Chapter Sixty: Shocking News

  After attending the imperial banquet, Leng Xiang's life returned to its usual routine. Every day was spent in a three-point style: training, studying in the library, and cultivating his skills. Before he knew it, several months had quietly passed by.

  "Young master, just now Fu's steward sent someone over and called for you to go down." Little Feng said with a smile on her face.

  Leng Xiao Yao put down the book in his hand and looked at Xiao Feng with a puzzled expression, "What's going on?"

  "You'll know once you've gone, young master."

  "En." Leng Xiao Yao stood up, nodded at Xiaofeng and then turned around to leave.

  "Master, wait." Little Feng's voice sounded from behind Leng Xiao Yao.

  "Anything else?" Leng Xiao Yao heard Xiaofeng's cry and stopped in his tracks, turning around to ask.

  Xiaofeng handed a white garment to Leng Xiao and said, "Young master, the weather has cooled down, put on another layer of clothing before going out!"

  "Hehe." Actually, for his current cultivation level of Cold and Carefree, this temperature wouldn't make him sick even if he wasn't wearing clothes. But when he saw Xiao Feng's worried expression, he took the clothes and put them on, saying: "Alright, you can go back now!"

  "En." Xiao Feng saw Leng Xiangyang put on his clothes, and a joyful expression appeared on his face. He jumped up and down, walking back and forth.

  Looking at the carefree and leisurely way Xiaofeng left, he couldn't help but shake his head. Ignorant children are the happiest and most joyful. If she had a bad master, this little girl probably wouldn't be living so happily.

  "Grandpa, is there something wrong with Xiaor?"

  Leng Xiao put down the book in his hand, looked up and saw that Leng Xiao had arrived, with a smile on his face, he waved his hand and said: "Xiao'er, I called you here because there's something I want to tell you."

  "What's wrong?"

  "The Měng Hǔ Tuán has been disbanded." Lěng Xiào Tiān said calmly, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

  Leng Xiao Yao heard this news and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes. His face revealed a thread of anger as he asked, "Why?"

  "Why?" Leng Xue coldly laughed and said: "Xiao Er, can't you guess the reason with your wisdom?"

  "Can't Your Majesty hold back for a bit longer?" asked Leng Xiao Yao calmly.

  Leng Xiao Tian shook his head and said: "Xiao Er, you're wrong. It's not that His Majesty can't bear it, but rather His Majesty wants a balance point."

  "Actually, Your Majesty had long wanted to disband the Hu Tiger Team, but he hadn't found a suitable opportunity. This time, the loss at the Tiger Gate was too severe, and if they were to rebuild the team, the cost would be a huge military expense. So, Your Majesty took advantage of this opportunity, with the strong support of the Qiao family, to disband the Hu Tiger Team."

  After a moment of cold and leisurely contemplation, he asked: "What about Humen then?"

  "Afterwards, the Royal Corps replaced the Tiger Corps in guarding Humen."

  "What did they do?"

  "The original leaders of the Tiger Troop who were willing to stay were all dispersed and assigned to various legions. Those who were not willing to stay were given a severance fee, allowing them to live on their own."

  Leng Xiao Yao's face turned calm and serene as he asked: "Grandfather told me these things, what instructions do you have?"

  Leng Xiao Tian heard his grandson's question and instead of showing a disapproving expression, he revealed an approving smile: "It's simple. I'm giving you three years starting now. No matter what you want to do or achieve during these three years, I require that after three years, you must reach the level of a great swordsman. Then come back and take over as the head of the Leng family. Only if the new head of the Leng family is excellent can the Leng family avoid extinction."

  "Three years." Leng Xiao Yao muttered to himself, a thoughtful expression appearing on his face.

  Leng Xiao Tian saw his grandson's contemplative expression and said with a serious tone, "Xiao Yao, do you think that Grandfather values reputation and status highly?"

  "My grandson dare not."

  "Xiao Er, do you know why His Majesty has turned against our Cold family with murderous intent, yet he dares not?"

  "Grandson doesn't know." Cold Xiangyang responded indifferently, but in fact, he also wanted to know the answer to this question. Since ancient times, when an emperor wants a minister to die, the minister has no choice but to die. So why didn't Emperor Cold take action against him? Was it because the emperor truly remembered his grandfather's contributions and was grateful? How ridiculous.

  Leng Xi Tian saw his grandson's puzzled expression and proudly said, "The Leng family has been following the previous emperor in battles across the south and north since I, Leng Xi Tian, started. There are no hundreds of millions of brave troops under my command, but there are tens of millions of brave troops. Those who can survive in battle are the elite among the elite. After the war is over, these elites also enter various military groups to take on important roles."

  "Grandpa's meaning is that one move restrains all?" Cold Xiao Yao's eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness.

  Leng Xiao Tian heard his grandson's words and a look of approval appeared on his face: "That's right, although they were all dispersed into various legions to take up posts, but once the Leng family encountered any problems, the power they gathered would make other countries fearful, let alone Your Majesty."

  Leng Xiao Yao heard Leng Xiao Tian's words and finally understood why in the previous time and space, some people had clearly made mistakes, but the country didn't take action against them. It was probably because of these vast networks of relationships. If they were to make a move, perhaps the country would suffer turmoil.

  "There's something else I want to tell you, but you have to be patient." Leng Xiao Tian said with a serious face.

  "What's wrong?" Leng Xiao saw his grandfather's expression and felt a slight surge in his heart, with an ominous premonition rising to the surface.

  "Actually, I was afraid you were too young and couldn't keep calm, so I didn't tell you the truth earlier. The fact is that Shi Hu has been demoted, and the remaining members of the Meng Hu team are all furious and resentful, so they have a hint of offending the imperial power in their words. The Huang Jia team suppressed them, but the Meng Hu team resisted, which eventually led to an internal war." Leng Xiao Tian's eyes also flashed with a killing intent as he spoke.

  "Rebellion?" Leng Xiao's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he hastily asked: "Grandfather, isn't Wen Jiangjun of the Imperial Guard your old subordinate? How could something like this happen?"

  "Haha" Leng Xiao's face revealed a self-mocking smile: "It turns out that after I resigned, Your Majesty issued an order saying that General Wen Kai of the Imperial Guard did not follow imperial orders and was directly stripped of his general position, demoted to be the commander of the Archery Unit instead. Wu Tian, a member of the imperial family, took over as the new general. It seems like Your Majesty has finally started taking action. I think this kind of thing will happen even more frequently in the future!"

  Leng Xiao Yao finally understood what was going on after hearing this and took a deep breath before asking, "What about the situation with the Ferocious Tiger Squad?"

  More than 700 people, except for Shi Hu and Yan Menggui who were captured, all the other soldiers died in battle. After the war, less than 50 people successfully escaped from Humen.

  "Fifty people?" A look of shock appeared in Leng Xiao's eyes.

  "Yes, according to the scouts' report from the front, there are absolutely no more than fifty people who escaped from Humen, and they were able to escape because it seems like they used that powerful explosive you had before, but each of them is injured to some extent."

  After listening to the cold and carefree words, a strong killing intent burst forth from his entire body, his eyes reddened, and he cursed loudly: "Damn it, what is this? The heroic Tiger Troop, for the sake of the poor people of Huamen, willingly gave up their chance of survival, and for the sake of defending the border, the Tiger Troop fought to the last moment without retreating a single step. Now, Your Majesty actually dares to punish them, to kill their leaders? Haha! Absurd, absurd!"

  Leng Xiao Tian looked at his grandson's crazed appearance, but didn't offer any words of comfort. He knew the depth of pain his grandson was enduring in his heart. As a former commander, every time Leng Xiao Tian received casualty reports from his deputy after a battle, he would feel a pang in his heart. Now, seeing his own comrades killed by their own people was an even greater agony.

  Leng Xiao Yao finished her angry outburst and took a few deep breaths of cold air, her tone extremely icy as she asked: "Grandfather, do you know where these people are headed?"

  "Alright."

  "Tell me."

  Leng Xiao Tian fell silent for a moment before asking: "Xiao Er, tell Grandfather what you want to do?"

  "I want to go see them." Leng Xiao Yao let out a soft sigh, thinking back to the days when he was in the military with his comrades. Unbeknownst to him, tears began to fall down his face.

  Leng Xiao Tian saw his own grandson's expression and sighed softly: "They have entered the Gai Shan mountain range."

  "Ga Mountain Range?" A look of surprise flashed in Leng Xiao Yao's eyes, which quickly turned into a worried expression. After a moment of contemplation, Leng Xiao Yao said firmly, "Grandfather, I want to know their current location. I'll go find them."

  The Gakka Mountain Range, a place name that is well-known on the Maya continent, exists at the central intersection of the four major national borders. This was once a place that all four major nations wanted to own, but for some reason, the four major nations were unable to bring this region under their control. The reason was none other than the fact that the Gakka Mountain Range was notorious for being a den of bandits. Within the Gakka Mountain Range, dozens of large and small groups of bandits existed. Every time the four major nations wanted to come and suppress the bandits, they would arrive with great fanfare but return in defeat. As a result, over time, this place evolved into an ungoverned region. Generally, merchant caravans that passed through the Gakka Mountain Range only needed to pay the toll according to the rules, and they could usually return safely.

  Leng Xiao Tian saw his grandson's resolute expression and couldn't help but ask: "Have you made up your mind?"

  "Alright."

  Leng Xiao looked at Leng Xiao after a long time, picked up a paper full of words from the desktop and handed it to Leng Xiao: "Here is their current location, be careful on the road, remember, I can only give you one year's time, no matter what happens in a year, you must come back to the college, this is your mission and responsibility, do you understand?"

  "Yes, Grandfather." Leng Xiao Yao took the paper from his grandfather's hand and turned around to leave without looking back.

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