The Sky Dragon Swordsman
#179. Surprise For Lin Dan
"How are your troops prepared..? " the great emperor who was sitting in front of a statue asked the six demon slaying sect elders who had been behind since then but no one dared to open their voices.
"It takes a few more days for all the warriors to gather at the camp just as you planned.."
"We directed them to move little by little towards the encampment so as not to attract the attention of the Han imperial soldiers as you commanded.. " Liang Hoi who sat at the very front answered the great emperor's question.
"Hmm.. alright..!! immediately return to your respective places and signal that all our troops have gathered and are ready to attack" said the great emperor as he turned his back.
"Okay great emperor..!! we implore ourselves "said the six elders of the demon-killing sect in unison and immediately left the great emperor himself who turned back to face the green-colored statue with four heads and all of them stuck out their tongues.
"finally after a few hundred years and I always fail to get it.. This time I will make sure that the heirloom will be mine.and the martial world will be in my grasp. "the great emperor murmured in my heart.
***
After General Guan assigns tasks to each commander of the army.. the meeting of the day was finally dissolved and only Lin Dan had not received the task of General Guan but was about to come out of the room with another commander.
"Colonel Lin.you stay put.there is something else the emperor wants to tell you." General Guan said.
Cold sweat began to wet the clothes worn by Lin Dan who felt guilty due to his delay following the meeting that morning..
If it were not for helping a chariot that had one of its chariots plunged into the abyss, he might have arrived early at the palace and would not have been late for the meeting.
The discipline that the emperor Xiao Yan and General Guan Yu had always applied was something that was ingrained in the blue army and severe punishment and even dismissal awaited them if every member the blue eagle army is negligent about it.
"You why colonel..? you seem to be feeling less well..? " said Chen Khu quietly as he approached Lin Dan who lowered his head.
"Colonel Lin. I ask you to accompany brother Chen to watch over these three regions.. " said Xiao Yan arrived - arrived and unexpected earlier by Lin Dan who was better prepared to get punishment from the emperor.
"Your majesty.... i..?! "...
"Yes... Chen Khu did not know the three regions yet so it was impossible for him to keep an eye on the territory without knowing its condition.. "
"You are from this city, right..? " xiao Yan said as he pointed to Xulong city on the map that entered Chen Khu's surveillance area and was in the middle of the other two regions.
"Yes your majesty" replied Lin Dan and instantly his face shone again.
In addition to not getting punishment from the emperor, he also had the opportunity to return to visit his parents in the city of Xulong which he had left for dozens of years to join the elite forces of the Han empire.
"Command your troops to go there first.for them to be three groups to supervise the situation there..!! "
"And remember. if things get precarious and uncontrollable.prepare your troops to retreat and survive at this point..!! " said Xiao Yan continued with his index finger pointing at a forest area just outside the three regions.
"Your job is to buy time until Andhara and Gurjara troops come and after that you have to make sure they are not misguided to get here..! and the rest let brother Chen take care of it" Xiao Yan said.
"General Guan..!! " xiao Yan said as he looked at Guan Yu as if giving an order.. Guan Yu then walked into a special room of heirloom storage which was also in the meeting room.
General Guan, who had been informed before, took out a sword and gave it to Emperor Xiao Yan.
"The Wind God Sword..!! " xiao Yan said as he pulled the sword from its sheath.
a gentle breeze instantly blew as the brownish-colored sword with a purple-colored aura left its sheath but Xiao Yan quickly sheathed the sword back.
" You are one of our best people..!!! Take this sword with you.. !!and make sure you return safely to return this sword to me yourself..!! " said Xiao Yan loudly as he handed the wind god sword to Lin Dan with his right hand and his left hand patted the colonel's shoulder.
"Now immediately.. command your troops to leave first..!!" xiao Yan said slowly.
"Okay noble." replied Lin Dan while standing up and holding a sword with a purple handle given by the emperor on his back and walking upright leaving the meeting room, a wide smile also adorned his lips..gained such great trust from the emperor to use one of the heirloom swords belonging to the Han empire.
***
"Brother Chen.are you sure our letter will arrive on time..? " said Xiao Yan when Lin Dan was already nowhere to be seen anymore.
" Long Feng had left since last night when I asked to take care of him, and the desert lion was more familiar with the trade routes to the southern mainland continent.."
Chen Khu later recounted meeting the head of the desert lion sect last night. Long Feng had actually just obtained an escort service offer heading to the Tang empire, but due to Chen Khu's request.. finally Long Feng himself will deliver a letter to Andhara because all of its members must still carry out the deal they just made.
"Again.. Long Feng only needed to get to Andhara to meet Yaseka.." Chen Khu replied steadily.
"Hopefully it's not too late..!! forgive me brother Guan who did not follow your advice from the beginning" Xiao Yan said resignedly.
"I beg your honor.. Lin Dan who was so excited was probably already waiting for me" said Chen Khu intending to leave the room while saluting.
"Wait for brother Chen" Xiao Yan said and threw a bag of money at Chen Khu.
"Use that money as much - a lot. lest any of our fellow students die of hunger on the way.. " Xiao Yan added while widened - bahak.
"Thank you, your majesty" replied Chen Khu with a bitter smile.
"I beg you..!! " he continued and left the meeting room.
"I will give it to Lin Dan. Chen Khu muttered in his heart before storing the pouch in the jade universe.
***
"Colonel Lin...!!! " chen Khu shouted at Lin Dan who was preparing the horse they were about to ride.
Lin Dan who had just confirmed the position of the horse saddle immediately turned his head to hear his name called.
"Sorry to make you wait too long" Chen Khu added.
"Ah.not also Mr. Chen. happened to be the saddle horse that you will ride is rather outdated.so I replace it with a new one.. " replied Lin Dan with a still-influenced smile that occasionally glanced at the sword on his back.
Chen Khu only smiled while shaking his head at Lin Dan's childish-looking behavior. Although their age was not too far away, Chen Khu felt that the attitude of Lin Dan who had just received the heirloom sword from emperor Xiao Yan was too excessive.
"This is an additional gift for you from the emperor's majesty" Chen Khu said as he threw a bag of money at Lin Dan.
Lin Dan's eyes widened when he saw Chen Khu take out the bag from void space, until - until he could barely catch the bag of money perfectly.. but Lin Dan's shock wasn't finished there.. When opening the bag, there were hundreds of gold coins glittering inside.
"She advised, we can not return if we have not spent all the money in the bag." as long as Chen Khu jumped on his horse.
"What's spending this much money..??! " murm Lin Dan couldn't believe it.
"Come on. We're on a mission, aren't we..??! we do not have all day to think about how to spend all that money, said Chen Khu and immediately drove his horse without waiting for an answer from Lin Dan who was still fixated.
Lin Dan also swiftly jumped onto his horse and immediately caught up with Chen Khu.