Chapter 154: Heartfelt Friendship, No Worries About Climbing High
The Old Butler snorted, and two warriors sandwiched Cao Kun in the middle. The Thunder Smoke Beast’s strength was very great, making him unable to move.
Although the battlefield on Yun Ce’s side was fighting extremely fiercely, the Old Butler’s gaze had always been fixed on the opposite bank of the river. There, a group of ambush troops holding powerful crossbow bolts were already prepared, just waiting for the enemy to charge up.
Yun Ce saw Doggy’s silver-white tentacles turn into a suction tube, sucking something mouthful by mouthful, causing lumps upon lumps on the silver thread, which was very terrifying.
“You’d better not ask. I’m worried your morality will rebound from the bottom and then prohibit me from doing this. But I’ll tell you, this is prepared for those more than three thousand little cubs you raised.
The qi that Zhang Min and the others talked about, the most difficult part is actually sensing the qi. Now, I’ve sucked out all of this guy’s essence. When the time comes, implant it into the little guys’ bodies, and their bodies will naturally have qi, without spending a lot of time sensing the existence of qi.”
Yun Ce tugged the meteor hammer over while saying to Doggy, “Then collect more.”
“Not much left.”
When Yun Ce dragged the meteor hammer and pulled that Gui Fang leader in front of him, this guy, who originally had a blackened and greenish face, surprisingly looked somewhat pale.
His two big eyes were almost bulging out, his mouth opening and closing as if speaking, yet no sound came.
“He says you’re a demon.”
1 When Doggy retracted the silver thread, it also helpfully explained for Yun Ce.
1 Yun Ce drew the saber from his side and chopped off the Gui Fang person’s head with one strike. When the head flew up, Yun Ce impaled it on the horse spear and held it up. He had promised Cao Kun to get a Gui Fang person’s head for research.
1 For some reason, the Gui Fang people on the opposite bank of the river did not charge out of the forest. It was silent, and the Old Butler did not dare to easily send troops into the forest.
1 The battle on the left side of the river channel ended quickly too. Not many Gui Fang people rushed out from the forest. After Yun Ce killed that Gui Fang people leader, no more Gui Fang people emerged from the forest.
1 The Old Butler was clearly a general with very rich command experience. He did not choose to confront the enemy here but took advantage of the opportunity when his side had a slight upper hand to order the grain carts to continue advancing.
1 Yun Ce held the horse spear impaled with a human head, staring at the forest on his left. Beside him was a group of cavalrymen from Qiu He Prefecture. They had already started treating Yun Ce as one of their own, glaring menacingly at the grove together. As long as the enemies in the forest dared to come out, they would charge forward to fight again.
1 The convoy slowly advanced. When the Old Butler and Cao Kun passed Yun Ce’s position, the Old Butler chuckled and said, “Very good.”
1 Yun Ce returned a smile, then looked at Cao Kun sandwiched between two warriors and laughed loudly, “Brother Cao, your toy.”
1 With that, he flung the horse spear, and the Gui Fang people leader’s head, which was no longer bleeding much, flew toward Cao Kun.
1 This time, the Old Butler chuckled without stopping it, and the warriors beside Cao Kun did not block it either, letting the blood-drenched human head be grabbed by the excited Cao Kun who was almost flying up.
2 “This is a Ten-Man General.” The Old Butler continued explaining to Cao Kun.
2 “Ah? I saw him looking majestic, fighting Yun Ce for quite a while. Turns out he’s just a Ten-Man General.”
2 The Old Butler’s face darkened as he looked at Cao Kun and said, “A youth who can behead a Gui Fang Ten-Man General on the battlefield can rival a Gui Fang Hundred-man General. Even at Iron Enclosure Pass, that counts as a hero.”
2 Cao Kun forced a smile and said, “If there’s more fighting, I can also kill a Ten-Man General and bring him back.”
2 The Old Butler’s face became even uglier as he stared into Cao Kun’s eyes and said, “You see Yun Ce killing the enemy effortlessly, as easy as eating a Gale Beast, but you don’t know how much hardship he’s endured behind the scenes.
2 Young Master, you can envy those with higher family background, higher status, or even better looks than you, but you alone cannot envy someone like Yun Ce, because his skills were earned with blood and tears.”
2 Cao Kun shook his head and said, “I’m not envious of him. I just want to go to the battlefield too. Personally kill a Ten-Man General, Hundred-man General, Thousand-man General, or whatever.”
2 The Old Butler ignored Cao Kun’s muttering and directly said to the two warriors guarding beside Cao Kun, “Watch him. If he gets to the battlefield, no matter what the Young Master’s battle results are, I will kill you.”
2 Upon hearing this, the two warriors sandwiched Cao Kun even tighter.
2 After the grain carts passed through these two groves and the Gui Fang people did not continue rushing out to raid, Yun Ce led a group of cavalrymen and withdrew from the forest last.
3 They did not closely follow the convoy but trailed two li behind. This made Cao Kun, who was single-mindedly eager to talk to Yun Ce, anxious and scratching his ears and cheeks.
3 “This is called rear scout. Within the army’s line of sight, it’s a method commonly used by scouts who use their own safety as the warning signal.”
3 The Old Butler ignored the human head in Cao Kun’s hand and continued dutifully explaining to him the things to watch out for on the battlefield, while also interpreting Yun Ce’s actions for Cao Kun.
3 “Why use your own safety as the warning signal?”
3 “For the army’s safety. If they are attacked or chased by the enemy army, once battle occurs, the main army will see it and make the appropriate arrangements at the same time. Two li is too far for heavy-armor infantry charge, too short for heavy-armor cavalry charge…”
3 After leaving the forest, the Old Butler ordered the convoy to move quickly, completely leaving the hills and forests behind. Looking out, there were only coarse gravel stones. Then he ordered to camp at this place called Black Stone Beach.
3 With a massive number of horse carriages loaded with grain and materials available, a Cart City quickly appeared on Black Stone Beach.
3 Yun Ce wrapped some meat, vegetables, and eggs in a grain for fodder cake, and with the cool boiled water from his waist, leaned against the Red Date Horse to eat his dinner.
3 Cao Kun had never eaten grain for fodder. Seeing Yun Ce eat it very savorily, he asked for a flatbread, baked it soft over the campfire like Yun Ce, wrapped some meat, eggs, and vegetables, and ate it.
3 The taste was surprisingly good. He wrapped another flatbread and personally delivered it to the Old Butler.
4 “That old guy nags all day. If not for his age, I wouldn’t want to listen to him.”
4 Yun Ce laughed, “I know you’re lucky, so no need to keep showing it off in front of me.”
4 After biting into a grass cake and swallowing, Cao Kun asked quietly, “Do you think I can kill a Ten-Man General?”
4 Yun Ce said, “After dinner, we’ll spar, then I’ll give you the answer.”
4 Cao Kun said joyfully, “Don’t hold back on me. I hate it most when people let me win.”
4 The Old Butler slowly finished eating the grain for fodder flatbread Cao Kun brought and said to the Warrior Leader, “Black Stone Beach won’t be peaceful at night. This is also the most suitable place for Gui Fang people to raid.
4 If we miss tonight, we’ll enter the range of Iron Enclosure Pass patrols. I think the Gui Fang people won’t dare to go deeper.”
4 The Warrior Leader looked from afar at Cao Kun, who was gesturing animatedly with Yun Ce very happily, and said, “The Young Master wants to go into battle to kill the enemy so badly it’s like he’s possessed.
4 I’m very worried that Yun Young Master won’t withstand the Young Master’s pleas and take him to the battlefield.”
4 The Old Butler chuckled, “In a bit, the Young Master will know his own weight, and then his desire to go to the battlefield should fade.”
5 The Warrior Leader still said worriedly, “Everyone says the Young Master has superb martial arts, but everyone knows the Young Master’s skills are lacking. If even Yun Young Master goes easy…”
5 Just as the Warrior Leader was still worrying, he saw his own Young Master smashed flying by a meteor hammer, the giant shield originally in his hand shattered into eight pieces by that hammer. At the same time, Yun Ce’s controlled meteor hammer kept bombarding Cao Kun’s body.
5 No matter what weapon Cao Kun had in hand, it would be smashed flying by the meteor hammer in the next moment. Moreover, while Cao Kun was stunned after his weapon was smashed away, Yun Ce would smash the meteor hammer beside him, next to his head, crotch, ribs, and other places. Each hammer had the force to split mountains and crack stones. For a moment, black dust filled the arena, making it impossible to see the scene inside clearly.
5 After Yun Ce put away his trophy meteor hammer, as the dust fully dispersed, Cao Kun, covered all over in black dust, coughed while yelling strangely as he crawled up from the ground.
5 The Old Butler, originally standing with arms crossed, saw two tear tracks appear on Cao Kun’s pitch-black face and sighed, turning to leave. He didn’t know what he was hoping for from a result he knew from the start.
5 “Brother Yun, this is the ability of a Gui Fang people Ten-Man General.”
5 Yun Ce pulled over a cavalryman whose arm was tightly bandaged and said, “You took one hammer from that Ten-Man General. Share your thoughts.”
5 The cavalryman looked at the pitch-black Cao Kun and said, “Young Master, I was riding the Thunder Smoke Beast and used a riding shield to take one hammer. I was smashed off the horse, and my arm broke.”
5 “You mean I can’t beat a Ten-Man General? You didn’t say that before. You said I could easily handle even a Thousand-man General.”
5 The injured cavalryman’s face turned bright red.
6 Cao Kun was not only berating that injured cavalryman; his finger trembled all over like he had epilepsy, pointing randomly. Whoever he pointed at would blush and flee in embarrassment.
6 After Cao Kun finished washing up and came cleanly to Yun Ce’s tent again, he was giving the Red Date Horse a bath. Cao Kun did not disturb Yun Ce. After Yun Ce rinsed the Red Date Horse’s buttocks with clean water, this horse bathing process finally ended.
6 “Everyone fools me. Why don’t you continue fooling me?”
6 “I wouldn’t dare. If it were at Jingkou Pass, I would definitely fight you back and forth without letting your face hit the ground.
6 But what is this place? This is Black Stone Beach, where Gui Fang people often clash with Iron Enclosure Pass. With your level of martial arts, I don’t even dare imagine what you’d look like charging at a Gui Fang Hundred-man General swinging a knife.
6 Speaking of which, among the scions of nobility I’ve met, you’re one of the few I find decent. People like that are best off staying alive, living as long as possible.”
6 Cao Kun seemed not to care at all about the defeat but latched onto the word “friend” in Yun Ce’s words and made a big fuss, tiger leaping to Yun Ce, grabbing his hand, “You think we’re friends now?”
6 Yun Ce glanced at Cao Kun and said, “Am I the one climbing high?”
6 Cao Kun laughed loudly, “I’m the one climbing high.”
6 There’s still one more being revised,
