The Legend of the Guardians of the East Gate
Ch. 47 - A drop of frozen miss

Zhi Yuan stopped some of his followers who wanted to chase after the surviving forces of General Qing Chen,

"Let them go" said Zhi Yuan.

"Ta-pi General, they will attack us again" said subordinate Zhi Yuan.

"The number of those who were afraid was only tens, and just look at the dozens of people it will spread fear to thousands of its other warriors, and if fear overwhelms the invading soldiers, it will spread fear to the thousands of its soldiers, they actually have no spirit, and in the hope of winning, they will focus more on escaping than on fighting" Zhi Yuan stared at the Wei royal troop that was running full of wounds.

Zhi Yuan washed his bloodstained face and hands in a river so clear, his fingers trembled slightly and blood began to pour out from his seal symbol.

"The last three years this blood has been coming out more and more, I have started to often feel a sense of uneasiness after the battle, and I have also often thought of Big Brother Ziyi and Miss Wu," zhi Yuan's inner and her chest slightly thumped due to a drop of longing in the heart, and the droplets began to freeze along with his lost thump.

Zhi Yuan entered his hiding area, and a few standing warriors steadfastly saluted them,

"The general of our army killed 368 people, and this time we got more than 15 thousand gold coins, a chest of jewels and precious stones, all collected from the dead enemy soldiers," said one of Zhi Yuan's subordinates.

Zhi Yuan simply nodded, his eyes staring at some chests filled with jade rings, identifiers of gold, and other precious metals. The young man's eyes narrowed as a few warriors riding with the Yuan Empire's Banner approached towards them, yet a few Zhi Yuan warriors restrained him, and ordered them down a showdown was about to happen, and, however Zhi Yuan held him back.

A leading equestrian warrior looks so charismatic, all his hair folded neatly over his head, and is tied with a black head covering typical of royal officials, the two swords aligned behind his waist made the man so gallant.

Zhi Yuan looked at the man with the look of his indifferent eyes,

"Who are y'all? and tell me your purpose here? think again before you speak, because one word only, you will never come back, in this place we can kill anyone we deem suspicious" said Zhi Yuan, some Zhi Yuan warriors were already holding onto his sword hilt, as their superiors had already issued a threat.

The man with the double sword laughed, lifting up a badge of identification that was so proud of him, all the soldiers looked surprised because the badge belonged to the secret bureau that was directly under King Yuan, who was the leader of the Yuan Dynasty, containing the confidants, with a special task to finish off the opponents of the king, both openly and secretly.

"hahaha... Boy who do you think you're talking to? the lion only spoke to the lion, Call Young General Zhi Yuan, I'm Zhou Zhiping, the black Serpent from the Iron Yuan Empire Bull bureau came to face," the man shouted so quickly and loudly.

Zhi Yuan closed his eyes in disbelief,

"Did I look so dubious about being a general?" zhi Yuan asked slowly to his subordinates, Some of his loyal followers who heard Zhi Yuan's words simply nodded, and threw his face in the other direction, and some people slightly moved away.

Zhi Yuan passed through the forging of the Golden Sutra bone when he was 17 years old, and after that the young man did not experience aging on his body, his skin still looked thin like a teenager.

Zhi Yuan looked back at Zhou Zhiping.

"Isn't your name too long? All right Mr. snake, bi-ro, bull..." Zhi Yuan slightly thought, his lips still open yet no word came out, with his hands twitching, like people having trouble speaking.

"aahh right... Iron, well sir mmmm., tell me your purpose?" asked Zhi Yuan, who again did not remember Zhou Zhiping's name.

The horseman's eyes widened, his face reddened in anger.

"the rancid boy, my name is Zhou zhiping, and that's the last name you hear before dying," he shouted and jumped into the air from on his horse, his right hand unsheathed one of his swords and attacked Zhi Yuan, some of the subordinates of the young man tried to block him, yet Zhou zhiping was a level six expert cultivator, so he could not stop him, so easy it struck Zhi Yuan's subordinates, several kicks landed the entire subordinate blocking his, and the sword drew closer towards Zhi Yuan's neck.

Zhi Yuan did not move away from the sword but approached it and moved so quickly past Zhou zhiping's hand, the young man held Zhou zhiping's right hand, instead, his body was so pliable as it wrapped around the young man and Zhi Yuan's left hand whipped out the sword that one belonged to Zhou zhiping and the sword in Zhi Yuan's left hand was already tightly stuck to Zhou Zhiping's neck, making that Yuan Royal Official not move.

Zhou Zhiping gulped his saliva, his slightly moving jakun made the skin of his neck come into contact with his own sword eyes which Zhi Yuan snatched away, fresh blood seeping down Zhou Zhiping's neck, the man began to realize his mistake and was convinced that the young man he was facing was young General Zhi Yuan.

"Don't breathe if you want to live, in this place you're nothing" whispered Zhi Yuan.

zhiping's eyeballs moved sideways, and the originally so arrogant man now followed all of Zhi Yuan's words, and the official began to hold his breath.

"I myself don't even believe, I am already in the realm of expert cultivators, with high technique, not moving at all with just a movement, no pleasantry movement, no small talk, this young man uses all his abilities with only one goal: to kill fast, he is indeed a murderer above my level, and I think only the ruler of the East Gate is capable of doing this," inner Zhou Zhiping.

Zhou Zhiping knelt down, his face ducking full of helplessness.

"An expert official kills like I could lose one of my swords, I deserve to die, I'm sorry General, I really don't recognize you" Zhou Zhiping said, with a face full of regret.

"Do General, it is an honor for me to die at the hands of a great hero like you" cried Zhou Zhiping.

Zhi Yuan moved beautifully, and returned one of Zhou Zhiping's swords to its original place, and Zhi Yuan was already in front of him.

"I would love to kill you, but I can only kill with my sword, alright sir... I won't ask any more," said Zhi Yuan who was kind of desperate to remember Zhou Zhiping's name.

"I understand the General, King Yuan ordered to give gifts, 40 thousand gold coins, a land of 10 villages in Jingyang province, he said, young General Zhi Yuan is allowed to have a personal army of 3000 men, and His Majesty the King invites you to come to the palace during the celebration later this year, to appoint you as a Gifted Young General, and to be the supreme military leader at the border of the East Gate." said Zhou Zhiping, handing over a badge made of gold, and it read the name of Zhi Yuan, as well as his rank, which was engraved on the back of that golden badge.

"This is your new identifier General, a badge like this there are only 10 people who have it, almost all circles know this badge, with that thing you can directly meet the King without examination, and you can go to the King without examination, and take gifts and evidence of land ownership in the capital's tax bureau" Zhou Zhiping said.

All of Zhi Yuan's subordinates looked so happy, and even some people let out tears from being moved, their leader became the supreme military ruler of the east gate, and instantly everyone knelt down, and congratulated Zhi Yuan simultaneously, including Zhou Zhiping, and several of his subordinates who descended from the horse on their knees.

"Do they think I'm proud of all this? hah..why am I currently only thinking about those two oppressive women, "inner Zhi Yuan.