Immortal Father
Chapter 447 - 447 161 Brewing Wine to Seal the Eastern Alliance!

447: Chapter 161 Brewing Wine to Seal the Eastern Alliance!

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Upon Li Ping’an’s statement, everyone around the low table was astonished.

Only Qing Su remained quite calm, leisurely playing with her hair, gently blowing on a steaming piece of Spiritual Root fragment, and putting it into her mouth to chew lightly.

Gu Qingcheng laughed, “I told you, Ping’an wouldn’t let those arsonists off the hook!”

Ye Zisang slightly frowned, “Li Brother, this matter is of great importance.

We should carefully plan ahead.

How about I first introduce you to the official hierarchy within the alliance?”

“No need,” Li Ping’an said with confidence, eyeing the bubbling magical artifact hotpot, “Ye Brother just prepare the Fountain of Youth, and didn’t you also mention earlier, a friend of yours wanted to try the spiritual shedding technique?”

Ye Zisang smiled, “Yes, I have a good friend who has been trapped in a cultivation bottleneck for a long time.”

Li Ping’an smiled, “Once this matter is settled, introduce me to them.”

“Sure!”

Ye Zisang cleared his throat and lowered his voice, “Li Brother, could you give me a hint on how you plan to investigate next?”

Li Ping’an’s smile was enigmatic, “If I say it out loud, it’ll lose its magic.

Just watch, Ye Brother, as the deed is done under heaven’s watch; if one wishes to keep a deed secret, they must never do it at all.”

Wen Rou and her mentor Ye Zisang were full of confusion.

Ye Zisang felt as if a cat’s paw had reached into his heart, scratching up and down, making him itch with curiosity.

Wen Rou, whose cultivation of the Dao was much stronger, did not inquire further about such matters.

After finishing the hotpot, Wen Rou and Qing Su left the large tent.

These two Heavenly Immortals said they were going to tour the mountains and waters, but in reality, they were investigating the fire at the Immortal Palaces.

Wen Rou, being the daughter of Elder Tianli, carried some weight in the Eastern Alliance.

With ten thousand years of cultivation, she naturally knew people within the Barracks Secret Realm who were well-informed.

—These were not Li Ping’an’s instructions or arrangements.

Ye Zisang, a seventh-grade Border-cleansing Envoy, personally led the squad, enlisting Chen Ting’er, Gu Qingcheng, and Yu Yingshu into the military roster, equipping them with robes and standard-issue magical artifacts.

The three were now officially soldiers of the Eastern Alliance, serving under the command of Centurion Li Ping’an.

The Eastern Alliance’s military leadership structure employed a simple non-rotational system where small teams were combined to form larger ones, ten making a hundred, a hundred making a thousand.

Li Ping’an had not yet assumed an official position; he was merely staying at the barracks.

He was unaware of who his immediate superior, the Centurion, would be.

Incidentally, the standard-issue magical artifacts received by Chen Ting’er and the others were produced by the Wanyun Sect’s Castcloud Hall.

The trio changed into their military garb, lined up in front of Li Ping’an, and saluted him with proper formalities.

“Greetings, Centurion!”

Li Ping’an chuckled awkwardly, “Just call me Squad Leader, ‘Centurion’ sounds too awkward…

you three practice your cultivation for now, and later we’ll take a tour around the barracks.”

The three of them each wore a smile, their excitement at joining the military offsetting the unease they had felt witnessing the fire at the Immortal Palaces.

Wen Ling asked in a low voice, “Grand Ancestor, don’t I need to take up a post in the military too?

You’re just a Centurion, if you let a maid attend at your side, people will talk.”

“You are a mount caretaker for a third-grade patrol envoy,” Li Ping’an said indifferently, “what does that have to do with me, a simple Centurion?”

Wen Ling giggled, “That settles it then, I’m off to feed the little tiger!”

Ye Zisang glanced around and couldn’t help but ask, “Li Brother, how exactly do you plan to investigate them?

I am genuinely concerned about this matter.”

“What are you worried about, Ye Brother?”

Li Ping’an laughed and continued:

“Are you worried they might act in desperation against me, or are you worried about Fenghou’s divination skills?

“Nothing concerning the Human Race should be able to hide from the Yellow Emperor.

“Ye Brother, just tell the people of the Ye family to sever ties early if they are entangled, or to just watch from the sidelines if they are not involved.”

“Alright then.”

Ye Zisang sighed:

“If I receive any news on my end, I will come find you immediately.

“What I actually worry about is within the Eastern Alliance, there are mentors and students, marital alliances, sworn brothers, military comrades…

these kinds of entanglements are just too many, and it might take centuries to sort them all out.”

Li Ping’an suddenly chuckled, “Actually, I didn’t have a clear direction before, but our opponents have pointed one out for me with their actions this time.

Don’t worry, Ye Brother, I’m well aware of the stakes here.”

Ye Zisang advised no further.

He bowed to Li Ping’an in the manner of Daoist courtesy and took his leave.

Li Ping’an stretched languorously.

Watching the three new immortal soldiers start to meditate in a corner, he pondered how to recruit troops later on, and how to make good use of his remaining seven ‘personal soldiers’ quota.

The Yellow Emperor allowed him to join the military, could it be that he wanted him to start as a Centurion and slowly work his way up, gaining merits before bestowing something like a Great General rank?

Li Ping’an was somewhat expectant of this but he also knew well the reality.

In the Human Race military, merit was one thing, but strength was another.

If he didn’t have the power of a Heavenly Immortal or Golden Immortal, even if the Yellow Emperor decreed honors on him, he would struggle to command respect.

Strength is the true foundation of a foothold in the military!

‘After the last time my father transmitted power to me, my mana has barely increased, it seems I may have reached the limit of this stage.’

‘Now it seems I can attempt the second spiritual shedding…

What treasures do I need for the second shedding?

Spiritual Medicine or Treasured Materials?’

Li Ping’an moved away from the main seat of the tent and closed his eyes to concentrate, delving deeply into the principles of the spiritual shedding technique.

As for the fire incident at the Immortal Palaces…

He truly wasn’t concerned about it in the slightest.

…

In the days that followed, the Eastern Alliance was indeed stirred for three days.

On the first day after the fire, the good-natured Alliance Hierarch of a hundred thousand years flared up; unable to capture the arsonists, he only questioned the Immortals and soldiers responsible for guarding that area of the Immortal Palaces about their dereliction of duty.

On the second day, the Alliance Hierarch gathered all the Immortals of the Eastern Alliance for a grand assembly of ten thousand immortals, harshly criticizing the internal problems of deterioration among some Immortals, shaking up the entire Alliance.