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Guan Yu drew a sword from a sheath on his waist. He cut Li Ru's neck in one swing.
Li Ru's subordinates were shocked. They also took out their weapons and screamed, ”Traitor!”
Guan Yu snorted. He disappeared from where he was standing.
In the next second, afterimages flashed, and all officers in Li Ru's tent fell.
The red face general turned to Cao Xiu, who was shaking in fear, ”I won't kill you, child. I only want peace.”
In wary and confusion, Cao Xiu muttered in a cracked voice, ”… Are you a friend or foe?”
”Honestly speaking, both.”
”Fair enough. What are you going to do next?”
”Be my messenger, and I'll let you live. How's that?”
Cao Xiu did not care what Guan Yu was doing or what his motive was. Since this was a second chance in life, he would not refuse this deal.
”Deal!”
”Good. Wait here for a while. I'll finish everything shortly.”
Guan Yu walked out of the tent to meet other commanders of his army and Li Ru's subordinates.
Five hours later, Guan Yu returned with his men, who was bath in blood. He cut Cao Xiu loose and gave him a scroll, containing his message to Cao Cao.
”Tell your foster father that I want peace. I hope he can welcome my brothers and me.”
Cao Xiu had a scare when Guan Yu mentioned about his foster father. Aside from himself and Cao Clan members, nobody should have known about his relationship with Cao Cao.
This young general was a distant relative of Cao Cao. Originally, Cao Xiu and his family settled down south of Yangtze River, Wu Commandery.
Upon hearing that Cao Cao was raising a force, he traveled from the southern province to Xuchang, joining with the Cao banners.
Cao Cao treated him as if he was his son. Cao Xiu even lived in the same residence as Cao Ang and Cao Pi.
Like Cao Ang, Cao Xiu was talented in martial arts. He also had the charisma of a commander.
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Cao Cao wanted to train this foster son figure into a good commander, so he led this teenager commanding a few of his battalions.
This was a secret relationship between Cao Cao and Cao Xiu that only insiders knew, yet Guan Yu was aware of it.
Cao Xiu looked at Guan Yu in wary, ”I will. I hope you won't trick me.”
”I'm not into killing a defenseless child. Take my token and scroll, then leave.”
Cao Xiu took everything from Guan Yu. Before he left with a horse, he bowed to this red face general.
”I owe you one.”
Guan Yu smiled, ”No, we're even. I owed Cao Cao a favor.”
”Huh?”
Cao Xiu did not understand that Guan Yu mentioned about the time when he served Cao Cao in the other timeline.
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In 200 AD, Liu Bei and Cao Cao fought against each other in Xu Province after they had killed Lu Bu.
Liu Bei Army was overwhelmed and routed by Cao Cao, and Guan Yu was captured in the process.
Cao Cao had admired Guan Yu's character, so he recruited this general into his army. Unfortunately, Guan Yu's loyalty was with Liu Bei, so he refused.
Still, Zhang Liao, as an old friend of Guan Yu, managed to persuade this god of war to temporary join Cao Cao's forces.
Cao Cao was so happy that Guan Yu joined his side. As a reward, he gave Lu Bu's red hare to Guan Yu to win his favor.
Later in the same year, Guan Yu repaid this kindness by slaying Yan Liang in the Battle of Boma during the war between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. Because of this action, Yuan Shao almost executed Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, who had sought refuge under his banners.
Fortunately, Liu Bei and Yuan Shao had secret deals, which they instigated former Yellow Turban officers, Liu Pi and Gong Du, into raising their army in Runan and attacked Xuchang. Had they not had the deal, both brothers would have died by Yuan Shao's hands.
Still, Cao Ren defeated Liu Pi, Gong Du, and Liu Bei's rebel army, forcing Liu Bei into fleeing to Jing Province, refuging under Liu Biao.
Afterward, Guan Yu left Cao Cao's ranks when he heard about Liu Bei's whereabouts, which saddened Cao Cao. As an act of friendship, Cao Cao allowed Guan Yu to leave without hindering him.
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In the 14th-century novel, Guan Yu managed to repay this debt by sparing Cao Cao after he captured the warlord in the Battle of Chibi.
However, history records never had this detail. Cao Cao was never captured by Guan Yu after the former was defeated in Chibi.
In this world, Guan Yu had not repaid for Cao Cao's favor yet, which plagued his mind after he got the otherworld's memory. This was a good chance to settle this karma.
Guan Yu laughed, ”Don't worry about it. Just go.”
Cao Xiu bowed, ”Thank you, general!”
After Cao Xiu left, Guan Yu felt a change in his body.
Upon checking his virtue status, he found that one of his four unawakened virtues were at 100%. Without hesitation, Guan Yu activated his awakening.
After a slight spasm, a fifth virtue soul appeared behind Guan Yu. It was [Honesty].
Now, Guan Yu had [Diligence], [Kindness], [Loyalty], [Patience], and [Honesty].
He turned around to see his fifth spirit of virtue.
'I wonder how many spirits Zhang Tong has? Is he still stronger than me?'