Volume 6 Chapter 70 - Chapter Seventy: Old Matters Of Last Flower (1/2)
Yu Yan Shan’s chest was moving greatly. He did not immediately answer.
Ding Ning was not in a hurry, putting his hands behind his back and looking silently at the other.
After a few dozen breaths, Yu Yan Shan managed to catch his breath. But he still did not answer Ding Ning’s question. He slowly bowed respectfully to the other, and said, “I hope that I will learn Sir’s name in the future.”
Ding Ning bowed in return like a tacit agreement.
The Qin troops started to withdraw, taking away the remains of their fellows who had been killed in front of Xuegu Pass.
When they left like the tide from Ding Ning’s sides, many people silently bowed to him. Even though they did not know his identity, they knew that this was a young and powerful cultivator. And since he had appeared with Zhangsun Qianxue, and was so familiar with the sword manuals of Changling, he could only be a cultivator of Ba Mountain Sword Field.
All the records on the deeds of the Ba Mountain Sword Field in the past had been burned, but the Qin people, especially the military members of the Qin army had their own opinions on the Ba Mountain Sword Field, and its grievances with Yuanwu and Zheng Xiu. They could not comment on wrong or right, but they had high respect towards the cultivators of Ba Mountain Sword Field.
At least tonight, Ding Ning was naturally an enemy. But this was an enemy that they respected.
The battle between Ding Ning and this cultivator of the Clear River Sword School had not just won over the Qin troops, but also the Chu military at Xuegu pass.
Zhangsun Qianxue’s attack could be described as terrifying, but that was pure cultivation and power. What Ding Ning’s attacks show were fresh new things that many cultivators had never seen before.
For example, using the fragments of the Chu weapons as a flying sword. This did not just contain astounding knowledge and technique, but also a very important thing called talent. The pieces of the seal weapons after they exploded were irregular. Even if one could sense and have their own energy meld with the remaining energy and seal scripts on the piece, such a piece was just a remnant sword that a cultivator had never been in contact with before. It was like how a cultivator could pick up someone else’s flying sword on the battlefield, and use it immediately, showing great sword essence and control technique. This had nothing to do with usual cultivation, but just knowledge and talent.
When all the Qin troops had retreated out of the valley, the sound of their departing footsteps still in hearing, multiple Chu generals walked out of the city as the gates of Xuegu Pass opened and went to Ding Ning to thank him.
But Ding Ning did not give them much time. Looking at the Chu generals, he said directly, “If you trust me, you must go and help reinforce Anhu Pass as fast as possible.”
“Reinforce Anhu Pass?”
These Chu generals were all surprised.
“Why?” The leading general quickly recovered and asked.
Ding Ning looked at him and shook his head. “Do not ask why.”
This Chu general was silent for a moment and said, “There are five thousand troops stationed at Anhu Pass, and only seventeen hundred here. If I go and send reinforcements to Anhu Pass now, I have to split my forces.”
Ding Ning looked at him and said, “The more the better. If I am leading, I will take all the troops of Xuegu Pass.”
“All?” These generals were shocked again.
“Sometimes, victory is not determined by the numbers of troops but by cunning troops.” Ding Ning nodded calmly and said, “Anhu Pass has five thousand. If ten thousand Qin troops go there, even if all of the Xuegu Pass troops go there, the Qin troops will be doubled. Anhu Pass will not hold. But if you go as reinforcements and pretend that there are many times the reinforcements coming to help, you may be able to hold Anhu Pass.”
Only now did these generals understand and broke into cold sweats.