Peace Order
Chapter 374 - 161: The Phoenix’s Pact, The Opportunity of the Chi Xiao Sword_2

Chapter 374: Chapter 161: The Phoenix’s Pact, The Opportunity of the Chi Xiao Sword_2

"I will act accordingly, and I ask that you do the same,"

"Should you encounter any situation, feel free to take action without restraint."

"Do not worry about the aftermath."

"I will clean up everything for you afterwards."

"However, be especially careful around Tantai Xianming."

Breaking Army spoke with an unusual gravity, "A strategist without personal interests can be the most terrifying."

"By relinquishing his Prime Minister Seal, Tantai Xianming has also freed himself from the biggest vulnerability he had—the constraints of Emperor Chen."

"I feel that he is not truly at a dead end. I suddenly recall how he once went to the Stargazing School to participate in the Breaking Army lineage’s assessment, which he failed and returned in an embarrassing state, caught in a heavy rain, yet still calmly read books in an old temple."

Li Guanyi asked, "He failed to meet the requirements of the Breaking Army lineage with his strategies?"

Breaking Army replied, "No."

"My master once said..."

He seemed hesitant but continued, "The ancestors from past generations found Tantai Xianming’s strategies too aggressive."

The lineage of Breaking Army, all strategists who seek to sweep the world with wars, thought that the young Tantai Xianming was too aggressive? Li Guanyi’s expression became concentrated, and Breaking Army said, "Additionally, I have re-adjusted the Iron Futu armor for generals.

"I added components to the inner layer so it can fit your physique, my Lord."

"As you grow older, you can remove these parts to revert it to standard heavy armor. I’ve stored these items in Guan Yi City because it would be problematic to take the armor from Capital City, but in Guan Yi City it doesn’t matter."

"After this matter, I will head to Ying Country to stir up the world, while you will rush to Jiangnan. I hope, my Lord, you can cultivate Divine Skill. The world is vast; martial arts alone cannot achieve great feats, but without a mastery of Upper Martial Arts, even if one ascends with borrowed momentum, it will not endure."

"The people of Shaking Light have average strategy, but their Formation skills are ranked high amongst the lineages of Shaking Light for centuries. She passed Shaking Light’s test at a young age and could descend the mountain. Before she left, it is said that she defeated her master and grandmaster with her Formation skills."

"Without going into details, with her by your side, I believe you can easily escape from various dangers."

"Additionally..."

Breaking Army, with a calm demeanor, methodically relayed everything to Li Guanyi, sparing no detail. Finally, he took a breath, looked at Li Guanyi, stood up, and smiled, "That is all I have to say, I cannot stay here any longer."

"Lord, the world is full of complexities. After this parting, I hope we will meet each other again in future years."

"I hope by then you have transformed from a leopard to a dragon."

"There’s no need for you to see me off. The world is vast and we must each tread our paths alone."

The young strategist smiled lightly, bowed courteously, then left with an air of nonchalance, stepping into the world. Li Guanyi watched Breaking Army walk away. The grand ritual hadn’t even begun, and once this great event of the world ended, this young strategist would enter the fray alone.

He would step into a greater whirlpool where lay the world’s foremost general and the Emperor of Ying.

And then, by his own hands, he would light the first flame of chaos.

If Breaking Army’s strategy wasn’t a Great Success, it would be a Great Defeat.

What he sought was never mediocrity!

When he returned to his dwelling, the Seventh Prince of the Turkic tribes was drinking. This equally handsome ruler of the grassland placed his curved saber on his knees and was using a gemstone-studded dagger to cut and eat mutton cooked merely in boiling water, then dipped in sauce.

He was singing a cheerful song and upon seeing Breaking Army’s return, burst out laughing, "Sir, have you met the person you wanted to see?"

Breaking Army, with a small smile and curbed eyes, replied, "You really are observant."

The Seventh Prince, looking at the handsome strategist before him, laughed loudly, "I have eyes, after all. But no matter, you will still accompany me to the Central Plains, right?"

"To set foot in the Central Plains, to gain a foothold on the grassland for me, to marry the princess of Ying from the Central Plains, to return to the grassland and fight to ascend among my brothers—it will be a path filled with blood and danger. We will have ample time to get to know each other."

"If over such a long time I still cannot win over your heart, to have you sincerely pledge allegiance under my command, then Ashina should let you go, allowing you to head towards the Heroic Ruler you admire."

"If I do not possess such a heart, how could I possibly have room in it for all the countless tribes of the grassland?"

Ashina tossed the dagger in his hand to the strategist before him.

Sitting cross-legged, the ruler of the Turkic grassland lowered his head like a regal eagle and softly smiled, "Anyway."

"I would not harm you, Sir."

Placing his hands on his knees, he then lowered his head, "From now on, I ask for your guidance on this path."

Breaking Army thought, if he thrust the knife at this moment, would this majestic ruler collapse? Such a hero, roaming freely between heaven and earth, will inevitably become an enemy. But he tossed the knife aside and sighed, "Such magnanimity, it is not to be underestimated among the heroes of the grassland."

"Those corpulent lords under the gold tents will not be your match."

The Seventh Prince looking at him, laughed and said, "The chaos on the grassland is my opportunity, and also a part of your strategy, isn’t it?"

Breaking Army’s lips curved slightly as he plunged the knife back into the map on the table:

"Good."

......

Li Guanyi took the map of the Hidden Armor that Breaking Army had given him and put it away, sensing the approach of a storm. He then changed into casual clothes and went to the Changfeng Building, where Li Zhaowen had prepared a feast. She was dressed in a light blue long gown with a gold-wire hair coronet, gazing at the street with the wind blowing through her hair.