Peace Order
Chapter 552 - 34 Sword Madman Presents His Card to Enter the Martial World

Chapter 552: Chapter 34 Sword Madman Presents His Card to Enter the Martial World

Mr. Po Jun held the letter in his hand, almost ready to tear it open.

He paused, then rose and in the mirror, saw himself dressed in brocade and covered in powder. Thus, he set down the letter, bathed, burned incense, washed his hands, and donned the clothes he wore when they had first met.

He lit a stick of agarwood and played a tune on the guqin.

Only then did he reopen the letter.

[Mr. Po Jun, I hope this letter finds you well.]

Mr. Po Jun’s solemn expression almost broke, his lips slightly curling upwards before he forced them down.

They curled again and then were pressed down, his palm clenched into a fist, pressed against his lips as he coughed.

"I am Po Jun, the most brilliant strategist of the Po Jun lineage in eight hundred years."

"It must not be so, it must not be so."

Mr. Po Jun took a deep breath and then attended to the letter seriously.

[...And in times of hardship, I think of you constantly]

The corners of the brilliant strategist Po Jun’s mouth twitched upward.

He forced it down firmly.

[If you were by my side, then many difficulties would resolve themselves as if slicing through butter]

The curvature of Po Jun’s mouth gradually became more pronounced.

[Only sighs of regret and pity]

Press it down—

He couldn’t keep it down!

Po Jun shut all the doors and windows, then finally let out a breath and, holding the letter, laughed aloud: "Hahaha, Shaking Light, oh Shaking Light, you stay by the Lord’s side, and yet the Lord has to write to me, hahaha, look at you, how pathetic!"

"I, I’m definitely winning!"

"Hahahaha!"

When Mr. Po Jun saw the next words.

[I wish you well, along with the letter I’m sending dried nuts that Guan Yi personally roasted, I hope you won’t disdain them.]

He immediately rushed out, calling to the gatekeeper, "Bring me the things that came with the letter!" The large bag of pine nuts, Mr. Po Jun counted them one by one, a total of six hundred and seventy-three, each one plump.

"This is the first gift from my Lord."

"I must treasure it, take it back, and show it to those old fellows."

Eh?

Old man, how did you know that my Lord personally roasted these pine nuts and had someone send them especially to me?!

Mr. Po Jun joyfully wrote to his lineage’s teachers and forefathers.

He ended with: "Old fellows, you are all too obtuse, I really don’t know how our ancestor lost to the first generation Shaking Light and was so angered that he absolutely refused to serve alongside the Shaking Light lineage."

"Watch me."

"Let me prove that under the banner of the White Tiger in these chaotic times, the strongest strategist will indeed be me, Mr. Po Jun, no, now, he should be called Qilin, the Chaos Qilin..." Mr. Po Jun’s lips curled up, his expression peaceful and gentle:

"When I fulfill the great ambition of universal unity, I will return."

"So, take good care of the home fields, do not let them go to waste, maintain those houses well, none of you compare to me, at least I know, after our lineage’s time in the limelight, we should return."

"Po Jun shall tear through the world with supreme strategy, but in an era of peace that follows the turmoil, people like us who stir the waters shouldn’t exist; then, I imagine spending my remaining days fishing, listening to the wind, watching the sunset soar, that is what my heart desires."

The young strategist paused.

He added finally: "Ah, right, have you seen the Divine General List?"

"Go check the latest."

"The first to complete an ’Annihilation’ strategy in the past twenty years."

"The youngest Divine General to ascend the Divine General List in three hundred years, ranked eighty-third, the Chaos Qilin."

"See?"

"Look closely!"

"Eh? How did you know this one belongs to my lord?"

Mr. Po Jun wrote the letter in one go.

Thinking of the old fellows’ expressions upon reading this letter, the young strategist’s face showed an extremely pleased expression, then he wrote another letter, this time to Li Guanyi. As he lifted his pen, he wrote in code, because Shaking Light was there to decode it:

"My Lord, I have received your letter, thank you for your concern."

"These nuts, I will keep as heirlooms."

"Here, all matters continue as planned, the Seventh Prince has arrived, he is quite valiant. The eldest daughter of the Emperor of Ying Country, the Seventh Princess, is willing to marry him, moreover, I have noticed the rift between Jiang Gao and Jiang Yuan."

"The situation in Ying Country is complex, trickier than in Chen Country, various court powers intertwined and tangled, only because of the Emperor of Ying and the Grandmaster there keeping a tight lid, so a unified force is still possible."

"But as the Emperor of Ying grows older, the repressed Ying Country, like a surging volcano, will erupt with enormous impact once he falls. The only Vitality in Ying Country is the unification of the world."

"Incorporating Chen Country, even the Western Regions and beyond the borders, the grassland."

"Vast lands, abundant population, previously dominated by Chen Country, Jiangnan, Western Regions, these all represent resources, which can satisfy the civil and military officials of Ying Country and the aristocratic families at the court. In a situation where everyone has a stake, Ying Country can still be maintained."

"I met Elder Pang; this old fellow..."

Po Jun paused.

He erased that remark.

"Elder Pang discussed your strategy, he’s advocating your renown outside, and deliberately downplaying your achievements, such that, to Ying Country and Chen Country, you appear to have little to gain after conquest, and might even come out losing, which puts you at a superficial disadvantage."

"You can proceed confidently, reaching the Jiangnan Eighteen States will be like a dragon returning to vast oceans."

"Like a tiger roaming the mountains."