Chapter 90 - Escort (1/2)

The next morning, Ou Yangming submitted the pieces of Attribute Equipment that he had smithed earlier, which really surprised Kang Weibo.

With those pieces of equipment, n.o.body would dare to complain even if Old Craftsman did not hand in any equipment this month.

Following that, Ou Yangming informed Ni Yunhong of the situation, and decided on a date to meet in the prefecture. Ni Yinghong had initially offered to travel with Ou Yangming, but was stopped by Ni Yunhong, who was highly against it.

Ou Yangming arrived at the military camp’s entrance after bidding farewell to everyone.

Although the prefecture was far away, he would only be away temporarily, and he had comforted Old Craftsman yesterday, so the old man was calm when he left.

At the military camp’s entrance, Fang Yihai and the others had been waiting for a long time.

Fang Yihai smiled when he saw Ou Yangming. “Little Brother, I initially wanted to travel with you, but according to the military rules, a commanding general can’t leave the camp so easily. Instead, I’ve arranged a squad of soldiers to escort you.”

In actuality, if the military rules were strictly followed, it was true that the commanding general could not randomly leave the camp, but the same applied to soldiers too.

Nonetheless, as strict as the rules were, there were ways to work around them. Based on Fang Yihai’s authority in the military, it was a piece of cake for him to arrange a squad of soldiers for a task.

Ou Yangming could not help but laugh. “General Fang, you’re being too polite, I can actually head there myself.”

Fang Yihai laughed and shook his head. “How can I allow that? You’re going there to help my family, so how can I be impolite?”

“Okay, if you insist, thank you,” Ou Yangming quickly responded as he was afraid that the straightforward general would say something inappropriate again. He later did a fist salute to the general. “General, since everything is ready, I’ll be making a move.”

Fang Yihai waved at him. “Okay, thank you for the help.”

Ou Yangming responded to him, then left with the squad of ten soldiers that was sent by Fang Yihai.

In actual fact, the soldiers were not strangers to Ou Yangming because they were the ones who fought side by side with him in the dense forest. He just did not know their names back then.

“Master Ou, my name is Lin Chao, and I’m the squad leader.” Once they were far from the military camp, the leader cupped his fists at Ou Yangming, then sighed. “I was injured by the half-spirit beast that day, so I was sent away to be treated. I regret not being able to fight with you.”

Ou Yangming smiled. It was then that he found out that this man was the squad leader who had left the dense forest in advance due to his injury.

“Squad Leader Lin, thank you for taking care of us throughout this journey.”

Lin Chao quickly replied to him, “Master Ou, please don’t say that. It’s my honor to be able to serve you throughout this journey.”

‘I’m indeed different from who I was before.’ Ou Yangming sighed. Even though a squad leader was a lower-level officer, Lin Chao was the squad leader of the Guards under the South Camp’s general’s command. Whether it was his cultivation base or the treatments he received, they were better than a normal squad leader’s.

Lin Chao would never show such a weakness when he faced normal Military Fire Blacksmiths.

“Master Ou, please stay back.” Lin Chao’s face changed suddenly, and his eyes looked valiant. As he waved his hand, a few soldiers behind him immediately rode their horse forward into a formation to surround Ou Yangming.

Ou Yangming was stunned as he did not know what they were doing.

His confusion was resolved very quickly. This was because intense gallops were heard coming from behind as a fierce horse sped in their direction.

Lin Chao yelled sternly, “Who’s there? Stop right now!”

The soldiers around him even fit an arrow and drew their bow to aim in that direction.

If Lin Chao gave the order, they would shoot the arrows without any hesitation.

Though their arrows were not explosive arrows, they were selected warriors in the military, so the arrows shot by them would definitely make one suffer.

The galloping horse that was a distance away immediately slowed down, and the rider shouted out loud, “Lin Chao, what are you doing? Are you going to kill me?”

Lin Chan and Ou Yangming were dumbfounded. They knew at once who it was by hearing the voice.

It was Squad Leader Jiang Chengwei from the Middle Camp, who was well-known for archery. He had rendered meritorious service during the slaughtering of the half-spirit beast, and was given a huge amount of credits. Additionally, he had forged a good friends.h.i.+p with Ou Yangming.

That said, why was he here at the moment?

The other soldiers instantly put down their bow when Lin Chao waved his hand. They would not show mercy if they were killing an enemy, but they dared not kill a brother from the military.

After a brief moment, Jiang Chengwei rode his horse to approach them, and laughed. “Master Ou, where are you going?”

Ou Yangming asked with a smile after looking at him from head to toe, “Where are you going?”

Jiang Chengwei answered, “I applied for home leave to visit my younger sister in the prefecture.”

Lin Chao narrowed his eyes right away. “Visiting your younger sister? You’re meeting your lover, aren’t you?”