109 Clash Of Grandpas! (1/2)
”It's not like I want to do this. These men were all veterans that have served under you and Grandpa—even comrades that had experienced life and death together. However, we cannot risk the lives of the entire Jun Family on an uncertainty. If we are not merciless in this present moment, then others will be merciless to us in the future! Third Uncle, this is not just one man! Would they all betray the Imperial Family and follow the Jun Family? That is just wishful thinking!”
”If our secrets are exposed and we arouse the Imperial Family's suspicions, then the several hundred members of the Jun Family, the thousands of commoners living in the Jun Family's fiefdom, and even the all the high-ranking military officers serving the Jun Family's faction will be guilty by association! That is tens of thousands of lives! As for what to do next, I believe that Third Uncle should know better than me. Third Uncle had once told me what it meant to be part of the younger generation, so why are you so sentimental now? Third Uncle, you are now responsible for the lives of the entire Jun Family; don't tell me you are willing to shirk your duty?!” Jun Mo Xie's calm analysis was terrifying, his expression was somewhat cruel, and his tone was rather fierce.
”If that is the case, is it possible that we will have to carry our secret to the grave?” Jun Wu Yi frowned.
”Third Uncle, your foresight is lacking! Take a look at the Magnificent Jewel Hall…” Jun Mo Xie chuckled nefariously before leisurely continuing, ”… currently overlooking the whole world. Which emperor dares to move against the Magnificent Jewel Hall?”
Jun Wu Yi was overwhelmed in shock!
It turned out that his nephew had such incredible ambitions!
The Magnificent Jewel Hall achieved its current success through the effort of countless generations of people, yet our Jun Family…”
Jun Wu Yi deeply furrowed his brows.
”The Jun Family has me! It has you! It has Grandpa!”
Jun Mo Xie grunted, gently swirling the wine in his cup.
”The three of us are more than enough! The day will come when our Jun Family will be stronger than the Magnificent Jewel Hall!”
The calm expression on Jun Mo Xie's face revealed an unsurpassed confidence!
Jun Wu Yi dazedly looked at his nephew and suddenly felt a surge of pride well up in his heart! His nephew's words almost convinced him that these events will necessarily happen. He wanted to believe in this future, because if these words came true, then there would be hope for his redemption!
”Things are different now that your health has returned. Your priority in the coming days will be to all your body to recuperate and to make sure you do not recklessly activate your Xuan Qi. Although you have advanced into the Sky Xuan realm, your foundation is unstable because you had primarily relied on the medicinal strength of the Blazing Heart Meridian and not bitter cultivation for the breakthrough. I have already instructed the kitchen staff to prepare a specialized medicinal cuisine for Third Uncle. For the next ten days, you can only nurture your Xuan Qi in your dantian and continue until you have gained complete control. No matter what, you absolutely cannot take rash actions. When you are free, just use the power of your body to move a little. Exercise restraint. I think Third Uncle understands my meaning!” Jun Mo Xie gave Jun Wu Yi a profound look. ”I believe that Third Uncle will discover a pleasant surprise in your body after these next ten days.”
”I have waited for more than ten years; a mere ten days is nothing!” Jun Wu Yi nodded.
”The three hundred guards have not returned from their training?” Jun Mo Xie asked rather casually as he swirled his cup of wine. After three hundred house guards have reached an acceptable level of physical conditioning, Jun Mo Xie moved forward with the next phase of their death training regimen.
The three hundred men had proceeded to the Heavenly Tribulation Forest to hunt low-level Xuan Beasts for their Xuan Cores and pelt. With the goal of obtaining ten or more rank 5 Xuan Beasts; the higher the level, the better and the lesser needed, for the lower level, there more needed.
They were not to return until they have completed the mission!
Jun Mo Xie gave a stern warning before their departure. ”This training exercise to the Heavenly Tribulation Forest will be left completely in your control and this includes your lives! I expect that less than half of you will return alive! This is where the path of the strong begins! Failure is not an option; for that is the road to the Yellow Springs!”
Jun Mo Xie also used this as an opportunity to weed out any spies within these troops. After the troops entered the Heavenly Tribulation Forest, Grandpa Jun's main forces were dispatched to guard their path of retreat. Anyone that turned back was killed without exception! Any birds that flew out from the forest were similarly shot dead! They followed up by entering the forest and killing anyone they suspect were sending out a message.
This operation was carried out by Grandpa Jun's secret forces of Jade Xuan experts so the outcome was uneventful.
”Twenty-seven men have already been exposed so far; all of them have been executed! No information on this operation had leaked out as of the latest report.”
Jun Wu Yi appeared exhausted.
”It did not occur to me that the Jun Family had sheltered these many enemy spies. Could it be that my Jun Family is easily bullied?!”
Jun Mo Xie smiled and said.
”We can assume that most of the spies have been eliminated given that no messages have been sent out for such a long period of time. I'm not too worried about the remaining men. Anyone that is able to return had earned the right to live.”
Jun Wu Yi slightly nodded before standing up. He had taken one last look at the wine cup in Jun Mo Xie's hands before he returned to his courtyard.
Jun Mo Xie sat quietly for a while before he too stood up and left toward his courtyard; the second batch of fine wine ought to be ready at any moment. That batch will be the real deal.
A disturbance suddenly broke out in the capital and then subsided. A fast horse galloped post-haste to the main gate of the Jun Residence. The rider, who wore a yellow eunuch outfit, was precisely a messenger from the imperial palace. Shortly thereafter, Grandpa Jun hurriedly left the residence and rushed toward the imperial palace.
At the same time, the physicians of the imperial palace seemed extremely impatient as they hurried to the Li Residence.