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Chapter 249 - 250 Father’s Former Subordinate

Chapter 249: Chapter 250 Father’s Former Subordinate

A man clad in golden armor with a beard strode forward, his aura of slaughter intensely fierce, like a ferocious tiger.

"Elder Li Hu!" The assembly of martial elders greeted the newcomer with utmost respect.

The arrival was none other than the strongest elder in the martial department!

Li Hu!

It was said, he once shone brightly as a martial general!

Just because he was a subordinate of the Northern King and chose the wrong side back then, he was demoted from general to elder and treated with disdain.

Although Li Hu had lost his military power, his dazzling military exploits still allowed him to contribute to the martial department.

His status was clearly above that of the other elders!

Elder Yin Feng’s expression changed; "Elder Li Hu, I didn’t catch what you said just now!"

"I don’t like to repeat myself," Li Hu said coldly, "Ye Wudao is off limits to everyone!"

"But he’s a wanted criminal of the martial department, are you planning to shield a criminal?" Elder Yin Feng said angrily.

"Shut up, it’s not your turn to call the shots while I’m here!" Li Hu said commandingly.

Elder Yin Feng held back his rage.

Ye Wudao stared at Li Hu, his eyes filled with surprise.

This man was extremely strong, a veritable Ninth Grade marquis!

Especially that aura of slaughter, it could only be honed from years on the battlefield, making him a cut above many other Ninth Grade marquises!

He had truly encountered one of the real powerhouses upon arriving at the martial department!

But was he friend or foe?

"You look so much like him, the spitting image of the Northern King!" Li Hu stared intently at Ye Wudao and spoke seriously.

"You know the Northern King?" Ye Wudao asked.

"Heh, of course! The Northern King once served as the Great Commander of the martial department, and I was under his command back then. The Northern King was greatly kind to me!" Li Hu uttered astonishingly.

Whoosh!

The crowd was taken aback upon hearing Li Hu’s words.

"Li Hu dares to utter such treacherous sentiments!"

"Does he not want to remain in the martial department anymore?"

Elder Yin Feng scolded wrathfully, "Li Hu, do you realize the consequences of what you’ve just said?"

"Consequences?"

Li Hu glared at the entire assembly, "Heh, when I followed the Northern King, he treated us like brothers, even degrading his own status to associate with us as equals! Heh, I’m certainly not like some people who, having received the Northern King’s favor, turned around and forgot all about it, utterly ungrateful and shamelessly despicable!"

Many elders of the martial department hung their heads in shame, while others sneered without a word.

"Hmph, that’s all in the past. Li Hu, do you intend to live in the past forever?" Yin Feng sneered coldly.

"Heh? Just because it’s the past, doesn’t mean it ceases to exist. Let me tell you, I refuse to fall with those big wigs of the martial department!"

Li Hu spoke with a domineering tone, then looked softly at Ye Wudao and smiled, "Wudao, according to seniority, you should call me uncle."

"Uncle Li!" Ye Wudao greeted with a fist clasped.

He felt a warmth from an elder in Li Hu’s words.

The martial department still had good people!

"Wudao, let’s go, I’ll take you to meet the old subordinates of your father!" Li Hu said with a smile.

"Alright!" Ye Wudao nodded heavily.

His father’s subordinates, he had every reason to meet them!

Li Hu’s actions instantly enraged Elder Yin Feng and his group; "Li Hu, Ye Wudao is a wanted felon on record with the martial department! You’re an elder of the martial department, not only failing to enforce justice, but utterly disregarding the law!"

"Do you have no regard for martial department laws, let alone the Martial King?"

Li Hu scoffed; "Save it! When the Northern King served as the Great Commander of the martial department, he achieved unparalleled feats! But what about the martial department? Didn’t they still force the Northern King away, leading him to establish his own sect?"

Yin Feng sneered coldly, "Even if the Northern King did achieve countless feats back then, didn’t he still become a traitor to the nation?"

"Shut up, the Northern King is innocent!" Li Hu barked furiously.

Yin Feng said angrily, "Li Hu, do you realize that saying that will land you in the martial department’s court?"

"So what? To be with you lot of rodents, I’ve long since desired to quit!" Li Hu taunted.

"You, you, Li Hu, you will regret this!" Elder Yin Feng was so angry his face turned ashen, and he even called him by name.

"Wudao, let’s go, don’t bother with these jumping clowns!" Li Hu patted Ye Wudao’s shoulder and said.

Ye Wudao nodded.

Li Hu brought Ye Wudao into the Martial Department; all the staff members, seeing Li Hu, respectfully greeted him, "We’ve seen Elder Li!"

Li Hu smiled and nodded, as a form of greeting.

"Did you see? That young man beside Li Hu looks somewhat familiar!"

"Him, he looks a lot like Ye Wudao, the young master from the Northern King’s palace!"

"You think, could he be Ye Wudao?"

"Hehe, how could that be possible! Ye Wudao, even if he’s mad, wouldn’t dare to come to the Martial Department and make a scene in broad daylight! Besides, even if it were Ye Wudao, could he escape from the palm of General Li Hu?"

The employees of the Martial Department gazed at the back of Ye Wudao, discussing among themselves.

"Wudao, hearing that you were coming, we, the old subordinates of the Northern King, have prepared a welcome banquet especially for you!" Li Hu said with a laugh.

Ye Wudao was taken aback, "Uncle Li, how did you know I was coming?"

"Hehe, someone tipped us off!" Li Hu said with a smile.

"Who?" Ye Wudao was very curious.

The fact that he was coming to the Martial Department was known to very few people; it was absolutely impossible for the department to be aware of it!

Could it be that there exists a divine being in this world, one who can calculate everything?

Li Hu said with a look of admiration, "I don’t know exactly who it is, just a mysterious and significant figure. It is said that even the Martial King has to tread carefully around them!"

What?

Such great influence!

The Martial King treads carefully around them?

Ye Wudao looked shocked.

Since when did he know such an esteemed figure?

The Martial Department—Banquet Hall.

"We’re here!" Li Hu opened the door.

Ye Wudao looked up and saw a couple of tables with sparse attendance, looking quite unremarkable.

"Old Li is here!" The dozen or so people all stood up.

"Brothers, let me introduce to you, this is the son of the Northern King..."

Before he could finish, the dozen people interrupted, "Old Li, no need for introductions, this is the sole seed of our Northern King, Ye Wudao!"

"Good lad, with a heroic look about you, clearly not someone ordinary!" A group of people surrounded Ye Wudao, extremely excited.

Li Hu smiled and continued the introductions, "Wudao, let me introduce to you! This bald man is nicknamed Jin Gang. Like me, he was once a general of the Martial Department, and now, haha, like me, he has been demoted to an elder!"

A bald man with a big grin said, "Young Master Ye, a pleasure!"

"Wudao has seen Uncle Jin Gang!" Ye Wudao bowed with a fist.

Li Hu kept introducing, "The burly man next to him, with muscles like a bear and one blind eye, is nicknamed Black Bear, also one of your father’s former subordinates!"

Black Bear laughed, "Young Master Ye, so handsome and distinguished, truly a rare find!"

"Wudao has seen Uncle Black Bear!"

"This here is your Uncle Leopard, and that is your Uncle Iron Bull..." Li Hu introduced everyone present.

"Wudao has seen all the uncles!" Ye Wudao bowed with a fist.

"Haha, Young Master Ye, no need to be so formal! We are all family here!" Jin Gang and the others said with a laugh.

Ye Wudao nodded, looking curiously at the nearly empty banquet hall, his eyes filled with confusion, "Uncle Li, I see you’ve set up over a dozen tables, but why are there only two or three tables of guests?"

"Hmph, they are all a bunch of cowards, afraid of their shadows!"

"Alas, the subordinates of the Northern King amounted to much more than just us here, at least ten times more; some even became generals!"

"I remember one person in the Martial Department was lifted from being a mere soldier by the Northern King and now has reached the illustrious position of being one of the eight great generals. Such high status and power! But this person has long cast aside the kindness of the Northern King, even suppressing us, the Northern King’s subordinates, to further their own interests!" the people angrily said.

Hearing this, Ye Wudao felt a surge of anger in his heart!

And on seeing Li Hu and the others, his heart was touched with a wave of emotion.

The father has passed away for many years, and the Martial Department has already changed hands!

Yet, they remain utterly loyal to his father!

This is grace!

Worth remembering for a lifetime!

Ye Wudao picked up a cup of wine from the table and said, "On behalf of my father, I toast all the uncles!"

"Come, cheers!" Li Hu, Jin Gang, and the others all raised their cups.

Just then, a staff member rushed over, his face full of urgency, "Elder Li, not good! General Wang and his men are here; you all should hide!"

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