Peace Order
Chapter 632 - 54: All Swordsmen Under Heaven Should Enter the Imperial Palace to Drink Wine!_2

Chapter 632: Chapter 54: All Swordsmen Under Heaven Should Enter the Imperial Palace to Drink Wine!_2

"It was brewed from plums and will be opened next spring, named ’a branch of spring.’

"Your mother adored it when she was younger, but her tolerance was poor. After drinking, she would sway unsteadily and eventually sit right down in the snow. Then leaning back, her head would hit the plum tree."

"The plum tree would shake, dropping a lot of snow on her head, but she never got angry. Instead, she just stretched out her hand to catch the snow and play with it."

"Back then, I was sitting beside the tree, watching her."

Murong Longtu had a faint smile, his eyes tinged with sadness, "As one gets older, one tends to think of all these insignificant things. Guan Yi, how is the forging of your sword coming along?"

Li Guanyi said, "It’s still just a sword embryo."

He turned around, went back, and brought a box wrapped in rhinoceros skin. After opening it, a sword embryo lay on black satin, forged by Li Guanyi from the won material during the grand sacrifice.

It required careful consideration, sharpening, edge-making, and sword nurturing to be successful.

The sword had inscriptions on both its front and back.

The front in small seal script.

[In the eleventh year of Divine Revelation, handcrafted by Li Guanyi for Breaking Army]

The back featured gold-inlaid jade-colored text.

[Fish and Water Sword].

These had been inscribed at the beginning of the forging process.

For the allure of the words Fish and Water Sword, the young man had painstakingly achieved the gold inlaid with the jade design, which required quite an effort.

Murong Longtu gently touched the blade and said, "The technique of sword forging I taught you, you’ve learned quickly. The profound method of forging from the Murong Family, you have mastered by the time this sword was finished."

"But, learning doesn’t mean you have completely mastered it."

"So-called sword-fighting techniques, there are only so many types. The effects are different when I use them compared to when you use them."

"You need to practice more."

Li Guanyi noticed the emotions in the elder’s tone and said:

"Grandpa..."

Murong Longtu said, "Don’t worry, this old man just settled some matters recently, resolved some past grudges, and suddenly felt something. Speaking of which, why are you still staying here after all this time?"

Li Guanyi put the Fish and Water Sword back into the box. After this sword was made, it would become a Treasure Weapon, just barely reaching that level. Its characteristic should be sharpness. Considering Breaking Army’s fighting style, this fellow, not highly skilled in martial arts, preferred brawling.

Giving him an exceptionally sharp treasure sword would be most effective.

This was Li Guanyi’s own insight from using the Qiushui Sword.

Never mind Divine Weapons, characteristics, fire and water, the best weapons are those that can penetrate the enemy’s body instantly.

Li Guanyi placed the box to the side and answered:

"After all, Ying Country has a fierce national spirit. Although they seem peaceful now, they are wary of me. The Emperor of Ying has his ministers well in hand, and these officials are currently united, certainly not willing to let us advance unopposed."

"Having the Crown Prince personally receive us in this frontier city does not neglect the proprieties."

"Moreover, with the county’s officials here to accompany us, the daily feasts block us with soft strategies. As time gradually passes, we’ll have to take the water route, and the transportation of thousands of soldiers, along with the delegation and supply teams by warships, will necessarily involve the Navy."

"This will stretch Jiangnan’s Navy thin."

As Li Guanyi sipped his drink, Murong Longtu wasn’t very concerned; he was just enjoying this simple family joy with his grandson. Suddenly smiling, he said, "Then, how about we change the place to drink?"

"Change the place?"

"For instance, the Imperial Palace."

......

Within the county of Ying Country.

The Crown Prince was still going through some simple documents; he was a man of strategies. Following Mr. Zhao’s advice, he began to reorganize the local administration, handled many people, and being a Crown Prince with real power, his prestige was quite high. Moreover, with the current standoff against Li Guanyi’s Tiger Barbarian Cavalry and the rear army, he swiftly resolved the situation.

His cousin Jiang Cai was calmly looking at a geographical map, her voice serene:

"The Western Regions and beyond the northern border will be two important areas."

Jiang Gao looked towards Jiang Cai, this elegant lady pointing at the geographical map, and said, "You should already know about the matters beyond the northern border, right?"

Jiang Gao nodded; his sister, one of the contemporary Zongheng Five, had also just returned from beyond the Northern Domain, rubbing his temples, he continued, "There’s a vast area beyond the Northern Domain where warlords battle fiercely. I remember those two former generals of the Taiping Army are there."

Xue Tianxing, ranked fifty-seventh on the Divine General List.

Yuan Shitong, ranked fifty-fourth on the Divine General List.

Both were extremely brave members of the Taiping Army, each supporting a young man in the Northern Domain outside the border, claiming to be descendants of the Taiping Duke. Last year, Yue Family Army reached there, initially peacefully. Later when Jiang Cai went there, she managed alliances and strategies.

Currently, the situation beyond the border is changing, Xue Tianxing and Yuan Shitong, originally at odds like fire and water, faced Yue Pengwu after they both declared support for someone else’s offspring as Great General, then raised the Great General’s battle flag, fighting each other, clashing arms.

Yue Pengwu was so furious he vomited blood.

Although poisoned and severely affected, his temperament was still fierce.

Extremely irritable, he couldn’t tolerate flaws.

And knowing the actions of these two famous generals, he initially went to advise. Later, as these two generals were older and also brave, though concerned, their speech showed some disdain for the younger generation.

Yue Pengwu said that since Li Guanyi is the son of the Taiping Duke, the two puppets left by the predecessors should not continue to propagate under the name of the son of the Taiping Duke. Both Xue Tianxing and Yuan Shitong were unwilling to give up the name of their Taiping Army.