Qin Yulong said, "Moreover."
"The forces under my command are the elite Right Commander of the Daying Kingdom."
"With His Majesty and the Crown Prince’s approval, they’ve allowed me to control military power."
"Should Prince Jiang Guang assume power, I fear he will strip me of my military authority. When that day comes, I don’t know where in this vast world I could find refuge. At that time, I’ll be just a skinny horse and two iron maces, back in the Martial World it is."
He said with a laugh, "Heroine Xue, would you accompany me then?"
Xue Peijun rolled her eyes, stretched out her hand and poked Qin Yulong’s forehead, and coquettishly said:
"Who was it that carried you all that way back then?!"
Qin Yulong laughed and said, "Yes, yes, yes, it was certainly you, my lady."
"However, today when I looked at Li Guanyi, I noticed that the Qilin Army’s discipline was stern, faintly showing the style of an elite force. To vie with such an army in the future will be difficult."
Qin Yulong’s countenance was serene, but he again felt a trace of fatigue.
His foundational energy was such that he could maintain peak combat power for a long time without sleep, without rest, without eating or drinking. Today’s fatigue, however, was strange, so Xue Peijun had the house chef prepare a highly nourishing Eight Replenishing Soup, halting their conversation and letting Qin Yulong rest quietly.
Inside the Qilin Army’s encampment, Li Guanyi was looking at the bronze tripod. The Jade Liquid within the bronze tripod was still, and Li Guanyi could sense an overwhelming stream of pure Primordial Qi, which was no longer the stray aftermath released by a Grandmaster Level entity.
Instead, it was being drawn in reversely by the Dharma Form.
Li Guanyi stretched out his hand and fierce Primordial Qi gathered in his palm.
There were faint roars of Exotic Beasts.
Li Guanyi felt as if he was grasping the power similar to controlling the Qilin Fire.
Only, it was even more pure than controlling the Qilin Fire.
This stream of Jade Liquid could be directly poured into his body, assisting his own cultivation, or kept as a hidden trump card, unleashed in one breath. Using the martial skills taught by the Taoist Sect, he could likely instantly perform a Grandmaster Level martial skill.
And with the force as if from one of the Eighteen Divine Generals.
With the Qi Mechanism of the eighteenth Divine General and executing the martial skills of the Taoist Sect, such a move’s power would likely surpass Kou Yulie, the strongest single combatant in the Qilin Army.
The usual Main General of the Qilin Army at the Five-layered Heaven.
With a backhand, he could smite a Grandmaster Level killing blow.
Li Guanyi felt this could be considered a reluctant continuation of the tradition of the "Qilin Army Second Layer Heaven Main General."
Li Guanyi, barely at the Five-layered Heaven, had yet to completely stabilize his realm.
Therefore, he was not in a hurry to consume this ball of Jade Liquid. Instead, he maintained it as a reserved move, carefully considering that the level of Primordial Qi the bronze tripod could contain seemed to be related to his own realm.
The amount of Primordial Qi the bronze tripod could hold now was starkly different from the beginning.
Li Guanyi, pondering, took out a Jade hairpin, lightly caressed it with his palm, and thought of Xue Shuangtao, his expression becoming serene.
The young lady should be nearing her arrival, right?
With Qingyan and Elder Xue’s arrangements, she should be safe.
The youth thought of Xue Shuangtao, whom he had not seen for over a year, and his expression unconsciously softened a great deal.
Just at this moment, a commotion came from outside. Li Guanyi put away the hairpin, placing it together with the Jade Pendant given by the young lady, before going out to see several young men who looked like students pushing a cart their way.
Upon seeing Li Guanyi, Xu Tiange fully expressed his ideas.
Contrary to his expectations, Li Guanyi greatly praised him.
The two quickly reached a consensus.
"Farming, farming, farming!"
Xu Tiange then spoke of all the strategies given by Wen He before saying, "These are all the strategies of my good friend, Wen He. I cannot take credit for my friend’s accomplishments."
Li Guanyi was stunned.
Xu Tiange said, "My friend, Wen He, is also the gentle gentleman of the Academy!"
"Warm as jade, firm yet not sharp, soft yet disciplined!"
"Indeed, a gentleman!"
Ling Pingyang was dumbfounded and began to question whether the Wen He described by this Farmer School Master and the Mr. Wen He described by Mr. Yuan Zhi ——"If Lord can’t make up his mind, Pingyang, even if you have to break that guy’s leg, you must bring him back to me"
"Don’t worry, he won’t hold a grudge against you"— were the same person.
Li Guanyi, looking at these strategies, could not help but laugh and said, "So that’s it."
"You can tell Mr. Wen He, Li Guanyi won’t be rough with him!"
Xu Tiange didn’t understand why Li Guanyi would say this.
Nevertheless, he nodded.
Only Ling Pingyang, seeing the smile on his lord’s face and thinking about the thirty-two types of Powder for Anesthesia generously provided by the Pharmacist Team led by Shi Dalin, as well as the Treasure Weapon ropes made from the mane of an Exotic Beast, capable of binding fierce tigers and Azure Dragons, cracked a smile.
Uses Powder for Anesthesia, oh how refined!
Xu Tiange rubbed his palms together, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "You were saying, there will be land, right?"
Li Guanyi said nonchalantly, "Yes, there will be! If the Master needs land, it’s..."
Xu Tiange brought over his and his sect mate’s little pushcart and said, "We have here many researched varieties and some special plants. This thing might not look tasty, but it actually can feed people."
"This one tastes good..."
"This one, and this one, can be harvested three times a year. And this one, it improves the fertility of the soil by producing fruits underground."
"I want to try growing these things, to develop even more beneficial crops."
"So, I need this amount of land!"
Xu Tiange extended one finger.
With a heart full of ambition, he thought:
I want ten acres of land!!!