Chapter 13: Hidden Dragon War and Military Strategy Iron Council (1/2)
Chapter 13 : Hidden Dragon War and Military Strategy Iron Council
The lobby of the governor’s mansion was twelve meters wide. There were eight tall pillars around the room. In the middle was a golden eagle statue, mightily breathtaking, like a divine bird looking down on the common people.
Every time there were guests in the lobby, their spirits were shaken by an invisible force of oppression; they would become too afraid to even breathe too heavily.
Feng Wan Peng was holding a jade scroll around three feet long and then slowly rolled it back up. This letter, he had read three times, and he also smiled three times; as if it was such a good event that even someone as stern as him couldn’t help but smile.
Besides Feng Wan Peng, strategist Ge and housekeeper Liu were also present and sat on both sides. Their ages were similar, both with gray hair and wrinkled faces.
However, they were both not ordinary characters; they could single-handedly rule one direction.
Strategist Ge, with a fan made out of feathers in his hand, glared at the jade scroll, seemed to have guessed a lot of things, and spoke:
“Governor, is this a piece of news from the Southern Main House?”
The jade scroll in Feng Wan Peng’s hand was named the “Flying Jade Scroll.” It could travel one hundred thousand miles in one day; it was a real spirit treasure.
The Flying Jade Scroll came to Spirit State city, which meant the news came from the Grand Southern City of the Feng family.
Strategist Ge and housekeeper Liu were not outsiders. They had followed Wan Peng for more than a decade and thus, Wan Peng never hid anything from them. He smiled and said:
“The next Hidden Dragon War of our family that occurs once every twenty years is happening soon.”
Strategist Ge’s eyes squinted, and ecstatically said:
“How long?”
“Three months later, the beginning date of the Autumn season. Purple mist prefectural city, hidden dragons pierce the sky.”
Feng Wan Peng read the contents of the Flying Jade Scroll.
The significance of the Hidden Dragon War of the Feng family was known throughout the world; anyone that performed remarkably in the Hidden Dragon War would surely thrive in the future.
The Feng family was a huge family; children of the family numbered in the tens of millions. They were divided into many different branches; every branch all had countless young geniuses.
Like Feng Wan Peng, who ruled over Spirit State city and was in charge of millions of people in many thousand miles, he was a tyrant in this direction. But he was only a fourth generation descendant from a Feng branch family. He was not comparable to a true member of the Feng main family.
The Feng family’s fourth generation, if not ten thousand, then it would be at least eight thousand members in size. There were many talented people and they all ruled over multiple ancient cities, or county towns, the military barracks, or the government. Their people and influence scattered across the whole world.
Every twenty years, the Feng family would have a selection to judge the potential of their younger generations. They would select the most transcendent talents and focus on cultivating them; this was the purpose of the Hidden Dragon War.
Hidden Dragons leave the sea, hurricanes ravage ten thousand miles!
After three months would be the date of the Hidden Dragon War; all the younger generations of the Feng family would have to participate in this event. Whoever could show all of their talents would be the next leaders in their generation. In the future, they could even be nominated for the patriarch position.
The main house of the Feng family was located in the Grand Southern City, it was also one of the strongest families in the city.
Grand Southern City was one of the eight biggest cities of the Jin Dynasty, located to the south.
Grand Southern City had vast territories and a large population. It had twenty six counties; each county had countless ancient cities, and under the cities were the small towns.
Spirit State city was only one out of one hundred and twenty four ancient cities, under the Bai Ling county.
The Feng family was one of the three strongest families in the Grand Southern City. Thus, it was clear how powerful it was.
Feng Wan Peng laughed loudly:
“Twenty years ago, I participated in the Hidden Dragon War with high spirits. I went through dozens of checkpoints and defeated hundreds of opponents. Afterwards, an elder took notice of my talents and groomed me into the position of governor, ruling one direction.”
Strategist Ge asked:
“What was your ranking in the last war twenty years ago?”
“I was the eighteenth.”
Feng Wan Peng’s heart was proud when he recalled the feat and couldn’t help but heroically laugh.
Placing eighteenth at the last Hidden Dragon War was indeed an achievement worthy of arrogance.
Strategist Ge was an adviser under the Feng family; he naturally understood the event from twenty years ago, and said:
“Twenty years ago, during the Hidden Dragon War, there were nine thousand four hundred and thirty eight people within the fourth generation’s main branch, while the side branches had a total of seventy thousand people. To defeat so many people and reaching the position of eighteen, you must have been remarkable during that year.”
Strategist Ge’s words were not flattery. After all, Feng Wan Peng was still a formidable expert even now. He was still renowned within the fourth generation and had some influence.
Physical strength determined one’s power!
Feng Wan Peng said:
“Twenty years have passed, the fifth generation of the Feng family has become even more prosperous. According to the statistics from the message, the main branch has thirty thousand people, which is a surprise, because some of them are absolutely brilliant geniuses. Some could even defeat the experts of the last generation. A lot of people predict that this fifth generation of the Feng family will be the rise of a new golden generation for our Feng family. A heaven shattering genius could appear at any time, and he would make the elders become crazily ecstatic.”
Strategist Ge nodded and responded in a serious manner:
“If this is the case, then it is difficult to be within the top rankings. But with the cultivation of the oldest young master, breaking into the two hundreds should not be a problem.”
Feng Wan Peng smiled and shook his head:
“The boy Feng Sui Yu’s talents are extremely high, I have high confidence in him. His ranking will not just be in the two hundreds. If he participates in the branch selection war, there will be a big chance of him standing out.”
Because Feng Sui Yu was only an adopted child, he could only join the branch war of the Feng family. However, as long as he performed well, he could still join the war with the direct family afterwards.
Feng Wan Peng changed his expression and lamented:
“I, Feng Wan Peng, was a hero my whole life, but I gave birth to a useless son. If Feng Fei Yun, this darn kid, was equal to one-tenth of Sui Yu, I would still be satisfied.”
Strategist Ge said: