Chapter – 133 Past events
Long Yu was leading the way while both Feng Longsong and Old General followed him out of the observable area of Mongolian army outpost. They went further into the snow covered regions in the secluded hills.
The Old General had sustained several internal injuries and was about to die.
“Old General, how is your condition? Are you ok?”
Feng Longsong gently placed the Old General on the snow field and asked.
“I don’t think I will make it……”
The Old General coughed out blood but his eyes shone resolutely as he looked at Long Yu: “Longsong, you said this boy is Long Yu, son of Long Zaitian……”
“Yes, he is.”
Feng Longsong said in a sinking voice.
“Long Yu.”
The Old General once again coughed out blood then looked at Long Yu with some expectations in his eyes: “Judging from your talent, it would not be an overstatement to say that you are going to surpass your father in the future. You will certainly become an extraordinary expert…… I am willing to give my own head to you so that you can return to Tang State and wash off the charge of treason from your head, but you must do something for me in return…… ”
“Eh?”
Long Yu frowned and was still unclear as to what exactly was his relationship with the Old General.
He certainly did not dare to promise carelessly.
“You just promise the Old General, I’ll explain everything to you later on.”
Feng Longsong appeared quite dignified and serious as he said these words to Long Yu.
Yu Qianning had already seen Long Yu and Feng Longsong in the Mongolian army base, having a friendly chat with enemy commander. She would definitely publicize this matter and both of them would then be charged with treason.
Taking the Old General’s head back to Tang State was the easiest possible way to wash off treason charges!
Although Feng Longsong was a bit sad but even he could see it clearly that the Old General was on the verge of death.
Even the best alchemy teachers of Tang State wouldn’t be able to save his life! And if he was going to die no matter what, it was better to let him trade his own head to Long Yu for whatever he desired, after all, it was no different than having a last wish.
Most importantly, the Old General still had an unfinished wish and he wanted Long Yu to fulfill it for him.
“Alright, Old General, I promise you.”
Long Yu said to the Old General while nodding respectfully.
“Good, now I feel relieved. After I die, you can cut off my head and take it back to Tang State. That should be enough to wash off the sin of treason from not just your but your foster father’s head as well……”
The Old General looked pleased and further said: “In return, I want you to kill someone for me…….Kill Chu Chao Sheng!”
Chu Chao Sheng!
Long Yu’s heart thumped for an instant.
This was not the first time he heard this name. He had heard this name coming up in the conversation of Feng Longsong with the Old General in the tent a while ago. From that conversation, he had come to know that Chu Chao Sheng was Yu Qianning’s father.
So, basically, he was supposed to kill Yu Qianning’s father!
However, before Long Yu could confirm his promise, the Old General’s body slumped down onto the snow-covered ground.
There was a high-rising look of expectation in his eyes, along with an unwilling look as well.
He was certainly looking forward to the death of Chu Chao Sheng. Long Yu was going to take revenge for him! But he was also unwilling to die as he couldn’t live to see the death of Chu Chao Sheng!
“Old General?”
Feng Longsong’s face turned pale as he immediately extended his hand to check the Old General’s pulse while his other hand tried its best to sense any hint of breath coming out from the nose.
Unfortunately, the Old General was really dead and nothing could be done now!
“Small Yu, we must hurry up and escape right now. Staying here any longer isn’t safe, let’s go.”
Feng Longsong stood up, and without showing even a hint of hesitation, he severed the Old General’s head with his copper sword and carried it in his hand.
Immediately, another sword strike dug a pit in the snow, spacious enough to bury the corpse inside.
His action was so decisive that it actually somewhat impressed Long Yu.
Although he did not know the specific relationship between Feng Longsong and the Old General, it was at least not a hostile one for sure. At this moment, Feng Longsong appeared like a real veteran who knew what to do. Not to mention, he was fairly decisive in his approach and didn’t succumb to his emotions!
“Small Yu, we must leave before Mongolian army catches up.”
Feng Longsong raised the severed head and turned around to leave.
Long Yu also did not hesitate and immediately used lunar wings that spread out with a layer of strange black ripples reappearing on them. His figure turned into a gray streamer of light and disappeared from there along with Feng Longsong. They were moving at the maximum speed possible in the direction of Tang State.
Meanwhile, Long Yu got to hear the full story about his father!
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About twenty years ago.
Mongolian State and the United States of Japan joined forces to attack Tang State.
All three states were almost equal in strength and the alliance of these two states was trying to seize Tang State’s rich resources and treasure troves and divide them among themselves, however, never thought that their plans would be single-handedly ruined by a brave general of Tang State!
This general was Long Zaitian, the father of Long Yu.
Long Zaitian was able to resist against the persistent attacks, strategically planned by the commanding generals of the coalition forces of Mongolian state and the United States of Japan. His self-made Qian spear skill was more than enough to slaughter enemy soldiers, to an extent of making the allied forces tremble with fear.
(Mystique: Yes, he made the spear skill ‘Kill 10k people’)
Yu Ruyan, the current sovereign of Qiansi sect used to be a beautiful young girl in those days, beautiful enough to cause the downfall of a nation.
She, like countless other young girls of Tang State, was deeply in love with Long Zaitian, who was considered a national hero back then and was also considered quite a splendid figure by all. Long Zaitian possessed unparalleled martial talent, and due to that, the best experts of Tang State had volunteered to become his vice generals.
Long Zaitian continued to go on expeditions in all directions for several years and Yu Ruyan also accompanied him for all those years, however, he never developed any feelings for her as she had expected.
He did not fall for her no matter how much she tried to impress him!
Old General Man Yi was 30 years old when he led the Mongolian army into battle against Tang State. He was full of vitality like a veteran predator and was also the natural enemy of Long Zaitian on battlefields.
During an accidental confrontation, he was baffled to see a heavenly beauty like Yu Ruyan who was not just beautiful but had already reached Zhenling sixth layer. This was the encounter that gave birth to his love for her.
Depending on his own martial realm, it was possible for him to have more than one opportunity to abduct her and hold her forcefully, however, he did not want it to be that way. He didn’t want to forcibly occupy her, instead, he wanted to try out all sort of pursuits to gain her love.
Plus on the battlefield, he was always evenly matched against Long Zaitian, not to mention Mongolian army also had unmatched military talent.
This made him develop a form of freemasonry with Long Zaitian and they began to exchange letters, discussing personal matters and other informal stuff.
Their relationship was purely based on rivalry and respect for each other and they would always muster their full strengths on the battlefield while battling each other to death.
After all, they belonged to opposing camps and were duty-bound to give all they got for their respective motherland!
However, one fateful day, Long Zaitian met a woman of Holy Saint Institute, Yu Yao and was instantly attracted to her fairy-like beauty.
Soon, the two fell in love with each other and Yu Ruyan was heartbroken.
“You will regret this!”
Yu Ruyan said these words before leaving Long Zaitian’s camp and began to look for Chu Chao Sheng.
Chu Chao Sheng came from the imperial clan of Tang State, the Chu clan. He was a prince at that time but was only beginning to display his talent in a branch clan.
However, when Chu Chao Sheng demonstrated a strong talent in martial arts, it took only a bit of trickery and political strategy for him to obtain fame in the imperial city!
After the appearance of Yu Yao in Long Zaitian’s life, the three-nation war continued for several years and finally began to transform.
Long Zaitian wanted to spend his life peacefully and affectionately with Yu Yan. He wanted this war to end as soon as possible, and hence, his killings became more decisive on the battlefield. In the final phase of war, he managed to successfully expel the coalition forces out of Tang State.
The war saw numerous casualties on both sides, not to mention Long Zaitian himself massacred tens of thousands of enemy soldiers, which became the main reason behind spreading panic among the enemy soldiers and their eventual retreat!
However, General Man Yi did not participate in the final battle, making Long Zaitian somewhat confused.
Later on, he found out that Yu Ruyan had teamed up with Chu Chao Sheng to ambush Man Yi, injuring him severely in the process. This caused his cultivation to drop down to Wudao eighth layer!
Moreover, Chu Chao Sheng seized this chance to get his hands on the letters exchanged between Long Zaitian and Man Yi, thereby putting treason charges on Long Zaitian.
Plus at that time, the powerful forces of Holy Saint Institute were mobilized in abundance against Long Zaitian.
Of course, Holy Saint Institute’s dislike for Long Zaitian was deeply rooted in the fact that a native and lowly country bumpkin like him didn’t deserve a noble lady like Yu Yao.
After many days of continuous chasing, the powerhouses of Holy Saint Institute and the men sent by Chu Chao Sheng experienced heavy losses at the hands of Long Zaitian but still somehow managed to expel him out of Tang State. Yu Yao was captured by Holy Saint Institute and disappeared without a trace, never to be seen again.
Now, it was naturally impossible for people to know the whereabouts of Long Zaitian. Perhaps, only the people of Holy Saint Institute and Chu Chao Sheng would know his whereabouts or what happened to him.
After Long Zaitian was expelled from Tang State, Long Yu’s grandpa sent him away from Long clan to take asylum in Feng Clan, under the guardianship of Feng Longsong.
In the entire Long clan, only Long Yu’s grandfather cared about him, but unfortunately, the whole matter regarding Long Zaitian was out of his control.
Holy Saint Institute’s influence was extremely tyrannical. In fact, even the imperial clan of Tang State was bound to follow their orders, let alone a trivial military clan like Long clan.
From then on, Chu Chao Sheng became the crown prince of Tang State and soon spread his power and influence throughout the Tang State.
Yu Ruyan, later on, fell for Chu Chao Sheng’s conspiratorial means and succumbed to him, thereby getting pregnant by him.
However, she still couldn’t forget the love of her life, Long Zaitian. And that was why she was unwilling to marry Chu Chao Sheng.
Later, she went on to become the sovereign of Qiansi Sect and gave birth to a daughter named Yu Qianning.
“Yu Qianning turned out to be a real royal heir, no wonder she dares to call herself ‘Qiansi Princess’ and no one dares to refute.”
Long Yu felt a chill in his heart after learning the truth!
Could it be that Baiyun Zong went to Qiansi Sect in order to seek an explanation regarding the attack on Elder Yu because the attack was ordered by Chu Chao Sheng!
Then, at that time, the person who was being referred to by Baiyun Zong in his conversation with Elder Yu was none other than Chu Chao Sheng!
In those days, Baiyun Zong also used to be a popular commander like Long Zaitian and the two used to have very good relations. In that case, perhaps Chu Chao Sheng could not get used to seeing him in power and took him down. In the end, Baiyun Zong stepped down from his military status of a general and became the sovereign of Zhentian Sect.
“No wonder, Chu Chao Sheng started a dialogue with the sovereigns of the 7 great sects and strategically forced them to agree upon submitting the core laws of the seven sects under the control of imperial clan……”
A cold light flashed in Long Yu’s eyes.
2 decades had already passed since his father was expulsed out of Tang State and Chu Chao Sheng was once again trying to make a big move, that was, to weaken the influence of the seven great sects in Tang State.
It was an obvious attempt to dilute the power of the seven great sects while simultaneously increasing the dominance of the imperial clan.
“Yu Qianning’s strength is already at Zhenling fourth layer, which means she has certainly received some kind of secret training from Chu Chao Sheng. No wonder she is so confident of winning the seven sect competition……”
Long Yu felt the pressure doubling all of a sudden.
He was not a match of an expert at Zhenling fourth layer.
Whether it was her or her father, right now, he was not an opponent of any of the two!