The hardest thing is the smell, really can't bear this stench.

He hadn't eaten during this time because the flow of time inside was too fast; he got hungry, also tired, then he took pills to avoid hunger.

But there was also impurities in the pills, as his body grew stronger, more impurities seeped outside.

When he learned his first spell, he cast a spell to purify his body and clothes.

He always wore the same outfit without changing during cultivation; originally it was semi-new, not too shabby, and the original color could still be seen.

During his daily training these days, his outfit became as filthy as if it was fished out of a gutter.

After the Young General purified himself with a spell, the scent of this spell was so effective; the originally filthy clothes turned clean, with a hint of fragrance.

It was the scent of spiritual energy.

His originally darkened skin turned fair after using this spell.

His skin was never this fair originally, due to long-term training and sun exposure; it was bronze-colored, but now it's fair enough to feel like he became a white scholar from his cultivation.

The Young General actually has read many books; they were enlightened since childhood, then educated, before being trained in the military camp.

How could one understand strategic books without literacy?

How could one comprehend the open and hidden struggles among scholars without literacy?

Since childhood, they were enlightened and also studied in academies.

People from a military general's family aren't all unskilled warriors.

The family also had women from literary families.

However, some literati chose spouses who shared their ideals.

Usually, military families married individuals who were also generals.

Some were from literate families, but people with combat power didn't scheme as much, yet still set traps.

These are just inner residential women's struggles.

The Great General guarded the border for years, some family members remained in the capital, others at the border.

This was just the act of some authority-wielding person fearing change.

The Young General trained in fire control techniques and flying spells within a month.

He's practiced most basic spells.

A month was too hurried; he only reached Qi Refining level five, improving in other powers and cultivation techniques.

On the second day, he had tasks; he had to leave the formation.

A night made him experience a month's time inside.

Discovering his immense progress overnight, he won't inform military people or family about his empowerment.

Yet he told his father and got the news; a group was ambushing a few kilometers from their camp.

The Great General didn't believe his son could get this information.

Yet his son's words weren't disbelieved; internal and external threats existed all along.

Some specialize as bandits, possibly assassins.

Ambushing so close to the camp, surely not well-intended.

Are they targeting camp personnel or awaiting others for unknown schemes?

The Great General dispatched several with his son's troop to the spot.

Such a nearby distance; they ambushed at mid-mountain.

These had been ambushing for a day and night.

They received orders to ambush here to kill the Great General and his people.

The eunuch brought people coordinating; since their entry to the camp, they guarded outside.

Don't allow the Great General and his men to wander far or return to the capital.

Assassins ambushed here, cultivated by certain people.

This group secretly escorted the eunuch and associates.

Received orders to eliminate targets.

Killing the Great General leaves the military leaderless; their orders were fake, preventing suspects from returning.

Not letting outsiders know, only the Great General; they received the imperial edict.

Had them leave the camp, then killed by them; numerous soldiers without leadership could be eliminated, enemies infiltrating could mean national annihilation, irrelevant to them.

Accused the Great General of unauthorized camp departure, which destabilizes leadership, facilitating breaches.

All charges bear on those generals.

The Young General dared not let his father know; his memories were erased.

Once his father remained in the camp, such blame cannot bear.

The eunuch's men were dealt with by him.

Leading men to suppress them, with their eradication, neither insiders nor outsiders knew the Great General and troops were intact.

Without reports to higher-ups, their deaths left missions unfulfilled, thwarting conspiracy progress.

Preserving the gate would allow thwarting enemy invasions.

The Young General quickly discovered ambushers via Divine Sense.

These men had higher-ranking leaders; the Young General commanded this mission.

He instructed full encirclement around mid-mountain ambushers.

They advanced without horses by day, traversing terrains, leaving assassins oblivious to their encirclement.

Jiang Tang's Divine Soul aided the Young General, setting a formation to lock them, preventing escape.

Although assassins exhibited formidable martial strength, and proficient in archery.

They lacked formation-breaking abilities, trapped within, blinded, outsiders could see them.

Their weapons and arrows couldn't pierce the formation.

Yet outsiders could penetrate inside through the formation.

This penetration required spiritual power.

The Young General commanded them to halt, circling these people sufficed.

Then he shot arrows; his bow was unlike common ones—a magic artifact, though low-level.

A children's plaything magic artifact.

Upon learning he had children, Jiang Tang crafted playful magic artifacts for them, potent despite being toys.

During childhood cultivation learning, children practiced with handy magic artifacts.

Though a toy, effective against ordinary folk since it's a magic artifact.

Jiang Tang's Divine Soul gifted such feeble, mundane spiritual power to the Young General.

The Young General realized his bow was inferior to the gifted one.

Without fitting tools, cultivation lacked magic artifacts critically.

Although knowing his current magic artifact was low-grade, confronting assassins effectively.

Arrow released, the sword glinted slightly, swiftly penetrating the formation amid concealed personnel.

In unnoticed scenes, the arrow traversed the transparent light screen, transparently into formation intended to slay one, reaching the body.

"Whoosh"

"Bang"

Sounds emerged, igniting flames, then that person's body exploded, turning to blood and flesh; great fire engulfed concealed personnel together.

Such fire couldn't be easily extinguished; the inexplicable blaze, losing a companion, burning several.

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.