Chapter 133: General Personal Guard & Assassin (1/2)

Chapter 133: General Personal Guard & Assassin

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A strange black fish-scale soft armor, with a cyan robe over it—this was the standard equipment of the Admiral of Zhonghe Prefecture, General Li Yuan's personal guard.

As Admiral of Zhonghe Prefecture, Li Yuan had 36 personal guards and he established a personal guard camp.

Junior Leopard had already been Li Yuan's personal guard for a month. Life had been very comfortable. In fact, as a general's personal guard, life couldn't be more comfortable.

The so-called personal guard, plainly speaking, was bodyguard, Li Yuan's bodyguard.

Li Yuan was the Admiral, Commander in Chief and also Military Counselor of Zhonghe Prefecture. That meant, he was at least as great as the military commander of the local region in Junior Leopard's previous life. But compared to Junior Leopard's world, he was a little more powerful in this world. In theory, a personal guard like Junior Leopard had to follow Li Yuan on his trips to protect him. When Marshal Li went out, having a personal guard camp with him was not a big issue. But it wasn't necessary to bring 36 personal guards all the time with him.

That was too ostentatious.

Li Yuan was not an ostentatious person. So on normal days, he only had six personal guards at his side. The 36 people in the personal guard camp changed shifts every six days. This way, they were more relaxed.

Of course, if you weren't guarding, you weren't out of the picture either. In the days when it wasn't your turn, the personal guard camp was in training most of the time.

Li Yuan was a Level Three court official, a General. Naturally, his men could not act like ordinary Jianghu characters and the rebellious in the martial arts world who would attack casually when confronted with enemies. Especially his personal guard camp, what they focused most was coordination. Junior Leopard was, however, not very good at coordinating with the others.

He would always be a loner. So at the beginning, he found it hard to adjust.

After a month, he was finally able to fit in.

The personal guard camp had two principal officers, one chief, and one deputy. They were both experts in Bone-Forging Realm. The chief in charge was called Wang Lei who was a Level Five expert and good at using the long spear. The deputy chief was Qi Fei. He was a Level Four expert who employed the double Dragon Fangs Halberd.

All the other 34 people, including Junior Leopard himself, were all at Level Three.

There was a separate barrack in the personal guard camp, which was located in the Admiral Manor's courtyard. Junior Leopard and the other members of the personal guard camp would practice various kinds of battle array coordination when they were not busy. He also benefited greatly.

The personal guards had a good attitude towards Junior Leopard, and there was no evidence of the old soldiers' bullying the newcomers as it was often portrayed in American movies. This was because the guards here were the entire General's close confidants, having all gone through Li Yuan's careful selection. Naturally, they understood the severity of the matter and had a profound understanding. Secondly, when Junior Leopard took Zhonghe City, the guards observed all the formidable attack force and strength that he emerged. It went without saying that they wouldn't be so stupid as to go looking for trouble from such a talented assassin and they simply wouldn't bring trouble to themselves.

As a result, they welcomed Junior Leopard to join the team. After all, a strong comrade meant they would be more secure.

Hence when it came to instructing Junior Leopard, they were all doing their best.

As a result, Junior Leopard received a lot of benefits.

What surprised him the most was that while he was in the personal guard camp, he even got a complete hammering skill with a power which was on par with the Wu Family's Wild Hammering Skill?

Flipping Sky Hammer!

This Flipping Sky Hammer originally was a martial arts skill in the imperial family's armory of Great Jin. 300 years ago, it was awarded to General Zhou Ang by Emperor Wu. Since then, it was introduced into the army. However, the hammering skill was in reality too unfathomable and it was demanding for cultivators. For 300 years, except General Zhou Ang, no one had succeeded in practicing it. Gradually, no one had bothered to inquire.

On second thought it made more sense. The saber was the principal weapon in the army. It not only was the easiest weapon to master but also the most lethal weapon at the early stage. Therefore, the saber was one of the standard army weapons. But, originally, a hammer was an unpopular weapon and the requirements placed on the user were high. Therefore, a common soldier wouldn't use a hammer.

In the army, the only people who could really choose their own weapons were the generals.

A high-ranking military officer could only come from three backgrounds: a well-known family or the imperial court, which was a high quality background; an ordinary soldier's background, which was also regarded as a high quality background; born in Jianghu or a Military Camp, which was the last background an officer may have.

Since a hammer was a type of unpopular weapon, those generals who came from the imperial court or well-known families wouldn't use it. As for ordinary soldiers, they were already accustomed to holding the sabers and swords, how could they change to use the hammer?

A man in Jianghu whose background was the Military Camp, wouldn't use it either because the weapon was too unpopular. Even if he had used this type of weapon, he generally wouldn't have lived to see the day when he achieved meteoric success in his career. Moreover, this Flying Sky Hammer was an unfathomable hammering skill. Although it had been circulated in the military, it was not clear to everyone. Only those generals who had strong backgrounds could have access to it, like Li Yuan.

This Li Yuan was born in Pingzhou and was of the Li Family. The Li Family was very valiant and was deeply rooted in the military. If the Li Family wanted to acquire the cultivation method of Flipping Sky Hammer, it wasn't difficult. But until now, they hadn't found the right person to pass the hammering skill over. However, it was worthy of an investment to pass it to Junior Leopard. Li Yuan attracted a personal guard with boundless prospects by using a cultivation method that was of no use to him. In any case, this could be regarded as a very cost-effective thing.

Junior Leopard was naturally very grateful, at least on the surface.