Chapter 183 - Olive Branch (2/2)
The disciples froes had experienced the sahold, towards wang Baole, and towards their fellow Daoists froreater sense of faled more frequently and befriended one another How they interacted with the warriors, whoer the same as when they had first arrived
As the Beast Tide receded and the entire stronghold recovered fro an endless horde of guests, an Honor Roll—delivered froe—reached General Zhou of the seventh prihold
In the Honor Roll were listed the naes as well as the naht even say that the list contained the names of nearly everyone who had survived
The na Foundation Establish Beard himself were listed at the top, in the lead for the eneral’s tent, General Zhou looked through the Honor Roll He s Beard
Zhou Lu stood behind General Zhou She seelint in her eyes, which spoke of her experience having been forged frorown sharper Her eyes paused on wang Baole’s na Beard re look He secretly and intentionally exerted force and forced fresh blood to seep through the bandaged wounds on his body He didn’t say a word, but his intentions were loud and clear… ree to the sizable rewards forJust lay everything out” General Zhou didn’t knohether to laugh or cry He pointed at Big Beard and scolded
Big Beard blinked, then pulled out another Honor Roll which looked heavy beyond words His face was somber He approached with the Honor Roll in both hands and did not place it on the table but presented it to General Zhou
General Zhou’s eyes fell unblinkingly on the roll He see, and a shadow fell across his face He stood and received the Honor Roll with both hands, unscrolled it and read through the nale person who had died in battle Silence fell over hi names placed at the top of that Honor Roll were the names of the Foundation Establishment realm cultivators who had perished!
“General, I understand the difficulties of the arht even if we cut the nuiven inBeard lowered his head and uttered softly
General Zhou was silent After a long while, he looked towards Big Beard and spoke in a low, calm voice, “How could we reduce the number of accolades by half All accolades will receive three times the reward As for reparations… they’ll be threefold as well!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Big Beard’s body shook He didn’t speak further, and instead cupped his fists and saluted General Zhou Then, he gave a deep bow and left
General Zhou watched Big Beard leave He stood in front of the table and was silent for a long tiements In three days’ tiholds and… visit the Armament Soldiers”
Zhou Lu hurriedly shi+fted her eyes fro Baole’s name on the Honor Roll, lowered her head and replied with a “Yes, Sir”
Three days passed swiftly With the Beast Tide ended, the disciples froes started to leave and return to their respective Dao College wang Baole, Chen Yutong, and their friends, too, bade farewell to the Armament Soldiers and were prepared to depart Before they could be on their ang Baole received aBeard
Baole blinked He had gotten a clear grasp of General Zhou of the seventh prilance of in the college, a general in the upper echelons of the army named Zhou Dexi, who had wiped out an entire species of beasts and attained aBaole hadn’t known of the otherexactly who the ht of Zhou Lu’s constant shadow behind General Zhou gave wang Baole slight pause
Could it be that Zhou Lu is this General Zhou’s concubine? </e Baole was struck with a headache
However, he considered the accoh of relief He re Beard’s tent As he arrived outside the tent, he saw Zhou Lu standing outside Their eyes met, and a hint of perplexity was clear in Zhou Lu’s eyes She cast a glance at wang Baole, shi+fted her eyes away, and spoke coolly, “The general is waiting for you”
wang Baole noticed the perplexed look in her eyes, and a glimmer flickered in his eyes He stared at the tent and ht inside He saw General Zhou, dressed in black unifor before a ure that towered like a eneral, he was assailed with the sudden feeling akin to standing before a huge Fire God Cannon His breath quickened, and he lowered his head, cupped his fists, and bowed deeply
“Greetings, General Zhou I’ Baole, co at theBaole raised his head and stared at General Zhou He deliberated, briefly, before taking a few steps forward He stood next to the general and gazed at the ht his attention earlier; it was the topographic map of the seventh line of defense Beyond the seventh line of defense was the vast primordial lands Even further beyond that, was the expansive ocean
“It ht seem like that seventh line of defense was partially breached in this battle, but in reality… on a great strategic victory!” General Zhou spoke slowly His right hand rose and pointed at the vast area of sea
“The four Dao colleges, the senate, and the other political forces staged an areat casualties, but also s and secure at least twenty years of stability at the borders!”
“But there are pros and cons to everything… the internal conflicts in the Federation, having been suppressed for more than a decade, will inevitably surface in an explosive clash soes will not escape unscathed from the political storm when it happens Only thesaid all that, turned around suddenly, his eyes shi+ning brightly, and looked at wang Baole
“wang Baole, are you willing to join the military?”