I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 948: Where You Go, I Follow

Chapter 948: Chapter 948: Where You Go, I Follow

"Zhao’er," as the song ended, the sound of the zither in the small courtyard suddenly stopped, for a string had snapped.

You sighed softly and, across the not-too-high stone wall, spoke to someone in the courtyard, "Sorry for the disturbance, please forgive me."

Having said that, you quickly turned and left.

When you returned home, you found the atmosphere unusually tense; Luo Cheng and Luo Xin were sitting in the hall, Luo Cheng’s face more solemn than ever, while Luo Xin also looked sullen.

"Father, brother, what’s wrong?"

"Qin Kingdom and The Great Han have both sent troops against us; three of our border states have already fallen! Damn it!" Luo Xin slammed his hand on the coffee table angrily, "Even more infuriating is that all the Immortal Sects have simultaneously issued an order forbidding anyone who has broken through ’The Third Level of Martial Arts’ from participating in the war. Otherwise, they will be treated as a common enemy of all the Immortal Sects."

"Heh, isn’t this better for us?" you said.

Your words immediately caught the attention of Luo Cheng and others; Luo Xin directly voiced your inner thoughts: "Second brother, you’re not planning to join the frontline battle, are you?"

"Why not? I’m still a scion of a Military Family; there is nothing wrong with fighting on the battlefield. Besides, do you think people within The Third Level of Martial Arts can match me? Not to boast, but even if there were three thousand men in front of me, I could take them down in minutes."

"You, do you think war is child’s play? Let me tell you, going to the battlefield without the Protective Aura of the Martial Path Realm is suicide!" Luo Xin glared at you angrily, thinking how childish you were being at the moment.

"If you have more to say, say it all," Luo Cheng, more perceptive, noticed that you hadn’t revealed everything.

"Father is wise," you gave Luo Cheng a thumbs up, "I think you’ve all noticed the oddities in this situation. The Qin Kingdom invading our Tang Border is one thing, but why has The Great Han also gotten involved? Considering The Great Han has always had a relatively peaceful relationship with our Tang Dynasty and there are no significant conflicting interests on the surface, they wouldn’t be foolish enough to think that a coalition could annihilate the mighty Tang Dynasty, would they?"

"So what are you getting at?" Luo Xin seemed to have realized something too.

"Heh, by limiting the participants in the battle to those within The Third Level of Martial Arts, isn’t it obvious they’re targeting me?"

"Hmm?" Luo Xin suddenly understood, while Luo Cheng frowned slightly before his expression eased.

"If I’m not mistaken, the mastermind behind this isn’t from our Worldly Realm, but someone above," you said, gesturing upwards.

Actually, right after finishing that song, you were suddenly shocked!

Why?

Because you realized you were ultimately still controlled by this world’s Order Power, almost forgetting the quest to find Zhao’er’s Origin.

And now, with this new development, it was clear—someone was plotting to kill you!

"Are you the sort of person who just sits around waiting for death?"

Luo Xin heard you say this and thought you had remembered the day Wu Zhao brutally killed Changsun Zhongkang, which made him slightly nervous.

However, you didn’t mention that but instead continued, "Today, I’ve carefully considered and reached a conclusion that, although far-fetched, has some merit. You know, within the Immortal Sect, there is open and covert conflict over interests. The only thing that could unite them is those high and mighty immortals. Isn’t ascension what cultivators dream of? If those immortals covertly offered them some benefits, it would be odd if they didn’t obediently comply like dogs."

You paused and said to Luo Cheng, "Still, what I can’t understand is why, after so many years, if they really wanted to kill me, wouldn’t a straightforward sword attack be quick and clean? Why all this elaborate, roundabout scheming?"

Luo Xin secretly sighed with relief and replied, "Cultivators cannot attack martial artists of The Third Level of Martial Arts, not to mention immortals. Those immortals pose as saviors of the world, ferrying the masses to salvation. They wouldn’t truly fight openly. Moreover, if they dared to do so, the ancient Buddhas of the West would surely intervene."

"That being the case, my participation in this war is indispensable. But do they really think I’m such an easy target to squish?"

During this time, although you outwardly indulged in earthly pleasures, you practiced cultivation intensely at night, and the Original True Qi in your body grew increasingly abundant. You had a premonition that soon, you might be able to challenge the ’Resting Door’ in your Soul Chain. Once you break through the Resting Door, you won’t be slaughtered at will like now.

Moreover, you are different from the cultivators. Once you step beyond The Third Level of Martial Arts, even immortals will not be able to detect your realm. This is recorded in the scriptures in your mind. The Eight Gates of Heaven technique of Emperor Ditian is truly the best method for feigning weakness while possessing great strength.

"But you do lack experience in commanding armies, and the battlefield is terribly dangerous."

As your elder brother, Luo Xin was genuinely concerned for his younger brother. Despite your great natural talent and the affection from your parents, Luo Xin had never harbored any resentment. He only knew that the bond of being brothers in this life was heaven-ordained. Of course, the Luo Family had a third brother, Luo Wei, but he was born much later and was at an age entranced with fun and food, utterly unable to share the close bond between the two of you.

Ah, it’s a good thing you are brothers, or some readers might think the author has overdone the bromance—.—!."

"Let him go," Luo Cheng said with a rare smile on his face.

"Dad, this..."

"I told you long ago that each of us in the Luo Family has his own path to walk. At your age, I too had already begun to achieve feats in the military. Go, only the battlefield can truly demonstrate the valor of the Luo Family men!"

"Yes! Dad, Elder Brother, rest assured, I will not bring disgrace to our family!"

At this point, your heart was also stirred. There’s a saying, ’Train for a thousand days to use troops for one moment.’ Back when you played as Dios, you didn’t know how many strategic games you played, nor how many classic battles you studied. Although you lacked the ghostly strategic brilliance, when it came to tangible troop deployment, you were second to none.

Due to Luo Cheng and Luo Xin specifically being mentioned in the Immortal Order, the command now fell to Li Jing and Li Ji.

Li Jing and Li Ji were renowned generals of the Glorious Tang, and both had left distinguished marks on the history of the Tang Dynasty. Hearing that you would be fighting under their command, you were so excited that you couldn’t sleep, and the next day you rode to the camp with huge dark circles under your eyes while being watched by Luo Cheng and Luo Xin, admonished by the Meng Family, and amid the tearful glances of Zi Yi and Little Yue.

However, at this very moment, in a secluded residence across the street, Wu Shun discovered that his sister, Wu Zhao, had run away from home. On her table, she left a very simple note: "Wherever you go, I will follow, through mountains of swords and seas of flames, never to return."

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