Chapter 1001: Discovery! (1/2)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Gao Xianzhi and Cheng Qianli were dazed by Wang Chong's words, but as they began to understand, they fell silent, and the air became oppressive.

Chen Bin had served at Wang Chong's side for a very long time. He began fighting side by side with Wang Chong in the southwest, rendering great service, then served Wang Chong during the construction of the City of Steel and in the clashes with Dusong Mangpoje on the Tibetan Plateau, and finally, he led the ballista army at this Battle of Talas. Chen Bin had done everything he could to assist Wang Chong and had been an able subordinate.

Wang Chong was not worried about whether Chen Bin would divulge the secret, as this was absolutely impossible for someone of Chen Bin's character. But if he swore an oath to never speak, someone of Duwu Sili's style was liable to kill him.

”Lord Marquis, what should we do now?”

Xue Qianjun finally voiced the question on everyone's mind. Chen Bin was very popular amongst the troops, and after fighting alongside his comrades in battle, he would hold a feast and make merry, treating the soldiers like his own brothers. One could easily imagine what they all felt when they heard that Chen Bin had been taken hostage.

”Come! Bring me ink and paper. I want to write a letter to Duwu Sili. I will personally handle this matter.”

Wang Chong looked eastward, a chilling light in his eyes.

……

Time slowly passed, and as the sun began to sink into the west, the sky darkened. Sixty li from Talas, countless wolves wandered the earth. Behind this vast pack of wolves, an enormous banner of a golden wolf on blue fluttered in the air, and behind this banner were countless tents. Duwu Sili had led the Turkic army to set up camp here.

With this stage of the battle over, the Turkic army should have been able to relax, but the reality was completely different. The camp was strictly guarded both within and without, the air saturated with tension.

”How is it?”

In the white tent in the very center of the camp, Duwu Sili turned to look at one of the shamans accompanying the army.

”Milord, his injuries are very serious. He was heavily wounded before you even took him hostage. In his current condition, it will be hard for him to take even a few rounds of interrogation, much less torture,” concluded an emaciated shaman, his figure shrouded in a black robe and exuding a thick herbal aroma.

He glanced at Chen Bin, laid out on a bed of lambskin, with deeply worried eyes. This Tang's body was stained with blood and his clothes were in tatters. His injuries already appeared very serious.

And yet his interior was even worse than his exterior. Forty percent of his bones were broken, his meridians were in chaos, and his internal organs had shifted… Any one of these injuries would eventually be fatal, much less all of them together.

Chen Bin propped himself up and jeered, ”You don't need to waste your time… Kah, no matter what you want to know, I won't tell you.” But he was only able to manage these few words before he began to fiercely cough, each time spitting blood which speckled his pale face.

”You've lost too much blood. If you get any further agitated, you will die.”

The emaciated Turkic shaman slowly walked over, speaking in an extremely soothing voice. War was a matter for soldiers. This shaman saw only the sick and the healthy. The sight of this Han did not incite any emotions in him. All he saw was an ordinary person.

”Haha, who cares if I die? If I craved life and feared death, I would have never stepped onto the battlefield. Duwu Sili, don't waste your effort. I won't tell you any secrets about formation phenomena. You should just hurry up and kill me.”

Chen Bin gave a faint smile, a fearless expression on his face. Even the shaman could not help but feel a hint of admiration toward this dauntless attitude.

”Hmph, you want to die? It's not that easy. Until I get what I want, even dying will be a challenge for you!”

Duwu Sili's gaze chilled as he strode forward and seized Chen Bin's numb right hand. Rumble! Golden light flashed as majestic energy imbued with boundless vitality surged into Chen Bin's body.

”Ah!”

Chen Bin yelled, his body straightening as the enormous vitality flooded through his body. The power of this vitality caused the injuries on Chen Bin's body to heal with astonishing speed. At some point, a magnificent and nearly tangible golden light had engulfed the entire tent.

”If Duwu Sili wants to save someone, no one can stop him! Obediently confess the secret of formation phenomena to me!”

Duwu Sili's voice boomed like thunder within the tent.

Much later, when night had fallen, Duwu Sili finally emerged from the tent. His face was a little pale, but his expression overall was one of extreme joy. He had consumed a great deal of energy for this Tang. Anyone else would think this person extremely unworthy of Duwu Sili's efforts, but Duwu Sili thought the exact opposite.

In his eyes, this Tang represented infinite possibilities for the Western Turkic Khaganate.

If he could get the secret of formation phenomena from this Tang and then spread this secret through the Western Turkic Khaganate, the Khaganate had a chance of becoming an even stronger existence than Arabia. After all, even though the Arabian warhorses were the best in the world, the Western Turks had far more warhorses.

This puny Talas is no longer important. As long as I can get that thing, I will become the War God of the Western Turkic Khaganate. Perhaps I can even go a little farther… supplanting is a possibility.

Duwu Sili's mind thought of that forbidden word, but it got to his lips and went no further. Until he truly succeeded, Duwu Sili did not want to leave a single incriminating clue.

The winds blew around him, and as he looked up at the dark skies and the glistening stars, Duwu Sili suddenly felt much more relaxed.

”Reporting!”