Immortality Path: From the Blind Man at the Pharmacy
Chapter 168 - 111, 112. Ting’s Birth, The Second Ghost Tide (Major Chapter - Seeking Subscriptions)_4

Chapter 168: 111, 112. Ting’s Birth, The Second Ghost Tide (Major Chapter - Seeking Subscriptions)_4

Madam Tong seemed to have let go of a great weight in her heart, and said to Song Cheng, "Are you relieved now?"

Miss An, who was nursing, looked up and said, "Thank you, Sister Jia."

Madam Tong replied, "What are you talking about, Sister An? I am also little Ting’s mom."

Miss An said with a smile, "I also want to be a mom."

Madam Tong looked on enviously and honestly, at that moment of mother and child nestled together, her heart truly wavered.

...

...

After the baby girl had finished her milk, she felt sleepy and soon fell asleep.

Madam Tong pushed Song Cheng out the door, saying, "Let me take care of Sister An and Ting in these days. You should rest too, there are many more things awaiting you both inside and outside the city."

"Alright."

Song Cheng walked away happily, extremely excited, and immediately called Ying to inquire about the recent events.

He and the happenings outside were somewhat disconnected.

Thinking for a moment, Ying said, "In November, a big event occurred at the Six Towns. It seems a person from a noble family took command of twenty thousand troops to attack the Six Towns... However, they were defeated."

"A person from the noble family?"

Song Cheng pondered for a moment.

He had discussed with Su Ningyu before and certainly knew there were many noble families in the world.

But he had never imagined that a noble family’s intervention could be overturned by the Six Towns.

"Was this an illusion?"

Song Cheng asked instinctually.

Ying replied, "It’s said that the person from the noble family was extremely ferocious, so it probably wasn’t an illusion but their true self. Perhaps the person from that noble family was looking for the royal family’s reward, or something else?"

True Self?

Song Cheng fell into deep thought.

It seems, even though the noble families are powerful, they could still be killed by the army. And Imperial City... there must be many great secrets, otherwise why would the noble families bother to intervene?

What secrets were those?

A title?

Land?

Or... a Divine Weapon?

Forget it...

Staying away from such places riddled with big secrets is the way to protect oneself and one’s family.

As long as no one provoked him, he was not planning to travel anytime soon, but instead wanted to see if it was possible to eliminate the dangers surrounding his home.

Song Cheng thought, then he took out that Ancient Mirror.

Becoming a father, he felt a profound sense of responsibility.

This responsibility told him he must protect his wife and daughter.

His finger lightly touched the Ancient Mirror, and the mirror’s surface showed a faint but visible brilliance of the scene within.

The scene rippled outwards... Song Cheng looked inside.

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...

"Ghost Tide?"

In the Tiger and Leopard Camp, Zhao Hua, Yuan Shouyu, and others received an urgent message from the north city, all showing grave expressions.

"Should we go and ask Master?" Yuan Shouyu asked, struggling a bit since he knew the current state of his master and didn’t want to disturb him unless absolutely necessary.

Zhao Hua thought briefly, pulled out a fish-head jade ornament from his chest; seeing that it was a fish-head and not a skull, he sighed.

The Skull Double Fish Ornament, unlike the Ancient Mirror or Ancient Couch which "could absorb more moonlight at one go and be used for a few days", required this jade ornament to gather moonlight on the same day to be effective the next day, otherwise it was useless.

And recently, it had been snowy days; where was the moonlight to be found?

Soon after, Zhao Hua decisively said, "Let’s head to the north gate first to help defend, but we need to send out cavalry to inform elder brother, then wait for the cavalry to return with elder brother’s decision before we decide how to strike."

After speaking, he donned his armor, gripped his long sword, and led the Tiger Leopard Cavalry northward.

Meanwhile, a cavalryman hurried toward the An Residence.

...

Song Cheng saw this cavalryman through the Ancient Mirror.

He also saw Zhao Hua’s decision.

Hua was quite reliable, knowing to act swiftly in an emergency, but still, the final decision had to come from him... that’s a person who knew how to handle things.

But what Song Cheng saw was not just this cavalryman, he also observed some "pan-red data" flying into the city from other places.

This color was the color of Ghost Servants.

This meant, some Ghost Servants had bypassed the city walls and entered the city directly.

And the data of these intruding Ghost Servants was mostly between 60 and 80.

These were Form Realm Ghost Servants!

To confront them, at least they would need the expertise of masters at the peak of the Force Realm.

He needed to deal with these infiltrating Ghost Servants; the north city could not be attended to.

Song Cheng quickly glanced north, where the dense data was mostly Power Realm and Force Realm...

Although numerous, they were utterly disorganized, barely showing any military momentum, and calling them "a mob" wouldn’t be an exaggeration. Any encounter with the Tiger Leopard Cavalry, they would be directly wiped out.

Song Cheng realized he was seeing the situation from the perspective of "Military Momentum", and a large number of enemies... also appeared very weak.

After a moment of thought, he called out to Ying, "The Tiger Leopard Cavalry will be coming soon. Tell them they are permitted to charge out of the city, but must not go too far."

The Tiger Leopard Cavalry was, after all, cavalry.

Using cavalry to defend a city... that was a waste.

Seizing the opportunity to charge from the city was the right action.

Firstly, it was to train the army with real combat, to sharpen the sword with blood.

Many of these troops had participated in the war against the Northern Barbarians, but they had only fought against people, not Ghost Servants.

Now was the opportunity.

Over the year, Song Cheng had reviewed numerous military strategies and, according to the data, also deduced quite a few unique insights of his own.

One of which was: the military edge.

"To have strong military momentum," "the military edge" is essential.

In real battles, most soldiers have fragile psyches, simply put, seeing "one’s own people ferociously charging forward, they would also charge forward", "if someone retreats, they might also flee".

Thus, forging a group of fearless, ferocious soldiers to serve as the army’s edge was very important.