Chapter 1025: Chapter 981: Situation

Speaking of Xin Pi, he still firmly believes that Yuan Shao is not dead, and Chen Xi doesn’t have a good solution. Of course, this is mainly because Chen Xi’s focus of work wasn’t on Xin Pi. However, speaking of this, Zhu Ling, who wasn’t really persuaded to surrender much, ended up defecting.

Considering Zhu Ling does indeed have some abilities, Chen Xi thought for a bit and still decided to transfer Zhu Ling to serve under Wei Yan as a Garrison Commander. But since Wei Yan had crossed paths with Zhu Ling, and although Zhu Ling lost every battle, it wasn’t because Zhu Ling was too weak, but simply because his opponent was too strong.

Wei Yan naturally accepted Zhu Ling, who was named Garrison Commander, but was essentially equivalent to an aide-de-camp, with open arms.

Wei Yan didn’t have any particular opinions about Zhu Ling surrendering after only a month. In his eyes, a good bird chooses where to perch based on the tree, which is only natural, especially since Yuan Shao was dead!

Moreover, Zhu Ling had not yielded before confirming Yuan Shao’s death, and only after the Monarch’s death did he turn to others. Wei Yan felt this was already quite reasonable and just.

Of course, upon learning that Zhu Ling was being transferred, Xu Shu needed to be moved elsewhere. Wei Yan didn’t even think about it and directly decided to transfer Zhu Ling back. Naturally, things couldn’t go as Wei Yan wished, as this was a conclusion that had already been confirmed based on many opinions, so how could it be possible for Xu Shu to stay with Wei Yan doing nothing?

Although Guan Ping had accumulated some meritorious achievements this time, his strength was just so-so, at the Qi Refining to Gang peak. He could already perceive the barrier, but couldn’t break through no matter what. To put it simply, at this level, one needs to engage in a fierce battle with a peer of the same level and fight a life-or-death struggle, during which there might be a chance of a sudden breakthrough.

Of course, playing this way carries a considerable risk of death. Guan Yu now only has this one son, Guan Ping. Though he knows that fighting is the most appropriate method, with his cold exterior but warm heart, there’s no way Guan Yu would let Guan Ping mess around. So, Guan Ping was taken back by Guan Yu.

Every day, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei would take turns guiding Guan Ping, then send Zhou Cang to drill him. Their goal wasn’t anything else other than raising Guan Ping’s strength to the true extreme of Qi Refining to Gang. This extreme doesn’t refer to the limit of Inner Qi but to the ultimate limit of technique, power, and speed, and then send Guan Ping to the battlefield.

Though this method of progress is somewhat slower, it’s clearly much more reliable. However, the time spent won’t be short, but fortunately, Guan Ping has abundant resources. His father, his third uncle, his friends, his father’s friends, all possess Inner Qi Manifestation and are willing to invest without reserve; otherwise, he could only gamble his life and death on the battlefield.

Speaking of which, there are now three people in the world who have rapidly reached Inner Qi Manifestation: one is Tong Yuan, one is Huang Zhong, who comprehended his heart realm to purify his Inner Qi without distinction between hard and soft, and the other is Lyu Bu, who has been researching since the beginning.

However, besides Tong Yuan’s method of genuinely producing Inner Qi Manifestation, Huang Zhong’s method can only be used on his own son, causing significant consumption to himself and belongs to a type of damage that can’t be recovered in a short time.

As for Lyu Bu’s method, it’s entirely based on his extremely strong spirit and Inner Qi to forcibly create a pseudo-expert with only Inner Qi and Inner Qi Separation recovery power, and this kind of expert, apart from having an intimidating amount of Inner Qi, probably couldn’t even defeat a Qi Refining to Gang fighter.

More importantly, creating such an intimidating character is enough to lower Lyu Bu’s overall power by one-tenth. This is also why, apart from creating this frightening strength for Diao Chan and Lyu Qiling, Lyu Bu stopped doing this senseless thing.

Lyu Bu had once suggested creating such strength for Gao Shun as well, but Gao Shun declined politely. To be honest, Gao Shun entirely looked down on such power. As someone who eats and lives with the Vanguard Camp, he could possess strength not inferior to the Ultimate Inner Qi Manifestation whenever necessary, so why bother?

But speaking of it, the Inner Qi Manifestation created by Tong Yuan at least has a solid foundation, with room for improvement. Although Huang Zhong’s Inner Qi Manifestation causes great consumption to himself, it can fight immediately, while Lyu Bu’s was actually just a guise, with those created having not even a shred of combat power.

It’s just that Lyu Bu didn’t demand combat power either. His goal was solely to grant Diao Chan and his only daughter immunity from illnesses and curses. And as for how to break through to Inner Qi Manifestation, there’s no one more knowledgeable than Lyu Bu in this world. He is indeed the person who knows best how to enhance at each stage of Inner Qi Manifestation, and truly knows how to navigate these breakthroughs.

These matters, of course, are unknown to Guan Yu. If he did know, he would definitely inquire, as both Huang Zhong’s and Tong Yuan’s methods carry some reference value.

Although each has its own shortcomings, overall they are fairly decent. Unfortunately, Guan Yu is unaware of these things. He can only quietly use his Green Dragon Crescent Blade to teach his son.

For Guan Ping, whose life has been born in times of turmoil, and whose father is a Renowned General, life is very tough. Gaining his father’s approval is exceedingly challenging, especially since Guan Yu is a cold and taciturn military general, and Guan Ping hardly ever has the chance to receive praise from Guan Yu.

However, even so, Guan Ping still idolizes his father, diligently learning his father’s strategies and Martial Arts. Unfortunately, up to now, he has still not been able to master his father’s imposing authority.

After escaping from Zhen Mi, Xin Xianying hopped and skipped to find a carriage and planned to visit her father again. With Chen Xi’s guarantee, the guards on the Xin Family weren’t overly strict, especially for Xin Xianying. To sneak out, she actually required protection intentionally arranged by others.

However, after sneaking out, Xin Xianying remembered seeing Zhen Mi watching Chen Xi leave from the window. After a moment of thought, she identified the direction and skipped off in the direction of Chen Xi.

“You little brat!” Though Zhen Mi was sharp-eyed and saw the direction Xin Xianying was skipping in, knowing full well what she intended to do, she merely glared angrily but then quietly continued watching Xin Xianying’s direction, with a slight hint of expectation.

Although Xin Xianying had short legs, her energy was abundant. After trotting for a short while, she caught up with Chen Xi and enthusiastically rushed over.

“Oh, Xianying, what’s up?” Chen Xi, noticing the now even more adorable Xin Xianying with her two small braids, revealed a slight smile, crouched down slightly, and patted her on the head while asking.

“Marquis Chen said patting someone’s head will stop them from growing taller, and warned me not to let people pat mine.” Xin Xianying pouted.

Chen Xi felt a bit awkward and silently withdrew his hand, “I just felt like making your neatly done hair a bit disheveled, that’s all.”

“I’ll make egg custard for you if you tell me a story, okay?” Xin Xianying coyly pinched her fingers and asked.

“Is egg custard the only thing you can make?” Chen Xi rolled his eyes and said, not knowing why he felt a lot better, perhaps because there was a little white flower of innocence beside him. (To be continued. If you enjoyed this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian at wuxiaworld.site and vote for the recommendation votes, monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.wuxiaworld.site to read.)