Chapter 122: Revealing One's True Identity

  The tables were set with steaming hot food and a variety of North American wines.

  "Liu Lao, you must be exhausted from the journey. Let's eat first and talk later." Bai Meng made a please gesture to Liu Tian, slightly ignoring the cold Ling Xiao beside him.

  Liu Tian nodded and made a please gesture to Leng Xiao Yao beside him, saying: "Xiao Yao, let's go. I didn't accompany you well at home earlier, now we'll make up for it."

  Bai Mang saw Liu Tian's action, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes. In his impression, this old man Liu seemed to have a respectful attitude only when dealing with his own father. Why would he be so polite to a young man like him today?

  Leng Xiao Yao smiled and nodded slightly, standing still. After all, the host had not taken his seat yet, and as a guest, it was not proper for him to take his seat first.

  Bai Xue was afraid of Bai Mang, but after all, she was their daughter. Seeing her father's puzzled expression, she explained in a low voice.

  "Ah!" Bai Meng listened to his daughter's explanation. His eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on his face: "So it was Young Master Leng, please take a seat. I haven't thanked you yet for helping my little girl." After he sat down, Cold Xiao Yao and the others also took their seats one by one.

  Bai Mang first poured herself a full cup of wine. She raised the cup towards Leng Xue and said, "This cup is to toast Mr. Leng, and once again thank Mr. Leng for lending a helping hand to Xiao Nu."

  "The general was being polite." Leng Xiao Yao raised his cup and took a sip.

  "Have you ever been a soldier?" Bai Mang asked with a stunning question.

  "Ah!" Leng Xiao was taken aback, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of reverence for this marshal who was as famous as his own grandfather. Although he had already reached the level of an initial Sword Saint, he still carried himself with the demeanor of a military man, after all, the style of a soldier from his past life had already been deeply ingrained in him. Ever since he left the Ferocious Tiger Squad, he had been disguising his military bearing, but unexpectedly, it was still seen through by someone.

  "Marshal has good eyesight." Leng Xiao Yao responded with a sentence.

  "Ah!" This time Liu Tian was shocked, because in his heart, he had long taken Leng Xiao Yao as that noble young master, how did it suddenly come out that the noble young master used to be a soldier? What a strange thing.

  Bai Meng heard Leng Xiao Yao's response, and his eyes lit up again. He smiled and said: "Oh! No wonder I felt a sense of familiarity when I saw Mr. Leng for the first time. It turns out we're all military people! That explains it."

  "Haha!"

  "Cold gentleman, I'll ask a presumptuous question, which troop were you serving in back then?"

  Leng Xiao Yao heard Bai Mang's question and thought for a moment, a smile on his face: "Tian Long Kingdom. Mò Hǔ Tuán, Qiān Fēng Yíng."

  "What?" Wang Qifeng stood up from his chair, a look of surprise on his face.

  "Shi Hu's subordinate?" Bai Meng's face also changed slightly.

  "Alright."

  Bai Mang let out a soft sigh and said with emotion: "It's a pity that the Manton Squad has been buried, what a pity!"

  "Father, is the Mò Hǔ Tuán very strong? Is it even stronger than Uncle Wang's Fēng Tuán?" White Snow asked, sitting beside her father and noticing his expression. She couldn't help but ask because in her mind, her father's First Army was the strongest, invincible and unbeatable. She rarely heard her father praise other legions like this, not even the strongest Fēng Tuán of their own country, which he often criticized as useless. So she naturally had doubts about the Mò Hǔ Tuán from Tiān Lóng Guó.

  Bai Mang heard his daughter ask, a smile of indulgence on his face, and he reached out to touch the top of her head, responding: "Lass. If you say that, your Uncle Wang's tail will be lifted up to the sky, and the fierce tiger team really fights, it won't be inferior to your Uncle Wang's wind team. Father told you, at first, your Uncle Wang had suffered greatly at someone else's hands."

  "Ah!" Bai Xue's face showed a look of surprise, her hands covering her small mouth, unable to speak out of cuteness.

  "Marshal, at first it wasn't that Stone Tiger guy who seemed so honest and simple on the surface. Who knew he would resort to such underhanded tactics? Otherwise, I wouldn't have lost so badly!" Wang Qifeng immediately protested.

  Bai Mang heard Wang Qifeng's protest, and his originally smiling face immediately turned serious: "Qifeng, on the battlefield, no one cares what moves you use. The battlefield has always only looked at victory or defeat. You lost is a fact, you should learn from experience and understand?"

  "Yes, Marshal." Wang Qifeng responded reluctantly, his heart unwilling.

  "Let the cold gentleman see a joke, right? When was the cold gentleman serving in the fierce tiger team?" Bai Meng saw that the scene was a bit awkward and quickly changed the subject.

  "A year ago."

  "A year ago? Wasn't that when the Beastmen Empire attacked Tiger Gate?" "Uh-huh." Leng Xiao Yao had long buried this matter in his heart, wanting to forget it, but with Bai Mang bringing it up, scenes of him and Shi Hu's interactions back then involuntarily floated into his mind. His tone was tinged with a hint of sorrow.

  Wang Qifeng seemed to be infected as well, raising his wine cup and taking a sip. He grumbled: "This Liu Yan is such a petty person, actually treating the true gold as scrap iron, not rebuilding the mighty Tiger Team which has the strongest combat power, and even getting rid of it, haha, the downfall of the Tianlong Kingdom is only a matter of time."

  Bai Mang didn't say anything about Wang Qi Feng's collection. Instead, he suddenly changed the subject and said, "Leng Gong, have you heard of 'what'?" Leng Xiao Yao was also confused by Bai Mang's abrupt and inexplicable words.

  "The Tianlong Kingdom has launched an attack on the Northern Kingdom. I'm sure Ji Feng has also told you about this, but I've just received the latest news that Shi Hu has been pushed to the border of the Northern Kingdom."

  "Why? Leng Xiao suddenly heard what Bai Mang said, and his face showed a look of surprise. What does this have to do with Shi Hu? Could it be that Shi Hu led the troops there? Impossible, the Měng Hǔ Tuán has already been defeated, so whose army is coming?"

  "Hehe." A faint bitter smile appeared on his pale face: "Young Master Leng may not know, but according to the latest news I've received, Tian Long's re-match with Shen Leng Xiao Tian has ended in an unknown outcome. It is rumored that Shen Leng Xiao Tian was murdered by Liu Yan, so the direct descendants of the Leng family are in an uproar, demanding an explanation from Liu Yan. Unfortunately...

  Leng Xiao Yao's face changed upon hearing Bai Meng say this. He hastily asked: "What happened in the end?"

  Bai Mang glanced at Leng Xiao Yao with a profound gaze, and said word by word: "Leng Gongzi, may I ask what is your relationship with Leng Xiao Tian?"

  "Ah." The people who were quietly listening to the conversation between Bai Mang and Leng Xiao Yao, including Liu Tian, were all stunned. Several gazes turned towards Leng Xiao Yao, their eyes filled with surprise and confusion.

  "Haha!" Leng Xiao Yao's face revealed a hint of bitter smile, it seemed that his identity had been seen through after all. This white-haired brain was indeed very astute, relying solely on a few words of conversation, he could actually see through his identity.

  "He is my grandfather." Leng Xiao said this sentence very calmly, without any tone of complaint, on the contrary, his eyebrows were filled with a sad color. Yes, he was sad for his own grandfather, who had devoted his life to serving the country, but in the end, his fate remained unknown.

  Bai Mang heard Leng Xiao Yao say this, and a look of urgency flashed across his face as he asked: "If Master Leng is the descendant of Leng Xiao Tian, then where is your grandfather now? Are those rumors true?"

  "Uh-huh."

  "Bang!" Wang Qifeng slapped his palm on the small table in front of him, causing the wine and dishes on it to shake a few times. He cursed with his mouth: "This *** Liu Yan, is actually such a foolish ruler."

  "Qi Feng, can't you be quieter?" Liu Tian said.

  For some reason, the generals in the military camp seemed to be extremely afraid of Liu Tian. When Liu Tian's words fell, Wang Qifeng, who was originally furious, suddenly became docile and didn't dare say another word. He could only pick up his wine cup and drink a few cups fiercely, as if using wine to vent his dissatisfaction in his heart.

  "Since Leng Gongzi is no longer around, I'll be a bit presumptuous and ask you to let me off easy, okay?"

  "It should be. White Marshal can directly call me Xiao Yao. When Bai Meng heard Cold Xiao Yao say this, a smile appeared on his face and said: "Good. Since that's the case, you don't have to call me White Marshal either. White Marshal calls me, although I'm older than your grandfather, but I'm more than ten years older than your great uncle, so it's fine if you just call me Uncle Bai."

  "I've met Old Man Bai before."

  "Alright, Xiao Yao, since you've called me Uncle Bai, I'll speak plainly. It's best if you don't return to Tian Long Kingdom for now."

  "Why?"

  A hint of emotion appeared on his pale face: "Because the Leng family of Tianlong Kingdom has been annihilated, now anyone in Tianlong Kingdom who has any connection with the Leng family will either mysteriously disappear or be thrown into the Heavenly Prison. If they're lucky, they'll be exiled."

  Leng Xiangyao's face changed drastically at this moment. His complexion was extremely unsightly, so to speak, the Leng family's decades of cultivating their elite troops in Tianlong Kingdom had all been wiped out?

  "Xiao Yao, you're right. Now, among the three major legions of Tian Long Kingdom, not a single one belongs to the Cold Family's direct lineage. All have been replaced by Liu Yan with his own direct subordinates."

  "No, General, isn't the general of the Royal Regiment that madman surnamed Wen? Isn't this regiment basically split from the Ferocious Tiger Regiment?" Wang Qifeng suddenly asked, his face filled with doubt.

  It's normal for Wang Qifeng to be suspicious. Rumor has it that the Royal Corps is the strongest military corps in Tianlong Country, with extremely strong combat power. Moreover, this corps was split from the most prosperous period of the Ferocious Tiger Corps and is a special corps. The generals and soldiers inside are basically all under Leng Xuetian's command, which can be said to be the most orthodox.

  "Alas!" Bai Meng sighed and said: "According to my reliable sources, Wen Kai's whereabouts are unknown, while the other team leaders have been charged with treason and thrown into the Heavenly Prison."

  "What?" Cold Arrogance was shocked. If everything White Vastness said was true, then how many generals were being held captive in the Heavenly Prison of Kyoto at this moment?

  "How did General Shi Hu end up being pushed to the front line? Although Leng Xiao was shocked, he was the first to think of this important question about Shi Hu."

  "According to the information brought back by our scouts, I estimate that Liu Yan wants to use Shi Hu to continue luring out the remaining troops of the Leng family." Bai Mang said this with a look of disdain on his face, seemingly contemptuous of Liu Yan's tactics.

  Today, I have something to do in another city, so this chapter was rushed out on the bus. There are still two more chapters that will be uploaded a bit later tonight, but don't worry, it won't be less than 10,000 words updated. It's the middle of the month now, please vote for next month, and to those who have votes, please support me, thank you.