Second Week, I’m Really Not A Villain

Chapter 50: 50: The Dog Son of the Father [Seeking to Continue Reading!]

Fengtian City military camp.

The clamor of battle cries shook the heavens, enough to frighten even the bravest of men.

A graceful figure stepped through the clamor, her exquisite face cold and flawless, like a noble snow lotus standing alone in the world. It was a luxury just to catch a glimpse of her, let alone to approach her. A dozen high-ranking officers nodded and followed closely behind her.

"Commander, the first batch of cultivators has shown initial results."

A military officer reported as he walked, "After three years of training, the initial ten thousand Qi Refining Stage soldiers have all advanced to the Foundation Building Stage."

At this point, the officer couldn't help but compliment, "It's all thanks to the Commander's foresight! Cultivating an army of cultivators may require an enormous amount of cultivation resources, but it can yield an unmatched army. Even if all the sects in the world were combined, they couldn't produce ten thousand Foundation Building Stage cultivators."

"If the Commander had led this army to attack the Azure Cloud Sect a month ago, it wouldn't have taken more than a night or an hour to level it to the ground."

"If news of this army were to spread, the major sects would surely be terrified and dare not confront the court again..."

The slender jade foot of the figure suddenly stopped.

The dozen or so officers behind her immediately stopped as well.

Qin Qingyue stood at the highest point of the military camp, looking down at the hundred thousand Foundation Building Stage soldiers below, who were arranged like ants, fighting and shouting loudly.

"How many have reached the Gold Core stage?" Qin Qingyue asked.

The officer who had reported earlier felt his heart tighten at the question, but he mustered up the courage to answer, "Eighty-six."

"What was the goal I set?"

"One... one hundred."

Qin Qingyue glanced coldly at him, and the officer fell to his knees, hastily explaining, "Commander, I have indeed selected all the outstanding soldiers, and all the cultivation resources provided by the Ministry of Households have been used on them. There is a record to prove that there has been no embezzlement! But it is impossible to train one hundred people to the Gold Core stage within three years!"

"I don't need an explanation."

Qin Qingyue said indifferently, "Demote him to First Grade, three hundred lashes. Go and punish yourself."

The officer hesitated to speak but ultimately didn't dare to argue anymore. He gritted his teeth and bowed before retreating.

The other dozen or so officers beside him were all trembling in their hearts, especially those who had also failed to meet Qin Qingyue's set goals.

After watching the training of the Foundation Building Stage army for a while, Qin Qingyue was about to go to another Gold Core stage military camp when she suddenly had a premonition and turned her head towards the direction of the palace in the distance.

Although it was far away, she could still clearly see a red and blue intertwined True Dragon, several dozen meters in size, rising into the sky, its surface filled with the intertwining of blood, thunder, and lightning, crashing into the depths of the clouds.

"It's that idiot..."

Qin Qingyue's expression froze, her phoenix-like eyes gazing into the distance, and a slight curve appeared at the corner of her lips involuntarily.

This scene happened to be seen by the dozen or so officers behind her, and they were instantly stunned.

What did I just see?

The usually noble and ethereal Commander... she... she, she actually smiled??

This peerless beauty who could annihilate tens of thousands of sect members without batting an eye... she can actually smile!!

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The Imperial Palace, Qin Wude lowered his head and knelt in the study.

In the present world, there is only one person who can make Qin Wude kneel, and that is the young emperor in front of him, wearing a dragon robe, with red lips and white teeth, and a much more handsome appearance than his own son.

"Father, what do you mean by this?"

The young emperor, Xia Yue, closed the memorial in his hand, his eyes filled with undisguised anger, and his gaze fell on Qin Wude.

"In recent years, the burden of taxes and labor in the court has been very heavy, causing widespread grievances among the people. Everyone is privately criticizing me. How dare you increase the taxes? Where do you want to place me?"

Compared to the angry young emperor, Qin Wude remained calm: "The military requires a large amount of resources for cultivation. The national treasury is not enough to support it, so increasing taxes is a necessary measure."

Xia Yue became even angrier when he heard this: "If it weren't for you, Father, issuing that imperial edict to the major sects in my name, the military wouldn't need so many cultivation resources!"

Qin Wude fell silent for a moment and said, "The problem with the sects is deeply rooted and must be eradicated. It's not too late to give the people a respite after this battle is over."

Xia Yue sneered in anger, "Father, are you really declaring war on the sects for the sake of eradicating their problems?"

"Indeed, that is the reason."

"But I have heard rumors in the streets!"

Xia Yue actually wanted to control himself, but after being Qin Wude's puppet for so many years, he couldn't help but vent his long-held frustrations: "Once the sects are eliminated, Father will have no worries and can confidently take over the Xia family's empire!"

Qin Wude's mouth twitched, about to speak, but a loud bang came from a distance.

Xia Yue was secretly shocked and instinctively looked towards the sound. In the sky not far away, a True Dragon composed of blood and thunder rose into the air, carrying a terrifying momentum as it collided with the sky.

"What's that commotion?"

Xia Yue was uncertain, recognizing the blood and thunder spiritual power on the True Dragon's body. This kind of spiritual power was different from ordinary spiritual power and could only be condensed through the cultivation of the Heavenly Evolution Art Physical Body Volume.

"Could it be that Master Xiao's cultivation has made a breakthrough?"

When Qin Wude saw the thunderous True Dragon, a trace of surprise and excitement appeared on his calm face. Then he heard the young emperor's question, hesitated for a moment, and answered, "Reporting to Your Majesty, it is not Master Xiao's breakthrough, but my son... has cultivated Master Xiao's Heavenly Evolution Art."

Xia Yue was stunned, her eyes filled with even more suspicion, "Your son, Father?"

Father, your useless and notorious son, isn't he known by everyone as a waste and a playboy?

Why did he successfully cultivate the Heavenly Evolution Art without making a sound? And why did he make such a big commotion?

Could it be that he deliberately pretended to be useless before, secretly working hard, wanting to quietly amaze everyone??

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On the second floor of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, inside a wooden barrel.

Qin Luo focused all his attention on practicing the technique, following Aunt Xiao's instructions meticulously. He absorbed every bit of spiritual power in her body as if swallowing a whale and drinking a cow, fully extracting every drop of blood and thunder spiritual power.

He didn't know how long he had been absorbing, but he felt that his whole body was filled with blood and thunder spiritual power, and his organs and bones were scorching hot. Deep within his Qi Sea, the first strand of original blood and thunder spiritual power quietly emerged.

As soon as that strand of original blood and thunder spiritual power appeared, it attracted and intertwined with the thunder spiritual power generated by Qin Luo's Heavenly Evolution Art, and eventually, the two erupted in a mysterious reaction, completely integrating into one. They transformed into a spiritual power True Dragon that broke through the roof of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion and soared into the sky.

"Did... I succeed?"

Qin Luo opened his eyes in confusion and was about to ask Aunt Xiao when he suddenly noticed that the noble lady in front of him seemed a little strange.

(End of this chapter)