Chapter 25: Marshal Zhou Arrives (Part 1)

  "Rub your big head ghost." Shangguan Bing'er said angrily: "What about the thing you touched my face yesterday morning? Let me cut off that despicable thing, and I'll reward you."

  Zhou Weiqing almost subconsciously clamped his legs together, quickly retreating two steps, with a terrified look on his face. "Ice, this can't be impulsive, for the sake of your future happiness. Don't I deserve a reward?"

  "You can pretend then." Shangguan Fei'er looked at him with a mixture of anger and amusement, her eyes flashing back to the events that had just transpired. Her gaze softened as she thought about it. Suddenly, a blue light flickered around her body. Zhou Weiqing felt a brief dizziness, and before he could react, a soft and delicate figure had already thrown herself into his arms, lightly hugging him. Before he could even process what was happening, the warm and soft figure had transformed into a blue light and disappeared. The only sound left was the gentle rustling of the tent flap falling back into place.

  "Hehe, hehe." Zhou Weiqing stood there with a silly grin on his face, lowering his head to whisper to the little white tiger in his arms: "See that? She's hugging me! She's taking the initiative to hug me. Being handsome is really great!"

  The little white tiger rolled her eyes, seemingly saying: Look at your lack of dignity. Then she ignored him and continued to sleep in his arms.

  In the blink of an eye, half a month's time had passed. The Kresy Empire did not take any action due to the sneak attack it suffered, and small-scale clashes between the two sides' scouts only occurred occasionally.

  For half a month, Shangguan Bing'er had been in closed-door cultivation, only leaving her tent for three meals a day. Zhou Weiqing was happy to have some peace and quiet, cultivating on his own in his own tent. Apart from cultivating Heavenly Power, he spent the rest of his time recalling the various tactics he used when fighting against the Prairie Heaven Wolf in his Evil Demon state, relying solely on his instincts. He also practiced coordinating his various attribute first skills. With the support of his faster-recovering Heavenly Power, he was now barely able to coordinate some of these skills.

  What made Zhou Weiqing most curious was that for half a month, the little white tiger didn't eat anything. At first, he was worried, but as time passed, this little thing remained lively and energetic, not showing any signs of weakness at all. Zhou Weiqing had always been broad-minded and thought this should be a characteristic of heavenly beasts, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

  Evening

  "Xiao Wei, are you in there?" A familiar voice came from outside the tent.

  Zhou Weiqing's cultivation was originally something that could be ended at any time, and after his own research, he discovered that as long as he fully activated the five major death acupoints, the speed of absorbing heavenly energy would reach its fastest. Therefore, whether lying down or sitting up, the effect was the same. He naturally chose to lie down. Of course, sometimes unknowingly falling asleep was unavoidable.

  Upon hearing Xiao Ruse's voice, he hastily replied: "Sister Ruse, I'm here. Come on in."

  A fully armed Xiao Ru appeared at the entrance, her bearing was majestic and powerful. These days, Zhou Weiqing and Shangguan Xue'er had been idle, but she had been busy reorganizing the army, training three battalions of archers, and assigning new recruits to various squads. At this moment, when she arrived, Zhou Weiqing could clearly feel a strong military aura emanating from her.

  "Ah——" Zhou Weiqing took a sneak peek at Xiao Ruose's chest armor and couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

  Xiao Ruse didn't know what he was thinking in his heart, and suddenly became angry, "Dead Wei Xiao, where are you looking?"

  Zhou Weiqing looked puzzled and said: "No! Where did I look?" Playing dumb was his strong suit.

  Xiao Ruse let out a hum and said, "You little stinker, come with me. I still need to go get Guan Bing'er."

  "What's the point of going?"

  Xiao Ruse's expression suddenly became somewhat strange, and he chuckled: "You just follow me. The military department has issued an appointment for Shangguan Bing'er, don't you want to go and listen? I'll take you there, after all, you're also one of Shangguan Bing'er's personal guards."

  As soon as she said that, Zhou Weiqing's interest was piqued. He had told Shangguan Bing'er that he would follow her wherever she went. But this was the military, so it was better to know about her appointment earlier and make plans accordingly. For now, he put Xiao Baihu into his own thick leather armor and followed her out.

  Xiao Ruse turned to the side tent and called out Shangguan Bing'er, then walked in front, leading the two towards the central military tent where the commander of the fifth coalition was located.

  Shangguan Bing'er walked forward with her head down, her face slightly pale. Zhou Weiqing gently bumped her with his shoulder, "Bing'er, what are you thinking about?"

  Shangguan Bing'er let out a soft sigh and said, "Your Majesty and the Grand Marshal trusted me so much, entrusting me with the position of Camp Commander, but I didn't do well and even took the initiative to resign..."

  "Don't be sad, this isn't your fault. It's clearly their own misjudgment. With your gentle and kind nature, you're not suited for leading troops anyway. A good Tianzhu master shouldn't have let you waste your time in the military, how can they blame you?"

  Shangguan Bing'er was startled, covering his mouth with one hand, and glanced at Xiao Ruse walking in front of him. "Little fatty, don't talk nonsense, can you arrange for the Emperor and General Zhou as well? Moreover, this is my own fault."

  Zhou Weiqing took advantage of the situation and grabbed her hand, pinching it gently. He chuckled and said, "Forget it, no matter what the appointment is, I'll follow you anyway."

  Xiao Rusei, who was walking in front, turned her head and glanced at the two of them with a hint of playful smile on the corner of her mouth.

  Shangguan Bing'er was startled by Zhou Weiqing's actions, this is a military camp! She quickly withdrew her hand and glared at him fiercely, "You're my personal soldier now, don't cause trouble."

  As they spoke, they had already arrived outside the main tent of the Fifth Legion's central army. This was still Zhou Weiqing's first time coming to a tent of this level. The huge tent was made from tanned cowhide and had a steel frame inside, enough to hold over a hundred people discussing matters within.

  The large curtain of the main tent was lifted on both sides, Xiao Ruo Se stopped in his tracks and shouted: "Third camp, Xiao Ruo Se, reporting."

  "Third shift, Officer Bing Er reporting."

  Listening to them shouting there, Zhou Weiqing stole a glance at the big account inside, this look is not tight, suddenly scared him soul flying outside.

  Only in the center of the large tent, a person sat upright. This person's body was like an iron tower, appearing to be over 50 years old. Under his ancient copper-colored skin, a faint glow seemed to flow and shift. His face was shaped like a Chinese character, with a pair of tiger-like eyes, a straight nose, and a square mouth. Although he was sitting down, it was still possible to see the grandeur of his physique. Muscles as hard as boulders completely filled out his black attire, his eyes shone brightly with spirit, and a deep, mysterious light emanated from his dark pupils.

  This face, Zhou Weiqing had seen it too many times, wasn't it his own extremely powerful old man, the number one strongman of the Heaven's Bow Empire, Zhou Shui Niu, General Zhou.

  On both sides of General Zhou, stood the fifth united team leader Gao Sheng and deputy team leader Qian Zhan Tian. At this moment, they looked like high-ranking generals commanding a division, standing on either side without even daring to breathe heavily.

  "Come in." The thick voice of Zhou Da Yuanshuai sounded.

  Zhou Weiqing's heart was filled with regret, and he couldn't help but sneak a glance at Xiao Ruse. In his mind, he thought, "Sister Ruse, you're going to be the death of me! If Father finds out about this, I'll be skinned alive!"

  This kid was very clever, subconsciously dodging to the side and lowering his wind hat on his head, planning to retreat to the side of the big account door outside the warrior, in this way, Dad would naturally not notice him.

  Xiao Ruose naturally saw that the young man was secretly trying to slip away, and thought to herself: Xiao Wei, it's not that I don't want to help you, but Uncle Zhou only has one son like you. If he hadn't arrived at the military camp, it would be fine, but since he did, how could I not report back to him? Moreover, you and Shangguan Bing'er are too reckless, daring to secretly launch a surprise attack on the Kresi military camp. Do you really think you can get away with it? The fact that one of the ten granaries in the Kresi military camp was burned down is such a big deal, how could it be kept secret? It turned out that the high tent where Zhou Weiqing's arrow hit that day was actually one of the ten granaries in the Kresi military camp, which stored a large amount of grain. As a result, the fire caused by the explosion burned down half of it. The Tian Gong Empire's spies had already sent back the news. After a simple investigation to find out who among the Tian Gong army's Yu Zhu masters went out that day, the answer would be clear. Xiao Ruose knew even more clearly that this was not something Shangguan Bing'er could have done alone.

  Xiao Ruse and Shangguan Bing'er hurried forward, entering the main tent, while Zhou Weiqing had already quietly retreated to the side of the main tent. Just as he let out a sigh of relief, preparing to slip away unnoticed. The voice of Zhou Daxia, with a hint of anger, rang out again from within the main tent, "Little rabbit, aren't you coming in? Do I need to come and catch you myself?"

  Zhou Weiqing's body stiffened, and only then did he realize that he had been thoroughly sold out by Ruo Xi sister. He couldn't hide anymore. Trying to run with his old man right next to him? That was no different from a fool's dream. He walked into the big tent with his head hung low, like an eggplant that had been frostbitten.

  Xiao Ruse naturally guessed what had happened and didn't show any expression, but Shangguan Bing'er was greatly shocked. If it weren't for the fact that Zhou Daxia's prestige was too great, she would have rushed over to ask why Zhou Daxia knew him.

  Marshal Zhou didn't even give Zhou Weiqing a proper look, coldly saying: "Get out of the way and kneel down. Wait for me to finish dealing with the main issue before I'll take care of you."

  Zhou Weiqing was so depressed that he couldn't help but walk to the side, and with a thud, he knelt down on the ground in the direction of his old father, lowering his head, and the wind hat on his head blocked his magnificent expression at this moment.

  Marshal Zhou's gaze returned to Shangguan Bing'er, and his expression immediately softened. "Bing'er, tell me, why don't you want to be the camp commander anymore?"

  "General, I'm not worthy of this position. I've never learned the true art of commanding an army and I don't want to see my comrades die because of my incompetence. Please relieve me of my duties as camp commander. Captain Xiao is more capable than I am."

  The second update.