758 Second Brothers Rule Part I (2/2)

However, what alarmed Chao Xiaoshu and generals of the Valiant Cavalry Battalion was that nobody had seen Prince Long Qing and his fallen knight commanders in the valiant battle. What was even more disturbing was that of those who were trying to invade, the powerful Divine Hall Papal Cavalrymen and the elite grassland cavalry were missing.

Chao Xiaoshu looked at the forest in the west and thought of the emergency military report that had been sent by Pingyuan County. His face seemed to be covered with frost as he said, ”They have gone to Chang'an.”

The Eastern Border Volunteer Army continued to fight, but the logistics were tough and they were beyond exhaustion. They had already exceeded their capabilities in the fight yesterday, defeating most of the grassland cavalry.

At this time, even if they knew that Prince Long Qing was heading straight for Chang'an with the elite cavalry, they were no longer able to make any response, nor were they likely to catch up in front.

Liu V listened to Chao Xiaoshu's proclamation and his expression turned unusually dignified. However, he was still puzzled and he said, ”Although Long Qing's army is elite, it is absolutely impossible to capture Chang'an City.”

This was the reason for Chao Xiaoshu's icy features.

It was clearly pointless, so why was Long Qing willing to give up so many troops just to gain time to go straight to Chang'an? There was only one explanation. Long Qing firmly believed that when his cavalry arrived, Chang'an City would have fallen.

Before the vast green hills of the Verdant Canyon.

There was a plain before the green hills.

This flat and fertile plain mostly belonged to Qinghe County. A small portion of land had been requisitioned by the Military Ministry. Besides meadows, there were many fields that have been cultivated for many years.

After several days of bloody battles, the autumn grass was already painted with blood.

Thousands of hectares of fertile land were trampled by the thousands of troops and horses of the West-Hill Divine Palace Coalition Army.

Many tragedies have occurred this autumn. The farmers scattered and fled, the rice in the fields was not harvested. The rice reeds hunched their bodies feebly in the wind, looking like criminals waiting to be hanged.

On the right side facing of the Verdant Canyon, there was a relatively flat paddy field that had not been trampled by fighters. The paddy in the field was thickly dotted with golden yellow and looked very beautiful.

Ye Su was standing in this paddy field.

He walked towards the Verdant Canyon.

With the wind rising in his footsteps, the golden ears of rice were blown, curled around and bounced up like a golden sea, and then the sea of rice gradually parted for him.

The sea of rice had to make way for him because he had a thin wooden sword.

Jun Mo was the proudest person in the Academy after Ke Haoran. He was the legendary Mr. Second.

Ye Su was a Haotian Taoism genius who had broken the realm between life and death decades ago. They were both legendary figures.

They were the truly supermundane beings.

Who would come out victorious in the meeting between the two?

Everyone's gaze was on the paddy field and the wooden sword.

All were silent, and there was only the gentle hissing of war-horses and some uneasy kicking hooves.

For more than two days, the cavalry soldiers who were always ready to attack dismounted one after another because they knew that they were mere mortals who could not interfere in the battle. It was a fight for dignity among powerhouses.

In the divine chariot, Ye Hongyu looked at the Verdant Canyon silently, her fingers tapping lightly on her blood red divine robe.

Ye Su arrived at the Verdant Canyon.

He looked at the metal canopy and at Second Brother's black armor.

Finally, his gaze landed on the iron sword. He frowned slightly, as if he was about to say something.

Second Brother's voice rang out. It was still as stern and serious.

He looked at Ye Su and said, ”You're standing at the wrong spot.”

Ye Su did not expect that to be the first thing he heard.

He calmed himself and asked seriously, ”Why is it wrong?”

”That is a farm, not a path.”

Second Brother said, ”A path is for walking while a farm is for planting food. There is a path, but you did not use it and chose to walk across the farmland. That is ruining crops and is naturally wrong.”

The disciples of the Academy in front of the Verdant Canyon were a little anxious because of Ye Su's visit. However, they could not help but laugh because it felt like how their Senior Brother had lectured them over the years.

He did not say anything else, neither did he frown nor hesitated. He just looked at someone and said ”you're wrong” because you were actually making mistakes. That was how Second Brother was.

No matter if the other party was the World Wayfarer of Haotian Taoism, the Emperor, or a prostitute, if he or she were making mistakes, then they had to be lectured. That was the Second Brother's rule. There was nothing more important than this truth, and these were considered Etiquette.

It was wrong to ruin crops, and it was wrong to stand in the wrong spot. It was also wrong to wear clothes of the secular world while keeping his hair in a Taoist bun. To Second Brother, Ye Su was problematic in every way. This made him very unhappy and even a little disappointed.

Ye Su felt Second Brother's bad mood and could not help but smile. Jun Mo was exactly the person he had heard of. He smiled and said, ”Your ways are outdated. Furthermore, this is a war.”

Second Brother said, ”Those who always keep in accord with time will never be outdated. Things like planting crops and harvesting have been done for many cycles and will not change with the times.”

Ye Su stopped smiling and he asked, ”And how will you control others?”

Second Brother said, ”The battle of Verdant Canyon has lasted more than two days. I did not spare a single enemy who set foot on the field. Although the cavalry does not know it, they knew how to take advantages and avoid disadvantages. That is why the paddy field that you are standing in still remains.”

Ye Su looked around the field of rice, slightly startled.

Yesterday, with the permission of the disciples of the Academy, the West-Hill Divine Palace Coalition Army collected corpses overnight, leaving a few corpses in front of the Verdant Canyon, but there was still blood in the fields.

There should have been a large rice field near the paddy field where he was standing.

That rice field had been trampled into waste soil, and rice was scattered on the ground. It looked rather bleak.

The blood in the rice field was the deepest and most coagulated, looking like pulp.

It was just then when Ye Su realized that Jun Mo was not lying.

The cavalry soldiers that once stepped on the field had all been all killed by him.

One would lose both his sword and his life if he did not pay close attention in such an intense battle. However, in such a situation, Second Brother still insisted to use his iron sword to carry out his rules.

What kind of person was he?

Ye Su stood in the field in a prolonged silence. Then, he reached out and plucked an ear of rice and rubbed it gently. He looked at the ground that was drenched in blood and said, ”How can you teach me anything if I don't want to be taught?”

Second Brother said, ”I'll teach you because you're making mistakes. And if you don't want to be taught, I will beat you until you do.”