Suddenly, the Earth Mirror trembled.
Afterward, Che Shihai’s apparition appeared before them.
"Old Che, what’s with you? You look like you can’t squeeze out a shit," Zhao Xing asked with a smile.
Che Shihai replied with frustration, "Boss, Supply City number ninety-eight was subject to a forced requisition. Han Bing and Wang Ji have both been injured by someone!"
"What?!" Zhao Xing’s face changed instantly, "Who did it?!"
Che Shihai said, "It was, was..."
Before he could finish, Che Shihai’s apparition dispersed, as if someone had disrupted the communication.
Seeing this, Zhao Xing knew right away that the situation was urgent.
He immediately took Mountain Cat and pulled along Long Xiao, who was nearest to him, to set off.
Upon hearing the news, Long Xiao, without a word, immediately summoned five hundred Brave Cavalry Camp soldiers and boarded the Arrowfish Flying Boat, ascending rapidly into the sky.
As for Chen Shijie, Zhao Xing couldn’t reach him for the time being, so he left two "paper cranes" to send messages, one to find Chen Shijie and the other to seek out Xia Jing in the north of the city.
Among the clouds, Zhao Xing steered the Flying Boat, pushing its speed to the limit.
Only then did Long Xiao ask, "What exactly is the situation? Do you understand?"
Zhao Xing replied with a grim face, "I’m not clear on it either."
In fact, he had some guesses. Che Shihai spoke of a forced requisition.
It must be Great Zhou’s army then.
And the other party must be a Sixth-Rank General.
A Sixth-Rank General has the authority to temporarily requisition logistical troops below their own rank, even if they are not from the same army.
However, such regulations are generally only applied in emergency situations, such as when suffering defeat and gathering remnants along the way.
Or when needing supplies and passing through another army’s Supply City, it is permissible to have a meal, for instance.
In the current situation, it’s rare to see an external army requisitioning another’s forces.
Normally, this shouldn’t lead to any conflict.
But Che Shihai mentioned ’forced requisition,’ which means the other party must have made unreasonable demands.
What could Supply City number ninety-eight possess that would catch the eye of a Sixth-Rank General?
Zhao Xing immediately thought of the answer: Earth Fire Lotus!
After the Divine Might Army took Fire Dragon Pass, the fact that they had a large quantity of Earth Fire Lotus quickly spread.
In the past ten days or so, other armies have continually come to Liao Rulong to borrow seeds. Since they are fighting the Fire Demon Clan, the vestment robes made from Earth Fire Lotus would be useful to other armies.
Exchange between armies is normal, but Liao Rulong has not lent out much, because he, too, has no shortage of spoils of war with which to purchase items.
Could it be someone has come to forcibly take them?
"It might be someone coming to plunder the Earth Fire Lotus," Zhao Xing voiced his suspicion.
"What?!" Long Xiao became furious, "Which blind asshole dares to do this? We brought them back at the risk of our lives!"
Zhao Xing said nothing but opened the map to check recent Military Realm movements and changes in the surrounding defense zones.
The Divine Might Army has now made a name for itself, and anyone who dares to bully the Divine Might Army must be quite formidable as well.
It surely wouldn’t be someone from a small force like the one at Karaqin doing this.
With that, the range of suspects was greatly narrowed down.
But after looking over the map several times, Zhao Xing still couldn’t find a suitable candidate.
"It seems the Military Realm’s warzone map hasn’t been updated yet," Zhao Xing pondered within his heart.
Nevertheless, no matter what, he didn’t plan on letting this go easily.
Mr. Wang and Han Bing were both his fellow classmates as well as capable assistants.
The hell, dared to strike Mr. Zhao’s people?
"Long Xiao, if it comes to a fight later, show no mercy!"
"Combined, we have two million merit points; I’m not afraid of deductions!" Zhao Xing said.
"I know!" Long Xiao snorted, "It’s not the first time my merit points have been deducted. Merit can be earned back, but this anger cannot be tolerated. The sword of a Sword Cultivator cannot allow me to swallow my anger and keep silent!"