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Chapter 543 - 31 I’ll Take You Home_4

Chapter 543: Chapter 31 I’ll Take You Home_4

Learning from the enemy is also acceptable.

Yuwen Tianxian frowned, not directly agreeing or refusing, but said in a deep voice,

"We have seen the way you train your troops."

"As far as I know about your military tactics, aren’t you afraid that after we return, we’ll train our soldiers the same way and then surpass you?"

He stared intently at Li Guanyi, only to see the young general smiling. Li Guanyi looked at this renowned general from an aristocratic family and said leisurely,

"You won’t be able to learn it. The generals from your side are good at putting on a show, but that’s all it is—just a show. They can’t do it like I can; they lack the most important thing. And if you really do learn the real essence of my methods..."

He looked at Yuwen Tianxian and grinned,

"Then, you will no longer be my enemy!"

Yuwen Tianxian paused slightly, still looking at Li Guanyi.

Li Guanyi sat down cross-legged, appearing somewhat despondent. He said, "Since I’ve come to this era and seen all this, naturally I must do something. But I’ve also realized—from Pang Shuiyun, from Ling Pingyang, that I cannot go against the tide of the era."

The young man stretched out his hand: "Productivity, the limitations of the era, mean that I can’t go far."

"I may not see that future, but coming to this era, there are still things I can do. I will reach my limits and wait for those who come after to surpass me and then mock me as an old relic."

"I also hope that you learn the real essence from me, so that if, in the end, the people and forces who inherit that wish are victorious, then it doesn’t matter whether it’s me or not..."

Turbulent waves stirred in Yuwen Tianxian’s heart.

Li Guanyi’s voice faltered, then he scratched his head and said with an embarrassed smile,

"Although I want to say this, I realize I cannot possibly possess such spirit and vision. They say, the merciful cannot command an army, the merciful cannot command an army, yet these are the soldiers I pulled up with my own hands, the ones I watched step by step to where they are now—they are my soldiers."

The young man spoke softly.

He stood up, turned his back to Yuwen Tianxian, and walked away, reaching out his hand and raising it.

"I cannot let them die with me."

"This world, I must see it through to the end."

That day, Li Guanyi gathered Fan Qing and the others, but the atmosphere was not solemn; in fact, they were still eating. Pang Shuiyun thought this lacked dignity, but Li Guanyi did not feel the same.

Li Guanyi took a deep breath, looking at Pang Shuiyun, at Ling Pingyang, and at Murong Longtu, the Sword Madman. He began to speak, and everyone fell silent. Li Guanyi extended his hand toward the distant lands and said aloud,

"Everyone, we have already traveled for a full seven days. Do you still not know where we are heading? I will tell you now, the place we are going to is called [Jiangnan Eighteen States]. We are still in the midst of the mountains and forests, planning to traverse these scorching heats and wildernesses."

"It’s eighteen thousand li away, even for a Martial Artist, it would take at least half a year."

"Crossing the entire north and south."

Ling Pingyang watched this scene as he saw confusion on people’s faces. More than ten thousand li was a terrifying distance, enough to make anyone lose all courage. Li Guanyi’s palm suddenly clenched as he said, "I’ve said I would take you home, but now, there is no home left."

"What is home? It is fields and houses, it is family."

He took a deep breath and said, "There, I will allocate fields for you!"

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Pang Shuiyun’s pupils shrank dramatically, and the elder sprang up, trying to restrain the Young Master, but was held back by Ling Pingyang, who had been instructed by Li Guanyi to always hold back Pang Shuiyun in case anything happened. With that one sentence, everyone froze.

Fan Qing’s smile stiffened, and the men who were eating let their bowls and utensils fall to the ground.

Those who had appeared optimistic and carefree were now staring intensely at the young man.

The part of home that chaos had taken from them, Li Guanyi extended his arm. No Marquis, no world—he had a simple reason for wanting to go there, not the grand aspirations that Pang Shuiyun and the others imagined.

He had said he would take them home.

How could he possibly leave them in this scorching place, to run off alone, gallivanting through the Martial World with Grandpa as some young hero?

Li Guanyi said, "On this journey, I will walk with you!"

"I will not leave you."

The young man pointed in the distant direction, took a deep breath, and looked at these swarthy, anguished faces. The wind passed by, and the name tags of those who had died in battle on the chariots swayed slightly, each movement piercing him.

Li Guanyi used all his strength.

Summoning the bravery and boiling blood of youth, he shouted,

"I will complete this journey with you, seven months, eight months, a year, there will be fields, we will build houses; when that time comes, everyone can go back, no need to wield swords."

"At that time, you won’t need to be by my side anymore, but now—"

He yelled loudly, "Follow me!"

"I will take you home!"

Pang Shuiyun no longer struggled.

The soldiers, unlike their usual response, did not shout in agreement loudly. Their lips trembled, the men, who had just been optimistic and laughing, suddenly burst into loud tears, crying unrestrainedly, lying on the ground like leaves trembling in the wind.

After that day, this ragged troop, once considered barely second-rate, suddenly turned their blades around. Without leaving anyone behind, without setting camp in the mountains and forests, they took up their weapons and embarked on a tough journey and a long expedition.

......

Sword Madman found Li Guanyi. The elder was not angry because of Li Guanyi’s refusal but simply said, "If you’re not entering the Martial World now, there’s a place on the way you could take the army through."

The elder smiled: "I’ve just sent an invitation."

He pointed to the map.

Yin Yang Reincarnation Sect!