World Ruler System
CH 273 Ling Xu Yuan's Plan
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Huangzhou Imperial Palace
The traditional Chinese music of guqin or lute sounds so melodious and delicate that it welcomes the morning behind the imperial palace. A blue-haired young man seemed to be engrossed in playing his finger on the strings as if dancing nimbly. The music that sounds sad is like telling the world that those who play it are stricken with a deep longing and make anyone who hears also dissolve and feel the sadness behind the rhythm of the music. The young man stopped his play when a bodyguard approached him.
"Young Master our troops in the capital Bingzhou were annihilated by someone and also at the border town where everything was exhausted was not left" the bodyguard told a report. The young man who was none other than Ling Xu Yuan was speechless and gazed towards the clear blue sky with clouds marching southwards.
"I already know!"
"But we haven't been able to find any trace of who killed our troops young master, I'm sorry I'm not competent" the bodyguard said on his knees.
"I don't blame you, it's only natural that you will never be able to find him because that person isn't an arbitrary opponent" Ling Xu Yuan said.
"Did the Young Master know something?" asked the bodyguard and Ling Xu Yuan nodded his head slowly.
"I already know who that person is and I think he already has some clues" Ling Xu Yuan replied.
"Then are we going to repay Young Master?"
"Not for now, if we send another person to hunt him down it will be useless and he will be heading for Huangzhou sooner or later. That person is also the one who has closed the entrance gate of the demon race on the Shangzi mountain, I take him too lightly" Ling Xu Yuan said.
"If you may know who he is Young Master?"
"Second Prince Youngzhou Xiao Feng aka Hei Feng Xi holds two titles from the four Great Young Masters of the world" Ling Xu Yuan said softly, the bodyguard who heard was certainly very surprised.
"Hey Feng Xi?!" said the bodyguard in surprise "Then he is indeed a formidable opponent" said the bodyguard.
"Immediately pull the troops on the border to center in the capital lest our troops return to slaughter him!" ling Xu Yuan said to give the order.
"Your Young Master!" said the bodyguard then stood up, after saluting the bodyguard immediately left. Ling Xu Yuan then stood up and walked towards the palace hall.
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"Young Master!" said the Imperial General who saw Ling Xu Yuan appear.
"General Qi, has your training progressed?" asked Ling Xu Yuan.
"For the time being there is a slight development of Young Master, but with the current number of troops I think we still lack people" replied General Qi, actually General Qi was the belief of the emperor Huang Bianfeng but before the coup at the imperial palace he had instigated Ling Xu Yuan to follow him, then when Ling Xu Yuan fought with Huang Zhi Yan, he was able to follow him, General Qi had already asked his troops to make way for Ling Xu Yuan's forces.
Ling Xu Yuan then summoned his 100 troops, before long a hundred golden-coloured men had gathered before Ling Xu Yuan and General Qi.
"This is a small part of my army and we're trying to match up with your troops!" ling Xu Yuan said, General Qi nodded his head and told his troops to gather.
"But young master isn't that unfair"
"You just follow it and see"
General Qi then increased his army to 300 men and gathered beside Ling Xu Yuan's army.
"You guys form a formation, today we will practice a match" cried General Qi.
"Good General!" said the head of the army then immediately marched as well as Ling Xu Yuan's troops also marched. The two armies are now facing each other.
"Groan!" exclaiming the general and the imperial army then attacked the hundred men of Ling Xu Yuan's army, the fight began with an exclaim, ling Xu Yuan's army of only 100 people was able to withstand even turning things around with great dominance. General Qi was very surprised to see him.
"The Xuanji sect's Combat Forces Formation!" said General Qi with a trembling voice looking at the ferociousness of Ling Xu Yuan's forces, Ling Xu Yuan smiled faintly at General Qi's words.
"It seems the general is quite knowledgeable as well!"
"Young Master after seeing this I'm sure we can win the war!" said General Qi while cupping both hands.
"Yes this is just a small part, you'll see more later!" ling Xu Yuan said as he walked away from the training ground, General Qi then ordered a halt to the troops.
"Enough, you rest and continue training tomorrow!"
"Good General!" said his troops then General Qi walked up to Ling Xu Yuan.
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Xiao Feng who was still flying high in the air was a little astonished when he entered the western border region between Bingzhou and Qingzhou, that oddity was caused because every border city was nothing suspicious. He combed places like forests and hills or cliffs with his eye technique but still did not find anything be it troops hiding or traps.
"Hmm this is so strange, is it after a battle with Qingzhou that they withdraw their troops!" mumbled Xiao Feng while directing his gaze around. What Xiao Feng suspected was indeed true, indeed, since the battle with Qingzhou Ling Xu Yuan had indeed from afar withdrawn his troops and had only placed a few people disguised as civilians as information gathering spies alone.
Xiao Feng did not worry too much, he then descended to the Flower city located in the westernmost part of Bingzhou and bordered directly with the Qingzhou kingdom. After paying the entrance tax he casually walked towards a two-story restaurant and directly climbed onto the second floor.
He sat in a chair by the window, and soon a maid came to him with a tray of food.
"Please enjoy Young Master" said the maid after putting the food on the table, Xiao Feng only replied with a nod. After the waiter left Xiao Feng raised a little edge of the plate and pulled out a neatly folded piece of paper under the plate. Xiao Feng read it a glance then kept the paper.
"It seems Ling Xu Yuan has started to be vigilant and take precautions by withdrawing his troops. It's only fitting that I don't see the movement of the Black Dragon Army like in the four southern border cities" Xiao Feng muttered, he began to eat his food, after finishing with a bottle of wine Xiao Feng then stood up and descended to the first floor.
"Stay close to the city and report anything unusual even if the enemy has withdrawn its troops!" xiao Feng said softly to the female servant earlier then he gave her a storage ring. "Share it to others, there will soon be a war and we must prepare" Xiao Feng continued and he walked out and darted flying towards the Qingzhou kingdom. It turned out that the restaurant was one of the headquarters of the Black Crow Pavilion and the female servant just happened to be the head of the pavilion in the city.
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