38: Chapter 38 Elder Langhe, Jiang Yongsheng!

Before long, City Lord Liu had led the Zhu Family members to a hillside five miles away.

The two honored guests of Yingyang Pass were also accompanying them.

These two honored guests were not very eloquent, so they relied entirely on City Lord Liu and several deputy generals to look after things.

On the hillside, the traces of the fight from that day were still there.

"These are the traces of the Langhe Cloud-Treading Steps..."

Zhu Chi and the other members of the Zhu Family could tell what was going on at a glance.

In the Jin Kingdom, the assassins of the Langhe River were very famous.

Forces that had some contact with the Jin Kingdom would all spend effort studying this Langhe Cultivation Technique.

The traces left by the Langhe Cloud-Treading Steps could naturally be recognized at a glance.

At this moment, Zhu Chi already largely believed it.

His nephew, Zhu Ang, must have been killed by a Martial Artist from the Jin Kingdom.

Before coming, the Zhu Family had mostly suspected this as well.

Zhu Ang had Zhu Xu protecting him, a Seventh-Grade Great Perfection expert who was absolutely in a league of his own at Yingyang Pass.

Even if City Lord Liu and his men had the intention to rebel, they would not be able to dispose of Zhu Xu easily.

After carefully inspecting the surrounding traces, the group returned to the Military Camp.

Zhu Chi and his group still had no intention of giving City Lord Liu and his men any face.

When they spoke, they still did so in front of the other soldiers.

"They killed our Da Shun Martial Artist; should this grudge be avenged?"

Zhu Chi looked at City Lord Liu and the two honored guests, asking pointedly.

Upon hearing this, City Lord Liu and the two honored guests looked at each other and nodded in unison.

Talking about killing a Da Shun Martial Artist was, in reality, about the killing of his nephew, Zhu Ang.

The Jin Kingdom and Da Shun had been at war for many years, and neither side knew how many lives had been lost between them.

"You will draw up a battle plan tonight and launch a surprise attack on the Jin Kingdom tomorrow!"

Zhu Chi stated his planned arrangements.

This short sentence shocked both City Lord Liu and the two honored guests.

They only knew that there was an expert stationed on the Jin Kingdom side, and they did not even know the identity of that expert yet.

To attack so rashly would surely lead to the deaths of a large number of soldiers in the army.

"What, are you afraid and showing weakness?" Zhu Chi questioned with a hint of sarcasm.

City Lord Liu and the two honored guests did not respond; they had no way to answer right now.

"I will deal with that Jin Kingdom expert myself. The expert that your mysterious powerhouse dares not provoke, I will handle."

Since Zhu Chi had said this, City Lord Liu and his men had even less standing to refute him.

He said this last part in a very loud voice.

That mysterious powerhouse on the front lines of Yingyang Pass was actually very popular among the soldiers.

At first, not many people knew about them, but later, through word of mouth in the Military Camp, the mysterious powerhouse gained quite a reputation in the army.

Who would not want a mysterious powerhouse to protect the soldiers in the army?

With Zhu Chi saying this in front of everyone, no one could feel good about it.

But after saying this, Zhu Chi seemed not to have gotten it all out of his system, and followed up with another remark.

"If you do not have enough strength, it is best not to act mysterious. Giving off a feeling of boundless power when, in reality, you are just a half-baked show-off."

In the army, the surrounding soldiers frowned involuntarily when they looked at him.

It was clear they felt some disgust toward this man, Zhu Chi.

But because he held a high position and had impressive strength, no matter how annoyed they were, they could only endure it.

As the owner of the mysterious powerhouse identity, Li Yuan could not help but smile when he heard this.

Zhu Chi was quite confident; he knew nothing about Li Yuan, yet he was certain that Li Yuan was inferior to him.

The news about the battle plan for tomorrow soon spread through the army.

For most of the soldiers, there was some worry in their hearts.

If it were City Lord Liu making the deployments and arrangements, everyone would have some sense of confidence.

After all, the soldiers at Yingyang Pass were all City Lord Liu's soldiers; every soldier who died was his loss.

These people from the Zhu Family had no intention of protecting these soldiers.

What they wanted was to avenge their own Family member.

To vent the resentment in their hearts and use this to warn those who dared to make a move against the Zhu Family!

That day, City Lord Liu and the several deputy generals were truly troubled to the extreme.

They could not drink water or eat food.

If the battle deployment was not arranged well, it would be sending the soldiers under their command to their deaths.

But if they arranged it too conservatively, these few people from the Zhu Family would certainly not agree.

Perhaps they would even seize the power of command and deployment on the spot.

After nightfall, Li Yuan saw that many of his comrades had very low morale.

But this time, Li Yuan was actually not that worried.

The Zhu Family's side was aiming for the Jin Kingdom expert who had injured Zhu Ang.

The soldiers were mostly there to boost the momentum and to hold back the Jin Kingdom's army and defensive Magical Artifacts.

The sky gradually brightened, and at the hour of the Dragon, the army assembled and set off for the front lines.

As the Corpse Collector in the army, Li Yuan was naturally not assigned to go up.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Yuan used the disguise technique he had obtained from the Langhe assassins to change his appearance.

He then circulated his light footwork and followed along on the outskirts.

After half a day of marching, they had already passed through the buffer zone and arrived at the border of the Jin Kingdom.

The army pressed up to the city, but the Jin Kingdom side was not overly panicked.

The Jin Kingdom general guarding the border stood atop the city tower, his figure steady.

"You injured our Da Shun citizens and invaded our Da Shun territory. With so many grudges, let us settle them here today."

Standing in front of everyone, Zhu Chi of the Zhu Family seemed to be the highest-ranking general at Yingyang Pass.

He had actually come to avenge Zhu Ang, but he spoke only of national grievances and did not put his own Family's affairs on the table.

If he had said so, perhaps the Jin Kingdom side might have offered an explanation or two.

In fact, since the Zhu Family group had come over, they definitely had to do something.

As a large Family and major power in Da Shun, if they sent people to the front lines and then returned without a sound, others would gossip.

"The grudge of the Shun Kingdom using schemes to assassinate two of our Great Jin's Langhe powerhouses is still fresh, yet I did not expect you to come seeking revenge first. This is bullying us too much; you must think there is no one left in our Great Jin!"

As the Jin Kingdom general finished speaking, an old man, as thin as a dried stick, hunched over and walked out of the city gate.

"Jiang Yongsheng, he is an honored guest in the Jin Kingdom's border city and also a member of the Elder Langhe group. According to reports from my scouts, he may possess the strength of an Eighth-Grade Martial Artist!"

City Lord Liu stood beside Zhu Chi and whispered a reminder.

Seeing this man's appearance, Zhu Chi's face still showed no ripples, and he even gained a bit more confidence.

The next moment, he was already holding a long sword in his hand, his figure floating and suspended in the air.

"The foundation of the Martial Dao lies in the body and the soul; to see such a frail Eighth-Grade Martial Artist today is quite an eye-opener. The person that the mysterious powerhouse dares not deal with, I will resolve for Da Shun."

In Zhu Chi's eyes, a physique presenting in such a condition was certainly not in its best state.

As the words fell, Zhu Chi had already charged out with his sword.

His Eighth-Grade Martial Dao strength was evident in just a single move.

The Sword Qi around his body forced the onlookers to quickly retreat even further.

If an ordinary soldier were grazed by this Sword Qi, they would likely lose their life in a single strike.

But the next instant, Jiang Yongsheng, with his hunched body, met the attack instantly with the bone staff in his hand.

Not only did he not avoid it, but his power was actually even greater!