somewhat dissatisfied with this decision, his forehead shriveled indicating that there was one thing to consider again.
"What do you think about this war? I mean, the big sects and their Patriarchs have all agreed to this?"
After the question was thrown inaudible response from Yong Tao's mouth, it was clear this decision reaped pros and cons in the realm of the Shang Empire.
"You don't have to worry about it all, for this business I'll take care of it. We must convince everyone that this matter will be resolved quickly, putting it off will only magnify new, more dangerous problems."
Xin Fai leaned her shoulders on the trunk of the large tree while thinking for a long time, the three minutes were silent looking around. Finally the young man made his voice.
"Ten years... When I was raised to become the Imperial Pillar?"
"Yes, in the first year alone you've been faced with a pretty big problem. But take it easy, everyone's struggling in this you're not alone."
"Fai 'er... About that little brother of yours, have you talked about it with Senior Yong?"
Xin Fai was silent for a moment, turning her head towards Yong Tao hesitated.
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