Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Blademaster Yi Jianchuan⦠one of the founding fathers and also known as the Overlord, General Yi! He was one of the few people in the nation to be granted the highest title of âKing Generalâ! Together with the other nine King Generals, they were collectively known as the Ten Generals!
And of all the Ten Generals, the title âBlademasterâ was the one that resounded the most because of a film about the Ten Generals from a hundred years ago titled âMartial Overlord, Dictator of Heavenâs Blue Dome,â which was shot from the perspective of General Yi as the main protagonist.
The film brought to the fore General Yiâs various consummate techniques which made him famous as Blademaster, including the Palm Sword he used when he fought the Old Devil.
Even now, that was something that was still hard to forgetâ¦
But while he was the most well-known of the Ten Generals among the people, General Yi was usually very low-key. Logically speaking, there was no way he would attend the celebration of a sectâs founding.
However, when this old man dressed in a white training outfit appeared in front of the people, the mouths of all the sect leaders below the stage dropped in surprise, and they were speechless.
âGeneral Yi⦠Howâ¦â Lu Youming, together with Sect Leader Sun and the other Alliance members, was dumbfounded.
The whole time when they had been guessing earlier who the person on the immortal warship was, they never expected one of the Ten Generals to actually show up⦠and it was the most famous one, Blademaster!
Lu Youmingâs legs were a little soft, and he was so frightened he almost fainted on the spot.
Professor Yang Bingchuan happened to be standing next to Lu Youming. âSect Leader Lu, you donât look too good?â
âI⦠have hypoglycemiaâ¦â Lu Youming didnât know what to say.
Meanwhile, he gave Sect Leader Sun next to him a frantic look â the only thing he wanted to know now, was whether there was time to go and retrieve the array crystals which they had placed on the mountainâ¦
This was one of Huaxiuâs Ten Generals!
Even at the cost of his life, he couldnât afford to provoke this person!
âSect Leader Lu, itâs actually still not too late to redeem yourself.â Yang Bingchuan patted Lu Youmingâs shoulder.
He knew that this Sect Leader Lu was a conservative and not inherently bad person; it was very typical of sects to compete with each other.
âSect Leader Lu, youâve occupied a very high position all these years, but you should always take care to reflect on yourself; donât let your desires consume you just because of the small bit of power you hold. This goes against the original heart of things!â Professor Yang didnât directly say these words out loud, but spoke telepathically when he put his hand on Sect Leader Luâs shoulder.
Professor Yang: âWhen people become too full of themselves, they sometimes donât even know who they are anymore⦠has Sect Leader Lu ever watched a League of Legends game?â
Sect Leader Lu said telepathically, âSometimesâ¦â
Professor Yang: âBack then, that little fatty who was considered the top shooter had his future cut short on the world stage⦠He thought he could do wonders with his own strength even as he led an entire team. But he didnât understand that League of Legends has never been a one-man game⦠What did he rely on to get to the top? Was it his own strength and skill? Maybe that was one of the reasons, but clearly that wasnât all of it.â
Lu Youming was feeling very remorseful at that moment.
If they ultimately failed in this matter and it was exposed, leading to him being investigated for it, this wasnât something that could be explained with one or two vague sentences!
Alas!
He should have known!
A newly-founded sect with such tremendous momentum, that not only occupied an area of unprecedented size, but also had a bunch of big shot experts in various fields⦠Who else could be the backer behind it? In the whole of Huaxiu nation, wasnât it only Huaxiu Alliance?
âProfessor Yang⦠Please advise me!â Lu Youming knew that Yang Bingchuan was perhaps his last hope.
Professor Yang smiled a little. âSect Leader Lu, youâve been acting absent-minded all this time; itâs probably because you dropped something, isnât it?â Saying this, Professor Yang handed him a silk pouch.
When Lu Youming took the pouch and looked inside, he was immediately so frightened that his hair stood on end⦠Inside the silk pouch were none other than the transmission crystals which that Long clan descendant senior had given them!
âProfessor Yang, when did youâ¦â
âWe knew even before you stepped foot into our Office of Strategic Deception.â
Lu Youming was stunned yet again.
The Office of Strategic Deceptionâs intelligence network was too strongâ¦
âThis silk pouch is what you lost. I already had people earlier on take them down one by one and bring them back.â Professor Yang chuckled. âBut I canât give them to you for nothing.â
âI will never forget that Professor Yang saved my life, for as long as I live. If you have any requests, please name them!â Lu Youming saluted him with clasped fists.
âIf you want to thank someone, it should be His Excellency Senior Immortal. All this was on the chiefâs instructions.â Professor Yang waved his hand. âBut we do have a request, not of Sect Leader Lu, but of the Alliance.â
âIf you wish to take in the Alliance, I will do my best to persuadeâ¦â
âSect Leader Lu, you misunderstand. Our Office of Strategic Deception isnât that shameless to use leverage to force someone to yield. Weâre not taking in the Alliance, let alone forcing it to disband.â
Professor Yang shook his head and said, âI just need Sect Leader Lu to promise me one thing.â
âProfessor Yang, go aheadâ¦ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âIn the future, the Alliance will no longer maliciously prevent other sects from advancing; it must give sects below fifth class a chance. Even if they do not wish to join the Alliance, you cannot deliberately suppress or control the rankings of other sects.â Professor Yang said, âPeaceful development is the motive of the Office of Strategic Deception. I hope that the Alliance, as a large fund organization of Sky-level sects at fifth class and above, will also shoulder this responsibility. Itâs only when we thrive together that we can achieve great things, isnât it?â
Hearing this, Lu Youming sighed with feeling.
In the end, this was the bearing of a great sectâ¦
âI will rememberâ¦â
âOf course, our Office of Strategic Deception also knows that the Alliance has always been in this business of profiting from protection fees. If you canât do this in the future, some of your sect heads will definitely be unhappy.â
âYesâ¦â
âThus, after the end of the ceremony this time, Sect Leader Lu can hold another meeting. You can clearly convey to all the sect leaders that the Alliance will continue to exist, but its nature as an organization has changed to one which assists the lower sects. As long as the sect leaders of the Alliance agree to this condition, our Office of Strategic Deception will sign an agreement as a guarantee that all your sects will advance one level up in five years. Furthermore, we will invest in each sectâs industry based on their respective lawful business situation each year. The main thing the sect heads have to do is very simple: support our Office of Strategic Deception in future reviews. That shouldnât be hard, should it?â Professor Yang said.
âNo, not at allâ¦â
Sect Leader Lu hurriedly waved his hands.
He knew this was a great opportunity!
He was deeply remorseful over his hostile behavior toward the Office of Strategic Deception in the beginning. If he had known it was this approachable, he wouldnât have done that damn thing!
With Professor Yangâs assurance, Sect Leader Luâs complexion looked much better.
He marveled, âThe Office of Strategic Deception⦠is really amazing! In comparison, our Alliance is simply a little brother. You were even able to invite Blademaster to attendâ¦â
Professor Yang laughed. âSect Leader Lu, donât think so little of yourself. After all, not all the special guests have made an appearance yet.â
âThereâs more??â Sect Leader Lu was shocked.
âThere are still nine other people as amazing as General Yi on the immortal warship right now.â
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