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Chapter 89 What is a Divine General? The Secret Treasure of the State of Chen

The State of Chen was located in the south of the Yangtze River and was a place of great cultural prosperity. Even the woodcutters on the roadside and passers-by could recite a few lines of poetry. The current emperor was an expert in both calligraphy and painting, especially in landscape painting. He also had great attainments in poetry and songs.

Following the example of their superiors, most people in the palace knew some poetry and songs, and could recognize the charm of these two sentences.

No emphasis is placed on the facial expressions, only on the meaning, which is particularly implicit.

Especially this beautiful girl, with a clear voice, singing in the soft Wu dialect with a clear tone. For a moment, it was unclear whether the words "云想衣尚花想容" were singing about the imperial concubine or the girl singing the poem. Xue Shuangtao then sang the next two sentences softly.

"If we hadn't met on top of the Qunyu Mountain."

"We will meet under the moon on Yaotai Terrace."

After the recitation, no one spoke for a long time. The emperor recited the poem in a low voice, shook his head and sighed, saying: "I heard about the swordsman he wrote before. At that time, I felt that although he was sharp-minded, he always had a sense of hostility. Today I will show it to you, who has any grievances."

"Isn't my world ever at peace?"

"Isn't Jiangnan peaceful enough?"

"Who are you going to show your sharpened sword to? Whose family do you want to say is unfair?"

"Today's poem is beautiful and elegant, and it really touched my heart."

Concubine Xue's eyes were soft and elegant, and she smiled as she said, "That child is only in his teens. I heard that he has been training in my house for ten years, but he has been suppressed by his father and cannot show his talent. This resentment shows that he is eager to establish a reputation."

"I am showing you today. Doesn't that mean I am willing to take up the sword to help the country?"

"The emperor is not happy about the high-spirited young talent, but instead feels angry, which is wrong."

This passage lightly modified the meaning of the young man's poem to make it more in line with the emperor's thoughts, and also slightly created an image for the young man that he had been training for ten years and was ready to realize his ambitions. The emperor could not help but feel a love for his talent, and his dislike for him because of his family background and military exploits was dispelled.

Concubine Xue smiled and said, "I really like this poem. What does the emperor think?"

I don't call myself a concubine in private.

She and the emperor had been married for twenty years and were deeply in love. Now she was finally pregnant. The emperor cherished her and patted her hand, saying, "You say you like it, then I like it."

"He's a good kid."

Concubine Xue said softly, "I heard that the Prime Minister and General Qi Junsong have been complaining about this child recently. After all, he is a member of our Xue family. We haven't even met him yet, but he has been suppressed by them in every way. Is it the child they are suppressing and disliking, or the child in my belly?"

The eunuch next to him stiffened and broke out in a cold sweat.

The emperor just smiled as usual and said, "They just didn't take good care of their own children. They got involved in the affairs of Yue Qianfeng, the peasant, and took their anger out on your guest official from the Xue family. Don't think too much about it. I'm still waiting for you to give birth to a good child for me."

"As for Li Guanyi, as you said, he is indeed a talented person."

"Jingcai?"

The eunuch next to him bowed and said, "I am here."

The emperor took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Draft an edict."

"Today, I heard that Li Guanyi presented a poem, the words are very beautiful, and I like him very much. He comes from a good family and has no evil intentions. I will give him 100 taels of silver and a pair of precious jades, and tell Tan Tai Xian Ming and others not to involve innocent people in the struggle in the court, and what happened in the past."

What happened in the past was the death of those sons of military honors.

The emperor put down the tea casually and said calmly, "Don't mention it anymore."

Yuan Jingcai bowed and said, "Yes."

In his heart, he sighed, feeling sad that Prime Minister Tan Tai Xian Ming and the other aristocratic families used Qi Junsong's son as a breakthrough point. When the aristocratic families, officials, relatives by marriage, military generals, and civil officials were about to quarrel, the emperor just said a casual word, and this not-so-small fight was suppressed.

We still have to fight, but we can’t bring up the matter of Li Guanyi anymore.

Those young men of military honor died in vain.

[The words are very beautiful and deeply touched my heart].

These eight words determined Li Guanyi's identity as a child from a good family.

Most military honors didn't dare to use the previous incident to cause trouble for him again. He glanced at Xue Shuangtao who was standing over there, wondering if this little girl knew that he had just initiated a small fight and also provided Captain Zhenwei, who had not yet arrived in the capital, with an additional backer.

He saw the girl heaved a sigh of relief, her hands dropped and she tightly grasped the hem of her clothes.

A pair of eyes stared ahead intently.

More serious than those candidates who answered the questions.

I know she was a little nervous reciting poetry in front of the emperor.

Yuan Jingcai shook his head.

She is still a little girl after all, how can she not be nervous?
She was just curious about what abilities that boy had that made her put so much effort into him.

After drinking tea, Concubine Xue tuned her zither and composed the music herself, and sang the poem. The emperor beat the rhythm, and then a voice came from outside. The emperor had no choice but to say, "I have to go to the high sacrifice place. I have been burning incense and praying every day these days. Only when I come to your place can I feel at ease for a moment."

He held Concubine Xue's hand, said a lot of personal words, and then stood up and left.

Imperial Concubine Xue waited until the emperor was far away before letting Xue Shuangtao come over. Xue Shuangtao helped her aunt, who was several months pregnant, to sit down. The Imperial Concubine reached out her hand and gently touched Xue Shuangtao's forehead, pretending to be angry and said, "Little girl, you are so bold."

Xue Shuangtao hugged his aunt's arm and shook her, saying coquettishly: "I didn't just come here to give you a poem, but I didn't expect the emperor to be here too. Aunt, don't be angry."

Concubine Xue originally liked the younger generation Xue Shuangtao.

Seeing her acting coquettishly, with her cute eyes and brows, she is so adorable that people want to hold her in their arms and caress her.

Don't say that he wasn't angry at all. Even if he was really angry, he would have calmed down a little. He put on a smile and said, "You are the only one who can talk."

Xue Shuangtao asked, "Don't you like this poem, aunt?"

Concubine Xue said, "How can I not like such a good poem? Such a talented poet, the clouds resemble clothes and the flowers resemble faces, it is really well written. I just don't know, is this poem written for me or for you?"

She teased, and Xue Shuangtao said, "Of course it's written for you, aunt."

Concubine Xue teased, "Didn't he write a poem for you?"

“Of course I wrote it!”

Xue Shuangtao answered subconsciously, but her name was in that poem, so there was nothing she could do. She stammered, "Well, I'll show it to you next time!" Concubine Xue nodded with a smile, patted her palm, and said, "Since you are so protective of him, Daddy is optimistic about him too."

"Then wait until he comes to the capital. I will have a private banquet. You can invite him to come as well."

Xue Shuangtao was delighted.

She could also see that this meant that Li Guanyi had a backer in the capital. She always felt that with that young man's talent, even if he didn't cause trouble when he came to the capital, many things would come to him. It would always be better if someone was willing to help.

When she went back to write a letter that day, the girl packed a box of candied plums.

He said that the imperial concubine liked poetry very much, and asked if he could write another one for her today, as it was spring.

He paused and erased the sentence.

After thinking about it, I just wrote eight words.

Concubine Xue tried to snatch her letter to read. The girl was anxious to get it back, but her aunt relied on her pregnancy to make Xue Shuangtao dare not touch it. Xue Shuangtao stretched out her hand to snatch the letter, anxious to cry, and said: "Aunt, please don't read my letter. I, I am not like him. I can't write poetry."

"Oh? You can't write it? Then I'll have to take a closer look."

Concubine Xue opened it proudly, only to see eight words written by the girl.

[Spring flowers are blooming, waiting for you to come]

Concubine Xue was stunned for a long time in the spring breeze.

She sighed, returned the letter to Xue Shuangtao, ruffled the girl's hair, looked at her, and said with a smile, "How am I not as good as him?"

"Just these two sentences are not enough."

"But your writing is no worse than his poems."

[Spring flowers are blooming, waiting for you to come]

What does this mean?

The flowers of spring have bloomed, I am waiting for you here. ……………………

In the secret realm.

Li Guan raised his halberd and pointed at General Xue in front of him. His breath was still a little hurried. He had used his unique skills three times in a row and also used his Dharma image. His internal energy was consumed drastically, and his body was also pushed to the limit. General Xue, who had lost, was still calm and smiled:
"Not bad, it's rare that I lose to you."

"The qualification to dismantle this secret realm is now left to you."

He casually threw something to Li Guanyi. It was a piece of jade. When it fell on Li Guanyi, it turned into starlight and disappeared. This was the qualification for rebuilding the secret realm, or in other words, this was the foundation of the secret realm.

As long as Li Guanyi and Yaoguang gather together, they can find a suitable place where they are and rebuild the secret realm.

Li Guanyi breathed a sigh of relief after getting the things.

This breath of relief.

The energy and spirit that had just supported his body all dissipated in an instant. The halberd in his hand seemed extremely heavy and fell to the ground with a thud. Li Guanyi leaned on the halberd, gasping for breath, his hair stretched out and sweat all poured out at once. He had to control his muscles and meridians to seal the hair to avoid the loss of energy and spirit.

But I found that my body had nothing but fatigue.

A healthy batch.

Terribly tough.

General Xue said: "Golden muscles and jade bones, dragon tendons and tiger marrow, since ancient times, the biggest pain for generals is due to repeated fierce battles. The scale and frequency of fierce battles fought by famous generals who conquered the world in troubled times are far beyond the reach of those knights in the martial arts world."

"Too frequent battles and fights will cause warriors to be injured. If the injuries are healed, it will not damage the foundation of their essence. However, if fierce battles are too frequent, there will often be another battle before the injuries from one battle have healed. A god general is invincible at his peak, but he may become famous after hundreds of battles, and his hidden injuries will accumulate, so it will be difficult for him to have a good ending in the end."

"But with your basic physique, you don't have to worry about this."

"The injury recovery speed is fast, and the defense is strong, just like a dragon and a tiger taking shape."

"Golden skin and jade bones, hard to be injured by a blade, this is the qualification of an unrivaled warrior."

Only then did Li Guanyi realize the strength of this foundation.

It's not just defense, it's continuity.

It was the terrifying recovery ability that allowed him to fight his opponent hand-to-hand without hesitation. He clenched his fists and felt the power of the blood rushing rapidly. He was curious and asked, "You just said, Dharma-phase combined attack?"

General Xue said: "Yes, it is better to say that it is a combined attack of Qi and Qi."

"In our era, people at the fourth level can touch the Dharmadhatu. At the fifth level, they can control the energy of an army of 10,000 people to make up for their own Dharmadhatu power..."

"You also know that the Dharma image is the gathering of essence, energy and spirit. If we can use the formation to put the power of millions of people into the bonfire of the Dharma image, we can form a terrifying power. This is also the reason why all the masters of the martial arts world have to avoid the sharp edge of the military formation."

"A standard 10,000-man army needs 30,000 to 50,000 supply personnel, and if there are cavalry, even more, so basically there are 50,000 to 60,000. Among them, there are 2,000 warriors entering the country, at least 200 warriors from the second floor, 10 deputy generals from the third floor, and 5 deputy generals from the fourth floor. The reserve troops are also warriors."

"The energy and spirit of so many people have been gathered into the body of a martial arts expert."

"How powerful do you think the Dharma image that was wielded at that moment would be?"

"This is the fighting spirit of the military formation. Only those who can command tens of thousands of people can be considered famous generals. When the Dharma image that gathers the fire of the souls of tens of thousands of people is smashed out, all the martial arts masters and martial arts masters are like ants."

"And if there are two famous generals, the skills they practice and the final forms they produce can all cooperate with each other."

"For example, Dragon and Tiger Combination Attack."

"Or the five elements, or yin and yang, can often burst out with greater power."

“For example, if there are two divine generals, one with a Dharma image as fast as the wind, and the other with a blazing flame that burns the sky, if the two join forces, it will be like setting fire to the sky, and the weak will be able to defeat the strong. This method, in a big way, is called battle formation coordination, and in a small way, it is called a combined attack with Dharma images.”

“It requires a lot of hard work and mutual trust, so it’s difficult.”

"But once used, it can often influence the situation on the battlefield."

"And you, who possesses many Dharma aspects, will be a famous general as long as you have the power to command an army of more than 10,000 people. It will be a common thing for you to coordinate many Dharma aspects and defeat the strong with the weak."

General Xue suddenly sighed: "What a pity."

Li Guanyi was puzzled: "What?"

General Xue said softly: "It's a pity that I was not born in your era. In the turbulent times of the world, I really want to fight with you when you grow up."

Li Guanyi took a half step back and said, "It was you who killed me."

"Old man, stop expressing your feelings here."

General Xue laughed out loud.

Li Guanyi hesitated, sat cross-legged, and asked curiously:

"What level are the top ten generals in the world?"

General Xue raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why, have you made enemies with them?"

Li Guanyi said: "No, I just want to ask."

General Xue thought for a moment and said, "I don't know if the famous generals of your era have changed, but in troubled times, culture withers, and martial arts fighting will only become stronger. In my era, there was a standard for the top ten qualifications."

He held up a finger: "One hundred thousand."

"A general with a force of 100,000 soldiers led an army to fight a massive battle covering the nine provinces with more than a million soldiers. His army remained in good order and obeyed orders, and he was able to defeat the enemy and win. He is considered a [divine general]."

"A battle of one million people..."

Li Guanyi's pupils contracted and he murmured.

One million warriors, more than two hundred thousand incoming warriors.

Take up swords and fight.

The Dharma image roared in the sky, the famous generals galloped on the battlefield, the sound of the roar and the sound of the collision of swords were enough to cover the Central Plains, and the world was shocked by his anger. This was the pinnacle of power in troubled times, and his enemy, the real White Tiger Sect, was able to lead an army of 100,000, plus reserve and supply personnel. He was the top commander of an army of hundreds of thousands.

Li Guanyi feels that the future is far away.

General Xue waved his hand and said, "Speaking of which, where are you going?"

Li Guanyi briefly talked about his trip to Jiangzhou City.

General Xue said, "Oh, Jiangzhou City, Chen State, they are the descendants of Chen Xingyuan."

General Xue touched his chin and looked at the boy who was struggling to sit up, holding a pen and dipping it in ink, with his eyes wide open, looking at his forehead without hiding it. He smiled and said leisurely: "How about a deal? If you don't write the correct word on my forehead, I'll tell you a secret."

Li Guanyi grinned, his eyes fiery.

That is the flame of revenge.

"No need to talk!"

"I must write this one today!"

"old man!"

"It felt great to win before, right?"

General Xue said leisurely: "It is Chen Xingyuan, the founder of the State of Chen."

"These are the good things buried in Jiangzhou City back then."

"I think you must be interested."

Xue Shen raised the corners of his mouth a little bit, and spread his hands slightly: "Back then, both he and I were feared by the Emperor of Zhongzhou. I am lazy by nature, and I have left behind such a method. How could his personality not have something hidden?"

Li Guanyi paused, and General Xue said leisurely:

"That's a mount."

"One, a Qilin."

(End of this chapter)